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October 7, 2015
The Turnbull files
With the possibility of a change in media laws that would tear up former Prime Minister Paul Keating’s division between print and TV ownership, understanding Malcolm Turnbull’s role in the murky business of media politics has a new urgency. Much has been written about how Turnbull saved Fairfax from destruction at the hands of the late Kerry Packer. But that is only part of the story of how the new prime minister plays hardball politics. Drawing on extracts from his latest book, The War on Journalism, Andrew Fowler gives a less flattering picture.
In September 1984, the now defunct National Times reported an amazing story sourced from a Royal Commission set up to investigate possible corruption in the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union. There’s no doubt the union had some questions to answer, since some of its members had ended up being shot dead at close range or otherwise disposed of, but the investigation had not gone according to plan. Kerry Packer was the publisher of the Bulletin magazine, which had first raised the corruption issue. But when the investigation expanded to follow up the union’s links to drug trafficking, money laundering, tax evasion, murder and pornography, Packer’s name bobbed up; it appeared he had been mixing in bad company. The Bulletin story had boomeranged on its own proprietor.
Aware of the extreme sensitivity of the information it was gathering, the Royal Commission – headed by QC Frank Costigan, noted for his fairness and fearlessness – disguised Packer’s identity, calling him “The Squirrel” instead. The National Times replaced this with the reptilian name “The Goanna”, but otherwise published the Royal Commission documents in full.
Several days after the National Times story appeared, anyone driving into the city from what was then the increasingly gentrified suburb of Balmain in Sydney’s inner west could see a big painted sign. “The Goanna = Kerry Packer”, it said in metre-high white lettering. It wasn’t long before Packer’s lawyer, the brilliant and often unpredictable Malcolm Turnbull, was threatening legal action – not against the obvious target, the National Times and its publisher Fairfax, but against Douglas Meagher, counsel assisting the Royal Commission. Turnbull claimed defamation on the grounds that
Meagher and Costigan have conducted themselves most reprehensively in failing to stop an unauthorised and illegal leak of information which was inevitably going to do immense or irreparable damage to the reputation of Kerry Packer.
It was a novel approach, but Justice Hunt in the NSW Supreme Court wasn’t impressed. His court wasn’t going to be party to an attempt to bully a Royal Commission, and Justice Hunt was scathing about Turnbull’s conduct.
His dominant motive in commencing the proceedings was to enable him to investigate the conduct of the Royal Commission conducted by Mr Costigan, whom the defendant had been appointed to assist … All of these matters lead me to infer that the plaintiff [Packer] never did have a case against the defendant in relation to the allegation … there may indeed have been a vindictive desire on the part of the plaintiff to make the defendant as uncomfortable as possible, for as long as possible, by having these proceedings hanging over his head in order to punish him for his part in assisting in the compilation of the report of the Royal Commission.
Justice Hunt said that Turnbull’s statement “managed effectively thereby to poison the fountain of justice immediately before the commencement of the present proceedings”. Turnbull had overplayed his hand. Justice Hunt struck the case out as an abuse of process.
Much of the Goanna material was, as Packer described it in an 8000-word statement crafted by Turnbull and issued in 1984, “grotesque, ludicrous and malicious”. But the tax findings were not lightly based, nor easily dismissed. Even though the then attorney-general Lionel Bowen declared that Packer had been cleared of all allegations against him, Meagher later revealed that briefs for prosecution were prepared against Packer in relation to tax evasion after the commission was wound up. Costigan had told him three “very senior counsel” based in Sydney “each looked at them independently and recommended prosecution”, but it didn’t occur.
“Packer was a man of great influence,” Meagher said. “He wasn’t cleared. Not at all.”
In 1987, three years after the National Times story, the Labor government’s treasurer, Paul Keating, introduced a system which restricted how many newspapers and television stations any one person could own in Australia. Known as the cross-media ownership rules, it allowed media proprietors to make a choice between either controlling a TV station or a newspaper in any given geographical market.
In Keating’s words, they could either be “Princes of Print or Queens of the Screen”. If it meant to increase media diversity, it didn’t work out that way. The changes to the laws allowed Rupert Murdoch to gain the Herald and Weekly Times newspaper group in Victoria as its owners, Fairfax – forced to choose between giving up its print presence or divesting itself of its Channel Seven TV interest in Victoria – chose to stay in television. It also gave Packer the opportunity to sell Channel Nine as a network, including the prime Sydney and Melbourne stations. It’s been estimated that if he had sold them separately they’d have fetched around $400 million, but together they were worth more than a billion. Packer cashed in a huge windfall profit.
What no one foresaw was the bonus that the economic crash of 1987 would deliver Packer. In 1990 an insolvent Alan Bond, who’d purchased the Nine TV Network from Packer, was forced to sell. Kerry Packer bought it back for a song.
Other business moguls might have rested and enjoyed the win but Packer was a driven man. He still had his nemesis, Fairfax, in his sights. Under the cross-media laws Packer couldn’t own the newspaper group outright or even have a controlling interest, but as part of a consortium he might be able to bend the rules. That was when Packer dreamed up the plan he hoped would outsmart the regulators, linking up with Canadian Conrad Black, among others, to form a group called Tourang. Packer’s friend and legal adviser Malcolm Turnbull brought along some US junk-bond holders who were hoping to get at least some of their money back after a catastrophic attempt at privatising the Fairfax group by “Young” Warwick, the headstrong son of the late company owner, Sir Warwick Fairfax. It was the botched financing of the privatisation by Young Warwick which had forced Fairfax into receivership, making it prey to Packer and his Tourang group.
When Packer fronted a parliamentary inquiry set up to investigate the possible takeover of Fairfax, he was asked by the chairperson, “You have made it clear that it is your intention not to exercise any control over the Tourang group if it is successful in the John Fairfax bid. Is that correct?” Packer: “Will I not exercise any control? I can’t. It’s a combination of won’t, can’t and don’t want to.” Packer added he didn’t want to “have any contact with the management. I don’t have any access to the editors. I don’t have any method of talking to people. Mr Black on the other hand as a board member and deputy chairman has the capacity to talk to the management.”
Packer said he accepted “from day one” that he could not have control over both TV and newspaper. “I have made my decision. My decision was to stay in news … television and I do not have [an] agreement with anyone that contravenes the law.” In a fleeting moment of humility, he revealed to the committee, “Last year I suffered a major heart attack and died. I didn’t die for long, but it was long enough for me. I didn’t come back to control John Fairfax. I didn’t come back to break the law.”
Nevertheless Packer was treading in dangerous territory. A few days later, in November 1991, Malcolm Turnbull – now out of all Packer dealings – arranged to meet the head of the Australian Broadcasting Authority, Peter Westaway, the person responsible for overseeing the cross-media ownership provisions. Turnbull took the kind of precautions for the meeting more akin to a character from the Spycatcher book he’d defended than one of the country’s most celebrated lawyers. As evening fell, Westaway parked his car close to his office in a North Sydney laneway and waited. When Turnbull opened the passenger door and got in, he handed over copies of notes written by one of the consortium members, Trevor Kennedy. He had kept a record of many of his conversations with Packer, which revealed was the latter’s true intention for Fairfax.
According to Professor Rodney Tiffen, who was the first to reveal that Turnbull was the leaker, Kennedy’s notes recorded that Packer did intend to exercise control of Fairfax. Tiffen, from the Department of Government and International Relations at Sydney University and an acclaimed expert on the Australian media, said the notes also showed Packer had had “warehousing arrangements” regarding some shares that would have taken him over the limit prescribed by the cross-media laws.
It was damning evidence against Kerry Packer. It gave the lie to Packer’s response to committee member John Langmore, Labor MP for Fraser, who had asked him, “You are saying there is no arrangement formal or informal between you and Mr Black over the control of Fairfax?”
Packer: “It’s exactly what I’m saying. It’s what I have said ad nauseam in that document. You are either going to have to believe me or call me a liar. I am telling you there is no arrangement and I’m sick of telling people there is no arrangement.”
Kennedy’s notes proved the opposite. Within a few days Westaway informed the parliamentary committee of his intention to investigate the Tourang bid. He sent the group a demand for specific documents, including Kennedy’s diary notes. Two days later Packer withdrew from the Tourang consortium. The Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review would now fall into the hands of Tourang, without Packer.
The motives of Kennedy and Turnbull remain unclear, but there had earlier been a falling out with Packer. Kennedy had been told he would not be CEO of the company, and Turnbull was not going to get a place on the board. Turnbull had sunk his old boss, but like his creative defence of Packer with a defamation case that went nowhere, this too had limited benefits. It could have been far different. The rules governing lying to parliament are explicit: “A person summoned to appear before a committee but who refuses to attend, or a witness who refuses to answer a question or produce a document, or who lies to or misleads a committee, may be punished for contempt by reprimand, fine or imprisonment.” Yet Packer was never called to account for so grievously misleading parliament.
More than two decades later Turnbull, now as Communications Minister, was again caught up in a leak. This time it involved pleasing the Liberal Party’s right wing. In November 2013, the ABC reported that “Australian intelligence tried to listen in to Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s mobile phone, material leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals.”
Reporter Michael Brissenden said that documents obtained by the ABC and Guardian Australia from material leaked by the former contractor at the US National Security Agency showed Australian intelligence attempted to listen in to Yudhoyono’s telephone conversations “on at least one occasion and tracked activity on his mobile phone for 15 days in August 2009”. Following the revelation that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone had been intercepted, the story bolstered the perception that if the NSA was intercepting the phone calls of the leaders of friendly countries, then no one was safe.
Asked about the spying, Prime Minister Tony Abbott declined to change the “long tradition of governments of both political persuasions” and comment on “specific intelligence matters”. But the long tradition didn’t last long. And Abbott soon criticised the ABC for harming “Australia’s national security and long-term best interests”. It was the slow beginning to what would turn into a concerted campaign against the public broadcaster and the Guardian.
One week after the program, Turnbull telephoned the Mark Scott, the ABC’s managing director and editor-in-chief, and told him he had made an “error of judgement’ in broadcasting the Indonesian intercept story. He did not agree with the ABC teaming with the Guardian and “amplifying” the newspaper’s story. As every politician knows, a rap across the knuckles has more impact with public exposure, but there are problems for ministers interfering in such delicate areas as editorial independence for a public broadcaster.
A few days later Turnbull found the perfect vehicle as he strode into the Tattersalls Club in central Sydney. The Liberal Party was holding a fundraiser, with Turnbull the star attraction. Under the ornate ceiling lights of a club founded by disgruntled bookmakers more than a century earlier, Turnbull revealed to the faithful his call to Mark Scott. In a breathtakingly disingenuous comment, Turnbull said he had not “said this publicly because you know what it’s like as Communications Minister you don’t want to be lecturing the public broadcasters that you’re responsible for”. Yet that is exactly what had happened.
Within 48 hours the full attack on the ABC was leaked to the Liberal Party’s favourite newspaper, the Sydney Daily Telegraph, full of quotes which – perhaps predictably – Turnbull’s office agreed were accurate. Sensing that the Liberal Party’s old adversaries, those questioning journalists from the ABC, were feeling some discomfort, Abbott chimed in with a far more rational assessment of what troubled him. Now the argument wasn’t about giving the Guardian free advertising on the ABC, Abbott was angry at the ABC working with a “left-wing British newspaper”. Abbott had fully adopted the language of the Murdoch press. The repeated attacks by News Corp, from the extreme right, had morphed into government policy.
Two months after the Indonesian spy story, in an act of either strategic brilliance or an odd twist of fate, the ABC linked up with News Corp to produce a story advertised as a joint investigation by Four Corners and the Australian. Given the rabid attacks on the ABC’s last joint venture, bystanders were interested to see how this one would play out. The program told the story of the policy of the Israeli military of targeting children in its attacks on dissent in the occupied West Bank. Reported by the Australian’s Middle East correspondent John Lyons, the editorial arrangement mirrored the relationship between the ABC and the Guardian which had produced the Indonesian spy story.
Although it was a hard-hitting report, this time there was no complaint from the minister for communications, nor from the prime minister about “amplifying” a commercial newspaper’s product or working as an “advertising agent” for a right-wing newspaper. And there was no comment either from Mark Scott to point out both Turnbull’s and Abbott’s hypocrisy. Four months later the government, which had promised there would be “no cuts” to the ABC, slashed its budget, forcing programs to be shut down, and hundreds to lose their jobs. It was a policy supported by Malcolm Turnbull.
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Who in this world doesn’t want happiness? All our life, we try to chase happiness. We try to look for it in our relationships, qualifications, possessions etc. and despite of having all these things, our search for happiness doesn’t seem to cease. Today, we are going to look into two biggest enemies of happiness and trust me, if you work on these two culprits, happiness will love to stay with you 🙂
- Expectations:- We have expectations from our spouses, our bosses, our in laws, our children, our neighbors, and almost everybody around us. We even expect the traffic on roads to be our way, we expect to get green lights on the way to office, we want the weather to be congenial to our needs. Isn’t it so impractical to expect the world to dance to our tunes. So, it is pretty obvious that we are bound to get upset whenever and wherever we set our expectations from others. Now, I know, its not easy ‘not to expect’ anything from anyone. But once we understand the relationship between expectations and setbacks from them, we can at least try to lower them, and just let the things and people be the way they are. Try ‘Accepting’ instead of ‘Expecting’.
- Comparisons:- Most of us are unhappy because we think we have lower incomes, worse relationships, smaller cars, more problems COMPARED to our peers. Specially in this age of social media, it is too hard to not get influenced by the posts and pictures of your friends and acquaintances who seem to have all the happiness of the world. But remember, the only place where there is no tension and no problem at all is in the graves. And I am sure you don’t want to be there, just to experience a problem free life (or death?)! So, you need to understand everybody has a different life, different capabilities and different journeys. And everybody is fighting a battle that you know nothing about. So, there is no point in comparing our lives to others. We all are blessed in some ways, and we all have our share of problems. So, enjoy your blessings happily and face your problems bravely.
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Guidelines for Session Chairs
Before the Congress:
- Please familiarize yourself with the program, session and speakers. You can view the interactive program here.
*Please note, the program is subject to change and it is important to check the program prior to the start of the session.
- Please prepare some backup questions.
At the Congress: Before the Session Starts:
As all sessions have a Q&A component, through the congress App*, please arrive at your session hall at least 10-15 minutes before the session is scheduled to start, to meet with an IT technician and to receive an iPad. *This will further be explained in a communication prior to the congress.
Approximately two minutes before the start of each session, please ask people to take their seats, encouraging them to sit towards the front and center. You should announce each speaker and supervise discussion from the head table using the microphone provided.
One minute before the first scheduled presentation:
- You should introduce yourselves by name and affiliation.
- Announce the title of the session.
- Ask people to set their mobile devices to silent and request that they do not take photos of the presentation slides or record the session.
During the Congress:
As the session chair, you are responsible for the time management of the presentations within your session hall:
- Welcome the audience there as well as those joining online.
- Please introduce the speaker and presentation title as indicated in the Mobile App which will have the most up-to-date program details.
- Please follow the schedule closely.
- It is essential to adhere to the scheduled start and end times of each presentation. This is so that people can move from one room to another and find the presentations as announced in the program.
- Please announce a two-minute warning so that a speaker can time the end of their presentation and not overrun.
- If the presenter is speaking too quickly and cannot be easily understood, please ask them to slow down.
- Please ensure that the speaker uses the microphone.
- If there is a long or complicated question from the audience and/or if the speaker does not understand the question, please summarize the question for the speaker or ask for clarification.
- Notify the in-hall AV Technician immediately of AV equipment problems.
- For delegates attending onsite, questions can be asked live during the session and through the Congress App.
- For delegates attending virtually, questions can be asked through the Congress App during sessions which are being lived streamed.
- For all sessions, let the virtual and onsite audiences know that questions can be directed to speakers directly by finding the speaker’s name in the online platform and initiating a chat.
- Pre-recorded speakers will be available on the virtual platform for participants to reach out to with questions. These speakers will not be available live for questions during the session.
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- Solicit questions from the audience and lead a discussion.
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The Culture and Information Committee organized a meeting at the National Assembly with the topic: Defining the term of representation without discrimination for all political subjects during the electoral campaign.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the political parties, Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), TV media service providers and the Government’s Working Group for Cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODHIR) in Coordination and Monitoring the Implementation of Recommendations for the improvement of the Electoral Process.
The Chairman of the Culture and Information Committee Mirko Krlic opined that the Committee is the best place for this type of dialogue, adding that he expected the participants to all contribute to its quality and constructiveness. Cooperation is possible only through dialogue, otherwise it results in conflict. Krlic said that a democratic political culture can thrive only where there are well-informed an interested citizens, something in which the media play a key role.
Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Dr Nebojsa Stefanovic, chairman of the Working Group for Cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODHIR) in Coordination and Monitoring the Implementation of Recommendations for the improvement of the Electoral Process, said that the Government set up the Working Group to monitor the implementation of the recommendations in cooperation with international institutions. A lot has been done to boost transparency and remove any doubts in the electoral process, but there is still room to advance the electoral process and improve the related legislation. He reminded the attending of the Working Group’s results so far, highlighting the importance of the adopted conclusions of the meetings and roundtables organized to improve the electoral process. He also spoke about the importance of the initiated legislative amendments and modifications and the public debate so far conducted in four meetings.
REM Council member Olivera Zekic explained that the regulatory body cannot edit the programme of media providers or penalize them for material not aired yet. REM can act only after a violation is committed, which it does. She said that the regulatory body will continue to work within its scope and authority and is preparing a Rulebook on the o of media service providers during the electoral campaign.
Representatives of the political parties also spoke at the meeting on the equal representation of political subjects during the electoral campaign – Serbian Progressive Party Aleksandar Markovic, Socialist Party of Serbia Djordje Milicevic, Social Democratic Party Branimir Jovanovic, Party of United Pensioners Haji Milorad Stosic, United Serbia Zivota Starcevic, League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina Bojan Pudar, Socialist Movement Djordje Komlenski, Serbian People’s Party Jovan Palalic, Democratic Party of Serbia Uros Piper, Power of Serbia Movement Dragomir Karic, Party of Modern Serbia Vladimir Djuric, Serbian Renewal Movement Milan Djukic, Justice and Reconciliation Party Edin Djerlek, Democratic Alliance of Vojvodina Croats Tomislav Zigmanov, People’s Peasant Party Marijan Risticevic, New Serbia Zoran Stojkovic, New Party Zoran Zivkovic, United Peasant Party Milija Miletic, Movement of Free Citizens Pavle Grbovic and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance Vladan Glisic, as well as representatives of TV media service providers – Radio Television of Serbia, TV Pink, RT Vojvodina, TV O2 and TV N1.
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Organigram Holdings Inc. v. Downton, 2020 NSCA 38
On April 30, 2020, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned in part the Nova Scotia Supreme Court’s decision to certify a class action against Organigram Inc., a medical cannabis manufacturer located in Moncton, New Brunswick.
The proposed action involved a class of people who had purchased medical cannabis that was recalled because it was found to have been treated with unauthorized pesticides.
The lead Plaintiff, Ms. Dawn Downton, claimed to have suffered symptoms such as nausea and vomiting after smoking and ingesting cannabis purchased from Organigram. Another member of the class claimed to have experienced severe nausea, gastrointestinal issues, breathing difficulty and headaches.
Ms. Downton launched the class action, taking a two-pronged approach: one as a consumer who had been wrongfully sold the tainted cannabis, and another as a sufferer of adverse health effects. The Nova Scotia Supreme Court certified the class action. Organigram appealed.
The Court of Appeal found that causation for “adverse health effects” could not be made out on a common basis, as there was insufficient knowledge regarding the health consequences of the tainted cannabis.
The Court of Appeal described Ms. Downton’s symptoms as “general” and “vague”, stating “they are commonly experienced for a variety of disparate reasons”. The Court of Appeal stated “vagueness and diversity of symptoms, having a myriad of potential causes, may be fatal to certification that depends upon general causation of illness.”
Alternatively, the Court of Appeal found a class action was not the preferable procedure to fairly and efficiently resolve the highly individualized personal injury claims of the proposed class.
The Court of Appeal ruled the damages for the personal injury claims should be struck from the class action certification. Organigram Inc. did not challenge certification of the “consumer claims” (breach of contract, breach of the Competition Act, breach of the Sale of Goods Act).
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Fascism, Russia, and UkraineRoundup: Historians' Take
tags: Europe, Ukraine, Kiev
Timothy Snyder is Housum Professor of History at Yale and a visiting fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He is the author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. (February 2014)
...The future of this protest movement will be decided by Ukrainians. And yet it began with the hope that Ukraine could one day join the European Union, an aspiration that for many Ukrainians means something like the rule of law, the absence of fear, the end of corruption, the social welfare state, and free markets without intimidation from syndicates controlled by the president.
The course of the protest has very much been influenced by the presence of a rival project, based in Moscow, called the Eurasian Union. This is an international commercial and political union that does not yet exist but that is to come into being in January 2015. The Eurasian Union, unlike the European Union, is not based on the principles of the equality and democracy of member states, the rule of law, or human rights.
On the contrary, it is a hierarchical organization, which by its nature seems unlikely to admit any members that are democracies with the rule of law and human rights. Any democracy within the Eurasian Union would pose a threat to Putin’s rule in Russia. Putin wants Ukraine in his Eurasian Union, which means that Ukraine must be authoritarian, which means that the Maidan must be crushed....
The protests in the Maidan, we are told again and again by Russian propaganda and by the Kremlin’s friends in Ukraine, mean the return of National Socialism to Europe. The Russian foreign minister, in Munich, lectured the Germans about their support of people who salute Hitler. The Russian media continually make the claim that the Ukrainians who protest are Nazis. Naturally, it is important to be attentive to the far right in Ukrainian politics and history. It is still a serious presence today, although less important than the far right in France, Austria, or the Netherlands. Yet it is the Ukrainian regime rather than its opponents that resorts to anti-Semitism, instructing its riot police that the opposition is led by Jews. In other words, the Ukrainian government is telling itself that its opponents are Jews and us that its opponents are Nazis.
The strange thing about the claim from Moscow is the political ideology of those who make it. The Eurasian Union is the enemy of the European Union, not just in strategy but in ideology. The European Union is based on a historical lesson: that the wars of the twentieth century were based on false and dangerous ideas, National Socialism and Stalinism, which must be rejected and indeed overcome in a system guaranteeing free markets, free movement of people, and the welfare state. Eurasianism, by contrast, is presented by its advocates as the opposite of liberal democracy....
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Baltimore District is testing a program that allows letter carriers to quickly investigate and resolve package delivery complaints.
The program, a joint collaboration with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), is called Where is My Package?
NALC carrier coordinators use USPS data to identify delivery complaints involving participating Post Offices. The coordinators then work with carriers to address the complaints.
Additionally, the coordinators provide carriers with customer service training and feedback on scanner and software issues.
So far, the program has reduced package inquiries at participating sites by 67 percent. After starting at select offices, the program is being expanded to 29 sites.
“It has been a win for our employees and customers,” said Baltimore District Manager Angela Curtis.
The program is one of several throughout the Postal Service that aim to reduce delivery complaints, which account for more than 50 percent of all inquiries received at USPS Customer Care Centers.
Baltimore District’s efforts have added benefits. For example, accidents in participating units have been reduced more than 50 percent.
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IGEM:Virginia 2012/Protocols/Preparing Plates and Liquid Media
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Below is the procedure for preparing agar plates and LB liquid media.
- Lennox LB Broth
- Difco agar
- Distilled water
- 2 L bottle or flask
- Autoclave tape
- Plastic tray
- Petri dishes
- For 1 L of media, measure out 20 g Lennox LB broth. If you're preparing plates, also measure out 15 g Difco agar.
- Measure 1 L distilled water
- Add half the water and a stirring magnet to a 2 L bottle or flask
- Place bottle on stirrer
- Add reagents from step 1 and let mix
- Add the remaining water
- Cover the bottle with foil and a piece of autoclave tape
- Place bottles in a plastic tray; fill tray with about 1 inch of water
- Place tray in the autoclave; record date and start time on the sign-in sheet; select cycle (“large liquid”) and start autoclave
- Remove tray from autoclave
- Let agar cool to ~55°C (you should be able to touch the jar for at least five seconds)
- Add sterilized antibiotics, such as chloramphenicol (1 ml, 25 mg/ml) for bronchiseptica. If you prepare drug solutions from scratch, remember to filter sterilize.
- Remove sterile Petri dishes from plastic bag (save the bag for storage).
- Pour a thin layer of mixture (~20mL) into each plate, being careful to not lift the cover off excessively (you should be able to just open up enough to pour. If necessary, swirl plate to distribute agar on bottom completely.
- Let each plate cool until it is solid (~20 minutes), then flip so as to avoid condensation on the agar. Let plates dry overnight (or longer) on bench.
- Store plates in plastic bags in cold room with: “VGEM”, name, date, and contents (such as type of media and drugs).
Please feel free to post comments, questions, or improvements to this protocol. Happy to have your input!
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St Mary’s is home to over 600 roof bosses.
A roof boss is a piece of architectural decoration found where ceiling beams intersect. They are a common feature in churches, but the nature and large number of those in St Mary’s makes the church and its ceiling hugely significant.
St Mary’s roof bosses are mostly carved from wood, and are about a foot square in size. They can be found in every part of the church, and in several different styles.
The majority of the roof bosses can be dated to the 1520s, in the period when the church was being repaired following the fall of the tower.
Every boss has its own special meaning and story. Many of these stories are still recognisable to us. Use the gallery below to explore some of the bosses.
The bosses were repainted in the twentieth century, but there is every reason to believe that their current colours follow the original sixteenth-century scheme.
WHERE TO FIND THE ROOF BOSSES: everywhere inside the church – just look up! Binoculars can also be borrowed to help view the bosses.
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The University of Kansas Health System is treating a total of 49 COVID patients today, up from 39 Friday. Other significant numbers:
- 37 with the active virus today, 29 Friday
- 4 in ICU, 8 Friday
- 2 on ventilators, 4 Friday
- 12 hospitalized but out of acute infection phase, 10 Friday
Key points from today’s guests:
Dr. Amber Schmidtke, chair, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of St. Mary
- The CDC says 93% of American communities, including the entire Kansas City Metro area, are in the high transmission rate category for COVID
- Despite CDC urging Americans to mask up again, does not believe there is the political will to reinstate mask requirements
- Because so many people have shifted to home testing, we don’t have a good grasp of how much COVID is out there. There is most likely a vast undercount of actual cases.
- Tracking COVID trends in Georgia, which tend to foreshadow what we see in Kansas. Right now, the entire western half of Georgia is at high risk of having difficulty of accessing a hospital bed.
Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director Infection Prevention and Control, The University of Kansas Health System
- Even though President Biden has been vaccinated and fully boosted, he still caught COVID. The vaccine doesn’t keep you from being infected. But his symptoms were much less severe because of the vaccinations.
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- Monkeypox cases are up, including in the Metro. The smallpox vaccine provides protection against monkeypox.
- The traditional concept of population or herd immunity is not going to apply to COVID
Dr. Saurav Luthra, Sleep Medicine, The University of Kansas Health System
- The field of sleep medicine is seeing exciting new technologies available to help those with sleep disorders
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Wednesday, July 27 at 8:00 a.m. is the next Open Mics With Dr. Stites. The B-A five variant is dominating as COVID hospitalizations creep up in the Metro. What's behind this latest increase? Our panel of experts weighs in with what you need to know to keep you and your family safe.
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- Should Cats Have Chew Toys?
- Why Is My Cat Chewing on Things?
- What Are the Benefits for Cats to Chewing on Toys?
- Are Cat Chew Sticks Safe?
- Are There Chew Bones for Cats?
Cats are the most unpredictable kind of domesticated animal in the world. One day, they will be sleeping quietly in their bed. And the next day, you will see them biting the ends of toys, pens, or any small things that can be found scattered in the house.
There are a variety of reasons why cats chew on things. However, the main reason for this, especially for the kittens you just adopted, is that they are teething. The slow and painful growth of cats’ teeth makes them uncomfortable. In this article, you will learn all the factors to answer the question “Do cats need chew toys?” and the reasons why they should have one.
Should Cats Have Chew Toys?
Cats should have chew toys. Not only will it help ease the discomfort they are experiencing but also will give a lot of benefits to their body.
Your feline friends will survive without toys to chew but this doesn’t mean that they don’t deserve to have one. Try to think for a second like them and understand the psychology behind gnawing on things. They may be stressed and would like to relieve themselves by chewing on chew toys that are near to them all the time.
Always bear in mind that cats are not just displayed at home for social media purposes, they have their feelings as well. We should respect that.
Why Is My Cat Chewing on Things?
Chewing is a natural instinct for cats. They chew on things because it helps them groom their teeth and other reasons like they are bored. We will find out more over here.
Just like what is mentioned above, your furry friend might be growing his or her teeth as the reason behind the chewing. They will not have any choice but to bite the teeth that are hurting to somehow make the feeling of relief come faster. You need to monitor your cats consistently especially when they are just kittens.
Cats are animals and they get bored like humans too. For this reason, they tend to either roam around the house and bring down all the things that can be brought down or chew on them. Try to entertain your cats with chew toys or with other toys to prevent them from developing a chewing mannerism.
Sometimes, the reason why cats chew on almost everything they see is from the inside. They may have digestive issues that you, as the owner, can’t address because of busyness and lack of knowledge. The only remedy available for this is to bring them to the nearest veterinary clinic to know what’s happening to your cat’s stomach.
When we talk about more specific reasoning, gum inflammation may be the culprit behind the chewing problem. Cats have very small mouths, therefore, small gums. When you don’t feed them enough, they may eat various things that can hurt their gums. And when this happens, they may develop a habit of chewing the discomfort away.
This applies to those cats that are not young anymore. If the kittens will have chewing habits because of teething, adult felines will have the same problem but due to teeth problems. To be specific, growth of tartar inside the cat’s mouth. Bring them to the doctor right away to either clean the teeth or remove them if necessary.
Cats can have mental health problems as well due to a variety of reasons. Anxiety, when experienced by cats, can cause a lot of effects like not eating meals, chewing habits, and more. When you feel like your furry friend is feeling anxious, try to be with them and cuddle to make them feel the love and security.
Underlying Medical Problem
When you don’t see the above-mentioned reasons why your cat is chewing on things, there may be a more serious problem that you need to address. Be proactive in figuring out your pet’s sickness to cure it as soon as possible.
What Are the Benefits for Cats to Chewing on Toys?
Chewing also releases natural enzymes in your cat’s mouth that help break down food so your cat can digest it better. If your cat doesn’t have anything to chew on, it will find something else to do with. So let’s take a look what are the benefits for cats to chewing on toys.
After buying different kinds of toys for cats especially chew toys, you will see a big difference regarding their chewing problems. Your furry friend might be bored before that why they do that. Try purchasing different colors and shapes to heighten the experience for the cats.
Promotes Dental Health
Chew toys are not just hard leather-type things. They have characteristics that make the teeth of cats better. How? These toys act like toothbrushes for animals removing food that are stuck in-between teeth that can’t be noticed right away. You, however, need to find the best size for your cat to leverage on this benefit.
