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Irish writer Hugo Hamilton grew up near Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s. But as a Fordham audience learned on Feb. 7, his family existed at the intersection of two imaginary worlds.
The first world was his German mother’s memory of her homeland. The second was a dream of Ireland held by his nationalist father, who strove to eliminate English influence in Irish life.
Hamilton and his five siblings would speak German in their home and Irish to their father because English, the language spoken by the vast majority of the country, was forbidden.
“We lived in an imaginary place that my mother had created in her stories,” he told an audience in the South Lounge on the Lincoln Center campus. “As a child, I knew exactly how to get from my mother’s house where she grew up to the bakery, though I’d never been to Kempen, where she came from.
“And then there was also this imaginary place that my father had, which was a vision of Ireland as an Irish-speaking country.”
Walking outside each day was like entering a completely different world, he said.
“Whenever we brought back some of the words from out there—any English words we spoke—my father would punish us.”
Hamilton mined his childhood experiences to write The Speckled People (HarperCollins, 2003), which won several international awards and was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards’ Book of the Decade prize.
He read excerpts for the audience, including one of him and his brother running through the lanes of Dunleary wearing Aran sweaters from the west of Ireland and lederhosen sent to them by their mother’s family. “Irish on top and German below,” he explained. “So we were unusual, to say the least.”
Though his parents robustly displayed their ethnicities, their attributes ran counter to traditionally held beliefs about Germans and the Irish.
“Generally, we like to believe that Irish people are very funny; they drink a lot, and we tend to believe that Germans are very straight, honest, serious and that they’re good at making cakes,” he said.
“The cake part was definitely true about my mother,” he said. “But apart from that, all the stereotypes were switched around in my family. My father was the idealist; very rarely did he crack jokes. It was my mother who was the funny one.”
Shaped by the politics of Irish cultural nationalism and his German background, Hamilton struggled to create an identity. His search led him to reject his parents’ ethnicities and, occasionally, his parents as individuals. As he grew older, he did not want to be seen with his father in public because he would be forced to speak Irish. Likewise, he avoided his mother due to the collective shame borne by Germans over the Holocaust.
“It’s very good if you’re able to shake hands with your father and come to some sort of agreement or understanding, but he died long before I could have that kind of conversation with him,” he said, “and I was well into my 40s before I began to embrace my Germanness again and the German language.”
Many members of the audience told Hamilton that his memoir resonated because they, too, possessed Irish and German heritage. Several referred to themselves as “speckled people” and told their own stories about intra-family squabbles based in ethnic differences.
“My story very closely mirrors yours,” he told one audience member. “I think for the children of any kind of migrant, there is always one foot left in the old country.
“When the Irish come to America, they never let anybody forget they’re Irish, but the Germans will disappear. They go into hiding,” he said.
“The Holocaust has brought terrible shame to Germany, but it’s also brought about a terrible denial of Germanness,” Hamilton explained. “Today, hopefully we can understand and accept the Holocaust and what was done without denying the Germanness.”
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The Notre Dame Cathedral, an iconic Parisian landmark, suffered extensive damage Monday after a fire engulfed the historic structure, causing its spire to collapse and destroying much of its roof. You can read more about it here. As the cathedral burned, hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and coordinated disinformation campaigns began to spread across social media.
1. This story from InfoWars relied on a since-deleted tweet to spread a baseless claim the fire was set deliberately.
2. Far-right influencers are pushing an old narrative about “smiley face” reactions.
3. A fake Twitter account impersonating CNN spread a hoax about the fire.
4. There is a coordinated campaign to spread an article from 2016 that's unrelated to today's events.
5. A misleading post from Jihad Watch, a website that frequently posts anti-Islam disinformation, spread across social media.
6. A fake Fox News account is spreading disinformation about the fire.
7. People are posting old pictures of the wrong cathedral.
8. A video that includes audio of a person shouting "allahu akbar" as the Notre Dame burns is fake.
9. This is a photo of the Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Canada, not the cathedral in Paris.
10. This is not a video of people shouting people shouting "allah akbar," it's people shouting "allais, en avant" which in french means "go on, move along."
11. People are using this grainy video to make false claims about the fire, including that the person shown is an "Imam" or a Yellow Vest protester setting the fire. These are false.
Paul Joseph Watson's tweet showed the video where the Facebook reactions were posted. A previous version of the story said the source wasn't clear. | <urn:uuid:7d309607-4159-4243-b39a-062169e57227> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/notre-dame-hoaxes?fbclid=IwAR0A10Wvxlqpcm4e9yIPn0mXOF0iEBa9D3_UVJf_KfBBsUqdRNsDRY8ihkU | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.935954 | 374 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Mastering the Telephone – Basic Skills – Part Two
Many employees lack the basic skills needed to listen, question and speak clearly over the phone because it’s been taken for granted. With so much communication happening digitally, it’s not uncommon to need a refresher on appropriate telephone skills in business.
- Customer service
- Telephone skills
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The Millennials: Exploring the World of the Largest Living Generation
By Subramanian S Kalpathi
Published by Penguin Random House India
“HCL Technologies is one of the few organizations that identified the potential of the millennial generation early on and systematically went about putting in place structures that would bring out the best in them.”
“The core belief driving action at HCL is: Put your employees first and customers will never feel second.”
The following excerpt forms a part of Chapter 2 – ‘Authentic versus Dissonant Culture’
Innovation Institutionalized: Ideapreneurship At HCL Technologies
Iowa, USA. Meet Prem Sundar, a millennial database professional at HCL. Prem and his team had been entrusted to work with a key client—a large aerospace and defence company that provides avionics-based IT systems and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers. Transport aircraft around the world are installed with a version of their aviation electronics systems. While engaging the client, Prem and his team identified a unique challenge. The firm captured a large amount of avionics data on its database, but every time the database was queried to extract information, it took a whopping seven days for the system to respond with an output. This had been causing a major drag on decision-making, and delaying execution. Prem knew that his team had to look beyond just managing the product life cycle, and came up with the idea of developing a new query language. Prem took his team’s help to build the language, and eventually developed a system that had a parser to understand the query syntax, an engine to output query-based data, along with a state-of-the-art client user interface that made it easier to extract information. The result? The seven-day query process was brought down to five minutes, resulting in savings of over $5.1 million and countless man-hours. The savings continue to accumulate for the client.
Oregon, USA. Meet Ramya Subramanian, a millennial technical lead at HCL. Ramya’s client is a major American Internet corporation. As Ramya worked through her project, an anomaly caught her attention, something that was outside the purview of her routine tasks. The client’s project management tool was highly inefficient—project tracking was being done by following messy trail mails. With multiple teams working in parallel, each team having up to forty people, and every team member being endowed with specific tasks, the client had his work cut out. Ramya shuddered at the thought of someone having to track individual performance and progress for such a large team by scanning through hundreds of emails. As Ramya thought through a possible solution to this unique dilemma, she had her eureka moment—the project management tool she used at HCL was best in class, and she could build an efficient tool for the client using this system as a template. Ramya did just that and created a tool that allowed easy collation of team communication (no more messy trail mails), broadcast information to individual team members, captured overall status reports, helped the manager keep track of scheduled tasks and identified delays in the process. The client was impressed with Ramya’s solution and implemented it—the solution had a projected value of $120,000.
New Delhi, India. Meet Payal Baloni, a millennial project lead at HCL. Payal had taken up an assignment for a client in the healthcare domain. A core requirement of the project was to ensure error-free migration of raw data from clinical trials. Without this, the client would be unable to fetch the requisite US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals, and without approvals, they wouldn’t be able to release drugs into the market on time. As project lead, it was Payal’s responsibility to manage the current tool and ensure that the migration happened smoothly. There was one problem though: the current data migration process was plagued with errors, and Payal’s team had been taking flak for managing a proprietary tool they had little control over. Payal went back to her team and led a brainstorm to get to the root cause. The team came to the conclusion that the current migration tool was possibly outdated, and badly in need of an upgrade. Payal did a few checks with the client to validate these assumptions and found that the tool had indeed been customized and modified multiple times, with several bug fixes along the way. Payal had the choice to work on the existing tool, by plugging errors manually as and when they arose. Instead, Payal and her team came up with a unique, service-led solution to handle the data migration process: they call it DIASS—Data Integration as a Service. The new tool had the potential to migrate raw clinical data faster, make the process more efficient and accurate and gave the client submission-ready output. It was a complete and comprehensive end-to-end service. The outcome? The client implemented Payal’s idea in eight projects and saved over $1.2 million.
Prem, Ramya and Payal belong to a breed of intrapreneurs at HCL called Ideapreneurs. If you observe closely, there are three behavioural threads that are consistent through all these stories: seeding an idea by looking beyond the obvious, nurturing it to bring it to realization and harvesting an intrapreneurial ecosystem that commits to self-sustained growth. The result—Ideapreneurs providing value to clients much beyond what is expected from contractual obligations and service agreements (what HCL calls building ‘relationships beyond the contract’). HCL encourages these behaviours by putting in place processes that give employees at all levels the ‘licence to ideate’. To understand the essence of Ideapreneurship, we must turn the clock back a few years.
The Adjacent Possible
In his bestselling book, Where Good Ideas Come From, author Steven Johnson refers to a concept called ‘the adjacent possible’, an idea borrowed from molecular biology:
The adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself. Yet is it not an infinite space, or a totally open playing field . . . What the adjacent possible tells us is that at any moment the world is capable of extraordinary change, but only certain changes can happen . . . In human culture, we like to think of breakthrough ideas as sudden accelerations on the timeline, where a genius jumps ahead fifty years and invents something that normal minds, trapped in the present moment, couldn’t possibly have come up with.
Put simply, an ‘adjacent possible’ is an idea that is ahead of its time. In 2010, then CEO of HCL Technologies, Vineet Nayar, proposed such a concept in his book Employees First, Customers Second. He described how he had brought about organizational transformation at HCL by driving a culture of trust through transparency, inverting the organizational pyramid and completely recasting the role of the CEO.
While the transformation process was under way, Nayar found that one group of employees was particularly enthusiastic about the proposed changes—a group Nayar referred to as the ‘transformers’. With over 80 per cent of HCL’s population comprising millennials, not surprisingly, a large percentage of the transformers turned out to be from this generation. Nayar acknowledged in his book that the millennials (or Gen Y) ‘were the ones who did the real work. The ones who met with customers. Who delivered our products and services. Who worked through problems. Who deserved support and praise.’
He also realized that millennials created the most value for customers at HCL, and collectively made up what he called the ‘value zone’ in the organization. Nayar then went about strengthening this ‘value zone’ by inverting the traditional organizational pyramid and transforming the way value was delivered to HCL’s customers. ‘Wouldn’t it help us become more engaged with our employees and fire their imaginations? Wouldn’t such a transformation, made from the ground up, be more sustainable?’ he wondered.
HCL Technologies is one of the few organizations that identified the potential of the millennial generation early on and systematically went about putting in place structures that would bring out the best in them. The unique philosophy of Employees First, Customers Second gets translated into business value by answering three crucial questions:
- What is the core fundamental of a business? To create value.
- Who is creating the value? Employees.
- So, what should be the role of management? To engage, enable and empower employees to create value.
HCL puts its employees first, as they form the value zone and are closest to the customer. Management at HCL embraces employee-led innovations that are driven from the grass roots, and in doing so, HCL has inverted the organizational pyramid to put employees on top. The core belief driving action at HCL is: Put your employees first and customers will never feel second.
To tap into Ideapreneurship in the value zone, HCL understands that its employees need to be supported so that they can come up with consistent and differentiated insights while engaging with customers. This capability must exist at the individual, team and leadership levels. For Ideapreneurs, this understanding gets converted into a three-step process: Seed, Nurture and Harvest. The ‘Need to Seed’ requires an ability to look beyond the obvious, to generate and foster ideas that promise incremental progress. Prem Sundar projected this ability when he created a query language that slashed runtime from seven days to five minutes. A ‘Desire to Nurture’ requires evolving a network that nurtures these ideas to realization with an intent towards implementation and gathering ambitious scale. Payal Baloni reached out to her networks both within and outside HCL to validate assumptions before proposing a solution that could be implemented to scale. A ‘Commitment to Harvest’ involves incubating an intrapreneurial ecosystem that self-sustains growth from initiative to business outcome by defining the commercial value of an idea. Ideas implemented by Ideapreneurs at HCL have added over $1 billion in client-reported value.
With over 1,00,000 employees worldwide, HCL has put in place a number of programmes aligned to the core tenets of Ideapreneurship, guided by innovation that happens in the value zone. Behaviours that seed, nurture and harvest customer-focused ideas are encouraged through programmes like the ‘Value Portal’.
This is how the Value Portal works:
Ideas raised by employees go through workflow cycles and are shared with customers for feedback and approval.
Estimates on cost and expected value generation are projected and some of the ideas are chosen for implementation (often at no additional fee to the client).
Shortlisted ideas are given guidance and mentorship for successful implementation.
Ideas are co-created and co-implemented with the client. This makes it easier for the customer to measure the value realized and sign off on the savings achieved through such an initiative.
Other programmes like LeadGen facilitate servicing of untapped customer demands and requests through delivery employees who have a direct connect with the customers; MAD JAM recognizes and celebrates outstanding employee-led innovations for customers; and the Good Practice Conference makes it possible for employees from across the organization to put forth their suggestions, in the form of discussion papers which get presented at an annual conference.
For someone who joins HCL, the power of Ideapreneurship comes alive thirty days before joining the organization, with stories of successful wins shared during the pre-induction communication process. It lingers on through the duration of the candidate’s employment experience with the organization, with targeted training and coaching, rewards, platforms and evangelists who bring the concept of Ideapreneurship to life in a myriad ways. Even after moving on, Ideapreneurs keep in touch by way of a robust alumni network
HCL Technologies is an organization that has empowered a generation of employees it deeply trusts and believes in. The results are obvious: driven Ideapreneurs have already delivered over $1 billion in customer value through continuous ideation and implementation, with a supportive ecosystem that guides them through this challenging journey. As HCL strengthens its internal processes to further align culture, strategy and performance targets, the employees first, customers second framework will allow the organization to be ready for perpetual change. For HCL’s over 1,00,000 Ideapreneurs, the journey has only begun. | <urn:uuid:ee396757-1896-4299-b0d3-bcaf26db6b27> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thinkers.in/millennials-exploring-world-largest-living-generation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.960029 | 2,643 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Barewa College,Zaria, Kaduna State, is one of the largest boarding schools in Nigeria and was the most celebrated post primary school in Northern Nigeria up to the early 1960s.
It was founded in 1921 by British Governor General Hugh Clifford and was originally known as Katsina College before it switched its name to Kaduna College in 1938 and then Government College, Zaria in 1949 before settling on Barewa College.
The school is known for the large number of elites from the region that passed through the school’s academic buildings and counts among its alumni, five of whom were at one time Nigerian Heads of State.
The heads of state include; Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa, Prime Minister of Nigeria from 1960 to 1961; General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), Military President from 1966 to 1975; General Murtala Mohammed, Military President from 1975 to 1976; Alhaji Shehu Shagari, President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983; Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010.
Other notable graduates of Barewa College, Zaria are Alh. Ahmadu Bello, Premier of Northern Nigeria from 1954 to 1966; Sultan Sa’adu Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto; Mallam Adamu Ciroma, 3-time Minister (Industries; Agriculture; and Finance); Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State; Prof. Jubril Aminu, 2-time Minister (Education; Petroleum and Mineral Resources); Hon. Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, Hon. Justice Uwais, Hon. Justice Mohammed Bello, all former Chief Justices of Nigeria, among others. (CampusportalNG) | <urn:uuid:b916429a-a07e-4915-a95a-0e9f3b17aa32> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nigerianscholars.com/school-news/barewa-college-zaria-produced-5-nigerian-presidents/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.953687 | 370 | 1.992188 | 2 |
Studies in this week’s Hutchins Roundup find population aging reduces per capita GDP growth when nominal interest rates are constrained by the zero-lower bound, undoing the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to adults would not increase employment, and more.
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Population aging reduces per capita GDP growth when nominal interest rates are constrained by the zero-lower bound
Using data on 168 countries from 1990 to 2015, Gauti Eggertsson and Manuel Lancastre of Brown University and Lawrence Summers of Harvard University document that countries with more rapidly aging populations had higher GDP growth per capita over the last 25 years. Since 1990, real interest rates have also been declining as populations have aged, suggesting that capital deepening explains the positive relationship between aging and GDP growth per capita, the authors argue. As a country’s population ages, savings and, therefore, investment in productive capital per worker rise, which increases output per worker. This mechanism relies on real interest rates to adjust downwards as needed to make investment equal savings. When real interest rates are unable to adjust, for example due to the zero-lower bound on nominal interest rates, aging leads to secular stagnation. Indeed, the authors find that aging led to slower growth in GDP per capita after 2008 in those countries that were constrained by the zero-lower bound.
Because of a change in the eligibility rules for Tennessee’s Medicaid program, roughly 170,000 people lost coverage between July and September 2005. Thomas DeLeire of Georgetown University uses Survey of Income and Program Participation data from January 2004 to August 2006 to examine the effect of the Medicaid disenrollment on employment, health insurance coverage, health, and health care utilization. DeLeire finds that the eligibility change reduced the fraction of adults in Tennessee covered by Medicaid by more than 5 percentage points and increased the fraction of uninsured adults by just under 5 percentage points. A small increase in Medicare coverage, not a rise in private insurance enrollment, explains the difference in the sizes of these two effects. There is no evidence that employment rates increased in Tennessee following the disenrollment, says DeLeire. However, self-reported health and access to medical care worsened as doctor and dentist visits declined by 14 percent. These findings suggest that undoing the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid eligibility expansion would reduce health insurance coverage and health care access, but would not increase employment.
Zhi Wang of George Mason University, Shang-Jin Wei of Columbia University, and Xinding Yu and Kunfu Zhu of Beijing’s University of International Business and Economics use U.S. commuting zone-level data from 1990 to 2014 to explore how exposure to trade with China affects local employment and wages. The authors find that direct competition with Chinese imports reduces manufacturing sector employment. Employment also falls at U.S. firms that do not compete directly with Chinese imports but sell their output to manufacturers that do. However, these employment declines are more than offset by employment gains at non-manufacturing firms that use imported inputs from China, so that trade with China actually increases local employment overall. In addition, the authors find that 75 percent of workers in an average region experience real wage growth because of trade with China.
Chart of the week: Real wages in the US are now lower than they were last July because of higher consumer price inflation
Quote of the week:
“In terms of Brexit specifically, let’s be clear: It takes 50 percent of my time now. … But it should, because the issues are incredibly important. We have a responsibility, at a minimum, to manage through the downside if there were a disorderly outcome, something unpredictable. We have to take as many of those risks off the table, make sure the system functions as well as possible. We’re doing that. … I think that what we did [before the Brexit referendum] as an institution and specifically the FPC [Financial Policy Committee] —the macroprudential authority—was take a look at what could happen and then take a series of steps to mitigate those risks,” says Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England.
“This institution, I will say this, was very well-prepared for the referendum result. We had put in place everything we needed to do with the major central banks around the world. We had used our supervisory authority to get the banks in a position for a vote they never expected to happen. They were not happy that we were moving them into position to be resilient for that…. We did think… that the exchange rate would go down. … It did. We thought inflation was going to rise, we thought the economy would slow. And all of those have transpired…. And because the financial system was well-prepared, the transition has been better. And we instantly turned to supporting the government as required during those negotiations…. Within nine months we could have a disorderly Brexit stress test. We’re living these stresses.” | <urn:uuid:18da8f1e-e18f-4a4f-9631-31d93757e234> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/08/16/hutchins-roundup-aging-populations-and-gdp-growth-medicaid-disenrollment-and-more/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.963368 | 1,026 | 2.109375 | 2 |
The UP government has transferred Rs 3,074.60 crore in the bank accounts of 27.59 lakh farmers as compensation on account of crop insurance under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
PMFBY is an ambitious scheme of the Central government that provides farmers with coverage and financial assistance in the event of crop failure due to natural disasters, pests, or diseases. PMFBY, launched in 2016-17, is globally the largest crop insurance scheme in terms of farmer participation and third largest in terms of premium.
There will be a uniform premium of only 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops. In case of annual commercial and horticultural crops, the premium to be paid will be only 5%. This scheme has given great relief to the farmers. The UP government has implemented this scheme at the gram panchayat level in all the districts of the state.
In this scheme, crop insurance for the farmers obtaining agriculture loan is compulsorily included while for the rest of the farmers, the scheme is voluntary.
During the tenure of the Yogi government, a total of 281.25 lakh insured farmers have got insurance for their crops. A compensation of Rs 3074.60 crore has been paid to 27.59 lakh farmers.
It also includes payment of crop compensation of Rs 654.85 crore to 7.02 lakh farmers in Kharif season 2021. In Rabi season 2021-22, an area of 14.21 lakh hectares has been insured by 19.90 lakh farmers, the process of compensation for which is going on. | <urn:uuid:f0e2c2ea-d46e-4a08-8336-b3c64e4ca0be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dailypioneer.com/2022/state-editions/rs-3-074-60-crore-given----to-27-59-lakh-farmers----under-pmfby.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.949312 | 342 | 1.914063 | 2 |
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Luno, the biggest cryptocurrency group in South Africa, welcomed the publication by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) on Friday of a draft declaration of crypto assets as a financial product under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services (FAIS) Act. Luno general manager for Africa Marius Reitz said they welcomed the draft declaration and cryptocurrencies were increasingly demonstrating the significant role they could play in the future of money.
Uganda’s economy on recovery trend: report (Big News Network)
Uganda’s economy is on a recovery trend from the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report by the ministry of finance showed. The monthly performance report for October showed that for the fourth consecutive month, the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has stayed above the 50-mark threshold. “This gives an indication of further recovery in economic activity, from the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” the report said.
As widely expected Ghana’s public debt has now passed the generally accepted sustainability threshold of 70 percent of Gross Domestic Product, the GHc273.8 billion in total debt by the end of September translating to 71.0 percent of GDP. The sharp increase in the public debt in 2020 – it rose by GHc55.6 billion during the first nine months of this year alone – is primarily due to the cost of successfully navigating the outbreak and viral spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite the complaint by Nigerians of the rising cost of petrol, the government says Nigerians still pay the lowest amount for the product in West Africa and that is encouraging large smuggling to countries in the sub-region. The low pump price of petrol in Nigeria compared to what obtains in other countries in West Africa encourages unrestrained smuggling of the commodity from Nigeria, a senior official said Friday.
Rwanda to host continental export development fund (The New Times)
A new fund that was created by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) last year, the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), will have its permanent headquarters in Rwanda. This follows the signing of three agreements between Rwanda and Afreximbank on Sunday, November 22 in Egypt, which paves way for the establishment of FEDA headquarters in Kigali. Under the agreements signed, Rwanda committed to offer certain benefits to FEDA including offering free rental to the Fund for the next two years, officials said.
Nigerian Economy Enters Second Recession In Five Years (Economic Confidential)
The Nigerian economy has slipped into its second recession in five years as the gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter. The National Bureau of Statistics announced Saturday the nation’s GDP recorded a negative growth of 3.62 per cent in the third quarter of 2020. The country had earlier recorded a 6.10 per cent contraction in the second quarter.
URA raises red flag over rising cross-border smuggling at Elegu border (Kampala Dispatch)
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has raised a red flag against smuggling of goods in Elegu, the porous Uganda-South Sudan border. Ivan Kakaire, the URA regional manager in charge of customs in Elegu says that the commonly smuggled goods across the porous border include fuel, powdered milk, sugar and rice among others. Kakaire explains that while the border is well managed, some smugglers still use canoes to ship contraband through the water and have often intercepted them en-route to neighboring Gulu and Adjumani district.
Debt eats 58pc of taxes in 4 months (Business Daily)
Debt repayments gobbled up nearly 58 percent of taxes in four months through October ahead of the Treasury’s move to apply for additional cheaper World Bank and IMF funding and consider a debt relief offer Nairobi had earlier rejected. Treasury data showed Friday that debt servicing costs amounted to Sh246.29 billion in the July-October 2020 in an environment of falling tax receipts, which dipped Sh71.94 billion to Sh426.38 billion compared with a year earlier.
Egypt has reported a total of $1.22bn in exports to Nile Basin countries during 2019, compared to $1.20bn in 2018, reflecting an increase of 1.4%. On Sunday, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued its annual bulletin of trade exchange between Egypt and Nile Basin countries for the year 2019. The bulletin reviewed the volume of trade, including exports and imports, with Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and Eritrea.
Tunisia Host eBusiness Forum (COMESA)
The Tunisian Export Promotion Center in partnership with GIZ organized an online business-matching event dubbed “Tunisia Africa E-Business Meetings” on 18th-19th and 20th of November 2020. The main objective of the event was to promote South-South partnership and boost economic exchanges between African countries. This is expected to be achieved through consolidating economic relations through Networking, identifying new opportunities for cooperation with African economic operators, mobilizing all actors towards better African integration and boosting intra-African trade exchanges.
African think tanks want better funding (The Southern Times)
The postponement of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from July 2020 to January 2021 due to the COVID-19 outbreak presents challenges that bring to the fore the role of think tanks in promoting economic growth and development. Speaking at the opening of the 7th Africa Think Tank Summit, organised by the Africa Capacity Building Foundation, Prof Kevin Chika Urama – a senior director at the African Development Institute of the AfDB Group – said: “This is a clarion call for Africa to accelerate the implementation of this agreement to be able to achieve the great implications of trade for development.”
Mr Alan John Kojo Kyerematen, the Minister of Trade and Industry, says that for the continent to benefit from the single market, there was the urgent need to create awareness among the regulatory authorities, including customs of all state parties, economic operators, including producers and exporters as well as the logistics industry in the various countries.
An official pact that could prevent trade tensions under the soon to be implemented Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is almost ready. This strategic initiative is under the auspices of the African Union and the International Trade Centre. This is expected to provide solutions to countries in an effort to avoid overlapping of export sector priorities as countries could potentially prioritize similar produce ahead of AfCFTA implementation next year January.
The Economic Commission for Africa presented an online trading platform Thursday, that will facilitate trading between buyers and suppliers when the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement starts next year. Known as the African Trade Exchange (ATEX), the business-to-business e-commerce platform will not only improve cross-border trade but also provide businesses with quality products from verified African suppliers in an efficient way at reduced average trading costs based on AfCFTA rules.
The COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the complex societal, governance and security linkages that underpin sustainable development. The pandemic also requires governments to look beyond borders. Look at how the restricted global trade in vital goods such as pharmaceuticals, PPE, and oxygen impacted the level of preparedness in some African countries.
The African continent also needs to increase local manufacturing while taking advantage of the momentous opportunities presented by the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement. Once in place, intra-African trade is expected to grow by 33%, and Africa’s total trade deficit is expected to be cut in half. And there is another crucial point – we need an immediate debt moratorium for countries with unsustainable debt levels.
As individuals, our lives have been transformed; as businesses, our operating models have been revolutionised; and as a society, we have been shaken to the core. Fortunately, many of the technologies that have helped us through the worst of the pandemic and the lockdown, hold the key to success and prosperity in the post-lockdown era. The new ways of interaction that emerged this year – characterised by remote work, distance education, remote healthcare, online shopping and mobile money – will define how society works in the future.
From agro-processing initiatives to energy, transportation and water and sanitation services, transformative investments by the African Development Bank are paving the way to unlock Africa’s economic potential, according to the 2020 Annual Development Effectiveness Review (ADER), released on Friday. The report is themed Building resilient African economies. “Our goal has been and always will be to transform Africa through investments that make a difference to those who need it most. We are a bank that invests in people,” said Bank President Akinwumi Adesina.
SADC can be a major force: Guibeb (The Southern Times)
The Ambassador of Namibia to Germany, Andreas Guibeb, has called for strengthening of regional groupings in Africa such as SADC because they have the ability to collectively develop the African continent and make it a bigger player in global economics and politics. “There is saying that you can go far along but you can indeed further in unity hence the reason the importance of regional groups such as our SADC which we must continue to strengthen,” said Ambassador Guibeb.
Igad legal and policy experts now validate visa-free movement (The East African)
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) has validated a roadmap to implement the protocol on free movement of persons, which is expected to take 10 years. This was arrived at a high-level legal and policy experts meeting of the regional body held in Entebbe, Kampala on November 16-17 and was also endorsed by the Igad committee of ambassadors and ministers in charge of migration and labour. Upon adoption by the region’s summit, the roadmap will ease cross-border mobility for its 270 million people, improve regional economic integration and development.
SA’s Musina SEZ counts on Zim for resources (The Herald)
South Africa will look to Zimbabwe for resources for its proposed Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone. The MMSEZ is located in the vicinity of the Beitbridge Border Post, which is one of the busiest ports of entry to South Africa and a gateway to the South African Development Community (SADC) countries. Lehlogonolo Masoga, CEO of Musina-Makhado, says the MMSEZ has the potential to become an inland intermodal terminal, facilitated by its anchoring position along the North-South Corridor, and directly connecting to the country’s major ports for the trans-shipment of sea cargo and manufactured goods.
To mark the launch of the latest African Energy Outlook 2021, the African Energy Chamber will be hosting a Power Breakfast in Malabo on Wednesday November 25th. The event will gather all of the Chamber’s partners and industry stakeholders in Equatorial Guinea as the market embarks on a path to recovery in 2021.
The Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini, through the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade, requested for technical support from the ECA in developing an inclusive financing model to cater for the needs of MSMEs. ECA SRO-SA Acting Director, Sizo Mhlanga, noted that, “For frameworks to contribute to the desired outcomes, they must be effectively implemented and this calls for the identification and addressing implementation barriers. Experiences from the region and beyond, show that once policies are adopted, implementation as envisaged becomes a challenge.”
A two-day meeting convened to evaluate the status of the ratification, domestication and implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, commonly referred to as the Maputo Protocol on Women’s Rights, has concluded with strong recommendations on how to accelerate actions on the commitment to African women.
G20 Summit highlights
We, the G20 Leaders, meeting for the second time under the Saudi Presidency, stand united in our conviction that coordinated global action, solidarity, and multilateral cooperation are more necessary today than ever to overcome the current challenges and realize opportunities of the 21st century for all by empowering people, safeguarding the planet, and shaping new frontiers. We are committed to leading the world in shaping a strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive post-COVID-19 era.
We welcome that the Saudi Presidency has prioritised the matter of G20 Support to COVID-19 Response and Recovery Plans in Developing Countries, especially Africa and Small Island Developing States. Our recovery from the crisis requires that we redouble our efforts to meet our global obligations as reflected in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – particularly our commitment to leave no-one behind and help those furthest behind first.
ICC welcomes G20 commitment on equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines; calls for emergency summit to deal with risks to real economy in early 2021 ICC welcomes G20 commitment on equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines; calls for emergency summit to deal with risks to real economy in early 2021.
G20 wraps up with African debt relief a priority (Africa Times)
With Zambia’s recent default on debt repayment and global concern over pandemic-related economic impacts, the G20 meeting in Riyadh wrapped up Sunday with a commitment through June for the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) to allow developing nations to defer debt payments. Both Ramaphosa and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda attended the G20 virtual meetings hosted by Riyadh, the latter in his capacity with the African Union Development Agency (NEPAD).
QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, today called on G20 members to address the impacts of COVID-19 on agri-food systems by boosting farmers productivity, scaling up social protection mechanisms and investing in digital innovation, among other measures. The Director-General also called on G20 Members to support investment in digital innovation and extension.
With respect to trade, there are three immediate challenges: to utilize trade to help underwrite the economic recovery, to facilitate trade in essential medical products to treat the pandemic, and to reform the institutional framework for world trade. First, trade finance for the developing world needs to be restored.
A No-Brainer for the G20 | by Jim O’Neill (Project Syndicate)
G20 leaders, representing the world’s largest economies, will discuss COVID-19 this month at a virtual summit, where they will have a chance to secure a return on investment that would make even the legendary investor Warren Buffett blush. With less than one-tenth of one percentage point of global GDP, the international community can vastly expand access to life-saving COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines (once they are available), thereby putting the global economy back on track to long-term growth and stability.
