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Are you under a lot of stress? Several different factors can cause pressure, or anxiety, in your day to day life.
You can suffer from different types of stress. For example, it can be wearisome when you have to deal with an increased workload in the office. You can be under a lot of tension when you've just given birth and are transitioning to parenthood.
Sometimes, you have to deal with multiple stressors that may seem quite impossible to survive. It is during these situations that you might feel the most upset and frustrated. However, your body will respond to it by making you feel various symptoms that include extreme emotions such as depression and anger.
Stress affects you in several ways, emotionally, mentally, and physically. Sadly, these effects come in varying intensities as well.
No one is exempted from stress or life challenges. Everyone deals with it their own way. However, when it begins to alter your life and affects your relationships with the people around you, then you need to know how to deal with it.
While it is true that the causes of stress at work affect everyone differently, they usually share common signs and symptoms. Here are the signs to look out for:
All of these are symptoms that a person may experience when under a significant amount of stress. If you are experiencing any of these for a prolonged period, it is best to get intervention today.
Before you consider different stress management programs, the first step is to identify what is causing your stress. It could be anything or anyone. Here are a few factors to consider.
Even if you love what you do, there will always be times when it doesn't feel right. You want to do things correctly, but sometimes, what you produce does not seem to meet the standards that have been set by management.
Perhaps, it could be when one of your teammates does not seem to care for the project as much as you want them to. Or maybe it is all about the additional work passed on to you recently. All these could be contributing factors to the stress you feel right now.
Whenever you expect people to do this or that or be this or that, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. While it may be difficult not to expect anything from others, you must learn to try. Expecting people to be how you want them to be won't always work out for the best. They are their own person. It's best just to let them be.
You may expect yourself to always be at your best. However, you also have to give yourself some room to grow. Whenever you are setting expectations for yourself, make sure that they are doable within the given timeframe. Don't set the bar too high.
For example, give yourself a deadline as to when you are going to submit your project to your managers. Make sure that you work on it little by little every day until the goal is met. Do not allow yourself to procrastinate. That's never really an option.
Allow yourself to enjoy the benefits of stress management. You know you deserve a good life. Once you've identified the sources of your stress, here are a few things you can do to lessen the tension.
Did you know that when under high stress, we tend to reach for more unhealthy foods? But if you keep in mind that you need to choose to eat healthily, you are in for a lot of other treats.
Healthy eating not only reduces the risks of diet-related medical conditions, but it also helps improve your mood and protects you from feeling sad and depressed.
If you love going out and partying a lot, go ahead and have fun. However, it would be best if you tried to avoid drinking alcoholic drinks. It would help if you quit smoking too.
Even though they seem to help in reducing tension, they really do not. They only make you feel worse than when you started.
How often do you exercise? If physical exercise is not part of your day to day life, then start integrating them today. Exercise is an excellent way to relieve stress. Go for a run in the morning or take a nice quiet walk before you go home. You will see that even a slight change in your physical activity will help improve your overall health.
Take the time to relax. Always try to strike a balance between doing the work you're expected to do and taking some time off. Remember that it is okay to prioritize self-care too.
Mindfulness is an approach in life wherein you focus more on what you think and how you feel in the moment. Mindfulness meditation means finding inner quiet in order to calm yourself. Concentrate on how your experiences affect you.
Be more understanding of yourself and experience the difference that it brings.
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The Dog Runner
The Dog Runner
A wild and thrilling middle-grade adventure with an important environmental message, set in an all-too-possible dystopian future Australia.
After a fungus has wiped out the all-important grasses on which most of our foodstuff are based, Ella and her brother Emery are alone in a city that's starving to death. If they are going to survive, they must get away, upcountry, to find Emery's mum. But how can two kids travel such big distances across a dry, barren and dangerous landscape? Their dogs take them sledding back to the origins of humanity on the continent and a way to preserve its future.
Bren says: 'I hope that The Dog Runner will get young people thinking and talking about the ways we currently manage our environment, where we source our food, and what we eat. Food security is an important issue, easily overlooked, and Australia is an interesting place to consider this, as it was extensively and successfully managed and farmed prior to the arrival of Europeans, their animals and plants.'
Bren's first middle-grade novel, How To Bee, won the Children's Book of the Year for its category in both Australia and New Zealand in 2018 and was warmly received here in the UK. This second title will appeal to a generation anxious to learn about the environment and fight the threat posed by climate change, as well as those who love a great adventure and empathetically-drawn characters.
Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2020; Winner, Children's Book of the Year New Zealand 2019; Shortlisted, Red Magazine Big Book Award 2019; Shortlisted, Sefton Super Reads 2020. Shortlisted, Australian Children's Book Awards 2020
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Biological and systematic studies of developmental stages in Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae): III. Meconia as a possible systematic tool in Aphytis
Authors AffiliationsPaul DeBach was Professor of Biological Control and Entomologist in the Experiment Station, Riverside; Mike Rose was Staff Research Associate at the Division of Biological Control, Riverside; David Rosen was Associate Professor of Entomology at the Hebrew University, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot, Israel; during 1975-1976 he was Visiting Professor of Entomology, Riverside.
Hilgardia 46(3):102-112. DOI:10.3733/hilg.v46n03p102. April 1978.
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This paper is the third in a series of biological and systematic investigations of developmental characteristics in the genus Aphytis Howard (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae).
The systematics of Aphytis has been based almost entirely on imaginal morphology, which often does not show strong interspecific differences. Other than pupal pigmentation, which has proved useful in certain cases (DeBach, 1959), characteristics of developmental stages have not been utilized as systematic tools in this genus. The first paper in this series (Rosen and Eliraz, 1978) presented the developmental history of the generotype of Aphytis, A. chilensis Howard, as a basic background study, and included detailed descriptions of the various developmental stages. The second paper (Eliraz and Rosen, 1978) presented a comparative study of larval characteristics of several species in five species-groups, and the present paper reports the results of a comparative investigation of meconial pellets in several species of Aphytis.
In most parasitic Hymenoptera, fecal material accumulates in the midgut throughout the larval feeding period, and is expelled, in the form of a meconium or meconial pellets, only when the blind midgut becomes linked with the proctodaeum prior to pupation (Hagen, 1964). The meconia of numerous parasitic Hymenoptera have been occasionally described, but have not been used much as a diagnostic character for identification or classification. (Flanders (1942)) briefly discussed the meconia of several species, and concluded that “although larval meconium is of little, if any, value in identifying the species of a genus, it may be of value in the recognition of the species which compose the parasitic fauna of a host in the field.” More recently, Viggiani (1969) has shown that the shape of the meconia may be used to separate certain eulophid parasites of leaf-mining insects.
All the known species of Aphytis are ectoparasites of armored scale insects, developing externally on the bodies of their hosts beneath the covering scale (Rosen and DeBach, 1976). Their distinctive meconial pellets are very conspicuous under the scale, and have been noted by some of the early workers. (Quayle (1910)), for instance, described the meconia of A. chrysomphali (Mercet) [erroneously recorded by him as A. diaspidis (Howard)] as follows:
“Always accompanying the pupa are from six to ten black or dark brown torpedo like bodies .125 mm. long and .055 mm. broad, which are evacuations from the digestive tract and are expelled by the larva preliminary to pupation.”
Similarly, (Taylor (1935)), in his description of (presumably) the same species, wrote:
“No excretion occurs until the larva is ready to pupate. The excrement is in the form of small, shiny, black or brown bodies, bluntly pointed at each end—and usually 5 or 6 in number, and uniform in shape. They are deposited inside the scale, round the posterior end of the larva, and are so conspicuous in Aspidiotus destructor that they are very useful as a means of detecting the full-grown larvae or pupae in situ.”
Carmin J., Scheinkin D. Red scale in Palestine (Hemiptera: Coccidae). Bull. Soc. R. Entomol. Egypte (NS). 1934. 18:242-74. pl. viii
Compere H. A systematic study of the genus Aphytis Howard (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) with descriptions of new species. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 1955. 10:271-319.
DeBach P. New species and strains of Aphytis (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitic on the California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.), in the Orient. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 1959. 52:354-62.
DeBach P. The importance of taxonomy to biological control as illustrated by the cryptic history of Aphytis holoxanthus n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), a parasite of Chrysomphalus aonidum, and Aphytis coheni n. sp., a parasite of Aonidiella aurantii. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 1960. 53:701-05.
DeBach P. “Aphytis costa-limai” (Gomes, 1941) comb. n., a parasite of “Chrysomphalus aonidum” (L.) in Brazil (Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae). Rev. Brasil. Biol. 1963. 23:35-38.
DeBach P., Rosen D., Delucchi V. L. Armored scale insects. Chapter 6. Studies in Biological Control. Internat. Biol. Prog. 1976a. 9:Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 139-78.
DeBach P., Rosen D. Twenty new species of Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) with notes and new combinations. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 1976b. 69:541-45.
Eliraz A., Rosen D. Biological and systematic studies of developmental stages in Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). II. Larval criteria in the systematics of Aphytis. Hilgardia. 1978. 46(2): DOI: 10.3733/hilg.v46n02p037 [CrossRef]
Flanders S. E. The larval meconium of parasitic Hymenoptera as a sign of the species. J. Econ. Entomol. 1942. 35:456-57.
Girault A. A. A systematic monograph of the chalcidoid Hymenoptera of the subfamily Signiphorinae. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1913. 45:189-233. DOI: 10.5479/si.00963801.1977.189 [CrossRef]
Gulmahamad H., DeBach P. Biological control of the San Jose scale, Quadraspidiotus pcrniciosus (Comstock) (Hymenoptera: Diaspididae) in southern California. Hilgardia 1978. in press
Hagen K. S., DeBach P. Developmental stages of parasites. Chapter 7. Biological Control of Insect Pests and Weeds. 1964. London: Chapman and Hall. p. 168-246.
Huffaker C. B., Kennett C. E., Finney G. L. Biological control of olive scale, Parlatoria oleae (Colvée), in California by imported Aphytis maculicornis (Masi) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Hilgardia. 1962. 32:541-636. DOI: 10.3733/hilg.v32n13p541 [CrossRef]
Quayle H. J. Aphelinus diaspidis Howard. J. Econ. Entomol. 1910. 3:398-401.
Quednau F. W. A contribution on the genus Aphytis Howard in South Africa. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). J. Entomol. Soc. S. Afr. 1964. 27:86-116.
Quezada J. R., DeBach P., Rosen D. Biological and taxonomic studies of Signiphora borinquensis, new species, (Hymenoptera: Signiphoridae), a primary parasite of diaspine scales. Hilgardia. 1973. 41:543-603. DOI: 10.3733/hilg.v41n18p543 [CrossRef]
Rao S. V., DeBach P. Experimental studies on hybridization and sexual isolation between some Aphytis species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). I. Experimental hybridization and an interpretation of evolutionary relationships among the species. Hilgardia. 1969. 39:515-53. DOI: 10.3733/hilg.v39n19p515 [CrossRef]
Rosen D., DeBach P. Systematics, morphology and biological control. Entomophaga. 1973. 18:215-22. DOI: 10.1007/BF02371468 [CrossRef]
Rosen D., DeBach P. Biosystematic studies on the species of Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Mushi. 1976. 49:1-17.
Rosen D., DeBach P. Resurrection of Aphytis theae (Cameron), a parasite of tea scale, with notes on a new group of species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Fla. Entomol. 1977. 60(1):1-10. DOI: 10.2307/3494475 [CrossRef]
Rosen D., Eliraz A. Biological and systematic studies of developmental stages in Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). I. Developmental history of Aphytis chilensis Howard. Hilgardia. 1978. 46(2): DOI: 10.3733/hilg.v46n02p037 [CrossRef]
Taylor T. H. C. The campaign against Aspidiotus destructor, Sign., in Fiji. Bull. Entomol. Res. 1935. 26:1-102. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300024925 [CrossRef]
Traboulsi R. Contribution à l’étude des Aphytis Howard du Liban (Hym. Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (N.S.). 1969. 5:5-72.
Viggiani G. La specializzazione entomoparassitica in alcuni eulofidi (Hym., Chalcidoidea). Entomophaga. 1964. 9:111-18. DOI: 10.1007/BF02375747 [CrossRef]
Yasnosh V. A. On the biosystematic characteristics of species of the genus Aphytis Howard (Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae)—parasites of scale insects in the USSR. Entomol. Obozr. 1972. 51:240-53. (in Russian). (English transl.: Entomol. Rev., 51: 146-52.)
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Biological and systematic studies of developmental stages in Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae): I. Developmental history of Aphytis chilensis Howard
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An anonymous donor has offered a $1 million reward for credible information leading to the pair of actress Judy Garland's ruby red slippers stolen from a museum in her Minnesota hometown.
Garland wore the sequined red slippers in the 1939 movie "Wizard of Oz." Three other pairs still exist, including one pair on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
John Kelsch, executive director of the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn. says the anonymous donor is from Arizona and is a huge Garland and "Wizard of Oz" fan.
The reward offer requires the exact location of the slippers and name of the perpetrator.
The 10-year anniversary of the theft is coming in August. The slippers were insured for $1 million. Kelsch says they could be worth $2 to $3 million now.
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When you are in need of a loan, the internet can be a great resource. You can find online loans for bad credit, and even a thousand dollar online loans if you know where to look. In this blog post, we will tell you where to find online loans for people with bad credit, and how to go about applying for one. We will also provide some tips on improving your credit score so that you can be eligible for better loans in the future.
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Necklaces of Old Time coins were a way of carrying and displaying one's wealth and prowess. Hunters such as Jorj Rainbowstar preferred pure silver coins since they were inherently more valuable. Others, such as the shaman Madyu, preferred those that were silvery on the sides but sandwiched copper. These, shaman agreed, were more magical. For one, no smith could duplicate such a sandwiching. For another, they had larger numbers than those that were silver. Shaman could not agree as to what it meant but all agreed it had magical significance. | <urn:uuid:c275dde6-abfc-464b-ada4-0bd298d60da7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://turtledove.fandom.com/wiki/Necklace_of_Old_Time_coins | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.993756 | 116 | 1.890625 | 2 |
The Washington Post political blog The Fix says Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s landslide victory over challenger David Williams could be a good sign for Democrats in 2012.
In a review of the race, the prognosis is that the Democratic incumbent’s re-election provides a blueprint for the party considering President Obama’s unpopularity in the commonwealth. However, even national pundits acknowledge this off-year election was defined more by Williams’s reputation as a thorny character than accomplishments from Beshear’s first term.
From The Fix:
Why it meant something: Gov. Steve Beshear was a Democrat running for a second term in a state that President Obama won just 41 percent in during the 2008 campaign. And yet, Beshear managed to win easily. His blueprint — hammer your Republican opponent early and often and talk about the positive things you have been able to accomplish over your first term — are a blueprint for Democrats up and down the ballot in 2012. And if a Democrat can win in Kentucky, why can’t the likes of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill or Montana Sen. Jon Tester do the same in states that are less Republican in 2012?
Why it didn’t: The Republican nominee — David L. Williams — was a gruff campaigner (to put it nicely) who made enough mistakes on the campaign trail to all but hand Beshear a cudgel with which to batter him. Williams’ missteps allowed Beshear to turn the race from a referendum on his first four years in office to a choice between himself and a flawed Republican. The average GOP candidate won’t run as hapless a campaign as Williams and won’t give their Democratic so many openings through which to attack. Plus, it’s far easier for a governor to distance himself from Obama’s unpopularity than a member of Congress who is voting on the president’s priorities.
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This study aimed to evaluate the role of spectral fine structure and envelope information in Mandarin tone perception for sensorineural hearing-impaired patients. The linear predictive coding technique was applied to synthesize 128 tokens having spectral fine structure from one tone of a monosyllabic word and spectral envelope from other tones with the same syllable. There after, the tone response performance was assessed using these 128 speech materials for 20 normal-hearing and 48 sensorineural hearing-impaired patients, including 20 with moderate, 20 with moderate to severe, and 8 with severe hearing loss. 99.7%, 97.7%, 96.3% and 83.0% of the mean tone responses were consistent with spectral fine structure for the normal hearing, moderate, moderate to severe, and severely hearing-impaired groups, respectively. No tone recognition responses were observed in consistent with spectral envelope cues. There was a significant difference in tone recognition among the normal hearing group and three hearing impaired groups (χ(2) = 59.2, P < 0.001). The negative correlation between the averages for pure-tone hearing thresholds at frequencies of 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz and tone responses that were in consistent with spectral fine structure for the hearing-impaired subjects (r = -0.643, P < 0.001). For both normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects, spectral fine structure plays an important role in tone recognition, and the impact of changing spectral envelope cues on tone recognition is negligible, when spectral fine structure cues are present. Sensorineural hearing impaired patients showed a progressive decrease in the recognition of lexical tones based on spectral fine structure cues, as their hearing loss becomes more severe.
|Translated title of the contribution||Roles of spectral cues in Mandarin tone perception for sensorineural hearing-impaired patients|
|Original language||Chinese (Simplified)|
|Number of pages||5|
|Journal||Zhonghua er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery|
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New Scientist’s Feedback column cogitates:
The packaging of this “exotic taste sensation” boasts that it is “60 per cent less fat*, and always has been”. Rod says he often sees these “less fat” claims on food packaging and wonders whether they are comparing themselves with another product or just an old version of the same one. He has tended to assume the latter but this would mean “always has been” makes no sense.
Then Rod took note of the asterisk, and soon found a corresponding asterisk and an upside-down note on the edge of the Turkish delight pack. This revealed that the point of comparison is per gram of “the average of leading chocolate bars”.
Rod finds this disappointing. He points out that Fry’s Turkish Delight is mainly a Turkish-delight-type of substance, as you would expect – so, even though it is coated in a thin layer of chocolate, surely the proper benchmark should be Turkish delight, not chocolate. But perhaps “contains more fat, and always has done” (in comparison with pure Turkish delight) doesn’t have quite the right ring to it.
Nevertheless, Rod likes the idea that chocolate might become the fat content benchmark for the whole food industry. A pork chop, for example, might boast that it has “10 per cent less fat* [*than chocolate], and always has done”.
Then again, if you can choose any benchmark you like, why not choose fat itself? In which case you could advertise a pork chop as “50 per cent less fat* [*than fat], and always has been.”
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Karlson beautifully took care of the international aspect of this situation wherein unfortunately you cannot carry a kirpan as carry-on on yourself.
But, since Mr.Sardarji is a religious person and it is possible that he would like to make his family happy without making sacrifices with his beliefs I would like to provide more information with regard to the kirpan and how it can be carried on some flights.
As this question of Sikh Answers explains,
The Kirpan (Punjabi: ਕਿਰਪਾਨ, kirpān) is a religious sword worn in a
strap that enables a it to be suspended near one’s waist or tucked
inside one’s belt. A Sikh who wears a kirpan is not wearing it because it is a weapon;
he or she is wearing it because it is part of their officially prescribed religious
The kirpan usually looks something like this,
As you can see the object is relatively small and Air India (as well as Jet Airways, it seems it's a regulation everyone must follow) does allow it in domestic flights,
As long as one can assure that the blade size is less than 6 inches and the total size of the object is less than 9 inches. This provision is specifically for the kirpan and is mentioned specifically in the rules for hand luggage as well.
A 'Kirpan' with a total maximum length of 9 inches (22.86 cms.), but a
blade not exceeding 06 (six) inches (15.24 cms.), is permitted for
carriage by a Sikh Passenger on his person, within India or on an
Indian Registered aircraft on Domestic routes of fully Domestic
Flights within India, subject to the requirement of a Public Order.
(BCAS Circular 14/2005).
But unfortunately to conform with international regulations, they also cannot allow it on international flights,
Carriage of ‘Kirpan’ shall not be permitted in the cabin of an
aircraft on an International Flight, either on the domestic or
international sector flown by the passenger. If the 'Kirpan' is more
than the length specified above, it shall be carried by the passenger
in his registered baggage.
So my suggestion to Mr.Sardarji,
You can try to convince your family to take a flight to somewhere else in India which can be far from Punjab (India is a big country after all, full of culture!) and still carry your kirpan with you. Maybe if you and your family sit together and talk, you all can reach a suitable decision. | <urn:uuid:88fb0bde-051d-412e-86fc-1ea0b4adbfaa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/33884/are-there-any-flights-which-permits-a-sikh-to-carry-a-kirpan/33900 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.956688 | 551 | 1.617188 | 2 |
The Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme, or TMAP, is the joint monitoring programme of the Wadden Sea states. Launched in 1997 (Stade Declaration), the programme spans a broad range of topics, such as morphology, ecological processes, wildlife and human activities. TMAP covers the entire Wadden Sea Area including islands and offshore areas.
The vision of TMAP is a harmonised and effective monitoring and assessment programme, based on sound scientific evidence, that serves the needs of policy making at all levels, the commitments ensuing from relevant EU legislation and instruments of international law, as well as the World Heritage status and that supports the management of the Wadden Sea as an ecological entity.
Strategy and objectives
TMAP provides significant added value for the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation as it
- Provides an important and scientifically sound evidence base for decision making and policy development at all levels;
- Provides essential contextual information to support the management of the Wadden Sea as a single ecological entity;
- Supports reporting against directives and the World Heritage status;
- Enables integrated assessment to be undertaken, which is an essential prerequisite for the application of the ecosystem approach;
- Provides information about progress towards Trilateral Targets and facilitates the discussion about the priorities for the period ahead.
In 2014 the Trilateral Governmental Council adopted a long-term strategy in Tønder (DK).
The programme combines various approaches and instruments for management, monitoring and assessment, and complies with the requirements of relevant European and international law, such as the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), the Habitats and Birds Directives, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and the World Heritage Convention. TMAP’s parameter composition is constantly being reviewed to take account of new challenges such the introduction of alien species as well as new European law or the adjustments of existing directives.
TMAP is carried out by national and regional authorities in charge of monitoring. The main partners are the Danish Environment Protection Agency, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (in cooperation with Rijkswaterstaat) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, as well as the State Ministries or Authorities for the Environment of Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, and the National Park Administrations.
Within the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation, TMAP is a responsibility of the Task Group Monitoring & Assessment (TG-MA). The group is supported by technical expert groups on the topics birds, data handling, dunes, salt marshes and seals. The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat is responsible for the day-to-day management of TMAP and the coordination of the trilateral groups.
At regular intervals, the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation issues assessment reports entitled Wadden Sea Quality Status Report (QSR), which contain findings collected through TMAP. The QSR describes and evaluates the ecological status of the Wadden Sea at the time of its publication. It identifies changes in this status and their possible causes, classifies issues of concern and indicates possible measures of redress, including evaluation of the likely effectiveness of these measures, and it identifies knowledge gaps. As of 2017, the QSR is presented on the online platform qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org, which is updated regularly. Earlier reports can be downloaded in “Resources”. | <urn:uuid:ebfd4096-0254-461f-92b8-d88eba3f8fcd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://waddensea-worldheritage.org/trilateral-monitoring-and-assessment-programme-tmap | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.906207 | 700 | 3.1875 | 3 |
An important part of what I teach is ethics and morality in a technological world. Today I met up with a new one!
A student wanted to “help” the others so he posted the homework answers on a wiki for the others. (Unbeknownst to him, all of the changes to the wiki are sent to my bloglines account! Also, the English teacher logs into it frequently and caught it before they turned in their papers. I could go in the history and determine the person.)
We addressed it with the entire class. I discussed how copying homework is cheating whether done by copying the actual paper or by sharing answers electronically. The students were quite shocked that we nosed it out so quickly. (I have found that vigilance is essential in dealing with such matters. When dealt with quickly, this is very rarely an issue in my classroom.)
They also know that I am the National Honor Society advisor and the students are not allowed entrance with more than one documented case of academic dishonesty.
Some students have found a way to share homework from time immemorium and they will take this practice to the web. Some teachers will say “See, I told you wikis were bad.”
Wikis are not at fault! The ethics of the students need to be addressed. I wonder if the executives at Enron copied their homework when they were in school?
Here is how I feel about it. In my files, I have a US Today in an article from April 9, 1997 posted an article about what really sank the Titanic. Here is what the article says:
“Scientists now say that a series of slits, not a giant gash sank the Titanic…six relatively narrow slits across the watertight holds…Small damage, below the waterline and invisible to most, can sink a huge ship.”
If such small damage, below the waterline and away from the view of anyone, can sink a huge ship what can small compromises do the character of a human being. Small compromises. Small slips in ethics. Miniscule deviations from the truth can sink the character of a human being.
Should we care about these small slits? Should we address the seemingly small slips of character in our students!
Yes! No because we ourselves are perfect but because when things come to our attention we have the opportunity to teach. Some of the most valuable lessons I've ever learned have been at the hand of a kind and loving disciplinarian who “didn't let me get away with it.”
Character is important. Character is often best taught as we deal with student issues such as this.
As long as we have students, some of them will find a way to let their ethics slide by copying homework.
As long as we have teachers, some of them will find a way to let their ethics slide by allowing students to be dishonest. Thus, they will teach students that there are not consequences for their actions.
I cannot redress the thousand things that do not come to my attention, however, I am accountable for what I do observe. As teachers and parents, we set the standards our children will live by. How many less scandals would there be in the world today if teachers addressed improprieties when they were “small” and could be dealt with in smaller ways?
Tiny, invisible slits sink great ships!
(Also of interest today in the education world is an article in US Today that says that “Parents and Teachers agree that students get about the right amount of homework.”
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COVID-19 has separated us from the world in surprising ways. Yes, we all miss our friends and loved ones, and we miss going to restaurants and stores and movies and concerts. But there’s another pastime that COVID-19 has deprived us of, even if we don’t realize it: the simple pleasure of subconsciously touching our own faces and sniffing our hands.
As COVID-19 spread, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned people against touching their faces — and for good reason: A 2006 study suggested that nearly 25 percent of respiratory disease transfer could be attributed to people touching their faces.
But avoiding it is easier said than done. We touch our faces all the time; several behavioral studies have put the numbers at more than a dozen times per hour. And, oftentimes, that face touching is accompanied by increased airflow into the nostrils: sniffing. Many researchers, including a team led by Noam Sobel at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science, argue that we sniff our hands so much in part because we’re picking up chemical signals (sometimes referred to as pheromones) that tell us about the people around us.
“We learn a lot about people when we smell them, even if we don’t know that we did it,” says Eva Mishor, a human olfaction researcher at the Weizmann Institute and co-first author of a recent paper on the subject. “We learn about their mental state, learn about their physical state, if they’re ill or healthy. And we need this, it’s a huge part of our way to learn about the world. It's a huge part of the decisions that we make.” She cites a well-studied example: fear sweat. The sweat we produce when we’re anxious has a particular scent, and when we smell it on others, we subconsciously trust them less.
“Not me!” you may protest. “I’m not some freak who goes around smelling people.” Well, not overtly. (Probably — we here at Discover don’t know your life.) “In Western society, you don’t come up close and sniff people,” says the paper’s co-first author Ofer Perl, a research fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “It’s considered a taboo.” So we smell people covertly, in ways that we might not even realize we’re doing; Sobel’s lab conducted a study in 2015 about people subconsciously smelling themselves after a handshake. And just as we don’t always realize when we’re sniffing, we often aren’t even aware that the data are being processed by our brains.
“Most of it happens in unconsciousness,” Jessica Freiherr, a neuroscientist at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg who was not involved with the recent Weizmann Institute study. When our brains process smells, they travel straight to areas that are responsible for memories and emotions, bypassing the parts of our brain that handle conscious thoughts. “You get emotions triggered, and also memories, through smells, but you’re not aware of it,” she explains.
How Do I Smell?
Social distancing to combat COVID-19 has cut us off from the handshakes and close contact that would give us a chance to smell people, even subconsciously. But in these days of Zoom meetings and Facetime happy hours, we still touch our own faces, even though there’s no one else to smell. That’s because a lot of the sniffing we do is self-directed.
In the Weizmann Institute team’s newly published study, they review previous studies showing how much subconscious smelling humans do, and also conducted a questionnaire asking people about the smelling that they’re aware of doing. Of the 404 people surveyed, 94 percent reported sniffing themselves at least sometimes. Since that’s a self-reported figure based on what they were (a) consciously aware of and (b) willing to admit, even on an anonymous questionnaire, we probably smell ourselves even more than the questionnaire reveals. (They’re still collecting data, if you want to bare your soul about how often you sniff your armpits.)
It makes sense for us to smell other people so we can learn about them — but why bother smelling ourselves? Aharon Ravia, one of the study’s authors at the Weizmann Institute, explains that we may smell ourselves to keep tabs on our own mental state and help interpret how we’re feeling. “It’s like using the hand like a mirror,” he says.
