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What does it mean to integrate equity and social justice into our practice and assessment in libraries? Efforts to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion have been a priority of most institutions of higher education for many years now. The ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Committee is charged with helping academic librarians participate in work that is aligned with the mission, vision, and values of their institutions, as well as providing evidence of the value they provide to these institutions.
Through this spotlight series on practices of equity and social justice, the committee is asking librarians from various corners of librarianship to discuss what it means to integrate equity and social justice into our practice and assessment, as well as how they are working toward that goal.
Ione Damasco (she/her/hers)
Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Engagement, and Operations
University Libraries, University of Dayton
How do you define equity and social justice?
I think of these terms as interrelated, but with significant differences. Equity fundamentally means providing different groups the resources they specifically need in order to achieve full participation in our society. That definition calls us to examine critically the historical roots of power imbalances around specific markers of identity such as race or gender (and how those identities intersect) in our society. For example, our conceptions and constructions of race, which date back to the earliest days of what eventually became the United States, has imbued whiteness and white bodies with a dominating amount of power. The history of enslavement, colonialism and the forced removal of Indigenous peoples from their homelands are directly connected to the systems we have today where we see racial disparities, such as education, health care, housing, and employment. Unless we reckon with the harm that these structures, policies, and practices have inflicted upon groups who cannot hold whiteness, then we will be unable to identify what specific resources need to be created and provided for these groups to achieve equity.
Education scholar Lee Anne Bell provides a definition of social justice that resonates deeply with me. She refers to social justice as both a goal and a process. As a goal, she defines it as the “full and equitable participation of people from all social identity groups in a society that is mutually shaped to meet their needs.” As a process, she states social justice should be “democratic and participatory,” respectful of human diversity and difference, inclusive and affirming of our capacity to collaborate to create change. I think these definitions push us to identify what barriers exist to “full and equitable participation” for different identity groups. What do we envision society to be, if we think of it as “mutually shaped” by different groups of people? Where does solidarity fit in? Are we brave enough to say that equitable participation means some groups have to share, or even give up, power in order for other groups to make any kind of progress? I’m interested in asking questions around these issues and working collectively to develop and implement strategies to answer these questions, rather than trying to pin down exact definitions for these terms. Asking these questions will help us identify where the barriers really are participation.
How do you integrate equity and social justice into your practice? If possible, please provide some specific examples of what this looks like in action.
I think about my actions at multiple levels–interpersonally, across my workplace (including the larger university), and in the wider library community. I am very conscious of my identity, and how that influences how I interact with the people I manage. I am keenly aware of the privilege I hold as a tenured faculty member and a member of the library administration. I am also aware of the challenges I face as an Asian American woman working at a predominantly white institution that has a long history of little diversity in leadership positions. I have worked hard to build relationships with the people I manage as well as my peers, who all have very different lived experiences. I have come to understand what experiences and knowledge of equity issues they bring with them to the workplace. Helping them recognize where they hold privilege, as well as acknowledging where they have faced challenges in life because of their own various identities has been crucial. My approach stems from the framework of intergroup dialogue. I use active listening techniques and draw upon the concept of multipartiality, to raise up counternarratives to what others have been taught or socialized to believe around race or gender. Using these techniques has helped bring my colleagues along with me as we engage in the process of social justice. Many of them, willing to push themselves out of their comfort zones, have taken the initiative to develop and implement DEI-focused activities and projects at our library.
As a member of our library’s leadership team, I try to raise issues of equity, particularly when decisions have to be made. The pandemic has made these conversations even more challenging, particularly when there are equity issues inherently connected to the fact that as a library, we have a mix of faculty and staff. Like other universities, staff are particularly vulnerable to issues like budget cuts, especially if it’s a place where staff do not have a union. And many staff cannot work remotely, so they are at greater risk of COVID-19 exposure because they have to be onsite more often than not. So as a library administrator, I have to think about how I can advocate staff health and safety, as well as job security, during these challenging times.
Policies are another important area to discuss examine in terms of equity. We are in the process of revising our promotion and tenure policy for faculty, which gives us a chance to think about how our standards for promotion and tenure may create unnecessary barriers for people from different lived experiences. This also connects to hiring. How should we revise our job descriptions to ensure we are creating equitable opportunities? What are we doing to not just retain, but also advance, our employees? Long-standing practices around recruitment and retention have not led to a significantly more diverse faculty and staff. We need to take a long hard look at our organizational culture and hold ourselves accountable for the things that have created barriers to entry into our workplace.
More broadly, I try to share what I have learned about the principles of intergroup dialogue and how dialogue can be an important tool in the process of social justice. Dialogue is certainly not going to fix systemic issues. But we must challenge those who are used to dominating the conversations around diversity to actively listen and respect the stories of BIPOC folks. One cannot be held accountable for harm in which they have been complicit if one does not take the time to listen to those who have been harmed. The stories of BIPOC lived experiences can and will show us where the problems of systemic oppression lie. Those with power then have the responsibility to work collectively, collaboratively, and in solidarity with BIPOC communities to address those problems.
What challenges do you face when integrating equity and social justice into your practice? Are these personal, organizational, or institutional? How do you work around these or overcome these when you are faced with them?
Personally, I recognize that there are areas where I have big gaps in my knowledge around equity. Specifically, I know I need to do more to learn about and apply strategies for creating greater equity around accessibility at my library. I’m thinking not just about physical access, but also around cognitive, emotional, and sensory differences as they relate to accessibility. It’s hard to recognize in yourself when you have a knowledge gap, and it takes some humility to hold yourself accountable for addressing that gap when you learn you have it (or when someone points it out to you). It comes down to creating intentional time and space to learn about these issues, and then working with others to implement actions that ensure accessibility for all.
Institutional barriers are always going to exist. These will probably resonate with many people–the institution moves too slowly to address issues of equity, things get stalled or held up in committees, there is often concern about how external constituents (particularly donors) might view certain actions, there aren’t enough resources in terms of money, people, and time. Conversely, things move too quickly when grand anti-racist statements are made publicly without enough thought being given to how to actually make a place anti-racist (which includes thinking about how you’re going to resource anti-racist work that is sustainable with people, time, and most importantly, money). I haven’t overcome institutional barriers, because I have a limited amount of power. But whenever and wherever I can, I ask hard questions in those spaces where decision-making is happening to get people with power to think about those barriers. As a woman of color, I cannot and should not be expected to remove these barriers on my own, because they also impact me in ways that are sometimes harmful. That is an added layer of emotional labor that is often ignored, and while I have a responsibility as a leader to do what I can to work with others to undo oppressive practices and policies, I can’t take on that labor alone. It will take genuine allies to listen and work in solidarity for lasting change to happen. As someone in a leadership role, one thing I can do is hold others accountable, particularly white leaders in my library or my university, who do hold power. And I can do it in a way that still emphasizes relationship-building, especially if others are willing to work in good faith with me in a reciprocal and respectful way.
Far too often what happens in libraries is that the same small group of high-performing BIPOC workers, who have taken the risk of being public advocates for equity and social justice, end up being tapped every single time there is an institutional push for greater diversity. It’s crucial that these BIPOC voices are raised up and that their perspectives are not just taken seriously, but factor into real decision-making. But the majority of this work should not fall on the same people every single time—what are institutions doing to build capacity among all of their workers to do this work authentically and effectively? I see the same names all the time, not just at my university, but also in the wider library profession, being called upon to serve on committees, task forces, to speak at conferences, etc. But how much is BIPOC labor really valued? Do we compensate our BIPOC folks for the added emotional labor of always “doing the diversity work?” When do we start creating real expectations that our white colleagues can and should be doing the work to dismantle systemic oppression?
I will reiterate this point again, because I think it’s important—this is not the responsibility of just one person of color, but the responsibility of each of us to work together to undo systemic harm.
Do you partner with others at your institution or beyond to accomplish equity or social justice outcomes or goals? What do you look for in a partner or collaborator?
I think people in my library have done an amazing job over the years to demonstrate how critical the library is to our university’s endeavors. Building upon that work, I have made connections to offices like our Women’s Center, the Multi-ethnic Education and Engagement Center, LGBTQ+ Support Services, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, as well as academic programs like the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, or our new Race and Ethnic Studies Program. We work with these groups to see how the library can partner with them to provide resources and programming that support social justice learning outcomes. The library has to be connected to what our students are learning both in and out of the classroom. It’s crucial we collaborate with people who have an open mind, who know how to listen actively, and who are willing to engage in challenging dialogues around these issues of equity. Each unit has its own framework for equity and social justice. We may not approach these issues in the same way, so I think it’s really important to work with people who are willing to consider alternative approaches to this work.
Do you have thoughts on measuring success in this area? In other words, how might individual practitioners, organizations, and institutions know if they are making progress in moving toward a more equitable and just culture and climate?
Honestly, I’m not sure I can answer how to measure success around equity and social justice. We are talking about undoing hundreds of years of harm, and the ways in which white supremacy culture is ubiquitous and insidious. It’s going to take decades to reach real equity. That being said, I think one marker of success for the profession would be to see significant and sustained increases in the numbers of BIPOC library workers who stay in the field for more than just a few years. We keep trying to increase numbers, but we are not keeping people in the field. This points to the fact that we have been maintaining a status quo that does not support the full and equitable participation of BIPOC library workers in our workplaces.
I think qualitative approaches to assessment are crucial to this work. Before we can develop metrics or benchmarks, we need to ask BIPOC library workers about their experiences in library workplaces. Collecting these narratives is crucial to understanding where harm is being done. We also need to do a better job of collecting the experiences of BIPOC library users (and non-users) to see if they feel a real sense of belonging in our library spaces, whether physical or virtual. We need to understand the library experiences of queer people, of trans people, of disabled people, of people who have lived experiences that have been impacted in harmful ways by deeply ingrained systems of oppression that our libraries and universities have upheld for decades. We place so much value on quantitative metrics that we lose sight of the value of storytelling to provide a fuller picture of what is happening for people who work in or use our libraries. Knowing these stories is the first step towards real and sustainable change.
Finally, I think even the term “success” demands critical analysis. How are we defining it, and who is defining it? Are we ensuring the full participation of all of the various communities that intersect with our libraries to help us define what success means?
Are there any scholars, practitioners, or thought leaders related to equity and social justice that have made an impact on you personally or inspire you? Can you recommend any important reads (blog posts, articles, books, etc.) for others to explore?
So many! I really appreciate the work of people who ask critical and reflective questions about who we say we are and who we really are when we think about our profession. Todd Honma and Isabel Espinal wrote some foundational works in the early 2000s that contributed to a paradigm shift in how we think about whiteness and libraries. I recommend Kaetrena Davis Kendrick’s numerous articles on low morale in libraries—eye-opening work about the very real struggles of library workers in different settings. Fobazi Ettarh’s work on vocational awe is asks us to question how we frame librarianship as a noble profession, and the problems that come with that notion. “It’s Not Impostor Syndrome: Resisting Self-Doubt as Normal for Library Workers” by Nicola Andrews is a great examination of how we have misspent time trying to develop coping strategies for the harm that our institutions inflict upon marginalized identities, rather than focusing on undoing the harm itself. A new book that was just published, Knowledge Justice, is the first comprehensive work to use critical race theory as a framework to explore various issues in LIS.
Finally, I would like to highlight a new online publication called up//root which was founded by the people who created the We Here collective. I’m excited about this publication because they explicitly state on their website that “up//root is a publishing collective that exists to center the works, knowledge, and experiences of BIPOC within the context of the library and archive community.” I think we have a lot to learn from BIPOC experiences, and providing a dedicated space where these experiences are the focus is revolutionary. | <urn:uuid:0dd28198-0b17-46ef-862b-f420bfdaf3bf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/val-spotlight-series-practices-of-equity-social-justice-ione-damasco/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.965669 | 3,313 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Words nearby kain
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There is a quantity of cloth in your shop— Ada baniak kain-kain didalam baba punya kdei.
That womans cloth is very fine— Kain perampuan itu halus sangat.
Wipe the spoons and forks with a cloth— Senduk garfu sumua-nia sapu-lah sama kain.
They wrapped him round with a sarong— Di-slimut-kan-nia kain sarong.
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Booty is a card holder than ensures you never carry more than you need to. It can hold up to three cards, and was created as part of an interdisciplinary 3D printing product design class combining business, industrial design, and engineering
Cameron Alberg, Ryan Brown, Emily Chichlowski
My Role: Created CAD models, optimized designs for 3D printing, tested prototypes
Skills: Concept Generation | User Research | Rapid Prototyping | Material Testing | Ergonomic Design
Demo of Booty's secureness while highly active
How can people carry essential items without needing cumbersome accessories?
When on the go, people often don’t have anywhere to store their credit cards and ID without needing to carry a purse/wallet or wear an outfit that has pockets. Purses and wallets can be easily stolen or lost and recent fashion trends don’t typically include pockets, especially for women (e.g., jeggings, leggings, dresses, etc.).
In order to decide what features the Booty should have, we had to identify the user we were designing for. After talking to several people that liked the idea of not always having to carry a purse or wallet, we developed the following user persona: A social individual who desires efficiency when carrying their belongings. From going out to bars and restaurants to working out at the gym, they are on the go and don’t want to be bogged down by extra accessories.
Based on our user research, we focused on weight, comfort, and visibility. After experimenting with several filaments, we discovered a flexible filament that was much more comfortable than the typical plastic used with 3D printers. We performed stress tests on designs with varying thickness to find a balance between strength and weight. The final product was printed in black, as brighter colors could potentially attract the attention of pickpockets. Booty was designed to hold 3 cards instead of just 2 (ID and credit card) because many students also carry their student ID with them. We added a ridge at the top of the holder to prevent cards from falling out if fewer than three cards are used.
Rapid prototyping on Makerbot Replicator 2
Comfort and visibility test on sweatshorts
Storyboard of users with and without Booty (by Ryan Brown)
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Our Forest Solutions Group (FSG) is the global platform where leading business in the forest products sector build and share solutions to sustainable development. FSG’s mission is to grow an inclusive circular bioeconomy that is rooted in thriving working forests. The Forest Sector SDG Roadmap released in 2019, provides FSG’s framework for action. As a sign of shared commitment and as a condition of FSG membership, FSG members endorse and adhere to a set of Membership Principles & Responsibilities, and report annually on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track progress towards achieving the SDGs.
We are living in an increasingly resource-constrained world confronted with a climate emergency, the loss of nature and growing inequality. This calls for a radical shift away from fossil-based materials combined with the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, material reuse, and scaling up inclusive business models.
