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If you’re wondering how to write an essay introduction, here are some suggestions: Introduce your topic, state your thesis statement, and add a hook or transition sentence. After you’ve outlined the points of your essay, write an introduction that makes sense and gets readers hooked. This article explains these steps step by step. If you’re still having trouble with the writing process, try to think of it as a learning experience.
Introduce your topic
When writing an essay introduction, you should begin with a hook. This hook can be in the form of a question, a relevant statistic, or even a quotation. For example, if your topic is money, you could start your introduction by including a quote by the Beatles. Using a famous quote by a well-known artist is a great way to hook the reader and get them interested in your topic.
As a general rule, an essay introduction should be no more than 20% of the entire paper. This way, your reader will be able to tell right away what you’re writing about. A good rule of thumb is to keep the intro to no longer than a single paragraph. However, if you’re writing a longer paper, you can go up to five paragraphs. For a one-page essay, this will give you plenty of room to introduce your topic.
State your thesis statement
One way to strengthen your argumentative thesis statement is to use credible evidence. Using evidence from credible sources demonstrates your credibility. Adding quotes from sources with relevant expertise is also a good idea. The more reputable the source, the more credible your claim. In addition, if your argument relies on a moral code, you might want to reconsider your thesis statement. For this reason, it’s a good idea to have a thesis statement that is not too broad.
A strong thesis is one that contradicts a widely-accepted idea or argument. For example, if you are writing about public transportation in rural areas, you could say that it will boost local economies, reduce gas costs, and increase unionized work. Then, follow up with evidence to support your thesis. Whether you decide to discuss the topic of education, you will need to support your thesis with a supporting argument.
Include a hook
It is difficult to create an effective hook, and a poorly written one will only discourage your readers. A hook should be the first sentence in your essay, or at least the very first few sentences. Writing an essay is a long process that is creative and you are likely to come up with a great hook as you write. Once you’ve started writing, look back at your first sentence and make sure it fits the rest of the essay.
A hook is a short, attention-grabbing sentence that draws your reader’s attention and makes them want to read the rest of the essay. A good hook is a few sentences long, and it should draw the reader’s interest in the topic by triggering a sense of curiosity. A hook shouldn’t be too broad or dense, and it should start with a catchy phrase. A good hook can be anything that piques the interest of the reader.
Include a transition sentence
In academic and persuasive essays, it is important to include a transition sentence to connect ideas and concepts in two or more paragraphs. This transition can show the relationship between two ideas or set the stage for information that will come in a subsequent paragraph. If you are confused about where to place a transition sentence, consider the following example. The following sentences will give you some ideas on how to include a transition sentence in an introduction for an essay.
Using a transition sentence is a good way to connect ideas, make your essay flow smoothly, and avoid a jarring break between ideas. For example, the “Home” essay has four paragraphs, with each ending with the word “home.” The author wanted to end the essay with an introduction. It took several drafts to find the right transition sentence for the piece. Fortunately, Grammarly can help you with this task. Not only will the tool help you choose the best transition sentence, but it will also identify any spelling and syntax mistakes and suggest better words based on their context.
Include a quote
A quote in an essay introduction is a great way to hook readers and evoke interest in your essay. A famous quotation can make you seem authoritative and strong. This image will be carried over to your essay and will help the reader to visualize the subject matter. If you want your essay to receive an A, using a quote is an excellent way to start it. However, it is important to choose the right quote, since it must be relevant and suitable for the topic you have chosen.
You should use a quote from a source you know well, since the reader may not notice it right away. In addition to knowing the original author of the quote, it’s also important to consider the key theme it carries. It may be a famous quotation from the book, movie, or play that you want to discuss, so you should choose one that reflects that. After selecting a quote, you should outline the content of the essay.
Include a context sentence
When writing an essay, you must include a context sentence to set the stage for the main content of your paper. The essay topic is one of the most important parts of the introduction. It gives the reader a clear idea of what will be discussed in the body of the paper. In some cases, the thesis statement will list the main ideas that will be discussed in the body. The thesis statement is usually just a single sentence long and is usually placed at the end of the introduction.
In addition to providing relevant context for the essay topic, your introduction should state the thesis statement that will define the point of view and specific aspects of the issue that will be discussed in the essay. In writing an introduction, you should use the checklist above to check that you have included a context sentence. If you haven’t included a context sentence, you may want to consider writing one before you begin.
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The Shark, sometimes erroneously referred to as Jaws, is the titular main antagonist of the 1975 summer blockbuster film, Jaws, and its three sequels and the franchise.
The main antagonists of the franchise, they are all shown to be ravenous Great White Sharks of abnormal size and ferocity that terrorize Amity Island (and SeaWorld in Jaws 3-D). None of the sharks have official names, but many nicknames have arisen from them, mostly derived from the production names for them.
Each Jaws film showcases a giant Great White Shark (scientifically called "Carcharodon carcharias") in Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D and Jaws: the Revenge. Each shark is a different shark in every film although the race is the same, and all have a size of about 20 to 30 feet in length. Jaws first appeared in the novel by Peter Benchley before Steven Spielberg adapted it into a motion picture. In the movies the sharks are much larger than the real animal and during the course of the series they show to have a certain amount of intellect. The shark is the playable character in the video games Jaws Unleashed and Jaws: Ultimate Predator.
Though none of the sharks have official names, all of them have been given monikers to differentiate them from each other. The animatronic sharks in the first film was nicknamed "Bruce" by the film crew, after Steven Spielberg's lawyer. Whereas the sharks in Jaws 2 were nicknamed "Brucette" by fans. On the set, keeping in tradition with the first film, the two puppet sharks made for the production were known as Bruce Two, "Fidel" (unburned) and "Harold" (burned), the latter after David Brown's Beverly Hills lawyer. The mother shark from Jaws 3-D was nicknamed "Brucetta". The juvenile shark from Jaws 3-D has no such official or unofficial nickname. The shark in Jaws: The Revenge also has no official nickname, but has been dubbed "Vengeance" by fans. Additionally, the name "Jaws" has been attributed to the sharks (though this is technically incorrect, as this is the title of the films and the sharks are never referred to as such in the films).
- Bruce (Jaws) - (25 feet in length and weighs in at 3 tons. Hooper claimed it to be a 20 footer. Apparently 12 years old.)
- Brucette (Jaws 2) - (24 feet in length and three tons in weight, apparently ten years old. Is implied to be the mate of Bruce in the novel adaptation.) Brucette also had the highest body count of any of the sharks, killing eight, not counting Bob in a deleted scene.
- Brucetta (Jaws 3-D) - (Somehow 35 feet in length, weighing 5 tons and apparently 14 years old. The juvenile's size is unknown, but likely closer to fifteen feet in length.)
- Vengeance (Jaws: The Revenge) - (25 feet in length and weighed 2,500 pounds, apparently 10 years old. It is supposedly the child of the first two sharks, as said in the novel based on the film.)
All have a size of about 20 to 30 feet in length.
- 1: Chrissie Watkins
- 2: Pippit (dog)
- 3: Alex Kintner
- 4: Ben Gardner
- 5: Estuary Lifeguard
- 6: Captain Bartholomew Marion Quint
- 7: An elderly bather
- 8: Matt Hooper
- 9: Scuba diver at Orca wreck
- 10: Scuba photographer at Orca wreck
- 11: Terry the water skier
- 12: Diane the boat driver (indirectly)
- 13: Killer Whale
- 14: Eddie
- 15: Amity Harbor Patrol helicopter pilot
- 16: Marge
- 17: Bob (deleted scene)
- 18: Grouper fish
- 19: Shelby Overman
- 20: Randy the coral thief
- 21: Ed the coral thief
- 22: Philip Fitzroyce
- 23: Fred
Jaws: The Revenge
- 24: Sean Brody
- 25: Mrs. Ferguson (banana boat)
- 26: Jake (alternate ending)
- Jaws: (Bruce) Chief Brody placed a scuba tank in his mouth and then shot this tank with an M1 Garand .30-06 caliber rifle, blowing the shark's head apart and resulting in the remainder of its carcass sinking to the bottom of the ocean.
- Jaws 2: (Brucette) Electrocuted by Brody after she bit into a undersea power cable, lit on fire and then sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Only shark not to be blown up.
- Jaws 3-D: (Brucetta) Blown up after Michael Brody pulls the pin of one of Phillip's grenades in his mouth.
- Jaws: The Revenge: (Vengeance) (alternate endings) Impaled by Jake's boat and bled to death, or impaled by the boat then (unintentionally comically) somehow blows up.
Appearances in other media
- The Shark appears in numerous episodes of Family Guy.
- In the episode, The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz, he stars in Jaws V: Fire Island.
- In a DVD exclusive scene in Play It Again, Brian, he eyes Lois and Brian Griffin after they tell Peter there are no sharks in Martha's Vineyard.
- In Brian Griffin's House of Payne, Jaws appears in Peter's television series Big Jaws, where he and the other humans team up to fight the antagonist Big Jaws.
- He is voiced by Mike Henry (who played one of Peter's best friends Cleveland Brown) in all appearances. He is one of the many anthropomorphic creatures that uses the voice of Bruce, the very flamboyant Southern gay man who was also voiced by Mike Henry. Interestingly, "Bruce" was the name given to the mechanical shark prop used in the making of the film.
- In the novel It, Jaws is one of the disguises of Pennywise.
- The Shark appeared in the computer game called Fisher Price Pirate Ship.
- Jaw from Amagi Brilliant Park is based off of Jaws being virtue of similar name and appearance and even has a Jaws like head when he is on water.
- In The Lego Batman Movie, Bruce appears as one of the numerous Phantom Zone Criminals who teams up with The Joker to defeat Batman and destroy Gotham City. This incarnation of Bruce is shown to be super-humanly intelligent, to the point of being a parody, as he is shown piloting a plane without assistance.
- Jaws is the only animal character (in fact, the only villain not portrayed by a human) to occupy any slot in the Villains' half of "AFI's 100 Years... Heroes and Villains", coming in at #18.
- It is unknown why the sharks attack humans, especially in the second to fourth films.
- In the novelization of Jaws 2 and Jaws 4: The Revenge - which, belonging to minor differences, are in continuity with the book of Benchley, ignoring the events of Jaws 3-D - explains that sharks are all related to each other: the shark's first book would have impregnated one of the second book, and that of the third book would be their son. This particular is not mentioned in the film. It then suggests that the reason why attack the family of Martin Brody would be tied to a voodoo curse hurled by a shaman enemy Brody. This detail does not appear in the film, however, in the film version of the story is a phrase uttered by Michael Brody that references this subplot of the book: "Come on, sharks do not commit murder. Tell me you do not believe in what voodoo."
- Brucetta is the only mother shark in the Jaws-series.
- Although not confirmed by either the book nor the movies, it is thought that the sharks are no ordinary great white sharks but rather mutated white sharks. That would make sense for their abnormal size, appearance, strength, and the crave to devour people.
- The way in which they are killed is almost the exact way that the mako sharks in Deep Blue Sea are killed.
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Designed by penda, the cola-bow installation is a public art installation made out of more than 17,000 recycled plastic bottles, which were braided to create a shape inspired by the swings of the Coca-Cola logo.
Designed for the 2nd Beijing University Creation Expo, which turns into the Beijing Design Week, the installation aims to also serve as a statement against plastic pollution by taking trash and turning it into a shelter.
More than 17,000 bottles were collected by a joint initiative of universities around Beijing and Coca-Cola China to give citizens a bottle of Coke for every 10 empty ones brought back to a recycling spot. The amount of collected plastic bottles ended up in an entrance canopy.
A lot of things which are most convenient to us are made out of plastic. A too small percentage of this plastic waste end up in recycling bins. To make matters worse, plastic is persistent in the environment where it can remain up to 450 years. Surrounded by increased pollution every, the sculpture can also be seen as a reminder for creating awareness to recycle plastic waste.
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When a municipality or a business company wants to install a public charging station infrastructure, the question for possible financing options is raised. Due to the volume of investment cost, which can in some cases exceed 100.000,- Euros, several financing options should be taken into account and will be discussed in this article.
Subsidies for e-mobility infrastructure
The first option considers the usage of subsidies granted by the local government, the state or the European Union. In most cases, subsidy programmes aim to increase the amount of public charging infrastructure (and in this context strengthen the popularity of electric vehicles). They are usually limited with regards to certain technical parameters of the charging stations (amount and type of available charging plugs, minimum charging power etc.) and in some cases related to certain use cases, which are defined by the installation location of the charging station. With regards to the percentage of funding, up to 50% are possible, depending on the subsidy programme and the details. By trend, a higher charging capacity grants a higher funding rate.
Promotion of e-infrastructure
Another financing option takes marketing and advertising into account. Some public chargers are equipped with an integrated flatscreen which allows the potrayal of adverts, provided by local companies or business partners. By promoting the charging station to third-parties a part of the investment cost can be refunded and help to attract the popularity of the charging location itself.
The most often used financing option is the pay-off process by the charging stations themselves. If those chargers are operated by the owners themselves, the usage of self-defined tarrifs help to refund the investment costs. If charging stations are not operated by the owners, most often third-party companies deal with the operation process and are paid for this business by the owner. In those cases the tarrifs are either self-defined by the owners or provided by the operators. In both cases the charging station owners are paid for the charging processes if they deal with the energy purchase for themselves.
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BEIJING: “We are going to punish violators with an iron fist who destroy the ecology or environment, without exception,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping, while reviewing the work report of the State Council together with National People’s Congress (NPC) deputies from Jiangxi Province on Friday.Xi said that environmental protection is key to ensuring the livelihood of the people, imploring citizens to care for the environment as “one’s own eyes and life.”
His remarks echoed China’s government work report for 2015, which said “environmental pollution is a blight on people’s quality of life and a trouble that weighs on their hearts. We must fight it with all our might.”
This year’s government work report pays unprecedented attention to ecological and environmental protection. For the first time, it put forward that China will cut the intensity of carbon dioxide by at least 3.1 percent.
“As a responsible member of the international community, China has made great efforts in cutting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions,” said Wang Yi, director general of Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He noted that cutting carbon dioxide and other pollutant emissions would spur enterprises to improve technology and strengthen management, both of which are key to upgrading industrial operations.
“To achieve sustainable development, we must optimize the energy structure. The fundamental way is … to promote economic transformation and upgrading. The new requirements for carbon reduction are actually the new driving force,” said Zhang Hui, mayor of Weihai in East China’s Shandong Province.
China’s new Environmental Protection Law, which promises harsh penalties for environmental infractions, took effect in January.
“The implementation of the new law improved law enforcement and laid a good foundation to combat illegal activities and crimes against the environment,” said Gao Jixi, director general of Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
In recent years, China has made significant progress in its efforts to repair the environment. Forestation in China reached 90.41 million mu (6.03 million hectares) in 2014.
“Ecological and environmental protection is closely related to people’s livelihood,” said Gao.
“Nature is of great value. China should pay attention to investing in natural capital and accumulating green wealth,” Wang said, adding that as long as positive measures are taken, China will usher in a bright future of ecological and environmental protection. (People’s Daily)
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These investments, made by both government and private companies from 1998 to 2008, represents 1.1% of Ghana’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to the report titled “Africa’s ICT Infrastructure: Building on the Mobile Revolution”.
Ghana was among the top ten countries in sub-Sahara Africa to have received such investments in the telecoms sector placing ninth, according to the report. South Africa was first with $18.1 trillion, followed by Nigeria, $12.7 trillion and Kenya, $ 2.9 trillion.
The rest are Sudan ($1.8 trillion), Uganda ($1.6 trillion), Senegal ($1.5 trillion) and Tanzania ($1.4 trillion), DR Congo ($1.2 trillion) and Angola ($1 trillion).
“In Ghana, the government invested in extending the fiber-optic network controlled by the state-owned electricity transmission utility (the Volta River Authority [VRA]) and then included the communications assets in the privatization of the incumbent telecommunications operator, Ghana Telecom,” said the report co-authored by Mark D. J. Williams, Rebecca Mayer, and Michael Minges, under the overall guidance of series editors Vivien Foster and Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia.
The report mentions some of the investments made in the country’s telecommunications sector as the completion of Ghana Telecom (now Vodafone Ghana) equipment supply phase 1 in 2003 costing $200 million part of which the Eximbank of China financed with $79 million. The contract was executed by Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB). In 2005, an agreement was signed to complete phase 2 of the project costing $80 million with ASB as the contractor.
Another investment that the report captured was the execution of a CDMA 2000 1X network for Kasapa Telecom now Expresso in 2005 by the Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment Company Ltd (ZTE). The cost and financier of the project were unknown.
The construction of the $70 million National Fibre Backbone Project which was started in 2006 by Chinese company Huawei Technologies was also indicated in the report. The China Eximbank made available $31 million towards the project.
In 2007, the reprot said there was the construction of a communication system project for the country’s security agencies also partly financed by the China Eximbank and executed by ZTE.
The sale of 70% of Ghana Telecom (GT) to Vodafone of UK in August 2008 for $900 million was not left out in the report. Leading to the purchase of Ghana Telecom the government in 2002 abrogated the management contract with G-Com consortium headed by Telekom Malaysia and bought back the shares.
The purchase of GT including its fixed and mobile lines was seen as a controversial one as some say the $900 million deal was under valued and was not in the interest of Ghana.
The then National Democratic Congress (NDC) in opposition was totally against the sale. The NDC indicated that it will reveal the transaction when voted into power. But after winning elections and the NDC formed the government in 2009, there has not been any significant change in the transaction up to date.
Ghana’s ex-President John Agyekum Kufour under whose presidency the deal was finalized in a recent interview with Metro TV, defended the deal saying it was the best for the country.
According to Mr. J.A. Kufour, Ghana could have suffered if Ghana Telecom was not sold because the world was entering into the economic crunch.
The challenge facing all these schemes, the report says is how to use public resources to boost overall investment in backbone networks without displacing private investment or adversely affecting competition.
Ghana has six mobile operators. They are MTN, Vodafone, Tigo, Airtel, Expresso and Glo which is yet to start operations in the country.
By Ekow Quandzie
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- Laughter on the Wind
- The Children of Coyote can wear just about any face they like, wander wherever they want in this world or the next, and generally outsmart anyone unlucky enough to cross their path. Some say the werecoyotes might even be too clever for their own good but who listens to people like that?
- The Werecoyotes Gather
- Nuwisha is one of the popular Changing Breed books for Werewolf. This character book spotlights the werecoyotes, the tricksters par excellence of the World of Darkness. Learn their ancient tales and the secrets that they alone know about the coming Apocalypse.
Introduction: Laughter on the Wind
Chapter One: The Truth About the World
The Nuwisha's history of the world.
Chapter Two: How to be a Proper Nuwisha
The culture of the werecoyotes.
Chapter Three: The World from Coyote's Eyes
Nuwisha around the world and beyond.
Appendix One: Toys and Tricks
Werecoyote Gifts, totems and fetishes
Appendix Two: Coyote's Children
Four ready-to-play character templates
Appendix Three: The Favored of Coyote
The most famous Nuwisha of past and present.
The comic in the introduction was written by James A. Moore, with art by Steve Prescott and lettering by Matt Milberger.
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When businesses or corporations cause harm to large groups of people, a class-action lawsuit may be the best way for people to seek justice.
Class-action lawsuits allow a group of people to bring numerous claims against a business or corporation in a single lawsuit. A class-action lawsuit is often filed when a large group of people suffer the same type of injury or damage. The class action allows them to file a lawsuit as a group and seek a judicial remedy for injustices that, in some cases, are too small to pursue as individuals.
Consumer class-action lawsuits can cover a wide range of legal issues and types of wrongdoing, such as unfair business practice/false advertising claims, hidden fees, consumer fraud, and breach of warranty.
Dubin Law, PLLC represents people in class-action lawsuits against corporations and businesses that have caused financial damage or injuries to people by producing dangerous or defective products, engaging in fraud, or systematically violating the rights of hundreds or even thousands of people.
A class-action lawsuit combines many individual claims into one lawsuit. It is a procedural device that allows a single person or small group of people to file a lawsuit on behalf of a larger group of people, known as the “class.”
To be eligible to have a case certified as a class-action, the group of people must have been similarly injured or damaged by the same company or defendants. A class-action lawsuit allows individual claimants who otherwise would not have the means to pursue a lawsuit to come together as a group and file a claim to seek justice against the negligent party, and is a way for litigants to spread the cost of pursuing the lawsuit across a large group of people, rather than needing to bear the cost of filing a lawsuit alone.
In addition to providing a more expedient way to resolve disputes, a class action also offers strength in numbers for the people who were harmed. Filing a class-action lawsuit allows people to go toe-to-toe with big corporations that often have vast resources and a long reach.
Class-action lawsuits are common when a large group of people have been similarly injured or damaged by the same defendant, or when the degree of damage they suffered is too small to warrant an individual lawsuit.
When a corporate defendant causes harm to a large group of people, an attorney can combine these claims into a single lawsuit. The group of people who were harmed will choose a lead plaintiff who will file the lawsuit on behalf of all of the members of the class. The lead plaintiff will work with the lawyer and will serve as a representative of the entire class. This process allows the lawsuit to proceed more smoothly and helps ensure consistency between members of the class, as there will only be one judge in one courtroom making decisions that affect the entire group.
Dubin Law handles a variety of consumer class-action lawsuits, including:
To learn more about these cases and determine whether you are eligible to participate in the class, contact Dubin Law today to schedule a free, confidential consultation to discuss your case and how Dubin Law can help.
Attorney David Dubin handles consumer class-action lawsuits on a contingency fee. This means you only pay your attorney if he recovers money for you. Even then, the lawyer’s fee does not come directly out of your pocket but instead is charged as a percentage of the total settlement or verdict. Taking consumer class-action cases on a contingency fee allows people to have access to high-quality legal representation, regardless of their financial situation.
If you would like to discuss a potential or pending consumer class-action lawsuit, contact Dubin Law today to schedule a free, confidential consultation to discuss your case.
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by Brian Dooley
Citing the existence of the death penalty in the United States as justification, Bahrain’s government executed political prisoners Ali al-Arab and Ahmed al-Malali by firing squad on the morning of Saturday, July 27. Another man was also executed in a separate, non-political case.
The killings came two days after the Trump administration announced it was reinstating the federal death penalty after an absence of nearly two decades.
The two political prisoners had been convicted of killing a police officer in 2017 in a trial that involved over 50 defendants. I’ve been in Bahraini courtrooms and seen how these mass, sham political trials work, how defendants’ claims of tortured confessions are dismissed, and fabricated evidence permitted. The process doesn’t much resemble anything recognisable as a fair hearing that would meet international legal standards.
In May, five United Nations experts called for the executions to be stopped “amid serious concerns that [the two men] were coerced into making confessions through torture and did not receive a fair trial.” The day before the executions, Agnes Callamard, UN Special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, urged that the men be spared. “I remind Bahrain that the only thing that distinguishes capital punishment from an arbitrary execution is full respect for the most stringent due process and fair trial guarantees,” she said.
Members of Congress tried to intervene too, with Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chairs of the Congressional Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, urging, on the eve of the executions, that they not be killed. Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Senator Bob Menendez, (D-NJ) tweeted a similar appeal.
But the executions went ahead anyway, deepening the island kingdom’s long-simmering political crisis. Hours after the executions, protests broke out across Bahrain, and a demonstrator died from inhaling police tear gas fired in the Manama suburb of Bilad al-Qadeem, according to locals. News of the prisoners’ deaths was also met with jubilation amongst government loyalists, who posted congratulatory messages on Twitter. One local bakery made cakes celebrating the executions.
Bahrain is still reeling from its mass protests for reform in 2011, when the government crushed huge demonstrations with widespread violence, including torture. The crackdown has silenced most protests, but the tension remains, and it’s hard to see that time will heal the country’s wounds. If anything, the kingdom is more divided than it was a decade ago.
Local civil society has been virtually eliminated, with an increasing emphasis and responsibility on those based outside the country to press for reform. Protestor Moosa Mohamed, in a desperate attempt to stop the executions, climbed onto Bahrain’s embassy in London. Police eventually stormed the building when it appeared he was being attacked by embassy staff.
Bahrain isn’t headed towards safety, but for more unrest. It’s just a matter of time until widespread upheaval breaks out again. A failure to address the grievances that prompted the 2011 uprising, plus a policy of wholesale fear and intimidation, is not a recipe for sustainable security.
The ruling family has increased repression in recent years, banning opposition groups from existing and forbidding former members from taking part in last year’s cosmetic parliamentary elections. The country’s only independent newspaper, Al Wasat, was forced to close down by the authorities two years ago.
Prominent opposition figures and human rights leaders—including Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Nabeel Rajab and Naji Fateel—remain in prison. Others have been forced into exile. Government promises of an inclusive “national dialogue”, once enthusiastically swallowed by gullible officials in Washington and London, have long disappeared.
Rising tensions between Iran and the U.S. play into the hands of Bahrain’s repressive regime, as Trump administration officials are happy enough to stay silent on the killings and other human rights abuses in exchange for Manama’s loyalty in the fight against Tehran. Local activists pleaded unsuccessfully with the U.S. embassy in Bahrain to say something publicly to halt the executions, and there appears little prospect of any meaningful censure from the Trump administration (or from a UK government headed by Boris Johnson) to force Bahrain’s regime to change.
Over the years, most foreign government officials with whom I’ve discussed Bahrain understand the fundamentals very well. They even agree, privately, that its ruling family is steering the kingdom to disaster and that its repression will eventually backfire, with damaging consequences not only for Bahrain but for its allies.
I’ve never met anyone from the State Department, or from U.S. intelligence agencies, or from the UK or various other foreign ministries, who actually think the Bahraini ruling family is anything but a time bomb. But because they don’t think it’s about to explode immediately, they advocate the path of least resistance, of preserving the status quo, hoping that by the time the trouble comes it will be one of their successors’ responsibility to resolve it.
Western government failure on Bahrain is as much about myopia as ideology. It makes it easier, in the short term, to stay silent about executions rather than to cause a diplomatic fuss. But ignoring the problems won’t make them go away. More executions on Bahrain are expected—eight prisoners are now on death row having exhausted all legal remedies, and two more are waiting for a final appeal against their death sentences.
We’ve seen what happens when U.S. officials turn a blind eye to abuses in Bahrain, and in the neighbouring countries of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. It encourages greater state violence. What happened last weekend will eventually be part of the payback for years of repression, and when that happens the U.S. and Bahrain’s other western allies will regret not confronting the problem now.
Brian Dooley is a senior advisor with Human Rights First.
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In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened.
By JOSH ROGIN
After seeing a risky lab, they wrote a cable warning to Washington. But it was ignored. On January 15, in its last days, President Donald Trump’s State Department put out a statement with serious claims about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The statement said the U.S. intelligence community had evidence that several researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory were sick with Covid-like symptoms in autumn 2019—implying the Chinese government had hidden crucial information about the outbreak for months—and that the WIV lab, despite “presenting itself as a civilian institution,” was conducting secret research projects with the Chinese military. The State Department alleged a Chinese government cover-up and asserted that “Beijing continues today to withhold vital information that scientists need to protect the world from this deadly virus, and the next one.”
The exact origin of the new coronavirus remains a mystery to this day, but the search for answers is not just about assigning blame. Unless the source is located, the true path of the virus can’t be traced, and scientists can’t properly study the best ways to prevent future outbreaks.
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Before we move into a new season, with its broad thrust through the remaining weeks of the year, it is good to review the events that have brought us to this point. We recall that the new liturgical year began with the First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2017. Advent led into the Christmas Season, which continued through the Baptism of the Lord, January 8, 2018. January 9 was the start of Ordinary Time, which lasted until the day before Ash Wednesday, February 14 this year. The Season of Lent followed, preparing us for the great Easter Triduum: from Holy Thursday evening, through Good Friday and Holy Saturday, up to Easter Sunday. With the solemn Easter Vigil on the night of March 31, we saw the first dawning of the “Fifty Days” of Easter. This gives us an overview of what we have celebrated in the life of the Church thus far.
This Sunday, May 20, we celebrated the Solemnity of Pentecost. Monday, May 21, begins the period of Ordinary Time after Pentecost. Now that we have been brought to a certain corporate maturity in the growth of the Body of Christ, we are called to proclaim this fullness of life to the whole world. It is through the death, resurrection, and ascension of our Lord that we have been given the fullness of the Spirit, which fills us with an ardor to go forth as Jesus charged the Apostles to do when he ascended to his Father. The period of Ordinary Time after Pentecost ends on December 1, the Saturday following the Solemnity of Christ the King, and a new liturgical year begins with the First Sunday of Advent, December 2.
The period of the liturgical year that is now before us represents in a symbolic way the period of time before the end of the world, whenever that will be. All of creation is waiting in expectation for all that is to be fulfilled. The thrust of this Season is reconciliation: the restoration of all things in Christ – a total restoration of creation itself. Finally, all creation must be filled with the one life of God to realize the glory that is to be revealed. This becomes our commission, our labor, our life.
Meanwhile, we must see ourselves here on earth as one body of Christ: we must maintain our unity. That gives us the thrust of the Church and our commission, as we stand at the edge of this new liturgical season. We operate out of this awareness to maintain the integrity of our faith and proclaim this unique restoration.