And, the researchers note, smelling ourselves can be reassuring, especially if we’re stressed out. Mishor explains this hypothetical thought process as, “Maybe smelling myself will make me more relaxed, because this is something that I know and something that’s familiar, and something that I like — hopefully.”
The next time you’re in a Zoom meeting, watch everyone’s hands. If you look closely, you might spot them flying to people’s faces as if to say, “It’s OK, you are still here, and you are safe. This too shall pass, and then you can hang up and get another snack from the kitchen.”
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Phosphine is a toxic gas used for pest control by fumigation.
Cadir Lab has developed a method for the determination of phosphine residues on cereals using headspace coupled with gas chromatography, to comply with the legal limits even for products intended for children (10ug / kg).
Phosphine (also called phosphane, hydrogen phosphide, hydrogen phosphorus or phosphorus trihydride) is a highly toxic gas. It can kill easily even at relatively low concentrations.
Uses in the agri-food sector
Phosphine gas is mainly used for pest control by fumigation. On farms it is often used in the form of aluminum phosphide pellets, which produce phosphine in contact with atmospheric water. These pellets also contain other chemicals that develop ammonia helping to reduce the potential for self-ignition or explosion of the toxic gas. They also contain other agents, mainly mercaptans, which give the phosphine a characteristic garlic odor, revealing its presence in the atmosphere. Especially for cereals and dried food products, fumigation occurs by saturating the storage cells or transport tanks with the developed gas.
Rules for use in laboratories
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Home for the Soul is about creating a considerate and sustainable home that also sparks happiness and reflects the spirits, passions and tastes of its inhabitants.
A shift in awareness means that we are increasingly thoughtful about the materials we use, the scarcity of the earth’s resources and how to lighten our footprint on the planet. In Home for the Soul, Sara Bird and Dan Duchars show how to create a beautiful home that suits its inhabitants while causing minimum damage to our increasingly fragile environment including using non toxic, vegan paints and fabrics. The first section shares ideas for the elements of a stylish yet sustainable home, from lighting to linens, while in Part Two, Sara and Dan visit soulful homes and their owners to discover how they have created interiors that are beautiful yet responsible at the same time. Home for the Soul shows how a mindful, ethically sourced and eco-friendly ethos can be at the heart of modern homemaking. It looks at sustainable, renewable and reclaimed materials, using traditional skills and choosing organic and hand-produced homewares. No matter how new or old a building, or what your own particular style is, there are simple ways to add warmth, contentment and soul to our homes.
“If your ecological footprint is one of the main things you consider when creating your personal space, this book is a great place to get truly beautiful and thoughtful ideas.” – Greatist.com
"The authors...prove that sustainability and style need not be mutually exclusive, and deftly demonstrate how to achieve the former without sacrificing the latter." – The English Home
"An inspirational guide to creating stylish interiors that spark happiness, while respecting the planet, with thoughtful, sustainable decorating and design ideas." – Country Homes & Interiors
About the Author
Sara Bird is a stylist, art director, writer and speaker, producing photography shoots, features and workshops for the interiors industry. She was previously Decorating Editor for Ideal Home and is Contributing Editor for Country Homes & Interiors. Dan Duchars is a respected interiors and lifestyle photographer who brings many years’ experience as well as a fresh eye to every project. Together, Sara and Dan are content creators The CONTENTed Nest, devising and producing inspiring images and stories for a number of prestigious clients. | <urn:uuid:caf84411-6cf9-4542-a6db-5b4d7a4f88e1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.slovart.cz/cizojazycne-knihy/dum-a-zahrada/dum-a-byt/home-for-the-soul-sustainable-and-thoughtful-decorating-and-design.html?page_id=28098 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.928498 | 475 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Native American Feathers - Native Dance Regalia
By Traumrune (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Native American feathers are an important symbol of the Indian way of life. It is used to represent freedom, power, wisdom, honor, trust, strength, and much more. Feathers were seen in wardrobes, headpieces, adorning their homes, and tattooed on their bodies.
The Native American feather was given as a sign of respect and honor. Native American who had a personal accomplishment or achieved something great for the tribe was often given feathers by chiefs or elders as a symbol of strength. The Native American with the most feathers in his headdress is usually the chief.
One must complete a brave deed in order to be given one of these feathers. For example, coming back from battle after conquering the enemy or returning from a hunt with food for the tribe would most likely earn a Native American feather. The feather could only be worn once the Indian has retold their story of bravery in front of an assembled tribal court.
Being given a feather of any kind was considered a gift. However, the feathers of Bald and Golden Eagles are considered the most prestigious. This is because Native Americans believe that because these eagles soar so high in the air they have a connection with the heavens. Eagles are believed to be sent by the gods. Eagles are the most important of all Native American feathers, because they are supposed to be the superior species of bird.
Once a Native American feather is given to a tribesman it must be displayed proudly. It can be hung in the home, or attached to an article of clothing. It is considered disrespectful to place the feather somewhere it can not be seen.
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Some illuminate keyboards characteristic further functionality. For instance , some are designed as pads, and can be folded for mobility. While some just illuminate its keyboard counterpart for better contrast, other folks have various other features, such as power keeping modes. Here are some tips on choosing a light up keyboard. Listed below are a few benefits of light-up keyboards. These devices are not suitable for all. But if you are searching for one, there are a few key features you should look for.
For your technicolor makeover, look no further than a rainbow light up keyboard. This kind of keyboard cover slips over the keyboard and creates a range aura as you type. Its ergonomic design causes it to be perfect for players. With dual processors, several charging the fastest mechanical keyboard on the market. One other benefit is certainly its low-profile design. Aside from getting visually appealing, it also assures minimum fatigue. If you want to apply your keyboard overnight, a rainbow-colored keyboard is definitely the perfect decision.
A light-up keyboard uses about 2 . 5 w of electricity per hour, when compared to same-sized key pad without any extra lights. Consequently , https://spacerequest.com/light-up-your-macbook-keyboard-for-more-comfort it is suggested to purchase one that does not need batteries. Light-up keyboards are usually expensive, therefore it is essential to research your finances before buying one particular. But they are well worth the cost if you think about the benefits. You can customize the colors, or replace the color of the keys every time. | <urn:uuid:b6d3f904-947a-47f3-bb7b-16174368aad2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.planningadditions.co.uk/tips-on-choosing-a-illuminate-keyboard/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.956724 | 323 | 1.570313 | 2 |
C++ is making a comeback. It ranked fourth on the Tiobe Index as the most popular coding language this month after being rated top by 8% of people. That doesn't exactly put it on a par with C or Java or Python at 11-12%, but it does mean that C++ is up there with the favourites- and that it's continuing a run of increasing popularity that began at the start of 2020.
As we've noted before, C++ has historically been used for a particular set of functions in investment banks and financial services firms. By virtue of its low level memory access and therefore speed, it's often the language of choice for high speed trading systems. This is why JPMorgan, for example, is currently hiring a C++ engineer for its JISU low-latency platform, why hedge fund Citadel wants a C++ engineer for its own market making systems, and why Goldman looks for C++ expertise for its systematic trading team.
As high speed electronic trading systems become an increasingly important differentiator and algorithmic trading takes hold beyond the equities markets, C++ expertise stands to become more sought-after in finance. Paul Bilokon, a former credit quant at Deutsche Bank and founder of AI company Thalesians, has long been an exponent. Bilokon points out that Bjarne Stroustrup, the Danish computer scientist who created C++, described it as a language for defining and using light-weight abstractions, and that this makes it peculiarly appropriate in banks and hedge funds. "Finance is full of abstractions. And there is a lot of demand for their light-weight implementations - in derivatives pricing and, most pertinently, in high-frequency trading, where there are few alternatives to C++," he says.
As C++ evolves, Bilokon says its use is spreading. Hedge fund Millennium specifies that its quantitative developers have, "substantial modern C++ programming experience," a designation that it doesn't define and that can mean different things to different people. "Modern C++ used to mean C++11 and above, but nowadays may be taken to mean C++17 or even C++20 and above," says Bilokon.
In finance and elsewhere, the more recent iterations of C++ have considerable advantages over their predecessors. There's less use of the old C-style idioms and the language is both cleaner and more powerful, which can make users more productive. "In the past, I've seen many people write their own smart pointers to manage resources. Nowadays there is no need to do this, one can rely on the C++ Standard Library," says Bilokon. He says the upshot is C++ has caught up with Python by introducing range-based "for" loops and powerful lambda expressions. "C++20 is all about modules, coroutines, concepts, and the ranges library."
While C++ isn't exactly taking over from Python in finance (there are currently 2,150 Python roles advertised on eFinancialCareers versus just 785 for C++), this does mean that the language is becoming easier to use and is venturing beyond some of its historic niches. Goldman Sachs, for example, is migrating its SecDB risk and pricing system away from its proprietary language, Slang, and is looking for people who can code in both Java and C++ to help make the transition. C++ is also well-used in analytics systems, site reliability engineering and for strats roles relating to pricing, risk and P&L calculations.
Python has become a necessary language to learn if you want a job in finance. However, while students everywhere are becoming minor Python coders, the fact that C++ is harder to master can be a differentiator when it comes to getting a job. At the same time, more recent versions of C++ are easier to use than those that came before. C++ 20 has improved support for large-scale dependable software, says Bilokon. "The light-weight abstractions promised by C++ are now easier to attain. These changes are driving a renaissance of C++ on Wall Street and in the City, and in high-frequency trading centres such as Chicago."
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James Chaney. Andrew Goodman. Michael “Mickey” Schwerner.
Those are the names of three young civil rights workers who were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi the summer of 1964, also known as Freedom Summer.
“Three more damn idiots that should have kept their nose out of Mississippi business and Mississippi politics and should have stayed at home. And they got what they deserved,” says Byron “Delay” de la Beckwith Jr. in the amazing 2012 documentary The Last White Night by Paul Saltzman.
Saltzman was a young Canadian who was so outraged by American racism that he decided to go to the heart of darkness – the state of Mississippi – as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a civil-rights organization that dispatched mostly Northern, white college students to Mississippi to register blacks to vote and organize community centers and other activities that drew the attention of the Klan.
“It comes from my essential belief system that we’re all children of God,” Saltzman said in a recent interview with the Pulse. “I read Mahatma Gandhi when I was 16 years old, and that was life-changing for me. My parents, who were atheists – no God, no soul, no spirit – still taught me the golden rule is the way to live: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That was paramount in why I went to Mississippi in the first place to do civil-rights work.”
Saltzman was 21 when he went to Greenwood, Miss., the summer of 1965. In an animated segment of The Last White Knight, he tells the story of encountering the 19-year-old Beckwith and some of his friends. The encounter resulted in Beckwith punching Saltzman in the head.
“I was fortunate that, being an athlete, I could get away from him and his three friends,” Saltzman said.
Beckwith is the son of Byron de la Beckwith Sr., who died in prison in 2001 while serving a life sentence that was imposed in 1994 for the 1963 murder of civil-rights activist Medgar Evers.
Saltzman eventually returned to Canada and began a filmmaking career, with 314 film and television credits and two Canadian Emmys earned so far. That Mississippi summer and the assault by a young Klansman just became part of his history.
But it all came back with the 1998 unsealing of the records of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, a secret police organization formed in 1956 by the governor of Mississippi as a reaction to the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling in favor of integrated public schools.
“Its sole purpose was to preserve the old south and keep blacks from voting,” Saltzman said.
When the commission was shut down in 1977, some Mississippi legislators wanted to burn the agency’s archives, but instead the documents were to be sealed for 50 years, until 2027. In 1989, the ACLU won its federal case requesting the unsealing of the documents, but legal challenges prevented the records from being revealed until 1998.
Once unsealed, it was found that the agency had collected 87,000 names – or suspects – in its 21 years of operation. The names included the murdered civil-rights activists Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner. Paul Saltzman was also included in the documents.
Shortly after, in 2000, Saltzman got a phone call from a newspaper reporter in Jackson, Mississippi, who had found Saltzman’s name in the unsealed documents.
“He interviewed me, and we talked a number of times. That rekindled my curiosity,” Saltzman said. “After a while, I started to think, whatever happened to Delay de la Beckwith?”
That thought sparked him to call the Mississippi reporter in 2007 to ask whether he knew Beckwith. The reporter did know him and provided Saltzman with the telephone number of the man who had assaulted him 42 years before.
“I called up Delay and said, ‘This is Paul Saltzman. You may not remember, but I’m the guy who you struck in the head in 1965, and I took you to court.’ He said, ‘Oh, I remember you. I always wondered what happened to you.’ I don’t know if that was genuine or Southern bonhomie, but that’s what he said.”
That was the start of a five-year relationship that resulted in The Last White Knight, which has as its subtitle Is Reconciliation Possible?
“In a way, we had no issue getting along from the first conversation,” Saltzman said. “We talked for a couple of hours. We talked a number of times.”
During one of those conversations, Saltzman said he would like to interview Beckwith in Mississippi, and Beckwith agreed to the idea.
“I wanted to meet with him, to see if reconciliation is possible. Can we talk to each other without violence?” Saltzman said. “Not to convince. There was never a moment that I was trying to change him or convince him or be better than him or be right. I think that was key to why he opened up, probably more than he ever has.”
Saltzman – who has said, “One of my strongest yearnings in life is to be authentic and to be real and to be heartful” – already knew how the meeting should begin.
“I said to him, ‘I don’t want to meet you before we have cameras running.’ I wanted an authentic meeting where we first met,” he said.
So they picked a day and time to meet in front of the courthouse where Beckwith had attacked Saltzman.
“When he came walking down the sidewalk, that was all in real time. I had two cameras rolling when he walked up to me so it could be authentic and real.”
They also did an interview at Beckwith’s house, and in Buffalo, N.Y., and in Memphis.
You learn in the film that Beckwith is an unrepentant racist, and also that he is not alone.
“You take it ’til the day you die,” Beckwith says about being a Klan member. “I would say I am an ordained Klansman until my death.”
But in one of the spookiest moments of the documentary, Saltzman interviews three gaudily dressed and hooded current members of the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan about their beliefs.
“It’s not hatred – just pride in our own race,” says Richard Green, the 45-year-old imperial wizard of the organization. “That’s how I was brought up, and that’s how it remains today.”
Saltzman asks, “Were you taught that black people were inferior?”
“I don’t really see any civilization ran by black people that’s ever accomplished anything, so yes, I would have to say that, uh, whites are the superior race. I believe they were created to be servants.”
Saltzman gets Beckwith to talk about their first meeting.
“I popped you,” Beckwith says.
“I remember I was much faster than you,” Saltzman says. “Thank God, eh?”
He then asks his assaulter what would have happened if he and his friends had caught up with him.
“I imagine you would have been sore for two or three days,” Beckwith answers with a smile on his face.
What did Saltzman gain by reconnecting with his attacker, other than a fascinating documentary?
“I’ve been asked many times, how could you just sit there and not be enraged?” he said. “The fact is, I was never feeling judgmental. That rage comes from judgment. I was just interested in saying, who are you today? Who were you then? Can we talk to each other without violence?”
To do this, Saltzman decided he would talk to Beckwith alone in a room, just the two of them, without another person working sound or cameras. It leads to fascinating exchanges, including what Saltzman said for him is the “single most thrilling moment”: when Beckwith goes on a rant about Jews causing all the problems in the world.
“I didn’t know he was going to say that. It was a true conversation,” Saltzman said.
So he says to Beckwith, “Well, you know I’m Jewish?”
He goes on to refute Beckwith’s assertion that Jews run the media and major corporations with real statistics showing they do not.
“The next moment I think is the most revealing moment in the film,” Saltzman said. “The camera is on him. You can see the smugness drop and is gone. In that moment he says, ‘Maybe I wasn’t brought up right.’ How many human beings acknowledge that?”
So, did that mean the process of making the film changed Beckwith?
“Yes, for sure – and not so much,” Saltzman said. “What I mean by that is, we became friends. There are many forms of friendship. We don’t call each other or see each other, but if there’s a reason, he’ll call or I’ll call. But we’re friendly in the sense that I accept who I am, and he accepts who I am. As I said at the end of the film, I know who you are, and you know who I am.
“I think he did change,” Saltzman continued. “Even that he considers me a friend as a Jew is a change from the 19-year-old who punched me in the head and hated Jews. So, yes, I think there was a big change.”
1968 Ashram Visit Led to Many Projects
In 1968, Paul Saltzman traveled to India to study mediation at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram. He was there at the same time as The Beatles, Donovan, Mia Farrow and Mike Love of The Beach Boys, all of whom allowed Saltzman to photograph them. Not only did the experience change his life, but it also led to a variety of projects.
The photos he took of The Beatles resulted in a book published by Viking Penguin in 2000, The Beatles in Rishikesh. In 2006 he released a limited-edition box set of The Beatles in India, and he is currently working on a documentary called Meeting the Beatles in India.
Since that first visit to India, Saltzman has made more than 60 trips back.
With the 2000 book release, he was invited to exhibit his photos from the ashram in various galleries around the world.
“Something very curious happened,” he said. “People would come up to me and always say the same thing, ‘I’ve always wanted to go to India, but it scares me.’”
He would then ask what scares them, and the answers would be the poverty or how crowded it is.
“India is not crowded at all,” he said. “It’s 80 percent agrarian culture, so most of India is farmland, huge open spaces. You get to the large cities, it’s no different than Manhattan.”
That led him to what he describes as his hobby: hosting small-group tours to India. He has taken several tours there with a total of 64 people. The next one – his fifth – is scheduled for 2020.
“I do that out of love as well,” he said. “I make some money at it, but for the amount of work it takes, the money is fairly unimpressive.”
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This was a very common cake in Mugello and Apennines. The word "scappellotti"
was used to represent "marroni" whose bottom was removed by
a knife; they were boiled with laurel, fennel and salt. "Ballotte"
are called chestnuts which are boiled, without being cut, in lightly salted
water. "Tigliata" was prepared with the most beautiful and biggest
"marroni", completely peeled and boiled in salted water with
laurel and fennel.
It was usually to it "tigliata" the day of "Santi"
( The first day of November) in Barberino di Mugello.
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Imagine, you are perusing the spatial data housed on your network. Thousands upon thousands of files to be sorted through, but you only want to know one thing. Which of these files are associated with a particular set of words?
It is a tale as old as time, and not at all an unreasonable request to make. Within a network, we have various methods for making the finding data easier. These often include implementing standardization practices, requiring the use of naming schemes or nesting file folders. These practices work to a basic extent, but how do we get more out of our data? How can we make this process for finding data based on keywords a bit more...dare I say it…helpful?
Integrated Marco Studio offers several approaches for answering this question, this question of…
How do I find which datasets are associated with specific keywords?
The Obvious – Search, Search, Search
When narrowing down your data inventory based on terms or keywords, the approach that yields immediate interactive results is that of Integrated Marco Mystic’s search functionality. I love stating the obvious sometimes, and this approach…well, it is a no-brainer.
As shown in the example below, the Integrated Marco Mystic interface allows for easy search and filtering of your inventory. It provides an immediate answer to that question of old.
The More Advanced – Categorize It
This next approach may not be as shiny as that search interface, but it is handy for very similar reasons. Not only does it allow you to narrow your inventory based on terminology, but it also provides you a record of those terms as well as stats as they relate to each dataset and keyword.
That approach? Categorize.
Integrated Marco Commander offers the marco categorize tool for just this purpose. Whether you deploy it in Integrated Marco Commander’s standard command-line prompt or in the sleek Integrated Marco Mystic admin interface, it will have the same impact. As in, it will categorize the crayons out of your data inventory.
Defining Data Categories
To begin, the tool requires the use of a Data Categories Spreadsheet. This is a simple file showcasing the Class and Category into which data should be divvied. Within each Category, the user goes on to define the SubType (e.g., Polygon), characters to Exclude, and one or more Word specifications. Those datasets found to match listed Word entries will be recorded for those Category/Class combinations defined.
Why the spreadsheet format? Why not just type it all word by word?
Come on, guys and gals. No one wants carpal tunnel here.
The use of a spreadsheet to define data categories accomplishes multiple things. First, it ensures you are as thorough as possible. Have five separate words you want to catch for “Administrative Boundaries”? List them in Word1, Word2, etc. columns so that the data scans for them. Second, it provides a record of those categories and classes used. This is beneficial both for the data review process as well as ensuring you have your ducks in a row. Finally? We assume you are working with a mountain – not a mole hill – of data. By including this process as it is, you are able to hit data multiple times without repeatedly filling out forms. Win-win.
While it is true data can come in all shapes and sizes, the results of categorization through Integrated Marco Commander may come in only two – a series of Excel files or a Microsoft Access Database.
Datasets found within the inventory are scanned against their defined categories. All those whose data types and details match the Sub-Type and Words defined are rounded up and their information stored in a series of fields.
For Excel files, each class is given its own workbook. For Access, all results are stored in a single table.
An example of this Access table is shown above. As you can see, the prime takeaways from these details includes tidbits like:
Dataset Name + Data Source
Terms matched for each Dataset Name
Health of dataset (e.g., broken?)
Class and Category Names
Rank/Score (e.g., how well they match definitions)
Categorizing data in this way provides many of the same details that you would receive during Integrated Marco Mystic's search. However, it also packages these records into a neat, little format better suited for analysis and reporting. This allows you to evaluate the inclusiveness of your inventory based on your standards at the time.
After all, what more would you ask of a matchmaker other than finding those datasets you desire?
Explore the Series
When it comes to reviewing your Geographic Information System (GIS) data and inventories, there are questions you should have at the ready. Discover common questions we ask of our spatial data to get the most out of these resources - and better yet, how we actually achieve answers. Explore the cheat sheet here and dive in to each post in the series below.
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RMT95109–Entitled: 'Nursery, orphan infants, Manzanar Relocation Center, California.' The internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps of 110,000-120,000 people of Japanese ancestry (62% of the internees were US citizens) ordered by President Roosevelt shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese-Americans were incarcerated based on local population concentrations and regional politics.
RMHGT8RH–Ridge's Food for infants [front] - Food Trade Card
RMG3B22A–Nestle's Food for Infants Date: late 19th century?
RMERG2M6–Infants at play in the nursery of a German house with a decorative surround. Illustration from an alchemist's manuscript.
RMG71BJG–A figurine in the infants graveyard at Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, Tipperary, which was mother and baby home operated by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary from 1930 to 1970, as the Irish Government has bowed to national and international pressure over the scandal of the death of 4,000 babies who were buried in unmarked, unconsecrated and mass graves at homes for unmarried mothers. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday June 4, 2014. The horrifying record of so-called mother and baby homes over several decades in the last century is being reviewed after campaigners
RMDTJ94X–Canvey Island - A colourful mural painted on the sea wall at Canvey Island in Essex. The mural is painted by Canvey Island Infants School.
RMJG55BK–stone school building vintage sculpted sign girls and infants
RME1464J–Apr. 16, 2012 - The five infants who died a few hours after their birth.
RME7A2NB–Two Seated Women Holding Newborn Infants with Young Girl Standing in Rear, Portrait, circa 1920
RMC1980F–Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas), infants, social interaction, native to Africa
RMBHDG4P–people, children, infants (up to 5 years), group picture, circa 1900,
RM2E05X5J–Scotland Street School Infants Entrance
RM2JGCHKE–A 19th British century depiction of an Ogre capturing children to eat . ----Featured world wide in mythology, folklore and fiction these legendary monsters were usually depicted as a large, ugly, man-like being that ate human beings, especially infants and children. --- The word ogre is of French origin, but possibly derived from the name of the Etruscan god Orcus, who fed on human flesh
RMJ4PDEN–Infants, boy, girl, ceiling, sit,
RFR3TF1N–Pediatrician vaccinating toddler, injecting infant's arm
RMD5REPC–Whitley Park Nursery School infants classroom
RM2AYYJ3A–Guinean baboon, Western baboon (Papio papio), Western baboon group with infants in a meadow
RF2JGCTNJ–Stop mutilating intersex infants. Sign at Helsinki Pride 2022 Parade in Mannerheimintie, Helsinki, Finland.
RMRY83KJ–China: Tower for Dead Infants 1873
RM2BE0J9B–Transmission Electron Micrograph (TEM) of Rotavirus. Group A rotavirus is endemic worldwide. It is the leading cause of severe diarrhea among infants and children, and accounts for about half of the cases requiring hospitalization. Rotavirus is usually an easily managed disease of childhood, but in 2013, rotavirus caused 37% of deaths of children from diarrhea and 215,000 deaths worldwide, and almost 2 million more become severely ill. Most of these deaths occurred in developing countries. In the United States, before initiation of the rotavirus vaccination program, rotavirus caused about 2.7
RMHGT8RK–Ridge's Food for infants and invalids [front] - Food Trade Card
RMG3BNRF–Mellin's Food - for infants and invalids. Date: late 19th century?
RMCY3K8H–Maine South Portland,Calvary Cemetery,Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland,religion,grave,twins,infants,tombstone,ME120826057
RMRDBP2Y–A general view of Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in Dublin, where a woman has been refused an abortion, the Irish parliament has been told.
RME1KC6G–Real Alcazar de Sevilla - Infants' room ceiling decoration
RMKB7YYB–stone carved old vintage school gender signs girls and infants
RME1481D–Apr. 17, 2012 - Feeding time for curly; The children in the infants class take it in turns to give curly his bottle at feeding time. Soon he will be weaned on to grass.
RMDHBDDE–Girls & Infants in ceramic tiles over the entrance to a primary school in South London.
RMB2BWK6–Infants sitting under the rubble of an old hut in the slums of Topsia. Behind them, the sewer of Topsia, reeking of methane gas
RMBHDG49–people, children, infants (up to 5 years), little child on a swing, circa 1900,
RMD21G42–A prepared clipboard for the infant's name hangs at the baby hatch of Helios St. Johannes hospital in Duisburg, Germany, 3 January 2013. Nine infants were being delivered in this baby hatch since 2011. Photo: Roland Weihrauch
RMKC158H–'The diseases of infants and children' (1919)
RMEBRDNT–African elephant (Loxodonta africana), playing infants, Tanzania, Serengeti National Park
RFGKDF0C–baby booties on a cot crib for infants
RMEDNX91–CHRISTENING CASE FOR INFANTS, NEEDLEWORK, 19th CENTURY EMBROIDERY
RMH830JX–Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) infants in nest, Netherlands
RMHGT8P4–Mellin's Food for infants and invalids, our baby [front] - Food Trade Card
RMG3BF1E–A nun with a class of children at a French infants school. Date: 1882
RMT6HY56–39/37 Tower Hamlets Lawdale Infants school Bethnal Green 1978
RMP787EX–Police activity at a house in Chester, believed to be the home of nurse Lucy Letby, after Cheshire Police announced a female healthcare professional had been arrested in a probe into the deaths of 17 infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
RMMR3PCD–French Happy New Year, postcard depicting happy infants and babies. 1900
RMDCNFY9–Tasmanian devil infants photographed on a white background, digitally adjusted ready for easy cut-out
RF2GW33G1–Scary zombie infants
RMCXYWRD–Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta), female with four-day-old infants, found in Madagascar, captive, Netherlands, Europe
RMBHDG9C–people, children, infants (up to 5 years), little child on fur, Düsseldorf, circa 1900,
RMWAP7YK–Infants school and kindergarten sign, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England, UK
RMKC150D–'The diseases of infants and children' (1919)
RMH48YF0–Grab toys for infants, close up,
RM2A3N53A–Premature birth ward in a hospital, neonatology department, premature infants in an incubator,
RMDJ2TWT–Colourful infants toilets with low walled cubicles and wash basins.
RMEBT42Y–banded mongoose, zebra mongoose (Mungos mungo), infants under an infrared lamp in the zoo
RMCFHH3N–Two Guinea Baboons with infants, Cabarceno, Spain
RMEDNX8Y–CHRISTENING CASE FOR INFANTS, NEEDLEWORK, 19th CENTURY EMBROIDERY
RMHGT8T0–Sea foam wafers are highly recommended for infants food. [front] - Food Trade Card
RMER5DY5–Bandon Hill Infants' School Procession & Boy Scout Parade - Stafford Road, Wallington, near Croydon, Surrey, England. Showing The Vale Stores & AA Hurst - Baker 1900s
RMT6HY59–41/23 Tower Hamlets Lawdale Infants school Bethnal Green 1978
RMG4T108–St Joseph's Catholic Infants' School in Camberwell, south London.
