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The poet Beidao said
Father is a book
No gorgeous words
But there is endless truth
He is never a soft and delicate man like mother
His love is calm
But as deep as the sea
There is his surname in your name
There is his shadow in your eyebrows
You are growing up slowly
He is slowly getting older
May time go slowly
We will guard my father
When people reach a certain age
Will suddenly understand many things
For example, love
For example, every expression of father
He never says love you
But he gave you
All the best
When something is accumulated in heart
For a long time
It will pass out
At a right time
"Dad, today is Father's Day, happy holiday!"
"Dad, you will always be my super hero!"
"Dad, you have worked hard!"
"Dad, thank you!"
"Dad, I love you!"
"Dad, I miss you ..."
Happy Father's Day to Dad!
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Photography Ron Haviv/VII Agency
As war broke out, the Bosnian Serb Army began a systematic attack on Bosnian Muslim towns and villages, massacring civilians and taking many others prisoner. As the Serbian stronghold expanded, so did the numbers of those captured.
The world first learned of the concentration camps in Bosnia after British Journalist Ed Vulliamy broke the Omarska story. An emaciated Fikret Alić appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, and suddenly, the realities of a hidden genocide became apparent.
It is unclear just how many concentration camps were established in Bosnia. But it is now understood that Omarska was the largest. The Omarska mines complex is located approximately 20km from the town of Prijedor. The first detainees were taken to the camp sometime in late May 1992. The camp buildings were almost completely full and some of the detainees had to be held on the patch of land between the two main buildings. “Upon arrival, the detainees were beaten, often with rifle butts and wooden and metal sticks.”
Female detainees were held separately in the administrative building. According to the Serb authorities documents from Prijedor, there were a total of 3,334 prisoners held in the camp from May 27 to August 16, 1992. 3,197 of them were Bosnian Muslims.
With the arrival of the first detainees, permanent guard posts were established around the camp, and anti-personnel landmines were set up around the camp. The conditions in the camp were abysmal. In the building known as the “White House”, the rooms were crowded with 45 people in a room no larger than 20 square meters. Upon arrival, the detainees were beaten, often with rifle butts and wooden and metal sticks.
It is reported that men would suffocate during the night and their bodies would be taken out the following morning. The room behind the restaurant was known as “Mujo’s Room”. The dimensions of this room were about 12 by 15 metres and the average number of people detained there was 500, most of whom were Bosnian Muslims.
The detainees at Omarska had one meal a day. The food was usually spoiled and the process of getting the food: eating and returning the plate, usually lasted around three minutes. Meals were often accompanied by beatings. The toilets were blocked and there was human waste everywhere.
Vulliamy testified that when he visited the camp, the detainees were in a very poor physical condition. He witnessed them eating a bowl of soup and some bread and said that he had the impression they had not eaten in a long time. They appeared to be terrified. The detainees drank water from a river that was polluted with industrial waste and many suffered from constipation or dysentery.
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A hazardous manual task is any activity involving:
- holding, or
It can also include stretching and bending, sustained and awkward postures and repetitive movements. The most common manual handling injuries include:
- sprains and strains,
- damage to muscles and tendons,
- and hernia problems.
Every year in New South Wales, approximately 17 000 people are seriously injured or suffer from illness related to manual handling. Manual handling needs to be considered as part of the overall management of WHS in your workplace/ Safety is not a ‘problem to be solved’. It should be part of the way employers and workers approach their work each and every day. | <urn:uuid:e1e9e1b1-3d5f-4ed5-8285-34a05e2ac3cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.uow.edu.au/about/services/safe-at-work/safety-topics/materials-handling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.960958 | 161 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Published on Dec. 1, 1992 in J Bacteriol volume 174.
PubMed ID: 1447159
The sisomicin-gentamicin resistance methylase (sgm) gene was isolated from Micromonospora zionensis and cloned in Streptomyces lividans. The sgm gene was expressed in Micromonospora melanosporea, where its own promoter was active, and also in Escherichia coli under the control of the lacZ promoter. The complete nucleotide sequence of 1,122 bp and a transcription start point were determined. The sequence contains an open reading frame that encodes a polypeptide of 274 amino acids. The methylation of 30S ribosomal subunits by Sgm methylase accounts adequately for all known resistance characteristics of M. zionensis, but expression of high-level resistance to hygromycin B is background dependent. A comparison of the amino acid sequence of the predicted Sgm protein with the deduced amino acid sequences for the 16S rRNA methylases showed extensive similarity of Grm and significant similarity to KgmB but not to KamB methylase. | <urn:uuid:142e0a78-954a-4529-98f2-8ec3d8c85e7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://iimcb.genesilico.pl/modomics/publications/685/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.923533 | 242 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Lecture title: Colonialism, Race and Print
About Lachy's Research
New Zealand’s cultural institutions are bursting with Māori-language manuscripts and publications. Lachy is a Te Tumu-based scholar who uses this archival material in his research and teaching, in particular the niupepa (Māori-language newspapers) of the nineteenth and early twentieth-centuries.
He has published widely on aspects of Māori social, political and religious history, including Māori-Pākehā race relations, the writings of Māori intellectuals, and the discourses produced by pan-Māori movements such as the Kīngitanga, Kotahitanga, and the Young Māori Party. Lachy’s research also explores the impact of the niupepa and textual culture more generally on Māori society.
He is currently investigating, with Associate Professor Angela Wanhalla (History), Māori experiences of the home front during World War II, funded by a Marsden grant. Lachy has undertaken a number of service roles in the University and is an active member of the University of Otago’s Centre for Research on Colonial Culture.
Streaming information for Professor Paterson's IPL
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|Time||5:30pm - 7:00pm|
|Location||Archway 1 Lecture Theatre, Archway Theatres, (Union Street pedestrian area, opposite the original stone archway)|
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The Virunga National Park, Africa’s oldest Unesco World Heritage Site, is situated along the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
It contains more species of mammals, reptiles and birds than any other protected area on the continent. It has an exceptional diversity of landscapes stretching from the glaciers of the Ruwenzori mountains, to indigenous rainforests, savannas, rivers, and lakes. It’s also one of the last places in Africa where mountain gorillas still survive.
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There are a few books, but no film about what was called parallel press in the 70s, even less about Parallèles booshop. Nevertheless, in about half a decade, Parallèles bookshop became a symbol of French underground, an antidote to a gentrified and museum-alike Paris. Making that film is a political act, etymologically speaking it’s about the City’s matters, a mini-world where micro societies keep on mixing, differently, discreetly, surely, actively.
France is not only the land of gastronomy and fashion, it is also the country of a critical thought, still in movement. Parallel to the yéyés, we have had a large pan of underground music –which partly embodies the documentary’s soundtrack. Parallel to the innovative Anglo-Saxon Free Press and mainstream press, we have had a parallel press whose Actuel is the most famous side, but have you ever opened a Parapluie (umbrella)?
A Parallel(es) Life is here to help you time-travelling in an invigorating way, to the70’s ‘till now. To reproduce a French map, filled with alternative places, first Punk fiefdoms, trailblazers US comics’ publishers.
Those places are a different and unseen way of living in the city, creating bridges between people and places. A way of making the space more dynamic – even, more dynamite.
A documentary in tribute to all those purveyors, above all, the booksellers, true alternatives to formatting.
Whoever says “mentor”, says filiation. It exists within movements: punk being in some way the heirs of situationism, the anti-imperialist approach of the young Quilombo joining the anti-colonialism of François Maspero’s historic bookseller, La Joie de Lire, the hippies being the precursors of the current ecological movement…
This film is for all those who wish to get off the beaten track, for the curious, the strollers, all those who wish to lead A Parallel(les) Life in which Time is dilated, curiosity a concrete fact and profitability, an abstract notion.
Telling this parallel history and stories, sums up ‘round 70 years of French counter-culture. Those bookstores are shelters against the race for efficiency, dens where the stroller is supplied with ideas and discussions.parallel circuits | <urn:uuid:57f366ac-9d6c-4f93-9dd0-f16eda0d8c6f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://unevieparallele.com/en/a-paralleles-life/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.91963 | 518 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Suppose you feel like you can get justice if you file a case with other litigants. When some people file a suit to fight for compensation and justice, the case is classified as a Class Action Lawsuit. Class Action lawsuits include product liability, consumer protection issues, mass personal injury, institutional abuse, and labor and employment issues.
One individual filed the class-action lawsuit on behalf of several people seeking justice. The person filing the case is called the plaintiff, acting as a representative for the class. These cases are complex and take time to get resolved. These actions involve high litigation costs.
In Canada, class actions were introduced in Ontario in 1993 after its first codification in Quebec in the 1970s. P.E.I. is the only province where class action procedures are not established.
How to file a class action?
In most cases, a law firm determines the problem and finds the person affected who is willing to act as a representative litigant. However, a person can also go to a lawyer with a complaint of harm caused by another.
The lawyer must determine the merits of the case so that a class action certificate can be obtained from the court. A lawyer will also ensure that the case is worthy enough to pursue by estimating the compensation for damages. The lawyer will also get paid through contingency fees, only meaning that they will get paid out of the reward they get from the court.
Certificate of Class Action:
To initiate a class-action lawsuit, a certificate is required to be obtained from the court, which will approve the hearing of class action, the party’s representatives in the class member’s matter, and definition. For example, if a class-action lawsuit is brought against a product manufacturing company, a class member can be the buyer of that product.
How to get into the class?
If you believe that you fall under the class member category, you don’t need to take any action. People usually think that they need to sign any form or register with the court to be considered a class member. However, class action lawsuits have an opt-out system.
If you don’t want to be part of the class action lawsuit or wish to file an individual case, then you are required to opt-out of the class action by a prescribed date under certification. If you fail to opt-out, then you are bound by the result of the lawsuit.
A person is notified about the litigation being initiated. A person must research to know if he/she is a class member. A person can check the acting representative attorney’s website to find who can be part of class action. They will assist you in opting in for the settlement party.
Any person who falls under the category of class member can claim the settlement amount by opting for the settlement. A court will specify the deadline within which a person is required to opt-in for the settlement.
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If you need any assistance in filing a class action lawsuit or want to be part of a settlement, please contact us immediately at 416-221-2221 to ensure your rights are fully protected. We understand the hardships you are going through and will work hard to obtain the best possible settlement.
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Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ costs Americans billions: study
Daily exposure to cancer-linked “forever chemicals” is expected to cost Americans billions of dollars over the current population’s lifetime, a new study has found.
The associated increase in medical bills and decrease in worker productivity could generate economic losses between $5.52 billion and $62.6 billion, according to the study set for publication in the journal Exposure and Health.
Forever chemicals, also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are linked to a variety of illnesses, such as thyroid disease, testicular cancer and kidney cancer.
“Our findings add to the substantial and still-mounting body of evidence suggesting that exposure to PFAS is harming our health and undermining the economy,” study co-author Linda Kahn, an assistant professor of pediatrics and population health at NYU Langone Health, said in a statement.
The study was scheduled to be published Tuesday but was apparently delayed, according to an NYU Langone spokesperson.
Known for their propensity to linger in the human body and in the environment, forever chemicals are most notorious for their presence in industrial discharge and firefighting foam. There are thousands of types of PFAS, many of which are also key ingredients in common household items.
To draw their conclusions, Kahn and her colleagues first determined approximately how many Americans were likely exposed to two types of the chemicals — PFOA and PFOS — in 2018. They did so by using blood samples from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey — a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) program that assesses the nutritional status of American children and adults.
The researchers then analyzed data from dozens of previous studies that explored relationships between specific diseases and exposure to PFAS. From there, they narrowed down their focus to five conditions: low birth weight, childhood obesity, kidney and testicular cancers and hypothyroidism.
Scientists have already demonstrated a “probable link” between PFAS and diagnosed high cholesterol, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, testicular cancer, kidney cancer and pregnancy-induced hypertension — the result of a 2012 settlement in West Virginia.
But in the past decade, researchers have conducted a plethora of studies probing possible links to other illnesses, including the three other conditions named by the NYU researchers.
Once the authors narrowed their search down to these five impacts, they said they used models from previous studies to quantify the national economic cost of medical bills and lost worker productivity associated with those conditions.
Their investigation revealed that childhood obesity was the largest contributor to the overall economic toll of PFAS exposure, costing about $2.65 billion.
Hypothyroidism in women, a condition in which the thyroid fails to release sufficient hormones into the bloodstream, cost about $1.26 billion, according to the study.
When expanding the scope of their estimates to include eight other conditions that only have preliminary links to PFAS exposure — such as endometriosis, obesity in adults and pneumonia in children — the researchers estimated that the financial burden could soar as high as $62.6 billion.
“Our results strongly support the recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to lower the safe allowable level of these substances in water,” senior author Leonardo Trasande, a professor of children’s environmental health at NYU Langone Health, said in a statement.
Trasande was referring to a recent decision from the agency to tighten its health advisory levels — which are non-enforceable guidelines, rather than standards — for safe concentrations of PFAS in drinking water.
“Based on our estimates, the cost of eradicating contamination and replacing this class of chemical with safer alternatives is ultimately justified when considering the tremendous economic and medical risks of allowing them to persist in the environment,” he added.
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The High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research, or HIAPER, is one of the nation's most advanced research aircraft.
Owned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the modified Gulfstream V (GV) jet will be returning from the first leg of its historic HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) mission on Friday.
The mission will have spanned the globe from the Arctic to the Antarctic and has provided scientists with new insight into how carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases are spreading through the multiple layers of the Earth's atmosphere.
Two lead scientists on the project, Steven Wofsy of Harvard University and Britton Stephens of NCAR, will be joined by NCAR head of Aircraft Operations Support Pavel Romashkin and NSF's Lower Atmospheric Research Section head Anne-Marie Schmoltner in a teleconference about the flight on Thursday, January 29 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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Wheezing in children
Last updated: August 1, 2022
This article provides an overview of conditions causing wheezing in children. While acute wheezing in children may suggest a common cold, an acute asthma exacerbation, viral bronchiolitis, foreign body aspiration, anaphylaxis, acute bronchitis, or croup, recurrent or chronic wheezing may indicate a diagnosis of asthma, double aortic arch, primary ciliary dyskinesia, cystic fibrosis, tracheomaicia, or left-sided heart failure with cardiomegaly.
For more information on each specific condition, see the respective articles.
Acute wheezing in children
Chronic or recurrent wheezing in children
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Over the weekend, I experienced a strange issue (even though its not new) with the InnoDB tablespace (ibdata) corruption. When in general InnoDB crashes, it automatically recovers during the next start by rolling back/forward based on what was pending and un-flushed/un-committed changes at the time of crash.
But for some reason, one of the server; we ran out of disk space (yeah, no alerts) on data directory; where we store everything (tablespace, logs and data); and server was running for few hours in this mode (disk full); and it became un-available and not responding after a while. Only option left was to kill the server process and its PID along with cleaning the stuff to get the space back. After I (re)started the server; server failed to start with the following error..
InnoDB: Error: trying to access page number 1098759810 in space 0, InnoDB: space name /data/ibdata1, InnoDB: which is outside the … | <urn:uuid:e29d01a0-7877-4fe0-b32e-a0840022ef61> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://planet.mysql.com/?tag_search=7719 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.945683 | 226 | 1.625 | 2 |
Fighter Combat in the East and in the West - A Comparison
The dominant assessment in the "Western World" of the air war on the Eastern Front during WW II in many ways still is rooted in myths and misconceptions. Of course this is due to the Cold War, the dominance in the West of German accounts from this war theater, and the previous Soviet reluctance of offering any insight into their archives.
It is clear that the German fighter pilots were more successful on the Eastern Front than against the Western Allies, and that the war in the air on the Eastern Front cost more Soviet than German aircraft. But the reasons to this are manifolded. One key issue is the development of German fighter aces, and the extreme emphasis that the Luftwaffe placed on individual aerial victories. First of all, the Germans held a superiority regarding pilot training, the experience of their airmen, tactics, and technical outfit in 1941-1942. The tutoring into an aggressive victory hunt taht the German fighter pilots ("Jäger," "hunters," in German) received must be taken into account. The output from German fighter pilot training schools until 1943 can be described as highly trained, self confident, and highly motivated young aerial warriors, tutored to hunt aerial victories and nothing else. They had been brought up to believe that they were superior to anything else. They enjoyed the advantages of the best fighter plane at the time (Messerschmitt Bf 109), highly efficient tactics, and the accumulated result of the experience of other Luftwaffe veterans from the Spanish Civil War and the air war in the West in 1940.
When Hitler launched his attack against the Soviet Union, the surviving veterans of the Luftwaffe had been hardened by the tough lessons of the battles for France and England in 1940-41. Stalin's extensive purges of the Red Army in the late Thirties resulted in huge qualitative deficiencies. Many of the best commanders, down to unit level, were executed. The conservative Stalinist thinking dominated, and the Soviet airmen found themselves ill equipped, inadequately trained for a modern aerial warfare, and tied down by obsolete methods and tactics. In addition, the technical modernization program for the Soviet air forces had merely begun.
The Luftwaffe held about a two-year technical advantage compared to the Soviet air forces. For these reasons, the Soviets suffered heavy losses in airmen. This led to radically reduced pilot training courses. Which in turn increased Soviet losses--and, of course, the success rate among the German fighter pilots. The entire situation enabled a core of German airmen to survive and amass a huge combat experience.
From late 1942, when the quality of the Soviet Air Force was slowly resurging, a core of immensely experienced German fighter pilots - with experience from 500 or even more combat sorties, all flown in the same aircraft type - had emerged on the Eastern Front. It is a fact that never have there been more war-experienced fighter pilots in action than the core of German aces that developed on the Eastern Front in 1941-1943. This conclusion is based not mainly on the number of aerial victories attained by the "top aces", but as a combination of several factors. The most important factor here is the amount of experience - both the exoerience attained by the "aces", but also the experience amassed by their wingmen. Many very skillful Luftwaffe fighter aces were killed in the West because the other pilots in their formation lacked the experience necessary to cover their formation leader. This problem was not at all as present in the East, where the core of experienced wingmen were far better than the average Jagdwaffe wingman in the West from late 1943 and onward.
Without doubt, fighter pilots in general developed and refined their combat skills the more experience they gained. For instance, 132-victory ace Alfred Grislawski states that when he flew over the Normandie in the Summer of 1944 - with an accumulated experience from almost 800 combat missions (most of which had been flown on Bf 109s) - he was much more skillful as a fighter pilot than when he "only" had flown 200 combat missions. "By that time [Summer of 1944] I could master any situation, and when I entered air combat I could tell in advance whom I was going to shoot down."
Of course war-weariness ultimately affected some veterans negatively, but far from everyone. Since fighter pilots in general developed and refined their combat skills the more experience they gained, it is plausible to assume that the fighter pilot veterans who accumulated experience from over 500 - in a few cases even over a thousand - combat sorties, developed levels of air combat skills that were unparallelled in any other air force. The majority of those served with the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front.
The situation was different on the "Western Front," where the modern equipped and trained RAF was an equal opponent already from the start of the war. The Luftwaffe's pilot losses against the Western Allies in 1941-1943 did not allow such a tremendously experienced core of fighter aces to develop as was the case in the East. But of course there were exceptions. During the month of September 1942, German fighter ace Hans-Joachim Marseille claimed 54 victories - including 17 in one day - in North Africa (most of them fighters); during the same month, the top scorer on the Eastern Front, German fighter ace Hermann Graf, claimed 62 Soviet aircraft shot down - 10 was his best result for a single day.
For several reasons, the German fighter pilots in general held a slight upper hand in air combat with the Western Allies air forces until 1943. This however changed with the appearance of large formations of US heavy bombers and long-range US escort fighters. From the Fall of 1943, the "hunters" of the German fighter force had turned into "hunted." While the German fighters had to be concentrated against US bombers, the escorting Thunderbolts, Mustangs, and Lightnings, operating in incraesingly superior numbers, could bounce German fighters and shoot them down in scores. Added to this was the severe losses as a result of the heavy bombers' defensive fire. Increasing losses in the air battles over Germany resulted in reduced pilot training courses, which in turn further increased German fighter losses. This mainly affected the units with the highest losses - namely the fighter units in the "West".
Another important difference between the "West" and the Eastern Front was that until June 1944, the USAAF and RAF fighter pilots had no frontline on the ground to cover (this regarding Western Europe), and thus could concentrate on hunting German planes in the air. This advantage was never enjoyed by the Soviet fighter pilots.
It is interesting to study the fates of some German aces who "changed fronts." Here I only deal with fighter-to-fighter combat, where skill may count (any top ace could get killed in the massive fire from hundreds of heavy machine-guns from a US heavy bomber formation, regardless of immense flying skills).
"Jochen" Müncheberg, Galland's protegé in JG 26, arrived to JG 51 on the Eastern Front in August 1942. He was shot down twice in four weeks. Siegfried Schnell, who achieved 87 victories against the RAF and the USAAF, arrived to JG 54 on the Eastern Front in February 1944; two weeks later he was killed in combat with Soviet fighters. "Assi" Hahn was shot down by a Soviet La-5, and ended up in captivity three months after he arrived to the Eastern Front; he had previously scored 68 victories against the French Air Force and the RAF. Oberstleutnant Hannes Trautloft, "Assi" Hahn's Geschwaderkommodore on the Eastern Front, recorded this statement by "Assi" Hahn regarding the quality of the Soviet opposition three months after Hahn's arrival to the Eastern Front:
"Hahn told me that the air combats are not easier, but instead harder than what he previously had experienced. He, who is used to merciless air combats against a skillful enemy over the English Channel, told us that he had to mobilize all his skills to fight enemies who proved to be at least as killful as the Englishmen."
"Those 'Kanaljäger' arrived to us and thought that it was an easy game on the Russian Front. Well, they soon learned that this was not the case," said Artur Gärtner of JG 54.
Of course there also were experienced German fighter pilots from the East who got shot down and killed shortly after they had arrived in the West. But no one has denied that the air war in the West was dangerous; it is the air war on the Eastern Front that - probably incorrectly - has been described as "easy", from a German perspective. To some extent, the losses of experienced German fighter aces in the West in 1943 - 1945 also can be explained by the fact that they often did not have the same protection - i.e. quality of their wingmen - as in the East.
One famous Eastern Front expert who "changed fronts" is Günther Rall, who after 273 victories and over 700 combat missions (almost all on the Eastern Front) in the Spring of 1944 was shifted to JG 11 in the Home Defense. Indeed, Rall was shot down and wounded by Thunderbolts from U.S. 56 FG on May 12, 1944. But this was not until he had shot down two of the Thunderbolts himself - and in an air battle where 470 German fighters were pinned against fifteen hundred American planes, including 814 heavy bombers and 735 fighters. This was the ninth time Rall got shot down - eight of which had occurred on the Eastern Front. Asked about his opinion on the American and Soviet fighter pilots, Rall said: "The Americans weren't better than the Russians. The Russians were aggressive and tough opponents."
At the same time, it is interesting to study some of the German top aces that had been educated on the Eastern Front, and their accomplishments against US and British fighters:
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert had carried out around 500 combat sorties and achieved 103 victories on the Eastern Front in 1941-1942 when he was shifted to Tunisia. Between January 1943 and early May 1943, he was credited with fifty victories against the USAAF and the RAF - quite comparable to the success rate achieved by other top aces on the Eastern Front at that time, and also comparable to the rate of successes that he had achieved against inferior equipped Soviets. Heinz Bär arrived from the Eastern Front to North Africa in October 1942 and shot down twenty RAF and USAAF fighters in two months - about the same rate of successes that he had scored previously on the Eastern Front. Theodor Weissenberger arrived to the "Normandie Front" in June 1944, after almost three years of service on the Eastern Front; he claimed twenty-five US and British fighters in only twenty-six combat sorties in June and July 1944 - his previous twenty-two victories had been achieved on twenty-five combat sorties on the Eastern Front. And we all know how Hartmann dealt with the US Mustangs...
We have asked several Luftwaffe veterans of their impression of the qualities of their various opponents. Hugo Dahmer, who served on the Eastern Front only in 1941, has the impression that the Soviet airmen were inferior to those of the RAF. Alfred Grislawski, who served on the Eastern Front until 1943, and from then on in the Reichsverteidigung, holds that the Soviet airmen in 1943 were equal to those of the RAF. Grislawski explained that "the Russians had a different tactic; their main task often was to strafe our ground troops, and because of this we often managed to catch them in a position that was to their disadvantage."
One German fighter ace and Knight's Cross holder (he expressed the wish of remaining anonymous) expressed the impression that the Soviet airmen were better than the Americans (this was regarding the US airmen in North Africa in 1942). This is supported by Alfred Grislawski, who - speaking of the last Soviet pilots that he met (in the spring of 1943) compared to the American pilots that he met later in 1943 and in 1944 - said: "It is hard to compare because the Americans always came in large numbers against few of us. But when it comes to the individual pilot, I regard the Russians as better than the Americans. This is only natural, because the Americans had this tour system. How much did they fly - thirty or forty combat missions? - and then they were called back home again. They never accumulated that much experience."
"The advantage of the Americans was that they always appeared in large numbers," is a common statement from former Luftwaffe aces.
The Soviet fighter pilots mostly operated in relatively small formations. The normal German fighter tactic was a high-side gunnery run against lower flying enemy formations, whereafter they could use the superior climbing performance of the Bf 109 to withdraw. In this way, the German fighter pilots frequently were in a position where they could choose to engage the enemy only when the situation was to their advantage. Whereas the German fighter pilots operated in the loose two-plane Rotte-formation, and in the four-plane Schwarm-formation (two Rotten) - where the wingman's task was to cover the leader, who was supposed to shoot down the enemy-, the Soviets (in 1941 to mid-1942) mainly operated in three-plane V-formations, which reduced the flexibility of the fighters. One of the main advantages held by the Germans was that all of their aircraft were equipped with R/T transmitters and receivers, while most Soviet fighters only were equipped with receivers during the first years of the war. What also hampered the Soviet fighter pilots was the common tactic of deploying them to area protection, where it was prohibited to pursue the enemy outside of the assigned territory; the German fighter pilots were mainly dispatched on free hunting sorties with no other territorial boundaries than those set by the amount of fuel in the tanks of their aircraft.
In spite of these initial German advantages in air combat, the Soviet airmen performed very well. Without doubt, the Soviet fliers in general were the toughest and most determined opponents ever to be faced by German airmen. Any other air force probably would have disintegrated morally following the immense losses that were dealt the Soviets by the Luftwaffe on June 22, 1941 - at least this was what the Germans had anticipated would happen to the Soviet armed forces. In spite of this, Soviet bomber crews kept launching one mission after another against the advancing German ground troops during the first weeks of the war, and the Soviet fighter pilots never ceased challenging the Luftwaffe of air superiority.
Until Tomas Polak and Hans Dieter Seidl in the late 1990s came out with their books on the Soviet fighter aces in WW II ("Stalin's Falcons" and "Stalin's Eagles"), the achievements by the Soviet airmen in WW II were relatively unknown in the Western World.
It is a fact that the most experienced and most successful fighter aces on the Allied side in WW II were the Soviet top aces.* It is interesting to note that the P-39 Airacobra was rejected by both RAF and USAAF pilots. Soviet ace Aleksandr Pokryshkin nevertheless achieved the bulk of his 59 personal (plus several "shared") victories while piloting an Airacobra, which by all means was vastly inferior to the Bf 109 G and the Fw 190 A - and to the Spitfire IX, the Mustangs, and the Thunderbolts that the British and US fighter pilots manned.
In 1941, Soviet ace Boris Safonov achieved his first sixteen victories (plus six "shared" victories) while piloting an I-16 Ishak. Although the performance of the I-16 has been belittled in several Western accounts (comparing test flights made by a New Zealand test pilot in recent years indicated that the I-16 was slightly superior to the British Hurricane), it is clear that the I-16 was vastly inferior to the Bf 109s with which it was opposed. It is easy to imagine which successes Safonov would have been able to achieve, had he been equipped with a Spitfire, and had he operated within the frameworks of a radar-supported fighter control system like RAF Fighter Command in 1940.
Taking the fact that the cream of the German fighter aces were deployed to the Eastern Front, the performance of these Soviet aces are even more impressive. It should also be noted that whereas several German fighter pilots flew with the main intention of achieving high individual scores (they had been brought up to this), the Soviet airmen waged a war with the intention of striking against the enemy wherever he could be found - on the ground or in the air. The main accomplishment by the Soviet air forces in WW II was their contribution to the destruction of the German Army. The German fighter pilots developed such an attitude toward strafing or fighter-bombing missions, that when they first were instructed to undertake such missions, they regarded it as an unjust punishment - which also was what Göring, who had issued the order, intended.
As mentioned, the dominant assessment in the "Western World" of the air war on the Eastern Front during WW II in many ways still is rooted in myths, misconceptions and bias. Of course this is due to the Cold War, the dominance in the West of German accounts from this war theater, and the previous Soviet reluctance of offering any insight into their archives. But the Cold War is over. What remains now is a handful of surviving veterans with their invaluable memories, and the huge amounts of aviation unit documents in the Russian archives.
We, the authors of "Black Cross/Red Star", have made an effort to find the truth behind the myths, misconceptions, prejudices and bias - on both sides! - by digging into those sources. Put together with the accounts of Russian and German pilot veterans that we have met, and Soviet and German air force documents, we have arrived at a picture that in many ways is opposed to some versions previously presented by both "the West" and "the East".
The only aim of our forthcoming six-volume book "Black Cross/Red Star: Air War Over the Eastern Front" is to find the actual picture of this hitherto little-known air war, the largest in history. The aim of this article is to bring about a better understanding of the environment during which the air war was fought on the Eastern Front, during which the German and Soviet fighter pilots attained their - often in the West doubted or belittled - large victory numbers. If this article has contributed to dismantle the impression that the achievements of the Soviet fighter pilots were below those of the British and American fighter pilots - which the author believes is a serious misconception - one important goal is achieved. At the same time, it is of course not the author's intention to belittle the achievements or standards of British and American fighter pilots.
The different natures of the fighter combats in "the East" and in "the West" that are presented here, are described in detail in our book "Graf & Grislawski: A Pair of Aces". Hermann Graf and Alfred Grislawski were in action - either one of them, or both - in the West in 1939, in the East in 1941-1945, and in the West in 1943-1944. Thus, that book gives ample and clear evidence and examples of what is discussed in the article above.
* The victory tallies of the many German "plus-100-aces"
have been dismissed, often on purely political grounds, by representatives of
the victorious nations - particularly in the old Eastern Bloc. Equally, the
fact that quite a few Soviet fighter aces surpassed the achievements by the
top scorers of the RAF and the USAAF was hard to accept, and often openly refuted,
in the Western World during the Cold War. Countless attempts have been made
over the years to belittle the achievements of the fighter aces of various nations
- particularly the Germans, the Japanese, the Italians, and - in the West -
the Soviets. A critical reader pointed out: "Did the Soviet top aces really
shoot down more planes than Western top aces? They claimed more but that is
a different thing." But that way of reasoning only leads into a swamp.
In order to find out who the real top claimer against the Luftwaffe was in the
way this critical reader means, one would have to find out first how many aircraft
were actually shot down by the U.S. or British ace who in this regard was the
actual U.S./British top scorer. That would involve examining every victory
claim made by maybe the fifty highest claiming U.S./British aces. Next step
would be to examine every single victory that was claimed by each Soviet ace
who claimed more than that number of victories. Let's say that the "actual"
U.S./British top ace hardly made any overclaims at all, and in reality shot
down 30 German planes. Then you still would have to examine every single victory
claimed by around fifty Soviet aces who claimed 30 or more victories. And then
we know that the Generalquartiermeister loss lists for 1944 are missing, like
so many Luftwaffe records. In other words: It is an impossible task. So until
this Herculean task has been fulfilled, we have no other option but to accept
- preliminary, of course - that the most experienced and most successful fighter
aces on the Allied side in WW II were the Soviet top aces. Because even if Ivan
Kozhedub's comrades overclaimed, we don't know if Kozhedub too did so. (It is
my preliminary and present conclusion that the average Soviet rate of overclaiming
during the whole war was something like three to one. But I have also found
that some of the better Soviet fighter units - like the élite 9 GIAP
from late 1942 onward - had a rate of overclaiming which was below the average.)
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There are a lot of benefits when empowerment training courses are being conducted in workplaces. There are great deals of advantages when empowerment training courses are being led in working environments
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Driving empowerment training courses grows the effectiveness of the specialists. At the point when the representatives feel the empowerment in the workplace, they will in general carry out their activity all the more beneficially. If they persuade the chance to be locked in with the essential authority, their horrible feelings can be restricted since they would lean toward not to be guided reliably. These bad feelings may cause many employees to make a protest by not working so hard and this will affect the productivity of your business. When they feel empowered in the work environment, they will in general feel much improved, work better with better states of mind.
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S nidhi, K Dahiya. Forgotten Vaginal Pessary. The Internet Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2009 Volume 14 Number 2.
A foreign body in the vagina is quiet common in children but is rare in adults. We report a case of forgotten vaginal pessary detected 30 years after its insertion in an 80 year old lady. A review of the relevant literature was undertaken and the associated complications were noted.
Pessaries were used for the treatment of prolapse and are still used in elderly patients who carry a poor operative risk. A forgotten vaginal pessary is a rare entity now-a-days. Sometimes the pessary gets incacerated and has granulation tissue which makes its detection and removal difficult. Most women present with a malodours discharge. There have been cases of carcinoma developing due to the chronic irritation caused by the pessary
An 80 year old lady presented to the outpatient department with chief complaints of a discharge per vaginum. The discharge was blood stained and foul smelling. On history a provisional diagnosis of carcinoma cervix was made. On per speculum examination a rim of the impacted pessary was seen. It was surrounded by granulation tissue and there was foul smelling discharge. On further interrogation the patient recalled a pessary being inserted 30 years back for uterine prolapse. An examination under anaesthesia was done and the pessary was removed after removing the surrounding granulation tissue. There was slight oozing of blood from the vaginal bed which stopped on pressure packing. She was discharged after a short course of antibiotics and a paps smear was taken a week later. The report of the smear was normal.
There have been various case reports of forgotten foreign bodies in children (1,2) but fewer in adults(3,4,5,6).
Various complications have been reported with retained pessary in adults including fistula formation, bowel obstruction, malignant change. Vaginal pessaries are made of different materials (rubber, clear plastic, silicone, soft plastic). Russel reported seeing patients with complications such as rvf, vaginal cancer, or chronic vaginitis (7). Other complications are incareration, ulceration, metaplasia, intestinal obstruction , urosepsis and hydronephrosis. Jain et al reported two cases of vaginal cancer due to forgotten pessary.
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Many due to the 5 volunteers who’re serving to to rescue our apple bushes. It has galvanized me into motion. It’s so simple to let jobs like that slide by when there appear to be different urgent jobs to do at this time of yr in dwiderling daytime. I hear walkers are good at having a fast chat and inspiring our helpers.
Some might imagine I’m being slightly brutal taking down the bramble and blackthorn which is at all times a very good habitat for numerous animals giant and really, very small. However I get recommendation from FWAG (Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group) on the way to make extra use and handle the wide range of habitats on the farm. I used to be going to manage the bramble the place the Ash bushes had been poisoned. However it appears the bramble will defend the brand new ash seedlings/hazel from deer nibbling and there’s a good run of bramble down the trail to make a ‘superhighway for mammals.Lets hope there are hedgehogs in there. We did get one up within the farmyard this yr snuffling and pottering round at night time. Hadn’t seen one for ……variety of years. Not even squashed on the highway.
It good to see individuals reporting sightings of birds/mammals across the village in The Hill. Yearly I imply to maintain a document of what is on the farm however identical to clearing across the apple bushes I by no means make time. 10yrs in the past the RSPB did a survey on the farm and mentioned for the dimensions farm (60 acres) we had an above common selection/numbers of birds.
Speaking of birds, we’ve not had the standard pigeon harm on our brussel sprouts and different brassicas. Lengthy could it proceed. Hopefully the pigeons are being tempted by the abundance of berries/nuts round this yr. This week will likely be our first week of harvesting Brussel Sprouts and the tops. We nonetheless have a wide range of kales and cabbages on the market that fortunately have not been broken by the caterpillars. You may see all of them rising once you stroll previous.
Look ahead to seeing you within the farm store the place now you can begin to place your Christmas order on-line from our web site or hyperlinks from our fb/twitter/instagram pages..Consistent with many different organizations the orders is not going to simply be on a selected day however we may have a system of time slots. This hopefully will cut back queuing and preserve everybody protected. Please chat to Phil and I for extra data.
Have an ideal Christmas.
PS Lastly I’ve hooked up a Picture from final week with Andrew and I harvesting Kale
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If you love to have fun in a such high place, then you should at least read one of these following facts about CN Tower. CN Tower, as you know, is a 533.33 meter-high concrete communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was built on the former Railway Lands and completed in 1976. At the same year, CN Tower also became the world’s tallest free-standing structure and world’s tallest tower. To get to know more about it, here are other facts about CN Tower you may consider interesting.
Facts about CN Tower 1: Construction Period
Construction on the CN Tower began on February 6, 1973 and wrapped up about 40 months later in June 1976. About 1,537 workers toiled five days a week, 24 hours a day to build the CN Tower.
Facts about CN Tower 2: Giant Erickson Air-crane Silorsky Helicopter
On April 2, 1975, onlookers gazed up in amazement as a giant Erickson Air-crane Silorsky helicopter placed the final piece of the CN Tower’s antenna into place, officially making it the world’s tallest building.
Facts about CN Tower 3: Purpose of Construction
The CN Tower was built to withstand an earthquake of 8.5 on the Richter scale (the Kobe earthquake in 1995 was 7.2 on the Richter scale). The upper reaches of the CN Tower were built to withstand winds up to 418 km/h (260 mph).
Facts about CN Tower 4: Lightning Strikes
Lightning strikes the CN Tower an average of 75 times per year. Long copper strips run down the CN Tower to grounding rods buried below ground to prevent damage.
Facts about CN Tower 5: Observation Deck
Six glass-faced elevators travel at 22 km/hour (15 miles/hour) to reach the observation deck in 58 seconds. On a clear day, visitors to the CN Tower’s observation deck can see over 160 kilometers (100 miles). That’s all the way to Niagara Falls and across Lake Ontario to New York State.
Facts about CN Tower 6: 1200 Hexagonal Core
The CN Tower has a hollow 1200′ hexagonal core providing stability and flexibility to the full height tower.
Facts about CN Tower 7: CN Tower’s Glass Floor
The CN Tower’s Glass Floor was the first of its kind when it was opened in June 1994. It is 23.8 square meters (256 sq. ft.) of solid glass and 5 times stronger than the required weight-bearing standard for commercial floors. If 14 large hippos could fit in the elevator and get up to the Observation Deck, the Glass Floor could withstand their weight.
Facts about CN Tower 8: Rotation
The 360 Restaurant makes a complete rotation every 72 minutes giving diners a changing view of Toronto more than 1,000 feet below.
Facts about CN Tower 9: Cost and Result
The CN Tower was built at an original cost of $63 million. It is also an incredible 2.79 cm (1.1 inches) within plumb, or, true vertical.
Facts about CN Tower 10: Wonder of the Modern World
In 1995, the CN Tower is designated a Wonder of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Other than that, it also dims unnecessary exterior lights during bird migration seasons to prevent bird injuries.
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Recently I started development against CRM 2011. I create simple asp.net website that connects to the CRM 2011 platform using the IOrganizationService Web Service (Using AD authentications). This website allows user to enter basic details of contact for example first name, last name, email address and phone number and create contact in CRM 2011.
I design this website in Visual Studio 2010 using CRM 2011 SDK, which was working fine without any problems. As soon I tried to deploy this website in IIS, I was getting this error message.
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Exception Details: System.ServiceModel.FaultException: The request for security token could not be satisfied because authentication failed.
Rececntly i was working on visual studio. net & IIS and got this error message "HTTP Error 404.2 - Not Found"
The complete error message is:
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English is spoken in all continents. English is the most widespread language on earth.
English speaking is established in the British Isles, North America, Australia and North Africa. The English speaking is uncertain in Africa, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. We will draw a geographical, historical and cultural outline of the most important English-speaking countries.
We will study the importance of sociocultural competence to the acquisition of communicative, and list activities to reach it.
2.- GEOGRAPHIC, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL FRAMEWORK OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES.
2.1.- EXTENT AND SIGNIFICATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
English has spread all over the world. Currently English is spoken and understood in the whole continent. It is the international language of commerce, science and research. It is easier to learn for Asiatics and Africans, but France wants to avoid the use of English words. In Spain there have been campaigns against the American “contamination” in papers, radio, TV or cinema.
We can say that in South America, English is widely spoken.
Many Caribbean countries are bilingual, they speak English and Spanish.
This demand of English, all over the world, has caused an economic phenomenon, a military expansion, the scientific advances and the power of media.
2.2.- ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
The Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, imported English from the continent when they invaded “Great Britain”, after the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 5th century.
The language of these three peoples was basically the same, and the know dialects of Old English developed after their setting in the isles.
The Norman Conquest in 1066 caused tremendous linguistic changes from that moment on we will talk about Middle English.
Characteristics of Middle English were:
· Reductions of inflections.
· Disappearance of the grammatical gender.
· Rigidity in sentence word order.
· Fight among dialects.
· French orthography.
The influence of French and Latin terms modify the structure of the English Language.
About 1250, when the Normans lost Normandy and French language took and important paper, it began to be questioned whether English should be used as a representative national language.
Which dialled should become the standard language? Around 1350 the London dialect was about to become the “winner”.
The political predominance of London as a governing centre facilities the spreading of this dialect thought the country.
From 1400 onwards French is reduced to the aristocracy and as a vehicle of commercial transactions with the continent.
From 1650 to 1850 there is a change in the attitude of English people towards their own language.
There have been some changes in the Standard English, they are a consequence of the diversification of the “social dialects”.
2.3.- GEOGRAPHIC, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL FRAMEWORK OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES.
English is the most spoken language in the world after Chinese. We are going to talk about the general characteristics of the English-speaking countries.
A.- THE UNITED KINGDOM.
In full the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
It’s a member of the Commonwealth and European Community. The capital is London. The currency is sterling pound.
It is a constitutional monarchy, with two houses: House of Lords and House of Commons. The chief of state is the sovereign, and the head of government is the prime minister.
Its geographic situation has marked its history, characterized by its independence to the continent. Nowadays this distance has disappeared with the building of the channel tunnel.
Industry has always been the main economic source, here the industrial revolution took place. Commerce has also been the basic for their prosperity. The UK dominated the maritime routes. The British monarchy was founded in 1066 by William the Conqueror, it has been a system, with a small break of ten years corresponding to the republican government imposed by Oliver Cromwell.
At the present moment, the monarch is Elisabeth II; she is also the head of the Anglican Church.
There are two big political parties: the conservative party and the labour party.
The principal river is the Thames. The highest point in UK is Ben Nevis (1343) in Scotland. The population grew in 1950 with the arrival of Commonwealth emigrants. They came from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
B.- THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.