Several feasts central to the Church are celebrated during the first weeks of Ordinary Time in order to prepare us once more for what lies ahead. Pentecost is followed by the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (May 27) and the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (June 3). Friday, (June 8), is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and Saturday, (June 9), is the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This exceptional combination of feasts immediately gives to the liturgy a sense of very deep mystery.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary also gives us the invaluable awareness of being nurtured in the “womb” of Mother Church. As we ponder the word of the liturgy, Mary directs us into the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
From the writings of Fr. Francis J. Marino
Founder, Anawim Community
Excerpt from The Anawim Way, Volume 14, no. 5. More information about The Anawim Way may be found here.
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The module has three elements of assessment:
1. Coursework Assignment: 40%
You are required to research the topic of Culture from the Organisational Behaviour area of study. In 1,000
words present 34
key theories that relate to this topic area and compare the different perspectives in terms of:
• What are the differences & similarities?
• Why might these differences and similarities exist?
• Why is this information useful for individuals and their line managers?
• What can you conclude from your analysis?
You are being asked to display your knowledge and to analyse information in order to provide a reasoned
opinion. This means that you will be expected to use a variety of sources for your information. These include
practitioner literature and sources, “expert” information and academic texts and journals. An essay based solely
on web based sources and opinions, is unlikely to achieve high marks. You are expected to reference correctly
using the Harvard referencing system.
Essay Length maximum of 1000 words.
• Introduction to the topic area of Culture 10%
Introduction to the assignment
• Review of relevant theories and perspectives on Culture 50%
Selection and review of literature & application of theory
• Referencing and Presentation 10%
Structure, flow and layout; Referencing
• Summary and Conclusions 30%
Submission: Using Turnitin
The completed assignment must be uploaded onto studentcentral.
Work submitted after this time must be uploaded via the late submission portal. Your assignment will be
marked electronically with feedback and a grade. It will appear in your grade centre when this has been
Preparing to write your assignment:
Listen to the online lecture on Culture and read the relevant
chapter in the core text book. Then decide which 34
theories you might select for analysis?
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Likewise, what age is a 25 inch tennis racket for?
A racquet sizing chart for children
|4-5 years||40-44 inches||21 inches|
|6-8 years||45-49 inches||23 inches|
|9-10 years||50-55 inches||25 inches|
|10 or older||55 inches or taller||26 inches|
In this regard, what is a size 3 tennis racquet?
How Tennis Racket Grip Sizes Are Measured
|US Sizes||European Sizes||Sizes in Millimeters|
|4 inches||0||100-103 mm|
|4-1/8 inches||1||103-106 mm|
|4-1/4 inches||2||106-110 mm|
|4-3/8 inches||3||110-113 mm|
What is the most common tennis grip size?
Average or Most Common Size Grip
A size 3 or 4 3/8 grip is the most common, and you’ll find a lot of crossover between men and women at this size. The vast majority of women will play with a grip size that’s a size 1, 2, or 3. Men, on the other hand, will typically have a size 3, 4, or 5.
The best method for determining the grip size of a tennis racket is to measure the length between the tip of the ring finger (on your hitting hand) and the second line on your palm.
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|Height:||2 ft. 11 – 3 ft. 3||> 4 ft. 11|
|Length racket:||46 cm||68 cm|
|Recommended racket:||18 inch||27 inch|
Grip Size Basics
Standard adult tennis racquet grip sizes normally range between 4 ⅛ inches to 4 ⅝ inches, which measures the circumference or distance around the edge of the handle (please note that some countries may express the racquet grip size differently; please use the chart below for reference).
The best tennis racket brands in 2021 are Dunlop, Prince, Tecnifibre, Yonex, Head, Babolat, and Wilson. … These brands have been around for a while, and are known to make high-quality racquets that are good for both professional players and beginners.
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Excel with a Mentor is a voluntary program designed to familiarize transitioning service members with the corporate setting and gain realistic career perspectives.
The goal is to help service members gain insight and a deeper understanding of the civilian sector – allowing one to better prepare, plan and make informed decisions regarding their transition. It is also a great opportunity to expand your network and build relationships with key professionals in the private sector.
What to Expect
Once you apply for the program, our partners locate an appropriate mentor. Mentors are available from a variety of different career fields/industries and they volunteer their services/expertise. Based on your application, we will partner you with an appropriate mentor. We will introduce you to your mentor via email, provide your application as well as the mentor’s biography. You and your mentor will choose, when, and how often you both would like to meet. This is truly a great program that can be very beneficial.
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What is expected of me?
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How often do we have to meet?
That is up to the mentor and mentee. After the military member is matched with a mentor, they will contact that mentor within 2 weeks to arrange a first meeting. It is recommended that the first meeting take place in person but any meeting after this can happen in person or over the phone or any other creative ways you have. We suggest at least one meeting a month.
What do we talk about?
That is entirely up to the mentor and mentee! The point if for the mentee to discover their strenghts and abiities and how that will match the job or career they desire to pursue.
What if my mentee needs something that I am not familiar with?
HRAM is associated with a majority of companies in the Omaha area. If you have questions or are unsure about a particular question or situation, HRAM will get you connected with someone that will have the answer. It’s a great way to teach networking skills and showing someone unfamiliar with the process how to go about getting what they need and make lasting relationships along the way.
What happens after 6 months?
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What if the relationship isn’t working out?
For any reason, you can request a new mentor/mentee. No hard feelings, promise!
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How to transfer bitcoin to bank account in India?
Bitcoin is a digital asset that can be easily converted into cash using different exchange methods. It is the #1 digital currency that can be liquified easily and instantly. In many developed and developing, countries bitcoin is legal tender and India is one of them. Most of the bitcoin traders in India are curious to know about how to convert bitcoin to Indian bank account. In India or any other country, bitcoin can’t be directly transferred to a bank account. First, you have to convert bitcoin to INR then the cash can be withdrawn to a bank account. There are many exchange platforms in India that provide the service to convert bitcoin to cash. There are some banks in some countries that allow their clients to buy and sell bitcoin directly. So in such countries, you can transfer bitcoin to your bank account directly without converting it into cash.
How to convert bitcoin to INR?
Bitcoin is a digital asset that can be easily liquified. You can easily convert it into cash using different exchange methods. In India, there are different exchange methods that you can use to convert BTC to cash. Some of the popular methods to exchange BTC in India are broker exchanges, online exchanges, a peer-to-peer marketplace, and bitcoin ATMs. These are the easy methods to exchange bitcoin and convert it into INR. You can use anyone according to your need. Before we proceed to discuss any of the exchange methods first you need to know the status of bitcoin in India i.e either it is a legal tender or not. Bitcoin is not an illegal tender in India but it is also not regulated by the government. This means you can buy, sell, and hold bitcoin as an investment but there is no governing body to regulate and protect it.
Coinbase to Indian bank account
Coinbase is a reliable and safe platform through which you can buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many more. Coinbase is a US-based company that provides its services in many countries and India is one of them. If you want to transfer bitcoin from Coinbase to an Indian bank account then the procedure is as follows.
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You can choose any payment methods of your choice that is convenient for you. You can also use your bank account as a method of payment. If you are a bitcoin trader and trade in it on daily basis then Coinbase is the best and reliable platform for you. Because it also provides you the best and safest bitcoin wallet that keeps your BTC assets safe from being lost or hacked.
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Are you sure it's circuit related?, my thinking (but without seeing the code) is it's interrupt related and you are being swamped with interrupt requests due to the high level of rainfall resulting in the watchdog being triggered on the ESP8266.
If you don't get the crash with low / no rain, it's unlikely to be the circuit. Your increase in resister for the pull up will only come in to play if the distance between the sensor and controller is very long and your wire is quite thin and that would result in missed activations not increased / crashes. You can test this by disconnecting the RG11 unit and manually joining the wires together to simulate a pulse from the RG11 relay.
If you disconnect the RG11, does the ESP still crash? What does it output on the serial port?
I have a RG15 and it can be sensitive to the input voltage causing brownouts, but that would be unlikely to lock up your ESP as it's a separate unit but should't be ruled out just yet though 2A should be more than enough for both devices to co-exist.. (RG11 is 55mA max @12V input with everything on from the datasheet)
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By Brandon Moseley
Alabama Political Reporter
Early on Friday, August 26, a jubilant Governor Robert Bentley (R) said, “We came out with a victory from the House, not us, but a victory for the people of this state.” That Bentley and Bentley’s staff have absolutely no idea what is happening in in the Alabama legislature, could not be any more obvious than at that moment.
While the Governor was taking his victory lap after midnight with the exhausted capital press corps, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) and lottery bill sponsor, Senator Jim McClendon (R-Springville), were desperately trying to find a plan to save the lottery.
While the House had been debating the lottery bill for nearly eleven hours, the Senate had been hanging around waiting to act. The first indication that things had gone wrong was when the Senate failed to non-concur with the House and appoint a conference committee to resolve the issues between the two versions of the bill. Instead both bodies went home while the leadership met trying to figure out what to do next.
The bill that passed the House, Senate Bill 3 (SB3), was going to be problematic, at best, in the Senate. Some were using the words “dead on arrival.” Lottery opponents in the House had proved enough muscle to delay the bill for two days past the deadline for it to even be on the November 8 ballot; had three times blocked cloture motions by lottery supporters to shut off debate, and even had enough strength to vote the whole thing down. It took a second vote in which three legislators changed their vote to yes for the measure to pass by the slimmest of margins.
To get any kind of a lottery bill out of the House, Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Madison) and the State Representative Alan Harper (R-Northport) who carried it in the House had had to make all kinds of deals to accept amendments from legislators who were skeptical of any lottery in the first place. To get the bill out of the Senate, McClendon had had to make it a much simpler bill. His preferred lottery bill, SB11, had been shot down.
SB3 was the compromise position that passed on August 19 with not a single vote to spare. If any of his 21 Senators defected, the lottery (which as a constitutional amendment takes a 3/5s majority for passage would be dead. To make matters worse many State Representatives had been trying to add “poison pills” to the bill to make it impossible to pass the Senate.
State Representative Connie Rowe’s (R-Jasper) definition of “lottery’ may have been that amendment that brought everything crashing down.
On Friday, Speaker McCutcheon denied that the Rowe amendment was a poison pill when directly asked by one reporter, but while he was speaking with reporters, Senators were upstairs killing SB3.
Rowe had defined “lottery” as being paper only. Modern lotteries, like modern bingo, are increasingly played on machines, computers and hand held devices. If the legislators put a definition of lottery that restricted it to paper tickets in the Alabama Constitution; then an Alabama lottery could find itself becoming increasingly obsolete as older less sophisticated lottery players died off. Also certain influential gambling interests had hoped a lottery would mean that the dog tracks could do some sort of a deal in the yet to be written enabling legislation or with the yet to be appointed Lottery Commission for virtual lotter machines (VLMs). VLMs has been included in SB11. Rowe’s definition ended any illusion that VLMs would be allowed anywhere ever.
Worse, Governor Bentley’s reported talks with the Poarch Creek Band of Indians (PCI) had scared many legislators. While Bentley called the original reporting by Alabama Political Reporter editor Bill Britt an “Outright lie” and said that he has never negotiated with the Poarch Creeks and never will; very few in the legislature believed Bentley. State Representative Barbara Boyd (D-Anniston) and Steve McMillan (R from had separately offered amendments to SB3 requiring that any compacts that the Governor negotiates with PCI be ratified by the legislature. Boyd’s amendment, when a motion was made to reintroduce it by Rep. Christopher John England (D-Tuscaloosa) narrowly missed being part of SB3. That could have been the moment that the lottery came crashing down.
A lottery is class III gaming. The electronic bingo that Greenetrack and the PCI casinos play is class II.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes like the Poarch Creek, can offer any gaming that anyone else is allowed to play in the state. If the State of Alabama started selling lottery tickets (Class III gaming) then the Indians could apply to federal authorities to allow their casinos in Wetumpka and Atmore to go to Class III gaming. This would give the Indians an enormous competitive advantage over Greenetrack, Victoryland, and the Birmingham Racecourse. With the lottery ban window in the 1901 Constitution lifted, and with the legislature unable to modify or stop the Governor from negotiating with the Poarch Creeks, it was too much for Black Democrats to stand and so they went from supporting SB3 to filibustering it, led by Senator Bobby Singleton (D from Greensboro). Now the most staunchly pro-gambling people in the Alabama legislature, became last minute opponents of the lottery bill.
Senators McClendon and Marsh wanted to concur with the House changes to SB3, knowing that Speaker McCutcheon did not have the votes to pass anything again in the House if the Senate stripped the bill of any of its troubling amendments. On Friday, the Senate had taken two and a half hours in recesses with McClendon and Marsh trying to find 21 votes to concur with the House. As the Senate was preparing to resume debate, the House decided to adjourn until September 6 meaning that a conference committee was no longer a viable option. Black Democrats joined with conservative Republicans in voting to non-concur with the House bill.
The final dagger was delivered by Senator Trip Pittman (R-Montrose) who made a motion for the Senate to reconsider SB3. He then motioned for his reconsider motion to be carried over effectively ending the lottery bill for the Special Session.
Sponsor Jim McClendon said that on Friday, formidable special interests combined forces to kill a bill that had passed the Senate (21 out of 35) and passed the House (64 out of 102).
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provide great angling action for fly fishers.
The striped bass is kind of like the rainbow trout of the sea in that, a native of the Atlantic coast, it has been transported and stocked successfully around the world. The original range of the striped bass stretches from Canada’s St. Lawrence River to the St. John’s River in northern Florida, as well as along the Gulf Coast to Louisiana.
The species was introduced to the West Coast in 1879, when 132 fingerling bass from the Navesink River in New Jersey were transported by rail to San Francisco Bay, and by the end of the century, there was a thriving population that supported both commercial and recreational fisheries. The West Coast striped-bass range now stretches from Los Angeles north to the Columbia River.
In 1941, stripers were accidentally landlocked during the construction of South Carolina’s Santee Cooper Reservoir, and both anglers and fisheries managers were thrilled to discover that the species could not only survive, but prosper in large impoundments. Although most freshwater striped-bass populations are maintained through stocking, some lakes are fed by rivers suitable for spawning. More than 30 states now have freshwater stripers, as well as hybrids—called wipers—created by crossing stripers with white bass. Wipers can tolerate higher water temperatures and are therefore better for southern climates.
In more recent times, stripers have been introduced in large lakes Ecuador, Iran, Latvia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and Turkey, to name just a few. The species is prized for both its sporting qualities—including its willingness to take flies—as well as its value as a source of food. The species is now being commercially raised to service the demand from restaurants and fish markets. This could help with conservation in the oceans, where East Coast stocks are showing signs of trouble.
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The hostility toward Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency appears to be weighing on the sentiment for bitcoin.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency dropped as much as 8.2% to $7 462 in New York, the lowest level since June. Other digital tokens such as ether and litecoin also slumped with Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg scheduled to face the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.
”The main reason for this is because of the immense pressure Facebook’s libra is getting from Washington,” said Matt Maley, equity strategist at Miller Tabak + Co. “That is basically making it much less likely that bitcoin will go mainstream as quickly as some of its bulls think it will.”
Potentially adding to concern is the news that Alphabet Inc.’s Google has built a computer that’s reached “quantum supremacy,” performing a computation in 200 seconds that would take the fastest supercomputers about 10 000 years. Skeptics of cryptocurrencies have noted that advances in computing could make the slower proof of work system used by bitcoin and other tokens obsolete.
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After PETA urged Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) to ban mohair, the New York–based luxury clothing company joined the more than 240 brands worldwide that have pledged not to sell the cruelly obtained material.
— PETA: #RetireSeaWorldDolphinsDay (@peta) July 18, 2018
The move from DVF—a high-end fashion brand with a global distribution network in more than 70 countries, including 111 stores throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region—follows PETA’s first-of-its-kind video exposé of the mohair industry in South Africa, which is the source of more than 50 percent of the world’s mohair.
Baby goats cried out in fear and pain as they were sheared for mohair sweaters and scarves.
The exposé shows that shearers—who are paid by volume, not by the hour—worked quickly and carelessly, leaving angora goats with gaping wounds. Workers then roughly stitched the animals up without giving them any pain relief. And unwanted goats died in agonizing ways: One worker slowly cut their throats with a dull knife while they were fully conscious and then broke their necks, hacking one animal’s head off. Others were hauled to a slaughterhouse, where they were electrically shocked, hung upside down, and slashed across the throat.
PETA has asked law-enforcement agencies in South Africa to investigate and file charges, as appropriate, for potential violations of that country’s Animals Protection Act, 1962. An investigation is underway.
DVF has joined the growing list of fashion brands that recognize that today’s shoppers don’t support cruelty to animals. Other brands that have banned mohair include Gap, Banana Republic, Topshop, UNIQLO, Overstock.com, and Zara, among dozens of others.
Let’s Keep Pushing: Urge Express and Forever 21 to Drop Wool
Like goats abused for mohair, sheep are mutilated, kicked, stomped on, and beaten for their wool. Click the button below to tell Express and Forever 21 to stop selling wool today.
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A September date has been set for Barack Obama’s commemorative portrait to be unveiled at the White House in a ceremony hosted by his former No. 2, President Joe Biden.
Details were announced Thursday and AP reports portraits of the former president and Michelle Obama will be presented in the East Room, as is traditional, on Sept. 7, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
“That’ll be very exciting,” Jean-Pierre enthused.
The official White House portraits are separate from the National Portrait Gallery paintings the Obamas revealed in 2018. As Breitbart News reported, those drew equal measures of applause and ridicule from the public.
On that occasion the former president was painted by controversial artist Kehinde Wiley, who captured the president posed while seated, with no necktie, on a wooden chair amidst green leaves and flowers.
Mrs. Obama was painted by Amy Sherald, who chose to surround her subject with a plain blue background.
Obama joked artist Wiley cheerfully ignored his suggestions for that likeness to feature “less gray hair” and “smaller ears.”
The former president also congratulated Amy Sherald for painting his wife’s image, saying, “Amy, I want to thank you for so spectacularly capturing the grace and beauty and the intelligence and charm and hotness of the woman that I love.”
The previous White House portrait unveiling was a decade ago, in 2012, when former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush were welcomed back to be honored for their dedication to the nation, AP reports.
Bush said he was thrilled and joked, “I am also pleased, Mr. President, that when you are wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you will now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would George do?”
The private and non-profit White House Historical Association has arranged portraits of recent presidents and first ladies since 1965, when it negotiated acquiring a portrait of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
There is no word yet if the latest portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama will tour the nation so more people can make a “pilgrimage” to see them, as was previously determined for the Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald works.
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When you’re shopping with your parents for your freshman year of college, the focus is usually on the practical stuff. Of course, you need everything on the list your school provides, and you should invest in the best tech tools you can.
But, as a college freshman, you also need creature comforts and conveniences to make you feel at home in your new living space, which might even help your academic and social shift from high school to college go more smoothly.
Here are six things that Neely Woodroffe, rising sophomore at Spelman College, says you need to excel freshman year. The Miami, FL resident is a dual math and engineering major at the premiere women’s college in Atlanta.
Apps for Food, Clothes, and Transportation
Like nearly any other freshman, Woodroffe wanted to explore off-campus food options. That’s where apps like Uber, Uber Eats, and Lyft helped. “They’re important for travel around town and to escape cafeteria food,” she explains.
Looking great on the cheap is important, too. Woodroffe recommends Poshmark, a resale clothing and social shopping app for women and men.
“These apps offer coupons and run promotions that help save money.”
Organizers and Space Savers for Your Room
Typically, whether you live in the dorms or off campus, college living spaces are small, and you’ll do better if your things are orderly and easy to locate. Sites like Dormify and The Container Store specialize in storage products to help you get organized. Choose from shelves, bins, racks, caddies, and cubes to tidy up your closet, drawers, and desk.
“They are a must have,” says Woodroffe. “Dorm rooms are small, so the more ways you have to keep track of your things, the better you’re able to make use of your space.”
Productivity and Focus Tools
Now that you’ve arranged your living space, you’ll want to plan your time and stay focused. Being punctual and staying on task are two keys to college freshman success.
Woodroofe suggests sta
rting with a good day planner, either electronic or paper-based. “Whichever version you choose, keeping track of appointments and assignments is important,” she says.
If staying focused is a challenge for you, then there are apps for that. Consider Forest, which “plants a tree” each time you set a time goal. It adds coins to your tree if you remain on task beyond your set time or kills your tree if you quit early.
You can trade your coins in for more trees so you grow a forest. Even better, donate your coins to Trees for the Future to plant real trees somewhere in the world.
To help you stay off your phone during class, download Pocket Points. You earn points you can use toward purchases at businesses near your school.
Rain Gear and Waterproof Cases
You will be walking around campus a lot, even when it’s pouring. Sitting through class in drenched shoes and clothes is no fun. “A good pair of stylish, waterproof shoes is a must,” says Woodroffe. Invest in other quality raingear to last throughout college.
Also, a water-soaked laptop, tablet, or phone could mean a dead device. So, get waterproof carrying cases for your electronics.
Cloud Tools and Software
“College life is filled with group projects, planning, and activities that require sharing documents and working in and communicating with groups,” explains Woodroffe. Cloud apps and software make it faster, easier, and more productive.
Cloud tools like GroupMe and WhatsApp and software like Google Docs are imperative for communicating and collaborating college. Software like iCloud, Dropbox and Google Drive facilitate both document storage and sharing.
Also download LiveSafe, a campus safety app that many colleges and universities offer to students. But, it has SafeWalk, a feature to make your family and friends virtual escorts who help “walk” you back to your dorm or apartment safely.
A Reminder of Home
Being away from home is a big adjustment for most freshman and can lead to loneliness and homesickness. Bringing along anything that reminds you of home can mitigate those feelings.
“Pictures, stuffed animals, or any other sentimental object from home can help make your transition easier,” Woodroffe says.
Creating a homelike environment when you’re away for college makes higher achievement more likely. If you’re living off campus, then CORT Furniture Rental can help you outfit a comfortable, functional living space in no time.
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June retail sales show the American consumer is still spending
Following the variety of economic reports over the past month—most notably the positive employment report and the negative inflation report—the retail sales numbers for June paint another mixed picture of the economy at the end of the second quarter. Because consumers are the primary driver of the U.S. economy, we look closely at spending behaviors to forecast GDP growth, inflation, interest rates and commercial real estate performance.
According to the Census Bureau, total retail sales in June increased by 1.0% compared to a month earlier. This is a very solid monthly growth rate and it reverses the -0.1% contraction reported in May. On a year-over-year basis, retail spending was up by 8.4%, slightly higher than the 8.2% annualized gain reported last month. Driving June’s retail spending growth were sales at gas stations, e-commerce, furniture stores and restaurants. On the other side, spending fell on clothing and building material stores, the latter of which partly reflects the recent slowdown in the single-family housing market.
Of course, as the surge in spending at gas stations suggests, the retail sales numbers must be viewed in the context of the macroeconomic situation, namely multi-decade high inflation rates. In fact, if we adjust for rising consumer prices, retail sales actually declined by 0.3% compared to May 2022 and by 0.5% compared to June 2021.
If we remove spending on gas stations last month—when oil and gas prices were at their highest—nominal retail sales (not adjusted for inflation) were still in positive territory at +0.7% month-over-month and 5.1% year-over-year. By itself, spending on gas increased by 3.6% compared to last month, which is down significantly from the 5.6% monthly gain reported in May and indicates a pullback in demand for gas in view of higher oil prices. However, the recent decline in oil and gas prices should register a meaningful increase in demand this month.
All in all, the June retail spending data indicates that the U.S. consumer is still spending, but the weight of inflation continues to take a toll. The strong labor market continues to support the resilient consumer. While this is a net benefit for economic growth in the aggregate, it also suggests that the Fed will continue with its aggressive rate hiking campaign to tame inflation by slowing demand. Combining the last three major data releases—employment, inflation, and retail spending—we expect the Fed to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points at its upcoming meeting. However, a 100-basis points hike is certainly on the table.
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I promise there will be no ‘What’s In a Name?’ (the Bard), “What’s My Name?” (Snoop Dogg) or “I’ve Got a Name” (the late great Jim Croce) references. And while I’m on the subject – is there anything MORE 1970s AM-JAM or K-Tel then Jim Croce? I don’t think so. Well maybe that weird “Billy Don’t Be A Hero” song Ms. Sauer made us sing in third grade music class. (The video is even weirder! the band members are clad in Civil War garb. I S thee not!) Maybe I’m projecting but there always seemed something vaguely dark and unnerving about that song.
No idea where I’m going with this. But consider: would you pay someone $5.5M at your death just because that someone promised to use your last name as a tack-on middle name for his sons?
The First District definitely would not in Dohrmann v. Swaney, 2014 IL App (1st) 131524 (1st Dist. 2014), where the Court entered summary judgment against a plaintiff who sued a former neighbor’s estate to recover about $5.5M in money and assets under a written contract.
In the 1980s, the plaintiff – then a 40-year-old surgeon with a wife and two kids – befriended his elderly neighbor – Mrs. Rogers – a widow who was in her early seventies. In 2000, when Mrs. Rogers was 89 and the plaintiff was in his mid-fifties, Mrs. Rogers signed a contract drafted by the plaintiff’s estate planning attorney where Mrs. Rogers agreed to transfer at her death, her million-plus dollar apartment, its furnishings and a cool $4M in cash to the plaintiff all for – get this – the plaintiff’s promise to use the widow’s last name (Rogers) by adding it to plaintiff’s son’s middle names and for “past and future services.” That’s It.
Mrs. Rogers’ stated reason for the transfer (according to plaintiff) was to perpetuate her family name which would provide her with psychological Comfort.
After Mrs. Rogers signed the contract, the plaintiff legally changed his sons middle names to include the Rogers reference.
Over the course of the next several years, Mrs. Rogers transferred the home into a trust and slid further into dementia and a guardian was eventually appointed to manage her affairs.
The plaintiff sued in the Circuit Court to enforce the agreement. Mrs. Rogers’ (who died while lawsuit was pending) executor defended on the basis that the contractual consideration was grossly inadequate and shocked the conscience. The trial court agreed and entered summary judgment for the estate.
The Court found that contractual consideration was lacking and the evidence showed a disparity in bargaining power and over-reaching by the plaintiff.
The black letter contract elements are (1) offer, (2) acceptance and (3) consideration.
Consideration consists of some right, interest or benefit flowing to one party and some corresponding forbearance, detriment or loss from the other. Any act that benefits one side and disadvantages the other is generally considered sufficient consideration to form a binding contract. But, where the consideration is so grossly inadequate as to “shock the conscience”, the contract fails. (¶ 23).
A conscience-shocking failure of consideration is usually found in situations involving fraud and blatantly one-sided (unconscionable) or oppressive contracts. If there is a gross disparity in bargaining power or a blatant inequality of value exchanged, the Court will closely scrutinize the agreement and delve into the sufficiency of its consideration. (¶ 23). Where there is a complete failure of consideration, the Court can invalidate the entire transaction. (¶ 24).
Here, the Court found that the contractual consideration was shockingly absent on its face. For assets totaling $5.5M, all plaintiff had to do was file name change proceedings for his two adult (now) sons who promised to use the Rogers name as part of their name. But in their depositions, the sons testified that their use of the Rogers name was sporadic at best: they only used it on certain applications and documents through the years.
The First District found that only staggered and unverified name use can hardly qualify for valid consideration: it was an illusory promise. (¶¶33-34).
The other plus-factor cited by the court was the glaring disparity in bargaining power between the parties. Illinois courts will consider a contracting parties age, education and commercial experience when deciding whether to set aside a contract.
The plaintiff here was the stronger party in every way – physically, mentally and financially. (¶¶ 37-39). This obvious disparity added support for the court’s finding of unfairness.
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To fix MySQL Error: : 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost', you should follow these steps:
Step 1: Open and Edit /etc/my.cnf or /etc/mysql/my.cnf, according to your distro.
Step 2: Add skip-grant-tables which is under [mysqld]
Step 3: Now, Restart Mysql
You must be able to login to mysql now by using the below command mysql -u root -p
Run mysql> flush privileges;
Now, set new password by ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'NewPassword'; and go back to /etc/my.cnf and remove/comment skip-grant-tables
Again, Restart Mysql, now you can login with the new password
mysql -u root -p
You can master these queries and become proficient in SQL queries by enrolling in an industry-recognized SQL certification.
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Our Courts PSAs Urge Voters to Not Forget About Judges
Election Day is less than a month away, and although much of the focus has been on the presidential race, down-ballot categories—such as those for judges—are just as important. Judges are vital to our communities and our democracy. It is essential that the public is not only informed about a judge’s performance on the job, but that the public also has a say in whether or not the judge stays on the bench.
That’s why Our Courts Colorado, a nationally recognized organization that informs the understanding of the state and federal courts, has released a series of PSAs encouraging people to consider the judges up for retention on their ballots. The PSAs feature diverse and well-known members of the community—not all of whom have legal backgrounds—who explain why Coloradans should take the time to educate themselves about the judges up for retention and then cast their votes accordingly.