The forest-based circular bioeconomy, rooted in working forests, is an alternative low-carbon economic model based on the sustainable consumption of biological resources to produce food, feed, products and energy.
The forest sector lies at the heart of this transition to a low-carbon, circular bioeconomy due to the ability of forests and forest products to capture and store carbon. When sourced responsibly, forest products are renewable, and they can be recycled several times. They can effectively substitute and complement fossil-based materials in sectors such as packaging, construction materials, textiles, bioenergy, pharmaceuticals and even vehicle components. | <urn:uuid:08a0df72-c425-4288-b2a6-96734be99628> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wbcsd.org/Sector-Projects/Forest-Solutions-Group | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.937183 | 351 | 1.929688 | 2 |
These raccoon prevention suggestions will help keep them from making your house a favorite nesting or visiting spot. Raccoons (and some humans) find the smell of apple cider vinegar repulsive. Put an aerated container near the den and a cloth soaked in apple cider vinegar. They’ll be scared off by the smell!
Does white vinegar repel raccoons?
Pet food is extremely popular among raccoons. Leave any pet food out and they will find it and come back for more, it is a guarantee. In order to deter raccoons, you can use either ammonia or vinegar, both of which have an unpleasant odor.
What smell will keep raccoons away?
It’s possible to trick raccoons into avoiding your traps by exposing them to scents they dislike, which they use to locate food sources. Raccoons are reportedly scared off by the smells of hot peppers, garlic, peppermint oil, onion, and Epsom salt.
What smell do raccoons hate the most?
In order to keep raccoons away, a strategically placed flashlight can be a deterrent. Playing a small radio may help keep them away because they’re also scared of loud noises, so it’s worth a try. When it comes to raccoons, leave an ammonia-soaked cloth or saucer near the creatures’ entry points.
What animals will vinegar keep away?
Wipe down surfaces with rags soaked in vinegar.Vinegar is toxic to some animals, including cats, dogs, and rabbits. Even dried vinegar is toxic to some animals, such as cats, deer, and dogs. Place several rags soaked in white vinegar on stakes around your vegetable rows to deter these pests.
Does vinegar keep animals away?
Using vinegar to scare away unwanted guests is a good idea.It’s not just deer that don’t like the smell of vinegar; other animals, such as cats and dogs and raccoons, are also averse to the scent.
How do you make homemade raccoon repellent?
A gallon of water, a teaspoon of dishwashing liquid, and one bottle of hot pepper sauce or cayenne pepper powder make up one homemade “taste” raccoon repellent recipe. You should spray the soap all over the area you’d like to protect because it aids in the adhesion of the liquid you’re spraying.
Does Irish Spring soap keep raccoons away?
Soap the yard.Raccoons rely on their keen sense of smell to find food, so scents that deter them work. Raccoons and other small mammals are generally kept out of your yard by the ingredients in Irish Spring soap.
Does Epsom salt keep raccoons away?
Remove raccoons from the areaRaccoons don’t like the taste of Epsom salt, so sprinkle a few tablespoons around your garbage cans. After it rains, reapply your sunscreen.
How do you keep raccoons away at night?
Make loud noises to frighten them.Raccoons may be clever and wily, but they’re also prone to being frightened. They’ll run off into the night if you make a sudden, loud noise. Even more effective would be a device that simultaneously emits a loud sound and bright flashing lights.
Will bleach keep raccoons away?
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In considering the assembly of necessary components for a successful Blast & Paint Shop, adequate Power (Compressor CFM) is the most important element – and the rated CFM will dictate the sizing of all the other essential equipment.
In essence, the Compressor CFM capacity will completely determine maximum available size of Nozzles, Hoses, Connections, Air Dryer size & type, Blast Hose & Air Hose optimum lengths, etc. Each component selection will alter Production Rates, Consumption Rates and overall Blast Shop efficiency.
Once the Compressor and subsequent CFM has been selected, and downstream components are in place, Blast Shop efficiency will be determined almost entirely by how accurately the Abrasive Flow Rate is optimized – all other variables being equal – that is utilizing the same Blaster, same substrate, same environmental conditions, etc.
Abrasive Metering Valves are used to control Abrasive Flow Rates. They consist predominately in one of 2 designs –
The Flat Sand Valve will adjust Media Flow from zero to wide open with only ¼ turn of the handle (from the 6 O’clock position to the 9 O’clock). Therefore, subtle adjustments in Abrasive Media Flow using Flat Sand Valve is very difficult.
On the other hand, Microvalve type Metering Valves will adjust Media Flow from zero to wide open – however, it will take a full 4 to 5 complete revolutions of the handle to do so. Therefore, control of precise Media Flow with Microvalves is a much easier task compared to Flat Sand Valves.
The reason the finer Media Flow is important is because different Abrasive Media will be optimized at different flow rates. In fact, different Sieve Sizes of the same Abrasive Media will optimize at different flow rates.
Starting the Abrasive Metering Valve at zero and slowly increasing the flow rate will consistently increase the Production Rate. More abrasive flow – faster blast speed. This relationship between Abrasive Flow Rate and Production Rate will continue until the Production Rate plateaus – that is when additional Abrasive Flow does not translate to greater speed of Production – at which point, the Abrasive Flow Rate is OPTIMIZED.
After the optimization point, increasing Abrasive Flow will be met with level or flat Production Rate – will not increase or decrease.
However, at some point the Abrasive Flow rate will be so excessive that the bounce back at the substrate will interfere with incoming abrasive – and the Production Rate will DECREASE. See graph below:
During the Blasting operation, the Optimum Point is visually characterized by a stream of air/abrasive exiting the nozzle in a manner that is barely visible (slight blueish haze).
Once again, each abrasive, and each Sieve Size will have slightly different Optimum Points – so ease of implementing fine Abrasive Flow adjustments is paramount – which is why we recommend Microvalve type Metering Valves (that have easy Clean-out features) vs. Flat Sand Valves with much less fine control.
In conclusion, Blast Shop efficiency can be achieved with carefully chosen Compressor CFM and the subsequent component selection. Then, ultimate Blast Shop efficiency will be the result of maintaining the Optimum Point – that is the fastest Blast Production Rate – coincident with the least amount of Abrasive Consumption – via the Abrasive Metering Valve and taking charge of the Abrasive Flow rate. | <urn:uuid:ec3e0ac9-86a5-4e49-b3c3-63a95cdc5a65> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.blastabrasives.com/power-is-everything-control-is-everything-else/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.898211 | 709 | 2.125 | 2 |
Dofollow and Nofollow links are another concept of link building
They are used to create reputation by linking your website to another website with more traffic. This way you can improve your website rank in SERP. By default all links are dofollow as there is no need to define it within the anchor tag but some website requires approval from moderators to backlink.
'a href="#" rel="dofollow">text /a'
when you want to link a website that ranks lower than yours then Nofollow property can be used.
I have used nofollow link to one of my posts here in Hungryforhits to show it only as an example and i want you to click the link and join :)
Use these links in blogs to refer a website for explanations.
Internal links help an user to navigate within the website and the external link helps the user as well as the performance of the website. Both links are used to rank higher in SERP.
This way of creating links is called link building, which is one of the techniques to improve website performance and to gain credibility.
The purpose of the internal links is to make the user spend more time on the website and to know more about the product or services it offers. However, External links take the user to other reputable websites.
Click the hyperlinks to test :)
Optimization plays a key role to rank your website higher in major search engines like Google, Bing etc. It helps you to brand your website through organic traffic. It is a good practise to give first preference to organic traffic than to a paid one because it helps you to analyse when to go for a paid one.
Apart from creating an attractive banner or a featured blog image it is equally necessary to optimize it. That can be achieved through image attribute like alt and also by naming the image with related keywords.
Setting the width(100%) and height(auto) properties of an image will make it as a mobile-responsive image.
Mobile responsiveness is also one of the factors to rank higher in search engines.
A broken image with no alt attribute leaves a viewer with no clue about the image. But with alt attribute filled with related keyword or name of the website helps a viewer to identify the content it offers even if the image is broken as your alt="keyword or name" is displayed after the broken image.
what i said above is only a brief info about image optimization. There are more ways to use your image properly in your website or blog.
img src="https://harvesttraffic.com/getimg.php?id=1" alt="Harvest Traffic Coop banner"
Can you see the alt name above?
This will be more useful when you write any blogs with more images :) Placing related keywords in alt and name of the image is simple but an effective technique .
Make sure to click the above banner to join :)
My First blog :) I remember Join-Promote-Earn was the title of my first Splashpage that i made few years ago. I used a simple Html coding to create it and it took a long time to finish it :). I was sceptical about the response from viewers. I was a newbie so i didn't understand the importance of the title that much at that time.
Recently i read a free report from one of our renowned Te owner and it contains few ideas that were not agreeable by many Traffic exchange owners. Always take the positive things and ignore the negativity. After reading that report it reminded me of my first Splashpage. I received some referrals from that page too :)
This is how i relate that report to my title.
Join- as a free member. Surf for Credits and the credit-ratio of the website makes a win-win situation for both user and owner.
Promote - Track your website, Brand your website, generate leads and use a tool like autoresponder to follow up your leads.
Earn - New launch of a website ?Mail your list and succeed in your goals. Hard work pays off ;)
This may be useful for newbies who are still searching for an idea like how to succeed in Traffic exchanges.
Join - Promote - Earn.
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A new Detroit is being born, founded in urban farms, local businesses, green spaces, youth engagement, the arts, greenhouses, fresh foods.
|Paul Trombley at Back Alley Bikes gets kids involved in rebuilding bikes in the Cass Corridor|
Detroit, Michigan, a once-thriving industrial center home to auto plants and 2 million residents, now has the third highest unemployment rate among the nation’s largest cities and fewer than a million inhabitants.
The city has recently broken ground on a massive new world headquarters for Compuware, three new casinos, a new football stadium, and a remodeling of the Renaissance Center, now home to General Motors. But, as impressive as the rebuilding efforts are, this redevelopment push focuses on the city’s relatively affluent downtown community. Yet Detroit encompasses nearly 600 square miles of land that is home to middle-class, working-class, and poor African-Americans, ethnic whites, Latinos, and Arabs.
These downtown projects don’t begin to address the needs of neighborhoods in a city ravaged by racial conflict, the departure of the Big Three auto makers’ plants in search of cheaper labor, and the loss of more than 100,000 housing units since the 1950s. Nor do they provide the space and sustained customer bases for small businesses, which, ac-cording to the Small Business Administration, create 60 to 80 percent of new jobs.
A true revitalization of Detroit—one that includes all of its citizens—will require a radical new vision for a post-industrial city, say many of the city’s long-time residents, activists, and urban development experts. This vision must include green spaces, urban farms, environment-friendly small businesses, cooperative markets, living wage jobs, art, and intergenerational learning opportunities. Communities must become more economically self-sufficient so that the city and its residents never again rely on a single industry for their livelihood.
Vision for a post-industrial city
Getting city planning officials to consider these needs in a large-scale redesign of Detroit will undoubtedly be a challenge. But Detroiters across the city are not waiting for leadership from downtown. They are creating community gardens and urban farms, starting businesses that serve the immediate population, and turning toxic land into livable spaces. Others are fixing up old houses and painting murals that express the hopes of the city’s young people for a revitalized, beautiful city. Alone, each of these initiatives may seem insignificant when compared to the city’s vast needs. But the individual projects are starting to form a pattern for change, and with it, a profound rethinking of the future of Detroit and other post-industrial cities.
“We’re trying to create a whole new paradigm,” says Jim Embry, one of many visionaries behind this movement. “We have to create a very different kind of vision that’s not based on the industrial age, [which is] very top down and disconnected.”
Embry is the director of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center. Founded in 1995, the center furthers the long-time activism of Grace Boggs and her late husband Jimmy, a labor activist who was instrumental in the city’s workers’ rights and civil rights movements.
The Boggs Center philosophy views community as the starting point for planning and revitalization activity, Embry says. Residents know their needs and how to address them better than a large bureaucracy.
Located on Detroit’s eastside in a neighborhood devastated by the auto plants’ mid-20th century exodus, the Boggs Center acts as a think tank for activists and as an agency for grooming grassroots leaders who will live and work in the communities they help shape.
Much of the center’s work focuses on getting young people invested in their communities by showing them that they are integral to their neighborhoods’ success or failure. Over the past 12 years, Grace Boggs (and now the Boggs Center) has co-sponsored Detroit Summer, which brings together 14- to 25-year-olds to clean up streets, plant gardens, and create public art in neighborhoods blighted by burned-out and abandoned houses and littered and weed-filled lots.
Bootstrap economics is a part of the gospel preached to Detroit Summer’s young participants, who learn first-hand what neighborhood-based initiatives can bring to communities. Many Detroit Summer youth go to work at such grassroots businesses as the Back Alley Bikes shop located in the Cass Corridor, an area of the city where drug trafficking is obvious, but so too are efforts to transform the community. Back Alley is one of a growing number of enterprises that are helping to reclaim and revitalize this corridor, which was once home to Motown Records and is on the edge of Wayne State University.
The bike shop teaches young people bike repair skills. The kids are able to keep the bikes they build from salvaged parts, teaching them to appreciate recycling materials—a major goal of community activists who are concerned that the quest for all things new has encouraged rampant urban and suburban sprawl.
The youth from Detroit Summer have also worked with the Gardening Angels, an association of primarily southern-born African-American elders who plant flowers and vegetable and fruit gardens. Working the land together, the teens and senior citizens have cleaned up vacant lots, turning them into thriving gardens, and built greenhouses out of recycled materials. The partnership not only creates a training ground for future community leaders, it also builds transgenerational relationships so that all age groups are invested in the quality of life in the neighborhood, and no one gets left out of the development process. The gardens also produce an immediate benefit for the elderly:
“[Gardening] supplements my income because I don’t have to buy vegetables. I can and freeze them for the winter,” says Maxine Turk-Elam, a 69-year-old eastside resident who over the years has purchased several vacant lots on her block and turned them into gardens that help feed her family, as well as senior and handicapped members of her church. And she plans to plant fruit and nut trees on a lot that she and a neighbor recently purchased together.
In her 35 years of living in the same home, Turk-Elam has witnessed her block go from being a close-knit group of homeowners who groomed the block and watched out for each other’s children to a community of mostly renters and squatters challenged by a growing number of abandoned homes in various states of disrepair.