“The Debt Service Suspension Initiative, in particular, gave many poor countries much needed temporary ‘breathing space’. The Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI, endorsed by G20 Leaders at this meeting, will allow low-income countries with unsustainable debts to apply for permanent debt relief on a case-by-case basis, with a level playing field for creditors. It is critical to operationalize this Framework promptly and effectively.”
International cooperation has never been more important. I’ve been very pleased to see the progress the G20 has made on debt transparency and debt relief. These are important, positive steps for development, and I’ve been glad to see constructive responses from major creditors.
Emergency economic measures to tackle the crisis will need to be adapted, support to people and businesses become more targeted, and new policies put in place to make the objective of a stronger, sustainable and inclusive global economy, a reality. 22/11/2020. The COVID-19 crisis has exposed major weaknesses in our economies that can only be fixed through greater global co-operation and strong, targeted policy action, according to a new OECD report presented to the Leaders of the G20 countries at their virtual Summit this weekend.
G20 leaders united to address major global pandemic and economic challenges (European Commission)
President von der Leyen said: ”I am glad that G20 leaders agreed to make Covid-19 vaccines available and affordable for all. But more funding is needed. This is why I called G20 Leaders to commit to fund 4.5 billion US dollars for the ACT-Accelerator by the end of the year. G20 leaders also agreed to maintain economic measures until the recovery is firmly on the way. As a lesson from the crisis we need to step up global preparedness.”
The Secretary-General will press them to support global mechanisms striving to make any COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics affordable and accessible to anyone, anywhere, who needs them. Speaking in New York on the eve of the virtual meeting, the UN chief told reporters that the world must ensure recovery from the crisis will be inclusive, sustainable and in line with global climate goals.
Xi, who has pledged to make his country carbon-neutral by 2060, said China “applauds” the so-called circular carbon economy put forward by Saudi Arabia, a controversial plan that seeks to reduce emissions while capturing and reusing greenhouse gases produced by burning hydrocarbons. World leaders urged countries not to lose sight of climate goals, and endorse the aims of the Paris Agreement.
Four summits, one message: Trade cooperation for global recovery (The Manila Times)
After four years of diminished prospects, stagnation and divisive geopolitics, four summits (RCEP, Brics, APEC, G20) suggest world trade could show the way toward a better future but only through effective execution.
Hosted by Russia on November 17, the Brics Summit brought together major economies of the emerging-market bloc: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The Summit focused on practical measures to battle the pandemic and support the Brics’ economic recovery. China’s President Xi Jinping warned about “the practice of using the pandemic to pursue ‘de-globalization’ or clamor for ‘economic decoupling’ and ‘parallel systems’,” which will end up hurting “the common interests of all.”
Since early spring, the major rich-income economies have been crafting massive stimulus responses against the pandemic. In 2020, fiscal support packages could climb to $15 trillion to $20 trillion worldwide. Meanwhile, many medium- and particularly low-income economies are suffering from excessive debt burden. On November 21 and 22, the G20 Summit focused on addressing the implications of the global pandemic, future health care plans and steps for revising the global economy, including fiscal support, debt reductions and other vital measures.
Today, two architects of the modern world trade order [the US and UK] have taken a sharp turn away from far-reaching global agreements, and gone back to the more cautious approach of negotiating one nation at a time. Meanwhile, two separate massive trade blocs are forming in different parts of the world. Last week, Nigeria ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): The pan-Africa trade bloc will come into effect in January. And in Asia, 15 countries including China just formed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which could dramatically streamline trade in the region when ratified.
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has warned that Nigeria must stop borrowing for anything other than essential needs, he also added that very non-essential line items in the proposed 2021 budget must be expunged and others in a bid to kick start the economy from a recession. Atiku disclosed this in a social media statement on Sunday, titled: “We Must Exit This Recession With Precision”.
The government is in urgent need of cash for its annual budget support and will therefore have to implement tough conditions imposed by international lending institutions, Treasury Permanent Secretary Julius Muia has said. The IMF on Friday released a statement disclosing that tax, governance and monetary policy reforms are part of its ongoing debt negotiations with the government, stoking fears of a return to painful prescriptions of the past that have resulted in civil servant job losses and increased taxes.
On November 11, 2020, the International Monetary Fund granted the Republic of South Sudan a $52 million emergency disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility to help its economy weather the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time this new and still fragile country has received financial support from the IMF.
A multi-agency platform providing vital trade and market information is helping micro, small and medium-sized enterprises – and the institutions that support them – to weather the COVID storm. Smaller firms have been among the hardest hit by COVID-19 as demand for their goods and services plummeted and disrupted supply chains. In response, chambers of commerce and other business support organizations worldwide have been diligently working to support MSMEs to adapt their business strategies and put them on the path to recovery.
Commonwealth private sector targets green, digital recovery (The Commonwealth)
Trade ministers and business leaders from across the Commonwealth will gather virtually to examine how they can work together to spur a digitally-inclusive and green recovery in the face of devastating economic impacts linked to COVID-19. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said: “The disruptions triggered by COVID-19 has greatly accelerated the shift towards digital trade, which was already unfolding before the pandemic struck. We now stand at a pivotal crossroads where entire countries, sectors and companies are at risk of being left behind.”
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is likely to take a decision next month on the India-South Africa proposal for the temporary waiver of global intellectual property obligations to fight the pandemic. But developed members such as the EU, the US and Canada are continuing to oppose the proposal, according to a Geneva-based official. “The chair of the TRIPS council will now get in touch with delegations bilaterally and in groups to see what a possible solution could be,” the official said.
Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), said that the WTO has been instrumental in powering the growth and dynamism of the global economy. This has provided the enabling conditions for the ILO to promote the achievement of many of its goals, such as the provision of decent work opportunities and reduction of poverty, he said.
Céline Charveriat, Executive Director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy, stressed that the world needs to focus on what sort of trade we need to help it recover from where it currently stands and to become climate neutral by 2050. She said the WTO needs to be a place where there is an equitable sharing of the benefits and risks from “greening” trade. The WTO is the only place that can bring an end to environmentally harmful subsidies, she added.
Joshua Bolten, President and CEO of the US Business Roundtable said: “Only a bold and comprehensive reform agenda can restore the central role of the WTO and prevent its downward spiral into irrelevance. To those of us who believe in the multilateral system in the WTO, we must come together to prove it can meet the challenges of today, and of the future.” | <urn:uuid:fcd0620d-ecd3-4909-b93a-3f16cc15c9f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tralac.org/news/article/15006-tralac-daily-news-23-november-2020.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.942249 | 4,890 | 1.640625 | 2 |
- 1 How do you get rust stain out of clothes?
- 2 How do you get metal stains out of white clothes?
- 3 How do you remove green metal stains?
- 4 How does baking soda remove stains from clothes?
- 5 Which is the best rust remover?
- 6 Will vinegar bleach clothes?
- 7 Will OxiClean remove stains from clothes?
- 8 Does hydrogen peroxide get rid of rust?
- 9 How do you clean metal without removing patina?
- 10 How do you clean discolored metal?
- 11 How do you clean metal fabric?
- 12 Does WD 40 Remove stains from clothing?
- 13 Can baking soda and vinegar remove stains?
- 14 What are the hardest stains to remove?
How do you get rust stain out of clothes?
Steps for How to Get Rust Stains Out of Clothes and Fabric
- Sprinkle the stain with lemon juice or white vinegar and salt.
- Allow the item to air-dry in the sun if possible.
- Launder with cold water, and then repeat the process as necessary.
How do you get metal stains out of white clothes?
Lay the clothing or fabric out on an old towel and pour a small amount of white vinegar directly on the stain – or rub a cut lemon half on the stain. Saturate it thoroughly, then blot it with a clean white towel. Lay outside in the sunshine until the stain starts to fade, then launder as usual.
How do you remove green metal stains?
Green corrosion can also be removed with lemon juice, baking soda, salt and vinegar. Be sure to use a lighter hand when cleaning copper, as it is prone to scratching. When removing patina from metals and copper, be sure to remove the cleaning agents, rinse with water and dry well.
How does baking soda remove stains from clothes?
Make a paste of two to three parts baking soda to one part water. Rub the paste on the affected areas. 2. Leave for 30 minutes, then rinse and scrub the stain off or put the garment into the washing machine.
Which is the best rust remover?
Using WD-40 for rust removal is one of the best rust treatments as it is so simple and quick. Simply spray the item with WD-40 and scrub it with a clean wire brush. Just test a small area first to ensure this method doesn’t cause any damage to your metal.
Will vinegar bleach clothes?
White vinegar is the safest type of vinegar to use when washing clothes because it will not bleach your outfits in a bad way. In fact, it may actually help to enhance the colours of your clothes. When you use white vinegar to ‘bleach’ your clothes you will end up brightening your items and removing stains from them.
Will OxiClean remove stains from clothes?
With its 5 Powerful Stain Fighters OxiClean™ MaxForce™ can help you tackle tough stains even when they have become set-in stains. Always test OxiClean™ MaxForce™ in an inconspicuous area prior to use. Can be used on all washable whites and colored fabrics (some colored fabrics may be prone to color change).
Does hydrogen peroxide get rid of rust?
While hydrogen peroxide can speed the rusting process, it can also remove rust if you follow these easy steps. Add a few drops of hydrogen peroxide, just enough to form a paste. Rub paste onto rusty objects, wait an hour, then wash with water.
How do you clean metal without removing patina?
A simple cleaning with mild soap and water will remove the dirt and fingerprints without removing tarnish or patinas that have formed over time.
How do you clean discolored metal?
Make a paste from vinegar, flour, and salt to clean heavily tarnished items. A good scrub with a mild vinegar solution should be enough to restore most metals.
How do you clean metal fabric?
A bit of lemon juice and salt can remove tarnish from metallic yarns. Mix the lemon juice and salt, then apply with a cotton swab. Let the solution work for several minutes and then blot away tarnish with a clean white cloth dipped in cool water (wring until almost dry).
Does WD 40 Remove stains from clothing?
WD-40 is a petroleum-based lubricant that can cause stains on clothes. But it also can help to remove stains. Simply spray the stain with a bit of WD-40 from the front and back of the fabric. Allow it to work for about five minutes.
Can baking soda and vinegar remove stains?
Saturate set-in stains with vinegar, then rub the spot with a paste made from equal parts vinegar and baking soda. You can add a couple of tablespoons each of vinegar and laundry detergent to a bucket of water and soak the garment overnight if the stain persists. Then, rinse and wash.
What are the hardest stains to remove?
But for these 8 hardest and stubborn stains to remove, you would be needing more than that to get rid of them.
- Hot Cocoa.
- Permanent Marker.
- Tomato Sauce.
- Grass Stains.
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Miniland is a quality early learning centre that commits and provides a safe and nurturing environment. Our professional educators are guided by the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the National Quality Standard (NQS), which sets a high benchmark for early childhood education and care. Children are immersed in activities that supports their physical and mental development, literacy and numeracy skills, and creativity. With a combination of outdoor and indoor play and learning, your child will develop their fine motor skills, sensory skills, and cognitive abilities, including interpersonal skills, to prepare themselves for school.
Some examples of regular activities parents can expect of their child in Miniland are arts and craft, language lessons, music and dance, cooking and baking, and show and tell. Daily or weekly photos and other updates will be sent to parents via our childcare app, allowing you to keep track of your child’s learning and development.
Our centre provides a spacious outdoor area that includes a garden, playground, a sandpit, and a shaded outdoor area with synthetic grass where children have their meals, where they play, and the general area for outdoor activities.
Children are prepared a multicultural range of healthy and wholesome meals every day. Our meals contain vegetarian, wheat and gluten-free, and allergy-free meals.
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GRANDPARENTS RAISING AND NURTURING DEPENDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
WHATProvides support services to grandparents raising grandchildren or other relative children with developmental disabilities, chronic health conditions and learning and behavior disorders.
WHYTo help older adults with the challenging task of caring for their grandchildren or other children of relatives with developmental disabilities.
WHEREGrandparents Raising and Nurturing Dependents with Disabilities. (Project GRANDD) Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability. Georgia, USA.
“Project GRANDD is a community based support program for grandparents in the greater metropolitan Atalante area who are raising their grandchildren with disabilities, chronic illness, and behavior or learning difficulties.”
Project GRANDD provides free support services to grandparents to help them care for their grandchildren including:
- Support Groups
- Education and Training
- Individual & Family Case Management
- Home Visits
- Family Fun Day
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Moorfield an examination of Moorfield Storey’s activism and advocacy as NAACP’s first president
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (June 28, 2022) – Lansing resident and author Elvis Slaughter has published a biography about the first NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) president, Moorfield Storey.
Slaughter’s 11th book, Moorfield tells the story of the first president’s activism and civil rights work. Storey, a white lawyer, was the NAACP’s president from its founding in 1909 until his death in 1929.
“Moorfield should not be forgotten. His role in the NAACP was a courageous one,” Slaughter said. “Moorfield died the same year Martin Luther King was born, giving a good perspective on how he was a true visionary who took great risks for civil rights early.”
Moorfield is available on Amazon for $25.99.
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Current trends in US population growth, age distribution, and disease dynamics foretell rises in the prevalence of chronic diseases and other chronic conditions. These trends include the rapidly growing population of older adults, the increasing life expectancy associated with advances in public health and clinical medicine, the persistently high prevalence of some risk factors, and the emerging high prevalence of multiple chronic conditions. Although preventing and mitigating the effect of chronic conditions requires sufficient measurement capacities, such measurement has been constrained by lack of consistency in definitions and diagnostic classification schemes and by heterogeneity in data systems and methods of data collection. We outline a conceptual model for improving understanding of and standardizing approaches to defining, identifying, and using information about chronic conditions in the United States. We illustrate this model's operation by applying a standard classification scheme for chronic conditions to 5 national-level data systems. Although the literature does not support a single uniform definition for chronic disease, recurrent themes include the non-self-limited nature, the association with persistent and recurring health problems, and a duration measured in months and years, not days and weeks--Thrall. So far, many different approaches have been used to measure the prevalence and consequences of chronic diseases and health conditions in children, resulting in a wide variability of prevalence estimates that cannot be readily compared--van der Lee et al. | <urn:uuid:c9320daf-1e5c-4d17-83a7-06981a2b2d31> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23618546/?dopt=Abstract | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.921321 | 261 | 2.75 | 3 |
I only need Case 2 to be worked on in regards to the assignment.
EEO Case #2
The Texas Department of Public Safety requires uniformed troopers to cover their tattoos and branding with long-sleeved shirts or skin-toned patches while they are on duty. The Austin Police Department allows tattoos except on an officer’s face and head and additionally requires that offensive tattoos be covered by the officer’s uniform or patches. Additionally, a federal court ruled that the Fort Worth Police Department could require a heavily tattooed officer to cover his body while on duty.
In Hillsborough County, FL, the policy for the Sheriff’s Office’s states that patrol deputies, detention deputies, and community service officers cannot get new tattoos that would be visible when they wear their uniforms. Those that already have tattoos must cover them with long-sleeved shirts and pants, even in the summer, if the supervisor deems the tattoos racist, sexist, offensive, obscene or excessive. Tattoos that promote or support gang activity or that cover more than half of an extremity also must be covered. Tattoos on the face, neck or head are banned. Uniformed personnel with acceptable tattoos in visible locations, such as the hand, will be grandfathered in. Applicants to the department who have tattoos that cannot be easily covered up will not be hired. The department’s appearance policy also forbids male deputies from wearing earrings or any visible body piercing. Female deputies can have earrings in only the lower lobes, not the upper cartilage and not on the nose or lip.
The City of Tampa, FL and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office have similar policies on visible tattoos.
The City of Petersburg and the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office do NOT have a policy on tattoos.
Sources: Colavecchio-Van Sickler, 2005; Susswein (2006)
Pynes, Joan. (2009). Human resources management for public and nonprofit organizations : a strategic approach. San Francisco, CA :Jossey-Bass | <urn:uuid:267de279-813c-46c3-8da5-2c0bb6f90411> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.myhomeworknest.com/what-are-some-issues-that-employers-should-consider-when-developing-standards-for-appearance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.926937 | 441 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Drimna is a former parish of the barony of Uppercross, Dublin spreading from the parish of Terenure to Dolphin’s Barn. The Marquis of Landsdowne owned Drimnagh Castle which lands extended from the Naas Road, Longmile Road, Grand Canal and Bluebell to the parish of Dolphin’s Barn.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Mourne Road, Drimnagh was constituted in 1942 from Terenure and Dolphin’s Barn Parishes. The parish church was built in the centre of Drimnagh in 1943 encompassing both private property homes, bordering North Crumlin and Dublin Corporation parlour homes extending northwards towards the Grand Canal. The area was originally know as North Crumlin. However, the introduction of the postal system in the 1970’s created the individual suburb of Drimnagh.
The parish has evolved throughout the decades and have overseen other services within the community such as
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a heterogeneous group of diseases that together accounts for 66,000 new cases each year in the United States, making it the fifth most common cancer. Over four dozen discrete NHL subtypes are now recognized, each characterized by unique biology with implications for diagnosis and therapy. Clinically, NHLs can be generally classified by their cell of origin (B-cell or T-cell), as well as by clinical behavior, which may be considered indolent (eg, follicular lymphoma), aggressive (eg, diffuse large Bcell lymphoma) or highly aggressive (eg, Burkitt lymphoma).
Aggressive and highly-aggressive NHLs are often curable diseases; the goal of therapy is complete disease eradication. In contrast, indolent NHLs are usually incurable with standard therapies, but given long natural histories that may be measured in years to decades, treatment is used as needed to control symptoms while prolonging overall survival. Over the past decade, diagnostics and therapies for NHL have evolved rapidly and have been at the vanguard for the development of novel targeted anti-cancer therapies that can improve outcomes for lymphoma patients and ultimately minimize broad toxicities of chemotherapy.
Addressing Diagnosis, Treatment, & Supportive Care
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Ciao, amici! I wanted to discuss idea generation today. I’ve always known this was a possibility (and maybe I’ve even subconsciously done this before), but after a long discussion—and subsequent project assignment—at work, I thought I’d bring it up here.
At work, we’re all doing an exercise where we’re given a very generic outline to write a story in our genre. This is for two reasons.
- To complete a writing assessment so we can have it critiqued for strengths and weaknesses.
- To show that even though there are no new stories anymore, every writer will have a different take on the same premise (proving there is always a fresh take on a tired idea and fiction will never run out of creative interpretations).
This work exercise goes hand-in-hand with an idea generation technique I’ve shared with my writing circle for some time: take any story premise and create your own story from it.
What specifically do I mean by that?
Think about what you see when you’re scrolling through your television’s menu. Every show episode and every movie lists a very basic premise to entice you to view it.
What if you take that premise and write your own story? It doesn’t have to be in the same genre or follow the same tropes. In fact, the more you can make it yours, the better. But that’s an excellent place to start when you’re brainstorming ideas.
Let me give you a couple examples.
Premise of Manchester by the Sea (Drama): A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.
Springboard for other genres:
- Romance: The uncle begins a relationship with his nephew’s teacher.
- Thriller: Nephew goes on a killing spree but the uncle is the suspect, and the boy terrorizes the town until his uncle is forced to kill him to stop him.
- Western: Uncle must learn to put his young ward above his own desires, and both learn the power of family while braving the wilderness on a cattle drive.
- YA: Told from the nephew’s POV and shows how the boy becomes the man of the family and saves the uncle from the evil warlock who killed his parents.
Premise of Groundhog Day (comedy): A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again.
Springboard for other genres:
- Sci-Fi: The weatherman is the only one who recognizes a weather anomaly as an alien invasion, so he is the only one fighting them. Every time they kill him, his day somehow starts over.
- Dystopian: The weatherman (coming from a white collar job) has no useful life skills and keeps dying in the zombie apocalypse, only to inexplicably wake up at dawn, reliving the same day over and over.
- Mythology: The “weatherman” is a lesser god (let’s say he’s the god of rain) who angers the main god, who forces him to relive the same day over and over until he learns how to use his power to defeat the main god, freeing all the punished deities.
- Cli-Fi (Climate Fiction): As global warming begins to destroy the livability of our world, the weatherman must use his knowledge to save his family. Every time one of them dies, he mysteriously wakes when his alarm went off Monday morning, twelve hours before a cataclysmic event wiped out half the eastern seaboard.
Admittedly, some of these ideas were better than others. I don’t write in a lot of those genres, so sometimes I reached for the story concept.
But you aren’t me. Maybe one of those genres is your preferred genre, and maybe one of the above premises sparked an idea in you for a whole series of books.
The point is, while every story has already been told, there are infinite versions of them left to tell. And if you’re struggling for an idea, why not look at some stories that have a proven track record of success?
Have you ever taken an existing premise and changed it to suit your needs? If you haven’t, would you try it now?
Here are a few more (to get your creative muscles flexing):
- Gone with the Wind: A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
- Iron Man: An industrialist and master engineer is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon for the enemy, but instead he builds a mechanized suit of armor and becomes a superhero.
- Frankenstein: A super-human creature goes on a killing spree when his creator refuses to make him a partner to love.
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.
- Unforgiven: A retired Old West gunslinger reluctantly takes on one last job with the help of his old partner and a young man.
- Se7en: Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
- While You Were Sleeping: A hopeless romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient.
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Reporters are swamped.
Every day is a balancing act between checking hundreds of messages to get scoops that beat competitors and meeting story deadlines that please editors.
Piercing the blizzard of frenetic activity engulfing daily journalists requires concise, newsworthy and relevant story pitches.
Pitches that present a problem, highlight a solution and show why the client is a credible source are most effective.
A pitch that grabs a reporter’s attention typically includes several key elements. A solid pitch should resemble a well-written story. The point is clear. The information is salient. The total number of words is spare.
Whenever possible, provide the reporter with actual news — meaning, facts most readers do not yet know. If the pitch centers on a story already familiar to the public, present a unique, original or unexpected angle. In newsroom-speak, this occasionally is called zagging when everyone else is zigging.
For instance, the current news cycle for months has included daily stories addressing negative economic indicators. These include inflation, fears of stagflation, rising oil prices and food shortages due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, persisting supply-chain snarls, a slowing housing market, increasing interest rates, layoffs and stock-market volatility.
Stories warning of a coming recession due to some combination or all of those factors have become commonplace. But, savvy public-relations professionals could secure media coverage for a client who presents an alternative scenario that does not include a recession beginning in the near future. If backed by solid data and expert insight, a story pitch presenting this dynamic new angle to a reporter has a better chance of being accepted than one that simply repeats what’s been reported already many times over.
On a related note, the PR professional must be aware of the stories that news organizations and their editors are publishing now. What’s dominating the headlines and top of mind? If it’s the economy, a story pitch about alternative health-insurance plans is important to most Americans in their everyday lives but will be lower on the priority list for newsroom editors planning that day’s stories.
And pitches with a broader story angle that demonstrate how the PR professional’s client or expert source fits into that — rather than the other way around — avoid any potential negative promotional interpretation.
Remember that reporters also are constantly pitching their editors. Like PR professionals seeking media coverage for their clients, journalists, too, are — often multiple times a day — attempting to persuade and cajole their editors to green light their story ideas.
Keeping in mind that reporters must keep their editors happy is essential to crafting successful pitches. Knowing what a reporter’s editors want illuminates the kinds of story pitches journalists most likely will accept.
This obligates researching, at a minimum, the reporter’s news organization, readership and beats. Does the news organization report general news to a general audience? Or does it specialize in business news for startup founders, company executives and investors? Or is its focus narrower still, presenting highly technical information for a technologically sophisticated readership?
After answering those questions, PR professionals should examine what the reporter writes about. If the journalist is a breaking-news reporter for a news organization that covers politics, a story pitch to that reporter about the conservation of fish populations off the New England coast would, at best, cause confusion. At worst, it could cause the journalist to permanently identify the PR pro as someone to be ignored.
Consider the mode of communication the reporter prefers. If a journalist is extremely active on social media, regularly conversing with readers and sources on Twitter, for example, pitching the reporter through that channel might be appropriate. Other journalists prefer email pitches, so they can easily search for keywords when researching future stories. Some like texting. And a few old-school reporters still like to hash out story ideas on the phone.
The goal to keep front and center when pitching a reporter must be to establish the PR pro as a reliable source of trustworthy information pertinent to the journalist and the journalist’s news organization.
Keep pitches brief, free of jargon, offering a spokesperson who is an expert on one or more high-level topics, and include one or two eye-popping data points that could be headlines by themselves.
If the pitch is an exclusive for the journalist, present that high up in the pitch. Every reporter is looking for exclusives. Regularly feeding exclusives to journalists guarantees those reporters will respond to a PR pro’s pitches.
The PR pro who answers the questions that the reporter always must answer in a story — Who? What? When? How? And, most importantly, Why? — quickly will become a go-to person for a journalist on deadline who needs an expert to add breadth and depth to a piece.
Avoid language that positions the PR pro as representing a client. Instead, simply offer the client as an expert who may help the journalist complete an assignment. The pitch should not contain language that implies the attempt to sell a reporter on a story. Instead, the pitch should be a solution the journalist needs to finish the story by deadline.
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Durham, NC (getonlinepr ) July 25, 2022 – Imperial Center Family Medicine, a Raleigh Primary Care provider, has recently released a new article that explains what an asthma action plan is and why it is important for primary care physicians to work with their patients to form one. The new article is guided by the preventive care experts at Imperial Center who have years of experience putting the preventive approach into practice for their valued patients. This new article focuses on explaining the details of what makes a asthma action plan so important for patients and their long-term health for managing asthma.
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Trying to Sleep by Counting Sheep
Insomnia – that’s what counting sheep is for. Insomnia is sleeplessness, not being able to fall asleep. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, between 30% and 35% of adults have occasional insomnia, with brief episodes. Another 15-20% experience short-term insomnia (three months or less). And 10% have chronic insomnia, lasting more than three months with three or more instances per week.
As long as there have been people who could not get a good night sleep, various ways of getting better sleep has been suggested. For over four hundred years, a solution has been to count sheep. Identical sheep pass by, climbing over the low spot in a fence or wall. The insomniac counts each sheep – one-at-a-time. And 2,400 years ago, a Persian king thought that hearing official records read in a monotone voice would make him sleepy. These methods count on repetitive boredom to put the sleepless sleeper to sleep.
An Ancient Ailment
For thousands of years, people have sometimes been unable to sleep. A classic case is in the ancient story of Daniel in the lions’ den. After Daniel was thrown into the den, the king stayed awake all night worrying about Daniel. Many years later, the king of Persia could not sleep one night, so he had a clerk read official records to him.
What Causes Insomnia?
Why can’t I sleep? Many business organizations and individuals offer various reasons why people can’t get to sleep. One of the most common causes is WORRY! Anxiety and worry is a very old problem that robs many people of good quality sleep.
Two other causes are lights and sounds. These depend greatly on the sensitivity of individuals to these stimuli. Some people can fall asleep during a rock concert with a light show, while others are kept awake by the slightest sound and dimmest gleam. Most of us are somewhere between.
The main reason for light sensitivity is that our bodies are hard-wired to sleep at night and be active during the day. However, our circadian (night-day) cycles can be conditioned to sleep later or earlier.
As to sound, part of us is able to respond to alerts, which is why we use alarm clocks. Sounds can wake us up so we can respond to a threat. Most people become accustomed to every day sounds and are alerted by unusual sounds or sudden silence. For many persons, this is one reason they have trouble falling asleep in a strange place – the sounds are different.
When sounds keep us awake, it helps to keep the house and the room quiet. White noise can mask some of the annoying sleep robbers. However, some beds and mattresses are noisy, especially coil box springs and certain innerspring mattresses (Bonnell and offset) that have a tendency to squeak. Continuous coil, pocket coil and foam mattresses do not squeak. Some slatted frames squeak, and others are quiet.
Older adjustable beds were notorious for being noisy, but most newer models are quieter. Also, a complaint about earlier models of air beds was the noise of the air pumps. Newer models, such as Air-Pedic beds, have low-noise or quiet pumps. If an adjustable bed or airbed is waking up you or your partner with noise, it may be time to consider replacing the bed or the motors.
Closely related is motion. News stories tell about people shaken out of sleep by strong earthquakes, but it doesn’t take a quake to wake us up. It can be kids bouncing on the bed early Saturday morning. More commonly it is the other person turning over or getting out of or into bed. When some people get into bed and try to position themselves to be comfortable, it can feel like a quake on the other side of the bed.
We can’t prevent earthquakes, but we can minimize or eliminate partner disturbance with our mattress selection. Some mattresses transfer motion from one side of the bed to the other more than others do. Notorious for partner disturbance are Bonnell coil and continuous coil innersprings. Pocket coils isolate motion, as demonstrated in the classic Beautyrest bowling ball video. Foam mattresses are also famous for motion isolation, especially latex and memory foam. The very property that gives memory foam its memory also keeps it from transferring motion from one part of the mattress to another.
Our own states of health and physical conditions affect our ability on one hand to sleep, and on the other hand to be alert. For instance, the pain of fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis can make it hard to get to sleep, then when we do, it interrupts that sleep. Chronic back pain and neck pain are common culprits in insomnia.
Painful injuries are another sleep-robbing culprit. For most of us, this is a temporary condition, but for some the pain goes on and on with permanent damage. Among other pain-causing conditions are scoliosis (curvature of the spine), spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal), and disc degeneration (which causes pinched nerves).
The mattress can be a solution – or at least a help – for insomnia caused by pain if it reduces or eliminates pain. To do this, it eases pressure and provides full support.
Our bodies are not made of straight lines like a box, but of curves. This is especially true of the spine, which curves forward at the neck and low back and curves rearward at the chest and hips. To this is added the sideways bulges of the shoulders and hips.
The mattress not only supports the sleeper, but is to be a cushion, making room for the parts of the body that stick out. At the same time, the smaller parts need support, so while the mattress is pushed down by a large part (such as the hips), it should push up on a recessed part (such as the low back). The degree and manner in which the mattress should yield depends on the size and weight of the sleeper, the sleeping position, and the sleeper’s physical conditions.
The least adaptable mattress types for meeting these needs are two kinds of innerspring mattresses, Bonnell coils and continuous coils. They are more suitable for back sleepers, less suitable for stomach sleepers, and least suitable for side sleepers.
The mattress types that best adapt to the shape and weight of the body are pocket coil, latex, and memory foam,mattresses.
★ Pocket coils are springs. They may conform, but the compressed coils still put pressure on the body. In fact, as a coil is compressed, its resistance increases. This will be better for some people than others. For some, the resistance of compressed coils puts too much pressure on painful joints. For them, the solution lies in specialty sleep (non-coil) mattresses.
★ Latex foam has been used in mattresses since the 1930s. Its use increased after the introduction of memory foam in 1991 and memory foam’s subsequent popularity. Latex is more resilient than memory foam, meaning that when the weight of compression is lifted, latex foam quickly returns to its uncompressed shape – this is called “rapid recovery” – while memory foam holds the impression for several seconds. Also, latex foam is not temperature sensitive like memory foam, so it yields to weight alone (immediate response), not waiting until it is warmed. The immediate response allows sleepers to get immediate relief, and the rapid recovery makes it easier for them to change position or get out of bed, an advantage for many persons. However, the resilience of latex maintains some pressure on joints, which may be a problem for more sensitive persons.
★ Memory foam was developed specifically for pressure relief, and it has the added benefit of support for the lower back (lumbar). Memory foam is heat sensitive, becoming softer as it warms up. This is why it retains the body impression a while after the weight is removed. It also means that it is firmer when cold.
The denser the memory foam, the more heat sensitive it is; and the lighter it is, the less heat sensitive. This means that lighter memory foam has a quicker response when a sleeper lies down on it. It also means that lighter memory foam does not absorb as much heat. This is why most memory foam mattresses now have lighter memory foam atop denser foam (following the lead of the Tri-Pedic mattresses). The top layer conforms sooner, and the lower layer has longer-lasting pressure relief. For sleepers with pressure-sensitive joint pain, this helps them get to sleep more quickly and sleep better.
For sleepers with fibromyalgia, this may not be enough. They need more resilience combined with the memory foam conformity. Dr. Rick Swartzburg designed the Fibro-Pedic mattress mattress for persons with fibromyalgia. It has a layer of latex beneath the memory foam. The resilience of the latex lets them move when needed without the ridges of the firmer memory foam in the second layer.