Reverend Eugene Downing, minister at New Hope Baptist Church, urges voters to not ignore the judges on their ballots: “This is your chance to make sure Colorado has a strong court system.” Voting in judicial retention elections is important, he explains, because it gives people a voice; it also ensures we have a fair judiciary “dedicated to providing equal justice for all,” and keeps politics out of our court system.
“Merit selection ensures our judges are not influenced by money and partisan politics,” says Daniel Ramos, former executive director of One Colorado. “By voting in judicial retention elections, which are held every two years, you and other Colorado voters get to decide whether a judge should continue to serve in that position or not.” Information on all judges up for retention is contained in the blue ballot information booklet mailed to all voters.
“Here are three easy ways for you to participate,” Ramos says. “Educate yourself about the importance of judges by reviewing the voter blue book; volunteer for a commission for your judicial district; and, most importantly, make your voice heard and don’t forget to vote.”
Luis Canela, sportscaster and the Denver Broncos play-by-play announcer in Spanish, is also featured in a PSA, relaying the same information in Spanish.
Under Colorado’s merit selection process, a nominating commission—made up of attorneys and members of the public—screens and interviews applicants for judgeships. The commission then recommends the two to three best-qualified candidates to the governor for appointment. After at least two years in office, judges stand in a retention election, in which voters are asked whether judges should remain in office for a full term, based on a comprehensive review of their performance on the job. That impartial judicial performance evaluation (JPE) is designed to help judges improve their skills on the bench and to inform voters about how judges are handling their duties.
Today, Colorado is one of six states that use the methods outlined in the O’Connor Judicial Selection Plan to choose and retain all judges.
Colorado citizens have an opportunity to be involved—whether by serving on a nominating or performance evaluation commission, evaluating judges before whom they have appeared, or testifying at public hearings about the selection and evaluation of judges. And, of course, they have the opportunity—and the duty—to make an informed vote for or against the judges up for retention.
Ballots will be mailed to Colorado voters beginning today, October 9. You can check and update your voter registration status here.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan to ban junk food adverts on buses and trains as east London’s child obesity crisis worsens
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has unveiled plans to ban junk food adverts on the capital’s trains and buses in a bid to crack down on “the ticking timebomb” of child obesity in the city.
The proposals, which would be the largest intervention of its type in any city in the world, would prohibit adverts for foods and drink classed as “unhealthy” by the Food Standards Agency – namely foods such as chocolate, crisps and most fizzy drinks.
Such a ban would exclude alcohol advertisements.
The Mayor of London said: “It can’t be right that in a city as prosperous as London that where you live and the income you have can have a massive impact on whether you have access to healthy, nutritious food and your exposure to junk food advertising.
“I’m determined to do all I can to tackle this issue with the powers I have and help Londoners make healthy food choices for themselves and their families.”
He added that he wanted to “reduce the influence” on children and their families by banning advertisements for unhealthy food and drink that are high in fat, salt or sugar across the entire Transport for London network.
His plans, part of his draft London Food Strategy which aims to reduce the level of child obesity in the capital by 2028, will now be subject to a consultation.
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He is also proposing a ban on new hot food takeaways opening within 400 metres of schools.
Such a move was introduced by Redbridge Council health bosses in January last year and has been heralded as a major success.
Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer for England, said: “The evidence is clear that although it is not a silver bullet, restricting the amount of junk food adverts children are exposed to will help reduce obesity.
“Children are inundated with adverts for unhealthy food so this is a really encouraging move and a bold step in the right direction.”
Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet, said parents would be grateful for measures that reduce “pester power”.
She added: “Food manufacturers have done well in bringing down salt levels in everyday foods, making it easier for families to be healthier; it would be great if they could collectively act on sugar and fat to help parents ensure that children have a balanced diet.”
London has one of the highest child overweight and obesity rates in Europe, with 38.6pc of children aged 10 and 11 across the capital overweight or obese.
East London boroughs in particular have struggled to take on the problem.
Shockingly, 44.3pc of Year 6 pupils in Barking and Dagenham are classed as overweight or obese – the joint worst record in London.
Young children in Tower Hamlets aren’t far behind, with 42.2pc of 10 and 11-year-olds coming in at unhealthy weights.
Despite recent successes banning chicken shops near schools, Redbridge still came in over the London average for child obesity, with 39.2pc of youngsters either obese or overweight.
And although it performed better than all its neighbouring boroughs, Havering was still slightly above the city-wide average for obesity in children, recording 39.2pc.
Havering Council bases its own Prevention of Obesity Strategy around three key areas: Shaping the environment to promote healthy eating, supporting a culture that sees physical activity and healthy eating as the norm, and prompting individuals to change, primarily through self-help.
The council also established a permanent subgroup of the Health and Wellbeing Board two years ago to focus solely on tackling obesity.
In the foreword to the council’s strategy document, Councillor Wendy Brice-Thompson insisted everyone involved was working hard to “bring the obesity epidemic under control”.
She said: “Austerity isn’t a reason for doing nothing - it makes the case for action all the more persuasive.
“The solution isn’t investment in new specialist services.
“Rather everyone must do their bit, every day, in terms of the decisions they make, the advice they give and the actions they take to promote healthy eating and greater physical activity.”
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The story of the royal family
For more than a thousand years Britain has always had kings or queens except for the ten years between 1649 and 1659. In the past, kings had great power and they really helped to make history. They started wars, made lows, and did things in their own way. But gradually more and more power went to Parliament. What does the queen do now? Why does Britain need monarchy? And does it?
A job for life
Elizabeth II calls the Windsor family a “Firm”. She thinks of it as a business rather than a family. And the main business of the royal family is… well, probably being royal. And they are paid for it. The queen is one of the richest woman in the world and yet she gets about 8 million pounds a year to be a queen. But many people agree that she does her job well and she deserves her salary.
The work of the royal family has continued through all the changes of the last fifty or sixty years. There are hundreds of traditional ceremonies which the Queen has to keep. Each year, in September or October, there is the State Opening of Parliament. The Queen, wearing her crown, arrives at the Houses of Parliament by carriage. There she reads the Queens Speech, which discusses the government’s work for the next year.
Another traditional ceremony takes place on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. The Queen gives out purses of money to older people who have done good work. This is called “Maundy money” and the tradition is almost seven hundred years old.
Every summer the Queen gives three or more royal garden parties at Buckingham Palace. About 8,000 guests come to each party. They drink about 27,000 cups of tea and eat 20,000 sandwiches and 20,000 pieces of cake.
The Queen and other members of the royal family often travel abroad as guests of others countries. They meet important visitors. They are invited to the opening of hospitals, schools, museums, embassies-not long ago Princess Anne came to Moscow for the opening ceremony of the new British Embassy. So their life is quite busy. Besides, the Queen acts as head of the government and once a week she has a meeting with the Prime Minister. She also has to read the report of the day from Parliament. Any law made by Parliament really becomes a law only if the Queen agrees to it. But no king or queen has refused a new law since 1701!
When Elizabeth was born nobody knew she would be queen. Her grandfather, King George V, had six children. His eldest son, Edward, was the next in line to be king and Elizabeth’s father, Albert, was only second child. Edward loved a good time. He enjoyed women, drink a lot, spent money, liked fashionable clothes. Albert, or Bertie, as his friend called him, was rather shy, he stammered, and all his life it was difficult for him to make speeches. As he did not expect to become king, he the Navy. When he took exams at naval College, he came only 68 th . It wasn’t very impressive since there were only 68 students in the class.
He married lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon- she is the Queen Mother now and this year she has celebrate her 100 th anniversary! -And they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret.
The family lived in a house on Piccadilly. It was not a palace, but it was a nice place with twenty-five bedrooms, a library and a room for dance and parties. The girls had a private teacher, they also studied music, dancing and art. As a child Elizabeth was nicknamed Lilibet-because that was the way she pronounced her name. She was a serious, tidy little girl, but her governess said that Lilibet and Margaret could fight on occasions.
In 1936 King George died. When his coffin with the crown on top of it was carriage through the streets on a horse drawn carriage, the crown fell. Many people through it was a bad sign. Indeed, 1936 became “The year of the kings”. In January, after his father’s death, Edward became king. In December he refused from the throne and his younger brother Bertie took his place.
War times, marriage and future
Bertie became King George. The family moved into Buckingham Palace. During the war the family lived in Windsor. It was dangerous to stay in London because the city was often bombed especially East End.
When Elizabeth was 13 she met Prince Philip of Greece. He was six year older than her. Certainly at that time she was only schoolgirl, but later they fell in love and in 1947 they got married.
As we now after that was born a daughter, which name is Diana. In 1989 year Princes Diana got married with Prince Charles. They had two sons, William and Harry. The year part of Windsor Castle was badly damaged by a fire. The government refused to pay for the repairs. So the Queen opened Buckingham Palace to playing tourist to get the money. Later she decided that their favorite royal ship Britannia was too expensive and it had to go. Queen agreed to pay taxes.
After Diana’s die many people asked if Charles would be king or the crown would go to his eldest son, William? Prince William is 18 now, he looks very much like his mother. He and Prince Harry are the royal family of the future. Both boys study at Eton, they spend a lot of time with their father and often visit their grandmother.
England has had kings and queens for a thousand years-probably they’ll have them for another thousand, and people believe in the Royal Family!
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(Bloomberg) Wind-power skeptic Donald Trump’s proposed tax reform may have an unintended consequence: threatening wind farms’ balance sheets.
The president-elect’s proposal to cut the corporate tax rate to as low as 15 percent may curb availability of an esoteric, but critical, clean-energy financing mechanism known as tax equity, according to a report Friday by the Chicago-based energy and infrastructure adviser Marathon Capital LLC.
Existing tax-equity backers may be able to demand a bigger share of wind-farm cash flows, while developers may have to put up more capital themselves, Marathon determined. The shift in the market may prompt smaller developers to sell projects to bigger rivals that are better positioned to win part of what would be a shrinking pie of tax-equity investment.
“Any tax reform that reduces corporate tax appetite would erode the potential supply of tax equity, pushing the supply-demand balance even further toward a buyer’s market,” said Daniel Shurey, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance in New York. “In this situation, only the most experienced and well-capitalized developers would catch the attention of tax equity investors.”
Tax-equity investment has been rising, with about $14.8 billion expected to be raised last year, based on mid-2016 New Energy Finance forecasts, exceeding the record-high of $13.1 billion in 2015. Wind and solar projects are expected to need a total of $56.2 billion in capital during Trump’s first term, according to the London-based research company.
In tax-equity deals, clean-energy developers sell a portion of their projects’ tax credits to companies—typically big banks—that can apply the credits to their own tax bills. It’s a critical part of part of the financing process, and debt deals are often structured around tax-equity commitments.
Lower taxes would drive down businesses liabilities. The aggregate U.S. corporate tax liability would plunge as much as 57 percent, if the rate falls to 15 percent, or by 28 percent if the rate is reduced to 25 percent rate, according to the Marathon report.
That could significantly curb businesses’ need for tax credits. It would also drag down wind developers’ after-tax internal rates of returns, by 80 basis point to 240 basis points, Marathon determined.
Trump’s views on wind power are widely known, though it’s now cheaper than coal or natural gas in some states.
“Wind is a problem,” he said at a May oil industry conference. “Plus it is very, very expensive and it doesn’t work without subsidies.”
Trump’s proposals go beyond a plan floated last year by some Republican congressmen to cut corporate tax rates to 20 percent from the current 35 percent. The plans felt much more real after election day.
“Most people didn’t focus on the tax rate until the day after the election,” said Matthew Shanahan, a Marathon Capital managing director and an author of the reporter. “It hasn’t changed since 1986.”
Now, it’s one of the most-discussed topics among wind developers, bankers, investors and attorneys. Even without a concrete proposal on the table, it’s affecting financing activity.
“The uncertainty will probably hurt most,” Shurey said. “It’s already a difficult argument trying to incentivize new players to come in.”
- Brian Eckhouse
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Robert Giaimo was reared in North Haven, Connecticut, and represented the area in Congress for more than two decades. He chaired the Budget Committee for four years in the 1970s. Giaimo was interested in transportation issues, pushing hard for a subway system in the nation’s capital and for the inclusion of a railroad in his district.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Robert Giaimo Postcard,” https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/2010/2010-014-000/ (August 15, 2022)
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The Life and Legacy of Dr. Rosalind Franklin
Monday, November 23, 2020
12:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern Time
This virtual event will feature a fireside chat moderated by Nature editor-in-chief Dr. Magdelana Skipper reflecting on the scientific legacy of Dr. Franklin, followed by presentations from three eminent biologists working at the interface of proteins and nucleic acids:
- Dr. Cynthia Wolberger
- Dr. Wei Yang
- Dr. Leemor Joshua-Tor
Hosted by Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) graduate students, this event is supported by the MSK Kravis Women in Science Endeavor (Kravis WiSE).
Co-organizers: Maria Jasin, PhD; Triparna Sen, PhD; Ushma Neill, PhD
Event website: https://www.mskcc.org/rosalind-franklin
RSVP for Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/RosalindFranklinAtMSK
How Scientists Can Participate in Politics
This event was organized and hosted by the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF). For more resources on how scientists can get involved in climate activism and advocacy, visit their website.
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UNITED STATES SENATOR’S OFFICE Summer 2019
- Analyzed research data on the numbers of people supporting the governor’s proposed sale of the state highways.
- Prepared speeches for presentation to 2000+ people.
- Attended 30+ state functions to market the accomplishments of the senator.
OBERLIN COLLEGE SEMESTER ABROAD Spring 2018
Conservation Intern: Tararu Valley Sanctuary
- Protected New Zealand’s hundreds of natural flora and fauna from invasive species.
- Created an ecologically friendly living environment in the Tararu Valley.
- Studied the agricultural industry through work on a 300+ acre farm.
- Volunteered at a backpackers’ lodge, led horseback riding trips, and managed the organization of the lodge.
- Cape Cod Sea Camps, Certified sailing instructor (60 hour course.)
- New Urban Arts, Photography instructor and Student Mentor in inner city Houston.
- MANNA (Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition), Delivered 1500 meals per day in Los Angeles.
- Research Assistant on major biological study.
- Public Relations Associate.
Note: This last presentation would be used if there were a number of isolated experiences.
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People like to associate me with baking. It’s a good activity and I enjoy it a lot, but I can go out to my backyard garden and stay there for hours upon hours and not want to leave. Funny thing is, I don’t consider myself as having “green thumbs” and my garden isn’t some lush jungle. Matter of fact, I tend to be a lazy gardener. You’re not going to find neat rows of vegetables. I want to say I support the forest gardening style. I never found any advantages to segregating plants and when you have a limited backyard space, you make the most use of the space you have.
I love gardening because I enjoy watching plants grow. I enjoy figuring them (plants) out. Do they like sun? Shade? More water or food? Hey, they are living things too! I almost cried when I had to chop down my 11-year-old rose bush after it was struck by lightning and died. My plants are like my pets. They give me an excuse to go outside to get fresh air and sunshine. And you can eat the fruits of your labor. Although I think most of the labor is clearing the garden beds of weeds.
Recently, I started composting. The EPA (epa.gov) has a great guide for composting if you want to start and don’t know how. Make sure you have your brown materials, your green materials and water too! As I mentioned, I can be a lazy gardener and don’t always do a great job of turning the pile sometimes, but I started noticing certain scraps will grow. Even if you cut them down to a nub, they will grow!
So, I’m sharing some of my observations and things I’ve learnt over the years from my parents, who always had a garden. You can regrow or compost. Reduce and regrow! This is by no means, a comprehensive list, but it is some of what I’ve been working with.
Plants you can grow from scraps – usually the ends
• Carrots – Cut and leave an inch or so at the end. Maybe slightly bigger pieces than if you were to compost them. You can plant that end directly into the ground and it will start growing greens. Keep in mind these might not look as pretty as carrots that you grow seeds. Carrots take 70-80 days to mature. You’ll want to start these early.
• Cabbages – plant the outer most leaves with the bottom end and core. I had a core that I planted around the holidays. So far, it has survived the winter! Only a few more days of winter to go and look at how beautiful my cabbage plant is. These guys like fertile soil and lots of sunshine, but they do well with partial shade as well.
• Bok choy – I love baby bok choy and I didn’t think I could grow them this easily but cutting the white ends and burying the ends slightly in dirt works! And just like cabbages they like fertile soil and partial shade.
• Lettuce – Cut the ends and bury them slightly…and I mean slightly. You can practically just sit them on top of dirt, and they will grow. Some people grow them in water indoors, but I hate keeping the water clean. This is possible the fastest growing scrap. You will notice growth within days. The baby lettuce leaves can be used for lettuce wraps or if you have enough you can even add to a salad. The picture of the lettuce below is one that has been “planted” for two days.
• Celery – Like the lettuce and bok choy, you can cut the stalks off celery and they will sprout from the ends. You may have seen celery growing on water as a science project, but they do well in dirt where they belong. I had a celery plant growing next to my cabbage, but there were a few days when the temperature dipped a bit this winter and I lost that celery plant. It would be a great one to have in the garden considering how often I cook with celery. I’m going to re-grow celery in the spring and summer.
• Onions – cut the root end of an onion and start a new onion. You don’t need much. The very end with root is enough. Although, fair warning, it will take months until you get a full-size onion. However, if you can’t wait that long, you can always enjoy the green onions. Speaking of green onions, people tend to re-grow green onions in a glass of water, but that is completely unnecessary. You can stick that cutting straight into the dirt. Just make sure to keep it moist.
Plants propagated from bulbs or cuttings
• Shallots and garlic – After shallots and garlic age they start to germ, meaning they have that green growing in the center. That green germ is the beginning of a new plant. Wait a little bit longer and you’ll notice that they’ll sprout like a green onion. You can plant a whole shallot that has germed. For garlics, you can break the individual cloves up and plant them. Green garlics look like green onions, but they taste milder with less bite. They are a great alternate and more pleasant when eaten raw.
• Galangal and ginger – make sure you find a piece that is healthy, at least 3 inches. They should have the eye of new growth, which looks like little horns or pointy ends. That’s where the new growth will sprout from. Pick a good piece and make sure this end is pointing up when you plant it. They like moist soil, but don’t over water them. That could cause root rot. When I buy galangal from the Asian market, they usually come in packs with multiple pieces. I cook with the smaller ones. Chop some up and freeze them for another day. Pick the healthiest piece for planting.
• Lemongrass – speaking of things from the market that you can stick in the ground and it grows, lemongrass is probably one of the easiest ones. I have a few small bushes growing and they all started with two stalks. I bought a pack of 4 lemongrass stalks over a decade ago. Cooked with two stalks and stuck the other two in the ground where I knew it would get watered by the sprinklers. All my lemongrass bushes are strategically placed where they will get water from one of our sprinklers. I’ve never purposefully watered my lemongrass and my backyard has not been without lemongrass in over a decade. The only time I buy lemongrass nowadays is if I’m cooking a ton and I need my bushes to recover from my last cooking adventure.
• Potatoes – Literally stick them in the ground! A plant will grow upwards, the roots will grow outwards and new potatoes will grow all along the roots. Peanuts grow the same way. If you have bigger russet potatoes, you can cut them up into halves. Cover them with a few inches of dirt and space them about a foot apart.
Plants from seeds
• Papaya seeds – Taken from the ripen fruit. You want to make sure your seeds are black and not the white seeds that you would typically see with the green papaya. Dry the seeds and plant them. Simple as that. I would collect as much as I can because you’ll want to plant more than one seed. They have male, female and asexual plants. If you get a male plant, you’ll never get fruits. So, planting more than one increases your chances of getting papaya fruits. These do better in warmer hardiness zones in full sun.
• Tomatoes – That old tomato no one is eating. The tomato on your salad. The slice of tomato on your fast food hamburger. They will all sprout into new tomato plants. No need to spend additional money buying the seeds. Take them from your food source. I have several tomato plants growing right now. We had a mild winter and I have some that survived the winter. I might have some ripe grape tomatoes by the time spring gets here!
• Peppers – Whether Thai chili, bell peppers or any other peppers. Take the seeds from the ripe pepper dry them out and plant them. There were a few occasions last year when I found my chilies knocked off the plant and I stuck them straight into the dirt if I’m not cooking with them. The Thai chili casings are thin, and they don’t take long to decompose. I have so many baby pepper-plants this year. I need to re-pot some of them. I know people treat these like annuals, but I’ve had both my larger pepper plants for years. I keep them in planters under the covered patio, close to the house and they do just fine through the winters.
• Long beans – I love the Asian long beans. You can stir-fry them or eat them raw. We like to use them for thum mak thua (muddled long beans). I’ve had these in the garden for the past few summers. To collect these seeds, I let a few long beans grow old and dry on the vine. Once they start to dry out and the pods aren’t green anymore, I’d pick them and sometimes let them dry out a bit more. And we have seeds for next growing season.
• Pumpkins – Pumpkins usually have so many seeds. After carving that jack-o-lantern, you can have some roasted pepitas and save a few seeds on the side for growing the following season. Make sure you plant these by flowers that will attract bees because bees are one of their main pollinators. To make matters more interesting, pumpkin blossoms only bloom for a couple hours in the morning. If you don’t get pumpkins, stuff those blossoms and fry them! Don’t stress it! 😊 But start them early, two to three weeks before the last frost. You can start the seeds indoors if you are in a cooler hardiness zone.
Well, these are a few of the things I have growing in my garden. I hope this has inspired you to (re)grow something. Go outside and get some sunshine!
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Girls whose fathers help with household chores were more likely to grow up aspiring for less traditional and potentially higher paying careers, a new study reveals.
The study shows how parents sharing dishes, laundry and other domestic duties plays a key role in shaping the gender attitudes and aspirations of their children, especially daughters.
While mothers' gender and work equality beliefs were key factors in predicting kids' attitudes toward gender, the strongest predictor of daughters' own professional ambitions was their fathers' approach to household chores.
"How fathers treat their domestic duties appears to play a unique gatekeeper role," she said.
The study suggests parents' domestic actions may speak louder than words. Even when fathers publicly endorsed gender equality, if they retained a traditional division of labour at home, their daughters were more likely to envision themselves in traditionally female-dominant jobs, such as nurse, teacher, librarian or stay-at-home-mom.
"Despite our best efforts to create workplace equality, women remain severely under-represented in leadership and management positions," Croft said.
"This study is important because it suggests that achieving gender equality at home may be one way to inspire young women to set their sights on careers from which they have traditionally been excluded," she added.
The study is set to be published in Psychological Science.
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Need Help Playing Golf? Try These Tips
Professionals and amateurs can learn new techniques for playing a better game of golf. Regardless of your skill level, find new ways to improve your golf game. Before beginning, review this list of excellent tricks and tips that will give you valuable insight into the game of golf.
This can help you figure out what can work best. It is important to have a proper golf stance, but there are different factors that can affect the stance, such as height or gender. Determining the right stance is a must for any serious player.
Consider walking the golf course, rather than using a cart. Doing so gives you magnitudes more exercise over the course of your game, and makes golf both fun, relaxation and exercise. Walking also keeps your muscles loose and warm.
If you want to improve the quality of your swing, you should learn to put the full force of your body into the motion. Beginning golfers often assume that the swing is all in the arms, but if you use only the strength in your arms, then your drives will literally come up short. Put the momentum of your whole body behind every swing for maximum distance.
Remember that this shot is the only one that matters right now. Don’t let other players’ or even your own good or bad shots effect the next one you take. Worrying about mistakes or hazards will take your mind off the current swing. Put them aside, and focus on the present.
Speed is a critical factor when you are trying to make a long distance putt. Don’t shoot for the hole; shoot for a target just short of the hole. You will greatly increase your chances for an easy short putt if don’t overshoot or undershoot your first one.
For this reason, stretch before you play and drink plenty of water. Your strength, balance, and many other physical factors contribute to your success at golf.
The muscles through your entire body should come into play for the most powerful stroke possible, and your legs and trunk are most crucial. While you swing keep your upper body loose, and try to generate your swing’s power from your mid-section and legs.
Now that you have taken the initiative to learn something new about the sport of golf, you can impress your golfing buddies (or that gorgeous pro shop attendant) with the information you’ve just picked up. Look for new ways to apply these skills to your current game, to make the game even more challenging and engaging.
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RICHMOND, VA –– Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford), Majority Leader M. Kirkland “Kirk” Cox (R-Colonial Heights) and Delegate Beverly J. Sherwood (R-Winchester), Chair of the House Appropriations Public Safety Subcommittee, announced Thursday that Republicans in the House of Delegates will propose expanding a school resource officer grant program when the General Assembly convenes in January.
“The tragedy in Connecticut is heartbreaking. As the Newtown community begins a healing process that will last longer than we can ever imagine, our thoughts naturally turn to our own children,” said Speaker William J. Howell. “We must look closely at everything we can to make sure our children, schools and communities are safe. This includes evaluating school safety, our mental health laws and services, and our gun laws.”
“Today, we are announcing our intent to expand funding for a school resource officer grant program to encourage the creation of school resource officer positions in Virginia elementary schools. This is a critical step toward making sure all of our schools are as safe as possible,” said Speaker Howell.
The already-existing grant program promotes establishing school resource officers. The program will be expanded through an amendment to the biennial budget.
“Classrooms are a place for developing a love for learning, not violence. We must do everything we can to keep it that way,” said House Majority Leader Kirk Cox. “School resource officers play a vital role in promoting safety and educating our young people about drugs, violence and a host of other issues. They are often community members whom children look to as mentors and role models. Fully-integrated school resource officers are the eyes and ears of our schools. Their awareness and training adds an important safety dimension to our school systems that cannot be understated.”
House Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Beverly J. Sherwood pointed to the success of the program in creating school resource officer positions in the past.
“When this program was originally established, the intent was to promote establishing school resource officers in high schools and middle schools. Today, 80 percent of Virginia’s high schools and middle schools have full-time school resource officers. Unfortunately, only about 25 percent of elementary schools have assigned school resource officers, many of which serve multiple schools,” said Delegate Sherwood. “The expansion of this program will encourage the hiring of full-time school resource officers in Virginia elementary schools.”
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Antivirus software is a critical need for all computers, especially when you rely on them for your business. How do you know which one to use? What factors should effect your decision?
Why do you need antivirus anyhow?
Hackers and viruses have grown more sophisticated over the years, right along with technology. No longer is malware just self-replicating viruses or hackers after data. Malware can now erase all your information, spread it online, or worse, hijack your system entirely and demand money for unlocking it. Any malware opens you up to fines and lawsuits from regulators and clients. A data breach could cost you thousands, especially if you’re in the medical field. HIPAA and HITECH have teeth, and those teeth hit you directly in the wallet.
Paid vs Free:
While there are many people who choose to use unpaid antivirus on their home computers, there are far fewer who do so at work. This is because a loss of business data is a far more serious issue than the loss of personal data. While it might upset or inconvenience you to lose personal photos or a long-held music collection, losing business data will cost you money, time, and possibly clients.
A free antivirus program, in general, will only scan when told to scan. It will also, in general, only run while it has an internet connection. This means that most of the time, it will be catching threats after the fact. Some do offer active scanning, but they often come with pop-ups demanding you upgrade to the paid version or bog down your system. In contrast, a paid virus monitoring software, such as Avast, will monitor your computer in real time. Real time monitoring can warn about suspicious links before you allow them to load. It can also scan all incoming email, and continue to monitor your PC even while offline. Even better, the right paid antivirus program can allow remote monitoring and support. Your IT support can see, block, and remove threats in real time.
How do I pick a paid Antivirus software, when there are so many to choose from?
It’s very true that there are many paid antivirus programs. Some, such as McAfee and Norton, were once lauded as the most reliable but have that lost reputation over time. Some have been implicated in national security scandals. Many of them are from companies you’ve never heard of. How best to choose? Ask an expert!
We here at Problem 86 have been in the computer and IT security business for 15 years. We’ve researched every option, factored in cost, benefits, and tested many programs along the way. We’re happy to recommend Avast Antivirus. It has all the features needed for a solid, reliable antivirus program, and none of the bloat that bogs your computer down. Call us today, and we will make sure you have what you need to stay safe from hackers, malware, lawsuits, and regulators.
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Tips For Keeping Your Family's Mobile Devices Safe
Mobile phones have become an integral element of our daily life and communication. Teens are among the most avid smartphone users, with many spending more than nine hours each day on their devices.
Smartphones are by far the most popular mobile gadget, although tablets and portable gaming devices might also be included. Teach your children how to properly protect their mobile devices and stay involved in their digital security education to keep your family's mobile devices safe. Here are a few simple guidelines to help parents secure their family's mobile devices.
Devices are password-protected and encrypted
Most individuals protect their gadgets with a password, ensuring that no one can just pick up their phone and use it without restriction. Parents should also make sure that their children's gadgets are password protected. Some parents are resistant to passwords because they want to be able to monitor their children's gadgets, but you should assist them in creating one. Also, make it clear that as a parent, you must always have access to the device. Password-protected phones are less likely to be hacked and provide better security in the event that they are lost or stolen.
Another strategy to keep your family's mobile devices safe is to make sure they're configured to utilize encrypted data. Although encryption is enabled by default on certain mobile devices, it's a good idea to double-check your settings. When your phone data is encrypted, it's safe against illegal access—even if a criminal got their hands on it, it'd be jumbled and useless. Encryption is often enabled via the use of a passcode, screen lock, or password. Data encryption settings may be found under security tabs in your phone settings menu, so check the settings on each family member's device and make any necessary changes.