“So many people want the homes, but they don’t have the funds right away to repair them,” says Turk-Elam. Many of the houses were abandoned because insurance red-lining devalued the property, preventing owners from securing home-improvement loans, she notes.
Nevertheless, Turk-Elam, a member of the Gardening Angels, is encouraged by what she calls growing interest in the neighborhood. Turk-Elam says that children on the block are showing an interest in the gardening efforts: “The younger kids stop by when they don’t have anything to do. They enjoy it whenever you can catch up with them.”
When beloved urban agriculture crusader Gerald Harriston died in June 2001, another neighbor bought the plots he’d been farming and continued his work.
These self-determined community improvements are precisely the kind that staff at the Boggs Center feel will play a pivotal role in redefining the future of Detroit. “The efforts might be small, but that’s what we think it needs,” says Embry.
Arts, kids, and vision
These efforts are as diverse as the people who dream them up. Arts and Children Creating Community Together (AC3T), for example, uses public art projects to help revitalize and beautify communities. Supported by the Boggs Center, the organization encourages elementary school students to develop pride in their neighborhoods and to become invested in the well-being of Detroit at an early age.
“We want to get them thinking about a new vision for their city,” explains Embry.
AC3T seeks to revitalize older structures and encourage holistic, ecology-conscious community redevelopment of Detroit’s neighborhoods. The group has created murals at several elementary schools throughout the city, including one unveiled last June at Thirkell Elementary School on the westside. The project paired a group of Thirkell students with student members of Black Artist Researching Trends from the nearby College of Creative Studies to paint four murals that decorate the school’s exterior.
The semester-long project brought a much-needed face-lift to the Virginia Park/Northwest Goldberg neighborhood. It also brought together two groups of future leaders who through their murals created and captured a vision for the Detroit they would like to see. The seeds of these visions can be planted by the older students and nurtured by the younger ones.
One of the most ambitious projects created by Detroit’s growing network of community development activists is Adamah, a comprehensive plan to create housing, greenhouses, grazing pastures, food-producing gardens, a shrimp farm, artisan shops, a tree farm and lumber mill on 3,000 acres of blighted eastside property. No price tag has been put on the proposed redevelopment, but the design calls for turning an old Packard car plant into housing and small business spaces, uncovering a paved-over stream called Bloody Run Creek, building an irrigation system for farm land, constructing windmills to generate electricity, and covering freeway overpasses with ivy to help clean the air.
Dan Pitera, director of University of Detroit Mercy’s design center studio, sees Adamah’s village-within-a-city design as a way to address the needs of Detroit’s disenfranchised poor and working-class populations. “Architecture is a political act,” says Pitera. “It can provide social justice. If a child grows up in a space that’s beautiful, that space can help begin to mold the child in a positive way. Architecture shouldn’t be only for the rich.”
Still in its visionary stage, Adamah began in 1999 and grew out of collaboration between the Boggs Center, the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture, visiting architect and urban design specialist Kyong Park, and Detroit residents. A year previously, Park, who was guest lecturing at the university, moved to Detroit and purchased a house in an eastside neighborhood that would be encompassed into the Adamah design. Park set up in his home the International Center for Urban Ecology, a nonprofit center that focused on developing ecologically conscious designs for urban areas. He and Steve Vogel, Dean of Mercy’s School of Architecture, began discussing ideas for redeveloping the neighborhood where both Park and the Boggs Center were located. Located just a half-mile from downtown, the neighborhood is in a good location for small businesses to attract customers. Eastern Market, a popular downtown farmers’ market that draws restaurant chefs and patrons from all over the state to purchase meat and produce, is also nearby, offering an opportunity for urban farmers to sell their goods. They talked about how uncovering the creek would create a water source that could be used to support agriculture.
The colleagues’ discussion soon took on a life of its own, and they found themselves posing a series of questions: What type of housing and services were needed in this community? What type of goods-producing businesses would create jobs?
Their brainstorming quickly turned into a challenge for University of Detroit Mercy architecture students to create Adamah—a model community that would show one possible future for communities within post-industrial cities. The students began working with the Boggs Center to get a sense of the community’s demographics, needs, and history. They canvassed the eastside neighborhoods, asking residents what they wanted to see the community become.
The Adamah design grew out of those conversations, and in July 2002, the students, university faculty, and the Boggs Center staff created a walk-through installation detailing an economically thriving ecological urban community on the site of the proposed redevelopment.
“Detroit is an example of how post-industrial cities will end up,” says Vogel. Cities worldwide, such as Berlin, Germany, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Manchester, England, are experiencing similar declines due to loss of industry, Vogel notes. Small-scale redevelopment that encourages localized economies will be needed to revitalize former industrial meccas, Vogel believes.
There is evidence that the Adamah design is spawning serious dialogue about such an approach. A video of the installation has garnered substantial interest. Dutch filmmaker Boris Gerrets was so taken by the Adamah concept and by similarities between post-industrial Detroit and post-industrial St. Petersburg, Russia, that he has begun filming a documentary about the two cities. When Vogel gave a lecture about Adamah at Harvard University, university officials became excited about its implications and asked him to author a chapter about the plan for inclusion in a forthcoming book on urban development.
“There are two ways to take the project,” says Grace Boggs. “One is to get a piece of land and begin developing the vision. The other is to look at the activity already in Detroit.”
Many Detroiters are taking the second approach. At monthly meetings of the Adamah committee at the Boggs Center, a growing number of residents and activists assist each other with realizing these redevelopment dreams. Instead of awaiting large-scale city funding to begin rebuilding their neighborhoods, these activists are moving ahead with the building of the self-sufficient communities that will meet resident’s needs.
Fresh-baked bread, coffee, pizzas …
There is indeed a litany of activities spread out over Detroit’s vast land tracts. The 30-year-old Cass Corridor Food Cooperative has anchored a renewal in parts of the Cass Corridor neighborhood. The cooperative, which started as a neighborhood buying club, has grown into Detroit’s largest natural foods store, offering hard-to-find, nutritious products to inner city residents as well as jobs.
Now, the one-block strip along Willis Street right off of Cass Avenue—where the food coop was located until when it moved for increased space—has become home to a collection of thriving businesses. Among them are a small bookstore, an art gallery, a boutique, and an old world bakery.
Motivated by the grassroots development manifesto promoted by Grace Boggs and others, business partners Ann Perrault and Jackie Victor opened Avalon International Breads in the Corridor in 1996.
“What I really liked about what Jimmy and Grace talked about is that it was a very practical approach to revolutionary concepts,” says Jackie Victor. “They had a big picture vision for the city and planet, but very tangible methods for reaching it. You can actually see the results of your labor after four years, not four decades.”
Serving fresh-baked organic breads, pastries and focaccia pizzas, as well as coffees, Avalon serves area residents, suburbanites, and city restaurants that feature the bakery’s breads on their menus.
Perrault and Victor believe that community-based businesses must economically and spiritually uplift their neighborhoods. The bakery keeps money circulating within the Cass Corridor community by hiring at least 50 percent of its racially diverse staff from the neighborhood. It recycles, and, though it is a small business, offers full-time employees health insurance and average wages of $9.00 an hour.
Perrault and Victor’s success flies in the face of nay-sayers who predicted that the business would fail because of the duo’s insistence on locating it in a rough-and-tumble area of the city and placing a large plate-glass window on the storefront.
“People felt like we were crazy,” says Victor. “Even the landlord said the neighborhood wasn’t ready for windows.”
There are so many other projects in the works. Brother Rick Samyn, head of the Capuchin Monastery Soup Kitchen, is working with The Greening of Detroit (a nonprofit group dedicated to reforesting the city) and a southwest Detroit neighborhood to create a five-acre farm and orchard inside Romanowski Park. Students, parents, and faculty at nearby O.W. Holmes Elementary School were involved, too, holding design parties to create a framework for the farm’s development.
“I see this [project] as a business model, not just a farm park,” say Samyn, who believes that the project’s success will be measured in large part by community members’ willingness to put in the sweat equity needed to produce bountiful harvests that can provide food for the entire neigh-borhood.
In addition to providing food to the community, Samyn believes that the work of building and maintaining the farm park will create a cultural bridge in a highly diverse community that has nearly an equal number of blacks and whites, and a large population of Latinos.
The Romanowski farm park project is but one effort among a growing list of alternative development projects flourishing inside Detroit’s city limits. Others include The F.A.R.M., a teen agricultural program started by John Gruchala; a hands-on farming curriculum that is teaching agricultural skills to pregnant teens and young mothers attending the Catherine Ferguson High School; and ecovillages and co-housing in neighborhoods in southeast Detroit. If successful, these grassroots efforts may well convince residents’ that they are a part of Detroit’s rebirth—that they are in fact creating a new kind of life-sustaining post-industrial city that may be a model for the world. | <urn:uuid:f606939d-202b-491b-b170-139e14d3cd43> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/courage/2004/05/21/detroit-renaissance | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.960863 | 3,717 | 2.375 | 2 |
An appeals board recently lifted Medicare’s longstanding policy against covering sex-reassignment surgery, even when recommended by a doctor.
Trans-health advocates convening in Philadelphia this week for a major health conference are applauding the change, but say it has limitations.
“First and foremost, it means that seniors and people with disabilities who are on Medicare and need transition-related medical care will have decisions made about their coverage on the basis of their medical needs and medical science rather than a political decision that was made 30 years ago,” said Harper Jean Tobin, with the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Not getting recommended treatments can have serious consequences for those in transition, said 36-year-old Sharron Cooks, a local advocate.
“It’s like you don’t want to leave your house. You can’t focus on anything. People have committed suicide, people have gone to the black market trying to get things off the street which will endanger their health,” said Cooks, adding that the out-of-pocket cost for such medical treatments can be tens of thousands of dollars. “They want to feel corrected, like their body and their mind are one. They want to feel normal.”
Cooks views the Medicare change as an important step, but worries many are left out, including those who are uninsured. Some private insurers also have exclusion policies for the procedures.
According to Mazzoni Center staff attorney Barrett Marshall, state-affiliated health programs in Pennsylvania don’t cover anything related to transition care.
“At this point, what the state has done is draw a line around the transgender community and said this particular kind of care can never be administered,” Marshall said.
Marshall hopes the Medicare ruling spurs “a domino effect,” leading to changes in state and private insurance policies in the future.
Michael Munson, with the Wisconsin-based trans anti-violence group Forge, agrees.
“I think it’s going to set the precedent for everything underneath that, so it’s only a matter of time,” he said, while distributing information outside the conference.
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If the last time you thought about John McAfee was your last dalliance with that pesky “update your antivirus software” notification from his eponymous company, you’re not alone. But it’s time to get caught up, because McAfee’s story has taken a tragic turn that’s truly stranger than fiction. Today, McAfee’s lawyer confirmed that he died at 75 in a Spanish prison—the very same day a Spanish court ruled that he could be extradited to the United States on tax evasion charges. McAfee’s shocking death has renewed interest in his controversial life, which made him a legend in tech circles and often defied belief.
Let’s rewind: British-born McAfee made his name in the late '80s with McAfee Associates, a software company that was once the gold standard of consumer computer security. In 1994, McAfee resigned from the company, which went on to reach its apex without him. The company has since tried to distance itself from McAfee, even going so far as to rename the venture Intel Security following its $7.7 billion purchase in 2010 by computer chip manufacturer Intel.
Why did the company want to put McAfee at arm’s length, you ask? After selling his stake in the business, McAfee went all in on a series of short-lived business ventures, including an instant messaging system, a firewall provider, and a ranch providing flights in “trikes” (cabins suspended from hang-gliders). The trouble started when he headed south to Belize in 2008, where he founded the company QuorumEx, which aimed to produce herbal antibiotics disrupting quorum sensing in bacteria. In April 2012, on suspicion of a methamphetamine lab, the Gang Suppression Unit of Belize’s police force raided QuorumEx’s research facility, where they confiscated both McAfee’s passport and licensed weapons, shot his dog, and briefly imprisoned him before charges of unlicensed drug manufacturing and unlicensed weapons possession were dropped. When the police arrived, they found McAfee in bed with a sixteen-year-old girl.
Later in 2012, McAfee became the subject of a media frenzy surrounding the death of his neighbor, Gregory Faull. Faull was irate about McAfee’s disruptive lifestyle, characterized by a rowdy crowd of underage girls and bodyguards. He complained to the local mayor about McAfee’s nine disruptive dogs. Two days later, Faull’s housekeeper found him dead of a bullet wound to the head. When local authorities sought McAfee out as a “person of interest” in their investigation, McAfee went on the run, claiming that he would be “silenced” if he was thrown in jail. McAfee conducted interviews while living as a fugitive until he was apprehended and arrested in Guatemala in December. McAfee sought and was denied political asylum from Guatemala, then faked two heart attacks in prison to avoid deportation to Belize. It worked: McAfee was instead deported to Miami.
In the United States, McAfee continued to make headlines. In 2015, McAfee announced his run for president as the candidate for the newly formed Cyber Party; later that year, he switched his ticket to the Libertarian Party. He ran again for the Libertarian nomination in the 2020 election, but this time, he ran “in exile,” following reports that he, his wife, and four of his campaign staffers were being investigated for tax felonies by the IRS.
In October 2020, McAfee was arrested in Spain at the behest of the United States government. He stood accused of failing to file tax returns for four years, despite raking in millions from consulting work, cryptocurrencies, speaking engagements, and selling his life rights. He was also accused of concealing assets, like yachts and real estates, in others’ names. In March, McAfee was indicted on additional charges of fraud and money laundering, with the U.S. Justice Department alleging that he and a business partner bilked investors of over $13 million by falsely promoting cryptocurrencies. McAfee resisted extradition to the United States, claiming he faced political persecution. Today, a Spanish court ruled that extradition must go forward.
“The social, economic or any other relevance the defense claims the appellant possesses does not grant him any immunity,” the ruling stated. The court also noted that there was “no revealing data or indication that Mr. McAfee could be subjected to any political persecution.”
Then, today around 1:00 p.m. ET, McAfee was found dead in his cell at a Spanish jail near Barcelona. The Catalan Justice Department said in a statement that “everything indicates” that McAfee took his own life.
We’ll update this story as we continue to learn more about the peculiar circumstances of McAfee’s death.
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Historical sociology is a branch of sociology focusing on how societies develop through history. It looks at how social structures that many regard as natural are in fact shaped by complex social processes. The structure in turn shapes institutions and organizations, which affect the society - resulting in phenomena ranging from gender bias and income inequality to war.