Related Post: Top 5 Best Dental Chews for Cats for Better Oral Health
Brings Down Stress Levels
Cats can be stressed too just like any other animal. Giving them chew toys may help reduce their anxiety or stress levels to normal. They are distracted from all the things that make them stressed because of the chew toys. Minimize all the excessive noise at home as well to help make your cat feel better.
Safer Alternative to Bones
Unlike what everyone thinks, cats should not eat or even chew on real bones because the latter may break their teeth. When buying chew toys, try to look for those that look like real bones to trick your cats at home. These toys will not smell bad just like the real ones.
Rescues Your Furniture
The bad chewing habits of cats always end up destroying furniture. So to prevent the legs of your couch from being scratched and chewed by your cat, buy a couple of chew toys. They are very affordable and will last for years as long as they will not get lost.
Helps With Teething Cats
Small cats or kittens will undergo a very uncomfortable process of teething. This will bring them discomfort and giving them softer versions of chew toys, will help them bear the pain. There are small ones that are available in the market that are still of high quality.
Prevent Destructive Chewing
When left untreated, dogs tend to be more aggressive and destructive with chewing. This is especially true for those bigger cats. Bringing down the aggressiveness back to normal will help them in the future.
Are Cat Chew Sticks Safe?
Cat chew sticks are safe and beneficial to your cats at home. This is one of the most recommended chew toys by professionals because they are easier for cats to chew.
Another reason is that with its size, cats will not have a hard time cleaning their teeth with it. Toxicity is out the window when talking about cat chew sticks because of the cat-safe materials and elements used to create them.
Are There Chew Bones for Cats?
When you want your feline friends at home to not chew on artificial things as treats and entertainment, there are chew bones created for them. Frozen raw marrows are made by manufacturers as treats for cats that they can eat and chew on to ease boredom. There are a variety of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients inside the bone marrow.
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Issar, Sukriti and Ishani Shukla (2022). Policy change and floor space index. Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 57, no. 25, 23-25.
Issar, Sukriti (2022). The Religious and Racial Geography of Late Nineteenth Century Bombay. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2022.2051808.
Issar, Sukriti (2022). The Financialization of Floor Space, Mumbai 1880-2015. Urban Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221076745.
Issar, Sukriti (2021). Property, Custom and Religion in Early Nineteenth-Century Bombay. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, LII, 3, 401-421.
Issar, Sukriti and Matthias Dilling (2022). Analyzing Failed Institutional Change Attempts. Political Research Quarterly, vol. 75 (1), 203-215.
Issar, Sukriti. (2020). Conceptualizing the connections of formal and informal housing markets in low- and middle-income countries. Housing Studies, doi.org/10.1080/ 02673037.2020.1831444.
Issar, Sukriti (2017). Codes of Contention: Building Regulations in Colonial Bombay, 1870-1912. Journal of Historical Sociology, 30, 2: 164-188.
Logan, John, Sukriti Issar and Zengwang Xu (2016). Trapped in Place? Segmented Resilience to Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast, 1970-2005. Demography, 53, 1511-1534.
Schleiter, Petra and Sukriti Issar (2015). Constitutional Rules and Patterns of Government Termination: The Case of the UK Fixed-Term Parliaments Act. Government and Opposition. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2014.45.
Schleiter, Petra and Sukriti Issar (2014). Fixed-term Parliaments and the Challenges for Governments and the Civil Service: A Comparative Perspective. The Political Quarterly, 85 (2): 178-186.
Issar, Sukriti (2010). Multiple Program Participation and Exits from Food Stamps among Elders. Social Service Review, 84 (3): 437-460.
Cammett, Melani and Sukriti Issar (2010). Bricks and Mortar Clientelism: Sectarianism and the Logics of Welfare Allocation in Lebanon. World Politics, 62 (3): 381-421.
Recipient of the George Award, Qualitative and Multi-method Research section, American Political Science Association, 2011.
2021. When Attempts to Change Institutions Fail: The Case of the Affordable Care Act. OXPOL, the Oxford University Politics Blog. July 13 2021 (with Matthias Dilling).
2018. We have never been urban. Editorial. City, Vol. 22 (1): -4.1
2016. The Paradoxical Slum. Book review: The Durable Slum, by Liza Weinstein. City, Vol. 20 (1): 167-170.
Evidence to House of Commons Select Committee: Fixed-term Parliaments: The final year of a Parliament, January 2014 (with Petra Schleiter).
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Due to fallout from a recent computer catastrophe at work, I had the opportunity to salvage 2 GB of memory. I installed the memory in my work box, which brings it up to 4 gigabytes of RAM-- 4,096 megabytes in total. But that's not what I saw in System Information:
Only 3,454 megabytes. Dude, where's my 4 gigabytes of RAM?
The screenshot itself provides a fairly obvious hint why this is happening: 32-bit Operating System. In any 32-bit operating system, the virtual address space is limited, by definition, to the size of a 32-bit value:
232 = 4,294,967,296
4,294,967,296 / (1,024 x 1,024) = 4,096
As far as 32-bit Vista is concerned, the world ends at 4,096 megabytes. That's it. That's all there is. No ms.
Addressing more than 4 GB of memory is possible in a 32-bit operating system, but it takes nasty hardware hacks like 36-bit PAE extensions in the CPU, together with nasty software hacks like the AWE API. Unless the application is specifically coded to be take advantage of these hacks, it's confined to 4 GB. Well, actually, it's stuck with even less-- 2 GB or 3 GB of virtual address space, at least on Windows.
OK, so we're limited to 4,096 megabytes of virtual address space on a 32-bit operating system. Could be worse.* We could be back in 16-bit land, where the world ended at 64 kilobytes. Brr. I'm getting the shakes just thinking about segments, and pointers of the near and far variety. Let us never speak of this again.
But back to our mystery. Where, exactly, did the other 642 megabytes of my memory go? Raymond Chen provides this clue:
In the absence of the /PAE switch, the Windows memory manager is limited to a 4 GB physical address space. Most of that address space is filled with RAM, but not all of it. Memory-mapped devices (such as your video card) will use some of that physical address space, as will the BIOS ROMs. After all the non-memory devices have had their say, there will be less than 4GB of address space available for RAM below the 4GB physical address boundary.
Ian Griffiths offers a more detailed explanation:
To address 4GB of memory you need 32 bits of address bus. (Assuming individual bytes are addressable.) This gives us a problem - the same problem that IBM faced when designing the original PC. You tend to want to have more than just memory in a computer - you need things like graphics cards and hard disks to be accessible to the computer in order for it to be able to use them. So just as the original PC had to carve up the 8086's 1MB addressing range into memory (640K) and 'other' (384K), the same problem exists today if you want to fit memory and devices into a 32-bit address range: not all of the available 4GB of address space can be given over to memory.
For a long time this wasn't a problem, because there was a whole 4GB of address space, so devices typically lurk up in the top 1GB of physical address space, leaving the bottom 3GB for memory. And 3GB should be enough for anyone, right?
So what actually happens if you go out and buy 4GB of memory for your PC? Well, it's just like the DOS days - there's a hole in your memory map for the IO. (Now it's only 25% of the total address space, but it's still a big hole.) So the bottom 3GB of your memory will be available, but there's an issue with that last 1GB.
And if you think devices can't possibly need that much memory-mapped IO, I have some sobering news for you: by this summer, you'll be able to buy video cards with 1 GB of video memory.
To be perfectly clear, this isn't a Windows problem-- it's an x86 hardware problem. The memory hole is quite literally invisible to the CPU, no matter what 32-bit operating system you choose. The following diagram from Intel illustrates just where the memory hole is:
The proper solution to this whole conundrum is to use a 64-bit operating system. However, even with a 64-bit OS, you'll still be at the mercy of your motherboard's chipset and BIOS; make sure your motherboard supports using 4 GB or more of memory, as outlined in this MSKB article.
264 = 18,446,744,073,709,551,616
18,446,744,073,709,551,616 / (1,024 x 1,024) / 8 = 2 exabytes
In case you're wondering, the progression is giga, tera, peta, exa.
Although the performance benefits of 64-bit are somewhat dubious on the desktop, a 64-bit OS absolutely essential if you run applications that need to use more than 2 GB of memory. It's not common, but we're getting there.
The memory hole for IO still exists in the 64-bit world, but most modern BIOSes allow you to banish the IO memory hole (pdf) to some (for now) ridiculously high limit when you're running a 64-bit OS. Don't get too excited, though. The user-mode virtual address space in 64-bit Windows is a mere 8 terabytes. Suffice it to say that we won't be running out of physical or virtual address space on 64-bit operating systems for the forseeable future. It's the final solution, at least for the lifetime of everyone reading this blog post today.
Here's one parting bit of advice: if, like me, you're planning to stick with a 32-bit operating system for the next few years, don't waste your money on 4 GB of RAM. You won't be able to use it all. Buy 3 GB instead. Every motherboard I'm aware of will happily accept 2 x 1 GB and 2 x 512 MB DIMMs.
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The great ape Caesar lives in the shadow of Batman. Director Matt Reeves was already talking about The Batman when the conclusion to his ape trilogy, War for the Planet of the Apes, hit theaters on July 14, 2017. And before the world even knew Robert Pattinson would put on the cowl, Reeves claimed the ape revolutionary and Bruce Wayne had a lot in common.
This one odd detail sums up the larger misunderstood reputation of War for the Planet of the Apes. By the time it was released, everyone — even its director — had already begun moving on. The film may have capped off a trilogy of fantastic Apes reboots, but five years on, it feels like a franchise that found its footing just in time to die a premature death.
All three Apes reboots — Rise, Dawn, and War for the Planet of the Apes — are much better than cinema history will remember. Considering that the original Apes saga set the standard for gonzo science fiction movies by peddling absolutely bonkers premises to the masses, the fact that an even more mainstream series of reboots was decent, much less good, is a minor miracle.
Although the actual sci-fi stories told within the Apes films are nothing like Battlestar Galactica, the reimagining of the Apes narrative that began in 2011 is similar to the relationship the 2003 Battlestar had with its progenitor. Rethink a beloved but goofy-looking sci-fi franchise but keep the heart.
Instead of obsessing over the reoccurring human characters, the new Apes films take inspiration from the final two films of the original saga: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes, both of which posited that the antihero of these films was Caesar, not the humans. It was a bold decision, although the new Apes trilogy was smart enough to drop the time travel paradoxes and outlandish space travel (a lesson Tim Burton should have learned before tackling his dire 2001 remake).
Instead, by the time we get to War for the Planet of the Apes, the series has been transformed into a good old-fashioned post-everything dystopia. The setting is equal parts Mad Max and The Road, which is the polite way of saying it’s somewhat generic. But War for the Planet of the Apes uses the familiar sci-fi setting to double down on the realism. By the time of War’s release, audiences were no longer impressed with good CGI that allowed the apes to become the main characters of the story. Much is said about the talents of Andy Serkis, but whatever praise he receives doesn’t credit these films enough.
The story is pretty straightforward. The human race is dying out, mostly because of a plague. Caesar still kind of wants peace with the humans, but rogue apes are never going to be okay with that. Meanwhile, some humans have developed a bizarre syndrome that makes them act more animalistic. This revolutionary reversal is at the heart of the original novel by Pierre Boulle, and in some ways, although the plot of War for the Planet of the Apes is nothing like the original novel’s plot, the thematic core of this Apes feels the closest to that book out of any of the films.
The entire point of any Planet of the Apes movie is a giant, thudding analogy about the human condition. There’s a lack of subtlety throughout the Apes franchise, which is exactly why some films work (the 1968 original, Escape, Conquest) and some fall flat (Battle, the Tim Burton trainwreck). Each Apes movie has to decide just how hard it's going to sell the metaphor.
But what makes War for the Planet of the Apes so unique is that it barely tries for an allegory. Instead, it presents the notion of fully sentient apes as the status quo and then unpacks all of that as realistically as possible. Instead of encouraging the audience to think of the apes as metaphors for humans, the movie actually succeeds at making you think of them as what they are: intelligent apes.
None of the characters, Caesar included, get quite enough screen time to feel fully realized, and so all the naturalistic groundwork of the film gets swallowed by movie-stakes plot bulldozing. At the risk of evoking nostalgia for something no one remembers, it’s almost as if the best route for the Apes reboots wasn’t movies, but rather a TV series. But because the 1974 TV show wasn’t exactly anyone’s favorite version of the franchise, for now, we’ll have to settle for the reboot film trilogy.
War for the Planet of the Apes is in some ways a throwback to more straightforward science fiction that’s increasingly rarer these days. It’s an unpretentious film about a specific idea that digs deep enough to border on brilliance. Any social commentary or deeper messaging comes through organically. But while that’s happening, all you can do is worry about what will happen next. It’s the telltale sign of a solid blockbuster roller coaster, but one that falls just shy of the thematic depth that would’ve made it more memorable. | <urn:uuid:760ab0a3-1116-47b8-92a1-6cafb0c3d190> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.inverse.com/culture/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-five-year-anniversary | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.952568 | 1,085 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Games of chance, science of politics
The N.C. Lottery Commission may not know which company it should choose to set up the state’s numbers game, but it should know one company it shouldn’t choose.
Scientific Games used money and contacts to wheedle a crucial favor from Rep. Jim Black, the Charlotte Democrat who runs the N.C. House: One of the gambling company’s vice presidents got to write the part of the lottery law that governs which company will get the multimillion-dollar contract.
The language that VP Alan Middleton used appeared innocuous, even admirable. But it was calculated to make it harder for his company’s rivals to win the contract.
According to The News & Observer of Raleigh, Mr. Middleton “secured entrée through Black’s unpaid political director, Meredith Norris, who was on the company’s (Scientific Games) payroll.” The newspaper based that conclusion on a pile of e-mails and other documents it extracted from Mr. Black’s office.
Ms. Norris worked for Mr. Black before she departed for remunerative adventures as a lobbyist, but she maintained close ties with him and his staff.
While being paid by Scientific Games, Ms. Norris used those connections to help Mr. Middleton influence the course of legislation.
For example, while the lottery was being debated in a closely divided General Assembly, she arranged at least one fancy dinner and a Seattle yacht cruise so that Mr. Middleton, Mr. Black and other Honorables could enjoy each other’s company.
And just to be nice, she arranged for Mr. Middleton to get in touch with Mr. Black’s staff while it was preparing the lottery legislation. The lottery company VP was more than happy to help.
As she was introducing all these folks and making all these arrangements, Ms. Norris didn’t register as a lobbyist for Scientific Games; she explains that she simply was “monitoring” the legislation, not trying to influence it. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall is looking into whether that broke the law.
If Ms. Norris were to be convicted of such an offense – a misdemeanor, which shows you how seriously Tar Heel lawmakers view political rascality – she could get up to 45 days behind bars. Much more important, she would be banned from lobbying for two years. Not that she was lobbying in the first place, of course.
For his part, Mr. Black explains in a written statement – he wouldn’t be interviewed – that this is just the way business is done in his office.
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If you have an oil tank at home, you may not exactly know how empty it may be. After all, oil tanks are typically large, metal cylinders into which you cannot easily look. To truly know whether you need more oil, you'll need to learn to read an oil tank gauge.
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What Is an Oil Tank Gauge?
Oil tank gauges are traditionally analog, though digital and smart gauges have become available. The basic mechanism of an oil tank gauge is a float on a hinged arm. It is attached to a fixed post descending into the tank. As the level of oil drops, the float goes down as well, and the arm's change in position adjusts a meter on the outside of the tank. The meter is most commonly a bobber style with a clear tube marked at intervals with relative amounts, such as "1/2" or "E" for "empty."
Other meter styles include rolling meters that indicate the number of gallons or inches of oil left in the tank. These don't use swing-arm gauges but a float attached to a cable descending from the meter. While the cable-float gauges are more accurate than the swing-arm gauges, they are not as common, and there is always some room for error.
Reading an Oil Tank Gauge
In theory, a bobber-style meter is easy to read. You simply look at the tube and see where the little rubber or plastic float rests. You should read the meter from the middle of the float, ordering oil once the meter reaches one quarter.
You don't actually fill a heating oil tank all the way to the top, so a 275-gallon tank will actually only hold 225 gallons of oil. This means that when you read that one quarter remains, you'll only have a little over 50 gallons. Many oil delivery companies offer a discount if you order 200 gallons or more, but you should definitely plan to order when the tank is low.
No Oil Gauge?
Maybe the property manager or previous owner didn't feel the need to install a gauge on your tank, or maybe the person simply knew when to order more from experience and habit. You can absolutely take manual readings and develop an expectation for how often you'll need to order more. You can also take manual readings if you believe the gauge is broken or if oil is being used too quickly, as this can indicate that your tank has a leak. Leaks can be a serious ecological and safety risk.
Do not try to estimate the volume of a tank by tapping and listening for reverberation. All tanks sound the same whether empty or full. Instead, use a varnished stick to test the depth of the oil in your tank. Just like when you're checking a car's oil, you will want to wipe the stick and test it again, recording both measurements. Once you know the depth of your oil, reference a tank chart for help. If using this method be sure not to drop the stick to hit the bottom, rather set it on the bottom. Dropping the stick can possibly puncture an older rotting tank.
The size of your tank and the height of the oil can be used to determine the volume of oil remaining. By taking regular measurements, you'll come to understand how much oil you use in a given day, week or month and recognize when there's an irregularity. This will help you schedule regular oil deliveries throughout the winter.
- John M. Ellsworth Company: Morrison Bros. 718 Liquid Level Gauge w/ Standard Float- Calibrated in Inches
- FuelSnap: How to Read a Heating Oil Tank Gauge
- ckSmithSuperior: Your Tank Gauge
- SmartTouch Energy: How to Check Oil Levels Manually and Fix an Oil Tank Gauge
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The philosophy of the Valued Youth Partnership gives strength to its instructional strategies and support strategies.
Classes for Tutors: Tutors meet with their secondary school teacher coordinator once a week in order to:
This class, coupled with the actual tutoring sessions, which occur four times a week during the same class period, is offered as an elective or as a state or local credit course.
Tutoring Sessions: Tutors tutor a minimum of four hours a week for one class period a day. The student tutors earn compensation for their work and are expected to adhere to the employee guidelines of their host school. Their primary responsibility is to work in a one-to-three ratio with tutees. Tutoring young children (at least a four-year grade level difference) forces the tutors to use all their own experiences and apply them to the difficult task of teaching.
Educational Field Trips: At least two to three times throughout the year, students are invited to explore economic and cultural opportunities in the broader community. The field trips are an opportunity for career awareness by exposing the students to a variety of professional environments about which they would otherwise not have concrete insights. They can make more connections between what they are learning in school and what they will need to know to work as professionals.
Student Recognition: Students are acknowledged for the efforts and contributions they make while fulfilling their responsibilities as tutors. Throughout the year, students receive certificates of merit and appreciation; are invited on field trips with their tutees; receive media attention and are honored at a luncheon or supper. Through these events, students experience the importance of their tutoring to the school, the district, and their community.
Mentor and Role-Models: Adults who are considered successful in their fields and who represent students’ ethnic background are invited to participate. A person who has overcome serious barriers can provide powerful modeling. Career and leadership awareness is developed through five guest speakers who model a variety of professions and experiences.
“I’m the youngest of four kids, and I will be the first to graduate from high school. I would not be graduating if I wasn’t a tutor.”
– middle school tutor
Curriculum: A primary goal of the curricular framework is to prepare secondary school students to tutor elementary school students. The objectives of the curricular framework are improving the students’ self-concept, tutoring skills, and literary skills.
Coordination: Periodic meetings are held to coordinate all activities, facilitate communication among personnel and provide first-hand information for monitoring the program. Coordination is formalized through the Valued Youth Partnership implementation team at each participating site. The team includes the teacher coordinators at the secondary school, the secondary school counselor, the evaluation liaison, the family liaison, an elementary school receiving teacher representative, and the principals of the participating schools.
Staff Enrichment: Training and other instructive or enriching experiences strengthen the individual program components. The Valued Youth Partnership includes training and technical assistance by IDRA in response to the participants’ needs assessments. Staff enrichment is achieved through technical assistance and in-service.
Family Engagement: When educators participating in the Valued Youth Partnership actively engage with tutors’ families, it demonstrates that the school takes their children’s education seriously and values the families’ contributions. In VYP, participating schools hold at least three parent meetings and sessions per year conducted bilingually or totally in the language of the parents. (See more information on IDRA’s model for family leadership in education.)
Evaluation: The evaluation design for the Valued Youth Partnership is one of the most rigorous and comprehensive in the country. Evaluation of the Valued Youth Partnership, conducted by IDRA, serves to monitor program operations, develop corrective action as needed and document results of program implementation. Quantitative and qualitative measures are used to gauge students progress.
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I have been doing some more custom dyeing for New Era Fiber Mill this week. This week’s order was a good example of a few ways the customer communicates their color request to me. It seemed like an interesting idea for sharing here. I have been dyeing animal fibers professionally for about 16 years now. I am self taught and began my education by reading everything I could find on color theory. I found that color mixing principles for artists like painters and such were useful to a point. Working with pigments is similar, but the medium of watercolors is a closer match than say for oils or pastels. This is because dyes are translucent rather than opaque. They allow the fiber color to show through and effect the final color. Like mixing watercolors, you use less dye rather than adding white, to create light colors on the fiber.
After studying color mixing I wanted to learn more about different fibers and how they react to dyes. In my search for information I came across a book or two on spinning which also helped me further understand the way a yarn is spun and how that effects the dyeing too. It was slim pickings finding materials.
So next I began researching dyes and picked Sabraset dyes because of their unique qualities. They are highly rated for light fastness and color fastness. They also have very nice range of mixing primaries, both warm and cool, plus a few other colors that are handy for mixing vibrant colors like violet, turquoise, and a wonderful true black. Then I was ready to start hands on exploration.
I knew I wanted to know how to accurately reproduce colors so I learned how to use formulas and create colors that I wanted. I invented spreadsheets in excel to keep records and do the math for me when I was ready to work on mixing batches of colors. I have found hex color tools handy for exploring proportions of hues and depths of shade and saturation. These are really helpful for pale muted colors to give a starting point for mixing. Then you can tweak it to get what you are going for.
Anyway, so here’s what I mean. Sometimes I am given a swatch of yarn, fabric, paint chip, etc. and I find this the most helpful. It’s easier to discern from a physical object what color they are aiming for. Digital images and even prints can be off. I was given a yarn sample for this one.
For this batch of fiber the customer just requested “sea foam green” without a color sample included. That means it’s up to dyer interpretation. So here’s what I think sea foam green looks like. :-)
This is a batch of hand painted yarn that I was given a printed out digital image of the colors they wanted. So not only do I have to interpret from a printout, as you can see the yarn in the picture has been re-skeined which rearranges the colors. Sometimes it can be hard to discern what is actually in there. I saw mainly a dark peacock type blue, a brighter turquoise blue, and some medium jade/tealish greens as the main colors. So here is what I did and I hope they will like it.
I guess I’ve gone on long enough about that for now. I have a knitting update too. I may have cast on something new despite my pledge for project monogamy to my afghan. I have made some more pieces for it but to be fair there are extenuating circumstances for the new project. I will elaborate a bit.
More years ago than I can remember I knit a scarf in a lovely dark green hand dyed skein of Manos Del’ Uraguay in the above stitch pattern. I ended up giving it to my oldest son one winter night when he was leaving my house to drive his motorcycle home. It was pretty cold and I insisted that wool was definitely needed. ;-) Well, recently his girlfriend messaged me very upset that it had inadvertently been clobbered in the wash. She felt terrible and asked if I could make a new one. What can a knitter/mother do in such a situation? Stash diving commenced immediately and I found the PERFECT yarn marinating in there and waiting for such a special knit as this. The yarn is some hand spun created by my second daughter and gifted to me, from some hand dyed fiber I bought for her at a festival I was vending at probably back in 2007 or so. I believe it’s a wool/alpaca/silk blend. I am quite charmed by it. :-) | <urn:uuid:5d5b2001-ce6e-41f5-9bc6-d12b67293c10> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://knittingnotions.com/more-on-custom-dyeing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.977702 | 953 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Maitri – friendship
«(By samyama) on friendliness and so forth, (corresponding) powers» (Yoga-sūtra, 3.23).
In Vyasa’s ancient commentary on the Yoga-sutras, in verse 3.23 we read: «Friendship or cordiality, compassion and joy are the three feelings. Of these, with the feeling of friendship / cordiality towards all happy creatures, one acquires the strength of cordiality». The same, the text then continues, applies to compassion and joy. With bhāvanā, or the cultivation of the three feelings, samadhi, or spiritual realization, is also achieved.
Do you believe in the strength of friendship, Leo? A true friend is by your side in the time of need, he does not judge you and he does not condemn you, but he clearly tells you where you went wrong and what you are deluding yourself for. Of course, it is often difficult to listen and accept: no matter how much advice others give you, you still have to get there on your own! But the comfort of a friend is always beneficial and sooner or later you will come to understand what he/she advised you. In short, Leo, entrust yourself to the friends who remain and let go of those who go.
Vrisha-āsana, bull poste
Sit quietly, perhaps at a table with friends. Listen and meditate. The position itself brings you calm.
Are you able to listen? Do a little exercise every night: think back to a loved one who talked to you during the day, mentally repeat what he/she said to you.
Mantra of the month
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The area of financial solutions is a varied one. It incorporates a wide array of transactions, including business share sales, funding settlements, and investment funds. The market is also identified by high degrees of law, that make it a complicated and also challenging field to work in. Listed below are some of the most popular fields in the monetary sector. Allow’s take a more detailed check out each one. Below’s a look at a few of the significant sub-fields.
Applied mathematics is the branch of mathematics largely interested in the monetary markets. It concentrates on asset-backed safety and securities, insurance mathematics, and also quantitative portfolio administration. Various other branches of the area are financial, financial investment advisory, and property brokers. This discipline includes making use of partial differential formulas and also simulation to recognize just how these markets run. This short article discovers a few of the most preferred fields within economic services. Further, it highlights one of the most vital topics in the field. Additionally, it uses a general introduction of related areas and supplies examples of applications.
Applied finance handle how funds circulation from savers to individuals. It includes banking, insurance coverage, and also measurable profile management. Many of the methods created by economic supervisors are utilized in the prices, threat, as well as hedging of asset-backed safeties and also federal government securities. Moreover, these managers make use of computer system modeling and also partial differential formulas to model the financial problems of various kinds of businesses. This type of self-control is necessary to help businesses make decisions and plan in advance.
Applied math is worried about financial markets. A few of its locations of research study consist of measurable profile monitoring, insurance policy, and insurance policy. Among its applications are pricing, hedging, and also insurance of government and also asset-backed protections. These strategies use the partial differential equations and simulation to resolve troubles in the field. The underlying math behind the economic solutions business is mostly stemmed from mathematical equations. Its applications prevail, and also it is important to recognizing the nuances of these applications.
Applied money is worried about financial markets. It includes insurance coverage math, investment financial, and also measurable profile management. Some techniques are utilized in the pricing and hedging of government as well as asset-backed securities. These devices consist of simulation as well as using partial differential formulas and various other statistical techniques. They can likewise be made use of to assess monetary data, examine markets, and take care of risks. Several of the more common types of financial math include the study of stats and also mathematical models.
Applied money connects to business of monetary services. A few of its primary emphasis locations include property monitoring and finance. Some of the most common instances of these methods are insurance coverage maths, derivatives, measurable portfolio management, and safeties trading. A few of these strategies are used to worth possessions as well as determine the cost of government bonds. They are utilized in hedging, appraisal, as well as threat administration. If you intend to find out more regarding the area of financing, take into consideration pursuing a PhD in it.
Applied mathematics concentrates on financial markets and also consists of insurance coverage mathematics and measurable portfolio monitoring. In other locations of finance, techniques are made use of in federal government and also asset-backed protections, and economic engineering has actually ended up being a prominent area in business world. It also includes using numerous mathematical devices to anticipate the future. As an example, a capitalist can calculate how much they must buy a specific item making use of the same version. Applied finance can be utilized to design facility mathematical designs that choose on financial investments.
Applied math is a significant area of finance. It focuses on the procedures that direct funds from investors to financial entities. Several of these techniques include insurance as well as quantitative portfolio administration. Along with insurance policy and also monetary engineering, money is also concerned with assessment, possession appropriation, as well as risk management. A student with a level in this field may be able to pursue a profession in the field of finance. For example, a level in business economics might entail working in a financial company, evaluating a company’s performance, or speaking with a professional in a specific field.
The field of finance is likewise known as monetary science. It involves various locations of used mathematics, consisting of the research study of economic markets. These self-controls commonly include insurance maths, quantitative profile management, and risk-based analytics. They likewise concentrate on the rates, hedging, and credit rating of asset-backed protections. A grad of a financing program will certainly recognize with these subjects. It might consist of a specialization in accounting. In addition to studying accounting, a pupil will certainly have the ability to apply their understanding in financing.
The role of financial services is vital for the economic climate. As a result, the monetary industry supplies important services to services and also people in all walks of life. The monetary market has actually ended up being a substantial part of the economic situation, however many people are still uninformed of the many advantages of this career. They may not know with the terms made use of to explain finance. It is, nevertheless, important to recognize exactly how to use these solutions. It is vital to understand what types of monetary services are readily available and also to understand exactly how they function.
There are a variety of sorts of monetary services. There are numerous kinds of solutions. Those in the private sector give financings. A few of them are available available online. These services are supplied by private companies, while those in the general public field are given by governments. Those that offer these items can find them online. If you are a local business owner, you can also use this solution to make payments. In this manner, you can spend more in the financial solutions of your option.
There are numerous advantages to financial services. They permit organizations to expand the way they use funds. For example, they can use these services to purchase shares of supplies and bonds, while a business that offers consumer items can leverage their sales as well as earnings. On top of that, financial solutions additionally supply funds for startups. As a result, these are useful possessions for businesses. The appropriate kind of solution can help your organization grow. This solution can be a substantial assistance to your organization.
The kind of services you use relies on the type of solutions you need. A great service will provide a number of various kinds of economic solutions. Several of the most usual are: mortgages, insurance coverage, and stock broking. Aside from home mortgages, finance involves a wide variety of transactions. Even more, it supplies financial investment opportunities for services. The procedure of acquiring these services is vital for a firm’s total health. financière systems para: Supplying economic solutions is an essential part of any kind of nation’s financial development. They allow firms to expand their use of funds and produce a more vibrant economy. This ensures that they get sufficient financing for their tasks. These services will help firms boost their production and reap even more revenues. Discover more
The economic industry is an integral part of any kind of nation’s economic situation. Whether a business is investing in stock or a bond, it will benefit from these services. By expanding its use funds, firms can expand their service operations, which consequently boosts production as well as earnings. This will help them make more cash. If it’s not, it will likely need to invest in an asset that can sustain its future growth. In the meantime, they’ll pay back their debts by ensuring that their profits are high sufficient to cover costs. | <urn:uuid:a5c9d6a1-c5ac-4911-8278-6ff62d3a90ae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jaredfosterfilms.com/2022/03/31/what-will-financial-be-like-in-the-next-half-a-century/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.967354 | 1,550 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Goal-setting has long been one of my favorite topics to teach and to practice. I am grateful for the influence of several people early in my spiritual and professional life who taught me this skill in a way that was useful and inspirational.