RF2CAX9H6–A brick pillar outside a school with the words infants, a common sight on the entrance to a school in the Victorian era when children were segregated
RMDCNG0K–Tasmanian devil infants photographed on a white background, digitally adjusted ready for easy cut-out
RFR5TEEA–Commercial House, on Commercial Street, London E1, built in 1841 as a Jewish Infants School but converted into commerical premises at a later date.
RMCXYWRK–Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta), female with four-day-old infants, found in Madagascar, captive, Netherlands, Europe
RF2HWA9XM–Art inspired by Drawings and Prints, The Triumph over Evil: many infants, some playing instruments others carrying weapons leading a procession, Classic works modernized by Artotop with a splash of modernity. Shapes, color and value, eye-catching visual impact on art. Emotions through freedom of artworks in a contemporary way. A timeless message pursuing a wildly creative new direction. Artists turning to the digital medium and creating the Artotop NFT
RFT0KGCR–The Infants’ Tower on the Promenade of the Towers, Alhambra.
RMKC1516–'The diseases of infants and children' (1919)
RMH48YFK–Grab toys for infants, close up,
RM2A3N55E–Premature birth ward in a hospital, neonatology department, premature infants in an incubator,
RMEBRD6N–African elephant (Loxodonta africana), two playing infants, Tanzania, Serengeti National Park
RMT7X9FG–Infants Creek Tram line, Shanty Town, New Zealand
RMKCA85A–Headband: Two Infants with the Arms of France and Navarre, Claude Mellan
RMH81MBH–Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) caretakers with infants in forest during forest exploration and training program, Orangutan Care
RMBBG37T–Victorian period infants school rebuilt in open air museum, W Midlands
RMMHPGW9–Emerson Primary School, Maywood, Illinois, USA, with children posing for their photo. Date: circa 1910
RMT6HY4Y–38/13 Tower Hamlets Lawdale Infants school Bethnal Green, piano class 1978
RFDT6ARC–A pair of white baby booties, shoes for infants.
RMD66F9J–Old sign, Girls & Infants, empty school, Brighton UK
RMFKECP5–Casa d´Infants Orfes,detail old door, founded in 1370 was the first maternity of Europe, Barcelona.
RME6Y9N8–A mobile vaccination team visits a small Turkana village by the Turkana lake and vaccinates the infants and small babies.
RMCXYWTP–Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta), female with four-day-old infants, found in Madagascar, captive, Netherlands, Europe
RF2HW75R4–Art inspired by Headband: Two Infants with the Arms of France and Navarre, Engraving, sheet: 1 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (4.8 x 17.2 cm), Prints, Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris, Classic works modernized by Artotop with a splash of modernity. Shapes, color and value, eye-catching visual impact on art. Emotions through freedom of artworks in a contemporary way. A timeless message pursuing a wildly creative new direction. Artists turning to the digital medium and creating the Artotop NFT
RMW19H22–General views of Rumboldswhyke Church of England Infants School in Chichester, West Sussex, UK. The school is due to be closed after council cuts.
RMKC158F–'The diseases of infants and children' (1919)
RM2A3N4WH–Premature birth ward in a hospital, neonatology department, premature infants in an incubator,
RMGR7PNP–Four year old Emily Norris from Norwich at Costessey Infants school as she starts school school for the first time this week despite suffering ill health and having 70% of her lung removed. See PA Story HEALTH Emily.
RMEBT42J–banded mongoose, zebra mongoose (Mungos mungo), female with infants under an infrared lamp in the zoo
RMC6KRPA–Entrance to old Victorian infants school building in Leyton, east London
RMDDT30P–SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND DUMB INFANTS AT OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER, UK, 1860 engraving
RMH827N4–Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) caretaker with infants playing in tree during forest exploration and training program, Orangutan
RM2B1FEGH–Primary school children in Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
RM2ARBCMY–Mellin's infant food factory in London, women standing at table wrapping-up baby food. Date: 1900
RMT6HY58–40/21 Tower Hamlets Lawdale Infants school Bethnal Green, school library 1978
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Formulae Handbook for Class 10 Maths and Science
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Social Science Geography Chapter 7 Lifelines of National Economy
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Social Geography Chapter 7 Lifelines of National Economy
State any three merits of roadways.
The growing importance of road transport is rooted in the following reasons:
(a) Construction cost of roads is much lower than that of railway lines,
(b) Roads can traverse dissected and undulating topography and
(c) Roads can negotiate higher gradients of slopes. and as such can traverse mountains such as the Himalayas.
Where and why is rail transport the most convenient means of transportation?
Railways make it possible to conduct different activities like business, sightseeing, and pilgrimage along with transportation of goods over longer distances. Apart from an important means of transport the Indian Railways have been a great integrating force for more than 150 years. Railways in India bind the economic life of the country as well as accelerate the development of the industry and agriculture.
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What is the significance of the border roads?
The Roads Organization, (a Government of India undertaking) constructs and maintains roads in the bordering areas of the country. This organization was established in 1960 for the development of the roads of strategic importance in the northern and north-eastern border areas. These roads have improved accessibility in areas of difficult terrain and have helped in the economic development of these areas.
What is meant by trade? What is the difference between international and local trade?
The exchange of goods among people, states and countries is referred to as trade. The market is the place where such exchanges take place. Trade between two countries is called international trade. It may take place across the sea, air or land. While local trade is carried on in cities, towns and villages, state level trade is carried between two or more states.
Why are the means of transportation and communication called the lifelines of a nation and its economy?
Today, we are living in the age of communication, using telephone, television, films and Internet. Even books, magazines and newspapers are important means of communication. Various means of transport and communication have reduced distances, bringing the world closer. Modern life is so complex that one has to depend on others. The same is true of the countries as well. No country today can prosper without the
co-operation and assistance of others. This requires movement of goods and materials between countries. Trade provides us with our necessities and also adds to theamenities and comfort of our life. We may also notice that they are rightly called the lifelines of our national economy.
Write a note on the changing nature of the international trade in the last fifteen years.
India has trade relations with all the major trading blocks and all geographical regions of the world. Among the commodities of export, whose share has been increasing over the last few years till 2004-05 are, agriculture and allied products (2.53 per cent), ores and minerals (9.12 per cent), gems and jewellery (26.75 percent), chemical and allied products (24.45 per cent), engineering goods( 35.63 per cent) and petroleum products (86.12 per cent) The commodities imported to India include petroleum, petroleum products (41.87 per cent), pearls, precious stones (29.26 per cent), inorganic chemicals (29.39 per cent), coal, coke, briquettes (94.17 per cent), machinery (12.56 per cent). Bulk imports as a group, registered a growth accounting for 39.09 per cent of total imports. This group includes fertilizers (67.01 per cent), cereals (25.23 per cent), edible oils (7.94 per cent) and newsprint (5.51 per cent). International trade has undergone a sea change in the last fifteen years. Exchange of commodities and goods have been superseded by the exchange of information and knowledge. India has emerged as a software giant at the international level.It is earning large foreign exchange through the export of information technology.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which one of the following states has the highest road density? [All India 2012]
2. Which one of the following is an inland riverine port? [Delhi 2012]
3. Which one of the following means of transport is used for carrying solids in a slurry form? [Foreign 2012]
4. Which one of the following groups of cities is connected by National Highway No. 2? [CBSE CCE 2012]
(a) Delhi – Amritsar
(b) Delhi – Mumbai
(c) Delhi – Kolkata
(d) Varanasi – KanniyaKumari
5. Which one of the following National Highways is the longest in India? [CBSE CCE 2012]
(d) NH – 24
6. Which of the following state has the lowest density of roads? [CBSE CCE 2012]
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
7. Which port was develop as a subsidiary port in order to retrieve the growing pressure on the Kolkata port? [CBSE CCE 2012]
8. The first class mail includes which one of the following? [Delhi 2011]
(a) Book packets
(b) Registered newspapers
(c) Envelopes and cards
(d) Periodicals and journals
9. By whom are Super Highways being implemented? [Foreign 2011]
10. Which one of the following major ports has been developed to decongest Kolkata port ? [All India 2011]
11. Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the East-West Corridor ?
(a) Mumbai and Nagpur
(b) Silchar and Porbandar
(c) Mumbai and Kolkata
(d) Nagpur and Siliguri
12. Which mode of transportation reduces trans¬shipment losses and delays ?
13. Which one of the following states is not connected with the H.V.J. pipeline?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
14. Which one of the following ports is the deepest land-locked and well-protected port along the east coast ?
15. Which one of the following terms is used to describe trade between two or more countries ?
(a) Internal trade
(b) International trade
(c) External trade
(d) Local trade
16. National Highway-8 connects
17. Indian railways are divided into ………………. zones
18. The longest pipeline connects
(a) Hazira to Kanpur
(b) Saiaya to Jalandhar
(c) Hazira to Jagdishpur
(d) Koyali to Haldia.
19. The total length of Inland navigation waterways of India is
(a) 3,700 km.
(b) 14,500 km.
(c) 7,500 km.
(d) 14,000 km.
20. India’s international trade mainly takes place through
(b) Seas and oceans
21. The people who make the products come to the consumers by transportation are called ……………
22. Which one of the following does not belong to land transport ?
23. Who maintains the District Roads ?
(a) District Magistrate
(c) Village Panchayat
(d) Zila Parishad
24. Which one of the following states has the lowest road density ?
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
25. The first train was steamed off from
(a) Mumbai to Kalyan
(b) Mumbai to Delhi
(c) Mumbai to Thane
(d) Mumbai to Satara
26. Which one of the following rivers is declared as National Waterway No.1?
27. Nedimbacherry International Airport is located in which one of the following states ?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
28. Raja Sansi International Airport is located in which state?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
29. Which one of the following is not the means of mass communication ?
(a) Cards and envelopes
30. In which language are maximum number of newspapers published in India?
31. The total network of India’s roadways is about
(a) 2.5 km
(b) 3.5 km
(c) 5.5 million km
(d) 2.3 million km
32. Which one of the following is the longest national highway ?
33. The total network of Indian railways is …………..
(a) 60,000 km.
(b) 52,000 km.
(c) 63,221 km.
(d) 65,000 km.
34. Which one of the following ports has a natural harbour and a rich hinterland ?
35. Which one of the following is contributing to large amount of foreign exchange ?
(a) Export of gold Jewellery
(b) Export of petroleum products
(c) Export of engineering goods
(d) Export of information technology
36. The northern terminal city of North-South corridor is
37. Super highways are constructed and maintained by
(a) Central Public Works Department
(b) National Highway Authority of India
(c) Road Transport Corporation of India
(d) State Public Works Department
38. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
|Column I||Column II|
|(a)||First port||(i) Kandla|
|(b)||Biggest port||(ii) Mumbai|
|(c)||A port located at the entrance of a lagoon||(iii) Tuticorin|
|(d)||An inland riverine port||(iv) Kolkata|
|(e)||Oldest artificial port||(v) Chennai|
39. The air transport was nationalised in ……………
40. Which one of the following is a subsidiary port of Mumbai ?
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
41. What is the name given to the International Airport at Kolkata ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Meenam Bakkam
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
42. STD refers to
(a) Suburban Telephone dialing
(b) Subscriber Trunk Dialing
(c) Social Telephone Distributor
(d) Speed Telephone Dialing
43. Which one of the following countries has the largest telecom network in Asia ?
44. Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of feature films in the world ?
45. Difference between the total value of exports and imports is called …………….
(a) Balance of Payment
(b) Balance of Trade
(c) Surplus Budget
(d) Deficit Balance
46. Which one of the following commodities does not belong to items of export ?
(a) Gems and jewellery
(b) Agriculture and allied products
(d) Engineering Goods
47. How many people are directly engaged in tourism industry ?
(a) 10 million
(b) 20 million
(c) 15 million
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Four tips to learn the Quran Fast
We as humans are in a hurry for everything happening in life. But there are times we feel low on motivations, or we don’t want to put our efforts into that specific matter and get stuck, which is very bad for the process. Same when we are trying to start to learn the Quran. We know that the importance of the Quran is so much, and we don’t want to be wrong at the time. We know that the mistakes we will be making in a hurry are very wrong for studying the holy book. However, there are tips for everything. There are tips too to learn the Quran fast and correctly. And who does not want that, so we are up with the four most efficient tips for you, which will amaze your learning process: You may also like to learn about the Quran Classes.
Try to listen to the audio of the Ayah.
When you are learning the Quran, it is hard to get the pronunciation and listen all together for the first time. It is always hard to understand, and it is time taking too. But if you want to learn the Quran fast, you have so many ways that you can implement in your life to get it. Audios of the Ayahs are very helpful in this process. You can sit and listen to the audio constantly. It will keep the pronunciations and the flow of readings in your mind. You’ll be able to understand more from that. It is also not time-consuming as you can listen to the audio anywhere you want, whether you are traveling, cooking, walking, or anything. This is a very convenient way to learn the Quran, and this tip is considered so much in the learning process.
Practice and daily recitation
If you want to learn the Quran fast, you can try practicing daily recitation in your life. After learning, you should try to practice reading the Quran every day. It will help you make your mistakes better and allow you to the right pronunciation. It is one of the very effective methods to learn the Quran reading. Plus, daily recitation is already beneficial as it increases your goods in life. It helps you to be near Allah Almighty. Also, when you are reciting the Quran daily, you can get what is written in the Quran and what Allah Almighty asks us to do.
Help from professional tutors
Learning from professional teachers is also a lot more helpful and reliable. As the teachers are the professionals, they know everything about the mistakes and corrections. If you are reading or pronouncing anything wrong, they will stop you there and tell you to improve. This way is easy and quick as you will be able to know about the specific mistakes yours and then you will make it correct, which will help you learn the Quran fast.
If you want to learn the Quran, your motivation and pure intentions mean a lot. You cannot just pretend to learn if you are only pretending to; you will never make it up for the learning. For that purpose, if you want to learn the Quran fastest, you must have made your intention and thoughts pure to the process. You have pure intentions and taking the above tips will make your learning way so easy and peaceful. You will also realize that you are enjoying the process too.
In final words, there is no shortcut when it comes to learning, and so many times, you should not even be adopting the shortcuts as those ways are not for so long. Making a mind and then taking a step towards it is easier to get your hands on whatever you want. So, the implementation of tips and techniques can be the process of you to start planning for anything you want to learn. The above four tips are so effective for those who want to learn the Quran fast and accurately.
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uke Energy has been hosting a project at their East Bend Power Plant in Kentucky to demonstrate an algae-based system for CO2 mitigation from coal-fired power plants. Project participants include the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research and the University of Kentucky Department of Biosystems and Agriculture Engineering.
WKRC-TV’s Josh Knight reports on Duke’s progress, not just to use algae to reduce CO2 emissions produced by coal-fired power plants, but also to study the production of biofuels and other bioproducts from the algae and demonstrate the economic feasibility of using algae to capture the CO2.
About half of the electricity produced in the United States is done at coal fired plants like the Duke Energy East Bend Station in Boone County. The gas released into the air by that process is now being trapped and used to grow algae to make other valuable products. “We’ve made jet fuel, and we’ve made renewable diesel fuel,” said Biofuels Research Engineer Michael Wilson with the University of Kentucky.
Making new materials out of coal burning byproducts is not a recent development. Doug Durst, Technology Development Manager with Duke Energy, explained the majority of what can be seen at a power plant isn’t actually generating electricity. The coal burning and the spinning turbine are housed in one area and the rest is all environmental equipment. Over the years, as environmental laws are passed, new equipment is added that traps different chemicals.
At this plant, sulfur, ash, and mercury are no longer released into the air, but it goes one step farther. The byproducts created by capturing these chemicals can be sold and used in concrete and even drywall manufacturing. “The flue gas coming from a coal fire plant, ten percent of it is CO2,” Durst said. Nitrogen is the most abundant gas coming from the stack, and the part you can see is predominantly water vapor.
Duke’s algae are growing in clear tubes several feet tall. The gas coming out the stack is actually the same gas running through the tubes. Inside the tubes with the flue gas, the algae have all the carbon dioxide they want. “It’s a Kentucky alga, readily found in many of the waterways around here. We’re harnessing its ability to do photosynthesis very, very fast. So it’s consuming CO2 as it grows. We’ve got it in an applied nature at a pilot level and now we’re just going to be improving efficiencies,” said Wilson.
At this point, the amount of gas being diverted is miniscule, “It’s the equivalent to a leak in the duct work,” said Durst. However, they’re proving it’s possible. “They call it research for a reason, there’s a ‘re’ in research, so you’re going to (search) over and over again until you find a way that works,” Wilson said.
In order to scale all of this up, to take on all of the flue gas, it would be a much bigger operation. “We’re talking hundreds of acres, potentially square miles. That’s just a factor of how quickly the organism grows and how much CO2 is being generated,” Wilson said.
“If you look at that from a positive side, you could say that’s an awful lot of biomass we’re producing, an awful lot of final product. They can double every day. So you could potentially take a harvest out of this reactor, if the growth conditions are right, every day,” he said.
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Looking through the paper on-line and observing 24-hour news internet sites is getting to be a lot more and far more well-liked. This is simply because it is less costly and you get far more information. You can see what is happening in the entire world, as it occurs. You never have to wait right up until the next newspaper is introduced, like in the old days.
Do you remember when the war on Afghanistan commenced and we ended up capable to observe the 1st invasion stay on the news? That is how up to date factors have gotten and we have never ever been far more in touch with the goings on in the entire world, than we are today.
Even so, it is grow to be greater for individuals to get the greatest information on option information web sites. This is because they are not biased. They are not affiliated with any political party and they can pick their possess information and which articles or blog posts they post. There is no agenda to their content articles.
As a result, it is crucial to know some of the advantages of reading the news on alternative news web sites.
1. As pointed out previously mentioned, they have the electrical power in excess of what articles or blog posts they publish. The only function they provide is to crack the news. They are not feeding us information that has political connotations and they are not biased in direction of something. The news you read through on their websites is purely for information purposes.
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Achaemenid large faience rosetteW69
A large green glazed faience disc moulded with a lobed pattern to form a sixteen petal rosette around a central piercing.
Sixteen and twelve petalled rosettes recur frequently in Achaemenid and neo-Assyrian iconography. The decoration occurs perhaps most frequently on the tondo of metal drinking vessels but also on glazed bricks such as those found along the edges of a ceremonial stairway at Persepolis.
Achaemenid, 6th or 5th Century BC
5.8 x 1.2 cms
Intact apart from some very minor chips
Ex. private collection, UK; acquired in London. There is a very small black ink reference or museum number 90v66 on the back.
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Paraphrasing is restating someone else’s ideas in your own words while providing proper in-text citations and references to acknowledge the original source, and let the readers know that the idea is not yours. It plays an important role in academic documents, legal documents, articles journals, etc. It requires crucial thinking, understanding and writing skills to rephrase a document in your own words.
Unlike a summary, a paraphrased work is usually of the same length as the original text, but it has a completely different structure than the original text and has a different set of words. The paraphrased version of a text has a very few or no quotations. The reason behind it is the fact that paraphrasing reflects the understanding of a person rather than the writer who has presented the original work. Moreover, a good quality paraphrased version of a work can be more concise and yet thorough than the original piece of writing.
Why Paraphrasing Service is Important?
The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill for any person. Every writer is not capable of paraphrasing properly. Paraphrasing is an important practice that is globally used and in all sectors – wherever copyright content is available. It allows a person to present his understanding without copying someone else’s work.
It helps in reducing the use of direct quotes, as they merely reflect the knowledge of the original writer rather than your own understanding. One of the biggest advantages associated with paraphrasing is it reduces/eliminates plagiarism if is properly done. Plagiarism is copying someone else’s work without providing proper references. In paraphrasing, a writer has to choose a different sentence structure and use of words before writing it down. It also reflects the importance of paraphrasing that a writer needs to have a good understanding of the words, their synonyms and antonyms too.
The ability to paraphrase is an important skill. Even though changing the words of the original text does not necessarily mean that the person has to change each and every word of the sentence, but it is a convention that a person don’t use more than three words from a single row. This rule ensures that a writer will use his set of words without completely changing the idea behind the original passage.
Paraphrasing For Students
The chances of plagiarism increase if a student copy and paste entire sentences and paragraphs without paraphrasing them and sometimes even without any referencing. Paraphrasing skills help students to understand and write the idea in their own words while providing proper references to ensure that it was not their idea.
Paraphrasing helps in fulfilling the ethical responsibility of a writer as well. It is the responsibility of students not to cheat in any sense. Whether it is cheating in the exams or cheating from someone else’s paper without referencing and re-wording his ideas. Another advantage associated with paraphrasing is it gives a sense of fulfillment of the ethical responsibilty as a student.
Paraphrasing vs. Quoting
Paraphrasing is considered better than quoting information as quoting the information from any source merely presents the idea of the original writer. Paraphrasing can reflect the understanding of the person paraphrasing and can also help him understand what is written.
Example of Paraphrasing
In order to have a better understanding of what paraphrasing actually is, the following example is considered. The first one is the original text quoted directly from Desmond Morris’s Article ‘Territorial Behavior”. The next paragraph after the original presents a wrong way to paraphrase this passage, whereas, the last paragraph shows how an acceptable paraphrasing is done.
“Unfortunately, different countries have different ideas about exactly how close is close. It is easy enough to test your own “space reaction”: when you are talking to someone in the street or in any open space, reach out with your arm and see where the nearest point on his body comes. If you hail from Western Europe, you will find that he is at roughly fingertip distance from you. In other words, if you reach out, your fingertips will just about make contact with his shoulder. If you come from Eastern Europe you will find you are standing at “wrist distance.” If you come from the Mediterranean region you will find that you are much closer to your companion, at little more than “elbow distance” (Morris, 131, 1977)
The paraphrased section below is unacceptable as it uses a lot of words from the original text; also, some sentences are entirely same as the original. The similar use of words is underlined.
“Regrettably many nations do not have a clue about exactly how close is close. This you can test by yourself. For example; when you are talking to someone in street or in any open space, you can stretch your arm forward to find out exactly how close that person is standing. This distance changes from place to place. In Western Europe you will find that he is at roughly fingertip distance from you. However, in Eastern Europe this distance changes and the person comes a little more closer as now you can place your wrist on his shoulder. In Mediterranean you will find that you are much closer to your companion as now your elbow can touch his shoulders”
The paragraph below is paraphrased properly as the there are fewer similar words and barely any similary sentence structure, unlike the above paraphrased version.
Desmond Morris has presented a fine example of how different nations have a different understanding of the word ‘close’. He presented the example of people standing together sometimes stand too close or too far and this can be measured by the distance of your arm and his shoulder. People in Western Europe stand quite distant as merely your fingertips will reach their shoulder. On the other hand, people in Eastern Europe stand a bit close as your wrist can reach their shoulders. However, according to Desmond, people in the Mediterranean regions stand the closest as you can touch the other persons shoulder by your elbow while standing and talking. | <urn:uuid:dfa3affb-7e58-4d29-831f-34743c604a01> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.paraphrasingandsummarizing.com/paraphrasing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.953963 | 1,278 | 3.984375 | 4 |
Anagrams & Words using letters in NEBS
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Today, hand sanitizers formulated with >60% alcohol are more important than ever to kill germs on hands when soap and water are not available. The choice of ingredients for alcohol-based formulations is critical to deliver an efficacious, stable product with pleasing aesthetics. As consumers are increasingly choosing products with ingredients that originate in nature and are based on renewable resources, nature-based rheology modifiers and emollients are valuable for alcohol-based formulations.
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Informal mentoring helps everyone involved and happens all the time. It is not tracked or managed. Keep doing what you do and have fun! The following ideas and resources might be useful as you think about your need for training and mentoring or your desire to help others.
- Editors asking and answering questions in the forums and live chat.
- Can take place anytime, without any special process to set up the interaction.
- There is no approval process to be an informal mentor.
- Advice can range from exceptionally good to highly questionable depending upon the provider.
- Task oriented: solve a current problem in editing and nothing more (e.g., how to fix a particular junction that is giving bad directions or bad map appearance).
- Generally lasts a few minutes or a few hours, with little to no recurring communication expected.
- Provides instant answers to questions, but cannot track the quality of the information provided.
- Not expected to significantly change the abilities of the Mentee and no expectation for change in rank during or after the mentorship.
Informal mentoring ideas
- Ask a question in a Waze Forum.
- Ask for help in WME Chat.
- Send a PM to a higher-level editor you have seen around Waze, or an Area Manager, State Manger, or Regional Coordinator for that region (check on your state wiki for an Area Manager list).
- Utilize web conferencing/screen sharing to communicate with one or more editors while learning and editing on a project (there are many free tools for this, such as Google Hangouts).
- Establish a Google+ Communitiy to help local or regional editors learn from each other.
- Organize a local Meet-up of editors in your region for a Waze conversation over lunch.
Mentoring wiki outline
This is a list of all the pages which make up the Mentoring program. If new pages are created, they should be added to this list by clicking here.
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Technology has taken over humankind and people are relying on technology to do the works. And in simple words, we can say that technology something that is making the world Run. And all this technology to work together transferring or sharing of information is very much necessary. So it has come to a point where the shareit app for Sharing media is a part of life these days.
Anything you like, Like anything you want others to see, is being shared through different means. See for yourself and you will be shocked to notice that there will not be a single day when you do not share anything with your friends or family. In the smartphone dominated technology world sharing of information such as files, videos, music, documents any such information is the major player. And to do so we were in need of several applications that can help us to do it.
Bluetooth was the only thing that allows us to share information one from one device to another device wireless. And as we all know there was another Emmanuel option of transfer through wires. And finally, in the year 2013, an application called shareit happened.
Since then on Shareit, it is one of the most famous sharing applications that are available for smartphones, PCs, and other devices. The things that make it unique are, this application uses of secure connection protocol that is 200 x faster than Bluetooth and NFC. And it is also a cross-platform application that is available for Windows, Android, and iOS devices.
Features of the Shareit App for Android
- It is 200 times faster than Bluetooth and the speed can take up to 40 MBPS per second.
- It can transfer anything that includes any type of file. No matter what extensions they may run on.
- It is a cross-platform application that is available across all major platforms such as Android, IOS and Windows devices
- Shareit works on its own WiFi network. so, there is no need for any wires.
- You can customize your own Avatar in your application so that people recognize your device.
- You can also select different themes and customize your shareit application screen to your own liking.
- Naturally available into themes both of which are white and black.
- Shareit application is very much frequently updated globally almost every week.
- You can also transfer files from your personal computers to your smartphones very easily. And it doesn’t matter if they both run on different operating systems.
- It has a wide array of applications that have developed within shareit and some of them are now being projected as singular applications.
Some other Important features of Shareit app:
- You can watch HD videos both online and offline which are continuously updated.
- It also has an integrated video player that will support almost all known formats and will give you a very smooth playing experience.
- Share it also works as an Online audio player millions of highest quality songs for you to listen and very selective playlist online and offline.
- There are several GF, wallpapers, and stickers for you to download and you can also personalize them and directly share them through social media.
- It also has applications such as shareit light, cloneit, lockit, listenit, cleanit, and s player to its on credit.
How to Download Shareit apk for Android
Shareit download procedure from play store:
- Go to google play store
- Type “Shareit” in the search bar.
- You should select the application from among many similar search feeds.
- Click on download and install.
- You have to check your android version if it does not download.
- You can open the application and use it once it is fully installed.
Shareit download procedure for Apks
- Go to settings
- Click on the device and security.
- You should enable unknown sources.
- Go to the official website or click on the link below.
- Wait for the file to download.
- Click on the file to install it after giving necessary permissions.
- Wait for it to install completely you can now use the application.
Importance of Shareit Application
A simple word, share it by shareit Technologies Company Limited is an application that will help users transfer files such as photos, videos, music, contact apps, and any other documents or files wireless in a matter of seconds. And it is also currently available in more than 45 different languages that cover all seven continents. This Global application is one of the most downloaded sharing applications around the globe.
The concept of shareit originated when people noticed drive dance slow speed Bluetooth connections very much and safe to use as they may carry the virus. And electrons to find something faster and safe per usage developed using WiFi Direct methods. Share it uses Ad Hoc WiFi Direct methods it is very much faster and has the potential to transfer tons of data in a matter of seconds.
All the features made shirt cross more than 1.9 billion users worldwide and with an active monthly user base of over 500 million, it is spread across to 215 different countries and regions around the world.
Checkout: Shareit for windows
All the above-listed features have made shareit one of the best-downloaded applications out there. There are many numbers of features that we did not mention in this article and they can only be experienced once you are using the application. And the billions of downloads it boasts of speak volumes about its ability to make a way into people’s devices and serve them better.
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The proportion of A-level entries awarded an A grade or higher has risen to an all-time high after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row due to Covid-19.
