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(Reuters Health) - Healthy young people show signs of impaired blood vessel function after just a few puffs of an electronic cigarette, even without nicotine, new research shows.
“We essentially found that using e-cigarettes is not equivalent to inhaling water vapor; in fact, it can exert acute, detrimental effects on (blood vessels) even when the liquid does not contain nicotine,” Dr. Alessandra Caporale of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, the study’s first author, told Reuters Health in an email.
Evidence is mounting that vaping, sometimes touted as a safer alternative to smoking, is not risk-free, Dr. Caporale and her colleagues note in Radiology. In a previous study, they found that vaping nicotine-free e-cigarettes increased signs of inflammation and a form of tissue damage known as oxidative stress, which returned to normal levels in one to three hours.
Big U.S. tobacco companies are all developing e-cigarettes. The battery-powered devices feature a glowing tip and a heating element that turns liquid nicotine and flavorings into a cloud of vapor that users inhale.
In the new study, the authors used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to take several measurements of blood vessel function in 31 healthy adults who had never smoked, before and after they took 16 three-second puffs of an e-cigarette containing propylene glycol, glycerol and flavoring but no nicotine.
After vaping, study participants showed several changes indicating that “vascular reactivity,” which is the ability of healthy blood vessels to widen when necessary, was “considerably and significantly impaired,” Dr. Caporale noted.
These changes were temporary, but if repeated over a long period of time could cause inflammation and deterioration of blood vessel health, the researcher added. “We are far from suggesting that a single episode of vaping translates immediately into atherosclerosis.”
With funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, which also supported the current research, Dr. Caporale and her team are planning a study that will look at inflammation, oxidative stress and circulatory changes in e-cigarette users, cigarette smokers and non-smokers over time.
Dr. Irfan Rahman, a professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center who researches the effect of e-cigarettes on health, reviewed the study for Reuters Health. “The study is interesting and has some insights into long-term consequences of electronic cigarette vapors in cardioneurovascular disorders,” he told Reuters Health in a telephone interview.
But the findings don’t confirm an association and shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that e-cigarette users will develop these health problems, he added.
SOURCE: bit.ly/31TLgXT Radiology, online August 20, 2019.
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Fellows’ China Day
On Thursday 21 November 2019 the China Centre hosted the second Fellows’ China Day in the Webb Library.
The event provides an opportunity for college fellows and senior research associates to deliver short presentations on their diverse academic activities connected with China. Around twenty fellows and SRA’s have academic links with China. At this year’s Fellows’ China Day, there were presentations from six senior members of the College.
Professor Barry Rider OBE (1976) discussed his China-related work with the Chinese legal system. This spans his whole career from Hong Kong in the 1970s through to his work with People’s University in Peking and the Chinese Peoples’ Procuratorate, as well as the Economic Crime Symposium, which Professor Rider directs each year in Jesus College. Participation by leading legal scholars and practitioners from China is an important part of the Symposium.
Dr Julian Huppert provided an overview of the varied China-related activities taking place under the auspices of the Intellectual Forum. These included a Rustat Conference on ‘China’s Role in the World’ and hosting the Yidan Prize event. The Yidan Prize is one of the world’s largest academic prizes. It is awarded for outstanding contributions to education research and development.
Dr Siddharth Saxena provided an account of his extensive work linking Central Asia and China. As well as his anthropological research in Central Asia, a key aspect of this work concerns the Scientific Silk Road. Dr Saxena’s research in theoretical physics involves close academic links with both Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as a major research laboratory in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Dr Saxena’s presentation emphasised the way in which theoretical physics has proceeded across ideological divides. He drew particular attention to the role of Pyotr Kapitza, who linked research on theoretical physics in the USSR during the Cold War with that in the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge.
Dr Jin Zhang (Deputy Director, China Centre) provided an account of her long-term research on the relationship between the reform of China’s state-owned enterprises and their competition with global companies from the West. Her presentation used the example of the commercial aerospace industry to investigate this question. Her presentation included analysis of the world’s leading ‘system integrator’ companies (Boeing and Airbus) and their relationship with the leading sub-systems integrator companies, such as GE, UTC, Rolls Royce, Honeywell, and Safran. She contrasted this with the long, complex process of reform in the Chinese modern commercial aerospace industry.
Professor Eyal Benvenisti gave a presentation about his work-in-progress on China’s international relations and the Belt and Road project. He contrasted China’s approach to international relations with that of the USA in the post-1945 era. Professor Benvenisti concludes that China is building a new form of bilateral relations with individual countries along the Belt and Road, which contrasts with USA’s multilateral approach. He drew attention to links with China’s historical pattern of international relations under the Tribute System, which was based on bilateral relations with individual countries, rather than multilateral agreements with groups of countries. There was a long discussion with participants in the seminar, including exploration of the reasons that might lie behind the distinctive pattern of China’s international relations presented by Professor Benvenisti.
The day concluded with a presentation from Professor Peter Nolan CBE (Director, China Centre) on the historical roots of the Communist Party of China. He explored the Chinese bureaucratic tradition, which has its roots in patterns of governance established in the Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC- 221BC). He contrasted this with the historical roots of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire was constructed between the 17th and 19th centuries, based on military conquest and large, serf-based landlords. He argued that failure to appreciate the fundamental difference between the Ancien Regime of the CPC and the CPSU has led to a shallow understanding in the West of the nature and prospects for the CPC. | <urn:uuid:eecf2662-76e2-40a8-b077-6494c3593848> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/fellows-china-day-0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.952406 | 865 | 1.710938 | 2 |
The principle of handwriting analysis
As fewer and fewer people write by hand, graphology, the analysis of handwriting, is something of a dying art. I qualified as a graphologist at the London-based British Academy of Graphologists in 2002 after a three year course and tough final written and oral examinations for which French examiners were flown over from Paris. The French have long been devotees and it is still widely used there in recruitment tests.
The key principle is that the unconscious elements in handwriting – spacing, continuity, flow, type of movement, pressure and stroke – come directly from the brain and therefore cannot lie or be disguised. That is why it gives such a useful insight into the true character of a person, his or her preoccupations, insecurities, drives and aspirations. People can superficially change their writing – as often happens in fraud cases – but a trained graphologist’s eye can spot the signs.
I have given Expert Witness statements on Arabic handwriting in a number of court cases in the UK and have also had extensive professional experience of Arabic handwritings while working in government and in commercial companies. Bashar al-Assad’s “lies” have been a recurring theme in media coverage of the Syrian crisis. It seems he took in the majority of the international community, presenting himself as a modern IT-savvy leader with an intelligent and beautiful British-born wife. Through clever use of PR firms, including the British Bell Pottinger, he cultivated the image of a reformer, keen to bring progress and liberalisation to his country.
But gradually, as people watched how violently the Assad regime handled the 2011 uprising from the start, year after year, many came to realise that this image was false.
The same conclusion was reached by the new three-hour BBC2 documentary series A Dangerous Dynasty: The House of Assad after months of detailed research by the production team, together with scores of interviews with key players who knew him.
Handwriting analysis provides a way to get closer to understanding the psychology of this enigmatic man, to know whether he is weak or strong, a manipulator or manipulated, and above all whether he has the stomach to fight on.
Before the War
In 2012 after months of searching, both online and by asking everyone I could think of who might conceivably be able to help, I finally tracked down a sample of Bashar Al-Assad’s handwriting. It was only his signature, as it appears on a legal document – Decree 49 dated 10/9/2008, a piece of legislation designed to make it impossible for Kurds in Syria’s northern border regions to buy or rent property, thereby aiming to drive them from their ancestral agricultural land.
But as a qualified graphologist with considerable experience of examining Arabic signatures, and also having come across some months earlier a sample of his father Hafez Al-Assad’s signature (from a book published in 1995), I was sure that I would be able to make a number of deductions and draw some potentially enlightening conclusions. A signature is the key to the writer’s inner life, showing his ability to realise his potential, his own evaluation of himself, his sincerity and the subconscious influences of his family background. I published an article comparing father and son in the May 2012 issue of the journal of the British Academy of Graphology:
The Father/Son Contrast
The contrast between the signatures of father and son was immediately striking. In fact the only area where they shared a similarity was in the horizontal space they took up on the page. The father’s was written with a bold strong stroke and a progressive, upwardly rising movement. It was the signature of a true visionary, imbued with self-belief, drive and dynamism – all the more remarkable given his humble village origins and basic schooling. The son’s much thinner, less confident stroke could hardly be more different. It starts by zigzagging back and forth almost on top of itself, wasting effort and energy, lacking in direction and focus, as if trying to make a strong statement while in effect almost cancelling itself out.
This is one of the many signs of insincerity in the writing, along with regressive slant, unnecessary dots and exaggerated ornamentations. The regressive and descending movements indicate stubbornness and a denial of the present, an attempt to avoid what is coming. The signature finishes by attempting an upward flourish to aggrandise itself. But this flourish turns into a regressive and protective upper zone loop that then plunges down into the lower zone. It then tries again, attempting another upward flourish that pierces the protective upper zone loop briefly before plunging down in a final and dramatic regressive stab straight through the middle of itself, like a huge sharp spike or dagger.
The son is evidently struggling to ‘big himself up’, to live up to his father’s expectations, but without the father’s drive, vision or strength, despite his educational advantages. A final centripetal stroke of this kind that cuts the rest of the signature in half is in graphological terms a very significant dominant. It shows great underlying tensions, a split between what he is trying outwardly to be and what he is at core. It is self-sabotaging and self-destructive, the mark of a man who would even be capable of committing suicide, something his father or, for that matter, Saddam Hussein, would never have contemplated. [In 2003 I wrote an analysis of Saddam’s handwriting for The Times newspaper based on several letters he wrote from hiding which were published in Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat Arabic daily newspaper. The analysis showed his level of self-belief was such that he would never have admitted defeat, a conclusion that was borne out when, after capture and trial, he went to his execution in 2006 still insisting he was president of Iraq.]
Appearance versus Substance
With his greater emphasis on the vertical axis than his father’s progressive horizontal sweep, Bashar is more preoccupied with how he appears to the world, while his father’s energies were focused on achieving his vision. Directly undermining his own attempts to project a dynamic front, Bashar ends by carefully placing the three individual dots of the ‘sh’ letter in the middle of his name within the protective loop of the upper zone, and then, as an even more cautious afterthought, adds a final full stop in the lower zone, which signals his mistrustful attitude towards the world. In his father’s confident and progressive signature, the two dots that should appear as part of his name are not bothered with at all. His flourish is real, not an act.
In today’s Syria it is always Bashar’s face you see on both the pro-regime and anti-regime banners to proclaim either their loyalty or their opposition to the Assad regime. “Tel pere, tel fils” some of the protesters’ placards used to announce. But what this analysis of their signatures shows is that while Bashar may be the face of the Assad regime, he is far from being its backbone. That is the preserve of the innermost Assad clan – his mother, his sister and brother Maher. He is locked inside it and cannot break out – he would never dare.
After the War
The final episode of the BBC2 documentary series on 23 October 2018 showed Arabic documents smuggled out of Syria, bearing Bashar’s signature, signing off on clampdown orders from his newly established Crisis Management Unit in Damascus. They date from early 2012, four years later than my original 2008 sample. A comparison of the 2008 and the 2012 signature shows three important changes. The 2012 signature can be viewed here, in episode 3, at 28.38 minutes in, as BBC licencing protocol does not permit the image to be reproduced from the programme.
Firstly, one year into the war, it shows a more squashed and flattened shape, as if weighed down by pressures from above. Graphologically this is significant as it shows the expectations from what is known in psychology terms as the ‘superego’ – namely the pressures from parents, from society at large, weighing on him more heavily than in 2008. Interviewee after interviewee in the BBC2 series talked about the power and influence of Bashar’s mother, urging him to act more decisively, to maintain what his father, who ruled Syria for 30 years from 1970-2000, had created.
Secondly, the initial fast zigzagging to and fro has lost its energy and intensity. In 2008 the signature began with at least four fast movements back and forth. In 2012 there are only two, much weaker, slower strokes.
Thirdly, the final flourish is much weaker, flabbier, with the final downward stroke more like a limp piece of string than the sharp spike of the 2008 signature. His choice of a thicker nib gives the appearance of a bolder stroke, but the final movement is still regressive rather than progressive, the three dots from the ‘sh’ of Bashar are still cowering at the back of the protective shield he builds round himself for security, and the final full stop is still placed even behind that (remembering that the movement in Arabic is right to left, so the full stop, if used at all, would normally appear to the left not the right of the signature).
All this adds up to a picture of a deeply troubled man, struggling to carry on. Syrian state media is projecting him as victorious, as having won the war against ‘the terrorists.’ But psychologically, this is the most dangerous time for him, when he may let his defences down a little. His mother died in February 2016 so her influence is over. Were his wife Asma to die – she is currently suffering from breast cancer and looks extremely thin and ill – would Bashar still have the appetite to continue as president of Syria? I wonder. Maybe he would take the early retirement he joked about when the French documentary maker in episode two of the BBC2 programme asked if he enjoyed being president. “Sometimes I get tired,” he said. And that was before the war. | <urn:uuid:b6d2e141-e91e-4908-a9c4-af666f854709> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dianadarke.com/tag/hafez-al-assad/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.977986 | 2,097 | 2.078125 | 2 |
2669804 has 12 divisors (see below), whose sum is σ = 4918200.
Its totient is φ = 1264608.
The previous prime is 2669803. The next prime is 2669837. The reversal of 2669804 is 4089662.
It is not an unprimeable number, because it can be changed into a prime (2669801) by changing a digit.
It is a polite number, since it can be written in 3 ways as a sum of consecutive naturals, for example, 17489 + ... + 17640.
It is an arithmetic number, because the mean of its divisors is an integer number (409850).
22669804 is an apocalyptic number.
It is an amenable number.
2669804 is a deficient number, since it is larger than the sum of its proper divisors (2248396).
2669804 is a wasteful number, since it uses less digits than its factorization.
2669804 is an evil number, because the sum of its binary digits is even.
The sum of its prime factors is 35152 (or 35150 counting only the distinct ones).
The product of its (nonzero) digits is 20736, while the sum is 35.
The square root of 2669804 is about 1633.9534877101.
The cubic root of 2669804 is about 138.7266161930.
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Protecting Marine Biodiversity Publication date : August 25, 2021
Alexandre Meinesz is professor emeritus at the Université Côte d’Azur. An algae specialist, he was the one who sounded the alarm about the invasion of “killer algae” – Caulerpa taxifolia. A lieutenant in the French navy, professional diver, aquanaut, member of several scientific boards of marine parks, he has dedicated his research to an understanding and protection of marine biodiversity.
The protection of marine biodiversity calls for the implementation of effective measures. And in this goal, a precise identification of the types of pollution that harm marine life is essential. But, up to now, we have too often equated that which is harmful to biodiversity with that which harms ourselves, our health, our economy, and our well-being.
This book, written by an expert on Mediterranean marine life, offers a new approach to the attacks on that life, and new criteria to hierarchize each type of pollution depending on its impact on marine or human targets.
Using the Mediterranean as an example, this analysis aims to prioritize the struggle against the most harmful threats: overfishing and the degradation of the coastline. It promotes a better defense of ocean species and spaces.
If nothing is done to better address the impact of pollution in the Mediterranean, the combined effects of greenhouse gases and the introduction of species will lead to a modification of its marine biodiversity in the near future. | <urn:uuid:c76b2d4b-6a17-4e3f-9c27-f00e4bd3d032> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://en.odilejacob.fr/catalogue/science/earth-sciences/protecting-marine-biodiversity_9782415000103.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.938134 | 301 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Craig Idso and Pat Michaels point us at the global anachronism that is the Antarctic.
It’s not just that models are wrong about the amount of Antarctic Sea Ice, it’s much worse than that. Only one in seven models even get the sign of the trend right.
It’s just simple physics, right?
CO2 is trapping all that heat over Antarctica but for some reason, the sea-ice is expanding.
Their graph ends in 2005, but Idso and Michaels graph the last ten years as well which doesn’t look that different.
The paper itself:
Forty-nine models, almost all of the CMIP5 climate models and earth system models with historical simulation, are used.
The linear trend of satellite-observed Antarctic SIE is 1.29 (±0.57) × 105 km2 decade−1 ; only about 1/7 CMIP5 models show increasing trends, and the linear trend of CMIP5 MME is negative with the value of −3.36 (±0.15) × 105 km2 decade−1
Idso and Michaels:
According to the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), CO2-induced global warming will result in a considerable reduction in sea ice extent in the Southern Hemisphere. Specifically, the report predicts a multi-model average decrease of between 16 and 67 percent in the summer and 8 to 30 percent in the winter by the end of the century (IPCC, 2013).
Idso and Michaels: Antarctic ice expansion shows climate models unreliable.
Kenneth Richards went through the Antarctic Sea Ice debacle on Notrickszone late last year. There were all kinds of excuses for the failure of the models:
Global warming expands Antarctic sea ice: In a polar paradox, melting land ice helps sea ice to grow.
Arctic sea ice shrinking is a sign of global warming, but antarctic sea ice doing the opposite, is not?
Q. Shu et al.: Assessment of sea ice simulations in the CMIP5 models, Cryosphere, 9, 399–409, 2015 [PDF] | <urn:uuid:0aa0fd15-7af0-4e56-8236-5844b23a1b4b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://joannenova.com.au/2017/05/six-out-of-seven-climate-models-wrong-about-antarctic-sea-ice/print/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.907135 | 447 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Thich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk, dies at 95
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died. He was 95. The death was confirmed by a monk at Tu Hieu Pagoda in Hue, Vietnam who said that Nhat Hanh, known as Thay to his followers, died at midnight on Saturday. The monk declined to be named because he is not authorized to speak to media. A post on Nhat Hanh's verified Twitter page attributed to The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism also confirmed the news, saying, “We invite our beloved global spiritual family to take a few moments to be still, to come back to our mindful breathing, as we together hold Thay in our hearts." Born as Nguyen Xuan Bao in 1926 and ordained at age 16, Nhat Hanh distilled Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering into easily grasped guidance over a lifetime dedicated to working for peace. | <urn:uuid:eb3416af-e48d-4b1f-be4c-36be2d292dfb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://news.yahoo.com/top-asian-news-5-03-050000833.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.969843 | 221 | 2.140625 | 2 |
While it fell on Cinco de Mayo this year, in the tech world, every first Thursday in May is set aside to recognize World Password Day — a day to think about beefing up your personal cyber security.
Experts say if you can't remember the last time you changed your password, it's probably time.
"You should really change your password every 60 to 90 days," said Ashley Pritchard with cyber security firm Level 3 Communications, who says "password" and "123456" remain the two most commonly used passwords.
"We encourage people not to use their name, names of children, their pets." said Pritchard, who suggests instead of remembering passwords, think of a passphrase with a dash of encryption.
"I use the phrase, 'Once upon a time,' as an example. You can replace all the O's with zeroes, all the threes with E's, and maybe add a symbol like an exclamation point at the end." said Pritchard.
A recent study found three out of four people use the same password for multiple accounts, and nearly half haven't changed their passwords in more than five years. | <urn:uuid:ce9086f2-21e4-46b1-8356-2c1cb160ae02> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fox47news.com/news/national/celebrating-world-password-day-by-beefing-up-your-cyber-security | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.960201 | 239 | 2.6875 | 3 |
By Gareth Morgan*
Tax Working Group head, Michael Cullen, asserts that the capital gains tax (CGT) is best described as a “tax on capital income”. Since when have capital gains been income? Show me any country’s national income accounts that include them in the measure of income.
There appears to be total confusion on Cullen’s part over what income actually is. And that is dangerous because such conflating of concepts threatens to compromise the whole basis of our income/expenditure-based taxation system. That regime’s integrity is dependent on revenue-raising taxes being neutral to economic decision-making. Labour’s desired for capital gains tax is anything but – it will discourage investment, and with the exemption for owner-occupied property, further direct the nation’s scarce investment resources into housing. This is the antithesis of desirable.
Firstly, understanding what income is, is critical to any literacy around the principles of income and expenditure taxation. As any standard economics and economic-statistics text will attest, income is payment (either in cash or kind) for production. Similarly, consumption, investment and saving denote how that income is deployed. The two sides add up. We have income tax that tax elements on one side, while GST taxes the consumption element of the other. Nowhere in this framework of income and spending accounting do capital gains appear as a source of national enrichment. So a tax on selective capital gains on realisation – especially one that does not provide tax deductions for capital losses – is nothing more than a selective transactions tax.
Why are capital gains not in the national income accounts? If I decide to pay you more for your house than you paid for it, nothing has been produced, earned or consumed in that transaction. You have simply swapped your house for cash, and me cash for the house. The price reflects the willing buyer, willing seller equivalence. We have swapped assets and agreed on a price to do that. It could just have easily been for a lesser price than you paid and it’s no different to what we do all the time when selling each other our secondhand goods. It’s not our business; we’re doing it because we no longer want use of that good. Which of us has achieved a windfall? Who knows, who cares?
And by the way there’s no GST and there’s no capital gains tax or tax deduction when selling other second hand goods for a gain or loss. Labour apparently thinks second hand houses should have a different rule. Its rationale? Because houses are “too dear”.
Let’s look at it another way. I decide to buy your company from you. How do I arrive at a value for what I think it’s worth? I look at the potential future tax-paid earnings, apply some allowance for risk and what I could otherwise earn on my money in the bank, and thus assign a discount rate for that future stream of earnings.
The result is a present value or cash price that I’m willing to pay now. If that price is above what you’ve spent building the business to, then that’s your good fortune, if it’s not, then you’ll accept it only if you’re happy to get the monkey off your back. Whatever – once again, a willing buyer, willing seller agreement is reached. Nothing is produced, earned or spent in this swap of factory for cash. We’ve both simply agreed to swap horses. No income is involved.
And it’s these transactions, wherein owners agree to swap assets, that Labour is deciding to tax. Irrespective of whether the gain in value over the holding period of one owner is a windfall, or is a reward for effort (improvements), or is because the vendor is ‘in the business of trading’ – under Labour’s capital gains tax it doesn’t matter; it deems any gain should be taxed.
Its proponents justify CGT as being an instrument to improve housing affordability – in other words, as a corrective tax rather than a revenue-raising one. Indeed in Labour’s case the rationale runs even deeper than that. As opposed to its indifference over how many cars, farms, businesses, or paintings I might own, the Left gets its knickers in a twist over how many houses one might have – even for own use. It has a deep-rooted preconception of what that number should be – one per household.
This is why Cullen deems that one house being exempt of his CGT, no more. Why such prejudice arises only Labour can answer; there is no economic rationale for it. Indeed, if houses were sufficiently cheap, I’m suggesting most people would have multiple homes. Labour has transmuted the blight of expensive housing into a declaration of how many homes it wants people to own. It’s a strain of socialism that should not fit easily with most New Zealander’s understanding of free choice and democratic capitalism.
Surely the government would be more productively engaged understanding and addressing why property is so dear, and addressing those causes, than issuing a decree on how many homes one should have, and bringing in a tax to enforce that.
A recent edition of London’s The Economist (November 22nd 2018) produces some arguments as to what is so nuts about capital gains taxes. Its list is partial in my opinion and omits the greatest fallacies upon which such tax is founded. Nevertheless let’s add The Economist’s arguments to those that underlie the rejection of such policies.
The magazine begins by stating that over recent years many rich world politicians have “woken up to the blight of expensive housing”. This of course applies to New Zealand and underlies Labour’s rationale for its tax review as well as for its self-defeating condition of excluding owner-occupied housing from that review.
Auckland has one of the highest level of house prices to income in the world (along with Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna, Oslo, and London). The others are all subject to a CGT so where is the rationale that it’s a lack of CGT on 30% of our housing that’s uniquely the cause of high house prices? This reality is why the Cullen TWG was never going to be credible and why the tax literate within it’s number objected to the CGT.
The Economist then goes on to blame “dysfunctional government polices” for the outbreak of house prices – especially how taxes on house transactions, like CGT on realisation, have fuelled the flames. The argument is that these slow transactions in the property market (because there’s a gap between what buyers pay and sellers receive – taxes), prevent people moving up and releasing housing stock for new entrants. The Economist advocates, as do I, that such transaction taxes be removed and instead annual levies be applied.
This inclusion of taxation upon all income to capital (not just homes but all non-financial capital) properly integrated into the current income tax regime is what underlies the proposal in our 2011 book The Big Kahuna, and after which was established as the flagship policy of The Opportunities Party in the 2017 election. Getting rid of this loophole would do more than anything else to take away the tax-driven fuel for expensive houses. But it would achieve much, much more than just make houses less expensive. Crucially it would facilitate a 30% cut in income tax on other income forms (currently over-taxed) and it would improve the appeal of investment in productive businesses (as opposed to houses).
There really is no contest. Closing the tax loophole currently enjoyed by both owner-occupied housing and low return businesses and passing on the benefits of that to salary and wage earners and productive businesses, is day and night ahead of Labour’s capital gains tax proposals.
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With the emergence of the wet spraying trolley, it not only solves the problem that traditional small wet spraying machines cannot meet the insufficiency of concrete spraying in long tunnels, but also improves the working environment of tunnel construction personnel, and reduces the consumption of concrete.
Concrete wet spraying trolley, also known as concrete wet spraying manipulator, concrete spraying manipulator, is widely used in railways, highway tunnels, slopes, water conservancy, hydropower tunnels and culverts, as well as subways, civil construction projects, etc.
Advantages of wet spray trolley:
1. High efficiency and low energy consumption: It is equipped with a large-capacity hopper and uses a strong and stable intelligent hydraulic system to control mechanical feeding. In terms of feeding of the shotcrete machine, the feeding speed and feeding continuity are the same as manual feeding. Often affected by the impact of human body function, compared with qualitative improvement. Thereby, the idling rate of the shotcrete machine is reduced, and the efficiency of the shotcrete machine is improved. The efficiency of the shotcrete machine is increased by about 30% compared with the artificial feeding of the shotcrete under the test conditions. Due to the improvement of efficiency, the shotcrete time to complete the same amount of work is reduced, thereby reducing the power consumption of the shotcrete machine and the power consumption of auxiliary equipment in the construction face. According to incomplete statistics, it can save about 35% of the construction site. power.