This nation occupies the largest part of an island situated west of Great Britain. The national language is Irish, but the official one is English. The major religion is Catholicism. Its capital is Dublin.
Ireland is an unitary multiparty republic, with two houses: senate and the house of representative. The chief of state is the president and the head of government is the prime minister. Currency is Irish pound. The highest point is carrantuchill; the major river is the Shannon. Ireland belongs to the European Community. Ireland obtains the independence from Great Britain in 1921.
The Irish economy is based on the agriculture. It has not got important mineral resources.
The religious conflict: Catholics and Protestants, The majority of the population in England is Anglican, the main features of the Anglican Church are the subordination to the Queen and its positives rejection of the Pope authority.
In Northern Ireland, most of the population is Catholic. In Belfast, the capital, Catholics and Protestants cause almost daily victims. The IRA, Irish Republican Army, commits terrorist attacks. The IRA wants the Protestants to abandon Northern Ireland. They want to get the self-government for the Ulster.
C.- THE UNITED STATES.
English language is an universal language because it has been established in many countries. This export began in 17th century with the birth of the colonies in North America. The main reason of the status of English is the great number or inhabitants in USA and the massive emigrations on the 19th and 20th century.
The USA is a federal republic formed by 50 states.
Two legislatives houses: senate and the house of representative. The head of state and government is the president.
Its capital is Washington. The first river is Mississippi river. The currency is American dollar.
Religion: there isn’t a principal religion. Protestantism is, perhaps, the most practised.
It is a nation of groups, where the minorities try to get equal rights and opportunities. The language is English, but there are minorities such as Spanish or Asians, trying to keep alive their language.
It is a very rich country, with important metallic and energy sources. The USA obtains the independence from Great Britain in 1783. From more than half a century ago the USA is the 1st world power. Its history is a long and constant territorial progress, with a great political and military development.
D.- THE BRITISH EMPIRE
The Victorian Era (1837-1901) was a period of prestige for Great Britain.
In the 16th century Great Britain developed its commercial capacity, by conquering every strategic point along the mercantile routes. During the 18th and 19th centuries, they became a great empire.
All these territories were controlled by generators who imposed their language, their culture and laws. Most of these territories were colonies for the exploitation, which originated the British richness and splendour. The population was formed by emigrant who wanted to start a new life.
The different territories got their independence, but some of them were not prepared for self-governing and have became 3rd world countries ruled by dictators.
E.- THE COMMONWEALTH.
It was founded in 1931 to carry out the dissolution of the British Empire. It is formed by 32 independent nations, they maintain the English crown as their Head of State.
The reason for this institution is the economic interest of the countries that belong to it.
States members: UK, Canada, Trinity and Tobago, Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
The republic of Philippines is an independent state since 1946.
Language: Tagalo; English as a commercial language.
Spain lost the colony in 1898, under the domain of USA in 1935, it was constituted as a sovereign state under the North American supervision.
G.- THE COMMON LAW.
An amazing fact about the English legal system. There is not a penal or civil code. They have the common law. The sentences are based on previous trials.
The juries are formed by citizens coming from different social classes, they consider if the accused is guilty or innocent.
In USA, there are federal jurisdictions, every state has its own laws, courts and police.
3.- DIDACTIC APPLICATION OF THE MOST MANINGFUL GEOGRAPHIC HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS.
The teacher of a modern language must teach not only the foreign language but also the civilization of the countries and people who speak that language.
Apart from history and geography, our pupils must get familiar politics, mass media, etc.
3.1.- HOW CAN WE TEACH ENGLICH CIVILIZATION?
There are 3 different procedures:
1. Interpretative reading.
First we must know the level of the group before planning any activity.
There should be a correspondence between the level of the text and the level of the group.
Different types of texts. The important result is that they get the signification about the society or social aspects reflected in the text-
Example: journey around the world in 80 days. The typical gentleman.
2. Practices of oral expression.
We can offer our pupils photographs showing different aspects of British life, they must say whatever they suggest to them.
We can use a dramatization of a dialogue, eg. “An English breakfast” (foods, timetable, courtesy sentences), “a tourist visit” (we can use postcards or photographs). We can mention Christmas, Thanksgiving Day, American Independence).
3. Didactic use of songs.
They are a pedagogic support for the teaching of civilization.
The songs must have certain characteristics:
– correspondence with the level of the pupils.
– Interesting for the pupils
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© The HSUS Last year, Louisiana and New Mexico passed HSUS-backed bills to outlaw cockfighting—the final two states to adopt such bans. Now, we’ve reached another milestone in our efforts against animal fighting. Yesterday, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed legislation to make dogfighting a felony . . .
When one rooster delivers a gaff or short knife thrust into his combatant’s lung in an enclosed cockfighting pit, the victim suffers—no matter if the staged fight occurs in a jurisdiction that allows or outlaws the practice. If locals cheer the bloodletting, the laughter and . . .
Kindness and compassion are infectious. A child who embraces the ethic of compassion for animals is typically a child who is more respectful and empathetic toward other people. We’ve long known that inculcating a concern for animals builds character and fosters a sense of responsibility. . . .
Readers commended 11-year-old Haley Ham of Tennessee who, after losing her two dogs to antifreeze poisoning, spearheaded the introduction of legislation to help prevent such a tragedy. Among the comments we received: Way to go Haley! Taking action through your pain took a lot of . . .
There is always something that’s disturbed us more about cannibalism than mere homicide. In either circumstance, the victim is dead, but the consumption of the corpse multiplies the level of social disgust by a major factor. It not only offends our aesthetic senses, but also . . .
Readers responded to 2007’s achievements for animals and legislative advances with encouraging words for the year ahead. Among the comments we received: I just finished reading this summary of what transpired with HSUS over the past year and even though I have watched it unfold . . . | <urn:uuid:4fcace3f-e511-4e9f-86af-5a9e9b746d77> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.humanesociety.org/category/uncategorized/page/35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.936405 | 376 | 1.851563 | 2 |
There’s another cryptocurrency news making headlines in the market and you don’t need to act shocked because along with novel coronavirus caused COVID-19 disease, it’s all we hear about these days. However, the news this time is a little different from our usual and let’s just say it is not a good one for the people that root for cryptocurrencies. It is because the number of dead coins, which stood at 1,440 around the month of February last year, has taken a 35 per cent hike to reach the number 1,949 right now. This 35 per cent increase over the last year is not a good sign, but before we talk about what’s and how’s of the situation, let’s understand the story behind these dead cryptocurrencies.
While cryptocurrencies are seen as the face of revolution and tech, not all cryptocurrencies have proved to be worth the hype. Well, looking at the current number that has touched 1,949, it would be fair to say an awful lot of them have proved to be in the latter category because of the fact that they provide minimal to no real value to the holder. Anybody who has been a part of the cryptocurrency evolution would remember what it all began with- the Initial Coin offering, back in 2017. This movement created the proliferation of coins in the crypto industry with the number of available options rising from 29 to over 850. Sooner in 2018, developers launched more than 1200 projects, with the number increasing ever since such that by December last year, the total number of cryptocurrencies reached a total of about 8,000. As of March 3, 2021, there were 9,108 cryptocurrencies in circulation led by Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). However, as mentioned, a lot of these coins that were launched with great fanfare ultimately had zero benefits to the holders. Dead coins are usually the coins that suffered ignoble and often deliberate death as their creators cashed out users’ investments and left bag holders to wonder where the value of their portfolio went. The presence of dead coins also became significant after the 2018 scam called the ‘rug pulls’, with the likeliness of many investors still holding on to the dead crypto coins. So, any coin that doesn’t exist anymore for a reason like are used as a scam, their website remains down, they have nodes or wallet issues, they have low liquidity or have simply been abandoned and their development has been halted by their developers is called a dead coin. Abandoned coins are the ones that witness zero or negligible trading activity among investors. However, if there is a lack of information on the reasons why a coin died, it falls into the default abandoned category.
So, while a lot of entrepreneurs and businesses went for Initial Coin Offerings, raising a total of USD 4.9 billion during the year as per data provided by the Crunchbase, the number of dead coins gained momentum, resulting in the number reaching close to 2000. If reports are to be believed, it is estimated that 80 per cent of all 2017 Initial Coin Offerings were in fact scams and have cost investors millions of dollars. The basic purpose of Initial Coin offerings, however, was to create new blockchain-based crypto or related apps and services. As years passed, this dead coin thing became a trend with people entering with the sole motive to trap people in the forms of scams, false schemes and abandoned projects that lured investors with promises of high returns that turned into hollow words soon after investors made the investment. Not only that, but they are also projects that sometimes have low liquidity or have insufficient funding.
“On the crypto meter, they are so-called “s***coins” that have been flushed of all value but continue to float around in the murky depths of crypto’s most depressing blockchains, devoid of all hope, abandoned for all eternity, running out of oxygen on the race to the moon.”
As a result, there’s an increasing need to identify these dead coins and be aware of them, if the future in cryptocurrencies is to be sustained. So, if there’s a doubt about a coin being dead as it has vanished from your balances, you can ensure your doubt by going on websites such as Coinospy and Deadcoins that keep track of deceased crypto projects floating around in the dead space. Oh, you can also report some new dead coins that you come across but can’t find on these websites, in exchange for money and recognition from the websites. Every bonafide project starts with high expectations and best intentions, believing fervently that they’ll find favour among cryptocurrency traders. However, some of them quickly fall victim to low trading volumes, due to limited listings on leading exchanges. In the cryptocurrency space, up to 60 per cent of all projects have inferior liquidity. Generally, low trading volumes imply that the crypto-asset lacks either the utility or trader interest, and this leads swiftly in most cases to abandonment. It’s estimated that six in ten coins with negligible volumes are no longer supported by their developers. Platforms tracking dead coins consider a cryptocurrency dead or abandoned if it has had a trading volume of less than USD 1,000 within three months. Hence, keep your eyes open for any such signs before you invest in any coin whose promises and returns seem too good to be trusted. Many other signs like Joke coins and No funding coins are cases to look out for, in order to be able to save yourself and the crypto industry from going down. | <urn:uuid:9bc989e1-d103-4a57-beb2-cec56b6d6144> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.inventiva.co.in/stories/the-number-of-dead-coins-increase-by-35-over-last-year-as-the-popularity-of-bitcoins-and-other-cryptos-grows/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.966817 | 1,133 | 1.789063 | 2 |
The 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Second Reading: St. Paul’s 1st Letter to the Corinthians 15:12, 16-20
Gospel: According to St. Luke 6:17, 20-26
There is a beautiful symmetry in this weekend’s readings such that the first line of the first reading from the prophet Jeremiah and the last line from the selection from Luke’s Gospel send a pretty clear message of the difference between a true and a false prophet, or who should be trusted and who should not.
The passage from Jeremiah opens with the words, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings.’” It is apparent not only from the context of the passage, but from the context of the entire book, that the Lord – speaking through Jeremiah – is not warning against trusting your mom or your best friend. He is warning against trusting in the powers of this world, and therefore trusting in political and military might.
The opening lines of the Introduction to the Book of Jeremiah that appears on the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops state: “The Book of Jeremiah...portrays a nation in crisis and introduces the reader to an extraordinary person whom the Lord called to prophesy under the trying circumstances of the final days of the kingdom of Judah.”
The job of a prophet is to read the “signs of the times” and to proclaim the Word of God in light of those signs. No biblical prophet ever read the signs of the times and proclaimed “trust those in political power” or “trust in military might”. Anyone who did make such a proclamation was no mouthpiece of the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.
At the other end of the readings for this Sunday, Luke quotes Jesus’ discourse during what is commonly called the Sermon on the Plain (with its counterpart, the Sermon on the Mount appearing in Matthew’s Gospel). The final words of Jesus in this section of the sermon (to be continued next Sunday) are quite fitting:
Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.”
Considering how he was treated, Jeremiah most certainly was not a false prophet. As the Bishops’ Introduction states, “Arrest, imprisonment, and public disgrace were his lot.” But one can imagine that Jesus had another true prophet in mind besides Jeremiah: His cousin John – killed by Herod for, as they like to say today, speaking truth to power.
Every epoch in the history of human civilization has needed prophets and so it would be a bit hyperbolic to state that “we need prophets now more than ever.” So at the price of being hyperbolic: We need prophets now more than ever.
It is also the case that every epoch has had false prophets, and the ability to distinguish between a false and a true prophet has always been difficult, and so it would be a bit hyperbolic to state that “it is harder now than ever before to distinguish between a false and a true prophet.” So at the price of again being hyperbolic: It is harder now than ever before to distinguish between false and true prophets.
So where are the true prophets and how will we recognize them? They are not those who are loved by the world, who are invited to the best gatherings, who are honored in the media and proclaimed as good by those with political/economic power and their “useful idiots” (as Stalin might say – and as one of the great false prophets he would know). According to Jesus in the Sermon on the Plain, we will find true prophets among those who are hated, and excluded and insulted, and whose names are denounced as evil “on account of the Son of Man.” And that is the critical and only relevant criterion: on account of the Son of Man. | <urn:uuid:8c5faba7-36f4-4e9b-9779-ecefdd415b57> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ignatius.edu/news/february-2019/prophets-and-prose | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.9705 | 861 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Bernard Bailyn, an influential and significant historian of the American colonial period, passed away last week at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts. The cause of death was heart failure. He was 97.
Bailyn’s writing spanned 70 years. His first book, The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century, was published in 1955. His last book, Illuminating History: A Retrospective of Seven Decades, appeared last year.
In the course of his long academic career, all of it spent at Harvard University, Bailyn published dozens of books and articles. Bailyn guided the dissertations of many historians, several of whom themselves have made extraordinary contributions to knowledge of the colonial and revolutionary periods, foremost among them Gordon S. Wood of Brown University. Bailyn’s most famous study, published in 1967, is The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, which demonstrated the extraordinary breadth of the political debate that ruptured the colonies’ relationship with Great Britain. It won both the Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for history.
Bailyn brought to his work enormous technical skills, vast erudition and the capacity to imagine the past as a time profoundly different from one’s own, in which the actors lived, thought and struggled in the context of a historically-conditioned situation. Bailyn valued historians, as he explained it, who “sought to understand the past in its own terms: to relocate events, the meaning of documents, the motivations of historical actors in their original historical sockets.”
Bailyn captured the drama of historical actors moving toward ends unknown to them, an approach that imbued his writing with literary quality. History, he wrote, imposed “limitations within which everyone involved was obliged to act; the inescapable boundaries of action; the blindness of the actors—in a word, the tragedy of the event.” And further, “the essence and drama of history lie precisely in the active and continuous relationship between the underlying conditions that set the boundaries of human existence and the everyday problems with which people consciously struggle.”
Wood, in a tribute to his mentor, noted that “George Eliot or Thomas Hardy or Henry James could not have described better what they were doing in their tragic novels.”
This outlook brought Bailyn into conflict with anachronism in history-writing throughout his career. When The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution was published, it challenged both the conservative “consensus school” of American history, sometimes called “Whig history,” that dominated the 1950s and which saw the revolutionary period as unfolding to a predetermined, liberal, end. It also put him at odds with an ostensibly “left” history—falsely identified with Marxism—that interpreted the eighteenth-century politics of the revolutionaries as nothing more than hypocritical rationalizations for economic interests. This school of thought was associated above all with the progressive historian Charles Beard.
The Ideological Origins, through an analysis of hundreds of revolutionary pamphlets, revealed the broad scope and the intensity of the political crisis of the late colonial period—a crisis Bailyn saw as essentially a challenge to traditional, aristocratic and English authority taking place at the very fringe of the European world. The colonists’ conspiratorial view that the British Parliament sought to strip them of their free-born liberties as Englishmen, so prevalent in the documentary evidence, could not simply be dismissed as propaganda, as many historians had done. The ideological worldview at the disposal of the colonists, largely derived from English radical sources, lagged behind the actual social conditions of the colonies, but this did not make their thinking unreal.
As Bailyn explains in the important chapter “The Contagion of Liberty,” the politics soon swept over all forms of authority, challenging existing established order in government, churches and even plantations. Contrary to both the consensus and progressive historians, Bailyn therefore perceived that the American Revolution was a radical event.
Bailyn’s work can certainly be criticized for its underestimation of the significance of class forces in the revolutionary period. Commenting on Bailyn’s work in a letter to this writer, Gordon Wood observed: “He didn’t like any suggestion of a class conflict.” Nevertheless, Bailyn told the American Historical Association, in his 1981 presidential address, that “We are all Marxists in the sense of assuming that history is profoundly shaped by underlying economic or ‘materialist’ configurations and by people’s responses to them.”
Bailyn was born to a middle class Jewish family in Hartford, Connecticut. His wife, Lotte, was of German-speaking background, connected to emigrants who had fled Nazi Germany. In one of the few biographical comments he made in his academic work, he spoke of how these exiles from Hitler, often talented artists and intellectuals, were “the least parochial” people he ever knew, and who viewed the United States as a “far outer Anglo-American periphery.” This clearly contributed to Bailyn’s own view of the British North American colonies, which he constantly presented as a sort of border rim that ran European cultural and intellectual life to its very edges.
Lotte Bailyn survives her husband. A longtime professor of management at MIT and herself a prolific author, Lotte assisted her husband in one of his early books, Massachusetts Shipping, 1697–1714: A Statistical Study. Published in 1959, it was one of the first historical studies to use computer technology to compile data.
Bailyn’s education was interrupted by World War II, in which he was assigned into the Signal Corps and trained to fluency in German, having already studied French. He entered Harvard graduate school in 1946, where Oscar Handlin, one of the first Jewish professors at the leading Ivy League university, was his mentor and later his colleague. Whatever challenges he may have himself faced in this environment notorious for its anti-Semitism, Harvard offered Bailyn one of the most sought-after tenure-track jobs in America in 1953, though he was a relatively young and unknown scholar.
Bailyn appears to have said very little about the political environment at the time. But anti-communism had exacted a terrible price among writers and artists, and on the American intellectual environment as a whole. It was in this shadow of McCarthyism that the conservative consensus school of American history held sway, whose foremost advocate was the Yale historian Edmund S. Morgan. Bailyn thus emerged as a major intellectual figure in the late 1950s in the immediate aftermath of the McCarthy period, but before the emergence of the New Left on the campuses just a decade later.
In the years immediately after the publication of The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, entire new academic fields emerged: critical revisionist studies of political, diplomatic and labor history, as well as African American history, women’s history, Native American history, and many more. The new fields criticized what the late Howard Zinn called “establishment history” and brought forward the social history of the oppressed, who had often left behind little or no written record. This yielded fresh and significant results, and, for the colonial period, considerably widened the lens.
Yet the New Left historians tended to dismiss the American Revolution as an elite conspiracy—a position, ironically, that was first made by the Loyalists and the Tories during the imperial crisis—and began to label Bailyn as a consensus, or purely intellectual, historian.
By the 1990s, when Bailyn retired from the classroom, college history departments were becoming bogged down in the miasma created by the cross-pollination of identity politics with postmodernism, a philosophical tendency that rejects narrative in history and even the very effort to establish a factual or objective approach to the study of the past. At that point, the weaknesses and political confusion of the New Left-inspired history, there from the start, emerged as a destructive force aimed not at the revision of history, but at its destruction.
These reactionary intellectual tendencies for many years appeared to be confined largely to the campuses and the university presses. And even though new identity politics-dominated academic history was richly fed, itself becoming a new establishment, Bailyn continued to win national prizes and awards, and appreciations regularly appeared in the major publications of American liberalism, including the New York Times.
This is no longer the case. The Times obituary to Bailyn, while it acknowledged the undeniable influence of his early career, insinuated that his recent work—his four-decades long study of immigration to the colonies entitled The Peopling of British North America—was outmoded. In line with its relentless promotion of racial conflict as the axis of American history, which is coupled with the libelous claim that white historians are incapable of understanding the historical role and contribution of non-whites, the Times made sure to devote a portion of the obituary to “the strong criticism from fellow historians for what they saw as inadequate or dismissive treatment of nonwhite people.” There is no merit to this criticism. It is a smear aimed to make the Times readership believe that Bailyn’s work is no longer relevant, and that he was a racist.
The last year of Bailyn’s life witnessed the publication of the Times’ promotion of a racialist falsification of history, the 1619 Project. In a blunt, though unintended admission of the intellectually fraudulent character of this operation, Nikole Hannah-Jones—the public face of the Project—recently tweeted that “the 1619 Project is not a history.” It is, rather, “about who gets to control the national narrative, and, therefore, the nation’s shared memory of itself.” This is a retrograde conception that obliterates the distinction between history and myth, and legitimizes lies in the interests of a race-centered political agenda.
The 1619 Project’s central claim—that the American Revolution was a counterrevolution to defend slavery—rests on a series of falsehoods and distortions, up to and including basic errors of chronological order. This flagrant distortion of the past contradicts Bailyn’s career. The aged historian was not consulted for the project, and neither, it is clear enough, were his major books. His work, with its precision toward fact and its appreciation of the colonial world as it existed, was of no use to the Times’ exercise in historical falsification.
The effort to brush aside Bailyn will not succeed. The resurgence of social struggles in the United States will generate a renewed interest in the democratic ideals that inspired the great revolutionaries of the eighteenth century. In this intellectually healthier environment, the work left behind by Bernard Bailyn will be respected for its honesty and objectivity. | <urn:uuid:697bcf6d-fad0-4fbb-8a2e-0d055e1d8e29> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mobile.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/13/bail-a13.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.968779 | 2,258 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Take a walk or bike ride along the Milestone Bike Path near the Tom Nevers Road intersection or in the South Pastures area of the island (between the airport and Tom Nevers) and you will notice some dramatic clearing of vegetation and new open areas. Nantucket Conservation Foundation staff have been working on brushcutting management this past fall and winter as part of our Wildland Fire Risk Management Program. This project has two mutually-compatible goals: 1) to reduce the risk of wildfire occurring on Nantucket and 2) conduct management to benefit rare species and plant communities, including sandplain grasslands, heathlands and scrub oak barrens. The Foundation’s Wildland Fire Risk Management Program was first adopted in 2011 by our Board of Trustees and our staff has been implementing management in key areas around the island such as the Middle Moors, Trots Hills, Head of the Plains and now South Pastures.
The unique landscapes of Nantucket’s conservation properties, ranging in size from 10 acres to over 3,000 acres, are surrounded by homes, roads, power lines, and other public infrastructure. People living adjacent to protected lands are lucky to enjoy these beautiful properties just outside their back door, but these areas can also be at risk in a landscape adapted to fire. Many of the plants here on Nantucket contain high levels of oils and resins in their stems, twigs and leaves, which ignite easily, burn intensely and can spread fire rapidly. The vast majority of these species not only exhibit such fire adaptations, but actually require fire or some other type of disturbance for their continued existence. Although these habitats are regionally rare and host numerous rare species, it is problematic when this type of vegetation occurs in close proximity to people and buildings. Fire ecologists consider places where structures and other human development intermingle with undeveloped land containing dense, flammable vegetation to be high risk “Wildland-Urban Interface” zones. Management of vegetation around these zones is key for both preventing wildfires and controlling wildfires if they do occur.
Nantucket experienced two severe wildfire events in the 1900’s: in July 1949, approximately 1,300 acres burned adjacent to the Nantucket Memorial Airport and the State Forest; in August 1929, a fire engulfed an area exceeding 6,000 acres stretching from Madequecham to Quaise. Prior to this time, historic sheep grazing helped maintain open, less wildfire prone landscapes. More recent fire suppression and lack of management has lead the vegetation in many areas of the island to steadily growing taller and denser. Also, the number of homes built adjacent to undeveloped conservation lands has been steadily increasing. Because of these factors and the predominance of traditional wooden building materials used on the island, Nantucket has been designated a “Community at Risk” by the National Fire Plan. Further increasing our risk is Nantucket’s 2 ½ hour car ferry travel time, which limits the ability of off-island fire departments to promptly provide mutual aid to our local department in the event of a wildfire.
Nantucket’s fire-dependent habitats are designated as uncommon and exemplary “Priority Natural Communities” by the Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program because of the high concentrations of rare species that they contain. Restoring, maintaining, and conserving these ecologically-significant areas are high-priority goals for the Foundation. The challenge we face as land managers is to figure out how to best reduce “fuel loads” (the amount of flammable material present within a defined space) to increase public safety within the Wildland-Urban Interface adjacent to our conservation lands, while also complementing our ecological goals. Fortunately, this is not as challenging as it sounds. Brushcutting, tree removal, and/or prescribed burning are all management practices that reduce fire hazard and also promote habitat conditions for rare species associated with our grasslands, heathlands and shrublands.
The brushcutting work that the Foundation is undertaking requires a heavy duty, specialized piece of equipment called a Fecon mulching tractor. Through the generous support of an anonymous donor, the Foundation purchased its first Fecon tractor in 2012, which was used extensively over the past 6 years and has just been augmented by a second similar unit. During this time, we have systematically widened out existing roadways or cut strategic firebreaks through dense brush where no roads or trails on our Head of the Plains, Trots Hills and Middle Moors properties. This past winter, we began what will be a multi-year fire break establishment and road widening effort within the Tom Nevers area, just south of Milestone Road and west of Tom Nevers Road. The Foundation owns over 1,770 contiguous acres of tall, dense scrub oak immediately downwind of dense residential development along the western side of Tom Nevers Road, making these homes at high risk in the event of a wildfire.
These breaks are designed to provide large gaps in the vegetation that will slow the progress of wildfire and provide our fire department with a safe location from which to do fire suppression work. In order to avoid disturbing nesting birds and other wildlife, we limit our brushcutting efforts to the late fall, winter and early spring months. During these seasons, the lack of leaves on dense shrubs also affords increased visibility to the tractor operator so that large rocks and other natural obstructions can be avoided.
Once established, these breaks will be regularly maintained by periodic mowing. Although the initial cut creates a large amount of shredded woody material that gets deposited on the ground as a thick layer of mulch, these newly-opened landscapes look beautiful once the vegetation has greened up in the summer and follow-up treatments will reduce this debris over time. The results of road edge mowing that has been taking place within the Middle Moors area for many years demonstrates that these areas will eventually be colonized by native grass and wildflower species. In fact, some of the largest populations of our state-listed rare plant species, including New England blazing star (Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae), eastern silvery aster (Symphyotrichum concolor) and sandplain blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium fuscatum) occur along open, sunny maintained road edge habitats.
We invite you to get out and enjoy our properties and see some of these treated areas first-hand, right after they have been cut……and then come back this summer to see how beautiful these newly-opened landscapes look once the vegetation has greened up! If you like what you see, please consider making a contribution to our dedicated fund that supports this important work.
For more information, please visit the Foundation’s website at: https://www.nantucketconservation.org/land-management-2/wildfire-program/
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The era of using paper processes is coming to an end. Businesses are switching to technological advances that allow them to ditch paper. But not every business is opting to get rid of paper processes. Why is that?
In an article from Small Biz Daily author Nick Candito writes, “In many companies the paper trail serves as a de facto process audit and may even be a necessary part of controlling processes. However, paper is almost useless for managing the integrity and reliability of data across multiple teams”.
In the article Candito discusses 5 ways going paperless will help your business:
- Information security
- Real-time visibility
- Optimized performance
Candito continues, “The case of going paperless is not only worth it but essential. Millennials are becoming the workforce standard as the baby boomers leave. The world is changing and so is the competition, and you need to keep up”. How can going paperless improve your business?
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22 July 2008
Recently I took part in a genetics research experiment. The study was related to Fragile X syndrome[?] and involved two days of mental evaluations and medical exams. I don't have Fragile X, but they needed a normal person as a control subject. Granted, "normal" doesn't really apply to me; according to the debrief I'm nearly three standard deviations away from normal. But it was fun and I got some MRI time.
And of course that meant writing a pile of software to interpret and render the 11 million voxels of data (not only is my software open source, but apparently so am I). Scanning, cropping, histograms, black-equalization, white-equalization, contrast-enhance, scaling, rendering -- all in 3D. In the process I discovered two (inconsequential) off-by-one errors in the MRI scanner's software.
Items of note:
The X/Y/Z axis animations were pretty straightforward, I'm getting good at them (I rendered a set last year). The rotating 3D view was more challenging. I wrote a Python script which generated a POV-Ray file, then rendered that file. Unfortunately my home computer didn't have anywhere close to the capacity required to even parse the POV-Ray file, let alone render it. But as the sticker on my laptop says, "My other computer is a data center". So I rendered the the whole thing over a weekend using Google's hardware.
If you've had an MRI done and would like linear animations made on each axis (no 3D view), just send me either an animated GIF of one axis or a stack of image slices. I'd be happy to run my software over your data set.
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MuseLetter #351 / May 2022 by Richard Heinberg
This month’s MuseLetter consists of two essays. The first, “Can We Abandon Pollutive Fossil Fuels and Avoid an Energy Crisis,” maps the constraints of climate/energy policy that will shape the remainder of our lives. The second, “The Energy and Food Crisis Is Far Worse than Most Americans Realize,” is more urgent, and explores the economic and humanitarian calamity now unfolding around us, day by day. I’d also like to call your attention to excerpts from my recent book Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival, being published monthly at Resilience.org (we’re up to chapter 3).
With best wishes always,
Can We Abandon Pollutive Fossil Fuels and Avoid an Energy Crisis?
Similar to the two navigational hazards mythologized as sea monsters in ancient Greece—Scylla and Charybdis—which gave rise to sayings such as, “between the devil and the deep blue sea” and “between a rock and a hard place,” modern energy policy has its own Scylla and Charybdis. On the one hand is the requirement to maintain sufficient energy flows to avoid economic peril. On the other hand is the need to avert climate catastrophe resulting from such activities. Policymakers naturally want all the benefits of abundant energy with none of the attendant climate risks. But tough choices can no longer be put off.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response of imposing sanctions on Russia are forcing a reckoning as far as global energy policy is concerned. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that the ongoing war and the U.S. sanctions may together reduce Russian oil exports by at least 3 million barrels per day—more than 4 percent of global supplies, which is a huge chunk of the delicately balanced world energy market. Some energy analysts are forecasting that oil prices could spike up to $200 per barrel later this year, exacerbating inflation and triggering a global recession. We’re facing the biggest energy crisis in many decades, with supply chains seizing up and products made from or with oil and gas (notably fertilizers) suddenly becoming scarce and expensive. Scylla, therefore, calls out: “Drill more. Lift sanctions on Venezuela and Iran. Beg Saudi Arabia to increase output.” But if we go that route, we only deepen our dependency on fossil fuels, aggravating the climate monster Charybdis.
The IEA was created in the aftermath of the 1970s oil shocks to inform policymakers in times of energy supply crisis. The agency recently issued a 10-point emergency plan to reduce oil demand and help nations deal with looming shortages owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Its advice includes lowering speed limits, instituting car-free Sundays, encouraging working from home, and making public transport cheaper and more widely available.
All of these are good suggestions—and are very similar to what my colleagues and I have been advocating for nearly 20 years (some were even part of U.S. energy policy 50 years ago). Fossil fuel supply problems shouldn’t come as a surprise: we treat these fuels as though they were an inexhaustible birthright; but they are, of course, finite and depleting substances. We have extracted and burned the best of them first, leaving lower-quality and more polluting fuels for later—hence the recent turn toward fracked oil and gas and growing reliance on heavy crude from Venezuela and “tar sands” bitumen from Canada. Meanwhile, rather belatedly, it has gradually dawned on economists that these “unconventional” fuels typically require higher rates of investment and deliver lower profits to the energy industry, unless fuel prices rise to economy-crushing levels.
Indeed, it’s as though our leaders have worked overtime making sure we’re unprepared for an inevitable energy dilemma. We’ve neglected public transportation, and many Americans who are not part of the white-collar workforce have been pushed out from expensive cities to suburbs and beyond, with no alternative other than driving everywhere. While automakers have turned their focus to manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs), these still account for a small fraction of the car market, and most of today’s gas-guzzling cars will still be on the road a decade or two from now. Crucially, there are as yet only exploratory efforts underway to transition trucking and shipping—the mainstays of global supply chains—and find more sustainable alternatives. That creates a unique vulnerability: the current worldwide diesel shortage could hammer the economy even if the government and the energy industry somehow come up with enough gasoline to keep motorists cruising to jobs and shopping malls.
Then there’s the issue of the way fossil fuels are financed. They’re not treated as a depleting public good, but as a source of profit—with investors either easily enticed to plunge into a passing mania or spooked to flee the market. Just in the past decade, investors have gone from underwriting a rapid expansion of fracking (thereby incurring massive financial losses), to insisting on fiscal responsibility, while companies are now milking profits from high prices and buying back stocks to increase their wealth. Long-term energy security be damned.
Meanwhile, the climate monster stirs fitfully. With every passing year, we have seen worsening floods, fires and droughts; glaciers that supply water to billions of people melting; and trickles of climate refugees threatening to turn into rivers. As we continue to postpone reducing the amounts of fossil fuels we burn, the cuts that would be required in order to avert irreversible climate doom become almost impossibly severe. Our “carbon budget”—the amount of carbon we can burn without risking catastrophic global warming—will be “exhausted” in about eight years at current emission rates, but only a few serious analysts believe that it would be possible to fully replace fossil fuels with energy alternatives that soon.
We need coherent, bold federal policy—which must somehow survive the political minefield that is Washington, D.C., these days. Available policies could be mapped on a coordinate plane, with the horizontal x-axis representing actions that would be most transformative and the vertical y-axis showing what actions would be most politically feasible.
High on the y-axis are actions like those that the Biden administration just took, to release 1 million barrels a day of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve and to invoke the Defense Production Act to ramp up the production of minerals needed for the electric vehicle market. While politically feasible and likely popular, these efforts won’t be transformative.
An announcement by President Joe Biden of an ambitious energy-climate vision, with the goal of eliminating our dependence on foreign fuel sources and drastically reducing carbon emissions by the end of the decade, would probably fall somewhere in the middle, where the x- and y-axes meet. Such a vision would encompass a four-pronged effort being proposed by the government:
- Incentivizing massive conservation efforts, including “Heat Pumps for Peace and Freedom” and providing inducements for businesses to implement telework broadly.
- Directing domestic production of fossil fuels increasingly toward energy transition purposes (for example, making fossil fuel subsidies contingent on how businesses are growing the percentage of these fuels being used to build low-carbon infrastructure).
- Mandating massive investments in domestic production of renewables and other energy transition technologies (including incentives to recycle materials).
- Providing an “Energy Transition Tax Credit” to households or checks to offset energy inflation, with most of the benefits going to low-income households.
Ultimately, some form of fuel rationing may be inevitable, and it is time to start discussing that and planning for it (Germany has just taken the first steps toward gas rationing)—even though this would be firmly in the x-axis territory. Rationing just means directing scarce resources toward what’s vital versus what’s discretionary. We need energy for food, critical supply chains and hospitals; not so much for vacation travel and product packaging. When people first hear the word “rationing,” many of them recoil; but, as author Stan Cox details in his history of the subject, Any Way You Slice It, rationing has been used successfully for centuries as a way to manage scarcity and alleviate poverty. The U.S. SNAP (food stamp) program is essentially a rationing system, and all sorts of materials, including gasoline, were successfully rationed during both world wars. More than two decades ago, the late British economist David Fleming proposed a system for rationing fossil fuel consumption at the national level called Tradable Energy Quotas, or TEQs, which has been discussed and researched by the British government. The system could be used to cap and reduce fossil fuel usage, distribute energy fairly and incentivize energy conservation during our transition to alternative sources.
Also, we need to transform the ways we use energy—for example, in the food system, where a reduction in fossil fuel inputs could actually lead to healthier food and soil. Over the past century or so, fossil fuels provided so much energy, and so cheaply, that humanity developed the habit of solving any problem that came along by simply utilizing more energy as a solution. Want to move people or goods faster? Just build more kerosene-burning jet planes, runways and airports. Need to defeat diseases? Just use fossil fuels to make and distribute disinfectants, antibiotics and pharmaceuticals. In a multitude of ways, we used the blunt instrument of cheap energy to bludgeon nature into conforming with our wishes. The side effects were sometimes worrisome—air and water petrochemical pollution, antibiotic-resistant microbes and ruined farm soils. But we confronted these problems with the same mindset and toolbox, using cheap energy to clean up industrial wastes, developing new antibiotics and growing food without soil. As the fossil fuel era comes to an end, the rules of the game will change. We’ll need to learn how to solve problems with ecological intelligence, mimicking and partnering with nature rather than suppressing and subverting her. High tech may continue to provide useful ways of manipulating and storing data; but, when it comes to moving and transforming physical goods and products, intelligently engineered low tech may offer better answers in the long run.
Further along the x-axis would be the daring action of nationalizing the fossil fuel industry. But at the very farthest end of the x-axis is the possibility of deliberately reining in economic growth. Policymakers typically want more growth so we can have more jobs, profits, returns on investment and tax revenues. But growing the economy (at least, the way we’ve been doing it for the past few decades) also means increasing resource extraction, pollution, land use and carbon emissions. There’s a debate among economists and scientists as to whether or not economic growth could proceed in a more sustainable way, but the general public is largely in the dark about that discussion. Only in its most recent report has the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) begun to probe the potential for “degrowth” policies to reduce carbon emissions. So far, the scorecard is easy to read: only in years of economic recession (such as in 2008 and in 2020) have carbon emissions declined. In years of economic expansion, emissions increased. Policymakers have held out the hope that if we build enough solar panels and wind turbines, these technologies will replace fossil fuels and we can have growth without emissions. Yet, in most years, the amount of increased energy usage due to economic growth has been greater than the amount of solar and wind power added to the overall energy mix, so these renewable sources ended up just supplementing, not displacing, fossil fuels. True, we could build turbines, panels and batteries faster; but, as long as overall energy usage is growing, we’re continually making the goal of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels harder to achieve.
Wouldn’t giving up growth mean steering perilously close to the Scylla of economic peril in order to avoid the Charybdis of climate doom? So far, we’ve been doing just the reverse, prizing growth while multiplying climate risks. Maybe it’s time to rethink those priorities. Post-growth economists have spent the last couple of decades enumerating the ways we could improve our quality of life while reducing our throughput of energy and materials. Policymakers must finally start to take these proposals seriously, or we will end up confronting the twin monsters—economy-crushing fossil fuel scarcity and devastating climate impacts—without prior planning and preparation.
It was always clear that we would eventually have to face the music with regard to our systemic economic dependency on depleting, polluting fossil fuels. We have delayed action, making both the economic challenge and the climate threat harder to manage. Our possible navigation channel between Scylla and Charybdis is now perilously narrow. If we wait much longer, this channel will vanish altogether.
This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
The Energy/Food Crisis Is Far Worse than Most Americans Realize
Everyone who owns a gasoline-burning car has noticed that fuel prices have shot up in recent weeks. And most of us have read headlines about high energy prices driving inflation. But very few Americans have any inkling just how profound the current energy crisis already is, and is about to become.
This lack of awareness is partly due to economists, and those who depend on economists’ readings of the tea leaves of daily data (a group that, sadly, includes nearly all politicians and news purveyors). Recently I heard an NPR staff commentator confidently state: “The only way to get gasoline prices under control is to get inflation under control.” Anyone who understands recent events and how economies work will immediately realize that the statement is ass backwards. Energy prices are rising for specific physical reasons, most of which are widely reported. Those higher prices show up in economic statistics as inflation, a phenomenon that economists equate to a malevolent miasma that occasionally drifts into the economy from a mysterious alternate dimension. “Ah,” say the economists, “but we have a magic spell to drive the miasma away—higher interest rates!” The Fed’s assumption that raising interest rates will somehow reduce current high energy costs is comparable to medieval physicians’ belief that leech bloodletting would cure diseases like tuberculosis.
Of course, the goal of raising interest rates is to cool demand, which theoretically should help lower prices. But if prices for a particular commodity are rising due to physical shortage caused by novel circumstances or events rather than increasing demand, then higher interest rates may offer little relief while bringing serious unintended consequences of their own (see 1970s, “stagflation”). The comparison with leeches still stands.
There’s already enough bloodletting going on in the world. What we need now is sound thinking based in physical reality. Let’s start with symptoms and identify clear, understandable causes. Then we’ll explore the current extent of the energy crisis and its deeper societal implications, especially with regard to food. Finally, we’ll look at the energy crisis in the context of a broader, longer-term view of our economic system and see what things our leaders could do that might actually improve the prospects of ordinary citizens and future generations.
Why Prices Are Up
What’s making energy more expensive? Simple: physical scarcity resulting from pandemic, war, and depletion. Let’s unpack each of these causes.
The economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are old news, but they keep reverberating. A persistent worker shortage, which you may have noticed at local restaurants, is also impacting energy companies and shipping firms. Further, the crash in oil demand early in the pandemic (when few people were driving to work) led to production cutbacks in the petroleum industry, notably in the US—where fracking companies had been giddily burning through investor cash for years. Now demand has recovered but investors are wary, and so companies are slow to drill wells likely to prove unprofitable. Raising interest rates—which will make it more expensive for oil companies to borrow money to fund operations—certainly won’t increase the flow of oil and gas.
The energy impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are likewise straightforward and widely reported. Western oil companies have pulled out of Russia, making an ongoing decline in future Russian crude production virtually certain. The European Union has proposed a ban on oil imports from Russia, though time will tell if it can reach the consensus needed from members states, many of which are heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas. Russian production is already down by nearly 1 million barrels per day, and exports have reportedly fallen by about 4 million barrels per day. This is a substantial chunk of the world’s 100-million-barrel-per-day liquid fuel demand.
Looming back of every other aspect of the oil supply story is depletion. If there’s a shortage of oil, why not just open the spigots in other nations to make up the shortfall? Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. OPEC’s tired old wells are about half depleted following decades of continuous extraction. Increasing the rate of pumping at this point would damage reservoirs, reducing the amount ultimately recoverable. The owners and managers of those oilfields are understandably reluctant to jeopardize their patrimony—and they’re relishing the higher prices their product is selling for. So, OPEC has barely nudged its output in response to shortages brought on by the war.
The other potential source of increased supply is the US, whose tight oil extraction rates have soared in recent years. But most of the geological formations that have been the source of this bonanza (such as the Bakken in North Dakota) are already in irreversible decline due to depletion. The world as a whole saw its peak output of conventional petroleum in 2016, following a long plateau that began in 2005. Oil importers, therefore, are largely out of options for replacing those lost Russian barrels.
There are some other factors complicating the current fuel supply system. I’ve focused on oil, simply because it’s the most globally traded of fuels and delivers the most energy to society. But supplies of natural gas are also being hammered as a result of the war, with prices already at record levels and poised to soar even higher. The “normal” price for natural gas in the US is about $2.50 per million BTUs; today gas is selling at three times that level, with other nations seeing gas trade at over $15. I’ll discuss some consequences of that below.
Further wrinkles have to do with diesel fuel, which is essential for trucking and hence global supply chains; and jet fuel (kerosene), which powers global aviation. Diesel and kerosene are made up of relatively long molecular hydrocarbon chains, but the light tight oil that the US has brought to market in recent years from fracking contains mostly short-chain molecules. Gradually, as world conventional oil production has plateaued and started to decline, with US light tight oil providing the main source of growth, diesel and kerosene output have stalled and sputtered. Diesel and kerosene prices have risen to unprecedented levels, and there are clear and persistent signs of worldwide shortage.