It is important to make your goals measurable by amount and by time. The reason that it is so key to be able to measure your progress in these two ways is that, unless you can track your progress, you may never get started on accomplishing your goal and you certainly will never know if you have finished, either.
Financial goals almost always involve sacrifice and a change of habits. If my goal is to become debt free, I will need to sacrifice by spending less than I am making (rather than relying on consumer debt to allow me to spend more than I earn). Additionally, that sacrifice will likely involve a significant change in my habits…eating out less often, buying fewer or less expensive clothes or household “extras,” and perhaps scaling back my family’s activities or lifestyle.
I’ve been working on losing a few pounds by spending time with a trainer and altering the way that I eat. Weight loss is very analogous to working on saving more money. My zeal and passion for my project come and go, but my sacrifices and habits must remain consistent in order for me to make real progress.
After you have set your goals, be very realistic about the habits that you will need to change and the sacrifices that you will need to make in order to accomplish the goal. Only if you are realistic will you be prepared when temptation comes!
Finally, as an encouragement to you, ponder the following two Scriptures. If you are His child, God is both with you and in you as you seek to move in the direction of dreams and goals that He has given to you.
Proverbs 16:32 (NIV) “Better a patient man than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.”
Galatians 5:22 – 24 (NIV), “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”
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Takasera, a village in Western Nepal, is settled on a hill above an ancient lakebed, composed of hundreds of tightly interwoven houses, giving an appearance of a giant buzzing bee-hive. Surrounded by mountains, and connected only by a dead-end dirt road, it leads a life of its own. To the outside world it may seem an isolated and forgotten place, but Takasera is in fact the centre of Kham Magar culture, and a former Maoist strong hold, that played an important role in the Maoist revolution that ended a decade ago. This gently-paced, observational documentary follows the everyday life of the village.
This film was supported by Maynooth University and the Irish Research Council
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A (Mini!) Resource for Chronic Pain
Empowering our clients to transition towards effective self-management of their condition, and achieve complete confidence and total control of their health, is something that we are extremely passionate about at Guardian Exercise Rehabilitation.
For those afflicted with chronic musculoskeletal pain, achieving this confidence can involve a tumultuous journey – often filled with doubt, fear, and uncertainty. It is therefore important to provide appropriate and contemporary resources to assist in enhancing their knowledge of pain, confidence to engage in physical activity, and ability to achieve true conceptual change. The evidence-based benefits of pain neuroscience education move beyond simply improving one’s understanding of pain, with meaningful improvements in both fear-avoidant behaviours and pain catastrophising. These two concepts are extremely common in those experiencing chronic musculoskeletal pain, with a fear to move into painful movement and a pessimistic outlook towards their recovery – and pain neuroscience education has been demonstrated to provide efficacy in reconceptualising these beliefs. In turn, this can significantly enhance one’s confidence to engage in meaningful exercise and physical activity, with the research suggesting this to be a best-practice intervention for these individuals.
With the introduction of our Pain Management Guidebook last year, we now have the ability to integrate pain neuroscience education with exercise-based interventions in order to deliver scientifically proven evidence-based care for our clients. The guidebook is a 32-page self-paced learning resource that contains a suite of one-page information sheets that cover educational topics explaining various aspects of pain literacy, understanding, and management, aiming to:
- Improve knowledge and understanding of pain science in a simple, relatable and meaningful manner
- Assist in the understanding and identification of individualised pain contributors
- Improve self-efficacy and coping strategies to assist with ongoing pain management journey
- Shift to an internal locus of control relating to pain, through active strategies
- Development of a clear plan and solutions for sustainable self-management
When this resource is used collaboratively with a Physiotherapist or an Exercise Physiologist, it provides the opportunity to discuss, explore and contextualise the key learning principles in a manner that is personalised and meaningful. Within these sessions, new learnings can be reinforced through exercise and physical activity engagement – serving the fundamental purpose of enhancing the quality of life for those individuals afflicted with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Here’s what a couple of our clients had to say about using the guidebook:
“The Guardian Exercise Rehabilitation Pain Management Guidebook was a useful educational resource as it expanded upon the fundamental pain concepts that my Exercise Physiologist would discuss with me during our exercise reviews. It really assisted with furthering my understanding of the multidimensional nature of pain, and how pain does not always signify physical damage. Using the Pain Management Guidebook, I feel more adequately prepared and reassured in my ability to independently manage my pain in the event of a flare-up, adopting the learned principles appropriately.” – WA Client
“Using the Guardian Exercise Rehabilitation Pain Management Guidebook in collaboration with my Exercise Physiologist helped simplify the messages and further my understanding of my pain, in addition to understanding how the key messages within the guidebook could be related to my own personal experience. I was growing increasingly concerned with the persistent nature of my pain, but some of the key messages related to how pain can persist really helped to reassure me that persistent pain – while bothersome – does not necessarily prevent me from doing the things I love. The examples and anecdotes within the guidebook proved particularly useful, specifically on how pain should be interpreted as an alarm system, and does not always relate to acute injury.“ – WA Client
It’s also been a great resource for our clinicians, with our Perth-based Exercise Physiologist, James, providing the below feedback:
“As a practitioner, I have found the Pain Management Guidebook to be a highly useful tool in helping further explain the key concepts around pain to my clients. When educating my clients on their pain, it’s vitally important that the messages are tailored to their own personal experiences. Pain is highly subjective, and an individual’s previous experience certainly shapes how their pain can be perceived. Many of the individuals who are referred to us may already have defined beliefs around their pain; increased fragility or anxiety of re-injury or aggravating their symptoms, for example. The key messages delivered within the guidebook can help “flip the script” and change their mindset into believing that their bodies are strong, robust, and adaptable.”
You can access the Guardian Exercise Rehabilitation Pain Management Guidebook in My Health Portal. Or perhaps you’d like to check out the mini version first…?
The (Mini) Pain Management Guidebook
With so much great content in the guidebook, there has been a high demand for a printed release. So in honour of National Pain Week this year, we decided it was time to print an abridged version: the Mini Pain Management Guidebook!
Still containing key content, the Mini Guidebook is small but mighty – packed with great educational and informative tidbits, making it the perfect introduction to the full digital guidebook. As there’s only a limited print run available, if you’re keen to get your hands on a copy reach out to your local Guardian Exercise Rehabilitation clinician. | <urn:uuid:c9d3d30c-d1e6-4de4-b6d4-e83a329ca6b0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://guardianexercise.com.au/2022/07/29/a-mini-resource-for-chronic-pain/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.926434 | 1,117 | 2.125 | 2 |
In the final book of the Racing to Freedom trilogy, ex-slave Gabriel leaves behind a successful horse racing career to join his parents at Camp Nelson, where his father is a Sergeant in the Fifth U.S. Colored Calvary of the Union Army. Twelve-year-old Gabriel is too young to join the regiment as a soldier, but finds a job as personal groom to Champion, the unruly horse that belongs to Col. Waite, the white commander. When the Calvary receives orders to join white regiments in an attack on the Virginia salt works, Gabriel surreptitiously gets a hold of a horse and a uniform and joins the troops. But being a soldier is a lot harder than he imagined. Bad, weather, rough riding, dwindling supplies, and blatant racism wear heavily on his spirit. When his father and Col. Waite are not among the weary and wounded who return from battle, Gabriel mounts Champion and rides to the battlefield in search of them.
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Stereosonic vision: Exploring visual-to-auditory sensory substitution mappings in an immersive virtual reality navigation paradigm.
Massiceti D., Hicks SL., van Rheede JJ.
Sighted people predominantly use vision to navigate spaces, and sight loss has negative consequences for independent navigation and mobility. The recent proliferation of devices that can extract 3D spatial information from visual scenes opens up the possibility of using such mobility-relevant information to assist blind and visually impaired people by presenting this information through modalities other than vision. In this work, we present two new methods for encoding visual scenes using spatial audio: simulated echolocation and distance-dependent hum volume modulation. We implemented both methods in a virtual reality (VR) environment and tested them using a 3D motion-tracking device. This allowed participants to physically walk through virtual mobility scenarios, generating data on real locomotion behaviour. Blindfolded sighted participants completed two tasks: maze navigation and obstacle avoidance. Results were measured against a visual baseline in which participants performed the same two tasks without blindfolds. Task completion time, speed and number of collisions were used as indicators of successful navigation, with additional metrics exploring detailed dynamics of performance. In both tasks, participants were able to navigate using only audio information after minimal instruction. While participants were 65% slower using audio compared to the visual baseline, they reduced their audio navigation time by an average 21% over just 6 trials. Hum volume modulation proved over 20% faster than simulated echolocation in both mobility scenarios, and participants also showed the greatest improvement with this sonification method. Nevertheless, we do speculate that simulated echolocation remains worth exploring as it provides more spatial detail and could therefore be more useful in more complex environments. The fact that participants were intuitively able to successfully navigate space with two new visual-to-audio mappings for conveying spatial information motivates the further exploration of these and other mappings with the goal of assisting blind and visually impaired individuals with independent mobility. | <urn:uuid:a7b0bd7b-4dbb-4137-8bc0-d7c2bc05b51a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pharm.ox.ac.uk/publications/868972 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.915164 | 407 | 2.109375 | 2 |
The potential for continued dry weather across the state raises concerns about the impact of dry soils on preemergence herbicides. Preemergence herbicides kill weeds by being absorbed into the seed as the seed imbibes water. To be effective, the herbicide must be located within the soil profile at the depth where weed seeds germinate (primarily the upper inch of soil).
In addition, there must be sufficient water to keep the herbicide dissolved in soil water. Both factors can be adversely affected by limited rain early in the season.
Most farmers rely on rain to move the herbicide into the soil profile. It typically takes at least a half-inch of rain to activate the herbicide, meaning, moving it to the depth where germinating seeds are located. If the upper inch or two of soil is dry, the quantity of rain for activation will be slightly higher since the soil first must be wetted before water will move the herbicide into the profile.
Chemical properties of the herbicide, primarily the affinity of the herbicide for soil colloids, affect how much rain is required for activation. Research at the University of Illinois showed relatively small differences in the rainfall requirement between two Group 15 herbicides (Table 1).
Acetochlor binds less tightly to soil colloids than S-metolachlor, and thus would be expected to require less rain for activation. There was a difference in performance with a quarter-inch rain, but neither product provided acceptable control with this limited amount of rain.
Delays between herbicide application and the first activating rainfall is a common cause of residual herbicide failures. A rule of thumb is that an activating rain is needed within five to seven days of application, but as with any biological response, many factors influence this time interval.
- Early spring applications (early April) can ‘wait’ longer for activating rain than late-April applications since most weeds haven’t begun to germinate at the time of early spring-applications.
- Tillage ‘resets’ weeds by killing emerged weeds and disrupting seeds that have initiated germination. Delays between the final tillage pass and residual herbicide application will shorten the time between application and when an activating rain is needed for good results.
Even if a herbicide is activated in a timely fashion, performance may be reduced when there is limited rain in the weeks following application and activation. As soil dries, preemergence herbicides move from the soil water to adsorption sites on soil colloids, therefore reducing the amount of herbicide available to germinating weed seeds.
Herbicides less tightly bound to soil colloids may provide more consistent control during dry years. Group 3 herbicides (trifluralin, pendimethalin) require more soil moisture than other preemergence herbicides due to their high affinity for soils, whereas differences among other products are relatively small.
Timing of activating rain and soil moisture are important factors influencing residual herbicide activity, but our inability to accurately predict when specific fields will receive rain limits our ability to manage herbicides to account for this variable. However, important things to consider for this year include:
- Last year’s dry weather should not impact this year’s herbicide performance, but if the surface soil is dry at the time of residual herbicide application it will require more rain to activate herbicides than if soils are moist.
- Early preplant applications reduce the need for timely rainfall, but consider the impact of early application on the length of residual activity and the effect of seedbed preparation tillage on herbicide distribution.
- Using full rates can reduce some of the variability brought on by limited rain and soil moisture.
- If a field fails to receive an activating rain within 5-7 days of application, consider using a rotary hoe or harrow to control weeds escaping the residual herbicide. These tools are most effective before germinating weeds emerge (white root stage). If this isn’t possible, begin to scout fields within two weeks of planting to determine the appropriate time for postemergence applications.
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Mar. 23 -- TUESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- At your child's next visit to the pediatrician, the usual checklist of questions might include a new one: Do you have a gun in the house?
Almost one-fourth of 3,754 parents with young children -- surveyed at 96 pediatric practices in 45 states, Puerto Rico and Canada -- keep a gun at home. Yet in 70 percent of those homes with guns, parents said they hadn't taken adequate precautions to safely store the weapons, researchers report.
Pediatricians have a key role in promoting gun safety in homes where there are children, according to one of the study's authors, Dr. Shari Barkin, chief of the division of general pediatrics at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville.
"It's just about keeping children safe and reducing firearm injuries," added Barkin, who did the research while at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. For pediatricians to inquire about guns in the home is the same as reviewing other safety measures such as storing medications out of the reach of children, she said. "We ... educate about how to create safe environments for children, because children often find things that pose a danger to them."
Guns are often involved in every parent's nightmare. A Rand study done six years ago found that 34 percent of children in the United States (representing more than 22 million children in 11 million homes) live in homes with at least one firearm.
"Guns are a major household hazard for kids, especially for older kids who are more at risk for suicide," said Renee M. Johnson, a Harvard School of Public Health research associate who has done studies on firearm storage in homes.
To try to prevent gun-related tragedies, 18 states have so-called child-access protection acts. These laws impose liability or criminal penalties on parents and adults where injuries or deaths have resulted from youngsters gaining access to unsecured guns, according to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
But safe storage -- defined as guns being unloaded, locked in a cabinet or with a gun lock, with ammunition stored separately -- apparently isn't a widespread practice, the new research suggests.
Parents raised in gun-owning families were less likely to store firearms safely, according to the new study, published in the June issue of the journal Pediatrics.
And families who owned both handguns and long guns also were less likely to keep their guns locked up at home.
Parents who owned just long guns -- such as rifles or shotguns -- and had children between 2 and 5 years old were more likely to follow safe storage recommendations than were the parents of 6- to 11-year-olds, the survey found.
It also revealed that more than half of the parents who had guns at home said they played some role in deciding where the guns would be kept. Depending on the type of guns, between 26 percent and 38 percent of the weapons were hidden in some place other than a locked cabinet.
The survey showed that gun ownership was highest among rural families and "in families that were white, had two or fewer adolescents, had two adults in the home and had a total family income of $40,000 a year or more."
There were no significant differences in storage safety among racial groups or rural or non-rural locations.
The finding that gun-owning families are generally more protective of younger children than older children is consistent with earlier research, said Johnson.
In a study she co-authored last year, researchers found that families with both teens and younger children were more cautious about gun storage.
"Parents do really well in terms of keeping their very young kids safe from gun injuries, but need to do better to make sure that guns are stored safely when there are older kids in the house," Johnson said.
"Too many kids in this country die from such highly preventable means," added Dr. Denise Dowd, chief of injury prevention at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. "We also know that storing guns safely works to prevent death and injury from kids playing with guns as well as self-inflicted injury among teens."
Dowd said pediatricians alone "do not own the problem. Nothing should stop parent groups, grandparent groups, community and public health organizations from getting the message out."
To learn more about the safe use of firearms, visit the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
SOURCES: Shari L. Barkin, M.D. chief of division of general pediatrics, Vanderbilt Medical Center, and professor of pediatrics, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.; Denise Dowd, M.D., chief of injury prevention, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.; Renee M. Johnson, Ph.D., MPH, research associate, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston; June 2007, Pediatrics | <urn:uuid:e4ae2172-a310-405e-bb40-c0722c63eab3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=4507452&page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.97865 | 997 | 2.640625 | 3 |
The treat so loved worldwide has very humble beginnings. The cacao bean begins life inside a fruit, called a pod, on a tree in the tropics, primarily in remote areas of West Africa, Southeast Asia and Central and South America. These delicate, flower-covered trees need much tending and, when farmed using sustainable methods, grow in harmony in tropical forests beneath other cash crops such as bananas, rubber or hardwood trees. Grown on small family farms, the beans leave cocoa farms by hand, in carts, on donkeys or rugged trucks to be sold to a local buyer and then to processors abroad. Once in the factory, they are ground, pressed, heated and stirred to create luxurious chocolate.
Get a taste of this section:
- The Cacao Tree: What does the tree look like?
- The Tropics: Where are the biggest cacao-growing regions?
- The Farm: What makes cocoa farming environmentally friendly?
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A report that will be considered by the police board on Wednesday, shows increases in a number of hate-motivated crimes, including those that were motivated by race, religion and sexual orientation.
“There has been a stark increase in hate incidents in 2021, not only in York Region but throughout Canada,” the police report said.
The report singled out an increase in hate crimes against Asian, Black, Jewish and Muslim communities in York Region. Police noted a “steady surge” in hate incidents in cities like Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill.
The total number of hate crimes grew 22 per cent from 160 to 195 in 2021.
According to the data, the number of race motivated hates crimes grew 17 per cent between 2020 and 2021. The figure jumped from 89 incidents to 104 reported cases last year.
Almost half of race motivated hate crimes in York Region last year were against Black residents, who make up just five per cent of the local population. A total of 48 of the 104 incidents last year (46 per cent) were against Black residents, compared to 39 in 2020.
The number of hate motivated crimes against East and Southeast Asian communities also grew 53 per cent in 2021.
The number of crimes motivated by anti-religious hate also increased significantly, growing to 58 incidents last year. The majority of those incidents, 43, were against the Jewish community.
Hate crimes against gay or lesbian people in York grew by 23 per cent, with 27 separate crimes recorded in 2021.
“The reporting of hate crime continues to be a challenge for many members of our community due to fear of victimization, retaliation, culture, language barriers and uncertainty with the justice system,” the police report said.
Mischief hate was the most common hate crime, with 45 occurrences last year. There were also 35 incidents of uttering threats to a person and 30 cases of harassing communications.
Last year there were 27 incidents of hate-motivated assault level one crimes.
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This was originally written in 2003 appearing on California Jazz Dance Foundation's website.
The Whip, possibly the most distinctive pattern in swing dancing identifiable with one person, Dean Collins.This article is about origin of what has become known as "The Whip" because I find it fascinating and it puts the truth in perspective and the influence of Irene Thomas.
Dean Collins, we can start with him, The Lindy Hopper from New York now in Los Angeles. He had been searching for a steady partner to work to no avail. Dean would dance with anyone when it came to a job, however, if it represented him he was strict on who and how his partner would dance. Little did he know he would come to meet the most influential people in his life.
It was 1939 and already the 2 leading females in Los Angeles were Irene Thomas and Jewel McGowen. Jewel had been dancing with Bill Alcorn on and off and Irene was in the show "Meet the People". It was her last year at Hollywood High school and in between her shows and stage gigs performing,acting and tap dancing she would commonly go out dancing and hang out with friends. it was during this time she danced with Dean and got a sense of the Lindy Rhythm.
I guess one would have to understand Irene's sense of dance, her technical ability to break things down, and they fact she can lead as well is amazing. From "Meet the People" in 1939 , she became a star solo Tap act. Her biggest ambition was stage and clubs and during WW2 she toured with Bing Crosby's USO shows as the headline tap act.
Irene was a star amongst her friends and looked up to by all during these years , it was known that the girls would copy her steps while the guys (at least,the ones with guts) lined up to "take a lesson" .It was at the Casino Gardens Lenny Smith just a youngster would reach out asking for a dance with his "trembling hand" after being put up to task by friends. While it was Dean teaching these younger dancers like Lenny, Wally Albright and Lou Southern it was the skilled follows that really taught them the most, and Irene was the queen.
Irene was dancing with Eddie Markwell and trying to teach him Dean's Lindy when they encountered the first "whip" , Eddie was really modest about having anything to do with it at first but eventually said it was Irene who made him do it, he was just "over doing it".
The push out allowed Irene to use the tension for variations in her footwork which was something she enjoyed. For Eddie to Achieve this push at his novice ability he over exaggerated his shoulder movement by stepping into it.
It was here Irene got the concept of the whip, and force needed with the lead hand, to push off into open position from the leader. It was no secret Dean allowed his dance partners to shine and look good and Irene was just the showoff needed for Dean's performances. When working together they adjusted for each other to bring out the best on Stage and This whip action she asked for was no different, Dean just adjusted to adapt to her needs.
These needs are witnessed through Irene's dancing, especially in the clips with her Boyfriend and Partner, Don Gallagher. Most of their tricks are called by her , and lead by her via calls and shoulder Motions. Dictating as to when to start leading. Unfortunately, Irene couldn't dedicate the time to Dean to be his regular partner because she was too busy in show business, however she would continue to perform for big events and whenever the scedule allowed.
The next couple years, 1940 and 41 would of found Dean mastering this "whip", he started dancing regularly with Jewel McGowan during this time and really getting it to where the follow and leader both use each other perfectly balanced, other times it would be the leader just forcing the follow through it (the follow not taking advantage of that lead push). Dean wasn't the only one doing trying to capture this "Whip" in the early stages. Another dancer was Willie Desatoff who has always been said to "do Dean's whip better then him" another was Eddie Rankin who before had been struggling horribly with Lindy Hop Before Dean's arrival.
Dean obviously laid it down in stone in the motion picture "Buck Privates". He showed what this whip had developed into once mastered not by just the lead but by the follow who takes advantage of it to allow herself extra liberties . Once studied from the demands of a follower , From which Irene's first demands were met, the technical actually needed to achieve anything even close to what Dean and Jewel do is amazing. From Dean to dancers like Bill Alcorn, Johnny Archer, Lenny Smith, Lou Southern and Wally Albright to the Movies and a generation of leaders and followers tweaking the whip every which way. They all used the basic same technical, and eventually it became known as just Dean's Lindy.
Just after WW2 , Irene left Los Angeles for New York to headline in the biggest nightclubs with her Partner, doing what she called a Boogie Tap act. On this trip she went out dancing at Roseland Ballroom and the biggest difference she noticed was the leaders didn't pull you all the way in (and around them) and then whip you out, rather they came forward and caught you in the middle making it very uncomfortable if your not used to it.
Many of these dancers from the early days have continued dancing at the LA swing Club at Golden Sails , Dancers Like Bart Bartolo and Bobby Hefner, even Gil Brady is No exception to Learning "The whip" from Dean Collins. At over 90 years old, John Mills throws down what he calls "Dean's Whip" as well . If you've ever walked into Golden Sails you would see the impact that one motion has created , the dancers from the 40's,50's,60's each generation and dancer bringing their own style to what eventually has became a technic and not a style.
About 5 or 6 years ago at our local dance held at a place called Alpine Village on Monday nights, I asked Eddie about these first moments and dancing with Lola Cogan, he showed me the subtleties of that first motion he did with Irene, all the while exclaiming he was nothing compared to Dean and it was all Irene... | <urn:uuid:cd72524b-1386-4fd2-ac2c-762eb3c78a1d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jassdancer.blogspot.com/2011/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.989659 | 1,320 | 1.789063 | 2 |
Student Loan Class Action Lawsuit
A student loan company has been sued in a class-action lawsuit over misallocation of payments. While this action would only apply to a small percentage of borrowers, it is the most powerful type of legal action, allowing many more borrowers to seek justice. This lawsuit is not the first of its kind, and it is a powerful example of the power of legal recourse. The court has upheld the rights of students whose loan balances are beyond their ability to repay.
The recent ruling in a lawsuit against the financial institution Nelnet may be a positive step, but the outcome could depend on the merits of the case.
Navient has argued that the case would be too narrow and too complicated, as each loan will have its own unique set of terms. The judge ruled that specific allegations of misapplied payments are enough to establish fraud and a violation of consumer protection laws.
The lawsuit against Nelnet is the latest of its kind, and it focuses on a specific type of student loan: the Income-Driven Repayment Plan. In this case, the plaintiffs claim that the lender did not process their applications properly and did not make requested adjustments, despite their being eligible for the program. Despite the legal challenges posed by the case, it remains a significant victory for consumers who have been affected by the loan.
Nonetheless, there are several ways to fight this and protect yourself.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency, and other lenders are often to blame for bad student loans. While there is no perfect solution to a student loan problem, borrowers can take steps to protect themselves. It’s important to remember that one mistake can cost you hundreds of dollars, so it’s important to do everything you can to protect yourself.
A class-action lawsuit can be filed against a private or federal student loan. It is important to remember that the federal loan program allows students to stop making payments on their loans for up to five years. If this is the case for you, it’s important to file your lawsuit as soon as possible. A mistake can cost you hundreds of dollars. You can fight back by filing a complaint. And the best way to do this is to learn as much as you can about your loan.
A class-action lawsuit is the best way to protect yourself and get the maximum amount of money you can.
By keeping a close eye on the progress of the class-action lawsuit, you can take advantage of your legal rights and get your money back. This is the only way to stop this situation from happening to you. The lawsuit is also a great opportunity for you to fight for your rights. You can sue the school to force them to change their policies.
The lawsuit was filed by Andrew Johannsson and focuses on income-based repayment plans. A judge recently ruled that the company failed to properly process the application of income-based repayment plans and failed to make requested adjustments. This case will have major ramifications for some borrowers. While the Department of Education is not always responsible, it will not dismiss a class-action lawsuit in a student loan dispute. It is the responsibility of individual borrowers to file a claim.
Another recent lawsuit against Navient ruined millions of borrowers’ credit scores.
The company improperly reported its loan status when the CARES Act suspended payments. This resulted in lower credit scores for these borrowers and limited their access to credit during a recession. As a student, you can protect yourself by keeping track of the class action lawsuit. If a mistake is made, you can seek compensation in a class-action lawsuit.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a class-action lawsuit against Navient, one of the largest student loan servicing providers in the country. The lawsuit is being closely watched by students because it is the third-largest student loan servicer in the country, with more than 12 million customers. The suit is still in its early stages, so it is difficult to determine how much compensation the plaintiffs will receive. However, a successful case may result in the elimination of millions of borrowers’ debt. | <urn:uuid:91ee4e49-9aa0-4112-af9f-53599621537e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lawvv.com/student-loan-class-action-lawsuit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.975774 | 833 | 1.75 | 2 |
Caribbean Geotextiles offers geotextile tubes and bags for environmental use in the Turks & Caicos for erosion and Hurricane Storm Protection control solutions. The Turks & Caicos currently employ GeoTextile Tubes and Bags as a cell replacement system for holding dredged silt and sand. This material can then be used to replenish beaches or create new beaches, protect levees, breakwaters. We also offer Formed Fabric Concrete Systems to be used in erosion control, sloped embankment reinforcement, armoring geotextile breakwater armor to replace more costly rip rap replacement systems and concrete slope protection. Our environmentally friendly solutions are not only more cost effective than older methods, they are actually more effective than older methods such as rip rap and can ship directly to Turks & Caicos. These newer environmental solutions are growing in popularity in Turks & Caicos, the the Bahamas and the Caribbean Islands.
In Turks & Caicos and the Caribbean, engineers and project managers have turned to use of our GeoTextile Tubes and Bags as solutions for protecting shorelines and coastal areas, and other waterways such as rivers to stop erosion control and damaging wave action and are cheaper to use than older rip rap methods. These strong geotextiles tubes can also be used as breakwaters in Turks & Caicos, and can be strengthened by covering with our articulating block concrete mattresses. Cities in Turks & Caicos include Grand Turk, Middle Caicos, North Caicos, Parrot Cay, Providenciales, Salt Cay and South Caicos.
Use of GeoTextiles tubes and bags for Hurricane Storm Protection in Turks & Caicos. The materials such as sand and silt collected in the tubes from dredging can be relocated to areas to replenish beaches or make new beaches. Turks & Caicos has seen the used of geotextile tubes and bags, silt barriers and turbidity curtains increase rapidly. Other uses for geotextile tubes and bags for dewatering include dredge spoils containment, industrial waste, soil reinforcement and sludge lagoon caps.
Still another use in Turks & Caicos for GeoTextiles is creating a barrier for coastal areas. These systems include use of geotextile tubes and bags to create breakwaters or other protection for shorelines, jetties, groins, marsh areas, seawalls, marinas, bays, ponds, reservoirs and more. Turks & Caicos use of geotextile tubes, bags, silt barriers and turbidity curtains has risen for two reasons: the products are extremely effective while remaining cost effective.
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No single resource has had more of an influence on California's development patterns than water. The essential liquid has been pivotal to a range of historical and political conflicts, from the pillaging of the Owens Valley by Los Angeles to the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley by San Francisco.
The U.S. Supreme Court has had to mediate disputes involving California and its neighboring states over Colorado River water. As recently as the 1980s, droughts were scary enough that even normally anti-growth Santa Barbarans voted for two major new supplies: state water and desalinated seawater.
Other thirsty coastal communities closely watched Santa Barbara's experience with building a desal plant. Unfortunately, Santa Barbara's experiment — built at a cost of $34 million and employed for only three months during 1992 — is considered by advocates as the black eye in the desal water supply trend, though city officials still call the plant a "drought supply."
But Santa Barbara's expensive desal story overshadows what has really been happening during the last 10 years. The cost of desal has dropped by 50%, the technology for developing efficient filter membranes has improved greatly, and the demand for new water sources has remained as urgent as ever. And for many communities in the state, desal has emerged as a leaner and viable alternative to new dams, reservoirs and pipelines.
Counter to popular belief, most desal plants operating in California are not by the sea, and they do not use seawater. Instead, most plants treat "brackish" water —- groundwater that has high levels of dissolved solids due to seawater intrusion or other contamination, or even sewer effluent. Three such plants have come online in since 1998 in Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. The product is typically blended with other sources — usually imported water. These reverse-osmosis systems require far less expensive filter membranes than do plants that treat seawater. Furthermore, they can avoid complicated coastal resource-related permits.
Casey Jaworksi is a water engineer for the city of Oceanside, a city whose experience with desal operations is typical in California today. During the 1960s, Oceanside stopped using local groundwater because it had become contaminated by seawater intrusion, he said. Usually induced by over-pumping by agricultural users, seawater migration into underground aquifers has emerged as a problem up and down the California coast.
In 1994, Oceanside opened a desal plant three miles inland from its sandy beaches, Jaworski explained. Using a reactivated well site, the plant immediately began supplying 2 million gallons per day, 7% of the city's demand. A current expansion of the plant will yield 6 million gallons a day, thereby handling 15% of the projected local demand.
The project was spurred by financial incentives offered by the nation's largest water supply agency, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The Met offers $250 per acre foot subsidy for its member agencies that produce from local supplies.
Immediately south of Oceanside, the City of Carlsbad is involved in the better understood, albeit rarer, type of desal plant, the kind that actually uses seawater. In conjunction with officials from the San Diego Water Authority, Carlsbad is considering entering a deal with Connecticut-based Poseidon Resources to develop seawater desal operations at the Cabrillo power plant in Carlsbad. A second plant would be developed at a power plant in Chula Vista.
