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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home unless their jobs cannot be filled by men. The mayor on Sunday was detailing the latest restrictions on women by the new Taliban rulers. It’s another sign that the Taliban are enforcing their harsh interpretation of Islam despite initial promises by some in the movement that they would be tolerant and inclusive. In their previous rule in the 1990s, the Taliban had barred girls and women from schools, jobs and public life. Elsewhere in Kabul, more than a dozen women staged a brief protest, calling for the participating of women in public life.
The post Taliban-run Kabul municipality to female workers: Stay home appeared first on WEEK.
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Mohamed Aly El-Horbity*, Mohamed A. El-Naggar, Mohamed Abdallah Zaitoun and Hala A. Tabl
Appendicitis is the commonest causes of the acute abdominal pain and most frequent causes for an urgent abdominal surgical operation. Recently, it is clarified that the appendix may have an immune-protective function and working as a lymphoid organ especially in young age. Other theories claimed that appendix work as storage for "good" colonic bacteria. Moreover, others theories claimed that it is a just developmental remnant and without function. The present investigation was done between March 2016 and July 2019, and including 60 female patients in reproductive age who clinically suspected as acute appendicitis with Alvarado score. Then, the female patients were divided to 2 groups; Group A, including 30 patients, the primary diagnosis based on Alvarado score with pelvic-bdominal sonography and group B, including 30 patients, the primary diagnosis of acute appendicitis depend up on Alvarado score and multislicepelviabdominal CT. All patients in the 2 groups were complaining from acute rtlower abdominal pain with Alvarado score more than 3. All patients in the 2 groups diagnosed of acute appendicitis were managed by open appendicectomy. Postoperative final results were depended on the histopathological evaluations of the samples. Multislice-pelvi-abdominal CT play an important role in diagnosis of acute appendicitis in female patients and it is more sensitive and specific than the modified Alvarado score plus US abdomen and pelvis. CT abdomen and pelvis rule out other pelvic pathology, and so lowering the high rates of -veappendicectomy and increase accuracy of final diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
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Opus free audio codec now standardized
You may have heard previously about the free audio codec Opus, for instance when Mozilla some time ago announced that support for it has been integrated into the Firefox web browser.
The audio codec has been standardized by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) which should increase adoption rates. When you look at the list of companies and organizations that worked on the codec, you will notice that Mozilla, Microsoft (through Skype) and Google are on the list. Mozilla at the time of writing is the only one of the three that has integrated Opus into a web browser.
The Opus audio codec has been designed as a highly flexible yet superior codec for the Internet and interactive content.
Some of its benefits include better compression compared to popular formats such as mp3 or aac, support for realtime and pre-recorded applications, and adjustable bitrates and bandwidth. For the Internet, this means a low bandwidth codec with better audio quality and lower latency than comparable audio codecs.
Mozilla's Timothy B. Terriberry has this to add.
Opus compresses speech especially well. Those same test results (slide 19) show that for fullband mono speech, Opus is almost transparent at 32 kbps. For audio books and podcasts, it’s a real win.
Opus is also great for short files (like game sound effects) and startup latency, because unlike Vorbis, it doesn’t require several kilobytes of codebooks at the start of each file. This makes streaming easier, too, since the server doesn’t have to keep extra data around to send to clients who join mid-stream. Instead, it can send them a tiny, generic header constructed on the fly.
You can listen to a sample audio track on the linked Mozilla web page, provided that you are using a browser supporting Opus (Firefox 15 and up).
What makes Opus special is that it can compete with high latency and quality audio codecs such as mp3, aac or Vorbis, but also with low latency and low quality speech codecs such as Speex, G.729 or Amr-NB.
Tests show that at 64 kbps, Opus will sound better than HE-AAC, Vorbis and MP3. The codec is also very flexible, supporting bitrates from 6 kbps to 256 kpbs per channel.
The codec is already used by applications such as Mumble, Firefox, Icecast or foobar2000. The Skype team announced recently plans to implement the Opus audio codec in the application to provide its users with CD quality audio.
Additional information about Opus are available on the project website. There you find tools to download, comparison information, examples and licensing information.Advertisement
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The 3D printed bracket is compatible with multiple bicycles
The American-based Italian bicycle parts brand Silca has launched its first 3D printed bicycle product, a titanium alloy bracket named Mensola.
The 3D printed bracket is compatible with many leading bicycle computers, and is stronger, lighter and more aerodynamic than CNC-processed aluminum equivalent products.
According to reports, Mensola marks the beginning of a wider 3D printing project for the brand, and some World Tour cycling teams related to this are approaching Silca.
The riding computer bracket can conveniently fix the GPS device to the handlebar or frame of the bicycle when going out, and there are many models and brands for riders to choose from.
Silca's Mensola stent uses 6Al/4V titanium for 3D printing, and according to the brand, the weight of the component is 10-15% lighter than components manufactured by traditional methods. Depending on the model, Mensola weighs only 27 grams.
The strength of the 3D printed mount is 6 to 12 times stronger than the CNC machined aluminum support mount, and compared with the standard mount, it is designed to improve aerodynamic performance.
Allegedly, the brand chose 3D printing to make the bracket because it enables the team to create geometric shapes that were previously unavailable without tool limitations or raw material inventory limitations. Mensola's structural design elements are borrowed from the fields of architecture and aerospace engineering to provide "stressed skin design with internal truss elements".
3D printing also enabled the Silca team to design brackets of various sizes with different panel geometries to improve its compatibility with bicycles and bicycle computers.
Therefore, Silca has developed multiple variants of Mensola, each of which is equipped with different valve stem panels that are compatible with bicycle brand giants (such as Specialized, Bontrager, Enve, etc.). The bracket also provides a series of mounting brackets to ensure compatibility with most leading cycling computer brands.
Mensola retails for £175, which is certainly not cheap, and in some cases, its price is higher than the GPS device itself. This is commensurate with Silca's reputation for producing high-quality and durable bicycle products.
Mensola mounts are 3D printed on demand and are compatible with various bicycle and bicycle computer brands.
In recent years, the bicycle industry continues to adopt additive manufacturing technology, and many manufacturers choose 3D printed components to enhance strength and lightweight performance. Titanium is especially an ideal material for making bicycles due to its advantageous strength-to-weight ratio and reusability.
Last year, the global engineering group Sandvik (Sandvik) cooperated with the electric bicycle engineering and design consulting company GSD Global to provide selected OEMs with 3D printing titanium motor nodes for electric bicycles, and 3D metal printing service provider RAM3D and custom Bicycle manufacturer Sturdy Cycles collaborated on 3D printing.
Huhn Cycles, an additive manufacturing mountain bike manufacturer, also used Titanium to design and produce its 3D printed Moorhuhn bikes. This bike won first place in the Formnext Purmundus Challenge last year. It is designed to provide the same stiffness and lightness as carbon mountain bikes, but has the advantage of being recyclable, so it can improve the product life cycle.
Recently, 3D printing technology developer Headmade Materials and 3D printing service bureau Element22 launched a novel 3D printed titanium bicycle pedal on Kickstarter, whose performance has exceeded previous expectations.
Link to this article： The 3D printed bracket is compatible with multiple bicycles
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As I See It
The question as we enter 2003 is will President George Bush persist in following the course he has been on for the past sixteen months, or will he wake up and realize the potentially disastrous consequences of pursuing that course?
Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy was “Speak softly, but carry a big stick.” President Bush seems to have missed the “speak softly” part.
His bluster about starting a war with Iraq, unilaterally if necessary, and his continuing obsession with invading Iraq to get rid of Saddam Hussein, has not only raised eyebrows among many of our so-called allies, but has convinced much of the world that the United States, with its massive military might and threats to use that might against countries we disagree with, is the world’s most dangerous imperialistic threat.
What we need to be concerned about is the old adage that “an enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Countries throughout the world will find a common cause in the face of this perceived threat and unite against us. Instead of joining our war on terrorism, they may actually align themselves with the terrorists in what they may see as their only means of resisting the power of the United States.
Over the past few weeks, there seemed to be some hope that he was softening his autocratic stance. When North Korea let it be known that all along they had been violating their nuclear weapons treaty with the United States and were going to push ahead with more of the same, the Bush administration declared that it would respond not with a threat, but through diplomacy.
How strange that diplomacy is appropriate for dealing with an unpredictable psychopath, but war is the only way to respond to a tyrant. Both Saddam and Kim Jong Il are unsavory characters. Both have enriched themselves at the expense of their people; Saddam has used poison gas to suppress Kurdish opposition in his own country and Kim is diverting North Korea’s resources to building nuclear weapons and medium- to long-range missiles while his country starves. It’s beginning to look like Bush is trying to pin the tail on the wrong donkey.
So why is war the only way to deal with Saddam, but diplomacy is the appropriate policy for Kim? Could it be that China’s support for North Korea is a bit intimidating? Or is it because Bush has stuck our neck out so far in his blind hatred for Saddam that he can’t back away from that short-sighted intemperate position? Its probably both, but regardless, Bush is now back to beating the drums for going to war with Iraq, with or without United Nations support.
And then there’s the economy. Unemployment is at 6 percent, the numbers of homeless and people living in poverty keep going up, bankruptcies have hit an all-time high of 1.5 million in the past year, and the stock market is in the doldrums. Every time Bush rattles his saber for war with Iraq, public confidence is shaken and the stock market takes another hit. Doesn’t President Rush realize that his warmongering is having a more devastating effect on his own people and economy than on Iraq?
When George W. Bush’s father, carrying unprecedented popularity from his victory in the first war with Iraq, ran for re-election in 1992, he lost to an upstart who came out of obscurity with the message “It’s the economy, stupid!” If the Bush currently in the White House doesn’t change course and continues his zeal for his own war with Iraq at the expense of our economy, he is destined to follow in his father’s footsteps, right out of the White House.
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Dental debridement is a type of preliminary dental cleaning done before a professional dental cleaning can be administered. Therefore, a dental debridement is often recommended for patients who have not received dental services for several years.
The Definition of a Dental Debridement
When plaque and tartar buildup on the teeth to the point that we cannot perform a complete dental exam, we need to remove the buildup. Therefore, a total removal or dental debridement is undertaken to remove the buildup on tooth surfaces, between the teeth, and around the gums. In this case, the buildup has become embedded. This causes the gums to become inflamed and swollen. Before a regular prophylaxis or regular dental cleaning can be performed then, a dental debridement must happen first. The debridement will also help us complete an exam that is comprehensive and diagnostically accurate.
When a Debridement Is Recommended
If the buildup of plaque and calculus surpasses the normal buildup, we regularly clean off the teeth, we will likely recommend a debridement. This is done, so we properly assess the health of your teeth and gums. Otherwise, we cannot determine a course of treatment or what needs to be done to improve a patient's oral health. During the procedure, we will use a piezoelectric scaler to get rid of the tartar on and between the gums. The machine vibrates and uses water to break down the tartar and get rid of it. Besides removing and pulverizing the calculus, the piezo scaler also removes surface stains leaving the teeth cleaner and smoother and allowing for gum healing. We often use an anesthetic during the procedure to reduce any discomfort caused by the buildup.
Do you believe you need a debridement? If so, this procedure is usually only done once, so you might say it is a “once-in-a-lifetime” event. After a dental debridement is performed, we can regularly schedule dental cleanings and/or periodontal maintenance if gum disease happens to be a problem. Give us a call today if it has been a while since your teeth have been cleaned. You may need to schedule a dental debridement so we can help support you in your goal of better overall dental care.
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While there are plenty of exciting new features in Windows 10, some didn't make the cut
Microsoft has started to roll out its latest blockbuster update, dubbed Windows 10 May 2020 – sometimes referred to as Version 2004 in Microsoft's support documentation. The latest update is designed to be the first of two planned feature-packed upgrades coming to the operating system this year, with the first arriving in spring, and the second in autumn.
And while there is no shortage of exciting new features packed into Windows 10 May 2020, there are some planned additions that didn't make the cut.
There are a number of reasons why features have been ditched by Microsoft. Some of these simply didn't work as intended or weren't finished in time, while others caused compatibility issues when installed on some hardware or didn't play nice with third-party software – something that often comes to light during the rigorous beta testing process undertaken by the Windows Insider beta testers worldwide.
Of course, it's possible that some of these software features will make a welcome return in the coming months. In the meantime, here are some of the new additions scheduled to land in Windows 10 May 2020 Update that didn't quite make it to the finish line in time for the worldwide launch last month.
Cortana – With the launch of Windows 10 May 2020, Microsoft has stripped Cortana from the always-present taskbar at the bottom of the screen – transforming the talkative AI assistant into a standalone app instead. The all-new Cortana app is now available to download for anyone running Windows 10 May 2020.
But with the move from an integrated operating system feature to standalone application, Microsoft has stripped away some of the functionality which was already available in Cortana. With the new app, built from the ground-up for Windows 10 May 2020 Update, skills such as music and connected home feature are no longer available.
A number of other non-Microsoft skills are no longer available with the new release.
Windows To Go – a handy feature that has been present in the hugely popular operating system since Windows 8 – lets users boot Windows from a USB flash drive that has been certified by Microsoft as compatible. That means enterprise or education users could take their operating system (with the desktop, apps, folders and files all intact) as they move between school, work and home.
Booting from the same drive means you'd only need a monitor and peripherals to move your entire work station – with all of your work and settings preserved – between locations. Unfortunately, Microsoft has removed this ability with Windows 10 May 2020. So, if you've been relying on this feature as part of your work-flow, you might want to give this latest update a swerve for the moment (and switch off automatic upgrades to stop your machine installing it overnight and leaving you restricted to a single location).
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Windows 10's Mobile Plans and Messaging apps have also been dropped from the new update.
"Both apps are still supported, but are now distributed in a different way. OEMs can now include these apps in Windows images for cellular-enabled devices. The apps are removed for non-cellular devices," the company states.
Of course, it's always possible that Microsoft will resurrect some of these features in future. Back in 2017, the Redmond-based company announced plans to remove the Paint app from Windows 10. However, a resounding public outcry forced the company into a U-turn. Three years on, Microsoft still installs the Paint app with every new version of Windows 10. And you better believe it's present and correct in the May 2020 Update, too.
If you'd like to check to find out whether the Windows 10 May 2020 Update is ready and waiting to be installed on your PC, here's what you need to do. Open your Windows Update panel – which you can found by heading to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update – and then hit the Check For Updates button. Once the update appears, you can select Download and Install.
If you can't see the update in settings then this means it's not arrived on your machine quite yet. While patience is undoubtedly a virtue, Microsoft does offer an option for those who cannot bear to wait until Windows 10 May 2020 slowly reaches them. You can head to the following page and hit Download to get the disc image of the latest version of Windows 10 and install that onto your machine.
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About the Work :: Bryant Girsch’s imagery is derived from his efforts to reconcile the personal experience of nature with a society that is digitally informed. While distanced from a landscape sensibility, he pursues unexpected explorations of natural subjects. A sense of discovery extends to his examination of digitalism as both a medium of perception and a reorganizing force. Relative orientation, rather than a universal whole, reflects a new manner of organizing digital structures and the systems they represent. Under this weight, all factors of the environment and experience coexist in a state of active interplay.
As part of this art practice he examines his cultural identity and its relation to both nature and technology. By deconstructing these relationships, he creates new avenues he uses to enter and navigate their associated signifiers. In this state, networks of interweaving systems unravel. The resulting vantage point offers new perspectives from which to experience contemporary culture.
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The Arts is programmed weekly for all students in P-6 which is taught by The Arts specialist teacher in the Art Room.
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Visual arts: from painting to construction focusing on teaching skills as well as an appreciation of the works of various artists.
Media Art and Performing Art: involves students being engaged and exposed to different art forms, using digital technology, music and drama. Design elements will be investigated through photography, digital images and video. Students will have the opportunity to brainstorm and develop, sing, act and dance in their class movies.
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From Exception to Audit Finding to, if needed, Modified Opinion (LIAA34/22)
Having to write an audit finding is never fun, but this course will walk you through a process to make it less painful and allows you to meet the requirements of Uniform Guidance and the Yellow Book.
Auditors that perform or are thinking of getting into the business of performing Single Audits.
- Learn how to recognize exceptions and evaluate them against stated audit objectives
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Importance Of Data Science Training
Today data science is a highly demanded it is one of the hottest skill in the computer science industry. The knowledge of data science can act as game changer if used in software’s correctly but a lot of people don’t have the complete knowledge of data science which leads to slow the development cycle of the project which is not good for a company that’s why a lot of people have knowledge of data science but unable to crack the interviews of the desired post.
So the Question is:
Data science is a broad discipline. Data Science uses different approaches to mine information from organized and unorganized data. Data science is connected with data mining, machine learning, and big data which has been widely used by many companies.
How to Learn A-Z Data Science?
One can start by learning a basic programming language like python. Python is the most popular language of 2020 and it is going to lead 2021. It is one of the easiest programming language to learn. It is widely used in machine learning.
So the first step is to learn python then it recommended to move to the concepts of Data Science like:
• Introduction of Analytics and Data Science
• Sample and Population Probability Theory
• Moving from Linear to Logistic Regression
• Machine Learning.
• Branches of Machine Learning
• Evaluation and model selection methods
• K-Means clustering
• Meaning and importance of deep learning
• Text Mining concepts
Sometimes it is also considered from where you get skilled SASVBA is One of the most famous institute in Delhi NCR and had trained thousands of students in this field. We provide online data science training as well.
Why Should You Join SASVBA ?
- We Has Experienced Faculty (6+years)
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- We Provides Study Material: E-Books, Books, Notes
- We Emphasis Student to Work On Live Projects
- We Reward course Completion Certificate in Data Science and Deep Learning
- We Provides Personality Development Classes for Interview preparation
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Electrum posted a message about the incident on Twitter today, claiming that "there are currently phishing attacks against Electrum users" and imploring users to check the validity of their login information.
The environment information is collected from the camera as a source of entropy to generate a seed password, which is then generated according to the user's Chinese password.
The mnount is a 24-word mnounm (seed phrase). If you want to use the wallet again later, be sure to back up the monemone. Once lost, it cannot be retrieved.
The BIP39 standard defines wallet mn word and seed generation rules.
From the moment Bitcoin was born, it was doomed to its fate. From the moment we buy it, we have to deal with the ups and downs it will experience, in addition to the gains from it. Good luck, I didn't want to say in the story, because I forgot my password, or lost my private key mn need words, or because I lost my property because I was hacked, or because I ran the exchange. But entering this industry is far more exciting than watching American dramas, because you are an important player in the course of history, and you will no doubt have to deal with this series of possible.
Electrum is another popular Bitcoin wallet that has been around for nearly a decade. Electrum Bitcoin Wallet has been available for all devices since 2011 and was one of the most widely used wallet applications before other alternatives emerged. There are still a lot of people who are still swearing at the Electrum wallet.
Electrum client. A veteran security research expert told Hard Fork that if a user installs the problem version of Electrum.
Lack of checks on password length: Since the wallet is actually stored on disk, since the password is sufficient to access the seed, the entropy of the password should at least be the same as the monetic, but in practice it should be difficult to crack. Therefore, we recommend using a minimum password length, such as 16 characters.
i forgot my electrum password restore password from seed
The main problem for users is that the phone broke, deleted MYKEY, forgot the password, only then need to re-import myKEY account.
If the seed password was not carefully backed up when the wallet was created, or if the previous backup was corrupted, back up again in time. Click on the "Main Menu" - "Function" - "Backup Seed Password" and you will need to enter your payment password to decrypt your wallet to access the backup page.
In 2016, I opened an account on a cryptocurrencies exchange that was hacked and hackers stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoins. The hacking observed from my perspective appears as a "password reset" message sent to my email, followed by another email indicating that my password has been successfully reset. Then I received an email asking to confirm my Bitcoin withdrawal (with code/link). Then I received a notice that my withdrawal procedure had been completed.
To generate a seed password, the seed password consists of 12 words (Chinese, English), you can choose to back up any form according to your preferences, you can randomly change a new set of seed passwords. Find a clean sheet of paper, copy the seed password backup and click "Next"
Wallet registration does not have a complex process and typically consists of 12 or 24 word phrases called seed words (or mnow words) that you can recover from anywhere.
Fixes a page card problem when qtum electrum syncs history.
Wallet now has 2 recovery modes. (1) Use seed mn word recovery. (2). (Old wallet is recommended) use a c-disk path file.
Electrum - Lightweight Bitcoin client.
Bitcoin Wallet Electrum Wallet was hacked and lost 1,450 BTCs.
If a user tries to copy a seed word to a cutting board, a bullet window appears, alerting the user to copy and paste the seed word or screenshot the seed word, which puts the wallet at risk (e.g. the seed word is saved to an unsecured computer). If the user still wants to copy or take a screenshot, enter "I understand" and click "Confirm Seed Copy". If the user decides not to copy or screenshot the seed word directly, click Continue after copying the seed word
Electrum and MyEtherWalle users face phishing attacks.
Reddit users were accidentally tricked into letting hackers take control of his monems on GitHub. A mn? or seed word is a secret word set that represents a wallet. When used sequentially, they allow access to the cryptocurrencies stored in them.
In the course of my research, I discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the same domain as Password Vault, which allowed for the cracking of Password Vault.
According to The Next Web, the attackers even implemented their own Electrum servers, which hosted the attacked Electrum.
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The new terminal B in the northern part of the Sheremetyevo International Airport will be connected with Moscow by a fork from the main route of “Aeroexpress”; the implementation of the project will cost 12 billion roubles. The project has been discussed at a meeting with the Transport Minister Yevgeny Dietrich held in early August. It is planned that a fork to the northern zone will be built from the existing branch of “Aeroexpress” between Belorussky Railway Station and terminals D, E and F of the airport (southern zone), as the newspaper writes.
The construction of a new branch will be performed by Russian Railways. The preliminary cost of the project is about 12 billion roubles, 10.3 billion roubles will be spent on the railway itself: it will be 3.8 km long; 1.5 billion roubles will be spent on the railway terminal in the northern zone of the airport.
How to get to Sheremetyevo Airport
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5 million children in the US alone grow up living in homes with violence every year. 5 million children all have something in common that defines their lives for years to come – they’re children of domestic violence.
How is it that there is currently less than 10% awareness among the general population about this social issue?
In chapter 1 of CDV’s upcoming book, we learn a few reasons. Author Brian F. Martin, founder and CEO of CDV, explains, “Children don’t talk about it…They’re afraid that if they say something outside the house they may get into more trouble. Or maybe they are afraid that one of their parents will get locked up and they’ll be taken away into foster care. Or maybe they will put one of their parents in greater peril.”
Brian goes on to explain that the adults who are engaging in the violence don’t talk about it for obvious reasons. There is a lack of discussion among the adults who are partaking in the abuse, as they won’t risk becoming involved with the law. And anyone else who’s aware it may be happening stays silent either because they believe it isn’t their place and would be out of line.
Jeffrey Brenner, M.D., founder of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, explains that throughout his career, he noticed those who suffered trauma early in life undisputedly showed effects well into their adulthood. Wanting to understand the larger picture, Dr. Brenner beganto discuss his findings comprehensively with his colleagues. No sooner did he say something, he was told, “[…] not to pull up the lid on something you don’t have the time and training to treat, like early life trauma.“
There is no doubt that we as a society are groomed to perpetuate a stigma around speaking openly about childhood domestic violence. Because it seems like a private issue on the surface and nobody is talking about it, many feel shame, isolation, or fear. This prevents those impacted from speaking out to seek help to stop the cycle of violence because they feel they’re betraying their families.
But it does not have to be this way. How can each of us help change that? TALK about it. This is the first step to increasing awareness, which drives change. Building awareness can have a significant impact not only for the emotional well-being of those impacted and our ability to address the issue more effectively as a society, but also on our medical, court, and legal systems, which can help usher in critical change the can transform the odds for these children.
Those who were impacted can finally realize they’re not alone and can be validated as they work to heal and overcome this legacy to reach their full potential.
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Typically, when an essay or article starts with the phrase "The definition of [word] is..." it's just to waste time or pad the word count. However, in this case, it's super relevant to the story. Recently, Fenty Beauty model Slick Woods Googled the word "beauty" and not only did the definition pop up on her phone, so did her image (alongside that of Rihanna's). As you can imagine, this was a delightful surprise, and she screenshotted it and Instagrammed some thoughts on the situation.
Woods captioned the post, "My mom called me today and I told her she's the definition of beauty, thank you @badgalriri for changing the game, reminding every little black girl she is and came from royalty and that all women are beautiful in their own damn way. A beautiful start to a new year and a fresh perspective of what beauty is... whatever tf you want it to be. #googlemebaby."
It's definitely true that Rihanna has made major waves in the beauty industry over the past year. Some examples? Fenty Beauty was named Invention of the Year by Time Magazine. The brand has had multiple successful product launches since the original collection launch. The darker foundation shades are selling out, which shows that there's a huge market for inclusive beauty and that there's no excuse for any brand to not create a wide range of shades. And now, as proven by Woods' post, Rihanna has literally shifted the definition of beauty.
People in the comment section of Woods' post were thrilled, commenting things like, "This makes me so happy :’)," "This is the baddest shit everrrr. Bitch yas." and "... it is important for little black girls to know that they truly are beautiful, especially in a world where black women are devalued, dehumanized and seen as less than." Clearly, Rihanna, Fenty Beauty, and Slick Woods are just getting started.
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Crosscut continues its series on STEM education with a look at how Washington schools are preparing students for careers in the manufacturing and maritime industries. (We wrote about the series, sponsored by Alaska Airlines, previously.)
Education correspondent Jaclyn Zubrzycki writes of a high school student, Jonathan Ly, who studies aerospace engineering at Rainier Beach High School and participates in an internship at the Port of Seattle.
The course Ly took was developed by the state education department and local industries and is known as Core Plus. It’s a 21st century variation on vocational education, designed to prepare students in public high schools for careers in the trades by training them in science, technology, engineering and math, aka STEM.
As Port and other business leaders worry about an ongoing wave of retirement among baby boomers, they’re increasingly focusing on preparing students for a set of jobs they say require more mathematical and technical skills than ever before.
Dave Gering, head of the Manufacturing Industrial Council, tells Zubrzycki that the program helps fill the skills gap in the workforce. But there are challenges to meeting the demand.
Gering said that the program could prepare students for college or to be hired by local employers; he said that Boeing had hired 160 Core Plus students right out of high school.
But as the program is slated to grow, finding teachers who are familiar with industry standards and ready to connect them with academic content can be a challenge. “Without teacher training, none of this happens,” Gering said.
Read the whole thing.
The article nicely complements the cover story, Building a Better Washington, in the Summer edition of Washington Business, the quarterly magazine published by the Association of Washington Business.
AWB staff writer Bobbi Cussins, advises readers to
Forget everything you think you know about manufacturing. The sector has changed dramatically in the last two decades, becoming cleaner, greener and more high-tech as the world around it has changed.
And as technology transforms manufacturing, the need for STEM-trained workers becomes more intense.
“Getting kids excited about hands-on fields, building things and developing a passion for inventing and possibly discovering a potential career in manufacturing should start early on,” [AWB government affairs director Amy] Anderson said. “We’re seeing programs like Spokane Valley Tech, Aviation High School in Tukwila and others cropping up, but as the industry changes, this ‘beyond-the-book’ education must be expanded to give students, the next generation of Washington workers, an understanding that manufacturing is a worthwhile career choice.”
The industry pays well, which should serve as another attraction for students to take a look at the sector, Anderson added.
Drive interest and performance in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) among K-12 students and increase access to postsecondary STEM programs.
The AWB article underscores the importance of recognizing the changes that are taking place within manufacturing, particularly the growing use of precision technology. Washington students must have the education and training required to take advantage of the career opportunities industry can provide them.
It’s encouraging to see the strides that are now being made. Congratulations to the industry and education leaders who are coming together to create these innovative programs.
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Social Hosting: Underage Minors
Many teenagers and other underage minors choose to consume alcohol. Some parents mistakenly believe that providing a “safe place” for their teenager and his or her friends to drink is better than letting them drink elsewhere. When you allow your teen to drink under your roof you become a social host. Things can quickly get out of control when alcohol is being consumed; someone may get injured on the premises or drive away and injure themselves or someone else in a drunken car accident and you could be held liable.
Most underage drinkers get their alcohol from social sources such as parents, siblings, and friends at parties and other social gatherings. Some states and local communities including Washington have taken steps to hold liable those people who provide or serve alcohol to minors or allow drinking on their property.
Social Hosting Defined
While commercial entities like bars are ruled by a “duty of care” to the people consuming the establishment’s alcoholic beverages, social host liability laws instead place responsibility on the “social” host”, such as homeowners throwing a house party. Many states have particular laws for drinking that involves underage minors.
Underage Social Hosting Laws: Washington State
RCW 66.44.270 : “It is unlawful for any person to sell, give, or otherwise supply liquor to any person under the age of twenty-one years or permit any person under that age to consume liquor on his or her premises or on any premises under his or her control.”
The penalties for breaking this law include a fine of up to $5,000 and one year in jail. Social hosts also owe a “duty of reasonable care” to a minor who consumes alcohol supplied by them on or off their premises. Essentially, a host may be held liable if the minor is injured or injures property or someone else in any way. Note that in Washington, a social host is not liable for permitting a minor to consume alcohol on the host’s premises, if the alcohol was not provided by the host.
Despite this protection in the law, it is still risky to allow teens to drink at your home as their behavior may become erratic and unpredictable including:
- Risky sexual behavior,
- sexual assaults,
- alcohol poisoning, and/or
- physical altercations.
Steps to Help Prevent Underage Drinking
- Express your views to your teen that they should avoid underage drinking.
- Do not allow underage drinking in your home.
- Never supply alcohol to anyone under the age of 21.
- Tell your adult children not to provide alcohol to their underage siblings.
- Be at home when your teenager has a party and check in on it periodically to check for alcohol.
- If you are leaving your teenager overnight, have a friend or relative check in on them or better yet, send them to stay somewhere that there will be supervision.
- Talk to the parents of your teenager’s friends and make sure that they are not providing alcohol to your underage child.
- Ensure that there is adult supervision where your teenager spends the night.
- Provide fun alcohol-free activities for your teenager that can include their friends.
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Puritan Catechism Question #45 - What is required in the second commandment?
Answer - The second commandment requires the receiving, observing (Deut. 32:46; Matt. 28:20), and keeping pure and entire all such religious worship and ordinances as God has appointed in His Word (Deut. 12:32).
Devotional Thoughts This week we will spend some time working through Ephesians 5:8-14 in the next section of our study Learning to Walk. This week's study is titled Walk in Light and we will learn what we are and how we are expected to live now that we are in Christ Jesus.
We start by understanding a truth that we often forget, especially if we were converted a long time ago. We tend to forget that before Christ saved us we were lost! It's true. For all that the Bible says about those without Christ who are lost we were once lost. Some people remember the life that they were rescued from as if it was yesterday while others perhaps were saved at a young age and they never experienced a life of awful rebellion and reckless sin before trusting Christ. But we are all born sinners, we are sinners by nature, and we all sin. Let us think for a moment about what we were before Christ.
Ephesians 5:8a tells us that we were "once darkness." This sums up what we were without Christ and before salvation. Darkness. The absence of light. In fact, as I have noted before, this does not say that we were in darkness. It says that before we were born again, we were darkness. There is no Divine spark inside each man and woman. There is nothing good, nothing praiseworthy, nothing worth noting at all! Without Christ we are darkness. To be darkness means that there is no hope in and of ourselves for turning on the light. There is no light. We are utter darkness.
Think about what it is like to be surrounded by total darkness. I remember as newlyweds, my wife and I went to stay for a weekend (several actually) with a family who lived way out in West Texas. Their house was miles from any other house. No street lights. No neighborhood. Just "miles and miles of Texas" surrounded them. And when the sun went down it got DARK. In the city it is at times hard to see the stars. Out there the stars literally lit up the entire night sky. And the moon was radiant. But if there were no moon, or if it was cloudy, it was even more dark. So dark you could feel it. And quiet too. Spooky!! Now think about the truth that before Christ we were the actual embodiment of darkness!
When were we dark? Once. In the past. Before salvation we were darkness. But as we will learn, we are no longer darkness - but then I am getting ahead of myself and my text. For here we are told that we were once darkness. Let us look at a few verses that help us truly grasp the significance of our condition before salvation.
1 John 1:5-6 tells us that , "This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth."
There is no darkness in or around God. He is light. So if we were once darkness that means we had no part of God. We had no claim to Him as Father, no inheritance, no hope. With Him and in Him there is no darkness at all. None. To the point that if we are saved and we claim to have fellowship with Him but then walk in darkness, reverting back to what we were and what we were saved from, then we lie and do not live the truth.
Ephesians 2:1 tells us, "And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins." It is not enough that we were once darkness, we were dead. We were not sick in sin. In fact sin is not a mistake, disease, weakness, addiction, or fault. It is SIN. It is deadly. And when we were once darkness we were dead in sin.