Another internal cause of insomnia is melatonin deficiency or an imbalance between serotonin and melatonin. Both of these are made from the same amino acid, L-tryptophan. The mela- in melatonin refers to the dark – it is produced by the body’s pineal gland when light changes to dark. This is nature’s way of getting us to sleep at night.
Melatonin deficiency could be the result of a hormonal disorder, but with modern indoor lighting, the culprit is often too much light late into the night. This is complicated by the use of electronic devices with lit screens, such as computers, smart phones, and television. Melatonin supplements can be taken, and this is advised if you have an inability to produce enough. A more natural way is to dim the lights long enough before bedtime to stimulate melatonin production and release.
For many people, sleep apnea is a cause of insomnia and interrupted sleep, not to mention creating snoring which interrupts others sleep. Our articles, “Sleep Apnea and Hypopnea” and “Snoring Solution: Look to the Pillow” discuss this in detail – and show how mattresses, pillows and adjustable beds can help address this issue.
Nasal allergies keep many people awake. They may also lead to sinus infections as micro-organisms breed in excess mucus. Sinus pressure can be felt in the brain and may cause a headache. Lying down lets sinuses drain into the post nasal passage and into the throat, where the mucus causes coughing and tracheal congestion. Itching and other unpleasant sensations of allergic reactions can keep the sleeper awake or interrupt their sleep.
Allergic insomnia can be combated by treating the allergies with antihistamines, and decongestants can relieve sinus pressure and hinder production of excess mucus. Expectorants (such as Guaifensin) thin mucus, making it easier to expel.
Making the room and bed allergen-free prevents allergies or keeps from making them worse. Keep the bedroom dusted, and use an air purifier. Change the furnace or air conditioning air filter frequently. Wash bedding and air out the pillows. Avoid allergy-causing sprays.
Elevating the head with a pillow, wedge or an adjustable bed will make breathing easier by lessening post-nasal drainage. When using a pillow, keep the neck in line with the backbone – a special consideration for side sleepers.
Our behavior, especially habits, can lead to insomnia. What and how much we eat can cause digestive disturbances, the bedtime churning and growling that keeps us awake or rudely awakens us. But there are other habits that rob us of sleep.
• Caffeine is used by many of us to finish waking up in the morning. Therefore, it makes little sense to drink caffeinated beverages, whether hot or cold, too close to bedtime. Most sleep advisors tell us to have at least a two-hour window between drinking coffee, tea, or caffeinated soft drinks and going to bed. Three or four hours is better.
• Alcohol may be a relaxant, but it is also a depressant. Using alcoholic beverages to relax just before bedtime may help someone get to sleep, but it can degrade the quality of sleep and leave the person feeling unrested and sleepy during the following day. Since our brains do much of their reprogramming while we sleep, bedtime alcohol will also affect us mentally, take the edge off.
• Irregular bedtimes are the cause in many cases of insomnia. Having a regular bedtime and a regular waking time properly calibrates our circadian rhythm. This makes it easier both to get to sleep and to wake up. If you go to bed the same time each night, you are more likely to awaken the same time each morning without an alarm clock. You will also wake up more rested, since the body has completed its essential sleep cycles. More on this is in the articles “A Time to Sleep – Part 1” and “A Time to Sleep – Part 2”.
• Pre-bedtime activities affect how fast we fall asleep and how well we sleep.
Exercise that increases our pulse rate enables us to relax more after. Many sources advise exercise about an hour or half hour before going to bed.
Using screen devices (television, computer, smart phone or tablet) too close to bedtime makes it harder for many of us to get to sleep. Part of this is the effect of intense light on the pineal gland (which is affected by the eyes).
Soft, soothing music or natural sounds (such as a seascape) with lowered lights condition us for a good night sleep.
Our state of mind is a key factor in when and how well we sleep. The old remedy of counting sheep is an effort to get the mind to stop calculating long enough to relax. Worry can keep the brain going, sheep or no sheep. Some sleep advisors suggest writing out our worries 1-3 hours earlier so our minds can set the matter aside long enough to fall asleep.
This post can only partly cover the subject of overcoming insomnia. There are many causes and many ways of dealing with it with varying measures of success. Entire volumes have been written on the subject; this is only an overview. Below are a few additional resources for further study.
Wikipedia, “Counting Sheep” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_sheep
WikiHow, “How to Count Sheep” – http://www.wikihow.com/Count-Sheep
The Sun, “Counting sheep helps…and six other myths about sleep that you truly believe” – https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/1234254/counting-sheep-helps-and-six-other-myths-about-sleep-that-you-truly-believe/
National Sleep Foundation, “What Causes Insomnia?” – https://sleepfoundation.org/insomnia/content/what-causes-insomnia
Mayo Clinic, “Insomnia” – http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/insomnia/home/ovc-20256955
Medical News Today, “Insomnia: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments” – http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/9155.php
Web MD, “A Overview of Insomnia” – http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/insomnia-symptoms-and-causes#1
American Academy of Sleep Medicine, “Insomnia Awareness Day facts and stats” by Thomas M. Heffron (Mar 10, 2014) – http://www.sleepeducation.org/news/2014/03/10/insomnia-awareness-day-facts-and-stats
Spine Heath, “11 Unconventional Sleep Tips: How to Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep” – http://www.spine-health.com/blog/11-unconventional-sleep-tips-how-get-sleep-and-stay-asleep
National Sleep Foundation, “Healthy Sleep Tips” – https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-tools-tips/healthy-sleep-tips
HuffPost, “15 Science-Backed Ways To Fall Asleep Faster, by Sara Schwartz – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/15-ways-to-fall-asleep-faster_us_55dde3e7e4b04ae497054470 | <urn:uuid:7aaaba23-1b3c-42cc-bf5b-cafeb705d73b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://memoryfoammattress.org/counting-sheep-getting-to-sleep/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.935261 | 3,539 | 2.828125 | 3 |
IIT scholarship for PhD position available at the Università degli studi di Genova
A stepping-stone in your research career.
Istituto italiano di tecnologia - IIT - gives graduate students the opportunity to earn a doctoral degree by making good use of its state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities. All our supervisors have an international standing, interdisciplinarity is the rule and the environment is international; in short, if you want a challenging, but rewarding start for a career in research, we are here for you.
IIT is not a degree-awarding body though.
PhD students are registered at Università degli studi di Genova with which IIT has agreement and which awards the degree, and IIT provides the research environment and finances the bursaries that the University will eventually award to the students, after a public selection process.
Research theme description:
This research activity will be focused on creating new nanophotonic devices based on 2D materials including (but not limited to) graphene, boron nitride and transition metal dichalcogenides. The goal is to control the band structure and excitons of these materials using substrate effects (also known as meta-gate). This will be achieved using a new nanofabrication technique to create a patterned substrate with features of less than five nanometers and then transferring 2D materials on top of this substrate. The candidate will be working on the theory and optionally on the fabrication of these new devices in the cleanroom facilities at the Italian Institute of Technology and on their characterization with multiple techniques including optical and electrical measurements, electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The research activity will be interdisciplinary and include the numerical modelling of the observed phenomena. In addition to significantly advancing the state of the art of nanophotonics, this project will offer to the candidate an excellent opportunity to learn advanced solid-state physics, cleanroom nanofabrication skills and materials characterization techniques and acquire cutting-edge knowledge in multiple technical disciplines. She/he is expected to work independently but in strong collaborations with other researchers.
The successful candidate should have a degree in materials science, engineering, or physics, with a strong interest in solid state physics, nanomaterials, experimental optics and optoelectronics. Work experience within a micro/nano-fabrication facility will be positively considered. A working knowledge of Matlab or Python programming is desirable.
To apply click here https://unige.it/en/usg/en/phd-programmes and choose PhD Course in Physics and Nanosciences,
from the list of PhD programmes https://unige.it/sites/contenuti.unige.it/files/documents/ALLEGATO_A_XXXVIII%20-%20EN.pdf –
see page 48 Curriculum: curriculum "Bio-Nanoscience" (code 9266)
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Long-chain polymer of glucose containing 17-20% sulfur. It has been used as an anticoagulant and also has been shown to inhibit the binding of HIV-1 to CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES. It is commonly used as both an experimental and clinical laboratory reagent and has been investigated for use as an antiviral agent, in the treatment of hypolipidemia, and for the prevention of free radical damage, among other applications.
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If you’ve ever found yourself confused by ever-changing health and diet headlines, you’re not alone. Jackie London, MS, RD, CDN is the Good Housekeeping Nutrition Director and author of Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked): 11 Science Based Ways to Eat More, Stress Less, and Feel Great About Your Body (Grand Central Life And Style). Here, she answers my questions on what makes diet myths so sticky and how to avoid the trap.
Jess Cording: Why do people get so sucked into believing diet myths?
Jackie London: The most pervasive myths all have the same unifying quality, which is that in order claim our health, we have to be something better than who we are RIGHT NOW. This translates into, “I am not enough.” Though the words themselves vary, the message is the same: Either you have to do something extremely difficult to achieve better health, or you have to have (social or financial) access to achieve better health. When you combine that with status and elevation—celebrity endorsements or celebrity endorsements or content platform, or an influencer's enormous network—then the myth-machine goes wild (or, I guess I should say, viral).
Cording: In what ways is the approach to communicating nutrition information is important?
London: Scientific findings are only as good as their application to your everyday life. When nutrition recommendations divorce scientific outcomes from their real-life application—how to eat, what to eat, when to eat what types of foods, and why we’re eating in the first place—are examples of research outcomes whose data points are filtered through a simplified, highly isolated-from-reality-of-standpoint. Recommendations are translated as the same old sound bites that ring familiar to many of us: “Eat less fat;” “eliminate sugar,” and “you’re addicted to…” and allows these phrases to stay in our vernacular.
Cording: What are some of the biggest challenges in making evidence-based nutrition knowledge accessible?
London: Nutrition science is constantly evolving and not universally evaluated in humans. For a treatment to be systematically reviewed requires resources—time and money—and often a combination of clinical trials and epidemiology. These nuances and complexities are what make nutrition science susceptible to taking a scientific soundbite and turning it into a universal truth on a public platform.
Plus, it’s very easy to generalize one’s own personal experience and conflate it with fact—[think of self-proclaimed “experts” you see] on social media. Combine that with access to conflicting ideologies in the Information Jungle, information we’re currently experiencing, and it’s easier than ever to find ourselves inundated, confused and ultimately, isolated.
Cording: What’s a myth that makes you laugh?
London: The ones I find funniest all have to do with items that used to be considered condiments: Coconut oil, apple cider vinegar...Then there's the most epic re-brand of our time: bone broth.
Cording: Which nutrition myth most needs to die?
London: I am (almost!) surprised that at this point we still see “detox,” “cleanse,” and even “jumpstart” everywhere. I feel like saying, “one more time, for the cheap seats in the back: As long as you have a functioning gut, liver, and kidneys, you're always detoxing, every second, of every day.”
Your GI tract begins in your mouth, and from there, enzymes in your stomach and intestine digest and absorb the nutrients you need for use in your body, and excrete what you don’t need via your kidneys, liver, lower GI tract.
The liver eliminates anything deemed “toxin” (something we’ve consumed in excess of what we can actually use) and converts it into other compounds to be used elsewhere by your body. If the liver can’t use a compound for other organ systems or functions, it often is used to make bile, a substance that’s basically your metabolic “waste”—but with a very useful, specific function: It helps you absorb the nutrients you do actually need from the foods you eat. Your kidneys filter for the same purpose: Achieve balance (or in biology terms, homeostasis). What you don’t need after that you’ll get rid of it by going to the bathroom.
What your physical, emotional and financial health doesn’t need? Laxatives and diuretics in the form of tea-toxes or juices.
Cording: What do you wish everyone knew about nutrition or wellness?
London: In terms of food and health and how restrictive tendencies, thought processes and feelings of isolated powerlessness emerge, I want people think of anything “new,” “trendy” or “groundbreaking” this way: If something is designed to be temporary (e.g. diets), it will yield temporary results. We have to consider the health-promoting behaviors you think you can maintain for the rest of your life. It means getting comfortable with the idea that it won’t ever be “perfect” or “controlled”, and it doesn’t have to all-or-nothing. I recommend a little “conscious unfollowing” on social media to help you define your personal priorities, and the boundaries you need to keep them in place. | <urn:uuid:6f554910-d28d-401f-8627-0259bd59bb4c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jesscording/2019/01/24/jackie-london-diet-myths/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.925427 | 1,175 | 1.898438 | 2 |
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing at least one sailor and wounding others amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S.
The friendly fire incident happened Sunday near the port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometers (790 miles) southeast of Tehran on the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported Monday.
The missile struck the Konarak, a Hendijan-class support ship, taking part in the exercise.
State television described the missile strike as an accident, saying the Konarak had remained too close to the target. The Konarak had been putting targets out in the water for other ships to fire upon, it said.
Iranian media said the Konarak had been overhauled in 2018 and was able to launch sea missiles. The Dutch-made, 47-meter (155-foot) vessel was in service since 1988 and had capacity of 40 tons. It usually carries a crew of 20 sailors.
Iran regularly holds exercises in the region, which is closed to the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world’s oil passes. The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, which monitors the region, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Iranian media rarely report on mishaps during its exercises, signaling the severity of the incident. This incident also comes amid months of heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. since President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018 and imposed crushing sanctions on the country. | <urn:uuid:279b3cd5-c05f-4c0b-9989-0581f085c640> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.themilmarzone.com/news/iran-missile-strikes-own-ship-kills-1-sailor-hurts-others/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.978438 | 342 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Investigators from multiple institutions in Australia conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of nasal high-flow therapy in improving the success rate of the initial intubation attempt in neonates. Infants undergoing oral endotracheal intubation in the delivery room or NICU in 1 of 2 medical centers in Australia were eligible for the study. At enrollment, participants were randomized to receive high-flow therapy or standard care (no high-flow therapy or supplemental oxygen) at the time of the initial attempt of intubation. Randomization was stratified by medical center, postmenstrual age (≤28 weeks or >28 weeks), and use of premedication. For those randomized to high-flow therapy, 8 liters per minute of air were provided via nasal cannula just prior to intubation; oxygen saturation was increased to 1.0 if the neonate’s oxygen saturation fell to <90%. The primary study outcome was successful intubation on the first attempt without physiologic instability. Successful intubation was confirmed by detection of expired carbon dioxide, and physiologic instability was defined as a decrease in oxygen saturation >20% from pre-laryngoscopy baseline or bradycardia (<100 beats per minute). Secondary outcomes included median oxygen saturation during the intubation attempt and time to desaturation. Outcomes were compared in neonates randomized to the high-flow therapy or standard of care groups using regression analyses after adjusting for stratification factors.
Data were analyzed on 251 intubations, with 124 randomized to the high-flow therapy group and 127 in the standard care group. Study infants had a median postmenstrual age of 27.9 weeks and median weight of 920 grams at the time of intubation. The median age at time of randomization was 10 hours. Demographic and clinical characteristics in the 2 treatment groups were similar. Successful intubation without physiologic instability on the first attempt was achieved in 62 (50%) intubations randomized to high-flow therapy and 40 (31.5%) of those randomized to standard care (adjusted risk difference, 17.6 percentage points; 95% CI, 6.0, 29.2). The median oxygen saturations during the first intubation attempt were 93.5% and 88.5%, respectively, for those randomized to high-flow therapy or standard care (adjusted risk difference, 5.0 percentage points; 95% CI, 1.1, 8.9), and mean time to desaturation was significantly longer in those receiving high-flow therapy than in neonates randomized to standard care (44.3 and 35.5 seconds, respectively; mean difference, 8.8 seconds; 95% CI, 0.2, 17.4).
The authors conclude that the use of high-flow therapy was associated with a significantly higher rate of successful intubation on the first attempt in neonates.
Dr Alissa has disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this commentary. This commentary does not contain a discussion of an unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.
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Harnessing solar power for residential and commercial applications 30th November 2018
Covestro supports the various BMZ battery projects with material selection, during plastic-compatible component design and with CAE-based component simulations to meet the requirements of the UN Transport Test for Batteries (UN 38.3). Further services include moldflow analyses and technical injection molding support.
“Every battery project is technically demanding, which is why I am all the more pleased that plastics from Covestro can make an important contribution here,” explains Jens Ufermann from Covestro, who looks after BMZ GmbH locally, adding: “Together with customers like BMZ, we are working on sustainable product and application developments to master the challenges of future battery technologies.”
High requirements for stationary and mobile applications
Similar to battery systems for mobile applications such as cars, buses, scooters and pedelecs, energy density and safety are important aspects in the development of battery products for stationary use, as is the case with BMZ GmbH’s energy storage systems.
“Our in-depth understanding of the diverse applications of battery systems and our many years of experience in materials for battery applications enable us to provide our customers with both technical expertise and suitable products,” says Dr. Julian Marschewski, Market Development Manager in Electric Vehicle Battery Packaging.
Polycarbonate blends with tailored properties
Bayblend (PC+ABS) blends from Covestro play an important role in both mobile and stationary battery applications, for example in placing individual cylindrical battery cells in 18650 or 21700 format in a cell holder. To achieve this, the material must have excellent mechanical properties, above all high impact strength, but also high flowability in order to achieve the thinnest possible walls between the individual battery cells when manufacturing the cell holders through injection molding.
Additional safety in later use is provided by the incorporation of flame retardant grades that meet the high flame retardancy standards of Underwriters Laboratories according to category UL 94 V-0.
Broad range of products
The Covestro portfolio for battery applications continues to evolve. For cell holders for holding cylindrical battery cells, pouch cell frames, battery housings and similar applications the focus is on both unfilled (Bayblend FR3010, Bayblend FR3040) and mineral-filled (Bayblend FR3020, Bayblend FR3021) along with glass-fiber-reinforced (Bayblend FR3060 EV) flame retardant Bayblend products. Covestro also offers thermally conductive polycarbonate grades of the Makrolon TC product family that can contribute to battery thermal management. | <urn:uuid:bf7b8adc-ce33-42fa-a152-67bfe866acb0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lskh.digital/news/harnessing-solar-power-for-residential-and-commercial-applications/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.898343 | 566 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Nov-Dec 2015;25(6):688-95. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2015.06.007.
Background: The impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on adult alcohol consumption is well-established, but little is known about the association with alcohol use during pregnancy.
Methods: Using data from the 2010 Nevada Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we assessed the relationship between ACEs and alcohol use during pregnancy in a representative sample of 1,987 adult women. An established ACEs scale was used to assess a range of childhood physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and household dysfunction (range, 0-8). Weighted logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between ACE scores and alcohol use during pregnancy after controlling for drinking before pregnancy and other covariates.
Results: Six percent of participants reported drinking alcohol during pregnancy. After controlling for race/ethnicity, age, employment status, smoking status, and prepregnancy alcohol use, increasing ACEs were positively associated with higher odds of alcohol use during pregnancy (1 ACE: adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 2.92; 95% CI, 1.08-7.87), (2-3 ACEs: AOR, 3.52; 95% CI, 1.46-8.48), and (≥4 ACEs: AOR, 4.79; 95% CI, 2.14-10.72). Prepregnancy drinking was also strongly associated with alcohol use during pregnancy (AOR, 11.95; 95% CI, 5.02-28.43).
Conclusions: We found evidence of a dose-response relationship between ACEs and alcohol use during pregnancy that remained even after controlling for prepregnancy drinking and other covariates. Screening women of childbearing age as well as pregnant women for ACEs may be an effective way to identify and address many of the emotional, behavioral, and physical sequelae of childhood adversity.
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MV starter elbows VSD in hammer mill control contest
29 July 2011
When EdF needed a starter for a medium voltage hammer mill drive at its Cottam Power site in Nottinghamshire, most suppliers approached by the energy supplier claimed that a variable speed drive was the only device capable of meeting the demands of this application. Softstart UK, however, had other ideas.
At a site adjacent to Cottam Power Station in Nottinghamshire, EdF pulverises olive cake, which is made from the husk residue that remains after olives have been processed to extract their oil. The company then mixes the pulverised cake with coke to form an environmentally friendly biofuel that is burned in the power station.
The pulverising process is carried out using a hammer mill comprising a cylindrical ‘squirrel cage’ with six bars. Hammers are attached to these bars and, as the cylinder rotates they flail outwards, reducing the olive cake to a consistent size suitable for mixing with the coke. To ensure that the hammers wear evenly, the direction of rotation of the mill reverses each time it is started.
The hammer mill is no small machine. Driven by a 350kW, 3.3kV motor, it receives the olive cake via a triple screw feeder at a rate of up to 30 tonnes per hour. The drum with its hammers attached has very high inertia and takes up to 15 seconds at start up to reach its full operating speed of 3,000rpm. These characteristics mean that conventional direct-on-line starting is not possible because the very high torque that would be generated during the starting process would be likely to damage the couplings in the drive system.
For help in addressing this problem, the team at EdF approached a number of suppliers of MV drive systems and, in almost every case, were told that the only feasible solution would be to install a variable speed drive, as this would allow the most flexible control of the motor during start up. In particular, the team was warned against the use of a soft starter as, according to supplier claims, this would not provide consistently accurate starting control.
Softstart UK disagreed with these claims, and advised EdF that, on the basis of its previous experience with high-power hammer mills, a soft starter would, in fact, be entirely adequate and that using one instead of a variable speed drive would trim thousands of pounds from the overall project cost.
After careful consideration, EdF decided to follow Softstart’s advice and check out the market for a suitable product. In fact, a unit from Softstart UK’s new MV-DS range was ultimately selected, largely on the strength of the company’s proven experience of heavy-duty industrial applications, the technical specifications of its products, their value for money, and their ready availability – MV-DS soft starters are usually delivered within eight weeks of an order being placed.
MV-DS digital soft starters are based on the standard European-style motor control centre, and are available with ratings of up to 700A in versions for use on ac supplies from 3.3kV to 6kV. All starters in the range feature PLC control for maximum versatility and a touch-screen user interface to facilitate programming, diagnostics and data recording. The user interface is configured to provide instant access to statistical data, including the last start, current, power and more.
Interconnections in the MV section of the soft starters use MV cable, thereby making them lighter and eliminating the need for costly partial discharge testing. In addition, the MV section is fully isolated from the control section, thanks to a fibre optic link used for gate firing control. MV-DS soft starters are also equipped with line contactors based on maintenance-free vacuum switching technology, which combines high reliability with long life. Graham Wolsey, an engineer on the EdF project team, takes up the story:
“These characteristics seemed to make the MV-DS an excellent match for our needs, but after the dire warnings we’d received about using soft starters, there was still a certain amount of tension when we hit the start button for the first time! We needn’t have worried, however, as the advice provided by Softstart UK was every bit as good as the company’s products, and the mill performed exactly as we wanted.” The mill is now in daily use and the soft starter is reported to be performing “faultlessly”. Currently, it is only called upon to perform one start per day, but it has been demonstrated as being fully capable of handling up to four starts per hour. Mr Wolsey again:
“There is no doubt that Softstart UK’s expertise and confidence in its own products has saved us many thousands of pounds on this project, as well as providing us with a compact and dependable starting system that is an exact match for our needs. I would, therefore, have absolutely no hesitation in recommending the company to anyone who has unusual and challenging starting requirements.”
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Suparmo, 47 years old, still cannot forget his wife’s condition. Her teeth were broken. Her backbone was fractured. She had bruises and stab wounds on her face and body. His wife’s name was Munti. She was only 36 years old and was in a coma. “I couldn’t believe that she could still be alive with all those severe injuries,” Suparmo recalled. “She had been severely tortured by her employers.”
Munti, a resident of Probolinggo, East Java, went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, four years ago to work as a migrant domestic worker. But her first employer often beat her, so she moved to a new job. However, she never told her husband about the job change.
Trying to maintain regular contact, Suparmo had sent eight letters with no reply. He did not know that Munti never received the letters as they were confiscated by her employer. When Munti finally found her husband’s letters in a drawer, she contacted him. She told Suparmo that her first employer often beat her. “I asked her if I should sue the employer. She forbade me to do so, saying that if I did, she would never get her outstanding salary.”
One day, Munti telephoned Suparmo, asking him to send Rp. 2 million for the processing of a new passport. He sent the money to an account named Krisnamurti. She then asked for another Rp. 4 million, but Suparmo did not have any more money. Five days later, he was informed that his wife was in hospital. It was reported that she had been tortured by her second employer. She had been locked in a room, without food, by her employer for two days. She was found and rescued by a domestic worker next door.
Munti passed away on 26 October 2009 after being treated at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, hub Klang, Selangor, for six days. Doctors said her death was caused by severe injuries to her body, such as a broken backbone, rib and hand, as a result of heavy blows. Munti was believed to have been tortured for long time, judging by her injuries.
The torture of Munti became headline news in newspapers and on television in Malaysia and Indonesia. The Indonesian ambassador in Malaysia visited her in the hospital. The issue of torture was discussed when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited his counterpart in Kuala Lumpur, last year. “Pak SBY even visited the hospital and asked the state officials to take care of my wife,” Suparmo said.
“Legal or illegal, she is an Indonesia citizen,” Suparmo quoted the President as saying. The President said that the Indonesian administration should take care of its citizens, regardless of whether they were documented or undocumented.
Suparmo said that the hospital and the Indonesian officials did not know the hometown of Munti. “It is a miracle that a person who happened to visit the hospital knew my wife. The man then gave them my address. Officers first visited Jombang regency, East Java, but my home was actually in Jombang village in Probolinggo, East Java. Eventually, they found my home,” he said.
Suparmo was then taken to see his wife who was in coma at the hospital. One day after his visit, Munti passed away. “I couldn’t stand seeing the condition of my wife. Her injuries were inflicted by people who do not believe in God. Many officials expressed their condolences. During a television interview, Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar even said that he would authorize a condolence payment to me of Rp. 25 million.. However, up to now I haven’t received anything, ,” Suparmo said.
So far, he Suparmo has only received Rp. 14 million from Munti’s first employer. Whereas,he did not receive anything from her second employer who had beaten her death. Neither did he receive compensation from Munti’s insurance, nor from the recruitment company who deployed her abroad. A local newspaper quoted Malaysian Bernama news agency as stating that a migrant worker organization in Malaysia had collected a total of Rp. 28 million from migrant workers to be donated to Munti’s family.
“However, I repeat that up to now, I have received nothing. People took advantage of the death of my wife. It was reported that many people gave money but I never received a single rupiah. I hope that her former employer will pay compensation of 150.000 Malaysian ringgit so that I can raise our children. We are poor people. We have to continue to live our life.”
Munti had worked abroad for a total of six years, yet she had only been able to send home a total of Rp. 2 million, as most of her salary was never paid by her employers. The legal process against the employer did not really matter to Suparmo. The important matter for him and his family now is how to continue their life.
One of his children is still in a senior high school. “We need money for the education of my son. The money would also be used for my other children.” He also hopes migrant workers’ organizations and the government will help him getting the unpaid salary and compensation from Munti’s former employers. (*) | <urn:uuid:44ddd1c3-b9b1-4626-941d-8f7776f88137> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ilo.org/jakarta/info/public/WCMS_184991/lang--en/index.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.993286 | 1,167 | 1.671875 | 2 |
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MMO Zoom Seminar:
Tuba Bircan - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
Carlos Arcila Calderón - University of Salamanca (Spain)
Konrad Pędziwiatr (Cracow University of Economics)
Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach (Cracow University of Economics)
Traditional statistical data on international migration suffers from the problems (gaps) of inconsistency in definitions, differences in geographical coverages, absence of reasons for migration, timeliness and limitations in demographic characteristics. There is a need for comprehensive, accurate and timely migration data to understand, foresee and draw accurate policies. Recently, countries and international organisations are using Big Data to bridge the gaps in migration data. The upcoming MMO seminar will provide concise, accessible guidance on how the use of data innovation can complement traditional migration data sources and fill existing information gaps.
Our first distinguished speaker Tuba Bircan from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) will discuss key applications of new data sources for the analysis of various migration topics, including estimation of migrant stocks and flows, migrant socio-economic profiles, forecasting and emergencies such as Covid-19 pandemic. She will also discuss the good practices for the creation of ‘data collaboratives’ and appropriate regulatory frameworks to address ethical, security and data protection challenges.
Our second distinguished speaker Carlos Arcila Calderón from University of Salamanca (Spain) will show how computational methods can help to analyse structured and unstructured data to address the integration of migrants in European society. More specifically, he will explain how to collect social media data and then conduct text analytics to address public opinion about migrants and refugees. He will pay special attention to the detection of hate speech against these vulnerable groups using a computational approach at scale. He shall also explain how to use predictive analytics on survey data to estimate social integration of migrants by generating synthetic populations to estimate migrant's acceptance at a regional and local level.
As usually, the presentations by our guests will be followed by Q&A sessions.
Biograms of speakers:
- Tuba Bircan is a professor of sociology at the Department of Sociology and the research coordinator at the Interface Demography, at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). She holds BSc and MSc in Statistics and PhD in Social and Political Sciences. Her research interests include migration, diversity, refugees, equal opportunities, social rights, perception, evidence-based policymaking, mixed methods, data driven analysis techniques, Big Data and machine learning applications for social research and how to study hard-to-reach groups. She is the scientific coordinator of H2020 funded HumMingBird (Enhanced Migration Measures from a Multidimensional Perspective) project. She has published mainly on the methodological aspects of migration studies, inclusive policies and inequalities.
- Carlos Arcila Calderón - Associate Professor at the University of Salamanca (Spain) and principal investigator of the European project Preventing Hate Against Refugees and Migrants (PHARM) (funded by the REC programme of the European Commission) and the national project Data Science in Spain: knowledge and public perception of big data and artificial intelligence (funded by FECYT), as well as the proof-of-concept Development and evaluation a hate speech detector in Spanish(STOP-HATE) (funded by TCUE), and local PI of Enhanced migration measures from a multidimensional perspective (HumMingBird) (funded by H2020). Researcher in three other projects: ‘Maps of Communication Research in Spain from 2007 to 2018’ (Mapcom2) (funded by Spanish Ministry of Education) and ‘If you want, you can give it up. Narrative tools to prevent smoking in adults’ (funded by the regional government of Castilla y Leon in Spain). PI for Venezuela for the international projects Worlds of Journalism Study and Journalistic Role Performance, as well as consultant of Media Landscapes for this country. His research interests are focused on ICT adoption, media and social media analysis, computational methods and big data.
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(By Carey Goldberg for NPR)
It all began with a single X-ray.
It was 1974, and surgeons had been doing total hip replacements for a dozen years.
“Total hip replacement is an absolutely magnificent operation,” says Dr. William H. Harris, “and we were able to do remarkable things to restore mobility and relief of pain and the joy of life to countless individuals.” Continue reading article here…
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What is Feng Shui, and How Does It Work?
Feng shui (say “fung shway”), often called the art of placement, could just as accurately be called “the art of flow.What is Feng Shui? ” This ancient Chinese practice, literally translated as “wind” and “water,” aims to maximize the beneficial movement of chi–the universal life force present in all things–through an environment.
Just as fresh air and clean water nourish our bodies, so does fresh, clean chi nourish our homes and our lives. When the flow of chi through our space is blocked, weak, or misdirected, our relationships, cash flow, creativity, health, and career can suffer. Chi wants to meander gracefully through a space, like a gentle breeze or a winding stream. When it flows too strongly, it becomes like a hurricane or flood. We are likely to feel tossed about by winds of change, unstable, prone to crises, struggling to “keep our heads above water.” Where chi is blocked it becomes stale and stagnant, like a pond choked with algae and fallen leaves. We may feel tired, run down, depressed, unable to focus, hampered in our efforts to move forward in our lives.
In a corporate environment, poor feng shui can result in miscommunication between managers and employees, conflicts among team members, and lack of support for key initiatives. Individuals may be overlooked for promotions or deserved raises, suffer damage to their reputation in the company, or even lose their job. The company may have difficulty attracting or keeping key customers.
In a retail store, feng shui problems can block the flow of customers into and through the store, contribute to theft and staffing problems, and have a negative effect on the amount and size of sales.