Review your smartphone privacy and security settings on a regular basis
Discuss the significance of privacy and security on mobile devices with your children, and go through the mobile privacy and security settings with them, including:
- Is it possible to make in-app purchases?
- When data encryption is turned on
- If two-factor authentication is enabled, app permissions, such as camera access or location monitoring through Bluetooth-connected devices, become available
- Settings for the lock screen, passcode, and access PIN
It's crucial to talk to your kids about why certain settings should be on or off, as this will guarantee that they stick to your security preferences rather than altering them for the sake of convenience. Review the settings on a regular basis since they might change when applications are used or new apps are downloaded.
Only download programs from reputable developers via an approved app store
Apps are often downloaded through official sites such as the Google Playstore or Apple iTunes, although they may also be found elsewhere. Ascertain that your children are aware of the differences between these app sources and that applications obtained from these trustworthy sources are typically safer than those obtained from sources other than the official app shops. If users come across a free program on a gaming website, for example, they should seek for it on the official app store rather than clicking on the external source. Furthermore, there is virtually never a genuine need to download an app from anywhere other than your device's official app store.
Another piece of advise is to thoroughly examine the program before installing it, beginning with user evaluations. Reviews may reveal security vulnerabilities such as excessive in-app purchases or exploitative advertisements. You can also learn a lot about an app by typing its name into a search engine and seeing what comes up in the results. Some applications include harmful software or programs that may steal information, hack into your camera and spy on you, or otherwise pose a security risk.
Examine which applications should use geolocation
When the option is enabled, phones use geolocation to establish your general position. Geolocation can help you discover nearby businesses using applications like Waze, games like Pokémon Go, and Google Maps. Geolocation tracking is usually innocuous, but it might expose your youngster to new dangers. When you use a geolocation-enabled app, it must ask for your permission to access your location.
Some applications obviously need your location, but there are others that have no compelling purpose to follow your (or your child's) locations. If providing your location isn't absolutely necessary, you should decline the tracking request. Some app developers may disclose or sell your geolocation data to third parties that are either trustworthy or not. If the app requires your location to work, you may tell it to just utilize it when you're using it rather than tracking your whereabouts at all times.
App settings on both iOS and Android smartphones allow you to see which applications are utilizing location data. It's a good idea to have a conversation with your children about geolocation and why they should be concerned when a family mobile app requests their location. However, you should check to see whether applications are accessing your child's location data on a regular basis. If a number of applications are constantly accessing this data, you may go through each one and modify the settings. If your kid only uses these applications sometimes, they are unlikely to notice the difference.
To regulate security on children's devices, use security tools and sophisticated router settings
You may be afraid that new risks may emerge even after you've talked security with your children and taken efforts to safeguard their gadgets. Manually monitoring their phones every day to monitor their activities is unrealistic, and your children will certainly despise it. This is where technology may assist parents in managing their child's gadget security and safety.
You may modify security settings for devices accessing the internet via your home network through your network router. Some router types, for example, are built expressly for parents who want to keep their children secure online. You can use these routers to perform things like:
- Set time limits for when you can use particular devices and when you can't
- Make a list of websites that particular network devices are unable to visit
- Use "safe" setting options to prevent all pornographic material
- Limit bandwidth to prevent network downloads
Some routers may also record a log file of everything that is accessed by each device on the network. Then you can see where your children are spending their time online. Additionally, practically every router can do web filtering by using one of the several free or paid DNS services available. You may also use one of these DNS services to safeguard your whole house for free by configuring your router to use one of these DNS services. Your router, like your computer and other devices, is only safe as long as you maintain your software up to current.
There are other parental control applications that may assist secure mobile devices that aren't connected to the home network. These applications may be downloaded and installed on both a parent's and a child's smartphone, providing parents with an extra layer of protection to keep their children secure. Some applications censor content, while others may send your position to another device (such as your smartphone), and still others keep track of things like sent and received photos and text messages in a log file. Some of the greatest parental control applications come with a big range of built-in functions that you can pick and choose from.
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Pride Is Dangerous
ARE you drawn to people who give the appearance of always being right? Rather, are you not repelled by those who continually boast about their abilities, achievements, wealth or position? Does it annoy you that some people are very quick to point out the mistakes of others but refuse to acknowledge their own, even taking offense when some failing is called to their attention?
Yes, such expressions of pride repel and irritate. There can be no question that pride has a bad effect on others, tearing down rather than building up. It can give rise to hard feelings and may eventually ruin good relationships with fellowmen.
Just what is pride? It is inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable feeling of superiority as to one’s talents, wisdom, beauty, wealth and rank. It usually displays itself outwardly by a haughty, conceited, self-important bearing.
As pride is a common fault among imperfect men, we do well to control it and thereby avoid its damaging effects. This requires that we develop or maintain a heartfelt recognition of the fact that pride has no sound basis. Regardless of race, nationality, education, abilities, achievements or economic circumstances, all humans are sinners and the offspring of sinners. That is no cause for boasting, is it?
Yet someone might say, ‘I have worked hard for the position or prominence that I now enjoy.’ But does that give him any basis for being proud? Well, did he give himself the capacity to develop some talent or ability? If he had been born with great mental or physical limitations, would his best efforts have enabled him even to come near to his present achievements? An argument recorded in the Holy Scriptures gives the right balance on this. We read: “Who makes you to differ from another? Indeed, what do you have that you did not receive? If, now, you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as though you did not receive it?”—1 Cor. 4:7.
Besides a proper evaluation of self, respect for the dignity of fellow humans is vital in controlling pride. The Bible’s counsel is: “[Do] nothing out of contentiousness or out of egotism, but with lowliness of mind considering that the others are superior to you.”—Phil. 2:3.
It is good for the Christian to recognize that other fellow believers may have certain qualities superior to his own. They may be exemplary in showing love, kindness, sympathy or consideration. Years of Scriptural study may have given some an excellent grasp of Bible principles and their application to daily living. While others may not be particularly outstanding in knowledge, they may have had much valuable experience in life. Something can be learned from them, too, even if it is just a matter of coming to recognize that there may be more than one way of looking at matters. This will prevent one from making the mistake of trying to fit everyone into the same mold and being overbearing in making decisions or in turning down suggestions.
For a man to make another feel low or inferior because of considering himself superior in knowledge, abilities or experience is dangerous. In the Christian congregation, for example, a ministerial servant might approach an elder with a suggestion. Now, what might be the result if the elder brushed him off without giving due consideration to his suggestion, implying that the ministerial servant was talking out of turn? Would not the ministerial servant feel hurt and be saddened about having been misunderstood? At the same time the display of pride, though minor, may lower the ministerial servant’s view of the elder. In having had his motivations questioned for no valid reason, the ministerial servant might conclude consciously or subconsciously that the elder’s judgment as a whole may not be the best. Being hurt over what has happened, he may pour out his heart to a close friend and that friend’s view may likewise be adversely affected for a time.
The example of Jesus Christ is certainly one worthy of imitation. He did not let ‘knowledge puff him up.’ (1 Cor. 8:1) Though he had all the correct answers, he did not alienate others by calling attention to his superior ability, knowledge, experience and wisdom. He did not make his disciples think that after his leaving them they would never be able to do the work to the extent that he had done it. To the contrary, he expressed confidence in them and accorded them honor, saying to his disciples: “Most truly I say to you, He that exercises faith in me, that one also will do the works that I do; and he will do works greater than these, because I am going my way to the Father.” (John 14:12) And as a body, the disciples of Jesus Christ did do works on a greater scale than he had done and for a longer period of time.—Compare Matthew 5:14.
Now, if Jesus as a perfect man could voice such confidence regarding believers, why should any imperfect man conclude that others simply cannot do what he can? The man who reflects such proud thinking makes things harder for himself and others. He discourages others from wanting to work with him because they are made to feel inferior and undeserving of confidence. As a result, they are robbed of a measure of personal interest.
Especially dangerous, however, is a dominantly proud “spirit.” It causes those possessing it to resent valid criticism, correction or discipline, in fact, to reject the counsel of God’s Word. This leads them into following a way of life that is bound to bring ruin to themselves. The Bible proverb aptly puts it: “A man repeatedly reproved but making his neck hard will suddenly be broken, and that without healing.” (Prov. 29:1) This is so because the dominantly proud person places himself in opposition to God and what He looks for in those whom He accepts as His servants. As the Bible says: “All of you gird yourselves with lowliness of mind toward one another, because God opposes the haughty ones, but he gives undeserved kindness to the humble ones.”—1 Pet. 5:5.
It is vital, therefore, that Christians work hard in keeping pride under control. Not only can the proud person harm others, but he may also lose out on God’s approval and life. Truly pride is dangerous.
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As the product and software development process grows in complexity, with more and more teams adding information, it is becoming increasingly difficult to track requirements throughout the development lifecycle and for stakeholders to get a clear view. Every decision can have an impact on the requirement or the product itself.
How do you prevent your organization from wasting time and resources, repeating research and searching for information, and how do you ensure that final deliverables tie in directly to the initial business needs?
The answer is Live Traceability™. Live Traceability is the ability to see the most up-to-date and complete upstream and downstream information for any requirement, no matter the stage of systems development or how many siloed tools and teams it spans.
This enables engineering and product management processes to be managed through data and to improve performance in real time.
In this webinar, attendees will learn about the challenges of live requirements traceability and how you can utilize Jama Connect® to overcome them. You will see how to provide backward and forward visibility for requirements, but also other information about the product you are building. You will also learn how easy it is to do an impact analysis, to generate reports, and get an overview of how your requirements tie together.
In this session you'll learn more about:
Best practices for live requirements traceability in a modern solution
The easy and intuitive way you link your information in Jama Connect
How Jama Connect can be leveraged to help with impact analysis
Understanding suspects and traceability views
Better Product Development: Five Tips to Achieve Live Traceability™
In this whitepaper learn five tips on traceability to skillfully control change & improve quality
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Sanderson "Sandy" Hawkins, formerly known as Sandy the Golden Boy, Sands, Sand and eventual successor of his mentor Wesley Dodds as Sandman, is a fictional character and a superhero in the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Mort Weisinger and artist Paul Norris, he first appeared in Adventure Comics #69. After being unutilized for several years, he was reintroduced by writers David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns in the comic JSA in the late 1990s and with a greatly expanded set of powers and responsibilities. He eventually became a new version of his former mentor, donning the identity and costume of Sandman.
Cover to Justice Society of America, Volume 2 #5 (2007), art by Alex Ross
|First appearance||Adventure Comics #69 (December 1941)|
|Created by||Mort Weisinger (writer)|
Paul Norris (artist)
|Alter ego||Sanderson "Sandy" Hawkins|
|Team affiliations||Justice Society of America|
|Notable aliases||Sandy the Golden Boy, Sand, Sandman|
The character of Sandy the Golden Boy was created as a sidekick to the Sandman. Created by Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris, the nephew of The Sandman's girlfriend Dian Belmont, the character debuted as a tights-wearing youth (in the same vein as Robin the Boy Wonder) in Adventure Comics #69 (Dec 1941). This same issue also showcased a new yellow-and-purple costume for The Sandman.
The flourish of mystery-men comic books came to an end in the late 1940s. About ten years later DC Comics reintroduced some of the mystery-men characters in new books, but reimaged them as super-heroes, characters such as Green Lantern and Hawkman. September 1961 saw the publication of "Flash of Two Worlds" in The Flash #123. This was the first new story using an original mystery-man character, namely, the Flash (Jay Garrick). The concept of an Earth-1 and Earth-2 began to be developed and soon other 1940s characters were being used in modern stories. Sandy the Golden Boy was reintroduced to the public by writer Len Wein in Justice League of America #113 in 1974.
Len Wein wrote of his inspiration in the compilation book Crisis on Multiple Earths Volume 3 (2004): "I had always been a fan of the Golden Age Sandman, and had always wondered why he'd been put back into his double-breasted Man of Mystery Gas-Mask outfit when he was revived, instead of the more traditional purple-and-yellow super-hero costume he'd worn in the latter days of the 1940s. This would make the perfect place to find out. Thus was born The Creature in the Velvet Cage."
In this story, it was revealed that in the 1940s Sandy had been transformed into a huge, sand-like creature when an experimental weapon Sandman was testing exploded. Wracked with guilt, Sandman stopped wearing the costume he'd worn as Sandy's partner, and went back to his original outfit. The transformed Sandy had been kept in a glass cage for decades. In a later story (DC Comics Presents #47, July 1982), Sandy was finally turned back into his human self, and found that he hadn't aged in all that time; physically, he was still a teenager.
The 1980s and 1990s
The 1980s saw writer Roy Thomas' World War II era series The All-Star Squadron (pre-Crisis) and the Young All-Stars (post-Crisis). Sandy was brought into the Squadron storyline during the Crisis crossover, beginning with issue #51 (Nov 1985). That book soon ceased printing and was replaced by the Young All-Stars (June 1987) where Sandy played a role in issues 2 through 8. This series states that Sandy is fourteen going on fifteen in the spring of 1942.
Also written by Roy Thomas, the one-issue special Last Days of the JSA published in 1986 depicts the departure of the JSA characters. Although taking place in the modern era (within weeks of the Crisis), Sandy is still depicted as a teenager wearing his World War II uniform of yellow-and-red. The story relates how he and other JSA members are taken into Ragnarok where they must fight forever. Published in 1992, the Armageddon Inferno miniseries written by John Ostrander takes the JSA members out of Ragnarok and brings them back to Earth, allowing writers to use them in future stories. Sandy is one of these characters.
The 1999 series JSA was preceded by a JSA Secret Files special. The special and the series reintroduced Sandy, but now as a young man calling himself Sand. This new and further development of the character was written by James Robinson and David S. Goyer. Issue 18 of the series, written by David Goyer and Geoff Johns, introduced retconned history for the character including his "killing" of Johnny Sorrow in 1944. The JSA–JSA storyline has Sand time travel to 1951 and interact with The Sandman; writer Geoff Johns states the present-day age of the character as being "biologically 25," but his birth year is changed to 1926 (Roy Thomas had given the character an age of 14 in 1942 making the birth year 1928), the "Velvet Cage" story from the 1970s is also referenced and rewritten to an extent, the year of the silicoid accident is changed from 1947 to 1945. Issue #83 (2006) is part of the One Year Later reboot of the DC comics line; in this issue written by Paul Levitz, Sand is no longer shown as a member of the JSA. Sand makes no more appearances in the series which ended with issue #87 (2006).
Justice Society of America, volume 2
This book debuted in February 2007, written by Geoff Johns. The cover of this book shows the round table of the JSA surrounded by 17 heroes including Sanderson Hawkins, now wearing a black cape and fedora reminiscent of the original Sandman, but also gloves and a mask unlike any other incarnation of Sand or The Sandman—it appears to be a cross between the masks of Hawkins & Dodds, and mixed with designs borrowed from the Helm of Dream of the Endless. According to Geoff Johns' interview in Wizard #180 (October 2006) Sand would become the JSA's "Recon Man" doing more detective work in the process. He was brought in on issue #3, appearing in a cloud of smoke and speaking of nightmares, attributes more recognizable of Wesley Dodds than for Sanderson Hawkins. Issue #5 shows this version of Hawkins as more sober and serious than previous incarnations. For about a year the character was not used in the series, nor were his face and name shown in the JSA roll call found framing the main story pages. He was not seen again until issue #14 (2008) where Johns portrayed him as tormented by perverse and horror-filled nightmares.
In other media
- Sandy Hawkins has briefly appeared in a few episodes of the Cartoon Network animated series Justice League Unlimited. He was seen in his Sand persona making notable cameos in the stories "Initiation," "Clash" and "Panic In The Sky." His powers and origin are presumed to be the same as his comic book counterpart.
- On Legends of Tomorrow, his mask is in Rip Hunter's office.
- Sand was included as an action figure in Mattel's Justice League Unlimited toyline in early 2007.
|← The character Penguin was debuted by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. See Penguin (character) for more info and the previous timeline.|| Timeline of DC Comics (1940s)
|The character Captain Nazi was debuted by William Woolfolk and Max Roboy. See Captain Nazi for more info and next timeline. →|
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Microsoft aims to give parents more control over their children's computer use on Windows 8 with a new feature announced this week.
"With Windows 8, you can monitor what your kids are doing, no matter where they use their PC," Microsoft's senior program manager for Family Safety Phil Sohn wrote in a blog post. "All you have to do is create a Windows user account for each child, check the box to turn on Family Safety, and then review weekly reports that describe your children's PC use."
With these controls and weekly reports, parents will be able to keep tabs on whether their kids are playing violent online video games, looking at bikini models, or actually doing their homework. They'll also be able to make sure their children aren't associating with online predators.
Most previous parental controls focused on complex filtering options or using software to block children from Web sites; however Microsoft says with, it's now taking a "monitor first" approach.
The company says this new system is much easier. How it works: parents sign into Windows 8 with a Microsoft account, create a separate user account for each child, and then check the box to turn on Family Safety.
From there, parents can make the controls more or less restrictive and see what their kids are doing via the weekly e-mail reports.
Microsoft says Windows 8 will have all the same restrictions as Windows 7 along with some new ones. Here's the list of additional restrictions:
- Web filtering: You can choose between several web filtering levels.
- SafeSearch: When web filtering is active, SafeSearch is locked into the "Strict" setting for popular search engines such as Bing, Google, and Yahoo. This will filter out adult text, images, and videos from your search results.
- Time limits: With Windows 8, you now can restrict the number of hours per day your child can use their PC. For example, you might set a limit of one hour on school nights and two hours on weekends. This is in addition to the bedtime limits currently available in Windows 7.
- Windows Store: Activity reports list the most recent Windows Store downloads, and you can set a game-rating level, which prevents your children from seeing apps in the Windows Store above a particular age rating.
- Application and game restrictions: As in Windows 7, you can block specific applications and games or set an appropriate game rating level.
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Name: Divya K Konoor
Designation: Advisory Software Engineer
Topic of Talk: Securing OpenStack Deployments
About the Talk:
OpenStack is the most popular and stable open source cloud platforms that we have today. However, OpenStack is not built with security in mind. The focus has always been on functional aspects. This makes OpenStack not an out of the box secure solution for enterprise customers. As part of this presentation, different aspects of security (authentication , authorization, auditing, privileged access, security tools, vulnerability management, GDPR etc) w.r.t OpenStack will be discussed. This will help audience understand how secure a community OpenStack deployment is and how they can make it more secure for enterprise use
About the Speaker:
Divya K Konoor has 15 years of experience in the IT industry with around 11 years in Cloud Technologies and Systems Management. She currently works in IBM. In her current role as the technical lead for IBM PowerVC product, she works on OpenStack Cloud Platform and works closely with the community. Her interest areas include security, auditing, monitoring and serviceability. She has multiple patents and multiple publications in her name on Cloud Computing.
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The segment of U.S. society represented by nonprofit, charitable organizations, also known as the voluntary sector, nonprofit sector, or private sector.
includes 'not for profit' organisations such as housing associations, educational bodies, voluntary sector organisations and community groups. It also includes private sector organisations which do aim to make a profit. It is often used to describe organisations in the private sector which provide residential or nursing care.
a national leadership forum, working to encourage philanthropy, volunteering, nonprofit initiatives and citizen action to better serve people and communities.
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A Judd-Ofelt analysis, quantifying the optical intensities of the rare-earth ions’ 4f-4f manifolds, is conducted in detail, based on the absorption spectrum from the visible to infrared spectral range for a Pr:YLF crystal. The values of key parameters, such as radiation lifetime, radiation transition probability, and branching ratio, are obtained accordingly. Additionally, the emission spectra are measured with precaution against reabsorption, and the emission cross sections are calculated using the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg formula, applied frequently in precise emission spectrum analysis, with the radiation lifetime derived from the Judd-Ofelt model. The results obtained regarding the orange and deep red spectral range are higher than those from previous reports, providing further insights into the lasing mechanism at the concerned wavelengths.
Highly-efficient visible lasers have attracted substantial research interest in recent years (1–5). Praseodymium (Pr), thanks to its energy structure (providing a direct down-conversion mechanism pumped by the booming blue diodes coming out recently) has become the most promising laser gain ion in the visible range (6). As for the host material, yttrium lithium fluoride (YLF), a positive uniaxial with tetragonal structure of scheelite type (7), is well-known for its superior physical and optical properties. The Mohs hardness of YLF is 4~5 (8), with a relatively high thermal conductivity (6 W·m-1·K-1 ) and expansivity (13×10-6 K-1 for a-axis, and 8×10-6 K-1 for c-axis ), facilitating its wide application in high-power lasers (9,10) and the Kerr lens mode-locking technique (11). In particular, Pr-doped YLF (Pr:YLF), as a fluoride crystal, is characterized by its low phonon energy (460 cm-1), compared with its oxide counter- parts ( 550 cm-1 for praseodymium-doped yttrium aluminum perovskite (Pr:YAP) with the formula Pr:AlYO3, leading to a weaker non-radiative multi-phonon relaxation, and thus better lasing performance.
The spectroscopic characteristics of the crystal used in a laser being critical to laser performance, and involve both the absorption and emission spectra, respectively. The former can be derived through a Judd-Ofelt analysis, and the latter by employing the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg formula (14), both of which are analytical calculation procedures. Judd-Ofelt theory, which was proposed independently by B. R. Judd (12) and G. S. Ofelt (13) in 1962, describes the possibilities of radiative emissions in the 4fN configuration, and is extensively adopted to determine the radiative lifetime and branching ratio of each emitting level for trivalent rare-earth-doped laser materials (15–24). On the other hand, the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg formula was derived from the fluorescence analysis correlated with an electronic transition (25), and has gained wide application in the determination of emission cross sections of laser gain media (22–24). To optimize the analytical procedure for characterizing Pr:YLF crystal, various improvements have been made in both theory and experiment. For example, Dunina and associates modified the Judd-Ofelt theory by considering the finite 4f-5d energy (26), Kornienko and colleagues introduced third order perturbation theory into the line intensity calculation (27,28), Goldner and associates adopted a normalized least-squares method in the fitting process to obtain a stable output (29), and Quimby and colleagues used the experimental branching ratios, other than theoretical ones, in deriving emission cross sections (30).
In this paper, the spectroscopic properties of a Pr:YLF laser crystal (31) were studied by analyzing the polarization-dependent absorption and emission spectra, accordingly. Radiation transition probabilities, theoretical branching ratios, and intrinsic radiation lifetimes were obtained from the absorption spectrum analysis. Experimental branching ratios were demonstrated by emission spectrum analysis. In addition, by introducing the intrinsic radiation lifetimes derived from Judd-Ofelt analysis and experimental branching ratios into the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg formula, emission cross sections are also reported.
Experiment and Analysis
For the absorption spectrum measurement, to reduce the absorption effect of the crystals, a relatively low doping concentration of 0.3 atomic percent (at.%) was adopted. The absorption spectrum was measured using a Lambda 1050 spectrophotometer (PerkinElmer). The data sampling interval was set at 0.05 nm. Polarizing prisms were placed in the sample path and the reference path, to measure absorption spectra in both polarizations.
The absorption coefficients for different wavelengths (a) were calculated from the absorption spectrum using equation 1:
where L is the length of the sample, and Iε and I0 are the light intensities of the sample light path and the reference light path, respectively. The crystal absorption cross sections can then be calculated by equation 2:
where N = 4.2 × 1019 cm-3 is the lattice concentration of Pr3+ in the crystal. The calculated absorption cross sections are shown in Figure 1.
Table I lists the peak wavelengths, absorption cross sections, and line widths of major transitions in the visible spectral range. There are three absorption bands in the blue spectral range, corresponding to transitions 3H4→3PJ (J = 0,1,2). Transition 3H4→3P0, peaking at 479.2 nm, possesses the largest absorption cross section (2.16 × 10-19 cm2) with the narrowest line width (0.5 nm). Transition 3H4→3P2 (443.9 nm) has a relatively large absorption cross section (9.0 × 10-20 cm2) and line width (1.8 nm). In addition, there are four major absorption bands in the infrared spectral region, 3H4→ 1G4 at approximately 1 μm, 3H4→3F3+1F4 at 1.5 μm and 3H4→3F2 at 1.9 μm, and 3H4→3H6 at 2.3 μm, respectively. From the calculation results ranging from the visible to the infrared regime, it can be concluded that the absorption cross sections in π polarization are generally larger than their σ counterparts.
According to the Judd-Ofelt theory (12,13), the experimental line intensity can be expressed as:
where J and J’ are the total angular momentum quantum numbers of the initial and final energy levels, respectively, c is the speed of light in a vacuum, h is Planck’s constant, n is the refractive index, and Γ(J→J’) is the ›integral absorption cross sections. The values of the polarization-dependent line intensities are listed in Table II, in which λ is the average of measured wavelength weighted by the accordance absorption cross sections.
The mean experimental line intensity is defined as
then the intensity parameters Ω2,4,6 can be achieved using the least squares fitting, performed as
where Ut are doubly reduced matrix elements in accordance with specific rare-earth ions. In our case, we use matrix elements evaluated and given by Weber for Pr3+ in LaF3 (32). For the energy level of Pr3+, the energy of the 4f-5d configuration is very close to that of the 4f configuration. The line intensity from the ground-state level to the highest emitting level is larger than the calculated value, so the hypersensitive transition 3H4→3P2 is always neglected in the fitting procedure (33). The results of the intensity parameters are Ω2=1.2×10-20 cm2, Ω4=6.64×10-20 cm2, and Ω6=5.16×10-20 cm2. Because the line intensity parameters Ω2,4,6 are material dependent, the calculated Ω2,4,6 values are applicable to all transitions of the same material. Considering that the magnetic dipole component for Pr3+ could be neglected (34), the calculated line intensity Scalc is given by the electric dipole line intensity, shown as below:
The experimental and calculated values of line intensities, and doubly reduced matrix elements of absorption transitions, are shown in Table III.
To verify the calculation accuracy, the root-mean-square (RMS) error is calculated, and its expression is given by:
where q is the number of required parameters and p is the number of spectral bands to be analyzed. Combined with our calculation, where p = 7 and q = 3, the calculated ΔSrms= 0.47×10-20 cm2, the experimental line intensity RMS ΔS = 3.78×10-20 cm2, and ΔSrms/ΔS = 12%, which is within the normal scope (5%~25%) (35).
Using Scalc (J→J’), the radiation probability of different transitions A(J→J’) can be obtained by:
For transitions from the same excited state, the theoretical branching ratios βcalc can be obtained by:
The intrinsic radiation lifetime is defined as the reciprocal of the sum of all radiation transition probabilities from the same energy level, shown as equation 10. The radiation transition probabilities, theoretical branching ratios, and intrinsic radiation lifetimes of 3P0, 3P1, and 1I6 level are listed in Table IV.
Because electrons residing in 3P0, 3P1, and 1I6 levels obey the Boltzmann distribution, the radiation lifetimes of those levels must be considered simultaneously. The effective radiation lifetime of the upper level is the average of the intrinsic radiation lifetimes of 3P0, 3P1, and 1I6 level, according to the distribution of the number of electrons (36,37), given by
where gk (k = 3P0, 3P1, and 1I6) is the degeneracy of corresponding energy level, being 1, 13, and 3, respectively, and ΔE is the energy difference between the 1I6+3P1 level and the 3P0 level.
By substituting the radiation transition rates listed in Table IV into equation 11, the effective radiation life- time of the upper energy level was calculated to be 49 μs, with a derivation of ±10%, derived from the error of Judd-Ofelt theory. The effective radiation lifetime of the upper level τrad and fluorescence radiation lifetime τflu is related by
where Wnonrad is the non-radiative transition rate, including multi-phonon transition (3PJ →1D2), up-conversion, cross relaxation (3P0→1G4 and 3H4→1G4, 3P0→1D2 and 3H4→3H6 [38,39]), and so on. It could be deduced that τflu decreases with the increasing of Wnonrad, which could be reduced by lowering the doping concentration of rare earth ions.
In terms of the emission spectrum, the measurement device is shown in Figure 2. Using an InGaN laser diode (LD) with a wavelength of 444 nm as the pump source, the driving current was set at 100 mA, and the corresponding output power was about 30 mW. The pump light is focused into the sample, whose emitting spectrum was converged into the slit of the monochromator through a lens with large aperture and long focal length. A photo-multiplier (PMT, Hamamatsu R3896) was employed. The phase-locked amplification technique, implemented with a chopper, was utilized to extract the small signal in the noise. A Mercury vapor lamp (color temperature 2900 K) was used for wavelength correction and calculation of spectrometer transfer function. The experiments were conducted at room temperature.
The emission spectrum, showing multiple transitions in the visible range, is shown in Figure 3. The main transitions of 3P0→ 3H4, 3P1→ 3H5, 3P0→ 3H6, 3P0→ 3F2, 3P0→3F3, and 3P0→3F4 correspond to the peak wavelengths of 479.4, 522.6, 607.2, 639.5, 697.7, and 720.7 nm. Blue 3P0→3H4 (479.4 nm), green 3P1→3H5 (522.6 nm), and deep red 3P0→3F3 (697.7 nm) and 3P0→3F4 (720.7 nm) are mainly π-polarized, while red light 3P0→3F2 (639.5 nm) is mainly σ-polarized.