Hundreds of thousands of students have been given grades determined by teachers, rather than exams, with pupils only assessed on what they have been taught during the pandemic.
Girls performed better than boys at the top grades, and female maths students overtook boys for the first time in the number of A* grades achieved, figures for England, Wales and Northern Ireland show.
In total, more than two in five (44.8%) of UK entries were awarded an A or A* grade this summer – up by 6.3 percentage points on last year when 38.5% achieved the top grades.
Overall, the proportion of entries awarded the top A* grade this year has surged to 19.1% – the highest proportion since the top grade was first introduced in 2010.
The figures, published by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), cover A-level entries from students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Scottish Highers results are also being released on Tuesday.
This year, teachers in England submitted their decisions on pupils’ grades after drawing on a range of evidence, including mock exams, coursework and in-class assessments using questions by exam boards.
According to an analysis by Ofqual, some 6.9% of students in England were awarded three A*s this year – compared with 4.3% in 2020 and 1.6% in 2019.
Last summer, the fiasco around grading led to thousands of A-level students having their results downgraded from school estimates by a controversial algorithm before Ofqual announced a U-turn.
This year, no algorithm was used to moderate grades.
Instead, schools and colleges in England were asked to provide samples of student work to exam boards, as well as evidence used to determine the grades for the students selected, as part of quality assurance (QA) checks.
Random and targeted sample checks of evidence were also carried out after grades were submitted.
Ofqual said that student work from 1,101 centres in England – around one in five schools and colleges – was scrutinised by exam boards.
For 85% of the schools and colleges whose students’ work was scrutinised as part of QA checks, the regulator said the subject experts were satisfied that the evidence supported the teacher-assessed grades that were submitted.
It said the remainder were subject to further scrutiny, including conversations between subject experts and staff from the school or college.
Following this, “in most cases” the exam boards were satisfied with the original grades or with the revised grades which they submitted.
But Ofqual said that, at the time of writing its report, exam boards were in continuing discussions with “a small number of centres” and grades would be withheld for these schools should concerns remain unresolved on results day.
Dr Philip Wright, director-general of JCQ, said: “On behalf of JCQ and the exam boards, I would like to congratulate all students receiving their results today.
“The impact of Covid has undoubtedly provided a difficult chapter in their education journey and their resilience is to be applauded. We wish them all the best as they take their next steps in life.
“We would also like to express our sincere thanks to teachers, exams officers, heads of centre and colleagues, who have all worked exceptionally hard to determine grades this summer.
“Teachers used their professional judgment and submitted the grades and evidence in good time for us to check and award grades today. Their efforts will allow students to swiftly progress on to the next stages of their education, training or employment.”
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said: “It is important to understand that the system used to assess students this year is different from both formal exams and the approach that was used last year too, when an attempt to use an algorithm to standardise grades nationally went wrong and had to be abandoned.
“It is therefore invidious to make direct comparisons with other years and vital that we celebrate the achievements of this year’s cohort who have had to endure so much over the past 18 months.”
He added: “The majority of university applicants will now go on to their preferred university, and those who have missed grades and go through the clearing process will receive support from universities, schools and colleges to find a course which fulfils their aspirations.
“It will be important that universities provide educational and pastoral support to their new undergraduates given the extreme disruption they have faced during the course of the pandemic, and we are sure this is fully understood already.”
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Home Prices Hit a Record High
June 20, 2018
Home buyers can expect to pay more for a home this summer. The median existing-home price for all housing types reached an all-time high in May at $264,800, according to the latest housing report released by the National Association of REALTORS®.
Many markets continue to see a flood of buyers but not enough homes for sale, which is prompting prices to rise and also limiting the number of sales. For the second consecutive month, existing-home sales dropped, even in the midst of a typically busy selling season.
Total existing-home sales—which are completed transactions for single-family homes, townhomes, condos, and co-ops—fell 0.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.43 million in May, the National Association of REALTORS® reported Wednesday. Sales are now 3 percent lower than a year ago.
“Inventory coming onto the market during this year’s spring buying season was not even close to being enough to satisfy demand,” says Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. “That is why home prices keep outpacing incomes and listings are going under contract in less than a month—and much faster—in many parts of the country.”
Closings were down in a majority of the country last month and declined on an annual basis in every major region, Yun says. “Incredibly low supply continues to be the primary impediment to more sales, but there’s no question the combination of higher prices and mortgage rates are pinching the budgets of prospective buyers, and ultimately keeping some from reaching the market,” Yun says.
May’s Housing Stats
Here’s a closer look at some of the key indicators of the housing market from NAR’s latest housing report:
- Home prices: The median existing-home price for all housing types was $264,800 in May, an all-time high. Home prices were up 4.9 percent from a year ago.
- Inventory: Total housing inventory at the end of May rose 2.8 percent to 1.85 million existing homes available for sale. Still, the number of homes for sale is 6.1 percent lower than a year ago. Unsold inventory is at a 4.1-month supply at the current sales pace.
- Days on the market: Properties typically stayed on the market for 26 days in May, down from 27 days a year ago. Fifty-eight percent of homes sold in May were on the market for less than a month.
- First-time home buyers: This segment comprised 31 percent of sales in May, down from 33 percent a year ago.
- All-cash sales: All-cash sales accounted for 21 percent of transactions in May, down from 22 percent a year ago. Individual investors tend to make up the bulk of cash sales. They purchased 15 percent of homes in May, down from 16 percent a year ago.
- Distressed sales: Foreclosures and short sales made up 3 percent of sales in May, the lowest reading since NAR began tracking such data in 2008. Distressed sales are down from 5 percent a year ago. In May, 2 percent of sales were foreclosures and 1 percent were short sales.
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Career crash course
The market crash is going to mean a new era of banking, but it's also introducing a few new ideas about how to manage your career. This isn't the first sector to experience catastrophe, but it might be the wealthiest one. We can all learn a little about managing our careers from watching what happens with the super-rich.
Use the downturn to figure out where you stand.
Wall Street ticks with rainmakers and math geniuses. Usually these guys (almost always guys) are tough to come by. Everyone wants them, everyone knows where they are and where they're going, and they're so powerful they usually come and go in teams. So you can probably guess that recruiting this talent is extremely difficult.
There's a saying on the trading floor that up or down doesn't matter. As long as there is volatility, you can make money. Turns out, this is true of recruiting, too.
So if your sector is tanking, test your star power. There'll be a feeding frenzy for top talent, and you should find out where you stand by calling a headhunter. If they'll work with you, you're probably at the top of your game.
If you're stuck, become a stay-at-home parent.
Let's be honest. The hedge-fund guys who are out of work aren't going to be a big drag on our welfare system. These guys have been bringing home million-dollar checks for years, so there's likely to be food on the table and money in the bank for back-to-school clothes.
And guess who's taking the kids back to school? The dads. All those finance guys who just last month were expensing trips to strip clubs with their clients are now taking kids to preschool and then hanging out at Starbucks talking about how great it is to be a stay-at-home dad. While the markets adjust, of course.
Of course, there are people who were born to stay home with kids. Not everyone uses it as an escape route. But everyone can, if need be.
Free yourself from the delusion that safe paths are possible.
Here is me linking to the 10 billion times I've written about how there is no more corporate ladder. That you should stop thinking someone will take care of you, tell you where to go next and give you a gold watch when you finally retire at 65.
The last bastion of the fast track to safe money and job security used to be finance. And now that one's gone, too. There are officially no more safe paths to money.
This is a stark, big-bang broadcast that the end of the safe career is here. And that's great. Because the quest for a safe, beaten path that will work for your own life is an empty quest. We are in a new era of work, and you get to make your own path. It's exciting. Even in a down market. | <urn:uuid:29361a6d-cee1-49c0-b260-46ca5786cc79> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/news/2008/10/09/career-crash-course/22979093007/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.972843 | 605 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Find out how to unwind…Respiratory Therapist Associate Degree Schools Near Me… Taking part in natural activities such as meditation and workout is fantastic for decreasing and easing tension. You can use up a pastime like dance or martial arts– total easy exercises such as running, strolling, or playing with the dog or your kids.
Avoid stressing frequently. Individuals might not understand they have a practice of worrying. You can challenge your ideas and try to keep stressing to a minimum.
People can have issues about anxiety and not have a condition. Things in life from having a busy schedule to meeting due dates and demands may lead to feeling nervous. Numerous swear they need a cup of coffee to help them function, however remember, excessive caffeine could likewise add to your stress and anxiety. Taking control of your stress and anxiety includes making way of life modifications and understanding healthy methods to deal with tension. Here are methods to assist yourself manage anxiety:
Such sensations bring stress and anxiety and worry. Look for self-help anxiety support groups online to connect with others and peers who relate.
Being under high levels of tension may lead to stress and anxiety. Handling your stress might include getting others to help with your workload.
Get lots of rest. More sleep assists the body develop natural energy to keep you stimulated and refreshed during the day. It likewise keeps anxious ideas away. Adults need to go for seven to 9 hours of sleep regularly.
Limit consumption of alcohol and caffeine. These substances fuel anxiety and make it more tough to soothe yourself. Give up if you smoke. Nicotine has the exact same effect. People frequently smoke to ease tension, but it serves as a promote, making anxiety levels even worse later.
As you find out more about stress and anxiety and how it affects your life, you’ll know what approaches to think about and how to incorporate them into your daily regimen.
The service deals with a large network of certified psychological health experts who concentrate on a wide variety of conditions, including:
Given that 2013, the online platform has actually linked more than 2.7 million users with certified therapists by means of:
The service will set you up with a licensed therapist within about 24 hr after sending your questionnaire.
Cons and pros
is a reputable therapy service with a large network of psychological health professionals.
If you find that the therapist isn’t an excellent fit for you, you’re matched with a therapist within a day and can change easily.
Your membership supplies at least one live video session per week together with limitless messaging.
Financial support is readily available to some clients.
It’s possible to stay anonymous with your therapist.
BetterHelp provides a 7-day complimentary trial.
The service is offered in the United States and the UK.
Your therapist is chosen for you based upon an algorithm (though switching is possible).
If you receive financial aid, you may pay just $60 a week for a strategy that still consists of live audio, text, and video sessions as requirement.
How it works
On your intake questionnaire, you will be inquired about your earnings and work status. You may get approved for financial support if you:
Earn $50,000 a year or less
Have actually been economically affected by the COVID pandemic
Are a veteran
Are a student
A discount rate will be immediately applied if you are eligible for support. Even if you do not fall into one of these groups, you might still be able to get financial support.
however uh certainly effective and another cool thing about them having a digital platform is that they use digital group sessions and webinar type of sessions that are readily available to anyone who utilizes entirely totally free it’s at no additional cost to what you already spend for your weekly sessions with your counselor now that being said in my opinion the app and the platform is not very good in fact it type of sucks especially thinking about that aid in and of itself is a tool the item that they’re offering is this video platform that therapists can use to link you to their network i indicate i guess they’re selling the network however i think actually what they’re selling is the tool and it’s not an excellent one it’s quite clunky there are no alternatives for screen sharing
The sign-up procedure allows you to describe your monetary situation, consisting of the effect of dependents on your earnings, and other financial dedications. You will then frequently be offered a lower weekly cost based on your circumstances by the (you do not need to wait for a human to evaluate your application).
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New English Translation
Jesus and Little Children
13 Now[a] people were bringing little children to him for him to touch,[b] but the disciples scolded those who brought them.[c] 14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God[d] belongs to such as these.[e] 15 I tell you the truth,[f] whoever does not receive[g] the kingdom of God like a child[h] will never[i] enter it.” 16 After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.Read full chapter
- Mark 10:13 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
- Mark 10:13 tn Grk “so that he would touch them.” Here the touch is connected with (or conveys) a blessing (cf. v. 16; also BDAG 126 s.v. ἅπτω 2.c).
- Mark 10:13 tc “Those who brought them” (ἐπετιμῶν τοῖς προσφέρουσιν, epetimōn tois prospherousin) is the reading of most mss (A D W [Θ ƒ1,13] M lat sy), but it is probably a motivated reading. Since the subject is not explicit in the earliest and best witnesses as well as several others (א B C L Δ Ψ 579 892), scribes would be prone to add “those who brought them” here to clarify that the children were not the ones being scolded. Both on external and internal grounds, the shorter reading is strongly preferred. Similar motivations are behind the translation here, namely, “those who brought them” has been supplied to ensure that the parents who brought the children are in view, not the children themselves.tn Grk “the disciples scolded them.”
- Mark 10:14 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. The nature of the kingdom of God in the NT and in Jesus’ teaching has long been debated by interpreters and scholars, with discussion primarily centering around the nature of the kingdom (earthly, heavenly, or both) and the kingdom’s arrival (present, future, or both). An additional major issue concerns the relationship between the kingdom of God and the person and work of Jesus himself.
- Mark 10:14 sn The kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Children are a picture of those whose simple trust illustrates what faith is all about. The remark illustrates how everyone is important to God, even those whom others regard as insignificant.
- Mark 10:15 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
- Mark 10:15 sn On receive see John 1:12.
- Mark 10:15 sn The point of the comparison receive the kingdom of God like a child has more to do with a child’s trusting spirit and willingness to be dependent and receive from others than any inherent humility the child might possess.
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First invented in 1922, voice assisted technology has undergone various stages over the span of a 100 years. Today’s technology is a far cry from that of 1922, much more efficient, complex and compact. The most widely recognised brands today are Apple’s Siri and Google’s Alexa. Now, a Ghanaian tech company has launched theirs, and it responds to local Ghanaian languages.
Abena AI as it is called, also known as ‘Twi Siri’ is a voice controlled mobile assistant that takes commands in Twi and also responds in Twi, in addition to working completely offline, unlike its contemporaries. The service was developed by Ghanaian applications developer collective Mobobi Studios LLC, led by one Nana Ghartey. Since its release on April 6, it already has over 7,000 downloads on Google Play Store.
Abena AI is currently only available for download on Google Playstore and only works with Twi at the moment. Work is underway to include other local Ghanaian languages and expand to other operating platforms. Some of the functions of the app include setting reminders, checking MOMO Balance, sending MOMO or airtime, weather reports and more.
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python-setuptools update to 0.7.x and greater
Update to a new upstream release of python-setuptools that is not completely compatible with previous releases. The python-setuptools "major" version may be higher than 0.7.x as there's some other structural changes happening that should not affect API.
- 0.8.x is supposed to be needed for pip-1.4, virtualenv-1.10, and is only supposed to switch to a single code base for python2 and python3 (instead of using 2to3 to translate the python2 sources to python3).
- 0.9.x added support for other hashes than md5 on packages hosted on the python package index (pypi).
- Name: Toshio Kuratomi with help from Bohuslav Kabrda, Nick Coghlan, and the Python SIG
- Email: email@example.com
- Release notes owner:
python-setuptools is used as a buildtime dependency in many packages. It is also a runtime dependency for some packages where it provides a way to load plugins, load data files, and specify what versions of dependent packages are needed. In Fedora, we also make use of its multiversioning features to install some backwards compatibility packages.
The upstream for the python setuptools package has been in a maintenance mode for many years. During that time we have been shipping a fork, python-distribute, which has added bugfixes and python3 compatibility but not significantly altered the API. Just recently, python-setuptools upstream has become active and released a new version that merges the two forks and is not completely API compatible. As the older versions won't see bug fixes anymore, we need to move to this new version but there could be some usages that are broken by the new version.
Benefit to Fedora
The upstream activity is due to two competing projects merging: python-setuptools and python-distribute. The merger is a good thing for the python community as it unites the bugfixes and minor differences that have arisen in these two forks over the years. This makes it easier for upstreams to maintain their software. For us, it updates us to the latest version of the code which means that we'll be able to continue submitting patches as we find bugs in the code rather than having to maintain our own divergencies.
Note: From reading the upstream changelogs, I don't anticipate that we'll have much trouble with this (with the possible exception of the python package installers noted below). However, this is a change to the code used to build a large number of packages so it's best to both write this as a Change and get started on it early.
- Update the python-setuptools package from the current code-base (python-distribute-0.6.x) to python-setuptools-0.7.x
- Updated to python-setuptools-0.8.x
- Updated to python-setuptools-0.9.x due to a fix for a security issue.
- Rebuild packages with the new setuptools (Only necessary for testing)
- Areas that may need special attention. Note that these are areas that we will test to understand the scope of changes required. It is not a promise to thoroughly test what is broken due to the update or to fix the breakage (although we will help)
- Test python package installers with the new setuptools (pip, buildout)
- Status: pip builds
- python-zc-buildout updated to a 2.2.0 that builds with the new setuptools.
- Test python packages that build with setuptools for related ftbfs (we could do a mass rebuild of everything requiring python at runtime or refine our list to the packages that BuildRequire: python-setuptools)
- Status: Built a few packages. So far, things Just Work(TM)
- Listed python packages on the mass rebuild tracker ticket
- Test packages where we are using setuptools to build multiversion (example: python-cherrypy2)
- Test python packages that have a runtime requirement on setuptools [Note: The owners of this Change are going to leave most of this to individual package maintainers due to this being highly dependent on what the packages actually do with setuptools at runtime]
- Test python package installers with the new setuptools (pip, buildout)
- See if our python packaging guidelines need update (particularly the multi-version/python-setuptools/egg guidelines)
- Status: Doesn't look like it needs an update
- Check that the python-setuptools managed metadata has not changed incompatibly
- Status: Doesn't look like this has changed
Owners of packages which BuildRequire or Require python-setuptools will need to:
- Test for buildtime and runtime breakage from new setuptools (as applicable to each package)
- Fix FTBFS breakage from new setuptools
- Fix runtime breakage from new setuptools
- Rebuild packages which BuildRequire: python-setuptools with the new setuptools
- Probably not strictly necessary (will confirm when we test whether the package metadata format has changed) but it is good for testing since setuptools is a buildtime dep in many python packages.
Policies and guidelines
Testing so far has revealed no differences between setuptools-0.6 and 0.7+ that requires guideline changes.
- No data will need migrating but user installed python modules that rely on the old version of python-setuptools may no longer work.
- Testing thus far does not show any incompatibilities that would make user installed python modules fail.
- Probably no problems for packages installed with the older python-setuptools but change owners need to check that there are no incompatible changes to the package metadata managed by python-setuptools.
- Testing thus far has not shown any incompatibilities in metadata.
- [EDIT] Found that easy_install's default changed to install zipped eggs instead of unzipped eggs by default. This caused a small change in packaging guidelines to use a command line flag to restore the unzipped eggs behaviour for a few packages (packages which are installing a compatibility version of a python module via easy_install).
How To Test
First install the updated python-setuptools package.
# yum update python-setuptools # rpm -q python-setuptools |grep 0.7 [should display a python-setuptools 0.7 package]
Check that packages that need setuptools to build still build
Testing with an upstream tarball/checkout:
$ grep setuptools setup.py $ python setup.py install --root `pwd`/tmp/ [This should work with no errors]
Testing with an rpm package:
$ fedpkg srpm python-$MODULE $ fedpkg scratch-build --srpm python-$MODULE*src.rpm
Test multiversion python packages
Building should be the same test as above.
[ install both versions of the package] $ yum install python-cherrypy python-cherrypy2 [test that both versions of the package work] [Install a package that uses the multiversion package as a dependency] $ yum install bodhi [test that the package still works (loads the correct version of the multi-version package)]
Check that packages that need setuptools to run still run
$ yum install $PACKAGE $ rpm -q --requires $PACKAGE|grep python-setuptools [Displays that $PACKAGE needs python-setuptools] [Run the program and make use of plugins or other features that need python-setuptools]
Test python package installers with the new setuptools
$ yum install python-pip $ pip install --user $OTHER_PACKAGE [Other python-pip commands]
Other packages in this category include python-zc-buildout (python-virtualenv if it finally unbundles pip and setuptools).
- Since this update includes API changes, developers who use setuptools as a library may notice changes.
See the following pages for details:
Note that our current pyhton-setuptools package is the distribute fork so the merge changes are relative to that.
To see the dependent packages run these repoquery commands:
[Runtime] $ repoquery -q --whatrequires python-setuptools [103 packages] [Buildtime] $ repoquery --enablerepo rawhide-source --archlist=src --whatrequires python-setuptools > tmp.lst $ repoquery --enablerepo rawhide-source --archlist=src --whatrequires python-setuptools-devel >> tmp.lst $ sort tmp.lst | uniq > setuptools-br.lst [918 packages]
Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?)
Three alternate contingency mechanisms exist:
- Someone who has a package that cannot be ported to the new python-setuptools will need to submit a backwards compat package for the older version of python-setuptools. The Change Owners can commit to reviewing the package but not to being the package owner for the new package.
- The packages that have not been ported can be dropped from the distribution.
- The new setuptools package can be reverted for F20.
Deciding which of these to perform depends on the results of testing (which will show how many packages suffer from issues, whether those packages are easy to port, whether the unported packages are essential to the distribution or partially unmaintained, and whether the changes to port other packages to the new setuptools would be hard to revert.)
For option 1, adding a backwards compatible package. We would want to add that early enough to be able to make sure that the package is usable by the unported packages. Soon after alpha would be ideal.
For option 2, beta freeze -- but we'd need to evaluate that the packages to be dropped are non-essential to the distribution much earlier. Probable at alpha freeze.
For option 3, it depends on how difficult it would be to back out changes for all packages. At this time, I don't think there will be a widespread need for patching or spec file changes, so this could be done at beta freeze.
Probably not. Neither anaconda nor yum use this directly and it's not a critpath package. However, we might want to reevaluate this if we find that it blocks building of something essential to the distribution (as it could prevent quick rebuilds of the packages needed for the distribution).
Notes from our testing will be added here or a separate wiki page if we encounter incompatibilities in updating.
- If the update does not cause any porting difficulties I would not release note this -- it will likely be just as invisible to end users as it is to us.
- there hasn't been any difficulties with the current porting. I think we should forgo release notes for this change.
- If the update shows that the incompatibilities affect a lot of code then we should add something like this:
The version of the python-setuptools package has been updated to the 0.9.x series. This release series merges the setuptools and distribute upstream projects which has introduced a variety of changes to the API and behaviour. Please see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_setuptools_0.7#Documentation for more details if this affects code you are writing or deploying. | <urn:uuid:8fa7fb13-8bd2-4773-a083-816ffb5064b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_setuptools_0.7 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.877906 | 2,599 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Nobody wants to blow a shot and wound a deer, but it happens. If you wing or graze a buck with an arrow or bullet, will he return and stay in his core area, or will he leave for good? I reached out to a couple of America’s top deer biologists who are also hard-core hunters for their thoughts.
“Yes, a mature buck will come back to the area where he was injured,” says Kip Adams of the Quality Deer Management Association. “Depending on where it occurred, maybe in an open food plot or field, a buck might not move there during daylight hours for a while, but he’s not leaving his home range. That’s where he feels safest, so that’s where he’s staying. A buck’s movements may be more varied by time of day, but he’ll be back at least in the vicinity of the area where he got shot.”
Is it common for a buck to return the exact spot where he was wounded? Might you kill a buck yet from the same tree stand?
“It depends,” says Adams. “If a buck had no idea you were there, he definitely might return and walk through the same spot on the same trail.”
Different story if you royally screw up—a buck sees or smells you and you shoot and clip him. “Then he will return to the general area, but probably not the exact spot where he got shot, because he’ll remember that stand.”
Tip: In this case, pull and reset your stand 60 to 100 yards away in the same plot, bottom or travel corridor, and surprise the buck from a fresh spot.
Grant Woods, widely recognized as one of the top whitetail authorities in the nation, agrees that an injured buck will come back home.
“After a wounding shot, a buck will associate the area with danger for a few days to a few weeks,” he says. “But if the reason the deer was there in the first place doesn’t change–it is still a quality food source or a major travel corridor or whatever—a buck will return to the area.”
One day just last fall Grant shot at a buck that reacted to the twang of the bow string. As the deer ducked and whirled, “I nicked him with a glancing shot in front of the shoulder. We trailed and searched for 36 total man hours. We disturbed the area a lot.”
The buck went AWOL for a month, and Grant didn’t get a single camera image of him. “Later in the season, a hunter shot the buck in the same food plot where I missed him.”
Grant figures he may have seen the deer much sooner if they hadn’t trampled the area so much after his miss. The deer came back, it just took a little longer than usual.
All this makes sense for bowhunters, but what if you flesh wound a buck with a booming rifle or muzzleloader bullet?
“Gun shots, especially one shot, scare deer far less than many hunters believe,” says Kip Adams. He says a buck clipped with a bullet will likely be back in the same area where you missed him at some point in the season. Hang tough and hope for redemption. | <urn:uuid:d6a0fd80-be90-4a96-973a-710bffb23cae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bigdeerblog.com/2022/06/what-happens-if-you-wound-a-buck/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.965833 | 710 | 1.765625 | 2 |
- People with inflammatory forms of arthritis aren't more likely to be hospitalised as a result of Covid-19
- Many with autoimmune diseases, however, take immunosuppressant drugs
- A new study has found, though, that immunosuppressant therapy doesn't increase one's risk of being hospitalised due to Covid-19
People with lupus aren't at increased risk of hospitalisation from Covid-19 due to steroidal medications they take to reduce immune system activity, a new study finds.
And a related study found that people with inflammatory forms of arthritis – such as rheumatoid arthritis – aren't more likely to be hospitalised with Covid-19 than people without arthritis.
Both studies were led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, in New York City.
The findings "should reassure most patients, especially those on immunosuppressant therapy, that they are at no greater risk of having to be admitted to hospital from Covid-19 than other lupus or arthritis patients," Dr Ruth Fernandez-Ruiz, co-author of the studies, said in an NYU Langone news release.
"People with lupus or inflammatory arthritis have the same risk factors for getting seriously ill from Covid-19 as people without these disorders," said Fernandez-Ruiz, a postdoctoral fellow in rheumatology.
Lupus and conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthritis are autoimmune diseases in which the immune system mistakenly attacks a person's own tissues. This causes inflammation in the joints, skin, kidneys and other parts of the body.
The researchers found that lupus patients taking immune-suppressing medications – such as mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) and azathioprine (Imuran) – had no greater risk of hospitalisation (15 out of 24) than lupus patients not using the medications (nine of 17).
Dangers of glucocorticoids
In addition, the Covid-19 hospitalisation rate for people with inflammatory arthritis (26%) was similar to that of New York City residents overall (25%).
Another finding was that patients taking biologic drugs for arthritis, such as adalimumab (Humira) and etanercept (Enbrel), or the antiviral hydroxychloroquine, had no greater or lower risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation than those not taking the drugs.
But patients who took steroids called glucocorticoids, even in mild doses, had a 10 times higher risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation than those who didn't take steroids. Although the finding is statistically significant, the study's small size may overestimate the actual risk, the researchers noted.
The studies were recently published online in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatology.
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understand how to overcome the systemic effects of a discriminatory food system by challenging the status quo of: Workers’ rights, small farmer support, animal suffering, environmental degradation, food accessibility and more.
To improve the lives of all sentient beings.
What We Do
We are an anti-oppression org who strives to connect with different communities to co-create a better, more ethical food system. We do this through education, feed programs and community engagement.
The food system is complex. We cannot solve issues regarding subsidies, anti-trust/competition, discrimination & food accessibility simply by buying vegan food.
The food system is complex, so we need to dive deeper than just using consumerism themes to fix it.
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The white, rectangular structure consists of a steel framing and floor-to-ceiling glass. Inside, the building's single room is fitted with wooden flooring, contemporary decor and built-in storage. An air-tight building envelope and a radiant heating-and-cooling system help keep energy costs low.
The unit, which took three months to design and build, was assembled in Cover's LA factory and then shipped to the site. The project cost $110,000 (£83,450), which included foundation work.
It is the first completed unit by the company, which produces customised backyard homes often referred to as accessory dwellings — touted by some as a way to increase density and provide affordable housing in growing metro areas.
Ranging from 100 to 1,200 square feet (nine to 111 square metres), the dwellings can be used to accommodate guests, in-laws or rent-paying tenants, or they can serve as studios, workshops, pool houses or lounges.
"Cover sets out to make living and working in a thoughtfully designed and well-built space a reality for everyone," said the company, which was launched in 2014 and is backed by venture capital funding. The cofounders, Alexis Rivas and Jemuel Joseph, have architecture degrees and formerly worked at design studios.
The company uses digital tools to streamline the design and construction process. Clients provide details – such as design preferences and site conditions – which are fed into a proprietary computer program that generates multiple design options. Within days, clients receive renderings and plans, along with a full quote.