2. Save labor and materials: Save labor: Tunnel engineering construction is one of the harsh environments in existing engineering construction, and it belongs to high-risk environment operations. This product is a mechanical automatic feeding equipment, which only needs 2~3 people to operate the machine easily. Compared with manual feeding, 6~10 workers are required to load the material to ensure that a shotcrete machine can work normally. A large amount of manpower reduces the number of personnel working in high-risk environments. Material saving: The discharge port of the hopper is equipped with a gate to adjust the feeding speed, and the feeding speed can be adjusted at will according to the shotcrete speed so as not to spill the mixed material out of the lower barrel of the shotcrete machine and cause the waste of the mixed material. It avoids the manual shovel cutting with a shovel, and the rising process causes a large amount of mixing material to be scattered around and in the air and cannot be fully utilized.
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Frank Vondenhoff, Business Development Manager for eMobility/HEV at Bel Power Solutions
With innovative manufacturers developing and expanding their range of solutions, engineers have more reasons than ever to replace alternators with DC-DC converters in road transport applications.
Today’s eMobility and hybrid and electric vehicle manufacturers emphasize the efficiency, reliability and practical advantages of a DC-DC converter over an alternator – not just in powering DC auxiliary components but in battery charging. To meet every engineering need, these products are available in a wide variety of standard configurations and, importantly, there is no limit to the scope for custom modifications.
Many global manufacturers have committed to the electrification of transport by establishing specialized eMobility units within their businesses (Bel Power Solutions, Eaton, etc.) by focusing on creating and improving industrial EV power components. Technology design centres are currently located throughout the world and in many countries throughout Europe, Asia and the United States, which cover the whole spectrum of electric and hybrid vehicle types, sizes and power levels.
As well as road-going buses, trucks and all kinds of cars, from taxis to luxury sports models and even ground support equipment and heavy construction vehicles, DC-DC converters can be used in every form of off-road and workplace transport. That includes construction equipment, airport ground support vehicles and the marine sector. The list is endless, embracing such unusual fields as rollercoaster operation.
Why DC-DC conversion is superior
The benefits of DC-DC converters, compared to alternators, stem largely from the fact that they draw power directly from an HV battery pack rather than from the rotation of an engine or motor. Not only is this more efficient, but it dispenses with the need for various moving parts, like belts and pulleys, and so reduces maintenance needs and potential sources of failure. A DC-DC converter also scores more highly in terms of reliably regulating an output voltage.
On top of these inherent advantages, technology leaders within eMobility have used their expertise in this vertical market to build superior design, specification and support into their DC-DC converters, offering to maximize the positive effect on customers’ businesses. By incorporating the latest advances in CAN communication and other technologies, the products are reliable with high performance – and each can be customized for specific applications and requirements. Furthermore, prices are increasingly competitive, with shorter lead times, and are backed by excellent customer service, expert technical advice and engineering support.
For example, Bel Power Solutions has both liquid cooled 350/700 DNC40-12/24-8G and convection cooled 350/700 DNC40-12/24-CG models. These down-converters deliver up to 4 kW of power when liquid cooled or 3.3 kW with convection cooling. Depending on the model chosen, they handle input voltages ranging from 240 to 850 VDC.
Along with very high efficiency – typically up to 93% – users can expect robust, highly dependable performance, low output voltage noise and excellent dynamic response to changes in load or input. Nominal output voltage is either 14.4 V or 28 V, but this is adjustable as required via CAN bus. Input and output are fully isolated, galvanically, from each other. Communication and control are optimised via a CAN bus serial interface according to SAE J1939.
There is a choice of liquid or convection cooling. Liquid cooled models have an operating temperature range between -40° and +85°C. For those with convection cooling, the range is -40° to +45°C. In addition to over-temperature, output over-voltage and over-current protection, each model is protected in relation to input and output polarity. Ingress protection is rated at IP65 and IP67, and there is also the confidence of E-mark compliance.
Customization can be key
While the varying standardized specifications have been designed to cater for most situations, today’s manufacturers understand that every customer’s needs are unique and their engineering teams welcome requests for modified solutions. Output voltage is just one of the factors which can be tailored to precise requirements, but there are many more possibilities. Customers are strongly encouraged to ask about these services when doing their research.
For example, Zurich Airport has implemented a DC-DC converter to enhance the supply of auxiliary power while airplanes are being serviced at the gate. Previously, a ground support vehicle carried a diesel generator to charge the planes’ auxiliary power units. The generator has now been replaced by a 300 VDC battery pack and a DC-DC converter, for cleaner and more convenient charging.
At its simplest, a DC-DC converter is an easy way of supplying DC power at the right voltage to things like dashboard instruments, lights, radios and other low-powered accessories. More unusually, one eMobility manufacturer was asked to provide DC-DC products for a roller coaster project in which power needed to be maintained in 20 carts.
Electric and hybrid manufacturers anticipate growing demand for DC-DC converter solutions as the electrification trend continues and customers seek to optimise their conversions. Major drivers of change include consumer interest in sustainability, business recognition of electric cost-effectiveness and legislators’ increasingly strict emission limits.
Current EU regulations are pushing many cities into replacing highly polluting diesel buses and even petrol-powered vehicles with clean electric alternatives. By 2025, it is likely that the switch to fully electric buses will be complete in many city centres.
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Figure 2. For an electric bus in Europe, Bel Power Solutions was selected to power all the auxiliary DC peripherals, as our product had the right current to power it. It turned out to be so successful that this unit is now being used in a fully electric double deck bus.
For the logistics industry, urban emission restrictions and extra congestion charges are not the only reason for moving toward electric power. Businesses in that efficiency- and reputation-conscious industry are increasingly attracted by the cost-cutting potential and PR rewards it offers.
After buses and trucks, the next-largest growth area for eMobility is large off-road vehicles as used in military operations and in the mining and construction industry. Then there is the marine market, including ferries and pleasure boats. It is expected, for instance, that within the next few years all canal boats in Amsterdam will be electric powered.
Time to change
It has taken a relatively short time for electric cars and industrial EVs to grow from a very small interest area into one with a significant market presence. Now that the trend has achieved real momentum, it is time for more businesses to get on-board and start electrifying their vehicles.
With its advanced technology and deep knowledge in this area, Bel Power Solutions is ideally placed to help customers replace their alternators with efficient, reliable DC-DC converters. Better still, Bel Power will work with companies to ensure the right model choice – and modify its specification, if necessary, for a perfect fit with the application. Whatever new electric power demands an industry faces, Bel Power is ready to tackle those challenges and provide customers with the ideal solution.
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As skilled as most cosmetologists are, their job would be impossible without their cosmetology kit. Similarly, your cosmetology kit will become your best friend when you’re going through cosmetology school. It will essentially become an extension of yourself. It will contain everything you need to make it in the world of cosmetology while providing you with a quick and easy way to stay organized. So what exactly should you include in your cosmetology kit?
Well, everyone will do things a bit differently, so cosmetology kits should be tailored to some degree based on individual needs. Your cosmetology kit should fit your style, preferences, and requirements.
This kit will also provide you with a hands-on introduction to using the different tools of the trade safely and skillfully. So here are some of the basic things you’ll need in your kit if you want to thrive in the world of cosmetology.
Combs and Brushes
When it comes to styling hair, you can’t do much of anything without your basic combs and brushes. However, it’s essential to have a few different kinds and sizes of combs and brushes and know which ones to use for different hair types. You’ll need detangling combs for after hair washing, cutting combs to help you get a clean cut, and a variety of brushes to accommodate different hair types.
Another essential tool to have when going through cosmetology school is a mannequin head. Having one will allow you to practice using different tools without risk to potential clients. By practicing on this mannequin head, you will gain both essential cosmetology skills, as well as the confidence you need.
Next, you’ll need to ensure that your cosmetology kit has everything you need for cutting and trimming hair. You’ll need many kinds of scissors and shears, which will each serve different purposes. These instruments should also include protective cases, as they will be razor-sharp. You will use them for many things, like trimming, shaping, and thinning, so maintaining their sharpness is essential.
Next, you’ll need some hot tools, including curling irons, hairdryers, flat irons, and more. These tools tend to be pretty expensive if you get a good one, but they’ll last you for years, and you will be able to continue using them after you’ve passed your cosmetology training. These hot tools can be used for a range of styles and are especially useful when doing someone’s hair before an important event.
Hot tools like curling irons and flat irons give clients access to a whole array of hairstyles that would be otherwise impossible to them, making them a priceless piece for your kit. You can use them for anything from beach-style waves, a voluminous afro, to creating beautiful, straight locks. The possibilities are endless if you know what you’re doing, which is why you need to practice using them in cosmetology training.
Many cosmetology tools and ingredients can be dangerous for you or the client if you don’t use them correctly. You need to have the proper safety equipment like caps, gloves, capes, and aprons, and you must know how and when to use them.
The classic stylist’s cape will help to keep the hair off of the client and their clothes, thus minimizing the mess at the end. It also gives them a more comfortable experience, which means they’re more likely to return the next time they need their hair done.
The styling apron is almost as important as the cape because it’s specially designed to make a cosmetologist’s job more efficient. It has handy utility pockets to hold your tools and has become an unofficial part of a cosmetology trainee’s uniform. It helps to keep your workstation more organized and gives you quick and easy access to your tools without turning back to the table. That way, not only do you look more professional, but you can get the client’s hairdo finished more quickly and without fumbling for your tools.
Finding the Right Cosmetology Training Program
While there aren’t many things more important to a cosmetologist than their cosmetology kit, getting the right education and training is one of them. If you sign up for a cosmetology training course and it turns out to be a bad fit for you, then you could wind up wasting precious time and money.
Going through a cosmetology training course that doesn’t meet your learning needs could cause you to struggle with, or even fail, your state cosmetology licensing exam. That’s why Chattanooga College caters to your schedule and personal education needs. We understand how passionate you are about cosmetology, so we help you get the best training you can before diving into your cosmetology career. Contact us today to speak with one of our counselors and get help figuring out where to begin! | <urn:uuid:05389db1-3b5a-498b-8d18-7cd83d825ce4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.chattanoogacollege.edu/essentials-for-your-cosmetology-kit-cb/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.950102 | 1,069 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Settling your bad credit loan early can help you conserve money or it may help you save no cash whatsoever. Just what exactly provides?!
Paying down that loan seems great, but paying down that loan early feels better still. By getting down of debt faster you not just get to save cash on interest, but you will additionally free a bunch up of additional space in your month-to-month spending plan!
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There are two main types of bad credit loans.
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Does salt harm the gut microbiome?
According to a recent study, lower salt intake seems to be beneficial for the gut microbiome and blood pressure. So it is recommended to eat less salt. This is especially true for women with untreated high blood pressure, as they experience more of an impact from greater salt intake.
The recent joint study by the Queen Mary University of London and the Medical College of Georgia found that increased salt intake appeared to be detrimental to blood pressure and the gut microbiome. The results of the study were presented in the English-language journal "Hypertension".
Data from 145 people were analyzed
When examining the blood of 145 adult women and men with untreated hypertension, the researchers found that low salt intake can improve the intestinal flora. Women in particular showed an increased content of short-chain fatty acids in the blood after just six weeks of daily sodium intake of around 2.3 grams, an indicator of a healthy microbiome. The German Nutrition Society (DGE) recommends a maximum of six grams of table salt a day.
Does the microbiome regulate blood pressure?
There is growing evidence that the microbiome plays a direct role in regulating blood pressure. New findings suggest that a high-salt diet changes the gut microbiome, especially in animal models for salt-sensitive hypertension. In their current study, the researchers tried to understand the underlying mechanisms of how a high-salt diet causes high blood pressure.
What are the functions of the gut microbiota?
The gut microbiota includes all the bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi that populate the gastrointestinal tract. These have a variety of functions, from supporting the digestion of food to the immune response and influencing the tendency to gain weight.
What Are Circulating Short Chain Fatty Acids?
Circulating short-chain fatty acids are an important source of energy for the epithelial cells that line the large intestine and prevent content from escaping from the gastrointestinal tract into the body. Short chain fatty acids are believed to also play a role in protecting against common problems such as inflammation, obesity, and diabetes.
How do circulating short chain fatty acids affect blood pressure?
Circulating short chain fatty acids are already known to play a role in regulating blood pressure. These small intestinal metabolites are absorbed into the entire bloodstream. They bind to receptors in the blood vessels and kidneys, which play an important role in the release of the enzyme renin. Renin ensures good blood flow to the kidneys and plays an important role in blood pressure control. The blood levels of circulating short-chain fatty acids can be seen as an indicator of the health of the gut microbiome, the researchers report.
What were the expectations?
The research group's hypothesis was that even a modest reduction in salt intake would change the levels of circulating short-chain fatty acids and lower blood pressure.
How did the investigation work?
No stool samples were taken from the study participants. Instead, circulating short chain fatty acids were examined. For two weeks, all participants received detailed instructions on how to reduce their sodium intake to around 2,000 milligrams a day. In the randomized, placebo-controlled study, half of the participants received either a sodium or a placebo tablet nine times a day for six weeks. After the period, the groups were changed.
What did lower salt intake do?
The researchers found that reducing sodium intake increased all eight short-chain fatty acids, which are the end product of the fermentation of fibers that are broken down by the microbiota. Humans naturally do not have enzymes to digest many of these fibers.
What did increased levels of circulating short chain fatty acids do?
The team found that increased circulating short-chain fatty acid levels were consistently associated with lower blood pressure and increased blood vessel flexibility. Periods of higher salt intake raised blood pressure in both men and women. Lower salt intake led to an improvement in blood pressure.
Effects on women were stronger
The effects of salt intake were most evident in women, explains the research group. There are generally consistent differences in microbiota between men and women. Sodium is a factor in both sexes, but the effects related to the gut microbiome appear to be more pronounced in women. More research is now needed to check this more closely. It may well be that high salt levels affect blood pressure in men and women in different ways.
Effects on systolic blood pressure
For example, in the 24-hour measurement, systolic blood pressure was almost five points lower when women were on a low-salt diet compared to women who were on a high-salt diet. Systolic blood pressure was only three points lower in men on a low-salt diet compared to men on a high-salt diet.
Future studies should include faecal samples
In the future, a larger study will be carried out in which faecal samples will also be examined in order to assess the microbial content and health more directly. This would make it possible to determine whether the gender differences that emerged in the current study persisted. (as)
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We investigate the nature of molecular gas emission from z ∼ 6 quasars via the commonly observed tracer of H2, carbon monoxide (CO). We achieve this by combining non-LTE radiative transfer calculations with merger-driven models of z ∼ 6 quasar formation that arise naturally in A cold dark matter structure formation simulations. Motivated by observational constraints, we consider four representative z ∼ 6 quasars formed in the halo mass range ∼ 1012-1013 M⊙ from different merging histories. Our main results are as follows. We find that, owing to massive starbursts and funneling of dense gas into the nuclear regions of merging galaxies, the CO is highly excited during both the hierarchical buildup of the host galaxy and the quasar phase, and the CO flux density peaks between J = 5 and 8. The CO morphology of z ∼ 6 quasars often exhibits multiple CO emission peaks which arise from molecular gas concentrations which have not yet fully coalesced. Both of these results are found to be consistent with the sole CO detection at z ∼ 6, in quasar J1148+5251. Quasars which form at z ∼ 6 display a large range of sight line-dependent line widths. The sight line dependencies are such that the narrowest line widths are when the rotating molecular gas associated with the quasar is viewed face-on (when the LB is largest) and broadest when the quasar is seen edge-on (and the LB is lowest). Thus, we find that for all models selection effects exist such that quasars selected for optical luminosity are preferentially seen to be face-on which may result in CO detections of optically luminous quasars at z ∼ 6 having line widths narrower than the median. The mean sight line-averaged line width is found to be reflective of the circular velocity of the host halo and thus scales with halo mass. For example, the mean line width for the ∼1012 M⊙ halo is σ ∼ 300 km s-1, while the median for the ∼1013 M⊙ quasar host is σ ∼ 650 km s-1. Depending on the host halo mass, approximately 2%-10% of sight lines in our modeled quasars are found to have narrow line widths compatible with observations of J1148+5251. When considering the aforementioned selection effects, these percentages increase to 10%-25% for quasars selected for optical luminosity. When accounting for both temporal evolution of CO line widths in galaxies, as well as the redshift evolution of halo circular velocities, these models can self-consistently account for the observed line widths of both submillimeter galaxies and quasars at z ∼ 2. Finally, we find that the dynamical mass derived from the mean sight line-averaged line widths provide a good estimate of the total mass and allow for a massive molecular reservoir, supermassive black hole, and stellar bulge, consistent with the local MBH-Mbul relation.
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Breast Cancer Campaign’s second annual wear it pink® day on 31 October 2003 will be sponsored by Vanish, the stain removal experts.
Wear it pink encourages companies, schools and universities to allow their members to dress in pink for one day. In return for wearing pink, participants are asked to donate two pounds to raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign, which funds independent breast cancer research throughout the UK.
The first weat it pink day raised a £30,000. This year’s target is £140,000.
Anna Swaby from Vanish comments: “We believe that this is the perfect link for the Vanish brand. We hope the combined impact of the Vanish pink colour and, ‘wear it pink®’, will work together perfectly, to raise valuable funds and heighten awareness of the disease.”
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Analysis Study Research Paper | Surgery | India | Volume 11 Issue 6, June 2022
Clinical Utility of Bone Wax - A Post Market Clinical Follow Up Study
Murali Mohan S | Ramaswamy Anikode Subramanian | Mathangi Krishna Kumar
Abstract: Bone wax is a century-old material used in surgical practice to control bleeding of disrupted bone surfaces by acting as a mechanical barrier. The current bone wax products are commonly packed in easy-to-open foil in the form of sterile sticks or plates. They have excellent malleability and smooth consistency, enabling cost-effective and easy handling approach for bleeding control. It has also been reported that the bone wax can at times cause complications including foreign body reaction and infection. This post market clinical follow up study was done to assess the clinical performance, safety and acceptability of the Bone Wax and to determine if any undesirable events occurred. A total of 31 subjects participated in the study among which 19 patients underwent cranial surgeries and 12 spine surgeries. All the subjects benefitted out of the surgeries where bone wax was used with excellent intended results. Additionally, no adverse events related to the use of bone wax were recorded in the study.
Keywords: bone wax, surgery, hemostatic
Edition: Volume 11 Issue 6, June 2022,
Pages: 90 - 94
How to Cite this Article?
Murali Mohan S, Ramaswamy Anikode Subramanian, Mathangi Krishna Kumar, "Clinical Utility of Bone Wax - A Post Market Clinical Follow Up Study", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 11 Issue 6, June 2022, pp. 90-94, https://www.ijsr.net/get_abstract.php?paper_id=SR22527181251
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Commercial photography involves the capture of stills for commercial uses, like calendars or advertising campaigns. One of the most important parts of commercial wedding photography is preparation. The photographer must be able to properly set up the environment in order to get shots that are precise and have high quality. This will make the product more appealing to people.
Wedding Video and DVD editing: The third and final most important part of wedding photography is the ability to edit the captured moments for a DVD or video. Wedding videos are very important to most couples because they document the happy moments rather than just documenting the wedding itself. It takes skill and a lot talent to do wedding videography. While wedding photos can be stunning, poor editing will make them boring and uninteresting. An excellent wedding photography professional knows how to control and manipulate video shots to create an amazing photo and video package.
Wedding photography is not always about the pictures, it’s about the story behind them. Professional photographers will often have their personal archives of photographs as well as their professional ones. Certain situations will require them to be able to use certain effects. They may not be able to access certain elements at times, but they can create something extraordinary by knowing how to use them. It’s about learning their art and giving it.
The preparation is an important part of wedding photography. Many photographers will take pictures of the wedding and send them home to clients. This is something that many photographers do now days to keep their costs down. A professional photographer knows that by preparing and sending home their images at this stage they can make any changes they need at a later date. Your images will be edited at no cost.
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On Wednesday, during a Pentagon briefing, spokeswoman Dana White was asked whether the US Department of Defense considered the Zuma mission—a high-value, highly secretive US government payload—a success or a failure. White declined substantive comment, saying, “I would have to refer you to SpaceX, who conducted the launch."
Alas, SpaceX isn't talking Zuma's success (or otherwise) either. The company has twice stated that its rocket, both the first and second stages, performed nominally during the launch on Sunday evening. However, SpaceX has stopped short of saying the Zuma payload was successfully deployed into orbit.
On Thursday, a day after the Pentagon said the news media should ask SpaceX about mission success, the company's president and chief operating officer, Gwynne Shotwell, appeared at a meeting of scientists and engineers in Houston called The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas. Dutifully asked about Zuma, Shotwell replied, "You know I can’t talk about that. It’s not my story to tell."
After Ars initially reported the probable loss of the Zuma payload on Monday afternoon, other publications have reported similar news. However there has been no on-the-record confirmation of success or loss from SpaceX, the US government (which paid for Zuma), or Northrop Grumman, which built the satellite, spacecraft, or whatever Zuma was.
Sources familiar with discussions behind closed doors have told Ars there are two primary working theories about what may have gone wrong with Zuma and caused it to burn up in Earth's atmosphere. One idea, in contradiction to SpaceX's official statements, is that the rocket's upper stage underperformed and caused the problem. However, at this time, it seems more likely that the mechanism built by Northrop Grumman to release the satellite failed to operate properly.
If the Pentagon is not going to provide an answer to the question of Zuma's fate, then it may be some time before there's clarity on this issue. Eventually, information should leak out from classified briefings on Capitol Hill. Even so, this is unlikely to be "official" confirmation. Such a vacuum of information offers fertile ground for rumors and speculation.
Already, rumors abound that Zuma was a satellite intended to monitor or intercept nuclear activities by North Korea and that the story about its failure is a matter of subterfuge. For the record, Ars would not knowingly report a falsehood, and we continue to have reliable sourcing that indicates the Zuma payload did, indeed, fail to reach orbit. | <urn:uuid:78480568-14e1-40e8-a7f6-655b12e867c9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/pentagon-ask-spacex-about-zuma-spacex-thats-not-our-story-to-tell/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.969214 | 525 | 1.882813 | 2 |
64,000 Pounds of Chicken and Pork Products Recalled
Generally speaking, people are conditioned to trust the food products they purchase, as many assume that these products have passed thorough inspections before ever making it to the retail shelf. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, and there have been countless stories in the past of how people have become sick or even worse as a result of consuming contaminated food. Now comes word that a massive pork and chicken product recall has been initiated because of concerns regarding contamination, and consumers are warned to avoid using them.
This chicken and pork product recall of 64,000 pounds of these products that contain broccoli has been initiated by the company that manufactures them, Taylor Farms Pacific of Tracy, California. The reason for this recall is because a random sampling of the product revealed the presence of Listeria, which is a bacteria that if ingested by certain types of people can put them in serious danger of debilitating illnesses or even death. The people who are particularly at risk are children, elderly people or anyone who has a weak or even a temporarily weakened immune system.
Examples of the products that are sold at retail that have been affected by this pork and chicken recall include rice bowls and pasta dishes sold under the brand name of "Raley's" and salad and alfredo dishes sold under the brand name of "Taylor Farms". These products were manufactured with sell dates ranging between February 7 and March 7, and they were distributed in Arizona, California, Colorado and Wyoming. Consumers are asked to check for any of these products and to avoid using them.
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A READING FOR YOU…
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b] 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
Unity and Diversity in the Body
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
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This problem can be solved in different ways.
The simplest is to use the property of the Egyptian triangle, as you can see the ratio of the leg and the hypotenuse is 4: 5 and one more leg is a multiple of 3 and is obtained by multiplying by 3. From this we can conclude that the hypotenuse AB is 5 * 3 = 15.
Another way is to use the basic trigonometric property to express the cosine of angle A and find AB.
Cos ^ 2A = 1 – 16/15 = AC ^ 2 / AB ^ 2.
AB ^ 2 = 81 * 25/9 = 225.
AB = 15.
Answer: AB = 15.
One of the components of a person's success in our time is receiving modern high-quality education, mastering the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for life in society. A person today needs to study almost all his life, mastering everything new and new, acquiring the necessary professional qualities. | <urn:uuid:fcea1742-81ff-441b-a498-430165a28040> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.univerkov.com/in-triangle-abc-angle-c-90-degrees-sin-angle-a-4-5-ac-9-find-ab/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.944216 | 201 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Why Eat Responsibly?
As seafood consumers, we love the fish that we eat and our hope is that we continue eating them for a long time. Over the past 2 decades, it has been getting harder to get the fish we love because fewer of them exist in our oceans. This has happened because the number of fish being caught is greater than the number of new fish being added to their wild populations. This is what we call overfishing.
Our demand for fish has a significant part to play in fish populations getting overfished.
Take the month of Shravan or Ganesh festival in India (August to September) for instance. Since these months are considered holy, many Indians prefer not to eat fish during these months. Consequently, it is not economical for fishers to head out to sea and catch fish during this time.
On the other hand, during the Christmas and new year season, there is a high demand for fish and as a result, fishers put extra effort to catch fish. These examples show us that our choices have the ability to steer the demand and subsequently fishing pressure on our oceans.
We can do our bit, not by giving up eating fish altogether but by choosing which fish to eat and when. We can give our favourite fish some rest during critical times of the year like their breeding season. By doing this we make sure that we have enough of our favourite fish to eat during the other times of the year! This is why we should eat seafood responsibly | <urn:uuid:4c3405ad-b1c8-4c09-b0e7-20b66755a80a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.knowyourfish.org.in/why-eat-responsibly | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.978694 | 313 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned that negotiating based on the illusions of power by the foreign-backed Syrian opposition does not help achieve a peaceful resolution to the country’s crisis.
“I do not believe that negotiating based on illusions of the power of the opposition in Geneva, which hardly controls any ground inside Syria and may not even be welcomed into territories that are even controlled by the armed groups inside Syria – given the false promises and false hopes – helps achieve a peaceful resolution to this very tragic conflict,” Zarif said in an interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
The Iranian foreign minister underscored the importance of setting realistic goals and allowing the Syrian people to determine their own future.
Zarif noted that Tehran will be happy if an agreement can be reached through Syria talks even without the presence of Iran at the talks.
The Geneva II negotiations on Syria ended Friday with no concrete results, but the UN said the sides to the conflict in Syria agreed to meet again on February 10.
The so-called Syrian National Council (SNC) and its Western supporters insist that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step down and a transitional government be formed in Syria.
However, Damascus rejects the demand, arguing that the SNC does not represent the Syrian opposition.
Iran has repeatedly stressed that the crisis should be resolved through an indigenous political solution and holding of free elections in the country.
The United Nations says more than four million Syrians will be forced out of their homes in 2014 by the escalating conflict in the country, which started in 2011.
By Press TV
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Equine Omega Vitamin E
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Examine the subtle humour in the narration of the story that lightens the gravity of the subject matter.