It is just like Lazarus. He died and was put in the grave. Four days later Jesus showed up, but he was already dead. And what did Jesus do? Did He ask Lazarus to decide to come out of the grave? Did He give Lazarus a choice and hope that he would choose wisely? Did He simply enable Lazarus to make up his mind about whether to live or stay dead?
No. Jesus commanded "Lazarus, come forth!" He called Lazarus back to life from the dead. What a picture of our salvation. We were once dead in trespasses and sin. Dead. Unable to choose. Ignorant of the truth. And unable to even discern spiritual things. It took the Holy Spirit effectually calling us to life. If He did not we would never have come, for we were dead and darkness.
We also see in John 3:19-21 that, "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."
Jesus is the light of the world. He told us so in His Word. And as He has come into the world the world is full of darkness - it is full of sinners who are dark and dead. But the case is even worse than that. It is not that we are incapable of coming on our own, it is that when we were once darkness and dead we loved the darkness rather than the light. We were from conception by nature sinners. Our deeds were evil. They were harmful to us, wicked, and destructive.
And while we practiced or lived in sin and wickedness we see that while we were dead in sin we loved the darkness and hated the light. We did not want our sin exposed. We wanted to live our lives for ourselves without interruption. Let me state that again - before Christ saved us we hated Him! We hated the light and loved darkness and sin and living for self.
Those are strong words, but they are true. While we were once darkness we hated the light. So before Christ we were darkness, dead, and depraved. We were not sick. We were not trying to make a choice. We were not trying to please God. We were living for self. We were loving our sin. We were oblivious to the truth that can only be spiritually discerned. And before the convicting power of the Spirit we were quite content to be sinners!
What a mess we were before Christ. Our state before salvation reminds me of the great hymn Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy so I will close with that today. Here are the words to this hymn:
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, Weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of pity, love and power.
Refrain: I will arise and go to Jesus, He will embrace me in His arms; In the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten thousand charms.
Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome, God’s free bounty glorify; True belief and true repentance, Every grace that brings you nigh.
Come, ye weary, heavy laden, Lost and ruined by the fall; If you tarry till you’re better, You will never come at all.
View Him prostrate in the garden; On the ground your Maker lies. On the bloody tree behold Him; Sinner, will this not suffice?
Lo! th’incarnate God ascended, Pleads the merit of His blood: Venture on Him, venture wholly, Let no other trust intrude.
Let not conscience make you linger, Not of fitness fondly dream; All the fitness He requireth Is to feel your need of Him.
Links for Further Study (links to study each daily topic in more detail if you have the desire and the time)
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- Code ASIA2031
- Unit Value 6 units
- Offered by School of Culture History and Language
- ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
- Course subject Asian Studies
- Areas of interest Non Language Asian Studies, Political Sciences
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Understand and analyse key processes, transformations, and themes in contemporary Japanese politics.
- Analyse and evaluate key scholarly debates on Japanese politics.
- Apply analytical reading skills through careful reading of relevant literature in the field of Japanese politics.
- Develop analytical writing skills in the field of Japanese politics through completion of written assessment tasks.
- Demonstrate and develop presentation and discussion skills in the field of Japanese politics through active participation in class debates and discussions.
- Seminar Attendance and Participation: 10% (LO 1, 2, 5) (10) [LO null]
- Presentation: 10% (LO 1, 2, 5) (10) [LO null]
- Mid-term Essay: 20% (LO 1, 2, 3, 4) (20) [LO null]
- Research Essay: 30% (LO 3, 4) (30) [LO null]
- Final Exam: 30% (LO 1, 2, 4) (30) [LO null]
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The course consists of a 1.5 hour lecture and 1.5 hour seminar per week. It demands seven hours per week of independent preparation, including assigned readings, review of lectures, and written assessment tasks. The total workload for the course is 130 hours including in class time and independent study.
Requisite and Incompatibility
An electronic reading brick will be provided on Wattle.
Preliminary ReadingYoichi Funabashi and Barack Kushner, eds. Examining Japan’s Lost Decades (London, New York.
Louis D. Hayes. Political Systems of East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan (New York and London: M. E.
Ronald J. Hrebenar and Akira Nakamura, eds. Party Politics in Japan: Political Chaos and Stalemate in the
Twenty-First Century (New York and London: Routledge, 2015)
Chalmers Johnson. MITI and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975 (Stanford,
CA: Stanford University Press, 1982).
Jeff Kingston, ed. Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan (New York and London: Routledge, 2014)
T. J. Pempel. Regime Shift: Comparative Dynamics of the Japanese Political Economy, Cornell Studies in
Political Economy (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998).
T. J. Pempel. "Between Pork and Productivity: The Collapse of the Liberal Democratic Party." Journal of
Japanese Studies (2010) no. 36 (2):227-254.
Frances M. Rosenbluth and Michael F. Thies. Japan Transformed: Political Change and Economic
Restructuring (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010).
Jacob Schlesinger. Shadow Shoguns (Stanford University Press, 1999).
Leonard J. Schoppa, ed. The Evolution of Japan’s Party System: Politics and Policy in an Era of Institutional
Change (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011).
J. A. A. Stockwin, Governing Japan: Divided Politics in a Resurgent Economy (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell
No prior knowledge of Japanese politics is required
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- Unit value:
- 6 units
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
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(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Investors don’t really have a handle on what gold is or what it represents. Many erroneously believe gold is some sort of inflation hedge, because of our experience in the 1970s. It’s also not a hedge against stock market crashes, as we discovered in March. Gold is a hedge on government authorities making poor economic choices. Inflation is usually the result of those poor decisions, but people confuse cause and effect here. Gold is a hedge on policy makers screwing up, and there has been a lot of screwing up in the last 20 years.
Gold has significantly outperformed stocks this century, gaining about 555% versus 79% for the MSCI All-Country World Index of stocks and 146% for the S&P 500 Index.(1) This is a direct result of significantly looser financial conditions, and no constraints on monetary and fiscal policy. From a financial perspective, the global economy is in a much worse place than 20 years ago, and there is no evidence that things are going to improve.
The year 2000 is of interest because financial conditions were very tight at the time. In the U.S., the target federal funds rate was 6.5%, real interest rates – or those after inflation - were strongly positive, the federal budget was balanced and the dollar was strong and getting stronger relative to other Group of 10 currencies. This was when the “strong dollar” doctrine preached by former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin was still being pursued. A strong dollar increased the attractiveness of U.S. financial assets, especially Treasury securities, which helped to keep borrowing costs lower than they might be otherwise.
Financial conditions are much looser today. Interest rates are effectively zero (and negative after taking inflation into account), the Federal Reserve has bought a range of risky assets in the course of pumping some $3 trillion into the financial system this year as part of its quantitative easing policy, and the U.S. budget deficit is the widest ever at $3.1 trillion.
And of course, the Trump administration has been talking down the dollar for the purposes of increasing exports and manufacturing. True, the greenback is only back down to where it was in 2018 as measured by the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index (which still makes it strong on a historical basis), but all currencies have depreciated a lot against gold and Bitcoin, which are supposed to be absolute stores of value.
The phrase “loose financial conditions” is a polite way of saying that the people in charge are lazy. The argument for low interest rates is simple: companies get to borrow more cheaply, encouraging them to spend more money on expanding plants and equipment and hire more workers. The argument for high interest rates are more nuanced. They’re good for savers, but they also discipline companies and governments to operate more efficiently and reduce debt, or else suffer higher interest expenses.
Likewise, the argument for a weak dollar is fairly straightforward: a cheaper currency allows U.S. goods to become more competitive overseas, boosting exports and manufacturing, which accelerates economic activity. The argument for a stronger dollar is more nuanced as well, in that a stronger dollar forces U.S. companies to make their goods more competitive or desirable in a global marketplace.
With the benefit of hindsight, the period where we had strong currencies and high interest rates look to be an aberration. There are few times in history when governments can resist the temptations of easy money and loose financial conditions. So, if investing in gold is a bet on authorities doing the wrong thing, the best way to diminish the allure of gold and put the gold speculators out of business is to run balanced budgets. You have to be pretty cynical to root for gold to go up, because it is an explicit bet on things getting worse. (Full disclosure: I own gold).
Cynicism is abundant. Nobody really believes that any government official has the political will to reduce or eliminate the deficit, talk up the dollar or prod the Fed into a more hawkish composition. What I’m describing, of course, is fiscal conservatism at a time when both Democrats and Republicans have become more fiscally liberal. It’s worth pointing out that gold momentarily went up as the U.S. election results came in and it became apparent that Joe Biden would become the next president, even though a divided government (which seems probable) is the worst possible outcome for those betting on faster inflation. The market believes there will be deficit spending—and inflation—anyway.
In the 2010 movie Inception, the protagonist, Dom Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, says that “an idea is like a virus, highly contagious.” The idea that we can print or spend our way to prosperity is very seductive. It takes no effort. But it’s not how wealth is created. Wealth is created by individuals and businesses working for their own gain, to the benefit of society overall. The job of the government and the central bank are simply to create the conditions necessary for people to prosper. They are not doing a very good job at it, judging by the price of gold.
(1) Including dividends, the MSCI All-Country World Index has returned 199% and the S&P 500 270%.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Jared Dillian is the editor and publisher of The Daily Dirtnap, investment strategist at Mauldin Economics, and the author of "Street Freak" and "All the Evil of This World." He may have a stake in the areas he writes about.
©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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Thyroid problems may occur due to the withering of the thyroid glands or due to the over activity of the thyroid glands. The insufficient rest and overworking may also cause the problems in your thyroid. The patient affected with this disease sweats frequently and becomes weak, nervous, overactive, underweight and sensitive to heat.
8 Best Natural Cure For Thyroid Problems
The whole-wheat products and potatoes as well provide the starch elements while lentils, peas, beans, nuts and cheese will help supply sufficient amount of protein to the patient.The fresh vegetables and fruits should also comprise at least half of the daily intake of the food. The fleshy and greasy foods, tea and coffee, condiments, alcohol, white flour and sugar must be avoided.
The physical exercises can only be taken after the symptoms get completely subsided. The patient may practice for the narrow waist compress and neck compress for at least five nights a week.
This measure will help you to absorb the food correctly and the balance is restored. There is also a decrease in the constant hunger and the weight gets increased.
The patient should prefer cleansing of the entire system along with a rational diet with adequate rest. The relaxation of the body is extremely necessary. You must rest for a day every week for the first two months of treatment.
The patient must have a higher intake of food which are rich in vitamin A. Some of those food products are eggs, carrots, yellow vegetables, and dark green vegetables as well.
M U Tene is concentrated Beta-Carotene is actually a precursor to vitamin A. This is one of the most powerful antioxidant and thus helps a lot to keep the thyroid glands healthy.
Iodine, Zinc and Copper
Foods rich in iodine works wonder to nourish the thyroid. This includes fish, sea vegetables and seaweeds. On the other hand, the food which is rich in zinc and copper helps your body to produce thyroid hormone. The food rich in zinc includes beef, oatmeal, chicken, spinach, seafood, dried beans, seeds and nuts. The food rich in copper includes eggs, yeast, nuts, raisins and legumes.
Coconut oil is one of the best possible natural way which could help to combat the thyroid problems very easily. The regular intake of coconut oil will definitely help to strengthen the functioning of the thyroid gland as well. The thyroid functions could also be improved with the regular intake of black cohosh as well.
The thyroid hormones could easily be controlled with the help of both black and red radishes. Due to the presence of raphanin in it, the hormone level in the thyroid glands is maintained at a normal state.
You must take carte to discuss it with the doctor before adding the radishes to the diet in larger quantities.
Lemon balm is also another wonderful treatment which will help to support the thyroid glands to the normal state. It also helps to establish the normal functions for an overactive thyroid gland. It may be consumed in the form of extract or just as tea.
Caution: Please use Home Remedies after Proper Research and Guidance. You accept that you are following any advice at your own risk and will properly research or consult healthcare professional.
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All sessions are pre-recorded and streamed with a live Q&A with the speaker.
What’s New In C++ 23
with Sy Brand
C++23 comes with a host of language and library features to simplify your code, make it more expressive, and give you more power to play with. I’ll walk you through as many features as I reasonably can, showing you how they can work together and what benefits you’ll gain from upgrading when the time comes.
Cute C++ Tricks, Part 2 of N: More code you should learn from and never write
with Daisy Hollman
Last year at Meeting C++, I gave a talk about “cute” snippets of counterintuitive C++ code that I’ve been posting to Twitter. I submitted an outline for that talk with about a dozen different tricks I wanted to talk about, but in the end I only had time to talk about less than half that many. In this talk, I will continue with my exploration of the dark and weird corners of C++ that, unfortunately, come up more often than we’d like. The reality of programming in C++ is that any intermediate or advanced programmer will have to understand many of these corner cases (in real code!) at some point in their career, and my goal in this talk is to continue to present these corners of the language in pithy, memorable, “cute” snippets. Along the way, hopefully we can all have a bit of fun laughing at the weird and wacky things you can do while programming in a language with 40 years of backwards compatibility.
Tired of keeping IAR or Keil open on one screen to build/debug and VS Code on another to get decent IntelliSense for your firmware project? Learn about new embedded capabilities, including support for peripheral registers and RTOS objects in Visual Studio and VS Code. As a bonus, we’ll show you a new way to keep track of your toolset dependencies in a manifest that can be restored in a single command.
Everything I learned about static analysis and program safety in C++
with Sunny Chatterjee
Did you know that 70% of serious security bugs are a result of memory safety issues? In this talk, I will share how you could leverage language rules and static analysis principles to write safer C++ programs.
Modern analysis tools have come a long way since their inception and are much more powerful than traditional Lint-style checks. They use powerful techniques like theorem solvers to simple heuristics mimicking developer’s reasoning and can find deep semantic errors in programs. Furthermore, these tools can take advantage of information available in types and type extensions in the language to bridge the gap across function boundaries, without incurring the performance penalties of running global analyses.
Over the years, MSVC code analysis has become an indispensable part of the “shift left” experience to drive program safety at Microsoft. Throughout the talk, I will share my experience in developing and running these tools on large production codebases over the last decade and how they evolved over time. All the checks in the demo are available for free in the community edition of Visual Studio and as security actions in GitHub.
Persistent Representation of C++ for Fun and Profit
with Gabriel Dos Reis
Your typical compiler works hard to understand your C++ programs so it can generate good, efficient executables for them. With C++20 and up, thanks to Modules, the compiler is asked to transfer, between source files, semantic knowledge acquired during the compilation process. Why is that? How is it done? What can you do with that knowledge from the compiler? Come and find out.
Dr. Daisy S. Hollman began working with the C++ standards committee in 2016, where she has made contributions to a wide range of library and language features, including proposals related to executors, atomics, generic programming, futures, and multidimensional arrays. Since receiving her Ph.D. in Quantum Chemistry in 2013, her research has focussed primarily on parallel and concurrent programming models, though a broader focus on general accessibility of complex abstractions has become her focus in more recent years. She currently works on C++ language and library design at Google, where she continues to focus on providing broad accessibility of programming models and abstractions, with a particular focus on design for diversity and inclusivity.
Principle Program Manager @ Microsoft
Marc Goodner is a program manager on the C++ team focused on improving the experience for embedded developers and Azure Sphere in Visual Studio and VS Code.
Principle Software Engineering Manager @ Microsoft
Sunny leads a team responsible for developing the core C++ static analysis engines in Visual Studio productivity experience as well as the traditional security tooling scenarios used widely within Microsoft. He has many years of experience in static analysis and enjoys delivering new productivity benefits to customers. His current focus is to lead efforts towards making C++ a safer systems programming language.
Gabriel Dos Reis
Principle Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Gabriel Dos Reis is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, where he works in the area of large scale software construction, development tools, and programming techniques. He is an architect for Visual C++. He is also a researcher, and a longtime member of the C++ community, author of numerous extensions to support large scale programming, compile-time and generic programming. His research interests include programming tools for dependable software.
C++ Developer Advocate @ Microsoft
Sy Brand is Microsoft’s C++ Developer Advocate. Their background is in compilers and debuggers for embedded accelerators, but they’re also interested in generic library design, metaprogramming, functional-style C++, undefined behaviour, and making our communities more welcoming and inclusive.
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Built in 1874, the Concert Grove Pavilion is a stunning example of Prospect Park co-designer Calvert Vaux’ colorful and decorative style. Earlier this year, the Prospect Park Alliance completed a $2 million restoration of the pavilion, which was last restored in 1988. Joined by Prospect Park Alliance Assistant Architect Sheena Enriquez, we will look closely at the pavilion’s beautiful details, including its cast iron columns that contain motifs borrowed from Hindu, Chinese, Moorish, and Egyptian architecture, its elaborate roof finials and eaves, and its newly-illuminated stained glass ceiling. Sheena will share how the restoration team did extensive archival research, conducted color testing to match the pavilion’s original design, and repaired and recreated damaged or missing pieces.
- WATCH Restoring the Endale Arch
- “Return to Splendor” (Architectural Record)
- Become a Prospect Park Alliance member
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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary has contributions from Joseph Exell, William Jones, George Barlow, W. Frank Scott, and many others. It was originally published in 37 volumes as a resource for sermon preparation and study. Essentially it is a commentary "written by preachers for preachers" and offers thousands of pages of:
- Detailed illustrations for devotional study and preaching
- Extensive helps in application of Scripture for the listener and reader
- Suggestive and explanatory comments on verses
- Theological outlines of various passages
- Expository notes
- Sketches and relevant quotes
- Brief critical notes on chapters
Although designed as a minister's preparation tool, the Commentary can also be used as a personal study supplement.
This commentary is cross-linked to the World English Bible for easy reference.
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Coco Chanel - Story Book
The first instalment in the Little People, Big Dreams series follows Coco Chanel. Starting with her early life in an orphanage where she is a genius with needle and thread, the story moves to her time as a cabaret singer, hat maker, and, eventually, international fashion designer.
This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Coco's life in the back of the book, and is illustrated throughout with the Little People, Big Dreams distinctive art style.
By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by Ana Albero
We have some free resources or activities to go with this title.
**Buy 4 Little People, Big Dreams titles and get the 5th free! Add all 5 to your cart and the discount will be applied automatically**
Interest 3+ years
Reading 6+ years
Dimensions: 205mm x 250mm x 10mm
Did you know? 100% of the profits from the sale of this inspiring book will be used in support of education access and community projects in the Asia-Pacific. Your contribution is changing lives!
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In 2013, Oxford University academics Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne – drawing upon recent advances in machine-learning and mobile robotics – created an innovative methodology that allowed them to classify more than 700 occupations using AI-based job search, according to their susceptibility to computerization over the next two decades.
They also implemented this methodology to estimate the probability of computerization for these occupations, utilizing a Gaussian process classifier.
Probing the resulting estimates, they further examined the possible impacts of future computerization on US labor market outcomes. Their foremost goal was to investigate the number of jobs at risk, in addition to understanding how an occupation’s probability of computerization is related to individual wages and educational attainment.
While the study did not attempt to identify the occupations that will actually be supplanted by automation and artificial intelligence, it did highlight which ones are most vulnerable compared with the rest.
This infographic from Misumi Corporation takes a closer look at the 12 occupations identified in the study as most at risk while also providing additional data from O*NET OnLine and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. O*NET OnLine is a computer application that was developed in order to grant the public easy access to the O*NET database.
This database of over 900 occupations in the United States’ primary online resource for occupational information, containing data on hundreds of standardized descriptors, as well as those that are occupation-specific in nature.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the other hand, is an agency that assesses various aspects of the U.S. labor sector, including labor market activity, price changes, working conditions, and productivity in the American economy. They are responsible for creating the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program, which provides yearly employment and wage figures about almost 800 occupations nationwide.
Let’s take a closer look at what the data from these various sources reveal.
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Phnom Penh, April 29 (IANS) Over a thousand young Cambodians performed "the Madison", a popular dance carried out during weddings and the Cambodian New Year, in a bid to create a world record, said an organiser.
The kingdom's largest Madison dance, performed Saturday noon at a public park in the country's capital city of Phnom Penh, lasted about five minutes, Xinhua reported.
Colin Spurway, project director of BBC Media Action, which organised the event, said the Guinness World Records recognised the largest Madison dance with 459 participants in Feucherolles, France, June 18, 2011.
"Now, we try to break that record," he said. "We will send documents and video footage about the dance to the World Record body for consideration."
According to the BBC Media Action's press release, the Madison, a dance that Cambodians have made their own for over 40 years, is particularly popular over Khmer weddings and Khmer New Year celebrations. It originated in the US and France in the 1960s.
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In this lesson, you will learn how to link Illuminate assessments to your Buzz account. If you are unsure if this is for you, contact your System Administrator.
How LTI Works
It's important to understand how LTI works, and what it does and does not provide. Illuminate is an LTI tool provider, which means that LTI tool consumers - including Buzz - can create Illuminate assessments as assignments within their systems. These assignments are then seen by students in Buzz, who can then open either an iFrame or a new tab, automatically signing them into Illuminate to take the assessments. A single, final score is passed back (LTI does not support standards-based scores).
There are several requirements for LTI to work:
- a tool consumer that supports LTI, which is set up with Illuminate credentials, and configured to pass back grades
- matching student and teacher email addresses in both Buzz and DnA
- a workflow that starts with the student clicking into the assignment from Buzz
This last requirement is important. For a grade to be pushed back to Buzz, the student must have first clicked into the DnA assessment from Buzz. As such, assessments taken by students who navigated directly into Illuminate cannot have their grades pushed over after the fact.
Where to Start
- Select Administration Options or the gear icon.
- Under Other, select LTI Integrations.
- Use the copy icon to copy the information onto your clipboard.
- You can Generate a New Secret key if needed.
This is the information you will need to provide the selected LMS in order to complete the integration.
Online Testing Tools for your teachers have many opportunities to help students across your organization! Take a look at Online Testing for Teachers to see how to get started.
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|Environmental Sensing Across the Metro DC Region|
Sensing Across the Metro DC Region
|Team Organizations||National Capital Planning Commission|
George Washington University
|Team Leaders||Don DuRousseau|
|Participating Municipalities||Washington DC|
Create a network of environmental sensors placed on campuses throughout Washington DC that are participating in the DC MetroLab partnership. This effort will enable public access to environmental data like temperature, wind, gas and particulate concentration, and even traffic flows, simultaneously from all over the city. Involves city technology, planning, and networking agencies and MetroLab partners; George Washington, Georgetown, American, Howard and The District of Columbia Universities.
- Effectively coordinating with city agencies and MetroLab partners to connect the schools to the CAAREN infrastructure and data repository.
- Ensuring deployment of the Array of Things (AoT) and other purpose built sensors at each campus to provide consistent and reliable data from nearly half of the city.
- Enacting agreements with District agencies to provide access to transportation, utilities and energy environmental data so it can be house in the shared data repository.
- Locating continued grant funding to pay for resources needed for sustainable operations of the sensors and data archive.
Enabling a distributed environmental sensor network is a key component of the overall PA2040 project, which is underway. The project will:
- Assemble representatives from the MetroLab partner schools in DC to agree on the project concept and sensor location and access plan.
- Define scope and sensor requirements and obtain stakeholder commitment for co-locating sensors on the campuses, including Letters of Support, MOUs, and service contracts.
- Develop system architecture, including use of city WiFi and fiber networks, to acquire and store each stream of sensor data and make it publically available from servers located at GWU.
- Procure AoT devices from Argonne National Labs and deploy at least one unit at each campus.
- Proof of concept testing to ensure adequate sensor placement.
|Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)||Measurement Methods|
KPIs will support goals of this effort to increase research and citizen science access and utilization of environmental city based data:
Standards, Replicability, Scalability, and Sustainability
- Wi-Fi standards used: 802.11 a/b/g/n
- Wi-Fi security: WPA, WPA2, 802.1X
- Wired Ethernet: 10/100Mbps
- Should have inbound SSH access for management
- Replicability - Standard architecture.
- Scalability - Initial deployment will consist of 2-4 sensors and can scale with funding.
- Sustainability – sensor nodes are remotely managed using an automation system such as Puppet for at-scale management.
- Automated data collection via push model.
Cybersecurity and Privacy
- Improved network access to several types of sensor data from devices placed throughout the District of Columbia.
- Utilization of environmental sensor data to benefit predictive modeling and simulations and mobile application developments targeting public health, transportation, wayfinding, and emergency response focus areas.
- Enhancing visitor experience along Pennsylvania Avenue and economic development.
- Improved government operations through better Wi-Fi access to city workers.
- Improved mass transit operations through better Wi-Fi access.
- Phase I Pilot/Demonstration:
Includes completion of last mile fiber placement to Howard University Medical and Law Schools, University of DC and Children’s Hospital. Includes location and placement of the AoT Hub and other citizen-science driven technology experiments, such as Co2 analyzers, wind and solar monitors and vehicle and pedestrian reporting systems.
- Phase II Deployment:
Potential integration with applications developers, sensor device makers, and the District and Federal government agencies.
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Malawi and Armenia have formally estblished diplomatic ties.
The two land-locked countries forged formal diplomatic relations on Friday at a signing ceremony that took place at the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations in New York.
Malawi’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Brian Bowler signed the diplomatic papers on behalf of the Malawi Government whereas his counterpart, Garen Nazarian signed on behalf of the Armenian Government.
According to a statement sent to Nyasa Times by Permanent Mission of the Republic of Malawi to the United Nations, both envoys expressed their joy at the new cordial relations, citing that there is mutual benefit for either side.
“Diplomatic relations like these are very important to nations as they promote international cooperation and partnerships in areas of common interest in world organizations such as the United Nations,” the statement said.
On its part, Armenia is fondly looking to opening its doors to Malawi tour operators to visit the Asian country, boasting of century-old monasteries and other touristic resorts, while Malawi is keenly looking forward to explore opportunities that exist of its tobacco and other agricultural products.
Armenia is a large tobacco and grain importer. Armenia also has a well-established mining industry and the Malawi envoy expressed his desire for Malawi to gain technological expertise from Armenia.
According to a communiqué released after the ceremony, the two countries have agreed to promote their bilateral cooperation through their diplomatic missions at the United Nations and other convenient diplomatic channels.
The two countries are convinced that the establishment of diplomatic relations corresponds with the national interests of both countries and will further strengthen international peace and security.
Armenia became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Malawi has in the past six months established formal diplomatic relations with other countries such as Cambodia, Estonia, Slovakia, Montenegro, South Sudan, Mongolia, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malta and Fiji.Follow and Subscribe Nyasa TV :
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London, 2017-Mar-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — The BRC has today (March 07, 2017) launched a cyber security ‘toolkit’ that will provide retail businesses of all sizes with a practical, step-by-step guide to prevent and manage cyber security threats and protect the customers they serve.
The BRC Cyber Security Toolkit, launched in London today by the BRC and Home Office Minister Sarah Newton MP, is the first of its kind. The toolkit aims to provide retailers with practical guidance to ensure they have the appropriate preventative and response measures in place to reduce their vulnerabilities and to protect both themselves and their customers.
For retailers, the online market has seen huge growth in recent years with online sales growing by around 10 to 15 per cent each year. The same period has seen the parallel rise of ever more elaborate forms of cyber-related crimes such as ‘doxing’, ‘whaling’ and ‘spoofing’ against both retail businesses and online shoppers. In developing this toolkit, the BRC and its members were driven by a desire to keep pace with the evolving risks associated with operating online and also to ensure they meet customer expectations around the protection of personal data.
The toolkit’s recommendations to retail businesses include: establishing cyber security as a board level issue, retail-specific information-sharing, completing a cyber security risk assessment, and creating an incident response plan. The toolkit also provides a guide to preparing, responding, recovering and reviewing attacks.
Consumers spend approximately one in four pounds online. According to the BRC Annual Retail Crime Survey 2016, an estimated 53 per cent of reported fraud in the retail industry is cyber-enabled, which represents a total direct cost of around £100 million.
HUGO ROSEMONT, POLICY ADVISER ON CRIME & SECURITY AT BRC, SAID:
“The UK is one of the leading e-commerce markets in the world. The BRC Cyber Security Toolkit is designed to equip British retailers with the know-how, guidance and practical support that will help the industry stay ahead of the ever evolving threats posed by cyber-related criminality. All parts of the retail industry have a large and growing stake in keeping customers safe and secure, and the industry is committed to ensuring the strongest possible measures are in place – all the way through from prevention to incident response.”
SARAH NEWTON, MINISTER FOR VULNERABILITY, SAFEGUARDING AND COUNTERING EXTREMISM SAID:
“Crime is changing and so the way we all work to tackle it must change too.
“We are already taking world-leading action to stamp out cyber crime and fraud, including investing £1.9 billion in cyber security over five years. But as we have said, the Government cannot do this alone.
“Businesses have a responsibility to take steps to protect themselves and their customers, which is why we are delighted that the BRC has introduced their Cyber Security Toolkit to help retailers to do so.”
DR IAN LEVY, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AT THE NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY CENTRE, SAID:
“The retail sector is vital to the UK’s economic well-being and both the sector and its supply chain are increasingly reliant on online safety and security.
“The NCSC is delighted to be working with the BRC in finding innovative ways to make the UK a safe place for citizens, e-commerce, small businesses and large chains to do retail business online.
“We are committed to giving individuals and businesses of all sizes confidence to deliver success in our increasingly digitalised economy, and were pleased to support the development of this toolkit.”
Notes to Editors
- The Cyber Security Toolkit for retailers was developed under the auspices of the BRC’s Fraud and Cyber Security Member Group and has benefitted from formal and informal consultation.
- Consumers spend approximately one in four pounds online: BRC- KPMG Online Retail Sales Monitor February 2017
- The BRC Annual Retail Crime Survey 2016 is here: http://brc.org.uk/media/116348/10081-brc-retail-crime-survey-2016_all-graphics-latest.pdf An estimated 53 per cent of reported fraud in the retail industry is cyber-enabled, which represents a total direct cost of around £100 million. Representing around 15% of the total cost of retail crime, cyber-enabled fraud covers traditional categories of deception (such as scams or other forms of social engineering) which, according to the Government’s definition, can be increased in scale through the use of computers or other information and communications technology (ICT). Cyber-crime, by contrast, are crimes (such as hacking to steal data) that can be committed only through ICT. As a conservative first estimate, this latter category represented a direct financial loss to the retail industry of around £36m in 2016.
- For detail on the character of threats including doxing, whaling and spoofing, the BRC Cyber Security Toolkit contains a Glossary of Cyber Security Threats and Terminology (pp.39-40).
BRC Press Office
TELEPHONE: + 44 (0) 20 7854 8924
- BRC launches cyber security “toolkit” to prevent and manage cyber security threats
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Michigan has a surprising number of connections to the story of corn, but it is also a fun place to explore for other discoveries, old and new.
Long before Midwest Maize existed as either a book or a blog, The World’s Fare is where I posted, in addition to food history and recipes, various and sundry explorations and wanderings all over the world—from Mongolia to Morocco and even Michigan. These previous posts on great discoveries in Michigan, historical and culinary, are linked to at the end of this post. But here are a few more places I’ve stopped. (And those posts are why the title is “more of Michigan.”)
A couple of destinations were connected to my research for my book, Midwest Maize. Not too surprisingly, I wanted to visit the birthplace of corn flakes: the Sanitarium created by Dr. John Kellogg in Battle Creek, MI. I knew that the Sanitarium was hugely popular in its day, but even knowing that, I was surprised by its grandeur. Still, it doesn’t really suggest the impact Dr. Kellogg had on the world and how it eats breakfast, but his focus on cold cereal, aided by an economic downturn, convinced much of the world to switch from hot, cooked breakfasts of meat and eggs to a bowl of crispy flakes with milk.
Not quite as universally recognizable in the world of culture-changers is Chelsea Milling in Chelsea, MI, but this is where Mabel White Holmes, who would become the family-run business’s third president, created the first prepared baking mix products in the U.S. – the now familiar Jiffy Mix line. It was the corn muffins, quite naturally, that drew me to the plant, where I learned that today, during the fall and winter busy season, Chelsea turns out roughly 1.5 million boxes of corn muffin mix per day. Just one more example of why it’s a good thing the Midwest grows a lot of corn. (And note: they do offer free tours.)
Not connected to my book research, but definitely connected to food and a favored destination most of the times I crossed Michigan is Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor. I’ve enjoyed the deli, the bakery, the creamery, and the coffee roastery, which are all part of Zingerman’s sprawling universe of exceptional food, but the place I saw most often was Zingerman’s Roadhouse, where the fried green tomatoes and ancho beef chuck chili bordered on addictions, though I did enjoy several other splendid dishes over the years (grits are amazing, and anything from their smokehouse is worthwhile).
Finally, I think it’s always worthwhile to hunt up venerable, family-run businesses in small, old towns anywhere I travel. To that end, I have on a number of occasions pulled off the highway at Three Oaks, MI, to visit Drier’s Meat Market. Drier’s, a National Historic Site that still has a Drier behind the counter, might be said to have somewhat oblique connection to corn: corn was and is fed to pigs, and pigs are a major part of what they work with at Drier’s. Beautiful hams and sausages are produced according to old, family recipes and are smoked in the century-old smokers on site. If you never try anything else, the ham salad is worth the detour.