After the design is chosen, Cover obtains the necessary permits, installs the foundation, assembles the structure in its factory, and ships the components to the site. Assembly and installation take 12 weeks, according to the company.
"Unlike other prefab companies and builders, Cover is a technology company first, armed with a team of full-time software engineers, designers, manufacturing engineers and architects who have developed technology that streamlines the entire process of designing, buying, permitting, manufacturing and assembling Cover units," said Rivas.
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Amino acids inhibit kynurenic acid formation via suppression of kynurenine uptake or kynurenic acid synthesis in rat brain in vitro
SpringerPlus volume 4, Article number: 48 (2015)
The tryptophan metabolite, kynurenic acid (KYNA), is a preferential antagonist of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at endogenous brain concentrations. Recent studies have suggested that increase of brain KYNA levels is involved in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and depression. KYNA-producing enzymes have broad substrate specificity for amino acids, and brain uptake of kynurenine (KYN), the immediate precursor of KYNA, is via large neutral amino acid transporters (LAT). In the present study, to find out amino acids with the potential to suppress KYNA production, we comprehensively investigated the effects of proteinogenic amino acids on KYNA formation and KYN uptake in rat brain in vitro. Cortical slices of rat brain were incubated for 2 h in Krebs-Ringer buffer containing a physiological concentration of KYN with individual amino acids. Ten out of 19 amino acids (specifically, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, methionine, tyrosine, alanine, cysteine, glutamine, glutamate, and aspartate) significantly reduced KYNA formation at 1 mmol/L. These amino acids showed inhibitory effects in a dose-dependent manner, and partially inhibited KYNA production at physiological concentrations. Leucine, isoleucine, methionine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine, all LAT substrates, also reduced tissue KYN concentrations in a dose-dependent manner, with their inhibitory rates for KYN uptake significantly correlated with KYNA formation. These results suggest that five LAT substrates inhibit KYNA formation via blockade of KYN transport, while the other amino acids act via blockade of the KYNA synthesis reaction in brain. Amino acids can be a good tool to modulate brain function by manipulation of KYNA formation in the brain. This approach may be useful in the treatment and prevention of neurological and psychiatric diseases associated with increased KYNA levels.
Tryptophan was mainly metabolized through the kynurenine (KYN) pathway in the mammalian brain. Kynurenic acid (KYNA), a product of this pathway, is a negative allosteric modulator of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at endogenous concentration, and a competitive antagonist of glycine co-agonist sites of the N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor (Kessler et al. 1989; Hilmas et al. 2001; Schwarcz and Pellicciari 2002). In particular, nanomolar increases in KYNA reduces dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission (Carpenedo et al. 2001; Rassoulpour et al. 2005), and contributes to cognitive dysfunction (Erhardt et al. 2004; Chess and Bucci 2006; Chess et al. 2007; Chess et al. 2009). While decreases in endogenous KYNA augment dopaminergic, acetylcholinergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission (Amori et al. 2009a; Zmarowski et al. 2009; Konradsson-Geuken et al. 2010), and lead to enhanced cognitive abilities (Potter et al. 2010; Kozak et al. 2014). In humans, patients with schizophrenia show higher KYNA levels in the prefrontal cortex and cerebrospinal fluid (Erhardt et al. 2001; Schwarcz et al. 2001; Linderholm et al. 2010). Based on these findings, it has been suggested that KYNA is involved in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia (Erhardt et al. 2007; Erhardt et al. 2009), and thus, suppression of KYNA production may contribute to prevention or improvement in these disorders.
Astrocytes uptake KYN, the immediate bioprecursor of KYNA, from blood stream, and KYN is metabolized to KYNA. Two factors regulate KYNA production in the brain: kynurenine amino transferase (KAT) activity and availability of KYN (Turski et al. 1989). Four KATs have been identified in the mammalian brain, these KATs have broad substrate specificity for amino acids, and several amino acids competitively inhibit KATs for KYNA production (Okuno et al. 1991; Guidetti al. 2007; Han et al. 2010). Hence, amino acids may suppress KYNA production via KAT inhibition in the brain. Astrocytes uptake peripheral KYN from blood stream via large neutral amino acid transporters (LATs). LATs are known to transport both branched chain amino acids (e.g., valine, leucine and isoleucine) and aromatic amino acids (e.g., tyrosine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan). Several findings show that LATs transport amino acids with higher affinity than KYN in tumor cell lines (Fukui et al. 1991; Speciale et al. 1989; Asai et al. 2008; Yanagida et al. 2001), and changes in physiological concentrations of these amino acids may affect KYN transport into the brain.
In the present study, we comprehensively investigated the effects of amino acids on suppression of KYNA production via inhibition of KYN uptake and KYNA synthesis in the brain. We used brain slices to determine the inhibitory effects on KYNA synthesis, KYN uptake and KYNA synthesis at physiological KYN concentrations. Our findings demonstrate that amino acids are a good tool for modulating brain function by manipulating KYNA formation in the brain.
Male Wistar rats (7–10 weeks old) were obtained from CLEA Japan (Tokyo, Japan). Rats were allowed free access to food and water. The animal room was maintained at a temperature of 22°C with 60% humidity and a 12-h light/12-h dark cycle (light onset at 6:00 a.m.). Care and treatment of experimental animals conformed to the University of Shiga Prefecture guidelines for ethical treatment of laboratory animals (reference number: 24-9).
L-Kynurenine sulfate salt, KYNA, and L-tyrosine disodium salt hydrate were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA). L-Alanine, L-arginine, L-asparagine, L-aspartate, L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate, L-glutamine, L-glutamate, L-glycine, L-histidine, L-isoleucine, L-leucine hydrochloride, L-lysine, L-methionine, L-phenylalanine, L-proline, L-serine, L-threonine, and L-valine were purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Industries (Osaka, Japan). Rodent diet (MF) was obtained from Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd (Tokyo, Japan). All other chemicals were of the highest commercially available purity.
De novo formation of KYNA was established using tissue slices, as described previously Turski et al. (1989). Animals were killed by decapitation and brains removed rapidly. The cortex was rapidly dissected out and kept in a minimal volume of ice-cold Krebs-Ringer buffer (KRB: 118.5 mmol/L NaCl, 4.8 mmol/L KCl, 1.8 mmol/L CaCl2, 1.2 mmol/L MgSO4, 16.2 mmol/L NaH2PO4, 5.0 mmol/L glucose, pH 7.4). Tissue slices (1 × 1 mm) were made using a McIlwain tissue slicer (Muromachi Kikai Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan), and placed in ice-cold KRB until the start of experiments (<1 h).
In vitro screening of amino acids regulating de novo KYNA formation
Routinely, seven tissue slices were placed in each culture well (seven slices per well, ~1 mg of total protein) containing a final volume of 1 mL ice-cold KPB and final concentration of 1 mmol/L each amino acid for screening, or 3–3000 mmol/L each amino acid for dose–response assays. After 10 min pre-incubation at 37°C in an oxygenated shaking water bath, a final physiological concentration of 2 μmol/L KYN was added to each well. After 2 h incubation at 37°C, plates were placed on ice. Because assessment of the time course of KYNA concentration in KRB showed linear increases up to 4 h of incubation (Turski et al. 1989), biochemical viability of brain tissue was maintained during the study period. The medium was rapidly separated from the tissue and acidified with 100 μL of 1 mol/L HCl for subsequent KYNA measurements. We described KYNA concentration in the incubation medium as KYNA production, because more than 90% of newly synthesized KYNA readily liberate from tissue slices into the medium (Turski et al. 1989). The tissue slices were rapidly washed three times with 500 μL of KRB and sonicated using an ultrasonic cell breaker (Powersonic model 50; Yamato Kagaku, Tokyo, Japan) in 250 μL distilled water. The 200-μL aliquot of tissue slice suspension was acidified using 50 μL of 6% perchloric acid. After centrifugation (10 min, 12,000 × g, 4°C), the supernatant aliquot was used for KYN determination of component compound. A 50-μL aliquot of tissue slice suspension was used for protein determination using the Bradford assay (Bradford 1976).
KYNA and KYN determination
KYNA concentration in the samples was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (RF-20Axis; Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) at 344 nm excitation and 398 nm emission wavelengths (Shibata 1988). KYN concentration was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection (SPD-10AV; Shimadzu) at a 365 nm wavelength (Holmes 1988).
All data were expressed as mean ± SE. One-way analysis of variance with Dunnett’s Multiple Comparison Test was used for more than three-group comparisons. Sigmoid curves were generated by nonlinear regression analysis. We calculated the half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50 values in μmol/L) of each amino acid for KYNA production and KYN uptake using the equation “log (inhibitor) vs. response” by GraphPad Prism 5.0 (GraphPad Software, San Diego, CA, USA).
Correlation between inhibitory rates for KYNA production and tissue KYN concentration by amino acids were represented by linear regression of data. Inhibitory rates for KYNA production and tissue KYN concentration at each additional amino acid concentrations were described by the percentage of control values. Correlation between KYNA production and KYN uptake at various KYN concentrations in the KRB were also represented by linear regression of data. KYNA production and KYN uptake were described by the percentage of 2 μmol/L KYN control values. Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated respectively.
A p-value < 0.05 was considered significant. GraphPad Prism 5.0 (GraphPad Software, San Diego, CA, USA) was used for all analyses.
Screening amino acids for suppression of KYNA production
To determine which amino acids suppress KYNA production in vitro, we comprehensively assessed 19 proteinogenic amino acids at 1 mmol/L using tissue slices from the rat cerebral cortex. Because commercially available tryptophan contains tryptophan metabolites (including KYN and KYNA), we excluded tryptophan from our initial list of 20 proteinogenic amino acids. The amount of KYNA in the extracellular medium was reduced by 40–60% by eight amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, methionine, alanine, tyrosine, glutamine, glutamate, and aspartate), and to approximately 25% by phenylalanine and cysteine (Figure 1a). Leucine, isoleucine, methionine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine also reduced tissue KYN concentrations to < 50% (Figure 1b). No significant difference was observed for tissue KYN concentrations using alanine, cysteine, glutamine, glutamate, and aspartate, which all reduced KYNA production. Although valine reduced tissue KYN concentrations to 50%, it did not suppress KYNA production
Amino acid dose-dependent inhibition of KYNA production and KYN uptake
Since 10 of the 19 proteinogenic amino acids significantly reduced KYNA formation at 1 mmol/L, these amino acids were chosen for further investigation. To determine the precise capabilities of 10 amino acids to suppress KYNA production, each amino acid was added to KRB at concentrations varying from 3 μmol/L to 3 mmol/L. All 10 amino acids reduced KYNA production in a dose-responsive manner (Figure 2). Five amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, methionine, and tyrosine) also reduced tissue KYN concentration in a dose-responsive manner (Figure 3). The other amino acids (alanine, aspartate, cysteine, glutamine, and glutamate) did not affect tissue KYN concentrations. In addition, we determined IC50 values for KYNA production and KYN uptake. The rank order of IC50 values for KYNA production was phenylalanine < leucine < isoleucine < glutamate < cysteine < alanine < methionine < aspartate < glutamine < tyrosine (Table 1), and for KYN uptake was phenylalanine > leucine > isoleucine > methionine > tyrosine (Table 1).
Amino acid contribution of KYN uptake inhibition to KYNA production
To determine how inhibition of KYN uptake affects KYNA production, we selected five amino acids which reduced not only KYNA production but tissue KYN concentration, and examined the relationship between KYN uptake and KYNA production. Inhibitory rates of KYN uptake were significantly correlated with KYNA production by leucine (y = 1.04x – 5.6, r = 0.988; p < 0.0001), isoleucine (y = 0.904x + 5.9, r = 0.987; p < 0.0001), phenylalanine (y = 1.03x – 7.0, r = 0.945; p < 0.001), methionine (y = 1.25x – 28.0, r = 0.889; p < 0.01), and tyrosine (y = 0.921x – 7.7, r = 0.967; p < 0.0001) (Figure 4). Combining data from the respective amino acids showed significantly high correlation (y = 0.981x – 1.1, r = 0.946; p < 0.0001) (Figure 4f). To determine the direct relationship between tissue KYN concentration and KYNA production, cortical slices were incubated in KRB containing 0.4–2 μmol/L KYN. KYNA production and tissue KYN level were described the percentage of 2 μmol/L KYN control. With increasing KYN concentrations, KYNA production and tissue KYN concentration linearly increased in a dose-dependent manner (Figure 5a and b). Moreover, KYNA production was strongly correlated with tissue KYN concentration (y = 0.978x – 4.5, r = 0.985; p < 0.01) (Figure 5c). This relationship (including slope of the regression line) was the same for inhibitory effects of all five amino acids. These results suggest that inhibition of KYN uptake, but not KAT activity, contributes to inhibitory effects of these five large neutral amino acids on KYNA production.
Previous reports have shown that amino acids have the potential to suppress KYNA production via inhibition of KYN uptake and KYNA synthesis in the brain, therefore we comprehensively investigated the effects of proteinogenic amino acids on regulating KYNA production in rat brain in vitro. We show that 10 of 19 amino acids (specifically, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, methionine, tyrosine, alanine, cysteine, glutamine, glutamate, and aspartate) significantly reduce KYNA production at the tissue level. Five (leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, methionine, and tyrosine) of these 10 amino acids also reduce tissue KYN concentration, with inhibition of KYNA production reflecting these reductions in KYN uptake. Our results suggest that these five amino acids suppress KYNA production via blockade of KYN transport, while the other five amino acids (alanine, cysteine, glutamine, glutamate, and aspartate) act via blockade of KYNA synthesis in the brain.
KYN is transported into the brain via LATs, which are Na+-independent neutral amino acids transporters. There are two LATs, LAT 1 and LAT 2, with the affinity of LAT 1 to large neutral amino acids higher than that of LAT 2. LAT 1 exhibits high-affinity transport of large neutral amino acids, including branched chain and aromatic amino acids, while LAT 2 has broader substrate specificities (Kanai et al. 1998; Segawa et al. 1999). The K m value of LATs for KYN is ~160 μmol/L, 80 times higher than plasma KYN concentrations (Fukui et al. 1991; Speciale et al. 1989). In the present study, the amino acids that inhibited KYN uptake are consistent with substrate amino acids of LAT 1 rather than LAT 2, suggesting a critical role of LAT 1 in KYN uptake in the brain. K m values of LAT 1 for leucine, isoleucine, methionine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine are 15–30 μmol/L, around physiological concentrations (Asai et al. 2008), indicating higher affinity than for KYN (Yanagida et al. 2001). The other amino acids (glutamine and aspartate) have low affinity for LAT 1 (K m = 1.5–2 mmol/L), and are not substrates of LAT nor affect tissue KYN concentration. Histidine is also known to be a high affinity substrate for LAT 1 (K m = 12.7 μmol/L), but did not reduce tissue KYN concentration in the present study. KYN is transported through either Na-independent or Na-dependent matter in tissue slice culture (Turski et al. Turski et al. 1989). In this study, only Na-independent LATs substrates such as leucine, but not Na-dependent LATs substrates such as glutamine, reduced KYN uptake. Na-independent transport rather than Na-dependent transport may contribute KYN uptake, and regulating of Na-independent LATs may be effective in modulating KYN uptake.
The mammalian brain expresses four KATs, KAT I (glutamine transaminase K, GTK; EC 22.214.171.124), KAT II (2-aminoadipate aminotransferase, ADA; EC 126.96.36.199), KAT III (cysteine conjugate β-lyase 2, CCBL2; EC188.8.131.52) and KAT IV (mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase, ASAT; EC 184.108.40.206). A previous study determined the relative contributions of KAT I, II, and IV to total KAT activity, and found that rat and human brain contain the highest proportion of KAT II (~60%) (with ~10 and 30% of KAT I and IV, respectively) suggesting a critical role for KAT II in KYNA synthesis in rat and human brain (Guidetti et al. 2007). KAT III contribution to brain KYNA synthesis remains to be determined. In the present study, glutamate, aspartate, cysteine, glutamine, and alanine suppressed KYNA production but not KYN uptake, suggesting that these amino acids inhibit the KYNA synthesis reaction. Glutamate and aspartate strongly inhibit KAT II (IC50: 2.1 and 1.2 mmol/L, respectively) and IV (IC50: 0.9 and 0.3 mmol/L, respectively), while glutamine and cysteine show inhibitory effects on KAT I and III activities (Guidetti et al. 2007; Han et al. 2009; Han et al. 2010). Furthermore, cysteine sulfinate, the deoxygenated product of cysteine, acts as a KAT II inhibitor and inhibits rat brain KYNA production at physiological concentrations in vitro (Kocki et al. 2003). Our results cannot determine if cysteine, cysteine sulfinate, or both inhibit the KYNA synthesis reaction. LAT 1 substrates (leucine, methionine, and phenylalanine) also inhibit KAT III activity (Han et al. 2009). In the present study, inhibition of KYNA production reflects reduced KYN uptake, and we did not observe additional effects of KAT inhibition.
We precisely investigated the effect of 10 amino acids on KYNA production and KYN uptake at 3 μmol/L–3 mmol/L. The physiological concentrations of leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, methionine, tyrosine, alanine, aspartate, cysteine, glutamine, and glutamate are approximately 150, 90, 60, 50, 70, 400, 10, 10, 700, and 80 μmol/L in rat plasma, respectively (Asai et al. 2008). Interestingly, all 10 amino acids partially inhibited KYNA production at physiological concentrations, with IC50 values of most amino acids for KYNA production or KYN uptake around physiological levels. Although the LATs mediating KYN uptake in blood–brain barrier is not completely identical to the tissue slices in the present study, it is expected that changes in physiological concentrations of these amino acids may affect brain KYNA levels in vivo. In particular, increases in plasma levels of these amino acids may lower brain KYNA levels.
Enhancement of brain KYNA production can be caused by pharmacological manipulation of KYN such as through systemic KYN administration or kynurenine 3-hydroxylase inhibitor in vivo (Swartz et al. 1990; Röver et al. 1997; Lombardi et al. 1994; Rassoulpour et al. 2005). Pharmacological manipulation of KAT suppresses KYNA production in the brain in vivo (Amori et al. 2009a; Amori et al. 2009b; Dounay et al. 2012; Kozak et al. 2014). In addition, recent studies have shown that diet also affects brain KYNA concentrations. High tryptophan diets increase brain KYNA levels owing to increased peripheral KYN in a dose-dependent manner, and reduce dopamine release via enhancement of KYNA production in the rat striatum (Okuno et al. 2011). Long-term exposure to a high-fat and low-protein/carbohydrate ketogenic diet shows a several-fold increase in KYNA concentrations in the rat brain (Żarnowski et al. 2012). Because amino acids are nutritional factors and often used as supplements, their side effects, safety doses, and interactions have been well investigated. Thus, long-term administration of amino acids from a diet may be a good method to manipulate KYNA formation in the brain. Several studies suggest that dietary large neutral amino acids modulated neurotransmitter release via LAT. For example, ingestion of α-lactalbumin-containing diet, a tryptophan-rich protein, increase brain Tryptophan content and serotonin synthesis and release (Choi et al. 2009; Orosco et al. 2004). Branched-chain amino acids ingestion causes the decline in tyrosine uptake and dopamine synthesis in brain (Fernstrom 2013). We suggest that large neutral amino acids may expand glutamate or acetylcholine release by suppressing KYNA production. In this study, we also show that non-large neutral amino acids, alanine, cysteine, glutamine and glutamate reduce KYNA production. Our findings may highlight the importance of dietary amino-acid compositions in brain chemistry and function. It will be interesting to determine the amino acid composition of habitual diets in patients with psychiatric disorders.
We have investigated the effect of proteinogenic amino acids on KYNA production in rat brain in vitro. Our results show that amino acids can partially regulate KYNA production at physiological concentrations, and that some modulate KYN uptake, while others the KYNA synthesis reaction. Although animal studies are required to show the effect of these amino acids on KYNA production in vivo, amino acids have the potential to regulate KYNA formation and release of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, acetylcholine, and glutamate. Recent studies suggest that KYNA is involved in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia (Erhardt et al. 2007; Erhardt 2009). In addition, recent studies show that manipulations of peripheral KYN modulate depression-like behavior induced by stress (Agudelo 2014). Because diet affects brain KYN and KYNA concentration, long-term administration of amino acids through a diet may also affect KYNA production via regulating brain KYN uptake or KYNA synthesis. This approach may be useful in the treatment and prevention of neurological and psychiatric diseases associated with increased KYNA levels.
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant No. 24614010).
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AS performed the series of experiments and wrote the manuscript. MO and YK also performed the series of experiments. KS and MS reviewed the manuscript and helped in the study design. TF conceived of the study and its design, helped the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Sekine, A., Okamoto, M., Kanatani, Y. et al. Amino acids inhibit kynurenic acid formation via suppression of kynurenine uptake or kynurenic acid synthesis in rat brain in vitro . SpringerPlus 4, 48 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-0826-9
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Nexans successfully qualifies a 525 kV HVDC underground cable system to German TSO standardsNov 30, 2018
- Nexans High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable systems are set to play a key role in Germany’s energy transition following their qualification for use at the highest voltage to date.
- Deploying the up to 2 gigawatt (GW) cable systems will enable the German Transmission System Operators (TSOs) to optimize their investment in cables and civil works for carrying renewable energy over long distances.
Paris La Défense, November 30, 2018 – Germany’s ‘Energiewende’, the transition in energy policy to focus on renewable sources of energy, is presenting significant challenges for the country’s transmission grid. In particular, Germany’s TSOs must transmit huge amounts of renewable energy over long distances from the north to demand centers in the the south and they are now building some of the world’s longest ever underground cable projects. Nexans has responded to this challenge by qualifying its HVDC cable systems for the German TSOs for operation at 525 kV, a major voltage increase that enables them to carry much more power than the previous industry-standard cables.
HVDC technology offers significant advantages for transmitting large amounts of power over long distances thanks to its improved power carrying capacity, lower losses and reduced cable footprint compared with conventional alternating current (AC) cable systems. However, Germany’s four TSOs - 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW – were looking for a significant increase in power capacity over the industry-standard 320 kV HVDC underground land cables.
Nexans developed an HVDC cable system, based on a triple extruded cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation design, to operate at a ground breaking voltage of 525 kV, with a power rating of 2 GW. In a one-year test programme under real outdoor installation conditions at the third party test facility STRI in Sweden with ambient temperatures from -20°C during winter time and upto +31°C during summer time, the Nexans HVDC cable system has successfully demonstrated it’s reliability and performance.
Deploying the 525 kV cable will enable the TSOs, which attended the prequalification, to transmit much more power with a cable of the same cross-section. In some projects this could eliminate the need to construct an additional circuit, resulting in savings on cable infrastructure and civil works as well as reducing the installation footprint.
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GDOT’s commitment to build multi-use path highlights national shift in transportation demands
At the urging of bike advocate groups and the City of Sandy Springs, the Georgia Department of Transportation has committed to incorporate a multi-use path as part of its reconstruction of the GA 400 and I-285 interchange. The path will allow bikers and pedestrians to safely cross two of metro Atlanta’s busiest highways.
This week’s development is an example of how Georgia can successfully implement its Complete Streets Design Policy to upgrade existing roads to allow for more bike and pedestrian travel, and highlights how transportation needs nationwide are continuing to evolve beyond the traditional auto-oriented model.
Like most cities across the country, many of Atlanta’s roads were initially built to solely accommodate car travel. But as the appeal of living and working in walkable communities continues to grow, and as real estate development shifts to make these communities possible, our transportation system must adapt accordingly. Keeping pace with the changing times will include retrofitting roads to provide for transportation options like public transit, sidewalks, and bicycle facilities.
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The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) believes that logistics support is one of the key determinants of a successful large-scale invasion of Taiwan. Logistics support includes transport, materiel and oil supply, medical care, search and rescue, logistics infrastructure protection, and maintenance of war materiel reserves. Despite the recognized importance of logistics support, it is likely the PLA does not currently possess the requisite logistics capabilities to successfully support a large-scale amphibious landing on Taiwan and a possible protracted conflict involving the United States and allies. Key deficits include a lack of amphibious ships (both military and civilian), transport aircraft, and war reserves. The PLA also continues to face difficulties with landing the requisite logistics supplies during the critical beach assault phase, constructing maritime transfer platforms or temporary wharves to sustain resupply if intact ports are not rapidly captured, establishing a landing base for logistics operations, maintaining the flow of logistics during on-island combat, and establishing strategic war reserves to support the large-scale operation and possibly prolonged conflict. These problem areas might be resolved with several years of sustained effort and complex training.
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BRAVE NEW FRAGMENTED WORLD, OR HOW TO MAKE IT MANAGEABLE Tokyo, Japan, June 29-30, 2019
The Japan Council for Russian and East European Studies (JCREES) will host the 10th East Asian Conference on Slavic Eurasian Studies in Tokyo, Japan,on June 29-30, 2019. The main theme of the conference is “Brave New Fragmented World, Or How to Make It Manageable”. The 2010s has been witnessing the beginning of a new global order, which entails the emergence of a multipolar system burdened with chronic collisions, both latent and actual. Entangled with these international disagreements, a number of crises both within and without national borders also been intensifying in various parts of the world. Slavic and Eastern Europe, along with Eurasia,has turned out to be one of the most vulnerable areas in this fragmented world. The stable bipolar system of the Cold War era has receded far away into the past. Today the world order is starting to resemble the inter-imperial rivalry of the early 20th century or the uneasy quest for stability of the 1920s. Following the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, who labelled the world following the beginning of the First World War as “the real 20th century,” we might start considering what we are seeing as “the real 21st century.” Harmony does not seem likely to arrive to this world order soon. Rather, the coming decades will be characterized by regular cycles of conflicts and their provisional settlements. But we should not be left in despair. After all, a multipolar system burdened with conflicts was more often than not the norm in the modern world. It is imperative to make this norm manageable and sustainable over the long term.
From this perspective, we will welcome proposals concerning Slavic-Eurasian studies with the following topics in particular:
・Historical conflict and its reflections in the current situation: domestic/cross-border/regional/global, political/economic/ethnic/religious/gender/of memory, and so on.
・Art, culture, and language in an unstable world.
・The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and the interwar world order—a hundredyears later.
Besides these topics, other themes in Slavic-Eurasian studies regarding politics, economics, sociology, history, literature, art, philosophy,linguistics, ethnology, and human geography, among other fields, will also be welcomed.
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Some people fall, some don’t. Some people are afraid of this event, some are not. Of course, no one is afraid of falling when sitting on a bench or lying on a sofa, but maybe they are when attempting to get there. Getting somewhere usually involves walking, and we do know that a large amount of falls occur during this activity. Still, walking (whether hiking or strolling) is one of the most popular and recommended ways to stay healthy and active, especially in older adults.
One question we asked ourselves was whether people with a high perceived risk of falling (or “fear of falling”) or a high objective risk of falling would walk less. Building on a classification of Kim Delbaere and colleagues (Sydney, Australia), we categorized people into one of the following four groups:
While in the first two groups objective and perceived risk are aligned, in the latter two they are disproportionate. It is especially this disparity which seems problematic, as those who have high objective risk may underestimate their actual risk or, on the contrary, those who have a low objective risk may restrict their walking activity due to ill-founded perceived risk.
The aim of our research was two-fold: first, to investigate how many steps per day people in these groups take. Second, to determine which of the two “disproportionate groups” differs more from the ‘vigorous’ group, to better understand the relation between objective vs. perceived risk and walking activity.
For this, we used activity monitors (activPALs) which we combined with activity diaries, so that we could precisely determine the amount of time participants were wearing the sensors. Fortunately, more than 97% of our 294 participants were able to follow this procedure and wore the monitors for at least six days.
We found that those with low objective risk took the fewest steps of all four groups (about 4,500), irrespective of their perceived risk; the “vigorous” took the most (about 6.300). The difference was around 1,500 steps when controlling for confounders, an amount which can be relevant for older adults’ health and function. Whereas in the group with high objective risk (“aware” and “stoic”) perceived fear did not really make a difference, there was a difference in steps per day between the “anxious” and the “vigorous”. This difference was not significant. For this reason, the ‘aware’ and ‘stoic’ are to be seen as high-risk groups for negative effects associated with low physical activity. To sum up, older people living in the community seem to behave in accordance with their objective risk rather than with their perceived risk of falling.
Dr Carl-Philipp Jansen is a postdoctoral researcher at Robert-Bosch-Hospital Stuttgart and Heidelberg University, Germany. As a sports scientist, he is focused on physical activity and mobility in older adults. Dr Michael Schwenk is head of a junior research group on physical activity and exercise in older adults at the Network Aging Research (NAR) at Heidelberg University. Their latest research paper ‘Association between everyday walking activity, objective and perceived risk of falling in older adults’ was recently published in Age and Ageing.