How Bad Is It?
Energy is essential for everything we do. It’s not just a part of the economy; in a real, physical sense it is the economy. Therefore, whenever there’s an energy crisis, it can quickly become an everything crisis.
The links between energy and the economy are perhaps at their most transparent when it comes to diesel fuel. Trucks, freight trains, and tractors burn diesel. Therefore, when diesel gets scarce, supply chains start to seize up and food prices climb.
Shipping costs were already soaring before the Russia-Ukraine war. Now, diesel shortages are erupting in South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Europe. Passenger trains in India have been idled. Thousands of buses, trucks, and cars in Cameroon have been stranded for weeks without fuel. In Sri Lanka, high energy and food prices have just helped bring down a government.
Cost of diesel in Nigeria (a major oil producing country) https://www.dataphyte.com/latest-reports/energy/chartoftheday-diesel-price-has-gone-up-by-36-98-in-1-year/
At the start of May, inventories of diesel on the US east coast plunged to the lowest seasonal level since government records began more three decades ago. Wholesale and retail diesel prices hit all-time highs.
Among the millions of trucks that run on diesel are Amazon.com’s roughly 70,000 delivery vans and semi-trucks. That company just announced a disappointing quarter and outlook due largely to higher costs for trucking packages to customers.
Most of us don’t really care much whether Amazon turns a profit. But Jeff Bezos’s current woes are echoed throughout industry after industry. Even companies whose business model doesn’t include physical delivery of goods still depend on other companies that burn diesel. That’s partly why global stock markets have recently seen massive sell-offs. But the market has yet to fully internalize the nearly existential risk posed by declining energy.
The signs of energy crisis are everywhere. In Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, airlines recently threatened to cancel virtually all flights in response to surging kerosene prices. US retail gasoline prices just hit a new record. And Europe is preparing for the likelihood of severe natural gas shortages next winter.
Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, speaking at the World Utilities Congress in Abu Dhabi in early May, said, “The world needs to wake up. The world is running out of energy capacity at all levels. It is a reality.” One may question the motives of the Saudi minister: a so-called “NOPEC” bill making its way through the US Congress would make it possible to sue the OPEC cartel for price fixing, so the Saudis might like to heighten the perception that they are providing the world with an increasingly scarce good. Nevertheless, the prince’s statement is clear, direct, and supported by abundant evidence.
Food and Energy
If tractor fuel is getting more expensive, you might think that would put pressure on food prices—and you’d be right. But that’s only one reason the cost of food is skyrocketing.
Nitrogen fertilizer, made from natural gas, is seeing unprecedented price hikes, largely as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war. In response, farmers everywhere are preparing to test the limits of how little fertilizer they can apply without threatening yields. Forecasts are bleak. For West Africa, reduced fertilizer use is projected to shrink this year’s rice and corn harvest by a third. Costa Rica could see coffee output falling as much as 15 percent next year if farmers reduce their fertilizer application by one-third.
For many years, organic and ecological agriculture advocates have argued that the world could produce just as much food without resorting to fossil fuel-based fertilizers and pesticides. But their alternative methods require knowledge and time for transition. Going cold turkey on fertilizer without planning and preparation will almost certainly lead to sharply lower yields over the short term. In response, the EU is now delaying rules intended to reduce farming’s environmental impacts, including curbs on pesticide use. It also aims to put four million hectares of fallow land into cultivation.
Food security is being threatened by problems with distribution chains for all the inputs into agricultural system—from spare parts to packaging to cooking fuel. Once again, as with energy prices, there are several mutually interacting causes, including lingering effects of the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. The latter has led to the loss of wheat shipments from Ukraine and Russia, which together are responsible for nearly 30 percent of world supplies. Recently, Russia has rained missiles on Odesa, a major port for grain shipments, further disrupting global food distribution.
Altogether, foods exported from Russia and Ukraine normally account for more than 10 percent of all calories traded globally. The two countries also export a significant portion of the world’s vegetable oils used in cooking and preparing food. As a result of the conflict, there are now shortages of sunflower oil in Europe, and supermarkets in the UK are limiting purchases of cooking oil.
Low-income countries that were already destabilized by economic havoc from the pandemic are seeing further shocks now from higher food prices. Egypt is considering raising the price of subsidized bread for the first time in four decades, even though the subsidy is widely credited with keeping social unrest at bay.
In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, dozens of countries—including Hungary, Indonesia, Moldova, and Serbia—have thrown up trade barriers to protect domestic supplies of grains, fruits, vegetables, cooking oils, and nuts. While these barriers are intended to protect domestic food supplies, their collective result is to put more pressure on global prices.
Of course, all of this added food insecurity comes as our weather becomes weirder year by year. China’s wheat harvest this season is uncertain due to extreme rains in recent months, and, with global wheat prices already up 80 percent, a lot is at stake not just for the world’s most populous nation, but also for integrated global wheat markets. Meanwhile, Somalia, which imports nearly all its wheat from Ukraine and Russia, is suffering its worst drought in years.
In sum, experts are warning of the worst global food crisis since WWII. It is a crisis that will have its severest impacts on the poorest countries, and poor people in relatively wealthy countries, especially those already experiencing food insecurity. There will also likely be compounding social and political consequences, as pointed out in a new report by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, which notes that middle-income countries such as Brazil and Egypt will be particularly at risk for rising civil unrest.
Why the Big Picture Is Essential
Most news articles treat diesel, gasoline, and food price hikes as transitory phenomena. After all, historically whenever prices have gone up, they’ve later settled back down. Temporary shortages inspire innovation and trigger investment. It’s the magic of the market. So, once the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war are in our rear-view mirror, we can all surely get back to normal.
Missing from those articles is a systemic understanding of our current crisis. The big picture of our energy situation is perhaps best captured by a study published seven years ago, “Human Domination of the Biosphere: Rapid Discharge of the Earth-Space Battery Foretells the Future of Humankind.” Lead author John Schramski, an associate professor in the University of Georgia’s College of Engineering, likened Earth to a battery that has been charged slowly over billions of years. “The sun’s energy is stored in plants and fossil fuels,” says Schramski, “but humans are draining energy much faster than it can be replenished”—mostly by deforestation and the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas. Once that battery is discharged, there is nothing humans can do within a relevant timescale to maintain the energy flows that currently support complex industrial civilization and a population measured in billions.
No doubt there will be some temporary work-arounds. Solar and wind energy sources could substitute for fossil fuels in some applications, though material limits would prevent a full-scale replacement. But there really is no solution to our energy crisis, if by “solution” we mean a return to how energy markets have functioned during the past few decades. We are victims of systemic dependency on depleting fuels and minerals, and an economic model founded on unsustainable growth.
Once we understand that, then it’s possible to chart a course of adaptation that minimizes suffering and destruction. Instead of prioritizing growth, we must aim for rapid reduction in overall energy usage, with an emphasis on equity—both equity between the rich and poor within nations and globally. As I’ve written elsewhere, efforts should center on rationing increasingly scarce resources and developing local cooperative organizations of all kinds. Learn to work with nature and heal ecosystems.
Crises make incumbent politicians look bad. But denying or politicizing problems that result from our own prior mistakes just makes those problems worse. Here’s some free advice for policy makers and members of the Fourth Estate: take the long view, even if it’s scary. And tell the truth, even if it means losing an election or Twitter followers.
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The relationship of religion and literature has undergone a transformation lately, because of which novels based on mythological stories have become increasingly popular. The mythological characters have been presented in a new avatar in these novels and thus, quite skillfully, a specific kind of religiosity prevalent in the nation has been cashed in on; one which is aggressively backed by a culture of violence. Besides, these novels also relate in great details the practices of Brahmanism, casteism, untouchability, inequality and sectarian violence and hatred, which potentially create grounds for only further escalating these maladies. As a result, the looming danger of society regressing into primordial values is becoming realer by the day. Amish Tripathi’s The Immortals of Meluha and Ashok K Banker’s Prince of Ayodhya are two such novels which this article will take an analytical look at.
The Immortals of Meluha
The Immortals of Meluha is based on the life of a character named ‘Shiva’, who although is depicted as an ordinary man yet is endowed with magical powers. In the opening extract of the novel, there is an incident of outsiders having intruded into Shiva’s village. At this time the back-up soldiers were caught dozing. Shiva’s friend Bhadra kicks them hard to which Shiva responds with reference to his friend, ‘At least he takes some responsibility’ in a calm and assured manner. Such treatment meted out to anyone is uncalled for and by depicting Shiva’s pleasure with it the author sends out a wrong message. With many such incidents, this novel becomes a conveyor of casteism, violence in wars, mythological notions of ‘Vikarma’ as well as purification etc.
Discrimination based on Caste
Amish Tripathi has depicted discrimination based on caste in much detail. He has depicted Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Suryavanshis (Descendants of Sun) as superior while Chandravashis (Descendants of Moon) and Nagas as inferiors. There are references of people marked with their caste symbols on their bodies to highlight their caste identities in the novel. With reference to Shiva Tripathi writes that Sati, “took offence at this caste-unmarked foreigner pretending that he knew more about dancing than her mistress”. Thus, even Shiva the main character of the novel has not been spared from caste-based identification.
The author establishes the superiority of Brahmins in a specifically descriptive manner. He writes that Brahma had administered ‘Somras’ (a magical potion) to a select group of adolescent boys with “impeccable character” and thus granted them an extra life. Thus, they came to be known as ‘Dvija’ or twice-born. These Brahmins, he writes, “devoted their lives to the pursuit of knowledge and for the well-being of society without asking for any material gain in return”. Further in the novel it has been mentioned that this group of Brahmins went on to achieve “a reverential status never seen before”.
With reference to the atrocities committed by Chandravanshis on Brahmins, Tripathi writes “Decapitated bodies of the Brahmins lay around the shrine. They had been gathered together and executed. The temple itself was ruthlessly destroyed and set aflame.” There is lack of historical evidences in mythological stories, which allows the author to make modifications to them to his liking, a scenario amply exploited by Amish Tripathi.
The central arc of the novel is based on the feud between Suryavanshis and Chandravanshis. The description of Chandravanshis in the novel reads as “untrustworthy people”. It adds, “No follower of the Suryavanshi way of life will sully his soul by even speaking to a Chandravanshi willingly.” They indulge in terrorist attacks in which they use the “cursed Nagas” who rather than following rules of the war, “fight like cowards”. Further in the novel it is mentioned that the “Chandravanshi rulers and their way of life” has corrupted the people of ‘Swadeep’ (an imaginary place) and made them evil. Chandravanshi are “a crooked, untrustworthy and lazy people with no rules, morals or honour” and are a “blot on humanity”.
Tripathi alongside depicting Suryavanshis as instilled with a sense of pride for themselves has also shown them deeming Chandravanshis as inferior. This is illustrated in one of the extracts of the novel. In this extract the Suryavanshi king is depicted as lecturing his Chandravanshi counterpart thus, “We are going to bring to you our superior way of life… We are going to reform you”. The sense of casteist superiority is explicit in this extract. Similarly, in another extract Tripathi writes in context of Chandravanshis, “Save them from their sorry, meaningless existence. And we can do this by giving them the benefits of the superior Suryavanshi way of life”.
This he has described as “Lord Ram’s Unfinished Task”. Towards the end of the book there is a mention of Shiva heading towards Ayodhya. Ayodhya has been described as the capital of Swadeep, the empire administered by Chandravanshis. Holding them accountable for the bad governance, other modern day problems such as illegal occupation, slums, homelessness, potholes in roads etc. have been illustrated as examples for depicting Chandravanshis as unfit for ruling. Thus, in a mythological story, all the issues from a modern-day scenario have been included to make them more relatable to a present-day reader.
Amish Tripathi has also shown Nagas in a bad light. They have been described as being cursed with “horrific deformities and diseases in this birth as a punishment for terrible crimes that they have committed in their previous birth” and have also been depicted as stricken with various diseases. The author writes that they are “embarrassed to even show their face to anyone” as well as to be possessing “extra hands or horribly misshapen faces”. As per the story “it is bad luck to even speak of them” and “The Naga name alone strikes terror in any citizen’s heart”. Through such comments, there has been a consistent humiliating portrayal of Nagas. Central character Shiva has even been depicted saying “Now who the bloody hell are the Nagas” with reference to them. Chandravanshis and Nagas being having existed in the history as well as in present times as self-respecting communities, how is such an insulting portrayal of them justifiable?
Such an illustration of casteism where some castes or tribes have been objectionably depicted; is symptomatic of a Brahaminical mentality. Furthermore, giving importance to their caste symbols further deepens the casteist nature of this depiction. This kind of symbolism, in today’s climate inspired by Hindutva ideology, is enough to make a lasting impression upon a society already inclined to caste-based discrimination. These symbols have even been illustrated in the book, thus fully ensuring that they can be emulated in reality.
Magical and Traditional Beliefs
Depicting the main character Shiva as an ordinary man yet portraying him as capable of miracles there has been an effort to cash in on readers’ love for magic and miracles. Besides, the concept of ‘Vikarma’ mentioned in the novel provides an example of how traditional belief systems have been given importance in the book. By using the concept of ‘Vikarma, Tripathi has tried to make an argument in favour of social discrimination. According to the story, ‘Vikarma’ are those people “who have been punished in this birth for the sins of their previous births”. For instance, as per the story if a woman has given birth to a still-born child or if someone is physically disabled, they shall be called ‘Vikarma’. Their present condition is a result of their bad deeds from previous lives. Shiva’s wife Sati is one such ‘Vikarma’ woman who had given birth to a still-born child.
The idea of ‘Vikarma’ has been justified in the novel by suggesting that “If you make a person believe that his misfortune in this birth is due to his sins in his previous birth, he will resign himself to his fate and not vent his fury at the society at large”. The novel also mentions that if someone even touches a ‘Vikarma’ person, they need a “purification” ritual performed.
War and Violent Portrayals
The portrayal of war in the novel is gory, with utmost heinousness. War has been romanticised by linking it with religious themes. Along with beating of drums, shlokas (hymns) in Sanskrit are recited during the wars. Shiva too deems the war as essential by terming it as “dharmayudh” or “holy war”, and states that war is required for “destruction of evil”.
There are many extracts depicting violent wars in the novel. In one of them Sati engaged in a battle with another character Tarak is described to have “brought her right hand in brutally onto his chest. The knife pierced Tarak’s lung… dug the knife in deeper, right up to the hilt… She pulled the knife out, slowly twisting it to inflict maximum damage”. This kind of description of violence in the novel has been justified ahead in the novel- “Shiva, the destroyer of evil, sat on his throne, staring at her with a slight smile… Even if Lord Varun himself had scripted the fight, it wouldn’t have been so perfect”.
Similarly, Shiva’s assistant Bhadra’s fight in the war has been described thus, “he swung with his right hand, cutting across the face of the other solider, gouging his eye out”. Further in the novel it is mentioned “Screaming, Shiva bent down and kept hacking at the Naga’s inert body, ruthlessly slashing it to bits”. Knowing the horrors which a war entails, to write in its favour and describe it so gorily, is tantamount to encouraging violence and supporting it.
Prince of Ayodhya-Book One
Prince of Ayodhya is a mythological novel written by Ashok K Banker, based on the story of Rama. Ashok K Banker too, keeping in line with the present climate of violence, has attempted to influence modern day readers through this mythological novel, in which he has described wars heinously for contemporary society which is already inclined towards violence.
The beginning of the novel itself is strewn with horrific and incendiary extracts. For instance- “Your women were raped, your children were enslaved, your city was looted and burnt to ashes… The mother who has given birth to you will be mutilated to such an extent that you won’t be able to identify her. The mothers and sisters of your family will be impregnated by my monsters, your fathers and brothers will be eaten alive”. Such descriptions in a mythological novel are not only irrelevant but also extremely deplorable. The author has reproduced the shadow of present day climate in the novel, an equation which has the potential to mislead or corrupt the mindsets of the readers.
Violence and Heinousness
There has been an unnecessary infusion of violence and heinousness into the story. According to the story, in the basement of Ayodhya’s palace where the convicts were imprisoned, there were lasting blots and marks of blood. The author has gruesomely described that the “severed hands of prisoners still caught in the shackles in the prison”, “which reeked of a foul stench… were kept here for ages”.
The depiction of the war is violent. Rama and Lakshmana in the novel have been described as “waving their swords much like a farmer cuts his crop. The difference was that their swords were reaping the crops of blood. Body parts, sinews, hairs, tails and other parts were flying in the air after being cut in a manner never seen before”. He also writes “Monsters were tearing apart the stomachs of human soldiers and were sucking with their hungry mouths the intestines which were emanating steam”.
Abnormal and Prejudiced Depiction of Women
Banker has written a very abnormal and strange description of the female characters whom he has sought to show in a bad light in the novel. Manthara has been depicted as a woman who deals in black magic and possesses a very horrific mindset. In one of the extracts in the novel, Manthara whilst making a pan (refreshment made out of beetle leaves) for Kaikai adds the blood of a Brahmin child and says “Yes my dear child. The blood of a small Brahmin kid. The same one who was sacrificed by the king of Lanka in my previous yajna (ritual)”.
There is an unusually gruesome description of Tadaka, for whom the author has written “She created her army… through sexual intercourse between the animals of jungle and her monster offspring”. Shoopnakha during the war has been mostly depicted in the novel as an animal in a strange and disgusting manner. For instance- “Shoopnakha licked herself clean. The taste of human blood was salty and tangy… the taste would get into the mouth while severing heads and tearing apart the stomachs”. Showing a character in a bad light should not mean depicting their actions in such a manner.
At the same time, there has also been a commentary about women which says “Besides alcohol, gambling and debt; women are the enemies of warriors” as men become infatuated with them “to the extent of insanity”. This kind of stereotypical depiction represents ordinary prejudices against women.
Today as the levels of casteism and religious fundamentalism are rapidly increasing in the society, these mythological novels have been moulded in a modern context to make them popular even if this sends out a wrong message to the society. In a way there is an intent of complete revival of the regressive past inherent in such literature which is further creeping up in present times and pushing back time towards the past.
The Immortals of Meluha, in fact rather than being a mythological story becomes a strong messenger of casteism. At the same time, the already prevalent practices of untouchability, inequality and violence in society have been further encouraged. Similarly, Ashok K Banker’s novel is full of heinous description of violence in wars as well as extraordinarily inhuman portrayal of the intended evil characters. Such a heinous and violent portrayal of war can only lead society to unrest and ultimately a social decline. In a way in both the novels casteism, class differences, unscientific thinking, belief in magic, violence, heinousness and other such social maladies have been nurtured.
Amita Chaturvedi is an independent writer and maintains a blog by the name of Apna Parichay.
The original version of this article was published in Hindi. You can read it here.
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Homicide Law For Pregnant Women Fails, But The Future Is bleak
I used to think it absurd and the stuff of fiction that a president would foment a coup d’etat. Now I know better. I once thought it absurd and the grist for dystopian novels to charge a woman with murder if she had an abortion. Now I know better.
The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade will send the abortion question back to the states and there is no telling where it might lead. A Louisiana plan to charge homicide in cases of abortion was nearly approved before Roe v. Wade was overturned. Now, with the right wing emboldened beyond their wildest dreams with the destruction of a woman’s right to have an abortion, the most draconian penalties are hardly unimaginable any more.
As with many other issues, the road to further attacks on women gained momentum when trump was campaigning for president in 2016, and said that women who seek abortions should be subject to “some form of punishment.”
A May survey by the Pew Research Center showed that many people agree with trump. The survey showed that men are more likely than women to favor penalties for the woman or doctor in situations where abortion is illegal. About half of men or 52 percent say women should face a penalty, while just 43 percent of women say the same. Among U.S. adults overall, 14 percent say women should serve jail time if they have an abortion in a situation where it is illegal, while 16 percent say they should receive a fine or community service and 17 percent say they are not sure what the penalty should be.
Republicans are considerably more likely than Democrats to say both women and doctors should face penalties including jail time. For example, 21 percent of Republicans say a woman who had the abortion should face jail time, while among Democrats, 8 percent say the woman should be jailed.
In Catholicism, a woman who has an abortion is automatically excommunicated as having abortion is a mortal sin and also a crime in canon law. In 2016, Pope Francis granted parish priests authority to absolve the sin of abortion and lift the penalty of excommunication before a woman could confess.
The Louisiana bill, introduced in May, gave immediate attention to an otherwise, obscure, right wing, conspiracist lawmaker, Republican state Rep. Danny McCormick, whose district includes an area known as Mount Gilead Road. Perversely, Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” focuses on the totalitarian republic of Gilead, a patriarchal police state led by racist Christian dominionists where women are subjugated and the law is structured around a regime of forced pregnancies and indentured servitude.
McCormick’s bill would have redefined a person to include an unborn child from “the moment of fertilization.” It would make in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments and some forms of birth control a crime, and prosecute women who get abortions for murder.The draft bill had no exceptions for rape, incest, or the protection of the life of the mother.
“We can’t wait on the Supreme Court,” said McCormick, who co-authored the bill with Brian Gunter, pastor of First Baptist Church in Livingston, La. “The taking of a life is murder, and it is illegal. Louisiana law currently fails to provide equal protection for human life. Persons are deemed unworthy of legal protection for no other reason than they are not yet born.”
Gunter said the time is now to end the abortion debate.
“This is a bill to immediately end abortion in the state of Louisiana. No compromises, no more waiting,” Gunter said. “The bloodshed in our land is so great we have a duty … to protect the least of these among us.”
Apparently Gunter was not referring to protection of the pregnant woman.
The bill was released from the Louisiana state House Appropriations Committee committee in a 7–2 vote but it was withdrawn after it generated widespread condemnation. But that was before Roe v. Wade was history.
Louisiana is one of several states that has a so-called trigger ban in place, where a law automatically took effect after the Roe v. Wade decision which bans a medical provider from performing an abortion procedure or providing drugs intended to induce an abortion.
McCormick, an oil man who lives in Oil City, La., has been a Louisiana legislator since 2020, and has a history of using bombastic language and violent images to prove his far right points of view. In 2020, he posted, then deleted an anti-Semitic meme that was rebuked by at least one member of his own party. The meme showed an image of a London mural that depicted a bearded man counting money and others sitting at a board game being held up by the backs of black people.
He also has been staunchly against mandatory masks and other measures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic. Armed with a blowtorch and a chainsaw, McCormick’s YouTube ad took great umbrage with the government curtailing rights, even if it meant saving lives, somewhat contradictory to his bill to classify abortion as homicide.
“If the government has the power to force you to wear a mask, they can force you to stick a needle in your arm against your will. They can put a microchip in you. They can even make you take the mark,” McCormick warned, referring to a far-right obsession with the “Mark of the Beast.” The “Mark of the Beast” on the hand or forehead demonstrates that the holder belongs to the Empire of the Antichrist. Those who get the final Mark are branding themselves and showing their allegiance to the Beast, while at the same time signifying their absolute rebellion against God.
“People who don’t wear a mask will soon be painted as the enemy, just as they did to Jews in Nazi Germany,” he said.
Pastor Gunter is a Southern Baptist fundamentalist from Pollock, a small town that was allegedly a “sundown town” where Blacks were not allowed out after sundown. Gunter led the move to declare Louisiana as the nation’s first “Sanctuary City for the Unborn.” The designation means that possession of abortion medication is a criminal offense and that it is illegal to “aid or abet an abortion performed on a resident of Pollock… regardless of where the abortion is or will be performed.”
Southern Baptist churches, like Gunter’s First Baptist Church of Pollock, claim a total of 13.7 million members but church officials say the actual attendance at church services was closer to 5 million people in 2021. Gunter, the Outreach Director for Louisiana Right to Life and senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Pollock, received the Shammah’s Courage Award in 2020 during the 2020 Louisiana Baptist Convention Annual Meeting.
The push to declare that women who get abortions are murderers is still a far right, fringe belief but one to keep an eye on. Taking the lead in the effort is a group that call themselves abortion “abolitionists” and the leading voice is Pastor Jeff Durbin, a 44-year-old Arizona pastor, national karate champ and ecstasy addict until he found Jesus. Durbin joined in the effort to gain support for the Louisiana resolution.
As leader of the Apologia Church in Tempe, Ariz., with a congregation of around 700 people, Durbin also hosts “Apologia Studios,” a YouTube channel focusing on ending abortion. The channel has more than 300,000 subscribers. Abolitionist views also have grown in the ultraconservative wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination.
Resistance to “the question of whether or not people who murder their children in the wombs are guilty is going to have to be something we have to overcome, because women are still going to be killing their children in the womb.” said Durbin, who started his group, “End Abortion Now,” in 2017.
There are no laws proclaiming as murderers pregnant women who received abortions but prosecutors have used so-called feticide laws to charge women with inducing abortion or experiencing miscarriage. National Advocates for Pregnant Women reported that about 1,300 women have faced such charges or arrests since 2006.
A total of 38 states have feticide laws, originally to protect women who lose their unborn children because of domestic violence. The laws do not apply to legally induced abortions.
The genesis of feticide laws came in 2004, when Congress enacted the “Unborn Victims of Violence Act,” which recognizes the “child in utero” as a legal victim if he or she is injured or killed during the commission of any of the 68 existing federal crimes of violence.
Examples of feticide cases involved Purvi Patel, Rennie Gibbs and Bei Bei Shuai. Purvi Patel, a 33-year-old Indiana woman, was sentenced in 2016 to 20 years in prison for fetal homicide. She was the first woman in the country to be convicted under a feticide law for having an abortion. Patel allegedly bought pills from an overseas source to induce an abortion but no drugs were found in her system and the government and Patel’s lawyer disagreed about how far along was the pregnancy and whether the baby was born alive or stillborn.
Gibbs was charged with murder in Mississippi in 2006 for having a stillborn daughter while addicted to cocaine. The judge in the case later ruled that the charges be dismissed. In 2011, Shuai was charged in Indiana with murder and feticide after the pregnant woman attempted suicide and her unborn baby died. In 2013 Shuai pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of criminal recklessness and was released, having been sentenced to time served. Another case of feticide was in 2018 in Colorado, when Chris Watts was charged after he murdered his wife and her unborn son, Nico.
A 2013 study by the National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) documented around 1,700 cases of arrests, detentions, and equivalent deprivations of physical liberty of women between 1973 and 2020.
Five cases cited by NAPW included Regina McKnight, a 21-year-old African American from South Carolina who suffered a stillbirth. The state said that McKnight’s use of cocaine was the cause of the stillbirth and she was sentenced to 12 years in prison. It was later proven that the stillbirth was the result of an infection and the conviction was overturned but not until McKnight had served eight years in prison.
Laura Pemberton, a white woman, was in active labor at her home in Florida but doctors believed that she was risking the the life of her unborn child by attempting to have a vaginal birth after having had a previous cesarean surgery. A doctor recommended a second cesarean surgery and a sheriff went to Pemberton’s home, arrested her, strapped her legs together. She was taken to a hospital where an emergency hearing determined the state had an interest in protecting the fetus still inside her. A judge then ordered Pemberton to have the cesarean surgery.
Rachael Lowe, a 20-year-old pregnant woman, voluntarily went to Waukesha Memorial Hospital in Wisconsin to seek help for her addiction to the opiate Oxycontin. Hospital staff responded by reporting Lowe to authorities under Wisconsin’s “cocaine mom” law, a statute that allows the state to arrest a pregnant woman if it is believed that the “expectant mother habitually lacks self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs.” Lowe was held in a hospital psychiatric ward for 12 days where she was prescribed numerous medications. A judge later ruled that Lowe’s condition did not pose a health risk to the unborn baby.
Martina Greywind, a 28-eight-year-old homeless Native American woman from Fargo, N.D., was around 12 weeks pregnant when she was charged with reckless endangerment because she allegedly inhaled paint fumes that imperiled her unborn baby. After around two weeks in jail, Greywind was released and had an abortion and the charge was dismissed.
Michelle Marie Greenup, a 26-year-old African American woman from Louisiana went to a hospital because of bleeding and stomach pain. Doctors suspected that she had recently given birth and contacted authorities. Greenup “confessed” that the baby was born alive and died because she had failed to provide it with proper care. Greenup was charged with second- degree murder but her lawyer showed medical records that the fetus could not have been older than between 11 and 15 weeks and that prior the to the miscarriage Greenup had been given Depo-Provera, a contraceptive injection that may cause a miscarriage if administered to a woman who is already pregnant. Greenup was released after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor violation of a public health law that regulates disposal of human remains. | <urn:uuid:94b49885-ccb8-4fad-ae15-051ec0b71b04> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://philgarber.medium.com/homicide-law-for-pregnant-women-fails-but-the-future-is-bleak-b73a07b2f89a?source=user_profile---------1---------------------------- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.974482 | 2,728 | 1.5625 | 2 |
We live in a fortunate time in which an average individual has plenty of loan options. On the downside, the many different kinds of loans can be a source of confusion. To help clear out some of the complications, this article will focus on the topic of private money loans.
Private Money Loan – What Is It?
The idea behind the private money loan is easy to understand. Technically, it’s a term to describe a loan that is funded by a private company or individual. This could mean a company that is not regulated by traditional banking or lending laws and regulations. Or, it could be from a wealthy individual.
Since private money loans work outside the traditional rules and regulations, it comes with its own pros and cons. For the borrower, it’s advantageous as there are little strict guidelines or requirements to follow. On the downside, the lender has a greater degree of dictating the interest rates. But generally, as long as everything is within the norms, most private money loans follow the current interest rates.
Advantages Of Private Money Loans
Private money loans have plenty of advantages, which is also one of the reasons why it’s becoming more and more popular. Below are only a few of the benefits of private money loans.
Perhaps the most attractive feature of the private money loan is the minimal requirements and conditions. Generally, banks and traditional lending institutions are required by law to impose requirements and conditions before they can give out a loan. Thus, it’s a lot harder to get a loan approved through traditional means. Since private money loans in California work outside such restrictions, they can provide a loan with significantly fewer requirements. In most cases, a private money loan company will only require proof of billing, payslip, employment certificate, proof of income, and valid IDs. Basically, they simply want to know if you are capable of paying back the loan.
Another offshoot benefit of working outside the traditional rules and regulations that are governing the lending industry is quick approval. In most cases, loan bank approval will take weeks. With private money loan companies, it may only take twenty-four hours. While there are cases that the evaluation may last a week, it’s still faster than the traditional lending options.
Minimal Credit Checks
Private loan companies are typically not big on credit score history. Perhaps their biggest concern is if you are in a financial state able to repay the loan. Having a job will usually be enough.
Wrapping It All Up
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According to the May 2021 U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Retail E-commerce estimates, first quarter 2021 online sales increased 39.1% over the first quarter 2020. The growing prevalence of online purchasing and door-to-door deliveries (e.g., consumer packages, takeout food), even in the absence of COVID, has been accelerating on the heels of the “Amazon Effect”—disruption created by the online, digital procurement in lieu of traditional brick and mortar businesses.
Against this backdrop, and the emerging impacts of corporate sustainability initiatives, water management across the respective pulp & paper and petrochemical supply chains is also being impacted by stakeholder decisions. What is the impact on and outlook for the pulp & paper industry?
In this Research Note:
- Digital revolution forces strategic shift, alternative upside for pulp & paper
- Pulp & paper industry slow to take on advanced treatment
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The Rediscovery of the Mind
In this major new work, John Searle launches a formidable attack on current orthodoxies in the philosophy of mind. More than anything else, he argues, it is the neglect of consciousness that results in so much barrenness and sterility in psychology, the philosophy of mind, and cognitive science: there can be no study of mind that leaves out consciousness. What is going on in the brain is neurophysiological processes and consciousness and nothing more—no rule following, no mental information processing or mental models, no language of thought, and no universal grammar. Mental events are themselves features of the brain, "like liquidity is a feature of water."
Beginning with a spirited discussion of what's wrong with the philosophy of mind, Searle characterizes and refutes the philosophical tradition of materialism. But he does not embrace dualism. All these "isms" are mistaken, he insists. Once you start counting types of substance you are on the wrong track, whether you stop at one or two. In four chapters that constitute the heart of his argument, Searle elaborates a theory of consciousness and its relation to our overall scientific world view and to unconscious mental phenomena. He concludes with a criticism of cognitive science and a proposal for an approach to studying the mind that emphasizes the centrality of consciousness to any account of mental functioning.
In his characteristically direct style, punctuated with persuasive examples, Searle identifies the very terminology of the field as the main source of truth. He observes that it is a mistake to suppose that the ontology of the mental is objective and to suppose that the methodology of a science of the mind must concern itself only with objectively observable behavior; that it is also a mistake to suppose that we know of the existence of mental phenomena in others only by observing their behavior; that behavior or causal relations to behavior are not essential to the existence of mental phenomena; and that it is inconsistent with what we know about the universe and our place in it to suppose that everything is knowable by us.
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CO2, SO2, H2S, C2H6O, CH3OH and O2 gas measurement in beverage bottling plants, breweries, wineries, dispensing plants and CO2 extinguishing systems for warehouses.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is highly relevant in the beverage industry. Soft drinks and beer are perceived as particularly sparkling and refreshing due to "carbonic acid". In still beverages, carbonic acid improves the shelf life. But carbon dioxide is also indispensable for wine and sparkling wine production to keep oxygen away from the vines.
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In some drinks, CO2 is produced by fermentation (beer, sparkling wine), in others it is added artificially (lemonade, soda water). During production, carbon dioxide is pumped into the beverage under high pressure, where about 0.2 % of it reacts with water to form carbonic acid.
In beverage production as well as in beverage bottling, various gases are used that have to be detected around the clock. MSR-Electronic offers reliable gas sensors, controllers and warning devices to protect people and equipment from toxic and combustible gases.
CO2 is also an important gas for winemakers. In order to keep the oxygen away from the wine so that the drink retains its taste and colour, as well as for blanketing of wine, winemakers usually use N2 or a mixture of N2 and CO2. In this case, the oxygen content is monitored by gas sensors.
H2S can be the cause of odour problems in the food and beverage industry, for example. Most areas of the food industry generate wastewater that is highly contaminated with biodegradable organic substances. Odours caused by wastewater are one of the many current environmental problems associated with the food and beverage industry. The odour nuisance may be related to the release of hydrogen sulphide (H₂S).
MSR-Electronic offers various gas monitoring solutions for the beverage industry.
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MSR develops individual gas sensors and gas warning systems that can detect toxic or combustible gas concentrations. In addition to the sensor element and the measuring amplifier, the gas sensors also contain a controller for processing the measured values. Thus, various data can be processed and evaluated, such as the temperature for compensating the measured value. Calibration intervals and errors are also monitored and transmitted to the evaluation device.
Thanks to the X-Change technology, calibration can be carried out by simply exchanging the sensor head or by using the integrated, convenient calibration routine directly on the system. The gas sensors are designed for connection to the MSR controllers and boards. The DGC-06 Controller, for example, is suitable for large systems and manages up to 128 gas sensors, the Compactcontroller up to 10 gas sensors, and the MSC2 Controller up to 3 gas sensors.
The control centre: the DGC-06 Gas-Controller
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The Controller is used for the monitoring and warning of toxic and combustible gases and vapours as well as of Freon refrigerants within a wide range of the gas measurement technique. Numerous adjustable parameters and set-points permit individual adaptation to many applications.
The DGC-06 Gas-Controller also fulfils the functions of CO monitoring in garages, tunnels and go-kart tracks and is compliant with the current EN 50545-1.
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Looking at the schedule, you can see the 25C3 has an incredible lineup of talks on a wide range of topics from wearable computing to preserving fictional former Soviet Republics. (Yes, there’s even a talk on pornography.)
Yet talks are hardly the only thing going on at the 25C3. In addition to wonderful displays of Art & Beauty, there’s going to be lots of making going on! At the 25C3, everyone from soldering masters to hardware hacking virgins will be able to build projects of all shapes, sizes and complexity.
Even if you’ve never touched a soldering iron, you can drop by the Hardware Hacking Area and get into doing cool things with microcontrollers! Build something that relaxes your brain, turns off annoying tvs with the click of a button, or just have fun making cool blinky leds!
If you’re a coder who wants to get into microcontroller hardware, check out the Game Kit Workshop and build your own MIGNON. This open source device is perfect for beginning hardware hackers and is a great platform to write cool games for!
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PwC estimates that the global sharing economy will be valued at over $335 billion by 2025.
Likewise, fintech has taken the financial by storm with a total investment of $80 billion since 2010.
Both the sharing economy and fintech are the new kids on the block, and they are naturally made for partnership.
Fintech and the sharing economy have flourished over the past few years as a result of two important factors: access and mobile technology.
The nature of ownership has changed, with consumers placing much more emphasis on access over ownership. Similarly, rapid advances in mobile technology have empowered consumers more than ever to access new products and services with the swipe of a smartphone.
Today we want to break down the natural partnership between the sharing and fintech industries.
Sharing Economy and Fintech: Partnering Is Key
Traditional financial institutions ran business models around the concept of cross-selling. They sell as many services as they could to each customer.
Very often some of those services would be subpar, but the customers didn’t know that. It’s only when an entirely different alternative comes along that consumers realized they have been overpaying for an inferior product.
It took the rise of passive management and ETFs for customers to realize they were overpaying for underperforming mutual funds.
Likewise, peer-to-peer lending has shown customers how big a cut the banks were taking for providing essentially the same service.
The peer-to-peer lending model is one of the first partnerships between fintech and the sharing economy. Here, we have seen the fusion of innovative financial technology, with the leveraging of underutilized capital for investment purposes.
At the end of the day, the reality is that these two niches are solving inefficiencies. Big ones!
The Sharing Economy: Solving Inefficiencies
The sharing economy is full of examples of companies trying to disrupt inefficient industries. The lack of efficiency is often a result of mostly inflexible companies operating in a highly regulatory environment.
Startups that come along to turn industries upside down will often find creative ways to operate outside of that environment.
The industries they are competing with have been operating in much the same way for decades.
The risk these startups now face is that authorities and entrenched interests can try to regulate them out of business. Airbnb has faced this problem in New York, and Uber is facing it all over the world.
But the sharing economy is more than homes and cars, and fintech can benefit greatly from tapping into gig workforces.
An Innovative Fusion: Staff On-Demand
One of the most significant opportunities for these new kids on the economic block is on staffing models.
Having access to on-demand sharing economy workers means a fintech company can match the right skills to the right job at the right time. This is much more efficient and cheaper.
Consider a brand new fintech startup who provide crowdfunded home loans. Many companies are already offering this type of service!
That company now has to figure out how they obtain boots-on-the-ground to verify that assets actually exist, and their condition. Instead of hiring thousands of part-time or permanent inspectors nationwide, fintech companies can leverage on-demand sharing economy workers who are able and ready to engage in gig work.
These workers receive notifications on their smartphones to complete a task. Once completed, sharing economy workers submit the required data via secure mobile applications. Simple as that!
This phenomenon can lower the cost structure for an entire industry.
For an excellent case study, see how the sharing economy is currently disrupting the insurance industry with on-demand workers.
For fintech companies, this is a great opportunity.
Disrupting the financial sector is a new gold rush, and in this space, those collaborating between the sharing economy and fintech will have the highest chances of success.
The sharing economy is only now beginning to be felt in the financial sector. But the payoffs will be massive, as we've seen with many fintech success stories to-date.
Fintech companies can and should be a part of revolution – they just need to make sure they leverage innovative sharing economy platforms along the way.
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Title: Lithium: A Drug, A Doctor, and A Breakthrough Author: Walter A. Brown Date of Publication: August 2019 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Lithium, as its subtitle suggests, tells three interwoven stories: that of the life of John Cade, the doctor who discovered lithium’s most important medical use; that of lithium itself from its first discovery as an element to its recognition as both a drug and a toxin; and that of lithium’s bumpy road to acceptance through research trials, scientists’ feuds, and governmental wariness.
“The absence of effective treatments for manic-depressive illness in earlier times did not mean that these patients were not treated. They were treated with all sorts of substances and procedures from ancient times onward. It’s just that none of these treatments worked, and most were harmful.” – Walter A. Brown, Lithium (emphasis added)
When I came across this quote I thought instantly of modern treatments for autism – not the few designed to help an autistic individual learn to cope with the neurotypical world, but those that claim to cure the condition. Even the most mainstream behavioral therapy is concerning (particularly to autistic adults who endured it as a child), and desperate parents who can’t handle having an autistic child try many stranger and more dangerous “treatments.” Different restrictive or elimination diets are supposed to reduce the behavioral symptoms of autism, according to parental observations; given the oral and textural sensitivities of many autistic people, those diets are likely to become even more restricted to the point of being unbalanced, or very costly for the parents (and objective, blinded research observations show no difference). Parents may choose not to vaccinate to prevent autism, and instead create opportunities for potentially deadly preventable diseases to flourish. And one has only to read about the “bleach cure” to see how supposed cures can cross the line from unwise to abusive.
Autism may not even be curable. It’s highly unlikely a single compound will be found that renders the autistic mind essentially neurotypical, like lithium can regulate and even prevent the mood swings of bipolar disorder. And yet so many people invest so much time, energy, and money into making autistic people act like and think like neurotypical people – even when those efforts are harmful to the autistic people they claim they want to help. It’s like forcing deaf children to speak orally and lip read instead of encouraging sign language, or shaming a wheelchair user for not trying harder to stand and walk. Instead of hurting autistic children to try to mold them into conformity with some neurotypical standard they can never completely reach, support them by making the world more aware and accepting of neurodiversity. Help them develop social skills, adaptive and pragmatic skills, and language skills without trying to change the core of who they are, and learn to see each child for the unique and beautiful person that they are, needs and struggles and gifts all bundled up together.
When I was younger (maybe until partway through high school), my Grandma would bring delicious Spanish turron with her every year for Christmas – yema quemada, mostly, but occasionally the alicante and jijona varieties as well. I’m not sure why she stopped, but I missed it – I haven’t seen it out here. But this year my coworker brought big blocks of all three types back with him from his visit home to Spain and it made me so happy 🙂 Such a special treat, such a good taste, such good memories coming along with it.
I get home from work late three nights a week and I have the Christmas tree on a timer so when I walk in the house is illuminated with this soft glow and the warm beauty of the tree welcomes me in. And for the first week the smell of fir greeted me as well!
We had a heavy frost here earlier this week, and the whole world was icy and white with it – not a common occurrence. Fortunately, I didn’t have any frost-sensitive plants to worry about other than the basil, which took a pretty serious hit but went out in a blaze of glory, absolutely beautiful with its dark purple leaves edged in shining ice.
Aubade got to do sparklers for the first time in her life for New Year’s Eve and the look on her face when the first one started sparking was so perfect – just pure astonishment and delight all in one, and then she got to hold her own and she was in bliss.
Limerick is a solid reader now. I can give him a book he hasn’t read before (picture book or early reader level) and he can get through it! He has definitely inherited some perfectionistic tendencies, however – he will silently work out each sentence or page as a whole before reading any of the words out loud.
Rondel has his first loose tooth! It wiggled for the first time on Christmas day and it’s quite wobbly now but still definitely attached.