And here are the promised past posts:
Exploring history at absolutely remarkable Greenfield Village: https://worldsfare.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/michigans-greenfield-village/
Enjoying nature and the culinary scene in Traverse City: https://worldsfare.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/traverse-city/
Dining at historic stagecoach stops in Michigan and California: https://worldsfare.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/stagecoach-stopovers/
So if you find yourself driving across the Midwest—or anywhere else—do get off the highway occasionally. There are some wonderful things to see, wherever you’re going.
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Its very easy to manage DNS records using cPanel on your Linux Hosting package. But before getting there, make sure that your domain is pointing to your hosting package name servers. If you still haven’t done this, click here to get it done. Once you’ve got that out of the way, you can proceed to manage your DNS records on cPanel. Here’s how you do it:
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The Dangers of Douching: Protecting Your Natural pH
If you’re the proud owner of a vagina, you have given a thought to how you should be best keeping it clean and healthy. And, if you’ve spent any time in the public school system, you’ve probably heard the word ‘douche’ thrown around. What is a douche exactly?
Well, we’re here to tell you that while a ‘douche’ doesn’t just refer to the guy that snaps people’s bra straps, you should probably keep them both away from your vagina.
What is a Vaginal Douche?
The word ‘douche’ literally comes from the French word for ‘shower’ and it means to wash the vagina (that is, the inside part, not the vulva) with water or a mixture of other liquids. There are plenty of ‘home-recipes’ for vaginal douches using everything from vinegar to baking soda to peroxide (yikes).
There are also quite a few products marketed for the purpose sold in drug stores. It’s estimated that some 1 in 5 American women douche—but here’s why doctors don’t recommend it.
Why is Douching Dangerous?
Your vagina is a host to a delicate balance of good and bad bacteria (called vaginal flora) and has a specific pH when healthy. Using douches can not only upset this ideal acidity, but can also cause more harmful bacteria to grow. This can cause bacterial vaginosis or yeast infections, which can then also spread to other parts of your reproductive organs.
It can even lead to pelvic inflammatory disease.
Even water, which has a pH of 7, is more basic than your vagina’s normal acidic state. We aren’t going to get into what ‘basic’ behavior is or isn’t (we love a PSL) but when it comes to your vagina, between 3.8 and 4.5 is healthy!
So How Do I Clean My Vagina?
The good news is—you don’t! Your vagina does its own self-cleaning, which accounts for some of the vaginal discharge you see throughout the month. It’s recommended that you just stick to warm water for cleaning your vulva, and let your vagina handle the rest.
If you’re worried about odor, then talk to your doctor, as this could be a sign of infection. And, it’s possible that you’re just noticing totally normal vagina scent! Really, when someone asks ‘what is a douche,’ the shorter answer can be ‘a product marketed to make us feel bad for our natural bodies.’
Leave the flowery chemicals out of your vagina and embrace its amazing abilities to keep things running smoothly!
Lane Baumeister is an internationally-based Canadian writer with several years’ experience creating educational and entertaining articles that discuss intimate health and sexual well-being. When not waxing profound about menstruation, she devotes herself to enjoying extremely good food and equally bad movies.
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Romeo and Juliet
The Taming of the Shrew
A Midsummer Night's Dream
As You Like It
Love's Labour's Lost
The Merchant of Venice
Much Ado About Nothing
Troilus and Cressida
Comedy of Errors
The Sonnets and Poems
Quotes from Shakespeare
General Shakespeare Questions
Elizabethan playhouses were open to the public eye at every turn, and scenery could not be changed in between scenes because there was no curtain to drop. Read on...
Most early editors removed five lines from Romeo and Juliet for the sake of common decency. Which lines caused such scandal? Find out...
The Elizabethans tried to cure this frightening disease with the inhalation of vaporized mercury salts. Read on...
On Shakespeare's Pathos
"Shakespeare's pathos, and it may be added his melancholy also, lies quite close to his humour; and the reason for this is manifest when we enquire into the nature of both. Since his pathos consists largely in a conflict of agreeable and painful emotions, a slight change in texture may readily give us, instead of a pathos enlivened by humour, a humour sweetened with pathos."
J. F. Pyre, Shakespeare's Pathos (1916)
How to Study Shakespeare
How to Analyze a Shakespearean Sonnet
Shakespeare's Blank Verse
Going to a Play in Elizabethan London
Entertainment in Elizabethan England
Shocking Elizabethan Drama
The King's Men
Shakespeare Characters A to Z
Top 10 Shakespeare Plays
Shakespeare's Metaphors and Similes
Shakespeare on Old Age
Shakespeare's Attention to Details
Shakespeare's Portrayals of Sleep
Words Shakespeare Invented
Shakespeare's Impact on Other Writers
What Inspired Shakespeare?
Reasons Behind Shakespeare's Influence
Macbeth Essays and Study Guide
Othello Essays and Study Guide
Romeo and Juliet Essays and Study Guide
Julius Caesar Essays and Study Guide
Essays on The Tempest
Essays on The Merchant of Venice
Essays on A Midsummer Night's Dream
Essays on Twelfth Night
So shaken as we are, so wan with care,
Find we a time for frighted peace to pant,
And breathe short-winded accents of new broils
To be commenced in strands afar remote.
(King Henry IV, Part 1, 1.1.1-4), King Henry
The play opens one year after the death of Richard II, and King Henry is making plans for a crusade to the Holy Land to cleanse himself of the guilt he feels over the usurpation of Richard's crown. But the crusade must be postponed when Henry learns that Welsh rebels, led by Owen Glendower, have defeated and captured Mortimer. Although the brave Henry Percy, nicknamed Hotspur, has quashed much of the uprising, there is still much trouble in Scotland. Read on...
1 Henry IV Overview (with theme analysis)
Introduction to Prince Hal
1 Henry IV Plot Summary
In the Spotlight
Homework Help: Macbeth
Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since?
And wakes it now, to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely?
(Macbeth, 1.7.35-8), Lady Macbeth
1) To paraphrase Lady Macbeth: "Was the hope you shrouded yourself in drunk? Has it been sleeping since? Does it wake up now, hung over, to look shamefully at what it did when intoxicated?"
2) This clash of two metaphors ('hope' being a person and clothing at the same time) is a continuation of the clothing imagery seen in the preceding passage:
Macbeth. I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon. (1.7.32-5) (See E. A. Abbott, A Shakespearian Grammer, p.438)
Click here for more detailed help with key words and passages in Act 1 of Macbeth.
Quote in Context
By love, that first did prompt me to enquire.
He lent me counsel, and I lent him eyes.
I am no pilot, yet, wert thou as far
As that vast shore wash'd with the furthest sea,
I should adventure for such merchandise.
(Romeo and Juliet, 2.2.84-88), Romeo
Here Romeo unintentionally reiterates his earlier assertion that fate is his true pilot:
He that hath the steerage of my course
Note how Romeo uses the same motif at the sorrowful end of the lovers' journey, apostrophizing the poison itself as his final pilot:
Direct my sail! (1.4.112-13)
Thou bitter pilot, now at once run on
Click here for more on the famous balcony scene.
The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark! (5.3.117-18)
How Many Plays?
The general consensus is that Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays. However, no one can know for certain because of the inexact documentation at the time the plays were first being organized and published. If we include The Two Noble Kinsmen and two lost plays attributed to Shakespeare, Cardenio and Love's Labour's Won, then we could say he wrote, either alone or in collaboration, forty plays. Read on...
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Cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service providers play a big role in their clients' data security. When providers mishandle data, organizations can be left vulnerable to cyberattacks like malware installation, data theft, and more.
To ensure that they have strong cybersecurity policies in place, third-party providers are stepping up their efforts to become SOC 2 compliant. However, when it comes to the processes involved in a SOC 2 audit and report, some providers are a bit confused about what they should and shouldn't be doing to comply with Trust Services Criteria.
One question often raised is whether SOC 2 compliance requires vulnerability testing. This article will help you understand what vulnerability testing is, and why it's a crucial part of SOC 2 compliance.
What Is SOC 2?
SOC 2 stands for System and Organization Controls 2. It's an auditing process created by the American Institute of CPAs to ensure that third-party providers are handling sensitive data securely to protect a business and its customers.
SOC 2 is composed of five trust service principles that define the criteria on how third-party providers should manage sensitive information. Unlike other standards such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, SOC 2 is less rigid with its requirements. Providers can design their own cybersecurity controls to comply with one of more of the SOC 2 trust service principles.
Related article: What Is SOC 2 Compliance And Why Is It Important For Your Business?
What Is Vulnerability Testing?
Vulnerability testing, also called vulnerability analysis or assessment, is a cybersecurity process that evaluates and identifies IT infrastructure vulnerabilities and risks. A vulnerability is defined as any weakness in an organization’s cybersecurity design, procedures, implementation, and control that can lead to a violation of its network’s cybersecurity policy.
The goal of vulnerability testing is the consistent and early detection of cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities to prevent cybercriminals from exploiting gaps in your infrastructure to steal private and sensitive information. The lack of proper vulnerability testing can result in:
Following a data breach, businesses often halt operations in order to contain the breach and conduct an investigation. This downtime can last for hours or even days depending on the gravity of the breach, which can have a devastating effect on your revenue.
- Financial loss
There are various costs associated with a data breach, such as customer compensation, legal fees, regulatory fines, and costs related to breach investigation and incident response. According to the 2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report by IBM, the average cost of a data breach in the United States is $8.64 million, with the healthcare industry being the target of most of these breaches. This amount is enough to put most SMBs out of business.
- Loss of customer trust
When customers learn that a company has been hit by a data breach, they’ll lose trust in that company and prevent doing further business with it, especially if the breach could have been prevented in the first place.
What Are the Steps in Vulnerability Testing?
You may now have an understanding of how essential a vulnerability test is, but how do you proceed? Here are the basic steps on vulnerability testing procedures.
- Define the goals and objective of the test
Determine which systems and networks will undergo testing — this includes cloud-based resources and mobile devices. Identify business-critical systems and where most of the sensitive data is stored.
- Collect information
For each system, device, and network that will be tested, check whether their current configurations are in line with basic cybersecurity best practices. Gather information on every resource connected to your network and the users who have access to them.
- Pinpoint vulnerabilities
A tester will actively scan the system, network, or devices either manually or by using automated vulnerability scanning tools. With the help of vulnerability databases and threat intelligence, the tester can detect security weaknesses and filter out false positive results.
- Create a report
The report should include vital details about the scan, and the vulnerabilities discovered. This will give an organization a clearer understanding of their present cybersecurity posture and the measures they must take to address security weaknesses.
Is Vulnerability Testing Required for a SOC 2 Audit?
For third-party providers looking to get a SOC 2 certification, conducting a vulnerability test is a must. They may run into IT issues that may seem trivial at first, but can put them and their customers at risk. These include weak passwords, unsecured protocols, outdated hardware and software to name a few.
A vulnerability test will help providers implement strict and effective cybersecurity policies as outlined in the first trust principle of SOC 2. This in turn, will increase their chances of passing a SOC 2 audit.
Does your business need a vulnerability test? Our expert testers at Charles IT can help by scanning your network for vulnerabilities that can leave you open to cyberattacks. We can also help you develop a long-term cybersecurity plan that will keep your network safe from cyberthreats. Reach out to our team today!
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Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership
DPRK state media reported on 9 November (Friday) that DPRK Cabinet Premier Choe Yong Rim visited grasslands under development in three areas of Kangwo’n Province. According to KCNA “the creation of vast grass field in the counties covering tens of thousands of hectares and the construction of combined processing base for livestock products will bring about an epochal turn in carrying out the party’s policy of improving the standard of people’s living by massively breeding grass-eating domestic animals.” Choe’s first visit was to a vegetable “sideline farm” of a Korean People’s Army [KPA] unit. Choe then toured grasslands in Sep’o County.
After his tour of the grasslands Choe convened a meeting of “senior party, state and army officials.” After a briefing on the grasslands reclamation project, KCNA reported the “meeting discussed the goal of reclaiming grass field in Sep’o, P’yo’nggang and Ich’o’n areas and building stockbreeding base and the issue of providing labor, raw materials and equipment necessary for its reclamation and construction” and “called on all the units to channel efforts into achieving the goal of creating grass field and reclaiming and building stockbreeding base in Sep’o, P’yo’nggang and Ich’o’n areas.” Also discussed were “practical issues including the work for keeping the designing ahead of the project and providing raw materials and equipment” and the “relevant organization of work was made.”
According to KCNA, Choe Yong Rim “called on officials and builders to carry out the behests of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and certainly realize the noble intention of the Marshal to create the socialist fairyland in Sep’o, P’yo’nggang and Ich’o’n areas.”
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Getting Started with Menu Planning
- Menu Planning 101
- Menu Planning 101 – 15 Meals
- Menu Planning 101- Putting it All Together
- Shopping, Food Storage, Sales, and Stockpiling
- 5 Simple Ways to Get Dinner on the Table
- 5 Simple Ways to Get Breakfast on the Table
- 14 Days of Real Food Menu Ideas
- 5 Simple Ways to Menu Plan
- 10 Simple Ways to Organize the Kitchen
- eMeals (includes weekly recipes and grocery lists for easy meal planning)
- Feast in 15 eBook: Speed Cooking Weeknight Meals
Freezer Cooking Resources
My Fast Five Meals
Get dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes. Use this printable worksheet to make a list of meals that take less than 30 minutes to prepare.
Tape it to the inside of a cabinet or in a kitchen drawer to reference when you need dinner in a hurry!
Free Printable Worksheets
We’ve put together our favorite menu plan printable worksheets to help get you started. From shopping lists to meal plan outlines, they are all available to readers of The Happy Housewife.
You can print them out and laminate them (or use contact paper). Or print out a new worksheet every week or month.
If you’ve never meal planned before or you are a seasoned pro, these printables will help get you organized.
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As part of intensified efforts and initiatives for financial support to its members from the adverse impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) staged a webinar on the theme: “Financial support to the African airline industry in the context of COVID-19 pandemic impacts.”
The webinar, which took place on 04 June 2020, was held in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The webinar is a follow up to a survey done by AFRAA and UNECA to quantify the indebtedness of African airlines from COVID-19 impacts which forms basis for campaigns for the much-needed financial support.
During this important webinar, Afreximbank sensitized African airlines on existing opportunities under the bank’s Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA) designed to assist member countries in managing the adverse impacts of financial and economic shocks caused by COVID-19 pandemic. African airlines had a unique platform to discuss requirements and modalities for engagement with Afreximbank with a focus on immediate requirements.
AFRAA’s Secretary General, Mr. Abdérahmane Berthé stated: “The impact of the pandemic on the airline industry is severe and unprecedented. Immediate cash injection is needed to avoid insolvency or bankruptcy of African airlines that are expected to lose US$ 8.1bn in revenues for the year 2020.”
Among other actions that form part of the African High Level Task Force recommendations to African governments, AFRAA has proposed the setting up of an aviation sectorial COVID-19 recovery fund for the support of the airline industry.
“We will continue to seek more avenues for support to the industry from development finance institutions, country development partners and international donors as we navigate through these tough times.” Mr Berthe added.
The webinar concluded with a call for the development of a standard framework that could be adopted by all financial institutions and donors for application on airlines seeking financial assistance.
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Johanna Ryan in her post Dependence Day points to serious problems linked to psychotropic drug use in the military and what seem to be recent alarming developments, but there is a 60 year history here.
In the 1950s, the VA hospital system commissioned Norman Farberow to look at rising rates of suicides among veterans. He studied veterans hospitalized for either medical or psychiatric conditions during the periods 1950 through to the mid 1970s. The 3 figures below bring out the findings.
Figure 1 shows a set of fluctuating suicide rates year on year for veterans admitted to medical beds. The rates are higher than national suicide rates but these rates and their fluctuations are in keeping with what might have been expected in a set of younger men. The increases in the late 1950s and early 1970s may mirror the effects of the Korean and Vietnam wars, or perhaps other social factors or they may be entirely random.
Figures 2 and 3 are strikingly different to Figure 1. Figure 2 does not show the expected fluctuations linked to social factors or any randomness. It shows a steady rise in suicide rates in those who have been hospitalized for a mental condition. Until 1955 the rates are identical to the rates found in those hospitalized for a general medical condition.
But as of 1955, they start climbing in an uninterrupted fashion. The rises and falls we see in Figure 1 that might or might not be linked to social factors such as the Korean war are not there. This can be seen clearly in Figure 2 when the two sets of figures are superimposed and again in Figure 3 which show admissions to psychiatric beds on their own.
Why the bifurcation in 1955? This was the year of the introduction of chlorpromazine. Year on year after 1955 a greater number of tranquilizers (antipsychotics / neuroleptics) like chlorpromazine were consumed by veterans with mental health problems as an ever greater number of these drugs were marketed. These drugs were given to veterans who were depressed, anxious or psychotic – they were not as might be thought now restricted to veterans who were schizophrenic.
But as Johanna Ryan brings out, they were almost certainly not given at that time to soldiers returning to the theater of war. She calls on us to stand together and bring about improvements. We have to stand together but whether it will bring about improvements is another matter. The Department of Defense for instance know that the literature about most of the drugs being given to troops now is ghostwritten and that the excess of suicides and violent acts there have been in clinical trials of these drugs have been airbrushed out of publications. But even they seem hypnotized.
Patients complain that the wrong drug in the wrong dose makes them zombies, but it seems everyone else in the policy apparatus who has anything to do with authorizing the use of these drugs is also marching zombie like to the one tune – like North Koreans in fact.
When the wife of Randall Tobias (who was CEO of Lilly at the time) gets put on Prozac and commits suicide and it makes no difference, it gets harder and harder to see a way out. Why so serious? Well even Heath Ledger has committed suicide. Is this Batman’s stickiest moment?
Ominously there is no sign of Batman anywhere.
If Robin were still around he might say “Holy Healthcare Reform – someones killing our Veterans, what would Batman do now?”
The very last thing to do is what Batman offered Mr Freeze: “Give yourself up. We can get you help – medical help” (see So Long and thanks for all the Fish).
But the Cheshire Cat got the Robin. It left however a grin behind in a phrase that lingers – the opposite of a girl is a boy. For all complex problems, its better turn to Catwoman – Michelle, or Ann? Or maybe Angela?
Farberow N, Ganzler S, Cuttler F et al (1978). Status of Suicides in Veterans Administration Hospitals. Reports 2-4. Los Angeles, CA: Central Research Unit, V. A.Wadsworth Hospital Center.
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WORKS: Ivan the Terrible (complete film score)
PERFORMER: Irina Chistiakova (contralto), Dmitri Stephanovich (bass); Children’s Choir of Studio Vesna, Yurlov State Capella, Tchaikovsky SO/Vladimir Fedoseyev
CATALOGUE NO: NI 5662-63
This is a flawed but useful companion to a major work of scholarship – the Glinka State Museum’s special performing edition of Prokofiev’s original score for Eisenstein’s last masterpiece Ivan the Terrible. Prokofiev would not have regarded the result as a suitable concert version, and unfortunately failed to leave one of his own. That task eventually fell to Abram Stasevich, whose generous if over-stacked ‘oratorio’ has been thrillingly recorded by Muti (EMI) and Gergiev (Philips). Listening to Fedoseyev’s balder sequence of numbers as Prokofiev first composed them, we can see how Stasevich made idiomatic symphonic composites out of such sequences as Ivan’s march on Kazan.
Orchestrally, this is a curiously metronomic performance which reveals some fresh original orchestrations but no significant new ideas. The novelty falls to the choir, singing all the liturgical music collected by Prokofiev and Eisenstein. It does restore the film’s insistence on church tradition; but some pieces – like Kastalsky’s arrangement of the ‘Cherubic Song’ – are too long in context and the women’s intonation is often dismally flat (how, incidentally, does the second of two D minor pieces come to begin in C sharp minor?). Nor is the seriousness of the project consistent: whose crazy idea was it to interrupt the climactic ‘murder in the cathedral sequence’ with an orchestral reprise of the Oprichnik’s song? To hear that particular musical cornerstone intact, Järvi’s bracing performance of Christopher Palmer’s variations on Stasevich (Chandos) is the sole candidate; otherwise Fedoseyev, however correct, offers little of Muti’s or Gergiev’s electricity. Three stars, all the same, for enterprise. David Nice
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Teaching Children With ADHD: Classroom Strategies To Engage The Easily Distracted
There seems to be one in almost every classroom. That student that just can’t get it together. Maybe it’s the homework that never gets turned in or the desk that resembles a pigpen. Possibly the student is disruptive, blurting out inappropriate remarks or just can’t stop tapping her pencil even when you have asked her a million times to stop.
As teachers, we know its normal for students to forget their homework or daydream and get fidgety from time to time. But how do we distinguish between “normal” kid behavior and ADHD behavior? Are we too quick to diagnose and medicate in hopes that these behaviors simply disappear? Is ADHD being over diagnosed when kids are just really being kids? And if it really is ADHD, how do we accommodate these students so they succeed in our classroom?
The 3 Sub-Types of ADHD
Here are a few facts to consider about ADHD, also known as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
- ADHD is the most commonly studied and diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children. It is considered a neurobehavioral developmental disorder.
- ADHD affects approximately 3-7% of all children globally with symptoms typically presenting before the age of 7.
- Boys are 2 to 4 times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with ADHD.
- Scientists are not sure exactly what causes ADHD, although many studies suggest that genetics and brain chemistry play a large role. It is thought that ADHD may result from a combination of factors including genetics, brain injuries, nutrition, environmental factors and/or social influences. (NIMH, National Institute of Mental Health).
To make the disorder even more confounding, ADHD has three subtypes according to the DSM-IV. A child who is diagnosed with ADHD will fall into one of the following categories:
ADHD- Predominantly Inattentive (also known as ADD)
A child with this diagnoses presents symptoms that are more inattentive in nature. They are easily distracted, forgetful, have trouble with organizing and completing a task, become bored easily, struggle to follow directions, have difficulty focusing on one thing, daydream and/or have trouble completing or turning in homework assignments. Children with this subtype are less likely to act out or have difficulties getting along with other children. In fact, they tend to be very quiet and are often overlooked. Parents and teachers may not notice that he or she has ADHD.
ADHD- Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive
Students who are diagnosed with this type of ADHD may display symptoms such as talking nonstop, fidgeting and squirming in their seats, having difficulty doing quiet tasks, are very impatient, blurt out inappropriate comments and act without regard for consequences.
ADHD- Combined Hyperactive-Impulsive and Inattentive
These students have the symptoms of hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention. Most children who are diagnosed with ADHD fall into this category.
Diagnosing ADHD Is Not a Simple, Single Event
ADHD, and other mental illnesses, do not allow for a blood test to provide a definitive diagnoses. Instead, diagnosing the disorder is based upon the observations of the student by parents, teachers and other caregivers.
Questionnaires regarding behaviors in the classroom and at home help a mental health professional or doctor determine if a child is indeed suffering from the disorder. Professionals also look at how long the symptoms have been present and whether the behaviors are excessive or not age appropriate.
What To Do As Teachers and Parents If We Suspect ADHD?
Erin’s son, Matt, started having trouble once he began Kindergarten. He was placed on a behavior chart for inattentive behaviors. Every year, Erin would get the same email from his teacher. “Matt has trouble focusing, so we are going to start him on a behavior chart.” Erin became so sick of the smiley face, frown face chart, as they just didn’t seem to work.
Matt’s 3rd grade teacher realized that his inattentive behaviors were something that Matt couldn’t help, so she asked if she could have him observed by the Vice Principal. From there, Erin and Matt saw his pediatrician who suggested a psychologist for a diagnosis as well.
Once Matt was officially diagnosed with ADHD-Inattentive type, Erin and the school professionals wrote a 504 Plan. Erin honestly didn’t think it worked well, if at all, because the teacher didn’t follow it. She was not a good communicator and didn’t check Matt’s backpack like what was written in the plan.
At home, Erin tried a no sugar diet and found that didn’t help either. What does help is making sure to check Matt’s backpack every night and talking to him about school, pointing out the positives. Erin also has Matt repeat back to her directions given at home.
After about 10 months and no success using the 504 Plan, Erin decided to start Matt on ADHD medicine. Matt began on a low dose and the teacher reported seeing a difference right away, much more participation, attention and interest in math. Matt takes a low dose in the morning with the school nurse on the days he is at school. There has been a real positive change in Matt since beginning the medicine.
Is ADHD Over Diagnosed?
Are we too quick to label a student as ADHD just because he can’t sit still or because a student’s grades are slipping? A recent study conducted by the CDC (Center for Disease Control) showed that 11% of school-age children in the United States have received a diagnosis of ADHD.
What has alarmed many is that in which the rate has climbed. According to the study, the rate has skyrocketed 16% since 2007. The rise was most dramatic among boys, with an estimated 1 in 5 boys of high school age diagnosed with ADHD.
Like most mental health disorders, ADHD is not black and white.
Like most mental health disorders, ADHD is not black and white. It is a perplexing condition that can affect the academic and social lives of affected children, possibly into adulthood. A few points to consider about the rising rates of ADHD: Family doctors, who aren’t always adequately trained in providing the detailed evaluation that a reliable diagnosis requires, are diagnosing many children with ADHD when there really may be another condition going on, or in fact, nothing at all.
This problem may lie in the detail that doctors are required to sort out a very complex condition in a short amount of time. Just because a child is showing a few symptoms does not necessarily point to a positive diagnosis. The symptoms must be present every day for a long period of time and must lead to an impairment on the child’s life.
20 Ways To Support Students With ADHD
Regardless of the how’s and why’s of ADHD, as teachers it is vital that we support our students on their academic journey. How do we support parents and students who are affected by ADHD?
- Learn about which subtype of ADHD the student has been diagnosed with. Get to know the individual student and be mindful of his or her uniqueness.
- Seat the student away from doors and windows that may distract him or her. The student may work best closest to the teacher.
- Allow physical activity breaks (stretching) and incorporate movement activities into a lesson. If possible, allow for outdoor instruction time.
- When possible, provide academic instruction to these students with ADHD in the morning. Evidence suggests that on-task behaviors of a student with ADHD worsen over the course of a day.
- Write important information down where the student can easily reference it, most likely at their desk.
- Divide large assignments into small segments. Write these segments down. Have the student cross the items off as they are completed.
- Provide frequent breaks for the student to get a drink or walk around the room.
- Allow the student with ADHD to run errands for you (take a note to the office) or have them be in charge of sharpening the classroom pencils.
- Provide the student with a stress ball or other object for the student to play with discreetly at their seat, especially when they need a break.
- Write the schedule of the day on the student’s desk and allow him or her to cross off each item as it is completed.
- Recognize and praise aloud all good behaviors. Be specific in what the student is doing correctly.
- Provide an assignment book for the student to keep track of homework and daily work. Encourage this book to be signed by parents so parents know what is going on in the classroom. Communicate with the parent as much as possible.
- Form small groups for students with ADHD to work in so as not to get distracted and lost in a large group.
- Allow the student with ADHD to work in a quiet zone within the classroom. This should be a place in the room that is quiet and free from visual stimulation.
- Establish a secret signal with the student to use as a reminder when he or she is off task.
- When giving directions, make eye contact with the student and be as brief as possible.
- Use visuals. Highlight words in colored chalk or bright ink. Underline and circle important things to remember.
- Use auditory cues. Set a timer and encourage the student to work uninterrupted until the timer goes off. Allow the student a break following the work period.
- Provide specific, well-defined rules to the student with ADHD. Write these rules down and tape them to the student’s desk. These rules should have clear consequences.
- Most importantly, students need guidance, compassion and understanding from their parents and teachers as they navigate the path of dealing with ADHD. It isn’t their fault that they have been diagnosed with ADHD.
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The birth and death of an idea
To make great ideas a reality, we must act, experiment, fail, adapt, and learn on a daily basis.
Every week, I write an article to share my learning or discovery during my startup journey. Here is the link to my reasons for penning these articles for myself and for many others like me.
This week, I want to share my journey from the inception of an idea to the termination of that idea. How it clicked and how it got discarded.
I had read a book “Atomic Habits” some months back. Inspired by the power of cultivating good habits, I started keeping a habit tracker for myself. It is a set of 10 activities jotted down in my notebook. I track them daily — 6 days a week. When I complete an activity, I put a cross against it.
While using this tracker, I had a few pain points like:
- There were times when I forgot to update the tracker. So, for some days there were blanks against come activities.
- I will evaluate my performance by stickiness to my habits by the end of the week. But I could only see for the weekly snapshot. I had no way to compare my performance with last week or check my tracking for last month. Though I could check the last week’s or month’s entries in my notepad, it was not very easy to analyze them by turning pages in the notebook. I wanted to learn which habit(s) are more difficult for me to adhere to in a week. Based on my past performance, I could also take some corrective and preventive actions.
One day, when I was filling out this activity tracker, an idea came to develop a mobile app for this habit tracker. I started thinking about its interface and how it could resolve my pain points.
- For the daily updates, we can send notifications twice a day (mandatory) and can also set the frequency or notification time as per the user’s choice.
- We can provide weekly insights — What worked and what could be improved? We can analyze last week’s and last month’s data. The user can be inspired by their progress in their daily habits. They can also see the activities that need more effort and can help them retrospect if they need to track these habits or else it could be removed from their daily tracking if it is taking too much of their time.
Before starting with any development on MVP (Minimum Viable Product) for habit tracker. I need to do market research about the viability of this idea. So, I spent a few hours on the internet to check similar applications.
These were my findings:
I also wanted to know about the pricing model of the habit tracker application. Most of these apps were using the monthly subscription model from 2$ to — 5$ per month. Also, there were free versions of these apps, where one could only track a limited number of activities daily.
My findings after this market research are:
- I could see that there are already a lot of habit trackers in the market space with many advanced features as well.
- The profit margin is small as the market is price sensitive.
- The market is crowded, I had to spend a lot of money/time to make my app more visible against the competitors.
These findings led me to abandon my idea of developing a habit tracker. I understood that it would require about 6–12 months to develop a fully matured product like the other existing products. Also, I could not provide anything unique other than the functionality already provided by similar products.
So this was my journey of ideation to research to its death.
Again, this is all my perception. I am not in any way claiming that this is the only way to vet a product idea. I might be completely wrong in this case and might have missed a gold mine. This is how my logical mind told me to evaluate a product idea.
Wishing everyone a creative week ahead and hope all of you can get loads of mind-boggling ideas this week.
The next article will be published at weekly intervals. Simply send me some claps and feedback if you enjoyed my article.
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B.C. Guide Dog Services is looking for volunteers in the Greater Victoria area to help train puppies to aid blind people and children with autism.
The role of the “puppy raiser” is to socialize and teach the dog basic skills and obedience.
The dog will stay with the volunteer for about a year.
“Puppy raisers need to be able to bring the dog pretty much wherever they go, so the role is really best suited for retirees or at-home workers,” said Linda Thornton, puppy manager.
The charity provides ongoing training and covers all vet and dog food costs.
For more information, please go online to www.bcguidedog.com or call Jan at 250-217-3132.
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One could attach many adjectives to the giant banks that tumbled down during the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008: reckless, greedy, hubristic, stupid. Here’s one that may come less readily to mind: shareholder-friendly. But that’s what they were. Several studies have found that the more shareholder-oriented a bank’s corporate governance and executive-pay arrangements were heading into the crisis, the more trouble the bank got into. A misplaced focus on pleasing shareholders, it seems, must be added to the roster of causes of the crash.
It makes sense: shareholders supply only a small fraction of a bank’s funding (most comes from depositors and bondholders), yet they get all the upside if the bank books big profits. And as we learned in 2008, the government sometimes steps in to keep giant financial institutions from failing. So from the perspective of a shareholder, a bank CEO who takes bold, financial-system-endangering risks is just doing his job.
This mismatch between bank shareholders’ interests and those of society is now widely understood in academic circles. Yet last year, when Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, was under pressure for losses incurred by London-based traders, he hastened to reassure markets that he was out to “maximize economic value for shareholders.” Bank executives regularly point to return on equity (return to shareholders, basically) as the metric that matters most. And when Congress wrote new rules for the banking sector in 2010’s Dodd-Frank Act, it included several provisions intended to make banks and other corporations more responsive to their shareholders.
Let’s get this straight. Big banks that emphasize return to shareholders above all else have been shown to be menaces to society. Yet one of the main responses to the problems banks got into has been to … reaffirm the primacy of shareholders.
Such is the power of the ideology known as shareholder value. This notion that shareholder interests should reign supreme did not always so deeply infuse American business. It became widely accepted only in the 1990s, and since 2000 it has come under increasing fire from business and legal scholars, and from a few others who ought to know (former General Electric CEO Jack Welch declared in 2009, “Shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world”). But in practice—in the rhetoric of most executives, in how they are paid and evaluated, in the governance reforms that get proposed and occasionally enacted, and in almost every media depiction of corporate conflict—we seem utterly stuck on the idea that serving shareholders better will make companies work better. It’s so simple and intuitive. Simple, intuitive, and most probably wrong—not just for banks but for all corporations.