Proponents say that Carlsbad's Cabrillo facility alone would produce 9.3% of San Diego County's domestic supply. The proposed plant would use the same technology as a facility scheduled to go on line in 2003 in Tampa, Florida, another fast-growing region with water demand pressures and supply constraints.
In this new generation of seawater desal technology, the plant is coupled with an existing power plant, which already has seawater intakes for cooling. The desal plant diverts some of this supply and processes it through the latest filtering membranes. It then discharges the concentrated remains with the power plant supply effluent. The Tampa plant, which will produce 25 million gallons per day, will be the largest such plant in North America used for domestic supplies.
Even though the cost of seawater desal is becoming competitive with developing other surface water sources, obstacles remain. Environmental concerns about discharging hyper-salted waste byproduct into the ocean is one hurdle. The reliance on electric power to drive the filtration is another. Such impacts, however, need to be weighed against the formidable environmental challenges of developing new reservoirs and pipeline systems. The trend is clearly working against the latter.
Globally, desal is viable where other more traditional sources are either depleted or otherwise unavailable, according to water engineer Ben Movahed, of Watek Engineering in Maryland. Island and desert regions are where most seawater systems operate.
"If you have other sources, you want to use those. Desal is a system of last resort," Movahed said.
So does the emergence of desal in California's urban coastal communities suggest that the region has reached a holding capacity? With popular support and political stomach for 1950s-era public works plumbing projects absent, the ocean may represent that last resort.
Water Costs to Consumer, per 1,000 Gallons
Existing traditional supply: $0.90-$2.50
New desalted water
Traditional + brackish $1.20-$2.75
Traditional + seawater $1.10-$3.05
(source: American Membrane Technology Association)
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API Integration and Development
API stands for application programming interface. It consists of several tools, definitions and protocols that are used to develop and integrate application software. With an API, products or services can communicate with each other independently of their implementation. This leads to an optimisation of application development and saves time and money. In addition, APIs are flexible and simplify handling, regardless of whether new tools and products are being developed or existing ones are being upgraded.
The 3 types of API:
Private API is for internal company use. It creates therefore the greatest possible control for the companies.
API can also be shared with specific business partners. Advantages here are the development of new revenue streams while maintaining quality standards.
Public API is available to everyone. Third parties can develop apps to interact with your API. This form opens up special innovation opportunities for companies.
Adding Unique Functions
We advise our customers on the integration and development of API. We also explain advantages and demonstrate which interfaces are appropriate and feasible for the respective software. Through flawless API, software opens up unique functions that enrich the usage.
Mobileaders offer our customers the integration and adjustment of APIs. This involves creating interfaces between different systems and making the necessary changes to guarantee smooth functioning.
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Let’s look at the future of retail. Today, technology like thermal imaging sensors and retail management software allow store owners to reduce their labor costs as well as improve their advertising and customer service. They allow brands to build loyalty by providing customers with the best in-store shopping experience possible.
However, what about what happens outside of those four walls? Brick-and-mortar retailers need to think outside the store. There’s more to optimization than state-of-the-art people counting technology and sleek point of sale systems. Brands must engage their consumers through social media to attract new customers and involve themselves in the worldwide retail conversation.
Now let’s talk about the current state of retail. Although we’re living in the age of online shopping, many retailers have yet to implement some form of e-commerce. And many brick-and-mortar retailers are skeptical that online engagement will have a significant impact on their offline, in-store sales.
Here are some statistics (from the Twitter team themselves) that demonstrate this phenomenon.
Richard Alfonsi, Twitter’s Vice President of Global Online Sales, wrote about the rise of the social medium in the retail sector on their advertising blog. He discussed the results of a recent survey about Twitter’s role in the retail experience.
“I shared how 200 million people around the globe log in to Twitter every month,” Alfonsi said on the blog. “These users send 400 million Tweets every day. And retail is one of their favorite interests.”
He shared these findings at the 2013 NRF Convention, explaining that retail and shopping conversations on Twitter increased by 60 percent from 2011 to 2012. His NRF speech was also quoted on Twitter’s Small Biz account (@TwitterSmallBiz): “The future of retail isn’t about (technology), it’s about humanity. It’s about moving people not product.”
Jonathan Stringfield, a researcher for Twitter, wrote: “Brands also turn to Twitter throughout the year. Since last September, the number of retailers on our platform increased by 1.9X. They use Twitter to connect with shoppers talking about products, deliver relevant offers and monitor shopping trends in real time across retail categories.”
A recent study found that among its respondents, Twitter affected every stage of their shopping process, from product awareness to post-purchase evaluations.
According to the 2013 Twitter survey:
- 55% of users discuss gift ideas on Twitter
- Two-thirds discovered new products via Twitter
- 64% have purchased a product because of Twitter
- 57% turn to Twitter to determine what stores to visit
- 45% would rather take Twitter shopping with them than their husband or wife
- 62% tweet about purchases they’ve made
People use Twitter to determine which stores they should visit and, while they are in the store, determine which products to buy. When they’ve completed their purchase, they turn to Twitter again to talk about their new item.
Still skeptical? Here is further proof that Twitter is a valuable resource for retailers in 2014.
Twitter asked Datalogix to conduct a study for 35 brands to measure the impact of both organic and paid Twitter activity on offline sales. The brands studied were retailers of beverage, food, wellness, household products, alcohol and more. Here’s what they found:
- Twitter engagement drives greater in-store sales. Users that engaged with a brand’s Promoted Tweets purchased more from that brand than a statistically identical control group, a 12% average sales lift. Even users who simply viewed the Promoted Tweets without engaging contributed to a 2% average lift in sales.
- Organic Tweets drive sales. Users that were exposed to a brand’s organic Tweets purchased more from that brand than those who were not exposed, an 8% average sales lift. The lift was three times greater among those who saw five or more organic Tweets. Brands that build their follower base and regularly tweet can increase their offline sales.
- Followers who see Promoted Tweets buy more. Promoted Tweets augment the sales impact. Followers who are exposed to Promoted Tweets purchased 29 percent more from that brand than followers reached by organic Tweets alone.
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Mike DeWine, Fran DeWine Emphasize Need To Address Child Hunger
Some of the biggest leaders in public service and in the business world gathered in Columbus for the 25th Annual Children's Hunger Alliance "Menu of Hope" luncheon aimed at ending food insecurity.
The annual event set out to raise $50,000 to help make sure children in Ohio are fed.
According to the Children's Hunger Alliance, about 530,000 children in Ohio are food insecure, that's about 1 in 5 kids.
Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) joined Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine to address the crowd. Later, DeWine said these programs can play a key role in helping children have a good education. He says hunger is a common problem he hears from teachers.
"They have kids who come to school hungry and teachers observe that and teachers know that that has a real impact on a child's ability to learn."
DeWine says the state has a good school breakfast program that's going under-utilized and wants to find a way to increase the number of kids using it.
"Good nutrition, eating the right food, eating food, that is really essential for children to learn so if for no other reason than that, we should be focusing on it," says DeWine.
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Affordable Research-grade Autoclaves for Scientists and Researchers
Research Autoclaves Designed for Reliability and Flexibility — at Half the Cost
Most of the steam sterilizers used in research today are based on medical-grade autoclaves. This isn’t because medical-grade autoclaves are well-suited to modern research—they are not. You’re almost certainly reading this right now because your autoclave has grown unreliable, broken down for the last time, or proved unable to run the cycles you need. These problems are a direct result of the fact that your existing autoclave was probably designed for around-the-clock hospital operation. Moving to a modern research-grade autoclave means saving money, and enjoying greater reliability and flexibility.
On average most researchers only run their autoclave for a single each day, five days per week. But medical-grade sterilizers are outfitted for in-hospital use 10 to 24 hours per day, seven days per week, while meeting a very specific set of FDA criteria for medical devices.
As a result, medical-grade autoclaves have an intensive mandatory maintenance schedule, are limited in what types of cycles they can run, and cost twice as much as comparable research-grade models (with a total lifetime operating cost three to four times higher than research-grade equivalents).
We pride ourselves on building the toughest research autoclaves on the planet. We start with a straightforward, time-tested design, with the absolute minimum number of moving parts and wear points. We build every Priorclave using standard, high-quality, easily replaced components. And we stay in touch with our customers, advising them on how to leverage the flexibility of their autoclave. The result: As of 2016, 100% of our customers have rated their Priorclave as “very satisfactory” or above—with that rating going up the longer they’ve had their Priorclave. Even Ebola researchers operating in African laboratories and prion researchers trust Priorclave to get the job done reliably.
The first Priorclave steam autoclave ever built is still in operation today, thirty years later. While most manufacturers only offer a 10-year pressure vessel warranty, we guarantee ours for 20 years—and every unit we sell comes with lifetime 24/7 technical support. When issues arise, we can usually resolve them over the phone (because of our Tactrol Control System’s remote diagnostic capabilities).
You can expect a remarkably trouble-free service life from a properly specified, installed, and maintained Priorclave. And “proper maintenance” need not be arduous: Keeping the unit clean (inside and out) and regularly greasing hinges and gaskets (with supplies you can get at a hardware store) are the keys to a healthy Priorclave research-grade autoclave.
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Whether a seasoned athlete or an innocent bystander, the art of yoga is a gift that benefits everyone. People are moving towards yoga as a means of connecting with their mind, body and soul. Of course, the health benefits are the main reason why most people are making yoga a part of their workout routines.
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As a result, yoga is also being incorporated by athletes in their training sessions. Yoga helps improve an athlete’s overall performance from endurance to strength to power and also ensures good health and overall well-being.
Yoga is an ancient tradition and has been found very helpful in creating a balance between the body, mind and soul. It helps in bringing peace to the mind and body and increases mental focus. This is the main reason athletes are opting for yoga in their training sessions.
Benefits Of Yoga For Athletes
Yoga is not a substitute for a workout routine. Rather, it is a healthy addition that reduces stress and helps you focus on the task at hand. Yoga cannot replace the conventional methods of training for athletes but, it can enhance those methods and the results acquired by them. It improves flexibility, body posture, body mechanics, strength and overall concentration. Some of the benefits of yoga are:
- Increases power: your body can utilize its optimal strength, only if your body mechanics are perfect. Yoga works wonders on body alignment and flexibility. With improved body mechanics, you are able to utilize your maximum strength. After incorporating yoga into your routine, when you run, throw or punch, it will definitely have an added kick.
- Improves endurance: through a number of poses, yoga opens up and improves the respiratory system. It also affects the digestive, circulatory and immune system. They all, when combined, improve an athlete’s endurance and stamina.
- Better balance: there are poses that target and improve the ability to balance one’s body. It also helps in improving concentration.
- Better injury prevention and speedy recovery: yoga improves concentration, balance, strength and flexibility. These help in preventing injuries, which are a nightmare in the life of an athlete. Yoga also improves circulation and lymphatic flow which help in increased strength, endurance and speedy recovery from injuries.
- Improves focus: the most important thing in any athlete’s performance is their ability to focus. Yoga improves focus. The more focused an athlete is on his/her goals, the better he/she performs.
Yoga Poses For Young Athletes
Yoga is beneficial to all of us in many ways but for young athletes, the following yoga poses contribute positively to a variety of factors that improve performance. They can bridge the gap between mind and body; helping youngsters become better competitors both physically and mentally.
1. Downward Dog
The downward dog is an excellent asana on its own. Stay in this pose for 1-3 minutes by bending your knees to the floor with a rest in child’s pose. A posture like this one elongates shoulders, strengthens hands, wrists, lower back and hamstrings and also stretches them. It also strengthens the Achilles tendon and the calves. It also helps in relieving headaches and insomnia.
According to Elizabeth Manejias, MD, a physiatrist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, downward dog is a great way to strengthen the upper extremities and build bone density. It is ideal for soccer players as it focuses on the calves as well as shoulders.
2. The Lunge
The lunge is a lower-body compound exercise that works on the thighs and buttocks. Since the exercise is weight resistant and not cardiovascular, it can be easily incorporated into a routine.
The primary goal is to increase muscle strength and can be performed with free weights or body weight only. After you have completed one set of 12 lunges, allow your body to rest for one full day before increasing to a second set.
This pose strengthens the quadriceps and glutes. It also stretches the hips. It is ideal for basketball and football/soccer players as it focuses the areas that get most involved in these sports.
3. Bridge Pose
For this pose, lie down on your back. Place both your feet on the floor hip-width apart. Place your hands such that you can touch the back of your heels with your hands. As you inhale, lift your hips upwards.
Bridge pose aims to calm the mind and is known to be therapeutic for all individuals; especially young adults. Performed 5-6 times each week and it can open the chest, increase lung capacity – particularly beneficial for those with asthma.
The pose also stimulates the abdominal organs and thyroid glands which improves digestion and helps regulate metabolism. It also strengthens the glutes, hips and hamstrings that help in almost every sport – particularly football, soccer, karate and kickboxing.
4. The Plank Pose
The plank is truly a foundational yoga pose. By teaching you to hold yourself together – like a sturdy wooden plank – it gives you the power you need for other complex poses and the grace to glide with ease through transitions between poses.
Plank also builds your abdominal strength, arms and keeps wrists supple and healthy. Upon practicing this pose every day in the morning for at least a minute, your upper back and neck posture will improve.
It is essential for building strength and balance for all sports.
A routinely 1-4 minute backbend stretch every day can be invigorating and strengthening. They stretch the hip flexors and open the shoulders, an area where many of us hold tension. It helps build = strength in legs, arms and back muscles.
With the increase in mobility, posture can be improved, alleviating a variety of neck and back pain.
Backbends are also responsible for opening our hearts to the world. It exposes our body while building more of it. Overcoming our fears on the mat can give us courage off the mat too.
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The Launchpad of American Theater, the O’Neill is the country’s preeminent organization dedicated to the development of new works and new voices for the stage.Learn more about our mission & values.
Founded in 1964 by George C. White and named in honor of Eugene O’Neill, four-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and America’s only playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, the O'Neill has launched some of the most important voices and works in American theater and has revolutionized the way new work is developed.
O’Neill programs include the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, National Critics Institute, National Puppetry Conference, Cabaret & Performance Conference, National Theater Institute – which offers six credit-earning undergraduate training programs – and more.
From its campus in Waterford, Connecticut, the O’Neill has been home to more than 1,000 new works for the stage and thousands more emerging artists. Writers, directors, puppeteers, singers, students, and audiences alike take their first steps in exploring, revising, and understanding their work and the potential of the theater they help create. All focus remains on the writer and script: Performers work with simply rendered sets and costumes, script in hand, revealing for the first time the magic of a new play or musical, puppetry piece, or cabaret act.
Scores of projects developed at the O’Neill have gone on to full production at theaters around the world. Work first performed at the O'Neill has gone on to regional theaters, Broadway, film, and television. Students and professionals who have honed their skills at the O'Neill can be seen in these venues every day across the nation and world. Others work as playwrights, directors, stage management, administration, and hundreds of other roles that the public never sees but are nonetheless essential to every production.
Staff and alumni from the O'Neill have won every major award in theater arts. The O'Neill itself is the recipient of two Tony Awards, in 2010 for Regional Theatre, and in 1979 for Theatrical Excellence. Additionally, the O’Neill has received the National Opera Award, the Jujamcyn Award of Theater Excellence, and the Arts and Business Council Encore Award. In September 2016, the O'Neill was awarded the National Medal of Arts from President Obama in a White House ceremony celebrating the O'Neill's contribution to American culture.
Among the hundreds of plays and musicals developed and premiered at the O'Neill are such notable works as John Guare's The House Of Blue Leaves; Brian Crawley and Jeanine Tesori's Violet; Wendy Wasserstein's Uncommon Women and Others; August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, and The Piano Lesson; Lee Blessing's A Walk In The Woods; Nine by Arthur Kopit, Mario Fratti, and Maury Yeston; Avenue Q by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty; In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes; [title of show] by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell; and Jennifer Haley's The Nether.
The O'Neill also manages and operates the Monte Cristo Cottage, O'Neill's childhood home located in neighboring New London.
From our founding in 1964, the O'Neill has innovated and added programs to serve its single mission: to discover and launch new work and artists. The National Playwrights Conference was the O'Neill's founding program in 1965, and the National Critics Institute and National Theater of the Deaf quickly followed.
In 1970, the O'Neill's unique undergraduate training semester, the National Theater Institute, was launched, to be the theater department its creators wished they had had. Instead of tenured faculty, professional working artists were invited to teach between their gigs in New York, Los Angeles, and around the world, and students were taught in all disciplines, seven days a week.
By 1978, George invited Paulette Haupt to create the National Music Theater Conference, the first new musical development program in the world. The O'Neill was first recognized with a Tony Award for Theatrical Achievement in 1979.
Launched in 1989 and re-invigorated in 2005, the Cabaret & Performance Conference seeks to train and present aspiring and veteran cabaret performers each August.
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From the Pong or Pac-Man software to the universe-constructing algorithms, developers have been using AI in those two ways for decades. For instance, the father of AI, Alan Turing, developed the algorithm for the chess game before the creation of the computer that could run it on.
Of course, modern games use variations of these techniques. They are more sophisticated than they were in the early ‘80s. However, most developers still operate off these basic concepts and use them at bigger scales and with the benefits of increased processing power. AI in the latest commercial games is more complex than that but the founding principles still remain the same.
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There are a few aspects of video games that should be taken into account to make the end product to be of the required quality. Both graphics and gameplay should be fabulous and breathtaking to be worthy of the attention of the majority of gamers. This is of great importance if we’re speaking of AI!
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Truth be told, AI in video games has not changed dramatically over the past decades. You can tell it by seeing how non-player characters interact in virtual worlds. Most games use such techniques as finite state machines and behavior trees, which provide AI agents with a limited set of actions, tasks, or states, based on the current situation. As said at https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-45553489, these features were included into games during the 1990s. They’re still working fine, mostly because the last generation of action-adventure games didn’t really need any advances in behavioral complexity.
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The Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America
By Robert Love
Hardcover, 416 pages
List price: $27.95
Pierre Arnold Bernard, the first American yogi and a spiritual hero to members of the Lost Generation, was conducting a tour of his property for Joseph Mitchell of the New York World-Telegram. "A place of mystery," Mitchell called it. "On summer afternoons townspeople crowd about the estate and look through the edges as the solemn students of Sanskrit go through their Oriental calisthenics. Small boys dare each other to go through the gates."
In 1931, when Mitchell trained his eyes on him, Bernard was fifty-six years old and at the pinnacle of his influence, commanding the loyalty and devotion of four hundred elite, educated followers. These men and women came to his ashram on the Hudson River, two hundred acres of leafy real estate in Nyack, New York, that included a zoo, a yacht, airplanes and a dozen mansions that Mitchell could only describe as the "English countryside estates one sees in the moving pictures." Bernard had made his fortune teaching yoga, and his students made up a Who's Who of American life: college presidents, medical doctors, ministers, a spy or two, theologians, heiresses, a future congresswoman, famed authors and composers -- some of the wealthiest and most influential people in the world. Doctor Bernard, they called him, and like a benevolent physician he ministered to their needs, body and soul. He sheltered them, entertained them and gathered them together to teach them the art of living. They stood on their heads for him, worked in his fields, sang in his theatrical productions and performed in elaborate, professional-level circuses for his approval. Some of them came to delve deeply into hatha yoga and the philosophy behind it, some for romance and fresh air, some for the Bernard cure, having been abandoned by hospitals and mental institutions. These he literally led back from ruination -- from ledges of despair, lethal addictions and Great War nightmares. How he managed to do this has remained his closely guarded secret. Bernard's gravitational pull was far more powerful than his appearance. His grey-blue eyes, close-set above a long, tapered nose, gave his countenance a perpetually skeptical cast. He was not classically handsome, but a natural athlete, at ease on the tumbling mats and baseball diamond and possessed of fantastic stores of energy. He could be learned or crude or nineteenth-century courtly, but to shake his hand was like touching a high voltage current. To Joe Mitchell, Bernard looked like nothing less than an American success story, a hero of the Great Depression, rambling over his landscaped acres in his tweeds.
Pierre Bernard may have been one of the more celebrated Americans of the 1920s and 1930s, but early in the century he bore the burden of notoriety as "the Omnipotent Oom, Loving Guru of the Tantriks" the very model of the licentious, greedy Svengali. In those days he was labeled a big-city charlatan, a fraud, a seducer of young girls, a spiritual con artist. He was accused of orchestrating sexual orgies, performing abortions, hypnotizing wealthy female benefactors (and beautiful poor ones, too), and fleecing veterans of their savings. The police raided his yoga schools and clubs on numerous occasions, and the Federal government kept his dossier on file. His nickname, the Great Oom, was an epithet that would stay with him for life.
Still, that was then, twenty years past, and now, in the first terrible years of the Great Depression, Bernard was as wealthy as a maharajah. His name appeared in the social pages next to Katharine Hepburn. His American yoga school, the weird, wonderful creation he called the Clarkstown Country Club, was just as famous as he was.
But who was he, really, this uneducated savant who could lecture extemporaneously for three hours on the similarities between the philosophies of ancient India and the Gnostic heresies of the early Christians? This same man was known to stage a three-ring circus, manage a semi-pro baseball team, train a world-class heavyweight boxer, repair a Stanley Steamer automobile and whoop it up on fight nights at Madison Square Garden with nicotine-stained reporters. This last was where he was most at home, some said, shouting, swearing, happily chomping on a cigar. Who was this man of such wild contradictions, a name as familiar to headline writers of the 1920s as Charles Lindbergh? The answer depended to a large degree on who was doing the asking.
"Dr. Bernard seems to delight in being a surprising person," wrote Fortune magazine in 1933, applauding him as a "shrewd, level headed businessman," whose banks and businesses were thriving while the nation descended into economic depression and panic. "Dr. Pierre Bernard, one of the outstanding citizens of Nyack, a classical scholar of considerable attainment," wrote the New Yorker, was a supremely talented teacher known for his ability to break down complex philosophical tenets into man-in-the-street advice. The Great Oom was so thoroughly embroidered into every aspect of American life, in fact, that he inspired film villains and a cartoon character. To describe the box office magic of W.C. Fields, the New York Times invoked Bernard's nickname and hailed the film comedian as "the Omnipotent Oom of one of the screen's most devoted cults."
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55.3 Liberty partnerships grant program.
For purposes of section 612(4) of the Education Law and of this section:
(1) Eligible applicant means:
(i) a degree granting postsecondary institution or a consortium of such institutions, in cooperation with school districts and not-for-profit community-based organizations; or
(ii) in an area of the State in which there is no degree-granting postsecondary institution that will provide appropriate services to eligible students, a not-for-profit community-based organization in cooperation with a local school district.
(2) Eligible student means a student enrolled in a New York State public or nonpublic intermediate school, middle school, junior high school or high school who has been identified as having a high risk of dropping out of school as measured by academic performance, attendance, discipline problems, and other factors affecting school performance, including but not limited to teenage pregnancy or parenting, residence in a homeless shelter or temporary living arrangement, substance abuse, child abuse or neglect, or limited English proficiency.
(3) Base year means the school year immediately preceding the current year as defined pursuant to section 3602(1) of the Education Law.
(4) Enrollment means the number of children on a regular enrollment register of a public school district as reported to the commissioner as the enrollment on the date prior to November 1st that is specified by the commissioner as the enrollment reporting date for the school district, plus the number of children receiving home instruction in the school district on such date, excluding children for whom equivalent attendance must be computed pursuant to section 3602(1) of the Education Law.
(1) Eligible applicants seeking a grant shall submit, by dates prescribed by the commissioner, a comprehensive plan describing the supportive services and counseling activities to be provided to eligible students using the grant funds. Such plans shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(i) strategies for identifying students who are at risk of dropping out of secondary school;
(ii) a program for encouraging the use of volunteers, parental involvement and the involvement of current or former liberty scholarship recipients;
(iii) a program to provide continuity of services throughout a student's progression through secondary school;
(iv) a proposed budget;
(v) the following services and activities;
(a) skills assessment;
(c) academic, personal, and family counseling and home visits;
(d) staff development for personnel with direct responsibility for eligible students; and
(e) a student mentoring program;
(vi) a description of how the eligible applicant proposes to develop cooperative relationships with school districts and not-for-profit community-based organizations; and
(vii) a program evaluation plan.
(c) Criteria for the award of grants.
Liberty partnerships grants may be awarded to eligible applicants for programs that provide services and activities eligible for funding pursuant to section 612(2) of the Education Law to eligible students. In awarding such grants, the commissioner shall give priority to, but shall not be limited to, applications which meet the criteria set forth in section 612(1)(b) of the Education Law and applications from eligible applicants with experience and a record of success in operating similar programs directed at the target population.
Each grant recipient shall submit an interim report and an annual report in a form and by dates to be prescribed by the commissioner, and such additional reports as the commissioner may require. The content of the interim and annual reports shall include:
(1) a demonstration of compliance with the approved plan;
(2) a showing of how the objectives of the program are being met;
(3) the services and activities provided to eligible students by the program;
(4) the background and progress of the participating students;
(5) performance of the program in meeting the evaluation standards;
(6) an accounting of the expenditure of grant funds; and
(7) such additional information on the program as the commissioner may require.
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Maybe in 1980 the Suzuki GS550e’s 49bhp was enough for your average sassy suburbanite, but Interstellar Motors head honcho Jody Wegman (not pictured above) wanted a little extra. Looking at similar models in Suzuki’s lineup he discovered that the GS650 boasted 73 horses so he got his hands on a healthy top end from a donor bike. With the GS650 cylinders and head bolted on the engine’s displacement was boosted to 673cc and to free up even more power a custom 4-into-1 exhaust and pod filters were added before the 4 carbs were finely tuned.
Handling was improved by reworking the entire suspension. New rear shocks, stiffer fork springs and internal damper valves now manage the bumps much better than the tired original parts. Stopping power upgrades came in the form of larger, dual front discs and calipers and the rear brake system was taken from the front of a GSX1100 with its underslung caliper custom mounted.
To shed a few kilos the aluminium swingarm off a 1982 GS1100 went on the rear, the fender was discarded and all the bulky rear lights were swapped out for sleek LED units. Modern Pirelli ‘Sport Demon’ rubber was wrapped around the stock, cast GS rims and anodised gold clip on bars were selected to compliment their finish.
While Jody opted to retain the stock tank the entire rear end underwent some serious customisation. Similar to Triumph’s Thruxton design, Jody wanted the option to take a passenger so he designed and built a removable rear cowl. With a few quick adjustments the cowl can be lifted away to reveal more of the tuck and roll seat, making way for a pillion.
While it may not fit into the “intergalactic space machine” category, I’m sure there’s plenty of folks out there who’d like to cruise around the space where they live on Jody’s Interstellar GS550.
“Custom Motorcycles and Intergalactic Space Machines”
With an opening statement like that on their website, how could I possibly pass by “Interstellar Motors” without taking a closer look? What I found was a tidy GS550 Cafe Racer with some sneaky performance upgrades that transform it from an average ride to a wild one… | <urn:uuid:663db153-1924-4b99-8767-ef38f90ed8e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cdn.returnofthecaferacers.com/suzuki-cafe-racer/interstellar-gs550-cafe-racer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.956262 | 491 | 1.5 | 2 |
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Formula Diet: What Do Weight Loss Drinks Actually Bring?
Especially after the holidays with all the high-calorie festive dishes, many people want to do something about the extra pounds. Often people then struggle for a long time with a menu that they do not like and great sporting effort just to get rid of a few kilos. With the Formula Diet, in which powder dissolved in liquid is consumed instead of solid food, the weight loss should go faster. But what can the slimming drinks really do?
Get rid of extra pounds after the holidays
The feasts during the Christmas season and the New Year's Eve menu have led to weight gain in some people. People who feel too fat then try different methods to get rid of extra pounds. Some rely on a lot of exercise, others on a strictly followed diet. It is particularly common to avoid fat or carbohydrates if possible. However, popular diets are mostly unsuccessful, as studies have shown time and again. Some also rely on slimming powders or drinks. According to experts, however, these are not suitable for everyone.
Lose weight without yo-yo effect
Experts always warn of incorrect weight loss. In order to lose weight without a yo-yo effect, a permanent diet with fewer calories should be followed.
Some people also rely on diet powder as a quick weight loss aid. These are mixed with low-fat milk or water and replace complete meals. Due to the pulpy or liquid food, pounds should drop quickly. In a message from the dpa news agency, experts explain how useful such powders are.
Formula diet for obese people
According to Prof. Johannes Georg Wechsler, specialist in internal medicine from Munich, the powders can lose 0.5 to 2 kilograms per week, but if you want to lose a few kilograms quickly, you should better eat a reduced-fat and low-carbohydrate diet put.
Only in this way can those affected develop an awareness of a healthy diet and what is good for the body. Prof. Alfred Wirth from the German Obesity Society agrees.
According to the two doctors, the so-called formula diet with slimming powders is primarily suitable for very overweight people who want to lose a lot of kilos.
Only half of the daily calorie requirement
"However, a formula diet should only be used for people who are very overweight if weight loss has not been successful in another way," said Wirth, dpa.
Even if this diet is not dangerous, it is radical. The daily total amount of energy is only an average of 800 to 1,200 kilocalories. As a rule, a man consumes an average of 2,600 and a woman an average of 2,300 kilocalories per day.
The Formula Diet covers at most half of your daily needs. This is also the reason why you lose weight so quickly with the powder.
However, the rate at which you lose weight can affect your health. For example, rapid weight loss can lead to unpleasant side effects such as dizziness or reduced performance.
Discuss radical diet with doctor
People who want to lose weight with a formula diet are advised to see a doctor first. "Losing weight should be part of a medically supervised nutritional program," said Wechsler, who is president of the Federal Association of German Nutritional Physicians (BDEM).
As Antje Gahl from the German Nutrition Society (DGE) explained in the agency report, it is important to drink two liters a day in addition to the diet drinks. Water and unsweetened herbal or fruit teas are ideal.
According to the DGE, a formula diet is fundamentally unsuitable for people with a serious illness or infection, people over the age of 70, as well as for hard-working people and competitive athletes.
Let the pounds shed without the slimming powder
If you want to lose weight with formula powder, you should also inform yourself about the respective ingredients, because some contain chemicals that are hazardous to health or genetically modified components of soybeans, as “Öko-Test” found. In a test, almost all diet shakes failed.
To lose weight without such powders, for example, you can try to eat less carbohydrates and fat, but more fruits and vegetables. Fruits are comparatively low in calories, but still fill you up and provide the body with vitamins.
Smaller meals with a high proportion of vegetables and salad should then be distributed throughout the day. This type of diet is overall much more varied than the powder diet. And: "Good customer success can also be achieved in this way," said Wirth.