A stimulated emission cross section is usually treated as a parameter for evaluating the gain performance of the laser material. The methods for calculating the stimulated emission cross section mainly include the reciprocity method (40), the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg formula (14), and the reverse of the laser performance (41). The first method is applicable to quasi-three-level transitions with clarified ground-state level distribution, the second method is suitable to either quasi-three-level or four- level transitions with a highly accurate emission spectrum, and the third method is strongly dependent to the measurements of laser experiments. Based on the emission measurement results in the 450–750 nm spectral range, the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg formula was employed to calculate the stimulated emission cross section.
For a uniaxial laser crystal with two polarization directions, the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg formula can be written as (42):
For the branching ratio β in equation 13, experimental value βexp was employed, instead of the theoretical value calculated based on Judd-Ofelt theory, owing to the small energy differences between the 4f and 4f–5d configurations in Pr3+. βexp was expressed by:
where the denominator is an integral over the entire fluorescence spectrum. The calculation results are shown in Table V.
By substituting equation 14 into equation 13, the numerator of βexp can be eliminated; therefore, equation 13 could be simplified to
The results are displayed in Figure 4, with the emission cross sections and line widths of the main transitions listed in Table VI.
Note that the emission cross sections in π polarization are generally larger than those in σ polarization. The σ-polarized 640 nm transition has the largest emission cross section, reaching 22.3 x 10-20 cm2.
It should be noted that some results different from those of previous reports (43,44) were demonstrated. For the orange transition at 607 nm, a slightly larger value was achieved (1.57×10-19 cm2, compared with 1.4×10-19cm2 ), thanks to the precaution to avoid the ground-state reabsorption process 3H4→1D2. In terms of the transitions in the deep red spectral region, the emission cross sections of 698 and 721 nm were 1.07×10-19 cm2 and 1.78×10-19 cm2, about 2x larger than those in (43) (0.5×10-19 cm2 and 0.9×10-19 cm2). Because emission cross sections are proportional to the corresponding laser thresholds, further investigations in the deep red range laser thresholds can be used to verify the accuracy of the emission cross sections.
The spectroscopic properties of a Pr:YLF laser crystal were studied theoretically and experimentally. The polarization-dependent ab- sorption cross sections at room temperature from the visible to infrared spectral range were demonstrated. The maximum absorption of 21.7×10-20 cm2 peaked at 478 nm, with the narrowest line-width of 0.5 nm. In the framework of Judd-Ofelt theory, intensity parameters Ω2,4,6 were obtained when the hypersensitive transition 3H4→3P2 was excluded from the fitting procedure. For the emission spectrum, the experimental branching ratio was introduced to calculate the emission cross section using the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg formula in the visible spectral range. Results different from those seen in previous reports were obtained in both the orange and deep red spectral regions. This investigation provides insight into the spectroscopic analysis of Pr:YLF crystals used in lasers.
This work is supported by NSAF (No. U1830123), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61627802), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20180460), and the High-Level Educational Innovation Team Introduction Plan of Jiangsu, China.
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Poor Electricity Infrastructure: A Big Challenge
In many African countries, the majority of the population is not connected to the grid. The poor electricity infrastructure has stifled technology and innovation in the continent by discouraging investors. Edtech requires good access to the internet. Although smartphones do not need to be connected to power every time you use them, they have to be recharged regularly. A student who has enrolled for an online course needs to have his/her smartphone charged to avoid missing out on important lectures. This remains a challenge for a rural student with no access to electricity.
According to the UK Department for International Development (DfID), only a third of the people in Africa have access to electricity; the majority of them being in South Africa and the Arab countries of North Africa. The department further reports that very few African countries can meet the goal of providing affordable access to power for all by 2030. Majority of the Sub-Saharan African countries may not meet this goal until 2080.
Rising Above the Challenges: The Success of Edtech in Africa
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology presents a perfect example of how edtech can be implemented in Africa. The university has been using an online platform Moodle to collect together resources for class, allow communication to the students through group emails and to make announcements. Currently, the university is developing programmes that can be accessed remotely to increase access to education. The programme will greatly benefit poor students who cannot afford on-campus studies as they will be able to study from their homes.
In Nigeria, many language diplomas are being offered online. Colleges are applying Mobile learning in teaching and testing students before awarding the successful ones with diplomas. The number of both local and regional companies providing materials for online courses and exam preparation is on the rise.
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Courage makes art reality. Yes, creativity requires courage. As the French artist Henri Matisse says, “another word for creativity is courage.”
It takes courage to express the things you are passionate about, and to transcend the limits of your comfort zone or the limits of your irrational fears.
Creativity and courage are intimately connected in a synergic relationship: creativity feeds your courage, and your courage brings your creativity to life.
Creativity is changing the status quo, thinking independently, going against conventions and all of that that demands courage.
Courage takes your dreams from wish and fantasy and transforms them into reality. Courage makes your art reality.
So, why does it feel so difficult to allow creativity to seep into even the most regular, mundane parts of our work and personal lives? What it comes down to is this: Creativity brings a healthy dose of risk to the table.
Both creativity and fear are about survival. Creativity is about ‘fighting’, and fear is about ‘flighting’.
If we as children lack the creative experience – opportunities to be curious and try new things – we learn fear instead.
Young people have a great need for action. Therefore, blocking or dismissing their creativity causes them anxiety.
A creative upbringing masters our courage. It helps us to adequately cope with problems and overcome obstacles. It teaches us to be resourceful, resilient and confident. We learn to express our ideas which improves our self-esteem. Practising creativity is practising the act of bravery.
The most common answer of people to ‘what are you fearful of?’ is ‘the unknown’. Creativity by definition is going into the unknown. Allow your children to explore it.
Brené Brown expresses it this way – “No vulnerability, no creativity. No tolerance for failure, no innovation. It is that simple…If you’re not willing to fail, you can’t innovate. If you’re not willing to build a vulnerable culture, you can’t create.”
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Scientists claim their new computer algorithm can predict crime in U.S. cities up to a week before it takes place with a 90 percent accuracy level, detecting “pre-crime” as in the science fiction book and film Minority Report.
Bloomberg reports that social scientists at the University of Chicago claim to have developed a new computer algorithm that can predict crime with up to 90 percent accuracy as early as a week before it happens.
According to a study published in Nature Human Behavior, the algorithm first divides cities into 1,000-square-foot tiles, it then detects patterns over time in these tiled areas to predict future events. The algorithm performed just as well using data from big cities including Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.
The tool works differently from previous prediction models which tend to center crime around “hotspots” spreading to surrounding areas. This approach often misses the complex social environments of cities and leaves room for bias, according to the University of Chicago team.
Ishanu Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago and senior author of the study, commented: “It is hard to argue that bias isn’t there when people sit down and determine which patterns they will look at to predict crime because these patterns, by themselves, don’t mean anything. But now, you can ask the algorithm complex questions like: ‘What happens to the rate of violent crime if property crimes go up?”
Other prediction models were found to target certain people based on a narrower set of factors. In 2012, the Chicago Police Department alongside academic researchers implemented the “Crime and Victimization Risk Model” which produced a list of strategic subjects or potential victims and perpetrators of shooting incidents determined by factors such as age and arrest history.
After a long legal battle, the Chicago Sun-Times revealed that nearly half of the people identified by the model as potential perpetrators of gun crimes had never been charged with illegal gun possession, while only 13 percent had been charged with a serious offense.
Read more at Bloomberg here.
Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter @LucasNolan or contact via secure email at the address firstname.lastname@example.org
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Commercial cannabis is an evolving industry that presents a number of unique challenges for business owners. The past two issues of Marijuana Venture addressed the importance of properly evaluating the true needs of a space in order to make the best decision about HVAC equipment sizing, but how can growers be sure they’re getting the right solution design?
There are different approaches and contrasting technologies that can be applied to achieve the desired grow room conditions. But what approach is the best? What type of equipment will give the best result? What manufacturers will deliver the best solution? What’s the smart money decision?
There is a natural “solution bias” in the engineering community toward traditional HVAC solutions, a tendency to use familiar models that have been applied successfully in the past. But are they truly the best solutions for a grow room application?
When Does a Central Plant Makes Sense?
Most projects requiring 1,000 tons or more of installed refrigeration capacity — roughly 80,000 to 100,000 square feet of facility — have typically utilized a central plant for heating and cooling. This would apply to a typical college campus, hospital complex or data center; for these facilities, it would be unfathomable to use smaller unitary air conditioners.
Because a large grow room can require a similar amount of refrigeration, many engineers naturally want to apply the same central plant approach. And they do so because they are familiar with that approach and don’t consider contemporary, “purpose-built equipment” for grow rooms.
What’s the difference? Why should they consider purpose-built equipment instead of traditional and more familiar solutions? The reason is that grow rooms really are different. They have a much higher latent load (moisture/dehumidification load) than almost any other large-scale environment. Latent load refers to the actual moisture or dehumidification load as opposed to air conditioning (cooling) load for a similar capacity requirement.
For a comparison, consider a computer data center. It has a similar raw cooling power requirement for a given room size as a grow room, but typically no need to dehumidify — in fact, most data centers add humidity to ensure they don’t have any static electricity buildup. This means they’re able to use chilled-water air handlers to effectively cool the space, with no need for reheat or auxiliary heat. Thus, a two-pipe system that’s relatively easy to install and equipment that’s reasonably priced makes perfect sense. You’d have a hard time arguing that it wasn’t the right solution for that space.
Traditional thinking (or solution bias) would say to apply the same approach to grow room spaces, which also have large, sensible cooling requirements.
However, the issue with a grow space is the humidity. To properly control the conditions and dehumidify effectively, the air needs to be cooled much more in order to condense the humidity off the cooling coil. That means the chilled water temperature needs to be much colder than is traditional, which turns out to be very inefficient when using the typical chilled-water air handlers and chillers mentioned previously. Furthermore, in lights-out mode, growers need to be able to not just dry the air but then to reheat it, to avoid overcooling the grow room. That reheat could use free energy captured from the dehumidification process to accomplish that with the right system. If you don’t, add that to your operating costs.
Simple Gets Complicated
This type of setup means growers now need to add a boiler for reheat capability, along with another set of pipes and a more complicated and expensive installation, instead of just a simple chiller-based central plant.
The inexpensive two-pipe system now becomes a much more costly and complicated four-pipe system. A chiller would also need to be run well below its most efficient operating point; you then have to add heat from a boiler and sophisticated systems to control it all, as well as redundancy to your chiller, pumps and boiler so that no single point of failure can affect your entire complex.
Electrical Power Consumption
Another often-overlooked complication is that most grow facilities are painfully underserviced by electrical utility capacity. A single, large plant is going to have a much higher single point load, which your electrical engineer and local permit officials aren’t going to appreciate.
The other obvious challenge with central plant design is that many growers want scalable production capacity with the ability to expand their facilities as their business grows. Knowing this, how do you size your central plant? Do you size, spend and build for current needs or oversize it now and hope expansion absorbs excess capacity? Scaling central plants and the supporting infrastructure is a complicated and expensive process. Central plants are by design not scalable.
The Purpose-Built System
Unitary, purpose-built grow room dehumidification and climate control systems can solve all these challenges and more. By utilizing a unitary compressorized system, you can cool and dehumidify effectively and intelligently reject heat out of your building when needed. You can easily size the equipment to match the room and create built-in redundancy in a number of ways. Expansion is 100% manageable with relatively short equipment lead times. Installation is simple and heat rejection is even simpler with low-risk, scalable, redundant dry coolers. Additional rooms can easily be added at will — entirely independent of the rest of the facility.
The other benefit of purpose-built, unitary systems is that the right ones are far more energy efficient than having separate dehumidification, cooling and heating components. Using separate components, that in some respects actually fight each other, requires careful control systems to minimize wasted energy. On the other hand, purpose-built unitary solutions leverage the latent heat of evaporation to recycle energy with high efficiency and tightly integrated controls.
It’s essential to have a solid understanding of your HVAC options as well as the costs, limitations and advantages of different design scenarios. You want to also weigh the advantages of a more modular, scalable and redundant approach to HVAC control for your facility, relative to traditional central plant considerations. Good vendors will be happy to have an open and honest conversation about the options available to you and which might be most suitable for any given facility.
Business owners need to be more deeply involved in their mission-critical HVAC and dehumidification decisions. There are too many potential areas where third-party specifications and purchase decisions can underserve the bottom line and the long-term interests of shareholders. HVAC equipment decisions must be carefully evaluated against important ROI considerations that have significant impact on budgets well beyond the initial purchase and one-year warranty period.
Business owners also should be thoughtful, diligent and explicit in setting out temperature, humidity and air-change specifications for every stage of growth and every type of potential crop in order to get load calculations done correctly. They should also ask for specific details about HVAC design criteria, why certain solutions are being recommended, what alternatives are available and what the pros and cons of each solution are. Once they are clear and comfortable with the solution design, they should carefully evaluate vendor recommendations and brand decisions based on important considerations that often don’t show up on mere technical specifications.
Equipment selection should be based on the merits of the equipment and evaluated using all of the facts in a straight-up comparison of all value factors over a multi-year ownership cycle, not merely lowest cost to meet specifications on contractor bid day.
Geoff Brown is the brand and product manager for the Agronomic IQ Series of dehumidifiers, specifically designed for growing cannabis in every size of grow room. He started his HVAC career more than 15 years ago and has honed his expertise, dealing in every aspect of dehumidification throughout his career. Prior to managing the Agronomic IQ brand, he was a senior sales manager and sales engineer, who consulted on and managed various successful dehumidification projects.
For additional information about Agronomic IQ’s purpose-built, unitary grow room humidity and temperature control solutions, visit AgronomicIQ.com, or contact the company at email@example.com.
This article is the conclusion of a three-part series on the biggest HVAC challenges of modern grow rooms. Parts I and II of the series were published in the February and March issues of Marijuana Venture, respectively. They can be found at www.MarijuanaVenture.com.
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Vietnam has accused Facebook of violating its new cyber security law by allowing posts that criticised and defamed the government.
The government’s direct challenge to Facebook comes just days after Vietnam’s restrictive new internet law came into effect.
State media said that Facebook had allowed posts of “slanderous” content as well as anti-government sentiment and defamation of individuals and organisations.
The Vietnam News Agency said the content seriously violated the new law. It said that Facebook had not removed the posts as required by the legislation and had not replied to requests to do so.
The reports, citing the Ministry of Information and Communications, gave no details of the Facebook posts or how they were considered to be in violation of the law.
Facebook said it had a clear process for governments to report illegal content and each case was assessed according to local law and the company’s own regulations.
Facebook and other social media platforms have yet to open offices in Vietnam and store content locally as required by the new law.
The legislation gives them 12 months to comply.
State media said that Facebook had also refused to provide information on what were described as fraudulent accounts.
Vietnam’s early challenge to Facebook underlines the urgency with which the authorities are trying to silence pro-democracy activists and other civil society groups which have used social media to spread their message.
The new cyber security law is seen as the centrepiece of the Communist party’s counter-offensive against its online critics.
Dozens of independent bloggers were arrested and imprisoned last year on an array of charges, including using propaganda against the state and abusing democratic freedoms.
Analysts say the government appears set on making bloggers and even casual Facebook users even more vulnerable to legal sanction.
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After landing at the tiny Dong Hoi regional airport, we took a makeshift taxi towards the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, home to the world’s largest cave. Tourism in this area is still relatively new, with only half a dozen nearby accommodation options. We stayed at a farm stay surrounded by rice fields and owned by an Aussie who has been rightly credited with driving international tourism to the area.
On our first afternoon, we visited Phong Nga cave, which although relatively small and old news compared to some of the other caves in the National Park, is still spectacular. Seeing the cave means hiring a long boat for a fixed fee, so the more people you can find to share the boat the cheaper the trip becomes. Having round up a multinational group of 10 people, we started the slow scenic journey towards the cave. After arriving at the cave’s dramatic mouth the engine was cut and we were paddled through the beautifully lit flooded cave. The experience was so beautiful and romantic that it almost seemed fake (if you’ve been to Disneyland, imagine a much grander version of Pirates of the Caribbean, minus the queues and pirates). At the end of the tour, we were dropped off and allowed to explore the front of the cave by foot.
The largest cave in the national park (and the world), Son Doong, was only discovered in 2009 and requires a multi-day trek, several months’ planning and some serious rock climbing/abseiling to gain access, so we gave that one a miss. The nearby Paradise cave, which was also discovered in the last decade and is almost as big, is much more accessible. Paradise cave is deep within the national park, and in a sign of how immature tourism is in the area, there are only really three ways of getting there; a single overpriced tourist minibus (which included other activities we weren’t interested in doing), hiring a motorbike to try to self-navigate there (which Sam ruled out after seeing dozens of tourists with cut up legs over the preceding couple of months) and jumping on the back of a non-English speaking local’s bike. We decided the last of these options was the least unappealing so we went with that.
After an hour long motorbike ride and a half hour walk, we arrived at an entrance so tiny that its a wonder the cave was ever discovered at all. Once inside, the sheer scale of the cave is breathtaking. The cave continues for 31 kilometers, but we just walked the first kilometer along pristine wooden staircases and walkways. As spectacular as that kilometer was, it was enough for us, so we made our way back to the farm stay and on to Dong Hoi in time for a late afternoon walk on a nearby white sand beach.
The next morning we took a train through the former demilitarized zone (that separated Communist North Vietnam from the South) to Hué, a 19th century imperial capital that is now a popular World Heritage site. That afternoon we toured the expansive and heavily fortified Citidel, focusing on the inner Imperial Enclosure (which at 6 square kilometers requires a fair amount of walking). A lot of the buildings were a little worse for wear, courtesy of heavy bombings during the French and American wars, but ongoing restoration works are slowly repairing the damage.
From Hué we took a scenic train ride south to Da Nang, before arranging a makeshift shuttle on to Hoi An. Hoi An’s World Heritage protected Old Town is not huge (you could walk it in an afternoon) but it is really pretty and unique, and on the recommendation of family and lots of backpacking friends we set aside three full days to enjoy it. We’d been told that Hoi An is the best place in Asia to get clothes tailored, and after spending a lot of time shopping around and kicking tires we were really happy with the results. In between clothes/shoe fittings, we had some fantastic food at a few pretty restaurants. Our favorite meal though, was a street-side Banh Mi from a nice old lady who has developed a cult following on trip advisor, and we ended up going back there every day.
Hoi An was at its best at night, when the temperature drops a few degrees and a combination of candle and lantern lighting gives the old town a beautifully romantic feel.
For our last full day in Hoi An we rented some bikes and rode through rice fields to the nearby beaches (which although pretty didn’t quite stack up to the ones we’d seen Thailand a few weeks earlier). On the way back, we stopped for lunch at a cute restaurant that grows all its vegetables on site.
From Hoi An we took a short flight to our final Vietnamese stop, Ho Chi Minh city (formerly Saigon). A reputation for chaos and crowds had tempered our expectations, but we really enjoyed our two-night stay in the buzzing district 1 at a hotel owned by the family one of Cindy’s Californian friends. While there, we visited the War Remnants museum, Independence Palace and a busy souvenir market. We spent our last night in Vietnam at a local bar watching Australia win the Asian Cup. The following morning we caught a flight to Singapore, the last country we visited in our year-long adventure.
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At Midwest Hemorrhoid Treatment Center, located in Leawood, Kansas, we specialize in state-of-the-art medical treatment and surgical options for hemorrhoids and other colorectal conditions.
Severe hemorrhoids often require special treatment, much of which is performed on an outpatient basis at our office.
Infrared Coagulation (IRC)
Infrared coagulation is a special procedure offered at Midwest Hemorrhoid Treatment Center. IRC is a minimally invasive treatment option which received FDA clearance in 1984. Various medical trials have shown IRC to be the best non-operative hemorrhoid treatment choice. The procedure is quick, effective, well-tolerated by most patients, and there are fewer complications than with other treatment options.
During the procedure, an IRC device emitting infrared light is focused on hemorrhoid tissues. This coagulates the vessel above the hemorrhoid, which causes it to shrink and retract. You may feel a slight warm sensation, but otherwise it is painless.
IRC usually requires 3-4 treatments done a week or two apart. The procedure only takes a few minutes and can be performed in your doctor’s office without any anesthesia or special preparation. It rarely produces discomfort, and you can return to your normal activities the same day as the treatment.
When internal or external hemorrhoids fill with blood clots, they can become painful and tender. A thrombectomy – a minor procedure – is often used to treat this condition. If this is not effective, surgery may be performed in the form of a hemorrhoidectomy.
Rubber Band Ligation
One of our specialties is a procedure known as rubber band ligation (banding). This treatment works effectively on internal hemorrhoids that tend to protrude during bowel movements. It involves the placement of a small rubber band over the hemorrhoid which cuts off its blood supply. Within a few days, both the hemorrhoid and the band fall off and the wound heals within a month’s time.
The banding itself only takes a few minutes and can be performed without any anesthesia or special preparation. You may experience mild discomfort and bleeding, and the procedure may need to be repeated to be totally effective. Some restrictions may apply to this treatment, but you can discuss them with your Physician before undergoing the procedure.
This surgical procedure is designed to remove severe or extensive internal and external hemorrhoids. It is the most effective treatment for hemorrhoids. There are several types of hemorrhoidectomies:
- Closed hemorrhoidectomy is the most common consisting of excision using a scalpel, scissors, electrocautery, or laser followed by wound closure with absorbable suture.
- Open hemorrhoidectomy involves the same type of excision as the closed procedure, but the incision is left open.
- The rubber band ligation (see above).
Other conditions for which we provide effective treatment include:
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Hemorrhoid and Colorectal Care in the Kansas City Area
At Midwest Hemorrhoid Treatment Center in Leawood, Kansas, our board-certified and experienced Physicians offer advanced surgical and non-surgical care for patients with disorders of the colon, rectum, and anus provided in a caring and compassionate manner. To schedule an appointment, call us at (913) 451-0600 or use our secure, online request an appointment form to schedule your visit.
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Kia ora – Welcome to What Works!
This site helps the people who make Aotearoa New Zealand a better place – especially smaller community groups who can struggle to show the value of their work.
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Continuing with my interview here is another question I was asked to answer.
I believe the biggest barrier I’ve faced was the fear of being afraid of taking advantage of greater opportunities. Yes, there are many opportunities that I’ve either missed or did not have, but too often people of color are told we “can’t” do something or that we are not “supposed” be doing certain things that may require a higher skill level. Unfortunately these barriers to often come from people who look exactly like ourselves. Furthermore the minute one tries to achieve what has not been done or collaborate with someone outside their race they are labeled sell outs. Is it jealousy or are people just afraid to see others succeed?
Too often we place people of color in boxes based on their skin color and environment and limit their growth, putting a ceiling on what should be a stepping stone. I’ve personally stood on both sides of this oppression being the victim and oppressor. At the age of 25 I am trying to do everything that I can to educate my own ignorance as well as do everything I was told I would not be good at. I am working hard to understand the intentions and motives behind what I do not understand. I am working to change my eating habits, continuing my education and bringing myself and my race to new places with the confidence that I did not have when I was younger. Unfortunately the support still isn’t where it should be, but one must start with the man in the mirror and hope that those who still carry ignorance will change.
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so glad to see so many of you coming out of the woodwork to show your true colors on the addictive time waster apps and stupid facebook games. i’m not proud but i’m glad to say that my one time 10 hour obsession seems to be over. >;p
okay, today i’m guest posting this tutorial at U-CREATE. so welcome u-creaters who wandered on over here from kari’s awesome site!
christmas is right around the corner and as much as i would love to say screw it to giving neighbor gifts, i know that isn’t going to actually happen seeing that i have way too much of a fragile self esteem and i always want people to like me. i;m just sayin’. this tutorial is fast and easy and if you want your kids can help with parts of it too.
but i do have to tell you how this tutorial came about…the kids and i wanted to make snowflakes, you know out of paper like we used to make when i was young…well i forgot how to make them. seriously? i sat there and made square snowflake after stupid square snowflake, cursing that it was so simple when i was a kid and what was i doing wrong…for.heavens.sake. so i went and learned all over again how to make them. easy instructions here.
so we had a blast making a ton of snowflakes, and the mess of clippings that go with it. we had so much fun that i thought to myself…why not try to make fabric snowflakes, that we could keep to come out year after year. and well here you go, it was an experiment, that i’m kind of happy i tried. it may be a fun thing to try at your house too.
squares of thin white cotton fabric. (my squares featured here are 10″ by 10″ and 5″ by 5″)
craft bond adhesive spray.
long piece of fabric at the width and length you would like your table runner to be plus one inch to length and width (or length + 1″ and width + 1″) i used kona stone by robert kaufman.
take your square and fold point to point like the picture above. with an iron press your seam.
fold in half
press your seam with an iron.
fold in half again. press your seams with the iron.
and one more time. you will see there’s a little tail left. and make sure you press it with the iron one last time.
holding the top part firmly, cut off the tail. (see i wasn’t getting the tail and hence why my first attempts with the paper snowflakes were square…not that there’s anything wrong with square snowflakes…it’s just that i wanted pretty round ones.)
next you are going to cut your pattern on the snow flakes. make sure you have a very firm grip on your triangle, other wise the fabric will slip around a little.
when making your snowflakes keep in mind that a rounded edge, makes roundy end edges, a pointy edge makes, well, pointy end edges. play around with it. see how many different kinds of snowflakes you can make!
if you are interested in a super cool book that i came across when trying to create paper snowflakes with the kiddos check out the Snowflakes for all Seasons book…they have a different kind of snowflake for every kind of season.
um try like 72 different kinds of snowflake patterns. we got to try the book because my neighbor actually owns it, and i’ve got to say, it was pretty sweet but some of those patterns made me get the sweats with how complicated they were…but i digress…onto the what we were talking about…the table runner.
now get your spay adhesive, and if you have a big sheet of paper or a towel you don’t care about, place your snowflakes wrong side up on the paper or towel, and lightly spray one snowflake at a time.
place on the table runner where you would like your snowflake.
i had some of my snowflakes come off the runner because i thought it would look cool if some of them were halfway on…
after the snowflakes dried on the runner i cut off the extra hanging pieces flush the edge of the runner.
next to make the edge of the runner i did the simplest form of finishing my runner. you could make binding and that would be cute, but in this case this is what i did:
first fold your edge over 1/4″ and press with an iron. then fold over again 1/4″ and press with an iron. do this to each of the four edges of your runner.
sew around your folded edge. you are done.
🙂 we’ll talk soon. i’m hoping to not have any more children home sick with the flu…they are seriously cutting into my alone sewing time. and momma don’t like that. not to mention that i’m so over the laundry too. and of course the sad little kids. but mainly i want my sewing time back.
have a fantabulous day.
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Millennial Americans, those born between 1981 and 1996, are now the consumer demographic with the greatest spending power. They are a generation that grew up surrounded by rapid technological advancement and came of age at the start of the social media era. They are more likely than previous generations to be multicultural, tech-savvy, and socially engaged. Now, their preferences are shaping how brands market to and communicate with their target audiences.
Perhaps this shift is most obvious when it comes to food. Most millennials grew up eating processed foods and were children at the height of fast food’s prominence, gleefully collecting Happy Meal toys and making friends at the adjacent indoor PlayPlace. However, as young adults, they were the recipients (and sometimes engineers) of the changing trends toward organic, local, unprocessed food. Today, the primary value that millennials prize when eating is transparency.
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C. WATER RESOURCES OPERATION AND PLANNING SYSTEM
This component will support the development of interactive analytical tools and decision support platform that would integrate database, models and scenario manager for hydrological flood forecasting, integrated reservoir operations and water resources accounting for improved operation, planning and management of both surface and groundwater. The component will provide interactive systems to analyze the impacts of alternative management scenarios and generate knowledge product using real time data under component B.
Development of Analytical Tools and Decision Support Systems
This sub-component will support development of interactive platform for various water resources management application preferably web-based with cloud computing. This would include developing some software applications as well as setting up the decision making platform for actual operations and investments. The river basin management platform will be supported through development of a comprehensive river basin water accounting software that will enable planning and assessments with standardized procedures. Streamflow forecasting and reservoir operation systems will support integration of real time data, weather forecast and hydrological models for improved alert systems for disaster management. Irrigation management and operation system will support improved design and operation of irrigation systems. The design of irrigation systems will be supported through the development of tools and software to improve the efficiency of hydraulic structures including upgrade of hydrologic design aides introduced during HP-II.
Purpose Driven Studies
This sub-component will cover a wide range of water management issues raised by agencies – for example, issues of water quality ‘hot spots’, groundwater issues or problems of reservoir sedimentation. The sub-component will allow agencies to conduct surveys, including to assess social and environmental impacts. The sub-component will also make financing available to support planning and technical investigations for investments such as the National Aquifer Program, the proposed NGMIP, PMKSY and other water and agricultural projects.
Piloting Innovative Knowledge Products
This sub-component is aimed at testing innovative applications developed under the project. This may include operationalization of irrigation rosters in canal systems, piloting community-based water resources management in canal and groundwater based irrigation systems, including in order to benchmark the performance of WUAs, and other such innovative solutions. The project will support engagement of specialized consultancies and infrastructure/goods required to put these activities in practice.
