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Heel spurs form on the underside of your foot, often causing pain and discomfort. They are deposits of calcium that build up over long periods of time. As many as one in ten people will develop heel spurs during their lives.
What Causes Heel Spurs?
Any repetitive, hard contact motions over a long period of time may cause heel spurs; the muscles and ligaments will be strained on soft tissues of the heel with such activities, potentially causing the tearing of the membrane that covers the heel bone. Calves that are inflexible due to underuse are a known cause for eventual issues with heel spurs.
This can also be caused by age and certain medical conditions weakening the tissues, as well, or a combination of activities and age or conditions. You may experience a sharp pain in your heel when standing up, a dull ache as you move about, some visible signs such as swelling, inflammation, or even the protruding calcium buildup (heel spur) which may extend as much as a half an inch from the bone and thus can be visible.
Risk Factors for Heel Spurs
There are several risk factors that increase the likelihood of heel spurs occurring. These include:
- Improper footwear and insufficient support such as shoes without arch support increase the risk.
- Performing activities on hard surfaces especially barefoot or without proper footgear increases the risk of heel spurs.
- Running/jumping in general increases the risk of damaging the soft tissues of the heel.
- Jobs that require being on one’s feet most of the day.
- Because of the extra pressure and strain on tissues, being overweight increases the risk of heel spurs.
- Females are actually statistically more likely to develop heel spurs than males.
- With age is an increased likelihood of dealing with heel spurs, as the tissues are more likely to tear during activities.
Certain medical conditions:
- Plantar fasciitis (which increases the risk of heel spurs but is not the same as heel spurs)
How Are Heel Spurs Treated?
General Recommended Treatment and Activity
Always consult with your general physician or podiatrist if you believe you may have heel spurs. Heel spurs are typically treated with a regimen of rest, gentle activities often focused on strengthening the calves, ice, and anti-inflammatory medication. If these are not fully effective in relieving the pain and any swelling or inflammation, the next step usually taken is cortisone injections by a doctor. Surgery is the last option, but heel spur pain usually resolves before the other options are exhausted.
Treatment with Orthotic Insoles
Orthotic insoles provide relief with cushioning for your entire foot and support - especially for your arches. The best orthotic inserts also reduce the risk of further damage as you perform the exercises your doctor may recommend during healing. Wearing orthotics have been shown to reduce the inflammation caused by heel spurs, greatly aiding in recovery time.
Treatment with Plantar Fasciitis Socks
Plantar fasciitis socks are marketed primarily for the treatment of plantar fasciitis, but also work to provide relief for heel spurs. They increase circulation to the bottom of the foot, promoting healing by bringing in nutrients faster. The best plantar fasciitis socks also provide the much-needed arch support, as well as ankle support that you need for the recovery from bone spurs. By providing targeted compression to the plantar fascia ligament, plantar fasciitis socks can give relief from associated swelling, inflammation, and pain. They can be worn with any shoe, as they are thin and made with stretchy, lightweight material.
Where to Purchase Treatment Products
Physix Gear Sport is the World Leader in Leg and Foot Recovery and Relief Gear and manufactures the best orthotic insoles and plantar fasciitis socks on the market today! Physix Gear has a 100% satisfaction guarantee, so there is no risk and you can click here to order your orthotic insoles and click here to order your plantar fasciitis socks today. If for some reason they don’t provide relief and recovery for you, send them back for a full refund!
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We have an exciting and challenging curriculum designed to meet the needs of all learners. Our curriculum encourages the children to be fully involved in their learning, to be curious, ask and answer questions, investigate and explore.
Please read our Curriculum Statement for more details
In the morning, children focus on English and Mathematics to ensure they are confident in the basic skills from the earliest age.
These skills are reinforced in the afternoons – along with the other subjects – which are organised into topics, helping children make links in their learning. Each topic is planned so the children gain knowledge, develop positive learning attitudes, develop essential skills and to then take action as a result of their learning.
Through our curriculum we want to develop responsible, global citizens who are fully equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century. We want your child to become a life-long learner, by enabling them to understand the importance of learning, to enjoy learning, to make friends and have fun.
Elli Learning skills
Over the past few years we have also introduced the Elli learning Journey. In a rapidly changing world it is important that pupils learn the skills and attributes that will last through their lives to maximise their full potential.
St Joseph's Virtual Library
Here you will find lots of books to choose from. Simply click on a book or picture in the library to discover books you can listen to or read along. Maybe you will spot some teachers borrowing books too! Click on the picture below.
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Municipalities such as those in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town can now apply to generate their own electricity, provided they have paid their Eskom bill in full.
This comes after Mineral and Energy Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe on Friday published new regulations governing electricity generation in the Government Gazette.
The new regulations require municipalities to apply to the minister of mineral resources and energy to “procure or buy new generation capacity in accordance with the Integrated Resource Plan”.
In the past, municipalities were forced to buy all of their electricity from Eskom.
The new regulations demand that municipalities comply with various requirements, including that they must submit feasibility studies about the projects.
“Further clarity on the conditions municipalities must meet are required, but in the meantime, our green economy team are working with municipalities to better understand these conditions,” said Western Cape Finance and Economic Opportunities MEC, David Maynier.
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The academic adviser of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his delayed response to the uptick in anti-Semitism in America under U.S. President Trump.
- Netanyahu: Trump's Strong Stand Against anti-Semitism Is Very Important
- Explained: Are Hate Crimes Targeting Jews Increasing?
- Hyperbole Over anti-Semitism Weakens Liberal Opposition to Trump
Netanyahu “follows President Trump,” anti-Semitism expert Yehuda Bauer told National Public Radio. “He did not react immediately.”
Some Israeli analysts say that Netanyahu’s decision to follow Trump’s lead when it comes to addressing anti-Semitism in America is a political play to avoid running afoul of his newfound ally in the White House, NPR reported.
Trump made a statement against anti-Semitism for the first time this week after weeks of bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers. After that, Netanyahu praised Trump’s “strong stand against anti-Semitism” during a diplomatic trip to Australia.
Netanyahu has defended Trump against accusations that his candidacy and presidency have unleashed hatred against Jews in America, saying he wished to put the issue “to rest” after a reporter asked about anti-Semitism at a Washington press conference.
For his part, Bauer said that Trump “is not an anti-Semite.” However, “his attitude, his policies, encourage people who develop hatred toward other groups. So it’s an atmosphere that he represents.”
For more stories, go to www.forward.com. Sign up for the Forward’s daily newsletter at http://forward.com/newsletter/signup/
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Poker is played around an oval or circular table. To begin, the initial dealer must be chosen from the shuffled deck of cards. The highest-ranking card is the initial dealer, and subsequent dealers must shuffle or cut the deck and advance in the play. If there are ties, a re-deal is performed, and the previous dealer must discard the cards before the next deal. After this, the players proceed to the next step in the game.
If a player’s hand has a higher rank than another player’s, he or she will get the odd chip. If two players have the same rank, the pot is split as evenly as possible. The player with the highest card by suit gets the odd chip. In case of a tie, the odd-chip player is the player who received the highest-ranking card in the pack. The dealer, on the other hand, has the final right to shuffle the pack.
In Poker, the betting intervals differ among the different games. During each betting interval, a player must place a bet. If the player has raised multiple times, he or she must place a chip in the pot. The winning player is the one who has the highest-ranking hand. If the player loses, he or she will forfeit the side pot. Once a side pot has been emptied, the player will be eliminated from the game.
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chsh -s $(command -v git-shell) <user> git clone <user>@localhost:/path/to/repo.git ssh <user>@localhost
This is a login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git access. It permits execution only of server-side Git commands implementing the pull/push functionality, plus custom commands present in a subdirectory named git-shell-commands in the user’s home directory.
git shell accepts the following commands after the -c option:
git receive-pack <argument>, git upload-pack <argument>, git upload-archive <argument>
Call the corresponding server-side command to support the client’s git push, git fetch, or git archive --remote request.
Imitate a CVS server. See git-cvsserver(1).
If a ~/git-shell-commands directory is present, git shell will also handle other, custom commands by running "git-shell-commands/<command> <arguments>" from the user’s home directory.
By default, the commands above can be executed only with the -c option; the shell is not interactive.
If a ~/git-shell-commands directory is present, git shell can also be run interactively (with no arguments). If a help command is present in the git-shell-commands directory, it is run to provide the user with an overview of allowed actions. Then a "git> " prompt is presented at which one can enter any of the commands from the git-shell-commands directory, or exit to close the connection.
Generally this mode is used as an administrative interface to allow users to list repositories they have access to, create, delete, or rename repositories, or change repository descriptions and permissions.
If a no-interactive-login command exists, then it is run and the interactive shell is aborted.
To disable interactive logins, displaying a greeting instead:
$ chsh -s /usr/bin/git-shell $ mkdir $HOME/git-shell-commands $ cat >$HOME/git-shell-commands/no-interactive-login <<\EOF #!/bin/sh printf '%s\n' "Hi $USER! You've successfully authenticated, but I do not" printf '%s\n' "provide interactive shell access." exit 128 EOF $ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/no-interactive-login
To enable git-cvsserver access (which should generally have the no-interactive-login example above as a prerequisite, as creating the git-shell-commands directory allows interactive logins):
$ cat >$HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs <<\EOF if ! test $# = 1 && test "$1" = "server" then echo >&2 "git-cvsserver only handles \"server\"" exit 1 fi exec git cvsserver server EOF $ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs
ssh(1), git-daemon(1), contrib/git-shell-commands/README
Part of the git(1) suite
git(1), git-annex-shell(1), gitcvs-migration(7), giteveryday(7), githooks(5).
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Planning Through Oil Booms Helps Small Producers Weather The Busts
Hard times have hit the oil fields. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude has dropped from a high of over $100 to less than $50. But Tracy Perryman, a small oilman in Luling, Texas, has learned how to survive the lean times.
Oil companies that take on a lot of debt sometimes don't survive the downturns. But veterans of oil busts have learned how to plan for the inevitable price plunges.
Perryman's family has been in the oil business in Luling since the 1920s, when a wildcatter drilled down a half-mile through ancient limestone and struck a small but productive field measuring 2-by-12 miles. Nearly a century later, the Luling field, located about an hour south of Austin, is still active — there are about 9,000 producing wells in Caldwell County.
"When oil is up, we know it's going to go down. ... We try to spend the money on our equipment and our production to get it in good shape, so when it does ... we can ride through the hard times..."
They have made a good living for Perryman, production manager of B.J.P. Inc. Unlike the stereotype of the flamboyant, boorish Texas oilman, Perryman wears work clothes and speaks softly.
Digging into a slice of smoky brisket in the dining room of Luling City Market, he looks out the window and considers what the price drop has meant for traffic rumbling through his hometown.
"Gravel trucks, oil field trucks, oil haulers, rigs ... going right through Luling — it's maybe half as much or less in activity than it was when oil was $100 a barrel," he says.
As it happens, the Luling field lies just north of the monster-sized Eagle Ford Shale formation, which has become one of the world's most prolific fields thanks to fracking and horizontal drilling.
The old Luling wells are what are called stripper wells — they produce less than 15 barrels a day.
After lunch, Perryman sits on the tailgate of his pickup next to one of his bobbing pumpjacks. The dirt is stained black and the air smells of rotten eggs.
"This well that we're currently sitting by produces about a barrel-and-a-half of oil a day and about 20 barrels of saltwater," he says. "It was drilled in the early '60s. We anticipate that it will continue to produce for many, many years."
Staying Afloat When Prices Are Falling
So how does a small oilman stay above water when prices drop in half?
"When oil is up, we know it's going to go down," Perryman says. "We try to spend the money on our equipment and our production to get it in good shape, so when it does go down, we have no debt, we have good equipment and we can ride through the hard times and get ready for the next boom."
In better times, his company bought new pumpjacks, pipes, tanks, vehicles, forklifts and machine tools. They fixed roads and fences. And they paid cash.
Today, everything has changed. They'll defer downhole maintenance on wells, they'll ignore potholes in their roads rather than call the gravel truck, and they'll try to repair broken equipment instead of replace it.
"I don't believe that hard times are here yet," Perryman says. "In April of '98, we'd seen oil go down to $9 a barrel. And that was tough, because it was costing us $18, $19 a barrel ... just to get it out of the ground."
Most small independents like Perryman cannot afford to explore for oil. They buy up properties from the majors, who decide to sell off marginal wells when they become less profitable. The Perryman family purchased its wells years ago from Humble Oil, which became Exxon.
"Smaller, independent oil and gas producers like Tracy Perryman are of critical importance, obviously, to our state and our national economy," says Ed Longanecker, president of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association.
He says in Texas — the nation's biggest crude oil producer — 41 percent of all wells are stripper wells like the ones in Luling. "The reason smaller independents can survive is because they are not drilling $5-, $10-, $15-million horizontal wells in the sweet spots ... of some of these shale formations."
Perryman's company owns 116 wells — all of them shallow and vertical. Together, they produce about 100 barrels a day. Last summer when prices were high, they paid $10,000 a day. Today, it's half that.
But year after year, the moaning pumpjacks keep Perryman's company afloat. The one he's sitting next to brings up 1 to 2 quarts of oil and saltwater with every stroke.
"You get enough of these wells," Perryman says, grinning, "you can make a living, even at $45 a barrel, in Luling."
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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THE rescue team had done everything it could to recover the body of a man killed instantly when a massive earthquake brought down his home on the Indonesian island of Lombok.
They used hacksaws to cut a square into concrete wall. They used crowbars and dogs and a power drill. But by Tuesday afternoon, with the unmistakable stench of rotting flesh in the air, they were sweating and at their wits' end.
The body of 60-year-old Abdul Malik, one of at least 105 people killed in Sunday's 6.9 magnitude quake, would have to stay under the rubble for a third day.
"It's taking far too long," said the victim's 50-year-old brother-in-law, who watched more than a dozen helmeted emergency workers in orange jumpsuits drill into a thick layer of concrete.
The tragic scene underscored the challenges facing Indonesia's government as it struggles to deal with its latest natural disaster.
The quake shattered homes and lives across the vast archipelago, displacing more than 84,000 people, according to disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
At least 4600 foreign and Indonesian tourists, including a large number of Australians, have also been evacuated from three smaller islands off Lombok's coast so far, Nugroho said.
With not enough boats to evacuate tourists quickly and too few planes to fly them out of Lombok, many visitors were forced to wait for hours or camp on beaches and on the floor of the international airport in Mataram.
The international charity Oxfam said drinking water was scarce because of a recent spell of extremely dry weather in Lombok. Food, medical supplies, tarps and clothes are also urgently needed.
By late Tuesday, the government appeared to be focused on finding bodies and, wherever possible, survivors.
Rescuers pulled a body from a pancaked pile of broken concrete and twisted reinforcing bar that once held together the multi-storey Jabal Nur Mosque, whose green dome had shattered and collapsed.
A village elder said a 6.4-magnitude quake that hit Lombok a week earlier had caused countless cracks in the mosque's walls.
That earthquake, on July 29, killed 17 people and briefly stranded several hundred trekkers on the slopes of a volcano.
By Tuesday evening, the search effort at the mosque ended after dogs failed to find more bodies and no other families reported missing loved ones there, said Anak Agung Alit Supartana, who heads the region's Search and Rescue Agency office. There had been reports that dozens of people were killed at the site.
Supartana said two people had been found alive, along with three bodies. But the rescuers and heavy equipment were "very much needed elsewhere".
Earlier on Tuesday, in a rare piece of good news, a woman was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed grocery store near the epicentre of the quake.
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If you have completed your undergraduate degree in engineering and are keen to get a job away from the conventional engineering disciplines whilst utilising (and gaining) technical skills, then industry experts believe that you could work as a field application engineer (FAE). In this role, your communication skills, along with soft skillsets, play a vital role. So if you are an engineer who can communicate well, you are cut out for a career in FAE.
There are many companies hiring FAEs, ranging from factories to large-scale corporate firms. However, one major reason that discourages potential candidates to join this field is labelling of field application engineering as a ‘salesman’s job.’
We spoke to experts with both domain knowledge and expertise in FAE, to bust associated myths and decode the success mantra of a field application engineer.
Is it purely a ‘sales job’?
“Field application engineering is not exactly a sales job. Here, acting as an engineer, you give correct explanations and solutions for the clients to understand the product,” shares Utsava Rathi, a manager at job search engine Neuvoo, who closely analyses the FAE industry.
According to Utsava, the best thing about being an FAE is that you get to debug errors, alongside influencing clients technologically. You may also need to offer technical support to prospective clients so that they become customers of your company. So, in a way, you would be remotely influencing clients’ purchase decisions.
Fundamentally, when you start working as an FAE for a project, you are seen (by clients of your company) as a pure engineer with effective communication. Good communication skills are important as you would interact with people to impart knowledge on the products of your firm; products here could range from machinery hardware to software offerings.
“As an FAE, the onus is on you to help clients understand technically what your company offers. You are also responsible for delivering technical solutions through your skills. On completion of this, you will intimate the post-sales team so that they can close the business deal with the clients,” shares a field application engineer working with Micron Semiconductor India.
The technical side
As you possess a BE/B.Tech degree, you also get to work on technical aspects of products, including testing, design, research & development (R&D), and in certain cases re-engineering.
“It is always good to study the company and its machinery or product before taking up the job,” suggests Utsava.
With you acting as a technical consultant, there is always scope to develop more knowledge and skills. Even if you land a job in a manufacturing firm, you will have plenty of opportunities to utilise your technical skillset, which could extend to your business skills as well.
“Technical solutions are vital for any technology product development company. Upon introducing yourself as an FAE or a technical sales and solutions consultant, your skills horizon immediately expands,” says a senior application engineer at Altair Engineering.
Prerequisites for the job
With field application engineering now recognised globally as a white-collared job, it is vital that you possess below-mentioned technical skills along with general ones:
1. As stated above, the primary requirement to work as an FAE (often referred to as technical sales engineer) is an engineering degree, irrespective of the discipline. However, elementary technical skills are a must-have. Some companies even seek a master’s degree in VLSI or embedded systems.
2. As per job listings on Naukri.com, the common skillsets for field application engineers include (but not limited to) System Verilog, technical support skills, VLSI, embedded systems, HDL, C, product designing (both hardware and software), software testing and technical sales.
3. Effective communication skills.
In addition, there are skills depending on the sector and the company you choose to work in.
Career progression and pay packages
Experts opine that a career in field application engineering or technical sales is not suited for fancy job title seekers, but rather those looking at utilising their technical talent in sales.
To start with, fresh engineers are hired as trainees or offered designations such as application engineer, field application engineer and technical sales executive. There is a possibility that you could be offered business-oriented job titles like project manager and account manager based on your experience level.
“With experience, you improve your business skills as you work with clients closely. There are many opportunities to travel in this job as you may need to meet clients or manufacturers personally,” shares Utsava.
Making the right decisions throughout the course of your career could fast-track your progression and even lead you to the CEO level. Business qualities and talent are the deciding factors in such scenarios. The more positive business that you generate, the faster your career progression.
As far as pay packages are concerned, fresh engineers can expect pay packages starting at around ₹ 240,000 per annum. This again depends on your area of expertise, job requirements, work profile and the company’s reputation. Experienced candidates can expect anywhere between one and two million rupees per annum.
“With new products and technologies popping up in the market every other day, the demand for field application engineers is increasing and there is a good scope for engineers to start their career in this field. Apart from attractive compensation, the job comes with advantages of learning business, travelling, meeting lots of people, continuous learning, challenging professional environment and a lot more,” says Utsava.
The applications engineer at Altair Engineering advises FAEs to remain optimistic about their remuneration. In case they stick to one company over an extended period of time, their pay package would be directly proportional to the amount of effort put in.
It is a level-playing field
Unlike core information technology enabled services, field application engineering domain is less competitive. However, your interview would still be challenging as you will play a critical role in the success of your prospective employer organisation with the combination of your technical and sales skills.
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The next stop was Corvin Castle also known as Hunedoara Castle in Hunedoara.
It was built in 1446 and is one the biggest castles in Europe and one of must-see-place in Romania. It was also announced as one of the best fairy-tale looking castles by Huffington Post. It looks magnificent and is all you can wish for in a castle.
The entrance for a student was really low (5lei – around 1Euro). You can find more about prices and opening hours on the castle’s website.
There was also a possibility to rent a tablet with an audio guide. For me it was perfect as it didn’t have too many boring facts (it wasn’t throwing thousands of dates that I would forget in a second ) but kept it short but really interesting, so I actually listened from the beginning till the end.
A tour around the castle takes around 1-2 hours, depending on how long you want to stroll around.
Unfortunately there are not many pieces of furniture inside as the castle was burned twice, deserted for a while and transformed a lot. However even without them the castle is a real deal 😉
There are couple interesting legends surrounding this castle:
Raven and golden ring
The legend says that Iancu of Hunedoara, who commanded the construction of the castle, was an illegitimate son of Sigismund of Luxemburg, the king of Hungary. Upon his birth, he was given a golden ring, so when he gets older he would be recognised by the king. When he was a kid a raven stole that ring. He went outside and shot it with an arrow straight to the heart. After that episode it was decided that the raven would be his coat of arms.
Vlad the Impaler
It is rumoured that Vlad the Impaler was held captive in the castle for seven years and that made him go insane. However that story was never proven to be true.
In the castle yard there is a well. It is said that it was dug by Turkish man who were taken as prisoners. They were promised that after they were done digging the well they will be set free. What they did not know, was that the castle was built on a solid rock, so it took them 15 years to finally reach the water. Unfortunately meanwhile Iancu of Hunedoara has died and his wife did not keep the promise. As a dying wish they have engraved : You have water, but you don’t have a heart. This inscription was however translated by specialists to He who wrote this is Hassan, prisoner of ghiaurs in the fortress near the church.
It took us ~3 hours to get there with a car from Cluj-Napoca. There was a parking lot 5 minutes walk away from the castle.
When we left Hunedoara we stumbled across amazing houses of rich gypsies. They looked like castles themselves but we didn’t know how the owners would react to us stopping and taking the pictures so I just took some while we were driving. Nonetheless they looked really cool!!
+ Must see!!
+ One of the best looking castles I’ve been to.
+ Audio guide was really good with a lot of interesting facts.
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Google’s interactive Santa Tracker is back, but this time with more entertainment than ever for the littl’uns to enjoy in the run up to December 25.
As usual, there’ll be games to play, stuff to watch, and chances to learn. Interestingly, this year’s Santa Tracker gives children the opportunity to try their hand at some super-basic coding, with 10 festive-themed challenges to complete. If your kid finds them a little too simple and wants to try something more challenging, there’s a link at the bottom of the webpage that’ll take you to Google’s Made with Code site offering a bunch of other exercises and related information.
And of course, be sure to look out for Santa’s all-important dashboard, launching on the site on Christmas Eve. The interface, which lets kids keep an eye on the big man in red as he makes his way around the world delivering prezzies, devouring mince pies, and guzzling sherry, features “the latest and greatest in Google Maps technology and sleigh engineering,” the company says.
For anyone after an iOS app offering similar functionality, check out the tracker from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (aka NORAD), which has once again partnered with Microsoft, among other companies, to offer kids lots of online goodies in the run up to December 25.
NORAD’s Santa-tracking service was born 60 years ago after a Colorado Springs newspaper misprinted a ‘hotline’ phone number for kids to call Santa. The erroneously printed number belonged to NORAD’s predecessor, the Continental Aerospace Defense Command (CADC), which of course received countless calls from excited children who wanted to chat to the rosy-cheeked gift giver.
Fortunately, the CADC operators were happy to play along, giving updates on his progress – much to the delight of the calling kids. The simple error led to an annual tradition, with companies like Google and Microsoft taking it to a whole new level. So be sure to be nice and not naughty! Santa Claus is coming to town after all.
- Android 13 is here, and you can download it on your Pixel phone right now
- Apple plans to put more ads on your iPhone, report claims
- Facebook Messenger finally starts testing end-to-end encryption for all chats
- I tried OxygenOS 13, and it’s everything I feared it would be
- Spotify app update finally lets you separate your music and podcasts
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Tea companies listed at the NSE:
There are seven agricultural companies listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. They are:
Eaagads deals with coffee. It was established in 1946 as a grower of coffee. The company was incorporated as a private limited liability company.
Limuru Tea, Williamson Tea, and Kapchorua Tea, as their second names suggest, deal with the plantation, purchasing, processing, and selling of tea. Sasini deals with both coffee and tea.
Rea Vipingo is the largest Sisal fiber producer in Africa. The Rea Vipingo Group is a well-established agricultural business, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Although the sector has been troubled, the company is still trading its shares.
Kakuzi PLC is a Kenyan agricultural cultivation and manufacturing company. Its products include avocados (of which it has been Kenya’s largest exporter), blueberries, macadamia, tea, livestock, and commercial forestry.
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What is diverticular disease?
Diverticular disease is the name given to a condition where bulges form in the lining of your colon. It becomes more common with age, affecting 5 in 100 people over the age of 40, increasing to 60 in 100 people over the age of 80. Most people with diverticular disease have few, if any, symptoms. However, a small proportion do have enough problems to need surgery to remove the affected portion of their bowel.Diverticular disease is probably caused by too little fibre in the diet over many years. This results in high pressure within your bowel, causing the lining of your bowel to bulge through the muscle wall (see figure 1).
The bulges can become infected and inflamed (diverticulitis), leading to severe pain and aching in the lower left side of your abdomen. The disease can also cause a narrowing in your bowel, an abscess to form, an abnormal connection between your abdomen and other organs (fistula), and heavy bleeding.
What are the benefits of surgery?
You should no longer have the symptoms that are caused by diverticular disease and your quality of life should improve.
Are there any alternatives to surgery?
Painful episodes of diverticular disease may be treated with repeated courses of antibiotics. Increasing the amount of fibre in your diet may help but the diverticulae will not get better. If a fistula has developed, it will probably not heal without surgery.
What does the operation involve?
The operation is performed under a general anaesthetic and usually takes about two hours. Your surgeon will make a cut on your abdomen and remove part of your colon. Your surgeon will usually join the ends of your bowel back together inside your abdomen. For safety reasons, they may make a stoma (your bowel opening onto your skin).
What complications can happen?
1. General complications
- Unsightly scarring
- Developing a hernia
- Blood clots
- Infection of the surgical site (wound)
- Chest infection
- Difficulty passing urine
2. Specific complications
- Anastomotic leak
- Continued bowel paralysis
- Damage to other structures inside your abdomen
- Abnormal joining together of tissue
How soon will I recover?
It is usual for your bowel to stop working for a few days.
If you have a temporary or permanent stoma, you will need to learn how to change the bag and care for your stoma. If you have a stoma, it will take time for you to become confident with it.You should be able to go home after 5 to 10 days.It may take up to three months for you to recover fully.
It is not unusual for your bowels to be more loose than they were before the operation and for you to need to go to the toilet more often each day. This is normal and should improve with time.
Regular exercise should help you to return to normal activities as soon as possible. Before you start exercising, ask the healthcare team or your GP for advice. Most people make a good recovery.
Diverticular disease of the colon can cause pain and other serious problems. Surgery to remove the affected part of your bowel should prevent your symptoms from coming back.
Author: Mr Jonathan Lund DM FRCS (Gen. Surg.), Illustrations: Medical Illustration Copyright © Medical-Artist.com
This document is intended for information purposes only and should not replace advice that your relevant health professional would give you.
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Interpret SimEvents Models Using Statistical Analysis
Choosing the right statistical measure is critical for evaluating the model performance. You can use output statistics from the SimEvents® library blocks for data analysis and run-time control.
Output Statistics for Data Analysis
Consider these statistical measures for more efficient behavior interpretation.
Identify the appropriate size of the samples to compute more meaningful statistics.
Decide if you want to investigate the transient behavior, the steady-state behavior, or both.
Specify the number of simulations that ensures sufficient confidence in the results.
For an example, see Explore Statistics and Visualize Simulation Results.
Output Statistics for Run-Time Control
Some systems rely on statistics to influence the dynamics. In this example, a queuing system with discouraged arrivals has a feedback loop that adjusts the arrival rate throughout the simulation based on the statistics reported by the queue and the server. To learn more details about this example, see Adjust Entity Generation Times Through Feedback.
A subset of the blocks in SimEvents library provides statistics output for run-time control. When you create simulations that use statistical signals to control the dynamics, you access the current statistical values at key times throughout the simulation, not just at the end of the simulation.
This table lists SimEvents blocks that output commonly used statistics for data analysis and run-time control.
|Average queue length/store size, l||Average wait, w||Number of entities arrived, a||Number of entities departed, d||Number of entities extracted, ex||Number of entities in block, n||Number of pending entities, np||Pending entity present in block, pe||Utilization, util|
|Entity Batch Creator|
|Entity Batch Splitter|
|Multicast Receive Queue|
The statistical parameters are updated on particular events during the simulation. For example, when a full N-server advances one entity to the next block, the statistical signal representing the number of entities in the block assumes the value N-1. However, if the departure causes another entity to arrive at the block at the same time instant, then the statistical signal assumes the value N. The value of N-1, which does not persist for a positive duration, is a zero-duration value.. This phenomenon occurs in many situations.
This table lists the events that update the block statistics.
|Statistics Port||Updated on Event|
|Average queue length/store size, l|
|Average wait, w|
|Number of entities arrived, a|
|Number of entities departed, d|
|Number of entities extracted, ex|
|Number of entities in block, n|
|Number of pending entities, np|
|Pending entity present in block, pe|
Average Queue Length and Average Store Size
The formula to compute average queue length or store size
Average queue length, l is the accumulated time-weighted average queue. To compute Average queue length, l at time tf, the block:
Multiplies the size of the queue n by its duration, t = ti - ti-1, to calculate the time-weighted queue.
Sums over the time-weighted queue and averages it over total time tf.
t is the time between the entity arrival and / or the number of departure events.
f is the total number of entity arrival and / or the number of departure events between t0 and tf.
i = 1 for simulation time t0 = 0 .
Average store size, l is computed similarly by replacing the queue length with the store size.
Average queue length example in the Entity Queue block
This example shows the average queue length of the entities in the Entity Queue block.
Calculate average queue length in the simple queuing system example
The service time for the Entity Server block is larger than the entity intergeneration time of the Entity Generator block. The entities are queued and sorted in the Entity Queue block. The scope displays the number of entities.
For the duration between
average queue length is
0 because the size of the queue is
the queue length is
1. Average queue length at time tf = 2 is calculated as follows.
The queue size is 2 between the times
6 for the duration of
4. Average queue
length at time tf = 6 is calculated using this equation.
The average queue size is calculated for each duration. The Scope block displays its value for the duration of the simulation.
The formula to compute average wait
The Average wait, w parameter represents the sum of the wait times for entities departing the block, divided by their total number, n.
Wait time, wj, is the simulated time that an entity resides within a block.
This wait time is not necessarily equivalent to the time an entity is blocked.
It is the duration between an entity's entry into and exit from a block. For
instance, wait time is
1 for an entity that travels through
an unblocked Entity Server with a service time of
Average wait of entities example in the Entity Server block
This example shows the average wait time for entities that are served in the Entity Server block.
Calculate average wait in the example
The duration of an entity's entry into and exit from the Entity
Server block is computed by the
function in the Simulink Function block.
The Diagnostic Viewer displays the duration between the entry and exit of six consecutive entities.
The Scope block shows the average wait time for each entity
departure event from the Entity Server block. For instance, the
wait time for the first entity is
1 and the wait time for the
second entity is
2. The average wait time calculated for the
first two entities is
1.5. The plot displays this value at
the simulation time
6. For the first four entities, the sum
of the wait times is
10 and the average wait time at
Number of Entities Arrived
The Number of entities arrived, a parameter outputs the cumulative count for the number of entities that arrive at the block.
Number of Entities Departed
The Number of entities departed, d parameter outputs the cumulative count for the number of entities that depart the block.
Number of Entities Extracted
Entity Find block finds entities in a SimEvents model and extracts them from their location to reroute. The Number of entities extracted, ex parameter outputs the number of entities that are extracted from a block.
Number of Entities in Block
The Number of entities in block, n parameter outputs the number of entities that are in the block.
Number of Pending Entities
The Number of pending entities, np parameter outputs the number of pending entities the block has served that have yet to depart.
Pending Entity Present in Block
The Pending entity present in block, pe parameter indicates
whether an entity that is yet to depart is present in the block. The value is
1 if there are any pending entities, and
The Utilization, util parameter indicates the average time a block is occupied. The block calculates utilization for each entity departure event, which is the ratio of the total wait time for entities to the server capacity, C, multiplied by the total simulation time, tf . Utilization for n entities is calculated using this equation.
Cassandras, Christos G. Discrete Event Systems: Modeling and Performance Analysis. Homewood, Illinois: Irwin and Aksen Associates, 1993.
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José Limón (1908-1972) a Mexican-born modern dancer and choreographer hailed by The New York Times as the "finest male dancer of his time," is the 2015 NYSUT Hispanic Heritage Month poster honoree. Limón studied and performed in New York City with modern dance pioneers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, premiering his first major choreographic work, Danzas Mexicanas, in 1937. He founded the José Limón Dance Company in 1946, choreographing more than 74 works, including his signature piece, The Moor's Pavane, based on Shakespeare's Othello.
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated Sept. 15 – Oct. 15. Download a printable copy of the Hispanic Heritage poster at www.nysut.org or email email@example.com for a copy. Reference project No. 514A_15 and include your name and mailing address.
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• This Week in Nantucket History – by Amy Jenness – author of On This Day in Nantucket History, available at Mitchell’s Book Corner •
In an Inquirer & Mirror article on bicycling, Max Wagner wrote on June 13, 1896, “The miracle that the bipede has wrought all over the civilized world has probably been nowhere more pronounced than on this beloved sand heap of ours, that the world generally knows as the island of Nantucket.”
The first bicycles arrived on Nantucket in the 1880s and were so heavy few people wanted to ride them. Wagner noted they, “must have weighed seventy or eighty pounds, and would probably shy its rider into the gutter as quickly as would a bucking bronco.” Gradually the bicycles got lighter and by the early 1890s four Nantucket men purchased the lighter weight Eagle and started the island’s love affair with bicycles.
Wagner was one of them and wrote, “After a little practice the four of us could go down Federal Street abreast, though we had to drop back into single file to turn around. This maneuver we used to repeat many times, and the whole town turned out to watch us.”
Within a week 12 more Nantucketers had purchased bicycles and the new riders formed a bicycle club called Weeweeders. Soon the newspapers ran weekly items naming those who were taking up “the wheel.” In 1891 an editorial urged visitors to bring their bicycles to Nantucket. By 1896 there were six bicycle clubs, with the Weeweeder Cycle Club being the largest.