Use of history in sociology
As time has passed, history and sociology have historically developed into two different specific academic disciplines. Historical data was used and is used today in mainly these three ways. The first one is: Examining a theory through a Parallel investigation. To correspond with the natural-science conceptions of laws, and to look at, or apply various historical material where you gather your resources in order to prove the theory that is applied. Or on the other hand sociologists for the parallel investigation theory could apply the theory to certain cases of investigation but in a different modalities of a more widely used process.The second theory that Sociologists mainly use: applying and contrasting certain events or policies. Analyzed by their specific, or what makes them in unique quality of a composition, certain events used by the sociologist for comparative data can be contrasted and compared. For interpretive sociologists it is very common for them to use the 'Verstehen' tradition. And lastly, the third way sociologists typically relate is by taking a look at the causalities from a macro point of view. This is Mill's method: " a) principle of difference: a case with effect and cause present is contrasted with a case with effect and cause absent; and b) principle of agreement: cases with same effects are compared in terms of their (ideally identical) causes. There is an important debate on the usefulness of Mill’s method for sociological research, which relates to the fact that historical research is often based on only few cases and that many sociological theories are probabilistic, not deterministic. Today, historical sociology is measured by a conjunction of questions that are rich in detail
Path dependence to some sociologists is the theory that events that happened in past, have some or a lot of influence on events that happen in the future. However, sociologist James Mahoney has a different definition of path dependence. His theory suggests that "process, sequence, and temporality" have a valid reason for affecting path dependence and the meaning of past historical events. There are three path-dependent analyses with an explanation to how each theory works. "1) the study of causal processes that are especially sensitive, in a sequence, to early historical events, which are more important than later events; 2) these events are contingent occurrences that cannot be explained by prior events or initial conditions; and 3) that once contingent events take place, the path dependent sequence becomes a deterministic pattern."
Debate over general theory in sociology
James Mahoney revisited the debate over general theory in historical sociology. By bridging the gaps of different assumptions, causal agents and causal mechanisms are connected to the empirical analysis, and this is seen as the general theory. "...the debate over general theory in historical sociology with the goal of clarifying the use of this kind of theory in empirical research. General theories are defined as postulates about causal agents and causal mechanisms that are linked to empirical analysis through bridging assumptions. These theories can contribute to substantive knowledge by helping analysts derive new hypotheses, integrate existing findings, and explain historical outcomes. To illustrate these applications, the article considers five different general theories that have guided or could guide historical sociology: functionalist, rational choice, power, neo-Darwinian, and cultural theories. A key conclusion that emerges is that scholars must evaluate both the overall merits of general theory and the individual merits of specific general theories".
- Giovanni Arrighi
- Randall Collins
- Emile Durkheim
- Norbert Elias
- Michel Foucault
- John A. Hall
- Michael Mann
- Karl Marx
- Karl Polanyi
- Theda Skocpol
- Charles Tilly
- Immanuel Wallerstein
- Max Weber
- Comparative historical research
- Comparative sociology
- History of sociology
- International relations theory
- Sociocultural evolution
- World-systems theory
- Economic sociology
- Deflem, Mathieu. 2007. "Comparative and Historical Sociology: Lecture Notes." <http://deflem.blogspot.com/2007/08/comparative-and-historical-sociology.html>
- Clemens, Elizabeth S. "Toward a Historicized Sociology: Theorizing Events, Processes, and Emergence." EBSCOhost. Web. Oct.-Nov. 2010. <http://ezp.tccd.edu:2321/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=119&sid=cd26f66e-45f2-493d-804f-c67b713823ae%40sessionmgr114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=pbh&AN=26613934>
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Monasteries and churches >> The St. Paraskeva church - 13th c., Nessebar
The St. Paraskeva church - 13th c., Nessebar
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This church is situated in the northern part of Nessebar, and is famous with its rich decorated facade. The building was constructed of lines of white stone blocks and bricks, terminated by arches, decorated by green glazed ceramic plates.
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In a time of civil unrest and social injustices, Sweet Honey In The Rock, formed by Berniece Johnson in Washington in 1973, presented a balm to heal the wounds that plagued Black America in the aftermath of the civil rights era. In the shadow of brutality, the avant garde genre-bending troupe remixed and extended music from across the Black diaspora, informing what it means to sing about freedom, to feel deeply about the soul, and to carry on the Black Radical tradition through music. Opening his Impact Mix with their rendition of ‘Ain' Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around’, New York artist The 83rd has set the stage for an hour’s worth of commentary, joy, rage, and all the things in between. There’s a little Kendrick, a little Amiri Baraka, a little Moor Mother; deftly weaving archival recordings and music from across the better part of a century, he’s crafted a freedom song that reflects and looks forward. He names it appropriately: 'all i got are my tools to fight back'.
Much like Sweet Honey In the Rock, The 83rd aka ZION, prefers to let his feelings for his people guide his sound, rather than any one structure or genre. With a career spanning over 15 years, he’s put his ear to work in just about every branch of Black music. Starting off in Chicago as a church drummer, a rite of passage for rhythmically inclined Black men, he’s since found himself rooted in New York, working on his own productions as well as championing his community of radicals and dissenters with his label Sermon 3 Recordings, which celebrated its 4 year anniversary last August. Taking what he’s learned from years spent navigating the commercial music industry (he’s worked with Angel Haze, Alice Glass and Jamie XX to name a few) the producer-turned-radical-turned-professor, creates rhythms that channel his passion for liberation. A recent project, solitarysouls.net, led him deep into the history of mass Black incarceration, emerging with a sound piece documenting inmates in the deep south. His catalog also includes baile funk-inspired club flips, sentimental ambient songs, and experimental hip hop. Simply put, he uses everything he’s got.
Read on for some of the insightful musings from the two-hour conversation between The 83rd and Crystal Mioner as well as The 83rd's Impact mix.
What inspired the move from Chicago back to New York?
“I was working with Maurice (Joshua), I had multiple songs on the radio, and I had no money. One day, I had a part time job working at this gym and I had clocked out. I had been working all day and all night on these remixes and I had five dollars left to my name. Just enough to put money in my car, a Jeep Cherokee Sport, and drive to my house. I lived in low income housing with the homies. I put my last five dollars in, put my head on the wheel, and I’m on the radio. I’m like ‘ain’t this a bitch?’ How is everybody getting value from my art and I can’t even get home? I knew then that I had hit a wall in Chicago. Maurice was the only one still in the city that had a Grammy. Kanye had left, he was popping sh*t off with Jay. Common was out there too, Da Brat was down in Atlanta. We all knew each other from the city. As a young jit, I was good in Chicago, socially. I could get into clubs being under 21, I was making Mariach Carey remixes, but I couldn’t even support myself. I realized at a young age that the giants I was with, I would be in a cycle of not getting the full value of my worth monetarily. I told my partner, I was in a group called The Quest, me and my boy Brad, I told him I gotta go. So I came back to New York.”
What does it mean to be an experimental artist?
“You have this foundation of things that you learn, and for me, it’s just things that I’ve been really interested in where I’m like, what does that do and what does this do? Instead of trying to get it perfect, I’m recording myself while I’m being inquisitive and saying it’s perfect now, as I am right now. I’m a professor at the Clive Davis Institute and my students, I wanted to let them know, fuck everything you thought you knew. I was talking to this one shorty who has a deep bellowing voice, it’s beautiful, and I was like, that would sound great on a ribbon [microphone]. And a ribbon, you usually use on drums and she was like “you can do that on vocals? And I was like, "you can do whatever the fuck you want." And that’s what The 83rd stands for really. I took my name from the cops, the 83rd precinct. When I was younger in Bushwick, I was brutalized multiple times. I’m looking at this structure, this standardized thing, where I’m not bowing my knee to you, I’m not subjugated to you, my people, we are breaking these moulds. I reject that.”
What is the genesis of Sermon 3?
“It was another deal that didn’t happen, it was 2016. I’m just like, if I keep waiting on these deals, I’ll wait forever. I decided to build my own house and to install in real time, through my own acts, all of the things I wanted to see. The heart behind Sermon 3 is giving the people who these stories are about, giving us the mic, letting us control the narrative, being able to write our way to freedom. So, I stay in my lane. I don’t state stuff that I don’t know about but I’m part of a very intersectional community so I have the homies around me, and I let them tell their stories. We trust each other. We live out here, there’s no suits that go Uptown or to Staten Island. We’re all in the underground. It’s basically telling those stories through the label, through the song, but they also come out through the community. So a big part of the story is telling what’s going on in the revolution as we’re trying to all work towards a better day and tomorrow. Every part of that, sometimes it’s just being funny, sometimes it’s just dope artist’s you should know. To me, I took a page out of the things I had been through where, it’s like, this song is dope, I shouldn’t have to wait on this outlet, I can premiere this myself. We’re all in-house. We’re a source for news, music, and culture that we exist within ourselves.”
How do you find peace navigating a chaotic world?
“How do I balance the dire state of the revolution and what needs to happen and inner peace? It’s the audacity of hope. It’s the audacity of hope in realizing that when I try and bite off more than I can chew, I get overwhelmed. But when I say, and a friend told me this, that every time you converse, the term converse also means to turn with, to overthrow. We’re talking about turning this government over from capitalism, we’re talking about turning over the way we even look at each other in our own community, in the inner city… I find solace in having those conversations, I find peace in controlling what I can control. Doing it with my music, doing it with Sermon 3, doing it every day on the block... even though If I don’t see the liberation of mind, body, and soul completely in my lifetime, I can still have revolution in the way I treat my brothers and sisters.”
Sweet Honey In The Rock and James Horner - Ain' Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round
Odetta - Another Man Done Gone
Unknown - Black Americans Speak (1960's)
J. Cole - Be Free
Jorja Smith - By Any Means
Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar - Freedom
DEBT STALKER - NOXIOUS (The 83rd Black Power Edit)
Beyoncé - MY POWER (The 83rd Remix)
Black Panther Rally Chants - 1968
Fred Hampton on ABC News - 1969
Pick up a gun (The Black Power Mixtape)
Unknown - Black Americans Speak (1960's)
David Banner - Black Fists ft. Tito Lo
Aretha Franklin - Lift Every Voice and Sing (Black National Anthem)
Puff Daddy and Mase - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
Baka Gbiné Women - Traditional Yelli
Ronald Reagan to Richard Nixon - Racial Slur Phone Recording
Killer Mike - Reagan
J. Samuel Williams Interview
Moor Mother - KBGK
Casanova - Run The Town
Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker The Berry
Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu - Countering The Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys
Zulu Warrior Chant
Stokely Carmichael - Huey P. Newton Rally (1968)
DJ DWizz - Get Em (The 83rd Know Your Enemy Edit)
Amiri Baraka Interview (1972)
The 83rd - Still Black
OSHUN - i wake up/stay woke
Tashyra Prude Speaks
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Hawaii National Park
13 ½” X 19” serigraph print--contemporary design. Of all the volcanic activity on the Hawaiian Islands, I chose this perspective in Kilauea Caldera, taken from a 1924 lantern slide--depicting the last major eruption. One year after our publication, the Halema'uma'u (correct pronunciation) pit crater within, re-erupted! Pele was happy with our design! Note the similarity to this photo taken 5 years later! (In keeping with historical context, we do not use diacritical marks in this poster.) Thomas Jaggar built a museum on the rim in 1912 and the park was formed in 1916. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a World Heritage Site.
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(KRUN, Germany) — The Group of Seven nations on Sunday began rolling out a global infrastructure initiative with the aim, as they described it, of promoting “stability” and improving conditions in the countries. developing and middle-income countries around the world.
The Global Infrastructure and Investment Partnership plans to disburse $600 billion by 2027 in infrastructure investment, with President Joe Biden announcing that the United States alone would aim to spend $200 billion on public partnerships and private.
Biden and other world leaders, speaking in Germany’s Bavarian Alps, called the investments “critical” amid crises on multiple fronts, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, an energy crisis fueled in part by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and more.
“These strategic investments are in areas critical to sustainable development and our shared global stability: health and health security, digital connectivity, gender equality and equity, climate and energy security,” Biden said.
“We need a global effort to invest in transformative clean energy projects to ensure critical infrastructure is resilient to climate change. The critical materials needed for the clean energy transition, including battery production, must be developed with high labor and environmental standards,” he added.
The G-7 announcement comes as the alliance seeks to establish markers of tangible investments and achievements at a time when China and Russia seek to make inroads elsewhere.
China has become increasingly involved in Africa and Latin America, investing huge sums in the construction of roads, bridges and more in an aggressive diplomatic effort on both continents.
In his Sunday remarks, Biden directly contrasted the new announcement with what China has done, stressing that G-7 investments will be based on “shared values,” a signal to nations that it is in their interest to align with the United States and others. compared to China.
“What we do is fundamentally different because it is based on our common values to all who represent the countries and organizations behind me. It is built using the best global practices: transparency, partnership, labor and environmental protections. environment,” he said.
He said the infrastructure program was not “aid or charity” but rather “an investment that will benefit everyone, including the American people and people of all” nations.
“It’s going to boost all of our economies, and it’s a chance for us to share our positive vision for the future… Because when democracies demonstrate what we can do, all we have to offer, I don’t no doubt it will win the competition, every time,” he said.
Investments in energy and climate infrastructure have grown in importance both as nations race to combat the effects of climate change and make themselves less dependent on countries like Russia for oil and natural gas – a dependency that has hampered Moscow’s response to the war in Ukraine. .
There was no question-and-answer session at the end of the G-7 announcement, but when a reporter shouted a question, it was whether the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade had been brought up at the meetings.
“What decision? European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen could be heard asking as she left the stage.
ABC News’ Justin Gomez contributed to this report.
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Early Years Lead Practitioner
LEVEL 5 - 18 MONTHS
Early Years Lead Practitioner, Level 5
The Early Years Lead Practitioner apprenticeship is ideal for practitioners who are aiming to be leaders within their setting. Building on your existing experience as a key worker, this apprenticeship will help develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours to enable you to lead the day to day operations.
What is an Early Years Lead Practitioner?
This occupation is found in a range of settings which can include day nurseries, playgroups, nursery schools, pre-schools, kindergartens, primary schools, hospitals, social care settings, out of school environments and local authority provision.
The purpose of this role is to be a proactive and influential practitioner, working directly with children, skilfully leading day to day practice at an operational level. As an active practitioner, you’ll be working directly with children, skilfully leading day to day practice at an operational level.
You will be a role model of play-based learning, supporting others to develop their own practice. You will be a highly skilled professional who takes an operational lead for the care, learning and development of all young children within your care, adapting to individual needs to provide an inclusive and holistic provision.