Regular exercise is also recommended. It drives away the constant hunger, as has been shown in scientific studies. In addition, more pounds can be lost by building muscle, which is why experts often recommend special strength training. (ad) | <urn:uuid:586e659b-c4fb-4343-b015-9aad5f507d51> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ng.j2gmn.com/11370-get-rid-of-winter-bacon-faster-can-weight-loss-powde.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.956589 | 1,021 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Climate governance in a well-ordered world : an analysis of Rawlsian climate justice and the goal of climate action
Sammanfattning: The aspiration of normative theory to conceptualise climate justice is a contested endeavour. At best there are certain agreements about what constitutes distributional justice on a surface level, while it remains challenged whether such conceptualisation is helpful in the realisation of climate justice. This thesis sets out to derive the limitations of Rawls’ Political liberalism as a theory of climate justice, and as a basis of achieving climate action (SDG 13). This is achieved through the utilisation of a conceptual analysis and dialectical reasoning based on communitarianism. In the process, the thesis disavows the benefits and drawbacks of Rawls’ definition of justice as described in the theory of a well-ordered society. Rawls’ perception of justice perpetuates injustices in the well-ordered society by focusing on a few metrics of distributional justice which is caused by Rawls’ conception of public reasoning, the original position, the self, and rationality. The limitations of Rawls’ theory result in that other concepts as defined by Rawls become infeasible, such as: autonomy, rights, and freedom. The justification of the well-ordered society also becomes questionable, as it does not result in the motivation for moral behaviour, and it undermines democracy. This threatens the stability of Rawls’ ideal society. This is worsened by the conception of the primacy of justice over the good, neglecting the driving forces of the self and society. When applied to climate justice Rawls’ Political liberalism results in an inability to include key actors, actions, a commitment to global agreements, and essential features of distributional justice. The latter is an outcome of the limitations of the original positions, public reasoning, methodological nationalism, methodological individualism, self-determination, and the definition of distributional justice. When Rawls’ Political liberalism is applied to climate action, it becomes evident that it is an insufficient theory to achieve climate action. The lack of recognition of others and the monopoly of primary goods in Rawls’ Political liberalism as reflected in the contemporary global basic structure could result in the unity of weaker states, NGOs, and intergovernmental organisations. The chain of equivalence between these actors may result in a convergence based on thick values in the strive for transnational climate justice, resulting in greater motivation and a more stable agreement than one based on Rawls’ overlapping consensus. The achievement of an agreement is contingent on individuals having the material possibilities and a subjectivity suited for a hegemonic struggle for climate justice.
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Janmashtami (also Krishna Janmashtami, Krishna Ashtami, Gokul Ashtami) is a popular Hindu festival. Hindus observed this festival to celebrate the birthday of their beloved God Sri Krishna. This festival is very popular among kids.
When is Krishna Janmastami observed? Sri Krishna was born at mid-night of this day. It falls the month of August or September.
Importance: Janmashtami is an important event for the Hindus. The birth of Lord Krishna marks the end of inhumanity and cruelty over mankind. Krishna is a symbol of righteousness. Kansa, the uncle of Krishna, was a cruel and unholy king. Krishna saved the people from the oppression of Kansa.
Incarnation of God: Lord Vishnu took the form of a man and incarnated on this earth as Sri Krishna. He took the human form to relieve humanity form evils. The Hindu epics are full of heroic acts of Sri Krishna. He is the author of Bhagavad Gita, the most popular religious book of the Hindus.
Ritual and Celebration: Devotees observe fasting till midnight, which is the time of birth of Lord Krishna. Temples of Sri Krishna are beautifully decorated. Thousands of Hindu men and women wear new clothes and gather in these temples to celebrate the birthday of their beloved God. The priest chants mantras and worship Lord Sri Krishna.
Tradition of Dahi Handi: A tradition of Dahi Handi is widely followed in many parts of India. Dahi Handi is an earthen pot filled with yogurt. On this day, young people form groups and tie the ‘Dahi Handi’ at a height. Then, they stand one over another forming a pyramid like structure to reach the ‘Dahi Handi’. It is finally celebrated by breaking the ‘Dahi Handi’. | <urn:uuid:24747868-c743-4778-9372-3ff1f275691b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://importantindia.com/17375/short-paragraph-on-janmashtami-festival-krishna-ashtami/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.945031 | 395 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Sciatica pain is most likely the cause of a shooting, piercing pain that radiates from the lower back down to the legs. And like any other pain, it gets in our productive life. Here at Peak Potential Family Chiropractic, we can help you understand how a Sciatica Chiropractor can treat Sciatica pain without surgery.
CHIROPRACTIC TIPS ON HOW TO TREAT SCIATICA
Chiropractic care can gently and naturally relieve sciatica pain, which can be completely painful. However, the pain must be treated without expensive or adverse side effects. As a result, here are some ways a sciatica chiropractor might assist with sciatica:
Chiropractic massage therapy
This kind of massage is quite effective at reducing sciatica pain. It can cause the release of endorphins, which function as natural painkillers, and deep relaxation of the muscles. Chiropractic massage is mainly focused on calming and curing sciatica, even though ordinary spa massage may help to relieve tight muscles and tension.
Chiropractors are experts in your body’s entire musculoskeletal system. To guarantee that the recovery process begins, they are aware of where and how to exert force.
Switching between cold and heat therapy has been found by chiropractors to work miracles in reducing sciatica pain quickly. Heat has the power to relax tense muscles and relieve pain.
Cold therapy will slow the blood flow, and inflammation signs will be lessened. The sciatica chiropractor is mindful of the best course of action for you, including whether to combine treatments and how frequently to do so.
Certain types of movement might make sciatica pain worse. However, based on the underlying reason for the issue, a sciatica chiropractor would suggest exercises that not only prevent irritation of the sciatic nerve but also assist in reducing the pressure caused by irritated and tight muscles. You can perform stretching exercises at home as part of these workouts. Yoga can also help with sciatica pain relief.
- Ultrasound and other forms of treatment
Ultrasound is the mild heat produced by sound waves that reach deep inside the body’s tissues. It can reduce cramping, edema, muscle tightness, and pain while enhancing circulation.
Low-level laser therapy, commonly referred to as cold laser therapy, is one of the additional treatment options a chiropractor can utilize to aid with sciatica pain.
Chiropractors examine all facets of your life. For example, to secure the position of the sciatic nerve, they can suggest a different way to do things, sit, sleep, and raise. You can improve your back muscles with the help of this advice to keep the disc in position.
This is vital because a more muscular, stronger back makes it less complicated for discs to shift and again exert pressure on the sciatic nerve. Thus, sciatica chiropractors can assist in both the short- and long-term reduction of sciatica pain.
WHY IS SCIATICA CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT A GOOD DECISION THAN SURGERY?
Few injuries can make you less mobile than a back injury. For example, your legs and buttocks may experience extreme pain if your low back’s nerves are irritated or squeezed. Tens of millions of individuals seek Google for treatment for this kind of discomfort.
How can chiropractic treatment help in sciatica pain?
- In most cases, chiropractors treat sciatica by relieving pressure on the sciatic nerve and regaining the client’s low back, pelvis, and hips’ normal range of motion. The client can be given a chiropractic adjustment to help with this, and the problem areas may also receive some soft tissue muscle release.
- Chiropractic care uses drug-free, non-invasive, or non-surgical methods to assist the body in healing itself. Chiropractic massage therapy is the kind of massage that is quite effective at reducing sciatica pain.
- This chiropractic treatment can even stimulate the release of endorphins, which function as natural relievers, and deep relaxation of the muscles.
Proofs that Chiropractic Treatment is more preferred than surgery
The most secure and efficient treatment choices for persons with sciatica have been studied by renowned research journals like SPINE and the European Spine Journal. You probably be surprised by what they’ve discovered:
- Chiropractic therapy showed the same positive effects on patients who were surgical candidates as on the surgery itself.
- Even though there is insufficient evidence to support their usage, many people get injections and drugs for back pain.
- According to research, chiropractic treatment can provide relief for more than 89 percent of sciatica sufferers.
Numerous of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals acknowledge chiropractic as a secure and reliable method of pain therapy. Back then, many patients endured painful, risky procedures to resolve their back issues.
We now understand that treatment with drugs, injections, or surgery should only be used as a last option. However, according to the studies, chiropractic care is still the most important choice for pain relief and regaining your life.
HEALTHY ROUTINES TO DO AFTER A SCIATICA TREATMENT
After your treatment, your sciatica chiropractor will advise you on what to do after the chiropractic procedure. Here are a few examples:
- Take breaks throughout the working day.
Long periods spent in one posture might make sciatica worse. So throughout the day, try taking breaks and shifting your seating posture. In the end, you may feel less pain than before.
- Hamstring and hip muscles should be stretched.
Your lower back suffers when your hamstrings and hip muscles are tight. Many patients report a considerable reduction in their sciatica pain after loosening these muscles.
Sciatica pain can be lessened with the use of ice packs. An ice pack can be used for a maximum of 20 minutes at a time.
Sit-ups are low-impact workouts that can help strengthen your back and core muscles. By making these muscles stronger, you can increase spinal support and lessen sciatica pain. Be cautious and slow-moving while performing these exercises to reduce the possibility of making your discomfort worse.
Your discomfort may be lessened by hot packs, heating pads, or even warm water in the bath.
Yoga can relieve discomfort while enhancing your strength, flexibility, and posture. Additionally, yoga offers excellent advantages for both workouts and relaxation.
A massage can significantly reduce discomfort and loosen up tense muscles.
If you’re one of those carefully considering chiropractic treatment for your body-related pains, look no further because Peak Potential Family Chiropractic has your back! Our Professional team of chiropractors will surely help you get the desire for pain-free living. So give us a call today and say no more to long battles of pain. | <urn:uuid:1d03532d-c650-4f30-a947-b2cf040d1e4d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://championforestchiro.com/how-do-i-permanently-recover-from-sciatica-without-surgery/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.935984 | 1,476 | 1.5625 | 2 |
On a Sunday morning in March, amidst the 21-day nationwide lockdown, my phone started buzzing with WhatsApp notifications. The messages that populated not just the social messaging app but also my Twitter feed later were requests to find shelter for a trans person who was asked to vacate their accommodation almost overnight. With inoperable transport services in the city, they would have been homeless, coupled with the mental trauma that usually results from such incidents. It didn’t end there. A few days later, I was confronted with another incident – this time involving a queer woman, who endured harassment on returning to her family home in Delhi. Not only was she subjected to physical violence, her family proceeded to hack into her social media accounts with the intention to monitor and restrict communication under the pretext of ‘making her heterosexual again’. One would consider being surrounded by family at home as a safe space during a pandemic. However, a series of incidents, excluding the ones mentioned in this story, that have come to light draw attention to the stark reality of life under quarantine for LGBTQIA+ individuals, who have to navigate their time under lockdown in nonqueer affirming environments. We spoke to queer folk, therapists and activists to help us compile a guide to help the community endure isolation in these trying times.
THIS IS TEMPORARY
While you may be quarantined in environments that may not necessarily make you feel welcome, adopt a positive affirmation approach. Shipra Parswani, president of Plane Jar Welfare Foundation – a youth activism platform, explains, “If you want to keep negative thoughts at bay, maintain a happy jar. Drop in notes that document a happy memory. On particularly hard days, you can open these happy memories and lift your mood. One could also draw an image of their safe space. It can be something whimsical, or even your own room.”
FIND AN ALLY
Initiating a conversation in non-queer-friendly spaces can be risky. If you are being misgendered, referred to by your dead name (as a trans person) or encounter something traumatic, where confrontation is necessary, identify an ally within these surroundings. They could be your siblings or any individual who accepts you in the family. In the case of violence or extreme harassment, stay in touch with your friends who you know will check up on you regularly. “The first step would be to assess the level of danger and to have all the following conversations accordingly. If you are in an unsafe space, avoid engaging in conversation about identity, especially if you do not have another place to go to. However, if you are in a safer environment where people are willing to listen and engage, or there are at least some people you trust, then initiate such conversations. Start by sharing your feelings and take time to explain your identity. Give them time to process and ask questions and be open and willing to communicate. Also, expect respect and openness from them,” says Vandita Morarka, founder-director of feminist not-for-profit, One Future Collective.
STICK TO ROUTINE
Maintaining a daily routine can be helpful during times like these. Counseling psychologist Divya Dureja suggests engaging in mundane activities that you would have otherwise done on any given day, pre-lockdown. “It could involve making your bed or just taking a shower, which also instills a sense of discipline. Allocate time for work and leisure equally, and stick to it. Make a list of tasks you want to accomplish, you will feel productive once you strike them off. Also, track the time you spend scrolling or swiping on your phone.”
During this time, it’s important to engage in self-affirming activities that don’t trigger anxiety. Queer mental health professional Richa Vashista encourages her clients to use art and writing as therapeutic methods to express themselves. Educator Dan Rebello, who identifies as demimale (a gender identity describing someone who partially, but not wholly, identifies as a man regardless of their assigned gender at birth), uses art to express themselves, while living with their family. Navigating the situation at home, they are hoping to generate revenue by selling their artworks, which they create during the quarantine period for their top surgery. The point is finding anything that helps you hold on to your identity within, even if you cannot be open about it.
ONLINE RESOURCES TheMindClan themindclan.com/mental-health-covid-19
Services offered: The mental health platform offers information about counseling, helpline numbers, and support groups. Plane Jar Welfare Foundation theplanejar.com
Services offered: They facilitate counseling and run online support groups. One Future Collective onefuturecollective.org
Services offered: They facilitate free counseling sessions and run a legal aid helpline.iCall icallhelpline.org
Services offered: The organisation offers free virtual counseling via telephone, email, and chat
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It is important to look after your health and wellbeing.
Getting outside in the fresh air and natural daylight is beneficial for our minds as well as our bodies.
Epsom and Ewell is home to many beautiful parks and open green spaces. There are plenty of areas of outstanding natural beauty right on your doorstep.
So why not explore new places that are close to home as part of your daily exercise, by walking or cycling in your local area?
Walking and cycling are good for your health, great for the environment, and easy to fit into your daily routine - making them an excellent way to boost your mood, and be more active.
You could incorporate walking or cycling into your existing exercise regime or enjoy as part of a healthy break-time activity, especially if you’re working more at home. Why not walk to one of your local shopping parades instead of taking the car to get some fresh air and exercise? Or enjoy as part of your downtime as something to look forward to at the weekend.
What are the health benefits?
Walking and cycling on a regular basis, can:
- reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, depression and cardiovascular disease.
- improve your mental agility during the day, and your quality of sleep at night
- improve your metabolism - meaning not only regulate your weight, but how well you age!
Why is walking and cycling is good for the environment?
- Road traffic is the single biggest contributor to poor air quality. It makes up almost 80% of roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations.
- Walking and cycling reduces your carbon footprint and helps meet global climate change goals.
- A reduction of just 10 miles per week (16km) using an average car, will save the planet between 2.7-2.9kg of CO2 emissions. That's as much as 4 bath-tubs!
Tips on how to get started
Setting goals and knowing what motivates you can help keep you on track. If you're struggling to get started, try to think about what will motivate you the most.
- Write a list of benefits. This could be things like, improved physical health, feeling better, having a routine, supporting climate change, saving petrol money.
- Look at the list and ask yourself what one thing stands out the most?
- Ask yourself what has previously motivated you to change another area of your life? For example, quitting smoking, reducing alcohol or taking up a new sport. What was the driving force, and what did you do to stay motivated?
Setting a SMART goal
SMART goals are:
- Specific - what is it you want to achieve? For example, "I want to walk or cycle to work 3 times a week."
- Measurable - can you measure your success? For example, by cycling or walking, you can save money on petrol.
- Achievable & Realistic - can you achieve this goal? It might not be possible to walk or cycle in some situations that are unique to you. But always find a solution or plan around any issues you can think of to help you achieve your goal.
- Time bound - decide when you are going to review your progress and stick to it. Don't leave your SMART goal open-ended.
- Always let someone know about a change in your normal routine, or plans to exercise (and where) especially if doing so alone.
- Always have your phone on you, and keep it well charged.
- Plan your route and stick to well-lit areas during darker evenings.
- Download maps on your phone in case you lose your way.
- Always have some water with you and stay hydrated
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Syrittosyrphus Hull, 1944
Ssymank, Axel & Jordaens, Kurt, 2021, Description of the female of Syrittosyrphus opacea Hull, 1944 (Diptera, Syrphidae, Eristalinae) with additional notes on the genus, African Invertebrates 62 (1), pp. 339-353 : 339
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Genus Syrittosyrphus Hull
Syrittosyrphus opacea Hull- Smith and Vockeroth (1980): 508; Dirickx (1998): 137; Whittington (1998), 39: 193; Whittington (2003), 10: 603.
The genus differs from any other genus of hoverflies in the following combination of characters: scutellum with deep rim and fringe of pile ventrally, metasternum pilose, coxae with long pile, all sternites with long pile, wing cell r1 widely open, wing vein R4+5 deeply sinuate, stigmal cross-vein present, petiole of anal cell long.
Syrittosyrphus opacea Hull : Holotype (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ), male, “Holo-//type” "Cape Province://Somerset East,// November 1930 " " S. Africa. // R.E. Turner. //Brit. Mus.//1930-593." " Holotype // Syrittosyrphus // Syrittosyrphus opacea //Hull" [red label, handwritten] [32.72°S, 25.58°E; coordinates taken from Gazetteer and therefore approximate] [ NHMUK]. GoogleMaps
South Africa • 1 ♂; Cathedral Peak Area , KwaZulu-Natal; 28°57'S, 29°12'E; 16 Dec 1977; J.G.H. Londt leg.; NMSA-Dip 53518 ( NMSA) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Nkandla Forest Reserve , KwaZulu-Natal; 28°42'36"S, 31°8'29"E; 12 Jun 2003; A.J. Armstrong leg.; NMSA-Dip 65136 ( NMSA) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Royal Natal National Park , KwaZulu-Natal; 28°41'S, 28°39'E; I.1971; H. Townes leg.; NMSA-Dip 51877 ( NMSA) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Hlatikulu Mountain, Monks Trail Bush edge, KwaZulu-Natal; 28°13'S, 30°01'E; 17 Mar 1997; J.G.H. Londt leg.; NMSA-Dip 015878 ( NMSA) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Forest Glens, N. Drakensberg , Limpopo Province; 23.96951°S, 29.91860°E; Dec 2001; J. Swaye leg.; NMSA-Dip 015879 ( NMSA) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; 10 km E of Bedford, on Adelaide-Bedford Road, roadside Karoo bush, Eastern Cape; 32.6667S, 26.2833E (Gazetteer); [date unknown]; D. Barraclough & C. Barraclough leg.; NMSA-Dip 049495 ( NMSA) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Royal Natal National Park, Day Visitor Car Park , KwaZulu-Natal; 28°41'25.4"S, 28°56'53.9"E; 1410 m a.s.l.; 4 Dec 2012; A. Ssymank leg.; (ASPC) GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Karkloof Nature Reserve , KwaZulu-Natal; 29°17'54.53"S, 30°18'21"E; 13 Nov 2018, K. Jordaens; KMMA AB59880784; DNA voucher 1179A01 ( KMMA) • not studied, but cited in Horn (2004) GoogleMaps : 1 ♂ from Forest Glens, northern Drakensberg , Limpopo Province; (WBPC) . Zimbabwe • 1 ♀; Vumba ; 12 Mar 1964; D. Cookson leg.; NMSA-Dip 32362 ( NMSA) • 1 ♂; N Vumba ; 6 Feb 1966; D. Cookson leg.; NMSA-Dip 32374 ( NMSA) .
Body length: 15.0 mm (n = 1); wing length: 11.4 mm (n = 1).
Head [Figs 1 View Figure 1 and 4A View Figure 4 ; see also fig. 6G and H, p.15 in Hippa (1990)]: Eyes holoptic; eye contiguity shorter than length of ocellar triangle. Face yellow with median Y-shaped brown non-trichose band, yellow parts densely pale pollinose; pale setose. Gena ochre with brownish-black band from oral margin to eye margin. Clypeus subquadrate, broad, dark brown, greyish microtrichose. Lunule brownish-orange. Frons above antennae dark brown shining, non-pollinose, inflated, with a small central round depression. Frontal triangle brownish to black setose on anterior inferior part, with pale setae dorsally, non-pollinose, except narrowly along eye margin. Ocellar triangle equilateral, ocelli reddish, bare. Occiput pale greyish microtrichose; pale setose. Antennae with scapes and pedicel brownish, non-pollinose; postpedicel twice as long as wide, yellowish, densely greyish pollinose; arista yellow, bare, about 2-2.5 times as long as postpedicel.
Thorax (Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 2A View Figure 2 and 3A View Figure 3 ): Dark brown to black, scutum yellow pollinose along margins and suture and in anterior part, also along median line, leaving large brownish-black non-pollinose areas with blackish setae. Scutellum yellow, width to length ratio 2.5:1, with premarginal sulcus, long yellow densely setose (setae ca. 1/3-1/2 length of scutellum); subscutellar fringe well developed with dense long yellow setae of ca. 0.45 mm. Pleurae brownish, mostly densely grey pollinose; postpronotum with a small pronounced non-pollinose bulge leading into an elevated rim of the scutum, with yellow and a few black setae intermixed; anterior anepisternum, posterior part of proepimeron and anterior part or posterior anepisternum bare; proepisternum, posterior part of anepisternum and anterior anepimeron with long yellow setae; katepisternum with posteriodorsal tuft of long setae and ventrally setose; meron, metepimeron, katepimeron, katatergite, posterior anepimeron, except for some short microsetae, bare; metasternum densely long yellow setose. Ampulla yellow. Plumula yellowish. Thoracic spiracles with whitish to ochre vestiture.
Legs [Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 2A View Figure 2 , 3A View Figure 3 and 4C View Figure 4 : see also fig. 6E and F, p. 16 in Hippa (1990)]: reddish-brown, tibia with basal 1/3 to 1/2 yellow. Mesofemur posteriorly grey pollinose, anteriorly with a broad median pollinose band; short adpressed yellowish setae; tarsae ventrally with short stout black setulae. Mesotibia abruptly broadened in apical 1/4. Mesofemur posterolateral with a row of longer whitish setae (length ca. 1/2 diameter of mesofemur). Mesotibia slightly dilated apically with apicoventrally a short comb of short black stout setulae and a small pointed tooth on the opposite side. Metacoxa (Fig. 4C View Figure 4 ) with two black spurs of ca. 1 mm long. Metafemur with posterolateral row of longer whitish setae (length ca. 1/3 of diameter of metafemur); ventrobasally with a low ridge carrying a black comb of short stout black setulae; apicoventrally with a depression that carries a ridge with a row of black stout setae on the anterior side. Metatibia yellow, apical 2/3 brownish; dilated towards apex, apical half carinate posteriorly; anteriorly with an oblique depression at 1/4 from apex.
Wing (Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 4D View Figure 4 ): hyaline, along anterior margin yellowish with darkened patches below pterostigma extending to cross-vein r-m, wing tip slightly darkened. Anal cell very long. Cell r1 widely open, in apical half widened and close to wing margin suddenly narrowed, ending at wing margin. Vein R4+5 with a deep oblique sinuate loop into cell r4+5. Spurious vein well developed, as thick as other veins, extending into cell r4+5. Anal cell microtrichose with basal area bare. Basal half of wing up to cross-vein r-m with sparse microtrichia, with bare areas along veins; apical 1/3 of wing (including entire cell r4+5) densely microtrichose. Calypters white with an orange-brown margin, long yellow-white pilose. Halteres yellow-brown.
Abdomen (Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 2A View Figure 2 , 3A View Figure 3 ): long and conical; setae from tergites I to IV mostly yellowish short and adpressed, only on lateral margins longer yellow setae. Tergite I yellow to ochre, densely greyish pollinose with the exception of a narrow non-pollinose posterior margin. Tergite II with large orange maculae, with lateral, anterior and posterior margins brownish to black; slightly darkened along median line; mostly non-pollinose. Tergite III narrowly yellow along anterior margin, otherwise dark brown; with sparse, but distinct yellowish to grey pollinosity, pollinosity more dense along median line and towards posterior margin. Tergite IV brownish-black, only anterior part of median line greyish pollinose. On tergites II-IV, the dark coloured parts have short blackish setulae. Hypopygium with brownish-black long setae. Sternite I brownish, densely grey pollinose. Sternite II yellow with black median line; only along anterior margin whitish pollinose. Sternite III anterior and posterior margin yellow, with central broad brownish-black fascia, uniform, but weak pollinose. Sternites I-III with very long dense setae of ca. 2 mm length. Sternite IV brownish-black, distinctly greyish pollinose laterally, with long setae that form a dense comb along lateral margin, leaving a median non-pollinose, almost bare, area of approx. 1/4 to 1/3 of sternal width.
Genitalia [Fig. 5A, B View Figure 5 ; see also fig. 6A and B, p. 15 in Hippa (1990)]: Epandrium with surstylus dorsally from halfway strongly curved downwards, pointed, ventrally with subtriangular expansion, dorsally and ventrally long yellow-brown pilose. Hypandrium very large and ventrally broadly expanded; aedeagus with a ventral sharp tooth. Cerci broad, club-shaped; on posterior and ventral side long yellow-brown pilose.
Body length: 14.0 mm (n = 1); wing length: 11.4 mm (n = 1)
Similar to male, except for distinct sexual dimorphism. Frons with a broad greyish pollinose band with grey setae (Fig. 4B View Figure 4 ). Ocellar triangle and upper part of frons brownish-black, non-pollinose, brownish to black setose (Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ). Legs (Figs 2B View Figure 2 and 3B View Figure 3 ): protibia less broadened in apical third. Mesoleg without black setal comb on tip of tibia. Metaleg: coxa without long spur; femur with very low ventral bump, with some stout black setae; basoventral patch of black setae missing; no long pale setae posterolaterally. Abdomen (Figs 2B View Figure 2 , 3B View Figure 3 ): Tergite V black, non-pollinose, black setose, but shorter than in male. Sternites with long pale setae much shorter and less dense than in male (1.5 mm on sternite II, 0.65 mm on sternite V); sternite III + IV with scattered longer setae only; sternite V with only a few longer setae. Genitalia (Fig. 6 View Figure 6 ) compact, tergite 7 approx. 1.5 × as broad as long, tergite 8 approx. as long as broad, posteriorly rounded, without lateral apodemes, with very long evenly distributed long yellow-brown pile; epiproct broad, with two rounded anterior areas and with a single basal area with two triangular large apodemes, with a granulated small lateral lobe to the epiproct; sternite 8 large, with an unusual ventral modification, ventrally concave; sternite 9 with conspicuous pigmentation at apical margin; cerci rounded, semi-circular, apical end gently curved inwards, long yellow-brown pilose.
South Africa ( Hull 1944; this study), Zimbabwe ( Whittington 1998) (Fig. 7 View Figure 7 ).
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A spotlight on Great Place Lakes and Dales.
I interviewed my colleague, Consultancy Director Penny Mills, who has been leading on our evaluation of Great Place Lakes and Dales. The programme has provided some interesting insight about place-making and engaging young adults with arts and culture in rural communities, so I was keen to share some learning from the project.
What is Great Place Lakes and Dales?
The Great Place Lakes and Dales project is a partnership project, delivered by the Craven and South Lakeland District Councils, the Lake District National Park and the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It’s funded by the Great Place Scheme, funded in turn by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England, which seeks to explore how putting cultural engagement at the heart of place-shaping can have social and economic impacts at a local level.
Exploring the experiences of younger people aged 16 – 34
The population of South Lakeland and Craven Districts is aging: 15-19 year olds leave the area in high proportions and there are fewer 16 – 34 year olds in this area than the England national average. This raises understandable concerns about an increasing imbalance in the population and this project seeks to understand how to retain and attract more of this younger age range. The Audience Agency, with partners MB Associates and DOINK (part of the Beatfreeks collective), was commissioned to investigate what it’s like for 16 – 34 year olds to live, work and play in this area.
Young people haven’t been central to local culture and communities
We discovered lots of great things about the area – access to the outdoors and connection to the environment, good levels of wellbeing, a strong sense of community and pockets of innovation and activity at a local level. The local built, natural and cultural heritage is highly valued and there are many opportunities to engage with the arts and creativity. However, many of these opportunities are organised by (and therefore better serve) an older demographic. Younger people, their needs and motivations were not central to local culture and communities and there was limited space for younger people to express themselves, be represented and thrive.
It must also be remembered that to live and work in a place requires an infrastructure that enables thriving. It is for the local authorities to take on the responsibility to enable younger people to get a good start, particularly in relation to affordable homes and effective local connectivity (transport and broadband).
Potential to catch a rising tide
Despite this, we noted an increasing number of creative businesses setting up in the area, mostly run by younger people. We also saw signs that younger people are looking to stay or move to the area, given the opportunities that remote working now offers. So, there is potential to catch the spirit of a rising tide, to establish the area as a place to do business, be creative and enjoy a quality of life.
The importance of affordable space for self-led creativity
The commissioners of the project have set out to use cultural activity and creativity as a good platform for dialogue and actioning change in the area. Part of the intention is to engage with younger people growing up in the area, to find out what kinds of arts and heritage they are excited by, how they can be better supported to get involved in it and show them what it looks like to have a career in the cultural sector. The findings suggest that providing an affordable space to develop their own creative enterprises and giving them a voice and agency in cultural policy making and planning will allow them to become active and invested in local cultural ecologies.
This, in turn, should result in a body of younger people who feel excited by their area so that, even if they do move away, they continue to champion their cultural roots and may return later in life. It should also result in attracting younger people from outside the area, who see it as a place where they will be valued and given space.
Great Place projects are three year projects that run until 2020, so watch this space.
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The Seattle area is home to numerous species of cockroaches, and it’s a myth that these bugs only end up in homes where living conditions are poor. While cockroaches do thrive in unsanitary conditions, even clean homes can end up infested with these pests, especially in areas where homes are close together and in condominium units located within single buildings.
Why Worry About Roaches?
Cockroaches don’t just seem dirty; they actually are carriers of germs. Small roaches like the German cockroach and the brown banded cockroach bring along bacteria that can cause severe digestive symptoms and spread diseases like dysentery. Larger cockroaches like the Oriental cockroach, the American cockroach and the Smoky brown cockroach can also spread bacteria that can sicken people and pets. Because of the health risks associated with roaches, it’s important that homeowners take steps to quickly call a Seattle pest control company or to deal with roaches on their own as soon as an infestation is discovered.
Choosing the Right Pest Control Products
There are a number of types of roach pest control products on the market today. Small infestations may be managed with roach traps, which capture cockroaches with a sticky material and are thrown away when they become full. Bait traps can be effective for larger infestations, as they contain poisonous bait that roaches take back to their nests.
Cockroach traps are used primarily for monitoring purposes.Finding large numbers of cockroaches in traps, is a sign of roaches living or feeding nearby. A serious infestation of cockroaches, will require more than using traps alone probably won’t get rid of them. Traps usually have a bait to attract the cockroaches. Sometimes bait is a poison, so keep traps away from children and pets. Some traps work better for certain kinds of cockroaches; try different traps. Put the traps in the paths cockroaches use, along the edges of walls or in cabinets.
Do it yourself pesticides to kill cockroaches,use the least toxic available. These pesticides will be labeled with the word “Caution.” Pesticides are poisons, so follow label directions and use them carefully. Don’t use pesticides around food or on food preparation surfaces. Keep children and pets away from areas where pesticides have been applied, as the label requires. Never use a pesticide that doesn’t have a label attached to the container, and make sure the pesticide is labeled for indoor use.