Beginning in 1893, the Weeweeders hosted autumn bicycle races at The Fairgrounds and at the County Fair. In 1894 the club offered a parade and race at the roller skating rink on Thanksgiving, which the Inquirer & Mirror described by saying, “Each of the wheels was trimmed with bright colors, and the effect was very charming. The parade was very well done and brought forth applause.” When the bicycles races concluded, Barrett’s Orchestra began to play and the crowd danced until 1 a.m.
An increase in mishaps caused town voters to create a law in 1894 that fined bicycle riders twenty dollars if they didn’t have a bicycle bell when they were riding faster than ten miles an hour, riding at night or on the sidewalk.
In 1895 Weeweeder member Eugene Burgess opened a bicycle shop on Federal Street and built a quarter mile racetrack on Orange Street near the current Marine Home Center. Opened on the eve of a three-day centennial celebrating the town’s name change from Sherburne to Nantucket, Burgess named his sporting center Centennial Park. Soon island cyclists were competing against each other there and travelling to race off island.
All over the country people embraced the bicycle boom. In 1897 the Inquirer & Mirror ran an article under the headline “Bicycle Crowds Out The Accordion” which reported that declining sales of accordions and other musical instruments could be attributed to the sharp increase in bicycle sales. The newspaper ran other articles about inventions designed to make bicycles useable on railroad tracks, a “trolley bicycle” that connected to wires overhead and hung suspended over the street, a “bicycle boat” powered by three cyclists and an adventurous California man who outfitted his bicycle with a mast and sail.
Road tarring and improvements made cycling easier, and by 1900 the town had created paths for cyclists in Surfside, ‘Sconset, and Cliff Road. In 1918 voters narrowly defeated a controversial ban on automobiles and soon cars, horses, and bicycles shared Nantucket’s narrow streets. Yet people still enjoyed their bicycles, and bike races continued to be a highlight of island life into the new century. The newspaper noted a renewed interest in bicycling beginning in the late 1930s and lawmakers debated requiring cyclists to register and install headlights. The manufacture and sale of bicycles was banned by the US government during World War II and when they were once again available in 1945 the island experienced another bicycle boom.
In 1957, Nantucket’s representative to the state Legislature, Robert F. Mooney, submitted a bill asking the Massachusetts Public Works Department to build a bike path on Nantucket, noting the island had more the 4,100 registered bicycles. If the bill was approved, it would create the country’s first state-funded bicycle path.
As the Senate Ways and Means Committee debated the idea, Dr. Paul Dudley White, President Dwight Eisenhower’s cardiologist, wrote Mooney a letter saying that, if his bill was passed, he would like to participate in the first bicycle ride on the new Nantucket path.
The following year in August Dr. White and State Representative Mooney were joined by 25 bicyclists as they made the inaugural run on the Milestone Road bike path, which ended shortly before Nobadeer Road at that point. At the dedication ceremony Dr. White, an avid cyclist, said he hoped Nantucket would set an example for the rest of the country and that soon there would be a network of bicycle paths similar to the country’s system of highways. There is a national organization that has had some success in making Dr. White’s vision a reality. On Nantucket, 57 years after opening the Milestone bike path, there are now 12 other bike paths, covering a combined total of 30 miles.
Visit Nantucket.net for descriptions and a map of the bicycle paths on Nantucket.
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Saint Peter of Alcantara's liturgical feast has always been celebrated on October 19, the day after his death. Due to the fact that the feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist is observed on October 18, his feast was assigned to October 19, when his feast was included in the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints in the year 1670. Owing to reform of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints in the year 1969 and the limited importance of his feast worldwide, St Peter's feast was removed. The inclusion of Saint Peter of Alcantara in the Roman Martyrology as one of the saints of October 18 means that he may still be given official honors everywhere. Traditional Roman Catholics continue to celebrate the feast day of "St Peter of Alcantara, Confessor" on October 19. - Source
I received the following from Michael yesterday:
. michael r. said... I want to thank you and your readers for the prayers. I am humbled by your generosity. My surgery went rather well. I seem to be mosly ok; not doing anything too inappropriately. I have a lot of pain, but I can deal with physical pain. I will know more about the path ahead in a couple of weeks when the staples are removed from my head and all of the biopsies are complete. It sounds like more radiation and chemo. I had a good visit with a priest while in the hospital. He seems to have sought me out. I think some prayers were guiding him along. It was a rather profound experience for me. The question remains, why do I keep beating such odds?
And the Hate Crimes Bill will not impinge upon Church teaching regarding homosexuality?
That is what many homosexual activists want people to believe, while accusing of lying or exaggeration those contending the opposite. There are grave concerns the federal hate crimes bill - currently before the senate - has the potential to limit freedom of speech and religion. The bill clearly states that "courts may consider relevant evidence of speech, beliefs, or expressive conduct to the extent that such evidence is offered to prove an element of a charged offense or is otherwise admissible." (Source) Opponents to the bill (including the ACLU) are concerned that it's passage would allow that any politician, pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi or imam who teaches or makes statements, based upon their moral traditions - that homosexual acts are disordered, unnatural or immoral - could be found guilty of a federal crime.
Charges of thought crimes have been brought against public figures elsewhere - Europe and Canada to be specific. European homosexualists have started to use repressive powers of state to silence expressions of opposition... as implied by British pro-homosexual activist Peter Bradley's e-mail to AFTAH stating, “You are very lucky that you live in the United States as we have laws in the United Kingdom about inciting hatred based on sexual orientation… here you would be imprisoned; and justly so.” - Source
Under such hate crime legislation - which BTW protects a special group of people who already have the same equal protection under the law as other US citizens - it is entirely likely that church groups and/or religious leaders could face prosecution for inciting hatred if and when an individual act of discrimination or violence perpetrated against a protected group could be blamed upon a specific religious teaching, or even a homily condemning immoral sexual acts, and so on. After all, it is part of the gay agenda...
. At least for people like David Bohnett...
“We must treat the causes of intolerance and bullying as well as the symptoms of them,” he remarked. “And as we see most often, it is the evangelical and fundamentalist groups that teach homosexuality is a sin, who stand in the way of fairness and equality.
“It’s time to combat head-on the religious organizations that are funding the opposition to marriage equality and safe school legislation.”
Let us make it known, however, that we will challenge those religious leaders and institutions that shamefully and cowardly use the imprimatur of their church and the name of god [sic] and Jesus to promote hatred and bigotry toward lesbians and gay men,” Bohnett declared. “Among our greatest adversaries who actively work against us are the leaders of the Catholic, Mormon, and evangelical churches who seek to deny equal protection for us and for our children.”
“The bible [sic] is all too often used as a weapon against us, quoted and misquoted by those who seek to deny us freedom and equality,” he continued, arguing that children taught that the Bible condemns homosexuality may become “school bullies” and later become the adults who vote “to deny marriage equality.”
“It’s time we raise our children to be independent thinkers and deeply suspicious of bible beating organized religion. We’d be much better off if parents were honest with their children about the hypocrisy of some churches with regard to homosexuality.”
Bohnett then outlined tactics to "counter faith based discrimination,” saying it is an obligation to take “active measures” to create a world “free of bigotry and intolerance.” He advised an “aggressive response” to critics that “confronts lies with facts” and also a “preemptive campaign” that anticipates the arguments of homosexual activists’ opponents and undermines their credibility.
He said activists should speak with friends, family and co-workers about “religious intolerance as one of the main impediments to progress in the march toward full equality for lesbians and gay men and their families.” - David Bohnett, acceptance speech for his GLSEN award, October 9, 2009 Respect Awards
Talk about an agenda, or the slippery slope of hate crimes legislation. Strange twist to the term religious intolerance as well - from my perspective it seems obvious gays are the ones intolerant of Catholic teaching.
. So anyway: The Catholic Church is NOT homophopic.
. Those opposed to homosexual behavior are often charged with "homophobia"—that they hold the position they do because they are "afraid" of homosexuals. Sometimes the charge is even made that these same people are perhaps homosexuals themselves and are overcompensating to hide this fact, even from themselves, by condemning other homosexuals. . Both of these arguments attempt to stop rational discussion of an issue by shifting the focus to one of the participants. In doing so, they dismiss another person’s arguments based on some real or supposed attribute of the person. In this case, the supposed attribute is a fear of homosexuals. . Like similar attempts to avoid rational discussion of an issue, the homophobia argument completely misses the point. Even if a person were afraid of homosexuals, that would not diminish his arguments against their behavior. The fact that a person is afraid of handguns would not nullify arguments against handguns, nor would the fact that a person might be afraid of handgun control diminish arguments against handgun control. . Furthermore, the homophobia charge rings false. The vast majority of those who oppose homosexual behavior are in no way "afraid" of homosexuals. A disagreement is not the same as a fear. One can disagree with something without fearing it, and the attempt to shut down rational discussion by crying "homophobe!" falls flat. It is an attempt to divert attention from the arguments against one’s position by focusing attention on the one who made the arguments, while trying to claim the moral high ground against him.
The Call to Chastity.
The modern arguments in favor of homosexuality have thus been insufficient to overcome the evidence that homosexual behavior is against divine and natural law, as the Bible and the Church, as well as the wider circle of Jewish and Christian (not to mention Muslim) writers, have always held.
The Catholic Church thus teaches: "Basing itself on sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered. They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2357).
However, the Church also acknowledges that "[homosexuality’s] psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. . . . The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s cross the difficulties that they may encounter from their condition.
"Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection" (CCC 2357– 2359). - Source
Support for Catholics with homosexual inclination: http://www.couragerc.net/
Teaching about Fatima in Catholic schools. Oh my.
I came across a blog post by a Catholic dad questioning a worksheet his eldest child brought home from school asking what our Lady of Fatima had revealed to the seers during the apparitions in 1917. The subject matter struck the dad as "quite odd". The fact that he found it quite odd strikes me as quite odd. After all, Fatima is an approved apparition, with a great deal of official Church support, frequently visited and referenced, even promoted by popes, and lest one forget, the message of Our Lady at Fatima was explained and well documented by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
In addition, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima is fixed in the Roman Calendar, albeit observed as an optional memorial outside of Portugal and titular parishes. (Optional memorial doesn't imply optional belief. When an apparition is approved - the Church is declaring it is worthy of belief; when it is assigned a liturgical feast, I'd say it can not be so easily dismissed as optional to accept.) Therefore, why wouldn't a Catholic student learn about such things in a Roman Catholic school? If I were a parent, I'd be concerned about a great deal more that can find its way into the curriculum of our Catholic schools.
That said, while it is true private revelations are not part of the deposit of faith, and Catholics are not obligated to follow them, Catholic piety and devotion as well as the liturgy, recognizes, includes, accepts and encourages the faithful in such practices. It should be remembered that the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes has been extended to the Universal Church, the shrine itself an international destination for pilgrims. Likewise, the feasts and devotions of the Brown Scapular and Miraculous Medal - both sacramentals originating from apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, have been established throughout the Universal Church; there is a feast of OL of the Miraculous Medal, and a feast of OL of Mt. Carmel. Of course, Our Lady of Guadalupe is a solemnity in many places in the Western Hemisphere, and commemorated by Spanish speaking countries everywhere, yet she is the patron of the Americas. All three of these devotions originated with apparitions, that is, private revelations.
As the Catechism explains: "Throughout the ages, there have been so-called private revelations, some of which have been recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their role to improve or complete Christ's definitive Revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the magisterium of the Church, the sensus fidelium knows how to discern and welcome in these revelations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his saints to the Church." - CCC 67
"Yet even if Revelation is already complete, it has not been made completely explicit; it remains for Christian faith gradually to grasp its full significance over the course of the centuries." - CCC 66
The Blessed Virgin introduced nothing new at Fatima, she simply reiterated authentic Catholic teaching: As one famous priest stated, "Our Lady came to Fatima as Mother and Catechist."
"Father, Lord of heaven and earth, to you I offer praise; for what you have hidden from the learned and the clever you have revealed to the merest children." - Matt. 11:25
Te Deum Laudamus!
The Holy Father has named Fr Paul Sirba, 49, vicar-general of St Paul and Minneapolis, as bishop of Duluth, succeeding Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, who was named coadjutor of Cincinnati a year ago this month.
This is the 5th bishop I actually know! Fr. Sirba is one of the kindest, holiest priests I have ever known. He is friends with Bishop Christensen in the diocese right next door to his... what a pair. God bless them.
I will miss Fr. Sirba very much.
H/T to Ray for sending me the announcement after he found it on Whispers...
This is as good a time as any to mention that these guys were not at all ambitious for such honors - being named bishop was most likely never even on their radar screen. "He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly!"
Prayers and best wishes for Bishop Sirba. Read more here.
For starters, she's no longer a monk.
Tessa Bielecki cofounded the Spiritual Life Institute with Fr. Wm. McNamara, and lived there as monk and Mother Abbess for almost 40 years. She now lives alone in a log cabin in the wilderness outside Crestone, Colorado, where she writes and teaches. Tessa recently created the Desert Foundation, an informal Circle of Friends who explore the wisdom of the world’s deserts, focusing on peace and understanding between the three Abrahamic traditions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. She was one of the first teachers at Naropa University’s Buddhist-Christian dialogue in the 1980s and considers that experience pivotal in her life. She is the author of several books and CDs on St. Teresa of Avila, and recently recorded Wild at Heart for Sounds True. - Source
Watch out for New Age false mysticism.
The "Columbian" evangelization.
. Columbus was not only a good man. He was extraordinary.
"What is not commonly known is that the growing power of the followers of Mohammed had closed the normal pathway from Europe to the Orient. In God's providence, this is what occasioned the search for another way to the Indies. Most historians claim that this was the dominant motive for Columbus going west so that the wealth of the East might be found. The Book of Prophecies shows the opposite. Commercial interests were certainly prominent in the minds of others. But Columbus had deeper spiritual interests at heart. It was surely part of God's mysterious design that Columbus should have planted the true faith in the New World at the same time that Islam was overrunning Africa, the Near East, and was being driven out of Southern Europe.
As early as 1493, Columbus wrote a letter to the Royal Treasurer of Spain in which he speaks of the discovery of the New World as a great victory. Yet, it was not a victory by force of arms but a victory of bringing the truth to people who were sitting in the darkness of unbelief. He wrote, "Since our Redeemer gave this victory to our most illustrious King and Queen and to their famous realms, in so great a manner, it is fitting for all Christendom to rejoice and to make celebrations and give solemn thanks to the Holy Trinity with many solemn prayers for the great exultation which it will have and the turning of so many peoples to our holy Faith."
. Franciscan tertiary.
All that we know about Columbus testifies to his having lived up to his Franciscan Rule. We know that he would wear the Franciscan habit, especially when he appeared before the Royalty or nobility. Except for the Franciscans with whom he stayed before leaving on his historic voyage, he would never had received the entree to Ferdinand and Isabella which opened the door to the New World. He went to confession to Franciscan priests. He would spend long periods of time in worshiping before the Blessed Sacrament in Franciscan chapels. When he left Palos, Spain on August 3, 1492 to cross the Atlantic, he left his son in the care of the Franciscans at their monastery.
There was one feature of Columbus' Franciscan spirituality that by now we have seen was dominant in his historic discovery. It is the zeal of St. Francis, as expressed in his Rule of Life, "To go among the Saracens or other unbelievers." As we know, Francis himself did the incredible thing of personally visiting the Moslem Sultan in the Near East to bring him the Gospel of the Christian faith. To this day, Franciscans are the authorized guardians of the sacred places in the Holy Land." - Fr. Hardon on Christopher Columbus
Sweetie, he did the same thing with the Tea Party marchers, so at least take comfort in the fact that in that category, gays have achieved a semblance of equality. Alas, the President ignores you, too. See, at only about 2% of the population, well, he's just not that into you. And he knows that liberals - and I am guessing a lot of gays fall into that category too - have a codependent relationship with him, like a battered spouse. Y'all will forgive him and after stamping your feet, return to the fold. You can't help yourselves.
After all, you still like Bill Clinton and he gave you both the "don't ask, don't tell" policy and the Defense of Marriage Act.
By the way, when the New York Times says "thousands" came out and there is no wide angle shot of the Mall, it was less than 10,000. Maybe even less than 5,000. - Digital
I know! Thanks Didget!
Last evening I watched episodes of the Spanish film Teresa de Jesus, produced in 1984 as a mini-series for Spanish television. It is an absolute jewel of a film and the saint is magnificently portrayed by the Spanish actress Concha Velasca, who I think bears a remarkable resemblance to Teresa. The series is faithful to the writings of St. Teresa which, if one is familiar with them, one recognizes the scenes or recalls her wonderful descriptive prose describing the events and the persons involved, not to mention her teaching on prayer. Watching this film is the next best thing to actually being present with her in these circumstances. The historical accuracy is incredible for a theatrical production. One of the most edifying aspects of the series is how it traces Teresa's conversion story - she is a wonderful saint for sinners.
Last evening I watched the episode which included her friendship with a wayward priest, to whom she made her confessions and sought guidance. (Read Peers translation here - Chapter 5 of Autobiography.) I was touched by her charity and reverence for his supernatural vocation despite her knowledge of his infidelities. It was through her friendship with the the priest that he was able to break free of an adulterous affair. The lesson was well taken, and hopefully from now on I may follow suit and become less chastening in my remarks concerning errant clergy.
St. Teresa's feast day is this Thursday, October 15. If you haven't read her, try to do so - I found her Autobiography to be the best place to start - it contains excellent teaching on prayer. Her style is easy to understand. I think the very best translation of her work has been done by the Institute of Carmelite Studies. Her Life (Autobiography) is available in Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, Vol. I through Amazon.com
Art: Communion of St. Teresa, Claudio Coello. St. Peter of Alcantara giving communion to St. Teresa of Avila. Source - I had copies of paintings done by this company before - their work is excellent - perfect hand painted copies of the original at very modest prices.
October 11 was once observed as the feast of the Divine Maternity of Mary, but in the reformed calendar the feast is now commemorated on January 1.
Between the Orthodox and the Latin rite, I think there is some sort of feast day for Our Lady every day.
Fr. Hardon on Devotion to the Divine Maternity.
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Milk fat is a key factor affecting milk quality and is also a major trait targeted in dairy cow breeding. milk fat rate of metabolism. Results show that a total of 292 known miRNAs and 116 novel miRNAs were recognized in both pMECs. Recognition of known and novel miRNA candidates shown the feasibility and level of sensitivity of sequencing in the cellular level. Additionally, 97 miRNAs were significantly differentially indicated between the pMECs. Finally, three miRNAs including bta-miR-33a, bta-miR-152 and bta-miR-224 whose expected target genes were annotated to the pathway of lipid rate of metabolism were screened and verified by real-time qPCR and Western-blotting experiments. This study is the 1st comparative profiling of the miRNA transcriptome in pMECs that produce different milk fat content material. (Peroxisome proliferative triggered receptor) and (Liver X Receptor) are well known for their involvement in milk fat rate of metabolism in mammary glands [1,2,3]. (Diacylglycerol (Growth hormone receptor), (ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 2), (Opsin receptor), (Fatty acid synthase), and (Acyl-CoA desaturase) were also identified as candidate genes or genetic markers that may effect milk fat characteristics through genome-wide association studies, practical genomics and comparative genomics analyses [4,5,6]. In addition to this classic transcriptional rules pathway, users of noncoding RNAs, termed microRNA (miRNAs), have now been uncovered to be potent post-transcriptional regulators in fatty acid and cholesterol rate of metabolism by focusing on lipid rate of metabolism genes. These miRNAs include: miR-33 , miR-122 , miR-370 , miR-378/378* , miR-27 , miR-143 Letaxaban (TAK-442) IC50 , miR-335 , miR-103 and so on. However milk excess fat synthesis is different from total lipid rate of metabolism, it is mainly synthesized and secreted in the mammary gland which is the most active tissue in the body with regard to Letaxaban (TAK-442) IC50 milk fat rate of metabolism. Milk excess fat rate of metabolism in the mammary gland includes de novo synthesis of fatty acids, triglyceride synthesis, excess fat droplet formation, and fatty acid uptake and transport. While studies within the recognition and characteristics of miRNA in mammary gland have mainly focused on different developmental phases or lactation cycles of ruminant animals [15,16,17], study within the comparative profiles of miRNAs in mammary glands that create significantly different milk fat content have been scarce. Actually fewer studies have been carried out using the mammary epithelial cells. However, Alsaweed recently recognized 293 and 233 miRNA varieties in the human being breast milk cells and lipid fractions [18,19]. The miRNA content in maternal peripheral blood mononuclear cells was compared with that in plasma as well. The comparison results demonstrated the mammary gland epithelium appeared to be the dominant source of milk miRNA. That was consistent with the miRNA analysis in tammar wallaby milk . These studies strongly suggest that miRNAs are primarily endogenously synthesized in the mammary epithelium, which can be the best model for screening small RNAs related to milk lipid rate of metabolism. Therefore, to determine how the synthesis or rate of metabolism of lipid in milk is definitely controlled in the miRNA level, small RNA libraries were constructed from each of the main mammary epithelial cell (pMEC) ethnicities derived from Chinese Holstein dairy cows that produced extreme variations in milk fat percentage. An advantage of using pMECs for this study is definitely that their differentiation potential is not diminished by an extended quantity of passages during tradition, and Letaxaban (TAK-442) IC50 they maintain the functions of lipid synthesis and secretion and Rabbit polyclonal to MAP1LC3A are free of additional cell types in the mammary gland [21,22] Solexa sequencing and bioinformatics analysis were then used to determine the large quantity of miRNAs and their differential manifestation patterns between the pMECs. Differentially indicated miRNAs and their potential functions were consequently expected by GO and KEGG annotation. Finally, three miRNAs and their reverse-complementary target gene candidates that were annotated to the pathway of fatty acids rate of metabolism were screened in mammary cells from high and low milk excess fat percentage cows and recognized by real-time q-PCR and Western-blotting experiments. To our knowledge, this study was the 1st comparative profiling of the miRNA transcriptome in pMECs that create different milk fat percentages. These results can guideline further studies of miRNA in mammary epithelial cells and their likely.
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A Curated List of Ed Tech Articles
Whether you are on your NID and preparing for the spring semester or you are currently tackling your debut semester teaching remotely online, this list has something useful for you. In this short curated collection of articles, you will find practical tips for the use of educational technology in online classes, lessons learned and opportunities made possible by the pivot to remote teaching and food for thought related to the use of tech for teaching and learning.
Ideas for Remote Online Classes
“Structuring Synchronous Classes for Engagement” by Bonni Stachowiak suggests how one can structure a 50-minute online synchronous session followed by an after-party office hour.
Zoom to the next level: Active learning in the virtual classroom An openly licensed Pressbook from Indiana University.
From note-taking tools, to online book creation, to 3D modelling tools, you’ll find a plethora of free tech tools in a “Typology of Free Web-based Learning Technologies” by Matt Bower and Jodi Torrington.
“7 High-impact evidence-based tips for remote online teaching” by Youki Terada offers ideas on organizing your virtual learning space and time, and other simple but powerful practices.
Nine ways online teaching should be different from face-to-face by Jennifer Gonzalez (Cult of Pedagogy podcast).
For certain courses, technology may be a learning outcome, but for most courses, it isn’t, so it’s useful to be reminded that it’s a tool and re-direct our attention to how we can effectively achieve our learning outcomes.
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Your eye examination will take place with caring certified professionals who will determine your needs based on the latest information and technology available. Our office is committed to the best patient care possible. In order to continue with this philosophy we have invested in the latest technological innovations. Some of our advanced medical equipment include:
Optical Coherence Tomographer
A noninvasive technique for imaging subsurface tissue structure with micrometer-scale resolution, the OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) is a relatively new technique for two and three-dimensional imaging of tissues at the histological level.
The technique is based on optical technology and commercially available fiber-optic components adapted for ophthalmic use. OCT is a non-invasive technique that does not utilize ionizing radiation to provide in vivo images. OCT has numerous potential clinical applications and, in effect, creates “optical biopsies” of tissues. OCT may be able to contribute to early diagnosis of neurologic diseases like mulitple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s. We frequently use it to evaluate glaucoma progression, macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, macular holes, tumors, and even fitting scleral contact lenses.
Digital Retinal Imaging
This new technology combines retinal photography with digital imaging. This allows instant viewing of retinal images by both the doctor and the patient, without the use of dilation drops. These images serve a dual purpose: first for documenting any existing eye disease, and second for establishing baseline images to compare against any future possible changes.
This method of examining and documenting the retina is incredibly more detailed and accurate than the conventional drawing method still in use by clinics that choose not to offer this new technology. We believe baseline images will promote earlier diagnosis of many abnormal vision conditions, many of which can lead to permanent visual loss if not caught and treated in a timely manner.
Corneal topography is a process for mapping the surface curvature of the cornea, similar to making a contour map of land. The cornea is a clear membrane that covers the front of the eye and is responsible for about 70 percent of the eye’s focusing power. To a large extent, the shape of the cornea determines the visual ability of an otherwise healthy eye. A perfect eye has an evenly rounded cornea, but if the cornea is too flat, too steep, or unevenly curved, less than perfect vision results. This image is an example of what a corneal map looks like. The warmer colors represent steeper areas of the cornea.
The purpose of corneal topography is to produce a detailed description of the shape and power of the cornea. Using computerized imaging technology, the 3-dimensional map produced by the corneal topographer aids an Optometrist in the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of various visual conditions such as Keratoconus, corneal scars or deformities, corneal transplants, and others. It is also very helpful for planning refractive surgery. It is also a first step to designing a specialized contact lens for our Wave Corneal Molding patients or simply for our tough to fit patients who have had previous corneal disease or surgery which prevents them from being fit to an “off the shelf” contact lens.
Visual Field Analysis
We have three different versions of this test that maps the sensitivity of central and peripheral vision. Each test has its advantages and your doctor will order the most appropriate analysis for your condition. A visual field can be used to detect glaucoma, stroke, brain tumors, vision blocked by droopy eyelids, and many other neurological disorders. The test usually takes 1-5 minutes per eye and results can be interpreted immediately following testing. We include a visual field as part of our standard exam for diabetics or those experiencing worsening headaches.
Does My Insurance Cover This Test?
Medical insurance companies will reimburse for some of these procedures only when there is an existing retinal disease which the photos are documenting. We offer digital retinal imaging as a powerful way of viewing your central retina without the need for dilation. When used as part of your comprehensive exam, our baseline screening imaging (when no disease is present) is $34.00. We are very excited about the results in this technology and highly recommend Digital Retinal Imaging as an optional addition to your exam.
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Building Design for Wind Forces, Hardcover by Taher, Rima, Ph. D, Brand New
Building Design for Wind Forces, Hardcover by Taher, Rima. Expert coverage of ASCE 7-16-compliant, wind-resistant engineering methods for safer, sounder low-rise and standard multi-story buildings Using the hands-on information contained in this comprehensive engineering guide you will be able to design and construct safer buildings that will better withstand extreme wind forces. Written by a recognized structural design expert, th explains the general concepts and principles involved in the design of buildings and structures for wind forces. Structural systems used to resist wind forces are outlined and explained, in the context of both low-rise and high-rise buildings. Building Design for Wind Forces provides easy-to-follow summaries of complex ASCE 7-16 wind load provisions and shows how to apply the corresponding design procedures using practical examples.
A detailed discussion of typical structural damage caused by extreme wind events such as hurricanes and tornadoes is presented along with design recommendations. Current wind engineering activities and recent research developments are discussed, and a general overview of wind tunnel procedures and an introduction to the concept of database-assisted design (DAD) is provided. Building Design for Wind Forces covers.
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Wind engineering activities and research trends. Structural systems for lateral loads. Wind design procedures and wind load parameters. Wind loads on the Main Wind Force Resisting System (MWFRS). Wind loads on Components and Cladding (C&C).
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The seller is "greatbookprices1" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, Japan, Australia.
- ISBN: 9781259860805
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- Publication Year: 2018
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Book Title: Building Design for Wind Forces: a Guide to Asce 7-16 Standards
- Author: Rima Taher
- Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Education
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
- Topic: Structural, Civil / General
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The job of a jester -- also known as a professional joker or "fool," for all you plebeians out there -- has been mostly left behind in medieval history. But the post has been resurrected thanks to Conwy Castle in Wales, which has just pointed its first jester since the 13th century. HuffPost Live's Josh Zepps spoke to the jester himself, Russel Erwood (or "Erwyd le Fol"), about how such a position was bestowed upon him and what we can expect from him and his jesterly ways in the coming months.
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When the Federal Communications Commission looks to intercede in free-market negotiations between a big TV station group and a major pay TV provider, you can have some eyebrow-raising.
But does that means legislative and regulatory changes are afoot? Not likely.
Sinclair Broadcast Group says it didn’t need any help from the FCC in its dealing with Dish Network. Instead, the parties announced an agreement “in principle” ending a nearly day-long blackout of 129 Sinclair stations in 79 markets.
The Dish-Sinclair snafu resolved somewhat quick, relative to other “blackouts,” which have lasted far longer. August 2013, CBS was blacked out on Time Warner Cable for an entire month affecting 3 million TV homes. Where was the emergency FCC meeting then?
We don’t know. But we know this. Increasingly TV consumers are getting tired of the games played between what they see are competing rich TV-media companies looking to gain a business hedge.
Back in 2013, Time Warner Cable get bit big time -- losing a massive 306,000 subscribers during its third quarter reporting period, in large part coming from problems with CBS. Seems that CBS won that battle. But long-term “winning” of these battles may not be a positive.
TV blackouts of all types are growing -- 145 broadcast blackouts, of any length, so far in 2015; 107 in 2014; 127 in 2013; 91 in 2012; 51 in 2011, and 12 in 2010, according the American Television Alliance, a trade group of pay TV providers.
And that’s why the FCC got involved with Dish and Sinclair-- even if it didn’t actually get involved.
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"We had taken note of Moneylife Foundation's Report on Retirement Homes and had completed consultation process. In few days, I am going to write to chief ministers of all states and soon we will issue guidelines for retirement homes in India," says Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Charge). He was speaking at the 9th Anniversary of Moneylife Foundation at Mumbai.
He said, "We are happy to use the Report and follow up notes shared by Sucheta Dalal, Founder-Trustee of Moneylife Foundation and carried out due process. The process has not gone past draft and consultation. Since property matters are state subject, soon I will be writing to CMs of all states with our guidelines." (Read: Regulation of Retirement Homes under Consideration)
While taking about urban landscape and heritage, Mr Puri said, "Indian cities suffered due to earlier policies that were focussed more on rural civilisation, though cities have been the backbone for the our economy for centuries. When India became an independent country, 17% of our population of 300 million lived in urban areas. As per the 2011 Census, 31% of a 1.25 billion population lives in urban areas. The rate at which we are urbanising, there will be 600 million people living in urban spaces by 2031. India's gross domestic product (GDP) from agriculture is just 13%-14%, while the same from urban areas is almost 60%. Most of India lives in rural areas but the contribution of agriculture to the GDP is very small. This in other words mean, people from the rural areas leaving their shelters behind and are picking up their bags and heading to wherever there are economic opportunities. Now, there is a choice. You can have 600 million people living in dire conditions or you can have planned urbanisation."
Citing examples of Ujjain, Dwarka and other historical cities, Mr Puri says we have been building Smart Cities for thousands of years our forts, palaces, the technology used to keep them cool. "Where all of this has gone? What we did wrong? Especially, after Independence what we had done to at least maintain our heritage in planning and development of cities," he asked.
He says, "We were not smart enough to realise the potential of what urbanisation could bring about, one of the most significant new development that took place recently is the embracing of urbanisation. This government is investing and spending more in cities than has ever been done in this country."
Focusing on the ultimate aim for improving the ease of living, and consequently the quality of life for each and every city-dweller of India, the minister said that all initiatives by the government, the missions and programmes are aimed in that direction. The investments required in urban areas for a 20-year period between 2012-13 and 2031-32 is estimated to be Rs39 lakh crore.
The 90 "smart cities" selected so far have indicated a total investment of Rs1.9 lakh crore in their proposals. The central government would be giving financial support to the smart cities mission to the extent of Rs48,000 crore over five years - that is Rs100 crore per city per year for development of 100 cities throughout the year.
Mr Puri also highlighted importance of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015. AMRUT scheme focuses on establishing infrastructure that could ensure adequate robust sewage networks and water supply for urban transformation by implementing urban revival projects.
Talking about Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), the minister said, "It has been 70 years since Independence and we did not have an independent regulator before (RERA). Nowhere in the world have I come across a situation where a sector as big as the real estate does not have a regulator. For eight years this legislation was lying around."
"Since realty is a state subject, implementation of RERA is their responsibility. So RERA is not successful in all states and some states, including very progressive in other matters, are lagging behind in bringing transparency in real estate regulation. However, we are receiving very good response of MahaRERA," Mr Puri says.
Replying to questions after his speech, the union minister also highlighted the importance of public transport. He says, "We are focussing more and more on moving vehicles. Cars are moving but not people. There is no decision making in public transportation. For example, we have been requesting the Delhi government to buy new buses for public transportation, but they are not taking the decision. We feel people should be given choice and for that public transportation plays and important role."
During the program, Mr Puri also released Moneylife Foundation's "Study Report on Reverse Mortgage". The study report is supported by Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC). Two bankers, Shrinivas Marathe and Pradeep Bhave did the research for the Study.
"Due to poor financial literacy and extremely high property prices in India (relative to the income levels), millions of savers are likely to retire with a large chunk of their savings locked up in the apartments that they live in. They may not be poor in terms of net worth, but would not have the cash required to meet the rising cost of retirement living. In other words, they would be asset rich but cash poor. This is where Reverse Mortgage Reverse Mortgage is useful," the study report says.
A reverse mortgage is a type of home loan for older homeowners that requires no monthly mortgage payments but gives them a monthly payment instead.
The study report includes the demand and supply scenario, analysis of the currently available reverse mortgage products, analysis of the present regulatory framework, misconceptions about the scheme and incentives required to make reverse mortgage a popular product for both customers and banks, and how reverse mortgage schemes can be made affordable and popular among borrowers and lenders.
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A friend sent me a card the other day which read, “Somehow we will squeeze through these dark December days”. It described how I felt. I like Blaise Pascal’s idea that in difficult times, you should always keep something beautiful in your heart or I might add in your pocket. Beauty makes a difference. The bees adjust their life style to each season of the year, why not us? With our technologically-adapted life style we are cut off from the natural world and we imagine that the natural world plays no part in our lives. D.H. Lawrence, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, describes this disconnection as a catastrophe:
“Oh what a catastrophe for man when he cut himself off
from his union with the sun and the earth.