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Did you know that ancient history and archaeology has confirmed the existence of many people mentioned in the Bible? In an article in the Biblical Archaeology Review, Purdue University scholar Lawrence Mykytiuk examined Roman and Jewish historical documents to answer the question; Did Jesus of Nazareth, who was called Christ, exist as a real human being, “the man Christ Jesus” according to 1 Timothy 2:5NIV3?
This post has been sourced from the Biblical Archaeology Society. In 2017 I posted a summary of this article.
Tacitus, a Roman historian
Tacitus—or more formally, Caius/Gaius (or Publius) Cornelius Tacitus (55/56–c. 118 C.E.)—was a Roman senator, orator and ethnographer, and arguably the best of Roman historians. His name is based on the Latin word tacitus, “silent,” from which we get the English word tacit. Interestingly, his compact prose uses silence and implications in a masterful way. One argument for the authenticity of the quotation below is that it is written in true Tacitean Latin.4 But first a short introduction. (more…) | <urn:uuid:41b8225f-5adb-4da5-b409-0dc02b7b14f5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://georgesjournal.net/tag/archaeological/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.934035 | 249 | 2.5 | 2 |
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DSM-5 Controversy Is Now Firmly Transatlantic - By Professor Christopher Lane - Courtesy of the PsychologyToday Website
DSM-5 Controversy Is Now Firmly Transatlantic
Why the APA's lower diagnostic thresholds are causing widespread concern.
Proposed draft revisions to the DSM, which the American Psychiatric Association recently made available on its website, are stirring major controversy on both sides of the Atlantic.
With the number of signatures petitioning the revisions reaching 11,544 and a raft of international mental health organizations urging the APA to drop its proposed inclusion of "disruptive mood dysregulation disorder," "complicated grief disorder," and other questionable illnesses, the press in the U.S. and United Kingdom is now actively debating the proposals, in the process raising serious doubts and concerns about the APA's rationale for pursuing them.
In just the past few weeks, the New York Times alone has run several major articles on proposed adjustments to the definition of depression ("Grief Could Join List of Disorders"), autism, and Asperger syndrome ("Asperger's History of Overdiagnosis"), in part owing to the manual's highly elastic parameters and significantly lowered thresholds. Two Sundays ago, the Times also published an eloquent, well-researched op-ed called "Ritalin Gone Wrong," which on the basis of rigorous long-term studies dared to ask of the "three million children" in the U.S. who "take drugs for problems in focusing": "Are these drugs really helping children? Should we really be expanding the number of prescriptions filled?"
Yesterday in the UK, it was BBC Radio 4's turn on the "Today Programme" to debate the proposed inclusion of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (hereafter DMDD) and mild neurocognitive disorder, in a segment called "Quirk or Mental Illness?" Arguing (as the New York Times op-ed did) that it was "important to stop vast numbers of children from being prescribed very powerful psychiatric drugs" they frequently don't need, Peter Kinderman, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, took the opportunity to urge the APA "to pause and rethink" its proposal to make either behavioral trait a bona-fide mental disorder.
Kinderman made clear that he had two "major worries" about the APA's proposals: "A lack of fit" between the scientific research and how "people's behavior" was being made to "hang together in diagnostic groups," and that "large numbers of the diagnostic thresholds have been lowered" to make many more individuals eligible for a diagnosis.
He noted that DMDD was "broadly translatable to 'having temper tantrums'" and that "mild neurocognitive disorder" was tantamount to targeting seniors for "being a bit forgetful." Such concern about the proposals is perfectly reasonable. After all, the first proposed criterion for DMDD (previously known as Temper Dysregulation Disorder) is "severe recurrent temper outbursts in response to common stressors." Mild neurocognitive disorder, incredibly, is currently a proposal without symptoms, but the APA is encouraging concerned experts and lay readers to check back soon as "the criteria will be forthcoming."
"It's very important we get the definition and description of emotional problems right," Kinderman stressed, in a debate that has since made the pages of the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, Financial Times, Irish Health, French Tribune, Times of India, TopNews New Zealand, Toronto Sun, Reuters, Healthcare Global, ABC News, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Daily News. Just as "a lot of people suffer, ... it's also important that people don't get help they don't need," owing to the "very powerful psychiatric drugs" that are often prescribed after diagnosis.
David Kupfer, chair of the DSM-5 task force, tried to defend both proposals even as he dodged questions about the rising number of signatories to the DSM-5 petition and tried to assure the millions of Britons listening that the new edition will be "much more stringent" than the current one.
Unfortunately, the exact same promises have accompanied the release of every new DSM edition, only to dash the hopes of those who define stringent as the dictionary does, as strict, precise, exacting, and austere. In the late 1980s, for example, it was the turn of social anxiety disorder to be labeled an "epidemic"—shortly after the APA decided to lower the threshold for that trait to include such routine fears as public-speaking anxiety. Other key revisions at the time made sure that the anxiety needed only to be anticipated and could include such criteria as concern "that he or she may do something or act in a way that will be humiliating or embarrassing."
So much for the APA's stringency. What was driving the organization's support for DMDD, Kupfer insisted, was "an epidemic with respect to bipolar disorder in young individuals." What he couldn't of course add was that the APA's expanded criteria had, once again, helped to create just such an epidemic by ensuring that millions more children and adults met the newly-lowered threshold.
The APA's lower thresholds across the board help explain why we've seen "a twentyfold increase in the consumption of drugs for attention-deficit disorder," L. Alan Sroufe, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development, wrote in the Times op-ed "Ritalin Gone Wrong." Yet "putting children on drugs does nothing to change the conditions that derail their development in the first place." On the contrary, he noted, "policy makers are so convinced that children with attention deficits have an organic disease that they have all but called off the search for a comprehensive understanding of the condition."
Why the APA's lower diagnostic thresholds are causing widespread concern.
"The illusion that children's behavior problems can be cured with drugs prevents us as a society from seeking the more complex solutions that will be necessary," Sroufe warned. "Drugs get everyone—politicians, scientists, teachers and parents—off the hook. Everyone except the children, that is."
If David Kupfer's response yesterday is anything to go by, the APA is sure to continue defending its proposals tooth and nail, no matter how poorly considered they are. Still, it's worth recalling Kupfer's earlier words to the Chicago Tribune, when the scandal then embroiling the APA was its initial push for total secrecy over DSM-5 deliberations: "'One of the raps against psychiatry is that you and I are the only two people in the U.S. without a psychiatric diagnosis,' said Kupfer, head of the psychiatry department at the University of Pittsburgh." | <urn:uuid:9ba14999-d253-4cbb-a576-c71ae8af69dd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cope-yp.blogspot.com/2012/09/dsm-5-controversy-is-now-firmly.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.93934 | 2,020 | 2.46875 | 2 |
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: a panel from the six murals which decorate the college foyer. Photograph, c. 1933.
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A panel ( from a series of six in the college foyer, portraying the evolution of pharmacy), which bears a quote from Lowell: "They must upward still and onward who would keep abreast of the truth"
Founded in 1821, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science was the first college of pharmaceutical sciences in the United States
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Overview: Bond-friendly news from the European Central Bank meeting and increased concerns about a trade war were favorable for mortgage rates over the past week. Recent economic data caused little reaction. As a result, mortgage rates ended the week lower.
On Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it will begin to scale back its bond purchases in September and will finish them in December, which was expected. More notably, officials said that the first rate hike will not occur until at least September 2019. Since this time frame was later than expected, this was viewed as favorable news for global bond yields, including U.S. mortgage rates.
This past winter, retail sales unexpectedly turned negative for three straight months, leading to questions about the strength of consumer spending. However, Thursday's release of the retail sales numbers for May revealed a third straight month of solid gains, easing investor concerns about the health of the economy.
On Monday, President Trump threatened to impose an additional $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. Investors viewed this as a major escalation in the trade tensions between the U.S. and China. A trade war between the two countries would slow global economic growth, which in turn would reduce the outlook for future inflation. As a result, mortgage rates moved lower. Week Ahead
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The addition of new compact air amplifiers and high thrust jets to the Meech Air Technology (MAT) range opens up new applications for the company’s energy-saving compressed air products.
Three sizes of air amplifier and high thrust jet offer outlets from 9-37mm. The reduced dimensions allow industrial consumers of compressed air to gain the benefits of air amplification where space is at a premium without losing efficiency. Depending on the model, the air amplifiers entrain ambient air at ratios of between 12:1 and 25:1; the high thrust jet a ratio of 4:1.
Both products reduce noise levels by up to 50dBA and have no moving parts, making installation easy and reducing the need for ongoing maintenance.
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RNP delivered a 60 Mbps circuit to the Exact Sciences and Technology Institute (Icet) of the Federal University of Amazonas (Ufam), which is located in the Itacoatiara campus, 270 km from Manaus. Thus, the unit is now connected in high speed to the RNP’s Point of Presence in Amazonas, allowing researchers, professors and students to be integrated to the national academic network and to collaborate with other institutions. The network capacity enables internet access ten times faster than the previous one.
The ICET director, Jorge Kanda, celebrated the faster internet during an interview to Ufam. “There was a very significant speed increase. More than that, we are not connected to the PoP-AM. This will benefit the institute as a whole since our students will have access to research and journals to prepare their academic work”, said the professor.
Over two years, RNP has worked with the Technology, Innovation and Communication Centre (CTIC) of the university and local providers to seek connectivity alternatives. “We remain in a joint surveillance process with the campuses and the Senior Management of the University in the presentation of possible alternatives to the RNP that may improve the connectivity offered to our units”, declared the CTIC director, Jorge Carlos Magno.
According to the PoP-AM administrative coordinator, Edson Nascimento, the new connection allows the performance of videoconferences, administrative meetings, defence of end of course papers, Master’s and Doctorate juries, which reduced travel expenses.
Before RNP delivered the circuits to increase the connectivity of education and research institutions in the state of Amazonas, all Ufam campuses were served by satellite connections at a 6 Mbps rate.
In addition to the Itacoatiara campus, which is now served by a hybrid circuit of fibre optics and radio at a 60 Mbps transmission rate, provided by the company ICOM Telecom, the Humaitá campus is served by fibre optics at 100 Mbps, and the Coari campus is served by 30 Mbps radio connection. “In the first half of 2018, we expect to increase the Coari campus connection to 100 Mbps, which will be served by fibre optics, as one of the deliveries of the Connected Amazon Program, led by the Brazilian Army”, said the PoP-AM administrative coordinator during an interview to Ufam.
Ufam Exact Sciences and Technology Institute currently offers nine graduation courses, such as the Software Engineering course intended to provide qualified workers for the development of electronic equipment, and the Sanitary Engineering and Agronomy. The institute also offers the Post-graduation Program of Science and Technology for Amazon Resources as a Master’s and multidisciplinary, with focus on the areas of bioenergy and handling, chemical and biological prospecting and development of bioactive substances, and theoretical and computational studies in physics and chemistry.
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUESTS
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a state statute that provides the public the right to access government documents and records. As an Illinois public body, Streamwood Park District is subject to and complies with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 ILCS 140/1-140/11.
All FOIA requests will be processed in accordance with the act. In an effort to best provide the requested information, all requests must include complete contact information and adequate details of the information being requested (e.g. type of records requested, including but not limited to dates/timeframe). Each request will be complied with or denied within five (5) working days after its receipt. The five (5) working day time limit may be extended to include an additional five (5) working days in some cases. Each request for a commercial purpose will be complied with or denied within twenty-one (21) days after its receipt. Accordingly, if your request is for a commercial purpose, please indicate that it is for a commercial purpose as required under the act. Any attempt to procure a public record for a commercial purpose without disclosing that the use is for a commercial purpose constitutes a violation of the act warranting a fine.
The Park District has designated Elizabeth Sampson and Sherri Harry as their FOIA officers. Check below for common FOIA requests. If your FOIA request is not listed below, please submit all FOIA Requests in writing via regular mail, email, or facsimile to:
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5 Things I Learned From Teaching Up North
Every Child Matters
The incredible spirit, perseverance, and connection to the land and those around, have blessed the lens in which I’ve seen my students. I’ve never felt more honoured to share spaces with folks then when I’ve taught in Igloolik, Kimmirut, and Poplar Hill First Nation. These kids are superheroes, and I dedicate this piece to all those I’ve crossed paths with.
Before I share what I’ve learned, I’d like to mention that though Igloolik (Nunavut), Kimmirut (Nunavut) and Poplar Hill First Nation (Ontario), are all at quite a distance from each other, they all share some common themes. As a first generation settler on Turtle Island, I have not grown around family much. I am in constant awe of the deep connections to the land, animals, family, and community that Inuit and First Nations carry within them, regardless of the circumstances.
With permission from past students, I am thrilled to showcase some of their photography and skills in this piece.
So, here’s what I’ve learned:
My goodness, you would not believe how resilient these kids are. Sometimes they have this maturity about them, as if they know way too much for so little years lived. For Southerners, living in the arctic tundra with its freezing temperatures and isolation isn’t easy. But for locals, it’s just their everyday normal environment. That being said, they still brave way-below-zero temperatures to go hunt, play, and even just walk around with little issue.
They have individual powerful flames burning inside.
I’ll often times see certain teens bundled up with just a backpack and their hunting rifle, ready to shoot some ptarmigan. They’re often outside for hours at a time, regardless of weather, and they are incredibly independent. Once it gets warmer, you’ll see even more youth hiking out to shoot some geese for dinner as well.
And it’s not a surprise at all if they miss school or are late because they went out to the floe edge to check fishing nets and seal breathing holes. To be honest, when my students would tell me that someone is absent because they went out boating or hunting, I’d get a tad jealous. I’d rather be outside in nature than in the classroom too sometimes!
I am constantly in awe of the courage they have, and the time they put into going out onto the land and learning from their family. The land and family takes priority- as it always should in my opinion.
They brave harsh weather outdoors, and they sometimes also brave harsher weather indoors. I know my students have experienced a lot at home. Intergenerational trauma is real. Colonialism and an enforced system that goes against the traditional ways of living is real. These forces often beat down on Indigenous folks in both big and subtle ways.
Yet they are so resilient. Every day is resistance. Every hunt is reminiscence.
Meet them where they’re at
The first thing I do when I arrive to a new community is take a walk around. Say hi to people, even if you're a stranger. Be seen. Ask questions. Don't be afraid to be vulnerable. Now, that's probably a lot different than teaching in the city, where most teachers make sure they don't live anywhere near their school- but you don't have that option in a community of 500 people.
Everyone knows everyone- so get to know them.
When I mean "meet them where they're at", I don't just mean physically, though it helps immensely. I also mean it in the academic sense. As previously mentioned, sometimes attendance fluctuates greatly. Some students who are assigned a grade level, are often a few grades behind in multiple subjects (if not all). I found that there would always be one or two students who didn't attend school at all for a number of years (for various reasons), and so it is vital to meet the student where they are at.
Sometimes you'll be teaching teenagers at a grade 2 level. Sometimes you'll be teaching Grade 2 students at a Grade 4 level. It's wild. But it is important to remember that the subjects we learn/teach in school are not the whole make-up of a child. They often hold so much unique knowledge that you'd never really be able to teach just out of a textbook.
A lot of schools are understaffed and struggling to provide accurate supports, especially for students with exceptionalities. The classroom might not be their forte, but beyond the concrete walls they might have skills you've never thought of. Take the time to include outdoor and traditional knowledge in your curriculum, use the environment to help teach. Not only will you be teaching in a more wholesome way, but you'll also be including your students' own knowledge and identity.
Learning from each other
I remember when I was invited over to a friend's family's house for lunch; I was a first year teacher and felt so honoured. We had cooked polar bear and caribou meat, along with some frozen iqunaq (fermented walrus). I was sitting next to a student who was in Grade 3, and she pointed out the different parts of the caribou that I was eating. In that moment, I was definitely the student myself, not the teacher. I had no idea how she could tell by the bones, but damn I looked at her like she was a genius.
In another community in the North I had quite a few interesting adventures with my students. I always loved those moments when they would show me how to cut up beluga blubber into little squares to eat, or how they'd even try to teach me Inuktitut and syllabics and we'd just laugh at my mispronunciation. One time when my Grade 8/9 class was spelling words that start with a specific letter in Inuktitut, I got a letter wrong and spelled "Pubic Hair" on the board! We couldn't stop laughing, our faces were so red!
We're all just trying to learn something on this journey, and it is okay to make mistakes and look like you have no idea what you're doing. When you come with an open mind and heart, you'll learn so much from one another.
It’s not always about curriculum
Flaws of curriculum and the system set to oppress and maintain the oppressed. I think about the lack of meaningful training and consistency for staff, and often times it stems from the same ol' notion of assimilation.
Canada is still trying to assimilate First Nation, Metis, and Inuit into a 'Western' way of thinking and operating. Our school systems and structures are a continuous reminder of that. Using a curriculum (Nunavut's specifically) that is puzzle pieced together and then trying to teach it in a way that is foreign to people's ways of learning is just a recipe for failure.
If a group of people learn by being outside, storytelling, and hands-on activities, then throwing standardized testing in a non-Native language at them is just stupid. (Mind you, we're not even talking about intergenerational and ongoing trauma)
So you might think: "well why not teach in the way they learn?"
Simple answer: the training/certification that teachers have to go through, and the expectations of ministries and departments barely provides the idea of that, and furthermore it even stops us from doing exactly so.
The education systems themselves are struggling to decide how they want to educate children these days. More and more material is flooding curriculum trying to get some coverage. The expectations of what students need to know now is quite different from two generations ago. Technology definitely plays a part in that, and so does our fast-paced growing capitalistic society. You need to know how to do everything (but we still rarely teach basic trade skills in schools).
Although I'm not specifically talking about the U.S., the 'American Dream' is still plastered on the metaphorical (and literal) walls of Canada. And that dream focuses on one person, not a community.
Where's the "Community Dream"?
How does the community learn?
How can we facilitate a safe and meaningful learning environment for our students that can be carried on when they leave the school at the end of each day?
I had a student who struggled with authority figures in school, he's quite smart, and incredible out on the land. He's especially good at untangling fishing nets and fishing wire. We didn't always see eye-to-eye in class, but I won't forget how he would say "I got your pootoogoo!" all the time.
Pootoogoo means 'big toe'.
Why would he say that? I have no idea. But then he'd try to step on my toe and we'd turn it into a game.
They're all just kids.
The kid in Grade 8 who would go have a water party in the class sink because why not.
The kid who loved yelling out and swearing, would go and create the dopest GarageBand dubstep track.
The kid who would talk shit about everyone including herself, but would always have your back. The kid who asks "is it hard being an adult?"
The kids who gave the teacher hell all year but stood in silence with her -even when she cried- for 2 minutes to honour fallen soldiers and how her cousin lost too many friends.
To all the kids that knocked on her door every day, at any time, just to say hi and talk to someone. Even yesterday, and even the kids that she's never met or taught.
I know you just want to be seen.
And I see you all.
I see you.
And even though you are all just kids, you are the future. And you matter so much.
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Design and Development
In 1934 the Air Ministry issued Specification A.39/34 for an army co-operation aircraft to replace the Hawker Hector. Initially Hawker Aircraft, Avro and Bristol were invited to submit designs, but after some debate within the Ministry, a submission from Westland was invited as well. The Westland design, internally designated P.8, was the work of Arthur Davenport under the direction of "Teddy" Petter. It was Petter's second aircraft design and he spent considerable time interviewing Royal Air Force pilots to find out what they wanted from such an aircraft. Less clear was whether he or the pilots understood the army cooperation role and what the army wanted, which was Tactical Reconnaisance and Artillery Reconnaisance capability - photographic reconnaisance and observation of artillery fire in daylight - up to about 15,000 yards (14 km) behind the enemy front. The result of Petter's pilot enquiries suggested that field of view, low-speed handling characteristics and STOL performance were the most important requirements. Survival in hostile airspace, a key requirement, seems to have been forgotten.
Davenport and Petter worked to design an aircraft around these features: the result was unconventional and looked, by the time of its maiden fight on 15 June 1936, rather dated. The Lysander was powered by a Bristol Mercury air-cooled radial engine and had high wings and a fixed conventional landing gear faired inside large, streamlined spats. The spats had mountings for small, removable stub wings that could be used to carry light bombs or supply canisters. The wings had an unusual reverse taper towards the root, which gave the impression of a bent gull wing, although the spars were perfectly straight. It had a girder type construction with a light wood frame around that to give the aerodynamic shape. The forward part was duralumin tube joined with brackets and plates, and the after part was welded stainless steel tubes. Plates and brackets were cut from channel extrusions rather than forming from sheet steel. The front spar and lift struts were extrusions. The wing itself was fabric covered. A somewhat similar wing layout was also successfully used in a later Polish LWS-3 Mewa army co-operation aircraft and much earlier RWD-6 sports plane.
Despite its appearance, the Lysander was aerodynamically advanced; it was equipped with fully automatic wing slots and slotted flaps and a variable incidence tailplane. These refinements gave the Lysander a stalling speed of only 65 mph (104 km/h, 56.5 knots). It also featured the largest Elektron alloy extrusion made at the time: a single piece inside the spats supporting the wheels. This a feature of British built aircraft only – Canadian built machines had a conventionally built up assembly due to the difficulties involved in manufacturing such a large extrusion. The Air Ministry requested two prototypes of the P.8 and the competing Bristol Type 148, quickly selecting the Westland aircraft for production and issuing a contract in September 1936.
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All three persons in the Trinity possess the same divine attributes equally.
Holy. God is distinct and set apart from all else. He is morally pure and devoid of evil. He cannot sin. His attitudes, thoughts, words, motives, actions, and reactions are inherently righteous. His revelations, proclamations, commandments, principles, designs, and assessments are forever true.
Infinite. God is boundless. His attributes are immeasurable. Jesus was infinite while he resided on earth, but he lived within the bounds of his humanity most of the time.
Eternal. God always was, always is, and always will be. He has no beginning or end. Time is his creation. He exists apart from it.
Jesus subjected himself to the constraints of time generally, but sometimes he acted outside them. His first miracle, turning water into wine, was one such occasion. He compressed into an instant the years required to produce an exceptional vintage.
Self-existent. God is neither a conception nor a creation. He exists independent of any cause. If he were a construct, his designer would be God. Jesus has been alive in bodily form since eternity past.
Self-sufficient. God is complete in every respect. He has no needs or deficiencies. He cannot improve. God is self-sustaining. He requires no outside support. His life cannot be extinguished. He is the source of all other life.
Jesus set aside his self-sufficiency during his time on earth. For example, he required parental care in his childhood. His earthly body died on the cross, but his spirit did not. He now has a resurrected version of the same body.
Omniscient. God knows everything about everything. His knowledge of the past, present, and future is complete. He knows the potential outcomes of all possibilities. He cannot learn.
Jesus set aside his omniscience upon leaving heaven. He grew intellectually during his youth, as well as physically. In other words, he learned humanly what he already knew as God.
Omnipotent. God is all-powerful. He rules every realm—seen and unseen. His power is unlimited and unwavering. It neither waxes nor wanes. Jesus exhibited this omnipotence when he performed miracles.
Omnipresent. God exists outside of time and space, but he is transcendently active everywhere in these realms. He does not inhabit natural things like trees, rocks, or animals, but we are always in the presence of his handiwork and help.
Jesus generally traveled within the human bounds of space and time during his earthly life, but not always. He once walked on water. And after his resurrection, he moved instantly from place to place without any restrictions.
Sovereign. God reigns supreme over everything. His plans always prevail in the end. God acts according to his will alone. He never does anything he is unwilling to do. He cannot be manipulated or coerced.
Immutable. God cannot change who he is. He is unchangeable. He is the same person today that he was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
Wise. God knows best. His assessments and decisions are always fully informed and correct. He thinks logically and acts judiciously, with an eternal perspective. He is never mistaken.
Faithful. God is true to his word. He cannot lie. He always keeps his promises and fulfills his commitments. His allegiance is steadfast. He is utterly dependable.
Love. God cares deeply about his creation, especially us. He is profoundly warm and tenderly affectionate. His love is boundless, unfailing, and everlasting.
Good. Everything God thinks, says, and does is virtuous. He cannot commit or sponsor evil. He produces goodness in or around the lives of reborn believers from every experience, including our suffering.
Gracious. God is kind, generous, noble, and magnanimous. He is free of all resentment and vindictiveness. He is selflessly devoted to our well-being.
Just. God holds everyone accountable for their unrighteousness without bias. He will not allow himself to be mocked without recourse. He eventually avenges the unrepentant enemies who defy him, abuse his people, and misuse his name. God’s justice is always reasonable, equitable, and proportionate. His judgments are always guided by truth and fairness.
Merciful. God is compassionate, benevolent, patient, and forbearing. He blesses us more than we deserve. He postpones his justice, so the defiant have time to repent of their sins. Only after they have sufficiently ignored his entreaties does he unleash his judgment. | <urn:uuid:f24e9910-5367-4633-86b0-5268244e7c4d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://willsurely.com/attributesofgod/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.980321 | 962 | 2.34375 | 2 |
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Modern Foreign Languages - French
“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.”
French is our chosen modern foreign language at Harris Primary Academy Kenley.
French is taught every week throughout the school from Nursery to Year 6. French for Reception to Year 6 is taught by a French speaking specialist teacher, who uses a variety of techniques to encourage the children to have an active engagement with French, to develop a positive approach to languages and to develop an understanding of different cultures.
Our French curriculum is in line with the new National Curriculum. In KS2, the lessons are progressive and build on prior learning, moving from word to sentence level over the four years. The lesson activities are challenging, varied and interactive and develop listening, reading, speaking and writing skills.
Phonics sounds are taught explicitly in Year 2, 3, 4 and 5, in every lesson. Children are then expected to use their knowledge to apply to their spellings. Sounds are revisited once a half term in Year 6. The choice of vocabulary ensures exposure to all the key phonic sounds and ability to build sentences using grammatical knowledge. In Year 6, the content allows for revisiting and consolidating prior knowledge in Summer 2.
HF Curriculum Lead - Miss S French
HPAK Curriculum Lead - Miss S Buck
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Lead (Pb) is naturally occurring element whose distribution in the environment occurs because of its extensive use in paints, petrol, explosives, sludge, and industrial wastes. In plants, Pb uptake and translocation occurs, causing toxic effects resulting in decrease of biomass production. Commonly plants may prevent the toxic effect of heavy metals by induction of various celular mechanisms such as adsorption to the cell wall, compartmentation in vacuoles, enhancement of the active efflux, or induction of higher levels of metal chelates like a protein complex (metallothioneins and phytochelatins), organic (citrates), and inorganic (sulphides) complexes. Phyotochelains (PC) are synthesized from glutathione (GSH) and such synthesis is due to transpeptidation of γ-glutamyl cysteinyl dipeptides from GSH by the action of a constitutively present enzyme, PC synthase. Phytochelatin binds to Pb ions leading to sequestration of Pb ions in plants and thus serves as an important component of the detoxification mechanism in plants. At cellular level, Pb induces accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), as a result of imbalanced ROS production and ROS scavenging processes by imposing oxidative stress. ROS include superoxide radical (O2(.-)), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hydroxyl radical ((·)OH), which are necessary for the correct functioning of plants; however, in excess they caused damage to biomolecules, such as membrane lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids among others. To limit the detrimental impact of Pb, efficient strategies like phytoremediation are required. In this review, it will discuss recent advancement and potential application of plants for lead removal from the environment. | <urn:uuid:f307a849-5212-42d3-af25-685ac1352e23> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/tech-docs/paper/452330 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.917754 | 381 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Term of the Road Dictionary
reproducibility of measurements
- Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
- Theme : Roads Materials Material Testing
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Training Course Guidelines
As a FIWARE Generic Enabler matures, the documentation surrounding the component should also be fleshed out. The Read the Docs User Guide and Installation Guide should not be over-expanded with too much extra material, instead additional supplementary documentation should be created and maintained to allow new users to become familiar with all aspects of the component.
- For examples see fiwaretourguide.readthedocs.io.
The Tour Guide entry for a FIWARE Generic Enabler is complementary to the quick start in the User Guide. It contains
essential background information and key concepts along with a few common HTTP calls illustrating how to use the
component. To avoid bloat, it does not include set-up material or
docker-compose files, the assumption should be
that an installed component already exists and has been started.
The Tour Guide entry is aimed at decision makers who are weighing up which context data-based framework they are wanting to use.
- For examples see fiware-tutorials.readthedocs.io.