As Cornell University Law School’s Lynn Stout explains in her 2012 book, The Shareholder Value Myth, maximizing returns to shareholders is not something U.S. corporations are legally required to do. Yes, Congress and regulators have begun pushing the rules in that direction, and a few court rulings have favored shareholder primacy. But on the whole, Stout writes, the law spells out that boards of directors are beholden not to shareholders but to the corporation, meaning that they’re allowed to balance the interests of shareholders against those of stakeholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, debt holders, and society at large.
Proponents of shareholder value argue that, whatever the law says, corporations would be more successful—and do more good—if executives and boards spent less time balancing their various obligations and focused instead on making money for shareholders. This idea began percolating at the University of Chicago and on a few other campuses in the 1960s and ’70s, and it made some sense at that historical moment. American corporations were struggling in the face of global competition and technological change, yet most were complacent. If only executives were forced to pay more attention to their companies’ plummeting stock prices—by the threat of a hostile takeover, perhaps, or by a strong link between their pay and those prices—they might take the risks and make the changes that the times demanded. Or so the thinking went.
These arguments began to reshape corporate practice in the 1980s. By the mid-’90s, they had congealed into the simple doctrine that the job of a chief executive is to keep shareholders happy. Executive-pay packages were stuffed with stock options, and a newly restive breed of professional investors began goading boards into pushing out managers whenever a company’s stock price languished. Underlying both practices was the belief that stock prices were the best measure of corporate performance—which made it pretty easy to judge whether a CEO was doing a good job or not. For a few wonderful years, all of this seemed to work. Corporate America, after lagging behind Japanese and German competitors, made a spectacular comeback, and the U.S. economy boomed with it.
This heyday ended with the stock-market collapse that began in 2000. The popping of the tech-stock bubble demolished the notion that stock prices are reliable gauges of corporate value. And as the economy languished, the shareholder-driven U.S. corporate model ceased to look so obviously superior to its Asian and continental-European rivals. The intellectual assault on shareholder value began, and has been gaining strength ever since.
To be sure, the case against putting shareholders first is not quite the slam dunk for all corporations that it is for highly indebted, too-big-to-fail financial institutions. Outside of banking, the empirical evidence against the doctrine is more suggestive than dispositive. Supporters of shareholder rights can point to studies showing that certain shareholder-friendly changes, such as removing defenses against hostile takeovers, tend to bring higher share prices. Skeptics argue that this says little about long-term impact, and point instead to a more expansive, but impressionistic, set of indicators. The performance of U.S. stock markets since shareholder value became doctrine in the 1990s has been disappointing, and the number of publicly traded companies has declined sharply. The nation in which shareholders have the most power, the United Kingdom, has an anemic corporate sector; on Fortune magazine’s list of the world’s 100 largest companies, it claims only three, compared with nine from France and 11 from Germany, where shareholders hold less sway. Multiple studies of corporations that stay successful over time—most famously the meticulously researched books of the Stanford-professor-turned-freelance-business-guru Jim Collins, such as Good to Great—have found that they tend to be driven by goals and principles other than shareholder returns.
Collins’s books embody the most common criticism of shareholder value: that while delivering big returns to shareholders over time is great (it is, in fact, Collins’s chief measure of “greatness”), focusing on shareholder value won’t get you there. That’s what Jack Welch was getting at, too. In a complex world, you can’t know which actions will maximize returns to shareholders 15 or 20 years hence. What’s more, most shareholders don’t hold on to any stock for long, so focusing on their concerns fosters a counterproductive preoccupation with short-term stock-price swings. And it can be awfully hard to motivate employees or entice customers with the motto “We maximize shareholder value.”
An older complaint that has gained ground since the financial crisis is that making the most money for shareholders, even over the long run, might not always be best for society. This criticism has long been applied to companies that use lots of natural resources or pollute heavily. It’s now clearly an issue for big banks. And scholars have been looking into how corporations out to maximize shareholder returns are able to shape the rules of the game (tax laws, accounting standards) in ways that increase profits but harm the economy.
None of these critics have put forth a theory of corporate governance that’s as simple as shareholder value. But in a smart new book, Firm Commitment: Why the Corporation Is Failing Us and How to Restore Trust in It, the British economist Colin Mayer offers a view of the corporation that at least approaches shareholder value in explanatory power.
In Mayer’s telling, corporations succeed by entering into commitments with employees, customers, suppliers, and shareholders. Many of these commitments go well beyond contractual requirements, and ultimately, they are what make long-term investment and business success possible. Putting all authority in the hands of shareholders who can sell at a moment’s notice makes it hard for a corporation to credibly commit to anything. Over time, Mayer argues, this narrows business possibilities by leaching away the goodwill of other stakeholders.
He offers some proposals for strengthening commitment. One is the creation of “trust firms,” whose boards would be charged with ensuring that corporations hew to goals and principles beyond profit. Another is the sale of shares that offer greater voting power in return for a commitment to hold on to them for a number of years. But his overall message is that there is no one right way to run a corporation.
Mayer, a former dean of the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, has been studying corporate governance since the 1980s. He has seen fashions come and go (it’s a little hard to believe now, but Japan’s interlocking keiretsus were once the object of global admiration). His experience has taught him that nobody has the perfect answer—and that the most dangerous people in corporate governance are those who think they do.
He is therefore mostly a fan of the U.S. system, which allows for significant variety in how corporations are run (because each state sets its own rules). But Mayer worries about current attempts by federal lawmakers and regulators to give shareholders more say. “The direction of travel in U.S. policy is very much toward intensifying shareholder pressure,” Mayer says. That may be exactly the wrong direction.
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AH-64 Apache Units of Operations Enduring Freedom
Belle illustrazioni, profili a colori e foto d'archivio documentano gli aerei, gli equipaggi, le uniformi e nel dettagliato testo vengono ampiamente discusse le tattiche impiegate in combattimento su tutti i teatri di guerra.
After the attacks on 11 September 2001, Apache units made significant contributions to the Coalition campaign against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. Functioning as the 'killer' part of US Army Hunter-killer teams, Apaches sought out and brought overwhelming firepower to bear on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces, as well as providing direct support to Coalition troops on the ground. Apaches spearheaded the advance of the 3rd Infantry and the 101st airborne divisions into Iraq, engaging in some of the heaviest fighting along the western axis of advance. Weather and enemy fire took a heavy toll on Apaches operating in Western Iraq, but the resilience and flexibility of the Apache was central to the success of this campaign.
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Fulfilling a Happy Dream - the Love Shop: Miracles Created by Love and Practice
To build a self-help and mutual-support platform and help disadvantaged families to escape poverty, the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families, Hualian Branch, established the Hualian Love Shop. With social workers and partners from the Multi-Employment Promotion Program, the Love Shop uses sewing, micro business, time banks and resources from various sectors to help disadvantaged families and single mothers. It builds a platform of opportunities, supporting them to fulfill their dreams.
Since 1985, the Taiwan Fund for Children？and Families has assisted disadvantaged families？to support themselves with various poverty relief？projects. As the proverb goes, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish？and you feed him for a lifetime.” A series of training projects have thus been devised as a way to？enhance people’s internal assets and create a sense of achievement. When single mothers enter？the workplace, they might not be able to balance family, economy, and personal development. Sometimes, they have money but lose their family. Or, they might neglect their children because they are too dedicated to their career, and their children could lose their direction in life.？
Is there a way for mothers to work at home and still gain a sense of accomplishment? To search for such a possibility, since 2009, the Hualian Branch began to run the Love Shop, hoping to build a platform that provides job opportunities.
Building a Platform Through Empowerment
After conducting research on relevant resources, the Fund chose sewing, a lower risk sector, as the starting point of empowerment. The Love Shop collected equipment, manpower, volunteers and relevant resources for this project, beginning to enroll students for training. The tuition and the materials were both free of charge.
However, the courses didn’t run smoothly in the beginning. Many mothers still bore a heavy economic burden when receiving training. Since learning could not resolve the immediate economic problems, many members dropped out.
Chen Su-ching, the social worker who supervised this project, took those mothers’ situations into account and tried to look for a way for them to keep learning and maintain their income. Later, training courses no longer required full-time participation. Students were allowed to attend the class after work.
Since sewing is physically demanding and needs full attention and time for practice, the Love Shop regarded it as part time work rather than a full time job. At the same time, teamwork and mutual-support groups helped those mothers build positive personal relationships and develop relevant skills, giving them a sense of belonging. There are mothers who see sewing as their full-time career as well.
Progressive Development Through Guidance
The participating mothers and the Love Shop both underwent progressive changes and different stages of growth. Thanks to the Multi-Employment Promotion Program, the Love Shop has grown stronger. The Love Shop ran trial operations in 2009, proposing a 3-year multi-employment promotion project in 2010. In addition to setting up standard operational procedures, the 3-year human resources support enhanced people’s skills, helping the partners from the employment program to be fully prepared. In 2013, the Love Shop proposed an economic project lasting for 1 year. This project will continue and make Love Shop an employment platform.
If job opportunities are rare in society, the Love Shop creates them. This platform especially for single parents is not just for relief or employment but also provides a space for people to escape poverty.
It was very challenging for Chen to make the partners believe in their own ability and become responsible for their work. At first, people just muddled along. After knowing them better, Chen？found they were quite capable. Chen went on to examine why they seemed to hold back, and she found it was because they didn’t see a hopeful future. Chen then tried to encourage them, leading the members to see their own abilities and inquiring about their own goals.
Partners from the employment program gradually became actively involved when Chen employed her empowerment method, replacing orders with guidance. Every partner took turns serving as the chair of the morning meetings. In addition to confirming the schedule, the chairman also arranged workflow and loading. This inspired people to be active, and they learned how to make plans for their work together. Social workers there only needed to point out some key tasks, and the partners could accomplish them by themselves.
Chen felt a sense of abundance after being with these mothers. Thanks to the Love Shop, social workers, single mothers and the partners of the employment program became a team. They learned and grew together. In the growth session each month, everyone gathered to discuss economic modes, product development and to talk about resources and manpower they needed to invest in. People were not confident in the beginning, but they began to be optimistic about their future afterwards.
Being a member of the employment program, four years later, Chou Mei-lian now works as a project manager. The greatest achievement for her was seeing those mothers grow up and become confident. She saw a mother who was burdened with debt. To give her son, who studied at a private school outside the city, more allowance, this woman changed her attitude to frustrations from avoiding them to facing them directly.
Chou also shared her lessons on management. She wanted to finish tasks as soon as possible. If those mothers could not or did not do them, she would. Eventually, she found it was impossible for her to do everything on her own, and not all her ideas were doable. She then began to open herself up, willing to see that others might have another way or interpretation, which may help finish the work.
Winning Back the Power to Dream for Disadvantaged Parents
To Chen Su-ching, the worktable is a very interesting place. She doesn’t sit with others at the worktable a lot. However, when sitting at the table, she listens to the stories that are unfamiliar to her. She gets to experience other people’s lives. For instance, a mother at the shop met a guy who was chasing her. Her colleagues all supported this relationship. Chen used this opportunity to interact with everyone. To a social worker, it was a rare and different experience.？Every time when Chen thought about giving up, it was those mothers and the partners from the employment program who kept encouraging her.
The training and interaction provided by the employment program inspired Chen, making her realize that those mothers and the partners could actually take charge of their lives. Work brings hope. In addition, it heals the wounds inside. Supported by the Love Shop, a male partner from the employment program spent a year preparing. He then left the shop and got a full time job.
Dreams may be the things many single parents need most, and that is also an ability they are lacking. Undergoing drastic changes in life, many parents don’t think they have the right to choose. To make a living, they don’t have time to think about the future. At the Love Shop, the strongest forces that keep those mothers moving forward are their kids. They begin pursuing their dreams, thinking about what they want in life. They work hard, keeping their feet firmly planted on the ground. Then they realize that they can change, dream and make their own choices.
To a social worker, production management is a new field. To maintain the operations of the Love Shop, Chen began to learn how to manage work hours and make schedules. She also learned how to calculate costs and profit margins. She knows how to make a statement and control figures with balance sheets. Moreover, her partners also began to value the importance of management.
Since it is impossible for the Love Shop to solely rely on social support, enhancing people’s professional skills became a vital task. People at the shop needed to understand the market and change their attitudes. They used to think that they didn’t have to be particular about making charity products, but now they gradually realize how important it is to make good quality products. They learn to think from the customer’s vantage point, meet market demand and adjust their products and prices through experience.
They do online marketing by posting photos, designing commercial text and developing an online shopping system. They seek their customers’ approval with a warm appeal. There was once a customer who decided not to make an order. Still, they politely inquired for improvements. Their friendly and sincere attitude bought them the next order.
Heading for the Next Happy Dream
Love Shop combines social work and economic operation by employing resources from the organization. They think from the disadvantaged parents’ point of view and figure out a good way for them to work. These are the keys to running a successful organization. In the future, Love Shop plans to set up a Time Bank. Employees may use working hours in exchange for courses to continuing learning.
One day, the mothers at Love Shop can be self-reliant, working busily and happily. They will think about how to help more people as well. It is also their hope that there can be more people joining the organization and working as volunteers. They may get to know these passionate mothers and experience the fun of DIY activities so that the platform may serve its function in terms of social education and connection.
Developing this social enterprise derives from an urgent need, which responds to the mission of this organization. “Whether it’s worth it or not, the success of the organization depends not on the present but on the future,” Chen cherishes every opportunity, striving to show the results of Love Shop to the public. She hopes she can have more support in the future, and her partners can begin trying different fields. “Believing is seeing,” she says.
▲ The Love Shop is a place where disadvantaged parents can grow and become self-reliant.
▲ Handicrafts and DIY works help them regain the strength to dream.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Please attribute this article to “Workforce Development Agency, Ministry Of Labor”.
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Open in The Map
70 ° 27' 49" N, 150 ° 54' 43" W
extends N into Harrison Bay from the Colville River Delta, Arctic Plain.
Eskimo name referring to "a place where boats are landed," reported in 1951 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Colville River Delta,
Nechelik Channel, Sakoonang Channel, Tamayayak Channel,
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National Touring Exhibition and First U.S. Retrospective Illuminates the Art and Life of Preeminent Zen Master Hakuin
The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin
October 1, 2010 – January 9, 2011 at Japan Society Gallery
New York, NY — What’s the sound of one hand clapping? This famous meditational question was first framed as “What is the sound of one hand?” by Hakuin Ekaku, an 18th century painter and Zen master whose work is showcased at Japan Society from October 1, 2010 to January 9, 2011 in The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin.
“Although a major figure in Japanese art and widely regarded as the most important Zen master of the last 600 years, Hakuin is virtually unknown to American audiences today—a situation Japan Society intends to redress with this, the first retrospective of his work ever to be seen in the United States,” says Joe Earle, Director of Japan Society Gallery.
The Gallery at Japan Society has co-organized the exhibition in collaboration with the New Orleans Museum of Art, where the exhibition will be presented February 12 to April 17, 2011, before traveling to Los Angeles County Museum of Art from May 22 to August 17, 2011 (in 2 installments).
For the showing, exhibition organizers and noted Zen scholars Audrey Yoshiko Seo and Stephen L. Addiss have gathered 69 scroll paintings by Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) and nine by his major pupils from public and private collections in Japan and the U.S. The selection brings into public view a masterly body of work, one in which deftly executed, fluid lines, delicate ink washes, quick, rough strokes, and spidery calligraphic marks serve to capture the energy of life and the playfulness and spiritual intensity of Zen practice. The exhibition traces Hakuin’s development from the more linear works of his early period to paintings and calligraphy of massive power from the final two decades of his life.
Among the most delightful paintings on view are those that depict mundane objects and activities, sometimes in the guise of myths and folk tales, whether it be a monkey on a tree limb, two preening foxes dancing, or a Buddhist pilgrim perched on the back of another to write on a high wall. In the painting Blind Men Crossing a Bridge, the tiniest of brush strokes manages to conjure up halting steps and uncertain balance in a progression along a wooden bridge—the latter summoned up in one broad, bold, horizontal stroke. A similar economy enlivens other works, such as Shoki Sleeping, which captures a tub-bellied folk deity, boots on, snoozing. One of Hakuin’s favorite subjects was the happy-go-lucky wandering monk, Hotei. Featured in the exhibition is a painting of Hotei asking “What is the sound of one hand?” along with 17 other depictions of the bumbling monk as everyman: sleeping, meditating, riding in a boat, shouldering a large mallet, and—most unusual of all—floating as a kite in mid-air.
Hakuin would have created pictures of these folk characters—popular figures in Japanese culture—as a way of reaching out to ordinary people. But he created works with Zen subject matter as well, including portraits of Zen patriarchs executed with dramatic, virtuosic brushwork.
Also featured in The Sound of One Hand are pictures created for followers of non-Zen forms of Buddhism, including one of the deity Monju, who represents wisdom and the power to cut through all obstacles. This is one of Hakuin’s most finely painted scrolls, showing how delicately he could wield his brush.
Humorous wordplay is an inextricable part of many of the featured works. The punning lines in a painting of a small singing bird poke fun at human behavior, and a flowing inscription in a drawing of Otafuku, the Goddess of Mirth, slyly connects the goddess’s skewered morsels to ideas not yet absorbed by a man with a closed throat (i.e., one not yet open to the teachings of the Buddha.)
“Hakuin integrated painting and calligraphy in a manner that had never been done before. Characters would become part of a drawing, or a drawing would be entirely comprised of characters,” notes co-curator Stephen Addiss.
Life and Art as Zen Practice
Perhaps because Hakuin’s paintings and calligraphy were an extension of his role as a teacher, as a rule he did not create art for the marketplace, patrons, or temples. Most of the paintings on view in this exhibition were given to lay followers as gestures of encouragement or to fellow practitioners in recognition of spiritual advancement, with certain subjects deemed particularly suited as Zen teaching tools for individuals. Others works were probably given to monks from other temples who admired Hakuin’s Zen teachings.
Despite spending most of his career in a small rural temple, Hakuin revitalized Zen practice throughout Japan. “He deepened monastic practice by insisting upon post-enlightenment training and by consciously and enthusiastically reaching out to lay parishioners in new ways,” says co-curator Audrey Yoshiko Seo.
“Hakuin believed that the Zen experience must be taken back into the world in order to flourish and fully aid people in their journey. His influence was so great and far reaching that it is impossible to imagine contemporary Zen practice without him,” adds Addiss.
A 281-page, fully-illustrated catalogue The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin (Shambhala Publications, September 2010), written by Professors Seo and Addiss, offers further scholarly insights and provides a permanent record of the exhibition.
Japan Society presents several events in conjunction with The Sound of One Hand, including a mini-exhibition, student and family programs, writing and painting workshops, and more than a month of Zen related programming (Here & Zen series) with performances, lectures, a film screening, and a guided meditation. Program highlights include:
October 1, 2010-January 16, 2011
Artist Max Gimblett and writer Lewis Hyde collaborate on paintings and poetry based on the Song-dynasty Chinese “Oxherding Series,” a Zen Buddhist parable of self-discovery comprised of pictures and verse. Complimentary to all visitors during gallery hours.
Gallery Lessons: The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by
Zen Master Hakuin
October 1- January 9, Tuesday-Friday, 11:00 am-Noon & by appointment
Community groups and pre-K through 12th grade students explore The Sound of One Hand. Themes include koans (riddles), calligraphy and social skills such as compassion, friendship, tolerance and kindness. For appointments call 212-715-1224.
Symposium: Hear the Sound of One Hand: Reflections on the Art of Zen Master Hakuin
Saturday, October 2, 2010, at 1:00 pm
With Professor Stephen Addiss, co-curator of The Sound of One Hand; Matthew Welch, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Professor David Rosand, Columbia University; and Joe Earle, Japan Society Gallery. Tickets: $11/$7 Japan Society members, JASA members, seniors & students (includes exhibition entry). Box Office: 212-715-1258. Part of the Here & Zen series.
Performance: Yoshi Oida: Interrogations: Words of the Zen Masters
Friday & Saturday, October 8 & 9 at 7:30 pm
Revered actor/director Yoshi Oida returns to Japan Society with his solo comic masterpiece, in which a Zen master poses his student a series of questions framed in koans (riddles). Tickets: $28/$23 Japan Society members. Box Office: 212-715-1258. Part of the Here & Zen series.
Lecture: Mark Epstein & Lewis Hyde: Mindful Living
Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at 6:30 pm
Using the Zen parables, writer, cultural critic, and oxherding artist Lewis Hyde dialogues with psychiatrist Mark Epstein, a well-known author on the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. Co-sponsored by Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Tickets: $20/$18 Japan Society members, seniors & students (includes exhibition entry). Box Office: 212-715-1258.
Film Screening: Kwaidan
Friday, October 15, at 7:30 pm
Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, Masaki Kobayashi’s 1965 masterpiece is a painterly, haunting, and hypnotic journey to the far side of Zen and back. Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Tickets: $12/$9 Japan Society members. Box Office: 212-715-1258. Part of the Here & Zen series.
Workshop: The Personality of a Poem: Creative Writing Workshop for Adults with Lewis Hyde
Saturday, October 16, at 2:00 pm
Esteemed author, scholar, MacArthur Fellow and oxherding artist Lewis Hyde leads a three-hour workshop on the nuances of written language. Tickets: $65/$60 Japan Society members, seniors & students (includes exhibition entry). Box Office: 212-715-1258.
Workshop: Sumi Ink Painting Workshop with Max Gimblett
Sunday, October 17, Sat., Nov. 13, Sat., Dec. 18, and Sun., Jan. 9 at 2:00 pm
Led by oxherding artist Max Gimblett, workshops begin with an exhibition talk followed by a studio session using traditional handmade paper, sumi ink, and Asian brushes. Tickets: $65/$60 Japan Society members, seniors & students (includes exhibition entry). Box Office: 212-715-1258.
Workshop: Breathing Zen
Sunday, October 24
3:30 pm – Missoku Breathing Method; 4:45 pm – Shakuhachi Master Class
Shakuhachi master Akikazu Nakamura teaches the ancient Japanese breathing technique once practiced by monks in music and meditation; Shakuhachi Master Class follows. Tickets: $15-40/$10-35 Japan Society members. Box Office: 212-715-1258.
Lecture: Field to Table: The Role of Vegetables in Japanese Diet
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Discover the Buddhist roots of Japanese cuisine with Elizabeth Andoh, author of Kansha: Celebrating Japan’s Vegan & Vegetarian Traditions, and Masato Nishihara, executive chef at Kajitsu restaurant. Tickets: $12/$8 Japan Society members, seniors & students. Box Office: 212-715-1258. Part of the Here & Zen series.
Student Workshop and Exhibition: Responding to The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin
Groups from two select organizations participate in a multi-part, intensive study of The Sound of One Hand, culminating in an exhibition of the students’ works at Japan Society. For more information, call 212-715-1224.
Family Program: Art Cart: Sumi Ink Painting
Sunday, November 21, at 2 pm
Families participate in a gallery lesson focused on child-friendly themes in The Sound of One Hand, followed by a hands-on ink painting workshop. Recommended for children ages 8-12. Tickets: $20 per family (up to five people), $10 per family, including at least one Japan Society member. Box Office: 212-715-1258. Part of the Here & Zen series.
Workshop: Zen for Everyone
Sun., November 21, Sun., December 12, and Sat., January 8, at 11:00 am
Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara leads a discussion on the life and teachings of Hakuin Ekaku followed by a meditation session at Japan Society Gallery. Limited space available. Tickets: $25/$20 Japan Society members, seniors & students (includes exhibition entry). Box Office: 212-715-1258
The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin has been organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art and curated by Audrey Yoshiko Seo and Professor Stephen Addiss. Support for the exhibition at Japan Society has been provided by the E. Rhodes & Lena B. Carpenter Foundation, Chris Wachenheim, Edward and Anne Studzinski, and the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation. Education programs at Japan Society Gallery are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. Media sponsorship is provided by WNYC. Exhibitions at Japan Society are also made possible in part by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Friends of the Gallery. Japan Society also wishes to thank The W. L. S. Spencer Foundation for its catalogue support. oxherding is made possible in part by contributions from Brian Sweeney, Max Gimblett, and an anonymous donor.
About Japan Society Gallery
Japan Society Gallery is among the premier institutions in the U.S. for the exhibition of Japanese art. Extending in scope from prehistory to the present, the Gallery’s exhibitions since 1971 have covered topics as diverse as classical Buddhist sculpture and calligraphy, contemporary photography and ceramics, samurai swords, export porcelain, and masterpieces of painting from the thirteenth to the twentieth century. Each exhibition, with its related catalogue and public programs, is a unique cultural event that illuminates familiar and unfamiliar fields of art.
About Japan Society
Founded in 1907, Japan Society has evolved into a world-class, multidisciplinary hub for global leaders, artists, scholars, educators, and English and Japanese-speaking audiences. At the Society, more than 100 events each year feature sophisticated, topically relevant presentations of Japanese art and culture and open, critical dialogue on issues of vital importance to the U.S., Japan and East Asia. An American nonprofit, nonpolitical organization, the Society cultivates a constructive, resonant and dynamic relationship between the people of the U.S. and Japan.
Japan Society is located at 333 East 47th Street between First and Second Avenues (accessible by the 4/5/6 and 7 subway at Grand Central or the E and V subway at Lexington Avenue). The public may call 212-832-1155 or visit www.japansociety.org for more information.
Japan Society Gallery hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 11:00 am-6:00 pm; Friday, 11:00 am-9:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 am-5:00 pm; the Gallery is closed on Mondays and major holidays. Admission: $12/$10 students and seniors/FREE Japan Society members and children under 16. Admission is free to all on Friday nights, 6:00-9:00 pm. Docent tours are available free with admission Tuesday-Sunday at 12:30 pm.
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Snipers rapidly undermine morale and derail discussions; thus they must be quashed quickly. You can use their desire to be in control against them. Unlike your immediate reaction to ignore the comment, openly challenge their behaviour (not their comments though). Take away their cover by surfacing the sniper--NameTheConflict. Ask them directly if they have noticed any problem. Say you noticed the negativity in their comments and would like to know what sparked such a comment. If they make fun of your facts, ask them if they feel something was wrong with the facts. Often snipers have no basis for their comments, so they more you press them for details, the more their attack will fall apart.
Also use others in the group to norm against the sniper. Snipers try to break social cohesion and thus gain power (MetaWiki:DivideAndConquer). Snipers play off the implicit social rule that one person speaking represents ten, and silence implies agreement. If you demonstrate that the sniper is alone in his or her comments, the sniper will feel isolated and disempowered, and then back away from his or her comments. This is hard to do online without presence technology as you have no idea who is listening, but as long as you can demonstrate that many people agree with you and none (or no one respectable) agrees with him or her you will succeed.
Snipers will use two ploys in defense in order to relevel the field in their favour.
NameTheConflict again. Say that while it may have been intended as a joke, its negative connotations imply disagreement that should be openly surfaced. Force the sniper to either speak their mind clearly or retract the comment.
Snipers tend to test the waters continuously until they are sure there is no room for their weak power play. You must continuously reassert your authority each time. This may be tiresome; other options are to give up on the individual and DissuadeInteraction if you can.
Implied in the above is the idea that SnipingCriticism is UnfairCriticism? or NegativeCriticism?. The target of criticism may receive it as negative or unfair, but that may not be the intent of the critic. If you are the target of criticism and cannot perceive it in any way as FairCriticism or CriticismIsFeedback, and you infer that the intent of the criticism is sniping, do the above or don't feed the trolls.
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The final week of meteorological summer 2019 will be rainy at times, especially the period from Monday through Wednesday. Note: Going into today (August 25) Duluth is around -1.40″ below normal in rainfall for the month, and since June 1 we’re around -2.75″ below normal.
The first of what should be a few rounds of rain to affect the Northland in the coming days is moving northeast out of central Minnesota late this Sunday afternoon. Note: Reminder that Duluth’s radar (KDLH) is out of service until later this week as a major system upgrade continues. Alternate radar sites are Grand Forks (KMVX) or Minneapolis (KMPX)
Much of the Northland could get 1 to 2 inches of rain by Wednesday morning with isolated totals of more than 3 inches possible.
Source: 18z NAM model; https://www.tropicaltidbits.com
Radar forecast valid from 7 PM Sunday to 7 AM Tuesday. Source: 18z NAM-WRF model; https://weathermodels.com
Source: 12z NAM model; https://weather.cod.edu
An impressive shot of cold air advection is possible late Tuesday into Wednesday. I believe this is the first time since last spring where we have blue colors showing up on the 850mb temperature map, another sign that fall is approaching. Note: You start thinking about snow when the 850mb temp falls to 0C, but we won’t be seeing any snow this week as the surface temps are just too warm to produce anything other than rain.
Wednesday looks like the chilliest day of the week with potential for daytime highs struggling to hit 50 degrees in the Arrowhead and Borderland areas. Might struggle to hit 60 degrees in Duluth. Note: Normal highs in late August are still in the lower 70s.
Note: The average temperature last week at Duluth, Minnesota was below normal for the first time in 8 weeks! You have to go back to the week of June 16 to find the last time where Duluth’s average temperature for a 7-day period was below normal.
The list below shows the average temp and departure from normal for the weeks from June 16 through August 18.
- June 16: 60.1 degrees (-1.0 degree below normal)
- June 23: 67.1 degrees (+4.1 degrees above normal
- June 30: 71.8 degrees (+7.2 degrees above normal)
- July 7: 70.4 degrees (+4.7 degrees above normal)
- July 14: 73.5 degrees (+7.2 degrees above normal)
- July 21: 71.6 degrees (+5.3 degrees above normal)
- July 28: 68.5 degrees (+2.5 degrees above normal)
- Aug. 4: 69.1 degrees (+3.5 degrees above normal)
- Aug. 11: 67.4 degrees (+2.5 degrees above normal)
- Aug. 18: 63.7 degrees (-0.1 degrees below normal)
Temperature and Precipitation report for Duluth, Minnesota
August 18-24, 2019
High Temperatures/Departure from Normal
- 8/18: 74F/Normal
- 8/19: 80F/+6 degrees above normal
- 8/20: 82F/+8 degrees above normal
- 8/21: 74F/Normal
- 8/22: 68F/-5 degrees below normal
- 8/23: 71F/-2 degrees below normal
- 8/24: 74F/+1 degree above normal
Low Temperatures/Departure from Normal
- 8/18: 54F/-1 degree below normal
- 8/19: 52F/-2 degrees below normal
- 8/20: 57F/+3 degrees above normal
- 8/21: 51F/-3 degrees below normal
- 8/22: 52F/-2 degrees below normal
- 8/23: 47F/-7 degrees below normal
- 8/24: 56F/+3 degrees above normal
Average temperature for the week of August 18: 63.7 degrees (-0.1 degrees below normal) Source: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us
- Total Precipitation: 0.25″
- Normal: 0.85″
- Departure: -0.60″ below normal
State Average for Minnesota for the week of Aug. 18, 2019
- Temperature: 65.1 degrees
- Departure: -2.5 degrees below normal
- Precipitation: 0.86″
- Departure: +0.07″ above normal
Temperature departure map for the week of August 18, 2019. Source: https://hprcc.unl.edu
Almost the entire Northland had below average temperatures last week, although there was one small area with near normal temps (yellow area on map)
Precipitation departure map for the week of August 18, 2019.
A few pockets with above normal precipitation in the Northland last week (green and blue colors on map) but most of the area had below normal precipitation last week.
An upper level low and upper trough will deepen early this week as it moves across central Canada, upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Much cooler temperatures will be found on the backside of this system with the coolest temps forecast to occur Tuesday and Wednesday.
Source: 12z European Ensemble model; https://weathermodels.com
Low temperature forecast for Monday morning, August 26. Source: https://graphical.weather.gov
High temperature forecast for Monday, August 26
A strong storm system (autumn like) will be impacting the Northland through midweek.
Energy to our northwest and southwest this afternoon will attempt to phase a bit during the next 24-36 hours, how much phasing occurs is still a bit uncertain, but there is potential for a deep surface low to develop by Tuesday with a central pressure down to around 985mb just northwest of Lake Superior. Note: Gale force wind gusts out of the west/northwest are possible over western Lake Superior from Tuesday into Wednesday if this system deepens enough.
As this system intensifies winds will increase out of the west by late Monday night or Tuesday with wind gusts of 20 to around 35 mph possible across much of the Northland on Tuesday, which could linger into Wednesday.
Cold air advection will also occur on the backside of this system with 850mb temperatures of +1 to +5C spilling into the Northland for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Low level moisture will continue to increase ahead of this system tonight thanks to a southerly flow with precipitable water of around 1.30 to 1.60 inches building into the Northland — Better forcing with the approach of a cold front will cause rain to become more widespread in our area tonight into Monday night with some breaks likely to occur in between the waves of precipitation. We could also see a few thunderstorms develop in the Northland along a cold front Monday afternoon-evening, but instability looks fairly limited due to the expected cloud cover and precipitation.