Engaging with sector developments, both locally and nationally, you will be committed to developing your own professional and educational competencies.
Interacting with children aged birth to eight years, families, practitioners, other professionals and appropriate agencies, your will be responsible for supporting the quality of learning and developing in your setting. Leading on the operational aspects of the provision, the Lead Practitioner is typically responsible for leading other practitioners, an aspect or environment such as: Communication and Language, Planning and Assessment, Forest School, Physical Activity and Nutrition. They usually report directly to the head of the setting (The Manager, The Leader, The Director).
Who is this for?
Depending on your setting, your title may vary but typical job titles for this apprenticeship include:
Room leader, Deputy manager, Assistant manager, Senior practitioner, Lead practitioner, Pre-school leader, Early years coordinator.
Early years practitioner, Nursery officer, Early years officer, Key worker, Senior key worker, Baby room leader, Lead baby room practitioner, Play leader.
Early years support worker, Higher level teaching and learning assistant, Early years foundation Stage lead or coordinator.
Pastoral care manager, Pastoral assistant, Education welfare officer.
Specialist practitioner in child development (health), Community nursery nurse, Health play specialist, Hospital play worker.
What is covered?
During the programme you will be taught and assessed on the following knowledge, skills and behaviours. Teaching is delivered through monthly two-hour long workshops, supported with regular 1:1 coaching, self-led learning and assessments.
K1: Ethical and rights-based approaches to support the child, listening to the child’s authentic voice within their social and cultural context enabling advocacy for the child and their individual journey, developing high quality childcare environments that are continuously evaluated.
K2: How individual children learn and develop from conception to 8 years in relation to typical and atypical neurological, cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, communication and physical development within the social, cultural context and the impact of this on their future.
K3: Factors that have an impact upon health, well-being and early learning that can affect children from conception to 8 years.
K4: Current and contemporary schools of thought to enable respectful and nurturing personal care.
K5: Local and national child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures in practice, identifying when a child is at risk, and how to challenge in order to protect them. This includes understanding the role of the designated lead for safeguarding and assimilating findings of serious case reviews.
K6: Theories of self-regulation, resilience and well-being and the impact of adverse early childhood experiences.
K7: Current and emerging theories of attachment and how these relate to promoting relationships effectively such as the key person approach.
K8: The importance of the social cultural context on the learning and development of the child and the influence parents, families and carers have within the home learning environment and the complexities of the family situation.
K9: The importance of play and the theoretical perspectives of play and its impact on a child’s learning and development.
K10: How to stimulate children’s creativity and curiosity and why and how this enables enquiry based active learning.
K11: A wide range of underpinning theories from physiological, neurological, developmental and education and how these can be incorporated to develop own pedagogy.
K12: Current and contemporary approaches in the development of emergent literacy and numeracy skills such as synthetic phonics.
K13: How planning cycles inform and improve practice and the principles of individual needs-based assessment for effective early intervention for all children responsive to typical and atypical needs and development.
K14: Potential effects of transitions and schools of thought on how to successfully support children and their families.
K15: The importance of enabling environments and the impact of opportunities, resources and relationships on learning and development.
K16: How to promote inclusion, equality and diversity in the sector and why it is essential.
K17: Current and contemporary theoretical perspectives and approaches to leadership and how to support others through leaderful practice.
K18: Principles of reflection in influencing early years practice with a commitment to life-long learning including continual professional development and action research.
K19: How to maintain accurate and coherent records and reports for the purpose of sharing information and communicate effectively in both oral and written English.
K20: The current and relevant policy, statutory guidance and legal requirements as appropriate to the sector within; local, national, historical and global contexts.
K21: Strategies to effect collaborative approaches to working with parents, professional bodies and multi agencies.
S1: Analyse and articulate how all children’s individual learning can be affected by their current developmental capabilities, characteristics and individual circumstances taking into account all factors contributing to typical and atypical development.
S2: Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
S3: Observe, assess, plan, facilitate and participate in play opportunities which include current curriculum requirements.
S4: Ensure plans fully reflect the individual development needs and circumstances of children and actively participate in the provision of consistent care, responding quickly to the needs of the individual child.
S5: Provide a dynamic, evolving and enabling environment that reflects the current interests, motivations, and play of individual and groups of children.
S6: Encourage all children’s participation, ensuring a sensitive, respectful and effective balance within the adult and child dynamic to facilitate play opportunities.
S7: Engage in effective strategies to develop and extend children’s learning and thinking, including sustained shared thinking.
S8: Support and promote children’s speech, language and communication development and determining and adapting appropriate responses and interventions.
S9: Support children to engage in a range of learning contexts such as individual, small groups and larger groups as appropriate for their play and support confidence within social experiences.
S10: Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children.
S11: Advocate for the child, cultivating professional partnerships with parents/carers and other professionals, presenting their understanding of the child’s journey within multidisciplinary teams to holistically support the child’s individual needs.
S12: Demonstrate the importance of the home learning environment, developing an effective and collaborative partnership to enhance opportunities for the child.
S13: Make use of formative and summative assessment, tracking children’s progress to plan for future learning possibilities including early interventions based on individual developmental needs.
S14: Take responsibility for supporting the key person in articulating children’s progress and planning future learning possibilities.
S15: Use current and contemporary knowledge, research, theories and approaches to develop, enhance and articulate their own pedagogical approach and practice.
S16: Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally to enhance their practice.
S17: Plan, carry out and guide appropriate physical care routines for individual children.
S18: Promote, model and support children and families to develop a healthy approach to making choices relating to personal care including eating, sleeping and physical activity.
S19: Develop, model and implement strategies to support the emotional, psychological, physical and cultural needs of all children within the setting.
S20: Identify and act upon own responsibilities in relation to health and safety, prevention and control of infection, carrying out risk assessments and risk management processes in line with policies and procedures.
S21: Ensure the security and confidentiality of data, records and information in line with current legislation.
S22: Be a leaderful practitioner to support, mentor, coach, train and guide colleagues in a range of settings, providing inspiration and motivation to engage others to develop their practice.
S23: Be confident to identify, action and competently challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
S24: Advocate for children through their child centred approach, listening to the voice of the child; ensuring children’s rights, views and wishes are heard, respected and acted upon at all times. Offer appropriate support and influence decisions in the best interests of the child.
S25: Competently action and carry out safeguarding procedures, using their professional curiosity, knowledge, insight and understanding.
S26: Explore and understand, challenge and question; knowing when to act to safeguard and protect children.
B1: Ethical, fair, consistent and impartial, valuing equality and diversity at all times within professional boundaries.
B2: Leaderful and motivating through consistent modelling of innovative and aspirational practice to other colleagues.
B3: Person centred, friendly and approachable, demonstrating caring, empathetic and respectful qualities.
B4: Authentic and fun, demonstrating playful practice through animated and expressive play and quality interactions with children.
B5: Positive and proactive member of the team, being assertive and exercising diplomacy.
B6: Reflective practitioner.
B7: Creative and imaginative, demonstrating curiosity and inquisitiveness in order to be resourceful in all areas, including play and problem solving.
B8: Flexible and adaptable; responding to children’s spontaneous activities.
B9: Receptive and open to challenge and constructive criticism.
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On page 56 of Baxter and Rennie (Financial Calculus), we have
- The definition of a continuous stochastic process, in terms of the drift $\mu_s$ and volatality $\sigma_s$. Its important to keep in mind that the drift and volatality can be processes themselves.
- The uniquness result, a part of which tells us that for a given $\mu_s$ , $\sigma_s$ and $X_0$, we can construct only a single process $X_t$.
However, the bottom part of the page introduces SDEs, which may have multiple solutions. The definition of an SDE is given in terms of drift and volatality which may depend upon the current value of the process - the notation being $\mu(X_t,t)$ and $\sigma(X_t,t)$.
I think $\mu(X_t,t)$ and $\sigma(X_t,t)$ are special cases of $\mu_s$ and $\sigma_s$, which would imply that an SDE cannot have multiple solutions. This is obviously wrong, and I would like to know why - hopefully in terms of how those two notations differ. Thank you in advance! | <urn:uuid:4424cbfa-8c75-4771-b80d-d9f00a9f69d2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/46952/baxter-and-rennie-a-question-on-notation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.935364 | 269 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Written by Daniel Rossi-Keen, PhD, Executive Director, RiverWise
Last week, for the first time since COVID-19 shut down the world, my family went to the museum.
In a normal year, our family generally spends time at the Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History every few months or so. More often than not it’s my wife who takes the kids, partly because she’s a student of art and partly because I generally have a hard time slowing down long enough to schedule a visit.
If I am honest, I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with museums. That may seem like an overly dramatic thing to say and, I suppose it probably is a bit over the top. But there’s some truth to it, so let me try to explain.
Here’s what I love about the museum. I love that when I visit a museum I feel small like there’s so much more to understand and that I am part of a vast history of ideas, inventions, and creative activity. I love seeing what the human mind has created, how we have overcome struggle, and how we have continued to evolve in our capacity to adapt and innovate. I enjoy encountering a catalog of what we’ve gotten wrong, where we’ve created conflict, and how we have moved beyond some of the darkest periods of human history. In short, I love a museum because it exposes me to the expansiveness of our human story.
With all that being said, you might be wondering about the hate side of my relationship with museums. I’ve actually thought quite a bit about the matter and can first remember encountering this feeling at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art nearly 20 years ago. At its core, my frustration with museums is that they often ask patrons to examine a very narrow piece of a wildly complicated story. Maybe it’s a painting that captures a brief moment in history, an invention displayed statically in a glass case, a stuffed Dodo bird that is artificially isolated from its environment, or the complicated story that led to its extinction.
None of the exhibits I have described above are inherently bad. But they do grate against my innate inclination to appreciate the interconnectedness and relationships between things. A Dodo bird needs a context, a painting has a complicated back story, and an invention represents a complex interplay between people, commerce, science, and so much more. When I visit a museum, I often feel like the interconnectedness between things gets lost, that complicated history gets boiled down to static artifacts in ways that seem somehow wrong, or at least incomplete, to me.
I could keep going on and on, but I won’t. Instead, I want to take just a moment and explain why my love/hate relationship with museums came to mind when thinking about Neighborhood North: Museum of Play. For the last couple of years, as the Executive Director of RiverWise, I have been privileged to advise the team of collaborators from Neighborhood North and the Beaver Falls CDC who are working to reclaim the former News Tribune Building. As readers of this newsletter will likely know, the TRIB Building will eventually become the home of Neighborhood North: Museum of Play.
As we have worked together to envision the future of the TRIB Building, the leadership team has deliberately committed itself to something called eco-district thinking, which is a community development process that deliberately prioritizes the inescapable connections between numerous areas of the human story. I don’t have time to get into the details in this piece, but if you’re interested you can find a quick introduction to this way of thinking here. Or, if you would like to see how this thinking is influencing the future of communities around Beaver County, you can take a look at this document.
What most excites me about the future of Neighborhood North: Museum of Play is that its leaders and supporters recognize the importance of viewing their project holistically. A children’s museum can be so much more than just a place that holds static artifacts. It can be a place of imagination, inquiry, trial and error, education, motivation, challenge, success, and so much more. More than adults, children have yet to compartmentalize their experience, and instead, often allow creativity to be the driving force for how they see the world. That the leadership of Neighborhood North: Museum of Play is committed to thinking about the inherent connections between all aspects of our lives is a joy and sense of inspiration for me.
I look forward with excitement and much hope, encouraged to see how Neighborhood North: Museum of Play is moving ever closer to creating a cultural site in Beaver County that can inspire and motivate generations of young people. We need more of this innovative and synthetic thinking, and I am beyond honored to be along for the ride.
Daniel Rossi-Keen is the Executive Director of RiverWise and the Advisor to the Tribune Group. He has been most helpful by asking unexpected questions that help to bring clarity and often challenge perspectives and assumptions, such as with the Dodo bird above. His work to align multiple Beaver County projects with eco-district priorities has been an important effort during the past several years, and Neighborhood North is grateful to be part of it.
Starting January 31, 2022:
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California agriculture includes a growing number of producers of color, who have historically been underserved by extension institutions, according to Sonja Brodt, University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP). With increased attention on building constructive working relationships with producers of color and immigrant producers, extension services would become more widely accessible and responsive to these producers needs. Following up on a one-day racial equity training for extension personnel, Brodt received Western SARE Professional Development funding to build a community of practice around social and racial justice in agricultural and food systems extension and provide on-going training and networking opportunities on this topic.
The Building Social Equity into Agriculture and Food Systems Extension project includes a series of webinars with experts and experienced extension professionals, and an ongoing e-mail group. These activities will help extension professionals to continue to work together and support one another in honing the skills needed to foster constructive relationships of trust with farmers and ranchers of color.
Two of the Webinars
Farm Workers are Farmers
This webinar, held on Friday, June 18, 2021, introduces the importance and value of engaging farm workers for agricultural sustainability. The webinar also offers suggestions for how extension professionals can better work to build relationships with farm worker organizations.
Serving Farmers of Color
This webinar, held on Friday, June 25, 2021, describes how extension professionals can build constructive relationships with farmers of color and organizations that represent them.
Participants have numbered from 42 to 78 in attendance. One participant in the webinar on Serving Farmers of Color said, “Great webinar with an excellent group of community members speaking. I really appreciate your putting this on, this inspires me to build more bridges to do better outreach and engagement with non-white farmers.”
“If we wish to expand the sustainability of agriculture in California and truly improve the quality of life of all involved in agriculture and food systems, it’s important that we don’t inadvertently leave out segments of the population who may not fit into the traditional image of who a farmer is. These webinars are our effort to help our colleagues to understand the perspectives and needs of these populations so that we can all improve our abilities to serve them,” says Brodt.
In addition to the webinars, UC SAREP has collaborated with extension colleagues to coordinate monthly meetings during the early stages of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Alliance of the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR). Ten DEI Subcommittees and Project Teams have also met to address priority issues such as Policy and Workforce Diversification, among others. Through these efforts, extension professionals across the state are building the capacity of both their institutions and their programming to better serve the needs of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, says Brodt.
Jenna Meeks, Western SARE PDP regional coordinator, says about the project, “We appreciate the opportunity to support and promote social equity through this programming. These webinars highlight the diversity of farmers, ranchers, and farm workers who produce likewise diverse agricultural goods across the broad geography of Western SARE.”