This is what is the matter with us. We are bleeding at the roots,
because we are cut off from the earth and sun and stars and
love is grinning mockery, because, poor blossom,
we plucked it from its stem on the tree of Life and expected
it to keep on blooming in our civilised vase on the table”
In a book on, Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom, the author Acharya Shunya explains how we are connected to the natural world and still need to adjust our lifestyle to fit the time of the year. A ‘seasonally adjusted life style’ makes sense to me – eating the same foods all year, exercising in the same way throughout the year, doesn’t make sense. Ayurveda recommends specific protocols for each season of the year. Some of these recommendations are in autumn, with darkness closing in and wind and rain increasing. It is easy at that time for our inner world to become a little shaky so Ayurveda advises stabilising one’s routine , especially routines of eating and sleeping and also recommends settling in our ideas and convictions. As winter settles in, a change of diet is helpful, eating hot, spiced and warming foods – soups, stews – also getting out into early morning light and engaging in creative activity. I know I have a lot to learn about this idea of managing myself round each season. Maybe I could learn more from the bees. The church too provides a change especially with the Gregorian chant for Advent and this lifts me over the lintel and into a different mood.
A Note on Mistletoe Use
Mistletoe, the partial parasite of apple, lime, poplar, or hawthorn trees is evergreen, and grows into a large spherical mass on the host tree. It produces a root like structure which grows into the tree and sucks its nutrients from the tree. Its seeds, spread by birds, are covered with a sticky, viscous gel that attaches them to the bark of a tree. The Mistle Thrush gets its name because it loves Mistletoe seeds. It flowers in early spring with male and female flowers on separate trees. Bees, among other insects, do the pollinating and provide us with those shiny, waxy white berries at Christmas. After each kiss you remove one of the berries – once all the berries are gone that’s it, no more kissing!
According to a new study, streets with trees may help against asthma attacks. Researchers from Exeter University studied the impact of urban greenery on asthma. By comparing 26,000 urban neighbourhoods the researchers found a link between areas highly populated by trees and lower rates of emergency visits to hospital for asthma. The association is even stronger in highly polluted areas. The study showed that an extra three hundred trees per square kilometre was associated with approximately 50 fewer emergency asthma cases per 100,000 residents over a 15 year period.
Watch Out For Fungicides
We know how harmful insecticides are for bees, but fungicides may also be causing harm. A study at Cornell University in the USA has found signs of a “surprising link” between fungicides and declining bumblebee numbers. This could be important for us since because of our damp climate we use lots of fungicides. Ireland has ninety-eight species of wild bee, twenty-one of which are bumblebees. According to the National Biodiversity Data Centre, 30% of Ireland’s bee species are threatened with extinction, mainly due to habitat loss. It is suspected that fungicides could change the nectar composition of flowers or harm the micro-organisms that live in bees’ guts. Fungicides have also been found to react with insecticides and make these toxic to bees. More research is clearly required in the Irish setting to see how fungicides impact our native bees.
American Foul Brood (Afb)
There is an interesting treatment for American Foul Brood coming from Australia. They use gamma radiation to sterilise equipment (same thing as used to sterilise medical equipment). It is popular as it does not use chemicals, so there is no residue in treated parts and they can be used immediately. This is ideal for bee equipment where it can be difficult to ensure chemicals and other treatments reach every area. Gamma radiation penetrates every part of the equipment, which means that any pathogens or insects are eliminated. This eliminates AFB and equipment can be treated over and over again. This would be a welcome new treatment and a more effective control than just burning hives which I had to do many years ago!
I am not getting great reports on the usefulness of the Bee Meditation. Maybe I need to test it myself. But thank you for the feedback from the brave people who tried it. There is little to be done in the Apiary at this time of year. If we get snow, do check that snow doesn’t block the entrance to the hives. Bees don’t hibernate and if the sun comes out and it warms up, they will be out and about, taking cleansing flights. They are very hygienic and save their waste until they get a chance to get outside their home. Some people give some extra protection to their hives by adding a blanket under the roof. In my experience, good ventilation is more important. A blanket can get damp and ultimately trap cold, damp air in the roof space. The best gift we can give bees at this time of the year is not to disturb them. But do go and tell them, ‘yes it is Christmas – rejoice and be glad’. I hope someone whispers this to you too!
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A copyright infraction lawsuit can arise for virtually any number involving reasons: someone using a song in the podcast or broadcast program, an author “borrowing” information by another work, duplicating video or mp3 format off of the Internet without permission (or often, even to one more CD or DVD). Copyright infringement lawsuits are not usually brought to the average person, until they’re downloading plenty of music or movies, but usually for large operations: computer software pirates reselling items on eBay or even to some various other unsuspecting victim, a person “sampling” a track to make another, or maybe an individual reselling mp3s online.
Any time you understand the particular implications of this, copyright infringement law suits aren’t frivolous as some people think. For the the majority of part, the common person’s familiarity with a copyright infringement lawsuit is getting down copyrighted material after receiving the nasty email.
In the event that you use functions from record lps by major saving stars (like Britney Spears or 55 Cent) to help to make a different saving as your personal, then you can be sued intended for copyright infringement. Generally these suits is going to be lost due to the fact it’s rather challenging to prove inspiration, but they are rather costly plus draining, especially in case there isn’t a large assistance legal team.
Copyright laws infringement lawsuits intended for large enterprises can be costly and even time consuming. Should you work for somebody, and you also plagiarize a person on the company blog site, the entire company can certainly be sued, and even you can end up being fired, for that will infraction. Another great copyright infringement legal action is the prestigious MySpace v. Simple Music Group, who else is claiming of which MySpace is knowingly committing copyright intrusion by allowing users to upload copyrighted material. Even in that case, Universal Group offers been negotiating with MySpace and couldn’t come to the agreement — and then they filed fit.
onsist.com comes with an agreement together with YouTube, where YouTube agrees to follow Universal’s rules. It’s worked out effectively thus far, plus I think having an agreement in put “user created content” will retain a destination on the particular Internet.
This will be a testament many of us all need to be able to be with social networking sites in addition to ‘user created written content. ‘ We want to watch yourself, because many occasions organic beef not recognize the veracity associated with our actions.
Sometimes, people break rettighed laws on goal. There exists a huge market for pirated software program — from Windows to Photoshop to The Sims. It’s very easy to share peer-to-peer, in addition to because of this, people can resell unlicensed copies to get a substantial price — all profit. Or they’ll download MP3 and resell them; or perhaps eBooks. People which resell these items get nasty fines — with both copyright laws infringement lawsuits and even criminal cases. They’ll pay a significant fine and move to jail.
Copyright infringement lawsuits could affect any one associated with us — through our friends upon MySpace to our employer, to the computer geek straight down the street. Is actually easy to abuse copyrights, and an individual have to view your self. The chances are good that you won’t be associated with a major copyright violation lawsuit, but a person still need to be able to ensure you’re right after copyright laws.
Copyright infringement lawsuits will be important to determine exactly what is, and isn’t, applicable to copyright laws. Because of these kinds of lawsuits, our laws and regulations have changed regarding Fair Use, Web use, plus the Electric Frontier Foundation and even CreativeCommons. com. Typically the lawsuits help us to understand precisely what is, and what is not fair — plus these organizations include helped the people to understand can be so important about copyright, and why we have to defend the freedom of conversation.
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Pavlopetri: 5,000-year-old town discovered underwater in Greece
Top Image: The University of Nottingham conducted a research project at Pavlopetri which combined archaeology, underwater robotics and state-of-the-art graphics. This allowed them to generate stunning images to rebuild the ruined town. Here you can see the underwater remains and the digitally reconstructed pillars and walls of one of the buildings.
Nothing sparks the imagination of history enthusiasts quite like underwater discoveries, ranging from sunken cities to the millions of shipwrecks still unexplored on the seabed. The bottom of the seas and oceans of the world have been described as the biggest museum of the world, with less than 1% of the ocean floor having been surveyed to date. The remains of the Bronze Age port of Pavlopetri were discovered as recently as the 1960s and some argue that they may have been the basis for the legendary story of Atlantis.
Discovery of Pavlopetri: The Oldest Underwater Town in the World
In the 1960s, Nic Flemming from the Institute of Oceanography at the University of Southampton, rediscovered the remains of a submerged settlement believed to date back as far as 5,000 years ago. Located in the Peloponnesus region of southern Greece, near a small village called Pavlopetri, the archaeological site lies 4 meters (13.12 ft) underwater and is now believed to be the oldest known planned underwater town in the world. It therefore joined the ranks of other mysterious underwater settlements, towns, and cities which have captured the imagination of history enthusiasts including:
- The perfectly preserved ancient Chinese city of Shi Cheng (the Lion City)
- The mythical submerged temples of Mahabalipuram in India
- The ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion
- The 9,000-year-old Neolithic site of Atlit Yam in Israel
- The 17th century pirate city of Port Royal , Jamaica
The site had been originally identified by the geologist Folkion Negris in 1904, but after Flemming rediscovered the site, it was surveyed in 1968 by a team of archaeologists from the University of Cambridge. Then in 2009, under the direction of John C. Henderson, the University of Nottingham began a five-year project with the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research to study the town at Pavlopetri.
The resulting Pavlopetri Underwater Archaeology Project used a novel combination of archaeology, underwater robotics and state-of-the-art graphics to survey the seabed and bring the ancient town back to life before the fragile remains are lost forever due to lack of protection, pollution, waves, currents, and tourism. Thanks to the project, Pavlopetri became the first underwater town to be digitally surveyed in 3D using sonar mapping technology . This fusion of cutting edge marine technology and movie industry computer graphics allowed them to generate stunning photorealistic 3D digital reconstruction images which revolutionized underwater archaeology.
What Did They Find at Pavlopetri?
The research project identified thousands of artifacts at the site which help create a deeper understanding of everyday life at Pavlopetri from about 3000 BC until it “sank” around 1100 BC, probably due to earthquakes that are common in the region, erosion, rising sea levels, or even a tsunami. The remains are the first of a sunken city in Greece that predates Plato’s story of Atlantis.
As a snapshot of life 5,000 years ago, Pavlopetri was incredibly well designed with roads, two storey houses with gardens, temples, a cemetery, and a complex water management system including channels and water pipes. In the center of the city, there was even a square or plaza measuring about 40 by 20 meters (131 x 65 ft) and most of the buildings had up to 12 rooms inside. “There are older sunken sites in the world but none can be considered to be planned towns such as this, which is why it is unique,” explained Dr. Jon Henderson, from the University of Nottingham team who managed the Pavlopetri Underwater Archaeology Project, in The Guardian .
The city is so old that it existed in the period that the famed ancient Greek epic poem Iliad was set in. Research in 2009 revealed that the site extends for about 9 acres (36,421 m2) and evidence shows that it had been inhabited prior to 2800 BC. Despite sinking so long ago, the arrangement of the city is still clearly visible and at least 15 buildings have been found. The city’s arrangement is so clear that the head of the archaeological team from Nottingham were able to create what they believe is an extremely accurate 3D reconstruction of the city.
Historians believe that the ancient city was a center for commerce for the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. Scattered all over the site there are large storage containers made from clay, statues, everyday tools, and other artifacts.
The original name of the city is unknown, as well as its exact role in the ancient world. “It’s a rare find, and it is significant because, as a submerged site, it was never reoccupied and therefore represents a frozen moment of the past,” explained Elias Spondylis of the Greek Ministry of Culture in the New Scientist .
Probably the most surveyed seabed in the world, the coverage the Pavlopetri site has been channeled into protecting the archaeological remains. In 2011, the BBC produced a stunning documentary entitled Pavlopetri – The City Beneath the Waves , which focused on the way technology was used by the University of Nottingham team to create a photorealistic impression of the seabed. In 2016 Pavlopetri was included on the World Monuments Watch , a global program which works to protect heritage locations under threat, to support local conservation and protection efforts - which included a Watch Day organized by the Greek Chapter of ARCH International to raise awareness about the site.
Since then the Watch Day has incorporated the Pavlopetri Eco-Marine Film Festival , which showcases films and documentaries about the marine environment, as well as underwater snorkel tours over the ancient city. Thanks to these actions, in August 2016 the area was demarcated by buoys to protect it from small vessels and in 2018 the site became the first in Greek waters to be included in marine charts provided to mariners by the Hydrographic Service of the Greek Navy.
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By Nasurullah Brohi
The world of globalization has brought enormous veiled opportunities and challenges for the each of the developed, developing and under developed nation in the world. The economic sustenance is the only guarantee of the national prestige in the contemporary inter-state interactions and fundamentally a means of the nation’s survival. The economic recession and the global suffering are some of the reasons of the centralized economic system that structurally inherent the deprivation of the poor and the exploitation of the raw materials of the under developed nations by the developed one. The lowest rate of remittances against the natural resources of the less developed nations is some of the reasons that seriously undermine the objectives of human prosperity and international development goals.
The mutual progress and the cooperation for the development is indeed the surety of the prosperity that in turn brings enormous opportunities throughout the world, the circulation of wealth and the equal distribution of resources generally provide the maximum chances where the economic freedom would lead to growth and a better life for all. The economic independence subsequently ensures the developing nations to preserve their respective cultural identity and the ethnic characteristics. In the course of the prevailing delicate international economic revival and descending stress on many countries yet strive to materialize their development goals through bilateral and multilateral cooperation for the industrial and economic capacity enhancement.
The current political and economic landscape in the Asia is readily lingering for squiggle a new era of economic revival, bilateral and multilateral security arrangements. The rise of China particularly confers the optimism of development for countries in the region. The objectives of mutual benefit and the cooperation for common interests are some of the features of China’s unique foreign policy and its mounting progress amidst the current economic and political arena puts it on a matchless pace for progressively crossing the regional boundaries where its influence is significantly expanding beyond the regional boundaries and border limitations.
Through the initiative, China allocates billions of dollars for the infrastructural developments that includes building a network of new roads, pipelines, power stations, railway tracks and seaports. The only viable solution for the economic growth viewed as better access and the better trade that increasingly motivates for the enhanced connectivity of the South Asia with Central Asia then Eurasia and the Europe. The $46 billion project of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor attempts to linkup the trade routes. Pakistan grasps a crucial position for China in terms of its regional economic and political discourse; China’s strive for inflating its westward influence through the initiatives of One Belt, One Road are the factors that demand the region’s infrastructural development. Pakistan’s Gawadar Port holds a critically enacting place for China’s impersonation as a naval power that significantly enables its increased access of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea. Moreover, the Sino-Russian partnership leading through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, appears to be committed for the better economic and security arrangements for the Central Asia. China would help to boost the economic progress, industrial and infrastructural developments whereas, Russia to safeguard the region from falling into the hands of extra-regional players and to protect the region’s security against the growing threats of terrorism, separatism and extremism.
To materialize the dreams of enduring peace, progress and the region’s prosperity, the security issues should be addressed swiftly. The political solutions is the only assurance of the enduring peace therefore; all the stakeholders particularly, the countries in the region like China, Russia, India, Pakistan and the Central Asian Republics must play their roles for the economic revival and the peace and stability in Afghanistan. The possible permanent membership of the India and Pakistan in the SCO along with the energy rich Central Asian countries and the economic and military giants like Russia and China is the magnetic means to attract the power to shift from West to the East.
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Developing a Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) in the Netherlands as an alternative to formal certification for small producers operating in short supply chains.
Projects & Practice
Support for setting up young farmers and adding value to agricultural products in processing enabled a young entrepreneur to set up her own family business on producing artisanal dairy products.
A European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational group established a network of farm incubators in Spain to support young farmers who do not have previous family connections or a background in farming.
This project combined state-of-the-art sensoring techniques and models with a participatory monitoring process with farmers and water authorities to create a common understanding of the main local challenges and possible solutions to enhance water quality. In addition, the process empowered individual farmers to become equal partners with water authorities as they gained knowledge and access to data. Problems with water management differ between regions, but the process of jointly collecting, learning from and acting on data can be applied across regions.
An organic cattle breeding farm is working to reverse the degradation of environmental conditions on the farm, whilst ensuring its long-term economic sustainability.
Setting up collaborative water system measures and a governance approach to increase self-sufficiency of freshwater availability for agriculture.
An EIP-AGRI Operational Group project on the use of insects for adding value to organic residues from agriculture.
Using biomass residues to produce a fertiliser, which is then used to grow trees, and will, over time, improve soil quality, has led to significant financial savings for nature conservation organisations and tree nurseries.
A farm employing people with special needs set up a process line and an experimental kitchen, where non-commercial agricultural produce can be turned into new products.
Set up an operational group to improve the efficiency of the fruit production sector in Spain by developing new approaches for joint management of farms.
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Earlier this morning, Coach Neilsen posted a link to a great article on ESPN by John Buccigross about producing elite US players. It’s definitely a good read.
We quietly added two new drills with video demonstrations to our Drills database. Many users have been requesting more footage of drills , so we’ve been working to accommodate.
The Circle Pass Pivot Drill is along the same lines as the Figure 8 Passing Drill in terms of skill focus. It’s a great drill to develop individual skill in agility, body control, passing/receiving, and controlling the puck at awkward body angles.
We’re back this week with a quick skill development drill video. The Figure 8 Passing drill is an excellent drill to work on agility, passing in awkward positions, and always being ready for a pass.
Last week we got lots of great comments on the Heel to Heel transition video. Several people wrote in asking if we could do a…
Skating transitions are a big factor in races to the puck. Being able to efficiently transition from forward to backward and vice versa is a skill every player should master. In this week’s video, we take a look at the heel to heel backward to forward transition.
John C. Maxwell is one of the most well-known authorities on leadership teachings. While surfing for videos, I came across a brief interview he did…
Coach Neilsen has provided some drills from the US National Development Program. Check out his blog pos
Getting the puck into the zone can be the difference between creating a scoring opportunity and giving one up. Using a simple board pass play can be one of the most efficient means of entering the offensive zone. In this post, we’ll take a look at two different examples of a board pass as well as a video example from an NHL game.
The vast majority of information on this site is geared toward the structured practice and implementation of hockey player development. For all the time we spend trying to “teach” the game to kids, we also need to understand the importance of allowing players to figure things out on their own.
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Playing Cards from Lithuania
Lietuvos Lošimo Kortos
Lithuania is the largest and most southerly of the three Baltic republics. The history of Lithuania has close ties with that of Poland, its neighbour to the southwest. By the end of the 18th century most of the country came under the Russian empire. During the periods of Soviet rule, Lithuanians relied on Catholic tradition and memories of independence to preserve their national identity, a skill mastered through centuries of foreign domination. Pagan traditions with roots stretching back centuries have been kept alive too.
The independent Lithuanian state was reestablished in 1918. After World War II the printing industry was nationalized by the Soviet administration.
During the short period of independence (c.1920-1940) Lithuanian printers produced some striking playing card designs in a range of artistic styles. Their unique artwork depicts national heroes, folklore and symbolism, evoking Lithuania's political history and struggle for national identity. Chief amongst these manufacturers was the Spindulys Printing Company (Aktiengesellschaft Spindulys, Kaunas, founded in 1928) which at one time also housed the national mint.
Spindulys Printing House, 1928 - present
Spindulys was established after combining three printing houses, Svyturis, Varpas and Raides. The Print Works was located at Miško Gatvė 11, Kaunas district municipality LT-44321, Lithuania. At that time the playing-card designers were Mstislavas Dobužinskis (1875–1957) and Barbora Didžiokienė (1896 - 1976).
During this period, cards were taxed by means of a tax stamp on the Ace of Diamonds which reads: "Lietuvos Valstybes Monopolio Kortos" (Lithuania State Playing-card Monopoly). There was also a factory seal around the wrapped deck (click image below).
Today Spindulys Printing House is located at Vakarinis Aplinkkelis 24 as a book printing house, although playing cards are still a possibility.
The political changes that occurred in Lithuania since regaining independence in 1990 impacted on all spheres, media included. Censorship was lifted and state ownership of media abolished. Liberation of the print media began in the 1990s and Lithuania first entered the EuroVision Song Contest in 1994.
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Curator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
“Four Races” playing cards designed by Latvian artist Vilnis Rasa in 1989.
Lithuanian Playing Cards, reprinted by Piatnik, 1995, 2004.
During the 20th century Lithuanian printers produced striking playing cards containing Lithuanian symbols and national heroes.
'Pilys' playing cards ('Castles') manufactured in Lithuania by Spindulys Printing House, Kaunas, c.1930-40.
Vaivorykštė ('the Rainbow') playing cards manufactured in Lithuania by Spindulys, 1930s. The deck has been reprinted by Fournier (Spain, 2004) and also in Lithuania.
Istorinės Historical Deck from Lithuania manufactured by Spindulys Playing Card Manufactory, Kaunas, c.1930s
Gedimino Stulpai playing cards made in Lithuania by Spindulys Printing Co., Kaunas, depicting Lithuanian national symbolism.
Kunigaiksciai ('Dukes') playing cards published by Spindulys Printing Co., Kaunas, Lithuania during the period c.1920-1940.
Klubams (for the clubs) playing cards manufactured in Lithuania by Spindulys Printing House (Kaunas), c.1930.
8 cards and two jokers from the 'Gironda' pack, showing eminent statesmen and politicians from Lithuania from the 1990s.
Dviracio Kortos playing cards, based on 'Dviracio Zynios' ('The Bicycle's News'), a popular Lithuanian TV comedy show, in which actors satirize the vices and follies of modern society.
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Tableau is a software company that offers collaborative data visualization software for organizations working with business information analytics. Organizations use Tableau to visualize data and reveal patterns for analysis in business intelligence, making the data more understandable.
Tableau was created as a way to commercialize research from the Stanford Department of Computer Research from 1999 and 2002. Tableau provides reporting, dashboarding and scorecards, ad hoc analysis and queries, online analytical processing, data discovery, BI search, spreadsheet integration and other data analytics and analysis functions. By making the data easier to understand, managers, analysts and executives can see the relationships between different data points, regardless of their technical skill levels.
Tableau visualization and analytics product offerings include:
- Tableau Desktop: used to connect to data, explore data, do analytics, and create reports, dashboards and story boards.
- Tableau Online: a software as a service (SaaS) offering for enterprises, offering the same functionality as the on-premises version and hosted by Tableau on its servers.
- Tableau Server: a platform that lets enterprises share reports, dashboards and data sources across the enterprise. It's either hosted on premises or through Amazon Web Services (AWS). Tableau Server supports large enterprises by providing governance, security, scalability and performance.
- Tableau Mobile: a free app for iPad, iPhone, Android tablet and mobile browsers, enabling users to author a dashboard once, then view or edit it anywhere, on any device.
- Tableau Public: a free platform that can be accessed by anyone and is commonly used by journalists, bloggers and data enthusiasts to analyze public and private data.
- Vizable: a free app for the iPad, enabling users to analyze personal or business data, and share the results with colleagues through email, instant message or social media.
In 2010, the company was the target of criticism when it took down visual data from WikiLeaks about the United States’ diplomatic cables leak. Tableau representatives claimed the move was the direct result of pressure from U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman. The company has since changed to a formal complaint system which is founded on the principle of free speech. Under the new policy, Tableau claims Wikileaks data would not have been taken down.
Tableau is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and was founded in Mountain View, California by Christian Chabot, Chris Stolte and Pat Hanrahan.
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Today, let’s talk about hydration. The subject is, of course, very broad, but we will not ramble on.
Let’s start with the fact that water enters skin from within. Because the skin is well protected by its outer layer and lipid barrier, it is quite difficult to penetrate it with moisture from the outside. Our skin loses moisture under the effects of the environment.
In a healthy, young person, up to ⅓ of the epidermis is made up of water. This level of hydration results in great appearance of skin, quick healing of any injuries, and absence of hypersensitivity. (more…)
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Geocaching: Treasure Hunting in Ötztal
Does it sound familiar to you: you leave your mobile phone or key ring somewhere and can’t even remember where you saw or used it the last time? Searching for something is unnerving … in most cases. But there is also a totally different kind of search called “Geocaching” – a modern paperchase! Never heard about it? Just keep on reading and we will tell you everything about this fun-filled activity. What’s best, the Ötztal makes a real heaven for small and big treasure hunters.
What is geocaching?
The name “geocaching” derives from the Greek word for earth (geo) and the English term “cache” (hiding place). Action-packed geocaching is a modern, GPS assisted treasure hunt or paperchase.
The hidden spots (geocaches) are published in the internet only via geographic coordinates and can be discovered with the help of a GPS receiver. Normally, a cache is a waterproof box containing a logbook and items to swap. Those who find a geocache enter their name in the logbook by documenting their successful mission.
© Armin Kuprian / Ötztal Tourismus
On the geocaching.com website you meet all members of the geocaching community online. After a quick registration, users can download the respective GPS coordinates of all hidden spots. There are more than 3 million activated geocaches world-wide at the moment. Even the ISS International Space Station features a geocache which may be reserved to the astronauts! In Austria you can search for about 46,000 geocaches spread all over the country – some of them at the heart of Ötztal!
Geocaching in Ötztal
© Armin Kuprian / Ötztal Tourismus
There are two different types of geocaching routes in Ötztal. For the “Geocaching Treasure Hunt” you don’t need a GPS device as it is also suitable for young children. You simply collect a special Treasure Map from one of the Ötztal Tourismus information offices. All route details and useful hints how to find the cache boxes are already written down in the Treasure Map.
The little boxes contain secret letters or numbers or colors which must be written into the respective field of the Treasure Map. Only if you have found all secret codes you can solve the riddle. After collecting all secret codes, little explorers receive a small surprise present at the Ötztal Tourismus information offices!
This is a wonderful way to explore Ötztal’s most scenic spots for active families. Children will love walking around and strolling through forests and meadows in search of all the little secrets. “Geocaching Treasure Hunt” routes of different lengths are available in the holiday villages of Ochsengarten, Sautens, Oetz, Niederthai, Längenfeld, Sölden, Vent and Obergurgl.
No matter which geocaching adventure you choose in Ötztal, loads of fun and heaps of action are almost guaranteed. Thank God it’s not your own key ring you are searching for…
Which item do you search for most often?
Ötztal awaits you!
Do you plan a stay in scenic Ötztal Valley? A great decision! Here you will experience action and relaxation as well as thrilling activities and recreational offers from the minute you arrive. Both the valley and its lodging providers have something for all tastes and ages. Choose from stylish hotels, homey guesthouses and lovely inns of all categories, ranging from holiday apartments and chalets to rustic mountain huts or holiday houses for all the family.
Our professional Booking Platform is the easiest, fastest and safest way to your dreamlike vacation. What’s best, it is also free of charge! A friendly team of local holiday specialists is looking forward to your requests. Be it a romantic twosome stay, a family vacation or fun-filled holidays with friends – This is the number one market place when it comes to booking a room for your holidays in Ötztal.book online
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Education & Training
Opportunity youth, victims of human rights abuses, veterans, or people living in poverty, an increasing number of them face deprivation, exclusion, insecurity, and voice-lessness. It is widely accepted that the vicious cycle of poverty is the result in part of the lack of adequate education and skills, health issues, and lack of opportunities. Orpe Human Rights Advocates is hard-working by promoting vocational and training programs organized in a way expected to move forward individuals and communities. Programs are intended to move lives from the status of insufficient income to the status of self-sufficient income. Vocational and Training programs are specifically tailored with the idea of changing the social economic status of victims of crimes, homeless people, veterans, and low-income families from the status of insufficient-income to the status of self-sufficient income.
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Projective transformations come into play whenever perspective drawings of a scene are required. A projective transformation is defined by four preimage/image pairs of points. The definition is analogous to that of a similarity, though with eight required points instead of four.
As an example we consider the situation of producing a projective image of a rectangular grid. We furthermore add a few circles to make visual effect of a projective transformation more visible. For this we simply have to draw a rectangular grid (and the circles) and the corners of the desired image. We define a projective transformation by mapping the corners of the rectangular grid to the corners of the image.
After this we apply the map to the elements to which we want to apply the projective transformation. The image of this operation is the desired projected rectangular grid.
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TREES ARE BEING BURNED, DEGRADED AND LOGGED AT ASTONISHING RATES
80%of the world's forests are already destroyed
DEFORESTATION COMES IN MANY FORMS, INCLUDING FIRES, CLEAR-CUTTING FOR AGRICULTURE, RANCHING AND DEVELOPMENT, UNSUSTAINABLE LOGGING FOR TIMBER, AND DEGRADATION DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
ONLY 20%of forests are properly protected
TREES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE WATER CYCLE, GROUNDING THE WATER IN THEIR ROOTS AND RELEASING IT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. IN THE AMAZON, MORE THAN HALF THE WATER IN THE ECOSYSTEM IS HELD WITHIN THE PLANTS. WITHOUT THE PLANTS, THE CLIMATE MAY BECOME DRYER.
70%of the world’s plants and animals live in forests and are losing their habitats to deforestation. Loss of habitat can lead to species extinction. This is not only a biodiversity tragedy but also has negative consequences for medicinal research and local populations who rely on the animals and plants in the forests for hunting and medicine.
46-58 THOUSAND square miles of forest are lost every year. That's equivalent to 36 football fields every minute
THE UNITED STATES has less than 5% of the world’s population yet consumes more than 30% of the world’s paper.
THE WORLD’S RAINFORESTS COULD COMPLETELY VANISH IN A HUNDRED YEARS AT THE CURRENT RATE OF DEFORESTATION.
50%of all plant and animal species in the world live in tropical rainforests
EVERY 2 SECONDS
man destroys an area of forest the size of a football field
if forests are destroyed through logging or burning, their carbon is released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, a climate-changing greenhouse gas.
80,000 ACRES of forests disappear from the Earth every day!
THE REMOVAL OF TREES WITHOUT SUFFICIENT REFORESTATION HAS HAD ADVERSE IMPACTS ON BIO-SEQUESTRATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE, ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO HABITAT, BIODIVERSITY LOSS, AND ARIDITY.
300 BILLION tons of carbon are stored in the Earth's forests, which helps regulate its climate by regulating atmospheric gases, stabilizing rainfall, and protecting against desertification
121+natural remedies in the rainforest can be used as medicines
DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION CAN CAUSE BIODIVERSITY TO DECLINE. WHEN FOREST COVER IS REMOVED, WILDLIFE IS DEPRIVED OF HABITAT AND BECOMES MORE VULNERABLE TO HUNTING. CONSIDERING THAT ABOUT 80% OF THE WORLD'S DOCUMENTED SPECIES CAN BE FOUND IN TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, DEFORESTATION PUTS AT RISK A MAJORITY OF THE EARTH’S BIODIVERSITY.
28,000species are expected to become extinct by the next 25 years due to deforestation
MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD'S TIMBER AND 72% OF PAPER IS CONSUMED BY 22% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION (THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, AND JAPAN). WORLDWIDE, INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES CONSUME OVER TWELVE TIMES MORE WOOD PRODUCTS PER PERSON THAN NON-INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES.
20% OF CURRENT GREENHOUSE GASTropical forest destruction accounts for about 20 percent of current greenhouse gas emissions
REMOVING TREES DEPRIVES THE FOREST OF PORTIONS OF ITS CANOPY, WHICH BLOCKS THE SUN’S RAYS DURING THE DAY AND HOLDS IN HEAT AT NIGHT. THIS DISRUPTION LEADS TO MORE EXTREME TEMPERATURES SWINGS THAT CAN BE HARMFUL TO PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
4/10 TREES get chopped down and are processed into pulp for making paper products such as tissue paper, toothpaste, magazines and more...
WITHOUT TREE ROOTS TO ANCHOR THE SOIL AND WITH INCREASED EXPOSURE TO SUN, THE SOIL CAN DRY OUT, LEADING TO PROBLEMS LIKE INCREASED FLOODING AND INABILITY TO FARM. THE WWF STATES THAT A THIRD OF THE WORLD’S ARABLE LAND HAS BEEN LOST TO DEFORESTATION SINCE 1960. CASH CROPS PLANTED AFTER CLEAR CUTTING OR BURNING — LIKE SOY, COFFEE, AND PALM OIL — CAN ACTUALLY EXACERBATE SOIL EROSION BECAUSE THEIR ROOTS CANNOT HOLD ONTO THE SOIL THE WAY TREES’ CAN.
15%of all greenhouse gas emissions are the result of deforestation
HEALTHY FORESTS HELP ABSORB GREENHOUSE GASSES AND CARBON EMISSIONS THAT ARE CAUSED BY HUMAN CIVILIZATION AND CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. WITHOUT TREES, MORE CARBON AND GREENHOUSE GASSES ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, TREES ACTUALLY BECOME CARBON SOURCES WHEN THEY ARE CUT, BURNED, OR OTHERWISE REMOVED.
700 POUNDS of paper are used by the average US citizen every year
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42% of Brits worried about an interest rate hike – research from Equifax
Ahead of the Bank of England interest rate decision on Thursday 2 November, research from Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, reveals 42% of Brits are worried about an interest rate rise.
The online survey, conducted by YouGov, found that only 5% of people expect a rate hike within the next month, with 21% believing it happen within the next one to three months, and 20% in the next three to six months.
More than 1 in 10 British adults with a variable rate or tracker mortgage (11%) said they couldn’t afford any increase on their most recent monthly repayment, with only 34% able to afford an increase of less than 5%. Over half (52%) of those on a fixed rate mortgage said they’re worried about having to make higher repayments when their current fixed rate mortgage deal ends.
Jake Ranson, Banking and Financial Institution expert at Equifax UK said, “This research shows that the longstanding low rate environment has lulled many people into a false sense of financial stability. This could soon start to unravel. If the Bank of England goes ahead with a hike on Thursday many people could find managing their mortgage or other loan repayments a struggle.
“Individuals need factor higher interest rates into their financial planning and shouldn’t rely on the belief that rates will remain low indefinitely. Financial institutions must also be more alert to individuals who may not be able to handle increased payments. At a time of severe economic uncertainty, it’s essential that customers don’t borrow beyond their means and understand the risks of any loan they take on.”
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Depression & Anxiety Counselling Sydney
How Greg Can Help
We can help you overcome your symptoms using a tailored approach that suits you
All of Greg’s therapies are tailored to meet the needs of the individual. Each person and each problem is unique. Therefore, Greg does not adopt a ‘one size fits all’ approach to therapy. During the therapy process, he will get to know you and tailor your treatment accordingly.