Lows tonight will be on the mild side because of the clouds, lows will be in the mid 50s to low 60s. Highs Monday in the 60s in northern Minnesota with low to mid 70s in northwest Wisconsin and far eastern Minnesota.
Occasional showers will continue Tuesday and Wednesday as moisture wraps around a low pressure system which will be off to our north.
Will dry out late this week, although there will be another cold front moving through the area Thursday, but right now this front looks to come through on the dry side.
Forecast for Duluth and Superior
.Tonight… Occasional showers developing. Mostly cloudy. Low 57 to 62. Wind south to southeast 10 to 20 mph.
.Monday… Occasional rain (dry hours mixed in) Mostly cloudy. High 66 to 71. Wind east to southeast 10 to 20 mph.
.Tuesday… Breezy. Mostly cloudy. Occasional showers. A thunderstorm also possible. High 60 to 65. Wind west 15 to 25 mph.
Normal temperatures for August 26
- High 73
- Low 53
- Sunrise Monday 6:20 AM CDT
- Sunset Monday 8:00 PM CDT
Thanks for reading!
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Martin L King Academy For Excellence Alt
Martin L King Academy For Excellence Alt serves 209 students in grades 6-12.
Martin L King Academy For Excellence Alt placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in Kentucky for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%) for the 2018-19 school year.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 6-9% (which is lower than the Kentucky state average of 46%) for the 2018-19 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 25-29% (which is lower than the Kentucky state average of 56%) for the 2018-19 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 8:1 is lower than the Kentucky state level of 15:1.
Minority enrollment is 55% of the student body (majority Black), which is higher than the Kentucky state average of 25% (majority Black).
- School Type: Alternative school
- Grades: 6-12
- Enrollment: 209 students
- Student:Teacher Ratio: 8:1
- Minority Enrollment: 55%
- Graduation Rate: ≤5% (Btm 50% in KY)
- Overall Testing Rank: Bottom 50%
- Math Proficiency: 6-9% (Btm 50%)
- Reading Proficiency: 25-29% (Btm 50%)
- Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), KY Dept. of Education
Martin L King Academy For Excellence Alt's student population of 209 students has declined by 17% over five school years.
The teacher population of 25 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
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Total Classroom Teachers
Students by Grade
Martin L King Academy For Excellence Alt is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 1,263 schools in Kentucky (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2018-19 school year.
The diversity score of Martin L King Academy For Excellence Alt is 0.65, which is more than the diversity score at state average of 0.43. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
Definition of Terms 2020-2021 School Year Data
State Level (KY)
Overall Testing Rank
#1226 out of 1263 schools
Math Test Scores (% Proficient)
Reading/Language Arts Test Scores (% Proficient)
Student : Teacher Ratio
Two or more races
All Ethnic Groups
Eligible for Free Lunch
Eligible for Reduced Lunch (15-16)
School Statewide Testing
School District Name
Source: 2020-2021 (latest school year available) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), KY Dept. of Education
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This article appears in the September 27, 2019 issue of Executive Intelligence Review.
Win- Win Cooperation Between Eurasia & France for a New Economic Paradigm
Jacques Cheminade is the President of the French political party, Solidarité & Progrès. This is the edited transcript of his presentation to the 2019 Euro-Asia Economic Forum, Think-Tank Meeting, which took place in historic Xi’an, China, bringing together over 1,000 people, representing more than 58 nations from Europe and Asia, for two days of presentations and discussion, September 10-11. Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s keynote to the Forum’s Think-Tank Meeting appears in the September 20, 2019 issue of EIR.
Historically, many philosophers, politicians, economists and, more generally, humanists have tried to create an organized architecture of cooperation among Europe, Eurasia and China. All were inspired by the need to share the best of their cultures for a common development, to inspire creativity and innovation along the way as the necessary basis for world peace. We owe it to all of them from the past—and let me mention here Leibniz’s 17th-century Novissima sinica—to accomplish their dreams. At the same time, with the same impulse, we owe it to the coming generations of our respective countries to take up this humanist challenge for a much better future.
We all know that we have reached a point of great emergency, with a world financial system doomed to crash, if it does not change, and the surge of trade and technology wars threatening to degenerate into cold and even possibly nuclear wars, if nothing crucial is undertaken to prevent them. In that dramatic context, it is undeniable that the only worldwide project which promotes cooperation and exchanges among the main civilizations, both concrete and forward looking, is the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This Silk Road Economic Belt is now interfaced with the Eurasian Economic Union project. This represents a group of more than a 150 countries and organizations in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.
There are more and more voices in Western Europe which have begun to understand that it is obviously the alternative to a failed Western financial system. Our future, as President Xi Jinping has expressed it so many times, is that of a win-win new order based on inclusivity, connectivity and interactivity. French President Emmanuel Macron, in his recent speech to the French ambassadors, recognized that the world has changed, and a new, audacious spirit has to prevail in relations among nations. When he was in Xi’an, here, at the beginning of January 2018, he called for “a fair multilateralism” and stressed that “the New Silk Road reactivates the concept of civilization in the domain of the imagination, a concept to be shared.”
If we want such declarations to go beyond the level of words, we have to take bold initiatives, concretely and immediately. I would like China and Europe, China and France, to work together in all areas of technological innovation at a faster pace. I would like all European countries to understand that the Chinese Thirteenth Plan and the vision of Made in China 2025 are in our common interest.
The Advantage of the Other
To transform China into a global manufacturing leader, to become a high-end producer of goods and “a major world power in scientific and technological innovation by 2050,” should not be seen as some sort of undue competition but as a contribution to our common international development.
To say it bluntly, the present policy of the United States, which, towards China, unfortunately is more in the British imperial tradition, and the hypocritical behavior of the European Commission, rather obsessed by “rivalry” and not by cooperation, are exactly the opposite of what the world needs.
True, we need in Europe a common policy of investments that will define our future, but not in order to confront any other country. On the contrary, we need a common policy to create the conditions of “understanding, coexistence and cooperation,” as once defined by General de Gaulle, when he said in January 1964: “It is not excluded that China will become again, in the next century, what it was during so many centuries, the main power in the universe.” It is today.
Concretely, this is understood in the French economic sector. Let me give you an example: I recently met the mayor of the small city of Montargis, south of Paris, to give him the Schiller Institute’s French-language report on the The New Silk Road, The World Land-Bridge, To End Geopolitics. He not only understood what we mean by a physical, human economy, for the common benefit of all, against geopolitics where the winner takes all, but he gave me an example of it. Montargis is launching the “University 3000 program” specializing in artificial intelligence to host Chinese students as early as next year.
This is all the more significant in that Montargis was one of the main centers where the Chinese students/workers gathered in France between 1919 and 1924, and it is there that Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and many others launched the Chinese Communist Party. I was there on May 4, 2019—this year—for the hundredth anniversary of 1919.
When we in Europe think about China, we should understand that Chang’an, our Xi’an, was the first city in the world with 2 million inhabitants under the Tang dynasty, and that Kaifeng [one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China], under the Song, had more than a million inhabitants.
We should also remember that your civilization gave us the invention of paper, matches, bells, compasses, ship wheels, mill wheels, noodles, and many other things, such as the use of coal and gunpowder. Our 12th and 15th century renaissances would not have taken place without China and the communications from China through the Arab world.
We also know that today’s China economic policy is inspired by the works of Friedrich List and of Alexander Hamilton, and in part by the school of French indicative planning. Unfortunately—for us Westerners and Europeans—these inspirations are better understood and implemented in China today than in our own countries. In working together with you, we need, therefore, to rediscover the roots of your attachment to the future, whereas we in Europe too often tend to lament every change.
This should be in our minds when we think of our areas of cooperation today. The dynamics have to be multilateral, in their various contributions, but under a community of principle inspired by the common interests of Humanity.
The spirit of the Treaty of Westphalia, as President Xi Jinping once said, which is to seek the advantage of the other, is absolutely compatible with the Confucian principle that what you do for the other should be directed by ren [benevolence], or, I may add, inspired by the tianxia system.
Science & Industry, No Rogue Green Ideology
Let’s go now to concrete examples as, rightly so, China likes to do. In the long term, our cooperation is extremely significant in the aerospace and nuclear sectors.
I am happy that the Taishan I and II nuclear reactors are operational in China. The future areas of advanced cooperation are: (1) the construction of the nuclear reprocessing plant in China, a $23 billion project comparable in size to the Three Gorges Dam and a key project for both of us; (2) fusion power development, the energy of the future, with our Sino-French Fusion Energy Center; and (3) the fast neutron reactor. We hope that China will continue the development of the fast neutron dreactor, even while we French have stopped our fast-breeder nuclear reactor project, ASTRID (Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration).
In the aeronautics sector, Airbus, Safran (for the engines) and Zodiac (for the inner equipment of the airplane), cooperate in the COMAC 919. Airbus’s only assembly line outside of Europe is in Tianjin. Our École nationale de l’aviation civile [ENAC, the French civil aviation university] annually trains more than 60 Chinese pilots in France, and the Institute of Sino-European Aviation Engineering trains more than 80 engineers per year.
In the space sector, we have, as a joint project, two relatively small satellites, CFOSAT and SVOM, which study gamma rays produced by supernovas at the end of their lives.
But we should do much more and much better, unifying our cooperation in those sectors from top down and from bottom up, sponsoring a network of European small and medium-sized enterprises in China to create a spirit of win-win friendly cooperation around the main projects.
Among our other domains of excellence is the public health system, and in this area, the Pasteur Institute is cooperating with Chinese institutions to develop geriatric and environmental medicine.
We also have very interesting areas of cooperation which started quite well but should develop more, in the areas of smart and environmentally sound cities, treatment of toxic and industrial waste, and water distribution. Here I have something to say. It is mandatory to master and to clean the environment, in order to create the conditions for better industrial development. But this urgent matter should not be confused with a “green ideology” that promotes nature against human beings, considered as polluters or looters. The optimism of your culture should help us to get rid of the pessimistic attachment to a rogue green ecology, which is transforming our Western countries into an anti-science, Malthusian world outlook exploited by destructive financial interests.
I have not spoken of the automobile industry, because I think that it is in the process of becoming fully Chinese, or about our luxury goods produced in Europe, which may meet market demands but not secure the take-off of economies.
We Need Impatient Patience
The two main areas of cooperation for the future are above all, Chinese investments in France and in all of Europe. First is port development: The great Paris-Rouen-Le Havre (HAROPA) project connects Paris, our capital, into a single integrated port oriented towards both Asia and Northern Europe. On the southern part of our continent, there are the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ports of Genoa, Valencia, and Sina; to the north, Antwerp, Zeebrugge and Hamburg; and let us not forget Piraeus and Tangiers. Secondly, we are rediscovering in France, through economic necessity, which is also very important for China, what we call “territorial development,” (aménagement du territoire). It means bridging the welfare and economic development gaps between the countryside and the cities by distributing and managing resources more efficiently.
Finally, France and other European countries have a broad and promising area of cooperation with China in the development of African nations. President Macron declared here in Xi’an: “I express my wish for the commitment of China in Africa.” We have to overcome prejudices on many sides, but a fair and straightforward approach will remove those obstacles, the important needs of our partners being an open door for us all.
Let me end my presentation with this from Karl Marx, that labor gets hold of things and “resurrects them from the dead,” to which your governments have given Chinese and Confucian characteristics. Those, together with the Greek and Christian notion of agape¯, should lead our cooperation to enter a new paradigm, free from imperial designs and opening an Age of Reason.
To happen, it must include the contributions of the world’s main powers, China, Russia, India and the United States, for a new economic system, the New Bretton Woods conceived by Lyndon LaRouche, towards which the New Silk Road opens the way. To contribute to it, Europe has to awaken from its “sleep of reason,” because the sleep of reason generates monsters. Europe must become a positive factor, not a bystander harboring grudges, subject to imperial follies. And we all agree that to face the danger—the immediate danger before us all—requires a very impatient, cooperative patience.
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No aspect of housework stood in greater need of motor power than washing clothes, a job so slow and grueling when performed manually that laundresses were by far the most sought-after domestic help. In the preelectric era, Mondays were traditionally devoted to doing the laundry. First, the clothes were rubbed against a washboard in soapy water to remove most of the dirt; next they were wrung out, perhaps by running them through a pair of hand-cranked rollers; they were then boiled briefly in a vat on top of the stove; then, after removal with a stick, they were soaped, rinsed, and wrung out again; finally they were hung on a line to dry—unless it was raining. The arrival of electricity prompted many efforts to mechanize parts of this ordeal. Some early electric washing machines worked by rocking a tub back and forth; others pounded the clothes in a tub with a plunger; still others rubbed them against a washboard. A big improvement came in 1922 when Howard Snyder of the Maytag Company designed a tub with an underwater agitator whose blade forced water through the clothes to get the dirt out.
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Like the vacuum cleaner and washing machine, most modern appliances have a long lineage. One, however, seemed to appear out of the blue, serendipitously spawned by the development of radar during World War II. Much of that work focused on a top-secret British innovation called a cavity magnetron, an electronic device that could produce powerful, high-frequency radio waves—microwaves. In 1945 a radar scientist at Raytheon Corporation, Percy Spencer, felt his hand becoming warm as he stood in front of a magnetron, and he also noted that a candy bar in his pocket had softened. He put popcorn kernels close to the device and watched with satisfaction as they popped vigorously. Microwaves, it turned out, are absorbed by water, fats, and sugars, producing heat and rapidly cooking food from the inside. From Spencer's discovery came the microwave oven, first manufactured for commercial use in 1947 and ultimately a fixture in millions of kitchens, although the household versions were not produced until the mid-1960s.
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The collectors are George Gaitanaris and Io Dolka, Greek scientists, originating from Tripolis, Arcadia, residing in the United States. George Gaitanaris is a physician scientist, with decades of research in medicine and biotechnology. In 2019 he was awarded the Prix Galien Canada, one of the highest distinctions in the field of pharmacology, referred to as the Nobel Prize of pharmaceutical research. Io Dolka is a professional patient advocate helping people with rare medical conditions and diagnostic challenges. She is a founding and/or active member of several non-profit and for-profit organizations in patient advocacy and diagnostic error, and is regarded as a pioneer in the field.
George and Io, apart from their love for science, are also passionate about art. They have been systematically collecting art from various periods and countries for more than twenty years. A part of their collection is associated with the Greek world and history, mainly the period of the Ottoman rule and the struggle for independence. This particular section includes a wealth of visual documentations, 67 of which form the current exhibit under the title “Illustrations & representations of the Greek-speaking world – from the 18th to the 21st Century”.
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Wi-Fi standard designed for large-scale sensor, IoT applications
The IEEE’s new sub GHz Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ah, is designed for large-scale sensor and Internet of Things (IoT) applications and is designed for large areas containing a vast number of client devices that typically rely on battery power and low bandwidth applications such as sensor networks.
The IEEE’s new sub GHz Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ah, is designed for large-scale sensor and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The standard, which is to be rolled out in early 2016, will operate in the 900 MHz ISM spectrum and will achieve a significant increase in range over higher frequency Wi-Fi networks. These networks also will operate at much slower throughputs. The standard is designed for large areas containing a vast number of client devices that typically rely on battery power and low bandwidth applications such as sensor networks.
OFDM and MIMO
The 802.11ah standard will use orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and multiple in, multiple out (MIMO) with a 1 MHz-wide channel. It will be possible to bond multiple channels to effect higher throughput channels. This is the same method for dynamically increasing throughput as that used in 802.11n and ac. Channel widths of 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 MHz will be possible. There will be two modes or categories of operation depending upon the requirements of the network: 1 MHz and 2 MHz, or greater.
The 1 MHz mode is designed to provide extended range coverage; there will be 24 1-MHz channels in the 26 MHz ISM bandwidth (902 to 928 MHz), with 31.25 kHz spacing. As a result, a new modulation and coding scheme (MCS), MCS-10, was designed for long-range transmission. MCS-10 is essentially MCS-0 repeated twice to ensure transmission resilience and reliability.
The 2 MHz and higher modes of operation use bonded channels of 2, 4, 8, and 16 MHz, which allow 12, 6, 2, and 1 channel, respectively. This mode will use a symbol length of 10 times that of 802.11ac (downclocking; one-tenth the clocking rate of 802.11ac).
Many clients: 802.11ah is also designed to accommodate a large number of stations or clients. Upon association with any 802.11 access point (AP), a unique identifier, the association identifier (AID) is assigned to the client or station. For previous standards, the maximum number of AIDs is 2,007; for 802.11ah, that number goes up to 8,191. This is accomplished through the use of hierarchical AID structure that is split into four levels: page, block, sub-block, and station index within the sub-block. Each client or station belongs to a particular sub-block, which belongs to a particular block; multiple blocks make up a page.
In addition to the IoT, 802.11ah is intended for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. The increase in the allowable number of associated devices was essential for the purposes of the standard. A typical application would be the smart grid where thousands of independent sensors and other devices would communicate with the network. An efficient network design could group sensors depending upon their location and traffic patterns; this would improve and enhance power saving, allocation of resources, and spectral efficiency.
Several improvements are being made to the MAC to increase communication efficiency. Frame, frame headers, and beacons will be shortened. Bidirectional transmission opportunity (TXOP) or TXOP sharing will also be used to make the best use of a TXOP after successful contention. This technique will essentially allow a bidirectional exchange between the station and the AP; in actuality, the TXOP will be divided and receive portions divided by a safety instrumented system (SIF). This eliminates unnecessary medium contention because only one TXOP will be negotiated.
– Daniel E. Capano, owner and president, Diversified Technical Services Inc. of Stamford, Conn., is a certified wireless network administrator (CWNA); firstname.lastname@example.org. Edited by Chris Vavra, production editor, CFE Media, Control Engineering, email@example.com.
www.controleng.com/blogs has other wireless tutorials from Dan Capano on the following topics:
Characteristics of IEEE 802.11n and 802.11ac deliver same performance for one quarter the cost of wired systems
Wireless security: Cryptology basics, fundamentals
Wireless security: Extensible authentication protocols
www.controleng.com/webcasts has wireless webcasts, some for PDH credit.
Control Engineering has a wireless page.
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Tape suppliers refers to both tape manufacturers and distributing tape companies that supply tape for a number of industries. Tape is a long strip of sticky or otherwise adhesive material.
Quick links to Tape Suppliers Information
The History of Tape Suppliers
Before adhesive tape, glue-like adhesives were the main option for mending and bonding. For example, between 618 and 906 B.C., the Chinese used adhesives made from materials like fish bladder and stag horns. The earliest recorded instructions for making adhesives date back to 2000 B.C.
Adhesive tape finally made an appearance in 1845, when Dr. Horace Day, a surgeon, applied a rubber-based adhesive to fabric strips. That day, he invented surgical tape. About half a century later, in 1901, a man named Oscar Troplowitz invented an adhesive patch called Leukoplast for the German company Beiersdorf AG. In 1921, after finding that Dr. Day’s surgical strips kept falling off his wife’s fingers, Earle Dickson, a cotton buyer for Johnson and Johnson, attached some gauze to a piece of cloth-backed tape and covered it in crinoline. Finding that it worked, Dickson took his invention to Johnson and Johnson, who called it the Band-Aid and made him V.P.
Another significant marker in tape history was in 1925, when Richard Drew, a fairly new employee of the then-sandpaper company, 3M, invented the first masking tape. He did so to make it easier for automobile painters to paint straight lines on two-toned cars. Today, this line is known as Scotch Tape. In 1942, Johnson and Johnson invented Duct Tape. Its original purpose was to give the military a way to seal, repair and waterproof ammunition cases. Today, duct tape manufacturers are widely recognized for their contributions of helping to hold our world together.
Today, tape is in higher demand than ever, and while the production process has remained much the same, there has been some advancement in the types of materials used in tape manufacturing. Increased abilities in substrate manufacturing capabilities have led to the development of thinner and thinner film and foil tapes, such as aluminum foil tape. Advancements such as this will keep the tape industry rolling forward into the future, always ready to provide for the world's taping needs. As the industry presses further onward, IQS Directory's company listings will evolve to match it.
Advantages of Tape
Choosing tape over adhesion options, like glue or staples, has many advantages. First, when properly used, tape does not damage surfaces or items it holds together. Second, tape is easy to manufacture and inexpensive to purchase. Third, when working with a tape supplier, you have many customization options.
Purposes of Tape
Tape is primarily used in a wide variety of binding, sealing and fastening applications. It is one of the most relied upon utilities in both the home and a wide range of commercial and industrial processes. Common tape applications include: jacketing, mending, labeling, marking, protecting, surfacing, color coding, and decorating.
Some of the industries in which they are used include: kitchen, commercial packaging, construction, paint, office supply, furniture manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, sports and recreation, arts and crafts, all types of electrical applications, and healthcare.
While households typically source tape supplies from their nearby hardware and grocery stores, commercial and industrial tape users get their bulk requirements from established tape suppliers.
Design of Tape
Tape is made in a process called coating, which involves the application of an adhesive to the carrier material.
A carrier material is typically a moderately thin and flexible material. Examples include films (ex. polyimide film tape), paper tissues, cloth or metal foils. Typical adhesives include: PTFE, PVC, silicone and acrylic adhesive.
Manufacturers rely on three main methods of coating: solvent coating, water-based coating and hot-melt coating.
- Solvent Coating
- During solvent coating, tape suppliers start by dissolving the adhesive into a solvent. This creates a relatively non-viscous, coatable liquid, which they then apply to the carrier material. To remove the solvent from the coated tape, they pass it through a heated oven.
- Water-Based Coating
- During this process, tape suppliers mix adhesive with water. This forms emulsions, or small glob suspensions of one liquid inside the other. Once they’ve finished, they apply the new solution onto the carrier material.
- Hot-Melt Coating
- In the hot-melt coating, tape manufacturers heat adhesive until it melts and coats the carrier material. After the hot liquid has thoroughly covered the carrier, manufacturers allow the coated tape to cool.
- After they’ve created a finished sheet of tape, tape suppliers can put the sheet through any number of converting processes, which are usually performed with the help of a CAD cut machine. These include winding, slitting, and die cutting. During winding, the sheet of coated tape is wound and formed into a large roll of tape. The slitting process involves taking the huge.
- roll of coated tape that is created during coating, and cutting it down into smaller strips of tape for sale. Once slit, the tape strips must undergo rewinding so that they are once more formed into rolls of tape. Die cutting can serve as an alternative to slitting.
- If you’re interested in a custom roll of tape, you’re in luck. There are many ways in which your supplier can make your tape a perfect fit for your application. Common customizations include those related to: shaping, colors and patterns/prints, widths and thicknesses, sizes, and strengths.
Types of Tape Suppliers
- Sealing Tape
- Also known as seal tape, is a pressure sensitive adhesive tape that is used for closing or sealing slotted containers such as packing cartons or corrugated fiberboard boxes. It also, in general, helps join two or more materials or surfaces. Adhesive tape products that fall under this category are particularly useful in warehousing industries, but are also used often for domestic and industrial purposes.
- Common sealing tape varieties include: acrylic carton sealing tape, hot melt carton sealing tape and printable carton sealing tape.
- Acrylic Carton Sealing Tapes
- Considered suitable for taping both light and heavy applications. Made from acrylic materials, they can be customized to handle a wide range of temperature settings. Acrylic tapes also efficiently resist UV contamination and sustain extremely high and low moisture conditions. This is why these sealing tapes are preferred by packaging businesses that have to seal their shipments according to product type.
- Hot Melt Carton Sealing Tapes
- Designed for high tensile strength and quality, hot melt carton tapes are suitable for both lightweight and heavyweight applications. While this industrial tape variety is mostly used for sealing cartons, it can also be used for general purposes such as the packaging of fruits and vegetables.
- Printable Carton Sealing Tapes
- Products are a utility for packaging and shipping businesses who want to promote their name through their shipments. Because you can print your brand logo and message on them, they not only look professional, but they also help broaden your market visibility.
- These adhesive tape products are customizable by size, thickness and adhesiveness. In addition, you may get them in premium grades or industrial strength grades.
- Marking Tape
- Or mark tape, is used to clearly identify areas and equipment in facilities such as manufacturing workshops and nuclear power plants.
- Gaffer’s Tape
- Typically used in the entertainment industry for applications such as securing cables and laying blocking markers.
- Printed Tape
- Distinguished by the printing on the tape rather than a specific material construction. One of the most common types of printed tape is tamper evident tape, which is most often used in security and containment applications.
- 3M Tape
- Differs from these other tapes because, rather than referring to one tape product, 3M refers to many tape products. This is because 3M tape is a brand of tape that encompasses a whole line of products used in many different industries.
- Vinyl Tape
- Or PVC adhesive tape, is made for clean removal and excelled dead stretch. Thus, it is ideal for applications such as: color coding, decoration, safety marking and identification.
- PTFE Tape
- Made from polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) film that has been cut in thin strips. PTFE tape products are used primarily for sealing pipe threads.
- Foam Tape
- Products are particularly useful for gasketing, baffle, cushioning, sealing, insulation and other soundproofing applications. They’re also useful in the medical industry.
- Foil Tape
- Named after its carrier material, which is most often aluminum foil or copper foil. It’s employed in industries like aerospace and electronics, for applications like plating and shielding, because of its strong resistance to chemicals and extreme thermal conductivity.
- Masking Tape
- Also known as mask tape, consists of an easy-release pressure sensitive adhesive that makes it easy to tear. Mask tape is often used around the house and for painting, where it serves as a cover for areas not to be painted.
- Packaging Tape
- Or packing tape, is used in shipping applications to secure packages like large envelopes, bags, cartons or boxes. To do so successfully, it uses heavy-duty pressure sensitive adhesive that prevents tearing, breaking, bursting or loosening.
- Electrical Tape
- Also known as electrical insulation tape, is made from materials that do not conduct electricity. Tapes in this category, like PVC electrical tape (PVC insulation tape), use a pressure-sensitive adhesive that insulates conduits like electrical wire. This tape can also be used to color-code wires for easier accessibility within electrical systems.
- Duct Tape
- Consists of a tacky and soft pressure sensitive adhesive that allows for versatility and holding power useful in applications such as water-resistant sealing for military equipment. The number of applications for duct tape is endless.
- Paper Tape
- Tape made with a paper carrier material. Paper tape varieties are lightweight, breathable and frequently hypoallergenic. For this reason, they’re used quite extensively as bandaging tape for wounds and skin irritations.
- Cloth Tape
- Another lightweight tape variety often used in wound care. Durable and flexible, it’s often made as a pressure sensitive tape so that it adheres better. It can also be used for applications such as wall sealing and plumbing.
- Side Tape
- Or edge tape, is a specialty tape used for winding around sports equipment, such as tennis racquets. They’re available in many different shapes, sizes and colors.
- Acid Free Tape
- As its name suggests, is an adhesive tape variety that does not contain any acids. This is important to artwork and photos, as acid, given enough time and exposure, will leave marks on the paper. Also, some people are sensitive to acids and must avoid them.
- Magnetic Tape
- A medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. It’s used for audio recording, video recording and data storage.
- Double-Coated Tape
- Also known as double-sided tape or adhesive transfer tape, is an adhesive tape used to stick two lightweight surfaces together, like paper, plastic or cardboard. Manufacturers make this tape by coating both sides of the carrier with adhesive, laminating one of the two coated sides with two layers of silicone release paper, and placing a tape backing, or liner, in between the two surfaces.
- To use it, firmly press the double side tape against your surface and then peel off the liner. With the liner gone, the other side of the adhesive is exposed, and you can press a second item against it. This second item, depending on the strength of the adhesive transfer tape, may be a dust cover, poster, mat blank, glue spacer, fillet, cardboard, artwork, or some other lightweight item.
- Self-Fusing Silicone Tape
- Does not use adhesive. Instead, it binds itself to surfaces when stretched and wrapped around a material. While it creates a strong, waterproof seal, when you’re done with it, you can easily cut it away. Also, it does not leave residue. Resistant to chemicals and UV rays, this tape type is mostly used for bundling, securing, clamping and sealing applications.
Standards and Specifications of Tape
Common adhesive standards include those put out by ASTM International and ISO.
ASTM standards help manufacturers test and identify properties such as: viscosity, adhesion, shear strength, shear modulus, strength, creep, fracture and more. They also help them determine what tape is best for what, like electrical insulation and sealing. ISO standard certifications offer endorsements for capabilities and characteristics like: peel resistance, tensile lap-shear strength, wood-to-wood adhesive bonds, thermal stability, durability, suitability for assembling PVC pipes, etc.
To learn what standards to which your tape needs to adhere, look up your industry and region requirements.
Things to Consider When Purchasing Tape
How do businesses and industries find high quality bulk tapes for their manufacturing needs? Furthermore, how do they find a tape supplier that is trustworthy and can meet their unique manufacturing requirements?
To answer those questions, we’ve outlined below a step-by-step process for finding a reliable wholesale adhesive tape supplier in your area.
- Check Your Requirements
- If you are looking for sealing or adhesive tapes for your industrial applications, it is important to review your exact requirements before selecting a tape supplier. Factors you need to consider include: what type of tape you need, what applications the tape will support, when you need the tape supply and what quantity you require. Note: For the continuity of your business process, it is advisable to have at least a week's extra supply stored at your facility.
- Find a Supplier
- The best way to find a supplier is by using a business directory like this one. That’s because we’ve already done most of the legwork in the search process; we’ve sorted through the overabundance of businesses out there and determined which ones are best. Plus, we’ve got them displayed all in one convenient place. In this case, that’s near the top of this page.
- Scroll up to our list of suppliers and browse their respective websites. Get an idea for the ones with whom you’d like to speak to, and then reach out to them with your questions. Explain your unique tape requirements and ask for a quotation. Make sure they supply tape materials directly within your area and that they can deliver the materials you need within a timely manner. Also, don’t forget to check that they can meet your standard requirements and budget requirements. Remember, the right manufacturer will work hard to make you happy, not just reach their own bottom line.
Tape Supplier Terms
- Abrasion Resistance
- Whether or not tape can still function properly after experiencing rubbing and friction.
- When two surfaces are held together by the bond between a surface and an adhesive.
- Part of tape that has adhesive applied. Backings may be paper, film, metal foil, cloth and more.
- Whether or not tape can make complete contact with a surface.
- Differential Adhesive
- The adhesion of both sides of double-sided tape is different.
- When a tape can be bent and flexed freely during an application, mostly in low-temperature use.
- Openings between layers of tape inside the roll.
- High Temperature Tape
- Include a variety of different kinds of tape, but all of these kinds of tape offer reliable performance at high temperatures. These types of tape can also be referred to as flame resistant tape and can be made from aluminum glass.
- Low Stretch
- Ability of tape to shrink back to original size once stretched.
- Ozone Resistance
- Resistant to cracking when exposed to the ozone for an extended period of time.
- Release Coating
- Thin coating applied to tape backing so that tape can be controlled as it is unwound.
- Surface tape is attached to.
- Suspension Polymerization
- A manufacturing process used to produce the PTFE on PTFE tape.
- Sticky feeling of tape.
- Teflon Tape
- A type of adhesive that is primarily used to hold different forms of piping together, as well as seal different pipe joints where two pieces of pipe come together. Teflon is the brand name of formulas based on the synthetic fluoropolymer Polytetrafluoroethylene, more commonly known as PTFE.
- When the tape layers are slid sideways and one over the other, in order to look like a telescope or funnel.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered telcos to deactivate any sim card that was left unused for up to 48 hours after registration. This could be related to its efforts to end the menace of ready-to-use SIM cards sold by certain local distributors. This announcement was made by the Director, Public Affairs, Tony Ojobo, yesterday in Lagos. According to Ojobo, this move is in further consolidation of the security gains achieved by the SIM card registration currently in place in the country.
Ojobo said that due to the SIM card registration directive, criminal activities perpetrated via the use of mobile phones has drastically reduced especially as the registration involved the collection of trackable data such as biometric identification.
“While traditional identification relies on passwords, PINs, smart cards, and the likes, biometric identification, using finger prints and iris scans are generally more reliable and secure. The are adopted more universally like in driving licenses and international passports. Biometrics identity are also more reliable in linking individuals to event and actions. It is therefore preferred by security institutions in fighting crimes.” Ojobo said.
Further stressing the importance of citizen identification databases, he linked the efforts of his agency to the popular Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Citizen registration is now an item in post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda with 2.4 billion people identified as having no official identity and these people reside in Africa and Asia.” he said.
The SIM card registration directive requires all users to provide identification such as facial recognition and fingerprints in order to link their profiles to the phone numbers that they purchased. It is believed that this has greatly reduced the number of crimes committed via mobile phones. However, the Commission has faced challenges in implementing this directive as some local SIM card sellers prefer to carry out wrong identification process in a bid to sell ready-to-use-sim cards. In addition, the NCC had to heavily fine MTN Nigeria, a local telco, for failure to disconnect unregistered subscribers.
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Flood-proof jack-up house planned
Larkfleet wants to build the three-bedroom detached house in Weston Hills, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, to prove the concept.
Work on constructing the house, which will sit on a steel ring beam in place of conventional foundations, could begin early in 2017 if South Holland District Council grants permission. Experiments with raising and lowering the house – including testing long-term maintenance and operation of the jacking system – would then run for up to five years.