Feng shui provides tools and guidelines for analyzing and correcting the flow of energy into and through our space. It uses the arrangement of rooms and the placement of furniture to create a smooth pathway for chi through a home, office, or retail location. Blockages and other forms of negative chi are removed or counteracted in order to welcome in opportunities and encourage progress. Colors and shapes associated with the five elements-wood, fire, earth, metal, and water-are used to create movement, balance, or protection, depending on the needs of the client. Imagery and objects such as paintings, photographs, statuary and other accessories are chosen and placed to enhance and reinforce the client’s intention.
Feng Shui reminds us that everything is connected, and that our physical surroundings have a significant impact on our mind, body, and spirit. It teaches us to be mindful caretakers of our environments, so that we may be mindful caretakers of our lives.
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A copolymer fishing line is a synthetic line that can be made from nylon, nylon-polyethylene, or nylon-polyvinyl chloride. They are stronger and more durable; however, they are heavier and more visible in the water than other types of fishing lines. This type is great for those who want to save money. Additionally, it is great when you are trying to catch fish in streams or lakes because they have a lot of brush hiding throughout the water.
What is a copolymer fishing line?
Copolymer fishing line is a man-made material, which means it’s stronger than monofilament and more expensive. However, this type of material has many benefits that make it worth the price. It also comes in several varieties: copolymer braided and copolymer floating. The braided version is made from two or three strands twisted together with a smaller diameter than standard monofilament lines. The finished product looks like an oversized yarn ball with smooth sides instead of rough ones like regular mono-filament (MF) line has from being twisted by machines during manufacturing. As for floating copolymers, these are made from two different types of polymers blended together into one strand that can absorb water very quickly when wetted but still floats on top when dry.
Best copolymer fishing line for spinning reel.
If you’re looking for the best copolymer fishing line for spinning reels, P-Line Floroclear is your best bet. It’s a favorite among anglers who use spinning reels because it’s thin and strong—the ideal combination for a reeling experience that doesn’t break your angler’s back or make them pull their hair out.
P-Line Floroclear was designed specifically to cut across the water smoothly, which attains ideal for baitcasting reels as adroitly as spinning reels. It’s been praised by thousands of fishermen throughout the years, who say they love how quickly they can get their hook set on their line; plus, there aren’t any tangles in sight!
Does copolymer fishing line float?
Copolymer fishing line is a sort of copolymer nylon. It is one of the strongest and most durable fishing lines on the market today. This type of nylon is made from a combination of polymer chains, one short, flexible chain and one long, stiff chain. The short, flexible chains allow for greater sensitivity in your lure or hook but don’t let you know if it’s been bitten by a fish until you are reeling it in. The long, stiff chains give you durability but make it heavier to detect bites without feeling resistance when reeled too fast or too slow!
The advantage about copolymer fishing lines is that they float! All other types sink unless they seemed treated with oil or wax, so they can float above water like our favorite product: Green Machine Fishing Line Wax.
P-Line Floroclear comes in a clear color. It’s one of the strongest and thinnest lines available. Due to the fact that it is thin, it is almost imperceptible underwater. Durability makes it a very good choice for freshwater fishing, even when you’re targeting bass or other large fish that can really put some stress on your reel with sudden runs or jumps.
SpiderWire Ultracast Invisi-Braid.
SpiderWire Ultracast Invisi-Braid is a super strong and very abrasion resistant. The secret is that it is made of multiple strands of mono-filament braided together to create a more durable line.
Another great thing about SpiderWire Ultracast Invisi-Braid is that it casts like a dream! When people think of copolymer, they think heavy, bulky and not ideal for casting. However, with SpiderWire Ultracast Invisi-Braid this isn’t true at all! This line casts excellently and doesn’t tangle, so it cast farther than ever before without breaking your back trying to get rid of the tangles after each cast!
Berkley XL Clear Mono.
The Berkley XL Clear Mono is a favorite of many anglers, and for good reason. Line has been proven effective on a wide variety of fish species, from rainbow trout to bluefin tuna. Considering it has a large diameter and low stretch rating, this line is suitable to cast lightweight lures without missing your target.
This line has high strength-to-weight ratio, so it will also hold up well against abrasion. It may be used as mono replacement in drop shot rigs or even super finesse presentations such as Carolina rigging or shaky head jigs (though it’s not recommended for heavier flies).
The Berkley XL Clear Mono comes in lengths ranging from 120 yards all the way up to 500 yards–there’s no need to worry that you don’t have enough length!
Sufix Superior Monofilament.
Sufix Superior Monofilament is a versatile line that will catch any fish, even if you take a fish and just throw it at it. This line combines strength and durability, making it the most balanced line for spinning reels in all conditions. If you want something that casts more accurately and farther, this is your choice!
Vicious copolymer fishing line.
The last copolymer line that I want to share is the Vicious Copolymer. It has a diameter of 0.10 mm and a breaking strength of 10lb. It also comes in several colors, so if you’re need something that’s not black or clear, this might be one to check out!
The reason why I chose this line over others is because it’s known as one of the best performing copolymers on the market right now (in my opinion).
If you want to try something new, I suggest you buy a copolymer line. Compared to fluorocarbon and nylon, it has a number of advantages that make it ideal for both freshwater and saltwater anglers.
From the advantages I can list the following:
- service life is longer;
- has higher tensile strength;
- thin and light;
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NOTE: Joyweed may be referred to as Alternanthera ficoidia in this article, in fact, those are the same plants, Alternanthera ficoidia is the botanical name for Joyweed.
If you’re looking for a unique addition to your garden, joyweed might be the one for you. The variegated foliage of this plant is the real star of the show, as it comes in a wide variety of colors and sizes. There are pink, orange, red, yellow, copper, or purple spots on the leaves. Some plants are dappled with multiple colors. The blooms are small and act as accents to the already vibrant plant.
Why does my Alternanthera ficoidia roots have rot?
If left untreated, root rot on your Joyweed (Alternanthera ficoidia) can be fatal. For this reason, if the symptoms appear, we highly advise that you adhere to our recommendations to keep your plant alive: Blackened and softened roots.
Why does my Joyweed have gray mold spots?
A particular fungus that frequently affects flowers and spreads quickly is known as gray mold spots. This fungus is most likely to blame if you see any brown (or gray) spots. Don’t ignore these signs because doing so could cause your plant to die.
The answer is obvious once you recognize the cause of the problem. Most frequently, it results from the Alternanthera ficoidia being overwatered. We strongly advise you to remove the damaged plant parts, cut off the diseased roots and leaves, and then repot your plant in a new container with sterile potting soil.
Why does my Joyweed have leaf spots?
If your plants exhibit symptoms like rapid color changes in the leaves or leaves that wilt or droop, we give you all the information you need to recognize them and rescue your plants. For owners of Joyweed, this kind of illness is among the most distressing.
Why are my Joyweed leaves turning yellow?
In the world of horticulture, yellowing leaves are undoubtedly the most common problem. The two main causes of this problem are overwatering and a lack of nutrition.
Whether you think your plants are getting too much water, cut back on how often you water them, and take the following measures to see if they might be nutritionally deficient:
Here are some indicators of yellowing on the Alternanthera ficoidia brought on by its numerous flaws:
- Yellow patches between leaf veins on elder leaves are the first sign of magnesium shortage. Veins continue to be green while the leaf’s core turns yellow. The leaf’s edges yellow last.
- Yellowing between leaf veins is another sign of iron shortage, but young leaves on plant tops and branch tips are initially affected.
- Sulfur shortage first affects the youngest leaves, turning them entirely yellow.
- Leaf edges turning bright yellow but inside leaf remaining green are signs of potassium insufficiency. The symptoms first appear on older leaves, and the leaf edges quickly become dark.
- A lack of nitrogen is indicated by a widespread yellowing. Older, inner leaves are the first to yellow. As the yellowing progresses, it eventually touches young leaves as well.
You only need to act in accordance with the symptoms listed above. You can address a potassium or nitrogen deficiency by buying a particular soil, and a gardening store consultant will be able to advise you on how to do that. Furthermore, you can also limit how frequently you water your plants.
Is my Joyweed sunburned?
It is simple to determine whether your Joyweed (your Alternanthera ficoidia) has sunburn. Your plant will change color in this instance, beginning to turn yellow or white, much like it does on us.
As we saw above, if your Joyweed receives too much water or not enough light, the leaves may also change color.
The bottom of the yellow leaves with a shaded area closer to the base can be examined to determine if they have been sunburned. If this part remains greener, the yellow leaf is most likely sunburned and not something else.
Why are my Joyweed leaves turning brown?
Most of the time, leaves of a Joyweed that turn brown is a sign that your plant has been sunburned, it has probably been exposed to too much direct sunlight. Don’t panic, your plant probably won’t die from this, but its growth will take a hit.
Should I leave my Alternanthera ficoidia in direct sunlight?
No! Don’t leave your Alternanthera ficoidia (or Joyweed) in the sun if it displays the symptoms mentioned above; that’s why it’s in such a bad situation.
The remedy, as said in the paragraph above, is simple: just move your plant’s Joyweed out of direct sunlight. Your plant should swiftly re-grow with this strategy and appropriate watering.
Why are my Alternanthera ficoidia leaves drooping or wilting ?
When you become dehydrated, this usually happens. Large plants are more vulnerable since they need more water on a regular basis than smaller plants.
Whether your Alternanthera ficoidia plant’s pot appears light, the soil and roots are likely fairly dry and need water, so you can readily tell if it needs to be hydrated.
In order to ensure that the roots of your plant receive the water’s benefits, you must first moisten the soil in the container if it is absolutely dry. One common error is to immediately drown the Joyweed after a dry period in the belief that it requires a lot of water.
This is true, but the easiest way to end it is to give too much water at once. Instead, you should water the soil properly, returning to a peaceful watering rhythm.
Caring Tips for Alternanthera ficoidia
Water is necessary for your plant to live, but timing and amount of watering must be balanced. Overwatering could have disastrous effects on your own name, as we already mentioned.
You can tell if your plant needs water by touching the soil; if it still feels damp, it’s usually preferable to wait a few more days.
Always keep temperatures stable
Maintaining a consistent temperature for your Alternanthera ficoidia is also a good idea, especially if it is kept indoors. At GreenShack, we typically advise reserving a temperature between 65 and 85 degrees F. Of course, avoid positioning your Alternanthera ficoidia close to air conditioners, radiators, or other sources of hot or cold air.
Keep your Joyweed Dust-Free
This one is about houseplants. Your indoor plants’ leaves get dusty just like your furniture does. The problem is that this might prevent photosynthesis from beginning, which would result in the plants gradually losing their color.
This would also make the pests happy, a real descent into hell for your Joyweed.
To remove the dust, gently rub the plant’s leaves with a microfiber cloth. Dust can be removed more easily with a damp cloth, but stay away from corrosive substances like rubbing alcohol!
Keep drainage in mind
If you have a tendency to overwater, you should be mindful of your drainage, and if they don’t already have them, we suggest selecting a saucer and a pot with drainage holes.
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Dr. Douglas Brinkley writes history, and teaches. In the last decade he’s been one of our premiere historians of conservation and wilderness preservation, especially as started by Theodore Roosevelt.
The issue at the hearing was the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
One may get a whiff of “skeptic” desperation at the hearing — Brinkley’s written a book on wilderness protection. That’s why he was called to testify.
Tip of the old scrub brush to Eli Rabett. He’s right — it’s tough to improve on the straight dope, the unexpurgated version. So most of this post is borrowed from the Bunny’s Spartan, laconic post of this same material.
And the Big Bunny is correct that MSNBC’s interview of Brinkley following the hearing is good to see and hear.
- Odd as hell:
the House Committee on Natural Resources removed this hearing from their calendar; at this moment, early on December 2, it’s as if the hearing didn’t happen, the official record “disappeared” (surely that’s not so)Here is where the hearing record should be, but Dr. Brinkley’s written testimony is not present. I presume the committee will put it up sometime soon.
- Brinkley’s short bio at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
- New York Times Sunday Book Review piece by Jonathan Rosen of Brinkley’s near-epic book, The Wilderness Warrior – Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America; review of the book in the NYT daily edition, by Janet Maslin
- Excerpt of Brinkley’s book, The Wilderness Warrior
- Kevin Phillips’s review of Brinkley’s 2007 The Reagan Diaries; excerpt of the book
- From a review of Brinkley’s important 2006 history, The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast: “In his preface to ‘The Great Deluge,’ Douglas Brinkley writes, ‘My hope is that this history, fast out of the gates, may serve as an opening effort in Katrina scholarship.’ He needn’t worry. A prolific author, known for publishing at breakneck speed, Brinkley has put his skills to good use by interviewing hundreds of Katrina survivors, disaster responders and public officials, and then weaving their disparate stories into a seamless narrative of the hurricane’s momentous first week. It’s a microhistory, logging in at more than 700 pages, but its thick detail provides a ground-level view of human behavior far richer than the breathless news reports that stunned and shamed the nation in the summer of 2005.
- Brinkley’s book that Don Young should have already read, but better read now if he loves Alaska: The Quiet World – Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960; a good description of the book from the publisher, HarperCollins: “A riveting history of America’s most beautiful natural resources, The Quiet World documents the heroic fight waged by the U.S. federal government from 1879 to 1960 to save wild Alaska—Mount McKinley, the Tongass and Chugach national forests, Gates of the Arctic, Glacier Bay, Lake Clark, and the Coastal Plain of the Beaufort Sea, among other treasured landscapes—from the extraction industries. Award-winning historian Douglas Brinkley traces the wilderness movement in Alaska, from John Muir to Theodore Roosevelt to Aldo Leopold to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with narrative verve. Basing his research on extensive new archival material, Brinkley shows how a colorful band of determined environmentalists created the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge just before John F. Kennedy became president. “
- The Ticket features C-SPAN’s tape of the hearing, “C-SPAN Battle: Historian shouts down Congressman at hearing”
- Heather at Crooks & Liars, notes on the Brinkley/Young dustup
- FuelFix noted the feud continues after the hearing
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Gardening is the artwork and science of growing numerous plants in an organized manner as a part of horticultural gardening. In horticulturists gardens, ornamental varieties are often grown primarily for his or her flowers, foliage or appearance; other useful plants, like medicinal herbs, are grown because they have some useful factor to offer the garden. One in all the main sorts of gardening that is being executed today is named “green gardening”. This gardening type entails growing a large variety of herbs and plants that are grown with earthy soil in an environment that is completely pure. This gardening kind is basically popular world wide.
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A properly planned and arranged backyard can beautify your house, office, present case your creativity, and create a stress-free and nice ambiance. Several types of gardens are developed depending on what you as a gardener find fascinating and what fits you greatest. Gardening can be a fun and enjoyable passion that may also help you improve your well being. For example, gardening can provide help to cope with stress and depression, and by being a superb companion it will possibly enhance your health in a constructive manner.
In the early Victorian era, people developed cottages backyard in giant portions because these cottages the place these plants could possibly be grown with out interference from any outside source. The cottages where these gardens have been developed had been usually situated in areas with direct access to water. The main plantings had been herbs, vegetables, flowers, fruits, and herbs and vegetables. These early Victorian gardens were a vital part of a social life in the Victorian period. Gardening was additionally essential for the landlords because these gardens supplied them with additional income from the vegetables they sold.
Contemporary gardening has taken gardening to new heights. Nowadays people are rising plants all around the world, particularly in city areas, as a result of the demand for meals is constantly growing. Right this moment, there are various sorts of gardens which have been developed, particularly in metropolitan cities, the place folks want to grow plants that can make their surroundings look nice and provide them with color and freshness. Some of the most typical plants grown nowadays embrace:
One in all the main articles that should be introduced into your thoughts when speaking about gardening is the truth that the kind of plant relies on the climate of the realm the place you live. Therefore, there are completely different plants and vegetables that may be appropriate for different climates. Some examples of plants that can develop well in virtually all kinds of weather situations embrace: sunflowers, beans, lentils, broccoli, peppers, onions, strawberries, dandelions, marigolds and others. However, some plants cannot develop in extreme temperatures, resembling: apples, lemons, garlic, potatoes, tomatoes, watermelons and others. In other phrases, you have to be specific with the type of climate that you live so as to decide on the suitable plants that may develop nicely in it.
Another foremost aspect that is to be thought of is that you just have to be very meticulous in managing your garden. In other words, you need to be an excellent gardener if you wish to have a gorgeous garden that is not just aesthetically pleasing but also useful for the those that will likely be visiting it. The gardener should make sure that the plants will be able to withstand different climatic adjustments, similar to: heat, chilly, dry or wet weather conditions. The gardener also needs to ensure that the plants are planted at the fitting place in order to maximize its usability, and he should be ready to decide on the most effective plants that may give the most effective outcomes.
Gardening requires too much of work, time and energy. For example, some gardeners spend greater than forty hours in a week engaged on their gardens. Because of this, they should eat meals that gives them with the required nutrients to avoid getting sick. In its place, they may normally eat fast foods like burgers, fries, pizzas and colas. Different kinds of meals that is included in the food plan of gardeners are juices, dwelling-cooked meals and sodas.
When you’ve got the curiosity in gardening, you should know that it requires numerous endurance, effort and time in order to achieve success. You also needs to bear in mind that there are several gardening mistakes that gardeners often commit, which enormously decreases the standard of the plants that they develop. A common mistake is planting the flawed number of plants, rising the plants too big or small and failing to aerate the soil. Nonetheless, you’ll be able to still keep away from these errors by learning more about the correct methods and methods of gardening, and you may positively improve your gardening abilities and knowledge.
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Civil society organisations Repubblika and the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation have launched a joint legal initiative for those whose personal data was revealed through the data leak from the servers of the company C-Planet Solutions Ltd.
The database contained personal information on anyone who had the right to vote in the 2013 general elections, including sensitive information such as the political intentions or leanings of over 330,000 private individuals.
“This is a barefaced breach of privacy and this type of action contravenes the laws protecting the privacy of every individual. Not everybody wants their political beliefs broadcast to the four winds and it is reasonable for a person to fear that they suffered or may suffer discrimination or other consequences because of this very serious leak that affected anybody eligible to vote in 2013,” the organisations said.
If your name is here: https://tool.daphne.foundation/laqwa-data/ and your data was stored without your permission, join…
It seemed the way the information was gathered, stored and shared did not have the explicit consent of the majority of Maltese and Gozitans who are listed in this database. The organisations also pointed out that it seemed this data was collected to be used, and since it was used without the people’s consent, it was used illegally.
“This is not only a question of privacy. It is also a question of how a political party – in this case, the Labour Party – has exploited the collection of data to manipulate the democratic process. Those who will suffer from this type of action are those citizens whose information was collected, stored and used; it is for this reason that it is up to the citizens themselves to take action.”
Individuals interested in joining the class action suit are provided with forms to be filled, authorising the organisation to start administering the legal action also on their behalf. This is open to all – participation is not restricted to members or representatives of the organisations involved.
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DQL Full Form
Structured Query Language (SQL) is a nonprocedural language used for retrieving data from the queries. It was introduced by IBM as a part of the R project. It was declared as a standard language by ANSI and ISO. DQL statements are used for performing queries on the data within schema objects. The purpose of the DQL Command is to get some schema relation based on the query passed to it. We can define DQL as follows it is a component of SQL statement that allows getting data from the database and imposing order upon it. It includes the SELECT statement. This command allows getting the data out of the database to perform operations with it. When a SELECT is fired against a table or tables the result is compiled into a further temporary table, which is displayed or perhaps received by the program i.e. a front-end. Data Query Language (DQL) or Data Retrieval Language (DRL). Data Query Language has commands that retrieve the data from the query. It has a single command: select. It has subcategories:
- DDL or Data Definition Language has commands like create, rename, alter.
- DML or Data Manipulation Language has commands like update, insert, delete.
- DCL or Data Control Language has commands like grant and revoke.
- TCL or Transaction Control Language has commands like rollback, commit.
Characteristics of DQL:
It is used for retrieving data. A user can retrieve data according to his/her requirements using the select command.
If a user wants to retrieve all the from the employee table, the query must be given as follows:
select * from employee;
asterisk mark (*) indicates that all the rows are retrieved from the table.
If a user wants to know the average salary of the employees, the query must be given as follows:
select avg(salary) from employee;
This displays the average salary of the employees.
Here asterisk mark isn’t needed as we need to retrieve only particular rows.
If a user wants to know the name of the employee whose salary is less than 10, 000; the query is:
select ename from employee where salary<=10, 000;
A condition is placed to retrieve the data and a relational operator is used as well.
- SELECT is a standard command used for almost every query.
- It can also be written as SELECT as SQL is a case-insensitive language.
- It makes the data retrieving process easier.
- No coding is needed.
- This domain language can be used for communicating with the databases and receive answers to complex questions in seconds.
- Data Query Language has no disadvantages.
- It is not possible to imagine Structured Query Language without the select command.
- Interfacing a DQL database is more complex than adding a few lines of code.
- The operating cost of some DQL versions makes it difficult for some programmers to access them.
- Analytical Queries.
- Retrieve Information from the database.
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Lowell's Day by Day returns to direct expression of autobiographical experience and memory. Day by Day resembles Life Studies in that it has distinct sections each of which includes introductory poems ("Ulysses and Circe"), Poems concerning other writes such as Robert Penn Warren and John Berryman, and poems concerning Lowell's relationship with his family. Day by Day further resembles Life Studies in showing the imaginative process that transforms his personal experiences into art. This imaginative process of memory helps him to know himself and others better.
In "Epilogue", Lowell addresses the issue of the intention of his art. At first, he expresses dissatisfaction of that art.
Those Blessed structures, Plot and thyme--
Why are they no help to me now
I want to make
Something imagined, not recalled?
I hear the noise of own voice:
The painter's vision is not a lens,
it trembles to caress the light,
But sometimes everything I write
With the threadbare art of my eye
Seems a snapshot,
Lurid, rapid, garish, grouped,
Heightened from life,
Yet paralyzed by fact,
All's misalliance. (1-14)
In these lines, Lowell acknowledges that he has failed to caress the light. His criticism of himself reminds me of that of several of his critics. When Day by Day was published, it was harshly criticized for being too personal.
In other words, the poetry of Day by Day was too close to real lives. In the above lines, Lowell says that his threadbare art deems a mere snapshot and "paralyzed by fact.' [A.Alavare2-1988] Here. We can raise the question whether memory is factual or is something imagined. Or is it half-fiction, half truth? The above lines figure the photographer's lens as the recollection of fact; by contrast the painter's vision is related to the 'imagined' which illuminates the subjects. Lowell's art of memory is neither wholly fabricated nor merely a recollection of fact.
While valuing Vermeer's art of illumination, Lowell tries to defend to say what actually happened. Beyond this, however, Lowell prays for the grace of accuracy. "Accuracy" [Robert Lowell-1977] is to grasp truth which is more than fact.
Yet why not say what happened?
Pray for the grace of accuracy
Vermeer gave to the sun's illumination
Stealing like the tide across a map
To his girl solid with yearning.
We are poor passing facts, warned by that to give
Each figure in the photograph
His living name. (15-23)
Lowell takes Vermeer's painting as an analogue for the artistic vision. As Vermeer gave a grace to the sun's illumination, memories of real life are illuminated by graceful accuracy. Lowell hopes to express the figure in his poems as Vermeer's girl is painted realistically rather than ideally. As the phrase" solid with yearning [Daniel schaxter-1996] illustrates, Lowell's art transforms memories of a daily life into art with artistic imagination.
Although imagination and memory here appear as an opposition--"imagined, not recalled." [Seidel frederick-1961] the two activities of imagination and memory seem to be complementary rather than contradictory in Lowell's poetry.
The poem "clearheadedly and self-defeating points out an inherent limitation in nostalgia: that it can become a means by which one ignores necessary truths about other human beings Vereen Bell-1983]. He overcomes the danger of a falsifying memory by acknowledge that Stafford's art has its own value apart from his memory of it.
In Day by Day, Lowell confesses frankly the secrets that he feels constrain his heart. Lowell hopes to resolves his lifelong conflicts and frees himself from the emotional bondage of past experiences. The title Day by Day makes the reader expect to see how the past leads into the present and, likewise the present into the future. One might ssexperiences and coming to recognize the meaning of the life and make a move toward reconciliation. 'The past", Lowell says, 'changes more than the present' ('To Frank Parker" 33). This does not mean that the past experience itself changes but that the meaning of the past changes again and again with relation to other experiences, and the changed meaning clarifies the present. Lowell's remark on the changeability of the past suggest that he departs from his past determination to define and understand his self buy fixing his past experience.
Memory is essential to the creation of the self in that the construction of the past justifies the self's attitude to past events. As Bartlett and Schacter state, memory involves the self's present awareness of the past. In 91 Revere Street, Lowell recollects the incidents and things that seem to be essential to the formation of his self. In Life Studies, he also explores his lost self by remembering his personal past. As in 91 Revere Street, he situates his self-examination in the context of American culture. He recollects his personal past in such a way to transform it into American cultural memory. In 'memories of West Street and Lepke,' Lowell's private memory is presented as part of the board American cultural situation. In 'waking in the Blue', Lowell regards himself as one of the mental cases. As in recent models of the constitution of the subject, Lowell's self is culturally constituted and dominated. Lowell seems to discard the essentialist idea of self and instead adopts the idea of a self recreated through remembering.
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Background/Aims: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an important mediator of angiogenesis. However, little is known about the potential use of serum levels of VEGF as a biomarker for asthma. We investigated the differences in VEGF levels among normal controls, stable asthma patients, and those with exacerbation of acute asthma. All subjects were young males. Methods: We measured VEGF levels in each patient group, and examined any serial changes in those with acute exacerbation. Results: VEGF levels were significantly higher in stable asthmatic patients and even more so in acute asthmatic patients, compared to healthy controls. However, there was no correlation between VEGF levels and forced expiratory volume in 1 second in patients with stable asthma. In addition, there were no correlations between VEGF levels and asthma control test scores. In patients with acute exacerbation, VEGF levels significantly increased during the acute period; their levels decreased gradually at 7 and 14 days after treatment. Conclusions: Compared to normal control patients, the serum levels of VEGF were elevated in stable asthma patients and even more elevated in patients with acute exacerbation. However, the role of VEGF as a biomarker in stable asthma is limited. In patients with acute exacerbation, VEGF levels were associated with clinical improvements.
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The occurrence of cycle slips is a major limiting factor for achievement of sub-decimeter accuracy in positioning with GPS (Global Positioning System). In the past, several authors introduced a method based on different combinations of GPS data together with Kalman filter to solve the problem of the cycle slips. In this paper the same philosophy is used but with discrete wavelet transforms. For experiments we simulated artificial cycle slips in real data. Studies show that the selection of a proper wavelet basis functional basis for wavelet is a very important problem in wavelet transforms. Wavelet transforms accurately detects the place of cycle slips, especially in low noise test quantities. | <urn:uuid:0dd6bdee-8839-4484-9874-bdadf6f4c744> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ije.ir/article_71682.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.891579 | 150 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Summer season is the proper time to entertain – the climate is ok (typically!) and the evenings are long, and there’s nothing higher than a barbecue with associates. But do you know that food poisoning cases double throughout the summer months? There’s nothing worse than worrying about whether or not the food you’ve got prepared is cooked properly, so follow these food safety tips and sit again and loosen up, figuring out you and your friends are secure from harm:
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GHOR HADITHA, Jordan - Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians are slowly pushing through the tangle of their disputes and suspicions in a race to save a biblical and ecological treasure, the Dead Sea.
The famously salty sea, which lies at Earth's lowest point, is shrinking. It has receded about three feet a year for the last 25 years, and Jordan and Israel warn that if the trend continues, it will vanish by 2050 along with its unique ecosystem, defeated by river diversions, mineral extraction and natural reasons, such as evaporation.
A crucial project to boost the water level by piping in water from the Red Sea has long been held up by disputes between Israel and its Palestinian and Jordanian neighbors.
But, said Mohammed Thafer al-Alem, Jordan's water minister, "the ball began to roll a few months ago because of the gravity of the situation and the dangers facing the Dead Sea, which is a unique heritage not only to the countries that border it but to the whole world."
The urgency is made clear by a dramatic side effect of the dwindling water: sinkholes.
These yawn open in a flash, leaving pits 100 feet deep or more in the sponge-like terrain. At Ghor Haditha, a Jordanian village of 6,000 people on the Dead Sea's southern tip, signs warn of the peril and huge holes dot the vegetable fields.
The sinkholes happen because underground aquifers shrink and salt left by the receding Dead Sea waters erodes the earth.
The Dead Sea, or Salt Sea, is mentioned in the Old Testament. The sinful cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are said to have stood on its banks, and from nearby Mount Nebo, Moses reputedly first saw the Promised Land.
The sun-baked lake, surrounded by spectacular desert cliffs, has also become a tourist attraction for both Jordan and Israel, because of its curative waters and black mud. Five-star hotels are sprouting on its shores, creating pollution problems that pose a further threat.
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Leveraging Screencasting to Support Instructional Strategies
For those not yet familiar with this tool, Panopto provides both a downloadable and web-based recorder for faculty, students, and staff to create video screencasts, as well as a cloud-hosted platform for sharing content. Recordings can be embedded within Blackboard (Bb), or shared independently of our Learning Management System (LMS). The benefits of Panopto for instruction are numerous: faculty use the tool to support their overall instructional strategies for engagement, communication, and assessment. Users create easy-to-make and publish, accessible content with a stable, user-centered interface and workflow that promotes academic success with student-submitted assignments and embedded quizzing for knowledge checks; they leverage detailed analytics metrics to identify potential risk behavior; and they reduce the impacts of Bb quota limitations and improve system performance by pulling video content out of the LMS.
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Anushka Aqil, an adjunct faculty member with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, described the complementary benefit of the platform’s integrated media captioning, which supports Universal Design for Learning (UDL). “Panopto allows me to record videos that can have an automatic transcription at the end so students can easily follow along at their own pace choosing to read the transcript or listen to my voice!"
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By Gig Conaughton, County of San Diego Communications Office
March 20, 2021 (Campo) -- San Diego County supervisors voted Wednesday to buy the 2,151-acre, historic Star Ranch area in Campo, its largest acquisition of sensitive habitat, wetlands, potential passive park land and hiking trails in a decade.
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The Board voted unanimously to buy the land for roughly $8.7 million, a figure that will be offset by a $1.28 million contribution from the U.S. Navy, which operates a training base nearby and needs to maintain a buffer around it to keep it isolated.
The ranch is located a mile north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Campo near State Route 94 and Buckman Springs Road, just north of the County Park’s Campo Stone Store Museum. The store itself is a historic landmark rebuilt in stone in 1875.
County parks department officials said the land fits into the County’s future East County Multiple Species Conservation Plan area. They said the purchase will permanently protect its chaparral, wetland and riparian habitats that are home to animals including the coastal horned lizard, two-striped garter snake, Cooper’s hawk, white-tailed hawk and the federally protected least Bell’s vireo and arroyo toad. Because the land also connects to hundreds of acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, its acquisition will also create important wildlife corridors for animals to travel.
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I dont get the point of this discussion, I agree with you that people in Taiwan shouldnt have what terms they used dictated by the China government, but at the same time, people are also free to say what they want.
I don’t know Chinese, but I tried to transcribe a little of it and run it through Google Translate (apologies for errors, and for using the “m” word, which I said I was going to quit doing (well, I’m trying)):
I had special difficulty translating that first expression even with Google Translate’s help, so it may be wrong (then again, I may have got the whole thing wrong):
They get mental about all types of things. I have an old ex-gf who i speak to a lot. We can talk for hours about loads of interesting topics, but she gets triggered by some crazy politics stuff.
For their whole lives they have had these buttons buried deep in their brains by their government and if yoy touch them, they just go mental.
I thought the ccp thought taiwan was a province, not a city. So are they saing what most people know as the whole country of taiwan, including the islands, are “taipei”?
I cant see why just saying China/JhongGuo cant be used perfectly fine and without offending anyone. Using Dalu has possible issues for some. If a person insisted on using Dalu, seems like they have some kind of agenda.
China is China, offends no one.
Now it doesnt really, but Taiwan has changed a lot in the last few decades, in terms of identity and politics. At one time, saying Taiwan wasnt China(including the ROC) might cause an argument, or at least a political conversation, which for 99% of people is the last thing they want. Da Lu was neutral and you could avoid showing your political persuasion.