Aubade will pretend to be Cinderella in a sparkly dress and Rondel will dance with her, holding her hands and twirling her around the room, both of them singing together. He always hugs her at the end ❤
I’m not really that great at looking back or looking forward. I read a lot of C.S. Lewis in my formative years, and I still have his words echoing in the back of my head: Screwtape teaching Wormwood how to enslave men to either the past or future and thus distance them from the present which alone intersects with eternity; the unfallen Queen on Perelandra describing time and circumstance as the waves of the sea into which we plunge as we swim, taking what comes and letting go of what has come before.
However, it can be helpful to look back and see the path I’ve taken – to see evidence of God’s grace, of answered prayer, of comfort in hardship, of blessing and providence in good times – and be reminded of God’s faithfulness. It can be encouraging to see progress made, or convicting to see unhealthy patterns deepening. Similarly, it can be good to look forward, to make goals and resolutions, so that I can prepare well for the future I hope to build.
This year especially is a bit of a landmark, as not only the old year but the old decade comes to a close. Ten years ago – 2010 – I was single, graduated college, moved out, bought my first car, and began working at the university where I am still employed now – so really, the whole of my adult life so far has taken place in the now-past decade, and even the highlights would take far longer than this post to describe.
One of the major highlights of 2019, however, was finally getting diagnosed with autism and having a reason for all the times I’d felt out of place and two steps behind despite hearing from everyone how smart I was, for all the moments I’d been so overwhelmed by a sound or touch that I couldn’t process anything, for all the weird behaviors (now I know they’re called stims) I’d accumulated over my life, and more. This was reflected on the blog – 4 of my top 5 most popular posts this year were from my Autism Acceptance series in April:
That third post in the list above touches on one of the things I’m most proud about this year, actually: the way I was able to identify the onset of seasonal depression and take steps to counteract it. This is the first Christmas in several years that I have only had minor situational anxiety instead of moderate overarching depression, and I think being prepared made a huge difference. It wasn’t the type of preparation that gets me all anxious about making lists and potentially forgetting things; just a conscious choice to let go, to dig deep, to roll the thoughts away, to take things one step at a time, and to center my life on meditative prayer.
What also helped was a chance, at the beginning of December, to bike significantly more frequently. I started biking in to work 1-2 days a week in November, but in December my hours increased (from 8 to 20 per week!) and I needed to commute 4 days a week. That regular time outside exercising is amazing for mental regulation and emotional health, at least for me! And the reason for the change is also something I’m excited about, both for 2019 and going into 2020: I have the chance to learn bioinformatics and transition over the next 6 months from the genomics wet lab team to the bioinformatics team, which gives me a chance to learn something I’ve been interested in for years and develop skills which will be even more valuable for my career.
Outside of work, I’m looking forward to an opportunity to help develop neurodiverse community and support at my church. The woman who’s been running the special needs children’s ministry wants to reshape it to better reflect acceptance and neurodiversity, multiple people have anonymously asked the pastors about ministries specifically for neurodiverse adults, several pastors across our web of churches are working on formulating a theology of disability, and I’m apparently one of the adults they know of who is neurodiverse. Hopefully they will not ask only me, since neurodiversity is by definition diverse 🙂 But I really appreciate that they care deeply about the whole spectrum of the children of God, that they don’t want to make it something that neurotypical people are doing to or for us without our input or leadership, and that I have a chance to be involved!
With all of that said, I have just a few resolutions for the new year.
First, I resolve to pray every day. Things are just better when this happens, like marriage is better when I actually spend time talking with Paul 😛
Second, I resolve to write on this blog more frequently. My goal is approximately every 3 days – so, 122 posts for the year. I have lots of ideas but often don’t post for reasons that don’t make sense outside of my head, so I’m going to try to let go of my perfectionism and just share my thoughts.
Third, I resolve to read a variety of good books and keep a book log again! That was such a good experience in the past and I really need to get out of my fan fiction rut anyway. (I already have two books on my list and I can’t wait to write about them!)
How about you, readers? Any highlights from the year (or decade)? Anything you’re resolving for the New Year or especially looking forward to? Or conversely, any challenges from the past or apprehension about the future? I always love to read your thoughts.
Rondel never took to the “3 R’s” of education quite as naturally as Limerick (most people don’t, honestly), though he is an information sponge for the things that interest him, which have throughout his life been mostly science-related. We’d tried a couple of different approaches to learning and practicing math before I came across the Life of Fred curriculum (and I don’t even remember where, or I would definitely send them my thanks!).
Life of Fred is very, very different from any other math curriculum I’ve used. Every math concept is introduced in the context of a story about Fred Gauss, a five-year-old math professor (yes, it’s strange, but you have to just roll with it), and the end of each short (ridiculous, hilarious, bizarre) chapter has a few practice questions that work in both new and old concepts. So kids reading through the stories begin to see math as something useful, lovable, and even beautiful as it snakes its way through Fred’s everyday life (and his very odd adventures). And the stories will have kids laughing out loud along the way, if they are at all like Rondel (and myself!).
The elementary series for Life of Fred starts with Apples and Butterflies, which are both kindergarten level, and goes from there – through decimals, fractions and percents, through pre-algebra and algebra, and all the way through calculus (which was actually the first book the author wrote, oddly enough). While the books are published by Polkadot Publishing, I couldn’t find a way to purchase directly through them and ordered from ZTwist Books instead (free shipping!).
We are just beginning Cats now, having spent an average of 3-4 weeks each on the first two books. Rondel has been asking me to read Life of Fred all the time – more than I can right now with my lingering sore throat, and more than Aubade has patience for at times – and I can see his confidence with math growing week by week (we’ve been using the books for over two months by now). He will now tell people that math is his favorite because of Fred; he doesn’t get overwhelmed by basic addition and subtraction problems; he is starting to understand analog time-telling; he is getting better at remembering the days of the week and months of the year; he will skip-count for fun; and he is learning to notice patterns and sets in the things around him. The practice problems force him to focus as he has to recall information and use concepts in new contexts, but there are never so many in a set that he can’t make his way through them all.
In short, I am so glad we found these books and highly recommend them for anyone else, particularly those kids who are struggling with a traditional approach to mathematics.
Today we celebrated Aubade’s birthday! She’s only just 3, and yet her birth already seems so far away; the time before her, scarcely imaginable.
She is entering into a very sparkly and colorful phase these days – her favorite clothes are fancy dresses with lots of pouf and sparkle, she loves fairy dolls and rainbow unicorns, and her favorite movie is Cinderella – but she is no less fierce for all that. She will run around the house with her brothers playing games where at least one of them is an evil villain or a ferocious monster or a brave warrior; her little dolls (with names like Vanilla Ice Cream and Sparkle Cake) will fight away giant poisonous snakes with stingers on their tails (courtesy of Limerick’s imagination); and she tries her hardest to climb, run, or jump high and fast enough to keep up with the boys.
She is definite about what she wants: she is confident in her own opinions and makes sure everyone who might need to knows what she thinks! When I asked her about her birthday cake, for instance, she told me she wanted it to be pink and purple and red and blue, and to be little enough for her to eat it all by herself (Limerick, on the other hand, was so overwhelmed by the decision process that he told me he didn’t want any cake, or any party for that matter – it is crazy how different two siblings can be).
She brings a unique vibrance and energy to our home, dancing and singing and sometimes screaming her way through life, full of ideas and the motivation to get things done: to play pretend with her toys and her brothers, to listen to her favorite books (Henry and Mudge), to climb up Daddy and get flipped upside down, to comb Grandma’s hair with her fingers, to pull out all the craft supplies and make a picture, and more. I am so grateful to get to watch her grow, and to have the opportunity to love and guide her along the way.
“As Joseph considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit; she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.’All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
O King of all the nations, the only joy of every human heart;
O Keystone of the mighty arch of man,
Come and save the creature you fashioned from the dust.
In Mary’s womb, in the months leading up to the Nativity, in the dark, quiet, hiddenness, God took on human nature. The early Church fought and died for this fundamental truth: that Jesus was just as fully human as He was fully God, the two natures combining in the one person. And through this unity, established in His own body, He makes possible for us a unity with God in Him: our humanity lifted up to God’s divine presence and everlasting life in true union with the immortal. But that is not the only unity for which He paves the way, for it is also in Him that the unity of all people and people groups is made possible. For the good news of Christmas is a good news for all the people, throughout time and space, ethnicity and culture, history and hope. In Him the walls between nations and tribes and races and cliques can be fully broken down – for through Him, the Keystone, all our disparate and individual clans are held together in one glorious and mighty arch of redeemed humanity.
O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice:
Come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
The image of God as light has always resonated deeply with me. When I was seven years old, I read a book that described the gospel message as Jesus coming into our hearts as light comes into a room when the windows are opened, leaving the darkness with no place to hide, and I still remember how deeply I wanted that light to shine on me. (As far as I can remember, that was the first step on my journey of salvation, the first moment I desired to follow God.) In high school, I loved Psalm 23, despite wanting to like something not quite so well-known, just to roll that phrase over in my mouth and in my head: the valley of the shadow of death – and to know, as the first rounds of depression came, that no valley was too deep, no shadow too heavy, for God’s light to reach me.
I’ve gone through times in my life where it felt like I was walking on a path I could not see, in a world grayed out by swirling mists and darkened by heavy clouds – where the darkness, the lack of clarity and visibility, was a tangible emotional presence. And sometimes it was sorrow at the brokenness of the world, clouding my eyes, and sometimes it was a pattern of sin in my own life, and sometimes the fog was there on its own accord. And every time my spirit cried out – and I am sure the Spirit cried with me, with groans that cannot be uttered – for that light to come, shine on me, dwelling in the darkness, striving to find my way under the shadow of death.
And the Star of Christmas shines out over the earth, from the little stable in Bethlehem, and I lift up my eyes to Him from whom comes my help; and even when I struggle to see the light myself I hold fast to the knowledge that He who has promised is faithful, and that He will come again, as He came before, with the radiance and purity of light shining in to the darkness of despair.
O Key of David, O royal Power of Israel controlling at your will the gate of heaven:
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Saint Joseph: the dream of vocation
Dear brothers and sisters:
On December 8, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the universal Church, the Year dedicated especially to him began (cf. Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary , December 8, 2020 ). For my part, I wrote the Apostolic Letter Patris corde so that “love for this great saint may grow.” It is, indeed, an extraordinary figure, and at the same time “so close to our human condition.” Saint Joseph did not make an impact, nor did he possess particular charisms, nor did he appear important in the eyes of others. He was not famous and he was not noticed, the Gospels do not collect a single word of him. However, with his ordinary life, he accomplished something extraordinary in the eyes of God.
God sees the heart (cf. 1 Sam16.7) and in Saint Joseph he recognized a father’s heart, capable of giving and generating life in everyday life. Vocations tend to this: to generate and regenerate life every day. The Lord wants to forge the hearts of fathers, hearts of mothers; open hearts, capable of great impulses, generous in dedication, compassionate in the consolation of anguish and firm in the strengthening of hope. This is what the priesthood and consecrated life need, especially today, in times marked by fragility and suffering also caused by the pandemic, which has raised uncertainty and fear about the future and the very meaning of life. Saint Joseph comes to meet us with his meekness, as a saint from next door; at the same time, their strong testimony can guide us along the way.
Saint Joseph suggests three key words for our vocation. The first is a dream . Everyone in life dreams of being fulfilled. And it is right that we have high expectations, high goals rather than fleeting goals – such as success, money, and fun – that are unable to satisfy us. In fact, if we asked people to express their life dream in one word, it would not be difficult to imagine the answer: “love.” It is love that gives meaning to life, because it reveals its mystery. Life, in fact, can only be had if it is given , it is only truly possessed if it is fully surrendered. Saint Joseph has much to tell us in this regard because, through the dreams that God inspired in him, he made his existence a gift.
The Gospels narrate four dreams (cf. Mt1.20; 184.108.40.206). They were divine calls, but they were not easy to welcome. After each dream, José had to change his plans and take risks, sacrificing his own projects to support God’s mysterious projects. He totally trusted. But we can ask ourselves: “What was a night dream to place so much trust in him?” Although in ancient times much attention was paid to it, it was still little before the concrete reality of life. In spite of everything, Saint Joseph allowed himself to be guided by dreams without hesitation. Why? Because his heart was oriented towards God, he was already predisposed towards Him. His watchful “inner ear” was only able to use a small signal to recognize his voice. This also applies to our calls. God does not like to reveal himself in a spectacular way, forcing our freedom. He makes his plans known to us gently, he does not dazzle us with shocking visions, but he addresses our interiority delicately, approaching us intimately and speaking to us through our thoughts and feelings. And so, as he did with Saint Joseph, he sets us high and surprising goals.
The dreams led José on adventures he would never have imagined. The former destabilized his courtship, but made him the father of the Messiah; the second made him flee to Egypt, but saved the lives of his family; the third announced the return to his homeland and the fourth made him change his plans again by taking him to Nazareth, the same place where Jesus was going to begin the proclamation of the Kingdom of God. In all these vicissitudes, the courage to follow God’s will was victorious. This is what happens in vocation: the divine call always prompts us to go out, to surrender, to go further. There is no faith without risk. Only by confidently abandoning oneself to grace, putting aside one’s own plans and comforts, can one truly say “yes” to God. And each “yes” bears fruit, because it adheres to a bigger plan, of which we only glimpse details, but that the divine Artist knows and carries forward, to make each life a masterpiece. In this sense, Saint Joseph represents an exemplary icon of welcoming God’s projects. But hisThe reception is active , he never gives up or gives up, “he is not a man who passively resigns himself. He is a brave and strong protagonist »(Letter ap. Patris corde , 4). May he help everyone, especially the discerning youth, to realize the dreams that God has for them; May it inspire the courageous initiative to say “yes” to the Lord, who always surprises and never disappoints.
The second word that marks the itinerary of Saint Joseph and of his vocation is service . It is clear from the Gospels that he lived entirely for others and never for himself. The holy People of God call him most chaste husband, thus revealing his ability to love without withholding anything for himself. Releasing love from his desire for possession, he opened himself to even more fruitful service, his loving care has spread through the generations, and his caring protection has made him a patron of the Church. He is also the patron of the good death, he who knew how to embody the oblative meaning of life. However, his service and sacrifices were only possible because they were sustained by a greater love: “Every true vocation is born from the gift of oneself, which is the maturing of simple sacrifice. Also in the priesthood and consecrated life this type of maturity is required. When a vocation, whether in married life, celibate or virginal, does not reach the maturity of the self-giving, stopping only in the logic of sacrifice,ibid ., 7).
For Saint Joseph, service, a concrete expression of the gift of self, was not only a lofty ideal, but also became a rule of daily life. He struggled to find and adapt a place for Jesus to be born, did his best to defend him from Herod’s fury by organizing a sudden trip to Egypt, rushed back to Jerusalem to search for Jesus when he was lost, and supported his family with the fruit of their labor, even in a foreign land. In short, he adapted to the various circumstances with the attitude of one who does not get discouraged if life does not go as he wants, with the availability of those who live to serve.. In this spirit, Joseph undertook the many and often unexpected journeys of his life: from Nazareth to Bethlehem for the census, then to Egypt and again to Nazareth, and each year to Jerusalem, with a willingness to face new situations each time. , without complaining about what was happening, willing to lend a hand to fix things. It could be said that it was the outstretched hand of the heavenly Father towards his Son on earth. For this reason, it can only be a model for all vocations, which are called to be the diligent hands of the Father for his sons and daughters.
I like to think then of Saint Joseph, the custodian of Jesus and of the Church, as the custodian of vocations . Their attention to vigilance comes, in effect, from their availability to serve. “She got up, took the child and his mother by night” ( Mt2:14), says the Gospel, pointing out his urgency and dedication to the family. He wasted no time analyzing what was not working well, so as not to take it away from whoever was in charge. This attentive and solicitous care is the sign of a vocation fulfilled, it is the testimony of a life touched by the love of God. What a beautiful example of Christian life we set when we do not obstinately pursue our own ambitions and do not allow ourselves to be paralyzed by our nostalgia, but rather we take care of what the Lord entrusts to us through the Church! Thus, God pours out his Spirit, his creativity, on us; and works wonders, as in Joseph.
In addition to God’s call —which fulfills our greatest dreams— and our response —which is made concrete in the available service and attentive care—, there is a third aspect that runs through the life of Saint Joseph and the Christian vocation, marking the rhythm of the everyday: fidelity . Joseph is the “just man” ( Mt1,19), who in the laborious silence of each day perseveres in his adherence to God and his plans. In a particularly difficult moment he begins to “consider all things” (cf. v. 20). He meditates, reflects, does not allow himself to be dominated by haste, does not give in to the temptation to make hasty decisions, does not follow his instincts and does not live without perspectives. Cultivate everything with patience. He knows that existence is built only with continued adherence to great options. This corresponds to the calm and constant industriousness with which he carried out the humble office of carpenter (cf. Mt13,55), for which he did not inspire the chronicles of the time, but the daily life of every father, every worker and every Christian throughout the centuries. Because vocation, like life, only matures through daily fidelity.
How is this fidelity nurtured? In the light of God’s faithfulness. The first words that Saint Joseph heard in his dreams were an invitation not to be afraid, because God is faithful to his promises: “Joseph, son of David, do not fear” ( Mt 1:20). Do not worry: these are the words that the Lord also addresses to you, dear sister, and to you, dear brother, when, even in the midst of uncertainties and vacillations, you feel that you can no longer postpone the desire to give your life to Him. They are the words that he repeats to you when, wherever you are, perhaps in the midst of trials and misunderstandings, you fight every day to fulfill his will. They are the words that you rediscover when, along the path of the call, you return to your first love. They are the words that, like a refrain, accompany those who say yes to God with their life like Saint Joseph, in daily fidelity.
This fidelity is the secret of joy. In the house of Nazareth, says a liturgical hymn, there was “a limpid joy.” It was the daily and transparent joy of simplicity, the joy felt by those who guard what is important: faithful closeness to God and neighbor. How beautiful it would be if the same simple, radiant, sober and hopeful atmosphere permeated our seminaries, our religious institutes, our parish houses! It is the joy that I wish for you, brothers and sisters who have generously made God the dream of your lives, to serve him in the brothers and sisters who have been entrusted to you, through fidelitywhich is already a testimony in itself, in a time marked by fleeting choices and emotions that fade without leaving joy. May Saint Joseph, custodian of vocations, accompany you with the heart of a father.
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Launch of the European research and innovation program PARC
Published in 13/5/2022
On May 12 and 13, the European partnership for the assessment of risks from chemicals (PARC) was launched in Paris. This partnership aims to develop the next generation of chemical risk assessment, incorporating both human health and the environment in a "One Health" approach. Among the nine signatory entities that are part of this Platform is a team from the Center for Environmental and Marine Studies-CESAM, at the University of Aveiro.
PARC aims to bring together a broad community of research institutions and regulatory agencies to advance research, share knowledge and improve expertise in chemical risk assessment. The results of this partnership, which began on May 1, 2022, will be used to support new European and national strategies to reduce exposure to hazardous chemicals and their impact on health and the environment. PARC will contribute to the European Union's Chemicals Sustainability Strategy and the "zero pollution" ambition of the European Green Deal.
It involves almost 200 partners from 28 countries, as well as three EU agencies (the European Environment Agency - EEA, the European Chemicals Agency - ECHA and the European Food Safety Authority - EFSA), with the participation of European public partners, including European and national risk assessment agencies, universities and public research organizations. Five European Commission Directorates General (DG-RTD, DG-GROW, DG-ENV, DG-SANTE and JRC) and the ministries of the countries involved are contributing to the governance of PARC and will monitor its activities.
The partnership will run for seven years and is scheduled to end in spring 2029. PARC has an estimated budget of €400 million, half of which is being funded by the European Commission and the rest by the partner countries. ANS ES is the coordinator of the partnership. In Portugal, PARC is articulated by the National Platform for Environment and Health, which includes the Ministries of Health, Environment and Climate Change, and Science, Technology and Higher Education, and the signatories National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge and Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. Among the nine signatory entities that are part of this Platform is a team from the Center for Environment and Sea Studies-CESAM, coordinator at the University of Aveiro, and a team from the Institute of Biomedicine-iBiMED. These two teams will be involved in several working groups on environmental and human monitoring, chemical hazard assessment, ecotoxicology and toxicology, risk assessment of chemical mixtures, as well as a component of training and capacity building of human resources and dissemination and communication with the different stakeholders, including the general public. | <urn:uuid:127b9674-8af1-4b19-830c-20b9a29928d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.cesam.ua.pt/?menu=10015&tabela=post&language=eng | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.939286 | 552 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Family Futures Training – The Great Behaviour Breakdown (London)
The Great Behaviour Breakdown
This will be a three-day intensive workshop that provides step-by-step instructions on how to effectively reduce and eliminate 27 difficult behaviours.
Who should attend?
Adoptive parents, Prospective Adopters awaiting placements, Foster carers, Social Workers (Adoption, Fostering, Teachers, Health visitors), Parents of abused/traumatised children.
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Cybersecurity Groups Push US to Boost Collaboration on Hacks
Business leaders and cybersecurity experts are pushing the Biden administration to step up efforts to quell big hacks against US companies.
In a joint statement to be issued Tuesday, several of the groups said a public-private initiative created by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, 10 months ago needs to grow and increase its “reach and impact.” That initiative, called the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, is intended to lead cybersecurity defense and crisis planning, as well as information sharing between the government and private sector.
The groups are calling on the JCDC, whose government members include the National Security Agency and FBI, to help anticipate and plan for the top five potential digital attacks in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The groups also want to increase “collective understanding” of cyber threats and work with lawmakers to improve regulations they say hamper effective cyber defense.
“We don't have sufficiently thoughtful game plans for dealing with national security-grade attacks against our critical infrastructure and economic functioning,” said Greg Rattray, a former director for cybersecurity in the White House. He is now executive director of the Multilateral Cyber Action Committee, which was formed by former government officials and business leaders last year after a spate of egregious breaches in the energy, health and communications sector. The committee is spearheading the push to increase collaboration between government and business to improve the nation's cyber readiness.
Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA, said the JCDC “looked forward to working with an expanding breadth of partners,” and he added that it had “pioneered” a new model of collaboration between government and business.
The JCDC partnership model was “evolving,” he said, adding that it was helping to reduce the nation's cyber risk.
Michael Daniel, a former Obama administration cyber official who now leads the Cyber Threat Alliance, which is signing onto Tuesday's joint statement, said the JCDC was a good initiative that needed to “double down” so it could work at scale. He suggested hubs for specific sectors could be helpful, arranged in “concentric, overlapping circles.”
Art Coviello, former executive chairman at RSA Security, who helped create the Multilateral Cyber Action Committee, said the JCDC should expand from about 25 businesses, mostly cybersecurity and tech companies, to 2,500.
Avril Haines, the top US intelligence official, said at a conference on Monday that cybersecurity “is getting harder.” She said the government must find better ways to collaborate with business, including real-time information sharing about threats, saying that despite improvement there was “enormous work to be done.” | <urn:uuid:205dd246-be87-4ebd-aac1-340076bec4dd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/cybersecurity-groups-push-us-to-boost-collaboration-on-hacks-71654684312620.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.971095 | 584 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Here at BRAVE Church we believe that young children can indeed be saved by Jesus at an early age, understand the gospel, and we pray for this often. Because we also know from scripture that baptism is not essential for salvation, at BRAVE we encourage children to wait until middle school before applying for baptism.
Baptism declares to the world you’ve trusted Jesus, joined God’s family in the church, and made a commitment to follow Jesus, with all your heart, mind and soul.
WHAT IS BAPTISM?
We believe that Christian baptism by immersion in water is a public identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial and resurrection. Although baptism is not required for salvation, it is commanded of all believers and is for believers only (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:38, 41; Acts 18:18).
SHARE YOUR STORY
If you have never been baptized after salvation, baptism is your first step! We encourage you to take the next step and share your story with us. Sharing your personal story is a simple and powerful way to tell people about Jesus. We want to celebrate what God has with you! Tell us how Jesus has changed your life. | <urn:uuid:488415ba-8a85-4153-bbed-74182030a625> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bravemedia.online/connect/baptism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.954416 | 251 | 2.09375 | 2 |
“What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger”, is how the lyric goes. It’s funny, in the last challenge, we were asked to consider words to a song, and write a story about it. Couldn’t think of a thing. When memories came up as a challenge, the above lyrics came suddenly to mind. Along with “I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain.”
I have had a good life. I grew up in a loving family, even though now they have deserted me. I have been comfortable, wealthy, happy healthy, but also have been uncomfortable (sometimes by choice), extremely poor (by western standards), very sad, and suffer poor health.
I prefer healthy and happy any day. Wealth and comfort I can do without.
The following memory is one of a time I was uncomfortable by choice. It also relates to the lyrics of a song as you will discover.
When I was 23, I decided to step out of my comfort zone and go on a mission trip to the Philippines, to teach the gospel to people in poor lands and tell them with Jesus everything can be better. NO, this is not a religious story, don’t turn off yet. It was an eye opener for me. At the time I was working night-shift in Sydney’s red light district, looking after runaways, underage prostitutes and drug addicts who came to the church agency, or were dragged there by police or welfare. That itself was not incredibly comfortable, but I had grown up in this city, and was able to relate to these people because I was just as young and vulnerable as them. I chose to look at all options open to me and be able to find better solutions to problems than selling myself or shoving a needle in my arm.
We arrived in the Philippines and spent two days in Manila and Quezon City to become accustomed to the heat, the people, the food, the level of security needed, and not to mention traffic. After two days, we flew to an airport near a town called Tacloban. Lucky for us we had a guide, a lovely girl who had been in the field sometime before our arrival.
Even though we saw poverty in Manila, it was nothing compared to what we saw at Tacloban airport. We were hurried aboard a jeepney, along with about 20 others for the ride into the town. We could speak none of the local dialect, and the locals could not speak English. I had made eye contact with one of the helpers on the jeepney and from then every time we looked at each other we both started to laugh. I reached into my pocket to retrieve a small packet of chewing gum. I handed it to him to see the boys face just light up. It was positively glowing. I had given him so little but to him; I had sacrificed greatly to bring him pleasure.
The music playing on the radio in the jeepney was loud, for us. I am sure that the whole of the NPA (rebel soldiers) knew that there was a jeepney passing through their part of the jungle and it had aboard rich white tourist missionaries.
It was dark as we rode. We were going very fast through the jungle area surrounding the town. Every now and then, we would be driving through a shanty, lit by a solitary streetlamp. Under the streetlamp, families gathered to see the jeepney and we noticed lots of near naked children, the smell, the simple dress of the women who always had a baby on a hip and a snotty nosed youngster clutching to the dress hem.
Suddenly ahead, I saw bright lights. The sky was lit up like day, or like a football stadium on game night. The jungle opened to a clearing and in the midst of the clearing was a great mansion. It was about 4 stories high, and the biggest place I had ever seen in the Philippines. It was very much out of place here. I asked our guide what this place was. She said it was the Marcos Palace.
On the radio blared the hit song at the time “What a wonderful world”. I was stunned at the vast chasm that existed between the poor and the very wealthy here. I pondered on the lyrics of the song, and asked myself… Is it? Is it such a wonderful world, where children can be dying yet a woman with 700 pairs of shoes can sleep comfortably between satin sheets amidst it all without batting an eyelid.
For years after, whenever I heard that song, I would turn the radio off, or leave the room, turn my back; anything to keep people seeing how that song affected me.
Here it is 27 years later, and it’s the first memory I thought of when the challenge came up. A tear drops to the keyboard as I remember… | <urn:uuid:021cb03c-965a-4aca-a7cd-2a5f87690b0d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://s00156364.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/a-childs-smile-a-mans-tears/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.988112 | 1,023 | 1.539063 | 2 |
The Sages teach that visiting the sick is one of the mitzvos that offer benefit in both this world and the World to Come.
And which one of us hasn't felt better after a visit from a friend? Especially if he or she knew what to say to put us at ease.
However, few have really studied the laws of this important mitzvah. And we very often need practical guidance in its performance. What to say. What not to say. How to say it. How much time to spend.
In a thorough yet comfortably readable treatment, Rabbi Aaron Eli Glatt, M.D. explores a subject vital to individual and communal health. His cogent study presents:
- Talmudic discussions and the laws of visiting the sick from the Rambam, Shulchan Aruch, Chochmas Adam and Aruch HaShulchan
- Highlights of halachic responsa from HaRav Moshe Feinstein, zt"l and HaRav Eliezer Waldenberg, shlit"a
- Practical advice and guidance offered by a physician, a patient, and a parent of a sick child
- The medical implications of visitation vis-a-vis preventing infection, and maintaining patient dignity.
Rabbi Glatt's research, sources and pastoral experience, combined with his 25 years of bedside wisdom as a practicing physician will benefit anyone visiting or dealing with someone ill or recuperating.
Rabbis will find it a convenient repository of halachic information.
Teachers and Jewish communal professionals will find an abundance of useful source material for training individuals, classes, and congregations to be appropriately helpful and encouraging to a sick person.
And every individual will gain an understanding of how to properly perform this life-enhancing mitzvah.
We all pray that illness be banished from the earth, but until that blessed day arrives, this is a book that everyone should have. | <urn:uuid:b4e705e0-b087-4f7f-ad77-6d570f125f9e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.artscroll.com/Books/9781422600672.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.938341 | 402 | 2.046875 | 2 |
stop. trains can't.
We all need to take greater care at highway-rail grade crossings. A highway-rail grade crossing is an intersection where a roadway crosses railroad tracks at the same level or grade. Such crossings may be encountered on both public and private roads. There are more than 250,000 such crossings in the U.S. Although the highway safety picture has improved considerably over the last decade, still too many people are killed and injured every year at grade crossings. Of all the highway-rail grade crossing incidents annually, around 500 involve trucks or tractor-trailers. This translates to an average of about 10 per week.
Last year alone, 270 people were killed at railroad crossings. Of those, 99 people died after the driver went around lowered crossing gate arms – a 10-year high. And many of these fatalities at highway-railway crossings are preventable. Every four hours in America, a person or vehicle is struck by a train at a rail crossing. Over the past five years, 798 people have died while trying to drive across railroad tracks.
As a result, the Department of Transportation last month initiated a public service campaign, “Stop. Trains Can’t” to remind drivers about the potential risks of an approaching train when crossing railroad tracks, especially when active warning devices such as flashing lights or gate arms are descending or lowered.
Given their size and weight, neither freight nor passenger trains can stop easily to avoid cars or other vehicles on the tracks. Trains cannot swerve out of the way, and a freight train traveling 55 mph can take more than a mile to stop, even when emergency brakes are applied.
Here are some rules to follow when approaching highway-rail grade crossings:
- Approach with care. Warn others that you are slowing down. Turn on 4-way flashers. Use pull-out lane if available.
- Prepare to stop. Turn off fans and radio and roll down windows. Locate your cell phone for use in an emergency. Stop at least 15 feet, but not more than 50 feet, from nearest rail.
- Look and listen both ways, carefully. Bend forward to see around mirrors and A-pillars.
- If it won’t fit, don’t commit. Do not enter a crossing unless you can drive completely through without stopping! And, remember, trains are wider than the track. Before you pull onto the track, make sure there is enough room on the other side for the back of your vehicle (and any overhanging cargo) to be at least 3 feet beyond the furthest rail.
- Look again. Before you move, look again in both directions.
- Cross tracks with care. Signal, watch for a safe gap, pull back onto the road if you used a pull-out lane. Use highest gear that will let you cross without shifting.
- Keep going once you start, even if lights start to flash or gates come down.
If you are operating a vehicle with a long wheelbase, a low ground clearance, or that requires a special weights and dimensions permit, it is especially important that you and your motor carrier take special precautions to ensure that your rig and its cargo can safely traverse highway-rail grade crossings.
The June 2019 Driver Safety Letter has been provided and co-sponsored by NPTC and CPC Logistics . This month’s letter, “Stop. Trains Can’t,” includes safety tips when approaching highway-rail grade crossings.
The Monthly Driver Safety letter is a Microsoft Word document that you can print out and post as is, if appropriate, or modify any way you wish to make it a better fit for your drivers, including adding your company logo. If you are already doing an in-house letter, you may find information here that you can cut and paste into your own letter. If you are interested in specific subjects, or have any comments/feedback, contact Tom Moore, CTP, at email@example.com. | <urn:uuid:c1c36316-fc2e-444e-8e0f-a94e4ebef23f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.fleetadvantage.com/nptc-driver-safety-letter-june-2019 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.945614 | 826 | 3.328125 | 3 |
My lab will develop genetic models of liver and lung cancer using small RNA tools, such as RNAi-mediated silencing and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing. The CRISPR/Cas9 system allows us to quickly generate somatic loss-of-function mutations in tumor suppressor genes or gain-of-function mutations in oncogenes. Our approach presents a new avenue for rapid development of cancer models, functional genomics, and proof-of-concept targeted cancer therapy. My laboratory will engage in the following areas of research over the next few years:
Discover and correct liver cancer genes using CRISPR-mediated genome editing
Many candidate cancer genes are being discovered through cancer genome-sequencing efforts, and simple genetic methods are needed to validate candidate cancer genes in vivo. CRISPR/Cas genome-editing has been successfully used in many organisms, including mouse and human cells. We will use in vivo CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing tools to discover, validate, and correct liver cancer genes in the mouse. To identify potential liver cancer therapeutic targets, we will devise novel CRISPR strategies to delete candidate oncogenes and test the effect on liver cancer progression. Because our approach allows us to perform genetic tests without breeding mice, our approach will speed up cancer gene discovery and drug target validation for liver cancer.
Characterize response and resistance to KRAS inhibition using in vivo RNAi and genome editing
KRAS is mutated in >30% of lung cancer. While most studies in the literature use inducible Kras cDNA, conditional shRNA system allows knockdown of endogenous levels of Kras in vivo, offering a more physiologic model of Kras inhibition. We will model the response and resistance to Kras inhibition in mouse models using lentiviral-based tet-on shRNA in the lung. Our recent studies show that after long-term Kras inhibition by RNAi, Kras-driven tumors relapse and become Kras-independent. We will explore the molecular basis of resistance to Kras inhibition using gene expression profiling. To completely delete the oncogenic KRAS gene and compare the phenotype with RNAi-mediated knockdown, we plan to use CRISPR to generate floxed KRAS conditional knockout alleles in lung cancer cell lines. These small RNA-based experiments will generate in vivo and in vitro platforms to uncover important KRAS biology.
Investigate oncogenic and tumor suppressor miRNA networks in lung cancer
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Bears. Salmon. Volcanoes. Wilderness. Culture. These are the terranes of Katmai. Each is distinct, but in combination these features create a place like no other. Read about the uniqueness of Katmai in this blog.
Nine bears can be seen in this photo taken from the Lower River Wildlife Viewing Platform in early July 2010. What were they doing there and what were the circumstances that brought them together? This photo tells a story of hunger, instinct, and survival.
November 23, 2015Posted by: Michael Fitz and Jeanne Roy
Bearcam 2015 ended with startling deaths that highlighted the harsh realities of a bear’s world. The death of two bears, a young cub and an adult male, offered the opportunity to learn from events that people rarely have the opportunity to observe and study.
From 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. June 15 to August 15, the platforms and boardwalks at Brooks Falls are closed. In order to better understand how bears use the falls when no humans are present, I assisted Brooks Camp’s bear monitor, Leslie Skora, with an overnight monitoring session from 10:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m., then again from 4 to 7 a.m.
Even as a resident of Anchorage, I had never heard of Katmai or Brooks Camp before coming to King Salmon. I was unaware of the fact that Katmai had volcanoes and that invasive plants are affecting the national parks and spreading faster than a bear can run. Before arriving in King Salmon, I was a little nervous about going to Brooks camp because even though I am more apprehensive of moose than bears, what could be more nerve-racking than being surrounded by the world’s largest land predators?
What should you expect to see at Brooks River and on bearcam over the next month? While other parts of Katmai fill with bears in August, it’s the opposite at Brooks Camp. August brings bears more opportunities to find food away from Brooks River.
We are taught as children to ask questions to understand the world around us. When people leave their comfort zones and go on vacation they tend to ask more questions. The rangers at Katmai, and at Brooks Camp in particular, spend a lot of time answering questions.
Near Brooks Falls, a complex of elevated boardwalks and wildlife viewing platforms stand in the forest. Viewed from a distance, or even from the perspective of a person standing on the walkway, it may seem that the walkways eliminate our impact on bears. While the boardwalks and viewing platforms have substantially reduced bear-human conflicts near the falls, they haven’t eliminated them. Sometimes a bit of restraint and sacrifice, on our part, are needed to help bears.
Most of the time when a volcano erupts, it does not send avalanches of fifteen-hundred degree surging volcanic rock across the landscape, completely burying whatever might lay in its path. Nor does a volcano typically send a column of ash twenty miles into the sky, turning day to night and blanketing a hundred plus mile radius of land in a foot or two of ash. Katmai's volatile young volcano, Novarupta, erupted in such a manner in 1912, and it left behind compelling proof of its explosive might.
July 1, 2014 was a stressful day for rangers and one yearling cub at Brooks Camp. Around 10 AM bear #402 became separated from her cub near the mouth of the Brooks River. The yearling walked and ran to Brooks Lodge and climbed a tree just outside of the lodge. The cub was not reunited with its mother until 8:15 PM. This situation highlights the challenges of managing people and bears at Brooks Camp.
Explorers of Katmai Country: In this series of posts, we’ll highlight a different person tied to Katmai’s varied history.
Much of what we know today about the early American period of Alaska is due to the pioneering efforts of one man, Ivan Petroff. He is largely responsible for compiling the US Census for this territory twice, in 1880 and 1890, as well as exploring and publishing on many areas along the Alaskan coast. In many ways this Russian transplant was the leading American authority on Alaska of his day, a prominent position he held until he was discredited in a most public and humiliating manor during tense international negotiations. Does that not read like a high powered plot in a John Gisham inspired best seller?
In May 2014 my wife, Ann, and I were vacationing on the southern Oregon coast. Upon checking my email while watching Pacific waves crash against sea stacks I saw an unexpected message from my former Katmai National Park supervisor. Curious, I thought. I have not heard from him in some time. “I know this is a long shot, but would you consider returning to Brooks Camp this summer?” he wrote.
Pop! When I saw the tranquilizing dart strike 854 Divot, I knew that there was much work to do and we needed to be quick about it, but I couldn’t help but feel a sigh of relief. “This might just work,” I thought, “We’ll be able to remove the snare.” Frankly, I never thought we’d get the opportunity.
In the Brooks Camp Visitor Center, a bear pelt hangs in the rafters. This pelt belonged to a young female bear nicknamed Sister. After obtaining food and equipment from people, Sister became the last bear destroyed at Brooks Camp. This is a story of mistakes and loss. It teaches a lesson that we should never learn the hard way again.
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Click the link to read the article on the Water Education Colorado website (Jerd Smith):
As forecasters call for a warm summer ahead in Colorado, threatening to further weaken the state’s water supplies, water and fire officials plan a major two-day confab later this month in Grand Junction, in hopes of bringing more people together to understand and plan how best to protect the state’s vital mountain watersheds.
Like other Western states, Colorado derives the majority of its water for cities, farms and industry from mountain snowmelt, a resource that is coming under increasing pressure due to drought and climate change.
“Before the Fire: Protecting the Water Towers of the West,” is designed “to frame the issue around challenges, and demonstrate the impacts of unhealthy watersheds and inaction,” said Christian Reece, executive director of Grand Junction-based Club 20, an economic development group that is sponsoring the conference.
Representatives of the U.S. Forest Service, the Colorado State Forest Service, and other experts will be presenting at the conference, slated for March 24 and 25.
The summit comes as Colorado and other Western states prepare for what may become another rough wildfire season.
Colorado’s snowpack is resting at average for this time of year, and whether traditional spring snows will materialize to boost it above average remains unclear.
Peter Goble, a climate specialist with the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University, said the weather outlook for the spring could go either way, but warm summer temperatures could leave the state under fire threat again.
“There is not as clear a picture as we would like,” Goble said. And though the near-term forecasts for March indicate the state could receive good snow, the runoff forecasts for the spring and summer are likely to be lower than average.
“The way temperatures are trending, we’re more likely to have a warmer summer and we need to factor that in,” he said.
The seven-state Colorado River Basin, suffering under what is considered to be the worst drought in 1,200 years, will need several back-to-back years of mega snowpacks in order to recover, according to the Colorado Climate Center.
“The 1,200-year drought is not good news,” Reece said. “But it helps make the case for why watershed work is so critical.”
After the catastrophic Marshall Fire burned 25 miles north of Denver on Dec. 30, the state has been on edge, unnerved by the emergence of urban wildfires and a winter fire season.
“Here in Colorado, after our 2020 fire season and now the Marshall Fire, I truly believe we have to change how we tackle wildfires,” said Dan Gibbs, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, via email. Gibbs will be presenting at the conference.
Among the topics on tap is how to utilize tens of millions of dollars in federal and state funding that is being set aside to reduce fuel loads in mountain watersheds and to help restore the water systems that lie within the burn areas.
“We’ll try to break down the silos and elevate the importance of watersheds,” Reece said. “We hope we inspire people so much that they leave the summit and decide that they want to take on watershed protection work when they get home.”
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The objective of this study was to formulate topical gel loaded nanoemulsions containing flurbiprofen using volatile oil. The gel released the drug at a controlled rate to the targeted site. Flurbiprofen (log P = 4.09) in generally used for transdermal treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Selection of the oil phase, surfactant, and cosurfactant was done by individual screening method with the aid of pseudoâ€ternary phase study. International Conference on Harmonisation Q8 guidelines was applied using 32 factorial designs coupled with response surface methodology. The formulations were prepared by using spontaneous emulsification method. The selected formulation from various statistical and other studies was investigated. It was found that selected formulation showed an optimum inâ€vitro data. Later the optimized formulation obtained within the tentative design space was incorporated in the gel and compared with the marketed formulation.The result suggested the optimized formulation with good potential for transdermal delivery of the drug than the marketed formulations.
Key words: Design space, flurbiprofen, inâ€vitro diffusion, nanoemulsions, transdermal drug delivery
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Enchantment is the name given to thaumic radiation, which may be given off either by a specific object, or by the background and dynamic enchantment in a room.
- 1 Octarine
- 2 Enchanted items
- 3 Room enchantment
- 4 Measuring enchantment
- 5 See also
- 6 Footnotes
The eighth colour that exists on Discworld, it is the colour of enchantment, seen when magic happens and around magical objects or even whole areas.
"The basic colour of which other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on conventional reality. The colour of magic."
- --Discworld Noir
Octarine is described as a fluorescent greenish-yellow purple by those who can see it. It is said that the reason some people can see octarine is that their eyes have octagons in addition to rods and cones.
If someone who cannot see octarine was extremely perceptive and knew where to look, octarine might look like a kind of blackness, a hole in space as mentioned by 71-hour Ahmed as related in Jingo. So far, however, there is no report of anyone seeing an empty space when people who can't see octarine look where it should be on the mud.