The story's wittiest character is the detective Sherlock Holmes whose digressions are most funny. How in the middle of a sensitive interrogation he points out to the suspect that he appears to be a English, though the suspect exclaims that he is an American. In the beginning when Holmes is explaining the case to Watson, he remarks that there is a chance to make money with this case as if it is they and not the Garridebs who will be given the inheritance Alexander Garrideb. The most interesting part is the style with which Holmes talks or discusses any information. Even while explaining a serious matter he adapts a casual style. For example, again while in the beginning Holmes is explaining the case to Watson, he did not give away the people already involved in the case. However, he tells that Nathan is already taken in as Watson comes across his name in the directory. He did not even tell the name of the mastermind John Garrideb until Mrs. Hudson approached with the card signed by Garrideb. There are many such instances that make the mystery light-hearted and the reader is not burned by it. | <urn:uuid:445eb71b-4128-4498-bcdb-6dc0eaa71874> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aakashdigitalsrv1.meritnation.com/ask-answer/question/examine-the-subtle-humour-in-the-narration-of-the-story-that/the-adventure-of-the-three-garridebs/11814029 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.963274 | 249 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Meeting in Washington, D.C., this week, 40 African trade union leaders highlighted creation of good jobs, social protections and freedom to form unions as essential for Africa’s development. One way to do so is to make the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) work for working people.
AGOA must have strong labor clauses “to ensure that workers’ rights are protected, they are given decent work,” said Caroline Khamati Mugalla, executive secretary of the East African Trade Union Confederation. Mugalla spoke with RadioLabour.
AGOA, which gives eligible sub-Saharan countries duty-free access to the U.S. market for a variety of products, is up for re-authorization in 2015. In the 15 years AGOA has been in effect, it has increased exports from sub-Saharan Africa, but by focusing mostly on tariff reductions, it has not spurred broader development or fostered a robust and equitable economic system.
Trade agreements must create decent work, Mugalla said, and decent work “is all about social dialogue, strengthening social dialogue to ensure that workers’ rights are actually met.”
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Phenolic epoxy resin
Epoxy resins are widely used as adhesives, anti-corrosion materials, insulating coatings, laminates, casting and dipping materials, and molding materials. It can also be used as glass fiber reinforced plastics, electrical precision parts, shock-proof and sound-absorbing materials, and textile finishing agents. In terms of coatings, it is mainly used as a metal protective coating for protective coatings for ships, steel components, metal containers, etc.; in addition, as a vehicle for cationic electrophoretic coatings, it is widely used as a primer for car bodies; widely used as a Chemicalbook in electrical appliances. Insulating paint, injection molding materials, molding materials, especially in the electronics industry, are widely used as sealing materials for LSI, IC, etc. in addition to laminates; in civil construction, they are used as non-slip dressings, floor materials, and mortar materials for concrete casting roads; As an adhesive, it is widely used in the bonding of metal and non-metal materials (such as ceramics, glass, wood, etc.) with good adhesion; also used as a stabilizer for resins and polyvinyl chloride; textile treatment agent, can Prevent wrinkles and scale reduction.
Generally speaking, the preparation method of epoxy resin can be summarized into two methods, one of which is to use compounds containing active hydrogen, such as compounds containing hydroxyl, carboxylic acid groups, amino groups, etc., as raw materials, under the catalysis of alkali, and Epoxy compounds (such as epichlorohydrin) are reacted and epoxy groups are introduced, such as the preparation of bisphenol A epoxy propyl ether epoxy resins. Compounds such as tetrahydrophthalic acid, cyclohexene, etc. are used as raw materials, and then peroxides are used to epoxidize the ethylenic bonds to form epoxy groups. For example, epoxy resins made by reacting with compounds containing ethylenic bonds are all This type. The synthesis of bisphenol A type epoxy resin varies with the relative molecular mass. The liquid epoxy resin with low molecular weight makes bisphenol A react with excess epichlorohydrin Chemicalbook alkane under the action of potassium hydroxide (sodium) to epoxidize it. In order to inhibit the formation of high molecular weight compounds and the hydrolysis of epichlorohydrin, lye should be added slowly. For epoxy resins with medium molecular weight, a one-step method is used. That is, bisphenol A (or other basic substance) is dissolved in sodium hydroxide, and then epichlorohydrin is gradually added to react. This method can save the amount of epichlorohydrin. For high molecular weight epoxy resins, there are two methods: one is the one-step method. Dissolve bisphenol A in sodium hydroxide, then add epichlorohydrin, and then add a part of sodium hydroxide, and finally dehydration and refining; the second is a two-step method, in which the epoxy resin is prepared and added Bisphenol A is allowed to react further to increase the relative molecular weight. This is because the epoxy resin has epoxy groups at both ends, which can react with Bisphenol A under certain conditions.
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Do you have a head for business and a deep understanding of state and federal regulations?
If so, working as a compliance auditor could be perfect for you. This job mainly involves evaluating companies and making sure they follow industry regulations to the letter.
This role can take place in a range of industries, including finance, accounting, IT, and insurance. You need to be prepared to do a lot of research and make sure your knowledge is always up to date.
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Compliance Auditor Job Description
A typical job description will start by providing an overview of the company you would be working for. It should provide details of the team you will work with and the general working environment. This is likely to include information on the type of contract and the base salary you can expect to receive.
The daily duties you would perform in this role should be clearly outlined. There will be information on the education and experience that candidates need to have. It may also include the skills and knowledge the manager is looking for in the ideal candidate.
Duties And Responsibilities
There is a wide range of tasks you will need to complete well in order to work as a Compliance Auditor. Naturally, the regularity of these tasks will depend on the industry and company you work for. Here are some of the main duties and responsibilities you are likely to be charged with on a regular basis.
Overseeing and Conducting Audits
You are likely to be in charge of overseeing both internal and external audits for the company. This includes reviewing reports, records, software, activities, and programs that could be affected by regulations. To do this effectively, you are likely to work closely with a team of people.
You need to analyze the potential risks within different areas of the company. This will help the company to avoid compliance issues. This can include reviewing the risk assessment studies that are conducted by professional organizations and government agencies.
Once you have completed the audit, you will need to compile a comprehensive report. This will highlight any company practices and procedures that do not comply with certain regulations. You will also make recommendations of different changes that should be implemented.
Maintaining Compliance Records
It is important to keep track of any violations that have been reported against the company you work for. You also need to have detailed records of the responses to the violations and plans to avoid them in the future. Keep records of any compliance training that company employees complete.
Skills And Attributes
There are certain hard skills you need to develop in order to do this job well. There is also a range of soft skills that will help you do your work more efficiently. Here are the main skills and attributes a successful compliance auditor should possess.
You need to be able to communicate clearly with both colleagues and clients. When talking about tricky situations, you need to be able to be tactful while sticking to the truth. You also need to develop strong listening skills to understand the needs of clients and managers.
You need to be able to evaluate the different solutions to a particular problem. This includes working out the strengths and weaknesses of each option. This will help you to choose the perfect solution for the company you are working for.
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You need to have a solid reputation for being honest and trustworthy. Companies need to be able to trust you to review sensitive documents and keep them fully protected. You need to be sure that they will not share their business secrets with third parties.
It is essential to be able to keep records, and other documents separate and well organized. You need to be able to prioritize tasks and create schedules for your workload. This will help to ensure that the audit is completed before the deadline.
You are likely to have to manage a team of people from time to time. If you are heading an audit team, you need to know the strengths and weaknesses of each team member. This will help you to assign tasks to the best person for each job. You also need to be able to motivate people and make sure they are working hard.
It is important to be able to work well with people from all walks of life. You need to be ready and able to support the people you are collaborating with on their tasks. You should also be able to resolve any conflicts that arise quickly and smoothly.
It is important to be able to make quick and insightful decisions that will help the company you work for. You need to determine whether or not you have all the information you need to make different decisions. It is also essential to avoid delaying decisions for longer than absolutely necessary.
Education And Training
You need to hold a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or management to secure this role. You will need to study the governmental regulations that relate to your company’s products and services. It is also important to remain up to date with amendments to the regulations and any new legislation that is passed.
In order to take your career to the next level, you may need to obtain a master’s degree. In most cases, you can work on this after you have gained some work experience. You may also be able to work on your master’s degree in your spare time while you continue working.
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After a few years, your salary is likely to rise to around $63,000 per year. Gaining special skills and experience can dramatically boost your earning potential.
If you work for a pharmaceutical company, your salary could climb to $83,000 per year over time.
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Having Fun and Learning Straight from the Masters
When Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra come to the Symphony Center, you make a point to see them. They are dynamic and masters at their craft. If your kids are uninterested and don’t want to attend a jazz show, don’t worry. Wynton Marsalis and The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra have something to bridge the gap.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by Marsalis, performed a Jazz for Young People show on Saturday morning to inspire children of all ages to learn about the jazz world. The show was half classroom instruction (with Marsalis playing the part of professor) and half a foot-tapping, swinging good time. With their incredible dedication and enthusiasm for jazz, Marsalis and his orchestra told the story of jazz legend Count Basie, making his life and his influences easy to understand to the young people in the audience while also having a fun time.
Marsalis recounted the stories from Basie’s lifetime; how he went from sweeping the floors to becoming a legend. Along the way there were life lessons including “if you have a job, always show up so nobody can take your job” and “If you are nice to people, people will be nice to you.” Definitely good things for children to hear.
But there were more than just life lessons, Jazz for Young People was also a pretty in depth musical lesson too. Marsalis used stories from Basie’s life to explain the difference, with the help of the rhythm section, between the Kansas City stomp style and the sounds that Basie would adapt with this “All-American Rhythm Section.”
Each time Marsalis made a musical point, he turned to the orchestra to demonstrate that point. And when the band started playing the lesson really came to life. For example, Marsalis explained that Basie was the first to use two tenor saxophone players at the time, whereas most bands of the time had just one. Basie, Marsalis explained, placed each of the saxophones on either side of the stage, and soon had the tenor players engaged in “duels,” at which point the band kicked up and Victor Goines and Walter Blanding took turns battling each other with their horns to the delight of the audience.
Marsalis also gave a lesson on improvising using “riffs.” Marsalis explained that a riff can be anything that repeats itself over and over again, like parents saying, “eat your vegetables, eat your vegetables” or “brush your teeth, brush your teeth.” And then he had the band demonstrate. The trumpets repeated a riff, the saxophones repeated a different riff and the trombones used a third riff to show how they could all bring it together into a beautiful jazz song. Which the audience went bonkers for.
Jazz for Young People show was so jam packed with information that even the adults in the audience learned a thing or two. Plus, the parents in attendance had to be awed that their children were getting a music lesson by the greats of the day: The Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis – a Grammy and a Pulitzer prize winner. Having fun and learning lessons straight from the masters, well, there is no better way to learn.
by Keith Gerbosi
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Pennsylvania Energy Deregulation
Pennsylvania is not only a state filled with rich American history, but it also made history when it became one of the first states in the U.S. to launch a deregulated energy market. The market officially changed to a deregulated structure in 1996. The goal of the effort was to allow consumers to choose where their energy came from, meaning they no longer had to pay their utility?s energy prices, if they didn’t want to.
With deregulation in place, several individual suppliers began finding their way to Pennsylvania. Today, there are several retail energy providers that buy energy in bulk from the public utilities and sell it to consumers at discounted prices, including the following companies:
- Accent Energy
- Ambit Energy
- Bounce Energy
- Champion Energy
- Commerce Energy
- Constellation Energy
- Direct Energy
- Gateway Energy Services
- Hudson Energy
- IGS Energy
- Just Energy
- Liberty Power
- Nextera Energy Services
- Stream Energy
- Suez Energy
- Verde Energy
Retail suppliers such as this, appeared in the market and were able to offer PA customers with lower electricity rates. As more and more consumers started seeing the benefit of switching their service, more retail energy providers began providing services to those in the state, creating a competitive market in PA. Today, different energy suppliers are now offer deals on fixed rate and variable rate plans and offer things like short-term and long-term contract solutions as well as green energy products.
As these suppliers continue to strive to offer competitive plans to consumers, many customers in PA are also able to take advantage of different perks, benefits and incentives with their energy plan.
According to the Public Utility Commission in Pennsylvania more than 2.5 million consumers in the state have chosen a plan from a retail energy provider instead of their local utility. Pennsylvania residents who choose not to shop for an energy plan from an individual retail energy provider, can still receive electric service from their state-appointed utility.
PA Power Switch
Pennsylvania’s official energy program is known as PA Power Switch. This program not only provides residents with important information on energy deregulation in Pennsylvania, but resources to better understand the state’s approach to its electric market. PA Power Switch is a government-regulated program owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, which launched with the goal of educating homeowners and business owners on choosing the right energy supplier.
The program not only offers a bevy of information, but a search and shopping tool for residents to use to compare offers.
Electricity for Homes
10,402 kWh per year is Pennsylvania’s average annual electricity consumption. Compared to New York, the state’s electricity consumption amount is 58% more, and compared to New Jersey, the consumption amount is 17% more. Overall however, Pennsylvania’s consumption of electricity is still lower than the national average.
The majority of household types in Pennsylvania are single family homes, while around 20% are apartment buildings or units. There are a very small percentage of households that fall under the mobile home category. The average square footage for a household in the state is approximately, 2,240 square feet. Pennsylvania is a unique state because it has more newly build homes and less apartment buildings or units compared to other Middle Atlantic States.
When it comes to cost, residents living in this state pay about 16% more for their electricity than the average American household. Within these households, there are several major uses for electricity. Half of electricity is used for space heating. Pennsylvania households use air conditioners more so than any other Northeastern state, but air conditioners still make up less than 3% of electricity consumed within the state itself. Additional details include,
- 50% of electricity within Pennsylvania households is consumed by space heaters.
- Appliances, electronics and lighting uses 32% of the total amount of electricity consumed.
- Water heaters use 15% of the state’s household electricity.
- Only 3% of the electricity consumed is for air conditioning.
In regards to the type of energy used to heat homes in the state, 38% of households use natural gas. Electricity comes in at 29%, fuel oil at 20% and propane at 9%. Cooling stats are a bit different in that over half of the state’s homes use central air conditioning. The rest of the state’s households use either windows or a wall unit.
Some other interesting statistics about Pennsylvania’s residential electricity consumption include,
- 40% of households own a DVR, and the majority also has between 2-3 televisions.
- Just over 20% of Pennsylvania households have more than 1 refrigerator.
- Almost 40% of homes own and use a separate freezer.
- Slightly over 60% of households have double or triple windowpanes installed.
- Slightly fewer than 40% of households have a programmable thermostat.
- Over 60% of the state’s homes have a top loading washing machine.
Electricity for Businesses
There are several industries that help to generate income for Pennsylvania. These include, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, technology, finance, energy, aviation, tourism, film, and more. The state is the location of seventeen fortune 500 companies including, U.S Steel, H.J Heinz, and PPG Industries. For each of these industries to work efficiently and effectively, they all require the use of electricity.
As manufacturing is a critical component to the status of the state’s economy, industrial energy use makes up 35% of the total business related electricity consumption. Commercial energy makes up 16.5%. Transportation consumes the second largest amount of energy making up for 23.9% of the total annual amount.
Energy Saving Initiatives
The primary responsibility of the PA Public Utility Commission (PUC) of is to provide consumers with the best options and information to reduce their energy consumption and rates. The organization works closely with its energy utilities to make sure that the proper plans and services are in place in order to achieve these goals for the public.
Some of the energy saving initiatives or programs includes, appliance recycling and rebate programs, home energy audit and weatherization programs, and more. The PA PUC also provides links to the information and opportunities offered by each utility so that the public can remain informed about their options.
Pennsylvania Electricity Rates
Pennsylvania is home to several major metropolitan areas. Many of these large cities also fall under the state’s deregulated energy laws. We have rates for cities like:
Pennsylvania is still separated into different utilities, meaning that different cities may each have unique utilities governing their area’s energy services.
Fast Facts About Pennsylvania’s Energy Market
Pennsylvania’s energy market has more than just deregulation on its resume, there are also a number of other interesting facts about how the state utilizes and creates energy to create an exciting and multi-faceted market:
– In 2014, Pennsylvania ranked 4th in the nation in electricity generation from nuclear power.
– Pennsylvania has an Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard that requires 18% of the state’s sold electricity to come from renewable resources. The state has until 2021 to reach this goal.
– In 2014, Pennsylvania was the country’s second-largest produce from natural gas.
– Pennsylvania is the 4th largest coal producer in the U.S. and the only state to produce anthracite coal, which has the highest heat value of any type of coal.
Pennsylvania’s Top Utilities
Even though energy deregulation made it possible for Pennsylvania residents to buy energy from individual retail providers, other than their state-appointed utility, these utilities are still major entities in Pennsylvania. The following electricity utilities service the state:
Citizens Electric Company – 1-570-524-2231
Duquesne Light – 1-888-393-7000
GI Electric Service – 1-800-276-2722
Met-Ed – 1-888-544-4877
PECO – 1-800-841-4141
Penelec – 1-888-544-4877
Penn Power – 1-888-544-4877
Pike County Light and Power – 1-877-434-4100
PPL Electric Utilities – 1-800-342-5775
Wellsboro Electric Company – 1-570-724-3516
West Penn Power – 1-888-544-4877
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Kolor Kut, Water Finding Paste
Kolor Kut water finding paste is golden brown in color; upon contact with water it turns a brilliant red. Will successfully gauge all petroleum and by-products for water content and accurately indicate the water/product interface. Also may be used in sulphuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, soap solution, salt and other chloride solutions. 3 ounce tube. 12 tubes per box./144 per case.
Catalog No. 600.402
Kolor Kut gasoline indicating paste is a light pink color which turns to a bright red upon contact with gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, gas oil, crude oil, jet fuels and various chemicals. A very effective indicator of top level. 2.5 ounce plastic jar. 12 jars per box./144 per case
Catalog No. 600.403
Kolor Kut Modified Water Finding Paste has been designed for use in Methanol, Ethanol enriched fuels in all proportions when they are water-free but relatively small amounts of water can cause separation of alcohol from the fuel. The mixture settling to the bottom of the storage tank is predominately alcohol by most water detection pastes. Kolor Kut Modified changes from dark brown to bright red on contact with water. Phase separated alcohol solutions with as little as 6% water will turn the paste yellow. 2.5 ounce tube. 12 tubes per box./144 per case
Catalog No. 600.404
The water paste is a green paste that turns pinkish/red when it comes into contact with water. The water paste is used to detect free water in almost all petroleum products as well as some petrochemicals. It has a toothpaste like consistency and is packaged in a 3.75 oz./106 g. Net Wt. jar. 24 jars per box./144 per case.
Catalg No. 600.405
The gasoline paste is a light sky blue paste that turns a darker blue when immersed in gasoline, diesel, kerosene, naphtha, #2 heating oil, light crude oil, jet fuel and others. It has a toothpaste like consistency and is packaged in a 3oz./85g. Net Wt. jar. 24 jars per box./144 per case.
Catalog No. 600.406
SARGEL water indicating paste turns from a white color to pinkish/red on contact with water. It is available in 1 oz tubes. SARGEL is a water/alcohol indicating paste, which shows the presence of water bottoms in storage tanks containing solvent, gasoline, oil, and other materials. It works especially well in alcohol blend systems. 12 tubes per box./144 per case
Catalog No. 600.409
Ideal for E-10 Applications! Fast, reliable way to detect water in fuel storage tanks. Accurately detects phase separation in Ethanol blend applications. For all petroleum fuels including ethanol and methanol blends, diesel, kerosene, #2 oil, JP-4, JP-5 and more. Works in seconds, even in extreme temperature conditions. Paste will turn yellow-green in the presence of water. 36 tubes per box./144 per case
Catalog No. 600.410
Universal Water Finder (UWF) Paste is designed to detect the presence, and particularly the level of the aqueous phase in tanks containing GASOLINE, GASOLINE/ALCOHOL (ETHANOL) BLENDS, JET FUEL, DIESEL FUEL, RESIDUAL FUEL, CRUDE OIL and OTHER organic liquids. Green paste turns bright Red on contact with water. 24 tubes per box./144 per case
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Watching the BBC’s Father Brown on Netflix on my computer.
Opinion by Jim Denney
I’ve been reading G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown detective stories while also viewing the BBC television series Father Brown on Netflix. That’s probably a bad idea.
If I had simply watched the BBC adaptation without consulting Chesterton’s original tales, I would probably be satisfied with the BBC’s mostly harmless version of the priest-detective. But the BBC version of Father Brown, with its a cozy, escapist “Murder She Wrote” feel, suffers by comparison with Chesterton’s brilliant original.
Chesterton’s stories have considerably more satirical bite and conviction. They express, with Chesterton’s trademark wit, his strongly held moral, spiritual, and social beliefs. We find a consistent moral concern expressed in both the Father Brown stories and in Chesterton’s works of Christian apologetics (Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man) and social commentary (Eugenics and Other Evils).
For example, in his story “The Duel of Dr. Hirsch” (in Father Brown: The Complete Collection), Chesterton offers a portrait of a militant French atheist named Maurice Brun. Chesterton’s atheist character gained fame by waging a one-man war against the French expression “Adieu,” which commonly means “Goodbye,” but literally means, “I commend you to God.” Brun wanted to scrub the name of God (“Dieu”) from the French language by imposing a fine on citizens who said “Adieu,” and censoring the word from all French literature.
(This is an excellent example of Chesterton’s well-known ability to foretell the future of society. Chesterton’s Maurice Brun foreshadowed today’s militant “new atheists,” such as Richard Dawkins. In his bestselling book The God Delusion, Dawkins proposed that Christian parents who raise their own children in the faith are guilty of child abuse and should have their children removed from the home. In his own way, Dawkins, like Brun, seeks to scrub the name of God out of existence.)
In another story, “The Invisible Man,” Chesterton spun a tale about a murder that took place inside a building with a single entrance. Not only was the victim murdered, but the body was removed — seemingly under the noses of many witnesses. There were numerous bystanders around the entrance at the time of the murder, yet they all swore that no one went in or out of the building. How was that possible? The body had disappeared — and there were footprints in the snow on the stairs. Was the murder committed by an invisible man?
Father Brown solved the mystery when he learned that the footprints belonged to the mailman. The mailman walked right past the bystanders, went into the building, murdered the victim, stuffed the body into his large mailbag, and carried the corpse out without attracting any attention from the bystanders.
In this story, Chesterton was making an understated but incisive point: There are people in our society who are “invisible” men and women. They pass among us, they are human souls with needs and passions, and in our self-absorption we are oblivious to their existence. They are not people to us; they are just part of the landscape and beneath our notice. Chesterton wants us to stop overlooking the “invisible” men and women among us. He wants us to see them as people.
Chesterton was fond of paradoxes — seemingly self-contradictory statements that reveal a deep truth. Father Brown is a walking (and bicycle-riding) bundle of paradoxes. He is a man who lives by faith, yet he solves crimes through the application of reason and logic to cold, hard evidence. Because he is a celibate priest, people often underestimate him, thinking he is sheltered and unaware of human passions and temptations — yet he demonstrates an unerring grasp of human sinfulness, worldliness, and depravity.
The BBC’s version of Chesterton’s Father Brown is winsomely portrayed by actor Mark Williams (best known as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter motion picture series, and as Brian, the father of Rory Williams, in the BBC series Doctor Who). The casting of the show’s various quirky characters is spot-on, especially Williams as Father Brown. He amiably wanders through each episode in a seeming state of preoccupation and bewilderment. No one suspects that behind that beatific smile, a calculating mind is assembling clues — click, click, click — into an airtight case against a suspect no one suspects.
Yet the BBC’s Father Brown would have horrified G. K. Chesterton on several levels. The BBC television writers repeatedly put words in Father Brown’s mouth that don’t belong there, and that violate everything Chesterton himself stood for. There are numerous examples, but I’ll just cite the worst example I’ve seen, from an episode called “The Eve of St. John.”
In that episode, a witches’ coven, led by a Wiccan high priest named Eugene Bone, moves into the village of Kembleford. When the local Christian clergy meet together and express their alarm over the presence of practicing witches in their midst, Father Brown speaks up — in defense of the witches.
“Witchcraft,” says the BBC’s Father Brown, “is a spiritual path which is rooted in nature and the cycle of the seasons.” He adds that he expects “we have nothing to fear” from the coven. When one of the local ministers refers to the witches as “evil,” Father Brown says, “They worship other gods. It doesn’t make them evil.”
Chesterton’s Father Brown would never have defended witchcraft, idolatry (worshipping other gods), or any other practice that the Scriptures condemn. The Old Testament repeatedly and consistently condemns witchcraft in all its forms. It condemns King Manasseh of Judah because he “practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger” (2 Chronicles 33:6).
G. K. Chesterton, drawing by Paul Henry, 1904.
In Leviticus 19:31, God warned Israel, “Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.” And if worshiping other gods does not make the witches of Kembleford evil, as the BBC’s Father Brown would have us believe, then why is the First Commandment, “You shall have no other gods before me”?
Most episodes of the BBC series are a pleasant hour’s diversion, no more, no less. A few episodes, like “The Eve of St. John,” are so anti-Chestertonian and un-Christian that they are difficult to appreciate on any level. It’s hard (for me, at least) to enjoy watching a character spout nonsense that completely violates that character’s world-view.
If you really want to enjoy a good, mind-stretching, soul-enriching mystery, I recommend you stick with the genuine article, Chesterton’s one-and-only original Father Brown.
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101 - What You Need to Know
The most important weapon in your financial aid arsenal is a properly completed financial aid form. Although the forms you'll need to complete and submit will vary by school, the two that are used most often are the FASFA and the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE. Although these student financial aid forms are both used to assess need, they are used differently by the schools that require them. Here's what you need to know about each.
The FAFSA Financial Aid Form
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FASFA is the form that virtually
all colleges will require you to submit when applying for aid. In fact submitting
the FASFA financial aid form is the only way you can apply for most types
of federal aid. This includes all need-based aid, as well as most federal
loans. In addition, many schools use only the FASFA to calculate your entire
financial aid package, including both federal and non-federal sources of aid
and determine financial aid eligibility.
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The first step to complete the FASFA financial aid form is to access the form online at www.fafsa.ed.gov or to obtain a hardcopy from a local public library, a high school guidance counselor's office, or a college financial aid office. If you will apply online using FASFA on the Web, you will need to get a Personal Identification Number (PIN) access code first. This PIN will serve as an online signature and will allow you to access you application online after you submit it to make corrections and check your data.