There are also natural and synthetic roach sprays that can be applied to areas where cockroaches are known to lurk. These products are often the most effective; however, many of them only work for specific species of cockroaches. This means that homeowners must take the time to find out exactly what type of cockroach is living in their home. It’s also important that all of the nests in a home are treated and that products are used carefully in full accordance with the instructions provided. Otherwise, they may not work as intended.
Hiring a Seattle Pest Control Company
Even when DIY roach pest control products are used correctly, there is still a risk that cockroaches can linger in a Seattle home. Often, homeowners fail to locate all of the roaches, and if consumers aren’t able to determine how roaches got in, it’s possible that the pests will quickly return. That’s why experts typically recommend hiring Seattle exterminators to remove cockroaches from residences in the area. A qualified, professional Seattle Home pest control company will be able to identify the right insecticides to use to kill the roaches quickly and will be able to advise homeowners on how to prevent re-infestation.
For assistance dealing with cockroaches, http://homepestcontrol.us/ is the best choice among Seattle exterminators. Their comprehensive approach to pest control fully eliminates infestations and guards against their return.
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The Bible promises Christians will be persecuted (John 15:18-20; II Timothy 3:12), yet most Christians in the United States and other Western nations have not experienced persecution for their faith. But what if that’s changing? How should Christians in free nations prepare for possible future persecution?
VOM Radio host, Todd Nettleton, shares specific lessons from Christians who have already faced persecution and victoriously endured. Todd will also share how followers of Christ in free nations can put these lessons into practice in our own spiritual walk, starting right now.
Listen also for the blessings found in the midst of suffering for Christ and ways God uses persecution to grow and strengthen His church.
For more stories and lessons from persecuted Christians, read Todd’s book, When Faith is Forbidden: 40 Days on the Frontlines With Persecuted Christians.
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When Shoba Narayan, a writer and cookbook author who had lived for years in Manhattan, moves back to Bangalore with her family, she befriends the milk lady, from whom she buys fresh milk every day. These two women from very different backgrounds bond over not only cows, considered holy in India, but also family, food, and life. After Narayan agrees to buy her milk lady a new cow (she needs one and Narayan can afford it, so why not?), they set off looking for just the right cow. What was at first a simple economic transaction becomes something much more complicated, though never without a hint of slapstick. When Narayan starts dreaming of cows, a little Ayurvedic medicine is in order. (Cow urine tablets, anyone?) When Narayan offers her surprised neighbors fresh cow’s milk, we learn about the place of milk in Indian culture. When Narayan wants a cow to bless her house, the spiritual and historical role that cows play in India is explored. | <urn:uuid:7311db4c-44b9-4fb4-a866-72a6a93f66d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://epiloguebookcafe.com/product/the-milk-lady-of-bangalore-by-shoba-narayan | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.974027 | 208 | 2.3125 | 2 |
02 X INTRODUCTION
This project is based in Nicosia, Cyprus and questions post war architecture. It’s widely known that Nicosia is the last divided capital in the world. But beyond the city being divided, the two largest communities in Cyprus are still divided. Therefore, the intention for this project was to find a new way to bridge the two communities that has never been done before: through post war architecture. I wanted to create a new language common to both communities that also respected their history.
I realised that both communities knew the language of war. They can both relate to the horrific events that led to war in 1974 as well as the atrocities suffered during the war – the bombings, seeing their houses destroyed, and loved ones killed. They have been forced out of their homes to clearly demarcated territories – Greek Cypriots to the South and Turkish Cypriots to the North. But there is one thing that can bring them together and that is the buffer zone which I picked as the site for this project.
Using people’s discomfort during the war and carving that into spaces out of junk in the buffer zone and using them as bombing notations, I wanted people from both sides to face the truth about their past. While we all know it and see it every day, we are oblivious to it. We know that this has happened, but we have lost hope. It is time to deal with it and to do so we must embrace each other and what is left of our history. We need to create a new shared and sacred place through post war architecture projects that is untainted by all those things that once divided us. We need a new place to call our own with a new language and identity.
03 X DESCRIPTION
“During phase two of the project, after I answered these questions, I wanted to develop my findings into a new architectural language that has no previous definition connected to the past and that is not shared by anyone other than the Cypriot people. Then my response to the history, signs and representation is to create a metaphysical and critical project that responds to the significant and controversial history of war in Cyprus. I started experimenting on this.
My first attempt of post war architecture was to create a pavilion based off the superimposed geometry of two drawings, a Byzantine church and a Mosque. However, this reflected exactly what I did not want to achieve: something that is previously defined and taken from Greek and Turkish culture. Instead, I thought that I can use the ruins within the buffer zone which are the survivors of the war (history), and they are, in a way, a physical notation of an absent and virtual history.
The ruins are already the metaphysics as they respond to a historical event in 1974 (bombings), they represent the war in Cyprus between the new communities and they are used as a sign to notate a warzone.
I continued to build on this idea and my first response to the ruins and post war architecture was to create the absence of the present, meaning what could this ruin be if the war never happened? How could this building develop? Since my site is in the middle of the city and city centres are normally occupied by skyscrapers, I created these tall metal structured skyscrapers that assume or propose what these ruins could be if the war never happened, and Nicosia could develop.” | <urn:uuid:e2abfa5f-d0f2-4cc2-996f-0389eae9da02> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://archicage.com/portfolio/in-between-spaces-post-war-architecture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.978177 | 691 | 2.46875 | 2 |
Beverages : Processing and Technology
The objective of this book is to provide complete course content of beverage processing related subjects in ICAR, CSIR and UGC institutions in Food Technology, Dairy Technology, Food & Nutrition, Post Harvest Technology, Agricultural and Food Process Engineering discipline. The book contains fourteen chapters on the topics such as Introduction to Beverages, Role of Ingredients and Additives in Beverages, Fruit Juice Processing, Processing of Specific Fruits & Vegetables Juices, Cereal Based Beverages, Soft Carbonated Beverages, Alcoholic Beverages, Dairy Based Beverages, Sports Beverages, Tea Processing, Technology of Coffee Manufacture, Cocoa and Chocolate Based Beverages, Packaging of Beverages & Functional Beverages. The content of the book will be helpful for B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc. & Ph.D. students of above mentioned disciplines. These topics will also be helpful for the students preparing for competitive exams. | <urn:uuid:4ca5bd20-61ca-4740-b69a-2c056726cbec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ompublications.in/product/books/OM32160 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.879373 | 195 | 2.625 | 3 |
Today we are going to discuss another serious eating disorder: Bulimia Nervosa.
Eating disorder terms get thrown around a lot, whether socially or in the media and the gravity of how dangerous they are can get lost. I’m here to talk about what bulimia is and what it isn’t.
The first part of bulimia is the binge. This is eating a large quantity of food in a short period of time. Now this could look different from person to person so what really matters to me is how each person defines their own binge. A lot of people struggling with bulimia say it’s almost an out-of-body experience. It’s like turning on a light switch. Maybe not realizing you’re binging until it’s over and the wrappers and receipts are there to show you what has happened. During the binge the person feels completely out of control and afterwards left with that gut wrenching thought of “Oh my god what have I done?”. Up until this point it’s pretty similar to what we have discussed in the binge eating disorder video but this is where it changes.
The second part of bulimia following the binge and the out-of-control behavior is something to make up for the bench to compensate from what has happened. This can also look different from person to person as well. Self induced vomiting laxatives, diuretic stimulants such as crystal meth or cocaine are a few ways people purge the calories that were consumed during a binge. Other behaviors can include excessive exercise, starving, cleansing, and fasting. In this world it gets really confusing where extreme dieting fasting and excessive exercise is not only the norm, but it’s encouraged. Someone struggling with bulimia is highly focused on their body shape and weight which often drives those eating disorder behaviors. This doesn’t mean that everyone on a diet or working out a lot has bulimia. Sometimes people use eating disorder statements loosely. For instance a friend going to the bathroom after eating; “Oh she must have bulimia”
No that’s not entirely true at all. That’s an unqualified and uneducated guess if you will. It’s important to seek help if you’re experiencing any of these binge purge behaviors. Address the disorder head on and find peace with food and your body. | <urn:uuid:423cebfd-3b16-4d39-b90a-ec538834dbba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://breathelifehealingcenters.com/bulimia/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.96263 | 504 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Instant Grocery Delivery is the startup hype of the year in Europe. You select a few groceries via the shopping app, pay via Paypal, and 10 minutes later, a bike courier is at your door with your purchases. It’s a business model that spreads magic among the users. A few months after launch, I know friends who do almost half of their shopping this way. It’s a multi-billion dollar idea like Uber. A business model that is so easy to explain and still magical? But there are also apparent problems with highly disruptive business models like this:
The US company GoPuff, founded in 2013, is considered a pioneer for the startups Gorillas, Flink, Zap, or Getir. GoPuff makes data-driven decisions to minimize the risks mentioned above. To boost these ambitions, GoPuff recently acquired the data science startup RideOS for $115 million. In markets with aggressive pricing, for many direct competitors and existing substitutes building a competitive advantage quickly via technology has proven to make the business model more efficient. A bold but also expensive move by GoPuff. In this article, I will show how to integrate within a day geospatial analytics for an instant grocery delivery use case without spending multi-millions on a startup acquisition.
But how exactly can we think of data-driven decision-making for instant grocery delivery? Assets that are important to optimize are:
In this article, we ask ourselves the fictitious question, should an instant grocery delivery company go to the outlying Berlin district of Pankow? We do this using external data sources that can scale globally and use the data integration framework of Kuwala (it’s open-source). With Kuwala, we can easily extract scalable and granular behavioral data in entire cities and countries. Below you see activity patterns at grocery shops in Hamburg. We will make use of some of the functionalities to derive insights from the described areas.
We start our analysis by comparing the data on a neighborhood of Pankow with the neighboring part of PBerg (“Prenzlauer Berg”). The two selected areas are similar in size (square kilometers). Using the Kuwala framework, we first integrate high-resolution demographics data. On a top-level view, they are comparable to each other in total and within subgroups of gender and age.
In the next step, we analyze the current status quo of Point-of-Interests regarding groceries (e.g., supermarkets). We build the data pipeline on OpenStreetMap data and extract categorization and name as well as price level. We combine that data with hourly popularity and visitation frequency at those POIs.
We find that Pankow has significantly fewer supermarkets per square kilometer. In addition, it shows that the price level of grocery stores is much higher in PBerg. Furthermore, we identify that groceries in Pankow are +10% more visited during the evening than PBerg. In summary, we can assume now that people in Pankow…
Companies can now use that information in a market entry strategy. An aggressive cashback activation convinces people in Pankow to skip the evening shopping in a supermarket for a comfortable way of receiving the purchases right at their door.
We aggregated the high-resolution demographics data on an H3 resolution of 11 (based on raw data representing 30×30 meter areas). By that, we can analyze in-depth the distribution of people in a comparatively small district.
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One of the biggest culinary trends for 2011 is the emergence of ancient grains, both on supermarket shelves and restaurant menus. Some ancient grains you may already be familiar with include quinoa, amaranth, and spelt. But have you heard of einkorn? I hadn’t until I received an email from the nice folks at Jovial Foods. They wrote to tell me about their new line of whole grain pastas made from einkorn and offered to send me some samples. I never turn down samples, especially when it’s for something that’s supposed to be nutritioulicious! Shortly after receiving the samples, I made their “first ever einkorn pasta” and absolutely loved it! (By the way, my husband liked it too, and he’s normally not a fan of whole wheat pasta).
Here’s the lowdown on einkorn and Jovial’s einkorn pasta:
- Einkorn was first domesticated from the wild over 12,000 years ago during the Neolithic Revolution. Today, einkorn can still be found in the wild in Turkey and it’s very rarely cultivated in some parts of Europe.
- Einkorn is the most nutritious form of wheat because it has never been hybridized – meaning it hasn’t been combined with other species of wheat like spelt and durum wheat have.
- Einkorn pasta (and all forms of einkorn) is high in thiamin, a good source of protein, dietary fiber, vitamin E, and other B vitamins, and rich in antioxidants, especially lutein.
- The ingredients in Jovial’s First Ever Einkorn Pasta are organic whole grain eikorn and water. As you can see, the pasta is not enriched with other vitamins and minerals as are so many other whole grain pastas.
I would highly recommend trying einkorn pasta, but one thing to note is the cooking time may be longer than it says on the package. Keep an eye on it when you’re cooking so it’s at just the right texture for your palate!
Have you tried einkorn?
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What: A YaSabe study reveals that Spanish-Speaking U.S. Small Businesses are 25% more likely to have a Facebook page. But only 12% of these businesses have active Facebook pages.
Why it matters: Despite all the talk about social networks like Facebook being critical for small businesses, the study shows that few Hispanic businesses see heightened interaction with their customers through Facebook and fewer still are successful using social media to attract new customers.
As consumers spend an increasingly large amount of time engaging on social media, there is a consensus in the local advertising industry that social networks -like Facebook- are a critical tool for small businesses. However, a new study by YaSabe reveals that relatively few small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) see heightened interaction with their customers through Facebook and fewer still are successful using social media to attract new customers.
YaSabe undertook a study to understand how SMBs leverage social media to reach and engage their consumers, and especially how Spanish-speaking SMB’s compared to others. The study analyzed over 500 SMBs in five major US markets. Fifty percent of SMB’s selected have Spanish-speaking owners/staff.
YaSabe’s study revealed that only 27% of all small businesses sampled had a Facebook page; when analyzing Spanish-speaking businesses and merchants, these SMBs were 25% more likely to have a Facebook page compared with non- Spanish-speaking businesses (34% vs. an overall average of 27%).
Engagement, Activity, and Likes
The study also focused on the level of engagement the SMBs had on their Facebook pages. YaSabe analyzed activity, such as comments and updates, and Facebook ‘likes’ to measure social following. The study revealed that less than 1 in 4 businesses had ever made a post to their Facebook page, and fewer than half had shown any activity whatsoever within the last 30 days. Only 12% of all businesses sampled had actively used their Facebook pages to engage with customers within the last month. Spanish-speaking businesses were even less likely to have shown activity within 30 days (only 40% vs. an overall average of 46%) despite US Latinos over indexing in their use of social media .
Even though engagement with the social media site continues to grow, especially among Hispanic consumers, fewer than half of SMBs with Facebook pages had accumulated more than 100 “likes”, the token by which Facebook decides whom it will notify when a business uses its page to broadcast a post. For businesses with small followings, these pages are of little value.
While Facebook claims that 16 million businesses have a Facebook page, the reality at present is that few SMBs are active on Facebook.
This is not to say that small businesses aren’t using Facebook. Rather, the study shows that the small numbers of SMBs that do utilize social media do so with little success. In order for social networking to become a major channel for small businesses to engage with existing customers and acquire new ones, SMBs must commit to actively increasing likes and posting information and special offers continuously. Since small business owners are busy running their businesses, this is unlikely to happen. So while Facebook claims that 16 million businesses have a Facebook page, the reality at present is that few SMBs are active on Facebook.
When asked by Portada whether Facebook is a relevant business networking site as opposed to be more of a consumer social network, a YaSabe spokesperson said that ” I agree that Twitter and LinkedIn are good social networking tools. Their focus thus has primarily been on B2B and for business networking. However, Facebook remains, at least for local advertising, the consumer-oriented social media. At the moment, Facebook is considered the dominant B2C social media platform.”
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“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:13.
Starting the day off well is the first step in making the most of each new day and getting the most out of your day. The most important factor in determining how well your day goes is what you do in the first hour of the new day. So, how do you get a good start on the day?
A healthy mind will always be associated with a healthy body, therefore having a negative attitude toward activities can have a significant impact on your mental health, which in turn manifests physically.
Finding out what constitutes a positive attitude and how to put it into practice may be of interest. It is largely straightforward. Here are a few strategies for maintaining good health by getting off to a good start each day.
Be thankful that you are still alive to experience a new day.
Give thanks to God when you first open your eyes to a new day. Be thankful as you get out of bed and put your feet on the floor. Being grateful for the chance of a fresh day as you get up and begin your day is important. As the day goes on, don’t stop being grateful.
Decide to be joyful.
It will raise you and bring you happiness to be thankful and to express your gratitude for where you are and what you have. No matter what happened yesterday or what you could encounter today or tomorrow, make the decision to be joyful and keep it that way.
Seek spiritual direction for the coming day.
Communicate with your creator first, then turn on your phone or other devices to access the outside world. You only need a few minutes in the morning to pray and meditate, therefore choose a strategy that works for you and stick with it; for instance, consider 15 minutes of affirmations and prayers.
Start with your own family at home and extend love and compassion to all who cross your path. Genuinely greet them in the morning, express your love and gratitude, and use phrases that will make them feel better.
Loving oneself is one of the nicest things you can do for yourself to start the day off well. Negativity and undesirable results are more likely to occur if you don’t love yourself because you are unlikely to admire or respect anything you accomplish.
Every day that comes along is a gift and a chance for a fresh start. It offers a chance to restart and make amends for mistakes made in the past. However, it is incredibly simple to continue with the same routine that stifles innovation or improvement. As Christians, it is therefore expected of you to start each day off well by following these guidelines. Doing so will ensure that you receive much more out of the day as it goes along and allows you to conclude the day with a sense of fulfillment.
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Established in 1954, Kurume Bird Center is essentially a zoo for birds, housing more than 400 birds representing more than 80 different species. At the heart of the zoo is a large walk-in aviary with a central pond, home to a big flock of flamingos, pelicans, geese, ducks and other waterbirds that you can get up close to and feed. Another highlight is the colorful pride of several dozen peafowl, which have been designated a Special National Treasure.
Other enclosures house cranes, African penguins, Japanese chickens, blue-winged kookaburras, kites, hawks, owls, emus and ostriches. There are also numerous random mammals, including rabbits and guinea pigs that you can pick up and pet in the small petting-zoo area. At one end of the park there's a small, old-fashioned amusement-park area with a ferris wheel, merry-go-round, train locomotive and other attractions.
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Network printing is a leading cause of high blood pressure and premature hair loss in our long-suffering network administrator demographic. Fortunately, the FOSS world, as usual, does its best to mitigate our suffering. Today you shall learn how to use CUPS and Samba together to set up automagic client printer installations. That’s right, my hardworking friends, none of this dashing about to individual workstations burdened with driver disks and Windows CDs. The goal here is to never leave your snug underground lair.
Please note that today’s topic is only about printers. I know you’re dying to figure out how to share your multi-function devices, so that all your LAN hosts can scan and fax. We’ll get to this in a future article, especially how to share scanners, because that is something you can do in Linux that you can’t do in Windows.
The Easy Way: Buy The Right Printer
In my ideal environment, all printers would have native networking and administration utilities. Samsung and HP both have a lot of printers with Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and networking support. You can get a nice network-ready (wired and wireless) Samsung color laser for under $500, which is a lot more fun and less work than running a separate printer server.
Since we don’t all have the option to purchase wonderful new printers, the next best thing is a robust Linux printer server starring CUPS and Samba. The CUPS/Samba printer we’re building today will not require users to authenticate to install and use printers, so it’s not for admins who need everything locked down. This setup is good for home users, businesses that don’t need a lock on everything, and those unfortunate network admins who still have Windows 9x machines under their care.
- Name resolution working reliably
- An already-configured and working CUPS server with printers configured
- The cups-devel package installed, also called libcups2-devel and libcupsys2-dev
- Samba server
- CUPS Windows drivers
- Adobe or Microsoft Postscript drivers
The commands and examples are all from a Debian system, so you may need to
adjust filenames for different systems.
If you don’t have a Samba server already running on your network, here is a complete example configuration. All of your Windows hosts must belong to the workgroup named in smb.conf. Linux and Mac OS X don’t care about workgroups, so don’t worry about them.
First create these two directories:
# mkdir -m 777 /sharedstuff
# mkdir -m 777 /var/spool/samba
Then create this smb.conf, using your own LAN address and workgroup name:
'global' workgroup = samba2 netbios name = xena server string = lan file and printer server hosts allow = 192.168.1. security = user load printers = yes printing = cups printcap name = cups'share1' path = /sharedstuff comment = files for everyone read only = no browseable = yes guest ok = yes'printers' comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = yes printable = yes writable = no guest ok = yes'print$' comment = Printer Drivers path = /usr/share/cups/drivers browseable = yes guest ok = no read only = yes write list = root
Run the testparm command to check your syntax. If you get a “WARNING: passdb expand explicit = yes is deprecated” error, ignore it, it’s a leftover meaningless bit of cruft. Restart Samba:
# /etc/init.d/samba restart
Now you should have a “share1” folder in Network Neighborhood and your other Samba browsers. Use this to copy the driver files between your machines, which we’ll get to in a moment.
This is a nice simple CUPS configuration for sharing printers. Make sure you have the last four lines- those are necessary for sharing Windows printers:
Deny From All
Allow From 192.168.1.*
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Deny From All
application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
CUPS Windows Drivers
Download and unpack the CUPS Windows drivers, currently cups-windows-6.0-source.tar.gz. Enter the source directory and run this command:
# make install
Creating directory /usr/share/cups/drivers…
Now you need either the Postscript drivers copied from a Windows PC, or get the Adobe drivers, winsteng.exe. They’re all the same; get the Adobe drivers if you can’t find them on your Windows PC.
To use the Adobe drivers, download and install them on a Windows system. You don’t need a printer, you just want to extract the files. On Windows 2000/XP, look for the windowssystem32spooldriversw32x86 directory. On Windows 9x/ME look for the WIN40 directory. Copy the contents of these directories into /usr/share/cups/drivers directory on the Samba/CUPS server. This is how it looks for Windows 2000/XP:
cups6.ini cupsps6.dll cupsui6.dll ps5ui.dll pscript5.dll pscript.hlp pscript.ntf
Add these for Windows 9x/ME:
adfonts.mfm adobeps4.drv adobeps4.hlp iconlib.dll psmon.dll
Be to sure to convert all filenames to lowercase. If you don’t cupsaddsmb won’t work.
Export CUPS Drivers to Samba
Now create a Samba user. This must correspond to a Linux system user. The easy way is to use root:
# smbpasswd -a root
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Now export the CUPS drivers to Samba with cupsaddsmb. If you have more than one Samba server on your network, disconnect from the network first or cupsaddsmb will go nuts trying to install all the printers, which won’t work:
# ifdown eth0
To export the drivers, use the command:
# cupsaddsmb -H localhost -U root -a -v
You can get an idea of just how much output the command produces, and what you should expect to see, by looking at Figure 1.
Important smb.conf Tweak
Go back to your smb.conf and make a small but very important change. Change security = user to security = share. If you don’t, you’ll have to set up Samba users and passwords for all of your users.
Restart CUPS and Samba, and rejoin the network:
# /etc/init.d/samba restart
# /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
# ifup eth0
Automagic Windows Installation
Give Samba a minute or two to broadcast itself to your LAN. Then go to any Windows PC on your LAN, run the Add Printer Wizard, and voila! Automatic printer installation from the Samba server.
If you get a message like “the printer server does not have the correct printer driver installed” you have a couple of options. First, test the offending .ppd file with the cupstestppd command. PPD files are plain text files, so if you can find an error you can fix it.
Another option is to search for a .ppd file that Windows will accept. You might find this on another Windows PC, on the same Adobe page where you downloaded the Postscript drivers, or on linuxprinting.org.
Finally, the worst-case scenario is you have to hunt down a driver CD, and don’t forget your Windows CD, and install the drivers locally. True, this means leaving the lair, but with a bit of luck it won’t happen often.
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The advertising campaign for Potato Head. Although this was a novelty in and of itself, it is not surprise that advertising would make use of the new televised media form as it developed as it was the first children’s toy to ever be marketed on television.
Similarly, What was the first toy to be advertised on television in the UK?
Potato Head Mr.
Also, it is asked, What was the first thing advertised?
The first advertisement was actually aired in the United States on J on the New York station WNBT, which is still in operation as WNBC, or “channel four.” Before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies, an advertisement for the watchmaker Bulova was displayed.
Secondly, Which product was advertised on the first TV commercial?
Co. Bulova Watches
Also, What is the oldest toy found?
What would you reply if I asked what the world’s oldest toy is, in your opinion? The spinning top is the cause, you’re correct! Unbelievably, a wooden top was discovered in King Tut’s tomb, making it one of the oldest tops ever discovered—it dates to almost 6,000 years old! These toys are beautiful in their simplicity.
People also ask, When was slinky first advertised?
In 1946, Miss Patty’s Romper Room aired the first Slinky television ad. The Slinky television jingle was created in 1962 by Homer Fesperman and Charles Weagley. This jingle has been used in advertising from the beginning of time, according to Tim Walsh’s book Timeless Toys.
Related Questions and Answers
What was the first toy advertised on Australian TV?
Potato Head Mr.
What is the oldest commercial on TV?
The first television advertisement ever was shown on J during a Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies game. The advertisement was for Bulova Watches, which is still in business today.
When was advertising first used?
The invention of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries marked the beginning of contemporary advertising. Weekly newspapers in London started publishing ads in the 17th century, and by the 18th century, this kind of advertising was thriving.
What is the most advertised product on TV?
Most frequently marketed goods and services on TV in the United States during the fourth quarter of 2018. The service that received the most national TV advertising in the United States during the measured period was Liberty Mutual’s New Car Replacement advertisement.
What was the first TV show ever aired?
The Messenger of the Queen
What is the oldest toy in the toy Hall of Fame?
The National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong National Museum of Play now includes American Girl Dolls, Risk, and probably the oldest “toy” in existence: sand.
When was Barbie created?
What is the name of the spring toy?
“A spring, a spring, a beautiful thing!” shouted its previous jingle. It’s Slinky, everyone knows that. The coiled toy is undoubtedly a wonderful, though basic, invention. A tool to secure cargo and equipment aboard ships as they shook at sea was being developed by mechanical engineer Richard James in 1943.
What is the #1 toy in the world?
What is the most famous toy in the world?
It is not surprising that one doll is the most popular in the world. One of the most popular toys in the world, Barbie, was searched for more than any other doll in 68 different nations. Funko Pop Toys took second place.
When was Mr. Potato Head first sold?
On this, Potato Head was “born.” The first toy was $0.98. Hands, feet, ears, two mouths, two pairs of eyes, four noses, three caps, eyeglasses, a pipe, and eight felt pieces that resembled facial hair were all included in the package. The first Mr.
When was the first Tootsie Pop commercial made?
What was the most expensive tv advert ever made?
The Ten Most Expensive Commercials Ever Made Are Listed Below. “Up for Whatever” by Bud Light (2014) earned $12 million. “Imported From Detroit” by Chrysler (2011), $12 million Aviva spent $13.4 million on “Names” (2008). Guinness spent $16 million on “Tipping Point” in 2007. Chanel spent $33 million on “The Film” in 2004.
Who is the biggest advertiser on TV?
Product & General
What is the best TV commercial ever?
Top TV commercials of all time Apple: “1984” The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, Old Spice. Bouncing Balls on the Sony Bravia. Just Do It, says Nike. Coca-Cola: Split A Coke. Whassup, Budweiser. Dos Equis: The World’s Most Interesting Man. Motaur: Do you Mind | Commercial for Progressive Insurance.
Who is the world’s biggest advertiser?
In the next December 2022 release of the Ad Age worldwide rating, Amazon is well-positioned to reclaim the top place.
What was the first ever show on Netflix?
Box Office Mojo
What was the first show on Cartoon Network?
The Moxy Program
Is the yoyo the oldest toy in the world?
In actuality, the doll is said to be the oldest toy in human history, with yo-yos coming in second. The toy in ancient Greece was constructed of terra cotta, metal, and wood. Greeks painted images of their gods on the yo-two yo’s sides.
What toys were used in the past?
Toys including dolls, toy soldiers, wooden animals, balls, marbles, spinning tops, and knucklebones were among among the items they used to play with (which were thrown like dice). When boys weren’t at school and females weren’t working, they played ball games with inflated pigs’ bladders in ancient Greece. Knucklebones were another toy they used.
Does Barbie have a last name?
Barbara Millicent Roberts is Barbie’s full name. Ken and Barbie are named after Ruth Handler’s son and daughter, respectively. She is from the fictitious Wisconsin town of Willows, where she went to high school.
Who invented Barbies?
Ruth Handler Mattel
Who was the first black Barbie doll?
The first African-American Barbie doll is frequently referred to as “Colored Francie,” who made her debut in 1967.
What is the black Barbies name?
Christie is often regarded as the first “Black Barbie.” A group of talking dolls included Christie. The doll spoke by tugging a rope on her back, saying things like, “Hi! “Let’s go shopping with Barbie,” and “I’m Christie.” Christie had black hair. The red hair on the Christie doll in the image is faded crimson.
The “what was the second toy to be advertised on television” is a question that is asked quite often. The first toy to be advertised on TV was the Etch-A-Sketch.
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Corn snakes may be found in the eastern United States from southern New Jersey south through Florida, west into Louisiana and parts of Kentucky. However, corn snakes are most abundant in Florida and the southeastern U.S.
Corn snakes may be found in wooded groves, rocky hillsides, meadowlands, woodlots, barns, and abandoned buildings.
Corn snakes are slender with a length of 61-182 cm. They are usually orange or brownish-yellow, with large, black-edged red blotches down the middle of the back. On the belly there are alternating rows of black and white marks, resembling a checkerboard pattern. Considerable variation occurs in the coloration and patterns of individual snakes, depending on the age of the snake and the region of the country in which it is found. Hatchlings lack much of the bright coloration found on adults. Corn snakes are not venomous.
The breeding season of corn snakes is from March to May. The snakes are oviparous, depositing a clutch of 10 to 30 eggs in late May to July. Eggs are laid in rotting stumps, piles of decaying vegetation or other similar locations where there is sufficient heat and humidity to incubate them. The eggs are not cared for by the adult snakes. Once laid, the gestation period of the eggs is 60-65 days at approximately 82 degrees F. The eggs then hatch sometime in July through September. Hatchlings are 25-38 cm long and mature in 18-36 months.
The life span of the snakes is up to 23 years in captivity, but is generally much less in the wild.
Corn snakes are primarily nocturnal, but are often active in early evening. They readily climb trees and enter abandoned buildings in search of prey. However, they are very secretive and spend most of their time underground prowling through rodent burrows. They also often hide under loose bark and beneath logs, rocks, and other debris during the day. Not much is known about the reproductive behaviors of corn snakes.
Corn snakes do not usually feed every day. They generally feed every few days or so. Young hatchlings tend to feed on lizards and tree frogs, while adult feed on larger prey, such as mice, rats, birds, and bats. They are constrictors, meaning they will use their coils to suffocate their food before eating it. First a corn snake will bite the prey in order to obtain a firm grip, then it quickly wraps one or more coils of its body around the victim. The snake squeezes tightly until it suffocates the prey. Then it swallows the food whole, usually head first. However, corn snakes have also been observed swallowing small prey alive.
Corn snakes help to control rodent populations that may otherwise spread disease. They are also widely popular as pets. They are the most frequently bred snake species for pet purposes.