Witches, wizards and cats can see octarine just by looking at it.
Werewolves, who can see smells as clouds of colours when in wolf form, can see-smell octarine's distinctive fluorescent sparkle amidst smells left by magical things or beings.
On the mud people who can see octarine see the item enchantment line which sometimes shows other magical effects, the delusion line of would-be and actual talismans as well as the room enchantment line in room descriptions.
Both performing the ritual Detect Magic or zapping an object with a short wand (Wand of Magic Detection) on an object shows what is emitted in the octarine spectrum by the object, as per the level of enchantment of the object.
Effects of enchantment on items
Enchanted items have the following effects, which vary in proportion to the degree to which they are enchanted:
- Enchanted armour has the following effects associated with it:
- It provides additional damage reduction.
- It is more durable.
- Enchanted weapons have the following effects associated with them:
- They deliver more damage on striking
- They are harder to use
- They are more durable.
Each item has an enchantment capacity proportional to its weight. The enchantment capacity is the amount of thaumic energy that can be channeled into the item and can be calculated with the equation
Total Capacity = floor(2.25 * weight in lb + 5) thaums
As general guidelines:
- Items with a lesser enchantment capacity are quicker to enchant than items with a greater capacity.
- Items with a lesser enchantment capacity are harder to enchant to a given fraction of their total capacity than items with a greater capacity.
Enchanting an item
Almost any item can be enchanted, via one of three means:
- A wizard (or anyone else with an appropriate magic scroll) can cast:
- Witches can cast Mother Twinter's Yarrow Enchantment to enchant an item up to a medium level.
- The type of spell cast - Master Glimer's Amazing Glowing Thing allows an item to be enchanted to its maximum enchantment capacity, whereas the other two spells are capped at a lesser fraction of the total enchantment capacity, affected by the following:
- The item's weight - the lighter the item, the lower the limit is.
- The caster's magic.spells.misc bonus - the higher the better.
Item enchantment levels
The degree of enchantment on an item may be seen in its description when a wizard or witch looks at it, and is displayed as follows, based on the degree of enchantment as a fraction of the item's total enchantment capacity:
- 1-10%: 'It occasionally pulses with octarine light'
- 11-20%: 'It emits a slight octarine glow'
- 21-30%: 'It softly pulses in dull octarine shades'
- 31-40%: 'It gives off a steady but dull octarine glow'
- 41-50%: 'It gives off a steady octarine glow'
- 51-60%: 'It glows an intense octarine'
- 61-70%: 'It emits a bright octarine colour'
- 71-80%: 'It brightly pulses octarine'
- 81-90%: 'It glows brilliant octarine shades'
- 91-100%: 'It radiates pure octarine brilliance'
For example, if we take the tiger fang, with a weight of 1 5/9, it can take a maximum of 8 thaums. If we add 1 thaum to the tiger fang we have an enchantment level of 1 / 8 * 100% = 12.5% or "slight octarine glow". If we have 2 thaums in the tiger fang 2 / 5 * 100% = 25% or "softly pulses in dull octarine shades". At 8 thaums it will be 100% and "radiates pure octarine brilliance". As you can see in this example, some levels are skipped.
For how to calculate the maximum number of thaums for a given weight see here.
For some items, the enchantment line is replaced with a description of something in octarine light. The items can still be enchanted normally, but the enchantment level will not be visible. You can still use a thaumometer to determine the number of thaums radiating from the item.
All items have a 'natural enchantment level', which is typically around 50% (between 48% and 51% confirmed) of the item's maximum enchantment capacity. If enchanted beyond this level, then the enchantment level of the item will gradually decay over a period of time (usually weeks to months) until it returns to this level.
Deluded items that haven't turned into full talismans yet behave like normal items.
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The following simplified formula shows what enchant is returned after a given amount of time for items with the standard degrade threshold of 50%.
new enchant = ( enchanted - 49.01 ) * ( 1 - time_since_enchanted / 8 weeks ) + 50
The following is the original formula that uses integers.
new enchant = ( ( (enchanted - degrade_threshold) * 100 + 99 ) * ( 100 - (time_since_enchanted / 8 weeks * 100) ) ) / 10000 + degrade_threshold
The degrade threshold is usually 50 (50% of max thaums) but it can be changed to some value other than 50 by the code.
Thus 8 weeks after enchanting the object it returns to the degrade threshold.
Item delusion levels
A magic user can observe an item to see how far along it is in the delusion process or if it is a talisman:
- It has a faint octarine shadow about it that disappears if you look at it squarely.
- It has a faint octarine shadow about it.
- It has an octarine shadow about it that flickers occasionally out of the corner of your eye.
- It has a flickering octarine shadow about it.
- It has a flickering octarine haze about it.
- It has the hazy octarine sparkle of a magical talisman.
Room enchantment is the sum of the background enchantment and the dynamic enchantment in the room, measured in thaums.
Background enchantment does not decay, it is made of thaums that come with the room and that are a permanent part of it.
Dynamic enchantment decays, with more thaums decaying much faster. It is made of thaums created by casting spells, recharging, smashing shards or that occur naturally in the libraries in wizard's guilds.
Effects of room enchantment
Room enchantment has the following effects:
- It increases the power of magical spells - for example, the item enchantment spells listed above can impart more thaums into their target items in a higher room enchantment level.
- Higher levels of room enchantment attract Thyngs from the Dungeon Dimensions. The Thyngs are very eager to get close to magic users; so eager in fact that they may cause damage, break or tear off limbs of anyone casting magic in such rooms.
- Thaum crystals are charged from the dynamic enchantment of a room.
- Players with high room enchantment might be more likely to be the destination of a misportal.
- Higher levels of room enchantment cause strange things to happen to coins that are flipped.
Natural room enchantment
All rooms on the disc have a natural background enchantment level. Usually it is at 0 thaums or very low, however, rooms in the vicinity of large magic sources gain a higher natural level due to thaumic fallout.
Examples of rooms with a high natural background enchantment level include:
- Rooms near the hub, which gain a lot of thaumic fallout as a result of the disc's magical field passing over the hub.
- Rooms near to the Unseen University (for example Unreal Estate) suffer from the fallout from the wizards' experiments.
- The Unseen University Library has increasing background enchantment as you go deeper.
- Rooms near to the Illusionary Institute of Learning likewise suffer fallout from the nearby wizards' experiments.
- The Bes Pelargic L-space Bubble has rooms from low to high background enchantment.
- Holy Wood is built around a rift in the fabric of reality where the power of dreams can build up, a natural gateway to the Dungeon Dimensions. Several rooms have high enchantment levels.
Some rooms have initial dynamic enchantment that then proceed to decay towards 0 thaums. Dynamic enchantment can also be negative.
Examples of rooms with a natural dynamic enchantment include:
- Rooms in the libraries of the various wizard's guilds.
Increasing enchantment levels
Room enchantment levels can be increased by generating dynamic enchantment via the following means:
- By casting any spell (either wizard or witch) in that room; casting spells will generate thaums equal to 1/5 the size of the spell in units of mind space.
- By recharging a magical artifact; this will generate thaums equal to 1/5 of the Guild Points used.
- By smashing a thaum crystal, which changes dynamic enchantment so that the room enchantment level is no more than 500 thaums. Below that limit it adds the thaums in the crystal up to 500 thaums.
Enchantment proof rooms
There are a few rooms on the disc that have been specially proofed against enchantment: it comes without any enchantment and the thaumic radiation from spells cast in these rooms immediately leaks away, and does not build up. There is usually a demon trapped in these rooms to provide targets for spell practice. These rooms include:
- The Unseen University gymnasium with Dwmmigh.
- The Sto Lat Wizards' Guild gymnasium with Mr Ritservals.
- The gymnasium in the Bes Pelargic guild with Ezhkrr.
- The gym at the IIL with Sakeerhi; not the outdoor practice room with Ghrigghi.
- All magic circles have zero room enchantment in them when drawn, irrespective of the room enchantment level of the room containing them.
- Immediately after the circle is drawn, the room enchantment measured by thaumometer is multiplied by around 30% with a small variation at every reading or casting. (The enchant line in room description and Dungeon Dimensions intrusions when casting take the "real" enchantment level into account, not the multiplied one.)
- All spells cast inside a magic circle affect and are affected by the room enchantment level of the circle, not the room containing it.
- The enchantment level inside the circle is not affected by the enchantment level of the room containing it.
- When a magic circle is dispelled or fades, it does not transfer enchantment accumulated within it into the room containing it - this enchantment just fades away with the circle.
Room enchantment levels
|Thaum range||Enchant line in room description||Notes|
|0 - 49|
|50 - 149||There is the residual taste of magic in this place.|
|150 - 299||This place has seen some use of magic.|
|300 - 499||A considerable amount of magic has been used here.|
|500 - 749||A very large quantity of magic has been manipulated here.|
|750 - 1000||You can feel the Dungeon Dimensions trying to push in.||At this point red warning messages are displayed on any attempts to cast, and it is possible to take minor damage on casting.|
|1001 - 1500||Little sparks flash in from the Dungeon Dimensions.||At this point it is more likely that damage will be taken from spellcasting. Broken legs and lost limbs are also very possible.|
|1501 - 2000||Apparations of things with lots of tentacles seem to be on the edge of your vision.||From this point beyond it is highly likely that legs will be broken or limbs lost from spellcasting.|
|2001 - 5000||So much magic has been expended here that the area is in danger of dumping itself into the Dungeon Dimensions.|
Dungeon Dimensions casting messages
When casting spells in the range of "You can feel the Dungeon Dimensions trying to push in." you can see messages such as:
You shudder slightly, sensing the presence of something you wouldn't want to meet on a bright sunny day. You sense an other worldly presence fighting to break into this world. You feel like something cold and slimy touched your sleeve. Something with tentacles appears in front of you briefly. A tap drips slowly in the shadows. A cold wind drifts up your back.
These messages did not cause harm, though it is possible that there is a skillcheck that if failed leads to injuries.
When casting spells in the range of "Little sparks flash in from the Dungeon Dimensions." (or sometimes in the previous section) you can see messages such as:
You suddenly bend down onto one knee, looking up you see something nasty munching on the air in which you used to stand. You sense something going for your elbow, but you duck aside! Something pops into being briefly in front of you and takes a swipe, luckily vanishing just before it connects.
The messages above didn't result in damage, though they implied that it was narrowly averted. The messages below did result in damage.
You gasp in pain as something cold and icy digs into your head. (23 hp)
Dynamic enchantment decay
Room enchantment levels in a room with dynamic enchantment will decay to the room's natural background enchantment level, at a rate roughly proportional to the amount of dynamic enchantment in the room. This is a considerably faster process than item enchantment decay - left alone, rooms will typically return to their natural levels within approximately an hour.
- Brother Happalon's Elementary Enchanting
- Master Glimer's Amazing Glowing Thing
- Mother Twinter's Yarrow Enchantment
- Divining bob
- Thaum crystal
- From Discworld Noir, in a conversation between werewolves:
The conversation is between Carlotta von Uberwald and Lewton.
" L - There was something else about it. Like a kind of fluorescent sparkle. C - Like a greenish-yellow-purple? L - That's the one. C - That's octarine. L - Octarine? Sounds like a type of fruit. C - It's the eighth colour of the spectrum. L - Eighth? C - The basic colour of which other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on conventional reality. The colour of magic. L - Conventional reality? C - Or what passes for conventional on the Discworld. L - What's that supposed to mean? C - If I always knew what I meant I'd be a genius. L - So what smells of octarine? C - Anything magical. L - Then how come I have never seen it before? There must be a hundred magical things in the city - Unseen University should glow like a sparkler. C - Mortals can't see it, only wizards - although we can smell it, of course. L - That doesn't explain why Unseen University doesn't reek of it. C - Well, it fades quickly in sunlight, and in extreme cases walks away. "
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Are Frozen Lima Beans Safe For Dogs
Can dogs eat frozen beans?
Yes, dogs can safely eat plain green beans. Nutritious and low in calories, green beans are a good choice that dogs actually like. As long as the beans are fresh, frozen or canned without any added salt or seasonings, green beans are a perfectly acceptable snack.
Will lima beans hurt my dog?
‘ is yes! Lima beans are perfectly okay to feed your pet on the occasional basis. They are not toxic, and actually have more than a few health benefits. However, remember that dogs should always consume a balanced diet; their diet should not comprise of largely one food source.
Can dogs have frozen veggies?
Frozen vegetables can be a convenient, affordable, and long-lasting option to round out your dog’s diet. What’s more, frozen vegetables are faster and easier to prepare than fresh and don’t contain any added sodium like most canned veggies. Dogs need fiber to help keep them regular, just like people do.
Can dogs have corn and lima beans?
Like Lima Beans, dogs can eat corn in moderation. If you would like to feed your pooch some Lima Beans and corn, be sure to cook them thoroughly and keep them plain.
What beans are bad for dogs?
Which beans are bad for dogs? Canned baked beans, chili beans, and refried beans should never be fed to dogs as they may contain toxic ingredients like onion and tend to be high in salt and sugar. Dried beans should be soaked and cooked thoroughly before feeding to dogs and should never contain seasoning.
Is frozen food bad for dogs?
Dogs can eat frozen foods and will usually like them. If you’re interested in feeding your dog raw foods you can visit one of the raw pet food sites listed above, or start out by buying fresh raw meat at your grocers and begin feeding your dog small amounts of meat to see if it can easily digest it.
Are frozen hot dogs good for dogs?
After opening a package of hot dogs you can keep them for a week in the refrigerator (40 °F/4.4 °C or less). These meats can also be frozen for 1 to 2 months for best quality. Frozen foods are safe indefinitely. See also our fact sheet on Hot Dogs and Food Safety.
Can dogs eat frozen peas?
We’re talking about green peas, specifically: snow peas, sugar snap peas, and garden or English peas. You can feed your dog fresh, frozen, or thawed peas, but do not give your dog canned peas. Like many canned vegetables, canned peas typically have a lot of added sodium, which is harmful to dogs (and humans).
Can I give my dog frozen peas and carrots?
Frozen/mashed/microwaved/raw/ or any other way you prepare it peas and carrots will be fine for your dog. Avoid toxic vegetables like onion and garlic, and don’t serve with butter or other fatty oils or foods. Vegetables like peas and carrots are a great treat for your dog.
Can dogs have frozen butternut squash?
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An unusual one I ran across is Payment and Value of Care.
Online at CMS, you can download the "CSV" file at this website (most recent, 10/31/2018). The file is called "Payment_and_value_of_care_-_Hospital.csv." I recommend immediately opening and re-saving the file as "Excel Workbook."
Generally, there are four metrics per hospital: See Column J Payment in dollars over 30 days for AMI, or for heart failure, or for pneumonia, and payment 90 days for hip/knee replacement.
In the snapshot below, column J is the measure, column K the summary result in words (e.g. above, below, or near the national average); column L is number patients and column M is average payment. (I've hidden some additional columns for clarity). Then it is interesting to see Column R is a summary metric for how mortality and payments compare. This is rated categorically in Column S (e.g. average mortality + average payment, or worse mortality and higher payment, etc). (Unlike payment, there is no absolute number shown for mortality, only a categorical rating.)
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Once you have the Excel, you can do some basic sort-and-play maneuvers.
For example, I made a copy of the worksheet page, sorted alphabetically by measure, and deleted all the measures except the 30-day-pneumonia measure. Then I sorted it for performance on Value of Care.
This gives you information like: CMS classified 240 hospitals out of 4794 with data as "Worse Mortality" for pneumonia.
Of these 240 all labeled with "worse mortality," CMS subcategorized by payment costs. 54 of the 240 had worse mortality and lower payment, 58 had worse mortality and higher payment (whoops), and 127 had worse mortality and average payment. (We can infer that CMS assesses worse and better as quartiles, with 50% in the middle). In other sources, CMS states that mortality is propensity-corrected (e.g. by advanced age).
Payment Level Range
Sorting pneumonia 30-day measures solely by average payment, the highest was $27,126 for a hospital in Oklahoma with 35 cases, the lowest was $10,816 for a hospital in Texas with 29 cases.
Number of Case per Hospital
Sorting solely by number of cases per hospital, the highest was 3,328 for a hospital in Orlando, FL, which was one of only 8 hospitals with > 2000 cases for this pneumonia measure. About 1850 hospitals had >400 cases. (Hospitals with <11 are not reported).
Medical Imaging, Spending Per Bene
CMS also publishes data on "use of medical imaging" by hospitals (outpatients) and "Medicare Spending by Beneficiary" or MSPB for all spending by any provider in Part B or Part B that is within 3 days prior or 30 days after a hospital discharge. Cost standardization removes geographic wage index differences, etc, and there is "risk adjustment due to patient health status." Explanation of these, here. Data sources online here. (The main zip file downloads a large bundle of Excel files, 277 MB). | <urn:uuid:ca005391-7bca-4186-86e6-d1f0e2f0c2ed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.discoveriesinhealthpolicy.com/2018/11/medicares-public-measure-for-hospital.html?m=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.943304 | 672 | 1.5 | 2 |
Sandworm, the APT group has carried out some of the world’s most disruptive cyberattacks and continues updating its arsenal to target Ukraine. Researchers have recently spotted an updated version of the malware dubbed ArguePatch loader which was used in the Industroyer2 attack targeting energy providers in Ukraine and multiple disruptive CaddyWiper attacks.
According to the researchers, the new variant of ArguePatch now includes a feature where the execution of the next stage in an attack is performed at a specified time. Another significant difference researchers noticed was the new ArguePatch variant is being distributed by abusing a legitimate ESET executable with a removed digital signature and overwritten code.
Attackers often maintain persistence in the targeted system once gaining initial access by setting up Scheduled tasks and/ or modifying the registry. However, the new version of ArguePatch has introduced a new time-based feature. This type of tactic is likely used to eliminate the use of setting up a scheduled task in Windows for persistence and help attackers remain undetected.
In Pakistan, Internet services are said to have been limited as the government moves to curb the protests organized by Imran Khan. The former prime minister of Pakistan was recently forced to leave office due to a no-confidence motion in the respective parliament on April 10.
A watchdog organization – NetBlocks – tracks major disruptions in Internet connectivity across the globe and confirmed disruptions to Internet service from multiple service providers across Pakistan after 5 p.m. local time.
NetBlocks said real-time monitoring of network data from multiple providers “a pattern consistent with an intentional disruption to service.” Their analysis showed the incident is “consistent with previously recorded internet shutdowns and is likely to significantly impact the flow of information”. They assess widespread effects with high impacts in major cities including Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore.
As the former prime minister called for anti-government protests and supporters took to the streets to call for new elections, the reports of the Internet shut down were confirmed on social media by hundreds of citizens.
Ironically, there has been a long history of imposing such nationwide restrictions during the time of unrest by Pakistani leaders, this also includes Imran Khan himself.
Around January 2020, LockBit operators first appeared on Russian-language cybercrime underground forums. In June 2021, the operators introduced version two of the LockBit RaaS, advertised as LockBit 2.0, and was reportedly bundled with StealBit – a built-in information stealing function.
The LockBit 2.0 operators are known to implement the double extortion techniques by threatening to publish the exfiltrated data to their dark web leak site “LockBit BLOG” if ransom demands are not met. The enforcement of such tactics coerces victims into paying the ransom demands.
At the start of November 2021, the increased pressure from law enforcement agencies and the unavailability of members forced the prolific RaaS group BlackMatter to shut down its operations. However, researchers reported that existing BlackMatter affiliates are moving their victims to LockBit DLS – most likely to facilitate their extortion efforts. They observe that the BlackMatter victims are provided with URLs to new negotiation pages which belong to LockBit. With more experienced affiliates joining the LockBit ransomware group, it is going to be one of the largest and arguably the most successful ransomware groups in operation.
Alongside Conti, LockBit is one of the most prominent ransomware groups – with both groups accounting for nearly half of all ransomware attacks. Last month alone, LockBit ransomware had claimed more than 60 victims on their dedicated leak site with the majority of victims operating in US and European countries.
The social media giant Twitter has agreed to pay a fine of $150 million for violating a 2011 administrative order with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The order relates to how Twitter used the email addresses and phone numbers of its users for targeted advertising. Twitter collected contact information from its users to make their accounts secure, however, the company failed to notify users the information will also be used in targeted advertisements. The FTC stated that Twitter “engaged in deceptive acts or practices” by misrepresenting how it handled user data and that the company lacked reasonable safeguards to keep accounts and data secure.
According to the reports, this practice has affected more than 140 million Twitter users. For a social media company advertisement is one primary source of revenue and this act may have significantly boosted its revenue. Twitter has stopped such collection of contact information in 2019 stating the use of data for advertisement was “unintentional”. In 2020, Twitter communicated to its shareholder about FTC allegations and expected a potential fine of $250 million which turned out to be lower than expected.
Researchers have recently discovered eight vulnerabilities in the OAS that may allow attackers to perform a variety of malicious actions, including improper authentication to the targeted device and causing DoS attack. Notably, the OAS enables simplified data transfer between various proprietary devices and applications. The discovered vulnerabilities are as follows
There has been no report of these vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild or listed in CISA KEV catalong. It should be noted that CISA’s ‘Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities’ is an excellent resource for organizations to keep up with trending vulnerabilities among attackers. The initiative aims to catalog the most important vulnerabilities that have been previously exploited by attackers and pose a serious risk. Organizations are encouraged to monitor these vulnerabilities listed in this catalog. | <urn:uuid:f563d037-9e43-44ce-a275-82a9f698e09b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://beta05.cyfirma.com/news/weekly-cyber-intelligence-trends-and-advisory-26-may-2022/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.958794 | 1,111 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Installing the S1 truss
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: September 26, 2002
The day after docking - flight day four - the combined crews will face the busiest day of Atlantis' mission: Installation of the S1 truss and, during a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk by Wolf and Sellers, initial connection of the electrical cables and data lines needed to bring the truss to life.
Three spacewalks will be required to complete the job.
"The next thing we're going to do is put a new comm device on there, which will be used for communications between the crew and the station," he said. "Next important is fluid connections, we want to make the coolant loops that exist on station connect with the cooling radiators that are on the S1 truss. And the fourth thing that, I think, is going to be fun is to activate the CETA cart, which is this little railway cart that trundles up and down the front face of S1."
The truss completely fills Atlantis' cargo bay and it is a marvel of complexity.
"The electrical utilities consist of 22 different types of wire, totaling 79,241 feet, or 15 miles of wire," said Ronald Torcivia, STS-112 launch package manager. "Another way to look at it is to say that for every foot of the 45-foot-long truss there is a third of a mile of wire. The electrical system has 103 separate harnesses with 8,020 contacts housed in 718 connections.
"In addition, there is over a third of a mile of fiber optic cable used to carry video information. The fluid system provides all the utilities needed to transfer ammonia and nitrogen within the thermal control system as well as transferring it to the adjoining structures.
"The fluid system consists of 426 feet of rigid stainless steel tubing terminating in 59 EVA-operable connections, or QDs (quick-disconnect fittings)," Torcivia said. "Fifty six of these QDs are used to transfer ammonia while three are used to transfer nitrogen. The ammonia lines are used for cooling and the nitrogen lines are used to maintain pressure within the ammonia system at 3,000 psi.
Throw in the complex rotary joint that allows the radiators to be properly oriented, the S-band antenna system, the CETA cart and the segment's computer system and even the casual observer begins to realize the truss is more than a simple, if massive, structural element.
"S1 is essentially a full spacecraft," said Gerstenmaier. "The only thing it's lacking is propulsion and some attitude control determination. It has computers on board, multiplexers and de-multiplexers, it has a communications antenna system, it has integral thermal control system, it has radiators, a very large ammonia tank, a crew translation aid. It's a very, very complex spacecraft."
While Wolf and Sellers, assisted by Melroy, begin preparations for their first spacewalk, Whitson and Magnus will use the station's robot arm to slowly lift S1 from Atlantis' cargo bay. Ashby will assist by positioning the shuttle's robot arm to provide different television views of the operation.
"Well, we're moving into a situation now, and the S1 truss is a classic example of it, it's way too far out there! It's on the other side of the shuttle from the robotic arm. There's just no way you can get it over there. So, we've transitioned to using the station arm for the assembly task. Reaching into the payload bay, pulling the S1 truss out, and putting it into position."
The truss will be pulled straight up from the payload bay and then maneuvered over the starboard side of the orbiter until it is roughly lined up with S0. Canadarm2 will carefully position S1 so that its capture bar is within reach of the motorized claw at the end of S0.
Wolf and Sellers will be cleared to exit the Quest airlock module once the initial attachment procedure is complete. But they could exit early if there are problems getting S0 and S1 connected.
"If there's a problem lining things up, Dave and I will go out there and help guide things in," Sellers said. "Then, if the motorized bolts don't work that tie the new truss to the station, Dave and I have a pocket full of bolts to manually put in there and tie the two together."
In a worst case scenario, Wolf and Sellers could use retention straps to ratchet the two truss segments together.
"We're trying to make sure if everything else fails, we still have a way to do the primary objective, which is installing this thing," Ashby said. "Providing the station arm is working well enough to at least get it up close, then we can install this thing."
The connectors are located in two utility trays, one on the upward, or zenith, side of S1 and the other on the nadir side. One tray has seven connectors and the other, eight. The astronauts will begin with the zenith tray.
"The crew starts out by connecting up the first set of power and data umbilicals to the S1 truss segment," said Algate. "After that's complete, they'll be getting the S-band antenna from its stowed location and installing it on the truss and hooking up its power and data cables. Once this system is up and connected, a little later in the mission we'll be testing out this second string of communications gear."
While Wolf and Sellers are working through their initial tasks, ground controllers will begin powering up internal truss systems, activating its computers and turning on critical heaters. The spacewalkers then will unlatch launch locks that held the CETA cart firmly in place during Atlantis' climb to space.
CETA is NASA-ese for "crew EVA translation aid."
"We know that there are going to be times when things break down," Melroy said in a NASA interview. "They do, just like they do in your house. So, you have to go out and you have to replace parts. And to do that, you have to do spacewalks. ... The designers of the station took this into consideration, and what's neat is there's this little railroad cart that runs along the bottom of the truss. And, it goes all the way out, in both directions.
"(It) kind of makes me think of one of those little railroad carts that you kind of see them in TV and cartoons. But in fact what the crew will do is they pull themselves along hand-over-hand with their feet stuck in the cart, and that's how they move it from place to place. So, this cart will be a part of the, we're taking up one of these carts on the S1 truss, and we'll be basically getting it ready.
After releasing launch locks holding the rotating radiator array framework in place, Wolf and Sellers plan to close out the first spacewalk by hooking up the second set of power and data umbilicals located in the nadir utility tray. Until both sets are connected, the truss is not considered in a safe configuration.
The spacewalkers also will mount a video camera on one of the keel assemblies that held S1 in the shuttle's cargo bay.
"There are two levels of difficulty to consider," Sellers said before launch. "One is the complexity of the task, the thing you're trying to do, and that's where Pam keeps us straight. She has the checklist, she knows where we're going and exactly what connects to what.
"The other level of difficulty has to do with can I get my arm, which is incased in this thick, heavy (spacesuit), into a place to do a connection or to throw a lever on a bale or something like that? Those things we've practiced in the pool, endlessly, and I think we're very well prepared for those, too. So in both cases, after a lot of effort by our training team and the people who supported us, I think we're ready."
The next day, flight day five, the astronauts will enjoy a bit of time off and begin transferring supplies and equipment from the shuttle's middeck to the station. Along the way, they'll review plans for the second spacewalk the next day.
Mission overview - Atlantis to launch outward extension of station truss.
A trying summer for NASA - Small cracks in fuel flow liners grounded shuttle fleet.
Rendezvous and docking - Description of Atlantis' trek to catch the station.
Installing the S1 truss - The day after docking the Starboard 1 truss will be attached to the station with help of spacewalkers.
Plugging potential leaks - The second spacewalk will ready the S1 ammonia cooling system.
Odds and ends - The remaining highlights of the mission include a radiator deploy, treadmill repair and a final spacewalk.
Undocking, re-entry and landing - A look at the conclusion of Atlantis' 11-day voyage.
STS-112 index - A full directory of our mission coverage.
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Heritage City, City of Palaces, The Cultural capital of Karnataka, Sandalwood City, City of Jasmine
|• Type||Municipal Corporation|
|• Body||Mysore City Corporation|
|• Mayor||Sunanda Palanetra (BJP)|
|• Deputy Mayor||Anwar Baig|
|• Metropolis||155 km2 (59.8458 sq mi)|
|Elevation||770 m (2,503 ft)|
|• Rank||India : 50|
Karnataka : 3
Karnataka UA : 2
|• Metro rank||54th|
|Demonyms||Mysorean, Mysoorinavaru, Mysurean|
|Time zone||UTC+05:30 (IST)|
|Postal Index Number|
|Vehicle registration||KA-09, KA-55|
|UN/LOCODE||IN MYQ MYS|
Mysore (// (listen)), officially Mysuru ([ˈmaɪ'suːɾu] (listen)), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of 770 m (2,530 ft) above mean sea level.
Mysore is situated at the foothills of Chamundi Hills about 145.2 km (90 mi) towards the southwest of Bangalore and spread across an area of 155 km2 (60 sq mi). Mysore City Corporation is responsible for the civic administration of the city, which is also the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division.
It served as the capital city of the Kingdom of Mysore for nearly six centuries from 1399 until 1956. The Kingdom was ruled by the Wadiyar dynasty, with a brief period of interregnum in the late 18th century when Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan were in power. The Wadiyars were patrons of art and culture. Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali also contributed significantly to the cultural and economic growth of the city and the state by planting mulberry trees introducing silk in the region and fighting four wars against the British. The cultural ambience and achievements of Mysore earned it the sobriquet of Cultural Capital of Karnataka.
Mysore is noted for its heritage structures and palaces, including the Mysore Palace, and for the festivities that take place during the Dasara festival when the city receives hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world. It lends its name to various art forms and culture, such as Mysore Dasara, Mysore painting; the sweet dish Mysore Pak, Mysore Masala Dosa; brands such as Mysore Sandal Soap, Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited; and styles and cosmetics such as Mysore Peta (a traditional silk turban) and the Mysore silk saris. Mysore is also known for betel leaves and own its special variety of jasmine flower fondly referred as "Mysore Mallige". Tourism is the major industry alongside the traditional industries. Mysore's inter-city public transportation includes rail, bus and air.
The name Mysore is an anglicised version of Mahishūru, which means the abode of Mahisha in the vernacular Kannada. The common noun Mahisha, in Sanskrit, means buffalo; in this context, however, Mahisha refers to Mahishasura, a mythical demon who could assume the form of either a human or a buffalo, and who, according to Hindu mythology, ruled the ancient parts of Mysore Kingdom, known in Sanskrit as Mahíšhaka, centred at Mahishapura. He was killed by the goddess Chamundeshwari, whose temple is situated atop the Chamundi Hills, after whom it is named. 'Mahishapura' later became Mahisūru (a name which, even now, the royal family uses), and finally came to be anglicised as Mysore by the British and Maisūru/Mysuru in the vernacular Kannada language.
In December 2005, the Government of Karnataka announced its intention to change the anglicised name of the city to Mysuru. This was approved by the Government of India in October 2014, and Mysore was renamed, along with twelve other cities, on 1 November 2014.
The site where Mysore Palace now stands was occupied by a village named Puragere at the beginning of the 16th century.: 281 The Mahishūru Fort was constructed in 1524 by Chamaraja Wodeyar III (1513–1553),: 257 who passed on the dominion of Puragere to his son Chamaraja Wodeyar IV (1572–1576). Since the 16th century, the name of Mahishūru has commonly been used to denote the city.: 31 The Kingdom of Mysore, governed by the Wodeyar family, initially served as a vassal state of the Vijayanagara Empire. With the decline of that empire after the Battle of Talikota in 1565, the Mysore Kingdom gradually achieved independence, and by the time of King Narasaraja Wodeyar (1637), it had become a sovereign state.: 228 Seringapatam, near Mysore, the present-day Srirangapatna, was the capital of the kingdom beginning in 1610.: 257 The 17th century saw a steady expansion of its territory and, under Narasaraja Wodeyar I and Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar, the kingdom annexed large areas of what is now southern Karnataka and parts of Tamil Nadu, to become a powerful state in the southern Deccan.
The kingdom reached the height of its military power and dominion in the latter half of the 18th century, under the de facto rulers Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan. The latter demolished parts of Mysore to remove legacies of the Wodeyar dynasty.: 257 During this time, the kingdom of Mysore came into conflict with the Marathas, the British, and the Nizam of Hyderabad, leading to the four Anglo-Mysore wars, success in the first two of which was followed by defeat in the third and fourth. After Tipu Sultan's death in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799, the capital of the kingdom was moved back to Mysore from Seringapatam,: 249 and the kingdom was distributed by the British to their allies of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Part of the kingdom was annexed into the Madras Presidency, another to the Nizam of Hyderabad. The landlocked interior of the defeated kingdom of Mysore was turned into a princely state under the suzerainty of the British Crown,: 249 with the five-year-old Wodeyar Krishnaraja III as titular ruler and with Purnaiah, who had served under Tipu, as chief minister or Diwan and Lt. Col. Barry Close as Resident. The British took control of Mysore's foreign policy and insisted on an annual tribute for maintaining a standing British army at Mysore. Purnaiah is credited with improving Mysore's public works. In 1831, claiming there was maladministration, the British took direct control of the princely state. For the next fifty years, the kingdom of Mysore was under the direct rule of British Commissioners, and in 1831 the city of Mysore lost its status as the administrative centre, when the British Commissioner moved the capital to Bangalore.: 251
In 1876–77, towards the end of the period of direct British rule, Mysore suffered from the Great Famine of 1876–1878, in which nearly a fifth of the population died. In 1881, Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar X was given control of Mysore, in a process called rendition, but with a resident British officer and a diwan to handle the Maharaja's administration, and the city of Mysore regained its status as the capital.: 254 The Mysore municipality was established in 1888 and the city was divided into eight wards.: 283 In 1897 an outbreak of bubonic plague killed nearly half of the population of the city. With the establishment of the City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) in 1903, Mysore became one of the first cities in Asia to undertake planned urban development. Public demonstrations and meetings were held there during the Quit India movement and other phases of the Indian independence movement.
Until the independence of British India (which did not include Mysore) in 1947, Mysore remained a Princely State within the British Indian Empire, with the Wodeyars continuing their rule. After Indian Independence, Mysore city remained as part of the Mysore State, now known as Karnataka. Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, then king of Mysore, was allowed to retain his titles and was nominated as the Rajapramukh (appointed governor) of the state. He died in September 1974 and was cremated in Mysore. Over the years, Mysore became well known as a centre for tourism; the city remained largely peaceful, except for occasional riots related to the Kaveri River Water Dispute. Among the events that took place in Mysore and made national headlines were a fire at a television studio that claimed 62 lives in 1989, and the sudden deaths of many animals at the Mysore Zoo.
Area and extent
Mysore is located at It is spread across an area of 286.42 km2 (111 sq mi): 4 at the base of the Chamundi Hills in the southern region of Karnataka. Mysore is the southernmost city of Karnataka and is a neighbouring city of the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the south, flanked by the state cities Mercara, Chamarajanagara, and Mandya. People in and around Mysore extensively use Kannada as a medium of language. Mysore has several lakes, such as the Kukkarahalli, the Karanji, and the Lingambudhi lakes. Mysore has The Biggest 'Walk-Through Aviary' called Karanji Lake in India. In 2001, total land area usage in Mysore city was 39.9% residential, 16.1% roads, 13.74% parks and open spaces, 13.48% industrial, 8.96% public property, 3.02% commercial, 2.27% agriculture and 2.02 water.: 35 The city is located between two rivers: the Kaveri River that flows through the north of the city and the Kabini River, a tributary of the Kaveri, that lies to the south.and has an average altitude of 770 metres (2,526 ft).
Mysore has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) bordering on a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen climate classification. The main seasons are Summer from March to May, the monsoon season from June to October and winter from November to February. The highest temperature recorded in Mysore was 39.4 °C (103 °F) on 4 April 1917, and the lowest was 7.7 °C (46 °F) on 16 January 2012. The city's average annual rainfall is 798.6 mm (31.4 in).
|Climate data for Mysore (1981–2010, extremes 1901–2012)|
|Record high °C (°F)||32.8
|Average high °C (°F)||28.9
|Average low °C (°F)||16.3
|Record low °C (°F)||7.7
|Average rainfall mm (inches)||1.5
|Average rainy days||0.3||0.3||0.9||3.9||6.6||6.2||8.0||7.2||7.5||8.8||4.3||1.3||55.2|
|Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST)||49||47||43||49||58||71||74||73||70||69||66||60||61|
|Average ultraviolet index||10||12||12||12||12||12||12||12||12||12||10||10||12|
|Source 1: India Meteorological Department|
|Source 2: Weather Atlas|
Administration and utilities
The civic administration of the city is managed by the Mysore City Corporation, which was established as a municipality in 1888 and converted into a corporation in 1977. Overseeing engineering works, health, sanitation, water supply, administration and taxation, the corporation is headed by a Mayor, who is assisted by commissioners and council members.: 43 The city is divided into 65 wards and the council members (also known as corporators) are elected by the citizens of Mysore every five years. The council members, in turn, elect the mayor. The annual budget of the corporation for the year 2011–2012 was ₹4.27 billion (equivalent to ₹7.5 billion or US$94 million in 2020). Among 63 cities covered under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Mysore City Corporation was adjudged the second best city municipal corporation and was given the "Nagara Ratna" award in 2011.
Urban growth and expansion is managed by the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA), which is headed by a commissioner. Its activities include developing new layouts and roads, town planning and land acquisition. One of the major projects undertaken by MUDA is the creation of an Outer Ring Road to ease traffic congestion. Citizens of Mysore have criticised MUDA for its inability to prevent land mafias and ensure lawful distribution of housing lands among city residents. The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation is responsible for electric supply to the city.
Drinking water for Mysore is sourced from the Kaveri and Kabini rivers.: 53 The city got its first piped water supply when the Belagola project was commissioned in 1896. As of 2011[update], Mysore gets 193,000 cubic metres (42.5 million imperial gallons) of water per day. Mysore sometimes faces water crises, mainly during the summer months (March–June) and in years of low rainfall. The city has had an underground drainage system since 1904. The entire sewage from the city drains into four valleys: Kesare, Malalavadi, Dalavai and Belavatha.: 56 In an exercise carried out by the Urban Development Ministry under the national urban sanitation policy, Mysore was rated the second cleanest city in India in 2010 and the cleanest in Karnataka.
The citizens of Mysore elect five representatives to the Legislative assembly of Karnataka through the constituencies of Chamaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja, Hunsur and Chamundeshwari. Mysore city, being part of the larger Mysore Lok Sabha constituency, also elects one member to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The politics in the city is dominated by three political parties: the Indian National Congress (INC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS).
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As of 2011[update], Mysore city had an estimated population of 920,550 consisting of 461,042 males and 459,508 females, making it the third most populous city in Karnataka Mysore urban agglomeration is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state and is home to 1,060,120 people, consisting of 497,132 males and 493,762 females. According to 2011 census, Mysore was the largest non-metropolitan city in India and had the highest basic infrastructure index of 2.846. Mysore is estimated to have crossed 1 million in 2017 making it a Metropolis. The gender ratio of the city is 1000 females to every 1000 males and the population density is 6,910.5 per square kilometre (17,898/sq mi). According to the census of 2001, 73.65% of the city population are Hindus, 21.92% are Muslims, 2.71% are Christians, 1.13% are Jains and the remainder belong to other religions. The population exceeded 100,000 in the census of 1931 and grew by 20.5 per cent in the decade 1991–2001. As of 2011[update], the literacy rate of the city is 86.84 per cent, which is higher than the state's average of 75.6 per cent. Kannada is the most widely spoken language in the city. Approximately 19% of the population live below the poverty line, and 9% live in slums. According to the 2001 census, 35.75% of the population in the urban areas of Karnataka are workers, but only 33.3% of the population of Mysore are. Members of Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes constitute 15.1% of the population. According to the National Crime Records Bureau of India, the number of cognisable crime incidents reported in Mysore during 2010 was 3,407 (second in the state, after Bangalore's 32,188), increasing from 3,183 incidents reported in 2009.
The residents of the city are known as Mysoreans in English and Mysoorinavaru in Kannada. The dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the sharing of Kaveri river water often leads to minor altercations and demonstrations in the city. Growth in the information technology industry in Mysore has led to a change in the city's demographic profile; likely strains on the infrastructure and haphazard growth of the city resulting from the demographic change have been a cause of concern for some of its citizens.
Before the advent of the European system of education in Mysore, agraharas (Brahmin quarters) provided Vedic education to Hindus, and madrassas provided schooling for Muslims.: 459 Modern education began in Mysore when a free English school was established in 1833. Maharaja's College was founded in 1864. A high school exclusively for girls was established in 1881 and was later renamed Maharani's Women's College. The Industrial School, the first institute for technical education in the city, was established in 1892; this was followed by the Chamarajendra Technical Institute in 1913.: 601 While the modern system of education have made inroads, colleges such as the Mysore Sanskrit Pāthaśhāla, established in 1876, still continue to provide Vedic education.: 595
The education system was enhanced by the establishment of the University of Mysore in 1916. This was the sixth university to be established in India and the first in Karnataka. It was named Manasagangotri ("fountainhead of the Ganges of the mind") by the poet Kuvempu. The university caters to the districts of Mysore, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar in Karnataka. About 127 colleges, with a total of 53,000 students, are affiliated with the university. Its alumni include Kuvempu, Gopalakrishna Adiga, S. L. Bhyrappa, U. R. Ananthamurthy and N.R. Narayana Murthy. Engineering education began in Mysore with the establishment in 1946 of the National Institute of Engineering, the second oldest engineering college in the state. The Mysore Medical College, founded in 1924, was the first medical college to be started in Karnataka and the seventh in India. National institutes in the city include te Central Food Technological Research Institute, the Central Institute of Indian Languages, the Defence Food Research Laboratory, and the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing.: 18 The city houses a campus multi-campus, multi-disciplinary private deemed university, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
|1916||University of Mysore||Public||Undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, and doctoral research||Multi-disciplinary|
|1996||Karnataka State Open University||Public|
|2008||Karnataka State Music University||Music|
|1992||Mahajana Law College||Private||Affiliated to Mysore University||Undergraduate, LLB||Law|
|1924||Mysore Medical College & Research Institute||Public||Affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences||Undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, and doctoral research||Medicine|
|1928||Yuvaraja's College, Mysore||Public||University of Mysore||Basic Science|
|1946||National Institute of Engineering||Government-aided private||Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University||Undergraduate, post-graduate||Engineering|
|1950||Central Food Technological Research Institute||Public||Set up by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research||Research and development||Food technology|
|1961||Defence Food Research Laboratory||Set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation||Defence and contingency food technology|
|1963||Regional Institute of Education, Mysore (NCERT)||Government||Affiliated to University of Mysore||Undergraduate, Post-graduate and Research in the field of Teacher Education||Educational Training and Research|
|1963||JSS Science and Technology University||Government-aided private||Affiliated to Deemed University and All India Council for Technical Education||Undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, and doctoral research||Engineering|
|1966||All India Institute of Speech and Hearing||Public||Commissioned by the Central Ministry of Health and Family Welfare||Audiology, speech, and hearing|
|1984||JSS Medical College||Private||JSS University||Medicine|
|1945||Sarada Vilas College||Private||Affiliated to Mysore University||Undergraduate, Graduate, LLB, Pharmacy||Educational|
|1997||Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering||Private||Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University||Undergraduate, Post Graduate, Research and Development||Engineering|
Tourism and IT are the major industries in Mysore. The city attracted about 3.15 million tourists in 2010. Mysore has traditionally been home to industries such as weaving, sandalwood carving, bronze work and the production of lime and salt. It has many big IT companies like Infosys and Wipro. The planned industrial growth of the city and the state was first envisaged at the Mysore economic conference in 1911. This led to the establishment of industries such as the Mysore Sandalwood Oil Factory in 1917 and the Sri Krishnarajendra Mills in 1920.: 270, 278 Mysore has emerged as an industrial hub in Karnataka next to Bangalore. Mysore is part of the Bidar-Mysore Industrial Corridor. Major drivers of the economy are tourism, finance, manufacturing and industry which includes chemicals, petrochemicals, machinery, automobile, engineering, textiles and food processing sectors. A new industrial corridor plan is underway between Mysore and Bangalore.