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Welcome back to the coverage of le Tour de Gansey, part deux; part of the Tour de France Knitalong! Today, it’s time for:
Stage Two: Garter Welts
At the end of the last stage, we’d established a sturdy but decorative cast-on. In this stage, we first knit from this cast-on 11 rows of garter stitch over half of the number of stitches we’ll use around the body of the gansey, forming a welt that will hang straight at the bottom of the sweater:
Then we knit a second one, in the exact same manner, and prepare to join them, overlapping two stitches on either side, thus creating a split, overlapping garter welt which form a non-binding bottom edge to the garment:
Next we make the first overlap, by putting two stitches from the righthand needle on a dpn, and then purling two together from the dpn and the lefthand needle, twice. This overlaps the welts, and starts the two stitch purl faux-seam which will run up each side of the sweater:
Here is the first overlap:
And here is the finished split, overlapping garter welt, after the second overlap is performed:
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Bars and bakeries are doing it. So are pizzerias and sushi restaurants. A raw bar, a mountain spa, an herbal apothecary and the concession stands at Hogle Zoo are on board, too.
During the past three months, 82 businesses along the Wasatch Front have stopped handing out plastic straws to customers, keeping possibly 410,000 plastic utensils per month from going into landfills, said Erin Sanders, director of the Strawless in SLC campaign.
“That exceeded our original goal, “ she said. “It’s incredible to see how the community has responded to this.”
In March, organizers of Strawless in SLC asked restaurants, bars and other businesses to stop handing out plastic straws, hoping to get at least 50 signed up by Earth Day in April.
The group also launched a petition drive so that Utahns could show support for the cause. To date, more than 850 people have signed at change.org.
Sanders said the goal has never been to eliminate straws, “because some consumers need them to drink liquids.” Rather, the group wanted to show that there were better options than plastic.
Restaurants were encouraged to switch to paper or biodegradable straws and offer them only when customers request them.
“We wanted to educate them about the alternatives,” said Sanders.
A variety of businesses have taken the strawless pledge, including Taqueria 27 (five locations); Tsunami (four); Vive Juicery (three); Este Pizza and Deli (four); and Trolley Wings (two).
The biggest boost to the campaign came when Utah-based Costa Vida signed on for all 41 of its locations, said Sanders.
The concessionaire that operates all the restaurants and gift shops at Hogle Zoo also is devoted to the cause, said Erica Hansen, the zoo’s community relations coordinator.
“We are big proponents of no plastic,” she said, noting that soon the zoo will be switching to cups with “a sipper lid” that doesn’t require a straw. Several years ago the zoo’s gift shops stopped using plastic bags.
Straws and lids have been found in animal enclosures in the past, she said, so getting rid of plastic helps mitigate that.
“But being a zoo, which are at the forefront of the plastic crisis and what it is doing to wildlife globally, we want to be an example to the community,” Hansen said. “The little changes we make, can have a global impact.”
Hansen said plastic and the harm it causes to the oceans and wildlife will be discussed Friday, when Hogle Zoo celebrates World Oceans Day. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., guests can participate in educational discussions, crafts and children’s activities on the subject.
Sanders said Strawless in SLC is continuing its no-straw push, reminding restaurants they can still take the pledge.
The strawless movement gained traction in Seattle, where more than 150 restaurants agreed to stop using plastic straws. Since then, it has taken hold in other large cities from Florida to California and in Europe.
Americans throw away about 500 million one-time-use plastic drinking straws every day — enough to wrap around the Earth twice, according to StrawFree.org, a Southern California group committed to the elimination of single-use plastic straws.
Most plastic straws come from restaurants and businesses that provide them for drinking smoothies, juices, water and cocktails.
It is estimated that a medium-size restaurant will use and dispose of about 5,000 straws a month. The majority are not recycled and end up in the landfill or polluting oceans.
Lightweight plastic straws also are problematic for recycling companies, because they drop through sorting screens and mix with other materials.
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The Year 7s have finished learning about Organisms. 7OM and 7AM made skeletons, this included learning about the names of the bones which make up the skeleton. This work is now on display.
Currently the Year 7s are studying Electromagnets and some Year 7 classes have been investigating Series and Parallel circuits within lessons.
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“I think the main three ingredients that go to make an artist are, to be born with the desire to paint and draw, use your hands, to have parents who encourage you to these things and then to be fortunate enough to have very good teachers to help you along the way. Now In my case, I was fortunate enough in all these things. I had parents who encouraged me, the desire to do the job and very good teachers right from the very early days” Russell Clark (Dictionary of New Zealand Biography)
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The Pentagon reckons Russia has fired over 1,200 missiles into Ukraine. These largely air-launched cruise missiles rely on advanced guidance systems to navigate to, and in some cases detect, their targets. Such precision-guided munitions (PGMs) are expensive, difficult to source and sometimes unreliable — and Russia may be running short of them.
During a Monday background briefing, an unnamed senior defense official told reporters, “we do think that they are beginning to face some inventory issues with precision-guided munitions, which is one reason why you're seeing the increasing use of what we would call dumb bombs.”
That assertion joins with a number of circumstantial observations made in recent days by western think tanks, former military officers and media reports.
Russia’s use of Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles (the first known use of hypersonic missiles in war) has widely been seen as surprising from a tactical viewpoint. President Biden’s confirmation of use of the weapons Monday, came with the comment that Russia unleashed them “because it’s the only thing that they can get through with absolute certainty.”
That assertion fits with a Pentagon thesis that the Kinzhals are also what’s available among a dwindling stockpile of Russian PGMs. In a Sunday appearance on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hinted that a lack of available PGMs spurred the hypersonic missile launch. “You kind of question why he would do this. Is he running low on precision-guided munitions?” Austin said.
Bryan Clark, senior fellow and director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at the Hudson Institute, says Russia was also sending a message, demonstrating its hypersonic capability to west and willingness to use it in hope of deterring further western intervention in Ukraine.
Cynthia Cook, director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) agrees. On the other hand, she opines that Russia’s claims of Ukrainian chemical weapons stores (and the White House portrayal of such claims as a sign Putin is mulling their use) does not necessarily point to a shortage of tactical precision weapons.
“The threatened use of chemical weapons is likely a punishment strategy designed to break the will of Ukraine leadership and scare civilians, and while it certainly seems desperate, it does not in and of itself indicate desperate munitions shortages.”
However, resorting to hypersonic weapons for tactical use against low-value targets (the missiles were reportedly fired at a Ukrainian fuel and lubricants storage base) was called a “head scratcher” by the defense official in the aforementioned briefing.
It appears less confusing beside Russia’s nearly two-week-old request for Chinese weapons, supply challenges related to a paucity of trucks, and its now-in-progress cobbled transfer of vehicles and munitions from its far Eastern Military District by ship and rail across Russia.
“It’s pretty clear [that PGMs are running short] from how we’ve seen the munitions usage transition over the course of the conflict,” Clark says. “Part of what [Russia] is doing now is trying to ramp up their use of unguided munitions – artillery, rockets – and using some of their high-end weapons like hypersonic missiles in an effort to try to terrorize the [Ukrainian] population to convince the [Zelensky] government to step down rather than trying to get a traditional military victory. They’re obviously hard-pressed to keep their munitions stocks up.”
“It certainly is reasonable to assume that Russia is having similar problems with their PGM supplies,” Cook agrees. “Guided weapon systems are expensive to produce [a single Javelin missile cost in the neighborhood of $175,000], and the Russian military may not have been able to purchase enough magazine depth to sustain their force at this intensity for months.”
Cook adds that DoD has suggested that Russia is feeling the supply pinch for larger PGMs like the Kalibr cruise missile family and Iskander short range ballistic missiles. With these costing millions of dollars each, Russia has had to make tradeoffs in deciding how many missiles to purchase and stockpile. The Kalibr and Iskander are relatively new weapon systems, she points out, leaving Russia comparatively little time to build significant magazine depth.
Unlike the U.S., the Russian munitions industry is made up of largely state-owned enterprises, Cook says. “Since 2000, Russia has consolidated its defense industry. The two major manufactures of PGMs are Almaz-Antey and Tactical Missiles Corporation. Both are wholly state-owned companies, making their capabilities and financials opaque.”
Even the West is facing pressure on the stocks of guided Stinger anti-air and Javelin anti-tank missiles it has been sending to Ukraine with demand outstripping U.S. production. If America and Europe are having trouble keeping up with demand for PGMs, what does that portend for Russia?
“On the U.S. side the production shortfall is largely because we’ve been building these weapons at the minimum [viable] rate for years,” Clark explains. “The manufacturers have ‘right-sized’ their production lines which means they hand-build a lot of the weapons. When you’re only building a couple dozen weapons a year, it doesn’t make sense to go stand up a [full] production line.”
The Russian side he says has more pressing production capacity issues. The most significant is Russia’s ability to source the sophisticated electronics needed to make precision munitions work. Many of these come from countries like Germany that have now cut off sales of such systems to Putin.
“The Russian arms industry has long realized its dependence on the West,” Cook observes. “The effects of this dependence and Western sanctions will slowly begin to have an impact on Russia’s ability to manufacture PGMs.”
While Russia has designed its own components and has the know-how to build them, it still faces the issue of sourcing their basic building blocks, including high-end semiconductors and printed circuit boards.
“I think the difficulty the Russians have is not just whether they have the production capacity. It’s whether they have the key [components] to install,” Clark affirms. “Some of their PGMs depend on computer chips supplied from outside of Russia. They’re hoping that China may be able to supply those.”
China can provide most of what Russia needs in terms of PGM components but the parts would not be exactly the same, forcing Russian producers to adapt them and to adapt to an outsourced China supply chain. “The question is, how long it takes Russia to adapt such components?” Clark says.
Even China may be limited in what it would theoretically be willing to support Russia with. The country has made considerable progress in standing up its own semiconductor and electronics manufacturing capability but it still lacks the ability to make high-end chips used in warhead seekers and guidance systems. Like everyone else, China sources these from Taiwan and Japan, putting a premium on its own PGM weapons and components stocks.
And to the extent that tech giant Apple has helped China step up its microelectronics game (via a secret deal signed by CEO Tim Cook in 2016) the U.S. may have some leverage via pressuring the firm and its leadership, Clark agrees.
Estimates of Russian supplies of PGMs and conventional munitions are difficult to come by. However a 2019 report from Sweden’s Defense Research Agency (FOI) suggested that insufficient Russian investment in PGMs was a factor which western analysis ignored, overrating Russia’s anti-access, area-denial systems.
The maintenance of Russian weapons stockpiles may be another area western analysts have overlooked. Conventional bombs and bullets don’t require much maintenance but they do have shelf-lives. These can be several decades long, or in the case of the increasing worldwide stocks of bombs/ammunition with performance-enhancing Nanoenergetic materials (nEMs), around a decade.
PGMs are more complex, Cook points out. While there is no reliable unclassified reporting on how well Russia maintains its precision munitions, she says, “It is reasonable to assume that since these systems and the strike capability they provide, are central to Russian doctrine, their maintenance is better than the rest of the Russian military.”
Clark says most Russian PGMs have a shelf-life of about 10-15 years and so are not likely aging out but, “I would assume that they have not been extremely well-maintained judging by the rest of their systems like their vehicles.”
Recent Pentagon comments may line up with this train of thought. In Monday’s DoD briefing the unnamed official said, “we've also seen them suffer failures of some of their precision-guided munitions, where it — they're just not — they're not operating. They're not — they're — they're failing. Either they're failing to launch or they're failing to hit the target, or they're failing to explode on contact. So we're seeing them have some struggles with respect to precision-guided munitions.”
Some of the failures may just as meaningfully be ascribed to the aircraft, ships and land-launchers firing the PGMs, Cynthia Cook posits. “What is far harder to maintain is the platforms [PGMs] operate from. So, while a tank shell does not take that much work to take care of, the tank it operates from is a complex weapon system with significant maintenance requirements.”
As significant may be the incautious fashion in which Russia has expended its PGMs Clark suggests. “They felt like they could get this quick victory and they were being less discerning in how they delivered weapons. Now they have a shortfall.” | <urn:uuid:13b2d154-f2d5-43c4-aaa0-64364b7447f0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2022/03/24/from-debuting-hypersonic-missiles-in-ukraine-to-hinting-at-chemical-weapons-russia-may-be-signaling-its-short-of-munitions/?sh=502e629e632a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.965878 | 2,101 | 1.789063 | 2 |
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The internet is a vast space and often very good reference sites can get lost in the ether. Here I have picked out some of the most useful sites for collectors and military historians, I hope they are as useful to you as they are to me:
Karkee Web– Simply the best site out there for British and Empire webbing and accoutrements.
British Military Small Arms and Ammo– Great site for small arms ammunition, identification, history and headstamps.
British Formation Signs– Not by any means complete, but a good overview and covers most of the WW2 formation badges
Gas Mask and Respirator Wiki– Frustratingly incomplete, but this does have the most detail on British gas masks I have found on the web so far.
Blanco and Bull– Wonderfully in depth study of those British Army staples blanco and boot polishing.
NBC– A good page, that is part of a larger site, concentrating on British Cold War NBC kit.
Weapons Online– A site devoted to Vickers and Bren Guns- has a very useful section where you can view and download a large selection of Small Arms Training Manuals.
The Mills Grenade Collectors Site– Another good reference site with lots of information on what all the stamps and markings on grenades mean.
Combat Helmets of the World– This excellent little site has hundreds of helmets from around the worl, great for looking up obscure headwear.
Airborne RAMC This re-enactor site is packed full of information and pictures of WW2 medical equipment. Although its aimed at the airborne side of things, most of it is fairly consistent across the RAMC.
Old Military Markings Very useful page with explanations of the markings found on British and Commonwealth bayonets.
Military Sun Helmets Another great site showcasing the Sun Helmets used the world over.
Wartime Canada Training Pamphlets– This useful site has lots of wartime training manuals to download and look through. Most are Canadian, but the general principles apply across the Empire.
Stable Belts of the British Army– A useful site explaining which regiment each of the brightly coloured stable belts belong to.
Escape Maps This site covers the history and design of RAF and US escape maps form World War Two to the present day.
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During three decades of work with the American Bible Society, Barclay M. Newman has kept before him a question posed by the translators of the 1611 King James Version: "What can be more [important] than to deliver God's book unto God's people in a tongue which they understand?" An ordained Southern Baptist minister, Newman serves as lead translator for the Contemporary English Version of the Bible and as a worldwide consultant to missionary translators. CT Executive Editor David Neff spoke with Newman in August.
Why did the CEV translators use gender-generic language where the Bible uses masculine language for people of both sexes?