Completing the FAFSA should take you a matter of hours if you're prepared before you start. You and/or your parents (if you're a dependent student) should have your important financial documents handy. These include bank statements, federal income tax returns, W-2s, untaxed income records, mortgages, and any other records of assets or income. In addition you'll need to list driver's license numbers and social security numbers for yourself and your parents (if you're a dependant). Furthermore if you or your parents aren't U.S. citizens you'll also need your alien registration or permanent resident cards. And finally you'll need the federal school codes for the schools you're applying to.
The FAFSA financial aid form can be submitted starting January 1 of each year. The deadline, however, changes every year. For the 2007-2008 school year the deadline is June 30, 2008. But don't wait until the last minute because much of the aid distributed by schools is done so on a first come, first serve basis to those who qualify. So try to submit your FAFSA as close to January 1 as possible, but not a day before as it will only be rejected and you'll have to submit it again.
When you submit the FAFSA before you and/or your parents submit your federal income tax returns from the prior year you'll be required to update the information down the road. No need to worry, this is common and it's easy to make adjustments after your tax forms are filed.
Once your FAFSA financial aid form has been processed you will receive a Student Aid Report (SAR). The SAR will summarize the information you submitted on your application and will provide you with an Expected Family Contribution (EFC). The EFC indicates how much money the federal government expects your family to be able to contribute towards the cost of your education for that year. Schools that you indicate on your FAFSA will also receive a copy of your EFC to consider as they process your financial aid award.
The CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
To be considered for financial aid other than federal aid, you may be required to submit the College Board's CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE which is available at www.collegeboard.com. Although some of the information you'll submit during the registration process is similar to that required on the FASFA, these student financial aid forms are actually quite different. After you register you'll be provided with a personalized CSS PROFILE form based on the information you provided. This will include questions that are specific to your financial situation thus allowing you an opportunity to fully explain your individual financial circumstances.
The CSS PROFILE form can only be submitted online. If you don't have access to a computer at home, you will have to access it at school or elsewhere. The PROFILE form can be submitted well in advance of your other financial aid forms. In fact you can file it as early as October 1 of the year prior to the school year you're applying for. But since a fee is charged for each school that receives the information generated from the PROFILE, you should be careful with the number of schools you tell CSS to send a report to.
According to the College Board over 600 schools and scholarship programs use its PROFILE to award funds. If you're like most students, you're undoubtedly applying to a number of different schools. That said there is a good chance you will have to submit a CSS PROFILE form.
In addition to the FAFSA and the CSS PROFILE form, you may be required to submit a few additional financial aid forms to the schools you are applying to. These forms can be very simple and used to verify information about your family's income and budget or to verify that you have a sibling attending college at the same time. If you're applying to state schools, you may also be required to submit certain forms to access state-funded programs, especially in state tuition programs.
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Hesperidin (HDN) is a citrus bioflavonoid, which widely exists in many plants. Previous researches have proved that HDN has several functions such as anti-oxidant, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, immune regulation and so on. In the present study, we explored the protective effects of HDN on concanavalin A (Con A)-induced hepatic injury. Acute hepatic injury model was established successfully by intravenous administration of Con A (15 mg/kg) in male C57BL/6 mice, and HDN was pretreated for 10 days before Con A challenge. It was found that the hepatic injury was notably improved in HDN pretreated mice. Furthermore, hepatic oxidative stress and the production of proinflammatory cytokines including TNF-α and IFN-γ were decreased by HDN pretreatment. More importantly, compared with Con A-treated mice, the expression and releasing of HMGB1 and T-cell activation were markedly reduced in HDN pretreated mice. Thus, these results suggest that HDN protects mice from Con A-induced hepatic injury by suppressing hepatocyte oxidative stress, producing cytokines, expressing and releasing HMGB1 and activating T cells. | <urn:uuid:43c0e96d-662b-433a-adca-b5759883dc32> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/RU/en/tech-docs/paper/544931 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.970503 | 257 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Reverse Cycle Ducted heating and Cooling Melbourne
Reverse Cycle Ducted Air Conditioning Systems (or Central Air Conditioning) provide discreet air conditioned comfort throughout your entire home. The benefit of a reverse cycle ducted is that it does both heating and cooling from the same vents. Another key benefit of a reverse cycled ducted heat pump is that it is cheaper to run compared to a gas ducted system.
Types of Central Air Conditioning Systems
There are two main types of central reverse cycle air conditioning systems used in homes these days, split wall hung & split ducted systems.
A split central ducted reverse cycle system is in 2 main parts,
- An air handling unit (indoor unit) which can be in the roof space for a ducted system
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To have and understand the knowledges to give the base and the opportunity to be original in the development and in the application of ideas, in general in the field or research.
To get that the students could apply the acquired knowledges and the ability to solve problems in the new environment and in the much more wide context (multidisciplinary context) related to the area of study.
To get as well that the students will be able to integrate the knowledges in order to fase the complexity of making judgements by having limited information and It includes as well reflections over social and ethical responsibilities related to the applications of their knowledges.
The students should know to communicate their conclusions and their knowledges based on strong arguments to present them to specialized and even no specialized audience, in a very clear and without ambiguity.
The students should have as well the ability to learn and to keep studying in a very continuous way.
To acquire the capabilities to understand the new technologies of electronic systems and Its adequate use and integration to solve new problems and new applications.
To acquire as well the capability to work in groups integrating different multidisciplinary approaches.
To include the scientific method as a fundamental tool of working to be applied in the professional and scientific fields.
The students should have the capability to solve practical problems coming from the interaction of the different elements within an electronic sensing system with external agents, by taking into account interference signals, electromagnetic compatibility or the termal management in the different steps of the design, prefabrication and redesign systems.
To know the state of the art of the actual and future techniques in the following fields: components, power subsystems, photonics, integrated circuits, photonic integrated circuits, microsystems, nanoelectronics, identification systems and systems applied to dependency.
Capacity to identify from a conceptual as well as practical point of view the scientific and technological challenges in the different applications of the electronic systems and Its integration and utility.
Capacity to make a useful search of information and to identify as well the state of the art of a technological problem in the field of electronic systems and Its application to the development of new sensors and new sensing systems.
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A crash back in April, between a truck and a bus, resulted in an inferno when the vehicles caught on fire and burned on the side of the road. Nine people lost their lives in the crash, which took place in Northern California. The reports have now come back in the wake of the accident, and the coroner has revealed that the majority of those who were killed did not actually die from the impact, but from inhaling smoke after they were trapped in the burning bus.
Of the nine who were killed, only two appear to have died from causes other than smoke inhalation.
The crash involved a truck being driven for Fed Ex, which was pulling two trailers, and each one was 28 feet long. It was on the 5 Freeway, going south, but it left those lanes, drove over 58 feet of median, and jumped up into traffic in the northbound lanes.
There, it struck a small sedan that was thrown out of the way. After pushing through that, it rammed into the charter bus, filled with high school students and their chaperons. Five of the students were killed.
After the wreck, those with injuries were taken to the hospital. One more person died there, bringing the total toll from the crash up to ten.
In the wake of a truck accident, those who have lost loved ones or suffered injuries may want to know what rights they have to seek financial compensation. They should also know if they have a right to seek it from the company for which the truck was being driven, if that truck caused the crash.
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Help honey bee swarms find a home
With spring flowers come swarming bees, and Montana beekeepers are glad to help remove them if people find swarms clinging to trees, fences or some other surface.
“A swarm is bees at their most harmless,” says Cam Lay, state entomologist with the Montana Department of Agriculture. “Bees sting only in defense of the hive, to protect their home and children, if you will. A swarm has no brood and no home, so they have no reason to sting you.”
Lay acknowledges that a swarm can be an intimidating sight. “All of a sudden you’ve got ten thousand bees sitting on your fence, or on the side of the house. They buzz, and they fly around, and that’s outside the experience of most people.”
The process begins as new queen bees emerge in a hive, says Diana DeYoung of the department’s Glasgow field office. The old queen quits laying eggs and her abdomen gets smaller so she can fly. When the new queens are ready to emerge, the old queen takes part of the colony and flies away.
Swarming bees alight in a temporary location while their “scout bees” search for a more permanent home. That’s usually a cavity in a tree or building, Lay says. Once the scout bees find a good spot, they communicate the distance and direction to the rest of the swarm with a “waggle dance,” and lead them off to their new home.
“We still don’t know how they decide which group of scout bees to follow,” Lay says. “But somehow they make a decision and off they go.”
Unless a local beekeeper can get there first. A swarm of bees is a good start to a new colony, says Ian Foley, entomology program manager at the department. There are certainly times when homeless bees are nothing but a pest, such as when they take up residence in exterior walls of a home, but most of the time they are a valuable resource.
Foley has already picked up one swarm this year, he said. “I brushed most of them into a cardboard box,” he said, “and then put it on the ground nearby. The rest of them trooped right on in, and I took them home.”
The Department of Agriculture maintains a statewide list of beekeepers who are interested in being contacted to recover swarms. Look for the live link on a copy of this article on the department’s website: agr.mt.gov or use the detailed address at http://agr.mt.gov/agr/Programs/Bees/pdf/Swarm_list_5-30-2014.pdf. Readers can also contact the Apiary Program at the Montana Department of Agriculture at 406-444-3144.
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In an embedded world, communication protocols are vital as they provide a gateway to exchange information among various devices with excellent reliability. Any secure and efficient communication must agree between sender and receiver on a specific set of rules called a protocol. So, a protocol is a collection of rules that governs data communications.
A protocol allows various network-connected devices to communicate together irrespective of their design, structure, and internal processes. Both hardware and software operate during protocol implementation. Sensors share automation system data to the controllers, and the actuators receive the controlled signal. A communication protocol enables such an exchange of data or information. This article discusses some critical protocols in use in the embedded world.
Figure 1: Communication protocol
Types of Communication protocols
The communication protocols have different categories.
Figure 2: Types of communication protocols
The intersystem protocol helps to establish communication between two devices. A good example is a computer and a development board via inter bus system.
Types of Inter System Protocols
Intersystem protocols are of three categories:
USB Communication protocol
UART Communication protocol
USART Communication protocol
USB Communication protocol
Universal Serial Bus or USB provides asynchronous serial transmission of data between a host and up to a total of 127 devices. The host consists of two components: the root hub and the host controller. The host controller is a hardware chipset with a software driver layer responsible for the following tasks:
Detecting attachment and removal of USB devices
Managing data flow among host and devices
Provide and control power to the attached devices
Monitor activities on the bus
Data is sent serially in packets form consisting of 8 bits. The USB interface uses a non-return-to-zero inverted (NRZI) differential transmission, and a bit stuffing across the twisted pair encodes the NRZI. USB communication occurs through many different signaling states on the D+ and D- lines. The hardware in USB devices manages all the encoding and bit stuffing upon receiving any data and before transmitting any data. The reason for using the differential D+ and D- signal is to reject common-mode noise. The following are the different types of USB connectors available in the market:
(i) USB-A: It is the most popular connector. They are present in flash drives and at the end of hard-wired cables to USB devices like keyboards and mouse.
(ii) USB-B: These are square-shaped and widely used in printers, scanners, portable optical drives, and other external storage devices.
(iii) USB-C: They are small and thin, with an oval appearance and asymmetrical shape. USB C has 24 pin cable that can relay videos and data as quickly as 10 Gbps and power up to 100 watts. USB type C finds wide use in smartwatches, modern cellphones, new generation embedded development boards, etc.
(iv) Micro-USB: The first generation smartphones had Micro-USB. These had an On-the-Go (OTG) function that allowed them to have an adapter connecting other USB connector types. Tablets, game controllers, smartphones, and similar devices have Micro-USB inside them.
Figure 3: Types of USB connectors
The current USB specification defines four speeds for a USB system: Low-Speed, Full-Speed, Hi-Speed, and SuperSpeed. A High-Speed Host can communicate with a Low-Speed device, but a Full-Speed Host cannot communicate with a High-Speed device.
keyboards, mice, and game peripherals
phones, audio devices, and compressed video
video, imaging, and storage devices
application media requiring fast and high-capacity transfers
Table: USB transfer speed
Advantages of USB
Widely acceptable standard among various device manufacturers
Easy to configure and comes with plug and play functionality
USB connections are all hot-swappable
Disadvantages of USB
Speed supported is lower compared to gigabit Ethernet and Firewire interfaces
Cable length is limited to five meters
Communication of messages is possible only between host and peripherals as broadcasting is impossible in USB
UART Communication Protocol
A Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) receives serial data and stores it as parallel data, usually one byte. It also takes serial data and transmits it as parallel data. Such serial communication is beneficial when it is necessary to communicate bytes of data between devices separated by long distances or have few I/O pins.
Figure 4: Serial transmission using UART
UART is two-wired, i.e., the Tx (Transmitter) and Rx (Receiver) pins manage the serial data. Two serially connected UARTs must agree on the transmission protocol used to communicate. The UART transmission protocol determines the rate at which bits are sent and received. This rate is called the baud rate. The standard baud rates are 2400, 4800, 9600, and 19.2 k. The protocol also specifies the number of bits of data and the type of parity sent during each transmission. Finally, the protocol defines the minimum number of bits that separates two consecutive data transmissions.
Figure 5: Transmission protocols used by two UART
UART protocol finds use during the interface of PC and FPGA evaluation boards, RFID-based applications, Bluetooth Modules, GSM and GPRS Modems, Wireless Communications, GPS Receivers, etc.
Advantages of UART protocol
Simple, single-wire transmission and single wire reception of data with error checking
Easy interface for interconnecting embedded devices and desktop computers etc.
Can be directly interfaced to popular RS-232 physical interfaces
Disadvantages of UART protocol
The typical maximum data rate is low compared to SPI
Since it is asynchronous, the clock on both devices must be accurate, particularly at higher baud rates
Settings need to be known in advance, including baud rate, data size, and parity checking type
USART Communication Protocol
Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter (USART) is a mode of communication between serial devices, i.e., data units. For example, a byte transmits one bit at a time. The USART is unlike parallel modes of transmission where the entire data unit, like a byte, transmits at once. These are fit to change the parallel information in the sequential structure.
A USART is a standard device that can transmit a binary number as a square waveform to a receiver and receive a square waveform. It converts the information to a binary number. It uses asynchronous communications in which a master clock signal transmits to the receiver to coordinate data bit sampling through time. The two endpoints each manage their clock in asynchronous mode. USART transmits and receives the signal in full-duplex mode and uses it to signal when a send and/or receive is complete.
Figure 6: USART to convert Parallel data into serial data
USART protocols are popular in industrial and control applications. They operate in multi-drop networks where a master USART can communicate with a particular slave USART. They are also for Infrared (IR), Bluetooth communications, and USART modules used with other RF communication purposes – AM, FM, QPSK, PSK, FSK, Wi-Fi, etc.
Advantages of USART protocol
The speed of USART is more than the speed of UART
Uses both data signals and clock for its functioning
Data is transmitted in the form of blocks
Disadvantages of USART protocol
Data is transmitted at a definite rate
USART is more complex than UART in terms of complexity
Intra system Protocol
The Intra system protocol establishes communication between components within the circuit board. In embedded systems, intra-system protocol increases the population of components connected to the controllers. An increase in components led to circuit complexity and increased power consumption. Intra system protocol promises secure access to data from the peripherals.
Types of Intra System Protocols
The categories of Intersystem protocols are:
I2C Communication protocol
SPI Communication protocol
CAN Communication protocol
I2C Communication protocol
Philips invented the Inter-Integrated Circuits protocol (IIC or I2C) in 1982. The I2C protocol connects multiple slaves to a single master or various slaves to multiple masters. The I2C protocol operates when two microcontrollers send data to the same memory or send identical data to the LCD with many other applications. The I2C serial communication protocol has two signals: Serial Data (SDA) and Serial Clock (SCL). The master and slave receive data through the SDA line, and SCL is the clock signal line. The I2C protocol supports, depending upon the modes of operation, different data speeds ranging from 100kbit/s in standard mode to 3.4 Mbps in full speed mode.
Figure 7: Single master and slave in the I2C protocol
I2C protocols use data from hardware sensors, communicate with multiple microcontrollers, display control of cellphones, change color settings of the monitor color, assess ADCs and DACs, circuits, and read specific memory ICs. They also operate in control applications like controlling and transmitting user-directed actions and switching on/off the power supply of the internal components.
Advantages of I2C protocol
Simple and effective
It occupies less space as it directly connects the components and reduces the cost of interconnection
It supports multi-mastering, i.e., any device that can send or receive data can be a master
The ACK/NACK feature supports a robust error handling mechanism
Disadvantages of I2C protocol
Hardware, especially software implementation, is more complicated than the SPI Half-duplex
Not scalable for a large number of devices
It takes up much more real estate on a PCB as it uses pull-up resistors
SPI Communication protocol
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a four-wire serial data bus. A single node, called the master, manages activity on the bus. Other nodes called slaves respond to the master. The four wires on the bus perform the following functions:
The Slave Select (SS) signal notifies a slave that a master is interacting with it
The Serial Clock (SCLK) sequences data transfer on the bus, one bit per cycle
The Master Input Slave Output (MISO) line transfers data from the slave to the master
The Master Output Slave Input (MOSI) line transfers data from the master to the slave
SPI can simultaneously transfer data in both the directions on the MISO and MOSI lines, making it a full-duplex communication standard. One master can control multiple slaves, but additional SS pins are required. SPI protocol can support transfer data up to 50Mbps over short distances.
Figure 8: Architecture of SPI
The SPI communicates with different peripherals like sensors, analog to digital converter, digital to analog converter, etc. They interface LCDs, LEDs, MMC or SD cards, including SDIO variants, and communicate with FLASH and EEPROM memories.
Advantages of SPI protocol
No start and stop bit required
No complicated slave communicating system
Higher data transfer rate than I2C protocol (almost double)
Separate MOSI and MISO pins to simultaneously transmit and receive data
Disadvantages of SPI protocol
It uses four wires, whereas I2C and UART use two wires only
No acknowledgment from the receiver after the reception of data
It allows only a single master
CAN communication protocol
Robert Bosch developed the Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol in the 1980s. A CAN bus system in a vehicle makes it possible to network electronic modules such as control units or intelligent sensors. The CAN bus is independent of the vehicle's electronics systems and functions as a data line to swap information among control units.
The system's design and construction enable it to work with a high degree of intrinsic safety. If faults still occur, they are mainly stored in the fault memory of the related control unit and are accessible by the Diagnostic Testing and Information System.
The basic system consists of several control units. Transceivers connect them parallel to the bus line, which implies that identical conditions apply to all stations. In simple words, the management of all control units is equal, and none are preferred. In this context, this is called multi-master architecture. There is a serial exchange of information.
Figure 9: A CAN bus in automobile
The CAN bus system divides into three unique systems due to the different requirements regarding signal repetition rate and the large data volume:
Drive train CAN bus (high-speed) at 500 kbps with almost real-time requirements
Convenience CAN bus (low-speed) at 100 kbps with low time requirements
Infotainment CAN bus (low-speed) at 100 kbps with low time requirement
The CAN data bus uses twisted-pair wiring with differential data transfer to achieve top-notch security during data transfer. CAN high and CAN low are the wire names.
Both wires have the same default setting regarding the signal level in the rest state. For example, this setting of the drivetrain CAN data bus is about. 2.5V. The recessive state is also known as rest state setting. This is because as any control unit connected in the network can change it. The voltage increases in dominant state to match the CAN high wire. This is a predetermined value (on the drivetrain CAN data bus, this is at least 1V). The CAN low wire voltage drops by the same increment (a minimum of 1V on the drivetrain CAN data bus). The voltage thus rises by a minimum 3.5V ((2.5V + 1V = 3.5V) inactive state on the CAN high wire from the drivetrain CAN data bus. The voltage in the CAN low wire then drops to a maximum of 1.5V (2.5V - 1V = 1.5V). Therefore, the voltage difference between CAN high and CAN low in a recessive state is 0V, and in a dominant state, at least 2V.
Figure 10: Differential data transfer on CAN data bus
CAN protocol finds use for networking of components in automobiles. Besides automotive, CAN also finds applications in aircraft for in-flight analysis and networking of components such as fuel systems, pumps, and more. CANopen is popular in embedded control applications like industrial automation.
Advantages of CAN protocol
It is a low-cost solution as the number of wires used reduces compared to old communication models in automotive and thus reduces vehicle weight
It is a fast way of communicating between different control modules and sensors as it supports a data transfer rate of 1 Mbit/s at a bus length of 40m
It provides highly reliable transmission by offering an excellent error-detection and error-handling mechanism. It is also immune to electromagnetic interference.
It can auto retransmit the same message if any device does not receive a notification
Disadvantages of CAN protocol
It lacks encryption and authentication mechanisms
It is limited to a maximum of 64 nodes or devices
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The largest Black Hole ever recorded was discovered (VIDEO)
Scientists have recently discovered the largest black hole ever observed, and the data indicate that they may be in a small galaxy located 250 million light years from Earth.
The super-massive black hole is located in the galaxy NGC 1277, situated in the constellation Perseus and has a mass equivalent to 17 billion suns. Under these conditions, 14% of the total mass of the galaxy is held by the black hole. So we can figure out what this percentage, we must consider that normally a black hole occupies only 0.1% of the total mass of the host galaxy.
Scientists say giant black hole is 11 times larger than the orbit of Neptune me. So it goes that, when measured, for the first time, they thought they miscalculated.
“The first time I made calculations I thought something was wrong. I once more calculated with the same instrument, because in the end we changed the instrument”, said astronomer Van den Bosch.
The discovery, scientists say, might have the potential to help them learn new details on how they have evolved black holes at the centre of galaxies.
Until now, scientists have believed that there is a link between the size of a galaxy and black hole centre. Now, the proportions observed in the NGC 1277 galaxy, put this theory into question.
Scientists say that during the study that sought discovery of the largest black holes have been analyzed over 700 galaxies have noticed 5 other neighbouring galaxies with NGC 1277, that it seems to resemble them.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I know it's the ashes of my own pet and not someone else's?
Each individual pet has it's own tag with name and unique number on it.
In Hamilton, the cremator has five different sized chambers and the pet is assigned it's own chamber. Each chamber runs independently of the rest and so there may be one pet being cremated at any one time or up to five at the same time all in their individual chambers. An identification map is filled in with each pets name and number.
In Wellington, the cremator has a large hearth and the pet is placed in a predetermined position on the hearth as designated on an identification map. The map includes both the name and number of the pet and shows it's exact position in the cremator. There is plenty of room around each pet so that the bones of each pet remain quite separate during and after the cremation.
What happens to the bones once the cremation has finished?
After the cremation, the bones of each pet are identified by their whereabouts on the identification map, and they are collected separately in a named container. The bones are all that is left of your pet and they are then cremulated into ash (called cremains) and transferred to a named brown paper bag.
Is it all my pet's ashes that I get back?
It is all of your pets bones that you get back. Your pet ash is really the bone ash of your pet, as everything else has turned into carbon dioxide and water (in the case of complete combustion) and disappeared up the chimney. Sometimes metal remains from a pet's collar or orthopedic surgery are found and can be returned with the ashes if requested. However these metal parts are usually discarded as they block the cremulator which the bones go through to turn them into a fine ash.
Do you put the pets into bags before burning them?
No. Your pet can be placed in the cremator without being in a bag. Pets that arrive to us from vet clinics may be in plastic polyethylene bags and may be left in these for cremation. Plastic bags are completely combustible and do not give off any dangerous by-products as a result of burning (not like some other plastics).
No - it is the residues of embalming chemicals that are not good for the environment.
Can I cremate anything else with my pet?
Sometimes pet owners request to have a favourite toy or blanket cremated with their pet. The refractory floor which makes up the hearth can be damaged by metals such as collars, plastics and glass so it is preferable that these objects do not go with the pet for cremation. PVC plastic gives off dioxins (poisons) as it burns, and wool insulates the pet and prevents it from burning fully. Flowers, and a small amount of paper or cardboard from cards and photos are fine to include with the pet.
Can two pets be cremated together?
Yes, any number of pets can be put together for cremation as long as the owner does not want the ashes separated for each of the pets. They can also go into the same container.
Can you cremate pets that have been micro-chipped?
Yes. The little plastic chip burns up to nothing on cremation. However if the pet has a pacemaker (although this is not common in NZ), then it cannot be cremated unless the pacemaker has been removed.
What happens to my pet while waiting for cremation?
Your pet will remain in the chiller before it is cremated. We do not have a freezer so your pet will not be frozen, but sometimes pets arrive to us frozen and they will be cremated in this state.
Can I take the cremains out of the country with me?
We sometimes receive requests for a declaration letter to present to customs upon leaving the country with the cremains of a pet. We have never had customs contact us or request such a letter, but we can certainly supply you with one if only for peace of mind.
Is it better to bury or cremate my pet?
People have many different reasons for either cremating or burying their pets and it often depends on the size of the pet, and the person's circumstances as to the decision they make. However, many pet owners realise that they may not stay in the same place forever, in which case if they have buried their pet on the property, it will be left there when they move.
Can you cremate a pet that has already been buried?
Yes, as long as your pet was buried in a plastic bag or such to contain them then you will be able to exhume them and have them cremated successfully. We have cremated animals that have been several years in the ground before they were brought to us for cremation.
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How to install Perl on IIS 4 or 5 Installing PERL on IIS 4 or 5 is fairly straightforward and a good thing too. Here are notes from a great site called Activestate.com.
Once downloaded, the installation program will take care of everything but there?s one catch. It only installs Perl to be active on the Default Website.
Of course, this won?t do, you have to configure it manually for other sites.
Parse your .pl or .cgi files through perl.exe. This is simple enough but has a significant performance consideration. Since IIS will call Perl.exe to process each request for a .cgi or .pl file, it creates a new, separate process for each file. This results in many separate processes running which consumes a lot of resources and make for very poor scaling. If you expect to have a popular site, this is not a good choice. It is however, easy and good while troubleshooting since it won?t crash your server if your script fails. You can also run perliis.dll as an ISAPI filter for higher performance but lower stability.
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"Seeing"... Develops From Looking... But they do NOT Share the Same Meaning
A true Artist spends his/her entire lifetime searching for new thoughts... ideas and connections that continue to feed and motivate further voyages of discovery... to better their craft... their person... or their simple "thirst for knowledge."
Seeking to follow this path will demand risking... sacrifice and a willingness to accept new beliefs... or possibilities For most artists who embark on this journey, there is likely little (if any) guarantee of wealth or acceptance. It is truly the path that the iconic American poet Robert Frost described in his epic favorite... "The Road Not Taken."
Making Art... is but one part of the voyage..The visual manifestation of the "inner voice"... or soul. The brushstrokes... when arranged poetically create a harmony and "being"... unlike any other produced by any other. Over time the practice leads to the development of a unique and confidentially different style which separates the artist's work from that of others.