For the industrial development of the city, the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) has established four industrial areas in and around Mysore, in the Belagola, Belawadi, Hebbal and Hootagalli areas. One of the major industrial areas near Mysore is Nanjangud which will be a satellite town to Mysore. Nanjangud industrial area hosts a number of industries like AT&S India Pvt Ltd, Nestle India ltd, Reid and Taylor, Jubiliant, TVS, and Asian Paints. Nanjangud Industrial area also boasts being 2nd highest VAT / Sales Taxpayer which is more than ₹4 billion (US$50 million) after Peenya which is in state capital Bangalore. JK Tyre has its manufacturing facility in Mysore. The city has emerged as a hub of automobile industries in Karnataka.
The major software companies in Mysore are Infosys, ArisGlobal, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Excelsoft Technologies and Triveni Engineering. The growth of the information technology industry in the first decade of the 21st century has resulted in the city emerging as the second largest software exporter in Karnataka (as of[update]), next to Bangalore. Mysore also has many shopping malls, including the Mall of Mysore which is one of the largest malls in India and Karnataka. Retail is also a major part of the economy in Mysore.
Mysore also hosts many central government organizations like CFTRI, DFRL, CIPET, BEML, RMP (Rare Material Project), RBI Note printing Press and RBI Paper Printing Press.
Referred to as the cultural capital of Karnataka, Mysore is well known for the festivities that take place during the period of Dasara; the state festival of Karnataka. The Dasara festivities, which are celebrated over a ten-day period, were first introduced by King Raja Wodeyar I in 1610. On the ninth day of Dasara, called Mahanavami, the royal sword is worshipped and is taken on a procession of decorated elephants, camels and horses. On the tenth day, called Vijayadashami, the traditional Dasara procession (locally known as Jumboo Savari) is held on the streets of Mysore which usually falls in the month of September or October. The idol of the goddess Chamundeshwari is placed on a golden mantapa on the back of a decorated elephant and taken on a procession, accompanied by tabla, dance groups, music bands, decorated elephants, horses and camels. The procession starts from the Mysore Palace and culminates at a place called Bannimantapa, where the banni tree (Prosopis spicigera) is worshipped. The Dasara festivities culminate on the night of Vijayadashami with a torchlight parade, known locally as Panjina Kavayatthu.
Mysore is called the City of Palaces because of several ornate examples in the city. Among the most notable are Amba Vilas, popularly known as Mysore Palace; Jaganmohana Palace, which also serves as an art gallery; Rajendra Vilas, also known as the summer palace; Lalitha Mahal, which has been converted into a hotel; and Jayalakshmi Vilas.: 87–88 The palace of Mysore burned down in 1897, and the present structure was built on the same site. Amba Vilas palace exhibits an Indo-Saracenic style of architecture on the outside, but a distinctly Hoysala style in the interior.: 82 Even though the Government of Karnataka maintains the Mysore palace, a small portion has been allocated for the erstwhile royal family to live in. The Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion was constructed by Sri Chamaraja Wodeyar for his daughter Jayalakshammanni. It is now a museum dedicated to folk culture and artifacts of the royal family.
The Mysore painting style is an offshoot of the Vijayanagar school of painting, and King Raja Wodeyar (1578–1617 CE) is credited with having been its patron.: 1 The distinctive feature of these paintings is the gesso work, to which gold foil is applied.: 3 Mysore is known for rosewood inlay work; around 4,000 craftsmen were involved in this art in 2002. The city lends its name to the Mysore silk sari, a women's garment made with pure silk and gold zari (thread). Mysore Peta, the traditional indigenous turban worn by the erstwhile rulers of Mysore, is worn by men in some traditional ceremonies. A notable local dessert that traces its history to the kitchen in the Mysore palace is Mysore pak.
Mysore is the location of the International Ganjifa Research Centre, which researches the ancient card game Ganjifa and the art associated with it. The Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) offers education in visual art forms such as painting, graphics, sculpture, applied art, photography, photojournalism and art history. The Rangayana repertory company performs plays and offers certificate courses in subjects related to theatre. Kannada writers Kuvempu, Gopalakrishna Adiga and U. R. Ananthamurthy were educated in Mysore and served as professors at the Mysore University. R. K. Narayan, a popular English-language novelist and creator of the fictional town of Malgudi, and his cartoonist brother R. K. Laxman spent much of their life in Mysore.
Mysore is connected by National Highway NH-212 to the state border town of Gundlupet, where the road forks into the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.: 1 State Highway 17, which connects Mysore to Bangalore, was upgraded to a four-lane highway in 2006, reducing travel time between the two cities. A project was planned in 1994 to construct a new expressway to connect Bangalore and Mysore. After numerous legal hurdles, it remains unfinished as of 2012[update]. State Highway 33 and National Highway 275 which connect Mysore to H D Kote and Mangalore respectively. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and other private agencies operate buses both within the city and between cities. A new division of KSRTC called Mysore City Transport Corporation (MCTC) has been proposed. Within the city, buses are cheap and popular means of transport, auto-rickshaws are also available and tongas (horse-drawn carriages) are popular with tourists. Mysore also has a 42.5-kilometre (26.4 mi) long ring road that is being upgraded to six lanes by the MUDA. Mysore has implemented Intelligent Transport System (ITS) to manage its city buses and ferrying commuters.
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A public bicycle sharing system, Trin Trin, funded partially by the United Nations is popular mode of transport. It is a government project. It is the first public bike-sharing system throughout India. The key objective of Trin Trin is to encourage local commuters, as well as visitors, to use the bicycle in preference to motorized modes of travel and thereby help scale down the multifarious environmental and road-traffic hazards, enhance conveyance convenience, and make local daily commutes economical for the common citizen.
Mysore railway station has three lines, connecting it to Bengalore, Mangalore, and Chamarajanagar. The first railway line established in the city was the Bengalore–Mysore Junction metre gauge line, which was commissioned in 1882. Railway lines that connect the city to Chamarajanagara and Mangalore are unelectrified single track and the track that connects to Bengaluru is electrified double track. Mysore Railway Junction comes under the jurisdiction of South Western Railway Zone. Within the city limits of Mysore, there are two small stations in the line which connects Chamarajanagara. They are Ashokpuram and Chamarajapuram. The fastest train to serve the city is the Shatabdi Express which goes to Chennai via Bangalore. A satellite terminal is planned at Naganahalli to reduce congestion in the main railway station. On 20 June 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation to upgrade the present city railway junction with ₹385 crore, to construct another 3 platforms, 4 pit lines and 4 stabiling line to make 9 platforms in the city junction and Naganahali station to built coach complex and MEMU hub and two more platforms to solve congestion in the city railway junction.
Mysore Airport is a domestic airport and is located near the village of Mandakalli, 10 kilometres 10 km (6 mi) south of the centre of the city. It was built by the kings of Mysore in early 1940s. Mysore Airport currently serves the city of Mysore and is connected to multiple domestic locations including Bangalore, Chennai, Goa, Hubli, Hyderabad, Kochi and Mangalore. The current runway is not able to handle big flights and hence a runway expansion is about to take place expanding the runway from 1.7 km to 2.8 km and will be upgraded to international airport after the expansion. The nearest International airport is Kannur International Airport in Kannur which lies about 168 km (104 mi) away from Mysore city but considering that the only international destinations from this airport are in the Middle East, Bangalore Airport is more commonly used to reach more destinations globally.
Newspaper publishing in Mysore started in 1859 when Bhashyam Bhashyacharya began publishing a weekly newspaper in Kannada called the Mysooru Vrittanta Bodhini, the first of a number of weekly newspapers published in the following three decades. A well-known Mysore publisher during Wodeyar rule was M. Venkatakrishnaiah, known as the father of Kannada journalism, who started several news magazines. Many local newspapers are published in Mysore and carry news mostly related to the city and its surroundings, and national and regional dailies in English and Kannada are available, as in the other parts of the state. Sudharma, the only Indian daily newspaper in Sanskrit, is published in Mysore.
Mysore was the location of the first private radio broadcasting station in India when Akashavani (voice from the sky) was established in the city on 10 September 1935 by M.V. Gopalaswamy, a professor of psychology, at his house in the Vontikoppal area of Mysore, using a 50-watt transmitter. The station was taken over by the princely state of Mysore in 1941 and was moved to Bangalore in 1955. In 1957, Akashvani was chosen as the official name of All India Radio (AIR), the radio broadcaster of the Government of India. The AIR station at Mysore broadcasts an FM radio channel at 100.6 MHz, and Gyan Vani broadcasts on 105.6. BIG FM, Radio Mirchi and Red FM are the three private FM channels operating in the city.
Mysore started receiving television broadcasts in the early 1980s, when Doordarshan (public service broadcaster of the Indian government) started broadcasting its national channel all over India. This was the only channel available to Mysoreans until Star TV started satellite channels in 1991. Direct-to-home channels are now available in Mysore.
The Wodeyar kings of Mysore were patrons of games and sports. King Krishnaraja Wodeyar III had a passion for indoor games. He invented new board games and popularised the ganjifa card game. Malla-yuddha (traditional wrestling) has a history in Mysore dating back to the 16th century. The wrestling competition held in Mysore during the Dasara celebrations attracts wrestlers from all over India. An annual sports meeting is organised there during the Dasara season too.
In 1997 Mysore and Bangalore co-hosted the city's biggest sports event ever, the National Games of India. Mysore was the venue for six sports: archery, gymnastics, equestrianism, handball, table tennis and wrestling. Cricket is by far the most popular sport in Mysore. The city has five established cricket grounds. Javagal Srinath, who represented India for several years as its frontline fast bowler, comes from Mysore. Other prominent sportsmen from the city are Prahlad Srinath, who has represented India in Davis Cup tennis tournaments; Reeth Abraham, a national champion in the heptathlon and a long jump record holder; Sagar Kashyap, the youngest Indian to officiate at the Wimbledon Championships; and Rahul Ganapathy, a national amateur golf champion. The Mysore race course hosts a racing season each year from August through October. India's first youth hostel was formed in the Maharaja's College Hostel in 1949.
Mysore is a major tourist destination in its own right and serves as a base for other tourist attractions in the vicinity. The city receives many tourists during the ten-day Dasara festival. One of the most visited monuments in India, the Amba Vilas Palace, or Mysore Palace, is the centre of the Dasara festivities. The Jaganmohana Palace, The Sand Sculpture Museum the Jayalakshmi Vilas and the Lalitha Mahal are other palaces in the city. Chamundeshwari Temple, atop the Chamundi Hills, and St. Philomena's Church, Wesley's Cathedral are notable religious places in Mysore.
The Mysore Zoo, established in 1892, the Karanji, Kukkarahalli and the Blue Lagoon Lake are popular recreational destinations. Blue Lagoon is a lake with a mini island located behind the KRS water dam, from which it is mesmerising to watch the sunset and sunrise. Mysore has the Regional Museum of Natural History, the Folk Lore Museum, the Railway Museum and the Oriental Research Institute. The city is a centre for yoga-related health tourism that attracts domestic and foreign visitors, particularly those who, for years, came to study with the late Ashtanga vinyasa yoga guru K. Pattabhi Jois.
A short distance from Mysore city is the neighbouring Mandya District's Krishnarajasagar Dam and the adjoining Brindavan Gardens, where a musical fountain show is held every evening. Places of historic importance close to Mysore are Mandya District's Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna. And other historical places are Somanathapura and Talakad. B R Hills, Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta hill and the hill stations of Ooty, Sultan Bathery and Madikeri are close to Mysore. Popular destinations for wildlife enthusiasts near Mysore include the Nagarahole National Park, the wildlife sanctuaries at Melkote, Mandya and B R Hills and the bird sanctuaries at Ranganathittu, Mandya and Kokrebellur, Mandya. Bandipur National Park and Mudumalai National Park in Tamil Nadu, which are sanctuaries for gaur, chital, elephants, tigers, leopards and other threatened species, lie between 60 and 100 kilometres (37 and 62 mi) to the south. Other tourist spots near Mysore include the religious locations of Nanjanagud and Bylakuppe and the waterfalls at neighbouring districts of Mandya's Shivanasamudra.
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After a successful collaboration in the desert and savanna of Namibia, wildlife documentary filmmaker and producer Tanguy Dumortier offered to join on another expedition. This time, we would go up North.
In a new episode of "Le Jardin Extraordinaire", the most famous nature show of the public Belgian TV, we followed Michel d'Oultremont a young but already renowned wildlife photographer on his search for the mythical muskox in the Dovrefjell National Park in Norway.
Being a host-driven documentary, my main role would be to operate the camera, covering all scenes involving Tanguy presenting and interacting with Michel d'Oultremont.
Things though, wouldn't go according to plan...
TANGUY AND MICHEL D'OULTREMONT PULL THE SLEDGES THAT CARRY THE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY FOR THE ONE WEEK EXPEDITION.
PHOTOGRAPHER MICHEL D'OULTREMONT GET OUT OF THE TENT ON THE DOVREFJELL PLATEAU, NORWAY
EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS MAKE THE SPOTTING OF MUSK OX DIFFICULT
TO GET WATER TO COOK AND DRINK, SNOW HAS TO BE BOILED, WHICH CAN BE A LENGHTY PROCESS.
We parked the car about 40km South of Oppdall, put our snow shoes on and started hiking on the trail, while pulling 2 heavy sledges on the steep hill leading to the heart of Dovrefjell National Park. That took us half of an exhausting day.
Michel d'Oultremont is one of the most promising wildlife photographer of Belgium. Born in 1992, he discovers its passion at age 15 while observing rabbits using the binoculars of his father. At age 22 while still being a student, Michel wins the Rising Star Award and the prestigious Fritz Polking Award Jr the same year. He is the first to win both prizes.
Always in search of beauty, he prefers to capture a common animal in a beautiful environnement with exceptional light than catch a very rare animal in a pure documentary way.
IMAGES TANGUY DUMORTIER
This, is what we came for; the muskox.
These majestuous animals have inhabited the Arctic for thousands of years since the ice age when they lived together with mammoths. During mating, bulls violently fight each other to establish harems.
LOST IN THE ICY LANDSCAPE, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER MICHEL D'OULTREMONT FACES A MUSKOX ©Jean-Marc Joseph
After an hour walking from base camp, following tracks of animal footprints and tufts of fur, Michel finally spots the first herd of muskoxen.
Lost in an apparently desolated landscape, Michel d'Oultremont, points his camera equipped with a massive long lens while In the distance, a 400kg muskox searches the snow for grasses, lichens and mosses.
You can be nothing but fascinated and respectful towards the capacity of Nature to create life capable of surviving in such an hostile environment.
The bare landscape of Dovrefjell National Park is extremely exposed to strong winds which dramatically amplifies the sensation of cold and makes the camera work more demanding.
SNOW INVADES THE VESTIBULE AS A STORM BADLY SHAKES THE TENT
On the third day, I started to feel really bad. Headache, bloqued nose and fever.. not an ideal situation when you're camping on snow at 2000m altitude.
There was no way I could get there on my own, and as I did not want to jeopardize the expedition, I decided to stay.
Days and nights became agonizingly long, as both my condition and weather worsened. Tanguy on its side, improvised using a GoPro and a selfie stick to cover my absence. Don't do this at home...
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The international athletics governing body appears to have ruled out the chances of Scotland fielding a separate team at forthcoming events.
Scottish Athletics had hoped to explore the possibility of entering squads in certain competitions.
However, the IAAF told BBC Scotland: "Only one member from each country or territory may be affiliated.
"The recognised national member federation for Great Britain & Northern Ireland is UK Athletics."
Athletes compete under a Scottish banner every four years at the Commonwealth Games, as well as at a small number of home nation meetings.
And, while underlining their commitment to Team GB, Scottish Athletics put a submission to the Smith Commission on devolution calling for change.
"Some sports (rugby, football, cricket, hockey, netball for example) already have that opportunity. In athletics and many other sports, such opportunities come round once every four years - in a Commonwealth Games year," wrote chairman Ian Beattie.
"In athletics, we have seen an erosion in recent years of opportunities outside the mainstream of track and field: areas such as hill running and cross country - foundation disciplines of our sport - where Scotland used to compete at European level as Scotland.
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"This no longer exists (we compete as GB), and with tightening budgets there are less and less places available at UK level (for Scots)."
"To be clear, we absolutely support the concept of Team GB and competing at the Olympic Games under that banner. We do, however, seek wider and increased opportunities for Scottish athletes to compete for Scotland on the world stage.
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CHOOSE WISELY TO SERVE YOUR TEAM’S PROJECT
Hack Belgium has a jam-packed program of super inspiring workshops to help you make the most of your innovation journey. Their purpose is to inspire amazing new ideas and to help you grow as an innovator and entrepreneur.
You’ll learn about the challenges and brainstorm exciting new ideas, discover emerging technology, design and entrepreneurship, and most importantly, you’ll be applying everything you learn immediately in your own project.
These are the creative heart of Day 1 of Hack Belgium! In these super intensive workshops you’ll learn about urgent societal challenges and brainstorm ideas that could be the start of a life changing project.
• Future-Proof Education
• Life-Sustaining Oceans
• Circular Economies
• Inclusive & Sustainable Cities
• And many more societal issues
On Day 1 you’ll discover recent advances in emerging tech, to help stretch and improve your ideas, and on Day 2 you’ll figure out how such tech could be applied in your project.
Tech examples :
• Artificial Intelligence
• Drones & Aerospace
Learn about user-centered design, prototyping and many other design topics so that you can build solutions that people will use. On Day 1 the workshops will help you generate better ideas; on Day 2 they’ll allow you execute on those ideas.
A few examples :
• Human Centered Design
• Designing Connected Products
• Visualising & Articulating Ideas
The business workshops will help you grow as an entrepreneur. On Day 1, you’ll focus on business modelling and learn startup methods, while on Day 2 you’ll focus more on your presentation skills and how to grow and scale your project.
• Business Modelling
• Growth Hacking
• Lean Startup
• Funding & Financing
• Evaluating Ideas
Check the App
All workshops will be listed on the Hack Belgium App and it is on it you will be able to book any of them. All ticket holders will get access to the App a few weeks before the event.
Only ticket holders will be able to access the whole program of workshops!
THE RIGHT TICKET FOR EVERYONE
Mature Belgian or international companies and large governemental organisations
Tickets from €1250
Small companies, non-profit organizations, local government and research institutions buying tickets for their staff
€350 / ticket
Individuals paying for their own tickets
Bring a team of 5 :
€120 / ticket (x5)
Bring a friend :
€135 / ticket (x2)
Single ticket :
€150 / ticket
Undergraduate students (holder of a student card)
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One of the most important requirements for a business that's just starting out, a Federal Identification Number (FIN), which is assigned by the Internal Revenue Service, should be one of the first things the new business obtains. A Federal Identification Number is the same as an Employer's Identification Number, or EIN, consisting of nine numbers in the format "XX-XXXXXXX." It is the business equivalent of a person's social security number. Never use a FIN in place of an individual's social security number. Only use it for business purposes, on business-related documents.
Use the Internal Revenue Service checklist (see Resources for link) to determine whether your business needs a Federal Identification Number. You need a FIN if your business is one of the following: trusts (except certain grantor-owned revocable trusts, IRAs, exempt organization Business Income Tax Returns), estates, real estate mortgage investment conduits, non-profit organizations, farmers' cooperatives or plan administrators.
Gather the necessary information needed to complete the form: the legal name of the business or person who is requesting the federal identification number; the trade name of the business; the executor, administrator, or trustee if applying as an estate; the street address; the county and state where the principal business is located; the name of the responsible party; whether the business is a limited liability company organized in the United States; type of entity; if the business is a corporation, the name of state or foreign country where incorporated; the reason for applying; the date the business started; closing month of accounting year; highest number of expected employees within the year; date first wages or annuities were paid; principal activity of business; principal line of business or service; and, whether you have ever applied for and received a FIN before.
Apply online at the Internal Revenue Service website. The online application will require the same information as the SS-4 form except in different order and grouping. The first series of questions asks the legal structure of the business. Authentication of the responsible party for the business including the responsible party's name, individual taxpayer identification number or ITIN, and position with the business will be required in the next step. Verification of this information takes a few seconds and if there are no problems, you will have access to the next screen which asks for the business address. After entering the required address information, the next screen will be details regarding the activity the business will be engaged in. The final screen is the EIN Confirmation, where you will be given your federal taxpayer identification number. The entire process should not take more than 15 minutes, depending on how fast you type, how readily you have the information on hand and how fast your Internet connection is.
Apply by phone, fax or mail if you are uncomfortable applying online or have a problem with your Internet connection. The application process is essentially the same, only on paper. A completed SS-4 is needed to use each one of these methods. A federal identification number will be given immediately at the end of the telephone application process. A return fax number will be required if you choose to fax the application. Your federal identification number will be faxed within four business days. The mail application is the longest, taking up to four weeks to receive your federal identification number. Use only one application method for each business so that you do not receive multiple numbers.
Applying online for a Federal Identification Number is the preferred method of application.
The federal identification number can be used immediately after issuance to open a bank account, apply for a business license, and file a tax return by mail.
Businesses or entities whose principal place of business are located in the United States or a United States territory may use the online method of application.
A valid Taxpayer Identification Number is required to use the online method of application.
Obtain Federal Identification Numbers immediately over the phone (Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.) -- by calling 800-829-4933.
Do not pay someone to file a Federal Identification Number application. It is a free service offered by the Internal Revenue Service.
The online application process expires after 15 minutes of inactivity. The site does not have a "save" feature.
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COVID-19 Self Test Kits
COVID-19 self-tests were distributed to municipalities and schools throughout Connecticut in an effort to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health, Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and Connecticut National Guard oversaw the distribution of the kits, with support from regional and local emergency management teams.
On this page, learn about the test brands distributed in CT and how to obtain free kits from the state and the federal government.
Brands of COVID-19 Self-Test Kits Distributed in CT
There are four brands of COVID-19 self-tests distributed by the state. More information and instructions on each type of kit can be found by visiting each company’s website or viewing the instructional videos below:
How to Pick Up Free Self-Test Kits Distributed in Connecticut
Check the website of your local municipality. Many local sites post information on where, when and how to pick up free self-test kits for yourself and/or your family.
Order Free COVID-19 Self-Test Kits From the U.S. Government
Visit this federal website www.covid.gov/tests to order free at-home testing kits for your household. As of March 2022, your home is eligible to order a total of 8 kits. So, if you already ordered 4 kits in January and/or February, you can order 4 more.
Self Tests for Communities and Tribal Nations
Communities and Tribal Nations can find guidance for distribution of the self-tests here: Revised guidance from the Connecticut Department of Public Health to towns and cities on the distribution of tests and mask
When to Use a Self Test
If you need to be tested for COVID-19, consider using a self-test that can be performed at home or anywhere else. Sometimes a self-test is also called a “home test,” an “at-home test,” or an “over-the-counter (OTC) test” ( Self-Testing | CDC).
Testing is critically important to help reduce the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. If you have symptoms or had a known exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, you should be tested, regardless of your vaccination status. You may also consider self-testing to screen for COVID-19 immediately before an activity to see if you are positive for COVID-19. You should isolate if you test positive. | <urn:uuid:0add5357-2feb-494e-9016-408db81cd50d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://portal.ct.gov/Coronavirus/Self-Test | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.939794 | 515 | 2.15625 | 2 |
List view / Grid view
The food and agriculture industries have an appetite for reducing carbon emissions, with many businesses setting their own goals to meet Net Zero. Filippo Guerrini from regenagri explains the critical role a ‘carbon standard’ can have in successfully reducing carbon emissions across the entire food supply chain.
The famous market has implemented the new Food Policy, meaning all trader applications will have to demonstrate a commitment to environmental and social responsibility.
New Food hears from some of the premier experts in the US food and beverage industry and the innovative solutions they are finding for the obstacles presented in 2022.
Two of the most senior UN officials have warned the global community that food insecurity is a real and present danger to people around the world, but there is hope if we act together they claim.
More resilient food systems are needed if the world is to lessen food insecurity for people around the globe, as threats such as drought, conflict and floods get more widespread and dangerous.
As the demand for seafood foods rises, the need for sustainable practices becomes ever-more pressing. In the first of a new series, EIT Food’s CEO Dr Andy Zynga, emphases the urgent call for sustainable aquaculture – and what exactly that entails.
The new innovation hub will give the chance for manufacturers to use the very latest technology to develop sustainable solutions for a world which will be more and more in need for them in the future. | <urn:uuid:9fd96661-77e4-4bad-b6d2-23d7e8738ae3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/core_topic/sustainability/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.943604 | 300 | 2.15625 | 2 |
OUR KARMA & ITS FRUITS
The word Karma has its origin from Sanskrit word Karma
Meaning thoughts and action we transact during our lifetime
Through the medium of our mind, through its five senses
With different thoughts and physical activities
Perform our various duties
Sometimes we are tempted to get transitory
Pleasures thereto – of lower values, so temporary
By jumping from one affair to another blindly
By keeping one foot on the boat of ego plenty
And the other one on the boat of vanity
With greed and lust being our bed-fellows, a state so sorry
This way, we tend to enhance our Karmic debt aplenty.
The best path is the path of channeling the innate energies
Into purposeful activities following higher values
Riding only a single boat of righteousness in thoughts and Karma thereto
And make it a part of our permanent habit, with joy overflowing
For some eternal or permanent pleasures, everlasting
By dint of connectivity with Higher Forces till eternity
Then the intellect is drawn away from the worldly affairs
And we free ourselves from the karmic spiral of action and reaction
And connect ourselves with the Omnipotent God
Residing not afar
Inside us, the Joy of all Joys for ever and ever.
Karma is every act done intentionally or unintentionally
In the form of a thoughts or actions
Even a mental vibration or the words of mouth we pronounce
Or physically undertaken takes the form of a karma
Karma is the nature of the matter, in physical and psychical forms
One related to other as cause and effect in all its forms.
The code of moral conduct as per the Law of Karma
That good karmic deed enhances the credit in Karma
And puts premium on the material and moral wellness of humans
Besides ensuring the better life in the births which we’ve to take yet
For the fulfillment of a variety of desires we adopt
For economic & material well-being of all
Spiritual or kama or artha as we follow particular karma
The moral and ethical values supporting the Universal Dharma
Which purifies our body, mind, and soul leading to libation (Moksha).
We know, obligatory karma is a need-based karma
And free-will karmic deeds play their prominent function
Our Karmas bear the stamp of desired fruits of action
Performed with single-minded and purposeful attention
With the sufficiency of loving devotion.
Karmas are termed as prohibitive (Nishedh) and abysmal in its ramification
Are termed as Kukarmas, so worst in its ultimate consequences
Such as indulgence in violence, crimes, and vices
Which carry the stamp of sin with it, so indelible
Wages of which are our demise even before our actual death.
We can never escape from the Laws of Karma
As we cannot free ourselves from shadow of our own
It remains with us wheresoever we put our foot
The karma is based as per the Divine Plan
Transcends all the karma which we’ve willy-nilly undertaken
Transacting detached action without sticking with its results.
The karmas of our past births could be made ineffective
By working in sync with the laws of Nature
And the easiest outlets are self-knowledge
Along with the Divine knowledge
The karma debt could be washed by positive traits
Of truthfulness, following life so virtuous
Then self-restraint makes the difference
Besides leading a life of non-violence
And empathy and the selfless service for the needy
Which could be undertaken conveniently
By disciplining the mind to follow proper pursuits
To serve the higher purpose in life for good
Thus liberating our Atma from the crutches of Kukarmas.
These righteous and benevolent karmas upgrade our soul
After washing off the outer layer of impurities
From its surface, by the effect of our positive thoughts and deeds
Which uplifts our Atma or Soul to the higher plane.
Then there are obligatory karmas
Based purely on Varnas
The job of a Brahmin is to acquire knowledge (Gyan)
To protect the borders is the duty of the Kshatriyas
Pursuits of commerce and agriculture is vested with Vaishyas
The services to the three are provided by Shudras
But presently, we can perform any Karmic deeds for which we’ve acquired ability
With condition that what we do we should do with utmost sincerity.
We’ve one of the important forms of karma
It is the karmic action which we do without any expectations – it is the Nish-Kama Karma
Bhagwad Gita’s principles of action without attachment to the results
Thus liberating us from the bondage ot attachment
But liberating from attachment hardly means
Freedom from karmic effecting Karma
Emanating from our unbridled desires or kama
One good thing about Nish karma conquers all other karmas.
There are Karmas which obscure the correct vision
Then there are Karmas which show us what we are actually
All these changes according to the pressure of our activities
Relating to body, mind, and senses
The acts like fasting, meditations, dhyana, austerities
Including the practices of detachments, forgiving and forgetting repentance
Bring up rich dividends not only this birth but also for the births to follow.
Subsequently, some reach to the zenith with the Karmic energy
And then that energy gets exhausted
A state is finally reached in which life comes to the standstill
A condition of timelessness is observed for a Yogi of action
A state of movement yet at the centre
Our consciousness travels from one state to other
Till such time one gets totally awakened.
Laws of Karma is based on Natural Laws
From which there is no escape routes
Gods too incarnate in flesh and blood to suffer the pangs of the Karma
Lord Vishnu had His 10 incarnations
In each of which He performed different functions
During his 7th Avtaras in Treta Yoga as Rama
In Dwapara Yuga as Krishna
Both suffered and tried to rid the evils off the humanity
As we give so we get stands well in our lifetime.
Nobody could remain without any activity
It may be in the form of thought or action
We cannot be ever be physically or mentally vacant
Or stop our senses from performing its various tasks
We cannot avoid our eyes from observation
Or stop our ears from hearing anything uttered around
Repentance is no substitute or proves to be a cure for our past deeds
Cause and effect cannot leave us should never be forgotten
Everybody has to bear the fruit of our actions
Nature has given us the capacity of free-will
With which we can control our actions
Depending on the control that we exercise on our mind
We have the free will to make or unmake our life or the coming ones which follow.
The infinite soul is obviously very powerful
Which can transcend the limits of the finite
It is more powerful than our Karma
Having the same essence as that of our God
Freedom to act in the form of real and vital deeds
Keeps us away from Karmic bondage
Whereas the allurements of our senses
Keep us glued to our karmic acts
Without knowing that there is the power within which keeps
Every count the way we think or act
We should always keep in mind that nothing fritters away
Everything is recorded assiduously.
O Almighty, bestow us wisdom to transact only value based Karmic deeds
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Being a parent is said to be one of the most difficult things imaginable. First of all, it lasts all your life and not just while your child is still young. Second of all, it is hardly a single thing that needs doing.
Parenting consists of all sorts of different tasks and responsibilities, each one seemingly more responsible and challenging than the previous. Bringing a child into the world together with your partner is only the beginning. It is how you raise them, teach them about the world, and care for them that truly matters and what is therefore considered parenting.
Out of all the things a parent needs to do for their child to thrive, health is by far the most important thing. With young children, especially babies, and toddlers, it is particularly important for everything to go as well as it can since human beings are at their most fragile when young.
Children can experience all sorts of health issues that adults are immune to and it does not take long for them to catch a cold, develop a cough, or lack certain nutrients needed for a healthy body. In order for their immune system to become strong as soon as possible and for you as the parent to have fewer things to worry about as they get older, you need to know how to keep things in check.
Keeping the immune system of your child in check is prevalent from day one so it is crucial that you know how to do it. In this article, we talk about this very thing so make sure to keep reading to learn more about it.
A lot of parents are unsure of whether or not they are doing things the right way. Do not let yourself feel this way about the well-being of your little one(s). If you’re worried about how to help avoid illness and boost your child’s immune system contact pediatricians from Offspring Health.
A Healthy Diet
First and foremost, as with many other things related to health, it all starts from what we eat. Giving your child a healthy and balanced diet makes all the difference and it is where things typically start with building a strong immune system. The food we eat and what we drink has a huge impact on how our bodies react to what we are exposed to in the world.
Strength and immunity must first come from the inside before one can start building physical resistance and sturdiness on the surface. A healthy diet is possible no matter how young the child is. From the early days of your child eating solid food, they need to get used to all the healthy stuff and eat as little of the unhealthy foods as possible. Avoid processed foods, sugary stuff, and foods rich in unhealthy fats.
Fruits and veggies have to be a daily thing, but whole grain foods, lean protein sources, and healthy fats must also be there throughout the week. Get your child hooked on the good stuff as early as possible and their immune system will thank you for it. Vitamins and minerals need to be present in every meal for it to make sense. Of course, an occasional treat like ice cream or cookies is obligatory too as they still need to be kids after all.
Sleeping is Crucial
Making sure your child eats the right way is more than necessary but it is hardly the only thing you should do. Sleeping for the right amount of time each day is as important for the immune system as food.
The amount of sleep a child should get varies greatly on their age. Infants need anywhere between 12 and 16 hours of sleep per day, while 8 to 10 is more than enough for teens. In addition, some children thrive on fewer hours of sleep than others while there are some that need more of it. It depends on their activities and responsibilities too. Encouraging healthy sleeping can be done by limiting screen time especially while they are still young.
This has many benefits later in life too. There should be no screens, particularly phones, one or two hours before bedtime. Such rules help promote falling asleep more easily and waking up on time. Do not discourage afternoon naps for tweens and teens if they need it, especially if they have evening activities and early morning school.
Get Them to Be Active
The holy trinity of improving the immune system regardless of age rounds up with being active. Sleeping enough each day and eating a balanced diet are only promoted and enhanced when you also put in exercise and sports into the mix. The benefits of children going to sports at a young age hardly stop here with the immune system.
Socializing and building competitiveness are best done in such environments, but being active and working out the body also contribute to being healthier. There is nothing worse for the body than not using it. Sitting or lying down for extended periods of time is extremely bad for the bones, muscles, and joints. It is not that great for the brain either. In order to stimulate the entire body and the mind, being active is needed.
An hour a day of dedicated activity time is more than enough for a child, especially if they are already outgoing and spend a lot of time playing with friends. Sports like basketball, football, volleyball, tennis, or any form of running and jumping really should do the trick.
Teach Them Not to Stress
Last but not least is the often forgotten part of being healthy and not ruining your immune system at an early age. Stress has always been the silent killer because it can impact so much of our bodies. If left unchecked, it grows into anxiety and depression. It is a myth that only adults get stressed.
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FL – On St. Lucie’s 20,000 plus acres of nature preserves, outdoor seekers will discover the tranquility of Florida’s natural environment along with a diverse system of hiking trails, paved walkways and greenways with tons of wildlife to spot. Visitors have opportunities to experience guided tours all throughout St. Lucie, including at the Savannas Preserve State Park, and, can also rent kayaks at the Fort Pierce Inlet State Park if they are looking to enjoy nature out on our waterways.
The Steven J. Fousek Natural Area is a prime location to observe butterflies, bird life and a unique variety of native plant species. Early risers are sure to be awarded with glimpses of white-tailed deer, wild turkey, swallowtail kites, painted buntings and the occasional owl along these Old Florida hammock habitats. At D.J. Wilcox Preserve, which is situated along the Indian River Lagoon, visitors may expect to see osprey and hawks, brown pelicans, and a variety of wading birds, including the roseate spoonbill along the beautiful marsh & wetlands. At The Oxbow Eco-Center, visitors can spot all kinds of creatures along the St. Lucie River North Fork, such as manatees, otters and alligators. And along the hiking trails through the pine flatwoods, they may observe pine warblers, woodpeckers and the imperiled gopher tortoise.
For those adventure seekers, plan a visit to McCarty Ranch Preserve and bring your tent or camper with you – and don’t forget the smores! This 3,100 acre preserve offers an exciting outdoor experience including hiking and bike-riding through the old Florida pinelands where wildlife is plentiful, fishing or kayaking on the 300-acre lake or a game of disc-golf. Those wanting to relax, will have a spectacular view of Florida’s radiant sunsets.
About Visit St. Lucie:
St. Lucie – home to the historic city of Fort Pierce, the vibrant city of Port St. Lucie & beautiful beaches of Hutchinson Island is located on the Atlantic Ocean along the east coast of Florida, 120 miles southeast of Orlando and 115 miles north of Miami with direct access from Florida’s Turnpike, Interstate 95 and State Road 70. The area offers an array of visitor activities including beautiful beaches, championship golf, excellent outdoor and nature adventures, a thriving arts and cultural scene, world class fishing and dozens of unique attractions. A variety of affordable accommodations such as hotels, motels, bed & breakfasts, vacation condos/homes and an all-inclusive resort are available. For a full listing of places to stay in St. Lucie, go to www.visitstlucie.com/places-to-stay-2/. Nearby commercial airports include Palm Beach International (PBI), Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood (FLL) and Miami International Airport (MIA). For more details visit www.visitstlucie.com, www.facebook.com/VisitStLucie/; Twitter: @VisitStLucie and Instagram: @VisitStLucie. | <urn:uuid:04bfe2de-1c7e-4851-84fd-cd7c61607181> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.publishedreporter.com/2021/03/24/abounding-nature-preserves-diverse-wildlife-await-in-st-lucie/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.909175 | 670 | 1.546875 | 2 |
It’s time we celebrate Fintastic Friday, which takes place every second Friday of May. This year it will take place on . Elasmobranchii, a subclass of cartilaginous fish that includes sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish, is the focus of this special day. These aquatic animals contain five to seven pairs of separately opening gill clefts, inflexible dorsal fins, and tiny placoid skin scales. Ruth Musgrave, the founder, and director of Whale Times created Fintastic Friday, which promotes conservation efforts for shark, ray, skate, and sawfish.
History of Fintastic Friday
In 2015 the second Friday in May was designated Fintastic Friday to give sharks, skates, and rays a voice. It was established by Whale Times, an organization led by Ruth Musgrave that was established in 1995 to connect children to the ocean. The goal of Fintastic Friday is to raise awareness and encourage advocacy for the protection of elasmobranchs. This cartilaginous fish subclass includes sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish.
Musgrave believes that children are the sharks’ future as no one is louder or more enthusiastic than a caring child. Not only do they want children from all over the world to spread the message of saving the sharks, but they also want them to honor and create awareness for sharks every day. Raising awareness and advocating for conservation efforts to save some of the ocean’s most magnificent creatures is what inspired the team behind the creation of Whale Times and the goal to provide easy access to marine science information for children. And through formal and informal educational programs, their mission is to connect the ocean, ocean research, researchers, and students. Today, the organization is admired by educators, marine scientists, and other scientific organizations for inspiring students to pursue careers in marine science and work toward solutions to protect our ocean environments.
As the director of Whale Times, Musgrave believes that the public’s perception of sharks should be revised because their survival is critical to the survival of all ocean species. She believes they require a new voice and that children can help provide that voice. It encourages them to participate in shark conservation efforts and contributes to changing the public’s perception of sharks from fear to appreciation and from hatred to love, as all of nature’s creatures should be.
Fintastic Friday timeline
Shark populations decrease by 71% due to overfishing.
Steven Spielberg’s thriller about a killer shark, “Jaws,” premieres and creates a lasting fear of sharks globally.
Ruth Musgrave founds Whale Times, an organization aiming to educate kids on the ocean.
Whale Times launches its Virtual Research Missions to give classrooms a chance to learn about ocean research.
Fintastic Friday is established by the Whale Times organization.
Fintastic Friday FAQs
What is shark conservation?
The Shark Conservation Act of 2010 was signed into law on January 4, 2011, amending the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the M.S.A. With one exception, the Shark Conservation Act requires that all sharks in the United States be brought to shore with their fins naturally attached.
How do you become a shark conservationist?
Investigate volunteer programs as the best option. Volunteer programs for sharks range from assisting shark biologists in field research to helping shark conservation groups raise funds or promoting awareness, and even assisting in the environmental cleanup of shark waters after a disaster.
What would happen if sharks went extinct?
Shark extinction has resulted in declining coral reefs, seagrass beds, and commercial fisheries. By removing sharks from the coral reef ecosystem, larger predatory fish such as groupers thrive and feed on the herbivores.
How to Observe Fintastic Friday
Take part in Sharks in the Park
Whale Times hosts a national Sharks in the Park party to raise awareness for Fintastic Friday and shark conservation every year. You can either join a local rally in your town or city or create your very own Sharks in the Park sign to put up at your home or keep it in your car's rear window. This way, you are spreading the word in a fun way.
Take the Fintastic Friday pledge
By taking the pledge, you will agree to consume only sustainable seafood and speak out in support of changing laws if your country supports or allows the sale of shark fins, the finning fishery, or other fishing practices that kill sharks without restraint. You can also nominate and encourage friends and family to take the pledge.
There are many ways to create awareness and raise funds for a good cause, one of which is creating one-of-a-kind pieces of art that you can sell and gift the profits to your local sealife charities and organizations. You can also create an official sticker or poster to produce in bulk and hand it out at aquariums and water parks to further spread the word about Fintastic Friday.
5 Fintastic Facts About Sharks
Sharks don’t have bones
Their cartilaginous skeletons are much lighter than actual bone, and their large livers are filled with low-density oils, that contribute to their buoyancy.
They have really tough skin
Because shark skin consists of tiny teeth-like structures called placoid scales, also known as dermal denticles, it feels exactly like sandpaper.
They can’t stop swimming
While at rest, some sharks have a spiracle that allows them to draw water into their respiratory system, but most sharks must continue to swim to pump water over their gills.
Their reproductive systems differ
Sharks' reproductive modes are highly diverse, and there are two types of species; oviparous (egg-laying) and viviparous (live-bearing).
Sharks have excellent eyesight
Most sharks can see well in low-light conditions, have excellent night vision, and can distinguish between colors.
Why Fintastic Friday is Important
Kids learn about sharks
The goal of Whale Times director and founder Ruth Musgrave is to educate kids and teach them about sharks so that they can understand that these creatures are not just scary fish in the ocean but that they contribute heavily to the ecosystem and wildlife in general. There are also fun activities that kids can do to learn more about these species.