Support for Depression
If you’re a sufferer of depression, breaking out of debilitating patterns will often be difficult, but it’s necessary in order to start the road to better mental health.
Support for Anxiety
There are many forms of anxiety. You may need help if you are continuously concerned or anxious, experience panic attacks or have specific phobias.
Men's Mental Health
His mission is to help other men improve their overall mental well-being, overcome challenges, and live happier, healthier, and more productive lives.
Support For Depression
Helping Men Overcome Depression
From time to time us men will feel sad at some point, or fed up with where we are at in life, whether physically, financially or mentally. If you’re a sufferer of anxiety or depression, breaking out of these debilitating patterns will often be difficult as we don’t always see what we are doing. Don’t let the “Black Dog” take over your life.
Are you suffering from:
Don't Suffer in Silence or Think "Toughening up" Will Fix The Issue... We Encourage You To Seek Help Today.
Unfortunately, men in particular often suffer in silence and do not seek support. We are traditionally told to “toughen up” and that “boys don’t cry”. Yet this doesn’t help and as a result, many men attempt to deal with their depression via substances, gambling, excessive tv and/or sports.
Support For Anxiety
Feeling Anxious or Having Panic Attacks?
Anxiety can be appropriate and a positive defence mechanism in some circumstances. However, if anxiety is enduring or experienced regularly, it can interfere with your ability to lead a healthy and fulfilling life. If you ever feel like you’re suffering with any type of anxiety, whether it’s effecting you physically or mentally, then get in touch with Greg today.
Are you suffering from:
Contact Greg Hanson
Don't Wait, Seek Help Today.
Take the first step by getting in touch today. The sooner you can tackle your mental battles, the faster you will recover and be back to a happier healthier self.
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Medicare rebates apply, and are available in conjunction with a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan. This Medicare Plan provides rebates for up to 10 psychology sessions in the calendar year.
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|Potato rot nematode|
|Potato tuber damage cause by Ditylenchus destructor|
|Geographic distribution of D. destructor (blue)|
Potato rot nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) damages tubers during storage, especially under abnormal conditions of storage (i.e. high temperature). As a result, seed material becomes infected. The meristematic method of planting stock production excludes the Potato Rot Nematode, which has reduced the problem.
In general, D. destructor is of extremely minor importance as a pest of potatoes in the EPPO region. Problems only occur at temperatures of 15-20°C and at relative humidity above 90%.
The nematode enters potato tubers through lenticels. There are, in general, no obvious symptoms in the aerial parts of the plant, although heavily infested tubers give rise to weak plants which usually die. Early infections cause small white mealy spots just below the surface that are only visible if the skin is removed. These later enlarge, darken, are woolly in texture and may be slightly hollow at the centre. On badly affected tubers there are typically slightly sunken areas with cracked and wrinkled skin which is detached in places from the underlying flesh. The flesh has a dry and mealy appearance, varying in colour from greyish to dark brown or black. This discoloration is largely due to secondary invasion of fungi, bacteria and free-living nematodes (the latter are easily confused with D. destructor).
Control by crop rotation is possible using non-host crops such as sugarbeet, but it is important to control weeds carefully because of the polyphagous habit of D. destructor. The use of nematode-free seed potatoes is an essential component of any control programme.
Treatment with soil-applied nematicides can provide a high level of control but can be expensive. Granulated nematicides such as carbofuran were reported to be effective against the nematode. D. destructor has apparently been eradicated from the state of Wisconsin, USA, by means of repeated fumigation with ethylene dibromide, combined with official restriction of movement of infected tubers. Seed dressing of garlic prior to planting with thiram or benomyl wettable powder gave very good control.
- (1992). Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests - Ditylenchus destructor. CAB International in association with EPPO. Retrieved: 2010-09-16.
- Ditylenchus destructor, Thorne - Potato Rot Nematode. Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas or Russia and Neighbouring Countries. Retrieved: 2010-08-03.
- (1990). Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests - Ditylenchus destructor. Prepared by CABI and EPPO for the EU.
- Hammeraas, B. (2009). Potato rot nematode. Forestry Images. Image Number: 5389322. Retrieved: 2010-08-03.
- Winslow, R.D. (1978) An overview of the important nematode pests of potato. In: Developments in control of nematode pests of potato. Report of the 2nd Nematode Planning Conference, pp. 138-153. International Potato Centre, Lima, Peru.
- Chukantseva, N.K. (1983) [Some aspects of the study of the potato stem nematode in the Central Chernozem zone of the RSFSR.] Steblevye Nematody Sel'skohhozyaistvennnykh Kul'tur i Mery Bor'by s Nimi 1983, pp. 11-27.
- Vorona, V.F. (1984) [Trials with heterophos against the potato stem nematode.] Byulleten' Vsessoyuznogo Instituta Gel'mintologii im. K.L. Skryabina No. 34, pp. 69-70.
- Darling, H.M.; Adams, J.; Norgren, R.L. (1983) Field eradication of the potato rot nematode, Ditylenchus destructor: a 29-year history. Plant Disease 67, 422-423.
- Fujimura, T.; Ichita, T.; Kimura, T. (1989) Occurrence of potato-rot nematode, Ditylenchus destructor Thorne, in garlic and control. 1. Evaluation of treatments applied before planting and after harvest for control. Japanese Journal of Nematology 18, 22-29.
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|Carrot · Celeriac · Celery · Chervil · Coriander · Cumin · Dill · Fennel · Lovage · Parsnip · Parsley · Sweet cicely|
|Adverse conditions||Cavity spot · Stem crack · Forking · Phosphorus deficiency · Split roots|
|Diseases||Aster yellows · Bacterial blight of carrot · Bacterial soft rot · Black rot · Cavity spot · Cercospora leaf spot of carrot · Downy mildew · Powdery mildew · Crown rot · Leaf blight of fennel · Mosaic virus · Phytophthora blight · Pseudomonas syringae · Sclerotinia rot · Septoria leaf spot of celery · Septoria leaf spot of parsley · Violet root rot|
|Pests||Aphid · Carrot fly · Carrot weevil · Carrot-willow aphid · Celery fly · Potato rot nematode · Root-knot nematode · Sciarid fly · Silver Y moth · Swift moth|
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NBA Players May Have To Pay Back Salaries From Suspended Season
The NBA was the first professional sports league to suspend its season due to coronavirus problems. The league closed on March 11, halfway through the season, with months to go. Now it looks like the season will end up being canceled, and players may have to pay part of their salary to the owners of the team. It is a simple fact that the NBA loses money with each passing day without basketball games being played.
The teams have signed players expecting a certain income with which to pay their millions of salaries. Now, these revenues do not come in, but the players owe the money stipulated in their contracts. While the owners and players have discussed the situation, there is still no plan to resolve this problem. One possible idea is a reimbursement/reduction of salary.
NBPA Players Union Refunds
NBPA, the players’ union, has clarified that any compensation arrangement put in place by the NBA will include refunds on NBA contracts for the part of the season that has been suspended. Some players receive their checks on a six-month cycle, which means they earn more money per pay period but are not paid during the off-season. Other contracts require payment on a 12-month plan. This will be difficult for players on a six-month cycle as well as for those who have received a full or partial payment of their contracts in advance.
It is possible that contract players who run after this season may be spared having to repay half of the season’s wages, as the owners could recover the funds for that season during the player’s contract period. Prospective free agents in the last year of their contact may be asked to write checks to NBA owners for the salary they received in advance. Players who have been advanced include Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant and Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin.
The NBA is authorized to keep approximately 1% of players’ pay checks for each game canceled in accordance with the collective agreement in effect. The funds are recoverable by force majeure – an unforeseeable event such as a natural disaster or a pandemic. The NBA and the players have previously discussed a plan to withhold wages and place funds in a league escrow account if the games are canceled.
It is possible that the league will try to recover 50% of the players’ remaining salaries for the 2019-2020 season. Typically, the last check for players on the six-month cycle is in early July. Agents will also be affected by any salary reimbursement as they will not receive their commission on this money. Oklahoma Thunder player Chris Paul is president of the NBPA and he indicated that the players are aware of this potential situation. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said any decision to return wages is still several weeks away.
It looks like the NBA regular season is over. Public health experts do not know when the resumption of professional sport will be safe.
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By Anna Von Reitz
The Universal Law of Free Will is Being Violated
We were given free will for a reason: so that we could learn to choose what is good.
Even Yeshuah was given "curds and honey" (Isaiah 7) so that he would learn the difference between what is good and what is bad.
We must be enabled to make a choice -- a free will choice that reflects our unmanipulated and honest will, or our existence is meaningless and nothing can be learned about our true nature.
Please see this presentation which explains how our Free Will is being destroyed and why and in very general terms, by whom:
They call it "the Brain Initiative" -- a system by which viruses are used to introduce genetically engineered receptor sites in normal nerve cells -- "neurons".
These artificial receptor sites are then available to receive signals in the form of either chemicals or light impulses, and depending on this stimulus, our nerve cells turn on or turn off.
This can be used to create pain as well as remove pain, to agitate or to calm.
You get the picture. They have been at it full bore since Obummer was a pup. He signed the funding to put this agenda on hyperdrive.
And this underlines the first stories coming out of Wuhan, China, that the happenings there were the result of "crowd control" experiments and experimental technologies aimed at crowd control.
Although these technologies might be used to calm rioters, they could also be used as virtual lobotomies, turning people into biological robots without free will.
For this reason, these technologies are extremely dangerous and should not be promoted nor allowed. They violate the Universal Law of Free Will in ways that cannot be tolerated.
Pray to the True God who gave you free will to avenge this offense against us and to drag the politicians and scientists and corporate bosses responsible for it out into the light where their activities and motives can be properly assessed and monitored and controlled by a vigilant -- and angry -- public.
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Synchronization is the process of ensuring that the OpenGL rendering pipeline has fully issued or executed the commands that you have given it.
The OpenGL specification usually defines the behavior of commands such that they will execute in the order given, and that every subsequent command must behave as if all prior commands have completed and their contents are visible. However, it is important to keep in mind that this is how OpenGL is specified and behaves, not how it is implemented.
OpenGL Rendering Commands are assumed to execute be asynchronous. If you call any of the
glDraw* functions to initiate rendering, it is not at all guaranteed that the rendering has finished by the time the call returns. Indeed, it is perfectly legitimate for rendering to not even have started when this function returns. The OpenGL specification allows implementations the freedom to get around to rendering commands whenever it is best for them.
This is not a weakness of OpenGL; it is a strength. It allows for many optimizations of the rendering command pathway. Issuing a command to the internal rendering command buffer can be a fairly slow process, due to a CPU transition (on x86 hardware) out of protected mode and into unprotected mode. This transition eats up a lot of cycles, so if the internal driver can store 30 rendering commands and then issue all of them with only one transition, this is faster than making one transition for each of the 30 rendering calls.
The OpenGL API however is defined to be synchronous; each command acts as if all prior commands had completed entirely. As such, the OpenGL API will appear synchronous even if it executes asynchronously. If you issue a command which depends on the results of a prior command, the implementation will prevent any execution overlap between those two commands.
There are several OpenGL functions that can pull data directly from client-side memory, or push data directly into client-side memory. Functions like glTexSubImage2D, glReadPixels, glBufferSubData and so forth.
Because OpenGL is defined to be synchronous, when any of these functions have returned, they must have finished with the client memory. When glReadPixels returns, the pixel data is in your client memory (unless you are reading into a buffer object). When glBufferSubData returns, you can immediately modify or delete whatever memory pointer you gave it, as OpenGL has already read as much as it wants.
Legacy Note: The only OpenGL functions that behave differently are functions that end in Pointer. When these use client-side memory (which is no longer permitted in core OpenGL), the pointers are stored for a period of time. During that period, they must remain valid.
These are usually used for rendering calls; in which case, once the rendering call has returned, the memory to be read from client data has been read. Modifications to client memory after the rendering call will only affect future rendering calls, not those that have already passed.This is generally why Buffer Objects are better than using client memory for rendering. A rendering call with buffers does not have to handle the possibility of the user changing the memory later, so it can simply write a few tokens into the command stream. With client memory, it must copy all of the vertices out of the client-side arrays.
All of this means that OpenGL is a very asynchronous renderer, even if it is defined synchronously.
An OpenGL Rendering Command can be in one of three conceptual states: unissued, issued but not complete, and complete.
A command is unissued if the command has been given to the OpenGL driver, but the driver has not yet given the command to the hardware to actually execute. When the rendering hardware starts running out of actually issued commands to process, the OpenGL driver can take some of the unissued commands and issue them.
An issued but not complete command is one that has been given to the hardware, but the full results of the command are not yet ready. The hardware has a queue of these commands; unless there is a hardware fault of some kind, the hardware will execute all of the commands in that queue.
A command is complete when it is out of the pipeline entirely. For rendering commands, this means that its effects have been written to the Framebuffer, Transform Feedback buffers, or other outputs, as appropriate to the current state. For pixel transfers to buffer objects, this means that the pixel data is now stored in the buffer object as requested. For pixel transfers from buffer objects, this means that the pixel data is now stored in the texture object that was uploaded to. And so forth.
Asynchronous rendering is nice. However, it is often useful to synchronize your actions with OpenGL. And OpenGL provides several alternatives for doing so.
The simplest to understand is glFinish. It will not return, stopping the current CPU thread, until all rendering commands that have been sent have completed.
The behavior of glFlush is less simple to define.
Conceptually, the GPU has something called a "command queue". This is a list of commands written by the OpenGL driver at the behest of the user. Just about every OpenGL function will map to one or more commands that will be added to the command queue. Any command that is placed in the command queue will be read by the GPU and executed.
However, the command queue has a finite length. If you add too many commands in a short space of time, the driver cannot write them all to the GPU's command queue. What the driver can do is write them to internal memory. These commands are in the "unissued" state. Sometime later, the unissued commands are added to the GPU's queue. When the driver does this is the question.
The driver may set up some kind of asynchronous message that tells it when the GPU's queue is nearly empty so that it can add more if possible. However, this is generally not the case. OpenGL allows the driver to have the freedom to not make this check until you actually execute an OpenGL call. And even then, not all calls will make this check.
What this means is that it is theoretically possible for OpenGL to be sitting there, with lots of unissued commands in the driver's buffer, but with the GPU command queue being totally empty. The driver knows that there is work, but if you don't execute another OpenGL command (any command) for a while, it can never verify this check.
Normally this isn't a problem. But imagine this circumstance. You render a lot of stuff, all in a short space of time. You sort your data to achieve maximum efficiency, so submitting the data takes less time than rendering it.
Because you add a lot of commands in a short space of time, the driver has to buffer many of these commands. But if you don't make any OpenGL calls after you have submitted all of the data (because you're off doing non-OpenGL stuff), then the driver never has the chance to push these buffered commands into the command queue. Obviously, you will be issuing commands next frame, but you'd probably rather not wait that long for the GPU to start rendering.
The purpose of glFlush is to tell OpenGL to sit there and wait, halting the current CPU thread, until all commands have been added to the GPU's command queue. This won't take as long as glFinish, but it can still be time consuming.
Swapping the back and front buffers on the Default Framebuffer may cause some form of synchronization (though the actual moment of synchronization event may be delayed until later GL commands), if there are still commands affecting the default framebuffer that have not yet completed. Swapping buffers only technically needs to sync to the last command that affects the default framebuffer, but it may perform a full glFinish.
Any attempt to read from a framebuffer to CPU memory (not to a buffer object) will halt until all rendering commands affecting that framebuffer have completed. Most attempts to write to a buffer object, either with glBufferSubData or mapping, will halt until all rendering commands using that part of the buffer object have completed. However, if you invalidate the buffer object before uploading to it, the implementation will be able to allocate new storage for the buffer and simply orphan the old one (deleting it later when it is no longer used). This will allow the buffer object to be immediately available for uploading new data. For more details, see this page on buffer streaming.
If you use the GL_MAP_UNSYNCHRONIZED_BIT flag with glMapBufferRange, OpenGL will forgo any synchronization operations; you are on your own however as to the consequences of modifying any parts of that buffer that may be in use.
Similarly, attempts to change texture data from CPU memory with commands like glTexSubImage2D can block until commands that use that texture have finished. They may not block, as some implementations will just allocate some CPU memory and copy the user's pixel data into that. They will do the DMA directly to the texture some time later. Modifying texture data with Pixel Buffer Objects will not force a synchronization; the transfer from the buffer to the texture will simply be deferred until the texture is no longer in use.
There may be a few commands that, on some implementations, cause a synchronization to some point in the command stream. OpenGL does not require these commands to do so, but implementations are free to do so if they deem it necessary. Framebuffer object binding and rendering may cause a sync to the last command that affected the previously bound framebuffer object.
glFinish is a decent start on synchronization. However, it is often useful to be able to do the kind of synchronization that OpenGL itself does implicitly. That is, being able to sync to a specific point in the command stream.
You do this by creating a fence object. This is a token in the command stream that you can test to see if it has been completed. Since the stream is an ordered list, if the fence has completed, then every command issued before that fence was issued has also completed.
- Category:Core API Ref Synchronization: Function documentation for all synchronization functions.
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Farmers have numerous challenges to deal with during the harvest season. Whether you grow hay, grain, or one of a thousand other crops, harvest time is the culmination of your efforts. But, it’s also one of the riskiest times for your crops.
Many crops face issues with their nutritive value, rot and sale price depending on one factor during harvest: their moisture content (%MC). To control these moisture-related risks, farmers need to know how wet or dry their crops are. This is where moisture meters are necessary.
How can farmers use moisture meters to reduce risks during harvest season?
1: Measuring Moisture at Harvest Time
By testing the moisture content of crops just prior to harvesting them, farmers can be sure that they’re collecting their crops at the ideal time. Performing a moisture check just prior to harvesting can help farmers avoid collecting crops when they’re too wet or too dry.
Based on %MC measurements taken just before the harvest, farmers can adjust their harvest plans to maximize the quality of their crops. For example, hay that’s too dry could be given some extra water, while hay that’s too wet could be given a few hours (or days) to dry out enough to reach the best moisture content percentage for harvest. This can prevent many of the biggest risks and enhance the quality of the crop.
2: Monitoring Soil Moisture Content Prior to Harvest
Of course, while the moisture content of the actual crop at the time of the harvest is important, there are other issues to consider. To maximize the quality of many crops, the moisture content of the soil needs to be carefully controlled from when the crop is first planted all the way to the harvest.
If there isn’t enough moisture available in the soil for your crops at any point, the crop will wither and die. However, too much moisture in the soil not only wastes water, it can cause other issues that damage crops.
Keeping an eye on soil moisture content allows farmers to improve their irrigation efforts so that they aren’t over- or under-watering crops. To monitor soil moisture content, many farmers use a specialized soil moisture meter with gypsum moisture blocks.
The moisture blocks are installed at key points throughout the field. When farmers want to check the %MC of soil, they simply connect their moisture meter with the wire leading to the moisture block and take a reading. This allows farmers to know how much moisture is available to the roots of their crops.
3: Checking Crop Moisture for Long-Term Storage & Shipping
Many crops have to be put into long-term storage or specially prepared for shipping over long distances. Part of this preparation often involves drying the crop to a certain level to prevent rot.
Moisture meters are a key part of this process. Using moisture meters to check the moisture content of grain, hay, and other long-term storage crops lets farmers avoid issues like spoilage. They also help protect the price of dried crops by allowing farmers to establish how much of their crop’s sale weight is moisture—preventing price disputes.
This is a particularly delicate issue for grain crops. Thankfully, handheld grain moisture meters make verifying the %MC of grain quick and easy.
Learn more about how you can use moisture meters to maximize the quality and value of your own crops during harvest season right now!
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In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:
- Any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy, or
- An act of construction (i. e. the activity of building, see also builder)
In this article, the first usage is generally intended unless otherwise specified.
Buildings come in a wide amount of shapes and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, to land prices, ground conditions, specific uses and aesthetic reasons.
Buildings serve several needs of society – primarily as shelter from weather and as general living space, to provide privacy, to store belongings and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the outside (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful).
Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasess of artistic expression. In recent years, interest in sustainable planning and building practices has also become part of the design process of many new buildings.
Other articles related to "building, buildings":
... In 2004, the long vacant Arizona Bank Building, an 11-story building completed in 1961 on a small quarter of a city square block, was in the process ... In May 2005, Grace Communities announced the existing building would be razed and in its place a 34-story tower would be erected and named 44 Monroe. 2005, demolition of the Arizona Bank Building began ...
... The building was converted by architects Herzog de Meuron and contractors Carillion, after which it stood at 99m tall ... the basis for a 2008 documentary Architects Herzog and de Meuron Alchemy of Building Tate Modern ... The southern third of the building was retained by the French power company EDF Energy as an electrical substation (in 2006, the company released half of this holding) ...
... Buildings include Castle Building, Weinberg Building, the I-Wing, the art building, and the Nangaku Building ...
... A selection of the tallest buildings in Cologne are listed below ... - it was at one time Europe's tallest office building), the Kranhaus buildings at Rheinauhafen and the Messeturm Köln (English Trade Fair tower) ... (literally Cologne Tower), Cologne's second tallest building at 165.48 metres (542.91 ft) in height, second only to the Colonius telecommunication tower ...
... Built in 1969, it is Boston's 16th-tallest building, standing 500 feet (152 m) tall, and housing 40 floors ... It has been known as the New England Merchants Bank Building and the Bank of New England Building ... The building has a rectangular footprint which is then setback once near the top floor ...
Famous quotes containing the word building:
“An island always pleases my imagination, even the smallest, as a small continent and integral portion of the globe. I have a fancy for building my hut on one. Even a bare, grassy isle, which I can see entirely over at a glance, has some undefined and mysterious charm for me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“And of the other things death is a new office building filled with modern furniture,
A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“The artist must be an egotist because, like the spider, he draws all his building material from his own breast. But just the same the artist alone among men knows what true humility means. His reach forever exceeds his grasp. He can never be satisfied with his work. He knows when he has done well, but he knows he has never attained his dream. He knows he never can.”
—Rheta Childe Dorr (18661948)
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Now that we're all used to having the internet, all of the time, we really don't like it when it's taken away - even briefly! If your internet connection is dropping out, slowing down, or being otherwise less than stellar, we'll help you find the answers to your internet problems. It might be that you need a dual-band router, to give everyone in your household seamless connection, or maybe a new internet service provider (ISP) – check how yours compares on cost, speed, reliability and customer service.
Connecting to the internet
Connecting to the Internet
How to speed up your browsing and fix your internet troubles.
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NMPA published the final version of Unique Device Identification (UDI) Rules on August 27, 2019, with implementation date of October 1, 2019. The Rules are to adequately identify medical devices through their manufacturing, distribution and use. When fully implemented, the label of all devices in China will include a unique device identifier in human- and machine-readable form.
Database and Code-Issuing Agency
According to the Rules, the unique identifier should include the Device Identification (DI) and the Production Identification (PI). DI is the unique code identifying the license holder, the model and the packaging information of the medical device; PI is composed of codes related to the production process, the serial number, batch number, production date and expiration date.
NMPA has formulated relevant standards and specifications for UDI and established a UDI database. UDI code-issuing agencies are required to submit an Annual UDI Report for the previous year to NMPA, by January 31. The UDI code-issuing agencies have to be certified by NMPA.
Which UDI code-issuing agency do you use? We can confirm if the agency is certified in China.
The registrants shall upload, maintain and renew the product identification and related data on the UDI database after the product is approved or renewed, and before the commercialization of the product. And the registrants are held accountable for the authenticity, preciseness and completeness of UDI data.
Devices First Subject to UDI Rules
In mid-September, the First Group of Unique Device Identification Devices (Draft) specified 64 Class III high risk implanted devices going into first UDI trial. Click HERE for our comment for the list.
By October 2020, UDI Rules will be mandatory for the 64 medical devices, and the UDI requirement for other products will be implemented gradually.
The UDI Rules also implicates the submission materials. For the 64 devices, if the registration has been accepted or approved before August 1, 2020, the registrant shall submit the product identification, of the smallest sales unit, in the registration management system during the product’s renewal or modification.
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Education and the election
Education affects every person, whether they are on the receiving end of education, concerned for America's future with the next generation or simply paying for it through taxes.
Below is an outline of plans, policies and thoughts on education from President-elect Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Carol Hill-Evans, the York City Council president who was elected to the state House for the 95th District.
Trump: According to his website, Trump has a few key points to his vision regarding education.
Trump is a staunch supporter of school choice and hopes to add an additional federal investment of $20 billion toward this initiative. School choice essentially means that students and parents would have alternative options to public schools in their areas, such as charter schools or private schools. In a talk given at an inner-city charter school in Cleveland, Trump called the current education system a failure.
"There's no failed policy more in need of urgent change than our government-run education monopoly," Trump said.
Trump also believes that funds, through block grants, should follow the student to whichever school they choose to attend. States would be directed to use the money to help students attend their school of choice. According to his website, distribution of the funds would favor states that have private school choice, magnet schools and charter laws.
Trump's website states he is in favor of reforms to reduce the cost of college and student debt in exchange for federal tax breaks and tax dollars. According to The Associated Press, no concrete plan has been offered by Trump on how to do this, but his site states that he would work with Congress. He also has said he would work make a two- or four-year college and vocational and technical education more accessible.
According to AP, Trump has come out against Common Core and would do away with the standards if elected, even though standards are adopted by states and not federally mandated. Trump has not mentioned any policies or intentions for Common Core or early childhood education on his site.
Toomey: Toomey was re-elected as Pennsylvania's senator Tuesday for a second term. Like Trump, Toomey has supported school choice. According to his website, Toomey voted for the Every Child Succeeds Act, which authorized grants to open more charter schools and give them flexibility in use of federal funds. His goal is to have parents take more control of elementary and secondary schools.
State Sen. Scott Wagner, R-Spring Garden Township, is a local supporter of charter schools and school choice. His chief of staff, Jason High, explained that Wagner supports school choice because he believes it helps improve education for everyone.
"Scott's a believer that parents should have a choice as far as how their children are educated," High said. "Unfortunately, the public school system has been lacking, but school choice is one way to improve the system for everyone."
Toomey's website points out that he has fought to preserve federal funding for the state's schools through his efforts against an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that would have reduced federal funding for Pennsylvania.
Like Trump, Toomey also supports making college and student loans more affordable. He voted in favor of the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013, which stopped student loan hikes, and he joined an effort to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program. The site does not state if he will continue these efforts.
Toomey is in favor of increasing the quality of vocational and technical training in Pennsylvania. He has voted for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and he introduced the Career Act. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act modernized federal worker training programs, while the Career Act cuts red tape and duplication in federal worker training programs and redirects money to additional education and training, according to his website.
Finally, Toomey introduced an amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act that prohibits federally funded schools from helping an employee get a new job if there is information that the employee engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor. His communications director did not respond when asked if he would continue these initiatives or if he had new goals for education.
Hill-Evans: Despite having only a few months to campaign after she was chosen to run as the Democratic choice for the state's 95th House District, Hill-Evans defeated Republican Joel Sears on Tuesday night. She was selected by the Democratic Party of York County in August to run for the position after Rep. Kevin Schreiber, D-York City, announced he would not be seeking re-election.
Hill-Evans explained in an interview that she's still learning and looking into what exactly she will be able to do and work on as the new representative for York City, but she hopes to continue to increase funding for Pennsylvania schools.
Hill-Evans explained that after previous Gov. Tom Corbett cut $1 billion from education funding, schools in the area suffered, having to eliminate programs such as art, music and physical education as well as cutting important staff positions, including school counselors and librarians.
"Basic things that you and I took advantage of when we were in school, our kids were living without," Hill-Evans said. "What I would like to do is continue to restore our funding back into education so that we can bring our schools back to the way they used to be with a full, well-rounded education."
The current York City Council president said she will continue to work with the York City School District on its recovery plan, which was set in place three years ago.
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Poppy, Yellow Horned (Glaucium flavum), packet of 30 seeds, organic
Family: Poppy (Papaveraceae)
Perennial in Zones 6 to 9
(Yellow Horned Poppy, Yellow-horned Poppy)
Native to the Mediterraean. Herbaceous perennial with large, bright yellow flowers that give way to elongated, beanpod-like follicles. Source of glaucine, a powerfully antitussive compound. Plant prefers full sun and poor, dry soils or waste places. Seed germinates best when given 30 to 90 days moist refrigeration, then planted in warm conditions. Alternately, one can sow the seeds outdoors in the fall or early spring, with germination in the spring as the ground warms up. Thin to 1 foot apart.
30 seeds per packet, Certified Organically Grown
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Researchers at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center are developing technologies for a pocket-sized aerial surveillance device for Soldiers and small units operating in challenging ground environments.
The Cargo Pocket Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance program, or CP-ISR, seeks to develop a mobile Soldier sensor to increase the situational awareness of dismounted Soldiers by providing real-time video surveillance of threat areas within an immediate operational environment.
While larger systems have been used to provide over-the-hill ISR capabilities on the battlefield for almost a decade, none deliver it directly to the squad level, where Soldiers need the ability to see around the corner or into the next room during combat missions.
When Soldiers and small units need to assess the threat in a village, or in thick canopy terrain where traditional ISR assets cannot penetrate, the CP-ISR can be deployed to provide that capability. … (Read more)
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The process of building a house is much like a lot of very worthy things in life: complex and (frequently) lengthy, but ultimately extremely rewarding. There is something special about having your own house built, instead of moving into an already-built home or into a place that has seen generations come and live in it before. The ability to customize your new environment – and the power to bring your desired specifications, needs, and wants to your new living space – offers a different degree of ownership.
Before all of that gets settled, however, the process of building a house can be a long and winding one. That’s where we come in! In this blog post, we’ll take you on a guided journey of the process of building a house – looking at all the specific steps one needs to take to get into their dream home. Let’s dive in here:
- STEP ONE: Decide if building a house is the right way to go. Before you go plunging into the process of building a house, it’s important to take a step back and decide if this is really the best option. Building your home is rewarding, for sure – but it’s also a lot of work. The process of planning, selecting, scouting, purchasing, monitoring, and developing is not only a huge commitment in terms of effort, but it’s also a huge commitment in terms of time. For those with busy schedules – perhaps people at the start of their careers – that level of time and effort might not really fit into the rest of your life. If that’s the case, perhaps purchasing an already-built home might work better with everything else going in your lives. The bottom line? The process of building a house is a serious commitment; make sure you’re up for it before you get started!
- STEP TWO: Get organized. If you do decide that building a house is right for you, effective organization is the first thing to do. Get a sense of your finances. Explore how much capital you’ll have for the homeownership process, and how much you’re willing to spend. Check-in with your attorney, bank, financial advisor, even your friends, and family. Make a list of all of the different steps you need to take in your life to get ready for the build, and lay out a timeline to get a sense of when you see this project finishing. Another crucial part of this organization step? Try to find a homebuilding mentor. Ask around – friends, family, and colleagues – and find someone who’s actually built their own home to serve as a trusted advisor for the homebuilding process. Having someone who’s “been there and done that” in their personal life can be extremely valuable, especially when it comes to the specific intricacies of your local real estate environment.
- STEP THREE: Decide where you’re going to build. You’ll have to answer one of the most basic questions when it comes to the process of building a house – where are you actually going to put it?!? In order to build your house, you’re going to have to purchase a plot of land suitable for your needs. Many times, this is the trickiest part of the process. Are you going to look for a plot of land with an existing home on it that must be demolished first – or go for a place without any construction on it? The same questions apply to your land selection as they would in choosing the location for a home. Where do you need to be for your job/social life/family desires? Are there any environmental concerns with the land itself or the surrounding area that may cause a problem either now or in the future? Is it enough space – not only for the home itself but for a backyard (for kids or pets) or a garage (for storage or vehicles)? How about the zoning rights of that plot of land – is it okay for a house and whatever other additions you might want to make for it? All of these concerns need to get addressed before you purchase the land.
- STEP FOUR: Find an architect. Here’s where the trickiest balance comes in with the process of building a house: weighing your desires for your dream home with the realities of finances. In this case, it’s always a good idea to enlist some professional help when it comes to a design. The first crucial team member you’ll need? An architect. An architect can help you translate your dreams and desires into something tangible and real – letting you know what’s doable when it comes to your dream house and suggesting other elements and features that you might not have even considered. It’s essential you have a good, productive relationship with your architect; let them know you welcome their ideas and suggestions, but be firm in asserting that this is YOUR project. Ask around for recommendations on architects (either solo practitioners or firms), and go with the architect or firm you feel you have the best relationship with.
- STEP FIVE: Find your builder. Unless you’re going to build the entire house yourself (and get all the materials and deal with all the subcontractors…), you’re going to need a building firm that can execute the design that you and your architect put together. Just as it is with the architect, trust and rapport are essential for your relationship with your builder in the process of building a house. Speak to them about your budget, your specific needs, and your timeline, and make sure you’re crystal-clear on each of these elements. Let them know the expectations of them and any of the pertinent details they need to know. Once you’re sure you’ve found the right partner, let them loose to start doing the work. They’ll be able to take care of a great deal of the project’s legwork – acquiring materials, scheduling labor, working with contractors and subcontractors, and more.
- STEP SIX: Monitor the construction. After you’ve got the finances set and found the right architect and builder, it’s time to take a step back and let the house grow – while keeping an eye on the progress. You don’t have to be on-site with your new house every day – that’s excessive, and would probably get in the way of the professionals. However, it is essential that you schedule regular visits to check in on the construction, get an accurate sense of the building timeline, and deal with any design problems or flaws that come up during the process. Hopefully, your good working relationship with the house builder and the house architect will help to make the process smooth and easy. Once everyone’s all set, you’ll be able to move in and start living in your own custom-built house!
Seeking out more information on homeownership or anything else real estate? Turn to LemonBrew. Explore our engaging blog section for new articles every week with the information you need to know about real estate – like the most common problems found in a property title search, how mortgages work, and the best real estate podcasts out there. Come see what we’re all about!
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Although any hotel can be made more eco-friendly if guests don’t expect clean sheets or towels every day during a multiple night stay, some hotels take eco-friendly to a higher level. At Hotel Scoop, we’ve been lucky to experience a few of them. The scope ranges from luxury beach resorts to quiet comfort in the woods and an historic lodge.
At Shores Resort and Spa in Daytona, Florida, guests are treated to spectacular views of the Atlantic or Intracoastal Waterway. Diana found the resort family-friendly but also perfect for romance, particularly if you treat yourself to the full-service spa. Environmentalism is part of Shores Resort and Spa’s best practices. As a partnering hotel with “Clean the World,” a national organization that recycles and distributes unused and partially used soap products to people in countries where good hygiene is hard to come by, Shores Resorts and Spa puts the friendly in eco-friendly. Another friendly practice is the resort’s Green Team. Twice a month employees volunteer to clean up a one-mile section of the beach.