Corn snakes are often mistaken for copperheads and sometimes killed because of this. Also, because of their docile temperament, they are often kept as pets. Sometimes they are captured in the wild to be sold as pets. However, there are many snake breeders, so wild capturing does not pose a serious threat to this species. Corn snakes are not an endangered species. However, they are listed by the state of Florida as a Species of Special Concern because they face habitat loss and destruction in the lower Florida Keys.
Corn snakes are also known as red rat snakes. The common name "corn snake" is believed to have originated from the fact that these snakes are commonly found in agricultural fields, such as corn fields, as they hunt for prey.
Karen Resmer (author), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
living in the Nearctic biogeographic province, the northern part of the New World. This includes Greenland, the Canadian Arctic islands, and all of the North American as far south as the highlands of central Mexico.
forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount of precipitation and seasonality.
having a body temperature that fluctuates with that of the immediate environment; having no mechanism or a poorly developed mechanism for regulating internal body temperature.
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
A terrestrial biome. Savannas are grasslands with scattered individual trees that do not form a closed canopy. Extensive savannas are found in parts of subtropical and tropical Africa and South America, and in Australia.
A grassland with scattered trees or scattered clumps of trees, a type of community intermediate between grassland and forest. See also Tropical savanna and grassland biome.
A terrestrial biome found in temperate latitudes (>23.5° N or S latitude). Vegetation is made up mostly of grasses, the height and species diversity of which depend largely on the amount of moisture available. Fire and grazing are important in the long-term maintenance of grasslands.
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Food Service Distribution: Keeping Up With TrendsFood Distribution: As times and social trends change, so does the way we choose, distribute, and sell food. These are the top two influences on food service distribution right now – so read on to better prepare your business. Also think about using our Foodservice Distributors Database to continue growing your business and profit.
SpeedEverything from service at a checkout in a store to online response times needs to be fast. Your customers expect it! With the used of technology and the internet demand for fast service has increased. ‘Grab and Go’ type offerings continue to grow in popularity due to their convenience. Customers want something quick and they want it now. Make sure your business is set to distribute certain foods quickly and in some cases with automation if you want success. In particular having a ‘order and pick up’ or delivery service is the best way to reach your market. Customer service and response time also needs to be fast. It’s key to be able to communicate with your customer almost instantly in this digital age to keep reviews up and grow customer bases. Not responding can be a social media and review disaster. Make sure you respond quickly with solutions for your customers when they reach out to you Alternatives to traditional service or shopping experiences are also on the rise with major companies offering curbside pickup options for groceries selected online to save customers time. As previously mentioned, delivery options and ‘pick up’ options are growing in popularity. Offering these directly through your business will make you more money than allowing a third party service to manage it.
VarietyWith globalization continuing to impact consumer choices it has become fashionable to eat food that is not local. It has also been trendy to eat out of season food like berries and apples in winter. Customers want variety, and they want it to be fresh. Many are willing to pay extra too! It may be difficult to ensure you offer enough international variety that is fresh, and it may be pricey. But the key to success is to continue to offer variety! In addition to global options, many customers are now turning to eco-conscious sources of food. Or sometimes they participate in special diets such as gluten-free or vegan. Offering food distribution options for these customers is key to keeping your current customer base and growing the rest of is as more and more people participate in these diets to be part of a trend or a cause. Food Distribution is a tricky but important part of the foodservice industry. Our databases are top notch and have been collated and used since 1988! In addition to our distributors database we also have the Chain Restaurant Database and the High Volume Independent Restaurants Database.
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So, you want to start your own online business. Congratulations! Being a small business owner poses several challenges. But it also makes for a rewarding long-term career – and you get to work for yourself! If you’ve found this page, then you’ve probably decided that you’re brave enough to finally take the leap and open up shop. Maybe you’ve had your business idea lingering in the back of your mind for years. Or maybe it finally came to you as you struggled with a certain issue and thought up a marketable solution. No matter the reason, you’re now on your way to running a business. Find out how to start your own online business in five easy steps.
1. Make sure that your business offers the best solution to a problem.
A good business solves a problem. This is an easy way to tell if your business provides potential customers with value. For example, if a small town doesn’t have a coffee shop, then a smart business owner would open a cafe to solve that problem for local residents. From an online business standpoint, let’s say you’re shopping online and having trouble finding pants as someone who is six-foot-four. You’re certainly not the only tall person out there who has experienced the same issue. So, it may just be a great idea to open up an online business selling clothing items tailored to people who are well over six feet tall. If your business solves a problem for a large target market, then it’s a good business idea.
2. Come up with a solid business plan.
Now that you’re certain your idea is worth its salt, it’s time to develop a plan. This can involve how you plan on getting funding, deciding whether to use a local SEO marketing company or coming up with business objectives. A local SEO company can help with visibility for your online business. They can maximize conversion by reaching potential customers and increasing website traffic. Coming up with a solid business plan is all about the resources you need to open and sustain an online business. Where can you get funding? How do you plan on obtaining products? Should you do keyword research yourself? Also, don’t forget to open a business checking account to separate your personal finances from your business expenses.
3. Identify your competitors and do some market research.
Think about whether your business has to compete with an existing website. Go online and find a profitable target market. Talk to people in real life and ask them about what they think of your idea. Conduct surveys amongst your peers. Learn about the types of customers who will most likely want to buy your product. Find your niche and come up with ways to edge out the competition.
4. Find the best platform for your online business.
Every online business needs a website, that’s how customers purchase your products or services. You’ll need to find the right platform that ideally comes at a low cost. There are plenty of options available to online business owners. These platforms allow you to build a website, run promotions, and likely come with different financial tools. Do your research and determine any pros and cons.
5. Launch your business and measure your success.
Now that you have the plan, the product or service, and the platform to sell it, it’s finally time to launch your business. Use online marketing tools and ads to drive traffic to your website and measure your success. As your business grows, make sure to keep an eye on analytics to identify what’s working and what isn’t.
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Scrambled Electoral Eggs
Would-be peacemakers might want to wait before they start popping champagne corks in the wake of Kadima’s election victory. The outcome of the Israeli election has further complicated an already-muddled outlook for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Now, in addition to a Palestinian house divided against itself, we have a divided and dysfunctional Israeli house. Weak leaders — none of whom are much admired or respected by Israeli voters — preside over weak mainstream parties, none of which succeeded in scoring a decisive victory. This renders quite remote prospects for big Israeli decisions on peacemaking.
Kadima’s narrow victory scrambles the electoral eggs. It really leaves only two realistic options for producing a viable Israeli government. Count on the Israeli political system, however, to take weeks, and then some, to sort all this out. The most rational and positive outcome would be a national unity government composed of Kadima, Likud and maybe Labor, which would succeed at keeping the right (particularly Avigdor Lieberman) at bay and create some cohesion and stability in Israeli policy. This is precisely what most Israelis want.
At the same time, given the philosophical differences between Kadima and Likud on peace issues, such a unity government would be hard-pressed to make the historic decisions needed to reach a deal with the Palestinians. There might be a better chance with Syria, but even that would be very tough. Far more likely would be a consensus on how to deal with Israeli security challenges such as Hezbollah, Hamas and, of course, Iran, if the need arises. Big egos and personalities in this government would create stress, but even Benjamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni might be able to put these aside if the national interest demands it, and particularly if some form of rotation allows each of them a turn as prime minister.
Equally plausible is a Netanyahu-led government, dominated by the right. The conventional wisdom is that sooner rather than later, a Netanyahu government would find itself in some conflict with just about everyone — the Arabs, the Europeans and even Washington.
We’ve seen this movie at least twice before: A tough-talking Likud prime minister (Menachem Begin in 1977, Netanyahu in 1997) squares off against a determined peace-seeking Democratic president (Carter, Clinton). Circumstances weren’t the same in either case, but anyone expecting a war between Netanyahu and Barack Obama doesn’t understand the situation in Washington or the region.
A Netanyahu-led coalition would likely be unwilling to move on serious negotiations with the Palestinians and would be very tough on security issues. But the former prime minister has grown more mature and pragmatic since his last tenure, and doesn’t want to sour relations with Washington, if he can avoid it.
President Obama, for his part, is not looking for a fight with Israel either, given his domestic priorities. And, in any case, the peace process narrative these days — really more a horror story — leaves him little room to push the Israelis. Hamas is sitting pretty in Gaza; Hezbollah is firmly ensconced in Lebanon; the Iranians are busy enriching uranium; and Mahmoud Abbas and Arab moderates look weaker than ever.
And so a messy political situation in Israel now presents yet another challenge to an already anemic peace process. The new American president will find himself in a tricky situation. Hemmed in by Iran, Hamas, an ineffectual Palestinian Authority and, in Jerusalem, by a cagey Israeli prime minister and/or a dysfunctional unity government, the Obama administration will need to pick its battles carefully. It will need to be firm with Israel on settlements but also reassuring on security. There might even be a chance for some progress between Israel and Syria.
Ultimately, domestic Israeli and Palestinian politics are going to determine how far and how fast Washington can push Arab-Israeli peacemaking. And if the past is any guide, it’s a good idea for the Obama team to keep its expectations realistic.
Aaron David Miller is a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the author of “The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace” (Bantam, 2008). He served as an adviser on the Middle East to six secretaries of state. | <urn:uuid:e6ce3e02-fcce-42e7-8c40-44145909f870> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://forward.com/opinion/15167/scrambled-electoral-eggs-03346/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.94652 | 891 | 1.75 | 2 |
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Jeff Weir published a post at DDOE last week on global names freaking out when a local name is encountered. It reminded me that I ran into something similar when I was testing text functions in Power Query a while back; a naming conflict when I created a table from Power Query.
Interestingly, I can replicate this without Power Query at all using just native table functionality.
Set up a Table
To begin with I created a very simple table:
Then I gave the table a name. In this case, for whatever reason, I chose “mid”:
Enter Wonkiness (Naming Conflict)…
Okay, it’s a weird table name. I get that. But in my original example I was comparing Power Query’s Text.Range function with the MID function, which is why I named my table mid… anyway…
Add a new column and type in =MID
You can see that we’ve plainly chosen the MID that refers to the function, not the table. I even set the capitalization correctly to make sure I got the right one. Now complete the formula:
And press Enter:
Nice! Apparently Excel is too smart for it’s own good and overrules the interpretation of built in functions with table names, resulting in a #REF! error.
Fixing the issue
The solution to fix this should be pretty obvious… rename the table. When you do, you’ll see that it also updates the formula:
Plainly Excel was very confused! So now we just need to fix the formula:
And we’re good. 🙂
To cause this issue from Power Query, you simply need to give your query a name that conflicts with an Excel function (like MID). When it's loaded to an Excel table, that table inherits the query name as the table name.
The naming conflict issue has probably existed since tables were implemented in Excel. It’s not good, but at the same time, it’s taken me a long time to trip on this, as I don’t usually use a table name that conflicts with a built in function name… at least not one that I use.
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Low-carbohydrate diet followers, for energy rely more on the oxidation of fat in the liver, as compared to the low-calorie diet followers. This revelation was done by a University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center study.
It is said that this study was not conducted with the aim of verifying which diet was more beneficial for weight loss. After a period of two weeks, the ones on the low-calorie diet experienced an average weight loss of about 5 pounds, while the ones on low-carbohydrate diet had an average weight loss of about 9.5 pounds.
Lead author, Dr. Jeffrey Browning, assistant professor in the UT Southwestern Advanced Imaging Research Center, says that these findings may be helpful in treating obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance and even non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. He says, “Instead of looking at drugs to combat obesity and the diseases that stem from it, maybe optimizing diet can not only manage and treat these diseases, but also prevent them.”
Around 14 overweight adult subjects were randomly assigned to either a low-calorie diet group or a low-carbohydrate diet group. 7 lean subjects on a regular diet were also monitored for this study. The investigators monitored these subjects with the aim of determining how diet affects glucose production and utilization in the liver. The subjects had to undergo an advanced imaging technique after a period of two weeks. About this, Dr. Browning says that, “We saw a dramatic change in where and how the liver was producing glucose, depending on diet.”
It was noticed that the subjects on a low-carbohydrate diet yielded a higher level of glucose from lactate, as compared to the low-calorie dieters. Dr. Browning says that the understanding of the liver’s process of producing glucose based on a person’s varying diet, may aid in better understanding of metabolic disorders with diet.
The study results are considered crucial because they state that the build up of excessive amount of fat in the liver could further lead to non-alcoholic liver disease. This disease is believed to be linked to metabolic disorders like diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, liver inflammation, and maybe even liver cancer.
The study results indicate that people on a low-carbohydrate diet burn a higher amount of liver fat, as compared to the people on a low-calorie diet.
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Except I’ve been making a significant omission. Because Foucault didn’t write only about power. That would have been too clear-cut. He always rendered it as “power-knowledge.” Two intertwined concepts that, once assembled, approximate what he meant when he talked about power. Pardon me, power-knowledge.
Today, we’re delving into why that distinction matters.
May I never repeat the awkwardness of my first DTR.
DTR. “Define the Relationship.” My friends, most of whom were older and more experienced, spoke the acronym in ominous tones. It was an essential step of middle school dating, as serious as your first hand-holding or first footsies or first furtive kiss. To a ninth-grader, it was the equivalent of proposing marriage without knowing the answer beforehand. We’d gone on a few dates. School dances. Group hikes. Now we crouched together in a treehouse (oh no), as good a time as any to pop the question: “Are you my girlfriend?”
Over the past three parts of this series, we’ve examined how Root reflects a Foucauldian understanding of power and politics. Today, we’re looking at how that extends into the realm of sex and relationships — and how governments transform sexuality into an extended DTR that will not end no matter how vigorously we try to flee the treehouse.
It was the Genevan journalist Jacques Mallet du Pan who wrote the famous phrase, “Like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children.” Writing in 1793, the year of King Louis XVI’s execution and the establishment of the First French Republic, du Pan was a proponent of the juste milieu, a “middle way” between autocratic and republican impulses. Considered both hopelessly naïve and tragically Cassandran, he died in exile in 1800, having watched his adoptive country pass through the Reign of Terror and into the hands of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Over the past two installments, we’ve investigated how Cole Wehrle’s Root leverages the philosophies of Michel Foucault to tell a fable about power and control. Today, we’re putting those tools to use.
Right when he thought he was out, Michel Foucault wandered straight back into the woodland. Silly Foucault. Something tells me it won’t be the last time.
Speaking of last times, in the first part of our series on the Foucauldian assumptions behind Cole Wehrle’s Root, we introduced the concept of biopower. The very short version is that the suits on the game’s cards and clearings might feel like mere components, but they really represent the majority population that’s the font of all power in the woodland. In order to win, every faction must use different methods to control and expend them.
But that’s going to have to wait. Today we’re talking about the big picture. What is the central conflict in Root, and what can we learn from it?
Most people would agree that Cole Wehrle did something magnificent with Root. As a game, it’s no mean feat, a sandbox where any number of truly asymmetric factions can interact with surprising fluidity. But that sandbox only scratches the surface. Root is also the most Foucauldian examination of power dynamics ever put to cardboard.
Does that matter? Well, it depends. To somebody looking to ransack a few of the Marquise’s sawmills, maybe not. But as a historical and cultural artifact, Root speaks to so much more than its folksy anthropomorphs might lead you to believe. In this series, we’re going to talk about why. | <urn:uuid:30e62a4f-11c2-418b-83e4-c36a84a623a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://spacebiff.com/tag/foucault-in-the-woodland/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.941727 | 806 | 1.90625 | 2 |
The spring time goose hunt has always been a big part of our culture and tradition on the James Bay coast. It is a period that has been part of our way of life for thousands of years. People up the coast look forward to seeing the annual migration of thousands of geese coming back north. After a long winter, the geese bring a sense of relief as they are a natural source of food that can be harvested by our people.
Hunters and gatherers from my home community and other remote northern First Nations take part in the annual goose hunt every year. The hunt takes place in distant places and far from the industrialized world in the south. Harvesting food on the land has never been a concern for us as we think that the modern world in the south does not affect us much in the north. In the past, we never had to think about the Canada Goose, Snow Goose and Wavy as in any way contaminated. We viewed the birds as natural and organic.
In the 1980s, the biggest concern we had about the hunt was the use of lead buckshot in shotgun shells. At first when shotguns came into use on the James Bay coast in the early part of the last century, there was a small amount of lead buckshot used every year because of the fact that this form of ammunition was produced by hand. By the 1970s, shotgun shells were being mass-produced and were cheaper to buy, which made it easier for hunters during the hunting season.
Unfortunately, lead buckshot can become lodged in the flesh of a bird and can be consumed by people who eat the meat. We learned as children not to swallow these small pebbles of lead while we ate. In later years, there was cause for concern as to the amount of buckshot that was being spread over the land. It was adding up to tons of lead, year after year, by hundreds of hunters throughout the north. Now lead buckshot has more or less been replaced with steel shot as a more environmental and health-conscious alternative.
In recent years I have discovered other reasons to be careful about how many wild geese I eat. I have travelled to many cities and towns in southern Ontario where I witnessed large numbers of geese. It thrilled me to see so many geese in the parks and on the waterways. Many of these birds are now accustomed to living amongst humans and around enclosed parks and wildlife shelters. I was shocked to see that in many instances the geese were living in and feeding on very polluted and possibly toxic areas.
Up north we always think of the geese feeding on pristine land and water and we don’t make the connection that for part of the year they are eating garbage in the south.
Up until this point, I never really thought of where migratory birds like the Canada Goose go every year. These birds fly thousands of kilometres every year from as far north as the Arctic all the way down to the southern United States. They are safe in the natural and untouched shelter of the far north. However, in the south, geese live and feed on modern agricultural farms that use manure, pesticides and herbicides. Geese are able to fly to any destination to find food but when in the south in highly populated and industrialized areas they also spend time near factories, manufacturing plants, chemical plants and all sorts of other unsafe areas. When these birds fly north, they bring with them all the contamination and chemicals in their bodies which we unsuspectedly consume.
Now, there is a new concern for those who eat wild geese each spring. Recently, I read a news story about the fact that scientists are suggesting that these birds can potentially become vectors or deliverers of superbugs. Scientists have found through testing done on Canada Geese that these birds can pick up and shed antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
This means that Canada Geese who live and feed in agricultural areas in the south can come into contact with animal or human waste and become exposed to new and dangerous pathogens. In turn, they can then potentially deliver the pathogen thousands of kilometres away during their migration. So far, there have been no proven incidents happening but there is concern that this is possible in a world where there are a growing number of antibiotic-resistant organisms that can make us unwell.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to alarm anyone. After all, the goose hunt is part of who we Cree are as a people. However, I think that the best way for people in the north to deal with this situation is to eat a more balanced diet. I also believe that it would be safer to eat more terrestrial animals like moose, caribou or rabbit as they do not migrate into dangerous areas that can affect their health and ours. It is a mistake to think that we are safe and sound from all the dangers of the world here up north. We all have to wake up and realize that any pollution or disregard for Mother Earth anywhere in the world at some point ends up in our own backyard and maybe even on our dinner plate. | <urn:uuid:ef732f5d-fc77-4cd2-8959-4eb31f51a0db> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.nationnewsarchives.ca/article/what-goes-around-comes-around/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.980458 | 1,029 | 2.5625 | 3 |
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What T-Mobile has said so far
T-Mobile plans to have 4G LTE service up and running in the vast majority of the top 50 markets in the U.S. by the end of 2013. It will launch LTE on Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum next year and move its High-Speed Packet Access-Plus (HSPA+) service, which is marketed as "4G," to 1900MHz.The operator is testing next-generation Release 10 -- aka LTE-Advanced -- equipment this summer, with an eye on launch next year. "The ability to launch with this next version of LTE technology is one advantage of launching next year," stated SVP of Technology Dave Mayo, in a blog post in June. (See T-Mobile Upgrades HSPA+, Trials LTE .)There's no solid word on how fast LTE-Advanced will be once deployed on the network. T-Mobile said in February that theoretical maximum downloads on its initial LTE launch would be 72Mbit/s. Data speeds can get lowered quite a bit, however, between the test lab and the network tower. (See T-Mobile Promises Multi-Megabit Peaks on LTE.)What is LTE-Advanced, anyway?LTE-Advanced is defined in the 3GPP release 10 of the LTE specification. The specification is focused on using several techniques to further increase the transmission speeds and spectral efficiency of the 4G standard.The 3GPP is gunning for maximum download rates of 3Gbit/s and uploads of 1.5Gbit/s. Clearly these speeds will be far less when translated into the real world, particularly as the 3GPP suggests the specification could use up to 100MHz of spectrum in bonded channels. This amount of bandwidth is a pipe dream for most carriers around the world. T-Mobile will have a maximum of 20MHz to play with, and less in some markets.Nonetheless, LTE-Advanced will offer a speed jump over current LTE and fast 3G networks by implementing some speedy upgrades at the radio access network (RAN) and handset. These include "carrier aggregation" techniques that bond together two or more separate radio channels to get faster data speeds, two-by-two smart antenna arrays (also known as 2x2 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO)) for faster uplink and downlink and relay nodes -- low power basestations that will provide improved coverage and capacity at the cell edge.The 3GPP has a useful primer on LTE-Advanced, if you want to get more technical.Where T-Mobile might go first with LTE
The operator hasn't officially said where it will launch LTE first. As part of its breakup terms from the proposed AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) merger, however, T-Mobile received AWS spectrum in 128 cellular markets, including 12 of the top 20 markets. The 12 are Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Washington, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Baltimore and Seattle. These cities appear to be the logical starting point for T-Mobile's faster 4G ambitions. (See T-Mobile Gets Spectrum in AT&T Breakup and Where Will T-Mobile Bring LTE First?)
Verizon Manages Its Own Data Destiny
The new arrangement asks consumers to use a single data plan to manage up to 10 devices and to buy service based on 11 different options, each representing a different amount of data usage each month. (See Verizon: One Data Bucket to Rule Them All, Pricing Out Verizon's Shared Data Move. AT&T Joins Verizon in the Shared Data Pool and Verizon Reserves Special Tiers for Big Spenders.)Behind the scenes, as it manages almost 100 million subscribers on its network, Verizon's Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) must be tied to its billing systems and the data from all the devices on all the plans it manages must be compiled, managed and reconciled to avoid billing mistakes. The cost of making things easier for consumers is that you make things complicated somewhere along the way.In Verizon's case, it must make sure that, whether its one user with 10 devices or 10 people with one device each, it has the ability to watch each customer's behavior individually, even if it lumps their activity together in a shared bill. (See The SPIT Manifesto.)And what vendor is Verizon entrusting with this complex policy management? No one, actually. We asked, and a Verizon spokeswoman led us to believe the move to share data plans, and all the complexity it brings, is handled by Verizon.That was, to us, a revelation given the sheer number of policy management and Service Provider Information Technology (SPIT) vendors and options that have turned up in the past few years.What's next But shared data plans may be a first step in a much more evolved wireless customer experience.In its new Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, Verizon is working with Tekelec Inc. to provide its PCRF servers, which will help manage network resources and enable new LTE services. (See Operators Dress Up Data Caps .) We've noted before that Tekelec sees its technology as allowing big steps forward in how consumers pay for wireless data. (See Tekelec Touts Diameter Signaling Router Wins.)In May, Tekelec's Michael Heffner noted that there are at least a dozen ways that operators can vary data charges and restrictions to improve the customer experience. (See Creative, Confounding Wireless Bills .)Some examples include:working with over-the-top content providers to have them subsidize their app in exchange for not counting it against the data cap hosting data happy hours in which certain times of day don't count against the cap offering the option to turbocharge data speeds -- for a fee -- for video viewing exchanging data for ad viewing giving subscribers the option of guaranteed quality of service with an extra charge What's possible Verizon CTO Tony Melone has suggested that Verizon's LTE network will one day be contextually aware of its subscribers, using location and other factors to, for instance, provide free Internet access when you shop at partnering retail outlets. (See Context Is King and The Carrier Creep Factor.)But, obviously, we're in the early days of a grand experiment in using sophisticated networking technologies to simplify how consumers manage their devices. As Verizon's network evolves, so too will its data pricing options.
Apple Patent Win Puts Carriers in Driver’s Seat
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)'s courtroom victory over Samsung Corp. could also convince the wireless operators to play a more active role in fostering a third mobile operating system ecosystem. (See Jury: Apple Guilty, But Samsung Much Guiltier.)The U.S. operators have long wanted to see a strong third player emerge to lessen their dependence on only two OSs, Android and iOS. This is something executives from AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless have stated in the past, even going as far as to defend Samsung in the patent wars. (See Verizon Defends Samsung Against Apple , Nokia's Third Ecosystem Starts With AT&T and CES 2012: It's Time for That Third Ecosystem, Microsoft.)A trial may not have been the route they had in mind, but the Apple-friendly verdict could cause them to get more vocal in accelerating development of that third ecosystem. Jefferson Wang, wireless practice lead at IBB Consulting, says that Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT)'s Windows OS, and to a lesser extent Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; Toronto: RIM)'s BlackBerry 10, will likely be the beneficiary of the verdict as they're both relatively safe from the threat of Apple litigation."[The verdict] gives some of the diversity and decision making back to the carriers and OEMs," Wang says.The operators have always given the handset makers and software providers requirements for handsets on their networks, but they couldn't force their hands on what to include on devices, Wang adds. Now, they'll likely be stricter about certain requirements and promote more diversity in their line up.Wang says the new mentality will be, "Don’t just bring your portfolio with rectangular staples and reduce the feature set; do something different." And that goes for all OSes.Of course, consumers in today's market want rectangular smartphones with big touch screens, so the line between differentiation and building the products that consumers will buy is a fine one. Indeed, that's what got Samsung tied up in litigation in the first place.What's more, Android is the most popular OS for a number of wireless operators, including Verizon and especially T-Mobile USA . That may not change based on this trial, but in next six to 12 months, Android handset makers may have to look at less eloquent ways of implementing certain technologies to skirt patent issues, Wang says. In the next 12 to 18 months, he says, they'll start looking at new form factors like dual-screens and wireless accessories to stay out of the courtroom.Nomura Securities analyst Richard Windsor points out that product delays and higher research and development expenses are likely to result for handset makers targeting the U.S., meaning that this process may take even longer than Wang suggests. In the meantime, it's a good window of opportunity for that third ecosystem to begin chipping away at Android's dominance. (See Microsoft Sets a Windows 8 Timeline and RIM Hopes BB10 Roadshow Will Wow Carriers .)"As Android and Apple tear each other apart, Microsoft has been waiting in the wings and is in a very good position to move in and entice users to switch from Android to Microsoft, as we have already seen that user loyalty is low," Windsor writes in a research note.While the verdict was delivered Friday, fallout from the trial is far from over. Samsung is working to overturn the verdict and, if that fails, will most likely appeal it. A preliminary hearing on injunctions on Samsung products based on the verdict is scheduled for Sept. 20.
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If you have high cholesterol, it’s likely your doctor has prescribed a statin drug for you. Statin drugs are controversial. While they can lower bad cholesterol, they do have side effects.
The author of this article first discusses the problems with statin drugs. Then she shares 15 Ways to Naturally Reduce Cholesterol and Reduce the Risk of Heart Attack. What I like is that the author goes into depth about how each method can lower cholesterol. You’ll also find research studies noted.
One example is that drinking Green Tea can help reduce bad cholesterol. Catechin is a component of Green Tea and has been shown to reduce LDL. The author cites a 2007 study where participants drank the equivalent of 6 to 7 cups of green tea daily and had a significant change in LDL levels.
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KANSAS CITY — Fertilizer prices stabilized or fell slightly in the five months following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but remain at significantly higher levels than in 2021, so growers buying early to start planning for 2023 crops won’t see the same savings they did last year.
These findings and other expectations for the fertilizer market in 2023 stem from research undertaken by the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and published on Farmdoc Daily on July 19.
In 2021, farmers who bought nitrogen-based fertilizers early paid significantly less than those who waited, the economics researchers said. From July 2021 to July 2022, anhydrous ammonia prices fell from $726 per ton to $1,469 per ton; diammonium phosphate (DAP) rose from $688 to $983 per ton, and potash rose from $481 to $862 per ton.
These price increases began to mount before the Eastern European War broke out. Immediately after the Russian invasion, prices for fertilizers, grains and oilseeds soared. In July, prices for these three commodity categories retreated close to pre-war levels of January 2022, indicating an apparent absorption by markets of the impacts of the conflict.
The good news for farmers planning for the 2022-23 crop year is that the supply of fertilizer for the Western Hemisphere appears to be adequate, the UI economics team said. But the outlook for fertilizer costs in the case of anhydrous ammonia is closely tied to the direction of natural gas and corn prices. For the former, prices reached a monthly average of $8.14 per million BTU in May and $7.70 in June, well above recent averages and the highest levels since 2008.
The main driver is the price of maize, according to the article, which has fallen to pre-war levels in Ukraine but remains at relatively high levels.
“Current maize prices indicate relatively high nitrogen fertilizer prices, but a continued decline in maize prices could indicate the potential for further declines in nitrogen fertilizer prices,” according to the IU study.
However, the report noted geopolitical possibilities that could push prices up once again. Russia has slowed natural gas supplies to Western Europe citing pipeline maintenance. A further reduction or total closure of this pipeline would increase the price of nitrogen fertilizer production in Europe and could trigger a recession affecting all grain and fertilizer markets. Second, there are fears that the main fertilizer exporter, China, will limit supply outflows. The severe COVID-related restrictions there have heightened fears of a Chinese recession that could depress grain sales to China and, therefore, grain prices in the United States.
Ultimately, U.S. farmers face much higher year-over-year fertilizer prices and perhaps more market uncertainty than usual, the report concludes.
“Given this uncertainty, farmers buying nitrogen in late summer/early fall may wish to price 2023 corn production,” the team said. ‘user interface. “High maize prices are needed to cover high nitrogen prices. If the sales are not made at the same time, corn prices could fall between the time the nitrogen is purchased and the time the corn is sold.
Farmers considering their options could delay nitrogen purchases or spread applications between fall and spring to spread price risk, the report concludes.
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Here's how you could do that.
- the molar mass of the compound
- the molar mass of the element
The idea here is that in order to find the percent composition of a compound, you need to know exactly how many atoms of each element are present in its molecule or formula unit.
The compound's percent composition is then calculated by taking the total contribution of an element to the mass of one mole of the compound.
In your case, you want to know the percent composition of oxygen in beryllium chlorate,
Start by writing down the molar mass of the compound and that of the element
#"Be"("ClO"_3)_2: " " "175.9146 g/mol"#
#"O: " "15.9994 g/mol"#
Your goal now is to figure out how many moles of oxygen you get per mole of beryllium chlorate. The compound contains beryllium cations,
As you can see from the chemical formula, you get two moles of chlorate anions for every mole of beryllium chlorate. Since each chlorate anion contains three oxygen atoms, you can say that you get
#"1 mole Be"("ClO"_3)_2 -> "6 moles O"#
So, if one mole of beryllium chlorate has a mass of
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Raccoons are omnivorous animals and are said to have originally lived in the tropics and along riverbanks. They later migrated to other parts of North America and adapted to new territories and changing in their diet.
How do City Raccoons Behave?