Tutorials are a step-by-step series of API calls integrating a FIWARE Generic Enabler into a stereotypical FIWARE-based scenario. The current set of tutorials are based on a Smart Supermarket environment. These are suitable for developers who learn by doing, as the goal of each tutorial will be to add a single new feature to the existing Smart Supermarket app.
A tutorial should consist of:
- Postman Collection.
- Bash script for initialization.
Only a single new Enabler should be introduced in each tutorial. Simple components may only need a single standalone tutorial, but more complex components should introduce the basic concepts of the component first and then subsequent tutorials can build on the previous ones. For example IoT Agents tutorials starts with a tutorial on Ultralight sensors before introducing the IoT Agent for Ultralight itself and then adding in an MQTT broker.
The tutorials are aimed at developers who are learning about a new Generic Enabler and where it fits within the FIWARE Ecosystem.
Academy courses consist of short (5-10 minute) videos and slide presentations (with or without audio). These courses are suitable for developers who prefer to learn by watching and are very useful for an overview of GUI-based components.
Typically video presentations should be hosted on
youtube.com and slide presentations on
downloadable sources for presentations with audio are currently found on the
In all cases links to each of the Academy courses should be listed and maintained in the
README.md of the GitHub
repository of the Enabler itself. It is essential that out-of-date materials are regularly removed from the list.
Other "Deep Dive" Presentations
Since attention spans are limited, presentations longer than about 10 minutes are less suitable as introductory learning
materials. Longer, deep-dive presentations such as those presented during FIWARE Summits should be listed separately in
README.md, since the audience will typically be more advanced - i.e. returning users rather than new users.
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A timeline of key events in Christchurch’s musical history.
We’re piecing together this timeline and would like your help.If you’re able to supply new events or dates, or add to the information we already have, let us know.
Lyttelton Times announces regular meetings to practice church music.
Choral classes begin in Lyttelton.
Canterbury Vocal Society formed. Nine men in Christchurch founded a society called the Canterbury Vocal Union which shortly afterwards amalgamated with a St. Cecilia Society, male and female voices thus being brought together. After several changes of name, it became the Royal Christchurch Musical Society in 1920. The oldest continually operating choral group in New Zealand, on January 1, 1991 it merged with the Christchurch Harmonic Society to form the Christchurch City Choir.
New) Music Hall opens. Built by the Musical Society, it was soon nicknamed
the Barn. The site was in Gloucester Street, opposite the present Theatre Royal.
Opening of a 12-night season of Lyster’s Royal Italian and English Opera Company. The opera was
Lucia di Lammermoor.
Birth of John Bradshaw, organist, conductor, music educator. Organist and master of the choristers at Christ Church Cathedral, April 1902 to March 1937; Professor of Music, Canterbury University College, 1937-1941; conducted Christchurch Liedertafel and Christchurch Musical Union; Founder of the Christchurch Male Voice choir and conductor 1917 - 1940. Died January 16, 1950.
H.M. Lund - pianist, music teacher, sometime conductor and full time critic for The Press from c. 1905 - arrived in New Zealand and settled in Christchurch. Multiple sources including Lyttelton Times, 14 September 1877 and Helen Watson, Music in Christchurch, unpublished thesis.
The last twenty years of the 19th century constituted a particularly fertile period of musical instruction, and for this four men in particular were responsible. These were H.M. Lund, H. Wells, G. F. Tendall, and F. M. Wallace. Hermann Maier Lund was the first of these to arrive…Helen Watson, Music in Christchurch, unpublished thesis.
On his eightieth birthday, the city of Christchurch honoured the fifty year contribution he [Lund] had made to the city. At the time, many accorded him significant creditfor the high plane on which Christchurch music [stood]"Music Community to Honour HM Lund", The Press 25 June 1927
Famous international soprano Frances Alda born in Christchurch as Fanny Jane Davis.
Birth of Ernest Empson for many years a leading piano teacher and founder of the Eroica Club (Christchurch) 1920. Died 1970.
Inter-city brass band contest (New Zealand’s first) and choral competition draws an audience of 2500 to the Drill Hall. The winner was the Invercargill Garrison Band.
Christ Church Cathedral choir begun by choirmaster and organist Harry Wells.
George Fredrick Tendall (1845-1901) arrived in New Zealand from England. Private music teacher, first lecturer in music at the university and the second organist of the Christ Church Cathedral.
Woolston (now Skellerup Woolston) Brass Band formed.
August Wilhelmj concerts performed with Max Vogrich
the great pianist
Dunedin: 30 November at the Princess, Otago Witness
Otago: 8 & 9 December
Reigning Monarch of the Violin at the Volunteer Hall, North Otago Times
Christchurch concerts occurred here but no refs other than Wellington concerts postponed as a result of an extension to the Christchurch season (to the 23rd when the first Wellington concert was to take place).Wellington: 26 December
for a few nights at the Athenaeum Hall, Evening Post Auckland: 3 January 1882, Wanganui Herald
Addington Workshops Brass Band formed.
28 to 30 October
Christchurch Amateur Operatic Society performs comic opera Madame Favart at Theatre Royal. Digitised programme at the National Library
Charles Santley - later Sir Charles -
the chief English baritone performs four concerts in Christchurch: North Otago Times and the NZ Tablet
First public display in New Zealand of Edison’s phonograph.
World famous contralto Madame Patey appears in Christchurch: North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 7161, 11 June 1891, Page 2
Birth of Vitor C. Peters, conductor and teacher, who formed the Christchurch Harmonic Society. Died November 22 1973.
The first general meeting of the Canterbury Society of Musicians took place at the Girls’ Friendly Society’s rooms on Saturday night [25/07/1891]. There was a good attendance of members, and some visitors were present. The President, Mr. Lund, occupied the chair, and was supported by Messrs Hunt, Normington, Searell, Wallace and Wells, members of the Council, Mr. Searell acting as Secretary. Aplogies were read from Messrs G. F. Tendall and A. J. Merton, and from Mr. Sidney Wolff, of Timaru…
On the motion of Mr. Wells, seconded by Mr. R. T. Searell, it was resolved
That this meeting confirm the constitution of the Society, as drawn up by the Council.
Lyttelton Times, 27 July 1891
Ernest Rutherford transmits New Zealand’s first radio waves in his basement laboratory at university.
Birth of Vernon Griffiths, organist, composer, conductor and music educator; Professor of Music at Christchurch University College 1942 - 1962. Died November 23, 1985.
Bicycle Band formed.
Canterbury society of Musicians adopted a new name - the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians. Canterbury Museum: Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand, Christchurch Branch Records 1897 - 1993 - 7 boxes (ARC 1993.40/1993.69/1995.14)
Sidney Hawker (1871-1956) wrote Young New Zealand’s national song, it was published by the Dresden Piano Company, it was popular with the troops in the Boer War - and was then forgotten.
See Papers Past, the Star:
10 March 1900 p. 5 - Mr Sidney Hawker has forwarded to the Addington camp Young New Zealand’s national song which was popular with third contingent;
12 February 1900 p. 4 - Hawker’s song had 'caught on' with the Canterbury Troop;
9 Feb 1900 p. 3 - Canterbury Troop - Hawker was sending copies of his song;
18 Nov 1897 p. 3 - Hawker’s Young New Zealand’s national song composed and written by him and published by Dresden Piano Company "The music is bright and inspiriting and is likely to become popular".
Sidney Hawker, New Brighton baker, Liedertafel and Christchurch Cathedral Choir member, wrote music which was published. Papers Past, Star, 24 April 1900, refers to his Defenders of the Empire, published by H. Paling & Co. of Sydney. It was
among the quantity of patriotic music for which the present war [Boer War] has been responsible.
Canterbury Caledonian Society Highland Pipe Band formed.
Singer Madam (later Dame) Nellie Melba gives concert.
Concert by pianist Jan Paderewski. He later became Prime Minister of Poland.
The first professional orchestra in New Zealand was formed for the International Exhibition held in Christchurch. It was called the Exhibition Orchestra and included 10 local musicians of 53.
Philip Jane, An Historical Survey of the Establishment of an Orchestral Tradition in Christchurch to 1939
First Dominion pipe band contest which was won by the Dunedin Highland Pipe Band. Held in conjunction with the 1906 New Zealand International Exhibition.
Dr Bradshaw was the organist at the 1906 New Zealand International Exhibition. He was the city organist from 1908. He gave recitals on the exhibition instrument at His Majesty’s Theatre in Manchester Street until 1917, when fire consumed both theatre and organ. In later years, Bradshaw made radio broadcasts from the Civic Theatre. Beyond Cathedral and College, Bradshaw was conductor of the Christchurch Musical Society and Liedertafel. In 1917 he fell out with the Liedertafel and created the Christchurch Male Voice Choir.
Birth of C. Foster Browne, organist, conductor, music critic, teacher. Organist and master of the choristers at Christ Church Cathedral, 1938-1976. Conductor of the Royal Christchurch Musical Society, 1941-1949 Music critic for The Press. Died 1983.
Concert by violinist Jascha Heifetz.
Birth of John Ritchie, music educator, composer and conductor; Professor of Music at University of Canterbury, 1962 - 1985.
Christchurch Radio Society begins regular radio transmission with station 3AC.
The Faculty of Music was created at Canterbury College, Christchurch.
The [Art Centre’s] Great Hall was the centre of the Department’s music-making until the move to Ilam in 1974. The Department was housed for many years (until 1957) above Room 15 situated beyond the rear of the [Great] Hall. John M. Jennings, A centennial history of the School of Music University of Canterbury 1891 - 1991.
Concert by violinist Fritz Kreisler.
Radio Broadcasting Company of N.Z. incorporated in Christchurch - the country’s first public radio company. The company became the major force in early radio, eventually owning and operating a chain of YA stations throughout the country. See 1932
Birth of Robert Field-Dodgson, conductor, music educator. Conductor of the Royal Christchurch Musical Society, 1949-1990. Director of music at Christ’s College, 1952-1986. Died 1999.
Birth of Maurice Till, concert pianist, accompanist and teacher.
28 and 30 April
First concerts of the Christchurch Harmonic Society founded by Victor C. Peters, who was conductor until 1959. On January 1, 1991 it combined with the Royal Christchurch Musical Society to form the Christchurch City Choir.
Music Teachers Registration Act was passed by parliament and led to the formation of the Music Teachers Registration Board.
Regarding early submissions on the Music Teachers Registration Bill/Act/Board
- Draft bill did not find favour with legislators.
- Much revised bill was introduced in late 1927
- Bill passed in 1928
- Bill came into effect on 1 Jan 1929
- The first Board met in May
Opening of Edmonds band rotunda.
Radio station 3YA begins transmission. At first, the station was operated by the old Radio Society for the Radio Broadcasting Company of N.Z.
Opening recital on the New Grand Organ in the Municipal Concert Hall. The previous organ which was given to the city at the close of the 1906-07 International exhibition had been destroyed in a fire in 1917.
Concert by violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) (already famous at only 17).
Christchurch Operatic Society formed.
George Martin, a teacher at St Alban’s School, approached the Canterbury Education Board and the North Canterbury Headmasters’ Association in late 1938 and received support for a Christchurch Schools’ Music Festival. George was appointed Musical Director and over 10-12th August, 1939, the first Festival was staged in the Civic Theatre. (information from Music Festival)
Centennial music festival presents 10 days of music to large audiences. This was the New Zealand Centennial. For Christchurch Centennial see 1950.
Civic reception for playwright/composer Noel Coward.
Max Merritt born in Christchurch.
Birth of David Childs, organist, conductor, teacher. Organist and master of the choristers at Christ Church Cathedral, 1977-1999. Conductor of the Christchurch Harmonic Society, 1978-1990. Died 1999.
Birth of John Cousins, composer, music educator. teacher and creative artist at Canterbury University 1967 - 2004.
First women’s pipe band in New Zealand formed in City.
Local headmaster George Couch founds the South Brighton Choral Society.
Composer Chris Cree Brown born.
Composer Eric Biddington born.
Birth of Philip Norman, composer, conductor, author.
Robert Perks M.B.E. founded the Christchurch School of Instrumental Music. Classes were held in the Normal School, Kilmore St (Now Cranmer Courts).
Max Merritt formed his first group, the Meteors. The group was made up of friends Ross Clancy on saxophone, Ian Glass on bass, Peter Patene on piano and Pete Sowden on drums.
His mother Ilene with the help of Kerridge-Odeon theatre manager Trevor King set up The Christchurch Teenagers Club (held in the Railway Hall in Sydenham).
14 to 19 April
Christchurch Music Festival was held as a Town Hall Promotion with musical events featuring international artists in venues that included King Edwards Barracks (Ida Haendel with National Orchestra).
John Ritchie String Orchestra founded. First full concert in March 1959. The Orchestra gave regular concerts, sometimes augmented by woodwind. This orchestra formed the core of the Christchurch Civic Orchestra in 1962, which in 1974 changed its name to the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
9 - 12 January
Johnny Devlin played four gigs at the St James’ theatre from Friday 9 January to Monday 12 January. Minister of Social Welfare Mabel Howard attended and quipped at half time:
There’s not much wrong with rock’n’roll.
The Christchurch Junior Choral Society (conducted by George Martin) comprising about 80 children-adult singers performed the first half of a concert in the Christchurch Civic Theatre. The mainly unaccompanied choral music was recorded for a subsequent LP and a group photo was taken. This author was in the back row among the young sopranos, and bought a copy of the group photo. The second half of the concert was performed by the Christchurch School of Instrumental Music. (information from Kass Finlay McAuliffe)
First concert by Christchurch Civic Orchestra with 44 players.
Concerts by jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
Large crowds for visit of Beatles pop group.
Christchurch School of Instrumental Music registered as an Incorporated Society.
Opening of first Pan-Pacific Arts Festival. Artists include singer Inia Te Wiata (in Porgy and Bess) and conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent.
Phil Garland opens Christchurch Folk Centre, later to become Christchurch Folk Club.
Dobbs Franks appointed conductor of Christchurch Civic Orchestra, to replace John Ritchie.
Second Pan-Pacific Arts Festival opens.
Under Robert Perks as lead conductor, all performers in Orchestras 1-8 of the Christchurch School of Instrumental Music (approximately 1100 performers of all abilities, with Orchestra 1 being concert standard) gave a massed performance at Cowles Stadium. The orchestras were mainly seated where the spectators usually sat, and the audience seated where the games were held, the performance had up to another 5 conductors. To incorporate all players, a special dais was built for Orchestras 1- 3, this author being on the outside of the desk among Violin 1s in Orchestra 2. It was a logistical marvel, and required the music to be arranged with varying degrees of difficulty so that the youngest could join in on the easiest bits. One piece performed that night by the massed orchestras was the Overture to the New World Symphony by Dvorak.(information from Kass Finlay McAuliffe)
Read more on Papers Past: 1200 Learning Musical Instruments, The Press, 3 October 1968, page 8.
Juan Matteucci appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Christchurch Civic Orchestra.
Christchurch production of Jenny Mcleod’s Earth and Sky in Civic Theatre.
Town Hall opened by His Excellency The Governor General, Sir Denis Blundell, GCMG, KBE.
Vanco Cavdarski appointed conductor of Christchurch Civic Orchestra, and gives first concert.
Change of name to Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
Christchurch School of Instrumental Music moved to Heaton Intermediate School and to the Arts Centre.
Split leads to formation of rival Canterbury Orchestra, with 10 full-time players. Christchurch Symphony continues through donations from the public.
Briolette Kahbic (Bic) Runga born in Christchurch.
25,000 attend concert by pop singer Neil Diamond at Q.E.II Park.
Opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland gives concert.
The Dux de Lux opens at the Christchurch Arts Centre; soon to become Christchurch’s (and possibily New Zealand’s) most consistent live venue due to its long-standing free-show policy and relaxed restaurant vibe.
Canterbury Orchestra disbanded. The demise of this professional orchestra ended 6 years of acrimonious dispute which profoundly disrupted the musical scene in Christchurch.
Canterbury Orchestra folds because of the inability of the Arts Council to increase its funding. Christchurch Symphony Orchestra carries on.
Concert by jazzman ‘Count’ Basie and his orchestra.
15 to 21 July
D’Oyly Carte Opera Company gives performances.
Roger Shepherd founds Flying Nun Records label in Christchurch.
The Bats play their first show. The Christchurch-based group featured Paul Kean (ex-Toy Love), the now Dunedin-Based Robert Scott (ex-The Clean), Kaye Woodward (ex-Lyndon and the Liars) and Malcolm Grant (ex-The Bilders) and still does.
Blue Ladder Theatre opens its doors at 87 Cashel St. The key production was Bride of the Wheel (Theatre of Cruelty) directed by Bill Direen, with a cast including Diane and Linzy Forbes as Beatrice Cenci and her father, with acrobats including David Clarkson (Stalker) plus many local musicians (incl. John Chrisstoffels of The Terminals). Seasons of performances occurred in an open-plan space with concurrent exhibitions in an adjoining room overlooking Cashel Street.
Independent label Failsafe Records forms and releases Accident Compilation — a definitive collection documenting the Gladstone Hotel, Hillsborough Tavern and Star & Garter post punk original music scenes.
Canterbury Opera formed.
Radio UFM (located at University of Canterbury) becomes first station in Canterbury to be granted an FM warrant on a long term basis.
Galaxy Records, Christchurch’s key independent music store, opens in Gloucester Arcade. It later moves to its present location in High Street in 1990.
Hayley Dee Westenra was born in Christchurch.
Community access radio station Plains FM goes to air for the first time.
Post-punk three-piece Dolphin play their first gig and release two jagged-edged guitar rock eps. The band is Kevin Stokes, Steve Birss and Rob Mayes.
William Southgate appointed Principal Guest Conductor to Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
Record crowd of 60,000 at Lancaster Park to see Irish Rock Band U2.
Holy Toledos folk-rock group formed from group of school friends from St Thomas of Canterbury College. Popular live band around town and produced two albums. Active until 1994.
Welcome to our world, recorded by John Grenell, reaches number one in the New Zealand charts.
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra: Tony Kunowski appointed as Manager (interim at first). He began a policy that became more populist, to encourage larger and wider audiences.
Christchurch City Choir formed with the merger of two long-standing choirs, the Royal Christchurch Musical Society and the Christchurch Harmonic Society.
CPIT Jazz School opens. Originally situated on St Asaph Street with Neil Pickard as Head of School. The school was later accommodated in a new building on the corner of Madras and High Streets.
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra: Jan van den Berg appointed as Concertmaster.
Music Centre opened Christchurch School of Music moved in as a foundation tenant, dropped the word “Instrumental” from its name (14 Dec) and included choirs into its ensembles.
Failsafe Records release classic Christchurch compilation Avalanche. Featuring Loves Ugly Children, 147 Swordfish, Supertanker, Lurch and Pumpkinhead. The compilation showcases the strength of the local underground scene as it bubbled up and boiled over into the mainstream. Gigs at this point (mainly at Warners in Cathedral Square on a Thursday night, although the Dux de Lux was also a mainstay as well) often saw large crowds, with Warners sometimes attracting 800 people. The release party for this compilation was held at the now demolished Performing Arts Theatre (now better known as 'Little Bosnia'!)
Local hip hop act Dark Tower formed.
Christchurch Music Centre opens in the former Sacred Heart Convent.
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra: A policy is developed to have tenured players. The first four tenured players were appointed in November. They were from the Ukraine.
Installation of Rieger Pipe Organ in Christchurch Town Hall completed.
The Riegler Pipe Organ in the Christchurch Town Hall was first played to the public to test its sound with a full auditorium. Organ curator Martin Setchell played the international students’ hymn, Gaudeamus Igitur to close the afternoon university graduation ceremony.
Christopher Herrick officially inaugurated the Christchurch Town Hall organ.
The Montana Christchurch International Jazz Festival established as a biennial event. The festival features national and international jazz and blues artists performing at a variety of venues around Christchurch.
Formation of She’ll Be Right Records by Dark Tower’s Jody Lloyd. Initially the label was licensed to Universal Music, but in 2002 became independent. The label had a strong Kiwi accent focus and the music released ranged from folk to hip hop. More than 30 local albums were released between 2002 and 2009, from artists such as Trillion, Dark Tower, John White (mestar), Andy Gibson, Ragamuffin Children, Lindon Puffin, Billy Wilson, Bazuki Joe, Jeremy Taylor, Delaney Davidson, Tono, Jim Christy and Le Mot Cafe.
Jody Lloyd (Trillion) was the first NZ signing to Universal Music and released the collaborative album Shadows on a Flat Land, which featured a number of Christchurch musicians.
Tim Baird founds local label Pinacolada Records after countless nights clubbing.
Dark Tower released Canterbury Drafts (LP) through Universal Music. The rap duo consisted of Eli Foley and Jody Lloyd. After this release Lloyd started a solo project under the name Trillion and has released an album a year since 2001.
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra: Marc Taddei appointed as Musical Director from 2001. He inaugurated a more adventurous musical programme.
Christchurch based label Pinacolada Records releases its first 12", Rockwood’s 'Chee'/'Kung Fu Philosophy' (PINA1201)
Anika Moa’s Thinking Room album debuts at number 1 in New Zealand.
Rockwood’s debut album Trippers Guide To House released on Pinacolada Records. A twisted mash up of house, drum and bass, funk and dub, it blows open the doors for many of the more experimental electronic acts on the scene. Producer Peter Wood (aka Rockwood) continues to play in Salmonella Dub.
Falter band from Mairehau High win 2003 Smokefree Rockquest plus Coke original song award for Falling To Pieces, Best vocals (Simon), Contempo Musicianship award + scholarship (Simon) and The Edge Airplay Award in association with NZ on Air.
Pinacolada Records release another 12" vinyl, this time by Mark de Clive and Thisinformation (containing Solaa buddies Chris Cox and Isaac Aesili along with guest Kurt 'Partido' Dyer and David Wright). The b-side of the record is picked up, remixed and licensed to Italian record label Ohm Records. This is the first time a local club tune has gained international recognition on dancefloors throughout Europe.
Stand up / Not many, a double-sided single recorded by Christchurch rapper Scribe, reaches number one in the New Zealand charts.
Headspace (aka Andre Hermer) and Fanatica (aka Ryuichio Louis Ijjmar) release their split 12" single 'Fly Away'/'Scent of Love' (feat M.C. Lia) on 12" to complete the trilogy of Pinacolada Records vinyl releases. The tunes receive international support from Tony Coleman (Hospital Records UK) and DJ Bailey (Radio 1 Xtra UK). Hermer soon departs to England to study and Iijmar moves to Tokyo and then back to Hong Kong.
Hayley Westenra’s Pure wins Top New Zealand album at the New Zealand Music awards.
Scribe wins top NZ single for Stand Up / Not Many.
Pinacolada Records release The Shocking Pinks debut album Dance The Dance Electric (PINACD02). The album goes on to widespread national and international acclaim, with it receiving a review of 8.2 out of 10 on US website Pitchforkmedia.com.
Dreaming by Scribe reaches number one in the New Zealand charts.
Christchurch Symphony: Murray Shaw appointed Chief Executive.
Stop the music by P-Money and Scribe reaches number one in the New Zealand charts.
Live in concert by Hayley Westenra becomes the number one DVD — it is the first New Zealand DVD to top our charts.
((CHART)) launches christchurchmusic.org.nz a portal for Christchurch Music featuring news, events, gigs, key dates, funding and directory of artists, studios, venues, live sound, education, media and much more.
Christchurch Symphony: Last concert by Marc Taddei as Musical Director.
Canterbury Opera went into voluntary liquidation.
Pig Out are invited to play support for Danish group 2 Many DJs / Radio Soulwax on their 'Nite Versions' tour. A real coup for a local band just one year after their inception, and only a couple of months after their debut Pinacolada Records release Club Poems.
Southern Opera launched.
Christchurch School of Music expanded its rooms in the Music Centre and began an innovative distance learning programme.
Pinacolada Records put out their seventh release which is the debut album by acclaimed local group Tiger Tones.
APRA Silver Scroll Awards held in Christchurch for the first time.
RDU98.5FM celebrates its 40th birthday. Alternative Radio: RDU98.5FM since 1976 charted the history of the South Island’s longest-running independent radio station, starting with its birth on 23 February 1976 for a few short weeks during student orientation at the University of Canterbury. Exhibition at Canterbury Museum opened 18 March 2016.
8K is an independent internet radio station broadcasting a full-spectrum sound selection from post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand. Formed in July 2016 by a pack of battle-hardened radio veterans, musicians, DJs, and young upstarts, our non-commercial and democratically driven station features “music picked by people”, and not a tasteless algorithm. Expect a sonic array of locally-sourced organic content, brand new tunes and old-school classics merged into an eclectic mix of everything from surf guitar to glitch-hop.
South Brighton Choral Society marks its 70th anniversary by changing its name to South Brighton Voices.
The Lion Christchurch Schools' Music Festival moved back to the repaired and renovated Christchurch Town Hall and celebrated 80 years of its existence. The festival was performed over four consecutive nights.
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A lot of this timeline was sourced from various newspapers and contributions but the following books have also been used.
- Philip Jane, An Historical Survey of the Establishment of an Orchestral Tradition in Christchurch to 1939
- John M. Jennings, A centennial history of the School of Music University of Canterbury 1891 - 1991.
- John M. Jennings, For the Advancement of Music and Musicians: A short centennial history of societies in Christchurch devoted to the well-being of professional teachers of music
- Helen Watson, Music in Christchurch, unpublished thesis. | <urn:uuid:e7a31e36-fb76-4d6d-8e3b-42d31dfcdb58> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/christchurch-music-timeline/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.929302 | 6,699 | 1.882813 | 2 |
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A manufacturing company has been investigated by the Health and Safety Executive after a routine health and safety inspection found that staff were at risk of exposure to a toxic substance and despite being warned to take action and rectify the health risk, they did not do so for 22 months.
The toxic substance in question is called styrene and the company uses it in the production process of their products. An inspection of the premises in 2013 identified that there was no adequate processes or procedures in place to control the exposure to the employees such as an extraction system to remove the toxic substance from the air and filtered masks to prevent inhalation.
Side effects of breathing in styrene include irritation to the nose, throat and lungs, neurological effect which can include poor concentration, drowsiness, headaches and nausea.
The HSE found that the company failed to make the necessary improvements to the premises after an improvement notice was served in May 2013 and only added the necessary safety processes once they moved into new premises in March 2015 leaving employees exposed to toxins for 22 months.
The manufacturing company pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 7(1) of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) and was fined £8,500 and ordered to pay costs of £4,500.
An HSE Inspector said: “ Workers’ health was put at risk from exposure to styrene for a period of 22 months, even after the company had been made aware of the actions it needed to take.
“Whilst HSE is sympathetic to the pressures faced by small businesses, this is simply not acceptable. Employers need to take action to ensure they are providing adequate control to protect the health of their employees.”
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TTI’s Youth Transportation Safety (YTS) Program seeks to save lives and reduce injuries among America’s youth by developing and delivering the nation’s most comprehensive suite of transportation safety programs and projects. Founded on the Institute’s award-winning Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) program, current YTS initiatives include the following grassroots, peer-to-peer outreach programs:
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NASA Explorer Schools invites all U.S. teachers and students to join us today at 2:00 p.m. EDT for a live video chat with Lin Chambers. Chambers is an atmospheric scientist and the director of the CERES S’COOL Project at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Clouds are an important part of our atmosphere, and scientists are studying how they affect our weather and climate. She will talk about the effect clouds have on the Earth’s climate and will answer student questions about the role of clouds in the Earth’s energy and water cycles, and the benefits of participating in real-world atmospheric research through the S’COOL Project.
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DNA Methylation is a phrase that has gained in popularity lately, but if you’re like me, maybe you’re wondering what DNA methylation is, and more importantly, how can it be used for forensic applications? If that sounds familiar, than this post is for you, because we’re going to tackle those very questions.
Written by: Tara Luther, Promega
Forensic DNA typing has proven to be an invaluable tool in solving crime and finding justice for victims, but it has its limitations. For instance, what if there is no suspect match in a database, or what if we need to know exactly what type of biological fluid has been found at a crime scene? Additionally, recent news stories have shown that when dealing with suspects who have an identical twin, it’s very difficult (and expensive) to determine who was the culprit, and even if you can, will it be accepted in court?
While DNA methylation cannot overcome all of these obstacles, it can provide additional information to help identify a suspect and then bring them to justice. Read on to discover what DNA methylation is and how it can be used in addition to traditional DNA typing.
What is DNA Methylation?