Larkfleet says that if tests are successful the house could provide a model that would enable housebuilding on thousands of sites across the UK which at present cannot be developed because of the risk of flooding.
Under the plans, a series of eight mechanical jacks – powered by a central motor, gear box and drive shafts – will raise the 65-tonne house up to 1.5 metres above ground level in less than five minutes.
Because the house will be of modular steel-frame design it can be disassembled and re-erected on another site on conventional foundations as a family residence.
Rooftop solar panels and a battery would provide the house with some continuing electricity supply when raised above the ground and the water and sewage would remain connected through flexible hoses. However, it is not envisaged that residents would remain in occupation during floods. Instead, the householders would pack up, lock up and jack up the home before taking refuge in temporary accommodation on higher ground elsewhere.
Karl Hick, chief executive of The Larkfleet Group of Companies, said: ‘The elevating house effectively eliminates the risk of flood damage to homes so that more land across the country can be approved for future home building. This will help to tackle the ‘housing crisis’ that is being caused by the demand for new housing far exceeding the supply.’
UK and international patents for the ‘elevating house’ are pending.
The company acknowledges that initial costs of the prototype are high but envisages they would come down if the system goes into production. It is possible that if it allows building on lower priced land, blighted by flood risk, the technology could even be cost neutral, it suggests.
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As cryptocurrency grows in popularity, more people are turning to what is known as mining as a way to bring in some extra income. However, not all mining activities are equal; small differences in the facts and circumstances can have substantial impact on the tax consequences.
Much of the nuance hinges on whether the activity is a trade or business under Section 162, which, in many circumstances, may not be a simple thing to determine.
If you choose to treat your mining as a business, earned bitcoin is reported on a Form 1040 Schedule C. The benefit of this is the ability to deduct mining expenses as deductions for your crypto business. Along with direct costs to mine the digital currency, treating the work as a business opens the door to additional tax reduction strategies.
To learn how to maximize your crypto mining activity, keep reading.
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This report available on the Watershed Support Services And Activities Network (WASSAN) site provides the details of three workshops organised by People's Science Institute (PSI) in October 2006 in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh as a first step towards sharing the experiences of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method with the stakeholders group as well as assist the voluntary organisations in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh to develop professional capabilities in the field of SRI method of paddy cultivation.
In May 2006, as part of its research activities, the Centre for Participatory Watershed Development (CPWD) at Peoples’ Science Institute (PSI) initiated the SRI method of paddy cultivation in selected areas of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh through its partner organisations with technical support from Watershed Support Services And Activities Network (WASSAN), a Secunderabad based organisation. It supported eight NGOs in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for SRI promotion. These NGOs executed field trials of SRI covering 25 villages and 40 farmers with an area of 6 hectares. Efforts were made to initiate SRI as an activity in the watershed development programmes.
WASSAN and PSI provided the resource persons in the training cum demonstration programme organised by the NGOs. In this, the farmers and resource persons of the partners were trained on bed preparation and transplantation. The resource persons from CPWD gave regular field support to the farmers during the crop period. In September 2006, WASSAN requested PSI along with financial support, to conduct a series of experience sharing workshops for popularisation and extension of SRI method of paddy cultivation in the two Himalayan states.
These experience sharing workshops, organised with active support from WASSAN, coincided with the maturing of the paddy crop when it was ready for harvesting. The objectives of the workshops were to:
- Share the experiences of SRI method of paddy cultivation with the stakeholder group comprising of paddy farmers, voluntary organizations and the government agencies
- Sensitize farmers in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh to the need for developing professional capabilities in the field of SRI method of paddy cultivation
- Formulate a realistic and practical strategy to make SRI technique popular and for extension of the SRI method of paddy cultivation in the two states.
The workshops were organised at (i) CORD, Sidhbari, Dharamsala Block, Kangra district (H.P.) on October 25, 2006, (ii) ERA, Khundian, Dehra Gopipur Block, Kangra district (H.P.) on October 26, 2006, and (iii) PSI, Dehra Doon (Uttarakhand) on October 31, 2006.
At the three workshops, farmers who had cultivated paddy by SRI method were encouraged to share their experiences with farmers from surrounding areas who were interested in SRI method, invited research scientists and government officials and discussed ways and means of evolving future strategies for an effective extension of this method in other areas of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
A copy of the report can be downloaded from below:
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With over 34 million cryptocurrency wallets and growing, Blockchain.com is the leading digital asset software platform offering a safe and secure way for users to take control of their financial future. Hear how Blockchain builds products, processes and engineering teams at scale, paving the way for financial sovereignty and providing utility to the domain beyond just a store of value. The talk reveals what it takes to power Blockchain.com, the infrastructure behind their cryptocurrency trading product “Swap”, and how Google Cloud allows for exponential growth.
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Australia has had a baby boom. Last May the government announced a new program: $2,319 for each baby born after July 1 last year. A government official said in May: "You go home and do your patriotic duty tonight." Well, it worked.
"The 133,400 babies born in the six months ending in September were the most in a half-year period in 14 years, according to recent figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics."
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5 Reasons to Play With Your Dog
Whether you have a laid-back older dog or an energetic puppy, there are many benefits to playing with your dog. In fact, all dogs need some form of daily play or playful social interaction to be happy and healthy.
In this BreezeGuard article, we’re going to cover some of the main reasons why you might want to prioritize playing with your pup. As it turns out, our furry friends aren’t the only ones who can benefit from some daily playtime!
#1: Playing improves your dog’s heart health
You probably already knew that a dog needs daily exercise for a healthy heart. But, when that exercise revolves around play, your pup is in for one fun workout! Consider it this way: you would probably have more fun on a beach vacation, splashing around in the waves with your family, than swimming laps alone at the gym. Similarly, your dog will be more engaged with a fun interactive game than simply being left to wander around the backyard.
You can learn more about how to make playtime even more athletic by reading our recent article, 4 Creative Ways to Boost Your Dog’s Endurance.
#2: Games are a great boredom buster
The fact is, most dogs were bred to perform some kind of a task. Whether their original job was hunting, sheepherding or even running alongside horse-drawn carriages, dogs are hard-wired to enjoy working.
But, in modern times, most of our dogs live a much more relaxed—and maybe even boring—existence. That means it’s our job to find ways to keep them mentally stimulated.
Games, especially ones that make your pup think, are a good way to ward off the boredom and keep your pup’s brain in tip-top shape.
#3: Playing can reinforce your dog’s social skills
For some time, there was a rumor in the dog world that playing tug-of-war could lead to your dog feeling superior or dominant. In reality, this kind of interactive play is a good thing! It promotes your dog’s social skills.
There’s research that suggests that through play, dogs learn how to interact appropriately with the other members of their family group, humans included. On the flip side, puppies who don’t get enough playtime when they’re young can develop more aggressive play patterns when they’re older.
So, if you want your dog to learn about self control and appropriate boundaries, give them some playtime!
If you’re working on teaching your dog how to play appropriately with humans, make sure to schedule some one-on-one playtime at home. This will allow you to redirect your dog with a firm “no” or “ouch” when they’ve taken the play too far. They’ll quickly learn what is off limits when interacting with people.
Play with other dogs is equally as important, and you’ll want your dog to play not only with the dogs at your nearest dog park, but also with dogs outside of your pup’s normal friend group. So, load your doggo into the back of your car—fitted with protective BreezeGuard Screens to keep them inside, of course!—and see if you can’t track down some new playmates.
#4: Playtime is bonding time for you and your dog
Play is one of the best ways for a dog to build trust and friendship with other dogs and humans. So, not only is play fun, but it also allows our dogs to form positive opinions about us.
Of course, bonding is a two-way street. Playing with our dogs also allows us to learn more about their body language and play behaviors. The trick is to learn some of the key doggy play tactics. The play bow, for instance, is your dog telling you they’re ready to romp. You might reciprocate with a play bow of your own, or a playful lunge towards your dog. In a study of effective play signals, these two were some of the most effective ways to communicate to a dog that it’s playtime!
Once you’ve tapped into the play bond, you’ll notice an amazing deepening of your relationship with your dog. You might even find your dog more open to training and recall after you start regularly playing with them.
#5: Playing releases dopamine in both dogs and humans
All mammals, dogs and humans included, experience a release of dopamine in the brain when they do something fun. And just like you might make time for meditation or bubble baths for your self care routine, playing with your dog can be a quick way to flood your brain with the happiness hormone. It’s certainly much cheaper than booking a spa day!
Likewise, your pup will benefit from the dopamine-boosting effects of playtime with their favorite human. That’s why, in addition to regular exercise and a healthy diet, playtime can be considered a necessary component for your pup’s overall wellbeing.
Time to schedule some playtime with Fido!
The next time that your pooch interrupts your workflow by dropping a toy in your lap, maybe you can take the opportunity for a playtime break! As we’ve discovered, playing is good for our dog’s brains, health, and friendships. And playing with a dog is pretty good for us humans, too!
For more ideas on how to boost your dog’s health and happiness, stay up-to-date on the latest BreezeGuard blogs!
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25th of May is coming closer and closer and companies getting hectic to prepare themselves for DSGVO to match the requirements. But is this the right approach?
To make this clear, tracking people on the web in the way it is currently is not the acceptable anymore. Facebook and Google get so much information about the people that its too easy for them the profile, measure and (sadly) manipulate them. So the European Union sets up always more and more regulations to prevent this. But the thing is: The intention may be good, but where there is light, there is always shadow close by. Because the negative aspect of this is that you put the same pressure on the people that are on the web providing information and content. I´m not talking about companies. I talk about the blogs and communities that have only the intention to share their interests and hobbies. And this is something where the Why DSGVO is the wrong approach to protect the people.
25th of May is coming closer and closer and companies getting hectic to prepare themselves for DSGVO or
makes no difference. According to the new regulation a 16-year-old girl that blogs about their ponies have to fulfill the same requirements as a Global Company. The difference is: The global company has lawyers, developers and many other people that spend hours, days and weeks to get their website ready. But the 16-year-old one doesn’t have weather the time, nor the knowledge nor the skills to know everything about this topic. What happens (and for sure it will happen) when this law comes to power and those „special“ lawyers will start to sue exactly those kind of people? What chance does this kind of people have to defend themselves? They won’t have one because they are clearly violating the law given. So for that kind of people is the only option to get free advice from someone that has the skills or to shut down their blog or webpage. So, in the end, the good reason for regulating the power of Facebook and Google can lead to some sort of censorship because only the skilled users can allow themselves to run their website. I’m quite sure that this is NOT the intention of having the world wide web. It was created for providing content, information and to share.
Empower the user instead of forcing content provider to study law.
So instead of putting the pressure on the provider of content, it would be much more useful to empower the user. Giving him/her the power to decide whether he/she wants to prevent being measured and tracked or not? Why not developing an Add-On for every browser that protects the user from being tracked? Solutions for that are already in place that just needs to be modified. Solutions like Ghostery for instance. In the past Ad-Blockers faced some heavy criticism for being „corrupt“ or let’s say they protect from advertising as long as no company pays to get „whitelisted“. This can´t be the way as well… But an Add-On that blocks without any whitelisting would give the power back to the user. Such Add-Ons could be easily be developed and spread, whether they would be directly implemented into the browser itself from the start or could be installed afterwards. This would protect the user much more than putting more and more regulations and pressure on the companies. In return, the companies can decide whether they go for it and provide their services without the analytics part or they can block such users. Content blockers are already used on multiple sites like here in Germany on Bild.de If you have an active ad-blocker installed, you see this screen:
But the newspaper still offers you its content if you are willing to pay for it. And with this practice, you can leave the decision up to the people….block the site and be safe from tracking or get the (mostly) free content and „pay“ for it by being tracked and measured. And this would take off so much pressure from the people that didn’t study law but still want to enrich the web with their content and at the same time, it would protect the people on the web. It´s still way easier to install an Add-On (I´m quite sure that even teenagers are able to install them on their PC or mobile) then getting people empowered to fulfill all those regulations that are currently in power and the ones that will come up in the future.
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By Trevor Busch
The Town of Taber is seeking additional grant funding to enhance the new Raw Water Pump Station project at Chin Reservoir in 2022.
At the Dec. 21 meeting, administration was requesting council’s support for a grant application for the New Intake and Pump Station at Chin Reservoir under the Alberta Community Partnership (ACP) program. ACP guidelines require a resolution from the Town for a grant application. Under this funding the Town may receive $200,000 in a non-matching grant for the project. The funds will go to engineering for detailed design, essentially making the project “shovel ready.”
“It’s up to $200,000, non-matching so you get the whole fund. With that fund we’ll be doing detailed engineering, geotechnical survey, things like that,” said public works director Gary Scherer. “You would be the managing partner for this funding. Barnwell has already endorsed the project through their council, so we need council to pass the recommended motion so we can move forward.”
According to administration, some years of drought have taxed the town’s ability to access irrigation water from Chin Reservoir, and the town has incurred additional costs to ensure a reliable water source for residents and businesses. A new intake and pump station would ensure a reliable water source for the foreseeable future.
The town’s existing raw water infrastructure includes the Chin Pump Station (350mm PVC pressurized supply line, 400/525mm AC and concrete gravity supply line) and the Taber Irrigation District Canal Intake (500mm PVC gravity supply line, 500,000 cubic metres storage reservoirs adjacent to Water Treatment Plant) which operates during the irrigation season. The current intake at Chin Reservoir extends roughly 60 metres into the lake, while the proposed intake would be 400 metres.
The Chin Pump Station upgrade would include the construction of a new concrete structure adjacent to the existing pump station, a new intake pipeline extending out into Chin Reservoir to an elevation below the minimum supply level, submersible turbine pumps with variable frequency drives, and a new control building. This project is expected to cost $3,763,000 (inclusive of 20 per cent contingency, engineering and geotechnical). Under a cost-sharing scenario, the Town of Taber would contribute $3,492,064 to the project, with the Village of Barnwell forking over $270,936.
Two main alternatives were reviewed by MPE Engineering, including the recommended upgrade to the Chin Pump Station, as well as potentially rehabilitating the Barnwell Reservoir, which was discussed but declined as an alternative by council in March 2020.
The New Intake and Pump Station at Chin Reservoir project has received $1,429,000 of funding through the Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership program, and is in the 2022 capital budget.
Coun. Garth Bekkering inquired if the new funding was available due to collaboration with the Village of Barnwell.
“Was this a surprise $200,000 that you didn’t figure on? That’s what I kind of thought. And you’re getting it because of the cooperation with Barnwell?”
“That’s part of the reason, yes,” replied Scherer.
By 2039, the town’s annual non-irrigation season raw water demand is projected to reach 1,545,227 cubic metres. This number far exceeds storage, so Chin Pump Station is critical infrastructure during the non-irrigation season (October to April).
Following discussion on Dec. 21, council voted unanimously to support the submission of a 2020/21 Alberta Community Partnership grant application in support of the Raw Water Pump Station at Chin Reservoir, and is prepared to manage the grant project and related compliance requirements.
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Ghana’s Information Minister and member of Parliament for Ofoase/Ayirebi constituency, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has asked Ghanaians especially media practitioners to do research and get full facts about issues before they comment on them.
According to him, a lot of Ghanaians are always in haste to run commentaries on issues even if they do not have facts about them.
Oppong Nkrumah speaking on Okay FM on matters concerning LGBTQI+ said some Ghanaians have been misled.
He disclosed that at this particular time, the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Families Values Bill, 2021” is not before Parliament.
Oppong Nkrumah explained that the document in circulation is a draft bill by eight Members of Parliament which is yet to be tabled before the house.
“There are reports of a bill before a parliament to deal with LGBTQI but one should ask if there is indeed a bill before parliament. I can tell you that there’s no such thing before parliament.
“When something comes up, we don’t make time to read and understand it, we just carry along but there is no bill before parliament. Eight MPs have written to Parliament about how they want to regulate LGBTQI issues. It’s called private members draft.
“They held a prayer meeting with Speaker of Parliament to inform him about the bill and the Speaker assured them of his backing. As we speak, there’s no such bill before Parliament,” he said.
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- Zortrax 3D printers are used in car design both at small workshops and world-leading brands like Ferrari.
- 3D printers are most useful at early stages of the new car's development, when usual contractors and component suppliers are not yet involved.
- At leading automakers, there is a shift towards working with physical, 3D printed models rather than relying on computer renderings to communicate design ideas.
Modern car design is a complex process where 3D printing is extensively used at various stages, no matter if it’s building new cars or restoring the old ones. “We are entering the era of real 3D. You need to build things you can feel, you can touch, things you can really see. And you need a 3D printer to do that “, says Vincenzo Mattia, an ex-Ferrari designer who worked on early prototypes of LaFerrari, the most impressive supercar to ever wear the prancing horse emblem.
Getting Into Car Design
Major automotive brands are very selective in choosing candidates for design-related positions. According to Mattia, an automaker as obsessed with design as Ferrari, this process is even more demanding than usual. Forget about sending in a résumé and waiting for a callback. “I didn’t apply to work there. It was Ferrari who actually called me and made an offer”, claims Mattia. So here’s how he got a designer’s job at Ferrari.
“I graduated from ISSAM, which stands for Istituto Superiore di Scienza dell’Automobile di Modena. It’s a famous school in Italy where they teach you all about cars. You learn about engines, instrumentation, suspension setups, chassis design, and so on”, Mattia explains. For his graduate thesis, he built a fully functional car in his garage. “It was a sports car, mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive with an Alfa Romeo boxer engine. My thesis was focused on the chassis styling and suspension setup”, says Mattia. Once he completed the project, he published the videos with his car on YouTube. “And then I got a call from Ferrari. It’s all about getting things done. You got to show them that you can do something by doing it”, he says.
Another way to get a career as an automotive designer is restoring old cars or building one-off customs for high-paying customers. This is the business model behind ABcar Oldtimers, a workshop based in Poland specializing in vintage car restoration. “Doing this job, you spend lots of time on prototyping, designing, and constantly searching for unorthodox solutions”, says Bartłomiej Błaszczak, an ABcar Odltimers chief designer. For Błaszczak, working with cars ran in his family for at least two generations, so this was a natural career choice for him.
How Designing a Car Begins
Getting a job at Ferrari is not even nearly as difficult as keeping it. Design teams are organized in a strict, hierarchical structure where every project has to get accepted by various of stakeholders on numerous levels. Another challenging thing is working on very tight deadlines. In such an environment, a deep understanding of 3D printing technology is essential to get new design ideas through multiple stages of hierarchy.
Car design itself is also a multi-stage process covered throughly in an interview Raffaele de Simone, Head of Development Test Drivers at Ferrari, gave to The Official Ferrari Magazine. The romanticized idea of how it looks like is that it all begins with a single line drawn on paper. It’s fairly close to reality, but not exactly. It all begins with marketing. First, the platform has to be defined based on demands of the market predicted 6 years ahead. Things like a number of seats, levels of performance and comfort have to be planned for well in advance. Ferrari basically ends up with a wish list, and then start working from there. First concept drawings are made only after the platform is defined.
At ABcar Oldtimers, in turn, the restoration process usually begins with digging up everything that can still be found about a particular vehicle. “This includes old design documents or photographs showing how the car looked like back when it was new”, says Błaszczak. Then the team has to figure out how to fabricate the parts that are missing. Old manufacturing techniques, used in the era the car originated from, are mixed with modern-day technologies like 3D printing.
3D Printing Applied
And 3D printing is heavily used in both building modern Ferraris and restoring antique automobiles. De Simone states that every new Ferrari begins its life as a Demo which is an already existing car refurbished to test the solutions the company want to use in a new car. Demo stage is also where 3D printing technology is used to rapidly fabricate models of new components. Once the Demo stage is over, Ferrari designers move on to build the actual prototype called Mulotipo, the first stage where the new car takes shape. Mulotipos are built from the ground up with the new chassis, the suspension, and the interior. 3D printers are used even more at this stage, that’s where the designers prototype a new interior.
For Błaszczak and his team, prototyping is a somewhat different process. The goal here is to make all the newly made parts look as close to the originals as possible. “We use 3D printers to fabricate tiny details that are essential to bringing back the character of the vehicle. Let’s take old Mercedes cars. They used speedometer needles with a crescent at the bottom. You can’t find such needles anywhere today; they have been out of production for more than half a century. So, we used a Zortrax Inkspire 3D printer to make them”, says Błaszczak. The other components 3D printed at ABcar Oldtimers include door handles or stamps to make particular marks on the leather.
3D Printer as a Designer’s Tool
For Vincenzo Mattia, it is obvious that a working knowledge of 3D printing technology is what can make it or break it for an aspiring car designer. “3D printing a part you have designed and fitting it into a prototype helps you show that you really care about what you do. That you truly thought things through. That’s part of the practical approach to design Ferrari values above all else. Ultimately, it helps you advance through the ranks and push your career forward”, Mattia claims.
According to him, a 3D printer became a natural way of communicating design ideas, just like drawing on paper or building 3D models on a computer screen. “3D printers are mostly used at those early prototyping stages”, says Mattia, who effectively implemented Zortrax 3D printers at Vins Motors, a company he founded after he left Ferrari. “At Vins Motors we build super light motorbikes, made almost entirely of carbon fiber. We also work for Ferrari as an external contractor”, Mattia adds.
For ABcar 3D printers are just as important, if not more. “With Zortrax machines, we can recreate the desired shapes with an impeccable precision. We use a resin Zortrax Inkspire 3D printer to build the tiny, intricate details and extrusion-based M300 Plus machines to fabricate larger parts”, Błaszczak claims. “There are lots of things that would be impossible to do without 3D printers”, he adds.
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Professional manufacturer produces universal and special cables & wires for more than 25 years.
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Financial Planning, Investment Solutions & Retirement Plan Solutions
Published by Pat Sweeny on
May 23, 2022 2:06:25 PM
We have posted videos and articles about how difficult it is to time the stock market. Indeed, we believe it is a fool’s errand and over a half century of data supports this position. Perhaps you’ve listened to Talking Real Money on the radio or the podcast to hear Tom & Don discuss this topic time and again. For these reasons we will not indulge in the evidence yet again but we will talk about why it’s so very hard to resist attempting to time the market.
Some of you will have heard the term Behavioral Finance. The research behind this term dates back to the early 90’s and comes largely from Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman, the latter winning the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work. (The prize is not awarded posthumously as Tversky passed in 1996). Without delving too deeply into the esoteric details of their research, Behavioralism explains why many humans act irrationally, particularly when making financial decisions. Irrational is a word too often used and is a harsh term but when faced with a volatile stock market and a century’s worth of data, we often make the wrong decision to get out of the market.
Stock markets are inherently volatile. But we know that capitalism dictates a positive return on the investor’s dollar or it would fail as an economic system. The evidence is quite obviously to the opposite. And it has been successful for hundreds of years. So why would that end now? Markets can and do go down so the really important decision is how much volatility you can withstand before you’re unable to sleep at night and that’s one of the functions your financial advisor provides; getting your risk exposure, your asset allocation right. But equally importantis the function of keeping you in the markets when you’re nervous and thinking of selling due to volatility.
We believe that an educated investor takes appropriate risk and behaves rationally so as to reap the long term rewards of the stock market…of capitalism. Understanding that our behavior is sometimes at odds with the data is an important step in becoming a successful investor.
Apella Capital, LLC is an investment advisory firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm only transacts business in states where it is properly registered or excluded or exempted from registration requirements. Registration with the SEC or any state securities authority does not imply any level of skill or training. No one should assume that future performance of any specific investment, investment strategy, product, or non-investment related content made reference to directly or indirectly in this material will be profitable. You should not assume any discussion or information contained in this email serves as the receipt of, or as a substitute for, personalized investment advice. As with any investment strategy, there is the possibility of profitability as well as loss. Apella Capital, LLC does not provide tax or legal advice and nothing either stated or implied here should be inferred as providing such advice. Due to various factors, including changing market conditions and/or applicable laws, the content may no longer be reflective of current opinions or positions. Diversification seeks to reduce volatility by spreading your investment dollars into various asset classes to add balance to your portfolio. Using this methodology, however, does not guarantee a profit or protection from loss in a declining market.
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MOSCOW (AP) — An alligator rumored to have once belonged to Adolf Hitler has died in the Moscow Zoo.
The zoo said the alligator, named Saturn, was about 84 years old when he died on Friday.
According to the zoo, Saturn was born in the United States and later sent to the Berlin Zoo, from which he escaped when the zoo was bombed in 1943.
His whereabouts were unknown until 1946, when British soldiers found him and gave him to the Soviet Union.
The zoo says “almost immediately, the myth was born that he was allegedly in the collection of Hitler and not in the Berlin Zoo.”
It said animals are not to be blamed for the sins of humans.
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10. Clowns Museum, Leipzig, Germany
Coulrophobics look away now. Thousands of perpetually smiling faces greet you as you enter this small clown museum in Leipzig. It is crammed with puppets, accessories, newspaper articles, posters, photos and over 3,000 figurines. Some of the exhibits, including giant clown shoes, makeup cases and other costume items, have been donated by clowns who visit the museum for special events.
11. Catacombe dei Cappuccini, Palermo, Sicily
A macabre display of the world’s largest collection of mummified bodies awaits inside the catacombs of Palermo. After Capuchin friars were found naturally mummified in the 16th century, living friars saw it as an “act of God” and chose to display them in a new crypt. Thousands joined them from the community over time, artificially mummified as a status symbol and displayed alongside. Visitors can explore five underground corridors of mummies, some arranged by profession, gender and social class.
12. Avantos Museum of Hair, Cappadocia, Turkey
There’s something weird about human hair when it’s not attached to a head, and this basement space is filled with the severed locks of more than 16,000 women. The story behind it is a little less creepy, however: the museum was created in 1979 by local potter Chez Gallip. A friend of his, saddened by having to move away, was given a lock of hair by a female friend to remember her by. Since then, women visiting from around the world have added to the collection (and donating now forms part of a competition to win a holiday in Cappadocia, including participating in Chez’s pottery workshops).
13. HR Giger Museum, Switzerland
In the 400-year-old walled city of Gruyères, at medieval Château St Germain, visitors can step inside the dark creative mind of Swiss artist HR Giger. In his mythological and futuristic style, there are paintings, sculptures, furniture, film designs and other exhibits, dating from the early 1960s to the present, some recognisable from films such as Alien, Dune and Poltergeist II. The adjacent bar, with spinal arches and seating, is also modelled on his sci-fi, biomechanical designs.
14. Froggyland, Split, Croatia
Slimy and green; cute (and secretly a prince); or a young wizard’s pet – frogs are a popular motif in films and fairytales connected to magic and mystery. In this museum, however, one man’s taxidermy mission around 100 years ago has turned into a sideshow of hundreds of the amphibious creatures frozen in time, in human poses at the circus, in a classroom, playing poker or tennis.
15. Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb and LA
Emotional collapse, long lonely nights, intense heartbreak … this Croatian museum dedicated to love and loss has a collection of mementos of past relationships that has grown so big it now has a second site in LA. Each item is accompanied by personal, anonymous stories from contributors, who can send items from around the world in physical or digital format. From belly button fluff to diamond rings, seemingly mundane objects, sentimental items, letters and photographs are annotated and become emotionally charged.
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Safety and Benefits of Window Film
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A recent study also suggests that there may be a correlation between frequent driving and an increased risk of skin cancer on the left side in the United States, where drivers sit with the window to their left. Fox News recently referenced this story in a short segment on why drivers should think twice before rolling your car windows down.
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Stem cell therapy is acknowledged as having great potential for the treatment of a variety of diseases in both people and animals. The use of bone marrow-derived stem cells is well established in the treatment of human cancer patients, and veterinary applications for bone marrow- and adipose-derived stem cells are being evaluated.
The present and potential clinical applications of mesenchymal stem cell therapy in cats are explored in a state-of-the-art review article published this month in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.*
The review's authors, Dr Jessica Quimby, of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Ohio State University, and Dr Dori Borjesson, of the Veterinary Institute for Regenerative Cures at the University of California-Davis, consider the emergence of this new therapeutic strategy and the current understanding of the biology and immunology of mesenchymal stem cells.
They also summarise the outcome of clinical trials that have investigated the use of mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of a number of inflammatory, degenerative and immune-mediated diseases of cats. Management of these conditions conventionally requires lifelong use of medication, with the potential for associated side effects. Some cats may not respond to standard treatment regimens, and the medication may not prevent progression of the underlying disease.
Trials of stem cell therapy for conditions such as feline chronic gingivostomatitis, a severe, painful oral disease estimated to affect up to 12% of cats presenting to veterinary practices, have produced encouraging results. So, too, have trials for enteropathies, such as inflammatory bowel disease, and for asthma. The treatment has been generally well tolerated, with few side effects and, in some cases, has proved curative. The use of stem cells in the treatment of feline chronic kidney disease, however, has been the exception. None of the studies conducted so far in cats have been able to replicate results seen in experimental models in rodents, where definitive decreases in kidney values were seen.
The authors conclude that mesenchymal stem cell therapy has great potential as a therapeutic option in feline disease, but that many questions about the logistics of its use remain to be answered. What is the ideal source of stem cells? What is the optimal route of administration? And what impact does tissue donor status have on stem cell function? Further research is already underway to investigate these aspects of this promising therapy.
*Quimby JM and Borjesson DL. Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in cats. Current knowledge and future potential. J Feline Med Surg 2018; 20: 208–216.
The article is free to read here.
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
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The Story of the World V2: History for the Classical Child
Susan Wise Bauer, Barbara Alan Johnson
(Open Texture, Feb. 4, 2004)
This spirited reading of the second volume in Susan Wise Bauer's four-volume series brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of historical times. Volume 2 covers world history from the fall of Rome to the rise of the Renaissance (AD 400-1600). Designed for parents to share with elementary-school children, enjoy listening together and introduce your child to the marvelous story of the world's civilizations. An effective educational tool, use this audio edition as an accompaniment to the print book, a supplement to a traditional history curriculum, or on its own. This CD audiobook features detailed track marks and an indexed booklet, allowing you to follow along with the printed version of The Story of the World or to enjoy as a stand-alone audio version. Read by professional voice actress and veteran homeschool mother Barbara Alan Johnson. Eight audio CDs in a sturdy plastic case.
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In its annual Hate Crimes Statistics Report, released November 14, 2016, the FBI reported 5,818 hate crime incidents in the United States in 2015—nearly 20 percent of them against victims because of their religion.
Religion scholar Massimo Introvigne of the Center for Studies on New Religions in Turin, Italy, voices the growing recognition of a direct link between increasing anti-religious rhetoric in the media, such as that directed at new religions, and incidents of violence directed at members of those religions.
Dr. Introvigne writes that it starts with “dehumanization,” a technique mastered by the Nazis and now used by “anti-cult” extremists. What he describes as “trying to show that you are not completely a human being” can lead to a climate where the group and its individuals are exposed to outright attacks and even violence.
Dehumanization, a technique mastered by the Nazis and now used by “anti-cult” extremists, can lead to outright attacks and even violence.
Such dehumanizing justified burning of “witches” in Salem, Massachusetts, and hangings of Baptists and Quakers—“cults” of the day—on the Boston Common. Mormons were hounded from state to state, fleeing from murder and lynchings. Christian Scientists and virtually all other religions have endured oppression.
Scientologists have also faced persecution, instigated by government-supported extremism and carried in biased media. In Germany, for example, despite the courts uniformly upholding Scientologists’ rights, federal and state officials for decades condoned a policy and practice of religious discrimination that attempted to blacklist and boycott Scientologists in every sector of German life.
In the trough of the German anti-religious campaign of the 1990s, Scientologists were dismissed from jobs, schools, political parties, and social, business and political organizations, denied the right to earn professional licenses, perform their art, open bank accounts and obtain loans, use public facilities and concert halls. Churches were vandalized and individual Scientologists beaten. Once widespread and blatantly unconstitutional “sect filters” requiring denial of Scientology affiliation to gain employment and contracts are perhaps the last vestiges of that ignoble era, now rarely rearing their ugly heads.
The Church documented more than 1,500 cases of discrimination against its parishioners in Germany and presented the evidence to international human rights agencies whose uniform censure contributed to erosion of the German campaign.
France in the 1990s was another hotbed of government-supported anti-religious hate groups targeting minority religions. With French media flanking the government campaign by spewing alarming stereotypes of religions and their members, French citizens lost jobs, businesses, and other rights and entitlements solely because they were Scientologists. A 10-year-old was denied Girl Scout membership because her parents were Scientologists (and insisting they would also have rejected a Mormon child). An orchestrated campaign against a teacher who was a Scientologist led to her dismissal. A Paris kindergarten refused to admit a child because her parents were Scientologists.
The hate-speech led to violence. In September 2001, a man was convicted and sentenced after he planted a bomb (it did not detonate) in the Church of Scientology in Angers. The man told authorities that all he knew about Scientology came from government publications, the media, and promotion from militant anti-religious groups, and that it was their propaganda that incited him to commit his potentially violent act.
The man who planted a bomb in the Angers Church told authorities that all he knew about Scientology came from government publications, the media, and promotion from militant anti-religious groups.