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Food vendors are licensed by the State of Montana. This licensing is administered through county environmental health departments. The goal of the program is to ensure food offered to the public is prepared with safe food handling practices in order to prevent disease. The laws of the state govern food service establishments, food manufacturing establishments, temporary food services, and farmer's markets.
Note: For food manufacturer requirements please contact Lake County Environmental Health.
Food establishment license applications are not available electronically; contact the office for application forms.
Retail Food Establishments
- Laws and Rules related to Retail Food (website)
- FDA 2013 Food Code (PDF)
- Food Establishment Plan Review Application (PDF)
- Mobile Food Plan Review Application (PDF)
- Mobile Food Establishment Guidelines (PDF)
Wholesale Food Manufacturing
- Guides, Laws, and Rules Related to Wholesale Food (website)
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In our research, we found that 50% Millennials have witnessed weaker economic growth than previous generations and are also bearing the consequences of decisions taken by the older generation, like the global financial crisis and rising national debt. Also, they have lesser confidence in the employer pension scheme. At the same time since longevity is increasing because of better medical facilities, they need to invest in a long term plan and pension plan so that they don’t run out of money in twilight years.
To validate this research, we asked this question from insurance fraternity whether millennials should invest in a long term insurance plan or pension plans. 70% of Insurance experts confirmed our belief that millennials should invest in long term insurance plans.
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Analytics tools provide statistical evaluation of rich data sources to discern patterns that can help individuals at companies, educational institutions, or governments make more informed decisions. Colleges and universities can harness the power of analytics to develop student recruitment policies, adjust course catalog offerings, determine hiring needs, or make financial decisions. In a teaching and learning context, data from such sources as the LMS, college application forms, and library records can be used to build academic analytics programs that use algorithms to construct predictive models that can identify students at risk for not succeeding academically.
The "7 Things You Should Know About..." series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies. Each brief focuses on a single technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use these briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues.
In addition to the "7 Things You Should Know About…" briefs, you may find other ELI resources useful in addressing teaching, learning, and technology issues at your institution. To learn more, please visit the ELI Resources page.
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Recently, the weather in our area has been so cold that even a relatively warm, rainy day is cause for celebration and outdoor play. Most of these kids activities require no planning or prepping aside from putting on your rain gear and laying some towels by the door. So the next time its rainy, don’t sigh and rack your brain thinking of more indoor activities and games. Take your littles outside and get some fresh air. I promise, it will be more fun!
1. Look Up!
When was the last time you looked up toward the rain clouds and felt the water gently hitting your face? For me, it was Tuesday, and my toddler loved this sensory activity! We even tried to catch rain drops on our tongue, which she found hilarious.
For older kids, you can slide in a STEM activity by talking with them a little bit about why it rains. One of my preschoolers loved learning about the water cycle so much that we actually made a big poster during craft time, and she learned the words evaporation and condensation.
2. Splash in Puddles
This one almost goes without saying, but it certainly is a crowd pleaser! For safety reasons, scope out the puddle first to make sure there are no sharp objects and that it’s safe for your littles. Encourage kids to jump, stomp, splash, run through and kick up the water in the puddles. Watch how the rain drops make ripples as they hit the puddles. Talk with your kids about where the water goes, and how it helps plants grow (again, another great STEM conversation starter).
Listen to the sound the rain makes. How is the sound different when rain hits a roof, umbrella or tree branches? Try to mimic the sound the rain makes on different surfaces by patting your hands on your legs or a table.
Young children may be fascinated by thunderstorms. I always tell them that it sounds like angels bowling, and we listen to hear any really loud cracks of thunder to see if the angel bowled a strike. It’s a fun way for them to experience a thunderstorm without feeling scared.
4. Look for Animals
Worms, frogs and ducks can often be found in the rain. See who can find the most animals. For the less squeamish kids, see who can save the most worms by moving them under leaves and brush to protect them from birds.
Whether the kids want to make up a rain dance or boogie to their favorite tunes (being blared from a waterproof location), dancing is a fun way for them to expel some of their boundless energy. The addition of rain just makes a dance party more fun!
6. Sing and Make Music
No music? Make your own! Sing songs like Singing in the Rain, Itsy Bitsy Spider or any songs the kids like. Add instruments like pots and pans, or clap your hands and stomp your feet. You can even challenge your littles to find their own instruments by clicking together rocks or drumming with sticks.
7. Get Muddy
Messy play is great for kids and toddlers, so let them touch, squish and slide in the mud. Some kids may even like “painting” with mud. Let them use sticks and leaves to smear it on the sidewalk and watch as the rain washes it away, Just be sure to have some old towels ready for when everyone troops back inside!
8. Race Boats, Leaves or Sticks
Scope out where the water is moving with your kids. Maybe you have a stream or creek nearby, or maybe it’s just a small run off in your backyard. It doesn’t matter how big it is, as long as you can find something to race down it! Better yet, have your kids pick multiple items to try to race. Which items float? Which moved the fastest? Ask your kids why they think some items float and some sunk or some moved quickly and others didn’t.
9. Go for a Swim
Swimming is so much fun, and if you have access to a pool, baby pool or sprinkler, little ones will have so much fun when these water activities are combined! So instead of rain boots, opt for a swim suit and jump in!
10. Catch the Rain
Set up various containers, and see which catches the most rain. This activity works really well if you set up containers with different size openings such as a slim vase, a bowl and a bucket. Another variation is to set up the same type of containers in different areas. For instance, set bowls under a tree and out in the open or on opposite sides of the yard and see if that impacts how much water they collect. Have your kids hypothesize how location and container size affected their water collection. For older kids, you can take this activity a step further by starting a rain journal. Note the date, time and amount of rain collected.
With these activities, rainy days will become a cause for celebration rather than aggravation. Stay warm. Stay dryish (or if the activity suits, get muddy and wet).
Need some advice on which rain jackets and boots to buy your kids? Check out my post Best Kids Rain Gear. I’ve done the research and included links to make your shopping easier!
Have fun playing outside!
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US President-elect Joe Biden reiterated his intention to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, provided that the Islamic Republic returns to compliance with it.
In an interview with the New York Times, Biden was asked whether he stood by his views on the Iran nuclear deal as articulated in an essay published on CNN’s website in September and replied, “It’s going to be hard, but yeah.”
“Look, there’s a lot of talk about precision missiles and all range of other things that are destabilizing the region,” Biden said, adding that “the best way to achieve getting some stability in the region” is to deal “with the nuclear program.”
If Iran gets a nuclear bomb, he warned, it would put enormous pressure on the Saudis, Turkey, Egypt and others to get nuclear weapons themselves. “And the last thing we need in that part of the world is a buildup of nuclear capability.”
“In consultation with our allies and partners, we’re going to engage in negotiations and follow-on agreements to tighten and lengthen Iran’s nuclear constraints, as well as address the missile program,” said Biden, who added that the US always has the option to snap back sanctions if need be.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said recently that Iran would fully implement the deal if Biden lifts the sanctions that have been imposed on the Islamic Republic.
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Wikipedia 10K Redux by Reagle from Starling archive. Bugs abound!!!
Epistemologists talk about various different epistemic features of belief. Or at least, they use different words to describe a group of closely-related features of belief. These include "justification," "warrant," "rationality," "probability," and others. I’m not going to try to explain the differences in meaning between these terms; the differences aren’t as important as the similarities. Anyway, of these four terms, the term that has been most widely used and discussed, the word that has been bandied about the most, in the past twenty years or so anyway, has been justification. And as you might have guessed, there is something called the theory of justification, the main question of which is: "What is justification?" or "When is a belief justified, and when not?" So let’s focus on justification. And let me begin by saying a few very general things about justification. We can say that more than just beliefs are justified; actions, emotions, laws, theories, and so forth, a whole panoply of things can be justified or not. But in epistemology it’s mainly beliefs that are said to be justified or not. So the topic is not best stated as "justification," period, but as justified belief. And the question is: "When is a belief justified, and when not?" Or if you want to put it in terms of meaning, you could ask: "What does the term, ‘justified belief’, mean? There’s something more that I can say to give you a better fix on what I’m talking about. A justified belief is one that we are within our rights in holding. What sort of rights? Not political rights, of course; not even moral rights; maybe something like "intellectual" rights. The idea is that we want to be responsible believers. We don’t want to just go off and believe anything, with total irresponsibility. In some sense, it’s bad just to believe whatever pops into mind. So you have some sort of responsibility, an intellectual responsibility, an intellectual obligation to yourself, to believe what is true and to avoid believing what’s false. If you’re being intellectually responsible, then you’re within your intellectual rights in believing something; and then you’re justified in your belief. So it’s often said that justification is a normative notion. That means that it has to do with norms, rights, responsibilities, obligations, and so forth; or more generally, we could say (here’s a rough definition): A concept is normative iff it is a concept regarding or depending on the norms, or obligations and permissions (very broadly construed), involved in human conduct. The concept of justification is definitely normative in this sense, because it is a concept regarding the norms of belief. So you know two things, at least, about justification so far: first, justification is an epistemic feature of beliefs, meaning that it aims at the truth, as it were; and second, the concept of justification is a normative concept, because it is a concept about norms of belief. Here’s a third general feature of justified belief: If a belief is justified, there is something which justifies it. So let’s call whatever it is that justifies a belief the justifier of the belief. So the claim is: If a belief is justified, then it has at least one justifier. Now, notice first that I haven’t said anything about what sort of thing a justifier can be. More about that in a bit. But an example of a justifier would be some evidence that I accept; if I accept some evidence, then that evidence might be a justifier of my belief. For example, if I am aware of the bloody footprints, blood in O. J.’s Bronco, DNA confirmation, and so forth, all of that can be evidence for my belief that O. J. Simpson is a murderer. In that case, the justifiers are all that blood evidence, or rather my acceptance of that evidence; the belief that is justified is my belief that O. J. is a murderer. But not all justifiers would have to be what can properly be called "evidence"; there might be some totally different kind of justifiers out there. But to be justified, a belief has to have a justifier. So far, I’ve just been reciting some general features of justification that pretty much everyone agrees on. But now we’re approaching the point where people disagree. Because what people disagree about is what the justifiers are. In other words, the following question is the main bone of contention: What sorts of things are justifiers? There are, to simplify, three answers -- three different views about what sorts of things can be justifiers: (1) Beliefs only. (2) Beliefs together with other conscious mental states. (3) Beliefs, conscious mental states, and other facts about us and our environment (which we may not have access to). I’m not going to give you examples of each of these three kinds of justifiers; I’ll save the examples for the theories of justification that I’m about to explain to you. Right now all I want you to see is that there are those three different views about what sorts of things that justifiers can be. But at least sometimes, the justifier of a belief is another belief. When, for example, I believe that O. J. is a murderer, I base that belief on other beliefs -- namely, about the blood evidence and other evidence. Strictly speaking, my belief isn’t based on the evidence itself -- after all, what if I didn’t believe it? What if I thought that all of that evidence were just a hoax? For that matter, what if the evidence existed, but I didn’t know about it? Then of course, my belief that O. J. is a murderer wouldn’t be based on that evidence, just because I didn’t know it was there at all; or, if I thought the evidence were a hoax, then surely my belief couldn’t be based on that evidence. So here is my point: when my belief is based on evidence, actually what my belief is based on is another belief, namely, a belief or beliefs about the evidence. For convenience and brevity, let me use letters, P’s and Q’s, to stand for beliefs. So the idea we’re considering now is that a belief, Q, can be justified by another belief, P. So P justifies Q. Now I want you to consider a possibility -- see what you think of this. Suppose that P -- the justifier -- is itself, not justified at all. Suppose it’s just totally arbitrary. I picked the belief out of a hat; I got it from a fortune cookie. Then would it be possible for P to justify Q? Surely not. Let me give you an example. Suppose I believe that there is intelligent life on Mars, and I base this belief on a further belief, that there is a feature on the surface of Mars that looks like a face, and that this face could only have been made by intelligent life. So the justifying belief is: That face-like feature on Mars could only have been made by intelligent life. And the justified belief is: There is intelligent life on Mars. But suppose further (something that really is the case) that the justifying belief is itself totally unjustified. I am in no way in my intellectual rights if I suppose that this face-like feature on Mars could have only been made by intelligent life; that view of mine is totally irresponsible, intellectually speaking. Would my belief that there is intelligent life on Mars be justified then? It has a justifier, doesn’t it? Yes. But the justifier is itself not justified. So definitely belief in life on Mars is unjustified; if it’s going to be justified, it has to be justified by some belief which is itself justified. If the justifying belief isn’t itself justified, then it can’t do any justify anything else, no matter how much I might want it to. So I think we can accept a general rule: If a belief, Q, is justified by another belief, P, then P must itself be justified. If P isn’t justified, then it sure can’t justify Q. The only way that P could justify Q is if P is itself first justified.
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Grype is a vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems with an easy to install binary that supports the packages for most major *nix based operating systems.
Features of Grype Vulnerability Scanner For Container Images & Filesystems
Scan the contents of a container image or filesystem to find known vulnerabilities and find vulnerabilities for major operating system packages in:
- CentOS / Red Hat
Find vulnerabilities for language-specific packages:
- Ruby (Bundler)
- Java (JARs, etc)
- Python (Egg/Wheel)
- Python pip/requirements.txt/setup.py listings
Supports Docker and OCI image formats
Using Grype Vulnerability Scanner For Container Images & Filesystems
To scan for vulnerabilities in an image:
Grype can scan a variety of sources beyond those found in Docker.
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The Banana Splits are being turned into a horror film for some reason
"One banana, two banana, three banana… gore?"
The creations of Sid and Marty Krofft were wonderfully surreal and strange. Their minds gave television such oddities as a mushroom-shaped dragon name H.R. Pufnstuf and a giant talking football helmet named Rah-Rah. Their Saturday morning children's shows, from Lidsville to Land of the Lost, were trippy.
So the idea of turning Sid and Marty Krofft characters into horror may not be that big of a leap. But it's still bizarre — as bizarre as magic talking flute name Freddie.
Here's the official synopsis:
“A boy named Harley and his family attend a taping of The Banana Splits TV show, which is supposed to be a fun-filled birthday for young Harley and business as usual for Rebecca, the producer of the series. But things take an unexpected turn — and the body count quickly rises."
Who would have ever expected "Banana Splits" and "body count" to be used in the same pitch?
The Krofft brothers designed the characters — Fleegle (beagle), Bingo (gorilla), Drooper (lion) and Snorky (elephant) — for the 1968 live-action Hanna-Barbera series The Banana Splits. The refrain from its infectious theme song, "Tra La La," is likely still ringing in the ears of any kid who grew up in the era. The series ran for 31 episodes from 1968–70.
If this reboot does well, should we expect Attack of the Killer Bugaloos?
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By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Sep 19 (IANS) Against the backdrop of recent pitch by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to make Hindi a language of India's identity, DMK has argued that Tamil was more suited for it.
Shah on September 14 advocated greater use of Hindi, saying "it is very essential that the entire country has one language which becomes its identity in the world".
As his comments triggered protests by DMK and other Tamil parties, Shah clarified on Wednesday that he did not want imposition of Hindi on anyone, thus dousing the fire over the issue.
DMK MP and spokesperson T.K.S. Elangovan said if the government of India wants to choose an Indian language for a global identity, then Tamil, and not Hindi, qualifies for it.
"Unity in diversity is the identity of India which we support. If there needs to be an Indian language for India's global identity, then Tamil is most suited," Elangovan told IANS.
Continuing, he said: "Tamil is one of the oldest languages in the world. It is the official language in Sri Lanka, Singapore and India. It has the classical language status and is rich in literature. The Tamil culture has spread to several South Asian countries. There are Tamils who have migrated to far off lands several centuries ago."
He said it may be true that a large number of people speak Hindi in India "But it is equally true that there are more number of people who don't speak Hindi."
He argued that Hindi cannot be the India's global identity. "For instance, it is the non-Hindi speaking Indian states that are advanced in several metrics like economy, technology and social factors while the Hindi- speaking states lag far behind on these aspects."
Elangovan said, "it is RSS ideology to impose Hindi across the nation."
Stressing that DMK is not against any language, he said the party is opposed to the view of making Hindi as the global identity of India, which is seen as a sign of Hindi-imposition.
His attention was drawn to BJP National Secretary H.Raja's comments, questioning DMK's anti-Hindi stance since the schools run by its functionaries/relatives are under CBSE stream where Hindi is taught.
To this, Elangovan responded, "Opponents may argue on that. We oppose only Hindi imposition and not the language per se."
On the issue of popularising Tamil beyond the state, like setting up an organisation on the lines of ‘Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha' in the North, the DMK leader said: "The Hindi Prachar Sabha was set up in order to make Hindi as the sole national language. But there was no necessity for North Indians to study Tamil for the state government to set up Tamil Prachar Sabha in the North."
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In 2003-2004, through the vision of Dr. Stephen and Marilyn Jones, the Syracuse City School District Educational Foundation was founded to provide children of the Syracuse City Schools with hands-on, enriching educational projects that they would otherwise be unlikely to experience at school.
Since that time, the Foundation has funded more than $750,000 in educational grant projects benefitting students in kindergarten through high school. From projects that train students to play drums and compose their own original music pieces to projects that bring iPads and video equipment into the classroom, from fishing to robotics and more, the SCSD Educational Foundation is bringing learning to life for SCSD students.
Thanks to the annual Educational Foundation golf tournament and recognition breakfast, these invaluable enrichment opportunities continue year after year. The funds raised at these events from corporate and individual sponsors allow our students the ability to work with their peers in other schools, experience one-of-a-kind field trips and meet guest speakers that help them expand their horizons. The generous support of the SCSD Educational Foundation and Board of Directors, as well as the larger Syracuse community, ensures that our students are challenged and engaged in learning. We look forward to continuing this partnership for many years to come.
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Ali ibn Abi Talib
ibn Abd Manaf
ibn Abd al-Muttalib
ibn Abd Manaf
ibn/bin = son of.
His mother was Fatima bint Asad
, He is one of the first young Muslim
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, The Prophet Mohammed
(pbuh) wife. He became a martyr
at age 58.
Ali was the cousin of the Prophet. Ali was born some thirty years after the birth of the Prophet. His father, Abu Talib, was the Prophet's real uncle. Fatima was the name of Ali's mother.
The prophet lost his father Abdul-Allah Ibn Abdul Al-Mutalib before he was born, He never saw him, He also lost his mother Amina at an early age and later his grandfather that took care of him for a brief period of time, Abdul-Muttalib Ibn Hashim. The only one that took care of Mohammed as a child and brought him up was his uncle, Abu-Talib, Ali's father.
Ali's love for the Prophet was unbounded. The night on which the Prophet left for Medina
in the imigration, the prophet's house was surrounded by Quraish
ies. Drawn swords flashed all around. They were ready to cut to pieces the man who came out of the house. The Prophet asked Ali to lie in his bed while he himself left un-noticed. Ali gladly jumped in the bed and slept calmly the whole night. Death hovered around the house but Ali did not care for it. He was happy that he had helped save the Prophet's life.
The blood tie between Mohammed and Ali were strong and the prophet made it stronger when he gave his daughter Fatima to Ali for a wife.
Ali was one of the ten men who got from the Prophet the good news of Paradise. That is, People who are promised by Allah to enter heaven.
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A Kiss in Xanadu
Music by H. Leslie Adams
The Crown Prince of Xanadu
The Crown Princess of Xanadu
First Lady in Waiting
First Lord of the Bedchamber
Spirits of the Night (Corps de Ballet)
The Setting is the Royal Palace in
Xanadu on a lovely spring night.
Act One The scene is the Royal Bedchamber. The Lord and Lady of the Bedchamber enter, followed by two small Pages, who prepare the room for the royal pair, and depart. The Princess enters, very beautiful buy very bored. The lovely Night lures her to the window, but she sighs, for she is a married Princess. After the Lady undresses her, she goes to bed. Soon after the Prince enters. He, too, longs for Romance again. As he prepares to retire, he is lured by the Night. He tries to do his Nightly Dozen, but the Night is too powerful — he will go out to Adventure! After disguising himself and making certain the Princess is asleep, he leaps out the window. The moonbeams steal in and fall on the Princess' bed. She, thinking the Prince is asleep, also decides to go out to find Romance and, after disguising herself — rushes into the Night, as the curtain falls.
Act Two After the masked pair are seen racing across the stage, the curtain rises on a public park in Xanadu. The Prince enters and sits on a park bench. A Lamplighter enters and lights the street lamp, as a patrolman strolls by. The Princess comes into the park. When she drops her handkerchief, the Prince springs to her aid. She sits beside him on the bench. He plucks a rose from the bush behind them and offers it timidly. She tosses it away. The light in the lamp is much too bright. A mighty puff from the Prince and it goes out. But the Watch returns and the lamp is re-lighted. The Prince and Princess sit closer. He offers another rose. This time she accepts. But that lamp! He has a permanent solution: he breaks the lamp in two. When the moon comes up, he waves it away. She kisses him. A clock strikes five — she runs away — he calls, but she does not answer. He picks up the rose she spurned, and walks slowly into the darkness.
Act Three Once more it is the Royal Bedchamber. The Princess, followed shortly by the Prince, creeps in and goes to bed. The clock strikes nine. The Lord and Lady arrive. The Pages fetch a breakfast table. The royal pair is awakened, and sits down to eat. She offers a cheek to be kissed — he mechanically obliges. They cannot eat; the music of the Night is still with them. As they gaze out the window they recall wistfully their evening of adventure. The Princess looks at the rose he gave her.' The Prince looks at the one she refused. They let the flowers fall to the floor. It is the humdrum life once more. They rise and slowly exit through opposite doors. The curtain falls.
N.B. Optional: In Act Two the Prince and Princess meet their "doubles" and, face to face, mirror their movements. The dancers from the First Act back offstage, leaving their alter egos to dance the Second Act. At the end of the Second Act, the reverse transpires, leaving the original dancers to appear in Act Three. In Act Three, as the Night music is heard, the Act Two dancers are seen silhouetted out the window briefly, and then fade away.
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Existing research focuses on the role of planning in successful transfers of family business. From a bounded emotionality perspective, this paper aims to investigate the transfer of business processes and the underlying reasons for delayed or unplanned transfers despite the feasible succession plans.
A follow‐up case study in six small family firms was carried out between 2001 and 2008. The research material was collected primarily in interviews with firm representatives in 2001 and 2008. Further information was obtained through participant observation, and background data on the firms were also used.
The analysis enhances understanding of business‐transfer processes in the context of subjective limitations and relational feelings. Any divergence from the original conditions in the transfer plan may delay the process but the delays are tolerated by putting the transfer on hold in the daily activities and focusing on business routines instead. The results emphasise how individuals' goals and values change over time, and how decisions are weighed up from various identity positions questioning the basic assumptions and decisions set out in the plan. Despite the delays, however, transfers of business or the firm are not easily abandoned.
The results suggest that linear, goal‐oriented planning may not be sufficient for executing successful transfers, but further longitudinal research is needed to corroborate these qualitative findings.
The paper makes use of the bounded emotionality approach, which allows the analysis of both the rational and emotional aspects involved, and helps to explain delays or unplanned transfers.
Hytti, U., Stenholm, P. and Peura, K. (2011), "Transfers of business planning and bounded emotionality: a follow‐up case study", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 17 No. 5, pp. 561-580. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552551111158853
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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My professor requires to submit this in turnitin
Answer the case discussion questions
1. How realistic do you think it is to create a world standard for toys with respect to their safety and use by children?
2. Should we ban products from a country that does not follow standards similar to what the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission suggests for the United States? Is the CPSC overprotective? Should each country have its own guidelines? Why or why not?
3. If there are health risks associated with lead poisoning, what about related areas such as lead in drinking water (e.g., the issue that came to the forefront in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign regarding water supply in Flint, Michigan)?
4. Is lead in toys a financial, or cost, issue? Why have we not seen the toy industry monitor and do something about the lead problem, even though we have known about it for more than 30 years?
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Karaikudi Knowledge Guide
The town derives its name from thorny plant Karai referred in ancient literature as Kareekudi, which in modern times became Karaikudi. The town was established in the 19th century, and the oldest known structure is the Koppudaiya Nayagi Amman Temple.Mahatma Gandhi delivered two speeches in Karaikudi in 1927 and Bharathiyar visited Karaikudi in 1919 to participate in a function. Post independence, the town registered significant growth in the industrial sector. Karaikudi and surrounding areas are generally referred as "Chettinad". The town is home to Nagarathar, a business community and Chettiars, financiers and trade facilitators and for Nattar Vallambars - Ambalam / Servai a feudal community.
Some prominent temples around the town are: Kundrakudi Shanmuganathan Temple, located 8 km (5.0 mi) far Ariyakudi Thiruvengamudayan Temple, one of the biggest Vishnu temples of the Chettinad region; located 3 km (1.9 mi) far Pillayarpatti Karpagavinayagar temple located 10 km (6.2 mi) far Thirumayam Permual Temple located 22 km (14 mi) farKannadasan Mandapam, Kamban Manimandapam, Thousand windows house and Chettinad Raja Palace are other visitor attractions in Karaikudi.The first Temple for Mother Tamil is located in Karaikudi and was established in 1993.Chettinad cuisine originated in the areas around Karaikudi.
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In memory of Lolong
“They look like dinosaurs!” I shouted to my brother as we gaped for the first time at live crocodiles.
This was Manila Zoo in the 1990s and to pint-sized kids – 15-foot crocodiles seemed ancient, gigantic and utterly invincible.
Two decades later I found myself beside the world’s largest captive crocodile, venerable Lolong, in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur.
As a team from the DOST measured him, I realized that crocodiles actually lived way before many of the dinosaurs – evolving in the Mesozoic epoch to stalk juvenile Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex and others foolish enough to get waylaid by the water’s edge.
Hailing from a family which actually outlived T-Rex, the recent demise of Lolong comes as a shock to both crocodile enthusiasts and conservationists.
“Lolong projected the unimaginable magnificence of Estuarine Crocodiles. It is ironic that the largest-known representative of this family that survived the mass extinction of dinosaurs has died after barely two years in the ‘care’ of humans. We must learn about how to be much less presumptuous about what we know, and about what we do not,” said WWF-Philippines Vice-chair and CEO Jose Maria Lorenzo Tan.
Crocodiles of old
Long ago, crocodiles were common around the Philippines.
In Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere, Ibarra saved Elias from a rogue beast by the banks of the Pasig River. In 1823, a 27-foot crocodile was shot and killed in Laguna de Bai.
Rizal and many from his era wrote of scaly beasts strong and vicious enough to overturn boats with their tails.
Today most of the giants are gone, wild crocodiles surviving only in scattered groups across the archipelago.
There are two types of crocodiles in the Philippines – and no alligators (crocodiles have V-shaped snouts while alligators sport U-shaped ones):
- The Philippine or Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis), critically-endangered and found only in Mindanao and Isabela, has sharp grooves down its nape.
- The larger Estuarine or Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) has a smooth neck. Lolong belongs to this species, so named because of his ability to excrete salt through his tongue.
“They are the largest crocodiles on Earth,” explained former DENR Secretary Dr Angel Alcala while we inspected Lolong in Agusan del Sur.
“Some live up to a century and can swim from island to island. Just imagine running into one underwater!” he added.
While not on the brink of extinction globally, saltwater crocodiles are critically-endangered in the Philippines.
Lolong’s 2011 capture has been retold time and again. For 3 weeks, trackers deployed traps up and down the chocolate-hued creeks of Nueva Era, near the Agusan Marsh.
Four steel cable traps snapped. The fifth and last one snagged something. The battle of hoists and grunts began – and when trappers shouted “Nakuha na!” (“We got him!”) some 80 people surged forth to haul the giant onto a makeshift cart.
Christened Lolong after one of the crocodile hunters who died of a heart attack before the capture, the 20.2-foot male crocodile was interred at the Bunawan Eco-Park and Crocodile Rescue Center in Agusan del Sur, a facility which planned to highlight the indigenous fauna of Agusan Marsh and someday breed crocodiles for release.
His pen – designed to hold "nuisance" creatures such as man-eaters – was fairly sufficient, but nowhere near the 15,000 hectares of his home marsh.
Caught in the jaws of extinction
The crocodiles of Rizal’s time have since passed onto legend, as today both freshwater and saltwater crocodiles are threatened with extinction.
“Wild numbers have taken a nosedive because of hunting, habitat pressure and human conflict,” said Dr Glenn Rebong of the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center.
The problem, of course, is that humans are encroaching into crocodile habitats.
We walked over to Magsagangsang Creek in Agusan del Sur to look for wild crocodiles and interview locals.
Similar to riverside communities in Laos and Cambodia, many houses near the marsh are built on stilts – some as high as 20 feet up. In those parts, people take crocodile attacks seriously.
We didn’t see any crocodiles, but talked with locals who saw an alleged 25-footer in 2011.
To protect the populace, who fish for carp and cichlids through narrow channels aboard flimsy, dugout canoes, the local government saw fit to capture and "rescue" crocodiles large enough to be deadly to people. In the end, humans won out – never fully realizing how crocodiles actually enrich aquatic ecosystems.