Now I agree, I try to say China as much as possible. Da Lu is becoming politically incorrect and I have quite a few friends who will pick you up on it if you say it. At the same time, they still dont really give a fuck
Screen capture of 中国台北,台湾省 from Google Books Ngrams (not to say that this decides the issue, and with the caveat that two or more words can be side-by-side in different contexts):
Edited to add:
After some reflection, and especially given the fact that I am not Taiwanese, I have changed my mind. As to whether or not Taiwan should seek independence, I now consider that issue to be none of my business.
Of course, and when they call a country a continent, I get to ask them which continent.
As you can see, google translated Dalu as continent.
What she wants to say is
If you are a Taiwanese person who doesn’t really want to start a quarrel with Chinese people (living in Taiwan), please try the following: Basically you could avoid most of the pointless arguments by not asking “Are you from Dalu?” Because the likely response would be them rolling their eyes at you and ask you “What continent? Aren’t we all citizens of China?”
But if that’s their reaction, imagine what they’d say when a Taiwanese ask them “Are you from China?”
Uh… from the 1920s to the mid 1940s, Taiwan was a prefecture of Japan. Any references to Taiwan as a province of China at that point would be historical in context, or maybe fictional in context.
I picked the 1920s more or less arbitrarily. Originally I had the Ngram going even further back, but I changed the Ngram.
Additionally, I wrote:
I would support any people’s search for liberty, but that’s just me. I subscribe to “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Although when it comes to people in another country, my support only goes as far as signing petitions, boycotting products, and some monetary donations though. It’s not like I’m capable of joining the international legion in Ukraine.
I like liberty, too, including liberty of expression. But in the past few hours, I got to thinking, “If Taiwan attained independence, I suppose the people who favor independence would control the government. Would that mean that their ideas about correct and incorrect speech would have the force of law? That is, could people be forced to use certain words and avoid certain other words when talking about matters of public interest?”
So, as I said, issues concerning Taiwan independence are now none of my business.
…No? We’re a democracy.
Once again, thanks for clearing that up.
One major point of independence is to avoid a fate like Hong Kong where rights and freedoms are taken away by the Chinese Communist Party. It would defeat part of the purpose of independence if we were automatically going to take away rights.
Secondly, the government here is governed by checks and balances. Nothing would change, the same people would still be here and the same Taiwan would still be here.
And I doubt Niels Bohr was referring to politics.
I know that. That’s a joke saying, a kind of intentional Yogi-ism, and if I recall correctly it’s been used in various situations, not just physics.
It flew over my head
I just find it funny that you keep trying to guilt trip me into thinking that you gave up your support for Taiwanese Independence because I told you Dalu was deliberately chosen by the KMT and the CCP as a replacement for the actual word for mainland, and as result the term is politically motivated.
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By Troy Moon, Pensacola State College
High school seniors interested in a medical field might be able to actually give injections at the 23rd Annual Pensacola State College Health Career Fair on Oct. 25 at the Warrington campus.
No, no one’s going to let the high schoolers jab someone with a needle.
“They might give an injection to a hot dog,’’ said Jennifer Ponson, PSC coordinator of Student and Program Outreach. “Just to give them a little experience.”
More than 600 high school students from five Northwest Florida counties and Baldwin County, Alabama, are expected to attend the health fair.
Students who attend the event will experience more than a dozen health career opportunity stations, including EMT, radiography, pharmacy, dental hygiene, nursing and more.
In August, Pensacola State’s RN-to-Bachelor of Science in Nursing program was ranked as fourth best in Florida by RegisteredNursing.org.
Ponson said she hopes the students will consider attending PSC if they’re planning on entering into a health profession. She said Pensacola State instructors and current students will lead the presentations and answer questions.
“Pensacola State College has the best of the best,” Ponson said. “We have the best instructors, the best equipment and best facility. And our connections with industry are the best. PSC can truly help you prepare for a job in the healthcare field.”
If you go
The 23rd annual Pensacola State College Health Career Fair is set for 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Oct. 25 at the Pensacola State College Warrington campus, 5555 W. Highway 98.
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Hello all! This past week has been pretty exciting. For one, the weather has been pretty warm so that’s always a bonus! Second, classes were cancelled on Wednesday because the Critical Issues Symposium took place. If you are unaware what CIS is, it is a day dedicated to focusing on a specific topic affecting the country. The topic is chosen by a committee of people around Hope as appointed by the President. CIS began in 1980 and continues until this day. Each year the topic varies greatly—when I was a freshman, the focus was on Islam, while sophomore year was on reconciliation. We didn’t have one last year but this year we had one called, “Technology and the Future of Being Human.”
This Wednesday I attended a talk titled, “Bigger, Stronger, Faster: The Use of Technology to Enhance Athletic Performance and Its Ethical Implications” presented by Dr. Chad Carlson. The reason I chose to attend this one specifically (you typically aren’t required to go to any unless a professor requests you attend) is because it’s focused around sports and kinesiology, which is my major. His presentation focused on the early days of technology, reaching back to the Ancient Olympics and how fire was the first technology used. A key point Dr. Carlson made was that nearly all technology can be used for benevolent and malevolent purposes, which proves to be very true. His talk then focused on current use of technology and what seems acceptable and what is not, such as the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Finally, Dr. Carlson ended with talking about technology and genetic enhancement, which really made me think that technology is very beneficial, but do people take it too far? Do they use it to replace and interfere with the efforts of Mother Nature? Overall, I truly enjoyed this presentation because it was thought-provoking and very relevant to society today.
I strongly encourage anyone who is interested CIS or just furthering their knowledge in topics affecting the world, to join in next year. If you are curious about it, please visit this site for more information. It’s a great opportunity to become exposed to various topics and concerns people have in the community and the effects they have on lives.
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Back in 2008, the global economy suffered a huge blow due to a crisis in the American financial and housing markets. As the damage spread, it turned into a worldwide recession that shook everyone’s confidence in the traditional financial system. It was that loss of faith that became the impetus for the creation of Bitcoin. Now well-known, it was at the time intended to be a stateless replacement for the existing nation-led global currency system.
It was a bold vision, and it worked – somewhat. In recent years, Bitcoin has made people around the world billionaires almost overnight, but the technical limitations of the system made it a poor day-to-day replacement for fiat currency. It also touched off a period of innovation that would give rise to countless other cryptocurrencies, each with its own vision and purpose.
Today, there’s a thriving blockchain ecosystem featuring cryptocurrencies for every niche purpose imaginable. Notably, though, there haven’t been many cryptocurrencies aimed at providing investors with something resembling a structured, reliable, income stream. That all changed with the debut of Hex, which pays stakers a handsome dividend in exchange for their investment. But crypto-enthusiasts have been quick to label it a scam – believing its founder to be using it simply to generate massive gains for himself.
And yet, the idea of creating the crypto-equivalent of a certificate of deposit remained intriguing. And now, a new team has built a successor to Hex that they believe solves its biggest problems and more. It’s called Axion, and here’s a guide to how it works, what makes it different from Hex, and how you can get involved.
What is Axion?
Axion is a new cryptocurrency that’s aimed at investors who would like a crypto-powered investment vehicle that offers stable returns with less risk of precipitous losses. Axion does this by basing its prices on inflation – at an astounding 8% yearly inflation distributed to staked amounts, and by flipping the traditional cryptocurrency model on its head. That’s because it operates by paying rewards to holders of the currency that agree not to sell it for a defined period, rather than paying rewards to miners as traditional cryptocurrencies do.
This has the effect of stabilizing the price of the coin because it prevents the volatility that comes with unpredictable sales. It also is part of the reason that Axion can pay investors such a high annual inflation rate. The other half of the gains come from auctions of Axion tokens. Tokens end up in auction as a result of penalties paid for early withdrawal, or when Hex holders (who are eligible to swap their tokens for Axion 1:1) fail to make timely claims. Upon deposit of Ethereum to the Auction, 80% of the proceeds are immediately used to purchase Axion from exchanges, thus increasing the price of the token.
How Axion Improves on Hex
The fact that Axion’s founder holds no tokens is a critical difference between it and Hex. With no personal stake, the founder can’t use Axion as a pump and dump scheme, which is one of the major fears many investors had about Hex. That’s not the only difference, though. Another improvement is the fact that a full 100% of the currency’s inflation is paid to stakers and 100% of all penalties are used to fund the daily auctions. The inflation payout incentivizes holders of the currency to stay invested for the long haul, which further discourages any attempt at outside price manipulation. The additional funding for auctions allows for more potential buybacks, circling back to the long term investing incentive.
How to Purchase Axion
If you’re interested in purchasing Axion to start your wealth-building, the process couldn’t be easier. It takes just four steps, and you’ll be all set to watch your investment grow. The steps are:
- Purchase Ethereum from whatever exchange you use for your crypto-purchases. Depending on how you fund your purchase, your Ethereum may or may not be immediately available for use. Once your transaction clears, you’ll be ready to move on to step two.
- Next you have to install the MetaMask browser extension. It may be installed in Chrome, Firefox, or Opera web browsers. For extra simplicity, it comes preinstalled in the Brave web browser, so you may want to grab a copy to save some setup time.
- Next, you’ll need to transfer the Ethereum you’ve purchased into MetaMask. To do this, just take your MetaMask wallet address back to your cryptocurrency exchange and perform a withdrawal to your new wallet. Be sure to get the wallet address right the first time – there’s no way to reverse a transfer if you make a mistake.
- Now, all you have to do is head over to Axion’s listing on the Uniswap Exchange. From there, you’ll be able to exchange Ethereum for Axion (HEX2T) tokens at the current prevailing rate. Simply enter the amount of Ethereum you’d like to exchange, and you’ll see an estimate of how much Axion it’ll yield.
If you’re happy with what you see, click the ‘Approve’ button at the bottom of the page. This will give Uniswap access to your Ethereum to validate the transaction. When it’s complete, the button will change to a ‘Swap’ button. After you click this button and approve the transaction in your wallet, you’re all set!
Ready to Earn
If you’ve made it this far, you should now know all you need to know about Axion. You know what it is, how it generates investment returns, and what makes it different from its predecessors. But you don’t have to take our word for it. All you have to do is take a look at Axion’s historical price chart to see how well it’s been doing for early adopters. And of course, you can follow Axion’s daily development by joining their Telegram or Discord channels. There, you can ask any questions you might have and members of the Axion team and other investors will be more than happy to answer them.
And remember, if you’re still on the fence about getting involved, take your time to understand the inner workings of Axion by talking to as many stakeholders as you can. Since Axion’s built for the long-term, you’ll still be able to earn excellent returns once you’re comfortable enough to buy-in. Sure, you might miss out on some of the stratospheric gains that will come as more people become aware of Axion, but you should only take on as much risk as you’re comfortable with. Either way, once you get started, you’ll be on your way to long-term principal growth and steady returns. Just try not to spend it all in one place! | <urn:uuid:3ca094ef-3961-4634-ab9f-141c894afdcd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://techloot.co.uk/cryptocurrency/meet-axion-cryptocurrency/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.94704 | 1,460 | 1.773438 | 2 |
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The group of CAO Yu used the capsid protein (HaCP) of Baculovirus expressed by E. coli and found by cryo-electron microscopy that a variety of exogenous proteins expressed at the N-terminus of HaCP could be directly fused and displayed on the outer surface. HaCP had two forms of assembly in vitro: one with a small diameter named N-tube, and another with a relatively large diameter, named W-tube. The N-tube is a helical structure similar to the TMV capsid, with 111/3 protein subunits arranged in a spiral along each circle. The W-tube is a stack of disc structures consisting of 12 protein subunits with a 11.25° rotation between adjacent discs. The interaction between the HaCP nanotube subunits was tunable, leading to high flexibility of the resulting nanotubes. HaCP nanotubes thus allow to accommodate larger guest compounds compared to assembled subunits of TMVs and thus might be evolved into nanoscale functional molecules.
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Who was William Temple?
Lieutenant Colonel William Temple VC was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born in Monaghan Town, Temple was 30 years old and an Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Regiment of Artillery during the Invasion of Waikato, when the following deed took place on 20 November 1863 at Rangiriri, New Zealand for which he and Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Pickard were awarded the VC:
For gallant conduct during the assault on the enemy's position at Rangiriri, in New Zealand, on the 20th of November last, in exposing their lives to imminent danger, in crossing the entrance of the Maori keep, at a point upon which the enemy had concentrated their fire, with a view to render assistance to the wounded, and, more especially to the late Captain Mercer, of the Royal Artillery.
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Did you ever hear about the Hollywood actress Dolores Hart, a movie star of the 1950s and 60s. She is purported to have given Elvis Presley his first movie kiss during the movie King Creole in 1958. Shortly after playing Saint Clare of Assisi in the movie Francis of Assisi, Hart entered a Benedictine community of cloistered Catholic nuns at the Monastery of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut. In 2001 she was elected Prioress (assists the Abbess of the community) of the community. She is the only nun to be a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (givers of the Oscars).
A few interesting interviews with Mother Dolores Hart, OSB.
Dolores Hart: How a movie actress left Hollywood for a contract with God by Barbara Cloud, for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 08, 1998)
… she never saw herself as a nun.
“It was not a lifelong dream,” she said. “I did not grow up wanting to be a nun. I wanted to be an actress. If it had ever been suggested I would one day be a nun, it would have been the last thing on my mind. It was a million to one shot I would ever be a nun.”
… Mother Dolores calls her life as a Benedictine nun “an island of enclosure.” It is a monastic life that includes prayers at several hours of the day, including 2 a.m. It is a structured life with little time for much else than handling chores on the farm and woodlands involving 359 acres. The land maintains the community, the group of 40 women of various professional backgrounds.
From the Glitter of Hollywood to the Quiet of a Convent by Barbara Middleton for National Catholic Register (July 10-16, 2005)
… [After starring in the movie Francis of Assisi], I met Pope John XXIII, and he was very instrumental in helping me form my ideas about a vocation.
When I was introduced to the Pope, I said, “I am Dolores Hart, the actress playing Clara.” He said, “No, you are Clara!” Thinking he had misunderstood me, I said, “No, I am Dolores Hart, an actress portraying Clara.” Pope John XXIII looked me squarely in the eye and stated, “No. You are Clara!” His statement stayed with me and rang in my ears many times.
Hollywood star turned nun helps Waterbury group by Tracy Simmons for the Republican-American (May 31, 2008)
… She found herself asking what life is about. Hollywood gave her everything she wanted, she said, she was even engaged to Los Angeles businessman Don Robinson. She told him, however, that she wasn’t sure if it was the right thing to do and called the wedding off six months after the engagement. “It would make a heck of a good movie wouldn’t it?,” she joked.
She told him she had to go to Bethlehem to visit the convent again. “I walked up to the hill (on the 400-acre property) and I thought to myself this is it. I’ve got to do this,” Hart said. Six months later she announced that she “had an affair to take care of.” “They thought it was a guy,” she laughed.
She arrived at the convent in a limousine. “I arrived at Regina Laudis in style.” But she said the transition wasn’t easy.
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Seven works of art from Howard University Art Gallery featured in Delaware Museum of Art exhibit
“Afro-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks” honors the 50th anniversary of a groundbreaking exhibition on black art. Presented by the Delaware Art Museum and Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc., the show will be accompanied by a rich program celebrating African-American culture. The show is accompanied by a solid program, including performances, gallery talks and a family day.
“The Delaware Art Museum’s resurrection of this landmark exhibit of African-American art draws attention to lesser-known artists who, despite their successful careers, have remained largely unrecognized,” said Lisa Farrington, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts and Director of the Gallery of Art. “We are proud to have had Howard’s own art history professor, Melanee Harvey, Ph.D., who contributed an essay to the exhibition catalog, and Howard’s student, Ellington (Ellie) Lindsey (HU ’22), conduct curatorial research at the Delaware Art Museum as part of this special collaboration.
The exhibit celebrates the legacy of Wilmington artist, educator, and former Howard student Percy Ricks. Ricks founded the Wilmington-based artist collective Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc. and put together “Afro-American Images 1971” to highlight the influence of African-American artists in Wilmington.
“By curating ‘Afro-American Images 1971,’ Percy Ricks created an iconic exhibit that showcased a rich network of artists,” said Margaret Winslow, curator of contemporary art at the Delaware Art Museum. “Howard University, Ricks’ Alma Mater, was an important cultural link at the heart of this network. We are deeply grateful to the University for its extensive art loans and for the work of Howard faculty, staff and students, especially Dr. Lisa E. Farrington, Scott W. Baker, Dr. Abby R. Eron, Dr. Melanee C. Harvey and Ellington Lindsey, on the revival of this historic exhibit.
Visitors will see a recreation of the historic “African American Images 1971” exhibit. The exhibition will include most of the artists who participated in the 1971 exhibition, many of whom are known locally – Humbert Howard, Simmie Knox, Edward Loper Sr. and Edward Loper Jr. – as well as those recognized nationally, including Romare Bearden, Sam Gilliam, Lois Mailou Jones, Faith Ringgold, Alma Thomas and Hale Woodruff. By re-hanging the exhibit as accurately as possible, the partner organizations hope to examine the exhibit’s role in the black arts movement and question why this seemingly successful event has been largely overlooked by historians in the decades since.
Howard University Art Gallery Contributions to “African American Pictures 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks”
Picture 1: Harlan Jackson, “Camp #1”, 1967, mixed media on canvas, courtesy of Howard University Gallery of Art
Picture 2: Raymond Saunders, “Mother and Child”, 1961, acrylic on canvas, purchased through the Museum’s Donor Program
Picture 3: Charles McGee, “Despondency,” Nd, oil on Masonite-type panel, courtesy Howard University Gallery of Art
Picture 4: Peter L. Robinson, Jr., “Amorphous Cloud”, 1970, oil on canvas, bequest of the artist
Picture 5: Edward L. Loper, ‘Angry City’, 1961, oil on panel, courtesy Howard University Gallery of Art
Picture 6: Delilah Pierce, ‘Gayhead Cliffs, Martha’s Vineyard’, nd, oil on canvas, courtesy Howard University Gallery of Art
Picture 7: James L. Wells, “Salome,” 1963, oil on canvas, purchased as a gift from President Swygert
About Howard University
Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private research university comprised of 14 schools and colleges. Students follow more than 140 study programs leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to excellence in truth and service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholars, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 12 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Scholars, and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard is also producing more African-American doctorates on campus. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, visit www.howard.edu.
On Delaware Museum of Art
For more than 100 years, the museum has served as the primary arts and cultural institution in Delaware. It is alive with experiences, discoveries and activities to connect people with art and each other. Originally established in 1912 to honor renowned illustrator and Wilmington native, Howard Pyle, the museum’s collection has grown to over 12,000 works of art in our building and sculpture garden. Also renowned for British Pre-Raphaelite art, the museum houses the most comprehensive Pre-Raphaelite collection on display outside the UK and a growing collection of significant contemporary art. Visit delart.org for the latest exhibitions, programs and performances, or connect with us via social media.
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Diet culture is a system of beliefs that equate thinness with health. Diet culture is a world that promotes weight loss as a means of being a good person and attaining a higher status. Diet culture elevates certain ways of eating while making other ways of eating shameful. Diet culture creates unrealistic expectations and it is everywhere. It permeates our daily lives, our relationships, the things that we see and read, and so much more. The mindset of diet culture is doing more harm than good because it does not focus on overall health.
A key facet of diet culture has made being on a diet the norm. There is substantial research showing the harm that diets cause in the long term. A meta-study, looked at several weight loss studies and found that most dieters were able to lose up to 10% of their weight in the short term (6 months – 1 year) but that 4 – 5 years later, they had regained the weight–plus more! Dieting has other side effects such as contributing to our damaged relationship with food, slowing down metabolism, leading to emotional eating, and restricting foods that can cause us to miss out on important nutrients.
Here are some ways to reframe your thoughts and get out of a diet culture mindset…
- Stop acting like losing weight is the most amazing thing a person can do. We’ve all done it, complimented someone because they look smaller. This compliment seems to be beneficial but it is rooted in our diet culture mindset of a person’s size equals their worth. There are plenty of other things to compliment someone one besides their weight loss, like the great job they did on a work project!
- Get rid of your scale. The scale is not a measure of your worth. It’s a number that can and does change from hour to hour and day to day based on body fluctuations that are completely normal. If your mood or how you feel about yourself can be set and determined by the number on the scale, get rid of the scale.
- Detox your technology. Take a good hard look at the social media accounts you follow, the blogs you read, and the websites that you regularly visit. Do any of them make you feel bad about your food choices or your weight? If the answer is yes, get rid of them. Then fill your technology with people and things that uplift you
- Work on making peace with food. Many aspects of diet culture are about food. Diet culture tells us that there are good foods and bad foods. It tells us that we should eat a certain way. Instead of following what diet culture says about food, make peace with food. Eat based on what your body is telling you that it needs. Eat based on what makes you feel good. Eat based on what tastes good and is satisfying for you.
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This 1960s and 1970s cultural movement, begun by African American artists and intellectuals based in the United States, arose during a time when Black people around the world were engaged in struggles for liberation and equality—from the Black Power movement to decolonization efforts across the African continent—to promote Black self-determination (or the power to make decisions for oneself) through cultural production. Using literature, theater, and the visual arts, the movement emphasized artmaking rooted in Black history and identity. Work was made for Black audiences and was meant to be easily accessible, both in terms of its figurative content (what it depicted) and where you could find it (public murals, inexpensive prints, etc.).
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Season 3: Ep. 5: Constructing an Activist Music Education with Dr. Juliet Hess
Drawing upon the input of 20 activist musicians, Dr. Juliet Hess wrote a book about building curricula that support noticing, naming, and coming to voice. Building from Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Hess offers a curriculum that asks students to construct songs, discuss soundscapes, and notice and name the structures that surround our expressions of music. Exploring the lessons of Jason Hwang, Lise Vaugeouis, and Teresa Vu and Taiyo Na of the Magnetic North Band, we enter profound lessons that seek to hold space for student voices in music education curricula.
Keywords: Freire, Activist, Activism, Social Change, Justice, Anti-Racist, Music Education, Songwriting, Noticing, Naming, Voice
Juliet Hess is an associate professor of music education at Michigan State University, having previously taught elementary and middle school music in Toronto. Her book, Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education, explores the intersection of activism, critical pedagogy, and music education. Her second book, Trauma and Resilience in Music Education: Haunted Melodies, is an edited volume co-edited with Deborah Bradley. Juliet received her Ph. D. in Sociology of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include anti-oppression education, trauma-informed pedagogy, activism in music and music education, music education for social justice, disability and Mad studies, and the question of ethics in world music study.
This conversation opened in response to her recently released resource, Constructing an Activist Music Education: A 6-12 Curriculum and her accompanying Text, “Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education.”
Hess speaks of a call to noticing, naming, and coming to voice. How might this call be lived out within your work and pedagogy?
Hess also warns against “dogmatic certainty” that can sometimes accompany activism and activist approaches. How can well-intentioned approaches become harmful if they are not accompanied by humility and a culture of continuous questioning?
How do we build spaces that challenge us to do better while also allowing room to mend brokenness when we slip?
Describe how Freire’s practice of naming the world is a process of literacy. How does this reinscribe new relations between teacher/student.
After looking through Hess’ curriculum, what are some powerful practices of “coming to voice”? How might we hold more intentional space for student voice in music classrooms?
Vaugeois’ set of questions ask us to move deeper to examine presences and absences in music. How might we engage imaginations to wonder about what could be while examining what is?
The album by Taiyo Na, Teresa Vu and the Magnetic North Band is partly a journey in examining what it means to belong. After listening to this album or examining the video, how does this music explore the complexity of belonging and lowering barriers to belonging?
Hess notes that after sitting with voices, it became clear that songwriting should be central within music education curricula. How might songwriting become more deeply embedded within music curricula? How is songwriting a practice of naming, noticing, and coming to voice?
Hess encourages a culture of questioning in which students notice ideologies shaping encounters, recognize lived conditions, and move to action. She names an analysis of music videos as an entry point to this culture of questioning. What other entry points might facilitate a culture of questioning?
Examine the musical cartography lesson from Hess’ text. What lessons might this activity hold for you and your community?
1:58 Introduction to Critical Pedagogy
4:03 Dangers of Dogmatic Certainty
6:51 Power of Dreaming
7:59 Introducing Activist Musicians
9:52 Jason Hwang
10:33 Lisa Vaugeois
12:54 Theresa Vu
14:53 Taiyo Na
16:30 How Voices Have Changed You
19:27 Introducing the Curriculum Text
23:06 Honoring Lived Experiences
25:20 Noticing Ideologies
29:20 Courageous Conversations
30:31 Introducing a Lesson
32:50 Reciprocity and Generosity
Giroux, H. A., & Giroux, S. S. (2004). Take back higher education: Race, youth, and the crisis of democracy in the post-Civil Rights era. Palgrave Macmillan.
Hess, J. (2019). Music education for social change: Constructing an activist music education. New York, NY: Routledge.
Hess, J. (2022). Constructing an activist music education: A 6-12 curriculum. Funded by Agrigento. Available at https://www.julietlhess.com/curriculum.html
Vaugeois, L. (2009). Music as a practice of social justice. In E. Gould, J. Countryman, C. Morton, & L. Stewart Rose (Eds.), Exploring social justice: How music education might matter (pp. 2-22). Canadian Music Educators' Association.
Wargo, J. M. (2018). #Soundingoutmysilence: Reading a LGBTQ youth’s sonic cartography as multimodal (counter)storytelling. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 62(1), 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.752
Juliet Hess' Website: https://www.julietlhess.com/
Magnetic North and Taiyo Na: https://homewordsound.com/
Lise Vaugeois' Website: http://vaugeois.info/bio/
Jason Kao Hwang Website: https://jasonkaohwang.com/
Article on Teresa Vu: https://www.growthfromfailure.com/podcast/theresa-vu
University of Toronto Ethics of Songs Project: https://ethics.utoronto.ca/the-ethics-of-songs/
Home:Word Magnetic North & Taiyo Na
Jason Hwang - Human Rites Trio
University of Toronto: The Ethics of Songs Project
HessPodcast - 4:5:22, 3.20 PM
Tue, 4/5 3:23PM • 37:20
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Juliet Hess, Kevin Shorner-Johnson
Juliet Hess 00:00
We are working alongside a lot of different people who are trying to, to, you know, create an anti racist pedagogy that is intersectional and embracing across identities and there are so many missteps that are possible in this work and you know what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another person. So we really need to kind of be in that space of knowing that we haven't possibly got it right.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 00:26
You're listening to season three of the music and peacebuilding podcast, a professional development network at music peacebuilding dot com, exploring intersections of peacebuilding, sacredness, community, creativity and imagination through research and story. Juliet Hess is an associate professor of music education at Michigan State University, having previously taught elementary and middle school music in Toronto. Her book, music education for social change. constructing an activist music education explores the intersection of activism, critical pedagogy, and music education. Her second book, trauma and resilience in music education haunted melodies is an edited volume co edited with Deborah Bradley. Juliette received her PhD in sociology of education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include anti oppression, education, trauma informed pedagogy, activism and music and music, education, music education for social justice, disability and mad studies, and the question of ethics in world music study. This conversation opened in response to her recently released resource, constructing an activist music education, a six through 12 curriculum, and the accompanying text published by Routledge press, her curriculum text was funded by a generous grant from Agrigento.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 01:58
So I'll start with the first question. So I really enjoyed reading your book. And very much notice the way that it's grounded in Freirean critical pedagogy, which you really open up at the beginning of the book. So for listeners who are not as familiar with Freirean critical pedagogy, will you introduce us to this call to noticing naming and coming to voice that you introduce in this book?
Juliet Hess 02:20
Yeah, absolutely. So I think, you know, noticing is rooted in noticing the conditions that shape our lives. Freire describe this process is like conscientization, or a coming to consciousness. So to just really recognize the ideologies that circulate in the things that kind of shape the conditions that you experience, and Freire describes this process as naming the world. So his early work on literacy, describes the process of literacy as what he called reading the word of the world. His literacy work explicitly tied literacy practices to the world surrounding the students. And he didn't even think of students necessarily as students in that kind of traditional hierarchical power situation. But he, he referred to the teacher, as a teacher/student, as someone who also learns from students and students, as students/teachers, as in their capacity to teach the teacher. So then the coming to voice piece, it involves students asserting their perspectives about the conditions that shape their lives. But it also is just an expression of asserting your views into the world about issues that are important to them. So it's learning to kind of develop that ability to assert yourself. So I write in the book about developing a practice of critique within a culture of questioning. And that, for me, is one of the key goals of education. And it's not indoctrination as the anti critical race theory folks seem to fear. But it's, you know, teaching critical thinking in a way that students can be discerning and formulate views for themselves, which I think is, you know, at the forefront of like the things that we need to be doing right now.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 04:03
Then, at the same time, that you're embracing these words, like liberation, you're very much also offering a warning against the very dogmatic certainty of implementation. So will you speak to why an awareness of problems of dogmatic certainty are really important when you're constructing an activist music education?
Juliet Hess 04:24
Yeah, absolutely. It's such a good question. I mean, I think, at the moment that we as educators feel like we have something figured out is that that's the exact moment that we slip. So pedagogy is relational. So there's no certainty the ground is always shifting and it should shift. So dogmatic pedagogy, like dogmatic activism is for me when people get hurt. So there's no room in that for nuance necessarily. And it can miss really complex intersections of identity. It doesn't it doesn't see gray area. So as Foucault writes, and I use this to start one of my chapters. he writes, My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous, which is not exactly the same as bad. If everything is dangerous, then we always have something to do. So implementing a pedagogy rooted in activism is absolutely dangerous, and in more ways than one. So at the most basic of levels, the legislation that we are seeing being implemented around the country, opposing critical race theory, or so called divisive concepts, such as whiteness and white privilege, or queerness, means that it's quite literally dangerous to teach from an activist frame. So that's a real and present danger. The danger that I write about in the book, however, is more from a critical perspective, like how things can go wrong based on what I'm proposing. So I put forward kind of three pedagogies in the book, a pedagogy of community and a pedagogy of expression, and a pedagogy of noticing, and each of them refracts in very particular ways. You know, I want to look at all of the ways that those things can also go wrong when we implement them. Because keeping in mind, things that don't work is also really important. So, for example, in a pedagogy of community, like how the wish to connect to groups beyond your own personal experience could maybe lead to exoticism. So that's not a very helpful outcome. But on another note, I think the times when we slip also provide opportunities for mending. So I think there's a strong tendency that is particularly communicated to young teachers, that we shouldn't own it when we mess up in the classroom, but we should absolutely own it, and do the work necessary to repair any damage. I mean, of course, it's better if damage does not occur, but doing the work to repair any missteps, I think goes a long way to mending relationships. And I think, you know, embracing uncertainty means that you're going to be doing some mending.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 06:51
Hess notes the power of dreaming within Freirean pedagogy. She states quote, when we imagine a possible future that moves beyond the mechanical repetition of the present, something more becomes possible in a refusal of automatic reinscription. Freire centers the agency inherent and dreaming, the ability to make change and create a different possible future. He Grounds this notion firmly in reality, rather than pointing naively to some kind of causal relationship between dreaming and change, he notes that without dreaming, change remains impossible. This dreaming then does not result in top down imposition upon others. But a bottom up Relational Approach, rooted in love, hope, care, and optimism. Instead of working from a deficit perspective, Hess notes that an ethic of quote, uncertainty may help educators enact critical education in a way that honors the full humanity of students.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 07:59
Okay, so as we move to your newest text, you you grounded in the narrative of the 20 activist musicians who and there's a quote from you hold a range of different identities in terms of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, immigration, age, geography, religion, spirituality and disability. So I want to invite you if you want to introduce us to some of these people's stories that you bring into the book that really ground your narrative.