"One cannot hold moonlight in one's hand. But always put your dreams in the Light. For without you...they may never be seen."
I would encourage an aspiring or beginning artist to carry a sketch pad... with tools of choice wherever you go. Record findings... reflections... simple notations that might inspire deeper thought and perhaps the meat back in your studio to make a painting. Make small "notan" sketches that can form building blocks and inspiration when time... and the "Muse" coincide.
I would encourage you to venture out with a simple painting kit (your choice of medium)... portable easel to a quiet destination where you can work in complete privacy and solitude. Keep your goals simple... and your expectations grounded firmly under you. Experience... DOES MATTER!!!
Finally... you will most likely find yourself driven to "copying" the scene as exactly as it lays before you. It will likely be overly fussy in detail at first. But as you become fore comfortable with the tools and Nature's "guidelines" ... emphasis on the GUIDE part!
Begin taking risks... until at last... over time you will gain comfort and fluidity to your thinking.... and "brushwork." Brushstrokes can be likened to musical notes... the sum total of these create a musical "score"... painting.
I would like to present a visual presentation here for you which I feel demonstrates clearly how painting en plein air (on location) can result in improved results... if you are willing to risk.
"Last Vestige of Winter, Rock Lake" - oil on toned panel 12 x 16 inches
This plein air sketch was created in about three hours start to finish... in very low light conditions. But I was satisfied that it caught the spirit of what lay before me and had interesting shapes and ideas to be explored in better conditions... and comfort.
The embedded memory of this wee quick sketch continued to pique my interest. So much so, that on another sketching trip the next day, I returned to the location ready... and primed by the previous art-ifact (LOL). Here is the result of this adventure...
"Morning Shadows... Rock Lake, Algonquin Park"- oil canvas 20 x 24 inches
Changes??? Larger format/space to push paint. More obvious and pleasing to me though was the illumination added to the scene. It had life added.. a certain "joie du vivre" which speaks deeply and truthfully, I think from within me to the viewer.
Finished - success. Move on. Yes ... I did feel that way for a good many years. I felt a certain sense of triumph in "capturing" that location. Everyone that I had shared it with knew the spot immediately and agreed.
But something ... again deep within me screamed out to be addressed. Hmmmm...
So I stepped to it again back in the studio..... last week!!
I removed the right hand fir tree by "scumbling" and sanding it into oblivion. I was careful to repaint those areas changed with more pigment... lest the image bleed through later
Here is the way I finished the painting. I am pleased. What are your thoughts... I'd be interested. What is accomplished... if ranching to take such a drastic and destructive step away from the original concept?
I'm satisfied! I "own " it because I created it using new elements and removing those that I felt were less effective. Mother Nature is hardly perfect. What else matters??? Onward!
Good painting to ALL!
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Deaerators are used for reducing the content of oxygen, carbonic acid, and air in the water, for treatment of make-up water for steam boilers and district heating centrals, and for deaeration and deoxidization of circulating water.
Reduction of oxygen and CO2 minimize the risk of corrosion. All deaerators are produced in materials which ensure a long life, high operational reliability, and a minimum of maintenance of your plant.
EUROWATER produces several types of deaerators:
Thermal deaerators Thermal deaerators ere used for pretreatment of feedwater for steam boilers. The oxygen content is reduced to very low values. Can be insulated with mineral wool and covered with aluminium plates. The plant is constructed according to the EU pressure tanks directive of 29 May 1997 (97/23/EF) (PED) and is delivered approved with CE marking.
Vacuum deaerators Are used for treatment of make-up water and circulating water in heating centrals. The oxygen content is reduced to less than 0.1 mg/l. Possibility of construction in electroplated and stainless steel.
CO2 degassers Are used in connection with dealkalizers or UPCORE demineralization plants.
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By Keith Spurgin, Lead Pastor of New Hope Church in Wylie www.newhopechristian.org.
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part column.
Last week I wrote about why for so many the ‘c’ word – church, is a bad word. This week I want to share why I think the church is not only relevant to our day but important for the betterment of our world. Last week I was honest about the downfalls, but it’s important to also talk about the other side.
The church is the place where hundreds of millions of lives are being transformed for good. It’s the people of God working hard around the world to help the needy, feed the hungry, serve a hurting world, share the love of Christ, and give hope to the despairing. The church is the place where, even when a gunman walks into a Bible Study in Charleston killing 9 people in cold blood, the survivors respond otherworldly with forgiveness and grace.
I’ve spent the last couple decades traveling the world fairly extensively. I lived in Asia for several years. I’ve spent significant time in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, and all across America. In those travels I’ve spent time with the very wealthy and the very poor. I’ve sat in the shack of a dying Aids victim trying to bring some level of comfort and I’ve dined with some of the wealthiest entrepreneurs Asia has to offer. In that time, I’ve noticed some things over and over again. With all the good work that governments around the world are attempting to do, it mostly comes down to pumping money into relatively hopeless situations. Sometimes that money gets to the people its intended to help and too often it simply lines the pockets of corrupt government officials. The difference I’ve seen over and over again is when the people of God are involved, the money from governments, from generous individuals and foundations almost always gets where it’s meant to go.
Here’s what I’ve seen…
- Most the work among the poor being done around the world is instigated by the church
- Almost all the work being done to rescue victims of sex trafficking is being spearheaded by the church
- The civil rights movement in America was led by a church pastor named Martin Luther King Jr.
- The worldwide orphan crisis around the world is primarily being addressed by the church
- Aids in sub-Saharan Africa is being engaged by the church
- The vast majority of charitable giving in America is done by church people
At the end of the day the church is not about buildings, money, organizations or politics. The church is the people of God serving God together.
If you love the idea of family then you love the church
If you love knowing there is a place and a people in the world who accept you just like you are and love you so much they are going to encourage you to your fullest potential then you love the church
If you believe that we should care deeply and always make room for the hurting, the broken, those trapped in addiction, lost in sin, marred by their mistakes, the doubters, the scoffers, those who have less than we do, then you believe in the mission of the church
If you long for the power of God to change lives, heal the sick, restore the broken, fill the empty, and bring joy to the hurting, then you belong in the church
If you long to be known, loved, nurtured, challenged to grow beyond your self-induced limitations then the church is the place for you
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It’s onerous to seek out too many individuals in the present day that have not been impacted by the costs and the additional family burdens of Lengthy-Term Care. As well as, however, technological solutions also provide a way to enhance quality of care by making data readily accessible and by offering preventative educational tools for patients and nurses. The Pike County Well being Department inspects each restaurant and other consuming institution twice yearly.
Whereas the U.S. Division of Health and Human Services is trying to spread this message, there are different actions being taken as well. Interactive instruments even permit care plan documentation that patients acquired and understood content. As an example, health departments monitor the incidence of flu in a county in an effort to alert suppliers and hospitals in order that they’re ready to supply the degrees of care needed.
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What temperature do you cook steak on a gas grill?
Brush your cooking grates clean and adjust your grill for direct, high heat. The best temperature for steaks is 450°F to 500°F. 4. Put your steaks on the grill, close the lid, and set your timer for 2 to 3 minutes, depending on the thickness of your steak.
How long do you grill a 1 inch steak?
A 1-inch sirloin generally takes about 4-5 minutes on each side for medium rare doneness or 5-6 minutes for a medium steak doneness.
What temperature should steak be grilled at?
Use a Thermometer and/or a Timer
For a rare steak, remove it at 120-125°F. For a medium-rare steak, remove it at 125-130°F. For a medium steak, remove it at 130-135°F. It’s nearly impossible to get an accurate temperature reading on steaks thinner than 1.5 inches so it’s best to use a timer instead.
How long do you grill a steak at 350 degrees?
Grill, covered with grill lid, over medium heat (300° to 350°) 2 1/2 minutes. Using tongs, turn each steak at a 60-degree angle, and grill 2 1/2 more minutes. Flip steaks, and grill 2 1/2 minutes. Turn steaks at a 60-degree angle, and grill 2 1/2 more minutes (medium-rare) or to desired degree of doneness.
How long do you grill a steak at 400 degrees?
At 400°, cook for 2:30 minutes per side. Medium steak 135-145 °F internally, with some pink in the center. At 400°, cook for 4:30 minutes per side.
What’s the best way to cook a steak on a gas grill?
Place the steaks on the grill and cook until golden brown and slightly charred, 4 to 5 minutes. Turn the steaks over and continue to grill 3 to 5 minutes for medium-rare (an internal temperature of 135 degrees F), 5 to 7 minutes for medium (140 degrees F) or 8 to 10 minutes for medium-well (150 degrees F).
How do you grill a 1 inch ribeye steak?
How to Cook Ribeye Steak on the Grill
- Be sure your steak is completely thawed.
- Bring the meat to room temperature. …
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Find a Professional
The following resources are provided for your information only. This should not be considered an endorsement by New Beginnings. Our group is not affiliated with any of these services, and we are not responsible for the content in these links. If you would like more information, please contact these organizations directly.
Locating the right mental health provider for you is a personal process and may take time, patience, and trial and error.
Some ways to locate a mental health professional include:
- Contact your insurance company for a list of covered professionals.
- Go to a local support group and ask people if they know of professionals with whom they had a good experience.
- Contact the psychiatry department of a local medical school, or the psychology department of a local university.
- Contact a local hospital directly and ask about mental health clinics, or staff, psychiatrists.
- Contact one of the organizations or referral services listed below.
In New Jersey
- NJ Mental Health Cares
866-202-HELP (4357) TTY: 877-294-4356
NJ Mental Health Cares connects you to mental health services including: inpatient and outpatient services, rehabilitation services, self-help services, legal, housing, employment, mental health education, advocacy, and more. They provide an up-to-date listing of NJ’s public mental health providers. Email: firstname.lastname@example.org
- Division of Mental Health Services
A State of NJ directory of mental health services (by county).
- CONTACT of Burlington County
Dial (856) 234-8888 or 1-866-234-5006 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Trained volunteers use active listening skills to help callers with issues such as suicide, depression, loneliness, family relations, and domestic violence. Information and referrals are provided also. This service is free and confidential.
- American Psychiatric Association (APA)
The APA’s organizational objectives include the advancement and improvement of care for persons with mental illnesses through nationwide public information, education, and awareness programs and materials.
- American Psychological Association (APA)
The Psychologist Locator makes it easy for you to find practicing psychologists in your local area. Psychologists are trained to help people deal effectively with many of life’s problems and can help improve physical and mental health for you and your family. The Psychologist Locator lets you consider many factors in searching for psychologists, including their areas of specialization, gender, insurance accepted, languages spoken and much more.
MentalHealth.gov provides one-stop access to U.S. government mental health and mental health problems information. There is a place on the home page where you can search for professional treatment.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
One of the most important goals of SAMHSA is to ensure that Americans can find services and treatment locations for substance use and mental health issues in their local area.
- Psychology Today Professionals Directory
A searchable directory of professionals from Psychology Today magazine.
- Locate a Doc
Find psychiatrists or psychologists by city or state.
- Find a Therapist
Find A Therapist connects people who are looking for help with a licensed mental health professional in their area.
- Help Starts Here – National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Help Starts Here features a few online directories to help jump start your search for the right therapist. These sites list thousands of clinical social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and other licensed mental health professionals.
- National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the important role of thinking in how we feel and what we do. You can search here for a mental health professional near you who is certified by the National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists.
- Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT)
This organization supports continuing education and research in cognitive therapy, provides cognitive therapy resources for professionals and the public, and actively works towards the identification and certification of clinicians skilled in cognitive therapy. You can search here for a certified cognitive behavioral therapist near you.
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
The mission of the ADAA is to promote the prevention, treatment, and cure of anxiety, depression, and stress-related disorders through education, practice, and research. You can search on the ADAA website for a therapist.
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HEALTHCARE QUALITY OF BANGLADESH AND OUTBOUND MEDICAL TRAVEL TO THAILAND
JEL: I11, I18, Z32
M. M. Ali , A. Medhekar
HEALTHCARE QUALITY OF BANGLADESH
AND OUTBOUND MEDICAL TRAVEL TO THAILAND
The healthcare system in Bangladesh suffers from many shortcomings. This drives not only the affluent and the middle-class, but also the poor Bangladeshi to travel cross-border to India, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia for medical treatment. In Bangladesh, there are an over-crowded public healthcare system, the paucity of funds, a lack of medical expertise and technology, and few quality private hospitals to service the local high-income population. For this paper, Bangladeshi patients (n=113) who had undergone medical treatment in Thailand during February 2017 to June 2017, completed the survey. Statistical findings suggest that the medical costs are high in Thailand and hiring personal attendants for older patients is expensive. Apart from the language barrier with no interpreting services, the patients are also required to purchase sample medicine from the hospital dispensary at a higher price. On the positive side, the physicians in Thailand were overseas qualified, caring, trustworthy, honest and straightforward while dealing with patients, and had the expertise to provide diagnostic results for several diseases. Results also show that compared to Bangladesh, Thailand has less waiting-time for surgery with state-of-the-art medical facilities, and excellent healthcare service, resulting in an increasing outbound medical travel from Bangladesh. Healthcare policy implications are that the public and private hospitals in Bangladesh need to provide the quality of accredited and timely healthcare to the locals, so that the poor and middle-class Bangladeshi do not have to travel cross-border for healthcare. Unless Bangladesh improves its healthcare system, the outbound medical travel to Thailand and other neighboring countries will continue, and can it dream to develop a medical tourism market to attract foreign patients. Doctors, nurses and lab technicians along with health management personnel must be ethical and corruption free. Improved excellence in healthcare delivery, international accreditation, and elimination of dishonest performs in Bangladeshi healthcare will steadily decrease outbound medical travel by the poor and middle class Bangladeshi, save medical travel costs, medical travel-risk and anxiety of being away from home and relatives, resulting in more and more Bangladeshi patients preferring to trust and use their healthcare system. Future research directions will explore the quality, access and affordability of inclusive healthcare in both public and private hospitals of Bangladesh.
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By Dr. Perry, PhD
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” ~Marilyn Monroe
We are living in a world where we are able to form a virtual reality presence on a number of different platforms. Currently, we have YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and numerous other social media and dating apps available to us. Many of us use these apps recreationally for a healthy amount of time. Current research shows that 88% of 18 to 29-year-olds indicate that they use some form of social media, specifically, 78% among ages 30 to 49, 64% among those ages 50 to 64 and 37% among Americans 65 and older. It is estimated there will be 2.67 billion social network users by 2018. For those able to maintain a healthy and responsible relationship with their online presence this is a wonderful way to stay connected to others. It opens a…
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I have written quite a lot lately about reaching a point where change is possible, moving forward is possible and it just takes that step or choice to make it happen. This is where many people get stuck in the hamster wheel of over analysis and procrastination. The “Manager” protector is usually very strong here.
We all do it. We convince ourselves that filing our tax return or planning that career move can wait until tomorrow or next week or next month. We bury our heads in the sand waiting for the right time, knowing that the right time is usually right now. We beat ourselves up because of it knowing that the only person who can change it is us. We become depressed and lose our self-esteem. Sound familiar? Then you are probably a procrastinator.
Webster’s dictionary defines procrastination as a verb, meaning to intentionally put off something that has to be done. Day…
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Arc is a year-old electric boat startup. As the EV industry spills over electric boats now, Arc has managed to attract investment from top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, and the entertainment industry big wigs. Recently, it has managed to get a new $30 million raise. The raise was led by Greg Reichow, an early Tesla executive who led the automaker’s early manufacturing efforts.
Details on investors and investment of Arc
Greg Reichow, the former Tesla executive is now a partner at Eclipse Ventures. Existing investors, Andreessen Horowitz, Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital, and Ramtin Naimi’s Abstract Ventures also joined in. The startup told in an interview that Rainchow will also join Arc’s board. To date, Arc has raised $37 million, including earlier investment from the funds of Will Smith’s Dreamers VC, Kevin Durant, and Rich Kleiman’s Thirty-Five Ventures, and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Combs Enterprises.
Electric boat and the trends in the EV market
The investors have brought an influx of capital to the young company. This proves the increasing interest in electrification of vehicles beyond 2 or 4 wheels. This particular sector(wheeled vehicles) has been flooded with multimillion-dollar private funding raises. We have even seen eye-popping debuts on public exchanges. Earlier, GM announced it had taken a 25% stake in electric boat company Pure Watercraft.
It’s also a validation of Arc’s particular business. A business to electrify everything on the water, starting with a limited-edition $300,000 boat.
Mitch Lee, CEO, and former SpaceX engineer Ryan Cook co-founded Arc. Their plan was to develop and sell electric watercraft at various price points and use cases. They started by focusing on the design and development of a purpose-built hull and purpose-built battery packs. Its first boat is the Arc One, a 24-foot aluminum boat that produces 475 horsepower and can run between 3 to 5 hours on a single charge. Arc will produce fewer than 25 Arc One boats.
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- Talent 100 Mentor
- Harry Peters
- School Attended
- Marist College Eastwood
- Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Honours) majoring in English &
Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Dalyell Scholar
My top 5 study tips
1Sleep! Try to get eight hours every night, I suggest that you maintain a relatively strict sleeping routine e.g. 10pm-6am.
2Exercise! You should be doing strenuous exercise at least five times a week, the time you invest in taking care of your body will help keep you sane and grounded.
3Recognise the actual stakes of your assignments and exams, particularly in the HSC. While doing well may help you get into your dream uni course straight out of high school, your value or likability as a person has absolutely nothing to do with your marks.
4In my discipline (English) the real learning comes from building deep and genuine connections with texts. Making sure that you’re engaging with your readings is a precondition for enjoying or doing well in English.
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Latest News on Cloud Mining
Is Cloud Mining Profitable?
With the emergence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, there has also been a rise of cloud mining firms that permit folks to mine for cryptocurrencies with out the necessity for the hardware. Maintenance fees are presently set at $0.00021/GH/s/day. Unlike other cloud mining web sites we’ve reviewed, Eobot also presents a simple to know clarification of how upkeep fees work. Contracts can be found for a wide range of cryptocurrencies.
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Besides that, this is a nice alternative for folks living in international locations with a too high cost for electricity to set up their very own mining farms. With a simple-to-use interface and an easy way to get started mining Bitcoins, Genesis Mining is a great contestant as the most effective cloud mining supplier.
For states with greater electrical rates, you could spend more than $6,000 in electricity to mine a single bitcoin. Read more about minergate cryptocurrency mining here. With the price of one coin between $3,000 and $four,000, as of January 2019, the power https://blockchaincasinos.online/cloud-mining/your-first-steps-in-cloud-mining/ prices alone do not make it worth it. Really cheap entry stage. You can begin mining Bitcoin or different currencies with as little as $1.20.
Therefore one should be sure and it’s of utmost importance to carry out an intensive background verify on a cloud mining service supplier before parting away with onerous-earned cash. While Bitcoin mining is somewhat centralized in terms of mining swimming pools, the image seems much better by way of the range of entities which might be actually operating the hardware.
Since you can start out small, this is a great choice for a newbie that simply want to dip their toe into the jungle of Bitcoin mining. It’s straightforward to get began and you can start with as little as $10.
The BetterHash protocol, which was developed by the aforementioned Corallo, solves a key problem with mining centralization in that it allows particular person miners to choose which transactions go into new blocks rather than the mining pool operators. Concerns associated to Bitcoin mining centralization have been just lately mentioned on a panel on the Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco. Genesis Mining CEO Marco Streng defined why Bitcoin customers ought to be more alarmed in regards to the degree of centralization in mining, whereas longtime Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo did his finest to level out the problem will not be as bad because it appears at first glance. Read more about cloud mining here. Some crypto miners instead opt for different currencies.
- Hashflare is a subsidiary of Hashcoins, another producer of mining tools.
- They additionally assure 100% uptime, you will by no means need to lose sleep at night over downtime or errors, they don’t operate like that.
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CFD Simulations of Supersonic Intake Ducts
August 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The live presentation of this event has already taken place.
Please view the PDF slides here or watch the video recording below:
This webinar focuses on conducting a computational fluid dynamic simulation to understand the complex flow physics in the intake of a supersonic aircraft engine. The main objective of this webinar is to demonstrate how computational methods can be used to understand flow patterns within problems that are difficult to simulate experimentally.
Supersonic inlet aerodynamics involves complex flow phenomena such as flow compression, flow deceleration, shock waves, turbulent boundary layers, shock / boundary layer interactions, separated flow, flow control, etc. Developing an experimental set up to accurately visualize these process is a challenging task. With computational tools, it is relatively easy to simulate the same flow phenomena on a computer. Once a computational setup is created to replicate established data, the same setup can be used to understand the flow field on a different geometry. This set-up can be further used to conduct parametric studies to compare the efficiency of various designs in maximizing total pressure recovery, limiting total pressure distortion, and limit inlet drag of an intake
In the webinar, we will generate a geometry in Ansys Spaceclaim and generate a structured mesh using blocking technology. The mesh will be solved in Ansys Fluent to capture relevant flow phenomena.
Key takeaways from this webinar:
- Usefulness of simulation in solving problems difficult to reproduce experimentally.
- Visualization of complex flow patterns in a supersonic intake duct.
- Usefulness of Ansys CFD workflow to simulate complex fluid dynamic flow fields.
Presenter: Mr Vijay Kumar Veera
Vijay Kumar Veera is a qualified Aerospace Engineer with over 11 years of experience in using CFD methodologies to simulate industrial and academic problems. He has obtained an M.Phil degree in Engineering from Cambridge University in UK and has M.Tech and B.Tech degrees from Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay and Madras respectively. His expertise is in capturing Fluid flow phenomena using computational methods. He has worked with major organizations in Australia and UK with Red Bull F1, Mercedes F1, Boeing, Airbus, Thales, DSTO, Fisher & Paykel some of the notable clients.
In his current role as a Unit lecturer and Course Coordinator at EIT, he has been instrumental in developing lecture materials for teaching Advanced fluid dynamics and Aerodynamics units for students pursuing Master of Mechanical Engineering. His passion is in teaching computational fluid dynamic techniques for solving real world problems, which are becoming highly popular with professional engineers wanting to advance their careers to the next level. He is a passionate educator and an advocate for using real world examples in the classroom.
Join us to learn more at this must-attend event for engineering professionals and aspiring engineers alike.
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- The webinar will be recorded and will be sent out to registered attendees afterwards.
- A certificate of attendance will be provided to attendees who request one near the end of the live webinar session.
Please note: the time stated on this event is in Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). You will need to convert this to your own time zone.
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(FRANKFURT, Germany) — Thousands of people in the southern German city of Augsburg have left Christmas presents and decorations behind, forced to evacuate while authorities disarm a large World War II aerial bomb.
The bomb was uncovered last week during construction work in the city’s historic central district. Police say Christmas Day is the best time to defuse it because there is less traffic and it is more likely people can stay with relatives.
Police rang doorbells and used vans with loudspeakers to urge procrastinators to leave ahead of a 10 a.m. deadline. Traffic into the evacuation zone was halted from 8 a.m. local time.
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# Social Justice Supporter
4 Aug 2016
In an article written for Glamour, Barack Obama said
As a parent, helping your kids to rise above these constraints is a constant learning process. Michelle and I have raised our daughters to speak up when they see a double standard or feel unfairly judged based on their gender or race—or when they notice that happening to someone else. It’s important for them to see role models out in the world who climb to the highest levels of whatever field they choose. And yes, it’s important that their dad is a feminist, because now that’s what they expect of all men. It is absolutely men’s responsibility to fight sexism too. And as spouses and partners and boyfriends, we need to work hard and be deliberate about creating truly equal relationships.
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To determine whether addition of an optional clinical skills laboratory (OCSL) to the traditional surgery curriculum would affect total surgery time or incision closure time in veterinary students performing ovariohysterectomy of a dog during a third-year surgery course.
Retrospective and prospective study of veterinary student attendance at OCSL sessions and student performance during the third-year surgery course.
Students from the classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014 at the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
For all students, total surgery time and incision closure time were recorded when students performed an ovariohysterectomy of a dog during their third-year live-animal surgery course. Times were analyzed to identify differences among classes and determine whether times were associated with number of OCSL sessions attended, previous experience performing ovariohysterectomies, or enrollment in an elective clinical skills course.
Total surgery and incision closure times were not significantly different between students in the class of 2012 (no access to the OCSL prior to the third-year surgery course) and students in the class of 2013 (ie, access to 4 OCSL sessions during the spring semester prior to the third-year surgery course). However, times were significantly shorter for students in the class of 2014 (ie, students who had access to OCSL sessions during the 3 semesters prior to the third-year surgery course) than for students in the other 2 classes.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE
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Jesus falls for the first time
The contemplation of the Third Station leads us to recognising in the Lord’s fall the reality currently being experienced by people throughout the world and especially here in Gabon. Here are some examples to illustrate this:
- Lack of parental supervision means young people are left to their own devices and often succumb to juvenile delinquency.
- Inadequate attention given to the educational system leading to overcrowding in classrooms.
- Destruction of nature and its wonders.
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Born in Sydney in 1972, Ashton always had an interest in computing. "I got my first Compaq portable with 10-inch green screen in 1983 — a big white box that I loved to play with as a kid. I was always tinkering with it, trying to gain an understanding of how the technology worked," he recalls.
After finishing high school at Sydney Grammar in 1989, Ashton completed a physics, chemistry and applied mathematics degree in 1992. He then commenced a law degree, which after about a year he decided was not for him, though he did later complete a Master of Commerce degree.
His appetite for business and technology had already been whetted by a part-time job he had taken at uni. "I was working on data collection systems in the IT department of a printing company called Diamond Press. It allowed me to indulge what was rapidly becoming a passion for two things — IT and commercial challenges," Ashton says.
This led to Ashton thinking of his own business possibilities, and less than a year later, he and three school friends hit on an idea. "We all had an interest in the internet, long before it was the World Wide Web. In 1993, it basically consisted of Unix stations and bulletin boards. The only real online services being offered at the time were in programs such as freeware and shareware," Ashton says. At about the same time, Australia’s first ISP, OzEmail, was in the throes of launching.
Ashton and his friends realised there was an opportunity to offer higher-speed internet services to businesses primarily in Sydney’s CBD. They wrote a business plan and, with $100,000 in funding from family and friends, founded Magna Data with 12 14/4 modems hooked into a serial bus. "We plugged it into an SCO Unix box, which was a glorified 486 PC running at 266MHz, which was the fastest thing we could get our hands on back then."