Also, the resort has eliminated Styrofoam and 80% of the incandescent light bulbs have been replaced with high efficiency ones. Guest rooms include a bin for recycling trash as well as environmentally-safe reusable tubes for soaps and shampoos.
At the Listel in Vancouver, Carolyn found eco-friendly paired with art. Along with being Vancouver’s “art-full” hotel where original contemporary art is a prominent feature of the decor, the Listel is a “zero waste facility.” This means all waste is recycled one way or another. Nothing ends up in a landfill. The hotel also added rooftop solar panels and a heat recovering system in 2008 as a cutting edge move to reduce the hotel’s carbon footprint.
Nancy headed to the 4-star resort Baía da Barca on Pico Island in Portugal for her eco-friendly stay. Started as a resort to educate people about living in harmony with nature and to promote eco-tourism, Baía da Barca has several eco- friendly features such as rainwater tanks, heat pumps, and solar panels that provide hot water by utilizing ambient air and the sun. All of the resort’s lighting is low energy and the pool’s water comes directly from the ocean.
Energy efficiency does come with magnificent views of the Atlantic and opportunities to explore including hiking and whale watching (when in season).
Rustic sustainability is the key at Glen Oaks in Big Sur, California. Katie’s eco-friendly stay gave her an opportunity to relax in the quiet beauty of the woods. Whether you stay in one of Glen Oaks’ cabins or cottages, or a room in the adobe lodge, you’ll find similar features that harken a feeling of back-to-nature simplicity mixed in with tasteful elegance. Furniture is eco-friendly and often made of recycled wood. Recycled stone is also used in the bathrooms.
Poco A Poca Hotel and Spa in Monteverde, Costa Rica gave Kristen an environmentally-friendly honeymoon with sustainability and luxury as ingredients. The hotel has its own water treatment plant which ensures that water is recycled once it’s treated. Some of the water is used in the gardens where 75% of the plants are native to Monteverde.
Guests are also encouraged to recycle their garbage and all cleaning products are biodegradable. Poco A Poca Hotel and Spa’s eco-friendly efforts have earned it the 4-Leaf Award given by Costa Rica’s Sustainable Tourism Certification Program.
My favorite stay with an eco-friendly spin is the 100 year old Glacier Park Lodge at Glacier National Park in Montana. Here, energy efficient lighting is used in all guest rooms, common rooms, and the employees’ quarters. Guests are encouraged to recycle and are treated to The BeeKind™ environmentally-friendly amenity collection of Gilchrist & Soames. Use of these products help to fund bee research.
Also, without TVs in rooms, guests are more likely to play environmentally friendly putt putt golf, shuffle board or board games, or hang out on the porch strumming a guitar.
Post by Jamie Rhein. Except where noted, photos courtesy of the hotels.
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While much has changed since 1978, the mission remains the same
From its early beginnings as the country's fifth air-medical program and a pioneer helping develop new ways to save lives, LifeFlight Eagle's mission has been to provide rural communities with access to rapid, life-saving critical-care transport.
LifeFlight Eagle's roots began as the Spirit of Saint Joseph Life Flight, which launched in 1978 as the vision of a group of physicians and nuns at Saint Joseph Health Center in Kansas City.
Based on military success in Korea and Vietnam using helicopters to evacuate wounded soldiers from remote battlefields, they knew that rapidly transporting patients to hospitals saved lives. They were confident that the same principle would hold true for trauma and cardiac patients in rural Missouri and Kansas — if they could get patients to a hospital that could provide definitive treatment sooner, lives would be saved and outcomes improved. The Spirit of Saint Joseph Life Flight was approved, and the organization signed a contract with an aviation company to provide the aircraft, pilots and mechanics.
In preparation to launch its operation in the summer of 1978, Life Flight took its aircraft to community hospitals around the region to share how helicopters would revolutionize critical patient movement. On one of these trips to Clinton, Mo., in May 1978, a car and motorcycle collided right in front of the hospital. Even though it was several weeks from the program's planned launch, the flight crew transported the first-ever Life Flight patient to Saint Joseph Health Center, where physicians operated and saved his life.
The program transported thousands of patients in its first few years and saved countless lives. Because of the positive impact that helicopter transport was making on patient outcomes, new medical helicopter programs were being started across the country, and here in Kansas City.
In 1985, Research Medical Center launched its own air-medical program called Research Eagle. A year later, Saint Luke's Hospital became a partner in the Life Flight program, and the name was changed to the Spirit of Kansas City Life Flight. Shortly thereafter, Children's Mercy Hospital joined the Life Flight program to fly pediatric patients from outlying hospitals. As transport requests increased, a second Life Flight helicopter needed to be added soon thereafter.
"There was a sense of mission and purpose for the crews flying — we could see that helicopter transport was making a difference in patient's lives," said Ruby Mehrer, LifeFlight Eagle's director of government relations, who was one of the original flight nurses and later chief flight nurse at Research Eagle.
"One of my first flights was to Burlington, Kansas," Mehrer remembered. "We flew out to pick up a patient who was in cardiogenic shock. Ten days later, that little old man walked out of the hospital with his wife."
"He wouldn't have made it in an ambulance," she said. "We knew what we were doing was important. We really saved a lot of lives."
The industry was still in its infancy, and both Life Flight and Research Eagle were helping lead the way.
Mehrer noted that much of the focus of the flight programs was on providing education to EMS personnel, nurses, and doctors throughout the region. The benefits of air-medical transport were a key message.
Michel Hall started her career as a flight nurse in 1981 at Spirit of Saint Joseph Life Flight, and served as a flight nurse and aeducation coordinator at LifeFlight Eagle until she retired in 2018. She recalled a lot of the changes the program went through as it matured.
"When I first started, flight nurses flew as the only medical crew member," Hall said. "We were by ourselves with the patient in the back of the helicopter. If we thought we would need help and someone was available, we would grab someone from the hospital, but most of the time we flew alone."
She said it was difficult to manage all the patient's medical needs without a second medical crew member. "We had no ventilators at all, so if we had to intubate a patient, we had to bag them the whole way," she said. "We worked with what was available to us at the time — it's just what we did."
Mehrer remembers difficulty with equipment that was designed for use in hospitals or ambulances. "It was so early on, nothing was designed for helicopters. Everything was either too big, too heavy and cumbersome, or it couldn't handle the natural vibration of the aircraft."
Medical equipment wasn't the only thing primitive by today's standards.
"We used to use a giant wall map with a string and compass to give the pilots heading and distance," said Kevin Seaquist, who began his career as a communications specialist with LifeFlight more than 20 years ago. "Then we used detailed maps of each county to try to identify the landing zone and tell the pilot about it in a way he could understand from the air."
The two programs continued to compete until 1996, when leaders concluded that they could better and more efficiently serve their communities by working together.
The two programs merged, forming LifeFlight Eagle as a non-profit organization. Its offices were moved to the downtown airport in Kansas City, Mo., and the three aircraft were replaced with two larger, twin-engine aircraft that were also based at the airport and staffed by a pilot, flight nurse and flight paramedic.
The changes didn't stop with the merger, though.
LifeFlight Eagle continued to look for ways to better serve its communities. In 2000, LifeFlight Eagle opened a base in Harrisonville, Mo., which allowed it to move one of its aircraft closer to its patients to the south. This reduced the time it took to get the helicopter and medical crew to the patient, and the patient to definitive care. This model proved very successful, and in 2003 LifeFlight Eagle moved its other helicopter to Blue Springs.
In 2004, LifeFlight Eagle purchased two new Bell 407 helicopters and dedicated one of the existing twin-engine aircraft to its partner, Children's Mercy Critical Care Transport Team, and based it at Children's Mercy Hospital.
LifeFlight Eagle continued to explore options that would best serve its patients in the region. Based on time and transport requests, data indicated that patients in north-central Missouri would benefit from an aircraft being positioned closer to their area. Because of that need, LifeFlight Eagle opened a base in Trenton, Mo., in 2005.
Using the same methodology in examining the needs in the southern part of the region, LifeFlight Eagle opened a fifth base in Clinton, Mo., in 2007.
In 2010 years ago, it relocated its Blue Springs aircraft to a new base east of Odessa, Mo., where it would be closer to the patients it served. In 2017, in relocated its Trenton aircraft to a new base in Chillicothe.
The operation has become much more sophisticated since its early days.
LifeFlight Eagle's aircraft now carry state-of-the-art medical equipment, including ventilators, IV infusion pumps, complex monitors that can pace and defibrillate the heart, and other specialty equipment.
Today, LifeFlight Eagle's communications specialists utilize sophisticated computer mapping applications to identify landing zones and transmit GPS coordinates to pilots in flight, and they track all aircraft movements by satellite.
Just as Life Flight and the Research Eagle were leaders that helped pioneer a new industry, LifeFlight Eagle continues to focus on being an industry leader in clinical care, safety, and community service.
LifeFlight Eagle invests heavily in educating its staff to ensure they are on the cutting edge of patient care. Its medical crews are required to achieve high-level critical-care certification, including Critical Care Registered Nurse or Certified Flight Paramedic certifications from national boards. In addition, they go through vigorous, ongoing training and simulations to ensure they are prepared to care for even the rarest cases and most critical patients they transfer. Likewise, all communication specialists hold national certification.
That investment in education doesn't stop with its own staff. LifeFlight Eagle provides free education to hospitals, EMS and first responders throughout its service areas. Its highly experienced staff teach courses on new, cutting edge life-saving techniques as well as continuing education classes to refresh skills. This helps community hospitals and EMS agencies keep their staffs certified, and it saves them money.
LifeFlight Eagle is a strong leader when it comes to safety, which is at the core of everything LifeFlight Eagle does. The organization utilizes a Safety Advisory Group made up of medical crew members, pilots, mechanics, and communication specialists, who work to proactively identify and address safety issues.
"We've become more aware of how human factors and the safety culture play a role in keeping everything we do safe — not just patient missions, but everything," said Joe Coons, LifeFlight Eagle's Director of Safety.
The organization works diligently to promote safety with its community partners and the air-medical industry as a whole. It conducts safety outreach and training with hospitals and first responders, helping coach and educate them about LifeFlight Eagle's safety needs and how they can improve the safety in their own organizations.
LifeFlight Eagle hosts an annual Safety Symposium in Kansas City for air-medical programs across the country and North America, who come together to share ideas and gain insight on how to improve safety at their own organizations.
"We bring people together because safety is not proprietary," Coons said. "We want to facilitate a venue that allows programs to share their learnings and efforts to improve safety with others throughout the entire industry."
As a not-for-profit organization, part of LifeFlight Eagle's mission is to improve the communities it serves. It participates in emergency preparedness drills, dozens of community health fairs each year, and other educational events like mock accident scenes for high schools to promote save driving and discourage distracted and impaired driving.
LifeFlight Eagle continues to look for ways to be a leader and to better serve its communities.
"We're a non-profit organization that's here to provide safe, rapid critical-care transport to the communities we serve," said LifeFlight Eagle CEO Roxanne Peek. "Even as we look back at how much things have changed in more than 35 years since Life Flight was born, that's always been the mission. It will continue to always be the mission. We look forward to continuing to evolve and improve LifeFlight Eagle to serve our communities even better in the future."
LifeFlight Eagle through the years
- 1978 – Spirit of Saint Joseph Life Flight formally launches with an Aérospatiale Alouette III.
- 1983 – Life Flight upgrades its helicopter to an Aérospatiale AS-350
- 1985 – Research Medical Center launches Research Eagle with a Bell 206 helicopter
- 1986 – Spirit of Saint Joseph Life Flight partners with Saint Luke's Hospital and Children's Mercy Hospital and becomes Spirit of Kansas City Life Flight. Second AS-350 helicopter added to system.
- 1996 – Spirit of Kansas City Life Flight and Research Eagle merge, forming LifeFlight Eagle as a non-profit organization. Program relocated to downtown airport in Kansas City, Mo. Three helicopters replaced with two BK-117 twin-engine helicopters.
- 2000 – LifeFlight Eagle relocates one aircraft to Harrisonville, Mo., to be closer to patients
- 2003 – LifeFlight Eagle relocates its other aircraft to Blue Springs, Mo.
- 2004 – LifeFlight Eagle purchases new, state of the art Bell 407 helicopters and dedicates one of the BK-117 helicopters exclusively for use by Children's Mercy Critical Care Transport Team
- 2005 – LifeFlight Eagle opens a new base in Trenton, Mo., and locates a Bell 407 helicopter there
- 2007 – LifeFlight Eagle opens a new base in Clinton, Mo., and purchases another Bell 407 helicopter
- 2009 – LifeFlight Eagle equips all aircraft with two sets of Night Vision Goggles
- 2009 – LifeFlight Eagle purchases a new EC-145 helicopter to replace the Children's Mercy BK-117
- 2010 – LifeFlight Eagle builds a new base east of Odessa on I-70 and relocates its Blue Springs aircraft and crew there
- 2014 – LifeFlight Eagle purchases two new Bell 407 GX aircraft as part of its fleet replacement program
- 2016 – LifeFlight Eagle announces it will relocate its Trenton, Mo., base to Chillicothe, Mo., in 2017, allowing the program to better serve the region
- 2017 – LifeFlight Eagle relocates its northern base from Trenton to a new facility at the Chillicothe Airport
- 2019 – LifeFlight Eagle launched ground critical-care transport service serving the Kansas City region and LifeFlight Eagle’s southern service area to assist hospitals with interfacility transports when weather conditions precluded its ability to fly patients
- 2020 – LifeFlight Eagle partnered with the Chillicothe Fire Department to begin offering ground critical-care transport in LifeFlight Eagle’s northern service area
- 2021 – LifeFlight Eagle introduced LaunchLFE, a mobile app that allows hospitals, EMS and 911 dispatch to quickly request critical-care transport, track aircraft in flight, and easily communicate patient information.
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The Gear That All Fishermen Should Have In Their Boat
Fishing is a pretty expensive sport. It isn't simply one rod/reel and a handful of baits. Once you really get into the sport, you'll notice yourself buying a new rod/reel for every type of fishing, casting and bait you use (e.g. dock fishing with a worm for bass). There are quite a few other items the avid fisherman should have in their boat to have on hand when needed. To get your supply started, see below for the gear you need.
There's nothing worse than trying to catch your limit for the day in the rain - unless you're trying to do it in the rain without a rain suit. Invest in a good rain suit that will hold up to the weather. Don't look for a cheap poncho, as that isn't going to cut it. Look for a lightweight rain jacket and pants to go with it or a jacket with overalls. These will not only keep you dry, as they'll also keep you warm while still being a little breathable.
You can invest in a professional style life jacket (the one where you pull a tab to inflate it), or you can invest in a mid-grade life jacket that fits you well and isn't too heavy. Be sure to have more than one on your boat, just in case you have someone with you fishing for the day.
To help protect those expensive rods, look for rod covers to help protect the tips of your rods and cover the line/hooks from getting snagged on your other rod/reels.
When you begin purchasing different types of tackle, you'll start to get a little overwhelmed, so be sure to stay organized with your tackle by investing in tackle boxes for each type of bait. You can put worms, jigs, hooks and weights in their own compartments. Label everything so you can find things easily and quickly on your boat in case you need to re-bait or re-line while fishing.
Lines and hooks can get caught up in just about anything. To help get your hooks or line out easily, be sure to bring a good pair of scissors or needle-nose pliers onto your boat in the event you need them.
Fish Scale/Measuring Board
There may be a minimum size for keeping the fish you are fishing for, so you'll want to be sure you have over that minimum size. Do this by keeping a scale and measuring board on your boat. You may want to have this as well so you can show off the size and weight of your large keeper to your other fishing buddies.
For more information, visit http://www.wilcoxbaitandtackle.com/ or a similar website.
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The purpose of our emotions is for us to be able to have a rich, intimate relationship with God and each other. Our emotions help us to understand each other and to understand God in deeper and richer ways.
Take the time to slow down and observe what you are feeling. Allowing yourself the freedom to feel enriches the pleasure in your life. Observing what we are feeling, and how that is expressed physically and mentally, increases our awareness of who we are and how we interact in the world. Observing where in your body you feel joy, where you feel anxiety, and where you feel delighted can enrich your experience of life. Even if what you are observing is sadness or grief, our emotions enrich our living experience. We feel more fully alive when we take those moments to observe ourselves. We may feel pensive or depressed at times, but we also feel happiness, curiosity, anticipation, disappointment, and a sense of satisfaction for a job well done. When we shut off from the risk of pain, we are also shutting ourselves off from many feelings of pleasure.
We can find delight by looking for and embracing small pleasures each day. Seeking beauty encourages joy and happiness. We have five senses which provide five different ways to enjoy life. Taking time to enjoy the color, texture, sight, smell and taste of food enriches our experience with food. If we only ate one single bland food all the time, it would not be a very nice experience. The same is true with emotions.
Many times, we need to observe our own emotions and pay attention to what we are feeling. Our emotions are giving us information, but that information is filtered through our past experiences. The emotion may or may not be a true reflection of what is actually going on right now.
Our sense of smell, the sensations we get from odors, can trigger emotions and maybe one of our strongest memory triggers. The same smell can trigger different emotions for different people. The fresh odor of a crushed mint leaf can trigger the pleasant emotions of being out of doors in a beautiful herb and flower garden for one person. For another, that same mint smell can trigger the uncomfortable memory of medicine and being ill in a hospital. The odor is neutral; how it affects us depends on our individual experiences. Our feelings arising from these odors can cause us to feel joy or warn us of unpleasantness.
Feelings are also triggered by touch. Think about what you are touching right now. The slick feel of the screen of an electronic device, or the smoothness of paper. The sensation of the clothes you are wearing, the chair, or wall, or floor that you are touching. Be aware of all the different textures you are around right now. Some of them feel smooth and soft to the touch, others are coarse and heavy. What is your emotion when you touch these things? Is it pleasant? Is it uncomfortable? Is it neutral, just an observation?
What do you hear right now? Do you hear the birds or the wind rustling in the leaves? What about sounds of vehicles or people going by or children’s laughter? What sounds are pleasant to your ears? Which sounds are unpleasant? Which are neutral?
Look around you right now. There is color everywhere. Which colors please your eyes? Which colors are neutral, which are intense, which are soft? What emotions do you feel when you look at a blue sky? What do you feel about the colors of grass and trees? What colors trigger pleasant emotions in you and which ones trigger unpleasant?
Think about your last meal. What were the different tastes involved? What was sweet? What was salty? What was spicy? What was mild? Foods are designed to give us pleasant sensations. What emotions did you feel while you were eating?
God designed us to experience joy. He gave us emotions so that we could feel pleasure, happiness, also discomfort and more, and all of these things enrich our experiences as human beings. That is part of the original design. There is a rich emotional life available for you. It is how God created us. There is a lot of good in the world. There is a lot of beauty in the world even in the midst of struggle. When we look for the beauty in the world, we are moving toward happiness and pleasure, moving towards the restoration of the rich emotional life we were created to have.
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Goblin purchased the rights to William Hermann Brenner Thornton’s design, and manufactured the first commercial Goblin Teasmade in 1937. It was made of plywood, and a lampshade “of a pleasing and modern design” was included. The kettle was chrome plated and was fitted with a patented element. It was available in two versions, The Alarm Model and the Day Model, and buyers could choose from a cream, green or blue finish.
Many thanks to Doug for presenting me with a Teasmade launch leaflet as a wedding present – what a lovely gift!
The Day Model can be seen in the launch leaflet. This had no clock and was operated by a switch as required. A businessman has successfully transplanted his tea lady with a teasmade! The Day Model was offered at £3/15/0.
The Alarm Model with its synchronous alarm clock cost £5/15/6. It came with two earthenware cups, saucers, a cream jug and a sugar basin.
An advert for it can be seen in the Hobday Brothers electrical catalogue of 1938. Note that the tray and stand in the advert are painted green, with a matching green tinted lampshade. The clock was a synchronous Goblin Electric Alarm Clock. It was marked Goblin Electric on the dial just below the twelve, and Made in England on the bottom of the dial. The name Goblin Electric and “patent app. for” is on the back of the clock. The Alarm Model in my collection is complete with original yellow teapot marked Made in England. It was found under a house in Australia and incredibly both the teasmade and the teapot are in mint condition, with no stains or chips. On the underside of the base is the name Goblin and the number 1207.
Either model could be enhanced with a tray, two cups and saucers, cream jug and sugar basin (in the Hobday catalogue this costs an extra 10/6).
Production of teasmades was halted in 1939 due to the outbreak of war, and did not resume until 1947.
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Outsourcing of chosen small business features is only a actuality of everyday living in today’s global financial state. India’s extremely aggressive educational technique and massive English-talking inhabitants make it a pure spouse for highly demanding U.S. employers.
DELHI, India (PRWEB)
August 31, 2021
In the United States, about 300,000 work opportunities per calendar year are outsourced to a international assistance provider(1). India, which accounts for about 55% of the U.S. world services sourcing marketplace(2), is a foremost destination for these jobs. “Outsourcing of chosen company functions is simply a simple fact of existence in today’s world financial system,” says Neelesh Rangwani, founder of Delhi-dependent virtual assistant service provider Wishup. “India’s extremely aggressive academic procedure and monumental English-speaking populace make it a normal companion for extremely demanding U.S. employers.”
On the last day of June 2021, the US Bureau of Labor Stats reports, occupation openings grew by much more than 590,000 or by 6.5%. The biggest job opening enhance was in the specialist and enterprise services—more than 227,000.(3) It is precisely this area in which most staffing companies operate. About 45% of staff hired through a staffing agency will be employed in the clerical/administrative and managerial regions.(4)
The have to have for these expert services, explains Rangwani, is skyrocketing the worldwide outsourcing market place, valued at $92.5 billion in 2019, will be really worth an estimated $397.6 billion by 2025 for IT sourcing by yourself.(1) Even so, he notes, Indian outsource services providers facial area selected obstructions in generating their circumstance to U.S.-based mostly corporations.
Just one these types of impediment is the legacy of far more than 30 years of suboptimum India-dependent simply call-heart background. For some Individuals, the sound of an Indian accent raises quick assumptions of not staying recognized. The other concern (and dislike) is a discriminatory frame of mind towards “job burglars.” Some in this place, notes Rangwani, blame India and Indians for a perceived decline of work possibilities for U.S. citizens.(5)
The most efficient way for Indians to deal with these preconceptions, states Rangwani, is not to argue with them but to render them obsolete. Rangwani started out his personal staffing organization with the target to conquer these misconceptions by providing large-stage fractional personnel to help fill a expanding need. The 1st move will involve winnowing out 70% to 80% of candidates on the basis of resume/CV by yourself. It is followed by an aptitude test, followed by a published English take a look at. All those who make it previous these concentrations are then interviewed in English. This interview also serves to evaluate their capability on a lot more than 50 parameters of language abilities. Individuals who do nicely in the job interview stage—about two % of all applicants—are available work with the platform.
These outsource means, Rangwani emphasizes, are not interlopers they are a very important resource for progress- and effectiveness-oriented U.S. businesses. The annual turnover price amid American workers in some U.S. industries, together with information (44.8%), authentic estate/rental and leasing (49.4%), and qualified and business enterprise companies (69.2%)(6), force companies to be continuously selecting, and to maintain—or outsource—a fulltime education and staffing operation to deal with the problem.
Digital assistants operate the gamut of professional expert services—from government assistants to challenge professionals. Somewhere around 55% of providers and 74% of places of work in the United States use short term and contract staffing. On typical, more than 3 million individuals in the US perform as short term or deal personnel throughout a 7 days.(7)
India, notes Rangwani, has 125 million English speakers(8) and has an instructional program as competitive as any in the entire world. “India,” he states, “is a significant player. So, if The usa doesn’t give you the personnel you need, truly feel free to search elsewhere—and really don’t enable the bygone legacy of occasionally badly operate simply call facilities get in the way of your achievements.”
Wishup is a digital assistant staffing company that connects a proficient pool of men and women with organization house owners/business owners. They get the job done together in the direction of a common objective to achieve enterprise development. Wishup’s dedicated Digital Assistants get the job done with the choosing company on a just one-on-a single basis, specifically assigning jobs to them. Experienced in extra than 50 tasks in-household, Wishup’s Digital Assistants are all set from Working day 1. Only the best 1-2% of overall candidates make the reduce. For a lot more data, go to wishup.co.
1. Edgson, Jessica. “27 Eye-Opening Outsourcing Data (April 2021 Update).” CapitalCounselor, 4 Apr. 2021, capitalcounselor.com/outsourcing-data/.
2. “Brand India.” IBEF, ibef.org/field/details-technological know-how-india.aspx.
3. US Bureau of Labor Studies August Financial News Launch “Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary” posted 09 Aug 2021 Accessed 27 Aug 2021 bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
4. American Staffing Association: Staffing Field Statistics Accessed 27 Aug 2021 americanstaffing.net/exploration/reality-sheets-examination-staffing-market-tendencies/staffing-marketplace-studies/
5. Ammachchi, Narayan, et al. “Indian Get in touch with Center Brokers Routinely Encounter Racial ABUSE: Review.” Nearshore Americas, 7 Dec. 2017, nearshoreamericas.com/indian-get in touch with-heart-brokers-routinely-confront-racial-abuse-analyze/.
6. “Table 16. Once-a-year Whole Separations Premiums by Marketplace and Region, Not Seasonally Adjusted.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Figures, 11 Mar. 2021, bls.gov/information.launch/jolts.t16.htm.
7. Labor Will work United states Staffing Company and Non permanent Labor Data Accessed 27 Aug 2021 laborworksusa.com/staffing-agency-non permanent-labor-studies/#
8. Masani, Zareer. “English or Hinglish—which will India Select?” BBC, November 27, 2012, bbc.com/information/magazine-20500312
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How to identify a White Sucker
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South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 50,000 on Monday on fewer virus tests during the weekend, but the number of seriously ill patients reached a two-month high amid a virus resurgence fueled by a highly contagious omicron subvariant.
The country added 44,689 new COVID-19 infections, including 436 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,820,739, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
Monday's figure sharply fell from the previous day's 73,589 due mainly to fewer tests but is still larger than the 35,860 cases logged a week earlier, as the country has seen a resurgence of the virus, triggered by the spread of the omicron subvariant BA.5, the most transmissible variant yet of the coronavirus.
The growth in new infections led to the surge in the number of seriously ill patients.
The country reported 287 critical cases Monday, the highest figure after May 18, when the tally stood at 313.
The KDCA reported 21 deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 25,068. (Yonhap)
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Zaila Avant-garde, an African-American, from New Orleans in Louisiana, has won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 14-year-old Avant-garde, who is also an accomplished basketball player, is the first African-American contestant to win the prestigious competition in its 93 years history. The 8th-grader Avant-garde correctly spelt “Murraya”, a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees having pinnate leaves and flowers, to win a USD 50,000 prize.
Zaila is also the first Black contestant to win since Jody-Anne Maxwell of Jamaica in 1998. 12-year-old Indian-origin Chaitra Thummala, from San Francisco and 13-year-old Indian-origin Bhavana Madini, from New York, won second and third place respectively.
About the Award:
Scripps National Spelling Bee is an annual spelling bee held in the United States, for children of South Asian descent, to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives.
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“I’m still learning.” – Michaelangelo, at age 87
Songwriting is a craft that you can begin working on at any stage in your life. Unlike recording artists, who often have pressure to look and dress a certain way or to be a certain age, songwriters never have to “look the part.” Even in Nashville where it’s common for a songwriter to become “famous” among the locals, nobody cares how old they are, if their vocals are perfectly pitched, or what size dress they fit in. They can show up to play a gig at the famous Bluebird Cafe in a t-shirt and old jeans (not even black ones) and their songs speak for themselves.
Great Nashville songwriters like Harlan Howard, Richard Leigh, Bobby Braddock, Tom Shapiro, Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson and Gretchen Peters were, or still are, cranking out hits for young recording artists in their 50’s and 60’s (and that list is just off the top of my head). Singer songwriters like Elton John, Sting, Dylan, Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Cyndi Lauper all continue to write new material and reinvent themselves well into their prime. So, if you’re reading this and have a desire to write songs, nothing is stopping you. I would only add as a caveat that you have to be willing to continue to learn, to grow, and to be open to your surroundings…but that’s not rocket science.
For a little more inspiration, here’s a short list of diverse folks who accomplished great things at a more “mature” age. I culled this list from Goodreads.com and a couple of Google searches and admittedly haven’t fact-checked it, but it seems right to me!
- J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter.
- Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, and 49 years old when he wrote “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
- Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger.
- Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote “The Hunger Games.”
- Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.
- Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.
- Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.
- Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote “The Cat in the Hat.”
- Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise.
- Ronald Regan entered politics at age 55 and eventually became the oldest person to ever become President, at the age of 69.
- Artist Paul Cézanne was 56 years old when he was given his first art exhibition.
- J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out.
- Peter Roget invented the Thesaurus at age 73.
- George R.R. Martin was 63 when HBO purchased the television rights for his A Song of Ice and Fire series and launched the mega-hit “Game of Thrones” for which Martin actively writes and produces.
- Grandma Moses started painting at age 76. Three years later her art was hanging at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City! Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Write on, friends!
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A breakthrough first order has been made for 100 Chinese-made jetliners.
Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (Comac) has taken its first orders for the C919 passenger planes from three domestic airlines and General Electric's leasing arm.
The orders are being seen as a vote of confidence in state-owned Comac.
The move may also mark a challenge to the dominance of Boeing and Airbus who have virtual control of the trillion dollar aircraft industry.
Comac expects to sell more than 2,000 C919s over the next 20 years.
China is the world's fastest growing major economy and its domestic air travel market is set to expand rapidly over the next decade.
A billion Chinese are predicted to be flying for business and leisure in the near future and China is keen to reduce its reliance on foreign planes.
"The customer signing lays a market foundation for the C919, which has smoothly entered the engineering development phase," Comac chairman Zhang Qingwei said in a statement.
Speaking at a Comac press conference to announce the order, the company's chief accountant, Tian Min, said: "In the future we expect to see 3,000 new planes here in China and more than 30,000 new planes globally. So this is a very big market."
The model, which has 166 seats competes with Boeing's 737 and the Airbus A320.
According to estimates by Boeing, this segment of the market could be worth $1.7trillion over the next 20 years.
But neither Airbus nor Boeing showed signs of being troubled by the entry of the Chinese into their market.
Speaking at the Zhuhai Air Show in China, Laurence Barron, Airbus's top China executive, said: "We were born into competition 40 years ago and now we are number one. Frankly we are used to it. Where's the big deal?"
And Jim Simon, Boeing's vice-president for China commercial sales, said: "It makes the industry better, frankly, because it makes us sharper at our game."
Comac expects to start building the aircraft next year, followed by a maiden flight in 2014 with first delivery in 2016.
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One of the benefits of watermelon is that it consists of excessive amounts of nutrition c, which benefits cardiovascular health.
its aphrodisiac qualities also improve sperm counts and increase testosterone levels.
in addition to its fitness advantages, this fruit has anti-inflammatory and aphrodisiac homes and is low in energy and fats.
Read directly to analyze greater approximately the excellent advantages of juicy fruit for men.
Watermelon’s high nutrition c content reduces blood strain.
One of the most famous culmination for its vitamin c content material has been proven to decrease blood pressure in guys.
one study published in the American journal of hypertension discovered that watermelon should lessen blood pressure in obese people by more than 15 mmHg after six weeks.
moreover, watermelon carries l-citrulline, a nutrient that enables it to hold a wholesome blood glide.
The researchers observed that watermelon has a large antioxidant impact that may lessen blood stress in men.
This antioxidant additionally allows to save you from the development of diseases, along with AMD. Lycopene, determined in watermelon, is available as a supplement and can defend against numerous diseases.
Similarly, citrulline helps in enhancing cardio overall performance and decreases coronary heart paintings. Moreover, watermelon can also reduce the recovery period after a workout.
Researchers at the University of Kentucky and Purdue University found that a compound determined in watermelon reduced LDL cholesterol and artery-clogging plaque in humans.
the researchers also referred to that watermelon advanced the lipid profile of subjects and confirmed a decrease in LDL-c and a sizeable growth in HDL-c.
This fruit is wealthy in nutrients and has minimal energy. Zenegra is used for men’s fitness impotence troubles treatments.
The fruit is wealthy in antioxidants which can combat oxidative pressure and irritation. These are the main causes of swelling, pain, and continual illnesses like coronary heart sickness and arthritis.
One examination of rats discovered that watermelon reduced infection and oxidative pressure.
In human beings, watermelon is a natural source of vitamin c, and it may help reduce the risk of a few sicknesses, inclusive of most cancers.
Its aphrodisiac characteristics increase sperm depend.
Oysters are known for their sexual exploits and the meals they contain may be beneficial for growing sperm count.
Oysters are composed of water, protein, fats, and carbohydrate and have hint amounts of minerals and salts.
Perhaps the most attractive aspect of oysters is their form, which makes them very tempting. The ancient aztecs even believed chocolate to be an aphrodisiac.
One of the aphrodisiac foods which could grow sperm matter is maca root, a medicinal herb from peru. Its aphrodisiac properties may additionally boost sperm best and boom libido. The coronary heart is a powder that tastes nutty and may be sprinkled on oatmeal or delivered to smoothies. Men may also drink tea crafted from it, which contains aphrodisiac properties In order to resolve issues with the ED, Vidalista CT 20 is used.
Other aphrodisiac meals encompass darkish chocolate. Dark chocolate is crafted from cocoa beans and consists of l-arginine, a substance observed in sperm.
l-arginine improves the first-rate of sperm and may raise orgasm. Ethyl alcohol, too, can improve sperm count numbers.
This extract additionally carries antioxidants,
Which can be useful to a man’s reproductive gadget.
As aphrodisiacs, Safed Musli also can boom sperm count. Its traditional ayurvedic makes use was documented.
Tostada’s use as an aphrodisiac turned into confirmed while it turned into determined to improve sexual behavior in albino rats.
Another study determined that safed musli will increase libido in Wistar rats while increasing sperm depend.
Its antioxidant content reduces lipid peroxidation.
A recent examination discovered that drinking 16 fl. Oz. However, ingesting the juice did not drastically enhance plasma cholesterol or triglyceride stages, and consequently, a way of life trade is required to exchange lipid profiles.