Juliet Hess 08:27
So I wanted to highlight the work of all of the activist musicians because I think they're incredible, but I realized that that's impossible. So I thought I would highlight a few folks whose ideas really heavily influenced the curriculum. Jason Hwang was a he was 58 when I interviewed him, and this was back in 2014. He describes himself as an independent artist, violinist and composer. He's Chinese American, originally from Illinois and living in Jersey. And Jason wrote and performed jazz new... and new and world music and his music fuse, fuses western and eastern sounds, and draws really innovatively upon Chinese traditional instruments. He worked regularly in schools as a teaching artist when I interviewed him. And one of the things that he did when he was teaching in Harlem, which really struck me was he created chants for the young students that he was working with. And these chants like really served as affirmations. So affirming, for example, like that many of the students were multilingual. So he thought it would just be a good idea if that affirmation was running through their heads as they were kind of going throughout their day. So as a result of his work, creating affirming chants is part of the curriculum, and other elements of Jason's work with young people are also in the curriculum, and I really was grateful for the things that he put forward when we got to be in conversation.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 09:51
Jason Hwang notes that his compositions or narrative landscapes through which Sonic beings embark upon extemporaneous, transformational journeys. In the liner notes to his provocative album, The Human Rights trio. Hwang writes that, quote, The psychic intensity both sacred and sacrificial, provokes a heightened awareness that unifies listeners and musicians within a spiritual entrainment. As we hear ourselves within music, we become music, which is no longer a performance, but an affirmation of justice, and celebration of life.
Juliet Hess 10:33
The second person who I want to introduce is Lise Vaugeois. She was also 58 When I interviewed her and is a musician, scholar, composer, educator, and activist, and she's from Thunder Bay, Ontario. And she self identifies as a white Canadian with Italian and French heritage and her doctoral work in music education, which is beautiful work focused on colonization and indigeneity. In Canada and western classical music's complicity in colonial violence. It's really important work. So some time ago, she created a tool called musical life histories. And musical life histories is a series of questions that allow someone to kind of excavate like the histories of different musics. So the questions are extremely critical. And they encourage us to think about both presences and absences and music. So the absences for me is really key. So asking, for example, who engages in this music and who does not? So I think, you know, asking the series of questions that she put forward in that 2009 article, really help us to think about where musical practices come from, and who participates and who doesn't, and what kinds of spaces they're in. And some of the power dynamics that are embedded really, you know, it really gets it power when you go through the series of questions. So I think they really help us get to the heart of how different musics are practiced. And that's also included in the curriculum and in the book as well, thanks to Lise allowing me to do that.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 12:03
In my heavily highlighted copy of Hess' book, one of my favorite sections is the reprint of Lise Vaugeois' was guiding questions. Vaugeois asks about performance regulations, who is allowed in and who is kept out who profits and how, and encourages a critical examination of lyrics. She asks, are lyrics significant to this music? What languages are used? Why these languages and not others? What are the lyrics about? How are gender race and classes represented? Why are genders races classes present or absent? In questioning what is and wonderings about what could be, we might embark on journeys to lower barriers to full belonging.
Juliet Hess 12:54
The third activist musician that I want to introduce you to is T Vu, Teresa Vu. She was 32 when I interviewed her and is Vietnamese American, and she grew up on the West Coast. She's a computer programmer and a hip hop artist living in New York City and her group magnetic north created the album Home Word, which explores issues of Asian American identity in the 21st century. So T Vu saw music as a way to educate listeners on political issues, and also organized benefit concerts to raise awareness and funds for issues affecting Asian American populations in particular, and they've got a concert upcoming soon in New York City. So I just like so many of T Vu's ideas, made it into the curriculum. So she talks about the way that she demystified music for her younger cosmic cousins by like showing them the kind of four chord song like, you know, the idea that many pop songs use the same four chord structure. And once you kind of break away that mystery, it allows you to write music in a way that you maybe were intimidated to do so before. She also talks about how covers that change the meaning of the original song are really interesting to her. And also about the way mashups can put two contradictory songs in conversation. So these ideas are all a part of the curriculum. I thought so much of what she said was so explicitly pedagogical, and I really wanted to draw on that. So one of the things she said in the interview, and I think this is just really interesting for us to think about, she said, sometimes it's like Mary Poppins saying medicine needs sugar. Sometime messages need these flowing, beautiful instrumentals just to get through to you. It can be a lot to take in, but music can be that kind of sugar to just open your mind. And I love that. And it also really makes me think that perhaps music is the vehicle to communicate some of these hard truths to people.
Juliet Hess 14:46
The last activist musician who I want to introduce you to is Taiyo Na, he was 31 when I interviewed him and he's a Hip Hop artist in New York City. He describes himself as an Asian American male, he centered community in his work and explored identity, in his music and his education focused on African and Asian Pacific American Studies, and subsequently inclusive education. So at the time of the study, Taiyo was performing regularly and also taught high school English. So I just so appreciated how Taiyo talks about community. So when he was talking about creating community, musically, he shared and this is a quote from him, jamming vibing and improvising with a group of people musically theatrically, that's the practice of community, you have to listen to each other. And make sure that people have their solo space or lecturing space, but at the same time, fall back and listen to places where everybody can participate. So that idea was just fundamental to the curriculum, and many of the community based lessons really orient around that idea.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 15:54
The inspirations of T Vu and Taiyo Na, can be found in the magnetic north band, and the inspirations of the home word album. So many of these songs explore the cartography of belonging, challenging the racism and hate leveled against Asian American communities, noting long histories of Asian American communities and villainization, this album is a call to the abolition of suffering, and the embrace of belonging, a home, that is a light within.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 16:30
I'm just curious, after having read that book, I'm sure that you sat with those voices for a long time. And everything that there was to teach you in that. How has your approach to preparing and developing music teachers changed as a result of sitting with these voices for such a long time?
Juliet Hess 16:49
I mean, I think, you know, one of the key things that came out that was, I mean, maybe not surprising, given who I interviewed, but maybe unexpected given what we typically do in music education was that when, when it came to discussing pedagogy, 18 of the 20 people that I interviewed, were like, songwriting needs to be part of curriculum, and that it was just so simple. I feel like the kind of composition and writing music is so often just completely absent from curriculum. I mean, it's so clear, given the fact that they write music, and that that, of course, would be part of how we express our experiences. But I think, you know, so often in music, education, we, we choose other paths. So I think that that was really important. I ended up writing about this, too, was that, you know, identity politics is often a big part of the music that you make. You know, it's interesting kind of how identity plays in to what we talk about. And, you know, the way our positionality really positions us to speak about particular issues. So I think that that was another interesting thing. And, you know, it was also both interesting to to see how people took up the idea of community and being with people through music, and also that kind of third pedagogy noticing, figuring out how, you know, how do we mobilize what we do in music class, to help people notice the ideologies that shape their existences and all of that as possible. So I think sitting with the data was super valuable. Like, when people ask me, like, I mean, I tell people, like I wrote that book five times, I wrote it in its entirety three full times and then gutted each of the chapters and additional two times on their own. Because there were just so many ways to kind of think through what people were saying. I think ultimately, the arrangement of it made some pedagogical sense that there was just really so much to consider. The conversations were so fruitful and valuable. And I so respect everything that folks had to say. I mean, you know, just introducing you to those four activist musicians as it just barely scratches the surface, you know, like there's, there's so much more to those conversations and to what, you know, what these folks bring to their music and to the world. And I, I'm in awe and respect.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 19:26
So let's pivot to your curriculum text that's recently come out that you're providing for free from your website is kind of a what I interpret as a gift to the profession. Maybe before I asked you this question about students lived experiences could you introduce like, what grade levels this curriculum text is for and your intentions about how this curriculum text might be used? Just to introduce teachers to it?
Juliet Hess 19:51
Yeah, absolutely. So I had originally kind of envisioned a K 12 text, but as I was working through activities, I realized that it's more geared towards middle school high school. And the activities are certainly adoptable to do at different levels within the six to 12 age range, but also for, you know, can certainly be adopted to elementary as well, you know, just choosing different things and doing activities from different angles. It's not meant to be like the sum of a year's curriculum, but activities that kind of integrate within your own program, thinking through where some of these things might fit, in alignment with your own goals for your classroom. And it really does follow the pedagogies that I outlined in my book. So the first section is on a pedagogy of community, which, in the book, I talked about a pedagogy of community being composed of three components. And the first component was, you know, building communities. So connecting people locally, so within your classroom, community building community, as you know, together as an ensemble, I use the word ensemble meaning like, from the French like meaning together, so how we learn to be together. And the second component of that pedagogy was connecting to histories. So that is things like Lise Vaugeois' musical life histories, and thinking about how we connect to the different traditions that musics are from, and honoring that within our classrooms. And then the third component I didn't really take up in the curriculum, I still don't like what I called it, I called it connecting to unfamiliar others. And what I mean by that, or what I meant by that, was that sometimes doing a particular music allows you to connect to a group that you haven't actually encountered in your life. So the group behind the music is beyond your personal experience. And I think that there's a lot of value in that. But I think that was almost impossible to create for a curriculum, because there's so much out there already that introduces different musics. You know, I didn't want to kind of pick a few musics that might be, you know, I think the music's that you introduce into your classroom are really specific to who you are in a lot of ways. So I wrote a little bit of text on it in the curriculum, but didn't actually enact some lessons on it. Then the second component of the curriculum is a pedagogy of expression, which I actualized as both honoring and sharing lived experiences. So there are ways to do both in the curriculum. Then the third facet is a pedagogy of noticing. So I have lots of possibilities for the noticing ideology section, which is the first facet of a pedagogy of noticing. And then the second facet is about recognizing the lived conditions that you're experiencing. So there are a couple of lessons there. And then the third lesson is about moving to action. So that's a little bit trickier, I think, in a school context, particularly with some of the legislation coming down the pipes. So that's really the structure for the curriculum is based on that work in the book, drawing on ideas that I got from activist musicians and actualizing them in some pretty practical ways for the classroom.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 23:05
In her curriculum text, Hess writes that quote, when educators honor the lived realities of youth in their classes, it potentially becomes possible for us to assert these experiences musically. Activist musicians perspectives on fostering a place based education, offered an education in which educators consider the community context and the needs of youth in the classroom, in a manner that honors their experiences. This kind of music classroom might open space to honor lived experiences, come to voice and embrace our agency within.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 23:49
And so one of the first things I noticed was this theme of asking students about their lived experiences before starting to impose teaching upon students. And I see that in asking students to construct, whether it's playlists, or constructing life histories, or sharing experiences through songwriting, that you're trying to be very intentional about drawing these out. So can you speak to what is powerful and maybe even countercultural about an act of drawing out the experiences of students?
Juliet Hess 24:18
Yeah, I mean, so that's the pedagogy of expression right? Like the honoring piece before you ever ask anyone to share you have to honor first. And I'm really hoping that it's not countercultural at this point, like honestly. So I think many of these ideas resonate with culturally relevant pedagogy and culturally responsive teaching and culturally sustaining pedagogy these like these pedagogy all recognize that students bring to the classroom a great deal. And then we build on it from there rather than assuming that students are like empty vessels waiting to be filled, which is like what Freire calls the banking mode of education, right, like deposit knowledge into the students when they already bring a plethora of knowledge. So It's really like, you know it because, you know, 18 of the 20 activist musicians thought that songwriting should be a fundamental part of the curriculum. And songwriting is often rooted in your experience, like you can't ask people to share unless you've communicated already that you absolutely value what they bring.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 25:20
So I also want to talk about the particularly powerful section that you've already introduced, which is this section in your curriculum on noticing ideologies. And what I think I gained from that, from looking through the curriculum materials is that students are being asked to contextualize their story and experience within larger stories, and maybe offering the critical reflection about the problems of systems within which they're situated. So can you talk about this section on noticing ideologies?
Juliet Hess 25:50
Yeah, absolutely. So this pedagogy of noticing is rooted in a culture of questioning. And as I just mentioned, I actualized that in three phases, so the first phase is that youth notice and identify the ideology shaping all of their encounters. And second, they recognize the lived conditions of both themselves and others in the class. And then third is moving to actions. So this section really focuses on that first phase, the noticing ideologies piece. So I have a number of lessons in the section that lead students to recognize ideologies, systems and structures that shape their lives. Like I, I tried to figure out ways to scaffold this kind of critical thinking. So I can talk those through a little bit. So it starts with looking at media representation, and that's analyzing music videos. So for me, this is something I use regularly in my teaching, like music videos are an easy way into representation. So this activity just encourages youth to kind of think through how different identities are represented in music videos. And then also whether or not there are any stereotypes at play. So it's just kind of a, a way in through music, of thinking about representation and the way that different identities are communicated. Then from there, drawing on this is the work of Magali Meagher, and she directed the Toronto Girls Rock Camp, one of the activities that she had going was an opportunity for the girls who attended the camp, and non binary students to, to analyze media messages about body image, it was just an opportunity to kind of help the campers think critically about media messages they received about their bodies, and obviously at a crucial time during those teenage years. So that was kind of the second piece of that noticing ideologies. And again, it's kind of targeting media messages. And then we turn to music and think about how music communicates a message. It's an opportunity to kind of consider both music and lyrics and to think about the kinds of messages that music sends. So that's a piece of this section. And then the next activity is about noticing the strategic nature of music. So that allows students to consider times where music might be dangerous or serve fascism, as well as when it might actually disrupt the status quo. So noticing when music might be used as propaganda, or to manipulate emotions is actually really important to being able to resist it and music gets mobilized that way, all the time. From there, I introduce the ethics of song project, and this is from the Center for Ethics at the University of Toronto. It's a project called the ethics of song. And it's a series of YouTube videos that various scholars have kind of chosen a song to discuss in order to explore the ethical dimensions of it. So this is an introduction to that project, and an opportunity to view some of the discussions and also to create their own videos for a chosen song about, you know, a song that they that is important to them in their life, and to kind of explore the ethical under underpinnings of it. And then the final activity in this section is about creating a podcast on the power of music. So that's kind of doing a culminating activity. So it's an opportunity for students to really kind of explicate their knowledge of the power of music, having done all these other things, and how it can be used in different ways. So I think all of these activities lead to a practice of noticing ideologies within music specifically, but I think it also extends to the world.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 29:19
Drawing on Giroux and Grioux's culture of questioning. Hess encourages curricula that support youth and exploring the conditions shaping lives. These explorations might build courageous conversations and movements toward action. Whether studying how music reinforces messages of body image, or the harmful ends to which music is used to amplify violence, xenophobia, racism, sexism, domination and supremacy. These studies set the stage for a courageousness that challenges harm. When we open ethical dilemmas, we might move deeper into musical and pedagogical decisions that challenge reverse and repair violence and harm. I particularly encourage teachers to look at Hess' ethics of songs projects in her curriculum, and the University of Toronto Center for Ethics YouTube series. Each video looks at the background behind songs and the ethical dimensions and complexities embedded within song. links and videos are provided on our website.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 30:31
I wondered if you might introduce our listeners to maybe one lesson plan and kind of paint a picture of that lesson plan that would help teachers further conceptualize about what a particular lesson within this book would look like.
Juliet Hess 30:45
So I had trouble choosing. But I think I want to share about the sonic cartography lesson. So I was really inspired here by John Wargo's work. So Wargo identifies Sonic cartography, as he says, the practice of mapping narrative through sound. And in his research, he was working with Andy who is an LGBTQ youth. And in this work, she maps her daily life through sound. And it provides this powerful kind of Sonic representation of both the misogyny and the homophobia that she experiences on a daily basis. So this activity like provides youth with the opportunity to map their daily life sonically, in ways that reveal what they experience regularly. So it's really it's a process of having students kind of identify the main places of their lives, and record the sounds in these places to create a soundscape of their days. And then they'll have an opportunity to reflect in groups. So it's not necessarily going to kind of have the outcome that it did in Wargo's research where it expressed. misogyny and homophobia, that's not necessarily what's going to come out in these, you know, reflections, but I think being able to kind of reflect in this is, you know, reminiscent of Kelly Bylica's work on soundscape is, you know, an opportunity to kind of think about, what are the different spaces that you're in? How do they differ between students, and you know, it's an opportunity as well for, you know, conversations about hard topics, like privilege and how that manifests in the soundscapes of our lives as well. So I think, you know, it presents some really interesting opportunities for conversations, particularly if soundscapes reveal some challenges that are regularly experienced. So I'm pretty excited about that lesson, and what the potential is. So, you know, I thought I'd pick that one to share.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 32:50
Yeah, is there anything that I haven't asked you that you wish I would ask you about this particular text that's come out?
Juliet Hess 32:59
That's a great question. Um, I mean, I, I feel like I'm really excited about it, because I had the opportunity, you know, post tenure, I didn't feel like I needed to pursue a publication for this. And that, to have the opportunity to kind of spend two years creating this document, and to just be able to give it away. I mean, I feel like that's, that's tenure privilege, you know, I have a permanent job. And I don't need to chase things down. And it's an opportunity to create content in a way that hopefully will be useful to practitioners. And the other piece of this is when I was in conversation with these activist musicians, I always asked about research reciprocity, like, you know, thank you for participating and giving me something but what can I do in return, and 12 of the 20 people who I interviewed were teaching in some capacity, because it's really hard to kind of be a musician and not, and not teach in some way. You know, most musicians do teach in some capacity. You know, what any, any number of people said to me was that we would really like some curriculum. And so this is very much a response to trying to create content for people who have given me so much, and to, to be able to kind of support their work in schools as they're working with youth. Like, I hope this is a document that is useful to the folks who have really shaped it. And as well as you know, hopefully other music teachers as well. You know, I want this to be a living document, something that gets taken up and used and changed and created originally, every time because of the group of you students that people have in front of them, like we recreate what we do, and cater it to particular groups. So I think, you know, that was really the impetus for this work and I'm happy to see it through to fruition and be able to get it up online
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 35:13
Hess closes her book with a powerful quote, one that I read to you here, quote, at this juncture in time, music education must matter, it must honor the humanity in all, and resist injustice loudly and musically. The life's work of these activist musicians, provides a powerful model for music education, a model that celebrates community, honors, lived experiences, provides musical means to share them, and encourages a praxis of noticing and resisting injustices across multiple identities. Listening to their voices helps our discipline imagine a different possible future. A collective envisioning of all that music education can do and be. Hess' work can be found at our website, Julia L. hess.com, where her curriculum resource is offered for free. The accompanying text Music education for social change. constructing an activist music education can be purchased from Routledge press, my deepest gratitude to Juliet Hess, as well as the 20 activist musicians found in her text. This book, and the voices within have challenged, changed, and accompanied me on journeys to notice, name and come to voice. Links to Hess' website, videos of mentioned musicians and resources, and additional resources are found on our website.
Kevin Shorner-Johnson 36:48
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Sustainable plantation management makes all the difference.
It’s World Water Day today, 22 March 2012. As the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA), we thought we would share some interesting facts about the forestry, pulp and paper industry which has made significant advances in terms of environmental sustainability over recent decades.
Breathe in, breathe out
- All paper in South Africa is produced from sustainably managed plantation-grown trees, recycled paper or bagasse (sugar cane fibre).
- Plantation-grown trees are farmed for paper, just as maize is planted for cereals and wheat for bread. In South Africa, 600 million trees across 762,000 hectares are specifically grown for use in pulp and paper manufacture and the industry plants in excess of 260,000 trees every single day.
- The fibre is not sourced from the wood of rainforests, indigenous or boreal trees. This is a myth, often wrongfully perpetuated by e-mail footnotes.
- Plantations are atmospheric carbon sinks which mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) and releasing oxygen through the natural process of photosynthesis.
- Only 9% of the total plantation area is harvested annually. This is replanted within the same year. Only mature trees are harvested.
- Carbon absorption continues as the new trees grow and young trees are able to absorb carbon more rapidly than the older trees. These trees, and thus paper products, are a renewable resource.
Respecting our water resources
- South Africa’s plantations require neither irrigation nor regular fertilising.
- The total annual water usage by timber plantations was calculated to be 428 million m3 per year, approximately 3% of the total annual water usage in South Africa. By comparison, water used for irrigating crops amounts to 7,9 billion m3 or 62% of the total annual requirement. (National Water Resource Strategy: Dept. Water Affairs and Forestry 2004)
- The industry has also voluntarily reduced its plantation area by 80,000 hectares in riverine and other ecologically sensitive areas.
- Further downstream, pulp and paper manufacturers have implemented water recycling technologies to reduce the industry’s water footprint.
Managing our resources sustainably
- South Africa has the highest level of international certification of its plantations in the world. Over 80% of South African plantations are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
- PAMSA members subscribe to the FSC’s Chain of Custody which tracks FSC-certified material through the production process – from the forest to the consumer, including all successive stages of processing, transformation, manufacturing and distribution. Consumers should look out for paper and wood products bearing the FSC mark of certification.
- The industry has 1,6 million hectares of FSC-certified land of which only about one million hectares are planted to trees. The majority of the other 600,000 hectares are grasslands. These have been assessed by South African National Biodiversity Institute to be the best conserved grasslands in the country. It is therefore important when referring to impacts of monocultures on biodiversity, that they are considered at landscape level and not at stand level. | <urn:uuid:fa505b4c-ea1d-4995-bb25-3af428b6cabb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thepaperstory.co.za/sustainable-plantation-management-makes-all-the-difference/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.940513 | 662 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Although the title may sound like something you would call a drug cartel’s leader, “drug czar” is actually the name of the official in charge of federal drug control policy. Under the George W. Bush administration, this role was elevated to a cabinet-level position — a move that President Barack Obama is reversing with his pick for the job. Obama’s choice for drug czar could signal a much-needed change in the nation’s drug enforcement policies since the individual in question is likely to be a supporter of a more reasonable drug policy. Obama’s administration — and his new drug czar — should live up to expectations by adopting policies that treat drug users as people with addictions rather than as criminals.
Obama announced last Wednesday that he would appoint Gil Kerlikowske to be the nation’s new drug czar. As Seattle’s police chief for more than eight years, Kerlikowske has hands-on experience in dealing with the often devastating impact drug use can have on communities. In addition to this pick, Obama has decided not to continue the drug czar as a cabinet-level position, possibly indicating a more laid-back approach to a national drug policy.
With any hope, Kerlikowske’s appointment will represent a long-overdue shift in the federal government’s drug enforcement policies. Under George W. Bush, policies focused on punishing drug users. According to the Washington Post’s Mar. 12 article on Kerlikowske, funding for treatment and prevention decreased by 25 percent during President George W. Bush’s two terms. But Kerlikowske is expected to implement a policy that focuses on treatment and prevention rather than punishment. He has said that the best way to slow the flow of drugs like cocaine is to decrease usage, starting in local communities. The idea is to target the use of illegal substances by decreasing demand rather than just attacking the supply.
Education about drug use is the first component of a more sensible drug policy. By informing individuals about the harmful effects accompanying addictive substances, the government has the opportunity to prevent drug use before it leads to addiction — and potentially crime and other problems that can go along with it. And with additional education, individuals will be better equipped to make decisions about what they put into their bodies.
The Obama administration is also right to focus on rehabilitation and treatment over incarceration. Under the new drug policy, drug users will have a chance to serve their sentences in a rehabilitation center instead of in the already overcrowded prison system. This makes sense, considering that drug use isn’t a violent crime and doesn’t necessarily present a threat to others.
Focusing on rehabilitation is also a more humane approach. Just last week, a police officer shot an unarmed student in the chest during a marijuana raid in his residence hall room at Grand Valley State University. This sort of event is all the more common because of drug control policies that have targeted users rather than dealers. Addiction is a condition that calls for treatment and prevention — not overzealous enforcement.
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Joe Cuba, a World War Veteran who will turn 100 on 2nd March 2019, had a unique, interesting, and modest wish for his birthday. He wished for 100 cards for his 100th birthday. And that’s not much, isn’t it? But, he received much more than that. Errmm, over 10,000 to be precise.
This innovative idea was the brainchild of Stephanie Veitenheimer, who works at Brookdale Midwestern Community in Wichita Falls, Texas. This is where Cuba resides. She put up a picture on Facebook of Cuba holding a board that reads, “I’m a WW2 veteran who will be turning 100 on March 2 2019. I would like to receive 100 birthday cards.” His address is also written on the board.
And we do know how news spreads on social media. The post soon went viral and was shared thousands of times. Soon enough, people across the world began pouring in their wishes in the form of heartwarming cards for the veteran. Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Netherlands are only a few of the countries from where he has received cards. What’s more, he has also received small gifts and souvenirs.
And, it doesn’t end there. People are making cards and posting it under #joecuba all over social media. Cuba, who was a technical sergeant in the United States Army Air Force, is being thanked and appreciated for his services in the armed forces.
Here is another one:
Cuba is “really excited” to have received such a response to his post. All of his cards are now being stacked at an empty apartment at Brookdale Midwestern so that Cuba can have a look at them on his birthday.
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Greeks are statistics which measure sensitivity of option prices to various factors, such as underlying price (delta, gamma), time to expiration (theta), volatility (vega), and interest rate (rho). They help a trader understand risk exposures of option positions. For example, when an option portfolio has positive delta, its value will increase if underlying price goes up, or similarly, if it has negative vega, its value will decrease if implied volatility rises. Understanding Greeks is therefore very useful for understanding and managing risk in options trading.
Don't Fear the Greeks
Beginning option traders sometimes avoid the Greeks, fearing they are too math-heavy. While the formulas for calculating Greeks may seem complicated, knowing them is by no means necessary to use Greeks in trading. Nowadays, software like your broker's trading platform or our calculators can do the calculations for you. Your part is to understand what the Greek numbers mean, how they are related and how they can change under different circumstances.
Therefore, you won't find any formulas in these tutorials. Focus is on the logic and practical use.
Below you can find a summary of main things to know about each Greek. Follow the links to individual tutorials for more details.
- Delta measures how option price will change if underlying price increases by $1.
- Call option delta is from 0 to +1. Put option delta is from 0 to -1.
- Out of the money options have delta near zero. In the money options near +1 (calls) or -1 (puts).
- Delta itself changes with underlying price (this is measured by gamma). Therefore, delta is only accurate for small underlying price changes.
- Like all other Greeks, delta is additive. Total delta of a position with multiple options is the sum of all options' deltas.
- Delta hedging makes delta zero – makes a position immune to small underlying price changes. It requires ongoing monitoring and rebalancing.
- Delta also changes with volatility and passing time. Lower volatility or lower time to expiration push delta closer to the extremes (0 or +1 or -1).
See more in the Option Delta Tutorial.
- Gamma measures how much delta will change if underlying price increases by $1.
- All options have positive gamma. All short option positions have negative gamma.
- Gamma is highest at the money. At the money gamma increases with passing time or decreasing volatility.
- Positive gamma means your profits accelerate in big moves.
- Negative gamma means your losses accelerate and can be very dangerous.
See more in the Option Gamma Tutorial.
- Theta measures how much an option's price will change in one day.
- All options (with some rare exceptions) have negative theta – lose value with passing time.
- Theta is greatest at the money. At the money theta is greatest just before expiration.
- An increase in volatility increases time value and thereby theta.
- Short option positions have positive theta and profit from passing time.
- Positive theta goes hand in hand with negative gamma. There is no free lunch.
See more in the Option Theta Tutorial.
- Vega measures how option price will change if implied volatility rises by one percentage point.
- All options have positive vega – gain value with rising volatility.
- Vega is greatest at the money (but out of the money in percentage terms).
- The more time to expiration, the higher vega.
See more in the Option Vega Tutorial.
- Rho measures how option premium will change if the risk-free interest rate increases by one percentage point.
- Call options on most underlyings have positive rho; put options have negative rho.
- Rho is generally greater (in absolute terms) with more time to expiration.
- For many underlyings like currencies or bonds, interest rates may also affect underlying price, and thereby option prices. This indirect effect, though often greater than the direct effect, is not measured by rho.
See more in the Option Rho Tutorial.
Using Greeks in Trading
An important property of all the Greeks is that they are additive across different options on the same underlying security. Therefore, it is easy to calculate Greeks for option strategies like straddles or condors by simply adding them up for all the individual options (the short options with opposite sign).
For example, a bull call spread which is long a call option with 0.80 delta and short a call option with 0.30 delta has total delta of 0.80 – 0.30 = 0.50, which means the total value of the position will increase by approximately $0.50 if the underlying price increases by $1.
When you hold multiple contracts, simply multiply the Greeks by the number of contracts.
For example, a position of 10 contracts of the call spread above would have delta of 10 times 0.50 = 5.00, which means its value would grow by $5 if underlying price increased by $1.
You can also use Greeks for positions which also include the underlying. A long position in the underlying security always has delta of +1; short position has delta of -1. Because the underlying has no optionality and no time value, the other Greeks (gamma, theta, vega, rho) are zero. Knowing this, you can also calculate and use Greeks for positions like covered calls or collars.
For example, a covered call strategy holding 100 shares of a stock and short one call option contract (which represents 100 shares) with 0.20 delta, 0.03 gamma, -0.04 theta, and 0.08 vega has total delta of 0.80 (1 – 0.20), gamma of -0.03, theta of +0.04, and vega of -0.08 (always the opposite sign, as the stock has gamma/theta/vega of zero and you subtract the short option's Greeks). This means the position's total value rises if underlying stock goes up (positive delta), or as time passes (positive theta), but decreases if the short option's implied volatility goes up (negative vega).
The Greeks tell you which kinds of risks you are exposed to and what will happen to your profit or loss under different scenarios. They help you make decisions such as which strikes and/or expirations to use, how many contracts to trade (to keep the risk within your limits), or how to adjust your position when circumstances change. | <urn:uuid:51a64717-09ae-4095-85f1-34247ead9dca> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.macroption.com/option-greeks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.906608 | 1,360 | 2.921875 | 3 |
As a Serum Tube Factory, share with you. When manual blood collection needles are used for blood collection, it is necessary to determine whether the population is suitable for use. If necessary, automated blood collection equipment can be used. Professionals say that the efficiency of blood collection is affected by many factors, such as whether the operator's business is proficient and whether there is Disturbance from external environmental factors? So what factors affect the blood collection efficiency of the critically acclaimed Blood Collection Needles? How to improve efficiency and reduce the difficulty of blood collection?
Blood Collection Safety Lancet
1. Blood viscosity
The higher the blood viscosity of the blood donor, the slower the blood flow rate during blood donation. It is recommended to use a reliable blood collection needle to drink water before donating blood. In the premise of expanding blood volume, the number of red blood cells and plasma proteins in the blood are relatively reduced, blood viscosity is reduced, and blood flow in the blood collection needle will be fast. So as to avoid blood donation due to too sticky blood.
2. Blood Donor Emotions
If high tension during blood donation can cause vasoconstriction, blood rheology will naturally slow blood collection speed. It is recommended that you can talk to the blood collection staff during blood donation to divert your attention and relieve tension. The current design of the blood collection needle has also been optimized in shape to ensure efficient blood collection and avoid the fear of blood collection.
3.The thickness of blood vessels
This is an innate individual difference, which can also be changed through exercise the day after tomorrow. Thick blood vessels flow more blood per unit area and the blood flow will be faster, otherwise, the blood flow rate and flow rate will be relatively low. It is recommended to exercise more and exercise more, because the blood vessels have the characteristics of elastic expansion, after the expansion, more blood can be passed to meet the needs of heartbeat and muscle contraction. Therefore, people who exercise regularly or exercise can make blood vessels more elastic, thicker, and use blood collection needles to deliver blood more smoothly.
When using a lancet to draw blood, the relevant personnel should be guided. For example, when the viscosity of the blood is high and the flow rate is slow, try to loosen the fist as much as possible. Simple, but if the blood volume of the special patient is too small, other blood collection equipment should be used, or the experienced staff should use the blood collection needle to draw blood.
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One sentence in a book leads researchers to a species not seen in over 100 years
It has been over 100 years since a living mountain skink, Proscelotes aenea, was last spotted. Since then, it has not been clear whether the lizard was extinct or just very good at hiding.
But, thanks to a combination of fieldwork and detective skills, we can now report that Proscelotes aenea is alive and running on the sandy soils of Lumbo, Mozambique. This is an exciting result for our research project, Extinct or shy. The project highlights what happens when there is not much data available on species in poorly sampled areas: species can be assumed to be extinct when they are not, so their presence may not be taken into account when countries make conservation decisions. .
Our journey to find the elusive Mountain Skink also highlighted why scientists’ field notes are so important. We used field notes written over a century ago, along with a tantalizing clue from a naturalist’s autobiography, to determine where the skink might be found.
It’s a good reminder for modern researchers to make their field notes as detailed as possible for future readers. After all, a species that is common at one time may not always be so in the future. Any “clues” that could guide researchers years, decades, or even centuries, are crucial.