They needed more modem lines and got one into one of the founder’s apartments, then lobbied AARNET and the AVCC (Australian Vice Chancellor’s Committee), which, Ashton says, was the only internet source in Australia at the time. "Telstra didn’t even have an internet connection available for us then," he says. They managed to get an ISDN connection provisioned from Telstra, though they then had the added problem of getting it from Sydney to Melbourne University to share with dial-up modem users.
Charging about $35 a month, Ashton and his colleagues had the grand vision of signing up around 500 customers within two years. "What we actually achieved was over 3000 [customers] within the first six months," he says. This, Ashton says, was achieved by being able to innovate and offer internet speeds which, "long before broadband as we know it existed, were highly competitive".
Magna Data started offering services at 28Kb/s, then quickly moved to 56Kb/s when the faster modems were released onto the market, before provisioning ISDN lines and graduating to 128Kb/s.
By early 1994, Magna Data had eked out a respectable share of the burgeoning ISP market, along with other pioneers such as OzEmail, connect.com, IInet in WA and a few other smaller providers.
"We made a decision quite early on in the piece to pitch to business. We were not a big brand name, so we had to go and pound the pavement to differentiate ourselves as the serious business alternative," Ashton says. "Within four years, we had signed up virtually all the major law firms, major banks and Fairfax, whom we helped to build the Sydney Morning Herald website in 1995 with a lot of HTML coding.
In 1995, two years before the telecommunications industry was deregulated, Magna Data tested HDSL lines. They were also using Telstraprovisioned lines from their office to other offices. "Telstra would put copper together between exchanges — a piece of copper which ran all the way from point A to point B. We put an ADSL modem on top of that. However, because we could not actually go into Telstra’s exchange, we put HDSL over Telstra copper. They weren’t very happy about that and threatened to change the rules," Ashton says.
Starting in 1996, Magna Data was one of the first ISPs to offer a 2MB HDSL service (both ways) for $1000, seriously undercutting Telstra by using their copper and targeting the services to the business community, Ashton says.
By early 1999, Magna Data had close to 10,000 dial-up customers and a core of more than 2000 high-quality SMEs and corporates using their HDSL services. Their turnover was close to $10 million a year and their staff number had grown to around 65.
In April of the same year, Ashton and his partners decided to cash out, selling the company to Davnet for just shy of $20 million. Magna Data later got segmented out to Davnet Communications, which was later segmented off to NTT when it invested in Davnet in December, 1999.
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The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), an autonomous organization under the Education Ministry, announced that it has prepared 15 courses on “Indian knowledge tradition.”
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal presented the new curricula last week, lauding India as a “knowledge superpower” in topics including Veda (ancient religious text), yoga, science, Sanskrit language, and Hindu epics such as Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita.
According to the ministry, teachings on such topics will shortly be incorporated into Muslim educational institutions known as madrasas.
The NIOS, which provides courses at primary, secondary and senior levels, and follows standards similar to those of national and state education boards, said it would initially launch the program with 100 madrasas, extending to 500 in the future.
But the program has drawn sharp criticism from senior Muslim clerics, who feel that the courses are “unjustified” and “arbitrary.”
Some clerics even described the program as part of wider efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to “Hinduize” India.
“It is almost akin to asking medical colleges to teach the Koran and the Bible instead of what it was set out for,” Maulana Khalid Rasheed, of the Lucknow-based Darul Uloom Farangi Mahal Islamic seminary, told DW.
“The new education policy emphasizes the creation of a sense of pride towards ‘Indianness’ within learners,” Rasheed said. “This goes against the directive of educational institutions,” he added.
In July last year, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), India’s largest education board, announced that it had cut its 2021 syllabus by 30%.
Government-run schools were no longer required to give lessons on democratic rights, secularism, federalism and citizenship, among other topics. The decision sparked concerns that the omission of such subjects was politically motivated.
“These concepts lie at the core of the Indian Constitution but have at times come into conflict with the Hindu-majoritarian ideology of the ruling right-wing BJP,” Sahil Husain, an education expert, told DW, adding that parties across India’s political spectrum have been accused of using education as a means of propagating their agendas.
Critics have accused the BJP of altering the education system to push its uniform brand of Indian identity.
Threat to religious stability
Maulana Yasoob Abbas, a Muslim cleric, told DW that the program is “divisive” and “goes against the grain of constitutional principles.” He said the new mandatory teachings would “increase the fault lines” between India’s Hindu and Muslim communities.
In addition, “teaching other religious scriptures is against the tenets of madrasas,” Abbas said.
“Would the current government accept the teaching of the Koran in the RSS-backed Sishu mandir schools?” he said, referring to the right-wing Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) group.
Critics accuse the RSS of wanting to transform Hindus from a religious community into a political constituency and establish Hindu hegemony, sidelining religious minorities.
The civil rights activist Shabnam Hashmi told DW that the Indian government should focus on introducing secular education instead of religious teachings.
“This proposed course on yoga includes patanjali kritasutra, yogasutra surya namaskar. It is obvious that this is being done for further polarization and establishing the supremacy of one religion over another,” Hashmi said. “Are they teaching the Koran and the Bible in Hindu-run gurukuls (ancient Indian education system)?”
What happens next?
Sharp criticism of the announcement forced the Education Ministry to issue a clarification.
“Various subjects are offered to learners under this provision without any hard-line boundaries of fixed subject combinations unlike that in the formal education system. It is totally the discretion of the learner to opt for subject combination from the bouquet of the subjects provided by NIOS,” it said.
The ministry, however, did not specify whether it would still introduce Hindu epics into madrasas.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – The Bond Formed Between Huck, The Young White Protagonist, And Jim, Huck’s Black Companion
Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain illustrates the bond formed between Huck, the young white protagonist, and Jim, Huck’s black companion. Huck’s father Pap, while he was still alive, had beaten Huck repeatedly, kidnapped and scared his son to the extent, that Huck, out of fear, feigns his own death to escape Pap’s grasp. While Huck and Jim travel down the river it becomes apparent that Jim is more of a father figure to Huck than his biological father. Pap teaches the virtues of a life not worth living, while Jim gives Huck the proper fatherly support, compassion, and knowledge for Huck to become a man.Although Huck and Jim come from separate racial backgrounds their time together allows them to surpass their ethnic segregation and become true friends, and family. A father’s attributes are meant to be examples for which his offspring can base their own lives.
Pap attains non-of these attributes. Pap is an ignorant drunkard who attempts to swindle and scam any possible person. He goes so far as to even filch from his-own son. Pap views Huck as someone upon whom he can assert himself.
He attempts to drain Huck of all characteristics that would make Huck superior to himself. You’re educated, too, they say; can read and write. You think you’re better’n your father, now, don’t you, because he can’t? I’ll take it out of you..
. Ain’t you a sweet-scented dandy, though? A bed; and bed-clothes… and your own father got to sleep with the hogs.
.. I bet I’ll take some o’ these frills out o’ you before I’m done with you. “(21-23) Pap is no father to Huck, he berates, kidnaps, and beats his own son with no remorse. The only lessons that Huck learns from Pap are what not to do with his life.He’s seen the draw-backs of alcohol, stealing, and other such elicit actions that his father has performed.
Pap is a low down dirty scoundrel who wishes nothing but the worst for his-own son. While Pap acts as an anchor on Huck’s heel, Jim opens up a new world for Huck, and becomes his companion and a resource of knowledge. After Huck escapes his father and the “sivilized society” he encounters Jim, Miss Watson’s runaway slave. While on Jackson’s island Jim provides useful fables and simple knowledge that aid Huck, “Some young birds come along…Jim said it was a sign that it was going to rain.
.. And Jim said you mustn’t count the things you are going to cook for dinner, because it would bring bad luck”(50).
Jim’s simple ideas offer a greater aid to Huck, than any that Pap had ever given. After the two set out on the raft Jim attempts to protect Huck by any means he posses. Jim uses his resourcefulness to build a wigwam on the raft and raises it so that the two don’t get wet. It is even more apparent that Jim cares for Huck when the two are in the Frame house. They encounter “a dead man.
Yes, indeedy; naked, too.He’s been shot is da back. I reck’n he’s ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huck, but doan’ look at his face – it’s too gashley”(55).
It is later found that this man is Pap, Jim wishes to save Huck from the pain and stress that would ensue from finding hi own father dead. Jim’s ingenious knowledge and resourcefulness protect Huck from the elements, while his compassion and love for the boy require him to guard himagainst pain. Jim posses the attributes to be a father figure for Huck. The father son relationship also requires respect and love from the child for the father.Jim is rooted in the deepest corners of Huck’s heart. Throughout the story we see Huck’s compassion for the man.
Be it when a rattle snake bites Jim, and Huck nurses him back to life, or when Huck is being interrogated about who his raft companion is; Huck feels it necessary to protect and aid Jim on their journey. After the Duke and King sell Jim to the Phelps family for a meager sum, Huck is met with an internal dilemma. Should he follow the societies moral solution and write to Miss Watson, and tell her of Jim’s location, or follow his own ideals and set-about freeing Jim.He decides to write the letter to Miss Watson, but afterwards he feels guilty for his actions. “It was a close place. I took it (the letter) up, and held it in my hand. I was a trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it.
I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: `All right, then, I’ll go to hell’ – and tore it up. “(235) Huck’s decision that he is even willing to go to hell to save Jim means that his devotion and love towards the man is relentless. After spending time on the raft together, Huck grew an affinity towards Jim.He realized that Jim possessed many of the same characteristic qualities that separated whites from blacks. He determined that Jim is in-fact “white inside”. Huck’s appreciation for Jim allows him to transcend racial boundaries and realize that there is very little difference between himself and Jim.
Huck’s appreciation for the man allows him to view Jim as a father figure and his desire to protect the man enforces this bond. Pap is the semblance of a poor father; he drinks, scams, and even beats his own son. This forces Huck to seek a new father figure.He finds the necessary combination of respect, love, and protection in Jim. Although Jim is not intellectual, he does, however, maintain the simplistic values that Huck needs. He offers Huck with fundamental frontier knowledge, facts that will prove useful to the boy should he decide to move out west.
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Did you know that many roadside trees that we see, walk past, and find shade under daily, originated from other countries? Learn more about some of these here.
Learn how to get to Singapore’s first seed bank at the Singapore Botanic Gardens to discover how it safeguards threatened plant species.
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Year end means vacation time! Head east, to East Coast Park, for fun activities catered for the whole family.
Planning a short getaway in the region or enjoying a staycation in Singapore? Here’s a handy checklist of what to pack for a fuss-free holiday. | <urn:uuid:e3db21ee-1dd5-4c9c-99e0-0a11ad3a7804> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nparks.gov.sg/nparksbuzz/issue-43-vol-4-2019 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.891944 | 162 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Working towards a semiconductor strategy for Sweden
How should we collaborate on a national strategy for semiconductors? The answer could be closer than we think. After the panel discussion during “Politics Week” in Almedalen, Lund University is now taking the first step towards establishing a national competence centre for semiconductors.
Many reasons to take care of lake water
When you take a dip in a Swedish lake, it is not unusual to find you cannot see the lake bottom. Lake water coloured brown by organic material can be an inconvenience for swimming tourists, but mainly causes problems for the ecosystem and drinking water. Focusing on Lake Bolmen, researchers, public authorities and local organisations are now joining forces in a research project to find methods that can solve this challenging water problem.
How global trade can become more compatible with the climate regime
Policymakers should change some rules – and make more use of others. This follows from an agenda paper by experts from twelve countries in the top journal Science. From Lund University, we find researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and School of Economics and Management (LUSEM).
Lund University in top 100 in QS World University ranking
Lund University has been ranked 95th in the world in the QS World University rankings, making it the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden.
LTH launches profile areas for stronger responses to societal challenges
Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering, LTH, is now launching profile areas for its collective excellence in research. The areas are interdisciplinary and will contribute to increased collaboration with business and industry as well as wider society. Seven themes form the profile areas: aerosols, circular construction industry, energy transition, nanoscience, photon science, AI and digitalization, and technology for health.
"Knowledge makes us curious and willing to explore other paths"
DEAN'S BLOG. Many experiences and skills richer, this year’s graduates now leave LTH – for new adventures in a world and a working life where they are needed. Continue your knowledge journeys of exploration and creation, with good and fundamental values intact, writes LTH’s Dean Annika Olsson.
Yulia from Russia helps refugees from Ukraine
Yulia Vakulenko grew up in a small Russian town north of the Arctic Circle, today she works at Lund University. When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, her world was turned upside down.
Time for the year's new Doctors to be adorned with hat and ring
Doctoral Conferment Ceremony on 3 June with 52 new doctors, three honorary doctors and two jubilee doctors from LTH. In a solemn ceremony in Lund Cathedral, the doctoral students who completed their research studies in the past year and successfully defended their doctoral theses at Lund University will have their degrees conferred. The ceremony will be livestreamed from 12.00.
Unique combo lab paves the way for new research breakthroughs
After a trip from Portugal, the new exposure chambers have arrived in Lund. LTH’s aerosol and climate scientists welcome the lab delivery with great expectations and are getting ready for a four-week construction project.
Almedalen – an opportunity for LU to meet decision makers
For the first time in two years, Lund University will be in Visby for Almedalen Week. In times of crisis and war, such democratic meeting places are more important than ever.
City in a new light – at H22
Our Future City is Lund University's contribution to H22 City Expo, organised by the City of Helsingborg between 30 May and 3 July. As part of Our Future City, LTH researchers will share knowledge on how e-commerce can be conducted with a good environmental conscience, on how wastewater can support sustainability as well as the question of whether our future society can be both smart and safe.
Major investment in new interdisciplinary centre for sustainable enterprising in Lund
Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and Sparbanken Skåne are founding a joint centre for sustainable enterprising at Lund University. Together, they are investing more than SEK 50 million in the centre, which will start welcoming new doctoral students across a variety of research collaborations this autumn. The focus is on the transition to a more sustainable society – while maintaining a viable economy – through collaboration and knowledge.
LTH's graduation ceremony
On Monday 30 May, it is time for 187 graduates to receive their degrees from the Dean at LTH's formal graduation ceremony in the auditorium of the main university building. During the ceremony, which will be broadcast live, scholarships and prizes will also be awarded for outstanding work, both to researchers, teachers and students.
The car that builds engineers - now to be unveiled
The team is called LFS22, and its work has required enormous amounts of collaboration and advancement and will be unveiled on 25 May 2022. Perhaps you could say it's about the car that builds some of the best engineers in the world. Meet the project leader, team and partners behind Lund Formula Student and this year's student-built vehicle.
Curious about the architects of the future?
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Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in American Sign Language (ASL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
Similiar / Same: defecation, shitting
Categories: elimination, evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding
Within this category: bowel movement, hematochezia, shit, urochesia
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Is a backyard goat farm right for you? You do not need to live on huge acreage, but you do need time, passion and a sense of humor to make your backyard farm a paradise for raising goats. Brent Zimmerman’s Get Your Goat (Quarry Books, 2012) answers all your questions about keeping goats for milk, meat, fiber or companionship. The following excerpt is from Chapter 4, “Goat Needs.”
Evaluating Your Space
Do you have the space to keep goats? To raise happy, healthy goats, you will need room in your backyard for a goat pen and a goat house, as well as storage space for the goats’ food and other goat-related supplies such as straw. And you must know what to do with all that soiled goat bedding that you will clean out at least two or three times a year.
Planning Your Backyard Farm
How much room you need will depend on how many goats you will house. Each goat should have ample floor space for sleeping, generous space at the feeding trough, and access to an outdoor enclosure. If you are breeding your goats, keep in mind that your herd could double or triple each spring. (For more details, see “Backyard Goat Housing” further along in this article.)
- The placement of the goat enclosure within your backyard is also an important decision. In a farm setting, the placement of the enclosure is determined more by convenience than science; it may be simply a fenced pasture attached to the barn. In a smaller setting, you’ll have to think more carefully about where you are going to set up your goat area, giving consideration to your goats, your neighbors, and of course, yourself.
- A goat’s pen should have areas of both sun and shade, which can be provided by an overhang attached to their housing or a large tree.
- It should have protection from strong winds. The goats’ pen should be attached to the goats’ house, where they will also seek shelter from the elements.
- The goats’ pen should be free of ornamental plantings and exotic grasses. Other plants such as ferns, rhododendrons, azaleas, and mountain laurel are poisonous to goats. If there are young trees in the enclosure, they should be well protected (that is, fenced); otherwise, the goats will make a quick meal out of them.
Plants may be poisonous or cause negative effects for several reasons, and the level of toxicity depends on several factors, including the stage of growth of the plant, which part of the plant the animal consumed, how much was ingested, and for some plants, at what stage of decay the plant was eaten.
The Danger of Toxic Plants
Cyanogenic plants such as milkweed, mountain laurel, pit stone fruits, and leaves interfere with the blood’s ability to carry oxygen. Death is usually very rapid. Photodynamic poisoning is usually more of a concern for animals with areas of unpigmented skin. Rape and St. John’s wort are photodynamic plants. When they are eaten in large amounts, sores develop on the skin when exposed to sunlight. Other plants, such as ferns, if consumed in large amounts may cause internal hemorrhaging.
Contact your local health department or agricultural extension agency for a list of poisonous plants in your area.
Backyard Goat Housing
Goats are not too particular about their housing. Plenty of happy goats live in what could, at best, be described as rudimentary housing, and plenty of happy goats live in dairy barns that could be described as luxurious. As long as they are safe and have adequate room and protection from the elements, your goats will adapt well to any housing you can supply. Remember, just because it might work for your goats, you should ask, is it workable for you? In addition to the goats’ safety and comfort, you will want to construct housing that makes it easy for you to do your daily chores, with high ceilings and wide doors or aisleways.
Two’s company. The first thing to consider when constructing housing is the maximum number of goats you will have at one time. All the goats need enough space to lounge about without being trampled on. They need individual space at the hay feeders to ensure they get their share and access to clean water at all times.
- A 4-foot by 9-foot (1.2 by 2.7 m) stall is ample space for a goat and her kids, providing they have access to a yard. Two does need about 70 square feet (6.5 sq m) of housing space.
- Your goats’ housing should be connected to securely fenced outdoor space as large or small as you can accommodate.
- Use common sense when deciding your goats’ spacing needs. If their housing is open and airy and connected to a big yard, you can get by with a smaller footprint in their housing. If the outdoor area is very limited, you may need to give them more space indoors, as that is where they will be spending the majority of their time.
Raising Goats Safely and Securely
If predators of any kind are a threat, you need a way to close your goats safely inside their housing when you are not around to supervise. If you are considering windows in their housing, make sure they are above the head of the tallest goat when she is standing on two feet and leaning against the wall (about 5 1/2 feet [1.7 m]) or covered with bars or tight screens so she can’t accidentally poke her head through, break the glass, and cause injury.
You will be going to the goat barn a minimum of twice a day. The easier you can make it on yourself and the more comfortable it is to work, the more enjoyable your goat experiences will be. You will need to clean out your goat barn several times a year at least. Having enough headroom to stand up straight will make this job much more tolerable and less backbreaking. Wide doors or double doors to get your small garden tractor or wheelbarrow through are always a luxury come cleaning time.
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The following invitation to take part in trials methodology research comes from the Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research (HTMR) which was established by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) to improve the quality of clinical trials.
Reporting missing participant data in randomised trials: systematic survey of the methodological literature and a proposed guideby Akl et al 2016
Authors conducted a systematic survey of the methodological literature to identify recommended approaches for how and what randomised clinical trial (RCT) authors should report on missing participant data and, on the basis of these approaches, to propose guidance for RCT authors. Most identified approaches invite trial authors to report the extent of MPD and the underlying reasons. Fewer approaches focus on reporting missingness patterns, methods for handling MPD and implications of MPD on results.
In celebration of Global Health Trials' fifth birthday (May 11th 2015) Professor Trudie Lang, Principal Investigator of the programme, talks to us about why Global Health Trials was started, why people should share their experience, and what the future holds.
This article published in PLOS Medicine on April 14th, 2015 discusses how best to test Ebola treatment.
Translating research into practice: the introduction of the INTERGROWTH-21st package of clinical standards, tools and guidelines into policies, programmes and servicesby INTERGROWTH-21st
This paper describes the approach to translating the findings, tools and resources generated by the INTERGROWTH-21st Project into practice. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12416/abstract
This paper describes the implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project in Seattle, USA. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12126/abstract
This paper describes the implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project in Oxford, UK. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12033/abstract
This paper describes the implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project in Muscat, Oman. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12043/abstract
This paper describes the implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project in Nairobi, Kenya. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12045/abstract
This paper describes the implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project in Turin, Italy. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12124/abstract
This paper describes the implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project in Nagpur, India. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12058/abstract
This paper describes the implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project in Beijing, China. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12044/abstract
This paper describes the implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project in Pelotas, Brazil. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12046/abstract
The INTERGROWTH-21st Project presented a complex set of ethical challenges given the involvement of health institutions in geographically and culturally diverse areas of the world, with differing attitudes to pregnancy. This paper addresses how the research team dealt with some of those issues. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12030/abstract
Statistical considerations for the development of prescriptive fetal and newborn growth standards in the INTERGROWTH-21st Projectby INTERGROWTH-21st
This paper considers the statistical aspects of the three components of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project - the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study, the Preterm Postnatal Follow-up Study, and the Newborn Corss-Sectional Study - as they relate to the construction of the INTERGROWTH-21st standards, in particular, the sample size. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12031/abstract
Given the multicentre nature of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project and the expected number of preterm births, it is vital that all centres follow the same standardised clinical care protocols to assess and manage preterm infants, so as to ensure maximum validity of the resulting standards as indicators of growth and nutrition with minimal confounding. Moreover, it is well known that evidence-based clinical practice guidelines can reduce the delivery of inappropriate care and support the introduction of new knowledge into clinical practice. The INTERGROWTH-21st Neonatal Group produced an operations manual, which reflects the consensus reached by members of the group regarding standardised definitions of neonatal morbidities and the minimum standards of care to be provided by all centres taking part in the project. This paper describes the process of developing the Basic Neonatal Care Manual, as well as the morbidity definitions and standardised neonatal care protocols applied across all the INTERGROWTH-21st participating centres. Thoughts about implementation strategies are presented. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12312/abstract
Anthropometric standardisation and quality control protocols for the construction of new, international, fetal and newborn growth standards: the INTERGROWTH-21st Projectby INTERGROWTH-21st
The INTERGROWTH-21st Project involved taking anthropometric measurements, including head circumference, recumbent length and weight of infants, and the stature and weight of parents. In a large, international, multicentre project, it is critical that all study sites follow standardised protocols to ensure maximal validity of the growth and nutrition indicators used. This paper describes, in detal, the anthropometric training, standardisation and quality control procedures used to collect data for these new standards. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12127/abstract
Standardisation and quality control of ultrasound measurements taken in the INTERGROWTH-21st Projectby INTERGROWTH-21st
Meticulous standardisation and ongoing monitoring of adherence to measurement protocols during data collection are essential to ensure consistency and to minimise systematic error in multicentre studies. Strict ultrasound fetal biometric measurement protocols are used in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project so that data of the highest quality from different centres can be compared and potentially pooled. A central Ultrasound Quality Unit (USQU) has been set up to oversee this standardisation, training and quality control process. This paper describes the procedures used, which can form a model for research settings involving ultrasound measurements.
A unified protocol is essential to ensure that fetal ultrasound measurements taken in multicentre research studies are accurate and reproducible. This paper describes the methodology used to take two-dimensional, ultrasound measurements in the longitudinal, fetal growth component of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. These standardised methods should minimise the systematic errors associated with pooling data from different sites. They represent a model for carrying out similar research studies in the future. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12313/abstract
This paper outlines the objectives, design and implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, a multicentre, multiethnic, population-based project conducted in eight geographical areas (Brazil, China, India, Italy, Kenya, Oman, UK and USA), with technical support from four global specialised units, to study growth, health and nutrition from pregnancy to early infancy. It aims to produce prescriptive growth standards, which conceptually extend the World Health Organization (WHO) Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS) to cover fetal and newborn life. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12047/abstract
Zulfiqar Bhutta, Chair of the INTERGROWTH-21st Steering Committee, introduces the rationale for the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12032/abstract
Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, President of FIGO, introduces the methods of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12314/abstract | <urn:uuid:5707b778-d5f3-41db-829e-424f22a7e675> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://globalhealthtrainingcentre.tghn.org/articles/category/methodology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.839482 | 1,900 | 1.90625 | 2 |
The following description was taken from Building in the Dark by Felix and Entwine:
We all know how critical supply chains are to construction and infrastructure projects. What kind of risks exist within these supply chains and how aware are we of them?
Risk management in construction projects
Asset owners, builders and managers have a unique position due to their heavily service-focused supply chains, often with a high concentration of high-risk subcontractors. In particular, project-based organisations also have to rapidly generate and degenerate their supply chains. Much of the publicly available research and information available on supply chain risk mitigation is focused on sectors with more stable supply chains, such as manufacturing. We wanted to provide a deeper understanding of risk in sectors with more dynamic supply networks.
→ What is the construction supply chain, and what complexity exists within it?
→ What is supply chain risk, and how is it evolving?
→ How do your peers perceive some specific supply chain risks (e.g. compliance, performance, ESG), and where might blind spots exist?
→ How is the industry responding to supply chain risk and challenges?
→ How efficient and effective are those various risk management processes?
→ What underlying weaknesses might exist?
→ What risk management improvements are possible for the benefit of all?
→ What are the critical enablers of effective third-party risk management from procurement to beyond?
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Whither Goest Carbon Credits
In Australia, the concept of a thing’s existence being dependent upon it being recorded in a register has its roots in the Torrens Title system of land tenure administration. This is commonly known as a ‘system of registration of title’.
The Australian National Registry of Emissions Units (ANREU) is a system of registration of title.
Fundamental to a system of registration of title is the principle of indefeasibility. This means the ANREU is the definitive record of all interests in relation to an emissions unit, and thus, the registered proprietor of that emissions unit is immune to claims contrary to the register.
Another fundamental principle is that an emission unit does not exist until it has been registered on the ANREU. It follows, therefore, because ‘carbon offset’, ‘carbon reduction’ and ‘carbon credit’ are terms synonymous with emissions unit, a carbon reduction or a carbon credit does not exist if it is not registered on the ANREU.
From these two principles we can see that a voluntary market in emissions units, carbon credits, carbon reductions or carbon offsets is fraught with risk.
By way of example consider the following case. A metropolitan city council contracted at an undisclosed contract price with a rural landholder in Western Australia to plant 85,000 trees which would sequester an estimated 62,500 Tonnes of CO2 equivalent over a period of 40 years. The council then promoted that that they had acquired 65,000 carbon offsets and were thus well on their way to becoming ‘carbon neutral’.