Future research is needed to verify and refute those effects.
Zhewitra with numerous fitness advantages, inclusive of its excessive ranges of vitamin c and antioxidants.
Its excessive ranges of vitamin c and potassium additionally sell prostate health. Other crucial nutrients in watermelon encompass fiber and vitamin a, and its excessive antioxidant content promotes prostate fitness.
despite its nutrient content, watermelon may be an exceptional snack for men.
Another look indicates that ingesting juice from combined fruit can reduce lipid peroxidation and enhance normal fitness.
Researchers studied interleukin-1a and c-reactive protein levels, and additionally, they assessed the ranges of leptin and insulin resistance.
To determine lipid peroxidation, malondialdehyde and insulin had been measured. The researchers accept as true that juice intake should gain both males and females.
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In a preceding observation, researchers determined that the antioxidant content material of fruit and greens become related to the activity of antioxidants in the blood.
Consuming fruit and vegetables is associated with a lower mda stage and elevated antioxidant enzymes like sod.
Besides assisting reduce lipid peroxidation, fruit and vegetable intake also benefits men’s health. However, some scientists do not know whether or not the antioxidant content of juicy fruit can lessen the hazard of cardiovascular disorder.
It boosts testosterone ranges.
It’s no secret that eating lots of leafy vegetables can increase testosterone levels. These superfoods comprise several nutrients, together with folate, potassium, iron, calcium, and nutrients a and e. In unique, they lead the percentage in diet k, promoting bone fitness and protecting against osteoporosis. Furthermore, they were shown to maintain the frame’s infection low, boosting testosterone tiers.
Penegra 50 of meat is any other way to increase testosterone ranges. However, overeating will have the other impact and lead to different health problems.
Although meat provides protein to your eating regimen,
excessive amounts can decrease testosterone tiers and reason other fitness troubles.
But, in case you’re extreme about keeping your testosterone stages, pork is an amazing choice. It’s additionally excessive in zinc and diet d, two vitamins that are beneficial for testosterone stages.
Just make certain to choose unprocessed cuts of meat and don’t overeat red meat in sooner or later.
Avocados, bananas, watermelon, grapes, and citrus fruits can be suitable substitutes for refined carbohydrates in your weight-reduction plan.
Moreover, avocados incorporate robust nutrients and monounsaturated fat which could assist enhance testosterone tiers.
Also, cacao is some other top superfood for growing testosterone levels. This spice has the very best awareness of magnesium and zinc, which undoubtedly affect t-degrees and may increase testosterone ranges by as much as 24 percent.
Apart from being delicious, pomegranate juice is likewise appropriate for enhancing sperm best.
It boosts prostate health.
For instance, pomegranates include high amounts of ellagitannin, a phytochemical with anti-most cancers and antioxidant houses.
Pomegranates also include an antioxidant referred to as quercetin, which can also help sluggish down prostate-boom-related genes.
Eating orange juice may also prevent BPH and save you in addition to prostate increase.
Other prostate-pleasant ingredients include fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Instead of ingesting fatty and processed meals, pick clean results and veggies.
Moreover, Italian dressings and olive oil are useful for the health and prostate. Likewise, broccoli contains anti-most cancers properties and can sluggish the growth of prostate cells, and the addition of cayenne pepper can kill prostate cancer cells. Medicins also wholesome alternatives are Tadalafil.
Taking a balanced weight-reduction plan is crucial for prostate fitness. Prostate health is stricken by a person’s lifestyle, which includes not getting enough workouts or ingesting a food plan high in impurities.
The prostate desires lots of water to function successfully.
However, folks that are not exercised regularly may additionally experience growth in prostate length.
As a result, they may experience enlarged prostate signs and symptoms along with burning or pain when urinating.
Ayurveda treats prostate fitness on a holistic stage. A healthy lifestyle and normal exercising are important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Moreover, stretching is particularly beneficial for guys stuck at their desks for long durations, increasing circulate inside the prostate location.
A balanced weight loss program enables save you from the formation of the metabolic toxin ama, which causes many fitness troubles.
Ayurveda emphasizes the importance of a healthful weight loss plan and lifestyle.
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Foods that incorporate carotenoids are an idea to beautify virility. These crimson, yellow, and orange pigments in culmination and vegetables are antioxidants.
In an observation posted in fertility and sterility, growing carotenoid consumption changed linked to improving sperm motility and morphology.
Other meals that boom virility includes ginseng, black pepper, and turmeric.
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The “year of the V.” This is the title Vincent Deluard, director of global macro strategy for financial services firm StoneX, gave to 2021. He predicted a year dominated by the virus, vaccines, and volatility. All true so far. Historic fourth quarter supply chain capacity constraints are carrying over into 2021. Vaccine distribution and new immunization approvals are tightening chains even more. Now confronting these increasing demands is another growing challenge: labor shortages.
The Wall Street Journal reported thousands of vacant positions attached to vaccine production and distribution, including in warehousing. While staff shortages are not new, the “three V’s” are amplifying the problem. Savvy warehouses are turning to labor management systems (LMS) in response. The technology will play a critical role in meeting the global vaccine demand of 6 billion doses by year end.
Labor Cost Controls
Labor typically represents warehousing’s largest expense consuming between 30-60% of the budget. Estimates show implementing an LMS can reduce labor costs by 10-25%. The system aggregates historic and current data to create predictive scheduling that avoids overtime and staff shortages. Integrating an LMS with a warehouse management system (WMS) provides additional information for smarter staffing decisions based on factors like inbound shipping delays, product surges, and outbound volumes.
The Biden administration is planning 100 million vaccines administered by the end of April 2021. This represents a 200% increase over current volumes. Although these vaccines are currently delivered directly to the front line facility, they will likely begin to move through a third party distribution system as the vaccines become ubiquitous. This will allow opportunities to reduce cost and improve efficiency by leveraging a company that uses an LMS to effectively expand vaccine cold storage capabilities without labor disruptions.
A sophisticated LMS monitors real-time output and reallocates staff to different tasks based on throughput needs. This may result in moving workers from picking for an hour to address inventory or assembly. Adjoining tasks based on fluctuating demands strategically maximizes warehouse employees.
Direct work hours compared to indirect hours also impact throughput. An LMS identifies inefficiencies by analyzing how employees spend their time. The information informs output goals and can improve warehouse layouts. Reconfiguring a floorplan can help staff process more orders. Adjusting layouts as a function of staff productivity will become more critical as warehouses work to create additional storage space.
Not all employees are interchangeable. When it comes to vaccines and other pharmaceuticals, warehouse associates undergo specialized training. The protocols for managing temperatures, handling drugs, and documenting data for audits are highly regulated. Labor management systems account for employee skills and talents to generate schedules accordingly.
The practice maintains pharmaceutical compliance while fostering opportunities for additional staff training. When people change jobs, they usually go to another company. According to The State of the American Workplace by Gallup, only about 9% of employees feel they have an opportunity to grow within their company. Skills-based scheduling creates new learning opportunities for employees and shows signs of upward mobility to combat turnover.
An LMS tracks employee performance to key metrics. The system can trigger managers to provide real-time coaching to workers struggling to meet minimum standards. The LMS can also trigger a coaching session for over-performing associates. This allows the managers to share the knowledge of these employees with workers who may be struggling to perform at standard. Gallup’s survey found about 75% of workers perform their jobs without meaningful input to help them learn and grow. Identifying issues isolates problems as they occur—an important tool for staff development and meeting quality guidelines.
The system also aids in identifying top performers. Positive feedback and performance incentives improve retention. The best way to combat a labor shortage is retaining the staff you have. Research shows when bosses recognize and reward good work, 99% of employees remain engaged. That is a powerful number, especially as lives depend on warehouses storing and distributing vaccines to the entire world.
Langham’s LMS Technology
Despite the many benefits, more than half of warehouses do not use an LMS. Many find them cost prohibitive, but the return on investment is meaningful. As labor shortages grow and the demands placed on warehouses increase, operations without an LMS will struggle in keeping up and maintaining margin.
Langham implemented ProTrack in 2020 to optimize warehouse labor. In addition to smarter scheduling, the system is improving budgeting, used as a baseline for pricing models, and generating data for employee incentive programs. One of the more significant modules of the system is the ability to determine whether or not work in an area will be done on time or if additional labor is required, based on individual performances. The investment—one part of Langham’s suite of logistics technologies—has the company positioned well to manage 2021’s rapid influx of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.
Learn more about our technology investment strategy and how our forward-thinking approach makes Langham a logistics lifesaver.
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Once your mortgage is paid off, the loan will continue to appear on your credit reports for up to 10 years from the date it was closed as paid in full.
How Long Paid Mortgages Stay on Your Credit Report
When you make the final payment on an installment loan such as a mortgage—assuming there are no other outstanding payments or other irregularities—the lender reports the account to the national credit bureaus as closed and paid as agreed. The account remains on your credit reports up to 10 years from the account closure date.
If you never missed a payment or made a late payment, the account's positive payment history tends to benefit your credit scores for as long as it's on your credit report. Nevertheless, it's not unusual to experience a slight, temporary drop in credit scores upon paying off a mortgage.
If you made any late payments in the last seven years of your mortgage term, those will be noted in the closed account's payment history for seven years from the original delinquency date—that is, the date of the initial missed payment. Late payments have a negative effect on your credit scores, but their impact diminishes over time. Closed mortgage accounts can remain on your credit reports even after late payments have been removed.
What to Do if Your Mortgage Doesn't Appear as Paid on Your Credit Report
It can take 30 to 60 days for a lender to report a loan account closure to the credit bureaus, so there may be a few months' lag between when you make your last payment and when your credit reports are updated to reflect it.
If several months have passed and your paid mortgage account is still marked open on your credit reports at all three national credit bureaus (Experian, TransUnion and Equifax), consider contacting the lender to remind them to notify the bureaus.
If the account is marked closed at one or more credit bureaus but not the others, consider filing a dispute with the relevant bureaus, so they'll verify the account's paid status with your lender.
The Bottom Line
Paying off a mortgage is one of the most satisfying credit-related experiences anyone can have. The pride of owning your home outright likely outweighs any concerns over impact on your credit, but it's still helpful to understand how a paid mortgage affects your scores over time. You can view your credit score and credit report for free through Experian.
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By: Robert M. Califf, M.D., MACC, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and Vid Desai, Chief Information Officer
Technology and data have disrupted our world in ways unimaginable only 20 years ago – including how the world thinks about health. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated these changes and underscored the importance of aligning technology and data strategies to drive positive outcomes in our critical work addressing public health challenges. From how we integrate new technology into medical product application reviews and food safety efforts, to facilitating the use of data insights to help treat disease, technology and data are ubiquitous in the work of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In 2021, we began an agency-wide data modernization and enhanced technologies initiative. The effort provides a framework for us to take a collaborative, centralized approach to modernizing our technical IT infrastructure and the way we manage data across the FDA.
As we mark the one-year anniversary of the agency’s Data Modernization Action Plan (DMAP), and nearly three years since launching the agency’s Technology Modernization Action Plan (TMAP), we are pleased to provide an update on our progress with “Modernization in Action.” The anniversary report provides a detailed review of our progress as we move closer to the speed of industry in streamlining workflows, reducing the cost of maintaining data and network security, and improving the timeliness of delivery of services. Some highlights from the report include:
Driving Technology Modernization
- Infrastructure and Operations Modernization. The agency’s abrupt and seamless shift to a teleworking mode amid an enormous surge of work during the pandemic to support 25,000 users demonstrated the stability of FDA’s IT environment. From hosting more than 429,000 virtual meetings annually, to managing more than 2,400 applications and databases, to managing a 457% increase in cyber-attacks compared to pre-pandemic levels, the FDA met these challenges as a result of modernization efforts combined with the hard work of the FDA workforce. People are at this core of this work and effective modernization requires investing in people and organizational culture to work sustainability. The Office of Digital Transformation (ODT) established a team focused on improving IT talent acquisition and strengthening an emerging IT and data workforce. These activities have led to a 9.6% hiring increase over the prior year and a 17% improvement in Federal Employee Viewpoint scores.
- Agile and Product Culture. In addition to providing us the ability to pivot because of the pandemic, TMAP has proven an important framework for our general infrastructure work. Through it, we are positioned to implement Presidential EO 14028, Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, issued May 2021, directing agencies to modernize their cybersecurity capabilities. We continue to meet significant milestones in our move to the cloud, concurrent with End-of-Life (EOL) modernization initiatives resulting in >15% reduction of EOL devices in CY2021. This work is coupled with the adoption of industry standards and good practices like Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes across all operating areas. Ultimately, increased automation, sharing, reuse and consistent, repeatable processes are significantly improving the agility and cost effectiveness of IT activities. This work is supported by a strengthened strategic planning and budget process, analytics, and enhanced governance – working together to prioritize objectives and investments.
- Collaborations among the FDA, other government agencies, and stakeholders – including the data/technology sector – has been the catalyst for more effective development of scalable, technical tools needed for the future. The Guest Collaboration Experience allows the FDA staff to communicate and collaborate with external entities. In partnership with the Reagan-Udall Foundation, the FDA and the Friends of Cancer Research launched the Evidence Accelerator (EA) to advance the use of Real-World Data (RWD) to inform the COVID-19 response. In collaboration, ODT and the FDA’s Office of Food Policy and Response hosted the FDA New Era of Smarter Food Safety Low- or No-Cost Tech-Enabled Traceability Challenge.
Driving Data Modernization
- Driver projects are initiatives with measurable value that help multiple stakeholders envision what is possible, allow technical and data experts to identify solutions, and develop foundational capabilities in the agency. This strategy was an intentional departure from collecting data first and, subsequently, defining the questions the data can answer.
- Data practices help simplify data acquisition and reduce cycle time, strengthen governance, and provide security and scalability for enterprise use of data. Our progress over the past year ensures the FDA has access to high-quality, well governed data for use in public health decision making.
- The DMAP includes a strong focus on talent and elastic talent networks to drive innovation, efficiencies, and collaboration. We will continue to build on initiatives including scalable training, an AI-supported FDA-Expertise and Research Portal, and government-wide approaches to recruit and retain data scientists.
Our journey forward includes the upcoming Enterprise Data Implementation Roadmap and the FDA AI strategy, which will enhance our ability to put our data to work. It’s imperative we create enterprise-wide processes to support the people of the FDA and their work. This year we will roll out our Enterprise Modernization Action Plan – our plans to shape the FDA’s future by delivering successful cross-agency efforts that optimize shared business processes, enhance operational efficiency and use of our data, while strengthening the alignment between agency-wide strategic objectives and investments.
When the FDA applies more advanced technologies to its work, the agency can help facilitate innovative development of FDA-regulated products and new methods of generating and analyzing data to evaluate whether those products meet the FDA’s standards that patients depend upon. Ultimately, successful modernization of data and technology should make the job of working at the FDA both more productive and more fun. We know that people who work at the FDA love to make a difference, use the best science based on evidence and apply their talent to analysis of options to make good decisions. We intend for data and technology modernization to support a better and more satisfying way of working at the FDA.
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iSCSI, which stands for Internet Small Computer System Interface, works on top of the Transport Control Protocol (TCP) and allows the SCSI command to be sent end-to-end over local-area networks (LANs), wide-area networks (WANs) or the Internet. We use iSCSI targets for various purposes, like addition of storage disks for VMs, setting up as a backup disks for VMs and many other uses.
To configure iSCSI targets on Server 2012 R2, Please follow the following steps.
1. Open Server Manager by either clicking on the Server Manager icon next to start button or click on Start menu button and start typing Server Manager. On the Server Manager window select File and Storage Services.
2. Select iSCSI, then click on To create an iSCSI virtual disk, start the new iSCSI Virtual Disk wizard.
3. On the Select iSCSI virtual disk location window select the Server on which iSCSI Target Server role is installed and then select the volume on which you want to create the storage. In this practical I have two volumes i.e. C drive and E drive. We’ll select E drive to save the storage. However we can also select the custom path to save the file. After this, click on next to continue.
4. On the Specify iSCSI virtual disk name window type the name and description. I have assigned Vol1 as the name.
5. On the Specify iSCSI virtual disk size window we can see total free Space available. In this practical our E drive was of 200 GB therefore we can see 200 GB as free space. Define the size of storage that you want to create, we are assigning 100 GB of space.
Select Dynamically expanding. It provides better use of physical storage space and is recommended for servers running applications that are not disk intensive. Click on next to continue.
6. On the Assign iSCSI Target console we can define new iSCSI target however we can use existing iSCSI target if already used.
7. Specify the target name and description, it is recommended to mention this information so that you can easily track this storage.
8. Specify the iSCSI initiator that would access the iSCSI virtual disk. Click on Add to define the initiator.
9. I can see three methods to identify the initiator
9.1- Either we can query initiator computer for ID but it is not supported for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 or earlier Operating systems.
9.2- Select the initiator cache on the target server.
9.3- Enter the value for the selected server. I can define IQN, DNS Name, IP Address or MAC Address. In this practical, I’ll define IP Address of the initiator servers.
10. You can add list of all the initiator servers that would access the iSCSI disk. Click on next to continue.
11. You can also enable authentication however it is optional. You can enable CHAP protocol or reverse CHAP to allow initiator to authenticate the iSCSI target however in this practical we are not allowing them.
Click on next to continue.
12. You can confirm all the settings that you have defined. If all the settings are correct then click on create else click on previous and make the changes.
13. Once the iSCSI virtual disk and iSCSI target is created successfully you can close the wizard.
14. Again go to Server Manager select “File and Storage Services” and select iSCSI, if you see newly created disk then it confirms that disk is created successfully.
Now you can map this with any VM for any purpose.
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Snakes are reptiles, which means they are cold-blooded, lay eggs and have scales. All snakes are carnivorous, which means they only eat meat. Snakes might appear scary, but take a closer look - they're actually pretty amazing!
Author: Kathy Riley
Dimensions: 296 x 210mm
Publisher: Australian Geographic
Published Date: February 2018
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China News Agency, United Nations, June 9 (Reporter Wang Fan) On the 9th local time, the 76th United Nations General Assembly held a plenary session. The member states voted to elect Japan, Mozambique, Switzerland, Malta and Ecuador as non-permanent members of the Security Council. The term of office is two years from January 1, 2023.
According to the principle of regional rotation, the seats to be elected on the same day are 1 seat in Asia-Pacific, 1 seat in Africa, 2 seats in Western Europe and other countries, and 1 seat in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The candidate countries in each regional group have no competitors.
In the end, Japan, Mozambique, Switzerland, Malta, and Ecuador were successfully elected with more than two-thirds of the votes of the UN General Assembly.
This is the first time that Mozambique and Switzerland have become non-permanent members of the Security Council.
The five countries elected this time will replace India, Kenya, Ireland, Norway and Mexico from January 1, 2023.
The other five non-permanent members currently in the Security Council are the United Arab Emirates, Ghana, Gabon, Brazil and Albania, with a mandate until the end of 2023.
The United Nations Security Council consists of 15 members, in addition to the five permanent members of China, the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom and France, there are 10 non-permanent members.
The term of non-permanent members is two years, and five seats are replaced by elections each year, and they cannot be re-elected.
The 15 members of the Security Council will rotate as chairs for a period of one month.
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Here are some tips on how to have a good day on the water. It’s all about the planning and being aware of the environment you’re heading into. But perhaps the most important thing first up is to know your own ability and comfort level, and to judge each of these aspects with that in mind.
Check the weather forecast before all your paddle trips. There are many great weather sites out these days to help with your decision making on when and where to paddle. Some of our favourites are:
Check the forecast for the planned length of your paddle plus for the couple of hours after your planned return, just in case you are delayed. A decreasing wind forecast is a better for paddling than an increasing wind forecast. This way, if you get to the beach and it’s OK to go out you can be pretty confident it won’t get worse. Avoid paddling on days with an increasing wind forecast that is outside your comfort zone – if you get delayed you could be in trouble.
Check the wind direction and how it will affect your paddling destination. Will you have cover from the wind (eg paddling along cliffs that will protect you from the wind) or will the wind be blowing straight onto you? It’s good to have a few different paddling locations that are good in different wind directions.
Wind direction can also cause issues if it changes during your kayak. Generally, it's better to paddle into the wind then use it to help you back rather than tire yourself going out and then have to fight the wind on your return.
To get confidence, don’t go out in winds more than 10 knots when you are beginning and especially when paddling without an experienced paddler. As you gain more confidence you can start to test yourself in slightly stronger winds.
Consult marine forecasts to see how big the waves will be. Kayaking in bigger waves than you are comfortable with can cause you to capsize. Also be aware that on a kayak you are very close to the water so a half metre wave can seem bigger and more imposing than it actually is. An experienced kayak surfer may have no trouble riding a 1-2 metre wave. A novice kayaker should probably stay in water that's calm (no wind) or has small 30cm waves but be aware, even a "small" wave can upset a kayak if you're inexperienced. Only you can know what kind of waves you are able to handle.
Check with local outdoor recreation/boating/dive/kayak shops for inside knowledge on the area you will be kayaking in. If you are aware of currents in an area where you will be kayaking, you can also get the latest tidal current charts. It's easy to be caught kayaking in what seems to be calm waters only to find yourself in a current, and a spot of bother.
Check the temperature to ensure you are correctly dressed for comfort and safety. Broad brimmed hat and sun shirts for hot weather and thermals, fleeces and waterproof clothing for colder weather. Hot temperatures can also bring on an afternoon sea breeze. In places like the River Derwent in Hobart what is a perfect calm and warm morning can quickly become a rough and windy afternoon paddle.
A little bit of cloud and rain is not all bad for kayaking, as long as you are dressed for the weather. Waterproof kayaking gear will keep you warm and toasty and getting out in a bit of rain is a lot of fun. In warmer climates it can also be refreshing relief from heat as you aren’t getting baked by the sun.
Take note what the clouds, waves and wind are doing when you get to your paddling destination. Occasionally even with the best research before you leave home, the wind or waves may be doing something different to what was forecast. If it looks to be out of your comfort zone – don’t launch your kayak!
While you are on the water continue to be aware of what's happening with the clouds. Cirrus clouds are the highest clouds you'll see and can signal turbulence coming in the next day or two. If cirrus clouds develop wispy tails you can be certain of turbulence. Thicker lower clouds are signs of wet weather developing. Dark, rolling clouds with ragged edges on the bottom indicate thunderclouds and you should certainly get out of the water if these are heading in your direction.
Planning and preparation will always give you better chance of a brilliant day on the water.
17th Feburary 2017
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A complete restoration of a reserve forest from Biodiversity restoration, water resources rejuvenation, rain water harvesting, forest restoration to the human well being..
Restoring a stream corridor with natural restoration techniques to improve stream water quality, stabilize soil ,improve wildlife habitat and enhance biodiversity..
We plan to restore a forest of 20000 trees in the monsoon of July 2021! And we need your help to do that! Contribute saplings in Vruksh Khosh or donate Rs. 50 per sapling.
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By Morgan Blair – MA, Intern
Negative body image is an issue rampant in our society. In fact, did you know that upwards of 91% of people are unhappy with their bodies? 91% is a big number. That means when you walk into a room 9 out of every 10 people are struggling with some amount of poor body image. 97% of women report they have negative thoughts about their bodies every single day. There have been reports that upwards of 80% of girls have been on a diet by the age of 10. Out of those 9 people who are unhappy with their bodies, about one of them will go on to develop a full-blown eating disorder. Those with eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
This is all pretty disheartening, but these statistics do not come without hope. These statistics are necessary to express the magnitude of the effects of negative body image. For some, it can be the wake-up call needed to make a change. If you are part of the 91% of people unhappy with their bodies, working to find acceptance around your shape and fighting against societal messages of how you should look can have a ripple effect. It starts with one person making a change that impacts those around them.
What is negative body image?
Negative body image refers to an unrealistic view of how someone sees their body. In a nutshell, your mind is lying to you. You look in the mirror and are unsatisfied with what you see and yet when walking down the street people don’t second guess your appearance. News flash, humans think a whole lot more about themselves than they do about others. It’s not something to beat yourself up about, it is a common trait among humanity. People tend to be more critical of themselves than others. Think about it, would you place the same judgments you have about your size on a small child? I’m guessing you wouldn’t look at a 4-year-old and tell them their stomach was too soft or their thighs were too thick.
The unfortunate fact is that you are actually spreading these messages – maybe not overtly but inadvertently – through comments you make, things you eat, and the clothes you wear. Children are intuitive. They pick up on a lot more than we give them credit for. Therefore, when they see you make passing judgments on your body they learn to do the same about theirs. Then they grow up to be one of the statistics. They might be the 10-year-old on a diet or even the one that develops an eating disorder. I can’t imagine that is anyone’s intention and this is why the
Changing Patterns of Thinking
Begin to notice your negative thoughts and, when possible, challenge them with a more neutral statement. For example “I look so ugly today” can be switched to “today I am not feeling the best about my body”.
- Do one nice thing for yourself a day. This could be as simple as listening to a song you enjoy, ordering a special drink at a coffee, or even getting a massage. It is important to begin to develop a kinder relationship with ourselves.
- Trade in the gym for activities that you actually enjoy. Go for a walk, take a yoga class, play with your dog, practice soccer with your children. Stop punishing your body through hours spent at the gym and instead begin celebrating what your body can do for you.
- Eat the cake. No really, the children are watching. Have the dessert, enjoy the moments, and stop beating yourself up about the “adding calories” or “lack of control”. Our bodies are far smarter than we give them credit for and they know how to process the nutrients in a piece of cake. Trust me it will be worth it in the end because of the example you set for those around you. Restricting yourself will not help you develop a healthier mindset about your body.
- Lastly, do some homework. Read about body image, educate yourself, go to therapy, join a support group. Take action so that you may begin to experience some freedom in your life.
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It is often the case that the computed optimal solution of an optimization problem cannot be implemented directly, irrespective of data accuracy, due to either (i) technological limitations (such as physical tolerances of machines or processes), (ii) the deliberate simplification of a model to keep it tractable (by ignoring certain types of constraints that pose computational diculties), and/or (iii) human factors (getting people to "do" the optimal solution). Motivated by this observation, we present a modeling paradigm called "fabrication-adaptive optimization" for treating issues of implementation/fabrication. We develop computationally-focused theory and algorithms, and we present computational results for incorporating considerations of implementation/fabrication into constrained optimization problems that arise in photonic crystal design. The fabrication-adaptive optimization framework stems from the robust regularization of a function. When the feasible region is not a normed space (as typically encountered in application settings), the fabrication-adaptive optimization framework typically yields a non-convex optimization problem. (In the special case where the feasible region is a finite-dimensional normed space, we show that fabrication-adaptive optimization can be re-cast as an instance of modern robust optimization.) We study a variety of problems with special structures on functions, feasible regions, and norms, for which computation is tractable, and develop an algorithmic scheme for solving these problems in spite of the challenges of non-convexity. We apply our methodology to compute fabrication-adaptive designs of two-dimensional photonic crystals with a variety of prescribed features.
MIT Operations Research Center Working Paper OR396-13, July 2013
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As part of a revision of Selaginella subg. Heterostachys in Central and South America, S. hyalogramma Valdespino is described as a new species and illustrated with a line drawing, as well as with scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of leaves, sporophylls, and megaspores. This new species is characterized by non-articulate stems, heteromorphic vegetative leaves with idioblasts on their upper and lower surfaces that are also present on sporophylls, as well as dorsiventral, resupinate strobili and a laminar flap on lower surfaces of dorsal sporophylls. These characters serve to compare it to morphologically similar taxa. In addition, the presence of stomata along basiscopic leaf margins and basiscopic submarginal short or tooth-like hairs on upper surfaces of lateral leaves of this species are reported and discussed. Finally, S. hyalogramma is only known from a single collection made in the State of Táchira, Venezuela, where it grows as an epipetric plant on mossy sandstone areas that may be severely deforested and, hence, it is tentatively considered Critically Endangered (CR) according to IUCN categories and criteria.
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Energy Links and Nuclear Fission
I was going to type up some long bit about my current energy research readings and such but I just could not decide how to format it all. Well, that and I’m lazy.
Enel is in the planning stages of a industrial scale hydrogen burning power plant.
Humboldt State University’s Schats Energy Research Center (SERC) is road testing a Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered Toyota.
Solar Reserve has designed and tested a way of storing solar energy in molten salt.
Solar Reserve’s website.
A large part of why I am posting these links is I have spent a great deal of time in a back-and-forth over Nuclear Fission where I have been arguing the side against it. It seems that a large number of Nuclear Fission proponents think that it is a clean, safe, sustainable power source.
When I bring up mining, they fall back on the “every source has it’s own demons” bull.
When I bring up enrichment, they fall back on the same argument as mining.
When I bring up toxic waste, I am offered anecdotal evidence from folks who have visited the radioactive waste storage tanks. Nevermind the fact that above ground storage is only for the least harmful isotopes. The terrible ones are stored hundreds of meters below ground. The key is they are stored. And must continue to be monitored for thousands of years.
When I bring up finite resources, I’m sure many haven’t even thought of it. Uranium is finite just like coal and oil. In fact, the US has already tapped out our richest sources. Their response is that, well, we have enough to last 300 years at current consumption and that’s good enough for me! What a lame response. We have enough oil to do that too. They quote websites which profess great sources like this one where Dr. H. Sterling Burnett writes his views. Turns out he has a PhD in Philosophy and works for many conservative think tanks which are often receive generous donations from large oil companies. NCPA Article.
The above four arguments against Nuclear Fission power generation often fall on deaf ears because proponents seem to write the before and after generation off. Solar and Wind have both come of age and are commercially viable and being built. Sure, they take up more space but they do not suffer from any of the above four issues.
INCIDENT (eg: MELTDOWN)
There is a fifth issue with Nuclear Fission, maybe the worst one — the possibility of an incident. However unlikely, it IS possible to lose containment on a nuclear reaction and suddenly dump radioactive waste into the atmosphere and surrounding countryside. Proponents offer their assurances that we’ve learned from our mistakes and it won’t happen again. Assurances cannot be 100%. With wind and solar then can be because they do not rely on radioactive fuel.
In my opinion, anyone who can write off the above five solid arguments against Nuclear Fission power is ignoring the facts. The first three could be ignored as long as carbon footprint is ignored and but the “nuclear is clean” argument fails too. The last two are not possible to provide 100% assurance for.
One person argued that Nuclear was cheap on the grounds of plant construction costs and power production costs which they estimated at 6 billion and $0.05 per kWHr produced respectively.
Wind power, according the the AWEA, has come down to around $0.05 per kWHr produced.
The only true obstacle remaining for intermittent sources is storage and engineers are quickly breaking down that barrier.
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If you should stroll along Fishergate on a typical working day you would see window cleaners, street cleaners, traffic wardens, telephone engineers, postal workers, security staff, a busker or two, or a person selling copies of the ‘Big Issue’. Enter premises along that highway and you find travel agents, estate agents and newsagents, waitresses and waiters, bank clerks, barbers, booksellers and beauticians, perfumers, pharmacists, jewellers and confectioners all busily doing a day’s work. They are all earning a living and are part of Preston’s working life . Many trades and professions have ancient origins and many more have been created for a modern age. My latest book ‘Preston At Work’ traces life back to days of yore when Preston was described as an elegant and economical market town remarkable for the gentility of its inhabitants. It is abundantly clear Preston folk have been at work here and did create, in the Georgian era, a cotton town. The city of Preston is at the very heart of Lancashire and over the past 250 years has been transformed from a market town into a university city, embracing the Industrial Revolution on the way. Far-sighted and ambitious speculators built the factories, warehouses and workshops in Preston. Impressive engineering works soon followed, either to serve the cotton trade or to pioneer advancements in other industries. Ideas and inspiration have never been lacking in Preston and we can be proud of what was produced. The engineering skills forged in Victorian days led to knowledge which enabled the town to trade in worldwide markets with products proudly made in Preston; from tramcars to railway engines, from pioneering aircraft to jet planes, from knitting machines to printing presses, and lorries to motor cars.Preston also displayed the desire and determination to produce the essentials of life with factories and production lines for a variety of goods including soap, tobacco, gold thread, chocolates, cigarettes, light bulbs, slippers and even biscuits. We can marvel at the achievements of the civil engineers who have been constantly at work making a town into a city for an ever increasing population. The old toll roads have given way to multi-lane highways and motorways with links to industrial estates and shopping centres on the outskirts of the city. Within the city centre the factory chimneys and the engineering workshops are fewer now, having given way to retail outlets, office blocks and towering apartment blocks for students. Even a port was created here for ships laden with cargo and canals and railways essential to progress were laid. Preston remains at the centre of administration for the county and commerce and legislation sustain the employment of many. Solicitors, barristers, lawyers and attorneys still practice in the city as they did generations ago along with their clerical and legal assistants. Money matters are still dealt with in the city with banks and building societies aplenty, particularly on Fishergate. Our ever expanding education system not only provides places of learning with teachers and academics, but is also a source of much employment for local folk; while our hospitals and clinics are supported not only by doctors and nurses, but by many care workers, too. If we should need to call 999 for the emergencies in our lives we can call on police officers, firefighters and medics to assist us. This book also takes a glimpse at the days when there were tea merchants, who shipped and blended their own product; provision dealers, who salted and cured Lancashire hams, reared and fed within a few miles of the town. Bootmakers who could produce a pair of real leather boots by hand, soft and pliable, which clung to the foot like a glove. Tailors, livery coat makers, tinkers and brawny blacksmiths have all forged a living here, too.You or your ancestors may have clocked on at Dilworth & Carr, Goss Foster, English Electric, Drydens, Simpson’s Gold Thread Works, Horrockses, Courtaulds, Siemens Lamp Works, Tulketh Mill, Atkinsons Vehicles, Sharps Commercials or Beeches Chocolate factory and played a part in their story. You may have been employed at County Hall, or the Town Hall, or by Preston Corporation or been among the army of retail workers at the Co-op, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Tesco and Morrisons and contributed to their tale. There are many things we take for granted today such as lighting, heating and fresh water supplies, yet it has not always been the case. This journey through Preston’s working life takes us from the cotton trade, through the days from paraffin lamps to electric light bulbs, from steam power to nuclear energy, all of which met with the endurance needed to progress in Preston. Since those Georgian days Preston folk have embraced and endured the developments of the industrial age, and been swept along on the tide of change into the world of technology in which we now live. For successive generations the evolving world has brought many differing challenges which would have left our ancestors bewildered and baffled. Generations of Preston workers can be rightly proud of their contribution to society and to the way they have confronted the challenges of earning a living willingly. Working for the common good was reflected by Preston-born poet Robert Service when he penned the following verse in his poem ‘I Believe’. It’s my belief that every manShould do his share of work,And in our economic planNo citizen should shirk.That in return each one should getHis meed of fold and food,And feel that all his toil and sweatIs for the common good. It is apparent great strides have been made and adversity overcome to accommodate a population which is nowadays more than 140,000. Preston folk have achieved many great things for the benefit of all. They showed great loyalty to their employers, many of whom acquired great riches with their investment in local people. The cotton masters have now gone and the corporate bodies rule the world of work. Yet still there are enterprising individuals who create companies for the benefit of all. Hopefully, this peep through the lives of the Preston workers down the years will leave you in admiration for their achievements. No doubt they stuck to their tasks despite the troubles and strife that they faced, thus ensuring we have a thriving enterprising city to dwell within. They took pride in their work for which we can be eternally grateful.* Preston At Work, by Keith Johnson, is published by Amberley Publishing and is available from good bookshops priced £14.99.