Looking for written clues
The last time the mountain skink was recorded by scientists at Lumbo was in 1918. Naturalist Arthur Loveridge collected six specimens during a two-month stay in the area. In his field notes (contained in a hard to find book), Loveridge wrote that the skinks were found when “the earth was cleared of stumps to make tent space for a British camp”. He gave a vague description of this land: at the “British Campsite” – a military base set up during the East African campaign of World War I – at Lumbo, 3 km from the island of Mozambique. There were no coordinates or other reference points to locate the campsite.
Using only these descriptive notes, Wilson Monia, Abdulrabe Jamal and Ali Puruleia, the students responsible for our project’s fieldwork, conducted local interviews that took them to a military base further inland.
Read more: Search for elusive skinks fills data gaps on Mozambique’s biodiversity
It seemed unlikely that this was the beach site Loveridge wrote about, given its distance from the water. Further online searches did not reveal any references to this campsite; no botanical record was available in online databases which referred to the site in more detail.
The clues we needed came unexpectedly in a short passage from Loveridge’s autobiography, Many happy days that I wasted, where he briefly describes his stay in Mozambique. The skinks weren’t mentioned, but he did describe his daily routine. It was a single sentence that led the trio of mountain skink researchers:
The camp itself was on a sort of peninsula; on the other side of Lumbo Bay, there were acres of mudflats covered with mangrove trees.
After a quick glance at Google maps, the team immediately found this site and set up some new traps. In less than two weeks, we had found the mountain skink; students have so far registered four individuals.
In 1918, Lumbo was most likely mainly covered inland by savannah and mangrove on the coast. Today it is home to around 20,000 people – double what it was 50 years ago, far more densely populated than it was in Loveridge’s time. As you travel through the region, you will see paved roads and cement houses; there are farms and wetlands, but very little native vegetation remains.
More work to come
The project is now collecting important ecological information to map and assess the species. The mountain skink is listed as “insufficient data” speak International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Once more data has been provided, the species can be assessed as Restricted or Threatened; these two categories require countries to put in place certain protections to support species at risk.
Read more: We used 60-year-old notebooks to find out why male hippos have larger tusks than females
Finding the Mountain Skink doesn’t mean Extinct’s or Shy’s job is done. The team is also trying to find another species, Boulenger’s legless skink (Scolecoseps boulengeri). There is even less information on this species than on the Mountain Skink; so far our research has been unsuccessful.
Detail is the key
One of the biggest lessons to be learned from this work is that the richness of the field notes is crucial. The level of detail that researchers use today in their field notes varies greatly; some provide minimal detail while others document weather, soil type, associated species, micro-habitat and more. And, while field notes can be stored in online backups, a significant number undoubtedly remains on shelves, attics, and moving boxes as researchers progress through their seasons of research. field and their career. This carries a risk that the data is easily lost forever.
When it comes to reptiles like skinks, many modern surveys are conducted using both trapping and active search methods. Explicitly describing how many of each species are recorded, as well as where and how they were obtained, can provide valuable detail for studies that aim to replicate past results.
This is increasingly important in areas that are changing rapidly due to urbanization, the expansion of agriculture and which are suffering the adverse effects of climate change.
It was a description of an encampment that led us to find the mountain skink after 100 years of no scientific record in the area. We hope that in the future, field biologists, with the support and encouragement of editors and journals, will include this relevant information alongside species checklists in their scientific publications. | <urn:uuid:595f4b49-db58-4f83-b41d-42f0a9e7e766> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://phrynosoma.org/one-sentence-in-a-book-leads-researchers-to-a-species-not-seen-in-over-100-years/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.962967 | 1,242 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Dancer and actress Vanessa Bell Calloway discussed with EBONY what her early life was like and what led to her career in the entertainment industry.
“I grew up in Cleveland’s inner city,” Calloway said. “I was just back there doing my play, and I went around my old neighborhood. I tell you, that was quite an eye-opener; memories just started flooding back. It was incredible because we had a better neighborhood and more of a neighborhood than they do now.”
She went on to describe being “gutbucket poor” and playing barefoot back in the ’60s. “It’s just a different Cleveland than it is now, and it was a different kind of poor than it is now,” the 61-year-old said.
The eight-time NAACP Image Award nominee revealed how the dancers on The Jackie Gleason Show were her introduction to the art form before famed-choreographer Judith Jamison. Calloway progressed to become an Alvin Ailey dancer before making a move into stage shows and acting on-screen. | <urn:uuid:121dced8-5f0c-4fd7-8afb-ff1cf64d44d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ebony.com/exclusive/vanessa-bell-calloway-growing-cleveland/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.98872 | 233 | 1.585938 | 2 |
A referenced object refers to an existing object in a campaign and describes it in more detail, or shows how this object is related to other objects.
One of the great advantages of referencing objects is that you have an overview of all the objects used in the campaign.
- This means that documentation can be created for a campaign.
- At a glance, you can see what dependencies exist between objects and between objects and campaign nodes.
Create referenced objects below the campaign and connect them to the existing objects, so it can be traced which objects are involved in the campaign.
The "Referenced Object" node is located under the "Other" category.
The "Referencing object" can usually represent any object in a campaign.
The referencing objects can be used to directly access the used objects in the system to edit them. This way you can quickly edit all objects of a campaign and keep the overview.
With the action menu of an involved object you can enter the object involved, delete it or open the object directly after you have entered it. To enter an object into the reference, click on Edit. A dialog opens with the settings of the reference, where you can enter the object type, enter the object itself, you can also enter a title for the reference.
Connect objects: Objects that can be referenced have a node on the bottom that can be used to connect the referencing objects to the objects in the system. Referencing objects in a campaign is represented by a dashed line. Referencing can be undone by clicking on the X in the middle of the line. Referencing to objects within referenced objects is shown as a thin gray line. It is recommended to create involved objects below the campaign.
If you reference objects, you must make sure that you reference the correct objects in the campaign, as the objects involved are referenced manually. | <urn:uuid:588225fb-8f09-4cb2-97bb-faf9ea600d50> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://help.evalanche.cloud/hc/en-us/articles/360037744271-Referenced-Object | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.940404 | 382 | 2.234375 | 2 |
JWP Audubon Spring Migration Bird Walk
April 30, 2022 @ 8AM
It's the peak of spring migration, so join us on a fun bird walk through the wooded property formerly home to the Camp Peairs Girl Scout Camp on Lake Bloomington! Led by Angelo Capparella and Mercy Davison, this walk will include a stroll through trees and along the shoreline. Participants should see many migratory songbirds, thrushes, raptors, and more! Three pairs of loaner binoculars will be available, but bring your own if you have a pair.
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Squirrel tattoo meanings are contraversive. This tiny animal is a speed, agility, restlessness and dexterity itself. It is so fast and dodgy, that sometimes it is nearly impossible to spot its motion. Such symbol can be preferred by the man who can find a way out of any kind of situations, solve any problem, purposefulness and going forward to the destination. Such person can reach success mainly using harmless lies or tricks.
A red fur of the animal symbolizes fire, the Sun, and light. Also, meaning of squirrel tattoo is connected with lightning and thunder due to its speed obviously.
Some squirrel tattoos owners use this image to show their high stamina and efficiency. The symbol used in this context will be perfect for a tender and a shy girl also as a keeper of home and family.
Sometimes an image of a squirrel is a reflection of a negative side of a person’s soul. A lot of people see a vivid bounds in it with greed, selfishness, a search of a personal gain and adulation.
Slavonic people of eastern Europe treated this animal as a sign of gathering war or disaster. Japanese people gave it and privilege to stand for anything which is associated with wealth, fertility, creativity and art. They had always been watching squirrels waiting for it to give a fresh idea of how to do stuff.
So, squirrel tattoo can tell a lot about its owner. So be careful with this particular symbol as it can represent you the way you do not want it to. | <urn:uuid:963fa237-1b4a-42be-ad25-9fec8c085db1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://designs.dubuddha.org/squirrel-tattoo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.965153 | 308 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Planning Is the Secret to a Forex Trader’s Success
One of the most important things that separate the successful Forex traders from the losing ones who eventually lose all their trading capital and give up, is that the winning trader is the one who plans. It is very important for you as a trader to develop the mindset that forex trader is like running your own business, and it is not like gambling. To help make your trading activities more professional, it is important that you develop a trading plan. This plan is similar to the business plan that you would write if you were launching your own business.
Your forex trading plan will define why you trade, as well as when and how. It will not only help maximize your profitability but also help you avoid many mistakes that will hold you back. In addition, when you stick to your trading plan, you will be able to avoid giving in to your emotions. When you are risking money on a trade, it is very easy to lose your cool if you feel like a trade is about to go against you.
What are some of the components of a good trading plan?
Your trading goals: - Before you start to trade, define what an acceptable risk/reward ratio is for you. How much are you willing to risk for a particular amount of profit? Your risk/reward ratio should also act as a guideline for when you will enter a trade. Is the risk/reward ratio worth it?
In addition, you should also define what your profit targets are, on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis. Make sure that they are achievable, and based on realistic criteria.
Your entry and exit rules: - What are the conditions that will signal that you should enter a trade? Define a list of conditions that will signal when you should open a position. Make sure that your conditions are based on objective criteria and not elusive subjective ones.
Just as important, if not more so, is defining when you should exit a trade. One of the most important things to consider is that you should not be afraid to exit a position when you're down, if the alternative is more losses. For each trade, you should define two exits - your stop loss, meaning the amount of loss you are willing to accept, and your profit target. To ensure that both exits are met, you should place stop-loss and take-profit orders. Once they are hit, you can adjust them if you wish to either try to break even or make a little more profit. | <urn:uuid:6b6d1fd0-76c5-4913-bb22-151e7d526c61> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.happyforex.de/planning-is-the-secret-to-a-forex-trader-s-success/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.962939 | 517 | 1.5 | 2 |
meng at cgl.ucsf.edu
Tue Apr 28 09:27:49 PDT 2009
I believe the command is working in your version. It does not compare
the two structures, it only reports how one file has been transformed
relative to the other in Chimera. If the coordinates in the two file
are already rotated relative to each other, Chimera would not detect
that. It would report a rotation only if you had moved one model
relative to the other in Chimera.
If the untransformed coordinates of the two structures are already
rotated relative to each other, to find out the rotation in Chimera
you could superimpose them, and THEN use measure to report what
relative transformation had been employed in the superposition.
I hope this makes sense,
Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng at cgl.ucsf.edu
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
On Apr 28, 2009, at 6:31 AM, julien(GWDG) wrote:
> Dear all,
> I have the last vesion of chimera 1.4 (27371) under a linux machine.
> I want to use the measure function.
> I have two models. The difference between this 2 models is a 5 degree
> rotation around the x axis.
>>> matrix rotation #1 #0
>>> reply in the log
> Position of test.pdb (#0) relative to test1.pdb (#1) coordinates:
> Matrix rotation and translation
> 1.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000
> 0.00000000 1.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000
> 0.00000000 0.00000000 1.00000000 0.00000000
> Axis 0.00000000 0.00000000 1.00000000
> Axis point 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000
> Rotation angle (degrees) 0.00000000
> Shift along axis 0.00000000
> I think the command does not work in this version (if I misunderstood
> the command please tell me as well). It always give me the same answer
> for any different models I did try.
> Since I have to ask my admin each time I want to install something,
> could you just tell me in which version of chimera this command will
> work. Many many thanks.
> European Molecular Biology Laboratory
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Beni Hammad Fort, also known as Beni Hammad’s Al Qal’a (Arabic: قلعة بني حماد), is an imperial Islamic city, now ruined, founded in central Algeria during the eleventh century CE (fourth century AH). It served as the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty in the 11th century. It is northeast of M’Sila, at an elevation of 1,418 meters (4,652 ft), in the Hodna Mountains and receives ample water from the surrounding mountains. It is one of the Islamic civilization’s most interesting and most correctly dated monumental complexes. Near the town of Maadid (aka Maadhid), about 225 kilometers (140 mi) southeast of Algiers, in the Maghreb, is the Beni Hammad Fort. After their freedom from the Zirids and the Fatimids of Tunisia, the seat of the Hammadids was founded by the founder of the Hammadid dynasty, Hammad bin Buluggin I (reg. 1015-1028 CE / AH 406-419), starting in 1007 CE (AH 397).
The settlement developed rapidly into a flourishing metropolis and cultural center from the base of the original qalat, or fortress. In its fortified settlement in the Maadid mountains, Qalat Beni Hammad attracted commercial caravans, scientists, musicians, theologians, politicians, and poets. It was the first capital of the Emirs of Hammad and had great splendor. In 1980, it was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and described as “an authentic picture of a fortified Muslim city”. Within 7 km of partly dismantled defensive walls, the Qal’a contains a significant number of monumental ruins, including the Great Mosque and its minaret, and a number of palaces. The mosque is the largest after that of Mansourah and its minaret is the oldest in Algeria after that of Sidi Boumerouane, with its prayer hall containing 13 ships out of 8 bays. The Qal’a Ruins bear witness to the great sophistication of North Africa’s Hammad civilization, original architecture, and palatial culture.
Beni Hammad Fort
The primary source summary of the resident city of al-Bakri (1014-1094 CE / AH 404-487) and the historical account of Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406 CE / AH 732-808) testify to the military power of the city as well as its economic and intellectual capital. At the end of the eleventh century, just before the Hilalian incursions precipitated the collapse of the town, the town reached the height of its regional importance during the rule of the later Hammadids. Numerous terracotta, gems, coins and ceramics that attest to the high degree of civilization under the Hammadid dynasty have been brought to light by excavations. Several decorative fountains using the lion as a symbol are also among the discovered artifacts. Three independent residences divided by gardens and pavilions form the ruins of the emir’s palace, known as Dal al-Bahr.
Established as a military fortress in 1007, it was raised to the status of a metropolis. It has inspired the development of Arab architecture, including the Maghreb, Andalusia, and Sicily, as well as other civilizing influences. The key artifacts that attest to the richness and influence of this Hammadid culture are the archaeological and monumental vestiges of the Qal’a of Beni Hammad, including the Great Mosque and its minaret, as well as a number of palaces. The palace of Dar al-Bahr was named for its rectangular pool measuring 67 by 47 meters (220 by 154 ft). To launch a ship, a ramp at one end of the pool was used. In the accounts of contemporary tourists, references to nautical displays in this pool appear.
In central northern Algeria, approximately 110 kilometers south of the Mediterranean coast and 190 kilometers southeast of Algiers, Qalat Beni Hammad is situated. The site is adjacent to Sidi Mohammed el Fadhel’s small village, but the nearest town is M’sila, the modern provincial capital, 26 kilometers southwest of the complex, or 70 kilometers by road. The gardens stretched east-to-west through the city beyond the walls of the palace complex and to a depth of nearly 100 meters (330 ft). Archeologists have not visited the gardens yet, but ornamental fountains have been found.
The city became the capital of the Berber Hammadids, and in 1017 it was under siege by the Zirids. It was abandoned in 1090 under the threat of Banu Hilal and partially destroyed in 1152 by the Almohads. The qalat is located near the peak of Takarbust on the Hodna plateau, the summit of which was enclosed by a large ring of fortifications that established the boundaries of the walled city. The average height of the enclosed city is 990 meters above sea level, while, at its highest point, the Takarbust peak rises to 1418 meters above sea level.
At the time of the inscription, the remains of the 7 km of defensive walls and all the monumental remains found therein were the characteristics that characterize the land. The State Party intends to recommend a revision of the property boundaries and to set up a buffer zone to preserve the exceptional atmosphere of the site. The property’s integrity is guaranteed, but the remains are subject to natural deterioration and weathering. The town is defensively placed to allow a clear view of the plain of Hodna 400 meters below and to the south, while the settlement is bordered by mountain slopes to the north, east, and west. The UNESCO-recognized imperial complex occupies approximately 150 hectares.
Many of the smaller and more modest structures have been lost because of a lack of maintenance or inhabitation in the centuries since the foundation of the city, however, there is evidence of some large buildings. Near its longitudinal core, the mosque is situated in the south of the walled city. The mosque is very large, with a rectangular plan measuring east-to-west 56 meters wide and north-to-south 64 meters long. The longitudinal axis of the mosque aligns with the meridian between the north and the south. At the center of the north wall, a minaret is located, while public entrances open into the mosque courtyard on the east and west walls.
Another architecturally important building inside Qalat Beni Hammad is the Qasr al Manar, also known as the “Castle of the Beacon Light”. Qasr al Manar is a large defensive structure at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Hodna plateau to the south, a fortified projection of the eastern wall of the city. The stone masonry structure is approximately cubic in size, measuring 30 meters wide from east to west and 32 meters long from north to south. The fort also includes a wide reception room at its upper level with a domed ceiling, which opens onto a rooftop terrace. Though primarily a military structure, during times of peace, the Qasr al Manar was built to accommodate imperial diplomatic functions.
Scattered fragments of the eleventh-century building and its decorations have survived elsewhere in the complex. Carved marble water channels, parts of frescoes within the palaces, ceramic pottery, marble sculptures, crystal and glassware are among the artworks. Carved stone friezes, carved stone and plaster muqarnas, and multicolored tiles made using multiple artisanal techniques are architectural remnants. In the modern period, the site was identified by the French historian Méquesse in 1886. In 1908 CE, under the supervision of the French archaeologist de Beylié, modern excavations of the site were first carried out. Later excavations were undertaken by Lucien Golvin between 1951 and 1952 CE, and after 1964 CE under Bourouiba. The 150-hectare Qalat Beni Hammad site was named in 1980 as a UNESCO World Heritage Centre. | <urn:uuid:5470b1bb-4d4e-422e-b181-217876f8e346> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://assignmentpaper.com/beni-hammad-fort-algeria/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.960279 | 1,710 | 2.890625 | 3 |
University of Iowa phasing out COVID self-reporting tool
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - As of Aug. 1, students at the University of Iowa will no longer be asked to report a positive COVID-19 case online.
Jeneane Beck, assistant vice president for external relations, said positive COVID cases will now be handled like any other sick day.
“We’re treating this more as an endemic illness,” Beck said. “We’re going to return to our normal processes of reporting an illness, whether that’s a student reporting it to their faculty members, or a staff member reporting it to their supervisor.”
As for why the self-reporting tool is going away, Beck said the number of people using it is lower than it used to be. Earlier in the pandemic, people got tested at a hospital or a pharmacy. There was contact tracing, so the university had some knowledge of who was likely positive. They could reach out and prompt students to report their cases.
Now, at-home testing is widely available. Beck said with at-home-testing, officials have no way of knowing who is taking a test.
“If a student or a staff member takes a test at home, it may not occur to them to go online and self report COVID-19,” Beck said.
University leaders worried about the data collected by the online self-reporting tool.
“We just felt like the numbers were no longer as accurate as they should be,” Beck said. “Reporting data that isn’t accurate could actually give people a picture that the COVID numbers are lower than they are.”
Beck added the policy change is not a signal that the university no longer takes the pandemic seriously.
“We don’t think this pandemic is over,” Beck said. “We are still going to have masks available at the entrance of every building, we’re still going to have hand sanitizer available, we’re still going to encourage people to look up their own risk factors and take precautions that are wise for them.”
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- An economist being considered for a role at the Biden Treasury Department worked for a secretive firm co-founded by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
- If he gets the job at Treasury, the economist, Jay Shambaugh, would be the latest alum of WestExec Advisors to join the Biden administration.
- The Revolving Door Project provided research to CNBC that shows Shambaugh likely started working at WestExec in 2020 and left the next year. He became a member of Biden's transition team after the 2020 presidential election.
An economist under consideration to lead a key office within the Treasury Department had a senior role at the secretive private consulting firm WestExec Advisors, which was co-founded by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
An archived version of WestExec's website and research by watchdog the Revolving Door Project show that the economist, Jay Shambaugh, worked at the firm. Shambaugh, according to Politico, is being considered by the White House to be the Treasury's under secretary for international affairs.
Shambaugh, who is a professor of economics at George Washington University and was also once a member of former President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, is listed as a principal on the archived WestExec site. The site shows that at some point during his tenure he went on leave from the firm.
Financial disclosures of those who used to work at the firm list former clients that could conduct business with the Treasury, including numerous Wall Street firms. WestExec's previous clients could represent an ethics hurdle Shambaugh and the administration may have to overcome for such a top job at the government agency.
The Revolving Door Project provided research to CNBC that shows Shambaugh likely started working at WestExec in 2020 and left the next year. He became a member of Biden's transition team after the 2020 presidential election.
A White House official told CNBC on Friday: "President Biden has established the highest ethical standards of any Administration in history, and on day one the President issued an ethics pledge requiring every appointee in this Administration abide by its provisions."
The official declined to comment on Shambaugh as a possible nominee.
WestExec, Treasury and Shambaugh did not return emails seeking comment.
If selected for the Treasury job, Shambaugh will be the latest former WestExec executive to join the Biden administration. Reporting by The American Prospect and The Intercept shows that over 15 former employees of the private business consulting firm have become members of the administration. At least one Treasury employee has previous ties to the firm.
The firm promotes itself on their website as being a key resource for clients who want experience of Washington insiders "to help business leaders make the best decisions in a complex and volatile international landscape." Michele Flournoy, who is listed on WestExec's website as a co-founder and a managing partner, was Obama's under secretary of Defense for policy.
Blinken's financial disclosure report shows that while he was a managing partner at WestExec, he provided advisory services for Blackstone, Lazard, Royal Bank of Canada, SoftBank and Facebook. Blinken is now at the center of urgent diplomatic efforts to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine. | <urn:uuid:b06b1cbe-47da-4102-9891-8882c17c0b3e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/18/economist-in-running-for-treasury-job-worked-at-secretive-firm-co-founded-by-blinken.html?__source=OTS%7Cfinance%7Crelated%7Cstory%7C&par=OTS&doc=107017875 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.970179 | 650 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Labor Day (Labour Day) is a public holiday in Pakistan that is marked by rallies, marches, processions, labor/worker union sessions and organized street demonstrations. It is sometimes referred to as May Day and is annually held on May 1.
What Do People Do?
Labor unions throughout Pakistan organize seminars, rallies and parades where union leaders deliver speeches emphasizing the history of Labor Day and its importance. Workers and unions arrange street processions, and this portrays solidarity with workers around the world.
Pakistan is a developing country but the current scenario has improved compared to previous times. However, workers still do not enjoy as many rights as enjoyed by workers in more developed/industrialized countries. Many organized street demonstrations take place on Labor Day, where workers and labor unions protest against labor repression and demand for more rights, better wages and benefits.
Labor Day is a public holiday in Pakistan on May 1. All government and non-government organizations, factories and educational institutions remain closed. Laborers may willingly work on Labor Day, with or without payment of higher than normal wages.
Public transport may be less frequent on certain routes. Those wishing to travel in Pakistan via public transport during Labor Day should check with the local transport authorities before travelling. Many important avenues and streets are blocked to accommodate Labor Day parades and processions. Therefore, there may be traffic jams at certain times of day on certain routes.
Pakistan’s first labor policy was devised in 1972, in which May 1 was declared an official holiday. This policy also formulated the creation of the Social Security Network, Old Age Benefit Schemes and Workers Welfare Fund. Pakistan’s constitution also contains various provisions and articles about labor rights.
It is important to note that Pakistan became a member of the International Labour Organization (ILO) right after its independence in 1947. The ILO is a United Nations (UN) specialized agency that promotes social justice and universally acknowledged human and social rights. Pakistan has ratified 36 ILO conventions of which eight are core conventions.
There are no specific symbols associated with Labor Day in Pakistan. Images of hammers and sickles are frequently seen on placards and banners carried by workers during Labor Day parades and rallies.
Labour Day Observances
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Health proposes to return products to recover the cost orthopedic
Galicia is the only community in which wheelchairs are 'recycled' from one patient to another - Patients should pass 100% of the required prosthesis
The Ministry of health opens the door for patients Galician back some of their dentures and so recover their cost and Sergas can reuse. This measure is referred to in the draft order regulating the provision orthoprosthetic, which is under allegations and intends to apply state law that increases the copayment in this area. For now, Galicia is the only community where wheelchairs can be returned, but now the Galician Health Servizo "may determine the character of other articles recoverable," reads the document.
While the chairs are more expensive dentures, priced between 1,200 and 4,500 euros, there are also others with higher costs, as a child harness to combat scoliosis, which costs 800 euros and once again copayment applies to cost 80 euros parents, because only must contribute 10%. Still, if the Sergas allows return, will get that money back if this is in "good operating condition".
Last year, the central executive approved two royal decrees imposing a copayment on prescription drugs, non-emergency medical transportation and prostheses, in Galicia represent a cost of nearly nine million euros a year. However, the Ministry of Healthyet to establish the maximum amounts that subsidize for each population segment in relation to income.
While not setting the new catalog, the Ministry of health wants to pass an order to regulate the provision orthoprosthetic and adapt to the new framework. The department led by Rocio Mosquera considers this copayment will have little effect in Galicia, because most prostheses are prescribed to patients who are exempt from payment, such as victims of physical or mental disability of 33%, unemployed without benefits or income earners social integration.
Patients requiring any prosthesis should advance 100% of its cost and the Xunta later apply them discounts set by the central government: there are limits even to know when get their money. | <urn:uuid:0cfe63eb-7cef-4d75-b57d-b441429fe203> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ortopediasilvio.com/en/todos-los-productos/1208-health-proposes-to-return-products-to-recover-the-cost-orthopedic.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.940074 | 431 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Russia tests nuclear-tipped missile interceptor (VIDEO)
The Russian military has successfully tested a short-range ballistic missile interceptor designed to destroy incoming nuclear warheads with a nuclear explosion in the air. These missiles are used in Moscow’s anti-ballistic missile system.
The A-135 ABM system protects Russia’s capital and its surroundings from a possible nuclear missile attack. It consists of phased-array radar, a command center, and launchers that release two types of interceptor missiles, the long-range 51T6 and the short-range 53T6.
On Friday, Russia’s strategic missile forces and air and missile defense forces jointly tested a 53T6 missile at the Sary Shagan test range in Kazakhstan. Of course, the missile, which has been dubbed Gazelle by NATO, didn’t have a nuclear warhead like those in the 68 silos around Moscow.
“During the test, the ABM system interceptor successfully performed its task and hit a provisionary target,” Deputy Commander of the Air and Missile Defense Andrey Prikhodko said.
The video of the test was provided by the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Russian military tests interceptor missiles once or twice a year to confirm their combat readiness.
The 10-meter-long rocket reportedly can deliver a 10-kiloton nuclear tip a distance of up to 80 kilometers at a speed of three kilometers per second.
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You may have heard investors or financial market commentators talk about hedging. Hedging is a way to reduce your risk by buying other types of investments or by strategically using cash. Although it may seem complex and sophisticated, the concept of coverage is actually quite simple.
Here’s what you need to know about coverage and how it works.
What is a hedge?
Hedging is an investment that limits your financial risk. A hedge works by holding an investment that will move in the opposite direction to your base investment, so that if the base investment declines, the investment hedge will offset or limit the overall loss.
Hedges come in many forms and include the use of derivatives such as options to limit your risk, as well as less complex assets such as cash. Some investors resort to short selling to hedge their exposure to certain risks and build their portfolios in such a way as to take advantage of them in the event of a market decline.
A hedge that most people use without realizing it is diversification. Holding a diversified portfolio is essentially admitting that you don’t know which investments will perform best. So you hedge that risk by exposing yourself to many different sectors of the market. You hold cyclical and non-cyclical stocks, stocks and bonds or other investments that benefit from different economic environments. When one goes up, the other usually goes down. If you knew exactly what the future held for you, you wouldn’t need to diversify.
How the cover works
Hedging can take many different forms, but one of the most common ways is through the use of derivatives, which derive their value from an underlying asset such as stocks, commodities or indices such as the S&P 500. By using a derivative linked to the underlying asset you are looking to hedge, you can directly limit your risk of loss. Here’s how it works.
Suppose you bought a stock at $100 a share, but you’re worried that an upcoming earnings announcement will disappoint investors and send the stock plummeting. One way to limit your exposure to this potential loss would be to buy a put option on the stock with a strike price you are comfortable with. A put option with a strike price of $95 would allow you to sell the stock at $95 even if the stock falls well below that level.
Here’s what could happen if the stock goes up or down:
- If the stock drops to $80 per share, you can exercise your put option at $95. The hedge fully protects your stock investment in the fall of $95-$80, so your loss is limited to $5 per share ($100-$95) plus the cost of the option.
- If the stock rises to $110 per share, you will realize the $10 gain from the stock price increase, while the option will expire worthless. Your net gain will be $10 per share minus the cost of the option.
Large companies often use derivatives to hedge their exposure to input costs to manage their risk. Airlines typically hedge jet fuel costs so they are not exposed to daily fluctuations in the spot market, while food companies may hedge the prices of key ingredients such as corn or sugar.
Of course, there are also simpler ways to protect yourself. Some investors hold a portion of their portfolio in cash to protect against a market downturn, while others diversify by asset class or geographic region.
Benefits of coverage
- Risk Mitigation – The main benefit of hedging is the ability to manage the risk and investment exposure you have. Derivatives can be used to protect you if things don’t go the way you expect.
- Limit losses – Hedging allows you to limit your losses to an amount that suits you. The cost of hedging will limit your advantage, but you can be sure that your losses won’t swell if prices go down.
- Pricing Clarity – Companies and even individuals such as farmers use derivatives to remove uncertainty from future commodity prices. By using forward and forward contracts, they can lock in the prices of key goods well in advance of their delivery date.
- Limit Winnings – While limiting your losses is one of the main benefits of hedging, it also means that it will limit your potential gains. If an investment eventually appreciates and hedging is not needed, you will lose the cost of hedging. Similarly, if a farmer agrees to sell corn at a certain price in the future, but the spot market is at even higher prices when the corn is delivered, the farmer will have missed out on those higher profits.
- Costs – Hedging has a cost, either the direct cost of a derivative contract used to hedge, or the cost of lower earnings in exchange for some protection. Make sure you understand all the costs associated with a hedge before going ahead with it.
- Bad analysis – It’s possible that the investment you thought was a good hedge isn’t so good after all. Imagine you own airline stocks, but are worried that higher fuel costs will impact corporate profits. You might buy a basket of energy companies as a hedge, thinking that their higher profits will outweigh any negative impact felt by the airline industry. But a widespread economic downturn could cause the price of oil and demand for travel to plummet, hurting both industries and making your coverage less than perfect.
Should you consider hedging your investments?
For most long-term investors, hedging is not a strategy you should pursue. If you’re focusing on a long-term goal like retirement, you don’t have to worry about day-to-day market fluctuations and hedging could end up doing more harm to your portfolio than good. Remember that you are rewarded in the long term with higher returns for enduring the short term volatility that comes with investing in the stock market.
For those with a more active investment philosophy or trading mindset, hedging can be a smart way to manage your risk, but make sure you understand the costs associated with any hedging and the relationship hedging has to your investments.
At the end of the line
Hedges can be used to manage risk in the investment world, but they come with lower costs and potential returns. For most investors aiming for long-term goals, hedging won’t be necessary and could actually hurt your long-term returns. Consider holding low-cost index funds in good times and bad, which has proven to be a good strategy for decades.
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Cross-bucket replication enables the automatic async replication of incremental objects from a source bucket to a destination bucket in another region. During replication, COS may also automatically replicate the object operations in the source bucket, such as PUT Object or DELETE Object. You can choose to enable or disable this feature as needed. For more information, see Overview.
Before enabling cross-bucket replication, make sure that both the source and destination buckets have enabled Versioning.
If versioning is not enabled for both the source and destination buckets, enable it first and then configure the cross-bucket replication rule.
|Source Region||The region where your source bucket resides.|
|Apply To||Indicates which objects will be replicated from the source bucket. The default option is **The whole bucket**. If a prefix is specified, only objects with this prefix will be replicated, such as files prefixed with `logs/`.|
|Resource Path||Path of your source bucket.|
|Destination Bucket||The bucket to store the replicated objects. It can be in the same region as the source bucket. You can select only one bucket under the current account in each region.|
|Destination Storage Class||Storage class of the replicas. The storage class will be the same as that of the source objects by default. You can also select a different storage class.|
|Sync Delete Marker||If you try to delete an object from a versioning-enabled bucket without specifying a version ID, COS will add a delete marker to the object. If you select this option, cross-bucket replication will copy this delete marker to the destination bucket. Regardless of whether the delete marker is copied, the object will not be deleted from the destination bucket. You can always access a noncurrent version of the object by specifying its version ID. For more information, see Overview.|
- Once the rule is created, you can enable/disable it under Status, or edit it under Operation.