Because title to the carbon offset is not registered anywhere, title is not indefeasible and thus the city council is not immune to claims contrary to their perceived title. As a consequence, for the city council to prove at some future time that it has an interest in the 62,500 Tonnes of CO2 equivalent it must maintain a ‘chain of title’ for a minimum of 40 years.
Given that the carbon offsets were not registered on the ANREU then the carbon offsets do not exist. Apart from some ill-defined intangible altruistic ‘feel-good factor’, there is no real benefit to the city council.
The contract price paid by the council can be viewed as nothing more than a donation to a rural landowner to assist with defraying the cost of tree planting.
Thus we can see that, despite there being some trees planted and some carbon sequestered, the city council cannot claim that they have achieved any carbon offsets against their car parks because there is no emissions unit record on the ANREU.
The opposite is also true.
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Variation in Physical Activity Lies with the Child, Not the Environment: Evidence for an ‘Activitystat’ in Children (The EarlyBird Diabetes Study)
- Added on June 15, 2012
Introduction There is much interest in children’s physical activity (PA), but little understanding of its control. The evidence that total activity levels could be increased by the provision of greater opportunity for physical activity is lacking.
Methods and Participants MTI-Actigraph accelerometers recorded weekly PA in two groups of healthy children: Group 1: 215 9-year-olds from three schools (S) differing widely in timetabled physical education (PE) (S1 = 9.0 h/week, S2 = 2.2 and S3 = 1.8). Group 2: 300 of the EarlyBird cohort examined at age 5 years and again at age 6 years.
Results Group 1 – In-school PA was predictably higher in S1 (B: S1 = 18.6, S2 = 12.5, S3 = 11.0, G: S1 = 16.9, S2 = 9.7, S3 = 11.4 PA units/wk, P < 0.001), but PA lacking in S2 and S3 was made up out of school (B: S1 = 16.1, S2 = 26.6, S3 = 22.8, G: S1 = 13.6, S2 = 22.7, S3 = 22.6 PA units/wk, P < 0.001). Indeed, only 1% of the variance in weekly PA could be explained by the five-fold difference in timetabled PE. Group 2 – The PA loss by car transport to school (walk 4.9, car 4.2 PA units/wk, P < 0.001) was ‘recovered’ by after-school PA (walk 9.1, car 9.8 PA units/wk, P = 0.08). Total weekly PA was identical (walk 37.6, car 37.6 PA units/wk, P = 0.97). Weekday/weekend day and year-on-year correlations were high for both genders (r = 0.43–0.56, P < 0.001).
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- Women breadwinners appear to make both men and women uncomfortable, according to Claire Cain Miller in the New York Times.
- Miller cited findings from a new Census Bureau paper — husbands and wives are lying about who makes more money when the woman is the primary breadwinner in an opposite-sex household.
- Gender attitudes and social norms don't seem to keep up with the realities at work and home.
Are social attitudes behind the times at both work and at home?
That's what Claire Cain Miller asks in a New York Times article, based on a finding in a new paper from the Census Bureau. The paper says that in American households with women breadwinners, both husbands and wives tend to lie about who makes more money, and by how much.
The paper compared the earnings reported to the census by respondents in opposite-sex marriages with what their employers reported in tax filings to the IRS. When women were the primary breadwinners, wives said they made 1.5% percentage points less than the salaries reported by their employers, while husbands said they took home 2.9% percentage points more than their employer-reported salaries, reported Miller, citing the Census Bureau paper.
The study looked at people in couples ranging from age 25 to 54, in which at least one spouse earned a paycheck. "Age and geography did not make a difference — couples in which the woman earned more were as common in liberal cities as in the conservative South," writes Miller.
Gender attitudes and social norms are assumed to be at play here, whether consciously or subconsciously. Miller writes that the census researchers deduced that the concept of a male breadwinner was more "socially desirable" — an idea that has not kept up with the pace at which women are taking on the breadwinning role.
Breadwinning women are common, but still seem to be taboo
In roughly 25% of American couples, women outearn men, compared to 18% in the 1980s, reported Miller. That number gets even higher when you factor in couples with children under the age of 18 — 40% were headed by breadwinning women in 2013, four times higher than in 1960, Business Insider previously reported.
Farnoosh Torabi, financial expert and author of "When She Makes More: 10 Rules for Breadwinning Women," previously told Business Insider that women breadwinners increase their chances of divorce in the context of nontraditional gender roles. She also told Business Insider they're twice as likely as their husbands to make financial decisions for the household.
Take, for example, Liz Gendreau, who has been the primary breadwinner in her household for more than 16 years. While she and her husband are happy with their arrangement, in which she works as an IT program manager with a six-figure salary and he works as a stay-at-home dad, she's felt the effects of social stereotypes from others who find her situation confusing, she explained in an article for Business Insider.
"Talking about having a wife who stays at home is very much culturally acceptable, but people are uncomfortable talking about a husband who's at home," she said. "I'm sometimes made to feel as if I should be embarrassed that my husband stays at home, or as though it's something I shouldn't really talk about."
She added that she's heard many stories about men being ashamed and resentful of their wives for paying for everything — feelings that may not be unrelated to the data the Census found.
"It shows just how sticky gender roles can be — and how much slower they are to change than the way people live their lives," writes Miller. "Women are now much more likely to have an education and a career. Yet across most marriages, they still do much more child care and housework than their husbands, and men still feel strong pressure to be the family breadwinner."
Torabi, the author of "When She Makes More," previously gave Business Insider some advice for breadwinning women: "enlist help and support and accountability from your partner."
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The chamois or Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a species of goat-antelope native to mountains in Europe, from west to east, including the Alps, the Dinarides, the Tatra and the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Rila–Rhodope massif, Pindus, the northeastern mountains of Turkey, and the Caucasus. The chamois has also been introduced to the South Island of New Zealand. Some subspecies of chamois are strictly protected in the EU under the European Habitats Directive.
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|Holocene distribution (grey) and recent range (red) of the chamois|
Capra rupicapra Linnaeus, 1758
The English name comes from French chamois. The latter is derived from Gaulish camox (attested in Latin, 5th century), itself perhaps borrowing from some Alpine language (Raetic, Ligurian). The Gaulish form also underlies German Gemse, Gams, Gämse, Italian camoscio, Ladin ciamorz.
The usual pronunciation for the animal is UK: // or US: //, approximating the French pronunciation [ʃamwa]. However, when referring to chamois leather, and in New Zealand often for the animal itself, it is //, and sometimes spelt shammy or chamy. The plural of chamois is spelled the same as the singular, and it may be pronounced with the final "s" sounded. However, as with many other quarry species, the plural for the animal is often pronounced the same as the singular.
The Dutch name for the chamois is gems, and the male is called a gemsbok. In Afrikaans, the name gemsbok came to refer to a species of Subsaharan antelope of the genus Oryx, and this meaning of gemsbok has been adopted into English.
There are two species of chamois in the genus Rupicapra:
- Rupicapra rupicapra
- Rupicapra pyrenaica
The species R. rupicapra is categorized into seven subspecies:
- R. r. asiatica (Anatolian chamois or Turkish chamois): Turkey
- R. r. balcanica (Balkan chamois): Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, northern Greece (the Pindus Mountains), North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Slovenia (isolated populations)
- R. r. carpatica (Carpathian chamois): Romania
- R. r. cartusiana (Chartreuse chamois): France
- R. r. caucasica (Caucasian chamois): Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia
- R. r. rupicapra (Alpine chamois): Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Slovakia (Veľká Fatra, Slovak Paradise)
- R. r. tatrica (Tatra chamois): Slovakia (Tatras and Low Tatras) and Poland (Tatras)
The chamois is a very small bovid. A fully grown chamois reaches a height of 70–80 cm (28–31 in) and measures 107–137 cm (42–54 in) (the tail is not generally visible except when mating). Males, which weigh 30–60 kg (66–132 lb), are slightly larger than females, which weigh 25–45 kg (55–99 lb). Both males and females have short, straightish horns which are hooked backwards near the tip, the horn of the male being thicker. In summer, the fur has a rich brown colour which turns to a light grey in winter. Distinct characteristics are white contrasting marks on the sides of the head with pronounced black stripes below the eyes, a white rump and a black stripe along the back.
Biology and behaviourEdit
Female chamois and their young live in herds of up to 15 to 30 individuals; adult males tend to live solitarily for most of the year. During the rut (late November/early December in Europe, May in New Zealand), males engage in fierce battles for the attention of unmated females. An impregnated female undergoes a gestation period of 170 days, after which a single kid is usually born in May or early June. On rare occasions, twins may be born. If a mother is killed, other females in the herd may try to raise the young. The kid is weaned at six months of age and is fully grown by one year of age. However, the kids do not reach sexual maturity until they are three to four years old, although some females may mate at as early two years old. At sexual maturity, young males are forced out of their mother's herds by dominant males (who sometimes kill them), and then wander somewhat nomadically until they can establish themselves as mature breeding specimens at eight to nine years of age.
Chamois eat various types of vegetation, including highland grasses and herbs during the summer and conifers, barks and needles from trees in winter. Primarily diurnal in activity, they often rest around mid-day and may actively forage during moonlit nights.
Chamois can reach an age of 22 years in captivity, although the average recorded age in the wild ranges from 15 to 17 years. Common causes of mortality can include avalanches, epidemics and predation. At present, humans are the main predator of chamois. In the past, the principal predators were Eurasian lynxes, Persian leopards and gray wolves; with some predation possibly by brown bears and golden eagles. Chamois usually use speed and stealthy evasion to escape predators and can run at 50 kilometers per hour (31 mph) and can jump 2 m (6.6 ft) vertically into the air or over a distance of 6 m (20 ft).
Distribution and habitatEdit
The chamois is native to the Pyrenees, the mountains of south and central Europe, Turkey, and the Caucasus. It lives in precipitous, rugged, rocky terrain at moderately high elevations of up to at least 3,600 m (11,800 ft). In Europe, the chamois spends the summer months in alpine meadows above the tree line, but moves to elevations of around 800 m (2,600 ft) to spend the winter in pine-dominated forests.
In New ZealandEdit
Alpine chamois arrived in New Zealand in 1907 as a gift from the Austrian Emperor, Franz Joseph I in exchange for specimens of living ferns, rare birds and lizards. Mr Albert E.L. Bertling, formerly head keeper of the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regents Park, London, accepted an invitation from the New Zealand Government to deliver a consignment of chamois (two bucks and six does) to the colony. They arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, on 23 January 1907, on board the SS Turakina. From Wellington the chamois were transhipped to the Manaroa and conveyed to Lyttelton, then by rail to Fairlie in South Canterbury and a four-day horse trek to Mount Cook. The first surviving releases were made in the Aoraki / Mount Cook region and these animals gradually spread over much of the South Island.
New Zealand chamois tend to weigh about 20% less than European individuals of the same age, suggesting that food supplies may be limited.
Hunting and wildlife managementEdit
As their meat is considered tasty, chamois are popular game animals. Chamois have two traits that are exploited by hunters: the first is that they are most active in the morning and evening when they feed; the second is that they tend to look for danger originating from below, which means that a hunter stalking chamois from above is less likely to be observed and more likely to be successful.
The tuft of hair from the back of the neck, the gamsbart (chamois "beard"), is traditionally worn as a decoration on hats throughout the alpine countries.
Chamois leather, traditionally made from the hide of the chamois, is very smooth and absorbent and is favoured in cleaning, buffing, and polishing because it produces no scratching. Modern chamois leather may be made from chamois hides, but hides of deer or domestic goats or sheep are commonly used.
A fabric known as chamois is made variously from cotton flannel, PVA, Viscose, and other materials with similar qualities. It is napped to produce a plush surface similar to moleskin or chamois leather.
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By Hugo Greenhalgh
Oct 2 (Openly) - Fame brings influence but it can also take a heavy toll on mental health, said YouTube star and entrepreneur Connor Franta, who has amassed millions of followers since coming out as gay on the video-sharing platform seven years ago.
Franta, whose new book on love, loneliness and modern life will be published this month, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that his celebrity status had exacerbated his underlying anxiety.
"I would (attribute) a lot of my anxiety to the fame element. I think that's kind of the genesis of it," Franta, 29, said in a phone interview from his home in Los Angeles.
"(But things) are not as hectic as they once were and are much more manageable with age, with maturity and with just, frankly, calming down," he said ahead of the Oct. 19 publication of "House Fires", his third book.
Franta posted his first YouTube video in August 2010, coming out on the site four years later in a post that has since gained more than 12 million views and helped turn him into a role model for young LGBT+ people.
Besides recounting struggles with anxiety in his new book, Franta describes love, sex and life in Los Angeles as a young gay man.
Mental health issues are disproportionately common in the LGBT+ community, numerous studies show.
More than 40% of young, LGBT+ Americans said they had considered suicide in the past year, according to a survey published in May by the Trevor Project, a U.S. non-profit.
But despite the stress of fame, it has brought financial independence and the potential to influence people, Franta said.
"The trade-off is where I'm just grateful for the fact that I have a large platform and a large audience that has a desire to hear my opinions on the world," he said.
"You know, I can spread a message, I can start a movement; I can help do real good with that platform," said Franta, who was born in Wisconsin.
He posted his first YouTube videos from his bedroom aged 17, when, surrounded by Harry Potter posters, he opened with: "Hello world! And by world I mean no one because I have no subscribers."
Since 2010, his videos - sometimes confessional, sometimes flippant but always personal - have drawn more than 500 million views.
He has gone on to launch a record label, his own coffee brand, a clothing line and write two New York Times best-selling books.
Now also working as a photographer, Franta said becoming an inspirational figure for young LGBT+ people was "one of the biggest privileges of my career".
"I would have never expected it, making a few YouTube videos as a 17-year-old in Minnesota. It's humbling. It's a brilliant side effect of something I never thought would happen."
Franta is currently working on several television projects, declining to reveal the details.
"Some of it's fiction; some of it's true life docu series but a lot of it has to do with identity and queer people – vaguely," he said, adding that he was enjoying taking a more behind-the-scenes role.
"I've always enjoyed the creative process more than being the face of the creative process," he said.
As such, there is no photograph of him on the cover of "House Fires", which he said he hoped would help "anyone who is just curious, lost or in search of companionship".
"I hope this book opens the conversation for someone and makes them feel less alone," Franta said.
(Reporting by Hugo Greenhalgh in London @hugo_greenhalgh; Editing by Helen Popper. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers the lives of people around the world who struggle to live freely or fairly. Visit http://news.trust.org)
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While online gambling is fun However, it is crucial to be aware of the risks of problematic gambling and avoid the typical mistakes that people make. If you follow the rules in this article, you’ll be able to play and win big, while remaining secure and legal. Once you’ve grasped the basics of online gambling, you can proceed to more advanced topics like taxes, legality, and pattern integration. It is also possible to learn about the various forms and types of gambling, such as slots and poker.
The relationship between gambling on the internet and gambling that causes problems has not been clearly defined. Multiple Swedish studies haven’t supported the belief that internet gambling could cause more mental health issues. Online gamblers were more likely to report the psychological and health effects of gambling addiction. To better understand the connection between online gambling and problem gambling further research is required. More research is required to better understand the reasons for why some people aren’t able to manage their addiction and how to manage these issues.
Researchers are only beginning to grasp the significance of the recent increase in gambling problems among youth. Gambling opportunities are available to more people than ever before, and many are actively encouraging it. The increase in internet-based gambling is particularly worrying since the generation that was raised with this technology is at high risk for developing problems due to their growing involvement in this activity. This trend is likely to continue.
There are a variety of legal consequences of gambling online and the legality of online gambling is a frequent topic of debate. Some states allow gambling, while others ban it. The 2006 federal Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act prohibits banks from conducting business with illegal websites. The act does not define online gaming, but it does ban certain types of gambling and sets the minimum age at 21.
Online gambling is currently illegal in all but four U. S. States as of the time of writing this article. At present, it is legal in Nevada, Mississippi, and Alaska. However some states are yet to approve online gambling, for instance, Idaho or Hawaii. These states are worried about the potential impact gambling will have on their residents’ family relations and are likely to adopt legislation on this issue. However gambling legality online continues to be an issue of contention for all US states.
This study investigates the connection between online gambling and SAHs. It examines the cumulative effect of different gambling practices. Gamblers who are using additional devices are more likely to be troubled by gambling. This is because these devices provide the highest degree of convenience and accessibility, and these features could be linked with a higher level of participation play mindsweeper in gambling. Researchers employed a new method of statistical analysis called propensity score matching, which identifies the effect of incremental behaviours on gambling.
This study reveals that gambling is affected by the use of electronic credit and funds transfer. Moreover, MAHs are more likely gamble online than SAHs. This indicates that the use of credit cards and electronic funds transfer is an important risk factor for gambling. Both of these factors increase the likelihood of gambling. This is consistent with previous studies. This research supports the notion that online gambling is a greater risk than land-based gambling.
In the United States, winnings from online casinos are tax-free, so players aren’t concerned about paying taxes. However, gambling wins in other countries are taxable. These winnings need to be reported to the government on your annual tax return. Winnings from Indian casinos online are not tax-deductible. However, you can offset your losses against your profits. The winnings from gambling are classified as income for the federal and state governments. They are considered to be an attempt to increase one’s wealth and must be reported to the government.
If you’re a professional gambler you may be able to deduct a portion of your costs as business expenses. This includes a percentage of your online bill and travel expenses. Before you begin gambling professionally, you should speak with an expert in taxation to ensure that you’re taking advantage of your tax deductions. Professional gamblers cannot take losses from gambling. Hobbyists can’t deduct their losses. If you’re a hobbyist, don’t worry as the law isn’t likely to change anytime soon.
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Muscle building is not just a result of hitting the gym to bench press large weights. There are other aspects of your routine that will impact your physical results. In this article, you will learn tips and techniques for getting maximum results from your muscle development efforts.
Incorporating enough vegetables in your daily diet is a very important component of bodybuilding. Many diets designed to help you build muscle focus too much on carbohydrates and proteins without including the necessary vegetables. Vegetables contain valuable nutrients that are not present in foods that are generally high in protein or carbohydrates. Vegetables are also rich in fiber. Fiber helps your body to effectively use protein.
A lot of people fail to use proper technique when lifting weights because they are too focused on speed. Instead of trying to squeeze in as many reps as possible, focus instead on completing your reps slowly and correctly. Stay focused, and be sure that you are properly performing the exercise.
Focus on the squat, the deadlift, and the bench press. All of these exercises are considered staples in the bodybuilding community because they have proven themselves effective. They are proven exercises that increase bulk, build strength, and improve overall condition. No matter how you vary your routine, always perform these basic exercises.
When trying to build more muscle, you will need to eat more in general. Eat the amount that you need to gain a weekly pound. Research ways to bump up your calories, and if after about two weeks you have not gained any weight, you may want to raise the number of calories you are eating again.
Your muscles need certain things in order to grow and carbohydrates are one of these things. Your body runs on carbs, so they are essential to complete your workouts and do all the other tasks that you must do each day. As a general rule, if you work out regularly, then you should consume a couple grams of carbohydrates for every pound of your weight.
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Engage in many repetitions within many sets to increase muscle mass. Do fifteen lifts at the minimum with a break of a minute or less in between. By doing this, you are letting your lactic acids flow, which in turn, helps muscle growth. The more times you can complete this process during your workout, the more muscle growth you can expect.
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- – Depth: 70 mm / gasket contact
- – Chambers: 4 in the wing, 5 in the frame
- – Very high degree of thermal and sound insulation
- – Tightness air currents/showers: to request group C (RAL-GZ 996)
- – Sealed by 2 gasket levels at the door-step
- – Special door-step for a house without barriers
- – Many possibilities of configuration by staining with decorative foil, by painting or aluminum decorative caps
- – Gray gaskets trace contours on white profiles
- – Elegant optics thanks to the surface inclined to 20°
- – Entry areas in case of renovations on energy optimized buildings
- – New buildings with floors and low power consumption
- – Entrance doors in one wing, with interior and exterior open, even with the sidelight
- – Entrance doors in two wings, with interior and exterior open, or with fanlight
- – Construction of entry door elements in the most diverse manners
- – Smooth, easy to maintain
- – Optimal stability due to large reinforcements, with large construction depth
- – Use weldable corner joints for a greater degree of stability
GENEO® Passive House Certified Entrance Door System
When choosing an entrance door, aspects like energy efficiency, design, and durability are essential considerations. The features of the GENEO® entrance door system can satisfy all of these considerations due mainly to the high-tech material RAUFIPRO®,which forms an integral part of the door system. RAUFIPRO®, the innovative material formulation created by REHAU results in PVC door profiles with high stability, torsional stiffness and static properties, which were previously not possible without the addition of steel reinforcements. RAUFIPRO® has been developed based on fibre composites used in aircraft construction and Formula 1 vehicles bringing high end technology to the window manufacturing industry.
- – Passive House certified.
- – Depth: 86mm / 6-chamber-system.
- – Warmth insulation up to Uf=0,76 W/m²K (with sash covering filling Up=0,317 W/m²K).
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- – Perfect energy efficiency – with the GENEO® system (Windows, Front Doors, Patio Doors) you are able to insulate your building envelope perfectly.
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- – Single-leaf front doors opening inside, with side panel.
- – Double-leaf front doors opening inside, with skylights.
- – Front door constructions in different varieties.
- – Exclusively only at REHAU: optional covered fittings for a perfect look and low maintenance, without interrupting fitting elements.
- – Wide-ranging in design, thanks to colour options with foil finishes or aluminum-facing formwork.
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Dr Satyanarayana Mysore
Extensive media coverage about the black fungus has led to fear among the public about the use of steroids in the treatment of Covid pneumonia.
25 May 2021
The Covid peak has come to an end, and a second wave doesn’t seem imminent. Amongst the 10.6 million Covid cases in India, there have been a huge number of recoveries.
21 Jan 2021
Is there a solution or any medicines for asthma patients? Because it is a seasonal disease, is there any permanent suggestion regarding asthma?
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Filters: Tags: joints (X)9 results (159ms)
Immunohistochemical detection of lymphocyte subpopulations in the tarsal joints of chickens with experimental viral arthritis
Reovirus-induced tenosynovitis: Persistence of homologous challenge virus in broiler chicks after vaccination of parents.
The Oregon Geologic Data Compilation (OGDC) is a digital data collection of geologic studies created by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI).
Anthropogenic radioactivity in the Arctic ocean: Review of the results from the joint German project
A review of field observations reveals that faults in the upper crust initiate in one of three styles: linkage of pre-existing structures, linkage of precursory structures, or by localization of slip in a precursory shear zone. The first two styles can be characterized by three general stages. During stage 1, faults initiate by shear along pre-existing structures (formed during an earlier event), or by the initiation of precursor structures (formed earlier in the same deformation event). Stage 2 involves the pre-existing or precursor structures becoming linked by differently orientated structures, as stresses are perturbed within the developing fault zone. Linkage allows displacement to increase. A through-going...
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Fertility and IVF Support.
The novel corona virus and the resulting restrictions on both elective and complementary medicine have created a lot of anxiety for prospective parents and their family planning, particularly those struggling with fertility issues.
Fertility clinics across the world have stopped their operations after the recommendations that treatment cycles for most patients be suspended to prevent any COVID-19-related complications and to reduce pressure on hospitals and health systems potentially leading to delays and leading to additional anxiety.
Nourish the Soil before you plant the Seed
As an Acupuncturist my approach to fertility treatment is is holistic: focusing on the connection between the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of my patients with the goal to optimise fertility. It is really important whether trying to conceive naturally or with assisted conception ( IVF, IUI, Chlomid) to prepare for a healthy pregnancy. When working with my patients I always try to work with patients for at least three - four months to influence egg health and achieve optimal fertility Our treatment goal is to "nourish the soil before you plant the seed"to achieve a healthy pregnancy.
I understand the frustration of planning for an IVF cycle to have it abruptly halted, the resulting shock and feelings of disappointment and dispair. On consultation with many of my patients we chatted and came to the conclusion that this can be transformed into an opportunity to prepare either naturally or for an IVF cycle and to continue working on on the key pillars of optimal fertility: diet, nutrition, egg health, and stress reduction.
On Line Fertility Tele Medicine
As a fertility acupuncturist, my first step is our initial consultation to try and get to the root of the problem whether it is PCOS, unexplained infertility or indeed anything that is presented to prepare adequately for an IVF cycle. Our initial consultation will include a full medical history, with a view to understanding the body systems both in terms of western medicine and Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). My approach is integrated and i work very closely with the medical profession to offer blood tests and further investigation if required. As a British Acupuncture Council member we are governed by a strict codes of safe practise and professional conduct. All members are listed on the register of The Professional Standards Authority of Health and Social Care set up by government for the protection of the public.
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Build Your Own Solar Hot Water System
Last week, my job was to go to Baucau and provide solar power and solar hot water for a friend working in the Seeds of Life Program (agriculture). It was a great opportunity to put in a gravity fed solar hot water system which we are building here in East Timor from locally available materials. Just in case you wanted to build your own or were intrigued as to how I did it here’s my little explanation. Its a rip-snorter of a system really.
You’ll need a 44 gallon drum (204L general fuel drum), about 8 lengths of 1/2” plastic pipe, 4 lengths of 3/4” plastic pipe, a bunch of T-fittings and other plumbing bits, some 3”x2” timber, insulation, flat sheet metal, glue, screws and nails etc. Basically stuff we can buy here from the local hardware shop.
We made a rectangle frame of timber and nailed some flat tin on the bottom to keep the mice out – this holds the old drum.
To insulate the drum, we covered it with a mattress which the Timorese make out of kapok – its like cotton wool only from a tree. (In the old days they used to stuff life-jackets with it.) You could use old rags or an old foam mattress I suppose. The Timorese man I was working with was very confused about why I’d want to lay a perfectly good drum on its side, on the roof and cover it with a mattress!!! These white skin folk are truly crazy. By the end though, he was convinced that this was a new business opportunity for him as he could see that he could build solar hot water systems using things he could buy and skills he had. The only thing he lacked was the technical design which he learnt on this day.
This then gets covered over with a sheet of flat ‘tin’ (actually a sheet of zinculume roofing iron). You can see my metal working skills are at a rather fundamental level minus the ‘funda’.