“Each crocodile recycles nutrients. Defecation fertilizes river or lake ecosystems. When people take crocodiles out, they significantly erode ecosystem processes. Where there are crocodiles, there will always be fish,” explained Alcala.
Having survived numerous mass extinctions, Lolong and his kin now face their greatest challenge – how to thrive in a world between humans and their own ancient ways of living.
We can only hope that so long as responsible rescue and conservation efforts are emplaced, crocodiles can display the type of resilience that has made them outlive the dinosaurs. - Rappler.com
Gregg Yann is Communications and Media Manager of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines). He was planning to publish this article in the summer but decided to post it now after Lolong's tragic death.
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Heat guns are an excellent tool for any handyperson’s repertoire. These flameless, power tools use a motor, heating element and fan to direct hot air through a nozzle for a variety of applications. Heat guns are superior to other heat-producing tools thanks to features like adjustable temperature, secure stand, incredible power, and adjustable airflow.
Heat guns can be used for a variety of projects like stripping paint, car wrapping, heat shrinking tubes, removing adhesives, drying timber, thawing frozen pipes, and so much more.
As mentioned, heat guns are a flameless tool. This is also why they have a leg up over other heat-producing tools. Open flames can damage the surface you’re trying to heat, or start a fire. The hot air produced by a heat gun produces the same effect but is much safer for expert craftspeople or DIY-ers alike, and for the materials you’re working with (like heat shrink tubing).
There’s a lot to look for when buying the best heat gun for your heat shrink tubing like size, voltage, or temperature capabilities. So, whether you’re a professional, hobbyist or just in need of a heat gun, this guide should help you pick the perfect heat gun for your heat shrink tubing needs.
Before we get into the finer details of different heat guns, it's important to know what you will be using the heat gun for. Like most power tools, heat guns are designed based on usage requirements. A heat gun designed for working conditions will be more resistant to wear and tear, whereas one designed for hobbyists might include different features. It’s also important to note that heat guns created for light use are typically not covered under warranty if used strenuously.
So are you a professional that will need something to withstand consistent working conditions or are you a DIY-er that only requires light use of their heat gun? Perhaps for the electronics fanatic heat shrinking cable sleeves in their spare time?
Once you figure out how often you will be using your heat gun, some other important things to look out for are wattage, voltage capability, heat and airflow controls. Read on to find out more about each of these features.
Most heat guns are corded electric models and according to Tooled-Up, DIY models usually start at around 1800 watts while professional tools can be rated at 3400 watts. There are also multiple 240v options for plugging straight into your main electrical system. For the professional, some heat guns are equipped with 110v, so they can be used safely in industrial environments like construction sites. Cordless heat guns are available, being powered by a lithium ion battery.
Heat guns have a variety of applications, therefore they are designed with temperature controls to ensure you have the right heat for the right project. On basic models, you can usually find two or three fixed settings, and on more advanced versions you will have several controls that focus not only the temperature but where the heat comes out. On average, “DIY models have a fixed 930°F setting with one lower setting for tasks that require less heat.”
For example, the VT-1100 Heat Gun has a temperature range from 250 to 1100°F and can be controlled by the dial on the back of the unit, making it the perfect tool for a variety of uses.
Like with any power tool, heat guns can overheat. Temperature cut-off is featured in a lot of modern heat guns like the Mini Electric Heat Gun, which features overheat protection. This helps to ensure that the internal temperature of the heat gun does not go above a predetermined threshold. By helping to prevent damage from extreme temperatures, temperature cut-off also extends the life of heat guns.
Airflow is another aspect you have the power to control on your heat gun. This function allows you to lower the force of the blast being directed at your material. This is a great function, especially if you’re working with lighter materials or sensitive surfaces. On the other hand, higher airflows can lead to quicker results.
Just like with the temperature control settings, the airflow control functions are based on fixed speed settings or dials that allow for even more focused capabilities.
The nozzle of a heat gun has got to be able to take the heat. As such, it can also stay hot for a long time after use. This poses a danger to the user, who will often go back and get burned by grabbing the nozzle. A residual heat indicator displays a warning light for the user that will turn off once the heat gun has cooled down.
If you’re interested in more advanced functions for your heat gun, below are some bonus features to look for:
New models of heat guns now feature LCD or LED displays. This is a huge benefit to the professional as it can help them with precision to ensure consistent results and the ability to work confidently.
Either already fitted or can be purchased later on, a temperature scanner will read the temperature at the point where the hot air is making contact. This helps the user to better control the heat being applied, by focusing on the area rather than the machine itself. Have you ever burned yourself on a bowl of food from the microwave? The same concept applies here.
This handy feature also helps to identify the surface conditions in temperature critical applications.
If you need a different angle to get those hard to reach places, some heat guns are also designed to be freestanding, or with a moveable stand that allows it to be stationary while you work the heat shrink tubing through the hot air. The Eddy Mark IV Gun includes a circular safety stand that helps to keep the heat gun balanced while you work.
A final addition to be sure to look out for are add-ins like extra nozzles. Extra nozzles are useful for both replacement needs but also to create different sized surface area options for direct heat placement.
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Over the past decade, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese has lent more towards bombast and melodrama in his films. That isn’t meant as a criticism – ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (2013) is an anarchic marvel and ‘Shutter Island’ (2010) one of the most accomplished thrillers so far this century. With his latest film however, the legendary filmmaker turns his gaze inward, diving once again into the quiet storm of the human soul. A long-gestating passion project for Scorsese, ‘Silence’ carefully meditates on faith and religion across a vast, cinematic canvas, the kind of which we very rarely see anymore.
Based on the 1966 novel by Shūsaku Endōhe, ‘Silence’ follows two Jesuit priests in the 17th century, Fathers Sebastião Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Francisco Garupe (Adam Driver), who travel in secret from Spain to Japan to find lost priest Father Cristóvão Ferreira (Liam Neeson), who they fear has renounced his faith. Japan is in a state of war against the spread of Catholicism, resulting in the persecution and execution of priests and their congregations. Walking into ultimate danger, Rodrigues and Garupe find their faith put to the test, both by the ideals of a country who fundamentally rejects their beliefs and by those suffering under the palpable silence of their god.
Scorsese began developing ‘Silence’ following his controversial ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ (1988), and in many ways this film feels like a logical continuation of the questions Scorsese had started playing with. ‘Silence’ is an overwhelming experience, not just because of its vast visual scale but because of the enormity of its discussion around what role religion has to play, the rights of one over another, the inherent similarities and differences between them, and the riddle of how they can co-exist within the same society. It makes for a film that demands your attention at every turn, and forces you to engage with it on a more deeply philosophical level than most, but the rewards justify the effort. Scorsese does not waste one ounce of his opportunity to finally achieve his passion project, so where his previous films revelled in creative, bombastic abandon, every second of ‘Silence’ is carefully considered and calibrated for maximum effect. He assumes his audience is prepared for the philosophical complexities of the film and never waters them down, whether they be rich discussions between priests of different religions or staggering set-pieces of violence and emotional torment. It makes for tough viewing, but it’s also refreshing to watch a film so intent on provoking thought and discussion in its audience in such a considered manner.
For all its intellectual musings though, ‘Silence’ is still an emotionally violent film, oftentimes harrowing. We focus on Rodrigues’ journey, his comprehension of the landscape of Japan and the almost primal rejection of the country to his presence and his faith. For every moment of quiet joy, there are moments of terrible violence, where he is forced to question the role of his faith and his own role in the deaths of those innocent. Rodrigo Prieto’s spectacular cinematography places him and Garupe as incongruities against the wild untamed environment, the film being driven by an unforgiving force of nature at odds with Catholicism yet in harmony with the opposing Buddhism. Many characters (including the Japanese) describe the island as a swamp where what is foreign cannot grow, and that becomes clear within every frame, both the priests’ determination and the ultimate futility of their efforts. There are a lot of similarities between ‘Silence’ and Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ (1979), not just in narrative but in the idea that a landscape can swallow and change those trespassing on it.
Much of the experience of watching ‘Silence’ is submitting to its flow. The narrative moves at a considered pace which becomes a tad frustrating during its third act, and a coda that doesn’t land quite as well as it could, but what keeps you arrested to it is its classical cinematic style. The visual canvas is vast and unimpeded by excessive CGI. Prieto shot ‘Silence’ on film, and I would love to one day see it projected in that format. This feels in many ways like a film that’s dropped out of the past, when films could be this big both visually and thematically. It’s a remarkable technical achievement, executed with tremendous control by Scorsese, who takes full advantage of the visual and aural enormity of cinema. His vision is singular and entirely his own, and while this is a level of control we haven’t seen from him in a long time, every frame betrays in the best possible way that this is a Scorsese film through-and-through.
Scorsese does not waste one ounce of his opportunity to finally achieve his passion project, so where his previous films revelled in creative, bombastic abandon, every second of ‘Silence’ is carefully considered and calibrated for maximum effect.
The performances are also across-the-board terrific. It befuddles me that Andrew Garfield has received more attention for his scattered performance in ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ instead of his detailed and passionate performance in ‘Silence’, this film pushing his abilities and showing a complexity in his skills as an actor we haven’t seen before. The film rests on both his quiet strength and the slow reveal of the cracks in his faith as the silence of God becomes too deafening. The other highlight of the film is the beguiling performance of Issei Ogata as Governor Inoue Masashige, the inquisitor in charge of purging Japan of the Catholics. His work in the film typifies the way the Japanese are presented in the film, as intelligent and considered and as full of conviction as the Jesuits. Ogata fills his performance with endlessly fascinating detail, making a role that could have been played as an antagonist into something more complex and necessary.
I found myself utterly hypnotised by ‘Silence’, unable to take my eyes off it for a second. It’s certainly a film that tests your endurance, but even though it isn’t entirely a success, the rewards it offers for your efforts are magical. There are moments of enormous humanity and inhumanity, genuine questions about the nature of faith and the role of God in a world where He is either rejected or remains silent in the face of suffering. It’s clear that Scorsese has been wanting to get this one off his chest for a long time, and the result is a genuine epic unafraid to ask big questions of us or of him. ‘Silence’ is a quiet triumph, but a triumph nonetheless.
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Scaling a company is essential to continue growth. Without the right tools in place, it can be difficult (or impossible) to manage and keep up with the growing demands of a company. By investing in the right tools, companies can ensure that they can scale their operations effectively and efficiently.
You could be having a hard time managing accounting tasks or need help analyzing tons of data. You could use more help in automating tasks, improving your customer support, or requiring a tool to improve your project management workflow. Your next investment should depend on what areas your brand could use help with.
Not sure which tools you can start investing in? Here are some top tools you can consider using:
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
A Relational Database Management System is a powerful tool that can help businesses manage and organize large amounts of data. It makes it easy to store, access, and analyze information for various purposes, such as tracking customers or processes, analyzing trends, and more.
One example of a highly popular RDBMS that many companies use to manage their data is Structured Query Language (SQL). SQL Server is a great choice for businesses looking to scale and grow their operations, thanks to its robust and flexible capabilities. This helps you stay organized and efficient in today’s fast-paced business environment.
After investing in an SQL server, don’t ignore SQL server tuning services. This will keep your system in good shape and will be able to process requests faster. Keep in mind that a well-functioning database is crucial for businesses, so invest in the right tools and resources to keep it running smoothly.
Task and Project Management Tools
As a company grows, so does the number of tasks and projects that need to be completed. While this can be daunting, a good task and project management tool can make it much easier to keep track of everything that needs to be done.
There are many task and project management tools. One popular option is Asana, making it easy to create project timelines, assign tasks to team members, and track progress in real-time. Other options include Trello, Podio, and Basecamp.
Task and project management tools enable you and your employees to be more effective in managing your time. Now, you can efficiently prioritize your tasks, ultimately helping you scale business operations more efficiently.
Process and Workflow Automation Tools
Process and workflow automation tools are another important tool that can help you scale your business operations. These tools use algorithms and software to streamline repetitive processes or tasks, reducing the need for manual input and helping to ensure consistent quality every time.
Some popular examples of process automation tools include Zapier, IFTTT, and Process Street. These tools are ideal for automating workflows such as team communication, tracking deadlines, or order fulfillment. By investing in these powerful automation tools, businesses can focus on higher-level tasks while relying on their software to take care of the day-to-day operations.
Customer Support Operations and Success Tools
As a company grows, the need for high-quality customer support increases as well. Failure to provide quality support can negatively impact your bottom line. To effectively scale your customer service operations, it’s important to invest in tools that can help you deliver consistent and reliable support.
One example of such a tool is Help Scout. This tool offers features like automation workflows and team collaboration to help businesses manage their support efforts more efficiently. Other options include Zendesk or Intercom, which are popular platforms that enable businesses to monitor and respond to customer requests easily.
By investing in customer support operations and success tools, companies can ensure that they provide their customers with the best possible experience while scaling their business operations smoothly.
Another critical tool for scaling business operations is accounting software. Businesses can save time and money by automating financial tasks with the right accounting software in place. Now, invoicing, tracking expenses, and managing payroll won’t be as time-consuming as they used to be.
There are many options available when it comes to accounting software. One popular option for small businesses is FreshBooks, which offers a simple and easy-to-use interface. Other options include QuickBooks, Xero, and Wave Accounting.
Investing in quality accounting software can help businesses streamline their financial operations, freeing up time and resources to focus on other areas of the business.
These are just a few of the many options that businesses should consider when scaling their operations. The key is to invest in the right tools for your business. By doing so, you’ll set yourself up for success as you grow your company.
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ASL Sign Language Dictionary
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How to sign: of great mass; huge and bulky
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Statistics Canada says the ratio of household debt to disposable income hit a record level in the fourth quarter as mortgage borrowing rose and disposable income fell.
The agency says on a seasonally adjusted basis that household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income rose to 186.2% in the fourth quarter, compared with a revised reading of 180.4% for the third quarter. The reading means there was $1.86 in credit market debt for every dollar of household disposable income.
Statistics Canada says the ratio stood at 181.1% at the end of 2019 before the pandemic, while the previous record high was in the third quarter of 2018 at 184.7%.
The increase in the fourth quarter came as household credit market debt rose 1.9% and household disposable income fell 1.3%.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, households added $50.0 billion of debt in the fourth quarter including $46.3 billion in mortgages and $3.7 billion in non-mortgage loans.
The household debt service ratio, measured as total obligated payments of principal and interest on credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income, rose to 13.84% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 13.55% in the third quarter.
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San Diego State University Imperial Valley is helping combat the critical nursing shortage in the region through the creation of a new, accelerated pre-licensure bachelor of Nursing: Accelerated Pre-Licensure (B.S.N.) (2007). Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing This is a four Accelerated BSN programs are We measure our success by graduates who become lifelong learners and leaders in their communities and in the profession of nursing. The traditional prelicensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) track provides a curriculum for students who do not have a nursing license but are seeking a BSN degree that will prepare them for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).
The focus of the Pre-Licensure BSN at GCU is providing quality care through evidence-based, holistic practices to diverse communities and populations.If you already have a bachelors
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The United States government predicts that the country is on track toward a future where data centers consume 140 billion-kilowatt hours per year by 2020, meaning there’s little time to waste when it comes to finding a new way to transfer data on the internet. Whopping data transfers mean wasted electricity and a big stinking carbon footprint.
What keep us from burning up via our own incessant need to stream “Damn, Daniel” is if we use specialized data chips that utilize laser technology. These energy-saving (and under construction) chips are profiled in the most recent episode of the University of California YouTube series, “Fig. 1”.
Janelle Shane first began researching this chip technology as a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego, went on to get her Ph.D., and has continued her work on the project. In the new video uploaded today, she explains that her lab is still testing out different laser designs, with the hope of building the most efficient model.
The technology behind these energy efficient chips is essentially this: Fiber optics made of glass can transport light from one place to another and has the advantage over electrical wires of not being at risk for any heat problems. Shane and her team discovered that they could fit more information on one strand of glass than it was ever possible to fit on a wire. The light here, cut down to diameter 100 times smaller than a human hair, is the laser. Laser light has to be extremely thin in order for it to fit on a computer chip.
“If we have more and more components on the same chip, then we don’t have to covert signals to electricity so much, and that saves us energy there,” said Shane in a press release for the new video. “The more information we can send via light, we also will save energy for heating up.”
To see for yourself how the future of the internet could be based off little chips flowing with lasers, check out the new episode of “Fig. 1”:
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"Witness" Tagged Sermons
Going public with our faith requires boldness. In the book of Acts, the apostles are shown to be bold witnesses for Christ. This week we explore the recipe for being bold in our witness. First is to have time with Jesus. Second is to be a part of a community. Third is to pray big prayers.
Do you have a private faith or a public faith? Our faith is supposed to be visible to all. It is supposed to be shared. Our faith needs to permeate our whole person because most people can’t disconnect the “message” from “the messenger.” This is why our lives have to reflect the message we are trying to communicate.
Our testimony about how Jesus changed our lives is our “review” on Christianity. The gospel is spread through testimonies. “Speak the gospel all the time, use words if necessary.
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Utah’s Gold Placers
What is a placer?
A placer is a sand or gravel deposit, such as a beach or stream bed, containing concentrations of heavy minerals like gold. Gold is very resistant to weathering. As a rock containing gold is eroded, the gold is freed and carried downstream as dust, flakes, grains, and nuggets. During high-flow periods when the sand and rocks in the steam are moving, gold settles downward and concentrates at the base of the stream bed or in depressions in sand and gravel bars where the current is slower. Most of the placer gold in Utah is very fine grained (flour gold) and is difficult to recover.
Where are Utah’s gold placers?
Utah’s placers are usually associated with areas of igneous rocks. Gold-bearing solutions deposited gold within the surrounding rock formations (lode or primary deposit). As these gold-bearing rocks are eroded, the free gold is deposited and concentrated into placer (or secondary) deposits. Finding gold is possible in any stream or river that crosses a gold-mineralized area. However, since the known placer deposits have been worked and reworked for over 100 years, the chance of finding large concentrations of gold in Utah’s streams is small.
Utah placers have been reported in the following areas:
- Abajo Mountains – Along Johnson and Recapture Creeks.
- Oquirrh Mountains, Bingham Canyon – Was the largest gold placer in Utah. The original topography has been altered by the open-pit mining operations.
- Colorado River – From the mouth of the Dolores River south to the Amasa Back bend west of Moab. Most placers were from the Dirty Devil River south to the Utah-Arizona border and are now under Lake Powell.
- Green River – From Flaming Gorge Reservoir down to Horseshoe Bend.
- Henry Mountains – On the east flanks of Mt. Ellen in Crescent Creek and Mt. Pennell along Straight Creek.
- House Range – In Amasa Valley and Miller Canyon.
- La Sal Mountains – In glacial deposits and streams of Miners Basin, Wilson Mesa, Bald Mesa, and around North Mountain.
- San Juan River – From the mouth of Montezuma Creek west to Lake Powell.
- Tushar Mountains – In Mill Creek on the north flank of Signal Peak and near the mouth of Pine Gulch Creek in Bullion Canyon.
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When Would I Use FTP?
One of the key elements of web development is the use of FTP. File Transfer Protocol is typically used to upload and download files to and from a folder on a server, usually as part of the web development process although FTP has also been a popular means of managing the sharing of data.
There are various benefits in doing this, from understanding how to provide FTP access to other users to providing an online storage repository for a narrow group of people to access privately.
Let’s take a look at how to setup an FTP site, using both a Linux server and a Windows server.
How to Set Up an FTP Site – Linux Server
In order to set up an FTP site on you Linux server, you will need to take advantage of one of the many utilities already available via Synaptic Package Manager.
For instance you might search for and install vsftpd, a popular FTP solution for Ubuntu computers acting as servers. With this done, open /etc in the File Browser (accessed via Place > Home Folder) and find vsftpd.conf - double-click this to open the file in a text editor and find the following:
Neither of of these should be commented out (this is done with a # symbol at the start of the line) and they should be set as:
You should also add
Once this is done you will need to reset the the VSFTPD server - go to the Terminal and enter sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart.
After the FTP server has been restarted you will be able to connect to with either an FTP client or the command line, whether you’re using a Windows or Linux computer.
Set Up an FTP on a Windows Server
Setting up FTP on a Windows server is quite a different process. To begin you need to configure IIS as there is no FTP included by default. Prepare yourself by inserting the operating system CD into your optical drive.
To do this, go to Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components; from here go to Components > Application Server, highlight Internet Information Services (IIS) and click Details.
Next, fill the checkboxes of Common Files, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service, and Internet Information Services Manager then click Next to install these new components.
FTP is then set up and can be accessed via command line or an FTP client.
If you’re setting up an in-house FTP, then you can select Allow only anonymous connections**,** which will allow your users to connect to the FTP site without authentication.
This is done via Start > Programs > Internet Information Services Manager, where you should find and expand the server name in question, right-click Default FTP Site and choose Properties > Security Accounts. Then check Allow anonymous connections and Allow only anonymous connections.
Third Party and External Hosting
If you’re using a third party web host (as opposed to self-hosting) then there will be various ways to set up your FTP site depending on the server and control panel software in use.
As a general rule of thumb, whether using Windows or Linux hosting, you will need to create FTP accounts for each user, specify a location for them to access and then add this information into each user’s FTP client.
A suitable FTP client might be something like the open source FileZilla software, although FTP can be performed natively within Windows via the command line, just as it can in Linux.
- Author’s own experience
Screenshots provided by writer
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How long can you live somewhere without being on the lease?
Standard rental and lease agreements often state: Guests may stay a maximum of 14 days in a six-month period – or 7 nights consecutively on the property. Any guest residing on the property for more than 14 days in a six-month period or spending more than 7 nights consecutively will be considered a tenant.
What is the minimum residential lease term in NSW?
There is no minimum or maximum length of agreement under NSW law. If, however, you are renting a premises for less than 3 months and for a holiday, then you should not use a residential tenancy agreement.
Can someone live with you if not on the lease?
Well, the simple answer is Yes, you can let someone who isn’t on the lease live with you in a rented unit. However, depending on the duration of the person’s stay or your relationship with them, you may have to register them on the lease.
When must receipts for rent be issued NSW?
A tenant can ask for a copy of their rent record at any time, and landlords or agents must give this to the tenant within 7 days of the tenant’s written request. It’s a good idea for tenants to keep receipts or records of rent payments.
How long can a guest stay?
Most landlords allow guests to stay over no more than 10-14 days in a six month period. From there, you can decide whether a guest staying 15 days or longer gives you grounds to evict the tenants for breaking the lease, or whether you want to amend your lease, and if the rent will increase as a result.
How long does it take to evict a tenant NSW?
Evicting a tenant in NSW In NSW, you are required to give at least 14 days notice in situations where you wish to end a tenancy due to wrongdoing on the tenants’ part. This includes if the tenant/s are 14 days or more behind with their rent, or if they have otherwise breached your pre-defined tenancy agreement.
Can a landlord break a lease NSW?
If the tenant breaches any of the terms and conditions stated in the tenancy agreement, then the landlord is entitled to terminating the lease early under this statute in NSW. The landlord can give the tenants a 14-day termination notice if they breach the tenancy agreement.
If someone is living with a tenant in a rented space for a fixed number of days, they are considered as “guests.” The number of days usually ranges from 3 to 15 days. Hence, the guest can live with you without being on the lease.
Can you break a 12 month lease NSW?
In NSW owners can invoke a fixed lease-breaking fee, but it can only be used if stated in the lease agreement, which can be added in as a clause to later lease renewals. To end your tenancy this way, you must: give the landlord/agent a written termination notice at least 14 days before you intend to vacate and/or.
What are my rights as a sitting tenant?
A sitting tenant has the right to occupy a property for life without being disturbed and should a sitting tenant die, they are allowed to pass on the tenancy to a spouse or another family member. As long as a sitting tenant pays their rent, they can stay in the property for as long as they choose.
When to notify a lessee of a lease renewal?
(1) Not less than 6 months and not more than 12 months before the expiry of a lease, the lessor must by written notification to the lessee either– (a) offer the lessee a renewal or extension of the lease on terms specified in the notification (including terms as to rent), or
How to find a long term lease in Australia?
Rent.com.au makes finding your next long-term rental lease simple. Open the search filters and turn on the option for ‘Long-Term Lease.’ Don’t forget to save your search. Set up an alert and be the first to know about properties that match your profile. How do rent increases work?
How long does a landlord have to give a Tenant Notice of termination in NSW?
A landlord is required to provide 30 days notice to end a fixed term agreement, while a tenant must provide 14 days notice. Further details around what must be included in the termination notice are outlined on the NSW Fair Trading website.
How often can you increase your rent in Victoria?
In Victoria, how often the rent is increased and the amount it can be increased are agreed in advance as part of your tenant’s lease agreement. For long-term leases, the rent cannot be increased more than once every 12 months.
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Named after the traditional Baќwam word for the oystercatcher bird, the GwiGwi oyster is the most northerly oyster in BC.
Nourished by cold natural waters from the land and sea, the GwiGwi oyster grows off of the rich organic nutrients of this pristine region, far away from populated areas.
GwiGwi oysters are perfect on the half-shell – the taste is delicate but firm in texture, exquisite and fresh and full of flavour.
To achieve premium quality, we focus on growing healthy, robust scallops. We harvest only in optimal conditions so the meat stays fresh all the way from farm to table.
k’awat’si Scallops are remarkable for their sweetness, and they serve as an inspiring canvas for Chefs and foodies alike.
ќawat’si refers to the bentwood box that Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw families have used to house their treasures since time immemorial.
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The “new” twenties may not have been as expected for us Norwegians, with a pandemic spreading, the prospect of future food crises and now high electricity prices.
By now, we should be able to say that we have lived in a rising tide for nearly three decades: good finances and prosperity for the vast majority have characterized our daily lives, with trips south, underfloor heating in the off-wall car park and larger homes as good evidence. on it. The bathrooms have become living rooms and showers are like stepping out of the rainforest where you can stand in a dripping but well heated ‘rain shower’ – without thinking about its costs – because along with the increased convenience of everyday life, electricity prices have also historically been low. In 2020, electricity prices were the lowest since 2002, according to Statistics Norway (SSB).
New electricity price records are now reported almost daily, and E24 He writes that a ten-minute shower on Monday this week costs up to 26 kroner.
With high electricity prices making even the most sane and affluent of us easier to look back, it’s not easy to enjoy a handy shower in our perfectly decorated bathroom. Was that really the case after a severe pandemic year?
When the cold at the same time is about to complete Across the country, and so many of us rely on electricity to heat our homes, it’s easy to worry about how much our next electric bill will actually cost.
But there is hope – even for the most power-hungry of us. But then we must draw inspiration from earlier and older generations, who have integrated electricity savings into their daily lives.
Here are three tips that will break some luxury into everyday life – but also contribute to reducing your electricity consumption. And remember – room heating and hot water have the biggest impact on your electric bill, according to Innova:
1. Take shorter baths
“Do not spend a lot of time in the bathroom!! My father invited the children to us as soon as we set foot in the shower room. The goal was to provide hot water – not only because the hot water tank was small, but because it was expensive to waste a lot of hot water.
Most of us know the trick, though it’s not always tempting: Turn off the water while you’re soaping yourself and shampooing in your hair. And maybe you don’t need to shower as fully as you normally do, or fall head over heels for an occasional hair wash?
2. Close the doors and lower the temperature
Another trick that might work particularly well in older homes with a few solutions and open doors between each room is to heat up the room you’re actually in – and dramatically reduce heat in rooms you rarely or don’t use often.
You can also lower the temperature around the house when you go out, and turn it on again when you come back. After all, all the money goes. And if you find it a little chilly while the temperature is rising again, here’s one last tip to help you:
3. Dress up
Wearing slippers, fleece underwear and a knitted sweater at home: Do you really need to be able to wear a T-shirt in Norway – in December? If you want to save energy, the answer is no. If you wear warm clothes, you can tolerate indoor temperatures that are a few degrees lower. Have you ever seen your grandparents walking around in short sleeves (not to mention ankle socks…) indoors for the everyday winter?
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46 Articles and compendiums that are related to Environmental accounts , sorted by release date
Quarterly publication bringing together the latest climate change-related statistics and analysis from a range of sources.
Keywords: climate change, climate statistics, domestic, families, households
A summary of the ONS’ current and future work related to subnational statistics and analysis.
Keywords: local authorities, regions, labour market, population, census, CurrentAndUpcomingWork
Sets out a potential framework to develop annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounts on a quarterly basis. Also outlines potential issues and future work.
Keywords: climate change, environment, atmosphere, GDP, national accounts, nationalaccounts
Exploring regional estimates of activity in the low carbon and renewable energy economy, UK and regions of England: 2020 (Latest release)Exploring methods to estimate turnover and employment in the LCREE in the UK by combining data from the LCREE Survey and the IDBR, including regional estimates for England. Experimental statistics.
Keywords: wind, environment, green jobs, green economy, green businesses
Assessing what the environmental goods and services sector (EGSS) framework shows about nature jobs in the UK for 2010 to 2019 and opportunities for further research.