Raccoons are able to adjust to a variety of climatic conditions and environments. This ability to adjust to various environmental conditions allows them to live in many major cities of North America and other parts of the world. Raccoons stay with their mothers for about one year, and during this period, they are fed, protected and taught how to survive. Animals in cities are taught how to increase their pace while crossing the road to avoid being hit by cars. They are also taught how to avoid busy streets and major highways.
Urban raccoons live in a small territory which enables them not to travel too far, find shelter, food and water within a short distance. The animals in urban areas are highly flexible in body sizes, and have a sharp sense of smell. Raccoons are omnivorous diet wise and have nimble hands that can open up doors and containers. They can find food anywhere including garbage areas and pet food.
Differences Between Wild and City Raccoons
Cities are a new environment for the animals that are used to living in the wild. In order for them to survive in urban settings, the animals must be extremely flexible. In order to avoid many dangers that exist in cities, city raccoons have adapted a highly flexible nature.This is unlike those in the wild which are rather slow and clumsy. City raccoons also are known to live longer and have more offspring than those in the wild. This is mainly because in the cities the animals are away from hunting and trappings, a general lack of predators and abundance of human food.
City raccoons are able to find their way through obstacles and somewhat aggressive than their counterparts in the wild. Due to this behavior, urban raccoons are more susceptible to cause more damage than their counterparts in the wild. Due to frequent interactions and conflict with humans, raccoons that dwell in cities tend to be more intelligent than those in the wild. Finally, raccoons in urban settings live much longer than those in wild. The reasons for the huge difference in life expectancy between the two categories are varied, but some of them are diet, environment and predators.
As urban centers expand, the distinction between what is a city and wild raccoon become blurred. According to Wildlife Removal specialists, they continue to find more wild raccoons in the east as the city of Oshawa keeps growing. Are Oshawa raccoons the most wild in the GTA? Well I doubt it, but it sure tells us that the struggle with such wildlife is not ending soon. | <urn:uuid:b13d2aa5-6245-47f3-9a61-2d3fbbd6b63b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.johnsonjeffries.com/tag/wild-raccoon/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.970423 | 571 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Allied Health Assistants are becoming an increasingly important part of the health system and play a vital role in enhancing the treatment and support provided by allied health professionals. Appropriately supported, allied health assistants can successfully and efficiently support and assist individual treatment interventions, allowing allied health professionals adequate time to focus on managing and evaluating an individual’s treatment plan.
What does an allied health assistant do?
An allied health assistant (AHA) provides support to improve the output, quality and efficiency of allied health professionals’ (AHPs) services, delivering services in both a one-to-one and group format. Allied health assistants work with people of different ages, presenting with many conditions, depending on their work setting and the delegating allied health profession.
Some allied health assistants work with one type of allied health profession, whereas others work in multidisciplinary healthcare teams as multidisciplinary allied health assistants. In the UK, the umbrella term ‘healthcare support workers’ is used to describe a range of roles that support the allied health professions (e.g., dietetic assistant, orthotic technician, podiatry assistant, radiography assistant and others).
Allied health assistants’ roles vary quite significantly, in line with the needs of their team and the patients they work with. There are some core skills and qualities they must have, such as great communication skills, the ability to build rapport with patients, work independently and as part of a team. They need to be flexible and responsive to the demands of a broad range of patient and healthcare team support needs, have high-level organisation skills and confidence to talk to and manage groups of patients.
Where do allied health assistants work?
Allied health assistants are likely to work wherever allied health professionals work, however their level of recognition varies greatly according to the country, and even the setting in which they work.
Allied health assistants work in all kinds of public and private health and social care settings, including hospitals, (in- and out-patient settings), community health centres, rehabilitation facilities, medical imaging departments and clinics, schools, disability, acute care and aged care services. They support individuals who require treatment from allied health professionals, which may include people with disabilities, elderly, sick and injured clients, athletes, or the general population.
Desirable personality traits of an allied health assistant
An individual who has an interest in health, rehabilitation, therapy, a passion for caring, assisting and working with people, the community and allied health/healthcare/medical professionals.
How to qualify as an allied health assistant
In Australia (and most other countries), the AHA workforce is unregulated and unregistered and there are no, formal, recognised minimum training standards. AHAs generally have vocational qualifications and may be supported by a Certificate III or Certificate IV, however they will learn their most important skills on the job. A number of undergraduate allied health professionals work as AHAs while they train, and this is a pathway to employment for a number of graduate allied health professionals. Training for AHAs varies by state, by profession, and also by employment type. There is currently a move in Australia to introduce a self-regulation framework for AHAs. More information is available here.
Those looking to qualify as a healthcare support worker in the UK have different options, depending on the allied health profession with which they choose to work. Dietetic, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy assistants complete on the job training, with the option to complete a level 2 Certificate in Healthcare Support Services or a level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support. With experience, dietetic, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy assistants can apply to train as an assistant practitioner. Those wishing to work as a radiography assistant receive workplace-based training and can complete a level 2 or 3 Certificate in Imaging Support. Podiatry Assistants complete on the job training only in the UK.
In the USA, allied health assistants are aligned with the specific allied health professions, for example, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech and language therapy. Aspiring allied health assistants in the USA may complete a two-year accredited associate degree program, with an additional 100 hours of clinical experience.
Workforce considerations for allied health assistants
Allied health assistants do not have a peak body in any of the countries in which they work. This means they lack a united voice for advocacy, recognition, and scope of practice advancement. The recent formation of the Allied Health Assistants’ National Association Ltd (A.H.A.N.A.) represents a big step forward for allied health assistants as an occupational group as it aims to promote awareness of, and advocacy for allied health assistants in Australia.
A day in the life of an allied health assistant
Allied Health Assistants may begin their working day by discussing with the allied health professional/assistant manager their client workload for the day and obtain any necessary client treatment information and details regarding a client’s therapeutic plan. They then plan when and who they will be working with.
They may drive to clients’ homes, hospitals, or rehabilitation/healthcare facilities to provide therapeutic intervention and assessment with and without the Allied Health Professional. They may also participate on telehealth calls to speak with rehabilitation, healthcare, allied health professionals, or managers and contribute to various client treatment planning meetings to obtain relevant information to support and assist the Allied Health Professional. During or before the end of the day, Allied Health Assistants fill out their client notes, documents and speak with/update any relevant managers or professionals.
Find out more about allied health assistants
Here are some links to websites and resources for and about allied health assistants:
- Allied Health Assistants’ National Association Ltd A.H.A.N.A.
- Allied Health Assistants | Queensland Health
- Allied Health Assistants | South Island Alliance
- Shaping our South Island Allied Health workforce | White Paper
- Roles as a healthcare support worker | NHS Health Careers
- Becoming a Physical Therapist Assistant | American Physical Therapy Association
- OTA Guide – A Student Career Guide to Becoming an Occupational Therapy Assistant
- Scope of Practice for the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) | American Speech Language Hearing Association
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «M-BOOK»
Discover the use of m-book
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and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
A little boy fills his sound box with words beginning with the letter "m."
The Adventures of Arlo Ruffington with Timmy M
Boys and girls ages 4 and up will eat up this series of fun, kooky, adventurous books. Arlo Ruffington is a 3 year old real dog living in the Midwest. The stories are sequential to Arlo and Timmy M's life.
MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing
Provides information on stylistic aspects of research papers, theses, and dissertations, including sections on writing fundamentals, MLA documentation style, and copyright law.
A Guide to MATLAB: For Beginners and Experienced Users
If there are any input cells that you want to automatically evaluate upon opening
of the M-book, select them and click on Define AutoInit Cell. The color of the text
in those cells will change from green to navy blue. If you want to separate out a ...
Brian R. Hunt, Ronald L. Lipsman, Jonathan M. Rosenberg, 2006
His hometown of Vidalia, Louisiana, rallies to help D.J. However, D.J. doesn't want to return to Vidalia. The story becomes intriguing when he meets up with Trey, who survived a brutal life and a near-death experience.
G. Mark LaFrancis, M & M Book Publishing Company, 2002
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Torras, E. & Bellot, A. (2016). Online Teaching and Learning Processes: Declarative and Procedural Knowledge, Proceedings of CDLE: 18th International Conference on Distance Learning and Education, WASET (World Academy of Science and Technology), Barcelona, Spain.
To know whether students’ achievements are the result of online interaction and not just a consequence of individual differences themselves, it seems essential to link the teaching presence and social presence to the types of knowledge built. The research aim is to analyze the social presence in relation to two types of knowledge, declarative and procedural. Qualitative methodology has been used. The analysis of the contents was based on an observation protocol that included community of enquiry indicators and procedural and declarative knowledge indicators. The research has been conducted in three phases that focused on an observational protocol and indicators, results and conclusions. Results show that the teaching-learning processes have been characterized by the patterns of presence and types of knowledge. Results also show the importance of social presence support provided by the teacher and the students, not only in regard to the nature of the instructional support but also concerning how it is presented to the student and the importance that is attributed to it in the teaching-learning process, that is, what it is that assistance is offered on. In this study, we find that the presence based on procedural guidelines and declarative reflection, the management of shared meaning on the basis of the skills and the evidence of these skills entail patterns of learning. Nevertheless, the importance that the teacher attributes to each support aspect has a bearing on the extent to which the students reflect more on the given task.
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Officials released more water from Houston-area reservoirs overwhelmed by Harvey early Monday in a move aimed at protecting the city’s downtown from devastating floods but that could still endanger thousands of homes, even as the nation’s fourth-largest city anticipated more rain.
Harvey, which made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane and has lingered dropping heavy rain as a tropical storm, sent devastating floods pouring into Houston on Sunday. The rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Brock Long said during a news conference Monday that 50 counties in Texas are affected by the flooding and that a tremendous amount of rainfall is in the cards for southwest Louisiana. The rain and floods have been blamed in at least two deaths.
Residents living near the Addicks and Barker reservoirs – that were designed to prevent flooding in downtown Houston – were warned Sunday that a controlled release from both reservoirs would cause additional street flooding that could spill into homes. Rising water levels and continuing rain was putting pressure on the dams that could fail without the release. Harris and Fort Bend county officials advised residents to pack their cars Sunday night and leave in the morning.
“When the sun comes up, get out,” said Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist for the Harris County Flood Control District. “And you don’t have to go far, you just need to get out of this area.”
The Army Corps of Engineers started the reservoir releases before 2 a.m. Monday – ahead of schedule – because water levels were increasing at a rate of more than 6 inches (15 centimeters) per hour, Corps spokesman Jay Townsend said.
Officials in Fort Bend County, Houston’s southwestern suburbs, late Sunday issued mandatory evacuation orders along the Brazos River levee districts. County officials were preparing for the river to reach major flood stages late Sunday. County Judge Robert Herbert said at a news conference that National Weather Service officials were predicting that the water could rise to 59 feet (18 meters), three feet (90 centimeters) above 2016 records and what Herbert called an `”800-year flood level.” Herbert said that amount of water would top the levees and carries a threat of levee failure.
On Sunday, incessant rain covered much of Houston in turbid, gray-green water and turned streets into rivers navigable only by boat. In a rescue effort that recalled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, helicopters landed near flooded freeways, airboats buzzed across submerged neighborhoods and high-water vehicles plowed through water-logged intersections. Some people managed with kayaks or canoes or swam.
Volunteers joined emergency teams in pulling people from their homes or from the water. Authorities urged people to get on top of their houses to avoid becoming trapped in attics and to wave sheets or towels to draw attention to their location.
Police Chief Art Acevedo said Monday that drainage remains a concern.
“I’m not sure where the water is going because it’s just so much that we can’t really absorb more in the ground at this point. … We have way too much water and not enough places for it to drain,” Acevedo told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
And on the possibility of the rain subsiding, he said: “We’re just keeping our fingers crossed”
As the water rose, the National Weather Service issued another ominous forecast: Before the storm is gone, some parts of Houston and its suburbs could get as much as 50 inches (1.3 meters) of rain. That would be the highest amount ever recorded in Texas.
FEMA’s Long predicted that the aftermath of the storm would require FEMA’s involvement for years.
“This disaster’s going to be a landmark event,” Long said.
The National Weather Service meanwhile warned that the catastrophic flooding would worsen due to heavy rainfall in the coming days and that it would be slow to recede once Harvey finally moves on.
Director Louis Uccellini said during a news conference Monday that up to 20 inches (51 centimeters) of rain could fall in the coming days, on top of the more than 30 inches (76 centimeters) some places have already seen.
Rescuers had to give top priority to life-and-death situations, leaving many affected families to fend for themselves. And several hospitals in the Houston area were evacuated due to the rising waters.
It was not clear how many people were plucked from the floodwaters. Up to 1,200 people had to be rescued in Galveston County alone, said Mark Henry, the county judge.
Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center was quickly opened as a shelter. It was also used as a shelter for Katrina refugees in 2005.
Gillis Leho arrived there soaking wet. She said she awoke Sunday to find her downstairs flooded. She moved some belongings upstairs then grabbed her grandchildren.
“We had to bust a window to get out,” Leho said.
Some people used inflatable beach toys, rubber rafts and even air mattresses to get through the water to safety. Others waded while carrying trash bags stuffed with their belongings and small animals in picnic coolers.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said authorities had received more than 2,000 calls for help and urged drivers to stay off the roads.
“I don’t need to tell anyone this is a very, very serious and unprecedented storm,” Turner said.
The deteriorating situation was bound to provoke questions about the conflicting advice given by the governor and Houston leaders before the hurricane. Gov. Greg Abbott urged people to flee from Harvey’s path, but the Houston mayor issued no evacuation orders and told everyone to stay home.
The governor refused to point fingers on Sunday.
“Now is not the time to second-guess the decisions that were made,” Abbott, a Republican, said at a news conference in Austin. “What’s important is that everybody work together to ensure that we are going to, first, save lives and, second, help people across the state rebuild.”
The mayor, a Democrat, defended his decision, citing the risk of sending the city’s 2.3 million inhabitants onto the highways at the same time.
“If you think the situation right now is bad, and you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare,” Turner said.
The Coast Guard deployed five helicopters and asked for additional aircraft from New Orleans.
The White House said President Donald Trump would visit Texas on Tuesday. He met Sunday by teleconference with top administration officials to discuss federal support for response and recovery efforts.
The rescues unfolded a day after Harvey settled over the Texas coastline. The system weakened Saturday to a tropical storm. By early Monday, Harvey had shifted a little closer to the coast, hovering about 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Victoria, with sustained winds of about 40 mph (65 kph). The National Hurricane Center said it continued to edge in a southeasterly direction at 3 mph (4.8 kph).
Harvey was the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in 13 years and the strongest to strike Texas since 1961’s Hurricane Carla, the most powerful Texas hurricane on record.
(Associated Press writers Carla K. Johnson in Chicago; Juan Lozano, Josh Replogle and Robert Ray in Houston; Peter Banda in Dickinson, Texas; and Jamie Stengle and Claudia Lauer in Dallas contributed to this report.)
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Food - Week 31: Grains
I have become a huge fan of quinoa. It is a great protein, as well as a source of the nutrients and benefits grains provide. Be creative when storing grains so you have a variety and don’t end up with appetite fatigue. What is appetite fatigue? After eating the same food for an extended period of time your body begins to reject it and you have a hard time even swallowing the food, no matter how much you may have loved it before.
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A mobile COVID-19 testing unit will be situated at Newmilns Fire Station on Sunday 7 February from 10am to 6pm.
This temporary facility will allow people who have COVID-19 symptoms to get a free swab test as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for communities.
Tests must be booked in advance at https://www.nhsinform.scot/test-and-protect or by calling 0800 028 2816. The booking portal for the Newmilns site will open from 6pm on Saturday 6 February.
These mobile test centres provide another way for people without access to cars to book appointments, and to improve accessibility to testing in the heart of communities who need it most.
If you're coming to be tested, you will be required to follow public health measures including:
You should only book a test if you have coronavirus symptoms (a high temperature, a new and continuous cough, or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste).
If you have any of these symptoms you must self-isolate immediately, only leaving home to take a test. You should continue to self-isolate until you have received your result.
If you're attending the mobile testing centre, you'll be asked to confirm your identity on arrival. You will then be issued with a test kit and directed to a testing booth, where you will be given guidance to help you do the swab test yourself by taking swabs from both the nose and mouth.
The swab test takes less than a minute and is relatively pain-free. After safely completing the test, a testing assistant will advise you how to register your test online or by phone and then how to exit the centre. You should receive your result the next day.
If you test positive you will be contacted by NHS Scotland tracers. They will let you know how long you and your household should self-isolate for and help you identify who you have been in contact with, protecting others from further transmission. Your close contacts will also hear from contact tracers, asking them to stay at home for 10 days to prevent them from unknowingly spreading the virus. They will be advised to also book a test if they develop symptoms.
Testing is free, quick and vital to stopping the spread of coronavirus. It's available for all ages and groups, including vulnerable groups and people with disabilities.
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Arguably the first car race to take place was that of the “Paris-Bordeaux-Paris” track, a 732 mile race that took place in June 1895. In every generation since, the world of motorsport has been become one of the most technologically advanced sports of modern times. Every year motorsport fans around the world follow the racing calendar.
One great thing about modern motorsports is that there is something for everyone. From Formula 1 to Nascar, Le Mans, Rally and more, the world of motorsport is as diverse as it is invigorating. As sports gas evolved, fans and participating pilots continued to seek out new thrills; generally, this results in the conquest of new tracks and new grounds.
One of the most legendary races of all time is the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring. If you are new to a gearbox, you must have heard of the Nürburgring as it is often used as a test track by a wide range of car manufacturers.
However, when automakers aren’t using the track to test their car’s limits, it hosts the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring. On that note, let’s take a trip down memory lane and look at the history of the Nürburgring 24 Hours.
The Nürburgring 24 Hours debuted decades ago
Nürburgring is a small town in Germany with one of the most technical and longest tracks in motor racing. The world discovered the Nürburgring in 1927 when the track hosted the German Grand Prix as part of the Formula 1 championship.
This Grand Prix opened the door to more races. In the 1960s, this track hosted some of the longest races ever. For example, from 1965 to 1971, this track hosted the Road Marathon, which lasted 84 hours most of the time. This was taken up a notch in 1971 when the race lasted 96 hours.
A year earlier, however, in 1970, a new race was introduced at the Nürburgring, and that was the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring. This race is similar to most of the 24 hour races held on other tracks like Spa Francorchamps. The 24 Hours of the Nürburgring hosted touring cars for the first time on this German circuit.
In the first year when the race started, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Clemens Schickentanz were the first to win the trophy. These drivers won the race in a BMW 2002 TI.
Over the next three years, BMW won the trophy in the BMW 2002, BMW 2800 CS and BMW 3.0 CSL. One of the most memorable victories at the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring was Niki Lauda’s victory in 1973.
As interest in this race began to peak, the oil crisis erupted. As a result, there were no races from 1974 to 1975.
In 1976 the winning car was the Porsche 911 Carrera which had Herbert Hechler and Fritz Müller at the wheel. After this victory, Porsche won three more titles.
That winning streak was then taken by Ford, who retained the league title for two consecutive years. They won the race with the 1979-1980 Ford Escort and the 1981-1982 Ford Capri. In 1981, the Ford Championship was won by Fritz Müller, who became the first driver to win four races in the history of the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring.
Notably, BMW enjoyed a dominant decade in the 90s, securing eight titles throughout that ten-year span. The first half of the 2000s was a bit more competitive with Chrysler Viper and BMW each achieving two wins between 2001 and 2005.
However, Porsche, with different interpretations of their 997 GT3-RSR, won the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring four years in a row from 2006 to 2009, all with Timo Bernhard and Marcel Tiemann at the wheel. Over the past decade, Porsche, Audi and Mercedes-AMG have had their share of the loot. Manthley Racing won with a Porsche 911 GT3 R in 2021, its drivers setting a new shortest distance record.
What you need to know about the Nürburgring event
When the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring began, the sport was only reserved for FIA Group N series cars. However, over time it evolved to include more passenger cars and production cars. extremely fast that make up the GT3 class.
The race is around 15.7 miles long and covers some of the most popular spots on the Nürburgring. This includes the Nordschleife. During the race, 180 cars are expected to qualify for the race, 150 taking the starting positions. The next step is a qualifying race among the top 40. To avoid traffic jams, FIA regulations decided that the race would take place in waves of speed. This eliminates congestion and prevents stacking.
For each car, two drivers take turns driving; at the end of the day, there can be at least 700 pilots taking turns on the track. To determine who’s driving at what time, the race is divided into relays, with each stint lasting up to two and a half hours. The outgoing pilot benefits from a compulsory two-hour rest period before returning to the track. However, nothing prevents a driver from driving for a full 24 hours.
Since the start of the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring, many icons have had the chance to race and win. Some of the most memorable names in the history of this endurance racing event include Niki Lauda, ââAugusto Farfus, Bernd Mayländer, Christian Danner, Johnny Cecotto, Jörg Müller, Mike Rockenfeller, Nicki Thiim and Sabine Reck.
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Did you know that your home is simply an extension of who you are? The truth is that what you do within your home shapes your mood, affects your work productivity, and also influences your general outlook on life. Therefore, you need happiness and peace in your home to lead a better life.
But, how can you ensure that you achieve this when looking at buying a house? Although there is no formula for achieving peace and happiness in your home, there are lots of simple things that you can do which helps to bring peace into your home. Here are the top ten things that you need to do to bring peace into your home.
Create Work Boundaries
Sometimes, it is possible to drown in work and forget about the other critical aspects of your life. You may never realize the fact that work has monopolized your life. To bring peace into your home, make sure that you create work boundaries and don’t allow the endless demands of your work to take over your home life.
It is almost impossible to laugh your heart out and be stressed at the same time. Laughing is a natural cure for stress and depression since it releases something good inside you. Once you buy a home, find ways to laugh more. If everything fails, turn to YouTube and watch babies laugh and you will also start laughing.
Watch Less TV
Too much TV isn’t good for your physical and emotional health since TV comes with a lot of noise. Watching TV all day long actually creates a tense atmosphere in your home. You should only switch your television on if you want to watch something actively.
If you have a family, make sure that you develop a strong bond with them by gathering frequently. Gather for meals, prayer, or simply hang out with each other and be active. You will bring so much peace into your home by enjoying this togetherness.
Although this point may seem obvious, it is still critical. Sometimes, we tend to forget how powerful love can be in our home and relationships. Nothing feels as good as genuine love, and if you show it to those around you, they will most likely reciprocate it. Therefore, make sure that you love genuinely for it is written that “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
Do you want to enjoy everlasting peace in your home? You need to learn how to give generously of your possessions and time. Develop the heart of giving generously even before you start looking at the home listings in a neighborhood. The home is always a place that is full of all kinds of giving opportunities.
Prayer brings peace to your heart and mind. Set aside a prayer moment every day to God for continued guidance and support. Prayer reminds you that there someone bigger than you who will guide you even when things seem tough.
Manage Your Clutter
Surprised? You don’t have to since the habit of leaving things to pile up in your rooms can take away the peace of mind that you need. Take your time to organize your rooms and ensure that everything is in its rightful place. A clean, organized and ecological home offers a better sense of peace in the long run.
Give your little ones and partner a squeeze now and then. Wrap your arms around them and make them feel loved and adored. Such a simple act brings the family together and enhances the peace in your home.
Choose Your Conflicts Carefully
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August 02, 2018
41 | Part 1: What you need to know to prevent, react and recover from workplace harassment – A live panel discussion at Orchestras Canada Annual Conference
Why you’ve got to listen to this episode:
Workplace harassment is one of those topics we don’t like to think or talk about and as such we tend not to be well prepared for it and not have in place preventive measures to help avoid it.
In this episode I’m sharing a live panel session I moderated during the Orchestras Canada Annual Conference where we tackle this topic from how to prevent it, how to react if we do go through it and how to recover from it.
The panel comprised of Scott Crockatt, marketing and communications expert with United Way Calgary and Area, Jeanne LaSage, principal at LeSage Arts Management and human resources expert and lawyers Dana Kiefer and John Gilmore both with Bennett Jones.
We discuss the issue of workplace harassment with a focus on Orchestras and arts organizations within Canada, however, the insights and guidance shared by the panellists can be applied to any organization in any industry.
This episode focuses on part 1 of our discussion, how to prevent workplace harassment. Preventing your staff or collaborators to experience any type of workplace harassment is the ideal scenario. Preventing harassment not only safeguards your staff but also protects the organization against the reputational risk that comes with such issues.
Who can benefit from listening in:
Any organization regardless of size and industry should be prepared and do its due diligence to prevent workplace harassment, protecting staff and brand reputation. Know how to react in the unfortunate, but not unlikely, case it does occur. And needs to know how to recover, how to heal and how to gain back the trust and confidence of their audience.
Workplace harassment is the type of issue we all think or hope won’t happen within our organization but as the cases of harassment grow around the globe, being prepared for such an occasion should become a priority starting with prevention.
Key takeaways from this episode:
- Workplace harassment covers a much wider range of situations than most people think. It can be sexual, but it can also be bullying or any other kind of undesired behaviour causing physical or emotional distress.
- Harassment typically occurs within a workplace culture where it is felt or understood to be accepted.
- Organizations can suffer tremendous reputational damage solely by the implication that they have a hostile work environment even if no specific charges have ever been laid. Scott Crockatt
- An employer has the obligation to actively discourage and prohibit discrimination, harassment and humiliating behaviour. Dana Kiefer
- Having the right culture in place, where staff lives by the brand values is not only a good practice to build a strong brand but it’s also a protection against workplace harassment. Luiza Campos
- Culture has to start from the top. From board and leadership setting the example. Jeanne LeSage
Links to resources mentioned in this episode
- Orchestras Canada
- Jean LeSage
- Scott Crockatt
- Dana Kiefer
- John Gilmore
- Alberta Podcast Network
- ATB “The Brach for Arts & Culture”
- Don’t Call Me a Guru podcast
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Risk based thinking is important to your organization!
More than just psychology
Risk based thinking (RBT) is one of the most profound changes to ISO management systems in recent years but is certainly not a psychological term. It is a clearly-bounded methodological approach that distributes risk across the full scope of a management system as an integrated business function. The International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) has this to say on RBT:
“Risk based thinking ensures these risks are identified, considered and controlled throughout the design and use of the quality management system”.
Although the function of risk based thinking is to manage risk at various critical stages, the true purpose of RBT is more than just creating a systematic, precautionary approach. Instead, you should look at risk based thinking as a form of organizational knowledge. This is important because a badly managed organizational system is immediately apparent to professionals and investors, who often look for more than just certification. This is one of the many reasons why risk based thinking features so heavily in updated standards like ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015, and the highly anticipated ISO 45001 (new Health and safety management standard).
What is badly-managed organizational risk?
The problems start when an organization designs a purely linear process for risk management. This is appropriate and to some extent logical during the implementation of a new management system, but once the management system becomes established it can become a considerable burden. During the implementation process risks are considered and managed through a series of periodic fixes - as opposed to an iterative process, and the whole system becomes dogmatic. Systems like this suffer from a lack of agility.
In order for the organization to learn about new risk, it relies upon a programme of internal audits and management reviews. Risks are therefore considered too infrequently to capture and control emergent threats.
Risks are also often managed centrally by a firm. Organizations commonly lack the insight, scope and flexibility to handle risks that occur at a grass-roots level. Decisions to prevent and mitigate risk can sometimes be delayed as employees do not have the capability to assess risk. Often this happens because employees do not feel empowered nor confident to take preventative and corrective action in the first place.
What are the signs of poor risk management?
There are 5 common symptoms which could highlight to you that your approach to risk management could be improved:
1. Uncertainty - the organization struggles to collect the right, or enough information about its risks. Checks are too infrequent. The scope of information about the organizations risk is narrow.
2. Complexity - the organization is collecting enormous amounts of information about risk. Decision makers cannot interpret the information. Opportunities are overlooked.
3. Ambiguity - the organization is not able to formulate the correct questions in order to understand its risk. Additional information is useless because risk is not understood.
4. Equivocality - there are multiple interpretations of risk between individuals across the organization. Risk management is mutually exclusive or in conflict. A power struggle usually ensues between individuals with conflicting views and beliefs.
5. Silo mentality (larger organizations) - different business units resist communicating information about risks across the organization. This typically leads to a condition of both uncertainty and equivocality.
Centralised vs. Decentralised
Let’s apply some military style thinking as an example. During the Battle of Balaclava in 1854, William Howard Russel reported to The Times in London, that soldiers at the front of the column were starving and dropping ill from both famine and food contamination.
The government of the time had centralised food distribution. It took days for the chain of command to disembark food supplies from ship to shore. There was also no transport organised to bring the food inland, and communication was so slow that by the time food arrived – it had gone foul. This caused a scandal. The military had to step-in to decentralise the supply chain, providing more carts and horses.
The solution was to take all of the officers in charge of provisioning supplies that were working from fixed locations, and to distribute them across the army so that one officer was in-charge of each unit. This action saved thousands of lives.
You see, it is easy for us to assume that decentralisation always works – it does not. There could still be value in having a centralised approach for considering how risks are managed: these options can be less resource intensive, and can provide a smarter intelligence base. However the critical factor in Balaclava was the role that information played in preventing further risk. Ironically in this case, it took the intelligence of a single reporter to save countless thousands of lives.
Of course, the Battle of Balaclava happened many years before ISO management systems were first devised, but the principles remain the same: risk based thinking can enable your organization to gain information as quickly and effectively as possible.
Once you possess this information, you can begin to see risks as a strategic capability, and not a just hindrance. Organizational intelligence is simply your ability to gain information.
How to fix the problem
Choose the right risk management tools. Digitization, globalization, deregulation and the speed of competitive rivalry have changed the nature of business - almost beyond recognition in recent years. Risks are no longer linear, and many of the tools developed to provide risk management in the 1980s and 90s are now largely redundant.
This means that consultants and Integrated Management System (IMS) managers need to carefully evaluate which risk management tools they choose to employ. The right management tools enable organizations to evaluate risk, to share this information internally, and to provide legitimate intelligence that may aid business development.
It is also worth appraising new management tools and experimenting with different approaches while your management system is in operation: your management system needs to evolve = Never Stop Improving.
Understand the standards. You need to correctly interpret the terminology applied to ISO management systems. Risk is not always stated explicitly in each ISO standard. Terms like “suitable” and “appropriate” will often imply that you need to demonstrate a balanced approach towards risk based thinking.
You should also assume that risk identification can have a positive impact; and that it can even provide legitimate business opportunities. Fundamentally your approach must accept risk as a systemic property in a management system. You need to consider all of the functional aspects of your management system, and how effectively risks are identified and controlled in real-time.
Transitioning into a risk-intelligent business can take a considerable length of time and experience. The value of implementing an ISO management system (in particular the new 2015 standards) is that it determines the focus for a Risk-Based approach. But it does not tell you which business tools to apply – this choice is yours.
Risk is now a common thread within ISO standards and is weaved throughout ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, OHSAS 18001 (soon to be ISO 45001) and ISO 27001:2013.
It is therefore of crucial importance that all systems and quality managers not only understand risk, but also adopt a risk based approach to both thinking and auditing.
Only then will you ensure that you proactively mitigate risks and strive towards continual improvement.
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