Sealife conservation is encouraged
Animal and wildlife conservation is vital to the ecosystem and to anyone who stands for animal rights. Through these conservation efforts, we not only help save some species, but we’re also raising future leaders and animal rights activists, which is something the world needs right now. We’re all about getting as many people as possible involved in the fight for sealife protection and all wildlife as well.
Further shark research is funded
By having shark conservation drives and observing Fintastic Friday by holding rallies and selling art, we are raising funds for the further research of these animals to continue to ensure that they remain part of the ocean and the ecosystem.
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We hope you can join us this coming Sunday when we will have an opportunity to recite the 5 Mindfulness Trainings. About 2600 years ago, the Buddha offered these guidelines to his lay students to help them live peaceful, wholesome, and happy lives.
As you know, the foundation of each of these trainings is mindfulness. With mindfulness, we are aware of what is going on in our bodies, our feelings, our minds, and the world. By practicing with 5 Mindfulness Trainings we are able to avoid doing harm to ourselves and others. Mindfulness protects us, our families, and our society, and ensures a safe and happy present and a safe and happy future. We will look deeply at the First Mindfulness Training “Reverence for Life.”
Remember that we now meet on Sunday afternoons from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at the Albuquerque Zen Center, 2300 Garfield Ave SE.
Sitting here in this moment, protected by the Sangha,
my happiness is clear and alive.
What a great fortune to have been born a human,
to encounter the Dharma,
to be in harmony with others,
and to water the Mind of Love
in this beautiful garden of practice.
Go with joy among the sorrows of the world
as we practice for a future to be possible.
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In order to obtain a Class 4 Driver’s Licence, you will need to have a valid, full Class 5 (non-GDL) license or higher in good standing.
Class 4 Knowledge Test
You can prepare for the knowledge test by reading the Commercial Driver’s Guide. Please note that you should also review the Driver’s Guide (the book you studied before you took your Class 7 Learner’s) as there are some general questions included on the Commercial knowledge tests as well. When you are thoroughly prepared, come into our office to take the computerized knowledge test. The cost is $17 and an appointment is not necessary. Please be sure to arrive to our office at least one hour before closing (i.e. arrive by 6 on weekdays and by 4 on Saturday). Please note that this test is available in English only and translation is not allowed.
Driving as a Class 4 Learner
Once you pass the Class 4 Knowledge Test, we will stamp your permit and you can use the permit (with your Driver’s Licence) to operate Class 4 vehicles as a learner (with a supervising driver). The permit is valid for one year. Before the end of that year, you will need to take the Class 4 Road Test. If more than one year passes, you will need to purchase a new permit and take the Class 4 Knowledge Test again.
Class 4 Road Test
To book your Class 4 Road Test, please visit our office or book online. The cost is $145. Please note that Road Test fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
After you pass the Class 4 road test, you are ready to re-class your licence. The fee for this service is $28.
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Call or other emergency services right away if you or someone else:
Has overdosed or has withdrawal signs. Be sure to tell the emergency workers that you are or someone else is using or trying to quit using drugs. Overdose or withdrawal signs may include:
Seeing or hearing things that aren’t there (hallucinations).
Call your doctor if:
You think you have a problem with drugs.
You are having withdrawal symptoms. These may include nausea or vomiting, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety.
Who can treat a drug problem?
Health professionals who can diagnose, prescribe medicine for, and treat drug abuse problems include:
Psychologists and drug counselors. These professionals cannot prescribe medicine.
Counseling usually is part of treatment. This can be done by:
Licensed mental health counselors.
Watchful waiting is a wait-and-see approach. If you get better on your own, you won’t need treatment. If you get worse, you and your doctor will decide what to do next.
Watchful waiting is not a good choice for drug abuse and dependence. If you have a drug problem, or if you believe that your health or other areas of your life are being affected by drugs, you need to take steps to stop using drugs.
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NCA – How long will it take?
The Nurturing Childhood Accreditation
Offering the key adults within every child’s life the knowledge, understanding and support required to nurture and develop every child’s full potential.
How long will it take?
The Nurturing Childhoods Accreditation is designed to support your ongoing development.
Designed over three levels of accreditation, you will be supported on your journey as you…
Each of these levels consist of twelve modules, complete with training sessions and materials. Offering you continuous professional development, reflection and action across a full range of early childhood care and educational development.
Every setting has different development needs, and some modules will take you longer than others. Flexibility is then built in to the process.
While you can go at your own pace through the modules, each level of the Accreditation takes a minimum of 12 months to complete.
This allows sufficient time for the course materials to be combined with the tailored focus and development of the team. And for these developments to translate into realised improvements to the experiences of children.
Modules can be scheduled to suit the needs of the setting. But a monthly meeting and training session, combined with discussion and and active progression through the month is advised. This allows time for thought, assimilation and the required actions.
During the month, time will be required to complete the actions that you have identified. But these will become part of your continual self reflection and development cycle, your setting improvement plans and personal progression.
Because of the ownership and flexibility that is built into the accreditation, this is not intended to increase workload, simply help direct, focus and document it.
At every level, pick the pathway that is right for you
Pathway One ~ £550
Pathway Two ~ £950
Pathway Three ~ £1,450
Developing Nurturing Childhoods
Pathway One ~ £650
Pathway Two ~ £1,050
Pathway Three ~ £1,550
Embedding Nurturing Childhoods
Pathway One ~ £750
Pathway Two ~ £1,150
Pathway Three ~ £1,650
Knowledge of how your child is developing and the processes their bodies and minds are going through.
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17th Annual MLK Celebration Keynote
Dr. Benjamin Hooks
Executive director, NAACP (1977-1992)
Benjamin Lawson Hooks (January 31, 1925 – April 15, 2010) was an American civil rights leader. A Baptist minister and practicing attorney, he served as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1977 to 1992, and throughout his career was a vocal campaigner for civil rights in the United States.
After graduating in 1944 from Howard University, he joined the Army and had the job of guarding Italian prisoners of war. He found it humiliating that the prisoners were allowed to eat in restaurants from which he was barred. He was discharged from the Army after the end of the war with the rank of staff sergeant.
After the war he enrolled at the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago to study law. No law school in his native Tennessee would admit him. He graduated from DePaul in 1948 with his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.
Upon graduation Hooks immediately returned to his native Memphis. By this time he was thoroughly committed to breaking down the practices of racial segregation that existed in the United States. Fighting prejudice at every turn, he passed the Tennessee bar exam and set up his own law practice. "At that time you were insulted by law clerks, excluded from white bar associations and when I was in court, I was lucky to be called Ben," he recalled in an interview with Jet magazine. "Usually it was just ‘boy.’ [But] the judges were always fair. The discrimination of those days has changed and, today, the South is ahead of the North in many respects in civil rights progress." In 1949 Hooks was one of only a few black lawyers in Memphis.
He joined Martin Luther King Jr., and other leaders, at the initial January 1957 Southern Negro Leaders Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration, which organized itself, by August, as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), with whom he became an active participant in the NAACP-sponsored restaurant sit-ins and other boycotts of consumer items and services.
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There are some unusual, high-paying jobs out there – and caddying can be one of them. If you are an avid viewer of golf on tv or have a passing interest in the game – you may be surprised at what some of the professional caddies can make.
In 2013, Tiger Woods won The Players Championship – considered by many to be the 5th “major”. The Players has one of the highest purses in the game – at $9,500,000, with $1,710,000 going to the champion. Not bad for 4 days of work!
Now, consider Tiger Woods caddy – Joe LaCava. LaCava has been around the block and caddied for some of the biggest names in golf, including, Fred Couples (for most of his career) and long-hitting, world #1, Dustin Johnson. Woods made about $8.5 million that season. What do you think LaCava’s take of that was? (Answer below)
How caddies are paid
When college was out for the summer, I had the opportunity to caddy for a professional golfer. The city I lived in was host to an LPGA (Ladies Professional Golfers Association) event, so I put my name into the hat for some of the lady professionals who may need a caddie for the week (a few didn’t have steady caddies and others were letting theirs go). I happened to get lucky and scored a very talented professional for the week.
Most tournaments on the LPGA Tour are 3-days with a cut after the second round. This was no exception. We had two days of practice rounds – including a Pro-Am (where the pros are paired with amateur golfers – most of whom are from the companies who’ve sponsored the event) and then we were underway. While my pro made the cut – she ended up finishing toward the back of the pack. I believe I made $500 for the week (not bad for a college kid) and got a great education about the professional game and caddying.
So, what can professional, full-time caddies make? Based on some widely held beliefs – a pro caddie makes about $1,000-1,500 per week as a base salary (whether their player makes the cut or not). When their player makes the cut – the caddie’s income breaks down as follows:
- 5% of winnings for a finish outside the top 10
- 7% of winnings for a finish inside the top 10
- 10-15% of winnings for first place
Now, back to Tiger’s caddy, LaCava. Based on his season earnings of $8.5 million, LaCava netted at least $1,000,000 on the year (not including taxes).
How do you become a professional caddie?
The life of a caddie is not as glamorous as it may seem. If he/she has close family – he will spend many weeks away from them, on the road traveling, and in hotels. They’ll also spend countless hours on the practice range with their player and walking/carrying heavy equipment around.
Still, if you love the game of golf, it can be a fun way to make a living. There aren’t many jobs out there and you can’t just go and fill out an application to be considered. According to the Professional Tour Caddies of America (which helps to promote the profession on the major professional tours), it’s best to make contacts on the “mini” Tours (Symetra Tour – also known as the Futures Tour – for the ladies; and the Web.com Tour – for the men). These lower-tiered Tours is where many bright, young hopefuls start out.
Some other unique, high-paying jobs
- Crab-fisherman – You’ve probably seen the show, Deadliest Catch which depicts the real-life jobs of fisherman on the Bering Sea. While it is a high-risk profession and the pay is unstable, its conceivable you can make $50,000 in a short period.
- Roughneck – Another “tough” job – you could also take home around $50k for a job on an oil drilling rig. Hey, you may even land a part in the next reality tv show.
- Crime Scene Cleaner – While I wouldn’t wish this job on the worst of enemies, it probably falls in line with someone who has an interest in being a funeral director.
- White House Calligrapher – Yes, the White House has a calligrapher. Well, actually two of them. The top writer (artist) makes $90k.
- Dog Walker – According to the Business Pundit, some dog walkers make as much as $50 an hour in bigger cities. Not bad for a few hours of work.
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Cannabis use is becoming more socially acceptable and prevalent as legislation and accessibility increase. In 2019, it was found that 188 million people worldwide, and 55 million in America, use marijuana . Not only that, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased these numbers further, with retail sales in March 2020 going up 159% in California, 100% in Washington state, and 46% in Colorado . Aside from any discussion of whether or not marijuana use is appropriate or dangerous, one thing is for certain – it is not safe to use during pregnancy. With the increase in accessibility and use, many medical professionals are concerned that people are not well-informed enough to know this and not use cannabis during pregnancy.
Marijuana Use During Pregnancy
While some of you may read this article and believe this information is obvious, others may not be aware of the risks involved in continuing cannabis use during pregnancy.
In fact, cannabis is the “number 1 dependent substance used in pregnancy, with up to half of users continuing their use while pregnant .” As a result, 34% of pregnancies are impacted by marijuana use .
Researchers believe that people may view the use of marijuana differently than other drugs during pregnancy, “likely due to its perceived safety in pregnancy, the recent legalization trend, and its appeal in potentially providing relief for common pregnancy ailments such as nausea .”
Even so, it must be considered that marijuana is still a drug whose active ingredient crosses the placenta; therefore, undoubtedly impacting body chemistry and pregnancy .
Consequences of Cannabis Use During Pregnancy
As mentioned above, many perceive cannabis as a natural substance and, therefore, view it differently than other drugs and do not think of it as harmful to pregnancy.
Unfortunately, this is not true. The reality of the matter is that using cannabis while pregnant has dire consequences to the fetus. Cannabis exposure significantly alters the physiology and transport methods of the placenta .
In fact, “short-term exposure to CBD can enhance the permeability of the placental barrier to pharmacologic agents and recreational substances, thus potentially increasing fetal exposure to other agents .”
It has also been associated with “diminished blood flow supplying the placenta .” Studies have found that cannabis exposure in pregnant rats and humans results in structural brain changes .
Cannabis use during pregnancy is also significantly associated with experiencing a miscarriage or stillbirth . More specifically, the chances of marijuana-only users experiencing a miscarriage or stillbirth were 12 times greater when compared to non-users .
The precise mechanism behind this is unclear; however, it is theorized that THC inhibits normal placental growth and development . Research has also found that those using cannabis during pregnancy are more likely to experience preterm labor and birth .
The damage is not limited to the womb, as children whose mothers used cannabis during pregnancy “display altered responses to visual stimuli, increased trembling, and a high-pitched cry, which could indicate problems with neurological development .”
These children are also “more likely to show gaps in problem-solving skills and memory, have increased depressive and anxiety symptoms, and decreased ability to remain attentive .” These research findings have been confirmed in numerous studies, making them consistent, likely, and significant.
If you use cannabis during your pregnancy, your child will, undoubtedly, experience the consequences. Should you find it difficult to cease cannabis use during your pregnancy, do not hesitate to reach out for support.
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Thompson, R., DeJong, K., Lo, J. (2019). Marijuana use in pregnancy: a review. Obstetric Gynecological Survey, 74:7.
About the Author:
Margot Rittenhouse, MS, PLPC, NCC is a therapist who is passionate about providing mental health support to all in need and has worked with clients with substance abuse issues, eating disorders, domestic violence victims, and offenders, and severely mentally ill youth.
As a freelance writer for Eating Disorder Hope and Addiction Hope and a mentor with MentorConnect, Margot is a passionate eating disorder advocate, committed to de-stigmatizing these illnesses while showing support for those struggling through mentoring, writing, and volunteering. Margot has a Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University.
As a freelance writer for Eating Disorder and Addiction Hope and a mentor with MentorConnect, Margot is a passionate eating disorder advocate, committed to de-stigmatizing these illnesses while showing support for those struggling through mentoring, writing, and volunteering. Margot has a Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University.
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Spanning a diverse range of media, Ilona Sagar‘s Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye at London’s Tenderpixel, which ran October 2 to 24, 2015, included performance, assemblage, sound and film.
Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye was deeply rooted in Sagar’s research into the public and private spaces we inhabit. The social and historical context given in the press release provides a fundamental guide to the way we encounter the work:
“… This condition [the “glass delusion”] was an external manifestation of a psychiatric disorder recorded in Europe between the 15th and 17th centuries. The first clear glass, cristallo, was invented in the 15th century… and people began to fear that they were made of glass, pottery and wood and might easily shatter to pieces…[this has now] been replaced with the development of neurological terminology such as hypochondria.”
The film acts as a nucleus to the show; objects assembled in the room orbit around the narrative on screen. The image, shot in HD, is focused, crisp and slightly perturbing in its constant oscillation between different subject matters. Tears and glass collapse into a shared state of liquid, hair follicles feel like wires and technological processes morph into a visceral body. Pulsing in and out, the sound is also ripe; the voice sits closely next to your ear reporting or recalling, “the damp into the small spaced side of my left cheek/ sweating like plastic/ slicked as unwashed skin/ stretching my fingers out to the front, above/ I can be sure that the distance expanded from each tip as a considered rhythm/ I progressively spent less and less time looking for myself, ugly with self conflicting, self referential acts.”
The objects in the front room feel like particles. Incomplete and not yet developed into functioning things, the glass sculptures have been solidified in their state of process. Placed on the floor on top of a piece of wood, two small glass organs lay intertwined, vaguely representing the shape of a heart or stomach. Another version sits upon the mantle piece over an old fireplace, the spherical bodies tethered to one another. Five more are elongated in shape, their thin torsos altering the energy of the space with its fragility. Headphones hang down above and two hollow wooden boxes sit facing one another, waiting for a body to occupy them. Fragments of vinyl lettering melt downward on the adjacent wall. Two pieces of A4 paper are stuck to the other wall, the content is opaque, however the hazy shape of a zoomed-in body part is just about recognisable. Plucked from Sagar’s macro and microscopic research, this assemblage embodies a type of residue or disintegration of language and surface.**
Exhibition photos, top right.
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At Split-Rock, near the Coxing Trail head, the waters of the Coxing Kill gather into a pool after plunging through a wide gap in the conglomerate bedrock. During a previous era, the flow through the flume was utilized to power a sawmill run by the Enderly family for the mountain hamlet of Trapps. The water was harnessed to churn a wheel attached to a giant saw that became the chief Enderly laborer at the time. In more recent decades, the impressive, but still intimate pool at the end of the gap has provided a popular swimming hole in the Gunks. The pool collects just before the Coxing Kill meanders to sweep through the widening Clove Valley, initially with a series of gentle drops into little poolettes that are highly coveted during the summer months. Unlike the main pool at Split-Rock, the individual poolettes are claimed for a day by the first squatters that gain the rights to lounge and sunbath at their edge. This can be a highly competitive land-grab that requires dispatching scouts early in the day. The squatters must be prepared to defend their prized lounge for many hours on behalf of their lazier friends’ later arrival. Some visitors to the region stop at the main pool at Split Rock without venturing downstream where “clothing is optional”. Others, mostly locals, and sometimes in fellowship with members of their social community, saunter past the main pool with full knowledge of the informal rules downstream.
After bouncing over springy boards that cover the mucky outskirts of Split-Rock outlet, the informal trail transitions and then presents the bathing region with intermittent lawn chairs either planted directly in the water, or upon the broad open conglomerate nearby, with a smattering of loungers who hang out in the low-lying chairs. At times most of the bathers are naked, while much of the time, no one is naked. As one can imagine, naked bathing is an entirely sensual experience. Being naked greatly increases the sensitivity and intensity of the senses while offering no breaks to the skin’s subtle receptivity. For those that have never experienced the sensitivity to even the slightest natural flux of water, sun, and air, the exercise seems to immediately invoke sentiments of exhibitionism, as if the fundamental motivation were not to sense, but to be seen. After an initiation into the experience, however, one recognizes that an exaggerated awareness of being seen is only the heightened activity of the initiate, even as one feigns a nonchalant air of composed relaxation that is entirely staged at first. But that too is natural— it is a natural response to disrobing outdoors amongst strangers in the modern era. After a little time and a quick unobtrusive set of observations, it becomes readily apparent that the only thing being exhibited if at all overtly, is a gesture of comfort with one’s own body and surroundings. Sometimes that still appears overly exhibited, as opposed to naturally inhabited. Nonetheless, despite the potential for comfort with one’s own body, the simple fact of having a body in a place where other bodies move about or situate naked in the same vicinity invokes unconscious glances that have to be controlled in the social gathering— not so much because of a hidden voyeuristic impulse at play, but more naively because visual curiosity is naturally attuned to even the slightest gestures that other bodies express in their fundamental bearing.
This unconscious acuity ensures that the language of everyday discourse, and even sensation itself, will be intruded and altered by a heightened and over conscious experience, even if portions of that awareness were first launched under the radar.
And so it was that having gone through this experience at one time or another, I was also surprised how readily an uncomfortable feeling can be transferred from those who are comfortably situated in their nakedness to those who might simply journey through the region fully clothed. Late one afternoon I decided to photograph parts of the Coxing Kill downstream after previously spending a few dawns to photograph Split Rock. I discovered immediately that if the heaviness of my hiking boots and backpack were not enough to unnerve the bather’s supple senses, the large medium-format camera mounted atop the tripod that I was carrying certainly represented a thoroughly obnoxious presentation. It had been many years since I had been one of the bathers in the region, so I had forgotten the unstated rules from the perspective of the bathers. In truth, I simply did not know the activity was still in practice. Onward I marched, nonetheless, with interrogating looks greeting me at every step. Eventually I had no other recourse but to plunge into the adjacent forest, as if it were my purposeful objective all along. This did little to settle the air I unnerved, for, I suppose in retrospect, it was simply thought that I sought a hidden vantage to set up my gear and spy on the native bathers unnoticed. It turned out, in fact, that I was followed to ensure that was not going to be the case. Even though my real objective was to place myself in the magical light as the sun grew low on the horizon, my gear was obviously interpreted as an alarming attempt to voyeuristically photograph the bodies that bathed—a clear act of intrusion. Someone decided to spy on the spy so as to reflect back the same pressure of observation to nudge me out of the region.
It was clear that I had disrupted the peaceful tranquility— and I completely understood. At the edge of the forest I discovered a little moss-carpeted streambed that probably flowed only in early spring. It was barren now— though beautiful in the green-luminant starkness of its carpeting. The streambed dropped off a small series of rounded white boulders and ran parallel to the Coxing Kill stream for a short distance before merging with it downstream. Shadows deepened in the sparsely forested region at the edge of the main forest as I attempted to set up shop and photograph the moss-carpeted bed in the opposite direction to the bathers. Even this activity became overly exhibitional on behalf of my trailing inquisitor, however, for he did not appear to be comforted as he stood his ground within sight. The independent nature of my act was in vain, for in the end, all that I captured was a cluster of mosquito bites and a hasty retreat— fully clothed, chin up, and with just as much nonchalance forced into my gesture as those who had become overly aware of my presence. I resolved to come to the region at another magic hour: the dawn of another day. And so I did.
At dawn the bathing region reverts into the bosom of nature. Here, the pre-dawn hour is not the prelude for the coming day with its scattered population of occupants. It is a prelude, more primordially, to a renewed existence. Objects emerge not so much from darkness, but with darkness and shadow integrated as spatial regions of their deeper forms. Dawn is the withdrawal of that immersion into a different formation of depth. As little pools swell their liquid masses into a side-winding mass, the dark Coxing Kill seems to pulse and upwell repeatedly, pushing forth from the depths of the bedrock itself. In truth, the water has arrived in the form of these recurrent currents after a journey that began way back in the ravine between Millbrook Mountain and the outlet at the south end of Lake Minnewaska. The distance has extracted tannins from pitch pine, hemlock, and other species along the way— brewing up a root beer colored tea— much like that of the Peters Kill stream only a mile on the other side of the rising landmass that houses Dickie Barre and Lost City on the west side of The Clove. There, after departing further south from the outlet of Lake Awosting, the Peters Kill stream steeps its tannins even longer than the Coxing Kill. But here, without the reflective brilliance of full daylight, the Coxing Kill’s body appears dark and viscous, until sunlight arrives to throw a spotlight on its finite depths. With the rising sun, the scene immediately transitions into its namesake: a scenic image; a region that might suggest the right setting to invite a lone deer or a bather into its midst— or perhaps a romanticized member of the Lenape tribe kneeling near the water’s edge. With its streaming portals ready to highlight the subject matter, the sun plays host to this scenic space. Beneath the waterline and just outside the reach of the sun’s portals, light-colored splashes of lichen paint symbolic patches on the submerged rocks. The painted splotches bolster the general significance in the air. Even if only self-referential, for the moment, the lichen have provided another source of luminance for our free-roaming eyes. To the east, in the direction of the Coxing Kill’s flow during parts of its meander northeast, the sun rose from a point directly at the end of the broad corridor of the stream. It seems now to course for no other reason than to greet it. Sunlight immediately plates the creeping, undulating surface with molten silver and gold. Edging the outskirts of the wide corridor, a mixed forest gains a mysterious unified presence with the disclosure of depth through the shadowplay that hints through the sun’s filtered light. It would be easy to follow the corridor directly toward the rising sun, or veer off into the mysterious shadowy forest on each side of the molten flow. Instead, the hour of magic is rapidly closing and there is still more photography to be done. Soon, the self-luminant rock will bleach to mere substance. The Coxing Kill, like the Peters Kill, will project its snakelike ripples onto the surrounding bedrock. Its surface, and then its shallow depths, will display the same reptile skin— which is quite appropriate for its side-winding slither. And then after, it will shed also that temporary skin and deepen its translucent clarity just in time to gently enwrap the exposed and sensitive flesh of the next round of bathers.
Split-Rock dawns an entirely different experience. The region is more enclosed and self-contained than the region downstream, which is ever beckoning beyond itself. By virtue of the rustic walk-bridge above the Coxing Kill and the stream’s subsequent journey through the bedrock flume, the trees and fractured boulders in the vicinity step forward to comingle a self-enclosed space. This space is bounded by the flaring depths of the deepening pool that acts as its edge as well as the local consummation of the Coxing Kill’s flow. On the inlet side of the gap and beyond the walk-bridge, the stream prepares for its joyride by gliding through a series of wide, elegant sweeps in a picturesque woodland environment that includes an open glade and a small field that was once part of the Enderly’s subsistence soil. Today, a tunnel effect is administered by the bridge over the stream. The flow is guided into the tunnel by blocks of conglomerate that nudge the rippling eddies into a sharp series of steps and turns before collecting into a steady sweep atop an undulating surface that has been sculpted smooth by millennia of polishing flow. There, the waters pile up on the outer edge of a gentle arc before spreading again in preparation for the abrupt drop inside the wide gap of displaced bedrock. The plunge creates a little curtain waterfall whose incessant crescendo is amplified within the elongated gap. An extended wading pool boisterously swims the entire length of the gap and then serves as the inlet to the larger main pool that flares out just beyond to terminate the momentum into an enclosed duration— a single space from a unified time. Like a pleasing answer that solicits no further inquiry, the main pool affords the Coxing Kill a chance to linger in the deepening joy of its recent journey. There, it has gathered and compressed the history of its recent adventure— consummating in the manner of a self-contained thought. Because Split-Rock is self-bounded in a woodland environment, the gathering light of pre-dawn intensifies a barely registerable transition. The sun makes its arrival long after sunrise, so the dawn is smeared into a duration rather than an event. During the early hours, the waters of the Coxing Kill still remain pregnant with mysterious boulders and subtle hues of blues and greens that do not merely reflect the substance and shadows or remain true to their surface pattern, but seem to embody the living depths of the Coxing Kill itself. The flow has a single body. The rock emerges from the same dark sinuous body with its own bearing— a soft metallic luster encapsulating hardness as a presence, as opposed to a relational term of description. As the light increases, however, a radical shift occurs, just as it does with the overt rise of the sun downstream. Early on, color is not that literal range of sensations that we attribute to it, but rather colour — that moody, feeling-based, and sometimes enchanting disposition— at least in the arresting use of the term. With this quality, our own body and the terrain itself were in perfect agreement early on. Pre-dawn hues did not so much present reflected light in the form of color as they affirmed a coherent experience prior to the light and color bundling into their discrete qualities. Only then do they bounce off objects to display independent entities. Only then do they collectively arrange a natural scene.
Prior to that presentation, the Coxing Kill was the center and principle manifestation of a sentient flow. Afterward, the flow was no longer a submersion and partial disclosure of sentience. Like the space itself, it was once self-evident and unquestioned. It was not conscious, but it was immersed in a coupled receptivity that included us. With the gathering intensity of dawn, the flow and the terrain began to separate first from each other, and then from our witnessing presence, until they finally fused again into a witnessed scene. It is only then that the scene can begin to playfully solicit from the photographer attempts to capture its style of temporary manifestation. The shadowy feelings that were once embodied in the rock begin to shift yellow and red, thereby canceling the moody feeling of the blues and greens that emanated from the depths. The shift pulls the metallic luster off the rocks so that they may be bleached appropriately white and grey, as is their anticipated rendering as ‘real’ rock for the senses. They situate then, as everyday objects for observation.
Split-Rock usually welcomes a small party of individuals who will inhabit it for more traditional sunbathing or wading, but even if made up of independent strangers, the party is bound into a single social gathering by the embraced space that has been created through the bounded flow. Within the pool and upon the land, rock cairns balance to float gentle reminders of presence between individuals. The cairns remind us also that it is silence that must shout above the incessant crescendo in order to be heard. And indeed, the native language spoken at Split-Rock is silence, but still it appears to shout simply because humans are present. That human presence does not taint, however— it is simply incorporated into a more primary duration that is always underway beneath us. During the spring and summer months, the pool absorbs silence so that it may in turn shout the abundant greens reflected from the surrounding trees. It is silence that enables the abundant richness of its surface. The colors of fall are displayed in the same liquid body later in the year, but somehow the intense array of autumn color is reabsorbed into silence by means of the pool’s depth. Meanwhile, it is the surrounding forest that shouts in concert with the water’s volume. As the year matures, the region will increasingly shed its seasonal inhabitants and offer a different kind of silence that works through contrast to unveil the vociferous land.
Like so many destinations in the Gunks, the seasonal gathering of humans gives the false impression that they will stick around and indwell the environment with a residual presence all the year round. The most popular destinations into which we journey in these essays, however, address themselves to their own self-disclosed structuring even when that structuring retains sediments laid down by layers of human experience. Secret times and secret seasons are always capable of shedding, thereby, even sensitive skin. That is the mix that we have come to appreciate in the Gunks. During populated times, human perception addresses itself first to other inhabitants even when the environment is the reason for the gathering. But just below the surface, just around the corner, just the next morning— the center of perception is gently prodded outward and introduced to an externality that swirls over itself not through an act of interrogating sight, but rather, through the native presence at the core of perception as our own internal activity allows it to spread into a space that it already knows at a deeper level of constitution. This perceptual space and depth— the movement outward— is gently propelled and heightened by a subtle seeking and a residual hint of astonishment that is more than mere functionality employed in freed up observation. In those moments, the “there-is” of the already existent and stabilized world that we confront is self-enclosed with us at its core, yet it is still boundless with a sense of the unknown even while it echoes a forgotten identity that we not only participate in but recognize as ourselves at a level that cannot be grasped. It beckons, and we simply experience.
C.H.Carver, Sensitive Flesh adapted from Philosopher's Stone
The links below access the online adapted version of the book and do not correspond to the order published in the physical booklet. Only a few master copies of the book remain (published 2018), so this set constitutes the original impetus of the work in a different order. In the physical book, the essay "Intimate Otherness
" (below) introduced the Gunks through Mohonk Mountain House, the historical introductory anchor to the region. Don't forget to check out related Gunks landscapes (on istockphoto
by Getty Images).
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This week the mood in Church End is different. Rhoda Ibrahim, who founded the Somali Advice and Forum of Information (SAAFI) and was key to raising the alarm on the disproportionate impact the virus was having on her community, is hopeful about the future. The borough’s weekly Covid death rate is low and it no longer
“Attention is finally coming. I’ve been living here for over 30 years and it was like you didn’t exist, no matter what you do. There was no neighbourhood, no communities,” says Ibrahim. Now, she adds, “there’s a big community spirit, which was never there before.”
After reading the article, the chief operating officer of the local NHS trust went to Church End with her team to meet Ibrahim and ask a simple question: how could they help? It was a powerful acknowledgment that the healthcare provider was inaccessible and that needed to change. The NHS then partnered with the local council and community organisations to launch Brent Health Matters, an innovative programme to tackle health inequality.
Jenny Lanyero, a senior nurse practitioner and team manager at Brent Health Matters, said her “heart went out” to Ibrahim after reading her story. More than £1m of additional NHS funding was secured for a new model of primary care in Church End and Alperton, which also had a high death rate.
Brent council successfully bid for a share of Community Champions funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, citing the issues reported in the article, and received £733,333, the highest share of all the 60 councils that were allocated funding across the country. Across Brent there are now seven community connectors, 12 health educators and 27 community health champions.
Brent has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country…
Church End’s high rates of Covid-19 led to extra NHS funding
Lanyero is pleased that the health inequalities team she manages is made up of five local people who are deeply embedded in their community. “We wanted to make people understand that the NHS is not intimidating. We want you to come and work with us. I say to people: ‘I’m from the area, I started out as a healthcare assistant, and I’m a senior nurse, and now I’m a manager.’”
But significant challenges remain. Despite being so badly hit in the first wave, the borough has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Brent has the fifth lowest vaccine uptake in the country, ranking 342nd out of 347 local authorities for first doses and 332nd for second doses. There are significant concerns with uptake in black communities.
Councillor Robert Johnson believes that among the black community, distrust of institutions and experiences of systemic racism partly explain why. “So from our point of view, as a council, we wanted to make sure that we acknowledged what’s happened in the past, making sure we tell them that … [it] was wrong.”
He added: “It still comes down to trust. Until they talk to somebody that they can trust and work it through, then you are still going to get that level of hesitancy or anxiety. And so one of the things that we’re trying to do is actually go to people’s doorsteps and talk to them about it.”
For others, unsociable working hours and significant family commitments make vaccination centres out of reach. So the council decided to bring vaccinations to people’s doorsteps with a bus that parks in different areas with low uptake several times a week. The vaccination buses have jabbed more than 2,000 people since the initiative started at the end of March.
At a vaccination bus in Kensal Rise last week, residents lined up quietly to get first or second jabs. One young woman who had been vaccinated recently had brought her two older aunts along. They beamed when they got stickers. An elderly man who suffers from lymphoma and who qualified for the vaccine months ago also came down to get his. He said he was able to manage the small walk to the bus, but too worried to get the bus to the vaccination centre to which he had initially been invited.
The day wasn’t without its problems. One woman who initially queued with her baby shouted abuse and conspiracy theories at staff. Two men walking by stopped to shout back at her.
The council also has regular pop-up clinics, which have vaccinated 10,000 people. This includes 1,100 at a special event at the mosque last weekend, and 2,300 at a one-off event at Bridge Park Community Centre a few weekends ago.
There are worries about the impact the reopening will have on the area with such low vaccination rates. “We’re doing the best we can to protect people. We do have bylaws, which we could put in place if we feel it is going to impact our local communities,” Johnson said. “So to a certain degree, we’re confident that things will get better, but we would have been much more confident if there was actually a gradual return.”
The low vaccination rates do not come as a surprise to Dr John Licorish, Brent’s deputy director of public health. Historically, immunisation for other diseases in Brent and in London has been lower than the national average. Licorish puts this down to people not having a general practitioner, or working unsociable hours, as well as language and cultural barriers.
When asked whether there was a risk of Covid becoming a disease of the poor, he interrupted to point out: “Covid is already a disease of the poor.” He is right: people living in the poorest areas of England and Wales were twice as likely to die from Covid-19 as those in less deprived areas.
In Church End the high street is opening up. Young men are back in the barber shop, while others drink coffee outside cafes. “Life is coming back. People are serious about Covid and the prevention of Covid. They are taking the messages well,” says Ibrahim.
She visits Fatuma Abdi Jama at her restaurant, which is busy with customers once again. Jama contracted the virus last year and self-medicated with vinegar when the help she called for did not arrive.
A year later, she is proud to state that she has had both her jabs and is excited about her plans to expand her business. She excuses herself to talk to two men from Deliveroo who are helping her set up an account.
Brent Health Matters has already made a significant difference in the area. Around 2,300 patients across 10 GP practices in Church End and Alperton have been provided with an initial health and wellbeing assessment. The team went on to take blood tests and asthma control tests, and provided flu vaccinations, as well as tailored health advice.
It is this painstaking work that will end health inequalities, Ibrahim says, and eventually reduce gaps in vaccine uptake. It is work that takes time. “We are not really expecting everything to be fixed overnight. But the mood is changing.”
She says she has been blown away by the “human generosity” she has witnessed over the past 12 months, with people across the country reaching out asking how they can help or where they can donate.
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What Is Brucellosis in Dogs and What Are the Symptoms?
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Brucellosis in dogs is a bacterial disease that can affect our dogs. This pathology is serious as it is capable of causing other health issues, such as sterility or abortion in our dog.
In this AnimalWised article we are going to explain what brucellosis in dogs is, as well as its symptoms and treatment. Lastly, we'll include how to prevent brucellosis in dogs. Keep reading to learn more!
What is canine brucellosis?
Canine brucellosis is a disease caused by a bacterium called Brucella canis that damages the reproductive system and can cause the dog to suffer from a spontaneous abortion, sterility, an infection in their reproductive system or develop a sexually transmitted disease.
It is also possible for male or female dogs to suffer from this disease and remain asymptomatic. In fact, this pathology doesn't affect females that suffer from it, and it is, unfortunately, very contagious among dogs. It's also important to point out that different species of Brucella will infect different species of animals, such as goats, cows, sheep, pigs and other animals.
Below we will explain the symptoms of brucellosis in dogs so you know what to look out for and when it's time to call your veterinarian to properly diagnose and treat your dog.
Canine brucellosis symptoms
One of the most common symptoms of brucellosis in dogs is miscarriage. Pregnant dogs suffer from a spontaneous abortion, their unborn puppies are usually aborted about two weeks before the probable date of delivery, although they can also be born dead on date or be born alive but become ill and die. If this happens to your dog, brucellosis must be one of the pathologies your veterinarian must consider.
If the dog is suffering from an ongoing infection due to brucellosis, it's possible to detect enlarged lymph nodes, which are located in the groin or under the jaw. In males, their testicles can also become inflamed early in the disease, but as the disease progresses, they atrophy due to the destruction of sperm cells, resulting in reduction in size. Fever is not a common symptom.
Diagnosis can be determined via a blood test or an extraction from the abortifacient tissue. This test can also tell us if the dog has been infected at some point in their life. Your veterinarian will determine if your dog needs any other tests for a proper diagnosis.
Treatment of canine brucellosis
Once your dog has been properly diagnosed by the veterinarian, they will also determine the best treatment for them. This will probably include intramuscular and oral antibiotics for about three weeks. Unfortunately, this will not kill the bacteria in all infected dogs. For this reason, its eradication is considered difficult. This is why it is worth taking into account the prevention one can take to avoid having their dog suffer from this disease, we'll give you some recommendations on this in the section below.
It should be stated that sterilization of all affected animals is recommended because the disease can also be transmitted during mating, and as we've previously mentioned, it is highly contagious.
Prevention of canine brucellosis
Sterilize your dog
In acute infections, the bacteria will be in the blood, urine, secretions and abortifacient remains. In those that become chronic or remain inactive in the dog's body, bacteria can still be found and transmitted through semen or vaginal secretions, hence the importance of sterilization in dogs since the most common form of infection is precisely the it constitutes oral and nasal contact with these infected vaginal secretions.
Avoid large communities of dogs
A male with brucellosis can keep the bacteria in his body for his entire life. The urine of dogs with brucellosis is also a common source of contagion. This information must be taken into account especially in those dogs that live in large communities such as with breeders, where the infection can spread rapidly.
Be extra careful when getting a new dog
If you are buying a dog from a breeder, instead of adopting from an animal shelter, you will need to be extra careful. Make sure the parents were medically checked for any diseases. Dogs with brucellosis can carry this highly contagious infection for their entire life and, therefore, cannot be bred. It is also dangerous as breeders often have many dogs together at once and this can lead to infection. With that being said, if you are adopting from a shelter you should also make sure that the dog has been medically examined for any underlying diseases.
Keep up with regular check-ups
As some dogs are asymptomatic, it's best to keep up with regular check-ups at the veterinarian. This way your vet will be able to make sure your dog is healthy and not suffering from asymptomatic diseases. For example, when it comes to brucellosis, your veterinarian will be able to detect it with a simple blood test.
Can I get brucellosis from my dog?
If your dog has been diagnosed with brucellosis, yes, you are at risk of getting infected as brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted between different species. Nevertheless, if your dog is getting treatment and you are careful to not touch their urine and feces, the possibility of infection is very low. Ask your veterinarian more about how to best handle the situation.
You may also be interested in watching our video about common symptoms that your dog is suffering from an underlying illness.
This article is purely informative. AnimalWised does not have the authority to prescribe any veterinary treatment or create a diagnosis. We invite you to take your pet to the veterinarian if they are suffering from any condition or pain.
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THE OCTAGON CHAPEL
The Octagon Chapel is a Unitarian Chapel located in Colegate in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The Chapel is a grade II* listed building. Completed in 1756 by the architect Thomas Ivory and is home to a growing liberal religious community of Unitarians, welcoming people of all religious faiths and none.
PEOPLE OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
- Harriet Martineau
- William Smith
- James Martineau
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was a British social theorist and Whig writer and is often credited as being the first female sociologist. Her written works included economic novels, social theory, romance novels and children’s books. Harriet was one of the only women in Victorian England to support herself financially entirely through writing, and often focused her work on themes of feminism and domestic issues - rare topics for her era.
William Smith (1756–1835) was an MP for Sudbury in Suffolk between 1784 and 1790. In 1802, Smith accepted to stand for the Radicals in Norwich, leading to his involvement in the Octagon Chapel as a result of him being a dissenter. Smith was most notable for his work in relieving the suffering of Unitarians through the Doctrine of the Trinity Act of 1813 and dedicated his life to advancing the equality of the Unitarian cause and the progress of numerous social movements.
James Martineau (1805-1900) was an Norwich born English religious philosopher influential in the history of Unitarianism. Martineau’s writings emphasized the individual human conscience as the primary guide for determining correct behaviour. For 45 years he was lecturer and Principal at Manchester New College where he was responsible for training ministerial students. He wrestled with questions concerning the Bible, sources of authority, the meaning of Christ, the validity of non-Christian religions and the roles of reason and conscience. He instrumental in shaping both Unitarian and general religious thought. | <urn:uuid:fa1df561-fe21-4597-a273-4685d9d968aa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://octagonchapelnorwich.org.uk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.970245 | 406 | 2.5 | 2 |
MOSCOW, May 17. /TASS/. The West seeks to create conditions for imposition of a controlled regime in Russia, as it was practiced in a number of countries, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said during a meeting of the Security Council’s science council.
"In the end, the West seeks to create conditions to establish a regime in Russia, controlled by the West, as it was already done in Ukraine and in a number of other states," Patrushev said.
"The special military operation thwarted these plans," he underscored. He explained that Moscow had to "use this preventive measure, because the level of threats to national security, disregard to our country’s interests has entered a new level, which threatened Russia’s very statehood and existence."
Overall, Patrushev noted that "the West does not need a powerful, rapidly developing sovereign Russia."
He also noted that numerous episodes of honest and free aid, provided by Moscow, including for protection of statehood of the US, France, Germany and some other countries are being "deliberately obscured by the Western propaganda."
"Meanwhile, they seek to maintain at any cost the false myth about an aggressive Russia, who allegedly seeks to enslave the Western world, including based on pseudo-scientific stories and arguments," the Secretary believes.
According to Patrushev, the goals of the collective West’s actions are obvious: to create sanction restrictions for Russia’s communication with the rest of the world, including science, and modern high technologies, as well as to undermine the Russian economy, to slow down the country’s development, to create conditions for spiritual, moral and cultural degradation of the people. | <urn:uuid:0a2acd65-e37b-4908-8b5a-c86c72da3452> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tass.com/world/1452115 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.967768 | 358 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Houghton, city, seat (1852) of Houghton county, northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. It lies along Portage Lake and the Keweenaw Waterway, opposite Hancock. It was settled in 1851 and named for Douglass Houghton, a state geologist. The discovery of nearby rich copper lodes between 1855 and 1870 resulted in an economic boom that lasted until after World War I. Houghton is now a distribution centre for manufactures, including wood materials, and for dairy and poultry farming. It is the seat of Michigan Technological University (1885) and the site of the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum. Tourism is important; a summer ferry connects the city with Isle Royale National Park (offshore in Lake Superior), which has its mainland headquarters in Houghton. The city is a centre for outdoor recreation, notably fishing on Portage Lake. Inc. village, 1867; city, 1970. Pop. (2000) 7,010; (2010) 7,708.