First of all, let me differ with the premise of your question. The CEV translators chose to do only one thing—to faithfully communicate the meaning of the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts in a style and format most appropriate for the intended audience. And so whenever the language of the original documents signaled gender inclusiveness, we followed that lead in order to be faithful.
I prefer to call it gender faithfulness, which must be viewed in light of overall faithfulness to the meaning of the text. It's a subcategory, a single aspect of faithfulness in Bible translation. The sole concern is to produce a faithful text that reaches the people in their own language.
You have pointed out that gender sensitivity in English translations is as old as the King James Version. How so? The King James translators used, for example, "children of Israel" to express what is literally "sons of Israel" in the Hebrew. They did that because they were sensitive to the fact that in Hebrew you do not have a generic word for children; you have to use either a masculine word for children, sons, or a feminine ...1
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CASTLETON — Families can join a fun and educational Halloween campfire show led by students from Green Mountain College’s environmental education and interpretation program at the Edward F. Kehoe Green Mountain Conservation Camp on Point of Pine Road in Castleton, on Friday, Oct. 25, from 5-8 p.m.
The second annual Halloween Wildlife Festival and Jack-o’Lantern Hike at the camp’s Education Center is where kids will learn about the creepy, crawly critters that reside in Vermont and have a chance to get decked out in their costumes before the traditional trick-or-treat night. The 20-minute campfire program will run at 5, 6, and 7 p.m.
Other activities include a nature hike along a trail that’s lit by carved pumpkins, wildlife-related activities, face painting, and a photo booth. Snacks will include apple cider, caramel apples and other seasonal treats.
“The Education Center at Kehoe does a natural resources related event every month, and October is a perfect time to highlight the fun of Halloween while focusing on the wildlife that make it so special” said Alison Thomas, education coordinator. “This event gives families a chance to enjoy the season in a different way and to learn these animals may not be so scary after all.”
Admission and activities are free and open to the general public, and all ages are welcome. No registration is required. Costumes are encouraged, but not required.
The Edward F. Kehoe Green Mountain Conservation Camp is operated by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. This event is sponsored by the Fish & Wildlife Department and Green Mountain College. For directions to the Edward F. Kehoe Green Mountain Conservation Camp, visit www.tinyurl.com/KehoeMap.
For more information about the event, contact Ali Thomas, Fish & Wildlife education coordinator at [email protected] or 802-371-9975.
BRAINTREE — A private donation and the help of a New England conservation foundation have preserved 1,547 acres in the heart of Vermont’s Green Mountains, the New England Forestry Foundation announced Wednesday.
The new Braintree Mountain Forest will be open to the public passive recreational purposes. The forest has an internal road system and many trails for hiking and other forms of outdoor recreation, including snowmobiling on a designated VAST trail, the foundation said in a release.
The land’s owners, Paul Kendall and Sharon Rives, began acquiring the parcels that will make up the forest in the 1970s, building the acreage over time. The pair hoped to preserve the headwaters of the Riford Brook watershed from development, and continue to manage the woodlands sustainably. Their gift, which technically came from the Todhah Hill Foundation, is the culmination of their land conservation goals, according to the release.
“This is a significant milestone for our organization and takes us one step closer in our Heart of New England initiative to conserve 30 million acres by 2060,” said the forestry foundation’s executive director, Robert Perschel. The donation is the largest in the foundation’s history, according to the release.
The forest is managed by John McClain of Randolph, a consulting forester. The forestry foundation will manage the forest in the same manner and ensure that the ridgelines will remain undisturbed by visible develoment for at least 50 years. The forestland is located northwest of Randolph, along the ridge that separates Braintree and Rochester, between routes 12A and 100, with parts of the forest in both towns.
The foundation will host a dedication of the forest on Sept. 28 from 2 - 4 p.m. to mark the preservation. The event will include remarks, a ribbon-cutting, refreshments, and a guided hike. The event is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend.
Further information and event directions may be found online at www.newenglandforestry.org/events.
MORETOWN — The Moretown landfill off U.S. Route 2 that was denied recertification because of odor complaints is accepting limited amounts of trash while it appeals the state’s order that would shut it down.
Advanced Disposal recognized there were problems and fixed many of the items the state cited in its decision to close the landfill, said Mary O’Brien, company spokeswoman.
“We’re aggressively pursuing our appeal process, and we’ve filed for an expedited hearing,” O’Brien said. “We know that there were problems at the site, but we believe the state based their decision on conditions before we began substantial improvements.”
The closure of the Moretown landfill would leave Vermont with only one working landfill in Coventry.
The company has spent more than $1 million since late last year in upgrades to the Moretown facility’s water- and gas-collection systems. In January, the landfill stopped accepting out-of-state sludge that was thought to be a significant source of the odor that drew so many complaints.
In addition to asking for permission to continue operating, Advanced Disposal is also seeking permission to expand into a new area.
“We firmly believe that Moretown landfill is a vital economic asset that benefits all including the state of Vermont, the town of Moretown and the businesses and residents who rely upon the site for a cleaner and greener community,” said the company’s regional Vice President Dave Lavender.
OLD FORGE, N.Y. — There’s still ice on some lakes and ponds but the first paddlers have begun making their way from Old Forge, N.Y., to Fort Kent, Maine.
Traveling by canoe, Emma Carlson of Farmington, Maine, and Emily Rooney of Fairfax, Vt., launched Tuesday and plan to complete the 740-mile journey through four states and one Canadian province in 40 days.
Kate Williams of the nonprofit Northern Forest Canoe Trail says the first paddlers setting forth from Old Forge after the ice melts is becoming a rite of spring.
The group says the women will be traveling without aide of cell phones, computers or GPS. They’ll be communicating via postcards with students at two schools in Maine.
STAMFORD — Vermont game wardens say the biggest buck shot in the state in more than 20 years was shot a day after the close of the November rifle hunting season.
Wardens say they received a tip that 47-year-old Jim Smith, of Stamford, was seen removing the 10-point buck from the woods on Nov. 26. The 2012 rifle deer hunting season ended Nov. 25.
Last month Smith told wardens he’d taken the deer believing the season was still open.
Smith was charged with taking deer in closed season.
Curtis Smiley of the Vermont Big Game Trophy Club says the buck was one of the largest deer killed in the state in more than 20 years. It had a score of more than 165 on the Boone and Crockett antler scoring system.
BENNINGTON — The amount of posted land in Vermont has gone up in recent years.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife says the numbers have increased since 1971, from 100,000 acres to 230,000 last year.
Unless a person takes measures to enclose or “post” their property, anyone who is properly licensed can go onto their property and hunt, fish, or trap there.
Once a person posts their property, hunters, anglers, and trappers must get permission from the landowner to conduct those activities.
The Bennington Banner reports (http://bit.ly/Uc6Kug) the department launched a service through its website that connects willing landowners with hunters. This was done in response to complaints from landowners with deer damage to their property and from hunters saying with all the posted land there are fewer places to hunt.
Petitions for the position of supervisor for the Rutland Natural Resources Conservation District will be available Oct. 15 to all owners of one or more acres within the district.
An election will be held Nov. 20. Petitions must be returned to the local district office by Nov. 6.
An eligible voter may pick up a petition at the Rutland NRCD office at 170 South Main St., Suite 4, Rutland, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
CANAAN — The Vermont town of Canaan has taken ownership of 424 acres to create a community forest.
Vermont Public Radio reports town officials say the property will be used for a variety of economic, educational, recreational and conservation purposes. For example, it will generate income through sustainable timber harvests and provide an outdoor classroom for local schools.
The land was owned by the Tillotson family for generations. The town acquired the land with a conservation easement on 368 acres to ensure that the majority of the land will be left undeveloped. The remaining 56 acres has no easement and can be used by the town for other economic development.
The town is holding a celebration for the community forest on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Canaan Recreation Park.
From Steve Zind and Vermont Public Radio:
There are an estimated four thousand sites in Vermont that are considered ‘brownfields’.
They range from old gas stations to closed down mills and factories.
Developing these properties is complicated by concerns about contaminants in the air, soil or water.
At a meeting last week sponsored by the Vermont Environmental Consortium, there was a lot of talk about how developing brownfield sites is a team sport…
Read the rest of the story, and listen to the audio clip at vpr.net by clicking here.
IRA —Two men, one from Vermont and the other from New York, made a costly mistake in August by mining quartz on a state Wildlife Management Area.
Robert LaPorte of Shaftsbury and Philip Yerke of Waterford, N.Y., were charged with willful and careless destruction of state property. Each man is subject to a $2,500 fine and loss of their licenses to hunt, fish or trap in Vermont for a year.
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The Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) held its 2016 Conference, "The Next Generation of Theory and Practice: Rethinking Equity through Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment," April 19-22, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois at the historic Palmer House Hilton. CREA's Third International Conference brought together national, international, and indigenous scholars and practitioners to focus on the role of culture in evaluation and assessment.
This conference took yet another step to advance our thinking as well as action about the theory and practice of evaluation and assessment; viewed through a lens of Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment.
CREA continues to engage aggressively its mission to generate evidence for policy-making; evidence that is not only methodologically but also culturally and contextually defensible. Our interdisciplinary community of U.S. and international scholars are not only committed to studying this fundamental mission, but also how we might take action.
The CREA conference is unique in its definitive recognition of culture’s centrality to evaluation and assessment and continues to illuminate the landscape of culturally responsive evaluation and assessment -- a space that remains largely uncharted.
Sessions focused on:
Presenters: Fiona Cram (Maori/Ngati Kahungunu), Ph.D., Director, Katoa Ltd. & Nicole Bowman (Mohican/Munsee), Ph.D., President, Bowman Performance Consulting
Description: (Full Day) The workshop provided real-world application of Indigenous Evaluation models, strategies, and tools using examples of collaborative models for working with Indigenous organizations and communities.
Presenters: Katrina L. Bledsoe, Ph.D., Senior Research Director and Founding Director, ThinkShift
Description: (Half Day) This workshop substantively explored how the “design thinking” process (inspired by Design Innovation Consultants IDEO and Stanford’s Design School) can assist evaluators to creatively design responsive, credible, and human-centered community-based evaluations.
Presenter: Olatokunbo Fashola, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University/MERAssociates
Description: (Half Day) This workshop sought to introduce researchers and evaluators to quantitative research analysis and designs, with a culturally relevant underpinning. It provided additional options and tools for engaging in quantitative or mixed methods research and evaluation.
Presenters: Leslie Goodyear, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist, Education Development Center; Gary Silverstein, Ph.D., Associate Director, WESTAT; Kamau Bobb, Ph.D., Program Officer, NSF Directorate for Computer & Information Science and Engineering
Description: (Half Day) This workshop provided critical insights into the evaluation of funded STEM education initiatives to enhance access and broaden participation in STEM. It presented foundational concepts, examples and lessons learned from practice to inform the development and implementation of relevant, culturally and contextually responsive evaluations.
Presenters: Rodney Hopson, Ph.D. Professor, George Mason University & Karen Kirkhart, Ph.D. Professor, Syracuse University
Description: (Half Day) This workshop addressed theoretical foundations of Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE) and the strategies that operationalize it in evaluation practice. This workshops aimed to prepare participants to consider methods that are culturally congruent with their contexts of practice, noting potential strengths and limitations of each.
Stafford Hood, PhD
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College of Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Columbia University and Yale University
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As Indiana Governor, Mike Pence's Health Policy Has Been Contentious
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is in the spotlight this week as the man Donald Trump has picked to be his running mate. Pence's decisions about health and health care in Indiana have drawn attention from within and outside the state. His record could be important in November, because Trump doesn't have a legislative record at all.
Here's a quick look at the governor's history in terms of health policy in Indiana.
Pence has always been a vocal opponent of the Affordable Care Act, even after the federal law passed in 2010 and was upheld by the Supreme Court.
But when faced with the choice of whether to expand Medicaid to cover Indiana residents who earn incomes that are 138 percent of the federal poverty level or below, a key part of the ACA, Pence compromised. He debuted a conservative-friendly version of the expansion, one that requires Medicaid recipients to pay a monthly contribution, based on income, into a health savings account. Recipients who miss a payment can be bumped to a lower level of coverage, or lose it entirely, for six months.
Now, after a year and a half, the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP 2.0, has enrolled about 190,000 more people into health coverage.
Caitlin Priest, director of public policy at Covering Kids & Families of Indiana, says the plan has helped many people get health insurance for the first time in their lives.
"It's really been a wonderful way to move the needle both on healthcare access and ultimately on long-term health outcomes," Priest says.
Pence took criticism from the right for accepting a component of Obamacare, but his conservative tweaks to Medicaid have other Republican-led states looking at that model.
Pence drew criticism from local and national infectious disease experts for his response to an urgent health crisis in Indiana. In February of 2015, the state reported an outbreak of HIV in Scott County, blamed on opioid addiction and needle sharing.
It got so bad — growing to more than 80 cases in the month after the announcement, and more than 190 to date — that the CDC went to Indiana to investigate, and public health experts began calling for a needle exchange. At the time, syringe exchanges were illegal in the state, and Pence was opposed to changing that, at first.
He later signed an emergency declaration allowing Scott County to start a needle exchange program. Rather than legalize such exchanges statewide, Pence signed a bill that forces counties to ask permission to start a needle exchange.
Only a few counties have done it, so far, because the process takes a lot of planning, local support and money, which the state doesn't provide, says Carrie Lawrence, a researcher with the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention.
"If you're the health department with only two part-time staff, and a full-time health director, who's going to do this, and when is it going to happen?" Lawrence says.
Public Health Budgets
The HIV crisis also brought some attention to Indiana's lack of public health funding in general, Lawrence says.
"I think we are dealing with the consequences of the fact that that we don't have a strong infrastructure for public health in the state," she says.
As governor, Pence signed legislation that cut Indiana's budget for public health programs, despite the state's many pressing public health problems. Indiana has a high smoking rate, high obesity rate, and high infant mortality rate. The state is ranked nearly last for both federal and state public health funding. According to Trust for America's Health, Indiana spends just $12.40 per resident on public health. West Virginia, in contrast, spends more than $220.
As a member of Congress from 2001 to 2013, Pence voted against funding for health programs such as the State Children's Health Insurance Program and the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
As a congressman, Pence was an early advocate for defunding Planned Parenthood, and this year, women's health advocates have clashed with him again.