To understand DNA methylation, you first have to know a bit about epigenetics. Epigenetics is a broad term used to describe reversible modifications to the genome. In addition to each individuals’ genetic blueprint, the epigenetic code is inherited patterns that include an additional layer of information. A widely accepted definition is the “study of processes that produce a heritable phenotype that does not strictly depend on the DNA sequence”.
Epigenetic patterns are preserved during cell division, but they can change over an individual’s lifetime. These changes can be due to age, environmental factors, and an individual’s health. Remember this as we discuss benefits to DNA methylation later.
Now to the topic at hand. In the human genome, DNA methylation is a necessary biochemical process for normal development. Without DNA methylation, normal cells would stop growing or die. It involves adding a methyl group at the 5’ position of cytosine residues in CpG dinucleotides. The methylation process helps in the stabilization of the condensed chromatin, and has also been found to regulate gene expression. Un-methylated DNA sequences are treated with sodium bisulfite resulting in two unique DNA sequences – one methylated, and one un-methylated. Conversion of DNA using sodium bisulfite allows for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of individual CpG sites.
How Can DNA Methylation be applied to Forensic Casework?
Discrimination of Bodily Fluid
There are multiple types of body fluid that can be found at a crime scene: blood, saliva, semen, vaginal fluids, sweat, or urine. While traditional DNA typing can be used to match a suspect to a crime scene, sometimes it is also necessary to determine the type of bodily fluid found as a means of reconstructing the crime scene. While this can be done via traditional DNA typing, the part of the sample used for the test would be consumed. This can be a problem when there was only a small sample to begin with.
This is where DNA methylation can play an important role. It is highly cell-specific, meaning methylation patterns found in the same tissue type are more consistent among different individuals than it is among different tissues within the same person. By looking at the patterns of methylation, analysts can determine the type of fluid present without destroying the sample.
In the video below, Joana Antunes of Florida International University describes her work with DNA methylation and bodily fluid identification:
DNA methylation levels change throughout an individual’s lifetime. While levels increase during an individual’s first year of life and remain steady throughout adolescence, they gradually decrease across the genome after adulthood is reached. Based on this knowledge, analysts are able to predict the age of an individual within 5 years.
In addition, DNA methylation can also be used to determine the rate of aging for an individual. Deviations from standard levels could indicate underlying health or physical conditions that can’t be determined from autopsy alone.
Individualizing identical twins has been a difficulty for analysts since they contain the same DNA. Since DNA methylation is impacted by environmental and health factors, the twin’s methylation patterns will differ. Looking at those patterns make it possible to distinguish identical twins.
Naito et al describe a study they performed in their article, Sex Determination Using the Hypomethylation of a Human Macro-Satellite DXZ4 in Female Cells, which has forensic applications in determining if a sample was from a female. The study analyzed methylation patterns of DXZ4, an X chromosome-specific region. The sequence showed low degrees of methylation on the inactive X, but hypermethylation on the active X chromosome. This protocol was also quite sensitive, so only a minute amount of DNA was deemed necessary for accurate sex typing.
While there are many promising applications for DNA methylation in forensics, some challenges still remain. For instance, while this may be a great tool to narrow down a pool of suspects for investigators, the sensitivity of the marker and detection methods are among issues to consider before DNA methylation can be used in the courtroom. Consideration must also be made when mixed samples are presented, and all markers used must show high sensitivity and specificity, as forensic samples are often small or degraded. As with all new technologies, however, perhaps one day DNA methylation will become commonplace in the lab.
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Testing mobile applications has its own set of challenges. Mobile application is mobile, and in order to cover all possible features, you need to test mobility of the application. Which means you need to test out mobile application in different environments. In this post I will talk about how I accidently tested mobile application in different environments.
I was preparing Appium automation demo of client application. Application was installed on our IPad Air test device. In order to run automation scenario successfully, wi-fi network access was needed. Scenario was prepared and tested in my office. We were ready to do the demo in client’s office.
I came one hour earlier to test the scenario run. And guess what, all scenarios failed. One of the most important application feature is to connect by default with other devices that could be contacted via network. In their office, client had a wide range of devices with installed application. Application on IPad discovered those devices and tried to connect with application installed on them. And for the coded automated scenario, that was not expected, and scenario failed.
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Avoid a breach: Cyber security for your online storefront
Avoid a breach: Cybersecurity for your online storefront
The service package we sell at Denver Digital allows local businesses across Denver to not only increase their searchability in the wide world of the internet but also to better reach their target market of consumers and partners by Denver Seo Services.
Unfortunately, the Internet can be a place where theft and hacking pose as big of a threat as it would at a brick and mortar storefront.
Cybersecurity and crime are topics many small business owners don’t know about, and if you’re doing business online, understanding the possibilities for theft and how to avoid or prevent them can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars if a breach were to hit your neck of the woods.
The Federal Communications Commission recently published a few cybersecurity tips businesses should consider in order to protect their data, employees, and customers while doing business online.
The first is to create programs that correctly train your employees in basic e-commerce security principles. This can range from simple concepts like creating memorable, complex passwords that are harder to hack, to understanding federal and state penalties and rights when it comes to a data breach. Employees should know how to protect their own data as well as your customer’s information because it will establish your credibility in the online marketplace and retain your reputation when breaches and hacks happen.
Second, businesses should be mindful of the quality and amount of privacy software installed on their computer system. Each machine should include a form of firewall, a web browser protection that screens certain websites before opening them, an up-to-date point of sale and operating system, as well as software to keep any online transactions encrypted and secure. Traditional antivirus software is also important to look into. Installing these kinds of programs may cause a large expense one month, but it’s more than worth the peace of mind and safety of knowing your cash is secure.
Beyond your business’ security software, be sure to take steps to secure mobile devices and the personal computers of your employees, in the event they use them for work purposes. This can be difficult because mobile devices are more personalized and hold more sensitive information, now protected by things like fingerprint lock codes. Always require your employees to protect their data with passwords and lock screens and avoid public networks unless their phone is protected by a mobile security application.
If you truly can’t trust the online marketplace fully, feel free to copy and write down any important access codes, passwords, or information pertaining to your business and lock those documents up in a safe. Then, set a standard of backing up your system data once a week or once a month. This essentially means moving all files and data to an external or secure hard drive in case of a primary system failure. For this, you can use physical hard drives or a sort of cloud system to be sure any deleted files are not ever really gone.
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Spring is here. For some, springtime is a welcome relief to the cold winter months, bringing longer daylight hours and buds on flowers and trees. For others, springtime equals sneezing, watery eyes and tissue boxes related to seasonal allergies. According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI), more than 50 million American individuals have seasonal allergies (1).
What are allergies?
Allergies are an overreaction of the body’s immune system to substances, called allergens (2). Allergens can cause the symptoms of sneezing, coughing, and itching, as well as rashes and dry eyes. Allergic reactions can range from merely bothersome to life-threatening.
What are seasonal allergies?
Seasonal allergies are defined as the body’s immune response to certain environmental triggers, which are more prevalent during a particular time of the year. Seasonal allergies are also known as allergic “rhinitis” or “hay fever”.
What are the main causes of seasonal allergies?
Changes in temperature and weather promote environmental variations that give rise to seasonal allergens. Arising from these changes are various types of pollens, grasses and weeds. There are three main allergy periods during the year:
Early Spring allergies: Pollen grains from the trees create the primary source
Late Spring/Early summer allergies: The allergies caused at this time of the year are mainly due to the pollen grains from grasses including: Kentucky Bluegrass, Sweet Vernal, Orchard, Timothy grass, Bermuda and Johnson (1).
Weed pollen allergies: These allergies are more common in the late summer and fall. The primary allergen during this season is the Ragweed pollen. Some of the other pollen and allergen producing weeds are Pigweed, Lambs Quarters, Curly dock, Sheep sorrel, plantain, and sagebrush (1).
What types of allergens are prevalent in Nevada?
Trees: Alder, Arizona Cypress, Ash, Aspen, Birch, Box elder, Cottonwood, Elm, Locust,
Maple, Mulberry, Oak, Pine, Poplar, Sycamore, Willow Shrubs/Grasses: Alfalfa, Clover, Broom, Juniper, Privet, Sagebrush
Weeds: Burning Bush, Cocklebur, Curly dock, Pigweed, Plantain, Rabbitbrush, Ragweed, Tumbleweed
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What are some common symptoms of seasonal allergies?
Symptoms of seasonal allergies include:
How can I prevent allergies?
Allergies generally cannot be prevented, but the symptoms can be treated. Once a person knows they are allergic to a certain substance, they can avoid contact with the allergen. Strategies to minimize exposure to allergens include:
How can I tell what I am allergic to?
An allergist can do several different types of tests to assist in identifying what you are allergic to. Tests fall into the following categories (3):
then reintroducing them to see if allergies occur
How are seasonal allergies treated?
Seasonal allergies can be treated with medications, including nasal sprays and medications. Nasal sprays help relieve sinus-related symptoms. Medications diminish the body’s reaction towards allergies. Both have types available over-the-counter or types requiring a prescription (1). For individuals with severe or life-threatening allergies, epinephrine is often prescribed as a self-injected emergency drug to treat anaphylaxis.
For moderate to severe allergies, allergy therapy from a medical provider may also be used to reduce the severity of symptoms. Anti-immunoglobulin (IgE) therapy reduces IgE antibodies produced by the immune system in response to allergens, thereby reducing allergic responses (1). Immunotherapy consists of allergy shots and drops. Repeated dosing helps the individual develop resistance and protection against allergens.
Springtime in Nevada brings spring blooms and green grasses to the high desert area. Coupled with strong Nevada winds, this can wreak havoc on those with allergies. If you experience moderate to severe allergy symptoms, you may want to seek care with your provider or an allergist. While there is no cure for allergies, the many treatments available can help to minimize the symptoms and allow you to welcome Spring.
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'Irresponsible' To Conflate Chinese, Russian Influence Schemes, Democrats Charge
Updated at 4:15 p.m ET
The White House was "irresponsible" to conflate what it called the threat to U.S. elections from China with the one demonstrated since 2016 by Russia, a group of House Democrats said on Wednesday.
The minority leaders of a number of key committees said they've received a briefing from the Department of Homeland Security that they said makes clear President Trump and Vice President Pence are wrongly lumping Chinese influence operations in with the better-known "active measures" waged by Russia.
"Nothing we have learned through this update supports the president's or vice president's recent claims or changes our view that their statements on this issue are driven by partisan politics rather than the facts," the Democrats said in a joint statement.
The statement was signed by Reps. Adam Smith of Washington state, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee; Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee; Elijah Cummings of Maryland, ranking member of the House oversight committee; Jerry Nadler of New York, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee; and Bob Brady of Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Administration Committee.
The White House's "everyone is doing it" rhetoric is a smokescreen to excuse a lack of meaningful deterrent by Trump against Russia, the Democrats also said.
"No amount of foreign interference in our elections is acceptable," they said. "However, conflating the interference by Russian and Chinese actors is irresponsible and demonstrates the White House's partisan approach to the unprecedented Russian actions to undermine our democracy."
DHS press secretary Tyler Houlton said on Wednesday afternoon that the Democrats were misinterpreting what they'd been briefed.
"It is disappointing that some members of Congress are choosing to politicize intelligence and have apparently failed to read important information transmitted to them," Houlton said.
"While this was a single unclassified analytic product and does not represent all reporting on the issue, it quite clearly and directly discussed both Chinese and Russian threats. DHS and our interagency partners continue to track serious attempts by both countries and other foreign actors to interfere in U.S. domestic affairs, including elections, and undermine confidence in democratic institutions."
White House warnings
The minority leaders were responding to earlier warnings by Trump and Pence that China is as big or a bigger disruptor as Russia to the information environment.
The president and vice president accuse the Chinese of trying to unseat them because of Trump's trade policies, which include tariffs that target China's exports to the United States.
Pence cited an advertising supplement in the Des Moines Register that sought to convince Iowa farmers about how much the Trump trade policies were hurting them. China's strategy is to turn Americans at the grassroots level against Trump in areas affected by the trade war, he said.
"Our intelligence community says that 'China is targeting U.S. state and local governments and officials to exploit any divisions between federal and local levels on policy. It's using wedge issues, like trade tariffs, to advance Beijing's political influence,' " Pence said.
That is a different type of influence operation than that waged by the Russian government, according to what the intelligence community has said. China communicates more openly about what it wants and why, based on the public accounts of its operations.
It also uses — according to what Pence described — an identical strategy to that used by European governments who also opposed the Trump administration's trade restrictions.
When the White House began to threaten tariffs, the Europeans responded with measures that targeted products made in the home states of House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. The Trump administration faulted the European leadership but did not accuse it of a political influence campaign.
Intelligence leaders do say that China is the largest long-term threat to the United States and accuse it of wholesale, industrial-scale theft of American business' most valuable secrets.
Several Chinese intelligence officials have been indicted in absentia and charged with cybertheft. And last week, the Justice Department took the unprecedented step of charging a Chinese intelligence officer in person in federal court in Ohio with stealing American aerospace intellectual property.
The mercantile emphasis of Chinese intelligence activity differs from what Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller's office has described as the political focus of Russia's recent clandestine activity.
In 2016, for example, Russian intelligence officers posed online as Americans in trying to pit U.S. citizens against each other — pretending to be Black Lives Matter activists, for example, who sought to convince other black activists not to vote.
In another example, Russian influence-mongers staged a real rally for which they solicited people on opposite sides to turn out at the same time and try to create a conflict.
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has said that although Russian influence operations have continued since 2016, they have not risen to nearly the same intensity in targeting the midterm elections in less than a month.
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This Martin Luther King Jr. design is a little edgier than many of my MLK designs. However, in meditating upon our upcoming local MLK celebrations in Toledo, Ohio, I recognize that the profound edginess of MLK’s body of work for peace and justice is often turned into some kind of namby-pamby niceness and abstraction of pure intentions. Of course, this overlooks the hard-core and often very unpopular work that MLK conducted. I was extremely disappointed, as were so many others, when President Obama gave his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize. While Mr. Obama typically finely targets his fine rhetoric to his audience, his speech to the largely pacifist aficionados of the Nobel Peace Prize was nothing less than crude apologetics for violence. Unfortunately, Mr. Obama’s rhetoric has been fully incarnated into deadly policy with his escalation of killer drones initiated by Pres. George W. Bush.
I plan on passing out free buttons to participants of our local MLK celebration. I expect that many people will be a little reluctant at the harsh juxtaposition of Martin Luther King Jr. and his idealistic and famous “I have a dream speech” with President Obama’s droning on with killer strikes, raining death on mostly civilians and often children. Mr. Obama’s killer drone strikes is perhaps this millennium’s best example (so far) of a blatant violation of international law and national sovereignty.
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Biological Methods of Polluted Soil Remediation for an Effective Economically-Optimal Recovery of Soil Health and Ecosystem Services
Author(s): Rafael G. Lacalle, José M. Becerril, Carlos Garbisu
Soil is one of our most important resources as it supports many critical ecological functions and ecosystem services. Nonetheless, due to a wide variety of environmentally-unsustainable anthropic activities, sadly, our soils are currently contaminated at a global scale with a myriad of potentially toxic inorganic and organic compounds. Regrettably, most, if not all, traditional physicochemical methods of soil remediation are frequently based on economically-infeasible and/or environmentally-destructive techniques. In consequence, in the last years and decades, more sustainable and innovative biological methods of soil remediation (belonging to the sometimes called “gentle remediation options”) are being developed in an attempt to combine: (i) an efficient removal of soil contaminants (in terms of a decrease of total and/or bioavailable contaminant concentrations), (ii) a reduction of soil ecotoxicity, (iii) the legally- and ethically-required minimization of risk for environmental and human health, and, concomitantly, (iv) a recovery of soil health and (v) associated ecosystem services. Ideally, any soil remediation method should not only decrease the concentration of soil contaminants below regulatory limits but should also recover soil health and alongside the provision of essential ecosystem services. Unquestionably, all this must be achieved in full compliance with the binding environmental regulations and, most importantly, via the implementation of economically-feasible (preferably, profitable) strategies of soil remediation. | <urn:uuid:2b271f27-263e-4a7d-9387-3cb46a5052ef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fortunejournals.com/abstract/biological-methods-of-polluted-soil-remediation-for-an-effective-economicallyoptimal-recovery-of-soil-health-and-ecosystem-service-1362.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.910343 | 353 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Electricity, cooling and heat from wind, sun and water
Rising global energy demand – ever stricter environmental standards. Modern energy production places the highest demands on all components: from offshore use in wind power to sometimes extreme temperatures in solar energy plants. The sustainable production of hydrogen is becoming increasingly important.
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Jess from Germany describes impact of being an international sister
Hosting an exchange student can have a major impact on American children – in the best way. When your family hosts an exchange student with Academic Year in America (AYA), your children gain an international sister or brother whom they can rely on, learn from, and grow with. In the same way, exchange students form invaluable bonds with American sisters or brothers.
Jess, an AYA exchange student from Germany hosted in Kansas, describes her experience as an international sibling below:
I love to be an international sibling! I learned a lot in America in general and my host mom and host sister have contributed a lot. I learned to be more confident and to be responsible. I also learned to be even more sociable and to talk to a lot more people, because we are really open-minded in my host family.
I taught [my host sister] what it’s like to have a sister and to share things, because she doesn’t have siblings here. I loved this role a lot and I love to be her sister. We support each other in school and also in sports.
I played volleyball in summer, bowling in the winter, and now I am a member of the swimming team. My host sister plays volleyball in the club. We always went to the games and meets of the other one and supported each other. We both love volleyball and often play at home in our backyard.
I’ve also learned not to take everything too seriously, even if we sometimes argue – that’s what happens between siblings. She has also helped me a lot to improve my English skills. With every little conversation my English has grown, and of course I taught her a bit of German. We always have so much fun and we love to hang out.
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SAUSALITO, Calif. — As wireless networks become more focused on delivering web services, rather than nickel-and-diming customers for mobile minutes and bandwdith, they’re in danger of becoming so-called “dumb pipes.”
Not so for AT&T, at least according to Kris Rinne, its senior vice president of network technologies. Speaking at our Mobile Summit today, Rinne recognized that AT&T’s network is increasingly seeing use for a variety of web services. But she pointed to the carrier’s APIs as one way it’s maintaining a certain amount of control.
“I leave the dumb part off,” she said, noting that there’s a lot of intelligence that goes into providing a solid data network that others can build on.
Indeed, it makes sense for AT&T to embrace its potential as a data pipe. The widespread availability of fast wireless networks isn’t just a boon for phones, tablets, and computers — they will also be an essential part of a future in which practically everything around us is connected.
At our Mobile Summit today, Rinne also mentioned that we should see HD Voice from AT&T later this year (reiterating what the carrier has said previously), and we can also expect AT&T’s international data roaming rates to fall eventually.
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The Local Government Waste Storage Guide for Northern Ireland was launched by the Minister of the Environment on 15th September 2010.
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Vision with AMD
AMD is the leading cause of blindness in people over 50 years of age. It is a slow progressive disease of the macula, the central part of the retina. The macula is responsible for focusing vision and controls the ability to read, drive a car, recognize faces or colors, and see objects in fine detail.
AMD is a massive problem affecting approximately 1 in 4 people over the age of 70, increasing to 1 in 3 people over the age of 80. Globally, AMD is predicted to affect approximately 196 million people by 2020. As the aging population continues to grow so will the number of patients afflicted with AMD.
Normal retina with the macula and fovea identified.
Growth of Age-Related Macular Degeneration from 2000 to 2010 in the U.S.
Dry AMD is associated with yellow deposits in the retina called drusen. As the disease progresses these deposits can enlarge (called soft drusen) and grow together along with the presence of pigment changes within the macula. In advanced cases of dry AMD atrophy occurs in the center of the macula in a geographic configuration that is called geographic atrophy (GA). The formation of GA is the greatest cause of vision loss in patients with dry AMD. There is currently no FDA approved treatment to prevent its formation or slow the progression GA.
Soft, yellow drusen (white arrows) in the macula of an eye with intermediate or moderate dry AMD. A large confluent drusen (blue arrow) is present in the fovea with some linear pigment formation.
Advanced Dry AMD with well defined geographic atrophy (white arrows) involving most of the macula.
Wet AMD is an advanced form of AMD that is associated with new blood vessel growth called choroidal neovascularization (CNV). CNV causes vision loss from the accumulation of fluid and blood in the macula. Left untreated the abnormal blood vessel will scar leading to permanent vision loss. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZe7VxtuQB0). The progression of wet AMD can be treated with monthly injections in the eye of Lucentis® (ranibizumab), Eylea® (aflibercept), or Avastin® (bevacizumab). These drugs are FDA approved and block blood vessel growth factors called VEGF.
Hemorrhage in the macula in an eye with Wet AMD.
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The major aim of this research is to ascertain the current status of financial inclusion in Sri Lanka, and to identify the constraints and prospects in the financial inclusion process with specific focus on the individuals who receive less than a dollar a day. The key objectives of the project include (a) to assess the initiatives taken by the authorities and financial service providers to foster financial inclusion by using innovations with respect to the financial system, financial institutions, business processes and financial products, and (b) to collate information on the accessibility of the poor to financial services emanating from the financial innovations. The proposed study will be an extension of the ongoing IMTFI sponsored study conducted by the key investigator on new banking technology usage among the poor.
Sirimevan S.S. Colombage
About the Researcher(s)
Sirimevan S.S. Colombage received his PhD in Economics at the University of Manchester in 1985. He is currently the Chair of Social Studies at the Open University, Sri Lanka. Prof. Sirimevan S. Colombage served the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Finance as a Senior Executive in research and policy planning departments for thirty-one years, was formerly the Director of the Department of Statistics of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and has worked closely with the Department of the Census and Statistics.
Synopsis of Research Results
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- One of the major factors that determine the compensation amount (damages) of a personal injury claim is called pain and suffering.
- Compensation for personal injury claims falls under economic and non-economic damages.
- Pain and suffering is the physical and emotional damage experienced because of your injuries
Contrary to what many people believe, accidents are mostly avoidable. This is because the major causes of car (and other auto-related) accidents are negligent driving and driving under the influence. Even the government knows this; and as a result, several laws are in place to ensure victims of these accidents are duly compensated.
However, auto accidents are not the only cause of accidents resulting in personal injury. Other examples include slip-and-fall accidents, medical malpractice, and even dog bites. The common thread among all these examples is that they happened because of someone else’s negligence and as a result, you can pursue compensation from the responsible party’s insurance company.
Be sure to check out our Ultimate list of personal injury questions for even more answers to all of your questions.
We also published an Atlanta accident map to determine where accidents, injuries, and fatalities are most common on Atlanta roads. Be sure to pay particular attention when you are driving, walking, or riding in these areas.
How Compensation for a Personal Injury Claim is Calculated and Settled
While there are many aspects that make up a successful personal injury claim, one of the major factors that determine the compensation amount (damages) is called “Pain and Suffering.”
Typically, compensation for a personal injury claim falls under two categories – economic and non-economic.
Economic damages are awarded for anything with a set dollar value to it. This includes lost wages, medical bills, property damage, etc. These are easily calculated and present no real limitations to being awarded to the victim.
On the other hand, non-economic damages are much more difficult to assign a dollar value, and as such, most victims are often shortchanged unless they have an experienced personal injury attorney representing them. A good attorney can help victims recover compensation for the pain and suffering the accident caused them regardless of how challenging that could be.
What Are Pain and Suffering?
Although the definition of pain and suffering is vague, it can easily be defined as the physical and emotional damage experienced because of your injuries. These include:
- Physical pain resulting directly from the accident
- Emotional trauma such as insomnia, fear, depressed mood, and anxiety
Filing Insurance Claims for Pain and Suffering in Georgia
Next, an attempt is made to assign a dollar value to that pain and the resulting psychological damage. This is where the issue arises for most victims.
However, the good news is that the law makes it possible to file an insurance claim for pain and suffering. The Georgia law that governs this subject is OCGA 9-10-184, and it says:
“In the trial of a civil action for personal injuries, counsel shall be allowed to argue the worth or monetary value of pain and suffering to the jury; provided, however, that any such argument shall conform to the evidence or reasonable deductions from the evidence in the case.”
How Are Pain and Suffering Calculated?
According to the concluding part of the quote above, several factors must be taken into consideration before an amount can be awarded in a personal injury lawsuit. These factors include:
- The severity of the injuries sustained
- The overall pain and discomfort associated with those types of injuries
- How those injuries have affected your life, job, relationships, etc.
- The amount and types of medical treatment those injuries require and the associated costs
- The effect of those injuries on the victim’s Family Members
- How long those injuries took to heal, and if there will be further needed for future care – including therapy, medications, surgeries, etc.
Once all these factors have been considered, the insurance adjusters or the jurors (if the case does to trial) will award a reasonable and fair amount of money to the victim. Note, however, that Georgia does not have any statutory limit on pain and suffering damages, meaning there is no limit to the amount of reasonable compensation I can help you recover.
Methods Used to Calculate Pain and Suffering Damages
To reiterate, there is no standard way to calculate the actual costs of pain and suffering because it is purely subjective no matter how you look at it. Nevertheless, some common methods used by most insurance companies and injury attorneys include:
- Multiplier Method: This method works by multiplying the total medical bills related to the injuries by a number from 1.5 (for minor injuries) to 5 (for severe injuries) to find the actual pain and suffering amount. This is based on the idea that your pain and suffering (non-economic) is worth at least 1.5 times the economic cost of fixing that injury.
- Per Diem Method: This method works a bit differently from the multiplier method discussed above. Instead of multiplying the medical bills based on the amount of perceived pain, the Per Diem method calculates daily pain suffering. The word ‘Per Diem’ is Latin for “by the day” and it works by assigning a dollar value to each day the victim remains incapacitated from the time of the accident till when he or she reaches maximum medical improvement.
Generally, the more severe the injuries sustained are, the greater the amount of compensation to be expected in the settlement. The most important thing is to be able to prove with substantial evidence that the victim suffered significant pain and suffering.
How to Prove Pain and Suffering to the Court or to the Insurance Company
Proving to the jury or to insurance adjusters the extent of your pain and suffering is one of the most difficult parts of any personal injury case. Proving pain and suffering is more than just describing it, it must be demonstrated. Listed below are a few documents you can use to do just that:
- Medical reports from the doctor
- Prescription receipts from the hospital
- Over-the-counter medication receipts
- Medical bills, if applicable, for therapy, ambulance costs, x-rays, emergency room visits, etc.
- Proof of lost wages
- Photos of your injuries, and
- Psychological evaluation
These documents will definitely help in proving pain and emotional suffering in court and thus getting you the settlement you deserve.
However, even the most ironclad evidence can be overplayed if the attorney lacks experience. Hence, why it is important to ensure you hire a personal injury attorney with experience in Georgia personal injury law and who understands all that goes into winning cases.
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FLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE OF EXHUMED AND INVERTED PALEOCHANNELS OF THE EARLY CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION OF EAST-CENTRAL UTAH
The 4-10 m thick deposits consist of 4 lithofacies, dominated by trough-cross bedded medium- to coarse-grained sandstone, with abundant conglomerate, and lesser amounts of fine-grained ripple cross-laminated sandstone and green mudstone. Cross beds are 10’s cm thick, rarely up to 2 m. Conglomerate beds are typically < 1 m (up to 2 m) thick. Most clasts are carbonate, <10 cm size (up to 50 cm), and also chert and quartz pebbles. Mudstone may contain thin sandstone beds and abundant bioturbation. The ridges consist of 2-4, fining upward, 2-3 m thick, sequences. Grain size varies significantly along the length of the channel. In a N-S segment, there are two distinct storeys, separated by cm to m of green mudstone. In this area there is a greater percentage of sandstone relative to conglomerate than in the eastern end of the channel. In the W-E segment there are 2 or 3 fining- upward sequences capped by discontinuous mudstone and separated by erosional surfaces. The top of one fining upward sequence contains mudstone with pedogenic carbonate concretions (<10 cm). The overlying conglomerate contains clasts of the mudstone with concretions.
Multi-storey channel deposits reflect repeated channel deposition in the same location, but separated by significant time intervals. Mudstone beds reflect floodplain overbank and lacustrine deposition; paleosol development indicate significant time between channel deposition in a particular area. Resistant cementation of the uppermost channel deposits has preserved the sequences; it is not clear if the sinuous shapes to the ridges reflect the true nature of the channel planform of the Ruby Ranch fluvial systems. | <urn:uuid:06045118-ecbb-4cab-ba26-c308ed076a78> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2019NE/webprogram/Paper328242.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.884924 | 425 | 3.0625 | 3 |
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