Violence erupted in the United States, too. In September 1996, after repeated threats against the Church of Scientology Celebrity Center in Portland, Oregon, a deranged man carried a pistol and a can of gasoline into the building, set a fire in the lobby, then shot four staff members, one a pregnant woman. Three of the injured fully recovered; the pregnant woman was left paralyzed and her child died of neurological deficiencies at 18 months of age.
In 2008, members of the cyberterrorist group Anonymous issued a chilling pronouncement directed at instigating acts of violence against members of the Church of Scientology. Subsequently extremists made numerous bomb threats, arson threats, and death threats targeting Scientology Churches and parishioners in the United States and other countries. Anonymous made more than 40 death threats, 55 bomb and arson threats and 100 threats of other violence.
In March 2008, inflamed by anti-Scientology rhetoric online, Sean Carasov posted a photo of two handguns with the caption inviting Scientologists to his house and stating he was once “advised if I shoot an intruder, make sure to kill to avoid civil suit.” Carasov also threatened to kill a Church security guard who reported him to the police. Carasov committed suicide in 2010.
Also in 2008, Omar Shane McNeely was similarly incited to start a fire at the Church’s Los Angeles Public Information Center. He poured a quart of bleach on the entryway carpet and attempted to set the carpet on fire with a lighter. When police arrived, they found a bottle of lighter fluid in his pocket.
Today’s seeds of violence come from biased media propagandists such as Lawrence Wright and Alex Gibney and their bigoted books and films. These in turn are picked up by hatemongers such as Tony Ortega, Leah Remini, Marc Headley and others, with potentially catastrophic results.
Marc Headley is an embittered former staff member expelled when it was discovered he pocketed thousands of dollars from selling Church equipment on eBay. Still burning from dismissal of dual lawsuits he and his wife Claire filed, falsely claiming clergy abuse and for which they were ordered to pay the Church $42,000 in costs, Headley funneled his ire into a self-published “memoir” filled with incendiary hate language.
An unstable individual was incited by the book to threaten to send an explosive device to the residence of the Church’s leader, to a Church and to a school, forcing an evacuation. In February 2010, the Church received the following message over the Internet:
What would you do if there was an vehicle borne IED heading towards Hemet California, and will arrive there the 26th of February, 2010? What would you do if I were to say that this “bomb” were heading towards the lower villas? And how would you react if I were to say that approximately 45 minutes after this incident, there will be another ’situation’ at Delphi [a school employing the study technology developed by L. Ron Hubbard]…
Authorities traced the threat to a U.S. Navy enlisted man who when apprehended told the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that he had been incited by reading Headley’s book. The sailor was found guilty and dismissed from the Navy in addition to other penalties.
Another unstable man, Colby Schoolcraft, after reading the rants of Marc Headley, in 2010 posted on Internet chat channels that he would “leave about 6am, go out and blow shit up with guns and explosives, then raid the fuck out of scientology at 11am.” On the Anonymous message board appeared a photo of the Scientology leader with his head and torso riddled by bullet holes and “Wear a bullet proof vest….” He posted the same photo on an Anonymous chat channel with a threat, “DM [David Miscavige] at 75 yards.” When arrested for this in October 2010, police found two AK 47s, several other rifles and many rounds of ammunition.
Erin McMurtry drove her car through the front door of the Church of Scientology of Austin, Texas, narrowly missing two Church staff and coming to a stop at the nursery.
At 9 p.m. on December 14, 2015, Erin McMurtry drove her car through the front door of the Church of Scientology of Austin, Texas, narrowly missing two Church staff in the lobby and coming to a stop at the nursery where children had been playing earlier in the day. She threw the car in reverse, gave an obscene gesture, and roared off. When arrested and charged that same night and police advised her that she had driven into the nursery but no one was injured, she replied, “That’s too bad.”
That was only the most recent hateful rant about the religion McMurtry followed obsessively and routinely reposted to her Facebook page. After watching an ABC 20/20 program touting a book by anti-Scientologist Leah Remini, McMurtry described Remini in a posting as “a true inspiration.” McMurtry also followed hate blogger Tony Ortega, once posting: “Thank you for speaking up Tony Ortega!!”
Following McMurtry’s assault, Ortega posted on his weblog: “Car turns Austin Scientology org into a drive-in… Anyway, anyone know where Larry Wright was last night?” For the past several years, Ortega has been obsessed with the Scientology religion, posting hundreds of articles that denigrate Scientology and lauding the activities of hatemongers. He expressed his desire that one of these extremists “burns it to the ground.”
Another threat of violence came in November 2015 from an unstable individual after he watched Gibney and Wright’s Going Clear. A man named Mallen, under the pseudonym “Blindersoff,” posted this threat: “David Miscavige public execution scheduled for March 13, 2016, at the Los Angeles Coliseum.”
In April 2016, a deranged young man, Brandon Reisdorf, drove to the front reception of the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles, got out of his car and threw a hammer through a large window in the front of the building, retrieved the hammer, threw it again a second time even more forcefully, and drove off. He was subsequently arrested in San Diego and held on $50,000 bond.
The day after his attack, the Church of Scientology was contacted by an official of the San Diego Mental Health Department who reported that the man expressed an intention to physically harm the Church’s leader on April 29 or April 30, telling the mental health official that was the date of the planned 20/20 show that featured Leah Remini and the man’s mother. He was convicted, served time and is now out on probation. His sentence included paying restitution and a criminal protective order to stay away from the Church’s leader and all Churches of Scientology in Southern California.
On May 3, 2016, in Los Angeles, Andre Barkanov pleaded guilty to one felony count of making a criminal threat and one count of stalking after calling the Church, threatening to kill its leader and “every single one of you.”
When police arrested Barkanov, he was found with a cache of weapons and fake police insignia. According to police records, Barkanov told police he had “seen the HBO movie” directed by Alex Gibney. When asked if he knew of anyone else involved in the Church or celebrities, Barkanov replied that he knew of the “King of Queens lady” who had left the Church and had been in the news, referring to Leah Remini. He further told police, “I remember being mad watching [these] programs.” He pleaded no contest and was found guilty of making felony criminal threats and stalking.
Acts such as these will continue as long as the media gives voice to the extremists seeking to marginalize Scientologists and others on the basis of their faith.
It is for these reasons that STAND is exposing the perpetrators of the hate and bigotry that gives rise to acts of violence.
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In 2016, the number of people estimated to be suffering from mental health issues like depression and anxiety amounted to roughly 1.1 billion. Since then, numbers have likely continued to rise. Moreover, studies have also shown women especially on average are a) more likely to suffer from mental health issues, and b) less likely to talk about them. The taboo in Pakistan surrounding depression and anxiety disorders only serve to aggravate the individuals suffering even more. For the women who cannot seek out full time therapy, we’ve enlisted the help of a trained therapist. You sent us in your questions – here are the answers!
“It’s been a year since I have been following your posts relating to mental health, but only now did I get the courage to share my mental condition. I have been in a relationship for the last 8 years. But when we come to the idea of getting married, new problems start. He is in Canada and he keeps on saying he’ll come and we’ll get nikkah-fied, but it isn’t happening. I don’t know…this is making me disappointed. I am turning 28. I don’t know how to manage myself. I need your help. Please suggest me something so that I can get out of this. When I see other couples happy, I feel bad. I feel ignited. All these lame excuses have made me ill. I don’t feel normal. I weep a lot. I am still waiting; nobody wants to be on the waiting list.”
I’m really glad you found the courage to talk about what you’re experiencing. I know that it can be challenging to talk about certain things, and I just want to take a moment to acknowledge your courage, and to also say that your feelings are completely valid and normal. It is a frustrating situation, and it’s okay to cry and be upset! Coming towards what you’ve said in your message, it really sounds like you’re struggling with the level of uncertainty that’s currently present in the relationship and its current trajectory, and that can be really difficult to hold on to, especially if there is a lack of resolution. Let’s explore this a little further and see if we can help you find some level of clarity.
Uncertainty In Relationships
Anon, relationships, as we all know, come with their own set of struggles, and it’s only natural to have fights or conflicts with your partner. Yet, of course, you may reach a point where you run into an issue that could be extremely challenging, and might even feel like it’s adding a great deal of weight to your relationship. This is especially true when it’s laced with uncertainty and a lack of control. In your case, as you stated, you would like to take the next step and get married, yet your partner seems to be giving excuses, or doesn’t seem to be moving things forward. So, what can be done about this situation? What does this mean for you?
Reflect On Your Needs From The Relationship
It’s helpful to recognise what you would like from the relationship, and how that translates into your timeline. Some reflective questions to ask yourself would be:
- How do I feel in this relationship? What does my future look like?
- What are my reasons for wanting to get married now? (It’s often good to reflect on the reasons for marriage – is it because you would like to be close to your partner? Is it family pressure? These reasons will help you understand your headspace a bit better).
- How are my needs being fulfilled in this relationship?
- What would need to happen in order for this relationship to work?
- What is a deal breaker for me?
Moving Towards Certainty And Clarity
I acknowledge that in the midst of a pandemic, planning anything, especially when you’re continents apart, can be quite difficult. We’re living in a time where uncertainty is at its peak, and plans are only concepts till a few days before their execution. That being said, that doesn’t mean you can’t work around it. A few things you can consider are:
- Talk about how you both feel: speak to your partner about getting married. How does it make him feel, does he feel ready to take the next step? Have a discussion and see where you both stand.
- Creating a timeline: it’s good to have an idea as to what your timeline looks like, and sometimes you might feel like things are too up in the air, so perhaps you can even talk about a deadline, or a time period where you both would like to take that step and get married, and how that fits into both of your life plans.
- Couples Counselling: sometimes when things in a relationship become slightly more challenging than usual, it might help to speak to a counsellor. They would be able to help mediate when it comes to the issues that you’re experiencing. Contrary to popular belief, being in counselling doesn’t mean that your relationship is in critical stages, it just means that you might need some help to resolve some prominent issues that you can’t resolve on your own, and that’s completely okay.
- Take it one step at a time: there’s no definitive way to know how these things will play out, and as such, Anon, it helps to take things one step at a time, and knowing what’s in your control. It’s also important to acknowledge what you would like, and what your future looks like, and to know how and if your partner fits into that future. Take your time to reflect and see what it is that you want, while also communicating about your concerns as openly with your partner as you can.
Anon, I can really see that what you’re experiencing is really difficult, and it’s okay if you’re struggling. Let yourself cry, let out those feelings, and take care of yourself as best as you can right now – talk to your close friends and/or family, do something that you enjoy, connect with yourself through mindfulness, meditation or prayer, whatever works for you. Things will unfold and reveal themselves in time, and in the meantime, take it as it comes and be kind to yourself! You deserve it.
I hope everything works out for you. I wish you all the best on your journey. Best of luck and stay in your power!
The above article is written by Shahrukh Shahbaz Malik who is trained in humanistic integrative counselling at CPDD in the UK and currently has her own private practice in Karachi. The views expressed in this article are those of one expert. They do not necessarily represent the views of Mashion, nor do they represent the complete picture of the topic at hand. This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment.
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Edelweiss is a nice little song from the musical The Sound of Music. Too bad it’s a little harder to play, especially on the ukulele compared to the guitar, with a bunch of jumbled fingered chords.
What I have done is found a couple of keys in which the chords needed would be relatively easy to play, rather than trying to find the key in which it was sung in the musical. There are a billion interpretations in all kinds of keys, anyway.
The other thing I have done is to just have a repeat of all the lyrics, as if you sung it twice, with a couple of bars of humming in between. In the original, the kids came in skipping the first two lines on the repeat. I didn’t like that so I threw it out. This wasn’t about duplicating the musical exactly. Who’s got a Julie Andrews to spare?
Finally, on the last line, second time around, instead of ending with “forever”, I ended with “forever more”. It seemed to me I once heard a version sung like that and liked it so I’ve kept it in my arrangement.
Of all the versions out there, I found this one in the video below to match well to the tabs I’ve created.
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By match, I mean arrangement of verses, transitions, and so on, not key the piece is sung in necessarily. In my tabs, I have the notes written out so you can pic them to help you figure out what you need to be singing.
Edelweiss in D Guitar Tabs, Letter Sized PDF
Edelweiss in D Guitar Tabs, Tabloid Sized PDF
Edelweiss in G Guitar Tabs, Letter Sized PDF
Edelweiss in G Guitar Tabs, Tabloid Sized PDF
Edelweiss in D Ukulele Tabs, Letter Sized PDF
Edelweiss in D Ukulele Tabs, Tabloid Sized PDF
Edelweiss in G Ukulele Tabs, Letter Sized PDF
Edelweiss in G Ukulele Tabs, Tabloid Sized PDF
These tabs all fit on one page to avoid the inconvenience of page turns. However, the letter size tabs (8.5″ x 11″) may be too small for your eyes. If so, you can either enlarge to tabloid size (11″ x 17″) using an automatic enlarge feature on many photocopiers, or download the tabloid sized versions for printing. The tabloid size tabs can be inserted into a typical letter sized binder on the 11″ size, and folded almost in half to fit. You just open each tab to use it.
If the versions in the keys of D or G suit your voice range, you can pick one and put a capo to make it fit. The fact you have access to the song in two keys means you shouldn’t have to capo up any more than 5 frets to find a version that suits your range.
In the near future, I’m hoping to tab Do-Re-Mi, also from The Sound of Music and combine it to flow into this song. That’s because in Do-Re-Mi, it ends with telling the audience how you could use the notes out of order to sing any song. Edelweiss will be the example, and a good choice in being from the same musical.
In the meanwhile, I hope you’ll enjoy Edelweiss on its own. It’s a great little song, but especially for ukulele groups to learn and sing along!
Please click here for guitar and ukulele tabs and chords to other songs on this blog.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Reading Level: 7.3
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A grounding mat is an electrical item that allows us to mimic direct contact with the earth’s surface electrons. This process is known as the Earthing Hypothesis and is reported to have numerous positive effects. In this guide, we look at various grounding mat benefits and how these products could help if you suffer from chronic pain, inflammation, and sleep disorders.
Grounding Mats 101: How They Work
Before we jump into the potential benefits of this product, it is important to understand what it is and how it works.
The Earthing Hypothesis
The earth’s surface has a negative charge – think of it like a battery. When we make direct contact with the surface, such as walking barefoot, free electrons transfer from the earth into the human body.
Our bodies have various circulating chemical factors. Our nervous system, which uses electrical impulses to control different things such as our heartbeat and muscle contraction, plays a big part in how we function.
External factors such as chronic stress and even electrical devices often disrupt the electrical balance within our body. As a result, taking free or mobile electrons from the earth can help redress that imbalance and lead to numerous health benefits.
The Physical Properties of a Grounding Mat
It is not always possible to make direct contact with the unpaved ground. For example, it is generally frowned upon in Western societies to walk barefoot, and virtually everyone uses footwear. According to the earthing theory, many people would therefore have an electrical imbalance in their body, which could contribute to health issues.
A grounding mat effectively mimics the negative charge of the earth’s surface to give us that chance to find balance. These products are simple in design. They are made of conductive material connected to a power lead that must be plugged into an electrical outlet. When turned on, the mat emits a low-level electrical charge that replicates making contact with the earth.
All we have to do is physically touch the mat to reap its benefits. Typically, people stand or even sleep on an earthing mat. You can also use it as a mouse or desk pad while you work.
The Potential Benefits of Earthing
The benefits of earthing are numerous and include things like delayed onset muscle soreness, improved immune response, and a better quality of sleep.
It is important to note that this technology is still in its infancy. Health professionals are divided over its effectiveness. Some say that it provides no health benefits at all, while others call it the most important health discovery in recent years.
We would say that both of these extremes are incorrect. While a grounding mat certainly isn’t a miracle cure, scientific studies show potential benefits. We have listed the main ones below.
1. Helps With Sleep Disorders
Did you know that sleep disturbances are incredibly common? Indeed, approximately one-third of people suffer from some disorders of this type.
Typical nighttime issues include disrupted sleep, waking up with muscle soreness, and still feeling groggy or tired when waking up. More severe problems include conditions like insomnia.
Grounding the human body during sleep is shown to have many positive effects, although more research is still needed. These benefits of earthing could include:
- Falling to sleep quicker
- Better sleep with fewer disturbances
- Less muscle stiffness and morning pains
- Improved pain relief from chronic conditions
- Reduced cortisol levels which contribute to stress and other illnesses
As you can see, this is an important health discovery; so grounding mats could be the answer for those dealing with poor sleep quality.
Using a Grounding Mat at Night
If you suffer from sleep disorders or simply want to wake up feeling fresher, using an earthing mat could be a good option.
Some special grounding mats can sit on top of your mattress and are large enough for you to rest on them. Some models require direct contact with your skin, whilst others allow the use of a top sheet for extra comfort.
Essentially, you position the earthing mat so you can lie on it, plug it in, and leave it running as you sleep.
2. Reduces Cardiovascular Risk
Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death for both men and women in many countries. Approximately 17.9 million people die from CVDs each year, accounting for nearly 32% of global deaths. Typical causes of CVDs include unhealthy diets, a lack of physical activity, high blood pressure, and excessive use of substances like tobacco and alcohol.
Luckily, the benefits of earthing can include a lessened risk of cardiovascular disease. This is mainly achieved via a reduction in blood pressure. If you are prone to CVDs, a grounding mat combined with an improved diet and more exercise could be your ticket to a healthier lifestyle.
3. Anxiety and Depression Management
Anxiety and depression are on the rise, and many people suffer from these conditions in both mild and severe forms. Especially crippling cases, for example, can result in people being unable to leave their homes or perform basic daily tasks.
A study in 2015 showed that grounding, even for a short period (an hour), had positive effects on people’s moods. This was due to the decreased blood pressure and the balancing of the autonomic nervous system, which we discuss separately below.
If you suffer from depression or anxiety, we initially advise seeking professional help because there could be underlying health conditions or factors that need addressing.
However, using a grounding mat for several hours daily while relaxing and watching TV could also be beneficial. If a person feels a negative mood or bout of depression arising, for example, they could try to counteract these by earthing.
4. Improves Recovery From Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is persistent and typically lasts 12 weeks or longer. This condition often continues regardless of medication or treatment. Chronic pain could also result from an injury, or it often occurs in people suffering from diabetes, arthritis, and IBS.
Although there is often no cure for this ailment, evidence has shown that using a grounding mat can help reduce pain and improve recovery times.
5. Decreases Inflammation
Chronic inflammation is typically a result of unfamiliar exercise or intensive eccentric muscle loading. This means our bodies suffer because we haven’t developed muscle memory and durability to cope with these new, strenuous activities.
Chronic inflammatory pains typically arise 24-72 hours after the exercise or activity. They can be incredibly debilitating and mean that we struggle to do basic tasks during that period.
Studies have shown that grounding human subjects at night after several hours per day of unfamiliar exercise had positive effects. These benefits included reduced muscle soreness, lower white blood cells (a sign that the body isn’t actively fighting any problems), normalised cortisol levels, and lower creatine kinase (a muscle damage marker).
Furthermore, subjects also reported less impairment and a faster healing process that allowed them to continue their activities as normal.
Using a Grounding Mat for Inflammation
You could use an earthing mat as a reactionary form of treatment for inflammation. By this, we mean it could be used after you have engaged in some strenuous or unfamiliar activity.
For example, let’s say you had a particularly tough day at work that involved moving office equipment and archive boxes. This is not a typical task, and thus your body may not cope well with the strain.
After such an activity, you could prevent inflammation and muscle soreness by using a grounding mat in the evening or even during sleep. This could allow a faster recovery time and less pain afterwards.
6. Balances Autonomic Nervous System
The human nervous system has many branches, each with its own functions. One of the most important parts is the autonomic nervous system, which directly controls our physiological state.
Within this main branch, there are two sections. Firstly, we have the sympathetic, known as the “fight or flight” response. It can increase blood pressure and blood sugar while decreasing digestion and healing. Secondly, there is the parasympathetic branch, which essentially does the opposite.
In an ideal world, our parasympathetic response should be active and predominant. However, due to the stresses of modern life, the sympathetic part often wins. Subjective reporting on human subjects has shown that using grounding mats can increase parasympathetic activity and thus lead to lower blood pressure, balanced blood sugars, and an improved immune system.
7. Coping With Autism and Alzheimer’s
A lesser researched area of grounding is to assist those with Alzheimer’s and Autism. These are both persistent conditions but also progressive in the case of Alzheimer’s.
Did you know that approximately 55 million people live with dementia/Alzheimer’s worldwide? It is also reported that around 1% of the world’s population is on the Autism spectrum.
Studies have shown that using a grounding mat can benefit those with these conditions. Using an earthing device certainly won’t cure Autism or Alzheimer’s. However, it could help people cope better. For example, it can reduce blood pressure and emotional stress, which often trigger behavioural issues with these conditions.
We hope you have found this guide useful. The potential health implications of using grounding mats are brilliant, and we expect this technology to become more prominent.
As more research is conducted, the uncertainty around this product should also be erased. This will be replaced with more scientific backing and a wealth of studies so that people can be fully informed on this practice.
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Optimism – August
Seeing the world with a good attitude.
Expect good things to happen.
Continue to look for the solution to a problem, don't give up.
Look Forward to the future happily.
Responsibility - September
Doing the right thing at the right time in the right way.
Always do your best.
Be accountable for your choices.
Think before you act and talk…consider the consequences.
Respect – October
Treating people with dignity and honor.
Accept other people’s differences.
Do not judge other people.
Only say nice things to other people.
Listen and pay attention to what people have to say.
Do not take or hurt things that belong to other people.
Obey the people who are in charge of you.
Being grateful for your life as it is.
Celebrate even the smallest things.
See the little things that happen each day as something special.
When things go wrong, keep a positive attitude.
Tolerance – January
Accepting differences in others.
Don't judge others.
Not expecting people to speak, act or think like you.
Understand that people are different but equal.
Forgive others and don't try to change them.
Fairness – January
Treating all people nicely.
Treat people the way you want to be treated.
Play by the rules.
Don’t blame others for your mistakes.
Don’t play favorites.
Kindness – February
Caring about things or people that you meet.
Doing things to make other people happy.
Do nice things without being asked.
Practice Random Acts of Kindness.
Truthfulness – March
Being honest in what you say and do.
Telling the truth no matter what happens.
Never exaggerate to try and make yourself look better.
Use kind words when you are giving an opinion or when someone asks you what you think.
Courtesy – April/May
Being polite and using your good manners.
Use "please" and "thank you"
Use a polite tone of voice
Wait your turn to speak
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Christmas The Advent in Light of the Cross, Day 18.
During this time of year the world turns their attention to the Bible account of the first Advent of Christ. You can read about it in Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2. As Jesus’ disciples, fulfilling the gospel commission in Matthew 28:19-20, We must take advantage of every opportunity just as Jesus did.
Jesus saw in every soul one to whom must be given the call to His kingdom. He reached the hearts of the people by going among them as one who desired their good. He sought them in the public streets, in private houses, on the boats, in the synagogue, by the shores of the lake, and at the marriage feast. He met them at their daily vocations, and manifested an interest in their secular affairs. He carried His instruction into the household, bringing families in their own homes under the influence of His divine presence. His strong personal sympathy helped to win hearts.–Ellen White, The Desire of Ages, p. 151.
I have been confused by some of the feedback I have received from professed Christians, saying we should not celebrate the birth of Jesus since He was not born on December 25. They turn around and say we should celebrate Jesus everyday. My question is, “Isn’t December 25 a day. Why stop sharing Jesus on December 25 just because He was not born on that day? ” I share Jesus everyday including December 25.
I understand now, why many Christian Protestant writers are now referring to the “Advent” instead of “Christmas.” Christmas has pagan connotations, while “Advent” sounds more Biblical. That is all well and good. I am not promoting anything pagan. I am only trying to share Jesus with my friends around the world. Still I get feedback from vigil ante Christians telling me Christmas is pagan and not Biblical. I do not publish these comments on my blog posts, because, while I am trying to share Jesus with those who may not know Him, they would find these comments very confusing. While I understand what these commenters are talking about, those who don’t know Jesus yet would not. They would only take the comments to mean that Jesus is pagan, since they do not have the same viewpoint as we do.
Jesus used terms and parables that the people could associate with and understand. The un-churched understand the word “Christmas” and can relate to it. As far as pagan or Biblical they have no opinion or notions. The word “Christmas” is nothing more than an open door for me to share Jesus. I can use the word “Advent” instead and that may be more appealing to people who are already Biblical, but that word is not going to mean anything to a world dying in sin, desperate for the good news of a Savior. “Advent” is a foreign term to them, and Jesus uses terms people can relate to in their daily lives.
The parables, by means of which He loved to teach lessons of truth, show how open His spirit was to the influences of nature, and how He delighted to gather the spiritual teaching from the surroundings of daily life.
He drew illustrations also from the events of life, facts of experience familiar to the hearers–the leaven, the hid treasure, the pearl, the fishing net, the lost coin, the prodigal son, the houses on the rock and the sand. In His lessons there was something to interest every mind, to appeal to every heart. –Ellen White, Child Guidance, Pages 51-52
In order to reach the world we must overcome our narrow-minded thinking, and tunnel vision. Jesus was always right. He was always theologically correct, but He was also open minded, and was often grieved by the narrow-minded and bigoted self-righteous pharisees. December 25 is not the mark of the beast. December 25 does not oppose the seal of God in any way. December 25 is a day like any other day that the psalmist said we should rejoice in.
My posts do not promote anything pagan. They do not promote Christmas parties with drinking. They do not promote Santa Clause or any kind of mythology.
My posts only promote Jesus and the Biblical accounts of His life, sacrifice and resurrection. Comments concerning what my posts are actually about are most welcome! Comments that would lead those seeking a Savior, even closer to God are most welcome. Thank you!
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Our food diary app can track your intake daily/weekly/monthly/yearly by measuring calories/fat and other more than 20 kinds of food nutrition, you can clearly understand your own data at each stage.
In addition,It has an extensive searchable USDA food database to record your intake and nutrition information. You can also scan the UPC code on the food through the weighing scale app for food to get all the nutrients, not just the calories counter. This is a cooking scale in grams and oz.
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Download our smart kitchen scale app which contains USDA nutrition database.Search or scan the UPC code to track all the nutrients, not just the calories and macros. In addition to recording intake, there is a recipe communication area. Arboleaf commercial food scales for kitchen will work well for a meal plan for Keto, diet, health, or bodybuilding!
In general, once Bluetooth is turned on, the kitchen scale for baking will be automatically connected.
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3. Make sure the distance between the digital food scales for kitchen and phone is within 30 ft (10 m).
4. Make sure the food scale with nutritional calculator is not currently connected to any other phone.
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Place the food weight scale grams and ounces on a clean, dry, flat surface, and put the item on the center of the weighing platform.Make sure the screen displays zero before measuring.
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Press On/Tare button and clear data to zero.Press and hold the On/Tare button over 3 seconds to turn off the scale.Re-install the battery to automatically reset the scale.
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Master data is easily one of the most critical assets that a business possesses. With continuous digitization and the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, the value of master data and the importance of master data management are only going to grow. Before we proceed into the importance of master data management, let’s understand what master data is.
Gartner defines master data as “...the consistent and uniform set of identifiers and extended attributes that describes the core entities of the enterprise including customers, prospects, citizens, suppliers, sites, hierarchies and chart of accounts.”
Essentially, master data refers to all the static information that is used to identify the critical elements of a business. This can include the names of products, people (customers, suppliers, employees, leads, etc.), special equipment and tools, facilities, etc. Master data is different from transactional data such as invoice numbers, invoice amounts, dates, process parameters, etc. The purpose of master data is more about identifying and less about measuring.
However, that is not to say that master data and transactional data are completely independent of each other. In fact, master data is vital in describing and making sense of transactions and processes. It gives greater context to transactional information, and discrepancies in master data can do as great or even greater damage than discrepancies in transactional data. For instance, an error in identifying a customer while billing can be much greater than erroneously computing the bill amount for the right customer. And the consequences of the same can be much more serious. And to avoid such mishaps, the importance of master data management cannot be emphasized enough.
The importance of master data management
Master data management is deeply intertwined with almost every critical aspect of a business. More than anything else, master data helps businesses and their enterprise-wide information systems identify the different components that are involved in their day-to-day operations. The data may pertain to individual customers, vendors, part names, capital assets, products, etc. that must be recorded and processed to maintain a record of truth for all business-critical processes. Master data management helps organizational members and enterprises’ decision support systems to make quick decisions based on objectively accurate information. To do that, every identifier used for every element must be agreed-upon and established throughout the organization and preferably throughout the supply chain. This ensures consistency in identifying these critical elements during normal operations and minimizes confusion and errors. Effective master data management is also useful in optimizing and speeding up organizational processes, as using data that is consistent can ensure that communications are received, interpreted, and acted on quickly.
Another important reason as to why master data management is necessary, especially in large enterprises, is to ensure compliance with regulations. Regulators have strict laws governing the way organizations handle and process financial and customer data. Establishing and following standardized master data management practices can help the organizations to align their processes with these laws. For instance, the recently passed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires businesses to have established practices and protocols in place to prevent the access to customers’ personal data by parties that are not pertinent to particular processes. And often, customer information forms a part of master data for processes such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), where sales and customer support executives need access to customer information such as contact details and sometimes even banking information.
Thus, managing master data without losing efficiency while also not compromising on compliance requires automation and security. And automation and security are, in a sense, what technologies like AI and blockchain bring to master data management.
The role of AI in master data managementArtificial Intelligence is primarily introduced in systems and processes to make them more autonomous using enhanced computational capabilities. Its ability to automate routine computational and data entry tasks makes a compelling case for incorporating artificial intelligence in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other information management systems. Artificial intelligence makes information systems smarter by ensuring that the right kind of information is always delivered to the right people at the right time. This ensures that the entire organization using the information system remains efficient and agile. Similarly, artificial intelligence can bring autonomy and agility into master data management activities such as data quality management, data stewardship, and eventually, even data governance.
In the initial stage of its use, AI can be used to clean data and ensure that necessary data is accurate and complete. It can also be used to collect additional information pertaining to master data from normal text using natural language processing (NLP), minimizing the need for manual data entry, and consequently, minimizing the likelihood of inefficiencies and inaccuracies. AI can also be used to ensure that the established master data management standards and practices are being upheld and followed. This can minimize the need for manually performing data governance activities and ensure that the governance of master data. Thus, AI can automate data stewardship, i.e., managing and maintaining data to make it easily accessible whenever needed. With further development, it can also automatically frame data governance policies and handle more complex data governance tasks, such as planning.
The role of blockchain to secure master data management
Ensuring data security is vital, not only for ethical purposes but also for compliance with regulatory bodies. And no conversation about security and privacy, in this day and age, is complete without the mention of blockchain. Blockchain, which is often considered to be synonymous with privacy, can be used to secure sensitive information that makes up master data. This includes any personal information, such as that pertaining to customers and employees. It can also refer to accounting and banking-related information that may be necessary for processes like procurement and sales. All such information can be secured using blockchain through cryptographic hashing.
Businesses can internally build enterprise blockchain networks to secure and manage master data using a decentralized model. It not only secures the information from illicit modification, but also from accidental loss due to physical damage to centralized servers. Additionally, it also helps in compliance with privacy regulations in an easily demonstrable manner. This is because data on a blockchain, in addition to being immutable, is also transparent and visible to all participants, ensuring smoother audits and checks.
What data comes under the purview of master data changes between industries, companies, and even between functions. Hence, the role of AI and blockchain in different organizations may differ based on their classification of master data. But, regardless of the organization, the need for master data management will remain. And due to the versatility and growing capabilities of artificial intelligence, it will become a standard fixture in the modern enterprise architecture. Businesses that lead the race for adopting AI for master data management will not only see immediate results but will also maintain an edge over businesses who don’t in the future, since there is little doubt that AI is here to stay.
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(UPDATE: June 28 @ 3:20 pm) – The severe thunderstorm warning issued Tuesday afternoon for the South Thompson has now ended.
However, a thunderstorm watch remains in the place for the North Thomson and Shuswap regions as of 3 pm on June 28.
Environment Canada says the storm may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.
Be sure to stay tuned into Environment Canada for more updates.
(Original story: June 28 @ 1:45 pm) – A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for the South Thompson region.
Environment Canada issued the warning at 1:15 pm on Tuesday, shortly after issuing a thunderstorm watch.
Meteorologists with Environment Canada have been tracking the storm and say the atmospheric conditions are favourable for a severe storm.
They add that this particular storm could be capable of producing nickel size hail.
“This thunderstorm is 20 km northeast of Douglas Lake, and 30 km southwest of Monte Lake, and is travelling north eastwards at 50 km/h,” explains the warning.
Hail of that size can damage property and injuries, so residents are advised to stay indoors if possible.
Strong wind gusts and heavy rain are also anticipated with this thunderstorm.
Be sure to monitor Environment Canada for updates on the forecast.