Keywords: forestry, agriculture, green jobs, employment
How the ONS has contributed to understanding "green jobs" through regular estimates and research articles, and what our future work on "green jobs" will include
Keywords: low carbon, environmental, nature, employment, CurrentAndUpcomingWork
A methods article on estimating time spent on green tasks, as part of research into measuring “green jobs”. Describes the use of task-level data from the US Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database, occupation conversion from US to UK occupation codes, and application to UK labour market data.
Keywords: O*NET, green jobs, occupations, tasks, environment
This article provides new experimental estimates of the time spent doing green tasks, over time, by UK country and by industry. It uses a new method, based on task-level data from the O*NET database in the US.
Keywords: green jobs, O*NET, occupations, tasks, environment
Our fifth annual report on progress made towards measuring the global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators in the UK.
Keywords: SDG, Global Goals, VNR, Inclusive data charter, global development
Leaving no one behind – a review of who has been most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the UK: December 2021 (Latest release)Evidence on the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on society, economy and the environment in the UK, and how this links to Sustainable Development Goals.
Keywords: SDGs, well-being, climate change, health, employment
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“Defendant is a cheater,” said Epic Games in its October 2017 lawsuit against a 14-year-old boy. “Nobody likes a cheater. And nobody likes playing with cheaters.”
Epic isn’t the first games studio that’s sued over cheating. There was a lawsuit over a PlayStation “game enhancer” — a console hardware hack — as early as 1999. In 2008, Blizzard sued over World of Warcraft bots. There have been lawsuits over cheating in RuneScape, MapleStory, and most recently, Overwatch. For its part, Epic Games — the maker of popular video game Fortnite — launched a slew of lawsuits in October against cheat makers and hosts of forums and channels where cheats are distributed.
Epic Games v. Rogers is a little different from the rest of the cases that were filed alongside it. In fact, it’s different from every other video game cheating lawsuit before it, partly because it dives into a legal gray area that usually passes as normal, allowable conduct (when you’re not being a flagrant jerk about it, anyway).
Epic Games doesn’t claim that defendant C.R. has ever written a cheat, sold a cheat, or even run a forum that distributes cheats. C.R. is being sued for live-streaming himself using a cheat he found online and then linking out to it in the YouTube description box.
None of the other cases have gone after mere cheaters themselves, according to Kendra Albert, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School who’s an expert on the law around video games. Albert does note that Jagex v. Does (otherwise known as the Runescape case) went after John Does who were using bots. But in that case, the company appeared to be using a lawsuit to identify bot-using players through their PayPal accounts. Once it had that contact information, it dropped the lawsuit, banned players, sent out settlement letters.
Unlike that case, Epic v. Rogers identifies an actual individual, targeting him directly.
C.R.’s full name has been widely reported in previous media coverage, but it has been redacted in legal proceedings ever since it was discovered he was a minor. (Other defendants have since been identified as minors and also have had their names redacted in filings.)
The lawsuit gives a few examples of what Fortnite cheats can do. “A cheat might enable the cheater to see through solid objects, teleport, impersonate another player by ‘spoofing’ that player’s user name, or make moves other players cannot, such as a spin followed by an instant headshot to another player.” It’s not clear what kind of cheat C.R. was using, but whatever it was, it was giving him a huge leg up in Fortnite’s Battle Royale mode, which pits up to 100 players against each other on a map.
C.R. has a YouTube channel with over 8,000 subscribers. One day, he was live-streaming a demo of a Fortnite cheat when Epic issued a takedown. When YouTube took his video down, C.R. belligerently posted a second video in protest.
The second video didn’t get taken down immediately, but for some reason, C.R. decided to make a new YouTube account to live stream the cheat again. The third video — keep in mind this is all happening on the same day, October 14th — got taken down.
“Defendant has been banned at least 14 times of for violating the Terms and the EULA,” says the lawsuit, referring to the end user license agreement.
A few days later, C.R. sent a DMCA counter-notification over the first video.
“i did noting rong this strike is all wrong i was modding in a video game that isnt against youtubes TOS Why was i striked!!!!”
It was probably this counter-notice that kicked off the unlikely lawsuit to begin with. The way that DMCA counter-notices work is that YouTube will keep the content offline for 10 days, but if the copyright claimant — in this case, Epic Games — files a legal action, YouTube has to continue to keep it offline. And that’s exactly what Epic Games did, before even realizing they were going after a 14-year-old.
That fact only came to their attention when C.R.’s mother, Lauren Rogers, sent a letter to the court, pointing out that C.R. was a minor and minors are not capable of consenting to contracts. She had never authorized him to play Fortnite, which meant that the EULA was not binding on her son.
Lauren Rogers isn’t wrong, per se. It’s true that, in general, minors do not have the capacity to make contracts. (It’s why standard EULAs like Fortnite’s ask minors to only use the service with the supervision of their parent or guardian, who must themselves agree to the EULA.)
By playing Fortnite without his mother’s permission, technically speaking, C.R. is outside of the EULA. But also technically speaking, playing Fortnite without being covered under the EULA might be a digital trespass, or worse, computer fraud and abuse. That might sound wild and ridiculous in a world where minors are almost certainly clicking through EULAs without their parents’ permission, but the whole underage internet exists on the precarious legal fiction that all these teens are being supervised by their parents, who are bound by these contracts that no one is actually reading.
But all this is a little beside the point. Being a minor can’t stop you from getting sued for copyright infringement.
C.R. isn’t distributing a modified copy of the game. He didn’t write a cheat for the game either, which would potentially be a Section 1201 violation (similar to how bypassing DRM on software can be a copyright violation under Section 1201). He posted a link to the cheat, but linking out to something isn’t strictly illegal.
The copyright infringement that Epic Games is claiming is twofold.
First, when C.R. clicked and ran the cheat file, the cheat injected code into his local Fortnite files, modifying them into something different from the copyrighted work. The moment he clicked, he created a “derivative work,” thus infringing copyright. (You could argue that it’s fair use, and, in fact, it’s not a total loser of an argument, regardless of the fact that Fortnite’s EULA forbids the creation of derivative works.)
Second, when C.R. live-streamed the game, Epic argues that he infringed copyright by “publicly displaying and/or publicly performing the unauthorized derivative works.”
It’s likely that both C.R. and his mother were thrown off by the language of the complaint. Most people, after all, are deeply unfamiliar with how weird copyright is and how bizarrely broad it can be in the digital context. When Epic’s complaint starts talking about “using computer software that injects code into Fortnite’s code which then materially modifies and changes Fortnite’s code” and “thereby creating an unauthorized derivative work of Epic’s copyrighted Fortnite code,” it sounds terribly officious. But that long-drawn-out sentence is referring to the moment that C.R. clicked and ran a cheat.
“They are also claiming he ‘modified their game’ to use a cheat and live streamed it. This would, of course, fall under the Copyright Act if he did in-fact modify their game,” wrote Lauren Rogers in her letter. “Epic Games has no capability of proving any form of modification.” Since, in the next breath, she adds that her son “obtained existing cheats from a website with public view, not affiliated with Epic Games, Inc,” it seems likely that she doesn’t understand that the complaint’s reference to a “modification” has nothing to do with whether or not C.R. wrote the cheat.
“I may add a multitude of other individuals have and currently are doing this as this letter is being typed.” Her primary contention, it seems, is that everyone does it. So why is her son being singled out?
In a probably unwise video posted on October 29th, C.R. echoed those sentiments, freely admitting to the exact thing that Epic Games accuses him of. “I was cheating. You know. The normal.”
But he was adamant in denying that he had anything to do with creating the cheat. “I never made the cheat, I never coded the cheat, I never sold the cheat.” He added, “It’s a free hack, you can get it from anywhere.”
Although C.R. appears to have a touch-and-go understanding of the law, he’s right about one thing. When he says “i was modding in a video game that isnt against youtubes TOS Why was I striked!!!” he’s not off-base. What he was doing wasn’t substantially different from modding, the user-created modification of video games that might aesthetically change the game or even add new functions.
All mods, not just the cheating one, create derivative works — from the Skyrim mod that replaces dragons with Thomas the Tank Engine to the Doom mod that inserts Sonic the Hedgehog right into the game.
Mods are widely tolerated, even celebrated, on YouTube. Consider, for instance, Polygon’s popular series, “Touch the Skyrim,” in which one host installs a bunch of weird mods on Skyrim and the other host plays through haplessly while trying to figure out what the mods do. (In one episode, giant, uncanny hands sprout up from the ground, replacing, I think, trees? For some reason?)
An unconscientious 14-year-old might see a Fortnite cheat as analogous to modding. If famous YouTube personalities can do it, why can’t he?
The problem with the Fortnite cheat is that it’s a modification being deployed in player-versus-player mode, which ruins the game for other people. It’s hard to imagine anyone getting upset if it were just a derivative work sitting in isolation on your computer, even if it were being streamed on YouTube on a regular basis.
But here’s the thing: it’s not entirely clear that any modding is legal. Consider, for example, Micro Star v. FormGen, the 1998 copyright decision that found that user-created Duke Nukem 3D levels were derivative works.
Micro Star doesn’t have anything to say about whether those levels are a permissible fair use. A pretty persuasive case for fair use can be made, but the case law is pretty thin, and in the absence of a court decision, YouTube’s community of modders and video game playthroughs exists in an uncanny valley created by the tolerance of game studios and an overall reluctance to sue.
The Fortnite cheaters are on weaker ground because what they do arguably harms the game studio’s bottom line. But the really obvious distinction — one that every gamer knows instinctively — isn’t recognized by the law: PvE is different from PvP.
PvE (player versus environment) throws walls up around your experience of the game. If the game isn’t multiplayer, the whole experience is downright solipsistic. PvP (player versus player) is largely shaped around the other people who are playing. Are they fascinatingly creative? Are they boringly worse than you? Are they cheating in a way that makes it impossible to play the game?
No one cares about Thomas the Tank Engine dropping out of the sky to breathe flames on you so long as it’s not ending up in their own version of Skyrim without their consent. Even the Fortnite cheaters that Epic is suing seem to draw the distinction between PvE and PvP.
Charles Vraspir, a cheat-writer who settled with Epic Games late last year, is quoted in the lawsuit as saying that he “was sticking to PVE but [Epic] decided to unleash the beast by banning [him] and making their PVP F2P [free to play].” Cheating in PvP, Vraspir seems to know, is way worse.
The Fortnite cheaters are kind of jerks. Nearly everyone Epic is suing has been banned from Fortnite multiple times. “Now method is exposed / Epic Eat my ass,” a different underage defendant allegedly wrote when posting a cheat in a discussion channel. (B.B. and his mother never responded to the summons, resulting in a default judgment against them.)
In C.R.’s case, it’s possible that none of this would be happening if he hadn’t fought the DMCA notice for his first video on October 14th. Everyone else that Epic has gone after appears to be a cheat creator or affiliated with a cheat website. (In one case, a different underage defendant’s YouTube channel was dedicated to cheat tutorials and he even ran a Discord channel dedicated to cheats.)
But it seems C.R. was just stoked to show off his cheating, and was very mad when he got a takedown. He posted the Epic’s in-house lawyer’s contact info in one video, he posted the hashtag #FUCKUPEPICGAMES in another.
As far as we can tell, C.R. and his mother still haven’t gotten a lawyer.
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Regular expression are limited using slashes (/regex/). The attribute to use for comparison is defined in the LAYER CLASSITEM parameter.
Logical expressions allow the building of fairly complex tests based on one or more attributes. Logical expressions are delimited by parentheses “(expression)”. Attribute names are delimited by square brackets “[ATTRIBUTE]”. Attribute names are case sensitive and must match the items in the shapefile. For example:
EXPRESSION ([POPULATION] > 50000 AND '[LANGUAGE]' eq 'FRENCH')
The following logical operators are supported: =, >, <, <=, >=, =, or, and, lt, gt, ge, le, eq, ne, in, ~, ~*. As one might expect, this level of complexity is slower to process.
One string function exists: length(). It computes the length of a string:
EXPRESSION (length('[NAME_E]') < 8)
String comparisons and regular expressions work from the classitem defined at the layer level. You may mix expression types within the different classes of a layer.
- GROUP [string]
Allows for grouping of classes. It is only used when a CLASSGROUP at the LAYER level is set. If the CLASSGROUP parameter is set, only classes that have the same group name would be considered at rendering time. An example of a layer with grouped classes might contain:
LAYER ... CLASSGROUP "group1" ... CLASS NAME "name1" GROUP "group1" ... END CLASS NAME "name2" GROUP "group2" ... END CLASS NAME "name3" GROUP "group1" ... END ... END # layer
- KEYIMAGE [filename]
Signals the start of a LABEL object. A class can contain multiple labels (since MapServer 6.2).
New in version 6.2.
- MAXSCALEDENOM [double]
Minimum scale at which this CLASS is drawn. Scale is given as the denominator of the actual scale fraction, for example for a map at a scale of 1:24,000 use 24000. Implemented in MapServer 5.0, to replace the deprecated MAXSCALE parameter.
This keyword allows for arbitrary data to be stored as name value pairs.
- MINSCALEDENOM [double]
Maximum scale at which this CLASS is drawn. Scale is given as the denominator of the actual scale fraction, for example for a map at a scale of 1:24,000 use 24000. Implemented in MapServer 5.0, to replace the deprecated MINSCALE parameter.
- MINFEATURESIZE [integer]
Minimum feature size (in pixels) at which a feature should be rendered.
- NAME [string]
Name to use in legends for this class. If not set class won’t show up in legend.
OUTLINECOLOR [r] [g] [b] | [hexadecimal string]
- STATUS [on|off]
Sets the current display status of the class. Default turns the class on.
Signals the start of a STYLE object. A class can contain multiple styles. Multiple styles can be used create complex symbols (by overlay/stacking). See Cartographical Symbol Construction with MapServer for more information on advanced symbol construction.
- TEMPLATE [filename]
Template file or URL to use in presenting query results to the user. See Templating for more info.
- TEXT [string|expression]
Text to label features in this class with. This overrides values obtained from the LAYER LABELITEM. The string can contain references to feature attributes. This allows you to concatenate multiple attributes into a single label. You can for example concatenate the attributes FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME like this:
TEXT '[FIRSTNAME] [LASTNAME]'
More advanced Expressions can be used to specify the labels. Since version 6.0, there are functions available for formatting numbers:
TEXT ("Area is: " + tostring([area],"%.2f"))
- TITLE [string]
Text used for legend labelling.
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MCCE recorded webinars
Local school systems: please email MCCE at usmd dot edu to request any customized webinars to support your educators.
Marina Bers discusses Coding as another Language in Early Childhood and learning through play.
Part 1: Pedagogy and Philosophy https://youtu.be/kQO7R5tyePM
Part 2: The Coding as Another Language Curriculum https://youtu.be/FX4QZV_Mtq8
Four part series on CS in preservice programs March 2022
1. Part 1/4: Welcome & introductions with Dewayne Morgan (USM); Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff (MCCE) presents on lessons learned, next steps, and looking towards integration.
2. Part 2/4: Fred Bartlett Jr. (CCBC) on introducing CS across multiple required courses in the first years of an education program.
3. Part 3/4: Peter Moon, Janet Walkoe, and David Weintrop (UMD, College Park iSchool) on integrating CS into the math classroom.
4. Part 4/4: Jared O'Leary, Peter Rich, and Carlos Leon from BootUp PD on looking at a model for building student abilities.
Elementary and Higher Ed Summit March 2022
- Elementary teachers and Higher Education faculty explore different models for meeting the CS education standards in districts across the state of Maryland. What options they selected, and why they selected it. Caroline County: BootUp PD Kent County: Tynker Baltimore City: Code.org Washington County: robotics and working across areas Howard County: project based units developed internally Baltimore County: integrated CS with digital literacy developed internally
- An overview of the current aspirational goals to develop a roadmap to provide high-quality computer science in elementary statewide.
|K-12: CS, CT, cybersecurity, AI, and Praxis Study||Preservice and higher education topics - Higher ed channel|
Artificial Intelligence Symposium 2021
- AI in K5 and Preservice
- Careers in AI
- Secondary AI
- AI for All - Find videos on ai-4-all teacher resources.
- Mindspark and IBM AI and cyber lesson
- Developing AI literacy with DAILY AI from MIT middle school curriculum
- From high school to jobs
- (2022) Four Maryland teachers share their experience offering AI in an AI For ALL presentation
- Spring 2021 Higher Education Summit.
- Chancellor Jay Perman introduction and welcome. (4:01)
- Digital Promise Microcredentials for computational thinking. (24:18)
- Loyola University results of offering microcredential experiences for computational thinking.
- Praxis study materials for preservice programs. (40+ minutes)
- STIG-CT - computational thinking integrated into science. (40+ minutes)
- Understanding MD CS standards and preparing teachers to teach them.
- Running after-school programs as a way to broaden participation and give education students opportunities to learn alongside K12 students.
- AI in elementary and preservice education (from the AI symposium)
- Shared scenarios on K-8 education and resources including CS teacher educator standards.
- Summer 2020 workshop series
- 6/29: Overview: bringing education faculty into CS
- 7/6 K-8 Integration
- 7/20 Methods: integrated and standalone
- 7/27 Field experiences
- 8/3 Wrap-up and planning
- MD CS Summit Parts 1, 2, and 3
- 4/10 Hood College, Mt. St. Mary's, Loyola, Frostburg, Equity in CS.
- 5/22 Washington College, St. Mary's College of MD, integration, preservice CS for all
- 6/12 Towson, Salisbury, Delaware, Morgan
- Computing with Littles. Computer science with Pre-K to 2nd grade with Meg Ray at Cornell University.
- David Weintrop from UMD on Current research in K12 CS Education (video recording)
- Friday 2/21 12:00noon - 12:45 Beth Simon from UCSD on what programming experiences do future teachers need most?
- Tuesday 2/11 7pm-7:30pm The basic math behind artificial intelligence
- Friday 2/7 3:30pm-4:15 Cybersecurity in K12. What do K12 teachers need to know? (video recording part 1 and part 2)
- Friday 1/24 3:30pm-4:14 Artificial intelligence in K12. Engaging ideas on and off of the computer. (video recording - presentation)
- Friday 1/17 1pm Chris Stephenson Head of CS education at Google on the importance of CS in preservice programs (video recording - presentation)
- Friday 1/17 11am the best of tactics for teaching computer science (video recording - presentation)
- Friday 1/10 1 pm Jenn Rosato from the National Center for Computer Science Education (video recording - presentation)
Presentations are at bit.ly/MCCEPreservice and bit.ly/MCCEcyber
- Highly Engaging units for secondary students with full materials for teachers
- Artificial intelligence unit for the end of the year. 5/21 4:00pm. (video recording and lesson plans)
- Introducing a unit for high school students on election security in Maryland. 5/14 Thursday 3:30-4:30pm. (video recording and lesson plans)
- Using vex robotics to engage new programmers. mcce.info/vex
- Cyber smarts for teachers - what to know about the safety of your communication online. Tom Currier, Calvert County
- Effective Online learning
- Sustaining engagement and learning in distance learning from UMGC (video recording and presentation)
- Making the transition to online learning. Basic considerations. (video recording and handout of top 5 tips for remote learning)
- Praxis Study - on the Maryland CS Education YouTube channel Praxis study playlist
- Computers and networks. Studying for the CS Praxis.
- Pseudocode introduction for CS Praxis
- Impacts of computing for the Praxis
- Overview of the test
- and more.
(sign up here for Praxis study webinars)
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The Great Valley Museum is hosting the eighth annual Wild Planet Day family science festival on Saturday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Science Community Center on the Modesto Junior College West Campus, 2201 Blue Gum Ave., Modesto. Admission for the day is $5 per person and $20 for a family of up to six people. Children 4 years and under are admitted free.
This fun-filled fest features hands-on science activities for all ages, including a celebration of California’s brown bear with informational talks by Ranger Shawn Estes, an interpretive specialist from the Stanislaus National Forest.
Wild Planet Day features family friendly activities for all ages including arts and crafts, dissection of owl pellets and squid, chemistry experiments, giant bubbles, rock painting, solar telescopes on the roof-top observation deck, and a chance to make a bird feeder. Smokey Bear will be on hand to raise fire prevention awareness.
The MJC Anatomy club is hosting a bone extravaganza, as Enochs High School’s CSI students are offering hands-on scientific experiments for children, and demonstrations of 3-D printing are available. Also available for viewing are GVM’s reptiles and a huge African tortoise, Miss Piggy.
The Great Valley Museum’s Planetarium is offering shows, and museum guests can view the Science on a Sphere with displays of current weather, air traffic and earthquakes, the surface of the moon or the planets in our solar system.
The event is a fundraiser for the Great Valley Museum, a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing science and natural history information to adults and children of all ages through classes, programs and exhibits. The museum serves the families of Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and surrounding counties.
For more information on the Wild Planet Day science festival call (209) 575-6196. Additional information on the Great Valley Museum and ticket purchases are available online at www.mjc.edu/gvm and at www.facebook.com/GreatValleyMuseum.
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Food is pure gunpowder. You don’t play politics with it. When it is touched off, the blast rocks nations. It brings governments tumbling down. This is what a gay, frivolous and pleasure-loving French queen found out in the 18th century.
Marie Antoinette (1755 – 1793) is easily the most quoted first lady in world history. She is remembered most for her cynical quip, “If they don’t have bread, let them eat cake.”
Marie paid for her cynicism with her head. Nearly two hundred years later, world royalty had learnt nothing from history.
Romanian strongman Nicolae Ceausescu (1918 – 1989), and his highhanded wife, Elena Petrescu (1947 – 1989), learned this lesson the hard way.
They detonated gunpowder with their attempt to reduce energy and food consumption in a country they treated like a private family estate, and the people like their serfs. They paid the ultimate price.
- Grain ship to dock in Ukraine before setting sail for Ethiopia
- How fintech tools can help cushion Kenyans during inflation
- 10 issues troubling Kenyans ahead of election day
- Tuesday vote is a golden chance to midwife a food secure Kenya
Elsewhere, in The Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda, his wife, tumbled from grace to grass, largely due to economic crises in which food challenges were critical, between 1981 – 1983.
The assassination of the opposition leader, Senator Benigno Aquino, in 1986, at the apex of the crises, toppled the Marcoses, in the people’s revolution of that year. Slightly over a generation later, The Philippines on May 9, this year, elected Ferdinand’s son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as their 17th president. It is testament either to the people’s ability to forgive and forget, or to dangerous memory gaps – or both.
Subsequent generations either don’t know why their countries are on their knees, or they don’t care to know. It is at once a tale of culpable ignorance and brevity of memory.
Perhaps banking on the ignorance of the people and the brevity of their memory, the Kenya Government has, three weeks to a critical General Election, suddenly woken up to the fact that the cost of living is extremely high.
According to the Kenya Government, “the cost living” is the price of maize flour. Hence the government is providing a subsidy to cushion Kenyans against the cost of living for a few weeks.
The timing is suspect. Is the subsidy an election bait, or is it genuine intervention? President Uhuru Kenyatta has wondered loudly, “Is it a coincidence that we have an unga crisis months to the election, or is it deliberate?” He suggests that the crisis could be political.
That there is a correlation “to how the price of maize flour goes up and the tempo taken up during elections.”
He blames the political class for what he calls “politicising the misery of the vulnerable.” President Uhuru invites us into the space of conspiracy theories. Who could make political capital out of a bad food situation at election time? First, the opposition (in this case Kenya Kwanza Alliance). To them, the food crisis is a godsend. A packet of unga is worth its weight in gold for them.
They would be foolish not to politically exploit this. But as they do so, they do well to know that unga could push the country to the brink.
Yet that is just about as far as the opposition could benefit from the unga crisis. If this crisis is artificial and political, as the president speculates, then the culprit is right in the government.
Only people in government have the capacity to use food as a weapon of hunger. History reminds us of the Bengal Famine of 1943, when Churchill’s Britain starved three million Indians to death.
Governments that do this will reinvent themselves as saviours. They suddenly lower the cost of food and use that as a bait for popularity.
While the Ruto camp has blasted the government for baiting Kenyans with flour, the Odinga team has celebrated the subsidies. They have promised to lower the cost further, should they be elected. Their glee is hugely suspect. Is hunger a weapon in this election?
Wherever the truth may rest, whoever takes over from President Uhuru has a huge challenge ahead. They cannot allow “the cost of living” to go back where it has been. If they do, they will understand the meaning of food as gunpowder.
Dr Muluka is a strategic communications advisor. www.barrackmuluka.co.ke
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View of Jesselton Headquarters Barracks, 1909
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). From the terrace of Government House: B.N.B. Constabulary (sikhs and pathans) with field battery including the maxim that killed the rebel Matsuli.
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Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact firstname.lastname@example.org. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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- From the File: Fisher, Alfred Hugh, 1867 -1945 (artist and photographer) (Person)
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Feeling lighter in the wallet and unhappier about Obamacare? You're not alone.
Support for the Affordable Care Act has plummeted since late last summer, and people with employer-based health insurance say they increasingly are paying more for out-of-pocket medical expenses, a new Bankrate.com survey released Wednesday revealed.
When Bankrate.com first polled people in September—right before the launch of Obamacare insurance exchanges, there was an even split between those who said they would repeal the Affordable Care Act if given the power to do so and those who would keep it: 46 percent each. (The rest either had no opinion or didn't know how they felt.)
But three months later, after the botched launch of those government-run exchanges, the number of people who said they would gut Obamacare had risen to 48 percent, while the number of respondents who said they would keep it as law had plunged to 38 percent.
The survey also found that people, by a 2-to-1 margin, felt Obamacare had had a more negative than positive impact on their own, individual health care. The poll questioned 1,005 adults, and had a margin of error of 3.6 percentage points.
"We have seen a softening in support of the law," said Doug Whiteman, Bankrate.com insurance analyst. "I really think that stems from all the adverse publicity in the last several months" that focused on the technologically crippled federal Obamacare exchange and the resulting low enrollment in the first two months of operation, he said.
His company's survey also found that a total of 44 percent of people with employer-provided insurance said they are shelling out more dollars in deductibles and copayments than they were a year ago. And 47 percent of that group of people reported having more money deducted from their paycheck to pay the cost of those insurance plans than in 2012.
People earning between $50,000 and $75,000 annually were the most affected group: with 64 percent of them reporting a bigger hit on their paychecks from health insurance. Just 38 percent of the people earning less than $30,000 reported paying more for insurance in payroll deductions as of 2013.
'Cadillac tax' wallop
Whiteman attributed the jump in the number of people reporting increases in their out-of-pocket expenses to companies anticipating Obamacare's so-called Cadillac tax, which beginning in 2018 will levy a 40 percent tax on company insurance benefits that exceed $10,200 for an individual and $27,500 for a family.
"Some employers are citing the Cadillac tax as the reason they are paring back some of their health insurance benefits," Whiteman said. Increasing deductibles—which forces employees to pay a bigger share of their medical care and possibly may make them more price-conscious about using their benefits—is one strategy companies are using to address the tax.
He said that trend will "most definitely" strengthen the closer it gets to 2018.
But insurance executive David Sterling, while saying anticipation of that tax has played some role in employees paying more for their health costs, contended that a number of other Obamacare mandates are spurring the upward trend of insurance prices.
"One of my clients called me yesterday, he has a small group, with a few employees, and United [HealthCare] sent out a communication that the premium went up 18 percent, and [it] had already gone up about 20 percent in 2013," said Sterling, CEO of Sterling Healthworks, the health-care reform arm of SterlingRisk. "I'm getting calls from my customers, they're saying, 'Who can afford these premiums, we've never seen premiums this high.' "
Sterling cited the Obamacare mandate that requires health plans to cover the adult children of their customers up to age 26, and the requirement that plans include certain minimum essential benefits as a reason for the premium increases.
He also said that the employer mandate, which as of 2015 will require companies with more than 50 full-time workers to offer health insurance, also is playing a role in driving up prices.
"I would say that for at least the last ... year and a half, we have been making radical changes to employers' plans in reaction to other employer mandates," said Sterling.
While inflation in deductibles and copayments was occurring even before the adoption of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Sterling said that trend "has accelerated because employers are preparing for their greatly increased costs" from providing insurance to workers.
But health policy expert Judy Feder, a Georgetown University professor, said it was "ridiculous" to blame increases in out-of-pocket costs on Obamacare.
"It seems to me that it was something that is increasing anyway," said Feder, who is also a fellow with the Urban Institute think tank. "I think the impact on the costs from the ACA is minimal."
A step toward price transparency
Regardless of the cause of those increased out-of-pocket costs, United Healthcare on Tuesday announced an online service specifically aimed at people in high-deductible insurance plans that is designed to help them limit such costs.
The service, called myEasyBook, lets customers compare prices for doctors and other providers in their insurance plan's network, and then schedule appointments with them online as quickly as within two days.
Tom Paul, United Healthcare's chief consumer officer, said myEasyBook lets the consumer know upfront what their share of the cost will be, and also charges it right away. Because of the price transparency, Paul said, consumers can limit their out-of-pocket cost, and, he added, providers "offer discounts" on their services because of the agreement that the cost is paid upfront.
United Healthcare announced myEasyBook at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Currently available in Phoenix, it is scheduled to go online soon for plans in Dallas and Denver, with expansion through the rest of the country thereafter.
—By CNBC's Dan Mangan. Follow him on Twitter @_DanMangan.
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