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Sanjaya (sanjaya) in Japanese
Sanjaya in Katakana
Sanjaya in Romaji
Sanjaya in Hiragana
The name Sanjaya in Japanese Katakana is サンジャヤ which in romaji is sanjaya. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Sanjaya in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is さんじゃや.
This translation was provided by our comprehensive database of existing names, which is derived from Hepburn romanization, the most widely used-used system of romanization for the Japanese language.
Translate another name into Japanese Katakana
Type your first or last name into the field below to get your name in Japanese Katanana, Hiragana, and Romaji.
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A Resource Guide for Talking to Children About COVID-19
With the world in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, children are often having or expressing worries and fears. Their caregivers -- parents and those who are providing direct care for children -- are seeking trusted sources of information to help them explain this disease and help ease children’s worries. This resource guide reflects some of the work of our current NSF-funded research study (NSF#2029209) about the communication needs of children and families during the pandemic, seeking to understand how they are supported in having conversations about the coronavirus and pandemic-related topics. At the beginning of this study, we conducted a literature review to inform our research. We realized that many of the documents, articles, and online resources we reviewed could be beneficial for other researchers, child-focused practitioners, media producers, and caregivers -- giving insights on not just what to say to children during this challenging time, but how to say it.
This resource guide summarizes four key takeaways from across a wide range of resources about how to have conversations about COVID-19. The resource guide also links to many of the resources we reviewed, which range from particular science or health topics to culturally appropriate ways to engage in conversations about the disease.
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Sponsored by: European Commission
Project term: 04/2013 – 03/2016
Content orientation and results:
The COBACORE project aimed to support joint needs analysis and reconstruction planning in complex cross-sectoral crisis environments, using the community as an important source of information and capacity.
The project made it possible for the German Red Cross (GRC) to generate important scientific findings for the technical integration of unaffiliated volunteers, especially together with the Dutch Red Cross.
Reference to needs for action:
COBACORE refers to “Demand-orientated integration of volunteers”.
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After years of uncertainty, the fate of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Shield”) has finally been determined. On July 16th, the EU’s highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), declared the Shield to be invalid as a lawful mechanism for transferring the personal data of EU residents to the U.S.
This decision impacts thousands of U.S. companies receiving data from the EU, who, until now, relied on the Shield’s self-certification process to validate their operations, including such industry titans as Amazon, Google and Facebook. (A full list of Privacy Shield-certified companies can be found here). Managed in the U.S. by the Department of Commerce, the Shield allowed U.S. companies to keep their data processing activities under the watchful eye of U.S. regulators as opposed to that of the EU’s national supervisory authorities. However, in light of the CJEU’s decision, this is no longer the case.
So, where do we go from here? Shield-certified companies now must choose a different EU-approved mechanism for validating the transfer of EU personal data to the U.S.
Alternative Mechanisms for Validating Transfers
Under Article 46 of the GDPR, other mechanisms for validating data transfers outside of EU borders include the following:
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs), a set of EU-vetted and legally enforceable rules for the processing of personal data when personal data is transferred between members of a corporate group or group of enterprises engaged in joint economic activity;
- Transfers to a select group of countries deemed “adequate” by the Commission (of which the United States is not one) on the basis that they offer a level of protection to personal data that is similar to EU protections; or
- European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC), a set of non-negotiable contract provisions which contractually bind the data importer to process EU data in accordance with the law of the EU Member State in which the data exporter is established. The SCCs (or “Model Clauses”) exist in two forms: (a) those governing international transfers between a data controller (also known as “data exporter”) based in the EU and a data processor (also known as “data importer”) based outside of the EU, and (b) those applicable to international transfers between EU-based data controllers and non-EU-based data controllers (such as in the case of corporate affiliates).
Standard Contractual Clauses – the next best option
It is likely that most U.S. companies who built their compliance programs upon the Shield’s self-certification process will now turn to the EU Commission’s SCCs for validating their data processing activities in the U.S. The clauses are convenient in terms of eliminating regulatory filings of any kind. That said, they do require companies to verify that appropriate safeguards exist (from the point of collection in the EU to the destination country) to protect an individual’s personal data. Further, final authority on the sufficiency of such safeguards will be left in the hands of EU data protection authorities, not the U.S. Department of Commerce. The SCCs will also require that U.S.-based data importers be familiar with EU data protection laws, including the data protection laws of each EU Member States from which the data is collected for processing in the U.S.
If your business is impacted by this recent CJEU ruling - whether your organization is a self-certified Shield entity or it shares EU personal data with a 3rd party vendor or other 3rd party that is Shield-certified - our team of privacy attorneys, which includes dual U.S.- and EU-qualified counsel, can assist with evaluating your options and developing a compliance plan for your international transfers of data that will simultaneously meet the requirements of both U.S and EU laws. For more information, please contact Stephan Grynwajc at firstname.lastname@example.org or 347-543-3035.
Stephan Grynwajc served as a senior in-house attorney for several blue-chip technology corporations (e.g., Intel and Symantec) in France, the U.K. and the U.S., and today, focuses his practice on advising U.S.-based clients on navigating the EU privacy landscape. email@example.com
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Return to ART practices – The post-coronavirus disease era
1Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra
2Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Fertility Square, Mumbai, Maharashtra
3Department of Infertility, D Y Patil IVF Centre Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra
4Department of Infertility, Fortis Bloom IVF Centre, Chandigarh, Punjab
5Department of Infertility, Fortis Bloom IVF Centre, New Delhi, India
*Corresponding author: Manisha Takhtani Kundnani, Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Fertility Square, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. firstname.lastname@example.org
© 2020 Published by Scientific Scholar on behalf of Journal of Reproductive Healthcare and Medicine
How to cite this article: Pai HD, Kundnani MT, Palshetkar NP, Palshetkar R, Mehta P, Arora S, et al. Return to ART practices – The post-COVID era. J Reprod Healthc Med 2021;2(Suppl_1):S2-S6.
Objectives:The objectives of the study were to analyze the prevalence of coronavirus disease (COVID) real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positivity among asymptomatic patients undergoing infertility treatment.
Materials and Methods:This was an observational study done in five centers in five different cities in India, analyzing the prevalence of COVID RT-PCR-positive rates among asymptomatic patients willing to undergo infertility treatment. All patients underwent triage and COVID RT-PCR testing as per the national guidelines. Patients tested positive for COVID RT-PCR were advised to discontinue treatment.
Results:The overall prevalence of COVID RT-PCR positivity in low-risk patients undergoing infertility treatment was found to be low. The incidence of COVID RT-PCR positivity in staff and doctors providing infertility care and not dealing directly with COVID-positive patients was observed to be 10.7%.
Conclusion:The overall prevalence of the virus in asymptomatic people is low and elective procedure like assisted reproduction technology can be carried out with all precautions and sanitization protocols in place.
Assisted reproduction technology
COVID real-time polymerase chain reaction
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As the economy continues to remain subdued due to the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, the number of people out of work and seeking assistance has increased in the last few weeks. According to reports from the Labor Department, about 1 million people filed for initial jobless claims. This was, however, in line with the forecasts made by several economists.
In the last 23 weeks, more than 58 million people have sought help for the first time, and this is only a rough indication of the overall situation. It goes without saying that millions of people across the United States are struggling to pay rents and other bills. Many of them are not even having enough for everyday groceries, and this has become a huge cause for concern.
Analysts say that there are other issues apart from layoffs that need attention in this scenario. The slow pace of retiring workers is now a major cause for concern other than layoffs. Already six months have passed with such problems, and food insecurity is at elevated levels across the country. Experts warn that the situation can go bad if the authorities do not pay attention to pandemic relief.
Most businesses are in no hurry to reopen on a full scale as spending is not yet improving across the country. Many people believe that the pandemic may continue to haunt for the next few months, and they are not willing to spend much during this situation. Only essential commodities are seeing good sales, and the non-essential commodities are still stuck in the stores.
As some businesses continue to open at a slow pace, the number of unemployment claims is moving up and down every week. Last week it was around 1.1 million and this week showed some improvement with just over a million claims. However, it is way higher than the previous record high of 695,000 unemployment claims made during the 1982 recession.
The problem is going beyond control as most people have not seen anything like a recession in the last few decades. In this regard, they were not prepared to handle this pandemic, and they were left without much savings. This situation has exaggerated the current crisis, and many renters and homeowners are finding it difficult to meet their monthly obligations. The risk of losing jobs means that more people are not spending, and the overall growth of the economy is also taking a toll due to this pandemic.
The overall number of coronavirus cases seems to have flattened to some extent after showing peak levels around April. However, some parts of the country, including North Dakota and South Dakota are showing increasing numbers in recent weeks.
There is some progress with regards to the vaccines, but it may take another few months till we get a clear picture on the results. Most experts in the medical field expect some positive news regarding vaccines by the end of this year. The infection rate has somewhat slowed down in many parts of the country, even as businesses reopen slowly. However, the reopening of schools and colleges may trigger a fresh wave of infection in the near future. Considering this risk, the hospitals have to be well equipped to handle more cases in the next few months.
The survey conducted by the Mortgage Bankers Association is not showing encouraging numbers. It estimates that nearly 3.6 million homeowners are in forbearance wherein lenders have reduced mortgage payments for struggling borrowers. The high level of jobless claims and unemployment insurance is a major cause for concern, and this indicates the challenges faced by many households across the United States.
The situation of renters is not as great as many of them face eviction. According to a note released by Oxford Economics, nearly 15 million renters face eviction as the promised protections are not rolled out from the Trump administration. The administration offers vague protections, and renters need direct financial assistance apart from getting an extension for the July 24 moratorium.
Many people are dependent on such grants, and the government should seriously work on some relief measures at the earliest to avoid a major crisis. The pandemic has affected every section of the society, and people across the country are in need of some relief measures.
When it comes to the relief package, Congress is still not able to reach an agreement on new aides, and the extra $600 provided weekly ended in July. The size of weekly benefits has reduced even as more people are seeking unemployment benefits.
The unemployed workers who get less than $100 in state aid will not qualify for the additional benefits provided by the federal government. The Trump administration has issued an aid of $300 per week as part of the federal assistance for unemployed workers during this pandemic situation. However, the Democrats want to have the extension of a $600 a week grant till next year.
In this situation, at least 1 million people receive only state unemployment benefits according to this order. The situation of others who receive an additional $300 is also not so good as many states are not able to pass on the benefits in a timely manner. Most states are not yet ready with the systems to pass on such benefits as they need to reconfigure the systems. This has led to long delays, and only Texas, Arizona, and Louisiana have rolled out such benefits among all other states.
According to experts, the additional benefit of $300 per week provided by the Trump administration will halt the unemployment rates in the first week of August, and they can continue to maintain the rate for another 4 weeks. After that, there is a need for additional packages, without which many people will struggle to pay rents and other bills.
According to Oxford Economics, this is also going to affect consumer confidence and spending in the near future. The additional benefit of $600 will cut unemployment insurance benefits by as much as $45 billion.
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Bingo is a great way for folks to get together in good times and bad. While you might think of playing bingo as just an exciting game, the truth is that it’s an event that has been used by charities since the 1940s to raise money and build community. Bingo runs can be used to raise money for a wide variety of causes such as fighting disease, helping animals in need, or funding life-changing research projects. In this blog post, we’ll explore how these charity events work, how to get involved with them at home or abroad, and how bingo has changed over its long history.
How to find a location.
You can also find charity bingo events in your area by checking out your local churches, community centers, charities and schools. If you don’t have any luck there then try looking for events at the hospital or senior center.
If you have a business in your city that hosts charity bingo games then they will probably let you know when they are taking place so that you can make it out to support them and others in need.
Best charities supported by bingo.
Charity bingo is an excellent way to raise money for a good cause. However, it can also be a fun way to raise awareness of the charity and what they do. Charity bingo is often held at local community halls or other venues and are open to anyone who wants to attend. The concept of playing bingo at these events is simple: you pay an entry fee, then play as many games as you like until your number is called. If you’re lucky enough to win, the prize money goes towards helping the charity in question!
The best charities supported by bingo are ones that help people in need or promote causes such as animal welfare (which includes cats), children’s rights, human rights and environmental issues such as climate change
Best places to volunteer.
Volunteering is a great way to give back, especially for those who don’t have a lot of time or money to donate. You can volunteer at hospitals, nursing homes, food banks and soup kitchens. If you want to get your feet wet with a new organization but don’t want to commit too much time or effort, volunteering once a month would be great!
If you’re looking for something more long-term (and maybe even lucrative), there are plenty of places that will allow you to work as an assistant for an event coordinator so that you can learn how everything works behind the scenes before deciding if this is something that would interest you. Here’s where I’ve volunteered:
- A local shelter/soup kitchen called “The People’s Pantry”
- My church’s thrift store (they’re always looking for help)
- My son’s elementary school (we helped out during the parent-teacher conference night last year)
Best places to donate money.
- A charity’s website is the first place to look for information about how the charity is doing and how you can donate.
- A charity’s office is another good resource. They will have more up-to-date information than their website, but they may not be as easy to find on your phone or computer compared to a website portal
- A charity’s bingo event or online bingo hall has yet another way of donating money directly to them through raffle tickets, which you can win and then sell back at a profit! You get some money, we all win in the end!
- Another place where you can give money directly is into an account at any bank; this could be local or international depending on how much cash you want (and whether there are restrictions on how much cash per month). Banks also take donations by check if needed too – just ask about it when opening up accounts/transfers from other accounts…
Best places to donate goods or supplies.
- Local charities: Many charities rely on donations to help them continue their work. You can donate goods or supplies in many areas around your community, including food banks, homeless shelters and animal shelters.
- Local churches: Churches often collect donations of food and clothing for those in need. If you’re not sure where to start with your charitable giving (and if you don’t have any special needs), consider donating food items or even clothing items to church ministries. Some churches also hold annual drives where all proceeds go directly towards helping people in need in their community; this is a great way to give back while supporting a worthy cause!
- Local schools: Many public schools use extra money they receive through fundraisers and other events to support their athletic programs—especially teams that aren’t very well funded by the district itself! Donate new sports equipment such as uniforms or equipment at school fairs throughout the year; many schools even accept online donations these days too!
A history of bingo in charity events.
The history of bingo is long and storied. It has been used in many different ways, by many different types of organizations, at many different types of events.
In 1912, it was used to raise funds for the construction of the Panama Canal. In 1920, bingo was used to fundraise for an orphanage in London. By 1938, a woman named Alice Burke won $3 million dollars playing bingo!
But perhaps its most notable contribution was when Bingo became one of the first games played at US Veterans Hospitals during WWII so that soldiers could pass their time while they were stuck there with nothing better to do than play cards or board games like checkers or chess or whatever other old-timey things soldiers did before streaming video games took over their lives (which was probably pretty much just reading).
Bingo is a great way to bring people together for a good cause
Bingo is a great way to bring people together for a good cause. People love to hang out, have fun and raise money for charity. The Bingo Run is a fantastic event that brings people together to raise money for some of the best causes in the world.
Bingo is also a wonderful way to meet new people as well as help others in need around the globe. There are many ways that you can get involved with charity bingo events, including:
- Organizing your own fundraising event
- Donating money at local events in your area
- Making donations online through websites like Justgiving
By doing a little research, you can find out what kind of bingo events are happening in your area and how you can get involved. But don’t stop there! Even if there aren’t any charity events nearby, remember that most charities have places to donate money or goods on their website. And if that doesn’t fit your schedule, volunteering for them is always an option as well. No matter what you choose to do, I hope this post has inspired you to think about giving back in new ways
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Alberta’s economy has suffered in recent years.
A major factor was world oil prices, which plummeted in 2014. And limited pipeline capacity, which fetches Canadian oil producers depressed prices for Canadian oil exacerbated Alberta’s economic woes.
A number of metrics indicate that oil and gas investment in Alberta is in steep decline. According to a report by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, capital investment in Canada’s oil and natural gas in 2017 was $45 billion, down 44 per cent compared to $81 billion in 2014, before oil prices collapsed.
But many other factors affect investment in Alberta. The Fraser Institute’s Global Petroleum Survey measures investor perceptions about the hospitability of oil and gas jurisdictions for investment. Among respondents, Alberta’s fiscal terms are perceived as a deterrent to investment – the regime of lease payments, royalties, production taxes and gross revenue charges (but not corporate or personal taxes).
Fiscal terms were only considered a deterrent to investment by 14 per cent of respondents to a survey in 2013 compared to 50 per cent in 2017. And respondents saying that Alberta’s fiscal terms were attractive to investment dropped by 22 per cent over that period.
With regard to Alberta taxation in general, there was a similar decline in perceived investment attractiveness from only 16 per cent of respondents registering deterrence due to taxes in 2013 compared to 52 per cent in 2017.
It’s a similar situation with mining investment in Alberta. In 2013, regulatory uncertainty in Alberta was considered a deterrent by only 11 per cent of respondents to the Fraser Institute’s Annual Mining Survey compared to 25 per cent in 2017, more than double the percentage from four years before.
Regulatory factors are also perceived as significant deterrents to investment. Respondents in both surveys point to uncertainty about environmental regulations (and their enforcement) and the cost of regulatory compliance. This was particularly true in the oil and gas sector, where 32 per cent of respondents said compliance costs were a deterrent to investment in 2013 compared to 70 per cent in 2017.
So why is this happening? Why are investors souring on Alberta?
There are many potential reasons for declining perceptions of investment attractiveness. But sequential injections of policy uncertainty almost certainly play a role. Since 2014, a steady stream of announcements (provincially and federally) have shaken investor confidence in Alberta.
The Alberta government broadened and raised the carbon tax, imposed a 100-megatonne cap on greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands and enacted a Climate Leadership Plan that reaches into virtually every sector of Alberta’s economy.
Clearly, the Alberta government and the federal government should consider regulatory reforms like those that have been successfully implemented elsewhere, including British Columbia in 2001, with a goal of reducing red tape by requiring that any new regulation must trigger the cutting of another.
In New Brunswick, the government has a three-point plan to reform its regulatory system, reducing regulation by 20 per cent overall and instituting a rule that any new regulations must displace an obsolete regulation.
And Canada’s largest trading partner (and economic competitor) is leaping ahead on this front. In his first week in office, U.S. President Donald Trump enacted an executive order requiring that for every new regulation issued, two must be eliminated. He also instituted what has been called a “regulator’s budget,” evaluating regulations to be replaced based on costs and benefits of new regulations.
Alberta’s economy is reeling from a combination of lower oil and gas prices and a barrage of regulations and taxes on the natural resource sector. Easing the burden of carbon taxes and excessive regulation should be a top priority for the provincial government.
Kenneth Green is an analyst at the Fraser Institute.
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Each fall for the past 20 years, a growing cohort of St. Thomas business undergraduates have escaped the confines of their American classrooms and traveled to the U.K. to spend a semester studying in London as part of the London Business Semester (LBS). Since it began in 1995, more than 1,000 students have taken part in the program, immersing themselves for a short but intense time living with a host family, attending classes and exploring the culture, customs, politics and business of this global capital.
Across the United States, participation in study abroad programs grew five percent in 2013-14 and shows promise of continued growth, according to NAFSA, the Association for International Educators. In the last year for which data is available, more than 300,000 U.S. college students traveled abroad… 9,000 of them from Minnesota and more than 10 percent of those from St. Thomas! It’s no wonder St. Thomas consistently ranks in the top 10 nationally for the percent of undergraduates studying abroad.
According to NAFSA’s research, study abroad gives students more than just a chance to be tourists. It has real, tangible impact on:
- Completion, retention and transfer rates
- Language learning
- Employability and career skills
To commemorate its 20th anniversary, LBS surveyed past participants to discover how the program has impacted their lives. We learned that 96 percent believed the program had a positive influence on their career and that 87 percent still keep in contact with their fellow LBS students.
In advance of the LBS celebration party on April 8, which will reunite 100 alumni, faculty directors and special guests from London, we wanted to share some of the responses we received from participants when they were asked to recall their best memories or describe what the program meant to them.
Patrick and Anna Schaber, 1995
“The LBS had a big impact on our personal lives - we met on the program, married and now have a 13 and a 10 year old! The appreciation and curiosity for international cultures we gained during our time in London also has led to a career in which I've traveled extensively around the world on business. We've also continued to vacation internationally including recently taking our kids to London!”
Stephanie Francis-Jones, 1998
“I would have never guessed when I left Minneapolis in early August 1998 with my dad to explore England and Scotland before meeting my LBS friends that I would end up marrying a Brit, become a UK citizen and have two dual national children. The LBS had an immeasurable impact on my personal and professional life. London will forever be my heart’s home; I may not have grown up there, but it's where I became a professional, adult, wife and mother.”
LaChelle Seleski, 1998
“Since we were able to live in London for 3 months, we were not rushed to take in everything in a couple days like a typical trip. We were able to really enjoy all that London has to offer... LBS taught me a great deal about other cultures as we were able to travel to other countries on the weekends. I grew as a person because we were on our own and we had to be responsible when things did not go as planned. We dealt with the problems as they came up and the consequences and moved on, learning from the experience - which is what we do in business as well.”
Stephanie Besiada, 2010
“Another thing I’ve found as I left college is that meeting groups of new people is not that easy anymore – and I cherish the friendships and memories that came from meeting and getting to know all of these people.”
Shannon Graunke, 2010
“Studying abroad opened my eyes to making sure you really listen to person’s wants and needs, especially when working with people from different cultures.”
Sarah Hendricks, 2011
"London is a melting pot of different cultures. Throughout my time there, I grew to understand the importance of cultural diversity within communities. This is something I keep top of mind when creating localized apparel assortment strategies for Target stores across the U.S. My time as part of LBS really taught me to look at business through a global perspective and truly helped me prepare for life outside of college and in the professional world.
I met some of my best friends during my semester in London who, to this day, are still part of my life. There is a group of five us who get together once a month for breakfast. We call ourselves the Breakfast Club and we have not missed a month since getting back from London in December of 2011. This is one of my favorite traditions! In addition, I view my time in London as the most transformative three-and-a-half months of my life. It is the time that I really grew up and gained an independent spirit. I fell in love with traveling the world."
Leigh Borgeson, 2014
“Not only is it easy to start small talk about all of the wonderful activities in which I had participated in abroad, I was also able to apply the knowledge I had gained from being in a new culture. Being adaptable, responsible and independent are truly invaluable skills and I don’t think I would have landed my internships without them!”
Kilee Pertl, 2014
"After returning from studying abroad, I was more aware of different cultures and the impact this can have on groups or organizations. This awareness translates into my career, because diversity is an important focus for many companies. I was able to travel from country to country and see the cultural differences that define the people. How they said hello and goodbye, what the eating customs were like or listening to the vastly different languages all were eye-opening experiences that allowed me to have a chance to see a part of the world that I had only read about in books."
“LBS, especially the first time, really opened my eyes to how students could benefit from looking at how companies operate (not just financially but operationally) throughout the world. I have found the students I bring back from London are more well-rounded, accepting and excited about the world than the students that I took to London. Many of my alumni have worked in multinational firms, either here or abroad. I even have had a few move back to London for a time."
“Without exception, each time I talk with my former students they comment on the positive impact that their study abroad experience has had on their lives.”
“[The students] see the interconnectedness their work has with world events and how to use that knowledge to improve results in their daily work. Their study abroad experience enriched their personal lives, infusing them with a desire to continue to travel and explore the world around them. The fact that several of the students found their spouses in their study abroad cohort is another testament to the role study abroad has played in their lives.”
For look back at LBS, and London, over the past 20 years, check out this video created by Megan Herdering. LBS peer advisor:
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A California Department of Water Resources geologist measures and records a pumping water level in a production well. (Photo: John Chacon,/DWR, 2013, via California Water Blog)
Analysis: California’s single most urgent water policy priority is preserving our groundwater supply. In normal years, groundwater provides one-third of our state’s urban and agricultural water. In dry years, it provides up to nearly two-thirds.
Calpensions: A new comparison with four other large public pension funds found that CalPERS, while scoring average on service, had high pension administration costs — $213 per member a year, nearly twice the average of $108 per member.
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Capard House “commands a panoramic view that extends eastwards to the Wicklow mountains.” This mansion was the former seat of the Pigott family and this family shares a common ancestry with the Pigotts baronets. The construction of the house by John Pigott began in 1798 on the site of an earlier castellated house. 200 workers were employed.
Sheppard’s Irish Auction House, of Durrow, Laois are about to hold an auction out in Capard House of many of the antiques which are held in the house. That auction of 1,157 lots (The John Farrington Collection) begins today at 11.00a.m. sharp.
Yesterday, returning from Tullamore, Offaly, I took the scenic route to Capard House to view some of this collection. I think I took more photographs of fireplaces than the antiques! I give names here to some of the collection. If you find the catalogue online at Sheppard’s Irish Auction House if you click the link.
Some of the views you can see below were taken as I arrived at Capard house and some others as I was about to drive away when the weather had cleared up a bit.
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HYDERABAD: The government has decided to open a cut into the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) in Badin so that the pressure of water is released and it flows into Shakoor Lake, announced provincial minister Zulfiqar Mirza.
The lake sprawls over 300 square kilometres and two-thirds of it spills across the border into Indian territory. Historically, it is said to be the natural course for the saline water to flow, and this is where the excess water from the drain was directed.
“I confess that I released water from the LBOD to Shakoor Lake,” he told The Express Tribune on Monday. “It would have burst otherwise.”
According to a source in the irrigation department, the lake is filled with around 2,000 cusecs. “In 2003, the irrigation department made a six-inch cut at one place. No breach has been made since then.”
Badin, Mirpurkhas and Tando Muhammad Khan have been declared calamity-hit after more than 475 millimetres of rain flooded all five of Badin’s tehsils last week.
The Indian government, meanwhile, is said to object to sending sewage into the lake. “The lake’s ownership should have been resolved during Partition,” remarked Mirza. “Now, just to appease India’s ‘apprehensions’, we are artificially diverting saline water to the sea through the LBOD and Kadhan Pateji Outfall Drain to the sea.”
Mirza warned that the LBOD, an artificial drain that carries saline water and effluent from Sindh and parts of Punjab towards the sea, was about to fall apart. It snakes through 86 miles of Badin before it empties into the sea at a point known as the Tidal Link.
Playing things close to home, Mirza was not ready to make too many sweeping statements in one day and declined to disclose the exact time and date that they planned to make the breach. “I don’t want an FIR registered against me for doing this,” he quipped.
The minister was pessimistic about the government’s efforts to address the salinity and flooding Badin faces because of the drain. “We obviously cannot wait two or three years for the study that will recommend solutions for the destructive drainage system,” he said. “We have government resources and manpower at our disposal. We will use the latter to fix the LBOD temporarily.”
Left Bank Canal Area Water Board Director Habib Ursani admitted that the drain has already given way in at least two places and has flooded a number of villages. “We have moved heavy machinery to the breach at 238 reduced distance (RD) near Umerkot while another breach at 273 RD in Badin is inaccessible.”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2011.
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Videos/Wanna Work Together/transcript
When you share your creativity, you're enabling people everywhere to use it, learn from it, and be inspired by it. Take the teacher who shapes young minds with work and wisdom from around the globe. And the artist, who builds beauty out of bits and pieces she finds online. And the writer, whose stories use ideas and images crafted by people he's never even met. These people know that when you share your creative wealth, you can accomplish great things. They and millions of other people all around the planet are working together to build a richer, better, more vibrant culture, using Creative Commons.
To understand Creative Commons, you need to know a little bit about how copyright works. Did you know that when you create something, anything, from a photograph, to a song, to a drawing, to a film, to a story, you automatically own an "All rights reserved" copyright to that creativity. It's true! Copyright protects your creativity against uses you don't consent to.
*except fair use.
Sometimes full copyright is too restrictive. What about when you want all those millions and millions of people out there to use your work, without the hassle of coming to you for permission? What if you want your work to be freely shared, reused, and built upon for the rest of the world? Luckily there's an answer: Creative Commons.
We provide free copyright licenses you can use to tell people exactly which parts of your copyright you're happy to give to the public. It's easy, it only takes a minute, and it's totally free. Just come to our website and answer a few questions like, "Will you allow commercial uses of your work?" and "Will you allow your work to be modified?" Based on your answers, we'll give you a license that clearly communicates what people can and can't do with your creativity. You don't give up your copyright, you refine it, so it works better for you.
Refine the Rules of Copyright
Welcome to a new world where collaboration rules. It didn't even exist just a few years ago. But now there are millions and millions of songs, pictures, videos, and written works, available to share, reuse, and remix, all for free. Wanna work together? Then join the commons. Creative Commons.
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E-Bike and E-Scooters Accidents
E-bikes and E-scooters have become increasingly popular vehicles for both recreational driving and commuting. In fact, electric bikes even appear to be outselling electric cars.
Why is there such interest in these battery-powered two-wheelers?
- First, lithium-ion batteries have become smaller, more efficient and less expensive to produce.
- Second, urban cycling in general has enjoyed a renaissance in the last few decades.
- Finally, bike-share programs have permitted many curious users to try out these vehicles without worrying about investing a significant amount of money in something they may not enjoy or use often.
With so many of these vehicles now on the roads, there are bound to be more electric bike and electric scooter accidents and injuries. If you or a loved one has been injured in one of these accidents, you may be able to receive compensation and damages for your losses.
Gluckstein Personal Injury Lawyers’ e-bike and e-scooter motor vehicle accident lawyers can help inform you of your rights and options following an accident and work with you to access the funds you deserve.
What are e-bikes and e-scooters?
E-bikes: more than a bicycle but less than a motorcycle.
In Ontario, a vehicle must adhere and conform to certain specifications to be considered an e-bike. These requirements include:
- The bike and battery must not weigh more than 120 kg combined.
- Two separate/independent braking systems capable of bringing the vehicle to a full stop within nine metres of engaging the brakes. The braking system must apply force to each wheel, similar to requirements for mopeds and motorcycles.
- The minimum wheel width and wheel diameter must be 35mm and 350mm, respectively.
- Modifications allowing the vehicle to exceed speeds of 32 km/h and power output of 500W are not permitted. No modifications to the motor to allow it to exceed a power output greater than 500W and a speed greater than 32 km/h.
- The vehicle must have pedals.
- There are also additional safety requirements that must be met. These include:
- E-bike operators and passengers must be at least 16 years old.
- E-bike operators and passengers must wear approved bicycle or motorcycle helmets.
- Electrical terminals on the e-bike must be completely covered.
- The e-bike’s battery and motor must be securely fastened to the vehicle to prevent movement while the bike is being driven.
If these requirements are not met, the vehicle may be classified differently.
Ontario does not require a driver’s licence to operate an e-bike; however, if your driver’s licence has been suspended due to a conviction under the Criminal Code of Canada you are not permitted to drive one. A licence suspension for other reasons may also prevent a driver from using an e-bike, and people with a suspended licence should consult a lawyer to determine if restrictions apply.
Electric kick-scooters are permitted in Ontario under a pilot project that began in 2020 and concludes in 2025. Municipalities are able to restrict their use, however. To qualify for the the e-scooter designation, the scooter must:
- Reach a maximum speed of 24 km/h.
- Have a maximum weight of 45kg.
- Have a maximum power output 500W.
- Have two wheels and brakes, a horn or bell, one white light on the front, one red light on the rear, and reflective material on the sides.
- Not have pedals or seats.
- Have a maximum wheel diameter of 17 inches.
Additionally. E-scooters must:
- Be operated by people aged 16 years or older.
- Not carry passengers or cargo.
- Not have baskets.
- Have riders stand at all times.
- Have riders under the age of 18 wear a helmet.
- Follow all the rules of the Highway Traffic Act.
- Not be driven on controlled access highways.
E-bike and e-scooter accidents and injuries.
Research into the injury patterns of e-bike and e-scooter accidents is still fairly new, and the conclusions of some studies are sometimes at odds with others. Some research suggests that e-bike injury patterns tend to be similar to bicycle injuries, while other studies have found e-bike injuries more closely resemble patterns in motorcycle injuries.
Interestingly, incidence of mild to moderate traumatic brain injuries were higher on e-bikes even though e-bike riders are more likely to wear helmets. The rate of pelvic injuries from e-bike accidents has been found to be significantly higher than from bicycle injuries. Upper extremity injuries are more common in bicycle accidents.
One of the largest studies to date, which looked at accident victims' injuries for e-bikes, traditional bicycles, and e-scooters, found that:
- E-bike riders are more prone to internal injuries.
- E-bike users are more likely to be hospitalized.
- E-bike riders were more than three times as likely to be involved in a collision with a pedestrian.
- E-scooter riders were almost three times more likely to suffer concussions.
- E-scooter users were more likely to suffer fractures.
Beyond falls and collisions with other vehicles, pedestrians or stationary objects, e-bike riders may also have to contend with burns from defective batteries. Lithium batteries can be highly combustible. Although batteries designed specifically for e-bikes are generally safe and are becoming safer, e-bike users should follow manufacturer instructions on charging and handling these batteries, and exercise extreme caution if building their own or using an after-market battery.
When you’re hurt in an e-bike or e-scooter motor vehicle accident.
An accident involving an e-bike or e-scooter can occur in a matter of seconds, but the effects of the accident can last a lifetime if you are seriously injured or disabled as a result. If you or a loved one have been injured, there are several steps you should consider taking as you contemplate your recovery if you are able:
- At the scene of the accident, ensure you and others are in a safe place to avoid additional injuries (particularly if on a road).
- If anyone has been hurt, emergency responders should be contacted to examine the extent of injuries, treat them as needed, and direct you to a hospital or follow-up care with your own medical provider.
- If you or another person is able, take photos or video of the scene of the accident and/or your injuries.