The fun bit is making the solar collector. We are in the tropics so we just scrapped the whole glass box thing. I really think its superfluous for anyone below the 30th degree of latitude. I just cut all these plastic pipes up at around 2m long and glue them together with T-pieces. Its so simple you should have thought of it yourself. (Note, for those who are actually going to try this, that the sequence in which you glue it together is a bit tricky, put some thought into it)
Plumbing it into the drum takes a bit of thought. Solar hot water works on the principal of thermosyphoning – hot stuff rises (like me really) and cold stuff sinks. So at the bottom of the drum a pipe comes out to go down to the bottom of all the vertical tubes. (Note that I screwed this straight into the small hole in the drum, its a 3/4” fitting). The sun heats up the water in the tubes, it rises up and finds its way back into the top of the drum. I made my own little hole for a 3/4” fitting by using a small drill bit and drilling little holes around in a circle. (For the techno buffs, the messy hole I create receives a 3/4” steel nipple fitting which sort of threads its own hole in and then I plug it up with silicon.) The big hole in the drum is left for inspection and also to allow air trapped above the hot water intake to escape.
The single most important thing to get right is to allow for the expansion and contraction of hot water. If you stuff this up the whole thing could blow up. I just put in a rising pipe which goes up higher than the water in the holding tank (the holding tank is on a small hill behind the house, water comes into the solar hot water system by gravity.
The second most important thing is to make sure that the hot water goes uphill all the way from the vertical pipes into the drum and the cold water in the drum goes downhill all the way to the bottom of the vertical pipes.
And hey presto! Hot water.
The whole thing cost us about $25 in bits. Takes a day or so to build and mount.
PS If you live in one of those rich, fancy countries stuffed with heaps of rules I suspect this would be somewhat on the illegal side, so just forget I ever told you.
PPS If you want to pull this off under a pressurised system (like a pump) there is a simple way. If you cant figure it out, ask your grandfather. If he cant figure it out, email me. | <urn:uuid:f76a484c-77b6-4286-a637-f200013a9a17> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://baconsbatimor.blogspot.com/2011/08/build-your-own-solar-hot-water-system.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.962329 | 997 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Macaws require a large amount of room and thus the cage a single bird occupies should be as large as possible, 36 inches wide x 36 inches deep x 60 inches high, or larger as a whole. They need ample amounts of room to prevent the muscles in their wings from atrophying as well as plenty of room to play, exercise in, and spread their wings. The bars of the cage should be no larger than 1 inch apart and should be made of durable metal. It should not have parts that contain lead or zinc, including paint on the bars. The cage should be cleaned weekly and thoroughly with a mild disinfectant soap; a grate is preferable to separate the bird from its feces. The cage should be placed in an area that is off the floor, well-lit, and warm (a macaw has little tolerance towards cold.) Perches are acceptable and recommended as an additional place to hang out as well as a spray bottle of lukewarm water to bathe the bird. (All macaws typically like water and will also respond happily to an outing in the kitchen sink as well.) They should eat a diet that mimics what they eat in the wild (fruit, vegetables, nuts, and seeds) but if given nuts should ideally be given those with a higher fat content (hazelnuts, brazil nuts, walnuts, etc.)
Macaws eat mostly fruits and seeds, including large, hard seeds. A typical sighting is of a single bird or a pair flying above the forest canopy, though in some areas flocks can be seen. They may gather at clay licks. They like apples, nuts, bananas, and fruits. They also feed on nectar and buds.
In addition to requiring large spaces Scarlet Macaws equally require a great deal of stimulation, attention, and affection. They thrive on and need frequent, regular interaction and so should be removed from their cages for long periods to socialize and be slowly socialized with others to retain a friendly disposition towards people; they need time to get to know strangers. They will naturally be extremely vocal and should not be discouraged from this behavior but should be given limits overall. Children are not recommended to have this bird as a pet and in particular should interact with Scarlet Macaws under adult supervision and taught to respect a large, very sensitive bird with a powerful beak designed to crush hard nuts. They love to play and should have plenty of toys in good condition for stimulation; they habitually chew whatever they can get their beaks on and so wooden toys are recommended both for enrichment and to avoid beak overgrowth. Toys that are worn out should be replaced and care should be taken to keep a Scarlet Macaw’s curious mind occupied. Birds that do not receive enough attention often display behaviors of over-preening, self-mutilation, depression, and extreme rage/aggression. | <urn:uuid:34c7ba7a-261d-48cc-bce8-3235566eab6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.dogbazar.org/product/macaws-for-sale-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.9658 | 583 | 3.1875 | 3 |
New fracking licenses could include flood plains
Two maps showing current flood warnings (left) and The area under consultation to be offered for oil and gas exploration (right)
The government is likely to issue licenses to explore for oil and gas across large parts of Somerset as the area continues to be hit by the worst flooding for hundreds of years.
A spokesperson for the Department of Energy and Climate change (DECC) confirmed that the next round of Petroleum Exploration and Development License (PEDL) blocks will be issued ‘later this Spring’.
A map of license under consultation by the department includes the Somerset levels and many areas currently covered by severe flood warnings. Studies bythe British Geological Survey published by DECC suggest parts of Somerset may be appropriate for oil or gas extraction though exploration is at a very early stage.
The department has already issued licenses in North Somerset and the Mendips. Welsh shale gas firm UK Methane and Australian partner, Eden Energy sought permission to drill in Keynsham, a small town outside Bath, whichhas recently suffered minor flooding.
Flooding in Colorado showing an oil or gas rig
However the plan to offer licenses further south may increase flood risks. The recently published Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on the 14thonshore oil and gas licensing round noted “flood risk presents a significant planning issue… should the site become flooded during exploratory drilling, production, operation or decommissioning, adverse effects could occur.”
Shale gas drilling can involve the storage and local transport of chemicals or contaminated water – though both are normally stored in sealed tanks.
Last year Energy minister Greg Barker had a trip to US re-routed to avoid visiting oil and gas drilling sites in Colorado which had become inundated with flood-waters. The flooding prompted a number of spills from drilling sites though testing did not find large-scale water contamination.
Flood risks would have to be considered as part of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) though the government’s planning guidelines suggest it may be prepared to consider developments in flood risk areas – so long as measures are in place to manage risk.
The SEA for the next licensing round notes that “as the location of [actual drilling] sites vis-à-vis areas with a high probability of flooding is unknown at this stage, it has not been possible to determine the likelihood or magnitude of effects on this objective”. | <urn:uuid:4ed94011-231e-42d7-ae9d-94b5e2e112b9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2014/02/10/new-fracking-licenses-include-flood-plains/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.960117 | 495 | 2.203125 | 2 |
24. Magic Johnson and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
On November 7, 1991, Earvin “Magic” Johnson abruptly announced his retirement from professional basketball, due to a diagnosis of him having acquired HIV. The announcement came 45 days after his marriage to his wife, Cookie. At the time of Magic’s announcement, a relatively small percentage of heterosexual men in the United States tested positive for HIV, the virus which leads to AIDS. Johnson’s diagnosis, and his frank public disclosure, led to increased awareness that HIV could be contracted through heterosexual relations. His announcement and the subsequent public discussion removed the stigma of HIV and AIDS as the “gay cancer” it carried at the time.
Johnson admitted a premarital life of multiple sexual partners, though he denied rumors of bisexual and homosexual partners. His openness increased public awareness and the need to exercise caution with partners. Johnson returned to the NBA for the 1995-96 season, playing in 32 games for the Los Angeles Lakers. He considered returning for the following season before retiring permanently, though his appearance did much to display to the public that HIV diagnosis no longer meant a death sentence. He established the Magic Johnson Foundation to fund the fight against AIDS, later expanding it into other charitable activities. Johnson remains an activist against the spread of HIV and AIDS outbreaks in the 21st century, having fought the outbreak for nearly three decades.
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Product Name: Anti Bt Cry1F [A10] Monoclonal Antibody
Catalogue No.: 939142
Description: Cry1F protoxin is a crystal protein produced by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Transgenic Bt cotton, Corn etc expressed a Bt gene, which codes for Cry1F. The Bt Cry1F antibody is used to detect Cry1F protein expression in GMO Crops, Food etc. It is also used to develop ELISA, Dipstick, WB for research and testing purpose.
Immunogen: Recombinant Protein Bt Cry1F
Clonality: Monoclonal, IgG1
Specificity: Bacillus thuringiensis, cross reactivity to other molecules not tested
Format: Phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.3).
Purity: Purified by Protein A affinity chromatography.
Uses: ELISA, Dipstick, ImmunoPCR, WB. Not tested for other uses.
Storage: Store at 4°C in fridge for short term use. For long term storage store at -20°C in small aliquots to prevent freeze-thaw cycles.
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Eleven days after publishing a bulletin reminding covered entities that decisions concerning whether an individual is a candidate for treatment should not be based on a person’s age or disability, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services brought its first enforcement action against the State of Alabama. On April 8, 2020, OCR resolved a compliance review of the State of Alabama after the state removed ventilator rationing guidelines that allegedly discriminated on the basis of disability and age.
The compliance review stemmed from a complaint alleging that Alabama had incorporated a 2010 document called “Criteria for Mechanical Ventilator Triage Following Proclamation of Mass-Casualty Respiratory Emergency” (2010 Criteria) as an annex to its Emergency Operations Plan. The 2010 Criteria allegedly allowed for denying ventilator services to individuals based on the presence of intellectual disabilities, including “profound mental retardation” and “moderate to severe dementia.”
OCR noted that the 2010 Criteria “could result in discrimination against persons with disabilities by denying or stopping ventilator services simply because an individual has an intellectual disability.” Moreover, it could be used “to impose blunt age categorizations, such that older persons might automatically be deemed ineligible for life-saving care without any individualized assessment or examination and based solely on missing a strict age cutoff.”
Alabama agreed to remove all links to the 2010 Criteria from its websites and to comply with applicable civil rights laws. Alabama further agreed to clarify publicly that the 2010 Criteria:
- are not in effect;
- that it will not, in future CSC guidelines, include similar provisions singling out certain disabilities for unfavorable treatment or use categorical age cutoffs; and
- that it will also not interpret the current Guidelines in such a manner.
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A two-day forum that explored environmental implications of 100 years of Nigeria’s existence came to a close on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The Nigerian Environment Centenary Symposium (1914-2014), which had “The Nigerian Environment: Past 100 years and the future”, held at the University of Ibadan, courtesy of the institution’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences (in the Faculty of Public Health of the College of Medicine) as well as the Nigerian Environmental Study Action Team (NEST).
The symposium and book concept, chaired by Professor Emeritus Akin Mabogunje, took stock of Nigeria’s total environment as regards what has been achieved so far and the directions to move forward.
Speakers were invited based on their expertise, past scientific contributions and vision for the nation’s growth and development. They reviewed the trend, major developments and lapses in safeguarding the Nigerian environment over the past century, and drawing a blueprint for future development.
The papers presented will be compiled into a book that will form a standard reference point for future generations.
The thematic topics were: Land Resources, Water Resources, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Coastal and Marine Environments, Energy and Environment, Environment and Health, Urbanisation, Industry, Waste Management, Environmental Education and Awareness Raising, Environmental Disasters and Emergencies, Environmental Governance and the Economics of Managing the Nigerian Environment.
The resources persons were: Prof E. E. Okpara of NEST (Land Resources and Erosion), Prof Emeritus N. M. Gadzama and Prof H. K. Ayuba of the University of Maiduguri (Desertification), Prof Daniel Gwary of the University of Maiduguri (Land Use), Dr D. T. Gowon (Evolution of Water Resources Management and Development in Nigeria: Possible Future Trajectory), Babatope Babalobi of USAID (Water Supply), Dr Elizabeth Oloruntoba and Prof M. K. C. Sridhar of the University of Ibadan (History of Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in Nigeria), Dr Godson Ana of the University of Ibadan (Air Quality in Nigeria), Prof Olukayode Oladipo of Kado Consult and Dr Ibidun of University of Ibadan (Changing Climate in Nigeria), Prof Emeritus David Okali of NEST and Prof A. O. Isichei of Obafemi Awolowo University (The Nigerian Environment: Past 100 Years and the Future Ecosystems), Prof Labode Popoola of the University of Ibadan and Prof E. C. Nzegbule of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (Trends in Development of Forestry in Nigeria), Prof B. A. Ola-Adams (Biodiversity), Dr Gloria Ujor of the Federal Ministry of Environment (Historical Perspectives and Domestication of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nigeria), Alade Adeleke of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (Assessment of Policy and Practice of Biodiversity Conservation), Prof Chidi Ibe (The Coastal and Marine Environment), Prof Chris Ikporukpo of the University of Ibadan (The Environment of the Niger Delta), and Huzi Mshelia of Huzi & Associates (Expanding Renewable Energy Access for Environmental Sustainability).
Others included: Joanna Maduka of Friends of the Environment (Gender, Energy and Environment), Prof O. O. Kale of the University of Ibadan (The Environment and Health), Bolarinwa Olowe of Konsadem Consultants (Urbanisation, Industry and Waste Management), Prof Moses Inyang-Abia of the University of Calabar (Evolutionary Trends in Environmental Education), Michael Simire of EnviroNews Nigeria (Awareness Raising), Dr Babatunde Lawal of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (Environmental Education and Awareness Programme), Ako Amadi of the Community Conservation & Development Initiatives (Reducing the Risk of Environmental Disasters), Dr A. C. Anuforom of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Weather and Climate Services for Environmental Disaster Management), Dr Ngeri Benebo of the National Environmental Standards & Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) (Evolving a New Institutional Mechanism for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development in Nigeria), Prof Matt Ivbijaro of Mattivi Nigeria Limited (Environmental Governance in Nigeria), Prof Margaret Okorodudu-Fubara of the Obafemi Awolowo University and Dr Tope Ako of the University of Hull, UK (Environmental Justice, Equity and Rights in Nigeria), Prof Olanrewaju Fagbohun of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (Law and Ethics from Pre-Colonial to Post-Colonial Era), Prof Anthony Ikpi of the University of Ibadan, Prof Adeniyi Osuntogun of Resource Integrated Development Foundation and Prof Chinedum Nwajiuba of the Imo State University (Economics of Managing the Nigerian Environment). | <urn:uuid:02f480a7-da56-4bab-9707-bc23d6e37494> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.environewsnigeria.com/nigeria-takes-stock-of-a-century-of-her-environment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.859583 | 1,051 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Olive oil is very beneficial for the body. Yes, it is a very profitable deal compared to other oils. By consuming it regularly on the body, the body gets many benefits from outside as well. Olive oil contains many nutrients, including vitamin E, vitamin K, omega-3 fatty acids, minerals and antioxidants. This oil is also applied on the body and consumed. Its consumption provides relief in diseases like cancer. It is also beneficial for diabetic patients. Many doctors recommend eating olive oil. The reason for this is the nutrients present in it. This oil is rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and many other properties. Olive oil is extracted from the fruits of olives. Major olive oils include Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Virgin Olive Oil, Pure Olive Oil, Olive Oil and Lamprant Oil. All these are divided into varieties due to making olive oil and pureeing it.
Let us know about the benefits of olive oil-
- Enhance memory– Olive oil contains polyphenol element. Its consumption provides relief in memory related problems.
2.Relief in Cancer- Cancer is a life-threatening disease. Cancer related disease can be reduced by consuming it in food. Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin A and B-carotene are mainly found in it.
- Make the skin shiny– To make the lifeless skin shiny, massage it daily with olive oil. After a week you will get rid of your dry skin.
- Relief in pain- You can also massage with olive oil if there is constant pain in the bones. You will get relief from the ingredients present in it. Osteoporosis will be relieved.
- Make hair strong- Vitamin E is present in olive oil. Which is the most essential element for hair. This keeps the hair strong. Olive oil acts as a conditioner for the hair. You can inhale hot water steam by applying oil. Due to which the hair will be shiny and strong. | <urn:uuid:e463e832-76ce-4a4d-b249-f7c4de2fbb66> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.roundbubble.com/quiz/what-are-the-benefits-of-olive-oil/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.95302 | 395 | 2.359375 | 2 |
[This is the last installment of our Friday posts on fear.]
Whenever people are asked what they’re afraid of, somewhere in the list of snakes, storms, and cancer, will appear a fear of job loss or economic downturn. That’s natural. Our most basic needs include food and shelter, and that takes money. The thought of a future job loss or other loss of income can be frightening. Equally frightening is the fact some losses happen without us realizing it. Recent statistics show that Americans have lost 39% of their net worth in the last 4 years, much of it in the value of their homes. Other losses happen when our money is devalued by the Federal Reserve arbitrarily printing money which makes our money worth less. So you can suddenly wake up to find that your economic situation, that had no reason to change, has changed.
The patriarch Job, who had more things happen to him than anyone, apparently thought earlier that things had been going too well. Consequently when calamity struck he wasn’t that shocked: “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil” (Job 3:25-26 NIV). He admitted what many of us don’t. We often live in fear of the future rather than trust of the Father. Then when the unimaginable happens, rather than leaning on God, we waste time and energy arguing with Him or demanding answers to our “why?” questions.
Years ago I interviewed Edith Flowers Kilgo, who had been a successful editor in Atlanta. Because of her childhood in poverty, she knew how frightening tomorrow can be. “Middle-class families have resources to fall back on,” she said, “while those who live paycheck to paycheck are always one disaster away from total ruin. When a person has been that poor, the greatest fear as an adult is not having enough for one’s old age.”
Like the Proverbs 31 woman who could “laugh at the days to come” (v. 25), Edith learned to conquer her own fear of the future. While in her forties she decided to leave her high-stress job and simplify her life (she then produced a monthly newsletter called Creative Downscaling). “I think that walking away from my job and its secure retirement package was the biggest commitment I ever made to confronting fear,” she said. “It wasn’t so much about letting go of ‘success’ as it was about letting go of all the childhood attitudes and fears. Fears are the big bullies. Once you face the worst thing that could possibly happen and deal with it, what’s left to worry about? I’ve had people tell me that they feared losing their jobs to the extent they were ruining their health with the fear. Then they lost the jobs and learned from it that they were stronger than they thought.”
My husband and I in our careers have had a total of seven job losses, so economic fears have been an integral part of my life. Coming through those periods of job loss showed me, as Edith said, that I was stronger than I thought. But more importantly, it proved to me that God was more faithful than I had imagined. During those times I learned to trust Him more as I went back to His promises. One I repeated often was: “I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread (Ps. 37:25 NIV).
When we live in fear of what might happen to us—much of which probably won’t—we give fear free rein to run away with us. In Mt. 6:25-34 Jesus reminded us that God clothes the lilies of the field and feeds the birds of the air. He urged us to take a lesson from nature and trust Him as much as the smallest creatures do, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (v. 34).
It’s the only way to face the future without fear.
© 2012 by Vicki Huffman
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As flights are cancelled, communities stigmatised & mildly sick people fear for their lives, is it worth questioning what the biggest threat to our collective wellbeing is: rare tropical diseases, or the media coverage of them?
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Al-Fatihah in itself is a prayer at the very beginning of the Quran, which acts as a preface of the Quran and implies that the book is for a person with a mental attitude of the seeker of truth – a reader who is asking the only deity who is worthy of all praise, (and is the creator, owner, sustainer of the worlds etc.) to guide him to the straight path.
Human beings are born with a combination of two things: soul and body. As per the Quran, a soul is a command of Allah, therefore it naturally recognizes the existence of its Lord and also has the love of its creator. It is the nature on which every child is born as Allah says: “and be steadfast on the Nature whereupon Allah has created mankind” (30:30).
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Islamic veiling is a global political issue and the debate tends to move in two different directions: it’s framed as either a matter of the freedom of female self-expression or as emblematic of gender inequality and suppression. Its role as a fashion statement is rarely discussed.
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There is a beautiful story of the Buddha. He went to meet his father after he became the Buddha and his father thought his son had come home… but Buddha told him, “your son Siddharth is dead, I am not your son.” His father got really angry and shouted at the Buddha “how can you say that ? Cant I recognise my son, my own flesh and blood?” The Buddha calmly said “Your son Siddharth is dead, I have the same body, but am not the same person.” What Buddha was trying to communicate was the physical birth is the first birth and when you realise the truth and get enlightened you are reborn. Is it only for individuals on the path, seeking Moksa that two births are possible … or can it be true also for nations??
I would really like to celebrate this day as the 2nd Independence day of India. India’s first birth as a nation was on Aug 15th, 1947 and then it was 67 years of establishing our identity in the world stage…. some things we did right, like choosing democracy over autocracy or communism, focussing on agriculture to become self sufficient, expanding the rail network etc. But we obviously allowed the dynastic streak to continue and for nearly 54 years out of these 67 years, we had one family rule us. In retrospect, it seems unimaginable in this day and age. Incredulous India !! Nothing wrong with one family rule, it just meant that we really were not a genuine democracy nor were we benefiting from different ideas. The ten years of Dr. Manmohan Singh were truly the last straw on the proverbial camel’s back.
I can never forget the Aon CEO’s visit to India during that time. Kashiana and I went with him and a few other leaders during the trip around Delhi and we had a tour guide in the bus with us who explained about the various historical monuments. As we drove past the Prime Minister’s house on Race Course Road, the tour guide turned around and said, “well, thats our spineless, ineffective Prime Minister’s house. He doesn’t speak and is controlled by someone else.” Kashiana and I tried our best to bat for Dr. MMS talking about his being a great economist and from oxford etc etc but the damage was done. I felt very small … and very sad that my country’s Prime Minister was described this way. I am sure that tour guide will now stop near the PM’s house and point it out with pride and say, that is our PM Narendra Modi’s house and chances are, the Aon CEO would already know his name and probably would have a meeting lined up with our PM !!!
Yes, am an unabashed fan of our Prime Minister, but not an uninformed emotional one.
Here is why I think this day should be celebrated as the second independence day every year –
1. Never before in the era of the British and American hegemonies, there has been any other Prime Minister or head of state, who has got the kind of attention that Modi has on the world stage and for all the right reasons, and consequently the attention India has got. I don’t remember any other PM who was on first name basis with so many world leaders and I KNOW of no other leader who had the gumption to stand on the Chinese soil and say that the border issues have to be sorted before we can be true partners !!! I am not going to quote numbers as to how much FDI has increased in this one year or how many different countries have come forward to invest, because all the readers of my blog can access it anywhere.
2. When the dark ages of the CONteam government were on, the one thing I heard everywhere is the reason China has grown so rapidly is because their leaders have a single point agenda, they wake up in the morning thinking about developing their country and go to sleep thinking of the same thing. India on the other hand, did not have such focussed leaders. Well, we DO now. Tell me one other Prime Minister who has worked without a single day off and made public every engagement, activity that he spends time on? … Am absolutely sure that every PM has loved India as PM Modi does and have done their bit, but a lot of their time also went in many other parallel agendas. I am deeply disappointed, especially with Dr. Manmohan Singh, because he is genuinely a great man who allowed himself to be reduced to a puppet. The CONteam of the likes of Chidambaram, Sibal and their ilk, did not even have the decency to be respectful to Dr. MMS and the icing on the cake of disrespect was the dodo scion not even attending the farewell :(:(. I just love the way PM Modi communicates and is super focussed on a one-point agenda – making India the best country in the world. Vishwa-guru? Why not? We atleast have 5000 years of great thinking and spiritual awakening which mankind can benefit from.
Hey, all those who run down our 5000 year old history remember Yoga and Ayurveda have survived and are being proven right one limb at a time, while your new age Colgate Palmolive has flipped and flopped back to salt in the toothpaste in less than 100 years after thousands got ill with fluoride – Erin Brokowich anyone ?
3. The third and most important reason this day has to be celebrated is because for the first time, you have a PM who is willing to kick your “entitlement” mentality in the butt. Sorry if my graphic description hurt some of your sensibilities, you are “entitled” to feel that way ! Every government from the British Raj has ensured that the poor remain poor and they are “entitled” to dole-outs. The rich, remain rich and get richer because they are “entitled” to run the government from the corridors. Well, for the first time, you have a PM who has booted out the power brokers and thats bothering many an eminent entitled business magnate and he has suited the government welfare schemes for the poor in such a way that they get the opportunity to not remain poor – there are no dole-outs, but “help” is available. The world’s 3rd richest man with a $71 billion bank balance says “the poor aren’t poor because the rich are rich” … sure Mr. Buffet, I agree. But have the rich made opportunities available for the poor to get out of their poverty? Its easier for the rich to get richer because they have the opportunity and the capability, the poor have just the capability… and without opportunity they ain’t getting out of their hole !!! Probably the word that Indians are more used to is “appeasement”. Its the swear word of Indian politics. For the first time, the PM is not scared of saying he is Hindu or that he likes the Buddha or follows Swami Vivekananda. He is secular in action, not in lip service…
Remember the most famous quote of John F Kennedy ? For those that might not know much about America, let me state it here, John F Kennedy said “ask not what the country has done for you, ask what you have done for the country”. Great man, and a great insight. But I wonder why, when a Vadnagar born man, without a silver spoon, who because of popular mandate gets elected fair and square and says the same thing in Hindi – we don’t like it !!! Modi cannot clean the ghats of Varanasi and did not, but he inspired Temsutula Imsong, a native of Nagaland, enough to get Prabhu ghat cleaned up … so all those that sit around searching for stories on the internet that say one bad thing about the PM’s hair and immediately post, re-post and re-re-post it, don’t waste your time finding fault with him, pick that broom up and clean the street in that time, and sweep that “entitlement” mindset out of your head while you are at it. You are “entitled” to not like him, but stop wasting time on that feeling and do something good for the country. Feel free to use your vote against him in the next elections. Just this sunday we were out cycling in the Raahgiri in Gurgaon and a well-to-do cyclist, pushed the traffic cones aside and cut across the road the wrong way to go home to Regency Park or Hamilton court. No PM can fix this mentality .. except you and I and the traffic cop. But we are busy asking what the government has done, which also we should, but can we also ask what we have done to make India better?
My heartiest congratulations to BJP and our Prime Minister Narendra Modi on completing 365 days of great governance. May your efforts bear fruit for the better of India and the future generations. There is much much more to do, but well begun is half done.
And all the Modi-baiters, set aside your fangs for the day and without bias review the past 365 days of yours, not Mr. Modi’s…. have you done enough for the country? Have you atleast bought the Rs. 12 Jan Suraksha accident insurance for your maid ? If not, first go do that and start the second year well. Jai Hind. | <urn:uuid:cedef920-5007-4b6c-9ac0-ac901812d678> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://90rollsroyces.com/2015/05/26/happy-independence-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.974462 | 1,987 | 1.710938 | 2 |
During her husband’s lengthy business trips, Mrs Sonneveld took charge of the housekeeping and the management of the family’s two maids. Jeanne Schreuder was nineteen when she began working for the family in 1931. Her older colleague Josephine Müller, known as ‘Finie’, came from Germany. In the 1920s and 1930s large numbers of unmarried German girls and women crossed the border looking for jobs in domestic service in Dutch homes.
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