- If you set Apply To to The whole bucket in your first rule, you will be unable to add any new rules. In this case, you can choose to edit it, or simply delete it and add a new one.
- If you set Apply To to Specific resources in your first rule, you can edit it and change this setting to The whole bucket as needed.
You can disable a cross-bucket replication rule by using either of the following options:
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H.R. 4784, H.R. 4235, H.R. 2718, H.R. 2039 and S. 225
Lawrence E. Benna
Bureau of Land Management
United States Department of the Interior
House Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health
H.R. 4784, the Eugene Land Conveyance Act
H.R. 4235, the Browns Canyon Wilderness Act
H.R. 2718, the Idaho Land Enhancement Act
H.R. 2039 and S. 225, the Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act
July 27, 2006
Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify on H.R. 4784, the Eugene Land Conveyance Act, H.R. 4235, the Browns Canyon Wilderness Act, H.R. 2718, the Idaho Land Enhancement Act, and H.R. 2039 and S. 225 the Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Acts.
H.R. 4784—Eugene Land Conveyance Act
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages 261.8 million acres of surface land primarily in 12 western states. As the Nation’s largest Federal land manager, the BLM administers the public lands for a wide range of multiple uses including energy production, outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) directs the BLM to make decisions about the appropriate use of the public lands through the development of resource management plans using a collaborative public process.
FLPMA allows the BLM to convey lands out of public ownership if, for example, they have been identified for disposal through the BLM land use planning process in order to serve important public objectives, such as community expansion and economic development. In partnering with local communities across the West, we understand their needs and are supportive of efforts that ensure a balanced approach to local land use management. As a matter of both policy and practice, the BLM generally requires receipt of fair market value for any public lands transferred out of public ownership. This serves to ensure that taxpayers are fairly compensated for the removal of public lands from Federal ownership while also supporting local communities.
H.R. 4784, the Eugene Land Conveyance Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Eugene, Oregon, without consideration and subject to valid existing rights, a parcel of approximately 12 acres currently under the administrative jurisdiction of the BLM for the purposes of constructing an environmental education center and establishing a wildlife viewing area. This bill is identical to S.2150. The BLM testified on S.2150 before the Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests on March 29, 2006; our statement described areas of concern. On May 24, 2006, the Senate Committee voted to favorably report S.2150, with amendments that addressed concerns raised in our testimony. We encourage the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health to consider adopting the amendments reported by the Senate Energy Committee to S. 2150.
The BLM supports the conveyance authorized by H.R. 4784; however, we have some concerns and would appreciate the opportunity to work with the sponsor and the Committee on minor technical amendments.
The parcel to be conveyed under H.R. 4784 is located within the city limits of Eugene, Oregon. The BLM purchased the parcel on September 21, 1979, with $510,000 of Oregon and California Lands Act (O&C) appropriated funds. The BLM originally planned to build its Eugene District Office on the parcel; however, about half the site was determined to be occupied by wetlands, and the Eugene office was built at another location. We have not had the site appraised since the original purchase.
If the parcel to be conveyed under H.R. 4784 were public domain land, the BLM could convey it under the authority of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). However, because the BLM purchased the parcel with O&C funds, it is designated as “Revested O&C Railroad Grant Lands”, and the R&PP Act does not apply.
An old ranch house located on the parcel, known as the "Red House", was converted for office use and currently hosts employees and volunteers associated with the West Eugene Wetlands (WEW) Partnership. The WEW Partnership includes the BLM, the City of Eugene, The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Oregon Youth Conservation Corps, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the McKenzie River Trust, and the Willamette Resources and Educational Network (WREN). The WEW Partnership (primarily the City of Eugene and The Nature Conservancy) have worked to leverage Federal dollars to reach nearly $4.5 million for acquisition and management of the wetlands.
In addition, the Eugene 4J School District and the Bethel School District joined with the WEW Partnership to form the WEW Education Center Partnership. This group is working to build the Wetlands Education Center on the parcel to be conveyed under H.R. 4784. The wetlands education program has secured funding from a wide variety of public and private sources, including the U.S. Department of Education, the City of Eugene, the Eugene 4J School District, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the Collins Foundation, and private donations. The Education Center will contain the Rachel Carson Center for Natural Resources (a 4J High School), the Northwest Youth Corps, laboratories and green houses, visiting classrooms and office space for WEW Partnership staff. In May 2002, voters in Eugene approved a school bond that included the first installment for construction of the Rachel Carson Center for Natural Resources.
The following are concerns we would like to address through technical amendments:
Survey: The BLM has a survey from its purchase of the property in 1979 that is adequate to support the BLM’s issuing a Quit Claim Deed to the City of Eugene. If this meets the sponsor’s intentions, Section 3(b)(1) should be amended to state “12.36 acres,” and the “Survey” in section 3(b)(2) should refer to the existing survey from the 1979 acquisition.
Name of Map: the title of the map referred to in Sec. 3(b)(1) should be changed to “West Eugene Wetlands Lands Transfer”; “Red House Property” should be deleted.
Reversion: We urge that Section 3(c) be amended to make reversion at the Secretary’s discretion.
H.R. 4235—Browns Canyon Wilderness
H.R. 4235 would designate approximately twenty thousand acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service managed-lands in central Colorado near the town of Salida as wilderness. We support Congressman Hefley’s legislation as it pertains to BLM-managed lands and we defer to the Forest Service on the lands managed by that agency. We appreciate Congressman Hefley’s efforts working with the local community to reach consensus for this designation.
The proposed Browns Canyon wilderness area is one of rugged beauty, colorful outcroppings and abundant wildlife. The 3,000 foot deep canyon along the Arkansas River forms the western boundary of the proposed wilderness. From there the land climbs dramatically to an elevation of 10,000 feet to the east. While a single ecosystem, the land is divided administratively. BLM manages the western portion, including the canyon, while the Forest Service manages the eastern portion. A significant herd of bighorn sheep resides within Browns Canyon and it is an important winter range for deer and elk. Views from the area across the Arkansas Valley to the 14,000 peaks of the Collegiate Range are among the most spectacular in Colorado.
The Arkansas River is one of this country’s most popular white water rafting destinations, with more than 300,000 visitors floating it annually. Nearly half of these visitors float the nationally renowned Browns Canyon segment. Recreation on the river is managed through a partnership between BLM and Colorado State Parks and the area is known as the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area. The boundaries established for the Browns Canyon wilderness in H.R. 4235 provide a 200-foot setback from the river to ensure continued and adequate access to the river.
It is our understanding that the bill has wide community support and the support of the Chaffee County commissioners. The Bureau supports the legislation as it pertains to BLM land.
H.R. 2718—Idaho Land Enhancement Act
This legislation authorizes the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to move forward with an exchange that has been developed in collaboration with the State of Idaho and the City of Boise. The exchange was initiated by the City of Boise to preserve open space in the Boise Foothills. Under H.R. 2718, conveyance of State-owned lands in the Boise foothills into Federal ownership will secure open space for residents of Boise and Ada County, and, in exchange, conveyance of Federal timbered lands to the State of Idaho will provide the State with more long-term revenue than could be derived from its lands in the Boise foothills. The exchange authorized by H.R. 2718 is a milestone in a 30-year effort of conservation in the Boise Foothills.
H.R. 2718 is identical to S.1131. On July 20, 2005, we testified in support of S.1131 at a hearing of the Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. On March 8, 2006, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ordered S.1131 favorably reported with an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, which we supported. We encourage the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health to consider adopting for H.R. 2718 the text of the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to S.1131 as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
The Department supports enactment of H.R. 2718.
A proposed multi-party exchange initiated by the City of Boise involving lands managed by the BLM, the USFS, and the State of Idaho (no privately-owned lands are involved) has been proceeding administratively. In accordance with the administrative process for land exchanges, the BLM and USFS completed a Feasibility Analysis, and, on April 26, 2005, the BLM, USFS, State of Idaho, and City of Boise signed an Agreement to Initiate for the Boise Foothills—Northern Idaho Land Exchange (Agreement). As the Forest Service does not have the authority to participate in a three party exchange absent Congressional authorization, H.R. 2718 is needed to effectuate the exchange Agreement.
The legislation authorizes the BLM and the U.S. Forest Service to proceed with the land exchanges described in the Agreement. As authorized by H.R. 2718, under the Agreement, the BLM is to convey approximately 605 acres of public land to the State of Idaho; the USFS is to convey approximately 7,220 acres of National Forest System land in the Idaho Panhandle and Clearwater National Forests to the State of Idaho; and the State of Idaho is to convey approximately 11,085 acres to the United States (6,930 acres to be managed by the BLM and 4,155 acres to be managed by the USFS).
Section 3 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) to complete the land exchanges described in the Agreement. The BLM is to convey four parcels which total approximately 605 acres, including Boise Peak (86 acres), Mt. Coeur d’Alene (120 acres), Skeel Gulch (80 acres), and Rock Creek (319 acres). Although forested, none of the BLM lands to be conveyed in this exchange contain old growth or officially designated old growth replacement stands. There is no current mining or mineral activity on the BLM lands, except in the Rock Creek parcel, where much of the area contains old mining prospects. There are no other permitted uses.
Although the 605 acres of public land to be conveyed out of Federal ownership by the BLM are not identified for disposal, we believe the exchange is in the public interest because this exchange will result in a net gain of 3,156 acres of high value resource lands within designated retention areas, providing management protection for cultural resources and a variety of sensitive wildlife species. Acquisition of the State lands in the Boise foothills will help the BLM meet its management objectives to protect and enhance watershed resources, wildlife habitat, recreation opportunities, and scenic values.
The legislation authorizes the parties to enter into additional agreements that specify other terms and conditions necessary to complete the land exchange:
The conveyances are subject to valid and existing rights. As part of the Agreement, the BLM, USFS, and State of Idaho reviewed, examined, and disclosed all valid existing rights on their respective lands.
H.R. 2718 also requires the Federal land and State land to be exchanged under the bill to be of equal value; and, if the values are not equal, the bill authorizes the equalization of value by cash payment to the United States or to the State of Idaho, as appropriate, in accordance with section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA). The value of the Federal and State lands is to be determined in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions, and the appraisals must be approved by the Secretaries. Any cash equalization payment received by the United States is to be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for the acquisition of land to add to the National Forest System in the state of Idaho.
The City of Boise passed a bond levy to support acquisition of properties on the Boise Front to preserve its natural character. The City will pay the costs associated with the conveyances outlined in the Agreement and this Act, including the costs of any field inspections, environmental analyses, appraisals, title examinations, and deed and patent preparations. The BLM will review the exchange package in its regular course of business (i.e., at no additional cost to the City of Boise).
Section 4 transfers administrative jurisdiction of approximately 2,111 acres of public land in Shoshone County, Idaho, currently managed by the BLM, to the USFS, to be managed in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to the National Forest System. This area—called Grandmother Mountain—is completely surrounded by National Forest System lands that previously, as part of the Arkansas-Idaho Land Exchange Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-584), had been transferred from BLM management into the National Forest System. Consolidation of administrative jurisdiction in this area will improve the Federal government’s management of the land and resources. Also, these 2,111 acres are in a Wilderness Study Area, and the bill preserves Congress’ options to act on this WSA by providing that after transfer to the USFS, this area will be managed in a manner that preserves the suitability of the land for designation as wilderness until Congress determines otherwise.
In addition, Section 4 requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage the land conveyed by the State of Idaho as acquired land (as distinct from public domain) under FLPMA and other applicable laws. Under FLPMA, the BLM manages both public domain and acquired lands under the same management structure and plans. The direction in H.R. 2718 that the lands conveyed by
the State be managed as acquired lands affects only the ability to locate mining claims under the Mining Law of 1872 (which applies exclusively to public domain lands); exploration for and mining of locatable minerals on acquired lands is through a permitting process rather than by claim.
Finally, concerning land use planning, Section 4 provides that BLM need not do an amendment or revision to its resource management plans (RMP) upon acquisition of lands from the State of Idaho. The acquired lands are to be managed under the existing RMP applicable to that area, until the land use plans are updated in the regular planning process. The BLM’s Coeur d’Alene Field Office is currently working on a Resource Management Plan that will replace the current land use plan. The Field Office held a scoping meeting earlier this year on the proposed changes to the RMP, and public comments have been generally favorable. The Field Office issued a Draft plan revision for public review and comment on January 13, 2006, and hopes to issue a Final RMP by March of 2007.
Section 5 of the bill contains several miscellaneous provisions. This Section:
As part of the administrative process detailed in the Agreement, the BLM had previously segregated the Federal lands proposed for exchange in the Agreement.
Section 5(e) of H.R. 2718 expresses the Congressional finding that the Forest Service and the BLM have conducted adequate analyses and reviews of the environmental impacts of the exchange authorized under this Act, and stipulates that no further administrative or environmental analyses or examination is required to carry out any activities authorized under this Act. As part of the Agreement, the BLM, Forest Service, and the City of Boise agreed to be jointly responsible for completing environmental and cultural review work on the Federal lands being transferred to the State of Idaho. The City of Boise is responsible for paying for contract environmental and cultural review work approved by all parties to the Agreement. The BLM, Forest Service, Idaho Department of Lands, and the City of Boise will be jointly responsible for completing mineral reports, to be paid for by the City of Boise.
Under the Agreement, initial NEPA scoping was done. The BLM and Forest Service have completed the following resource assessments: cultural/historic, Threatened and Endangered Species, biological, botanical, noxious weeds, timber, wetlands, floodplains, water resources, recreation, wilderness, visual, mineral and mineral potential. Pursuant to the Congressional Finding in Section 5(e), the BLM and Forest Service would carry out no further administrative or environmental analysis in completing the exchange delineated in the bill. We will work with the Committee so that there is a common understanding of the additional administrative or environmental review that would otherwise be undertaken by the agencies.
H.R. 2039/S. 225-- Federal Land Recreational Visitor Protection Act
The Department supports the concepts contained in these bills. However, the Department cannot support the bills unless amended to (1) delete the formation of a new grants program, and (2) designate the Secretary of Agriculture as the lead agency, as stated in S. 225. At a time when we are trying to reduce backlogs and maintain what we already own, we cannot afford to take on the new funding responsibilities under this grants program.
The history of avalanches influencing visitor safety on public lands is significant and well-documented. Four hundred and forty-five people have perished in avalanches on public lands in the past twenty-two years and as winter sport activities continue to rise, so will avalanche incidents. Avalanche fatalities on National Park Service (NPS) managed lands account for about six percent, whereas avalanche fatalities on National Forest lands account for about ninety percent of the total. Avalanches kill more people on public lands than any other natural event.
The National Park Service and United States Forest Service have actively managed a coordinated aggressive avalanche protection program since the late 1930’s. Although the National Park Service provides limited funding and extensive data collection to the Forest Service, it should be noted that the Forest Service is the lead agency with regard to avalanche awareness and mitigation efforts. The Forest Service program includes managing the National Avalanche Center in Ketchum, Idaho, as well as fifteen regional backcountry avalanche centers. These avalanche centers issue avalanche danger advisories for limited and specified geographic areas throughout the west, the northeast, and Alaska.
Currently these programs include snow pack and climate analysis, provide avalanche awareness information via publications, visitor centers, weather radio, and internet sites, teach avalanche awareness classes to the public, and develop and provide avalanche control work using explosives and passive control devices. It is recognized that these centers only exist in and serve a limited number of geographic areas, and all have limited resources. However, they continue to provide information to millions of recreation users and to other government and private agencies.
The primary avalanche control method includes hand and aerial projected explosive charges. However, many areas are using passive control measures such as the spreading of charcoal on avalanche prone slopes and manually triggered releases. Although the bills prescribe the use of artillery, the National Park Service is prohibited from using this method in congressionally designated wilderness areas, where the majority of avalanche hazard zones exist in the National Park System. The artillery systems that are used in NPS areas were not designed to trigger avalanches or to be used in very cold environments. In 1999, Yellowstone National Park experienced several difficulties with unexploded ordnance resulting in risk to park visitors and our employees. Military systems other than the ones currently employed have been carefully analyzed and none appear to be applicable as avalanche control systems.
Several years ago the issue was complicated further when the U.S. military requested the return of five howitzers that cooperators were using to prevent avalanches, including the one at Yellowstone, to be used for active military service. Of the many benefits of the bill, developing alternatives to military artillery for avalanche control would be very desirable.
We recognize that there is much room for improvement in avalanche management methods, and the Department respectfully urges this committee to consider the following suggestions for strengthening these bills and making its implementation more efficient and effective.
First, we recommend that H.R. 2039 designate the Secretary of Agriculture to lead the establishment of a coordinated avalanche program if the committee decides to move this bill rather than S. 225. The U.S. Forest Service has considerable experience in avalanche control and data gathering, oversight of National Avalanche Centers, and a greater percentage of incidents that warrant the designation of the Department of Agriculture as the best department to develop and manage the program.
Secondly, we recommend that the formation of a new grants program under section 3(e) be deleted from the bills. The Departments of Agriculture and the Interior must focus existing funding on effectively managing Federal lands, including avalanche awareness and protection. Creating a new responsibility to fund grants could divert available funds away from these operational needs.
We believe that these bills will provide the appropriate Federal support for services such as avalanche forecasting, munitions management, and public information to ensure visitor protection on public lands.
Mr. Chairman, this concludes my remarks. Thank you for the opportunity to provide our perspective on these bills. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have. | <urn:uuid:1e0a6797-ae27-4bb0-a89e-1cf953824621> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.doi.gov/ocl/Wilderness-And-Lands-Bills | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.941966 | 4,679 | 1.890625 | 2 |
A Dominican sisterhood farms the past—and future—in Kansas
I drove nine miles past Heartland Farm before I realized I’d missed the place, as usual. The tiny (at least by Kansas standards) 80-acre farmstead is located, improbably, near Pawnee Rock—the exact epicenter of the heartland—in the middle of thousands upon thousands of acres of wheat, corn, soybeans, and cattle. Easy enough to miss, I suppose, in this vast sea of massive mono-cropped grids.
Retracing my path, I arrived just as the farm’s owners, five Dominican nuns in their 60s, dressed in garden clogs and T-shirts, were finishing preparations for lunch. On the front lawn of their farmhouse, a large table was set. Platters of smoked sausage and caraway-flecked sauerkraut sat beside a tomato-cheddar tart. Wooden bowls held salads of tender greens and baby spinach from the garden. There were jars of bread-and-butter pickles and pickled okra from last year’s harvest, and fresh-baked rye bread smeared with butter.
The sisters laughed as they filled their plates. Their food is unassuming but prepared with practiced hands, made almost exclusively from family recipes. “It comes down to what my grandmother made,” says Sister Jane Belanger, a smiling woman with cropped silver hair. The nuns have been here since the 1980s, when they started the farmstead as a community that would steward the land. Over lunch, I learned that several of them descended from Volga Germans, who landed in Kansas after fleeing religious persecution in the 19th century. They brought with them Turkey Red wheat, a grain ideally suited to cultivation on the Plains.
I come here whenever I want to see the past, present, and future of agriculture all at once. The past is evident in how the nuns spend their days, growing, cooking, and preserving whatever they have, and trading with neighbors for what they don’t: a grass-fed steer from up the road, hay-baling services, honey. “We see these things as a gift,” says Sister Jane.
The present is manifested in the center-pivot irrigation systems that surround the farm. And, as far as the future goes, while a sustainable farm run by a small group of nuns isn’t competing with the huge agribusinesses out here, the sisters are, as the saying goes, being the change they wish to see in the world. Seated at the table, they pray for abundance—then, after washing the dishes, they get back to work.
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U.S. Marshals say they found 39 missing children in Georgia during two-week operation.
The U.S. Marshals Service found 39 missing children in Georgia over two weeks in a mission known as “Operation Not Forgotten,” the agency announced in a press release Thursday. The operation led to the rescue of 26 children and the safe location of 13 others.
“Other children were located at the request of law enforcement to ensure their wellbeing,” the release continues. “USMS investigators were able to confirm each child’s location in person and assure their safety and welfare.”
The U.S. Marshals Service Missing Child Unit worked with the agency’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, state and local agencies in Georgia, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a non-profit organization.
Nine criminal associates were also arrested and investigators cleared 26 arrest warrants. Investigators also filed additional charges for alleged crimes related to sex trafficking, parental kidnapping, registered sex offender violations, drugs and weapons possession, and custodial interference, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
“When we track down fugitives, it’s a good feeling to know that we’re putting the bad guy behind bars. But that sense of accomplishment is nothing compared to finding a missing child,” Darby Kirby, chief of the Missing Child Unit, said in a statement.
“We are working to protect them and get them the help they need,” he said.
The USMS said that last year it helped recover 295 missing children and has contributed to the recovery of a missing child in 75 percent of cases. Sixty-six percent of recovered missing children were recovered within a week of the USMS helping with the case, according to the release.
“The message to missing children and their families is that we will never stop looking for you,” director of the Marshals Service, Donald Washington, said in a statement. | <urn:uuid:33ca0e42-7a33-48be-b547-2d6d1ebf040e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.australiannationalreview.com/state-of-affairs/u-s-marshals-say-they-found-39-missing-children-in-georgia-during-two-week-operation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.966914 | 415 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Inprint loves to showcase the best in new books by top local authors. One of the most interesting books to come out in the past year is A Muse and A Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic by Houston writer Peter Turchi. Turchi is the author of several books, including Map of the Imagination: Writer as Cartographer, named by The New York Times as one of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time. Turchi, a faculty member at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program, serves as a frequent interviewer for the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.
Some of my favorite books when I was just a li’l egghead were the Encyclopedia Brown stories by Donald Sobol. I went back to a collection of them recently after reading A Muse & A Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, & Magic, the new book by University of Houston creative writing professor Peter Turchi.
The Encyclopedia Brown stories present themselves as mysteries. They concern Leroy, a.k.a. “Encyclopedia,” a 10-year-old “Sherlock Holmes in sneakers,” whose father happens to be the chief of police of Idaville, a town “like many other seaside [ones],” with “lovely beaches, three movie theaters, and four banks.” Except no one, writes Sobol, “got away with breaking the law in Idaville.”
The lawbreakers are your typical seaside layabouts; nothing to see here. Encyclopedia’s primary nemesis is a fledgling sociopath named Bugs Meany, instigator of a gang of would-be toughs called the Tigers who try to scam the other townies. Each chapter begins with an aggrieved victim seeking out Encyclopedia and his sidekick, Sally Kimbell. They ride their bikes to the scene of the crime; the story of the accuser and the story of the accused are told, and Encyclopedia pauses dramatically while Sobol interrupts to direct you to page 64 for “the solution.” In the end, some detail that violates the rate at which water evaporates, or the conventions of elevator repair, or the date when the Liberty Bell was cracked, is the lie that tells the truth. The antique lamp or the champion yodeling toad is returned to the rightful owner, and order is restored.
As a kid, I wasn’t turned off by this formula. I confess that I fashioned myself in Encyclopedia’s image as an insufferable, know-it-all busybody, smarter than his father, and I delighted in the continual thwarting of Bugs’s schemes and my self-alignment on this side of justice. Plus, I was eager to play along, combing the stories to identify which detail would be the one that cracked the case!
Returning to a few of them last month, though, I didn’t delight in much of anything. I found Sobol’s sleight-of-hand to be ham-handed. I wondered when Encyclopedia might begin to resent his father and strike out on his own as a kind of freelance intellectual vigilante, solving crimes in exchange for the contraband Ritalin he swallowed to keep himself awake while memorizing almanacs. And why didn’t he ever invite Sally up to the ol’ treehouse, as it were? I realize that this is as it should be — no one grows up to remain haunted by Goosebumps, right?
But having each case explained away creates a delight roughly equal to the one you feel doing algebra problems and flipping to the back to make sure you get the answers right. Now, though, most of us read for questions. And Turchi’s book gives us a much more adult sense of the pleasures and possibilities of mystery as well as a deeper appreciation for the way we readers puzzle through stories.
Now, though, most of us read for questions. And Turchi’s book gives us a much more adult sense of the pleasures and possibilities of mystery as well as a deeper appreciation for the way we readers puzzle through stories.
The kind of puzzles you find in the Encyclopedia Brown stories are, essentially, already finished. Your job as the reader is to find the one odd-shaped or colored piece, the one that doesn’t “fit,” and then you, too, can feel as though you are helping to keep the streets of Idaville safe. Turchi has something different in mind; he wants to trouble the very way we use the metaphor. “The story as a whole is not a problem with a solution,” he writes. “A story means to lead the reader somewhere. But the destination isn’t a monster, or a pot of gold, or a bit of wisdom. Instead, the destination is something—or several things—to contemplate. The best stories and novels lead the reader not to an explanation, but to a place of wonder.”
“A story means to lead the reader somewhere. But the destination isn’t a monster, or a pot of gold, or a bit of wisdom. Instead, the destination is something—or several things—to contemplate. The best stories and novels lead the reader not to an explanation, but to a place of wonder.”
My favorite part of Turchi’s book is his discussion of Nick Carraway, the narrator of The Great Gatsby. Though most of us were taught to decode the symbolism of the green light or the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg in order to “solve” what the novel is about, Turchi focuses on the puzzle of Nick Carraway’s personality. Here, the story isn’t one you can solve. Carraway, writes Turchi, “doesn’t recognize his confused and contradictory statements,” and he becomes an incredibly “authoritative narrator whose self-awareness is in doubt.” I know that this is apples-to-oranges, but there’s nothing Fitzgerald could do here to help us “solve” the mystery of Carraway’s personality. Sobol might have butted in: Turn to page 127 for the SOLUTION to “The Case of the Fatuously Judgmental Narrator.” But Turchi resists, because “solving” would mean limiting, reducing.
“We can’t say what woman—or man—will break Nick out of his shell, will meet with his approval. We don’t know what sort of work he’ll do or where he’ll settle down. We don’t know whether he’ll ever recognize the aspects of his character he has unconsciously exposed to us. At the end of the novel, our understanding … of Nick is both multifaceted and incomplete. Both the fragments and the blank spaces are too numerous and consequential for us to assemble a simple whole.”
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US researchers faced with cancer-drug shortfall struggle to keep trials on track.
Potential cancer treatments are loitering in the wings as clinical trials are delayed by widespread shortages of common chemotherapy drugs.
The I-SPY 2 Breast Cancer Clinical Trial, for example, a high-profile experiment aiming to test the use of certain molecular markers to guide cancer treatment, was designed to allow researchers to adapt the study's protocol in response to early results. But principal investigator Laura Esserman, an oncologist at the University of California, San Francisco, is finding it harder to adapt to the shortages.
Faced with a dearth of the decades-old chemotherapy drug doxorubicin — a result of manufacturing delays and increased demand — Esserman's team substituted the drug epirubicin. However, finding an alternative when supplies of paclitaxel dried up proved more challenging. The logical substitution was a medication called abraxane, but there were insufficient safety data on combining that with other drugs used in the trial. Instead, Esserman's team encouraged hospitals involved in the trial to use abraxane for patients not enrolled in I-SPY 2, freeing up more of the limited supplies of paclitaxel for trial participants.
According to the University of Utah's drug information service, 198 drug shortages had been reported in the United States by late August this year, 15 of which are cancer drugs required for clinical research. More than 150 trials sponsored by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) involve drugs that are in short supply. "If there was ever a national cancer-research emergency, this is it," says Robert Comis, president of the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Shortfalls stack up
Since 2007, drug shortages in the United States have been growing in number, driven by the consolidation of generic drug makers, a tendency by hospitals and wholesalers to order medicines on demand rather than stockpile supplies, and a spate of manufacturing problems ranging from mould contamination to the presence of glass particles in injected drugs. With one-quarter of the year left to go, shortages are already nearing 2010's tally of 211, and hospitals have had to ration dwindling stocks. Edwin Choy, an oncologist at Harvard Medical School in Boston, says that he has had to switch patients who were doing well on one drug to another treatment. "Sometimes their cancer progresses after the switch," he says. "It's horrible."
Although most of the shortages affect old, generic drugs, clinical trials often use these staples, either as controls or in combination with experimental medicines, including the genetically targeted drugs that many hope will revolutionize cancer care. Diane Colaizzi, executive adviser to the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups, says that, typically, investigators in the NCI's cooperative groups — which unite cancer researchers across many sites to conduct large clinical trials — will not enroll new patients in a trial unless they can ensure that the patient will be able to complete their treatment. "We don't want to disrupt treatment once it starts," Colaizzi says.
Consequently, enrolment in clinical trials — already often a long and difficult process — can grind to a halt. A trial testing a combination of chemotherapy and antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of advanced AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma is expected to be on hold for at least a year. Meanwhile, Robert DiPaola, an oncologist at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick, says that the doxorubicin shortage delayed a cancer trial testing an inhibitor of a family of DNA-repair enzymes called PARP proteins by five months. "It is particularly frustrating at a time when cancer researchers are under pressure to shorten the time it takes to start and conduct clinical trials," he says.
And clinicians are not always able to amend their trial protocol by substituting an alternative drug, as Esserman did for I-SPY 2, cautions Colaizzi — particularly when the trial will be submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration as part of an application for drug approval. And even when it is an option, researchers aren't always sure how to interpret data from trials that changed protocol midstream, says James Hoffman, medication outcomes and safety officer at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. "There's no doubt that there are going to be analytical challenges because of all of these changes," he says.
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Ickwell is a small, rural village in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England about 6.5 miles (10 km) south-east of the county town of Bedford.
The 2011 census shows its population as 298.
Ickwell is part of the civil parish of Northill.
The village is known for its maypole and for being the birthplace of Thomas Tompion, the "Father of English Clockmaking".
Ickwell is not mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086. Its name is first documented in the thirteenth century, as 'Ikewelle'. Variations in the name's spelling (including Chikewelle, Geykewelle, Gigewel, Yekewell; Yikewell; Zekewekk and Zykwell) suggest that its origin is an Anglo-Saxon toponym meaning 'Gicca's spring'.
The manor of Ickwell (or Ickwell Bury) was part of the Barony of Eaton, with the other lands in Bedfordshire of Eudo, son of Hubert. Before 1284, it was given by William Hobcote to the prior of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem, who held it through the Dissolution of the Monasteries, relinquishing it in 1544. It was then granted by the Crown to John Barnardiston, whose heirs sold it in 1680 to John Harvey, who rebuilt the manor house in 1683 and whose family held it until the twentieth century.
Main article: Ickwell Bury
Cricket has been played on Ickwell Green for more than one hundred and twenty years, and Ickwell Green Cricket Club is one of the oldest such clubs in Bedfordshire.
Ickwell is the birthplace of the English master clockmaker and watchmaker Thomas Tompion (c. 1639–1713), and Caldecote Road still boasts the family cottage. Tompion was the son of a local blacksmith, another Thomas Tompion, and is believed to have worked at Ickwell as a blacksmith, but to have left by 1665 when his father died and the smithy was taken on by his younger brother, James.
All parts of the parish of Northill share a war memorial, which is at Ickwell Green and takes the form of a stone cross made of Portland stone bearing a bronze sword of sacrifice, designed by the architect Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Main article: Ickwell May Day
The Ickwell May Day festival, first documented in the Churchwardens' accounts of c. 1565 but perhaps originating in the pre-Christian Beltane, takes place on Ickwell Green and celebrates the arrival of spring on May Morning, or 1 May. In the time of the Puritans, the festival ceased. A permanent maypole was first erected in 1872 by the local squire, John Harvey, to celebrate the birth of his son. There is Morris dancing by the Ickwell Mayers, the Old Scholars dance around the Maypole with their children and grandchildren, and with other games, contests, country dances, and music a May Queen is crowned. | <urn:uuid:26ed7ffd-0524-4689-98ad-6bfb9d10d255> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://db0nus869y26v.cloudfront.net/en/Ickwell | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.958444 | 779 | 1.929688 | 2 |
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