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Traefik Forward Auth¶
Now that we have Traefik deployed, automatically exposing SSL access to our Docker Swarm services using LetsEncrypt wildcard certificates, let's pause to consider that we may not want some services exposed directly to the internet...
..Wait, why not? Well, Traefik doesn't provide any form of authentication, it simply secures the transmission of the service between Docker Swarm and the end user. If you were to deploy a service with no native security (Radarr or Sonarr come to mind), then anybody would be able to use it! Even services which may have a layer of authentication might not be safe to expose publically - often open source projects may be maintained by enthusiasts who happily add extra features, but just pay lip service to security, on the basis that "it's the user's problem to secure it in their own network".
Some of the platforms we use on our swarm may have strong, proven security to prevent abuse. Techniques such as rate-limiting (to defeat brute force attacks) or even support 2-factor authentication (tiny-tiny-rss or Wallabag support this).
Other platforms may provide no authentication (Traefik's own web UI for example), or minimal, un-proven UI authentication which may have been added as an afterthought.
Still other platforms may hold such sensitive data (i.e., NextCloud), that we'll feel more secure by putting an additional authentication layer in front of them.
This is the role of Traefik Forward Auth.
How does it work?¶
Normally, Traefik proxies web requests directly to individual web apps running in containers. The user talks directly to the webapp, and the webapp is responsible for ensuring appropriate authentication.
When employing Traefik Forward Auth as "middleware", the forward-auth process sits in the middle of this transaction - traefik receives the incoming request, "checks in" with the auth server to determine whether or not further authentication is required. If the user is authenticated, the auth server returns a 200 response code, and Traefik is authorized to forward the request to the backend. If not, traefik passes the auth server response back to the user - this process will usually direct the user to an authentication provider (Google, Keycloak, and Dex are common examples), so that they can perform a login.
The advantage under this design is additional security. If I'm deploying a web app which I expect only an authenticated user to require access to (unlike something intended to be accessed publically, like Linx), I'll pass the request through Traefik Forward Auth. The overhead is negligible, and the additional layer of security is well-worth it.
Under normal Oauth2 / OIDC auth, you have to tell your auth provider which URLs it may redirect an authenticated user back to, post-authentication. This is a security feture of the OIDC spec, preventing a malicious landing page from capturing your session and using it to impersonate you. When you're securing many URLs though, explicitly listing them can be a PITA.
@thomaseddon's traefik-forward-auth includes an ingenious mechanism to simulate an "auth host" in your OIDC authentication, so that you can protect an unlimited amount of DNS names (with a common domain suffix), without having to manually maintain a list.
How does it work?¶
Say for example, you're protecting radarr.example.com. When you first browse to https://radarr.example.com, Traefik forwards your session to traefik-forward-auth, to be authenticated. Traefik-forward-auth redirects you to your OIDC provider's login, but instructs the OIDC provider to redirect a successfully authenticated session back to https://auth.example.com/_oauth, rather than to https://radarr.example.com/_oauth.
When you successfully authenticate against the OIDC provider, you are redirected to the "redirect_uri" of https://auth.example.com. Again, your request hits Traefik, which forwards the session to traefik-forward-auth, which knows that you've just been authenticated (cookies have a role to play here). Traefik-forward-auth also knows the URL of your original request (thanks to the X-Forwarded-Host header). Traefik-forward-auth redirects you to your original destination, and everybody is happy.
This clever workaround only works under 2 conditions:
- Your "auth host" has the same domain name as the hosts you're protecting (i.e., auth.example.com protecting radarr.example.com)
- You explictly tell traefik-forward-auth to use a cookie authenticating your whole domain (i.e. example.com)
Traefik Forward Auth needs to authenticate an incoming user against a provider. A provider can be something as simple as a self-hosted dex instance with a single static username/password, or as complex as a Keycloak instance backed by OpenLDAP. Here are some options, in increasing order of complexity...
- Authenticate Traefik Forward Auth against a self-hosted Dex instance with static usernames and passwords
- Authenticate Traefik Forward Auth against a whitelist of Google accounts
- Authenticate Traefik Forward Auth against a self-hosted Keycloak instance with an optional OpenLDAP backend
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BIKO’S GHOST: THE ICONOGRAPHY OF BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS by Shannen L Hill (University of Minnesota Press)
The canon of books on Steve Biko, South Africa’s brutally assassinated Black Consciousness Movement leader, continues to grow 40 years after his death.
Shannen L Hill’s Biko’s Ghost: The Iconography of Black Consciousness is perhaps most distinctive in that it forces us to view Biko as something other than a eulogised and romanticised figure but rather one who, even four decades after he was beaten to death by security police officers, continues to shape the visual and verbal discourse about the aesthetics and meaning of Black Consciousness (BC).
Hill writes that, for the South African Students’ Organisation (Saso), which Biko cofounded, cultural work was an immediately important vehicle to propel BC ideals.
Quoting from Michael MacDonald’s Why Race Matters in South Africa, she writes of artist and poet Lefifi Tladi’s initial perceptions of the Saso cultural committee (which was soliciting and fielding proposals from artists) as “no vertical invaders” but as people whose ethos was to listen, learn, share and promote.
Artist David Koloane also appears early on in the book, as the man working with the committee to establish a gallery, which had to be put on ice when Saso was banned in 1977. Hill writes of the emergence of the solidly clenched fist as a marker of distinction from the ANC’s straight-thumbed version.
[David Koloane, The Journey, no. 13 (crouched down, engaging the viewer), 1998. Acrylic and oil pastel on paper, 29 x 42 cm framed. Courtesy of David Koloane]
She describes an emerging figuration aesthetic among the artists of the time that acknowledged the quagmire of the day but sought to express a disposition other than self-pity.
Hill creates the sense of a nexus developing, with clusters of like-minded artists emerging in Ga-Rankuwa and Mamelodi West, the latter forming around the nurturing couple that was Geoff and Maokaneng Mphakathi.
Geoff, a doyen of the black arts and African history, shared his home, books (many of which were banned), music and literature with artists such as Fikile Magadlela, Dikobe Ben Martins, Cyril Khumalo and Motlhabane Mashiangwako.
Although Hill intended to look at the BC movement in its entirety through the lens of “art history, political science, media studies and post/anticolonial theory”, the fact that Biko’s murder was a decisive moment in the trajectory of the Black Consciousness philosophy means this book can be regarded as “a Biko book”.
In the second chapter, she writes of Biko’s “global stature as evident but modest before his death”, but notes that this changed rather quickly after he died in police custody, with images of him being beamed around the world.
She goes into detail about the different, emergent portraitures of the man, as well as what she calls a distinct divide between his words and his likeness. From a survey of the press coverage that emerged about his death, Hill identifies three distinct portraitures that have influenced his legacy ever since.
There is the “everyman” in a work shirt who implores us to “stand tall”. Then there is the fallen statesman and “much-mourned intellectual”. The third is a photo of Biko’s corpse taken at his autopsy and an image that appeared at his funeral — a closely cropped headshot of a slightly tilted Biko in a suit and tie. The photo was used by Dikobe Ben Martins in a mass-produced funeral poster.
She writes that, because of this context, this otherwise statesmanly portrait of Biko became a “visual condemnation of a government that ruled by violence”, a kind of death mask that, to paraphrase, generates a history of its own.
It is clear from Hill’s book that Black Consciousness remains a hotly contested ideological terrain and one that is frequently co-opted for political or social currency. Her own personal interpretation of BC — as “not about racial awareness” but “about liberating oneself from oppression” — shapes many of the editorial choices in the book.
Paul Stopforth, a fine arts lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand at the time, opened a show at the Market Theatre a week after Biko’s death. Figures, an installation of sculptures about deaths in detention, became inevitably linked to Biko in the mainstream press.
Whereas in the previous chapters Hill paints in broad brushstrokes, she gives considerable attention to Stopforth’s work and its timing, stating that he was essentially fulfilling the BC mandate by creating works that sought to conscientise white audiences.
As a way of looking at contrasting approaches, influenced by their positions as insider-outsider, Hill contrasts Stopforth with artist Ezrom Legae, who was shaken out of a rut by Biko’s death to produce a series of abstract works. The comparisons seem incidental, except maybe to make the point that the commemoration of Biko’s life did not always prioritise a literal approach in terms of figuration, a theme she explores throughout the book.
“BC artists of the 1970s endorsed technical and aesthetic experimentation as inherently black; critics have called many of them ‘African surrealists’, a label far too confining to hold much meaning,” she writes in a chapter called “Silencing the Censors”.
In a chapter about Biko’s portrayal during the dawn of democracy in South Africa, she writes that the dominant narrative required — “and still does to a large extent” — that Biko should be portrayed as a benevolent, Christ-like figure.
She quotes librettist Richard Fawkes as saying that Biko was in the Gandhi tradition, because he wanted “not to replace white rule with black rule”. Rian Malan, in My Traitor’s Heart, says: “I could scarcely believe in my secret racist heart that a black could be so wise and perceptive and the awe I felt for him had almost religious overtones.”
The problem is not so much that Hill goes out of her way to include these comments, it is that she barely moves an inch in categorising such comments as problematic, saving her harder-hitting critique for the ANC instead.
She argues that, instead of killing the movement, the repression of the 1970s merely splintered it into different camps, with BC-inflected icono-graphy thriving in movements that “either publicly claimed the mantle of Black Consciousness in the 1980s or derided it as a thing of the past, irrelevant to their own methods or mission”.
Hill argues that the ANC had no use for culture before the BC movement identified it as a medium of struggle. She maintains that part of why culture was important from the outset for BC-affiliated bodies such as Saso and the Black People’s Convention was that these groups were operating above the radar and without armaments.
The Medu Arts Ensemble, writes Hill, was formed by “Black Consciousness adherents who sought and gained ANC affiliation in 1980”. It is this fact, she says, that has caused scholars to “credit this party and its platform with the rise of resistance aesthetics in South Africa”.
Of all the images referenced in the book, the most jarring is perhaps an innocuous one from a South African perspective, culled from a 1994 election poster.
An image of Biko used as a funeral publicity poster is repurposed by the ANC as an election poster: “NEVER AGAIN!” it screams at the top of the image. “Steve Biko” appears below, with “Vote ANC” and an ANC logo for punctuation.
[Never Again! ANC election poster, 1994. South African History Archive, University of the Witwatersrand.]
Hill argues that, given the image’s popular use at Biko’s funeral, it forever “registers as a portrait of death”. In using his “death mask”, she says, the Never Again! poster becomes, in effect, “a portrait of torture”.
Homing in on post-apartheid South Africa, Hill posits Biko as a nightmare for easy or, at least, self-serving monumentalisation.
One of the book’s later chapters, “Museum, Monument and Marking”, touches on the occasion of the unveiling of the Biko Monument in East London, with Nelson Mandela working overtime to placate irate Azanian People’s Organisation and Pan Africanist Congress members who felt a legitimate claim to Biko.
The statue, at the city hall, was privately commissioned and funded by the former editor of the Daily Dispatch, Donald Woods.
Woods approached his neighbour, Naomi Jacobson, to create the statue. Jacobson, writes Hill, had been known for “her portraits of black leaders, most of which were busts rather than larger-than-life representations”. Jacobson apparently based her portrayal of Biko on Woods’s memory of the man, which she gleaned from evenings of visiting him “over wine”, discussing “such particulars as Biko’s watch, clothing and how he would have typically stood”.
Hill says Jacobson aimed to create an image of self-confidence — but, Jacobson cautioned, one that was “not aggressive” in appearance and would not make anyone “upset”.
Hill regards the resultant midget-like, tall-plinthed monument as “stiff” and “ill-proportioned”, and Woods’s actions as premature, as he could have acted in partnership with the Biko Foundation, which launched in the same week as the East London statue was unveiled.
Given the wide interpretative possibilities of Black Consciousness as a philosophy, everyone who approaches the topic does so bearing their particular world view. Hill in Biko’s Ghost is no exception, going to lengths, for instance, to highlight Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer’s role as a defender of BC to an “almost all-white audience” at a 1979 State of the Art conference at the University of Cape Town.
But as a torch that can be passed on for further studies, Biko’s Ghost is an admirable work of study and cross-referencing. In her closing remarks, Hill seems to suggest that her work, nine years in the making, can be improved by contributions from others working in a similar field of study. Despite its episodic, grating incents of liberalism, equalling its breadth will take some doing.
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A former Disney Corp. employee filed suit against the company on Monday charging it with religious discrimination and harassment in a dispute that centered over her hijab, the headscarf worn by Muslim women.
According to the lawsuit filed in federal district court in Imane Boudlal v. Walt Disney Corp., Ms. Boudlal, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Moroccan origin who is Muslim, began working as a hostess at the Storytellers Café in the Grand California Hotel and Spa, part of the complex operated by Disney in Anaheim, Calif., in April 2008.
From early on she “suffered from repeated ethnic and religious slurs” from her co-workers, according to the lawsuit. In June 2010, Ms. Boudlal decided to permanently wear her hijab, and asked her supervisors' permission to wear it at work. She was told it violated Disney's “look” policy and would “negatively affect patrons' experiences at the café.”
“Disney did not seek to enforce its 'look' policy against other hosts or hostesses at the Storytellers Café who visibly displayed tattoos, crosses, and other religious insignia or wore their hair or did their nails in an ostentatious and impermissible manner,” says the complaint.
Negotiations between Ms. Boudlal and Disney ensued, according to the lawsuit. Compromises she offered, including wearing a hijab in colors matching her uniform and bearing a Disney logo, were rejected by the company, while Ms. Boudlal rejected Disney's suggestion she work elsewhere in its complex away from public view, according to the lawsuit. She is “no longer an active employee at Disney,” says the complaint.
Ms. Boudlal filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing in August 2010, and received her notice of right to sue from the EEOC last week. Ms. Boudlal's attorneys include Mark Rosenblum, chief counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Disney issued a statement that said, “Walt Disney Parks and Resorts has a history of accommodating religious requests from cast members of all faiths. We presented Ms. Boudlal with multiple options to accommodate her religious beliefs, as well as offered her several roles that would have allowed her to wear her own hijab. Unfortunately, she rejected all of our efforts and has since refused to come to work."
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A Kansas City, Mo., jury has awarded a Muslim woman who alleged she was discriminated against at work $120,000 in lost wages and $5 million in punitive damages.
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Futures buying and selling isn’t for a newbie, and much more superior merchants require expertise. It’s a kind of buying and selling that may be discovered on a wide range of markets, and there are functions and platforms that offer you a channel into buying and selling in futures. For one thing that doesn’t sound very similar to it’s associated to shares and commodities, what precisely is futures, what’s the aim, and must you get into it? We’ll discover out.
What’s Futures Buying and selling? – The Breakdown
What’s futures buying and selling? You possibly can’t begin investing hard-earned cash in one thing you don’t perceive, so we’re going to provide you a fast breakdown.
Futures are by-product monetary contracts. What’s the that means of a by-product? Within the case of buying and selling, it’s a contract that “derives” its worth from a gaggle of belongings, an underlying asset, or a benchmark. Two events would enter into the contract to agree on both shopping for or promoting the commodity asset or safety at a set date sooner or later (therefore the time period), for a worth that’s additionally set. Take into account that there’s a minimal worth fluctuation for every contract that is called a “tick”.
These trades are executed on the futures markets or exchanges. With the intention to participate in futures buying and selling, you would wish a brokerage account that’s permitted to take action.
You could suppose that it sounds similar to choices buying and selling, and you’d be proper, however there’s one key distinction. On the finish of the contract, there is no such thing as a assure on the worth of choices, however in futures buying and selling, the client is obligated to buy the asset and the vendor is obligated to offer it.
The Futures Market
We talked about that futures are traded on futures markets. How are they totally different from different markets and exchanges? It’s simply that it’s devoted to futures. A typical contract settlement consists of knowledge comparable to the amount the client commits to purchasing and the date of supply for the vendor. Examples of futures commodities embody oil, steel, espresso, grains, and even foreign money comparable to crypto like Bitcoin.
Let’s break down the classes you’ll most certainly discover on the futures market or alternate with extra examples.
Monetary Futures – The E-Mini S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000, and the Mini Dow Jones.
Foreign money Futures – Many world currencies comparable to AUD, CAD, British Pound, Yen, USD
Power Futures – Pure fuel, oil, ethanol
Steel Futures – Gold, platinum, silver, copper, palladium
Livestock Futures – Livestock for consumption comparable to cattle
Meals Futures – Espresso, sugar, cheese
Grain Futures – Corn, soy, wheat, oats
Futures – How Does It Work?
What’s buying and selling futures damaged down into only a few steps?
Let’s take gasoline for instance since costs are astronomical in the meanwhile of writing. Let’s say an power company like Chevron and Shell desires to set the value and keep away from potential will increase sooner or later. The company would change into the client, in search of contracts from the vendor, who could be the gasoline distributor, that state the set quantity for a set worth to be delivered at a set time sooner or later.
We talked concerning the numerous commodities obtainable in futures buying and selling, however that’s not all you may take care of as a result of there are inventory choices as effectively. Particular person firms can also have futures shares as do some ETFs. You could even discover futures bonds as effectively.
Most of us participate in any kind of funding as a result of we guess on the worth growing sooner or later and making us a revenue. Nevertheless, others do short-selling, which is definitely making a revenue because the shares fall.
We defined what futures contracts are, however let’s go into extra element about what’s stipulated in every one.
- How the commerce will undergo (bodily supply, money, and many others.)
- The products amount
- Foreign money
- Particulars concerning the commodity comparable to grade, high quality, and many others.
- Unit of measurement
What’s the Function of Futures?
A giant and maybe the first motive for buying and selling futures is to hedge towards potential dangers in worth modifications. It is among the finest methods for big companies to take action. So, danger administration is an enormous a part of it, however the different half is about hypothesis.
One factor to grasp is earlier than the contract is up, futures trades are extremely liquid and may change palms. Why does this matter? It’s a terrific attribute for many who don’t plan on proudly owning the commodity. What an investor like this does is revenue from the path of the market with out being liable for the follow-through.
Somebody who buys and sells earlier than the expiration date can have no obligation to satisfy the phrases outlined within the contract. It’s difficult, which is why we don’t advocate futures buying and selling for freshmen. Nevertheless, if you wish to get into futures and are open to studying and spending time on it, then TopstepTrader is a good choice. You can too take into account NinjaTrader or Foreign exchange.com, however you may check out the free trial for TopStepTrader first after which determine.
Futures Buying and selling – The Professionals and Cons
The easiest way to obviously see if a kind of buying and selling or investing is appropriate for you is to weigh out the professionals and cons.
- Diversification on your investor profile by spreading belongings throughout numerous kinds of investments
- Take part in brief promoting
- Potential tax advantages
- Hypothesis on account of excessive liquidity
- Threat administration
- The deposit is normally solely a fraction of the complete quantity
- Requires investing and buying and selling data to achieve success
- The margin opens extra dangers with the prospect of extra earnings
We talked about all the nice issues that include futures buying and selling from danger administration to quick promoting. For those who meet the factors to undergo with futures buying and selling, then you may reap all the advantages for those who perceive it.
A brokerage will very seemingly ask about your investing expertise, your complete web value, and even your revenue to find out the margins and the chance they may will let you sort out. The fee and charges are set by the brokerage and can range. It will depend on the companies they supply as effectively. There are some corporations that supply a ton of help and recommendation.
The futures market may be very enticing to these trying to enlarge a small quantity of funding, particularly with quick promoting. We see individuals in day buying and selling that borrow cash simply to play within the futures market. Whereas it’s true that you would be able to acquire quite a lot of revenue, the reverse can also be true and you’ll lose quite a bit.
The Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC) warns particular person traders concerning the volatility and recommends towards it for many who do not need the capital or expertise. Once more, there are platforms to make use of that may give you a style of futures buying and selling with out as a lot danger as going it alone.
The purpose we are attempting to make all through this text is that futures buying and selling is a really helpful type of investing to hedge towards future worth will increase and to make some huge cash with a small preliminary funding when quick promoting. It’s essential to additionally acknowledge the underlying danger of futures buying and selling, which is excessive earnings may equal excessive losses.
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Congress Castigates Corporation – Again
The U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation released a scathing report yesterday detailing Takata’s deplorable safety practices. It cites internal emails in which executives decided to halt safety audits of its plants to save money. The committee held another hearing on Takata’s devastating corporate conduct today – the fourth time Congress has met over the air bag fiasco in the last eight months.
Takata Altered Airbag Design To Save $2.00 Per Unit
Takata began recalling millions of vehicles that contained defective airbags last year. By May that number had reached 34 million automobiles, making it the largest auto recall in history. One out of every seven vehicles in the United States is affected.
The problem arose when the company made the fateful decision to use a cheaper propellant in its airbag canisters. The new propellant was highly volatile and often exploded, sending metal shrapnel flying into the cabin of the vehicle. The flying fragments killed at least eight people and injured hundreds of others. The new propellant cost the company $2.00 less per unit.
Profit Outweighed Concerns about Safety
Honda recalled a small number of its vehicles to replace defective airbags in 2008. A year later, Takata stopped global safety audits of its factories, citing costs, even though auditors had witnessed serious lapses in quality control at its facilities in Monclova, Mexico and Moses Lake, Washington. Internal emails indicate that the company restarted its audits in 2011. Auditors found such safety violations as leaving propellant on the floor, and thus at risk of moisture contamination that rendered the substance unstable.
Takata claims that the emails refer to workers’ safety, not automobile safety. This is impossible to believe. The emails reveal the appalling attitude that allowed dangerous airbags to remain on the roads for 15 years. That the company would place profits ahead of the lives and health of its workers reflects its utter indifference toward human life.
NHSTA Lapses Also Cited in Senate Committee Report
The report also criticized the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration for failing to take prompt action against the airbag maker. According to the report, had NHSTA “promptly undertaken more aggressive steps to investigate the airbag ruptures, it is possible that this defect could have been addressed years earlier.”
At today’s hearing, senators castigated the agency for failing to act. Senator John Thune, R-SD, noted that the American public is suffering from “recall fatigue and confusion.” Here is the latest list of recalled vehicles: safercar.org
These broken vehicles, recalls, and corporate denials have been going over for more than a decade. Takata, on the one hand, had revenues of $4.5 billion last year. NHTSA, on the other, only has one person reviewing over 80,000 consumer complaints each year and is obviously vastly underfunded. Even so, it is high time that our government safety officials start doing their jobs and protect the public.
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A typical constraint among coffee farmers worldwide is a lack of information and expertise. And it’s this expertise that makes the difference between the average coffee farmer versus the successful farmer with an eye for quality. This lack of expertise is particularly prevalent in the poorer parts of the world such as Ethiopia.
For Elias Shufe, a small farmer from Bule, he found a way out. Elias Shufe joined the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU), working there and eventually becoming a Board Member. The Union assists 28 coffee cooperatives in Yirgacheffe, and one critical area of their work is farmer education. Elias Shufe found an opportunity to participate in many of the training programs and quality management programs at the Union.
He brought this newfound enlightenment back to his farm to improve the quality of his coffee. The area around Bule has always been known for high quality farming environment, being able to produce high density beans. This additional expertise and know-how have now unlocked this land’s potential.
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Fresh vegetable production value in the United States was down 11% in 2020, according to the USDA Vegetable and Pulses April Outlook.
Spinach experienced the biggest decline, dropping 28.7% a year after increasing 49.8%. Cauliflower dropped 25%. A year after increasing 22.8%, cabbage production dropped 18.2%. Bell peppers dropped 11.2%, while Carrots declined 7.1%. Dry onions also dropped 14.5%.
Sweet corn experienced the biggest increase with an 18.5% jump from 2019. Sweet potatoes also increased 9.7%
First Quarter 2021 Prices Down
The Producer Price Index (PPI) reveals fresh vegetable producer prices decreased by 8% through the first quarter of 2021. Lettuce was down 23%; sweet potatoes down 8%; tomatoes down 46%; and broccoli down 8%.
Consumers also demanded more organic vegetables. First quarter non-organic prices for fresh cucumbers were down 44%, while organic cucumber retail prices rose by 138%. Prices for organic white round potatoes increased by 151% from 50 cents to $1.25 per pound. However, prices for non-organic white round potatoes increased by just 1.9%.
Imports Increased, Exports Decreased
The U.S. continues to import vegetables, increasing by 3% in 2020. However, exports were down 4% in 2020. The U.S. imported 4.05 billion pounds of tomatoes in 2020, a 1% increase from 2019. There were 2.19 billion pounds of cucumbers imported in 2020, a 2% increase from 2019. Bell peppers also increased 3% to 1.66 billion pounds in 2020.
Broccoli imports increased by 10% to 542 million pounds in 2020. Lettuce imports also increased by 4% to 821 pounds.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported $22 billion weather events, which cost the U.S. $95 billion. Wildfires in California, Oregon, Washington and Colorado were devastating.
Excessive rains at the end of the growing season in 2020 hurt sweet potato yields in North Carolina, the largest producer of the crop.
A record-breaking number of hurricanes in 2020 affected sweet potato production in Louisiana as well. More than 660 acres of sweet potatoes were lost in the state due to hurricanes/tropical depressions and excessive moisture/rain.
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A new survey for Age UK reveals some of the sacrifices Brits will make to maintain their commitment to fashion with nearly a third (31%) dipping into their savings to buy clothes.
Women are most likely to sacrifice their savings with one in three confessing to using money they had put aside but men are less fussy with 33% spending less than £10 a month on clothes.
Published to coincide with the launch of the Charity’s biggest stock appeal, The Big Bag Challenge, which is calling on people to donate their unwanted items to meet a massive 200,000 bag target to help Age UK combat loneliness, the survey also importantly found that despite the nation’s fixation with fashion, a quarter of the population admits to not wearing at least 25% of the items in their wardrobe.
Women are the most determined to remain fashion forward, with 36% buying clothes every couple of months and over a third (37%) spending between £30 – £100.
Suggesting men are less concerned with their appearance, four in ten (42%) of those questioned about their seasonal wardrobe said that they believe clothes are all the same.
In stark contrast women admitted to being excited about stocking up on this season’s must-haves, with a third looking forward to wearing woolly jumpers and a quarter thrilled at the thought of winter boots.
Whilst 60% of women remove or separate clothes in their wardrobe when the seasons change, men are less organised, with just 38% doing the same.
Four in ten women like to split their wardrobes by seasons, with a further two in ten removing items altogether when the seasons change, in contrast to just under one in ten men. In fact men seem to be mystified by women’s orderliness, with nearly half (48%) admitting that they don’t do anything at all.
Some partners even go as far as removing clothes from wardrobes and storing summer clothes for their loved one – 8% of men say their partners do this versus 1% of women.
This autumn Age UK is encouraging the nation to take an honest look at their wardrobe and bag up their unworn items as part of a nationwide stock appeal.
The Big Bag Challenge calls upon people across the country to donate as many bags of quality goods, including quality clothes, shoes, books, accessories and home wares, as possible to their local Age UK shop.
The goal is to get 200,000 bags in just four weeks, helping the Charity raise much-needed funds for vital national and local services which provide the only human contact some older people have.
Leading psychologist, Donna Dawson, says: “Keeping up with fashion is certainly more of a female interest, but regularly buying clothes can soon cause storage problems. An over-crowded wardrobe makes it hard to find what is available, with ‘perfect’ items getting lost in a crush of less-perfect ones. Heaving through hangers and drawers is time-consuming and women could certainly take a tip from the nation’s men and save money by being more discerning. However, it seems that the nation as a whole could benefit from a good sort out, liberating the best items and giving people the space control and sense of ease that accompanies a thorough de-cluttering.”
Hugh Forde, Managing Director for Retail at Age UK, said: “We’re asking everyone to clear out their clutter and join The Big Bag Challenge and it couldn’t be easier – simply drop a bag of unwanted items to your local shop which are reliant on the kind donations of the local community to keep the shelves stocked. Only with your support can we continue our work to raise vital funds to support lonely older people both in the local area and across the country and give everyone a chance to love later life. Any bag will do and every bag you fill really does count!”
With around one million older people regularly going an entire month without speaking to anyone, loneliness is a massive issue for people in later life. With Lord Sugar, Christopher Biggins, Lionel Blair and Liz McClarnon all donating items, take part in Age UK’s Big Bag Challenge this autumn to help be the difference between someone feeling the desperation of loneliness and having the joy of friendship.
Go to www.ageuk.org.uk/bigbagchallenge to find your local store and get more information.
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Tosylarginine Methyl Ester
"Tosylarginine Methyl Ester" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Arginine derivative which is a substrate for many proteolytic enzymes. As a substrate for the esterase from the first component of complement, it inhibits the action of C(l) on C(4).
|Tosylarginine Methyl Ester
- Tosylarginine Methyl Ester
- Ester, Tosylarginine Methyl
- Methyl Ester, Tosylarginine
- Methyl N-alpha-Tosyl-L-Arginate
- Methyl N alpha Tosyl L Arginate
- N-alpha-Tosyl-L-Arginate, Methyl
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A social issue is a problem that affects many members of society and reduces their quality of living. In the developing world, some of these challenges include poverty, homelessness, malnutrition, poor access to healthcare, and poor food quality. First-world countries also have their fair share of social issues. Examples include bullying, natural disasters, sexism, unemployment, and substance abuse.
Colleges and universities have decided to discuss many of these social issues in debates and academic essays. If you are interested, you will find some examples of argumentative essays at GradesFixer. A particular school of thought supports this movement. Conversely, another small fraction of people despises it. There are many free examples of essays on the internet depicting the thoughts of these individuals.
They believe it is morally incorrect to publicly discuss certain social issues, owing to their moral affiliation or personalities. Why should we discuss our social issues in higher institutions of learning? Let us find out.
As social beings, we mingle with each other every day. There is a tendency for us to discuss concurrent issues and listen to each other’s opinions. However, little variations in opinions can escalate if people don’t handle their differences with maturity. No two people have the same mindset. Instead of raising our voices at each other, we can watch our words and argue constructively.
Let’s consider a typical example. Suppose two men, James and Natasha, are talking about the impact of heroin abuse on young people. James insists that all drug addicts are bad and should be removed from society by the government.
Natasha attacks the discussion from a different angle. She claims that there is a positive correlation between homelessness, poor mental health, and drug abuse. She claims that the government should open a mental health clinic along with a rehabilitation center.
This is the kind of outcome you will get during school debates. Young people will rub their minds together to produce solutions to society’s problems.
Constructive debates involve a lot of statistical research on the end of the opposing parties. We learn to dig into past data, draw dashboards, and make inferences from our discoveries. This is the way our social issues can be solved. For example, a society with high-income inequality is prone to civil disturbances and homelessness.
During constructive arguments in colleges, the debaters also search for loopholes in each other’s stories. They try to test the other party’s thought pattern. In a debate, you could lose points if you hesitate to reply to comments and questions.
That means your facts have to make sense. This way, young people can read online information sources, draft articles, and defend them. They will be able to acquire good teacher comments for students’ writing. Acquire During typical debates, there is a need to speak clearly and accurately. These skills will be useful in future scenarios, whether in workplaces or professional relationships.
Apart from grading college papers, colleges and universities have leveled up their research capability in almost every field of human endeavor. They have worked on new drugs, automobiles, and smartphones. Our social issues have not been an exception.
Several scholars have released research paper publications and journals on the issues facing society. How else can they get sufficient information for this task if they don’t rub their minds with other academicians? This is the point where college debates are instrumental.
For example, the University of Cambridge published an article addressing the negative and positive effects of social media. The institution claimed that many of us associate social network apps with poor teen health. Yes, nobody denies that fact.
However, do you know that social media was a lifeline for many people during the isolationism of the COVID-19 era? That is the positive effect of quality academic research and thinking among seasoned academicians.
Even governments are in the dark about complex social issues. Most times, they don’t know the right policies to balance the lives of their citizens. Quality outcomes from university debates might be the help that they need to draft helpful laws. NGOs can equally benefit.
Many of us have lived in our country of birth for our entire lives. We don’t know the concrete truth about the challenges that different parts of the globe are facing. When colleges set up debates, they open the eyes of their students to the principle of operation of our planet. The goal of education is not simply a student contract for grades.
Let us look at a critical example. Mass migration is an issue of concern for both political leaders and average citizens all over the globe. Millions of people are thinking about how to migrate from developing regions to advanced countries.
Their mind tells them that life in first-world countries is heavenly. Unfortunately, the advanced countries today also have their fair share of social challenges. When the mass migrants arrive at their “heavenly” destination, they discover that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Many of them experience racism, homelessness, loneliness, and homesickness.
Proper orientation from academic institutions can teach students about the geopolitical situation of the Earth. Young people should realize that no country is perfect. Social debates are one of the best platforms for people to learn about these things.
By default, our society isn’t flawless. It is bound to have a lot of problems. As our civilization evolves, new challenges arise. Fortunately, history has shown that humans have always found a way to solve their problems.
Over the past centuries, educational institutions have provided solutions to many social issues facing us. Therefore, we should allow college students and young researchers to discuss social issues in debates. They also need to learn how to spell for good grades. Many solutions to our society’s problems can spring out of those constructive arguments. Our youths are the future!
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