- Record the contact information of anyone else involved in the accident or witnesses.
- Jot down notes of anything that might be relevant to an investigation (for example, weather conditions, time of day).
- Limit what you say to anyone involved in the accident and never admit fault.
- Contact an experienced personal injury lawyer for a consultation prior to contacting any insurer.
Accident benefits and compensation.
Depending on who else was involved in your accident and what kind of insurance coverage you have, you may be eligible for accident benefits under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule, also known as ("SABS"), or a privately-purchased or employer-funded insurance policy.
Since e-bikes and e-scooters are not considered motor vehicles according to Ontario law, users do not need to carry standard motor vehicle insurance. This means you would not be able to apply for SABS if the accident involved only your e-bike or e-scooter, another bicycle, or a pedestrian, but not a motor vehicle. If, however, a motor vehicle such as a car or truck was involved in the accident, you may be able to submit a SABS claim to the insurer of that motor vehicle.
If you have an insurance policy for your home and/or personal liability, your policy may cover some of the costs related to an e-bike or e-scooter accident. If you are a regular e-bike or e-scooter user, it is advisable to contact your insurer when you first start using these vehicles to understand whether you are covered or whether you can purchase extended coverage. Similarly, private or employer-paid health insurance policies may provide benefits if you are injured in one of these accidents.
If the e-bike or e-scooter accident was not your fault (or only partially your fault), you may be able to launch a tort claim for compensation and damages against another negligent person. Tort claims seek damages for pecuniary (calculable) losses such as lost income, medical expenses, and housekeeping and home maintenance expenses, and also for non-pecuniary damages that recognize the pain and suffering the accident has caused you.
When you want to determine what benefits and compensation you are eligible to receive, it is strongly advised that you speak to an experienced personal injury lawyer prior to contacting any insurer. Insurance companies have been known to deny or delay paying benefits to qualified applicants, or to offer settlements that are less than what applicants deserve. A knowledgeable e-bike and e-scooter motor vehicle accident lawyer can help ensure your rights are protected.
The Gluckstein advantage.
When you or a loved one has sustained a serious injury in an e-bike or e-scooter accident, you may feel overwhelmed by all that needs to be done. Your focus should be on your health and well-being, rehabilitation, recovery, and how you will manage your responsibilities and obligations during this uncertain time. Seeking accident benefits or other compensation to help you and your loved ones is an important part of this process - and something you need not do on your own.
Gluckstein Personal Injury Lawyer’s e-bike and e-scooter motor vehicle accidents lawyers in Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara, and Barrie have the skills and experience to help you access the funds you deserve. When you contact us for a no obligation, free consultation, we will listen to you attentively and with empathy, clearly explain your rights and options in understandable language, and offer to be your legal representative if we believe we can be of service to you.
As one of the country’s top-ranked personal injury firms, we have a reputation for fiercely advocating for our clients’ needs and have a proven track record of getting results. Moreover, with our commitment to full-circle client care, you will quickly see that we see you as much more than a case or a number. We are interested in supporting you and your loved ones on your journey towards achieving closure, healing and living your best life possible.
Contact a member of our team today to learn how we can work together to help you recover from a tragic personal injury and look forward to the future with great hope.
Tell us about your accident or injury. We can help.
At Gluckstein Personal Injury Lawyers, the initial meeting is free and without obligation on your part – and we never charge you legal fees until your claim is settled.
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|Core Material:||Dicyandiamide-formaldehyde Resin||Application:||Textile Waste Water Color Removal And COD Decreasing|
water treatment flocculant,
This Color Removal Chemical is our BWD-01 Water Decoloring Agent, it is a new type of high efficient decolorizing coagulant, developed with more than 10 years, with very good stability.
|Appearance:||Colorless to yellowish translucid liquid|
|Specific Gravity at 20°C:||1.1-1.3|
|PH Value:||3-6 (30% Solution)|
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It has stronger decolorization (50%~99%) and removal of COD (50%~80%).
Used to de-color high-colority effluent from textile and dyestuffs mills.
High performance to treat wastewater with soluble and insoluble dyestuffs, such as Reactive, Acid, Disperse, Direct Dyestuff etc..
Especially used to treat color wastewater from textile and dyeing industry, pigment industry, printing ink industry, and paper industry.
Used as a retention agent in the paper & pulp processing
Faster sedimentation, better flocculation.
Non-pollution (no aluminum, chlorine, heavy metal ions etc.).
It can be used before or after biological treatment.
Less sludge produced than other inorganic coagulants.
Make a solution of Color Removal Chemical, mix with 40 times water to have 2.5% solution for use.
Make a solution of polyaluminium chloride(PAC), with 2-5% Al2O3
Have a solution of Polyacrylamide (Polyelectrolyte), 0.1%.
Have effluent and adjust pH value to 8-10.
Dose PAC solution, mix with effluent completely. about 1-3 minutes
Add BWD-01 solution, mix with effluent completely, about 5-10 minutes
Dose 1-2ppm anionic polyelectrolyte, mix slowly to have big floc, Sedimentation
Check color for treated effluent
Adjust dosage of color removal chemical and PAC to do more test to have a better testing result.
A. When have biological treatment first and after they make chemical treatment.
B. When the treat first by chemicals, then the usual dosages are:
Test and adjustment the pH of the effluent to 7-9
First we apply the PAC (contact time 3-5 min with the waste water), after then Color Removal Chemical (contact time 5-10 min), and after then anionic polyacrylamide.
It will give too much economy if we'll adjust the pH 7-9, otherwise the consumption of color removal chemical will be ~20% higher.
50-80 ppm Color Removal Chemical (raw)
80-100 ppm Color Removal Chemical (raw)
15-20ppm Polyaluminum Chloride (solid)
15 -30 ppm PAC(solid)
1 - 2 ppm Anionic Polyacrylamide (solid)
1 - 2 ppm Anionic Polyacrylamide(solid)
Bluwat Color Removal Chemical Plant:
Contact Person: Mr. Eric Min
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6 Ways Smoking Ruins Your Looks
Looking for a reason to quit smoking? If you care about your looks, look no further! It’s no secret that smoking cigarettes harms your most important organs, including your heart, lungs, and brain. If this is not enough reason to quit, here’s another reason– smoking ruins your looks.
From premature wrinkles to thinner hair, smoking can make it hard for you to feel your best. Here are six ways that smoking cigarettes harms your appearance.
- Dark Circles Under Your Eyes
You know you aren’t getting enough rest when you find dark circles under your eyes. But did you know that your pack of cigarette could be the cause? According to a study by Johns Hopkins, smokers are four times more likely than nonsmokers to report feeling unrested after a full night of sleep. This means smokers are more likely to find dark circles under their eyes.
2. Dull Skin Tone
The nicotine in cigarettes constrict your blood vessels, which carry oxygen and essential nutrients to your skin. Your skin is deprived of oxygen and nutrients when these blood vessels are made narrower. The result is dull and uneven skin complexion. To restore your natural glow, quit smoking!
3. Premature Wrinkles
According to the American Lung Association, cigarette smoke contains over 7000 chemicals. Many of these chemicals damage collagen and elastin, the fibers that give your skin its elasticity. With this loss of elasticity, your skin is prone to premature aging and wrinkles.
4. Thinner Hair
In addition to damaging your skin, smoking also damages your hair. Chemicals found in cigarettes, including ammonia and carbon monoxide, harm your hair follicles and cause premature hair thinning. In fact, according to a 2007 study in Taiwan, men who smoke are twice as likely to go bald as nonsmoking men.
5. Yellow Fingers
Your teeth aren’t the only things turning yellow with each puff you take. Smoking is also known to stain your fingers and nails as well. The nicotine and tar found in cigarettes stain your fingers and nails as you hold the cigarette.
Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes an outbreak of red, scaly patches on your skin. While both smokers and nonsmokers can develop psoriasis, a study in The American Journal of Epidemiology shows that smokers have nearly double the risk of developing psoriasis as nonsmokers. Save yourself a scaly rash!
Still not convinced that smoking ruins your looks? The nicotine and tar in cigarettes are also notorious for making your teeth yellow. And if yellow teeth aren’t bad enough, smoking also increases your chances of tooth loss. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smokers are twice as likely to develop gum disease than nonsmokers. Since gum disease may result in tooth loss, smokers face a greater risk of tooth loss than nonsmokers.
If you’re a nonsmoker that has these symptoms, ask a dermatologist!
The Specialist doctor from the University Hospital in Gothenburg, alumnus UC Berkeley. My doctoral dissertation is about Digital Health and I have published 5 scientific articles in teledermatology and artificial intelligence and others.
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The building at 1012 N. Main St. is unremarkable -- a brick shell that appears to be little more than a relic of Fort Worth's industrial past. But in 1925, it marked the power of racism in Texas as Klavern 101, a meeting hall for Tarrant County's Ku Klux Klan within sight of the courthouse.
For a year the building has been caught between two futures: one as a center for inclusion and restorative justice, the other as a pile of rubble to be forgotten.
Though the Klan held the building for only a few years, that dark portion of its history is the focus of a Fort Worth coalition hoping to re-purpose the space by making it a center for arts and community healing, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Nationally, much of the recent energy around racial justice has focused on removing statutes, including a Confederate monument on the Tarrant County Courthouse lawn, but Daniel Banks, Adam McKinney and a growing group believe they can accomplish something more lasting by transforming the former Klavern hall.
"The building has been a monument for almost 100 years, with its message frozen into the landscape of Fort Worth," Banks said, calling it a "monument to violence."
"It's a monument to anti-Blackness, anti-Hispanic, anti-immigrant, anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, anti-LGBTQ people," he continued. "We have the ability to change that message. We have the ability to create a living monument to creativity, to liberation, to love and to freedom."
They hope to call the building The Fred Rouse International Center and Museum for Art and Community Healing, named after a Black strikebreaker lynched in December 1921.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Banks and McKinney pitched repurposing the building last year as a home for DNAWORKS, a service organization they co-founded that promotes cultural expression through the performing arts. The effort has grown and now includes Opal Lee, SOL Ballet Folklorico, the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society, The Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice and The Welman Project, a nonprofit that adapts surplus materials and new clothing for schools and other groups for free.
The coalition had hoped to secure a North Texas Community Foundation ToolBox grant to underwrite a feasibility study for its idea, but that didn't come through, Banks said.
Instead, earlier this month it learned The Projects Group, a Fort Worth-based project management firm, would complete the study pro bono while Boston-based MASS Design Group would provide some renderings and design concepts. MASS Design has also agreed to operate as the project's fiscal agent, receiving funding for the coalition as it finalizes a business model, Banks said.
The firms raise the credibility of 1012 Leadership Coalition's idea. The Projects Group has worked on many Sundance Square projects, and more recently managed the Dickies Arena construction and renovations at the Amon Carter Museum. MASS Design developed the design of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
John Stevenson, vice president and project director at The Projects Group, said he had long known there was something "strange" about the building at 1012 N. Main St. The firm focuses on cultural and performing arts projects.
"You can feel that there's emotion contained in it, and you can feel that emotion around it when you spend time around the building," he said.
The building has spent most of its life as a mundane warehouse.
The original KKK came to power in the years following the Civil War. In 1916, as the Klan was regaining power across the country, a Fort Worth assistant police chief decided to form a Klan group. He recruited friends, including police officers, said historian Richard Selcer.
Around 1920, the group decided it needed a building of its own and constructed the first Klavern at the site. That building burned down under odd circumstances. Arson wasn't proven and an electrical failure may have been the culprit, but the longstanding story is the building was firebombed, according to Star-Telegram archives.
Not deterred, in 1925 the Klan rebuilt the hall. Along with hosting Klan gatherings, it served as a community center and auditorium.
The Klan sold the building a few years later, and in the 1930s it hosted professional wrestling and amateur boxing. The Ellis Pecan Company bought the venue in 1946. It has been mostly vacant since the early 2000s.
While many people may be unaware of the Klan's presence in Fort Worth, McKinney said its legacy has been woven into the city's cultural history. Re-imagining the Klan hall allows the city to "tell the truth" about its history while placing those the Klan sought to oppress at the center of the conversation, he said.
"We believe that in transforming this building we have the opportunity to perform community and healing as a way to subvert the history of racism," McKinney said.
Opal Lee, a 93-year-old activist who has fought for decades to make Juneteenth a national holiday, said she has watched recent protests over inequity and police brutality and admires the renewed energy among young people for justice.
The 1012 N. Main project may provide a way to channel some of that energy into a lasting tool for healing, she said. A lot of time has been spent listening to city leaders discuss what can be done to improve equity in Fort Worth, she said, but repurposing the former Klan hall is something the community can take real action on now.
If everything works out, she wants to move her Juneteenth museum to the building.
"I just believe if we roll up our sleeves and get together we can get a hell of a lot more done," she said.
The group is making strides, but one major hurdle remains: raising enough money to buy the property from the current owners, Sugarplum Holdings of Fort Worth. Sugarplum has city approval to tear down the building.
Attempts to reach Sugarplum Holdings were unsuccessful. Last July, when the owner first sought a demolition permit, an attorney representing told the Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission that the owners supported a delay of demolition and exploring alternatives for the site.
Few details about Sugarplum's plan for the site have emerged. An engineering group it hired wrote in the city application that the auditorium needs $8 million to $10 million worth of work.
The commission granted a 180-day demo delay, but the city has since awarded the necessary permit.
Banks, the DNAWORKS co-founder, said the feasibility study and development plan The Projects Group and MASS Design will put together should help the coalition attract donations needed to purchase the building. He said representatives for the owners have been in touch with the coalition.
The coalition envisions arts training and programming for underserved children alongside mentorship and performance opportunities for early career artists. Part of the space would be open for local and touring artists, particularly those focused on social justice. A museum would focus on civil rights while a marketplace area would provide local artists and small businesses an outlet. A tool library and workshop would also be open for those needing access to such resources, as well as a live/work space for economically challenged artists and entrepreneurs.
It's a lot to pack into the space, but Stevenson said it's doable. Part of the feasibility study will look at how those goals can mesh, he said.
Though SOL Ballet Folklorico is a Hispanic dance school, director Freddy Cantu envisioned the Fred Rouse Center as a "safe haven" for dancers from all cultures. The proximity to downtown, and placement along the Trinity River bypass channel that's planned to form Panther Island, give the center a prime location and "bragging rights."
"I definitely feel it's highly necessary," he told the Star-Telegram in February. "I think the facade of the safety and unity of Fort Worth is starting to crumble down and we're starting to see more and more of how things are trying to be thrown under the rug."
"Now is the time," he said later.
Though the future of 1012 N. Main St. is still up in the air, Lee wondered if the process of making the Fred Rouse Center a reality might offer a chance for reconciliation before shovels dig in or hammers start pounding.
"I guess I can dream, but wouldn't it be wonderful if the descendants of Klan people would come and help us get this thing together?" she asked.
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Irma Helen Collins (b. May 15, 1930) is a music educator, musician, and author. She had a long career in collegiate level teaching, and was involved in the creation of the Journal of Music Teacher Education. She is also the author of the Dictionary of Music Education. This collection contains papers, correspondence, photographs, and other media relating to her career in music education.
There are no restricted files in this collection.
Copyright was not transferred to the University of Maryland with the physical gift of the materials. The donor, her heirs, or her publishers retain any copyright possessed in the papers. The University of Maryland Libraries is granted permission for the use in scholarly research by the Libraries’ patrons under fair use in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act.
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The Irma H. Collins papers covers the period from 1940 to 2013; the bulk of the materials date from 1954 to 1998. The collection consists of both personal and professional papers including unpublished and published writings, correspondence, addresses, programs, reports, memorabilia, clippings, recordings, and articles. Materials relate to Dr. Collins’ work as a music educator and consultant, including her work with various music education organizations such as the Kentucky Music Educators Association, the Society of Music Teacher Education, and the Music Educators National Conference for which she was a former chairperson. Materials related to her work creating the Journal of Music Teacher Education (JMTE) are also included.
Irma Helen Collins (née Hopkins) was born on May 15, 1930 in Horatio, Arkansas. As a student at Ouachita Baptist College (now known as Ouachita Baptist University), she began her studies as journalism major and won awards for her writing, but then pursued music. She graduated from Ouachita in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts in violin and speech; Southwestern Seminary with a Bachelor of Music degree in voice and choral conducting; Master of Music degree in voice from George Peabody College in Nashville, and earned a doctorate in musical arts at Temple University. Dr. Collins taught at Mars Hill College, George Peabody College, West Virginia Wesleyan College, the University of Pittsburgh, and then at Murray State University, where she served for seventeen years and was later named a professor emerita in music education there. She also spent time teaching as an adjunct professor at Shenandoah University. While studying for her Master of Music degree at Peabody College, she was a violinist in the Nashville Symphony. Dr. Collins served as national chairperson for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME, formerly the Music Educators National Conference (MENC))'s Society for Music Teacher Education, where she founded the Journal of Music Teacher Education. She also worked as a consultant for academic music programs, travelling to universities to observe music programs, creating detailed reports with suggestions for improvement. She was also a member of a task force on music education for the MENC, evaluating learning standards and the goals of music education as a whole. While teaching at Shenandoah University, Dr. Collins wrote Dictionary of Music Education (2013) published by Rowman and Littlefield. She retired as adjunct professor of music education at the Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia.
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Gift of Irma H. Collins December 2015 with ongoing accruals.
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Its objective is to increase efficiency by performing complex operations as rationally as possible while keeping a delicate balance between the requirements of the transport industry and the national economy, on the one hand, and the necessity to conform with indispensable governmental regulations relating to national health and security, customs duties and taxes, etc., on the other.
Due to the early identification of needs for transport facilitation in Europe, UNECE has become a focal point for regulatory and technical intergovernmental development in the transport facilitation for inland transport modes. In particular, UNECE has developed and administers many international legal instruments in this area, including the TIR Convention (1975) and Harmonization Convention (1982). A full list of the relevant UNECE conventions can be found here. Many of them have become truly global.
Facilitation and security should be considered as complimentary, rather than contradictory, to one another. However, the balance between the two was seriously shaken by the events of 11 September 2001 in New York and other terrorist attacks in various cities across the globe. These events demonstrated that transport and related infrastructure are vulnerable to security threats.
Since 2001, a significant number of initiatives have been launched by various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to address security challenges while keeping the benefits of facilitation. From the prospective of international transport and global supply chains, the major development was the adoption in 2005 of The Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade (SAFE) by the World Customs Organization (WCO).
UNECE and its Inland Transport Committee (ITC) have given careful consideration to transport security. This work was first conducted in the framework of various Working Parties which addressed the underlying issues within their field of competence. In addition, to ensure a comprehensive intersectoral approach to this topic, ITC established a Multidisciplinary Group of Experts on Inland Transport Security.
The Expert Group, with the participation of experts from UNECE Member States as well as relevant international governmental and non-governmental organizations, has addressed the following areas of work: (i) transport safety and transport security; (ii) inventory of regulatory initiatives at the national level; (iii) inventory of regulatory initiatives at the international level; (iv) inventory of standards, initiatives, guidelines, best practices by the private sector. The proceedings of the Expert Group can be found on here.
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Essentially, the most logical method for directing and forming cabling in buildings and industrial sites are using cable tray and ladders.
This part of FIF production, under the supervision of EN standard, is produced by roll forming method, thus production is large and long length is possible. Based on the customers' demands trays and ladders are produced in the following three forms:
Hot dip galvanize
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Like humans, feathered lovebirds want entertainment. But how is it possible to entertain the lovebirds with your care? Naturally, pet caretakers don’t allow their lovebirds to go outside. Yet, birds have a habit to fly for long a distance. What should be the correct way to entertain them in a confined room or a big cage?
So, are you looking for lovebirds’ entertainment tips without allowing them essentials? Yes, In this article, you will know the remarkable ways of lovebird’s fun with affordable items either. Lovebirds spend their happy time with friends, even humans. Just imagine a lovebird in a desolated cage and feel their boredom.
All types of questions related to lovebirds’ entertainment are discussed below. Just stay with this article!
Ways to entertain the lovebirds
Lovebirds need attention for their spending satisfying time. With minor to major needs, your lovebirds feel relaxed. For bird lovers, the below tips can be crucial to implement for lovebirds.
Water Bath keeps them entertained
Lovebirds take bath according to their mood. However, water is essential in all weather, but giving much access can be dangerous for lovebirds’ health. Undoubtedly, due to the excessive warmth in summer, they need to cool their body. But winter is not susceptible to more than one bath within a week. It is more challenging to handle aggressive and lonely birds in hot temperatures. To attract them toward the water bath, try some friendly techniques to keep close to your birds.
- Always make sure to avoid plenty of water for bathing. Lovebirds feel scared and fall in the danger of drowning. Too much wet does not help to dry feathers immediately and cause pneumonia.
- Various kinds of small water baths with less water make the lovebirds satisfied. The same color and design can make them boring. Give access to a safe zone for the splashing of water.
- Some kinds of green toys and leaves are assuredly beneficial to maintain health with bathing. Leaves and branches attract the birds for chewing. Moreover, this tip can fall the scared lovebirds in love with a water bath.
- Put your hands in a water bath, and sprinkle water on lovebirds. This will make your birds, and happily, they take a bath.
Note: Don’t put a water bath in front of baby lovebirds until 3-4 months.
Satisfying and favorite food keeps them healthy and active
For lovebirds, training is nothing helpful without satisfying food. Firstly, it’s crucial to know about birds’ favorite food and ways of providing them. Imagine, if you don’t give food at the proper time, then how can lovebirds survive? Assuredly, meal timing matters for lovebirds’ long life.
- Birds want seeds according to their bill size and shape. However, lovebirds want seeds in limited quantities. It never means to skip seeds from their diet. Most vitamins, minerals, lipids, and proteins are attainable through seeds to lovebirds.
- Fruits, leaves, and soft vegetables are best suited for lovebirds’ diets. Moreover, they get most of their hydration from watery items.
- Pellets food is most unique for baby lovebirds and mature ones. This kind of food is high in nutrition and for better development. Also, lovebirds happily want pellets for warmness.
Provide a partner
To get rid of lovebirds’ boredom, they need a partner. Even human flocks or the same species can be their happiness. Although, with a brief interaction, they spend a maximum time with their spouse. This can help to improve the mental and physical health of lovebirds. Try to provide them a mate within 9 hours of their lonesome period.
Louder voices, a tight grasp, and disturbance in birds’ area make them annoying. Mainly TV and speaker sounds are not accurate for lovebird’s health. They lose their hearing capability and remain exhausted, aggravated, and aggressive. Although in a calm and peaceful area, lovebirds stay involved.
Provide stress-free environment
Pressure and depression generate many troubles in lovebirds. No doubt, they lose their health due to screaming and poor nutrition. After all, a stressful environment stops your lovebirds to eat food. They fastly lose their weight by incognizance.
- Entertain your lovebirds to equip them with a sociable environment.
- Lower your voice to keep relax your lovebirds.
- Be active to manage lovebirds’ food.
A large cage is best according to the bird’s size, long tail, and beak security. It depends on the lovebird’s pair. Hence, you should look upon your bird’s size, numbers, and cage condition. In this way, put a larger enclosure for maximum birds and a smaller one for single birds. Undoubtedly, your birds are only entertained with flying space and decorative cages either.
Beautiful design of the cage
Cages design matters for your home corners. Some sorts of lovebirds enclosures are suitable for open places, and others are not. It depends upon temperature and the lovebird’s age. Yet, decorative, stylish, and trendy cages amuse the lovebirds.
Lovebirds are moody but love music which is natural. The music I recommend is the voices of the jungle, flowing water, chirping birds, and blowing air. Certainly, it depends upon the type of harmony. Firstly, you should test your lovebirds with louder music. If you feel them aggressive, then try the lighter one. It never means to play the music 24 hours. This behavior irritates your birds, and they will drop under anxiety.
Besides, soothing music imposes the lovebirds to dance to keep energetic. Happy hormones are released in lovebirds and keep them entertained. Do not play pop or any other music as it is haram.
Give outside access
All-time having the birds in cages is not healthful for them. Importantly, try to train the lovebirds to give them outside access. Otherwise, your lovebirds will fly out of your home. Another side, with the proper friendship, you can easily allow the birds to fly in the room. This can assuredly make the birds delighted and pleased. Muscles will be soothed, and the body will be developed.
What do lovebirds like to play with?
Lovebirds like many types of toys. Commonly humans love to play with balls and bats. However, lovebirds also want balls but are lighter and smaller. According to lovebirds’ figures, they love to play with hanging, chewing, and throwing toys.
Hanging toys comes in variety and are helpful for the movement of tiny creatures. Lovebirds grasp these toys tightly, and you can fix them anywhere inside and outside of the cage.
Some kinds of chewing toys make the beak busy. These toys entertain the lovebirds and divert their attention from fighting. Ropes, stems, and branches are fall in chewing material.
Throwing and tearing items
Paper is the best item for lovebirds to tear off. No doubt, lovebirds change their mood frequently and dislike another bird before proper interaction. In this situation, throwing toys like smaller balls and twigs is best to keep them calm.
Best toys for lovebirds
Some best toys for lovebirds are puzzles, swings, and little bicycles. Let’s read;
Puzzles are available in the market for lovebirds’ mental health. Yes, it’s difficult to play this game, but training makes everyone perfect. You can buy this in any variety of materials. Even though, give wood and plastic puzzles game for metal activeness, body maintenance, and training. There are more chances of suffering your lovebirds without these types of playing activities.
Woven wall net
Woven wall net helpful to hang inside and outside of the cage. This is not toxic to lovebirds due to the fabric material. Moreover, net holes provide the space for grasp, and birds appreciate chewing this knitted. Sometimes, small beads on this net make it more beautiful. You can select whatever you desire for lovebirds. With some winning treats, your lovebirds attract to this game daily.
Bicycle for lovebirds is designed to offer a space of unique sitting. It supports maintaining the balance of the body and regulating muscles. During paddling, the whole body is working, and lovebirds cycling is the best way of exercise. These types of sitting are durable and easy to fix at any place. Replace bicycle with perches for adding a new item in enclosures.
During aggressiveness, birds want something to tear off. Shredding toys are the best suited to handle lovebirds’ anger. Your fingers will be safe with these toys. Just hang it in your lovebird’s cage for fun also. It can help to keep the lovebirds engaged and healthier.
The most common toys for pets are swings. This is durable, easy to hang, and also entertaining for lovebirds. Just hang it according to cage size and shape. You can also appoint it outside from cage to add more enjoyment for your lovebirds.
How do you spend time with lovebirds?
Always make certain to give your time to your lovebirds. Wih playing games, healthy food, and toys will be best for spending time. A pair of lovebirds don’t want your maximum time. However, a pair needs an utmost of 3-4 hours daily for playing.
Although, a single bird without a decorative cage requires a maximum of 5-6 hours. Besides, if you provide accessories like toys, then you must give 3-4 hours to your single bird.
What game can I play with my lovebirds?
Lovebirds play various games like other pets.
- Basketball is not just a favorite for humans but also lovebirds. A small basketball game delivers wellness. Your birds get access to balls, suction cups, and basketball hope, which are attached to a table.
- Fetch is a wonderful game, and assuredly dogs come into your mind. Those who are not aware of lovebirds playing can take a lightweight small ball. Throw it, and allow your birds to catch. Avoid tossing forcefully in the air and give access to the ground. After that, birds will pick the ball and come close to you. Neven avoids giving them appreciation treat.
Do lovebirds like to be petted?
Lovebirds like to be petted but sometimes. While lovebirds just want the pet of their owner. Even the other people’s touch can irritate them and they became assertive.
- During lovebirds’ training, make sure to touch their body and avoid the tail.
- Also, don’t forcibly hold them in your hands.
- Always protect your lovebirds from noises.
- Play games with them during the initial days of training.
- Touch bird’s beak rather than below neck feathers.
If lovebirds feel easy in your hands, then its means they like your care and affection.
Do lovebirds like to cuddle with you?
Lovebirds feel satisfied with their playing partner. However, they cuddle with their mate as well as humans. The reason for cuddling with humans is to pay off their love, consideration, and admiration. When birds realize save hands, in return give the respect to handling person. In this way, lovebirds appreciate cuddling with you.
How do I know if my lovebirds are happy?
When your lovebirds are satisfied and energetic, it means they are happy. Some kinds of louder sweet sounds make you sure that they are pleased. Mostly you feel your lovebird’s happiness during playing and eating sweet food.
Do lovebirds like a mirror?
Lovebirds like mirrors if they are alone. Too much attraction with reflection can cause an impact on lovebirds’ mental fitness. Curiosity and anger on their reflection make them physically and mentally weak. On the other side, if lovebirds are in pairs, they have no need for a mirror for playing. The mirror can just be a little bit helpful for the lonely bird to divert their attention from sadness. This trick can be useful if your lovebirds do have not any toys.
How long does it take for lovebirds to bond?
It depends upon your way of activity. With appropriate timing and confidence, you may win the heart of lovebirds. Even if you give your 4-5 hours daily, it will precious for strong bonding. Otherwise, it takes one year for relations. Yet, with appropriate time you can entice lovebirds within a maximum of 3-4 weeks.
Summing up, it is crucial to provide every kind of entertaining thing for your lovebird’s activeness. Undoubtedly it is hard to give time to a busy person, but crucial to care about lovebirds’ fitness. Different games like basketball and fetching can entertain your lovebirds.
A stress-free environment is valuable for lovebirds’ minds and body health. Water baths, favorite food, beautiful large cages, and music are the best source of entertainment. With above all tips, your lovebirds are always happy.
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I posted last week about the class I led this semester, Wikipedia as a Research Tool with freshman in the Honors Program at the University of Memphis. That post provided background on how I constructed the class and shifts in student thinking about Wikipedia over the course of the semester.
For a portion of the student’s final exam, they responded to two questions aimed at evaluating the course experience. First, I asked about the most important insight they gained from the class. Second, I asked the students to recommend changes for the next time the course is offered.
Below I present a representative sample of student responses to the first question and my commentary. Next week, I will follow the same format on the student suggestions about changes for the next time I teach the course.
What was the most important insight you gained from this class?
Perhaps the most consistent insight students listed was that Wikipedia was not the completely unreliable information resource their high school teachers and some of their current college instructors warned them about.
At one point my middle school librarian said that Wikipedia was the devil. As a result, after all these years of being told that Wikipedia was an unreliable resource and that I was not allowed to use it, I just automatically thought that Wikipedia was not reliable. Learning about how the website is run and that most of the “employees” are in fact volunteers gave me a better insight on the integrity of the website and the people who run it.
The most important insight I learned from the class is that Wikipedia is more trustworthy than I once thought.
I learned many things during this course, but the most important would be evaluating credible sources. Yes, I learned this in previous high school classes, but in college credible sources has a whole new meaning.
Of importance, the student insights were not based on an uncritical acceptance that everything printed on a Wikipedia page is a canonical truth. Rather, the insights resulted from the examination of Wikipedia articles of the their own choosing, coupled with an appreciation for the editing process.
I saw first hand just how quickly incorrect information or articles without citations were taken down.
I did not even know that Wikipedia could be edited by everyone. Teahouses and other editors are also available to help anyone create their own Wikipedia edits and articles.
One student’s comments on their own article creation was particularly insightful:
My page is actually being considered for deletion simply because it is too similar to another page. I was not aware of this and actually thought that my page would contain much more information than the one that took over mine. This was however not the case. I blame the fact that I did not thoroughly read the other page. In all honesty I should have simply made a series of edits to the existing page. After using Wikipedia I have found that if an editor goes in with selfish intentions, he or she may not like he or she finds. Wikipedia is meant to be a place of selfless unbiased information. This would have to be my greatest insight.
Students enjoyed writing their articles, even if they often struggled with formatting and technical issues. (In fact, technical considerations was the primary area students recommended addressing in future courses. I will take up this point next week.)
“I actually enjoyed creating a Wikipedia article. I was really stressed and confused in the beginning because I did not know what to expect. However, as I learned how to edit sections and add information, I began to enjoy creating my article. It was fun to mess around with the layout of the page and deciding what to add. I would consider making another Wikipedia page in my free time.
Some students were critical of their critics. I will return to this point next week.
It is not so much that becoming a user is difficult, as it is quite simple, but, as demonstrated in many situations with articles presented in class, there are those individuals that seem to be very avid Wikipedia editors, and these people can be somewhat territorial.
Placing such heavy reliance on the community to police itself is a fairly brave approach to moderation, but one which fundamentally breaks apart the long-existing problem of moderators running pages in their own interests rather than those of the community. While it may not be in its best shape at present, the existing architecture supports a self-sustaining community full of internal checks and balances which, though tedious, serve well to keep the project on task and neutral. As someone who is very interested in the growth and development of internet culture, especially in the inevitable forming of social cliques and hierarchies, Wikipedia has offered me a new paradigm from which to view the world online.
Students came to an understanding of Wikipedia as user-generated content.
One of the most valuable things I learned from this class definitely had to do with how many people contribute to user-generated sites like Wikipedia. I never realized just how many people were so dedicated to the maintenance and improvement of the site. Even just from observing my own personal page, I noticed edits being made very quickly. This completely surprised me, as I thought my page would probably just stay under the radar since it was not a very popular or controversial topic. Also, I was astonished to realize how well maintained the site is given that there is not a large paid staff. This means that all the countless edits made on the millions of articles are reviewed and adjusted by citizens just like myself.
And finally, students in the course came away with an appreciation of how they can use Wikipedia in their research. In another part of the final exam I asked the hypothetical: “In your college level U.S. History class, you are assigned to write a 2000 word paper on the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Will you consult Wikipedia in writing this paper? If yes, how? If not, why not?”
Without exception, every student said they would consult Wikipedia as a starting point for further direction in their research. For example:
The most important insight that I gained from this class is a confirmation of what Wikipedia is actually about. I always knew it was an encyclopedia but most people used it differently. Wikipedia is not a research tool, or a source shopping list, and even though it can be used in those ways, what Wikipedia is really about is being an online encyclopedia. It is simply an online “book” of facts, and these facts are then used to inform people. I do not think that Wikipedia ever had the intention or wanted to become acceptable as a citable source.
My own greatest insight from the class has to do with how I will teach the class next time. The one-credit hour course met only once per week for one hour. I found the 12-week syllabus provided by Wikipedia overly ambitious for some students in the class. In fact, up to one-half of the articles written by the individual students will ultimately be either deleted or combined with existing articles. At the same time, half of the class completed articles of worth, and the entire class received a solid introduction to the pros and cons of user-generated content. I will return to this point next week.
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