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On Friday 3rd of December, about 85 scientists of the 4TU community joined the digital matchmaking event for the 2021-call of the 4TU capacity building programme call “High-Tech for Sustainable Future”. The initial call for expressions of interest delivered 54 results. The programme will fund about 3-5 programmes.
The reviewing committee hopes to receive a maximum of 8 full final proposals. Therefore, the matchmaking event provided an accessible and open space to check whether the EoIs meet the HTSF themes. It also offered opportunities of collaboration for creating final proposals. A review of the event can be read here.
Author: Fons Janssen
Capacity investment for lasting research cooperation
The event was visited by applicants of the expression of interests, researchers from the technical universities invited by the deans and representatives of the 4TU research centres. It was hosted by multiple digital platforms to give attendees as many digital tools as possible to meaningfully network. The event was opened plenary on Zoom by Tom Veldkamp, rector of UT and member of the board of 4TU.Research, who explained: “The HTSF research programme is not a one-go project, it is a new structural capacity investment for lasting research cooperation theo among the technical universities.”
After the opening, the HTSF themes (1. Materials and high-tech sensing technologies for the ageing built environment, 2. Low-cost sensing technologies for health, 3. Sociotechnical approaches towards data-driven sustainable food systems) were elaborated by the deans Theo Salet, Ena Voûte and Sjoukje Heimovaara, respectively.
Theo Salet (dean Built Environment, TU/e) explained the challenges in the built environment, where much of the European infrastructure from the post-WWII rebuilding period requires renewal, while demands have changed and materials and implementation need to be sustainable. Ena Voûte (dean Industrial Design Engineering, TUD) talked about the learnings from the corona pandemic and the importance of affordable and accessible high-tech health solutions for all people beyond smartwatches and sport devices. Lastly, Sjouke Heimovaara (general director Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, WUR) expressed her enthusiasm on the social-technical research scope to transform food systems to prevent malnutrition and damage to climate and environment. She said the HTSF programme could bring the 4TU in a unique position to tackle food waste and enable new and improved sustainable food chains. Data-driven decision support and technical assistance in production, logistics, consumption and (re)processing can help, if we keep taking the human and cultural factors into account.
After the plenary opening, attendees were brought in two sessions of workshops via Zoom and Miro, a collaborative online working board. The moderators enabled the attendees to meet new people actively in the same theme and to share, complement and fuse research ideas and expertise. The first session focussed on introducing each other while mapping the complexity, interconnection and diversity of the theme and the EoI’s. The second session offered smaller dialogue spaces to seek potential ways for collaboration. The lunch session and after talk provided open and private conversations among the attendees via the platform ‘wonder.me’.
The organizing team of the HTSF research looks back at a successful event that provided numerous matchmaking opportunities. As rector of TU Delft and member of the board of 4TU.Research Tim van der Hagen mentioned at the closing session: “It’s good to see that we are teaming up and making the world a little bit better through collaboration.” Despite that physical meetings offer superior interaction among attendees, the digital set-up provided a rich environment of information and inclusive spaces for exchange. The team hopes the matchmaking event will help the attendees to form a maximum of 8 full final proposals for the reviewing committee.
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You don’t need dozens of acres to become self sufficient. Through careful planning, selection and land use, you can grow delicious vegetables, herbs and fruit, and even livestock on as little as one to two acres. The secret is careful planning and research, as well as thinking differently about the space available for your garden and farm.
How much land you need to be self-sufficient all depends on how efficiently you use the land.
Planning Your Land Use
By carefully choosing crops that will do well in your climate, as well as adding nutrients to the soil through the application of compost and manures, you can raise abundant crops on a small amount of land. Plan ahead of time how you will use the land available to you, and take good care of your soil. If you care for your soil, it will care for you by returning nutritious, abundant crops.
Fertile, well-drained soil is a blessing, but even if your soil is rocky or contains enough clay to make bricks, you can still grow a garden. Have your soil tested at your local Cooperative Extension Office; the Extension agent will guide you on the amendments your soil needs to grow healthy vegetables based on the results of your soil test. Alternatively, you can build raised beds and add soil and compost to create the perfect soil.
Growing Your Own Vegetables
Vegetables can be grown in a tiny urban yard or on many acres; the choice is yours. Many intensive gardening practices such as square foot gardens, vertical gardening, and raised beds can help you grow more vegetables in a small space.
Think beyond a vegetable garden plot to increase the amount of land available to grow your own food. Can you plant vegetables instead of a lawn? Potatoes can be grown in old tires, barrels and more. Old pallets can be nailed together, filled with soil, and used to grow lettuce, squash and cucumbers on a vertical platform. Tomatoes can even be grown from special vertical planters hanging from a porch or a deck. With a little ingenuity, you can dramatically increase the space available to grow vegetables.
Herbs for Tea and Medicine
Herbs are a wonderful addition to the home garden and require very little space. You can grow herbs in window boxes or flower pots inside your home on a sunny windowsill. Try parsley, chives, rosemary and basil in pots or containers; calendula, oregano, lemon balm and mint need more space, but can be grown in old whiskey barrels or other containers outdoors.
Fruit and Nut Trees
Adding fruit and nut trees to your home increases the amount and variety of food available to your family. Nuts provide excellent nutrition and protein, and fruit can be eaten fresh, frozen, or dried, or made into jams and jellies for winter consumption. Fruit and nut trees offer abundance in exchange for little space in the garden.
When researching fruit trees for your gardening zone, consider whether or not the tree requires a pollinator; some trees require two or more of different varieties for pollination. Look for dwarf fruit trees which produce plenty of fruit in little space. Nuts such as hazelnuts grow on low-growing shrub-like trees, making them easy to add to a small garden space.
Livestock Requires More Land
Consider whether or not you wish to add livestock to your homestead. Small livestock require little space, but you need to plan for their food supply, especially in the winter. Wheat, corn and hay can be grown on an additional half to one acre, which may be fine in a temperate climate where your livestock can graze on pastureland for most of the year, but may be inadequate in colder climates. Even with great pasture land you’ll need to store up or purchase hay or feed to get through the winter months.
Chickens need very little space and provide eggs and meat. Goats and sheep need fenced pastures, and a cow needs the most land of all. Before adding livestock to your homestead, learn as much as you can about the care and feeding of each animal. Consider whether you’re willing to trim hooves, administer vaccinations, de-worm your animals, and other tasks livestock require.
Self Reliant on Two Acres or Less? It’s Possible!
Through clever planning and space management, as well as paying careful attention to your soil, you can grow delicious vegetables, herbs, and fruits at home in as little as a half acre. If you have more space, you can add livestock if you choose to do so. Self reliance on two acres or less is definitely possible.
So what are you waiting for? Do something now to get you closer to self sufficiency!
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In his recent work on private law, John Gardner argues that private law has conservative leanings, which explain its central features. He argues that private law is designed to protect or promote the security interests of victims or likely victims of legal wrongs. Gardner appeals to the thinly conservative value of preserving the lives that people already have to justify this conception. This chapter expresses doubts about whether this thin version of conservativism plays a characteristic or organising role in private law. Instead, it is argued that a thicker or more deeply conservative outlook according to which the purpose of private law is the preservation of social virtue, or our existing forms of civility, reveals much more about private law. It is the value of these social relations rather than security severally considered which private law refuses to let go.
Saprai, Prince, Never Let Me Go: Private Law and the Conservative Impulse (June 24, 2022) in Michelle Madden Dempsey and François Tanguay-Renaud (eds), From Morality to Law and Back Again: Liber Amicorum for John Gardner (Oxford University Press, forthcoming), Faculty of Laws University College London Law Research Paper No 6/2022. | <urn:uuid:0cfccaa6-e41f-4b39-8888-58735b719c90> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://private-law-theory.org/?p=44116 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.937817 | 241 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Tug-of-War Tradition: Forestry vs. Civil Engineering
Q&A on the Forestry vs. Civil Engineering Tug-of-War Tradition with Professor Tom Isenhart, associate professor of natural resource ecology and management.
When did the tug-of-war take place?
The tug of war took place as scheduled during VEISHEA 2010 with a large turn-out from both Forestry and Civil Engineering. It drew quite a crowd. A photo of the event was featured in the Des Moines Register.
Forestry won 6-3. The Tug-of-War was split into three pulls for each of men, women, and men-women.
- Little is known about when/how the tradition started. In consulting some of the “historians” (senior faculty), apparently the tradition extended quite a ways back and was perhaps an outgrowth of other fabled hijnks between the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering (eg. Ag putting horses in Marston/Engineering bricking the entrance to Curtiss). Another faculty member offered that they thought it may have been related to the friendly rivalry between Forestry and C.E. students within a surveying course that was required for both disciplines.
Why did it stop in the 1960s?
No one is quite sure why the tradition stopped, with the one possibility offered that it was related to changes in the student club structure within one/both departments. Inscriptions on the axe date from 1959 to 1967 with Forestry winning 5 times and C.E. 4 times.
Forestry Club members came across the double-bit axe when shifting club materials to a new storage room. They questioned senior faculty about the event and learned that it was an annual tradition between students in Forestry and Civil Engineering. They also learned that the Tug-of-War used to be held across Lake Laverne. Forestry Club members decided to see if there was interest in reviving the tradition and arranged with the president of the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers for members to visit one of their meetings. A contingent of Forestry Club members showed up in “full regalia” of boots and suspenders, displayed the axe, and challenged the Civil Engineers to a Tug-of-War on Central Campus during VEISHEA. The Civil Engineers were eager to take up the challenge.
Reaction was extremely positive. Everyone enjoyed the spirit of the competition and is anxious to continue the event. The Clubs agreed to a set of rules which includes the “losing” side visiting the other club and “challenging” them to regain the axe.
Story behind “coveted double-bit trophy”?
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Were you given an essay writing task but did not know what to talk about? As a student, you will constantly find yourself in this situation. Schools incorporate writing tasks in their curriculums not only to evaluate the students’ skills but also to know their interests. Some teachers allow their students to choose their own topic to express themselves more. Drafting also becomes easier because you already have prior knowledge about the subject.
However, choosing the best topic can be challenging. Students have several hobbies or interests that they want to discuss, but they can only choose one. Often, they end up feeling not motivated to do it because they prefer to get some help. They look for professionals who can provide an essay writing service in 1 hour. But if you do not have the means to pay them, you can still write a paper on your own. Below are five tips on choosing a good essay topic to produce an impressive output.
Pick a Topic That’s Interesting
The first thing you must know on how to pick an essay topic is identifying your interests. Teachers consider their students’ varied preferences that affect their motivation in accomplishing the task. Because the writing process is not easy, they try to make the activity appealing. They do this by allowing them to choose a topic they like. Therefore, you must take advantage of this opportunity by selecting the one you want the most.
You can take various steps in picking an engaging topic. First, you can list all your hobbies and interests on paper or on your device. Eliminate the ones you think are unacceptable in your school, or your teacher might disapprove. Afterward, it would be best to search the internet and check whether you have enough materials for the subject. Otherwise, remove them from your list and move to the next one. Remember that citation is essential in writing, especially if you create an argumentative or informative essay. Once you have determined the right one, you can finally develop a thought-provoking thesis statement.
Besides creating your list, you can also look for prompts online. You can find numerous articles that show a list of essay topics about different fields. These include business, medicine, education, sports, and environmental issues. They can spark your interest, generating more ideas and engaging output. You can also try writing prompt generators, which content creators and writers usually use. They provide random topics for you to use. If you are up for a challenge, you can try it yourself.
Consider The Scope of Your Topic
Another helpful tip for making a good essay is considering the scope of your topic. Once you have selected a general subject, you must make it more specific. This is when a well-constructed thesis statement comes into place. If you talk about a broad topic, you might not find it easy to create the whole paper. You will lack focus and might end up talking about different and irrelevant things instead. Therefore, you must create a clear and specific thesis statement and ensure that it is substantiated in your entire work.
Brainstorming is crucial in the writing process because it allows you to generate all your prior knowledge about the topic. You use this time to let your ideas flow mindlessly. Sometimes, you might feel too burdened with the task’s difficulty that you tend to lose focus and concentration. This feeling can also make you skip interesting ideas because you want to finish the activity as soon as possible.
To brainstorm correctly, you must prepare a writing device first, whether a pen and paper, smartphone or computer. Make a list or lists of every word or idea you can associate with your broad topic. You can jot down words or phrases, not just complete sentences. Do not be too conscious about the grammar because it might interfere with your momentum. It will also be best not to skip absurd or humorous ideas. You might find a way to incorporate them later on.
If you still have a lot of time, you can brainstorm for at least 30 minutes. If not, you can do it for 15 or 20 minutes. It will also help to look for already written essays to get inspiration and valuable ideas.
The Topic Should Fit Your Writing Tone
Sometimes, choosing an interesting essay topic is not enough to produce excellent output. Often, students find themselves lost while drafting their papers, no matter how interesting the subject is. It can be because they do not feel any connection with it. They might also think that their work does not reflect their personality or style.
While an engaging topic is crucial, you must also ensure that it fits your writing tone. You must consider your tone and style as the writer while selecting a subject. It is because they can affect the overall message of the paper. So, it would be best to identify your reason and purpose for writing and, most importantly, your audience. Doing this before drafting will help you choose the appropriate terms and techniques that can influence your readers’ perception of the text.
Seek Help From Your Professor
Last but not least is asking your professor directly. When this task seems overwhelming, you can look for other people to help you out. In selecting good process essay topics, it would be best to ask your teacher instead. Sometimes, teachers just wait for their students to come to them and ask questions. Once you do this, they can give you topics that are appealing to them. They can also suggest those that you might have overlooked. Most importantly, they can even share tips on how you can write your paper and what to include.
In conclusion, selecting a topic for your essay is challenging because of internal pressure and lack of motivation or background knowledge. But you can follow some tips on how to choose a topic to write about to make this task easier. These include picking an interesting prompt, brainstorming, and seeking help from your profession. It would also help to consider your scope and writing tone. You must also have enough materials to be used as references. But no matter what you choose, you must be comfortable talking about it.
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DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Young Hawaiian monk seal moved away from canal for her safetyPosted on Mar 31, 2017 in Latest Department News
RH92 Frequented Lihi Canal in Kapa‘a
(Lihue, Kaua‘i) – A 10-month-old female Hawaiian monk seal was moved today from the Lihi canal at Kapa‘a to a beach on Kaua‘i’s west side. RH92 had been frequenting the canal in recent weeks, likely attracted by discarded fish scraps. A team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s, National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) translocated the seal and fitted her with a satellite tag (to track her movements) before she was released back into the wild.
NOAA Fisheries and DLNR officials determined that relocating RH92 was necessary to provide immediate protection from significant safety risks in Lihi canal. Two other juvenile seals died in the canal in 2014 and 2016 with drowning, possibly in fishing gear, as the most likely cause of death. “We decided to undertake this rarely-used relocation intervention to address immediate safety concerns for RH92. This will allow time for agencies and community members to work together to ensure long-term seal safety and continued community resource use in the canal,” said Ann Garrett, Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources at the NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Regional Office.
Under Hawai‘i state rules, a person can fish with one line with no more than two hooks in Lihi Canal (also known as Waika’ea Canal). Taking of crabs is allowed in the canal with no more than 10 nets of less than 2 feet in diameter. It is also legal to take shrimp for bait with a hand net of not more than 3 feet in any dimension. Fish pond owners/operators and commercial marine fishers can take pua or other small fish and baitfish with an attended net with the appropriate licenses. All other fishing activities are prohibited. Discarding of fish scraps is considered littering and is prohibited under Hawai‘i state law.
DLNR Chair Suzanne Case said, “We want to remind folks who use the canal to please fish responsibly according to the fishing rules and to refrain from discarding fish scraps and any other material into the canal. We hope to foster community ownership of this canal in a way that promotes all responsible uses of this natural resource.”
RH92 was born to seal RK22 on May 23, 2016 at Larsen’s Beach on Kaua‘i’s north shore. She stayed in that area until the end of 2016. So far this year she’s been spotted on the eastern side of the island and about a month ago began using the Lihi canal a few days a week and recently every day.
The two seals that apparently drowned previously in the canal were RG13, a yearling female found dead on March 14, 2016, and R4DD, a juvenile male found dead on August 22, 2014. Necropsies (animal autopsies) conducted on each animal showed them to be in overall good health, but had lung damage consistent with drowning.
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Rent or Buy a Home?
When it comes to renting a home or buying a home, two important factors that are often looked at are, costs and responsibilities involved for either the homeowner or the tenant. Here, we look at the pros and cons of either option to help you make an informed decision.
If you decide to rent a property, you’ll be faced with low start-up costs compare to huge upfront expenses required in buying a property. At the initial stage, a tenant is expected to a pay a deposit and a first month’s rent. But when buying a property, a homeowner will have to cover some initial costs such as property registration fees, home loan deposit, estate agent fees and bank fees.
In terms of annual costs, a tenant will have to pay rent on a monthly basis as stipulated in the lease agreement. After some time, the tenant will be required to renew the lease contract, which will likely be subject to an increase in rent.
In comparison, buying a property means the homeowner will have to pay monthly bond repayments. The annual bond repayments accumulate equity over time, and are tax-deductible, resulting in saving in the long run.
Being a homeowner means you are directly responsible for paying levy and utility costs of the home, including water, land rates and electricity. A homeowner also incurs costs that involve general home repair and maintenance. While water and land rates are usually included in the tenant’s monthly rental amount, tenants are still expected to part with monthly electricity fee as an additional payment.
In conclusion, renting a home or purchasing a home should be a short-term solution while buying a long-term option. When torn between renting a home or purchasing a home, look at the financial factors involved over a long-term period.
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Each Month, Dev Man Talking invites a prominent developer to share their thoughts on a particular aspect of the games industry they're passionate about. This month Jeff Green, PopCap's Director of Editorial and Social Media, explains how tiny mistakes can massively change the course of game development and how great developers know what their game is and isn't. Want more Green? He can be found ranting on Twitter as @Greenspeak .
You've just started playing a new game. For a brief moment, you've forgotten your troubles, your homework, the economic crisis, and the sad fact that sometime within the next 100 years you are going to be dead. Everything's awesome! And then suddenly you hit a spot that strikes you as the most idiotic thing you've ever seen.
“Wait, seriously?” you yell at your monitor. “I have to backtrack through the entire level just to get a stun gun to beat this guy? Didn't these devs even play their own game?”
What I'm here to tell you is this: Yes, they did play their own game. And I guarantee you that someone on the team had the exact problem as you and brought it up in a meeting. Maybe 30 people brought it up. Maybe the entire team agreed. But the sad truth? There was probably not a dang thing they could have done about it.
Even on a well-managed team, there are simply too many moving parts, all dependent on one another, for things to go right all the time, or even half the time. And unless you're the rare company like Blizzard or Valve, with the luxury to ship “when you're ready,” development is a zero-sum game. You can't accommodate or perfect or even fix what's broken in a game without it impacting something else.
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Here's one tiny example. One day I wrote a couple lines of dialog and then went to lunch. When I returned, I discovered that because I'd failed to save correctly, I'd broken the entire game and halted 60 people's progress. The result of that was that an engineer, who could have been perfecting one of the game's lame-looking animations, had to fix my mistake. The next day he was pulled away for something else. And so the following week, when he was finally able to fix that lame animation, he was unavailable to the designers, who had a great new idea for a puzzle, but couldn't ensure it would work without his help, except now he had no time because he'd fallen behind because of my mistake a week earlier, and so the puzzle was cut.
Every day is like this. Every game is a gargantuan, hulking, creaking monstrosity of code, teetering along in its development, ready to be wrecked by any number of obstacles, from an artist's broken stylus to a momentary server outage to an engineer eating an old burrito and getting food poisoning. As a developer, you see things you want to fix, things that could make the game better, or even functional, but you can't do it.(opens in new tab)
You start cutting your losses, not because you don't care about the game, but because you have no choice. The game has to come out that quarter, because shareholders are expecting it, because your company's entire fiscal plan counts on it, and because this is a business, whether you like it or not, and (in the short term at least) a timely broken product trumps a late, perfected product. So, against your own judgment, you swallow your pride. You plan for patches. You pray the critics and gamers won't notice.
Of course, none of this matters at all as far as gamers are concerned. Nor should it. All that matters, to gamers, is what they paid for: the game that's in the box. The secret truth is that when the critics and gamers do start bitching, the developers not drunk on their own Kool-Aid already know what's coming. They know better than anyone just what their game could have been, and they also know what it isn't. And the developers who don't know this? They'll never make a good game anyway, no matter how much time and money you give them. | <urn:uuid:cf34fcc1-9ef2-4053-a2fc-3221e09b4981> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pcgamer.com/dev-man-talking-popcaps-jeff-green-on-the-little-things-in-game-development/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.980737 | 893 | 1.695313 | 2 |
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Kage Baker approved of normalcy. For a given value of normalcy, anyway. A value mostly exclusive to her household, and not in particular alignment with anyone else’s definition.
On the other hand, she felt strongly that other people ought to identify their own version of what was normal, and stick to it. It would make people happier, she felt, and maybe even promote peace. Especially the versions of those whose idea of “normal” included defining it for other folks – and applying same by force. If those people could be taught to be happy in the privacy of their own homes and leave the rest of the world alone, they – and the world – would be a much nicer place.
She figured that in most of the cases, this would actually be easier for the frantic would-be enforcers of a lowest-common-denomination “normalcy”. Think of the energy expended by people like Glenn Beck, and that lady down the street who demands to see the plastic poop bags being carried by every dog-owner who passes her porch. Consider the wear and tear on their nervous systems; contemplate the damage done by their blood bouncing more and more anxiously against their capillary walls! People don’t seem to die of apoplexy as much as they used to, but that’s no excuse for Society to ignore the needs of those still prone to the ailment.
There’s a guy on my block who sneaks out carefully after dark to edge his neighbor’s lawns. That’s because none of us apparently do it the way it’s supposed to be done. Those of us converting to drought-conscious xeriscaping are giving him even more problems … it’s hard to edge gravel or Hottentot fig. And of course, he only comes out at night, so as to minimize the chances someone will come out and offer to insert his damned edger in an anatomically awkward place … which tactic would work better if he didn’t use a loud gas-operated machine. Imagine how much easier his life would be if he could learn how to be content with his own “normal” lawn!
Another neighbor is growing more and more strident about the local wildlife. Here on the edges of the San Fernando Valley, Griffith Park and the LA River, we have a broader and more diverse ecology than pugs, Chihuahuas and house cats. The mere sight of skunks, possums and raccoons is upsetting her. The bob cats, pumas and coyotes are driving her to a dangerous peak of terror. She doesn’t even care for deer! You have to pity someone who is afraid of Bambi. I don’t think anyone has had the heart to tell her how close the bears are getting – but I really think some mild re-education on what constitutes “normal” wildlife would help her peace of mind; and discourage her from hiring bounty-hunters.
These sorts of contretemps are why Kage preferred to live at some distance from her human neighbors. Living in the Hollywood Hills for her first 40 years established an unusually cosmopolitan view of what is normal … and how privacy and common courtesy help keep it all smooth and pleasant. None of Kage’s habits were especially peculiar. For a writer … but she needed more total silence than most households produce; ours was thus one given to long periods of utter quiet while Kage wrote. At the same time (sometimes literally) Kage needed specific music input: soundtracks for the stories. Hence, in our house, listening to, say, A Pilgrim’s Progress or the 1812 Overture, over and over for 8 hours at a time was – well, normal.
So was ice cream for dinner, midnight Chinese food picnics, lighting the entire house with candles (guests sometimes had difficulties in the bathroom, but most adapted well) and getting boxes of armour pieces via UPS. Having the neighbors call the cops when they observed us carrying life-sized wooden statues wrapped in Turkish rugs up the stairs. Accidentally dying the back stairs orange with gallons of onion peel in hot water. Having an armed encampment of swordsmen in the back garden.
We put up with situation comedy soundtracks, football games, drunken quarrels, the perfume of burnt dinners, evictions, break-ups. fornication, and blood feuds from the neighbors. On the few occasions we had any – we did go to considerable lengths not to, and spent less than 5 years of our adult lives in apartment buildings. But normalcy, Dear Readers, comes in all flavours, after all.
So today, the world is pretty much back to normal. Robin Williams was accompanied into immortality by Lauren Bacall – what a ferry ride that must have been! – and the airways are full of praise and scandal for them both. Ms. Bacall is being remembered for exactly ONE line of dialogue from a lifetime of stardom. Mr. Williams is being castigated by conservative talk show hosts, and mourned by gorillas.
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“What doctor?” asks the title of a PwC report on the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics in healthcare.
AI and robot technology are penetrating all aspects of the macroeconomy, and they’ve begun to re-shape the health economy, as well. Underneath PwC’s titular question are two lenses: the role of the AI/robot doctor vis-a-vis the role of the human doctor.
PwC identifies eight areas that AI and robotics will impact in healthcare, shown in the first diagram:
- Decision making
- Early detection
- End of life care
- Keeping well
- Training, and
For keeping well, AI and robotics can be used to support and sustain peoples’ healthy behavior through the use of wearable technology (such as performance apparel and the ubiquitous wristbands that track activity) and personal genetic profiles that provide data that can be analyzed in algorithms and fed back to consumers in the form of advice. Wearable tech can also underpin AI’s and robotics’ role in early detection. In diagnosis, AI helps make sense of unstructured (sometimes called dark). Decision-making can be augmented through AI’s ability to do predictive analytics. Treatment can be extended with the aid of robotics of all sorts, coming from innovators like Toyota (which has created robots to help immobilized patients walk), and Aethon, whose TUG robots transport materials (such as food and prescriptions) through hospital hallways to patients at the bedside. Research, long plagued with double-digit year lead-times, can be turbocharged with the infusion of AI for analyzing huge datasets for drug discovery. Training is enhanced by both AI and robotics, where the former is showing promise in virtual reality for education, and the latter for augmenting surgical skills.
What of end-of-life care (a subject with which Health Populi is long-term concerned)? Robots have an obvious role to play to help people age at home and provide support for dementia, heart failure, and osteoporosis, PwC notes.
With all that promise, will AI and robots replace the consultation, PwC starkly wonders? The response lies in both what’s technically possible but also what clinicians themselves, as well as patients, consumers and caregivers want. The survey found that 55% of people are willing to engage with AI and robots for healthcare needs. This splits into a Mars versus Venus difference of more men (46%) compared with 32% of women.
Underneath a general willingness to engage with AI or robotics in health, certain services are more attractive than others. The most desired healthcare services people are amenable to receiving with augmented AI or robotics are for:
- Monitoring heart conditions
- Administering a test for heart rhythm with recommendations based on the results
- Providing customized advice for fitness and health based on personal preferences and health records, and
- Taking and testing blood samples, providing results.
PwC’s report is based on a global survey conducted by YouGov among 11,086 adults in November 2016. Note that the consumer sample was based in EMEA countries (Europe, Middle East, and Africa).
Health Populi’s Hot Points: While PwC’s survey did not include a US sample, there are general lessons to be drawn for the growing adoption of AI and robotics in American healthcare. These trends are already in motion in the growing value-based environment. Several converging drivers support the continued expansion of these technologies for healthcare:
- Healthcare payment reform is a market-based reality in the U.S., with value-based payment expected to grow according to an analysis from the Healthcare Financial Management Association published in May 2017; being paid less for doing more requires working smarter, not harder, and AI and robotics can help do that
- Faster diagnoses and greater accessibility to treatments can be fostered by AI and robotics, helping to extend care to safety net populations who have been marginalized by the healthcare system with health disparities
- The need to improve patient safety through better, more personalized prescribing regimens and improve care flows to prevent adverse events, as evangelized by Dr. Donald Berwick.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on Tuesday A battery of sanctions In response to Russia’s recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine against the two Russian banks, Russia banned the purchase of loans and financial transactions with the divided regions.
“Make no mistake, this is a new invasion of a sovereign state and it is completely unacceptable.”Before the decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trudeau insisted. To declare the independence of the self-proclaimed republics in the Donbass region.
In his opinion, “Russia’s shameful provocations threaten world security and peace”Therefore, these sanctions will remain in place until the territorial integrity of Ukraine is restored.
Trudeau announces “first round sanctions” These include banning Canadians from all financial transactions with Luhansk and Donetsk, not allowing them to buy Russian sovereign debt, and banning them from dealing with two state-backed Russian banks. Ottawa will also intervene Sanctions against Russian parliamentarians Those who voted to recognize the divided areas.
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On the same Tuesday, the Canadian government summoned Russian Ambassador to Ottawa Oleg Stepanov to address the situation after Russia recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics.
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie, in a Twitter message, highlighted the support of the Canadian government for Ukraine and announced that she would impose. “Severe Penalties” In response to recent events in Eastern Europe.
With these announcements, Canada Connects with other countries such as USA, UK and Germany It has already imposed sanctions against Russian banks. Germany has also canceled a planned opening of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline connecting Russia with its territory.
Russia recognized the independence of Donetsk and Lukansk on Monday and ordered the entry of Russian armed forces a few hours later. In a “peacekeeping mission” frameworkThe resolutions are strongly criticized by the majority of the international community.
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Concept Note :
Annual International Conference 2019:
Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi
” The Economy of Naya (New) Pakistan: Emerging Challenges, Prospects for Change and Road to Prosperity “
Naya (New) Pakistan is a dream message not only of hope but of a promise by the Prime Minister Imran Khan for the deprived, the dispossessed, the discriminated against, for the people of Pakistan. Prime Minister’s vision is a New Pakistan; Prime Minister’s slogan is Change. Change for the betterment, Change for a secure and prosperous Pakistan. The Prime Minister’s party showcased its first written declaration (Manifesto) of principles, policies and objectives, before winning public mandate to rule the country in 2018. This document promises, infuses hopes and instills aspirations of a country which will take along every inhabitant of Pakistan on the road to prosperity and inclusive economic growth.
The annual international conference, 2019, of the AERC, University of Karachi, which is one of the prominent academic institutions and think tanks of the country aims at stimulating evidence-based policy debates and policy formulation, participation in the monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation programs, potentially leading to policy reviews. Through this event we want to create evidence-based awareness about past, present and future development trajectories of Pakistan. In the process of such awareness creation, we will contribute to local-context-relevant customization of development and growth agendas and corresponding financing strategies. The outcomes of such engagements depend on a number of factors including relationship building in the research-to-policy-to-action spectrum.
Pakistan has historically seen periods of sustained growth such as by opening up new frontiers like canal colonies that sustained growth for 5 decades, followed by industrial revolution and then green revolution. All of these factors played an important role in pushing growth forward. We know that in the past few decades, Pakistan had experienced a trend growth rate of 5 and 6 percent per annum growth, which has now plummeted to around 3 percent where as Pakistan should be looking towards a growth rate of 8 – 9 percent. It is fundamental that we start thinking about the drivers that can create structural change within Pakistan. In this regard it is also essential to look at the micro dynamics of macro level issues.
The IGC has rightly pointed out that it seems as if Pakistan’s economy is stuck in a state of Multiple Equilibria and in order to get out of this exceptional adjustment needs to be made. Overall public sector net growth is essential for any long-term sustainable growth in Pakistan. Private sector must accompany and not replace the public sector. Furthermore, any resultant growth will be impacted by how the transition happens and whether for instance it is accompanied with devaluation, balance of payments problem etc. therefore it is critical that the transition is less painful.
World Bank in its latest Report titled, Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future, argues that Pakistan’s young and growing population of 208 million is its greatest asset. Pakistan can and should turn its large youth bulge into a demographic dividend that drives economic transformation. Achieving that requires a large and diverse set of reforms. This report recommends immediate reform priorities that address identified constraints to accelerating and sustaining growth over the medium and long term. Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future builds on a comprehensive framework including essential elements for a growth strategy that other countries have successfully followed: The Manifesto of Prime Minister’s political party also includes the following priority elements to bring about fundamental and sustainable economic growth in Pakistan.
- Accumulation of physical and human capital, which will require both increasing public and private investment;
- Allocation of resources to their most productive use, through structural transformation and openness to trade and investment;
- Environmental and social sustainability, to ensure that the unsustainable use of finite resources does not constrain growth in the future, and that everybody can benefit from and contribute to growth; and
- A governance environment that supports growth and successful implementation of necessary reforms.
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On the day the United Kingdom ends its more than 40-year membership of the EU, Johnson, the face of the Brexit campaign, wants to avoid seeming triumphalist.
He says he will celebrate “respectfully” to mark the country’s most significant geopolitical shift since World War II, one that has also left deep wounds.
When Britain leaves, little will change immediately. Johnson has until the end of the year to negotiate a new trade and future relationship deal with the bloc — something that the EU has repeatedly warned will not be easy.
But on Friday Johnson, who gambled with his reputation and future career by backing the Leave campaign in 2016, will toast Britain’s much-delayed departure with his team at his Downing Street residence, shunning some more extravagant parties planned in the capital by Brexit supporters.
He will also be keen to move the debate on, to concentrate on meeting election pledges to help voters in more deprived regions of Britain that secured his governing Conservative Party a landslide victory in December.
Some in his team joke that the word “Brexit” will be banned after Friday.
“This is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act,” Johnson will say in a television address due to be aired late on Friday.
“This is the dawn of a new era in which we no longer accept that your life chances – your family’s life chances – should depend on which part of the country you grow up in.
“This is the moment when we begin to unite and level up,” he will say, according to extracts released by his office.
After years of political wrangling in the wake of the June 2016 EU referendum, Johnson won December’s election by winning over many voters who traditionally supported the opposition Labour Party with the simple message “get Brexit done”.
With a large majority of 80, the prime minister now has more freedom to mould Britain’s agenda than any Conservative government since the days of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
But he also inherits a country where arguments about whether to stay in or leave the EU have divided towns, villages, friends and families for more than three years, and where many people increasingly distrust politicians.
While wanting to celebrate Brexit, Johnson is also fearful of alienating the millions of Britons who supported staying in the bloc, especially in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Nationalists in Scotland are increasingly pressing for a new independence vote there, while the Brexit saga has fuelled talk in Northern Ireland of reunification with EU-member Ireland.
European Union chiefs vowed on Friday to find new ways of working together with Britain “as allies, partners and friends”.
Johnson also wants to try to draw a line under the decades of painful battles over Europe within the Conservative Party which contributed to the downfall of four of his predecessors – Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May.
Instead, he will focus on boosting funding for, and delivering infrastructure projects to northern and central England, where thousands of Labour supporters switched to vote Conservative, often for the first time.
“Our job as the government – my job – is to bring this country together and take us forward,” Johnson will say.
“And the most important thing to say tonight is that this is not an end but a beginning … It is a moment of real national renewal and change.”
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We probably can't prove that "Soldier Matthew" is the same as "Family Matthew", but we can seek to demonstrate that they are not the same person. If, for example, the military records show that Soldier Matthew was serving overseas at the time that Family Matthew got married, we would conclude that they were different men.
The discharge record has a hand-drawn table in the left margin, which appears to enumerate Matthew Stretch's service record:
85th Regiment 2 Years
99th Regiment 3 1/2 Years
East Norfolk Regiment 3 Years
Royal East London Militia 8 1/2 years
(The lower line is hard to read, and continues into the fold, but it reads "Royal East" by comparison with the line above, and thus is presumed to be the Royal East London Regiment, where Matthew finally served. There appears to be a line drawn under the "8 1/2" suggesting a summation.)
This gives us a total service of about 17 years (give or take a bit, obviously) ending in 1805. On the second page of the discharge record it states 18 1/2 years service instead. That can't be accurately derived from the numbers in the table, but perhaps the table figures are rounded down to the nearest half year, while their sum without such rounding is 18.5. I'll use 17 years below as it's less constrictive, and I don’t think it changes the analysis significantly.
So the very latest Matthew can have enlisted is ~1788 if all periods of service were contiguous, but I will not assume that they were (he would have been nearly 30 at such time, which is older than a typical recruit). I will, however, assume that all individual periods of service were contiguous, as otherwise there are just too many unknowns. My understanding is that "popping in and out of one's regiment" was not common practice, in any case. I will also assume that the periods of service took place in the tabulated order.
Typical enlistment ages appear to be late teens and early twenties, but younger is not unknown (even in Matthew's likely extended family). Assuming that Matthew didn't lie significantly about his age, a date of ~1775 seems like a reasonable lower bound for his enlistment date. That leaves roughly a 13-year window in which his service might have started.
So can we work out when Matthew might have served in each regiment, and does this help? This basically becomes a bit like one of those logic problems where we must (for some reason) work out which vicar went to the opera wearing a purple hat…
The 85th Regiment (2 Years)
Soldier Matthew's first regiment, the 85th Regiment of Foot, has had three incarnations:
1) 1759 - 1763 as the "Royal Volontiers"
2) 1779 - 1783 as the "Westminster Volunteers"
3) 1793 - 1881 as the "Bucks Volunteers", later the "King's Light Infantry"
Clearly, #1 is too early for Matthew, and #3 is too late, as 1793 is well past the 1788 cutoff noted above. So we can conclude that Matthew first served in the Westminster Volunteers for about 2 years in that 1779-1783 period. (Some sources suggest 1778 instead of 1779 for when the 85th was raised. This may be from ambiguity in records, or might reflect when the process started and finished. I'm not sure what the convention is here.)
Significantly, a starting date of ~1788 (from fully contiguous service periods) simply isn't compatible with joining the 85th as his first regiment, as it didn't exist then. So either Matthew's periods of service were not contiguous, or the order in the table is incorrect. As noted above, I've assumed the former and not the latter.
The Westminster Volunteers were not a fortunate regiment. They were sent to Jamaica in 1780, where:
Decimated by disease in Jamaica, what had been described as “one of the finest corps that ever left the shores of England” was reduced to 71 men in two years; sent back to England in 1782
Worse was to come:
1782 - greater part of regiment perished on board the Ville de Paris three-decker and other French prizes taken in Rodney's action with the Comte de Grasse, which were swept away by a cyclone off Newfoundland, when homeward bound
It appears that the main troop carrier sank, and few of the 85th made it home. Matthew might have been one of those lucky, battered few, or he could perhaps have transferred out before they sailed in 1830.
Summary: The likely service period in the 85th was ~1779-1780.
The 99th Regiment (3.5 Years)
The 99th Regiment of Foot also had multiple incarnations:
1) 1760 - 1763
2) 1779 - 1783 (the Jamaica Regiment)
3) 1793 - 1797 (disbanded in Demerara, men drafted into 39th Dorsetshire Regt of Foot)
4) Three more, too late to consider.
Again, #1 is too early, and #3 is too late for Matthew's service to fit, so he must have served in #2. 3.5 years service is approximately the entire duration of that regiment's existence, so he must have joined close to the start. He cannot have been in the 85th at the same time, so he must likely have moved from the 85th in ~1780 - before that regiment sailed to Jamaica, thereby avoiding their tribulations. The 99th took him to Jamaica anyway.
Summary: The likely service period in the 99th was ~1780-1783.
The 9th Regiment (3 Years)
The East Norfolk Regiment was raised back in 1685, became the 9th Regiment of Foot in 1747 and then the 9th East Norfolk Regiment in 1782. At that point the regiment was based in Norwich to build up strength, so there's a good chance that Matthew enlisted there after returning home following the disbanding of the 99th. Before that date, the 9th had been in the Americas for over a decade (including three years of captivity) until 1781, so Matthew can't realistically have been in the 9th before 1782.
A book, "The Ninth, or the East Norfolk, Regiment of Foot", compiled by Richard Cannon and published in 1848, has a timeline for the regiment which includes this relevant section (from archive.org):
1783 Designated "The Ninth, or East Norfolk" Regiment
1784 Marched to Scotland
1785 Embarked for Ireland
1788 Embarked for West Indies
1796 Re-embarked for England
If Matthew had joined the 9th shortly prior to 1788, he would have spent nearly another decade in the West Indies, which doesn't fit with his 3 years service. So he must have left before 1788. His three years fits flexibly between 1783 and 1788, and so he probably went to Scotland and/or Ireland during his service.
Summary: The likely service period in the 9th was ~1783/4/5-1786/7/8.
The Royal East London Militia
Matthew had 8.5 years of service in the Royal East London Militia in March 1805. Assuming that was contiguous, and that it ended in 1805, that means he enlisted in around 1796. He can't have joined before then without a break in service, which I have assumed did not occur.
Summary: The likely service period in the RELM was ~1796-1805
So that leaves a gap between ~1785 and ~1796. What could he have been doing in this time?
Well, if we go back to the "Family Matthew" Stretch who married Elizabeth Flight, there's a happy coincidence. Matthew and Elizabeth married in 1788 and had children from 1789 to 1804. The marriage and first few children fit perfectly within that 1785-1796 gap in military service. The Royal East London Militia would not have travelled far (an archived regiments.org page suggests <12 miles), so the continuation of their family during that period is plausible.
Now we can, tentatively, build up a parallel timeline for the two Matthews:
There does not appear to be any clear conflict between the two timelines, so we can rule out neither the "One Matthew" nor the "Two Matthews" models. Typical. Baptism records for Family Matthew's children mention an occupation of "Porter" or "Painter" (and one I can't read) but none, alas, note him as a militiaman. "Painter" is one point of overlap between the records for the two Matthews (the other being approximate age). Although that was surely not an uncommon occupation, in combination with an uncommon name it looks more relevant.
So the military record does not show that Matthew the soldier was a different person to Matthew the father. Instead it provides a rather convenient fit to the family records. This isn't proof, of course, but it starts to look reasonable given the paucity of alternatives. I still don't have a birth/baptism record for Matthew - the only good match was born in the wrong Norwich parish and died in infancy. So there may be missing records or still some errors in the above work.
There are still questions, though, that might undermine all of this. Is a ~10 year gap in service between the 9th and the Militia plausible as described above? Would there not have been a pension or other record from his earlier service period to ~1785, or would that have been replaced by the 1805 one? Are the changes of regiment reasonable? Anything that makes the service record analysis "not work" (for example, requiring a single contiguous block of service) would instantly nullify Soldier Matthew as a match for Family Matthew. That would be disappointing, but still a valuable and important result.
Even so, I don't think the service pattern as tabulated can work in a single block to 1805, as the 85th and 99th didn't exist at the right times. And even with reordering (which I haven't analysed in proper detail yet), the 9th spent 1776-1781 in the Americas, which makes it hard to fit into an alternative order.
In summary, a comparison of military and civilian records may identify conflicts that allow the elimination of candidates. This particular case yields a convenient lack of conflict, allowing the "One Matthew" model to survive alongside the "Two Matthews" model. I think the "One Matthew" tree is probably correct, but I'm keen to know if there's anything else that can be pulled out of these (or other) records, which might settle the question once and for all. | <urn:uuid:baa377ed-e7d7-49d3-857e-4ecca536f5cb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/12467/correlating-military-and-civil-records-for-one-or-two-individuals | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.981736 | 2,261 | 2.515625 | 3 |
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