In March, the governor signed a bill that's been cited as one of the most restrictive in the U.S., barring abortion on the basis of disability, gender or race of the fetus. It also requires women to get an ultrasound at least 18 hours before the procedure, and requires that the fetal remains be buried or cremated.
Some Indiana women responded by updating the governor's office with (sometimes graphic) news on their menstrual cycles by phone and on social media with the hashtag #periodsforpence. The social media backlash mirrors #periodsarenotaninsult, which took aim at Donald Trump last year.
The Indiana ACLU brought a lawsuit against the state's abortion restrictions — and a judge has since blocked portions of that law. "What the state of Indiana has attempted to do here ... grossly flies in the face of existing law," says ACLU attorney Ken Falk.
This story is part of NPR's reporting partnership with Side Effects Public Media and Kaiser Health News. For more on Pence, check out this profile by NPR's Nina Totenberg, and a review of his record on education.
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Color glasses are created as field independent glasses with six RGB (red, green, blue) LEDs for each eye. Each complementary pair of LEDs can be programmed to its frequency and color. Color can also change automatically (randomly), which creates an additional entertainment component.
White glasses will give you extraordinary sensations and help you make a significant leap forward in the field of audiovisual stimulation.
This is the first generation of the so-called “smart” light-stimulating glasses with a built-in microprocessor. These glasses provide the user with a choice of 20 different colors, including different for each eye. In addition, there is a mode when the color changes depending on the frequency of stimulation. This last opportunity gave the name to the ColorTrack eyewear brand (“color tracking”).
They will give your light and sound session such a richness of colors and a sense of space like no other color. They are just made for great light and sound sessions.
The LEDs of the real white spectrum (4 per eye) produce more intense stimulation at a deeper level. Thanks to the white LEDs, the red-hot “white” light looks yellow.
Put on your white glasses, close your eyes and you will see any color you can imagine. With white glasses, full spectral stimulation is possible with the guarantee that the red, green and blue retinal cones will receive full-fledged stimulation equivalent to the natural light spectrum. White light is most effective for imaginative relaxation and visualization.
For stimulation with open eyes, they are used to improve concentration while reading or to stimulate creativity in playing music and drawing.
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The Importance of Following Fashion Trends
If you’re into style, you will understand why the world celebrates Fashion Week find it irresistible changed into Christmas. You’ll understand why they ride over their very own feet, trying to get a front-row seat and ogling at the super fashions who stride down the runway in the present-day seasons’ collections through the numerous of the area’s renowned fashion designers. Indigenous Social Fashion trends are something fashionistas cannot stay without. It is their lifeline to what’s hip, cool, sparkling, and fierce.
Fashion tells us plenty approximately someone; the way they get dressed, how they positioned their clothes collectively shows the kind of character they are on each day’s foundation. Even people who profess not to care about how they appear nonetheless inform a story about who they virtually are or what they strive to be. One can’t say that they don’t care about fashion; however, not look a certain manner, whether it’s to their detriment or success.
Fashion is not just wearing clothing that protects us from the elements. Fashion trends tell us what to put on whilst we’re down in the dumps and when we’re excessively up inside the clouds. Fashion developments encourage chemistry and can be the start of a charming love affair, in addition to the quiet of one hot new fashion model.
If the handiest permanent element inside the world is changing, then that is clearly manifested in the world of style where exchange happens as speedy as a blink of an eye fixed. It can make it quite tough and difficult to follow fashion developments. However, comply with them is what humans do and do well in maximum instances. A case in point will be the purported fashion icons who’re able to whip up clothes from the most casual to the most glamorous at any given day of the week or at any time of the day for that remember. They may be having a horrific day, but you would not understand via their flawlessly put-collectively outfits and the smiles they flash at the paparazzi. Paris Hilton should have just broken up along with her present-day guy in the course of the morning while carrying clothier jeans and pinnacle and birthday celebration that identical night in a silvery wisp of a dress indigenous the band.
But simply who precisely starts those style tendencies, and why do people observe them? Musicians like rock stars, athletes, actors and actresses, and even political figures were credited to start style tendencies. When a person influential decides they need to tell the sector that being Emo is cool, expect the relaxation of the arena to embody the Emo fashion and to peer the sector from one eye. People follow fashion trends categorize us as individuals or corporations, what makes us stand out, or what defines us to the rest of society. Fashion traits are frippery that makes us appear to be the rest of the sector social security benefits information.
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Another reason why people comply with fashion trends is due to the fact they want to take part in a by no means-finishing popularity contest. Trends in high style or “haute couture” are usually cautiously scrutinized, and if found looking, you could be sure to look it everywhere you appearance – on the runways, on TV shows, in the movies, or even to your next-door neighbor. The trends can have charge tags that could feed an entire 0.33-global united States of America, but humans would nonetheless move in advance and get the look. It all boils all the way down to the fact that we all want to be appreciated and loved, and that is one surefire way to have just that.
The Cessation of Indigenous Cultural Practices That Duress the Esteem of Women in Africa
Women play very vibrant roles in the improvement of households and societies in Africa. The awesome and unequivocal sacrifices they offer to their societies are unheard of. Aside from the tiresome efforts, they exert in trying the unfastened nuts in their families, which includes imparting food, washing clothes, tending to youngsters, supplying warmth and affection to their husbands and other individuals of the own family, as workaholics in enterprise setups, they also make a contribution substantially to the socio-financial improvement in societies. It is disturbing that some indigenous cultural practices in a few nearby groups in Africa still hold strings that pull down the esteem of many ladies by using placing a barrier on their involvement in a few high stages of social development, which includes key selection-making methods.
The hassle is still with the indigenous cultural exercise that relegated the roles of ladies to the most effective home chores and caging them to the four corners of their marital home. Women in those neighboring communities do not provide their reviews or views in public during deliberations on societal development in communal meetings. Their lips are sealed when their quite weighed views that could have changed the wheel of development of their communities are close down everlastingly within themselves. It is proper that using Divine order, guys are purported to be leaders, yet, women play ancillary roles, and the synergy hypes the improvement of societies. It is tested nowadays that when ladies occupy key positions inside the society or nation, their inputs have remedied and redeemed the esteem and development in their respective societies and countries.
Women activist establishments, institutions in the price of gender and ladies affairs need to revamp their sports and applications to their secluded local groups to liven up the esteem of girls to foster national improvement. An amazing strategy is to keep talks with the conventional councils in those nearby groups and lose mild on the archetypical roles that ladies have performed and retain to play nowadays in the discipline of politics, economics, education, agriculture, and different regions of human enterprise. This could lure them, and don’t forget to revise or abrogate those indigenous cultural practices that put girls in jail. Tradition evolves and is dynamic.
Tradition frequently loses its nest to embrace the newly popular methods of existence in current societies. This expertise is not blind to the elderly individuals of the traditional councils in those local communities. This is evident in a widespread famous announcing in Africa, which says that it’s miles most effective a fool who fails to accept alternate, particularly, the trade that brings the most beneficial results to the society. Reasoning with the participants of the conventional councils in the nearby groups, the usage of the imports in their very own conventional knowledge structures could assist them in reversing and quitting all varieties of counter-efficient cultural practices that demean women.
Various worldwide, governmental and non-governmental bodies in Africa, specifically the African Union, need to improve the provision of logistics to a resource in the huge marketing campaign in opposition to the duress of the esteem of girls. During special activities and days used in marking the extraordinary achievements of girls, such communities may be used as venues to exhibit the first-rate advancements in societies resulting from the vibrant and loose roles that girls were allowed to play in those societies. These strategies could aid in halting all of the cultural practices that keep animosity in opposition to ladies. It might rate girls, who are the eternal souls of communities to function for the overall well-being of nations.
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st is a simple terminal implementation for X.
xterm is bloated and unmaintainable. Here's an excerpt from the README:
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
This is undoubtedly the most ugly program in the distribution. It was one of the first "serious" programs ported, and still has a lot of historical baggage. Ideally, there would be a general tty widget and then vt102 and tek4014 subwidgets so that they could be used in other programs. We are trying to clean things up as we go, but there is still a lot of work to do.
Needless to say things have not changed, it's still ugly. It has over 65K lines of code and emulates obscure and obsolete terminals you will never need.
The popular alternative, rxvt has only 32K lines of code. This is just too much for something as simple as a terminal emulator; it's yet another example of code complexity.
Terminal emulation doesn't need to be so complex.
Things that have already been implemented are:
- most VT10X escape sequences
- serial line support
- XIM support
- utmp via utmp(1)
- clipboard handling
- mouse and keyboard shortcuts (via config.h)
- wide-character support
- 256 colors and true colors
- antialiased fonts (using fontconfig)
- fallback fonts
- line drawing
Configuration is done with
config.h. Read the comments in the generated
config.h to edit it according to your needs. Defaults are stored in
The FAQ is maintained in the st source code repository.
st is actively developed. You can browse its source code repository or get a copy using git with the following command:
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Mrs Patsy Flagg MBE JP has been appointed this afternoon by Governor Lisa Phillips as Acting Sheriff of St Helena from Sunday 31 July to Wednesday 14 September 2016 (see attached photo), while the substantive Sheriff, Mrs Ethel Yon OBE, is temporarily off Island.
The Sheriff’s prescribed Oaths were taken before Her Excellency in the Governor’s Office at the Castle.
The Sheriff of St Helena is nominally responsible for enforcing Court Orders, usually carried out by the Police Service on the Sheriff’s behalf. The Sheriff is also responsible for summoning Jurors when a Jury is required, either in the Supreme Court or for a Coroner’s Inquest. The most conspicuous public role, however, is the swearing in of Governors and Acting Governors.
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QUESTION: I was wondering which is more important in cycling – calories or carbs. I’m a type 2 diabetic and have to watch my carbs. – Mike E.
RBR REPLIES: To start with, this is not medical advice and you should always ask your doctor when it comes to controlling your type 2 diabetes with nutrition and exercise.
I am definitely not a doctor, but my personal understanding of blood sugar levels is that when you’re exercising, your body tends to use those carbs immediately to fuel your muscles. So consuming some carbs while you’re actually riding isn’t as big a deal as consuming them when you’re sitting on the couch. This article by Gabe Mirkin, M.D., explains the concept better than I can.
Exercise lowers high blood sugar by making the cells respond more effectively to insulin to drive sugar from the bloodstream into muscles. People who doubled their exercise time, from 150 to 300 minutes per week, reduced their risk of developing diabetes by 36 percent. More than 40 percent of North Americans have high blood sugar levels, to a large degree because fewer than 50 percent exercise at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week. You should try to exercise every day, since the ability of contracting muscles to lower blood sugar without needing insulin lasts less than 24 hours (Am J Clin Nutr. 2008(July);88(1):51-57; J Appl Physiol, 2005;99: 338-343 and 2005;8750-7587).
I have been testing a Levels continuous glucose monitor for the past several weeks. (I am using it for general health and fitness reasons and do not have blood sugar control issues.) What I have found personally is that when I go on a very hard ride (where my heart rate goes above threshold) my blood sugar rises while riding, even if I am riding completely fasted and even if I consume nothing but water. This type of blood sugar rise is not bad for me, according to Levels, the company that makes the continuous glucose monitor. But why not?
What I learned from the Levels support files is that what is happening is that my liver is releasing stored glycogen to help fuel my high intensity exercise. My body sees that I am exercising hard and responds to help my efforts to help, more or less. The liver only holds a limited amount of glycogen though, so if I were to continue on at a high pace without consuming anything, I would eventually bonk. In general, I often ride fasted in the mornings and can ride up to 40 miles before I need to start eating because I have adapted to riding this way.
The Levels blog also has an excellent explanation of how your blood sugar changes during and after exercise.
But what about carbs or just calories? Can you fuel your longer rides with only low carb foods?
The answer is yes, but there is generally an adaptation period where your body learns to help fuel your ride by burning fat instead of sugar. And if you are riding at a high enough intensity, you are still going to burn sugar and potentially bonk. Even the hard core low carb endurance athletes tend to “train low and race high” because it’s difficult to maintain a high intensity without any carbs.
If you are primarily riding at an endurance pace, then you could probably safely skip the carbs and just eat regular calories as needed and would do just fine. If you are riding at a more intense pace, it’s possible that avoiding all carbs might lead to a bonk since the liver can’t replace the glycogen fast enough to keep up and can run out. (It wouldn’t hurt to carry something with carbs in case you do start to feel a bonk coming on, because low blood sugar can be dangerous.) For rides under an hour, most cyclists do not need to consume carbs or calories at all.
What I have found personally by looking at my own continuous glucose monitor results over the last several weeks is that exercise in the morning will tend to help my blood sugar for the entire day. A meal that might ordinarily cause my blood sugar to go up and out of range generally has less of an effect on my blood sugar if I have exercised, even if it was six or eight hours earlier.
One other thing that I learned from Dr. Mirkin’s article and confirmed with my continuous glucose monitor is that going on a walk for 15 minutes after a meal rapidly reduces my own blood sugar, just as he describes. My wife and I already had a habit of going on a walk after dinner, but after seeing how effective it is at bringing my blood sugar down, I’ve become even more motivated not to skip that walk after a big meal.
If you’re interested in learning more low carb bicycling, we’ve covered it in this interview in the past. Interview: A Beginner’s Guide to Ketogenic Diets for Cyclists
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On July 9, the Taliban spokesman stated that they have made territorial gains and secured 85 percent of the region in Afghanistan. They also see China as a friend and welcome China to return to invest in Afghanistan. In response to the comment, Hu Xijin, the Chief Editor of Global Times, published a post on weibo boasting that the Taliban and China are friends.
Hu wrote in the post: “Now you understand how stable and powerful China’s diplomacy is. The United States has been fighting in Afghanistan for 20 years. More than 2,000 soldiers have been killed. It cost the U.S. one trillion U.S. dollars. The Taliban sees the U.S. as an enemy, and the Afghan government sees the U.S. as a selfish escapee. China’s approach, however, makes us friends with both Kabul and the Taliban. What’s important is that we will always be friends with Afghanistan.”
People posted comments trashing Hu’s post. One person wrote, “Who agrees that you and the Taliban are friends?” “Are we at a point that we need to be friends with the Taliban and use it as an achievement to show off?” “My views of the world, life and values are completely destroyed.” “Do we have no friends?” “It turns out that terrorists are also politically correct. Those who commit so-called terrorist attacks in Hong Kong must be killed without mercy! Meanwhile, Taliban terrorists can be friends. As a person and a country, you really have no bottom line. ”
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Academic Listening Strategies
University lectures (the focus of this handout) can be challenging because of their fast pace, variety across disciplines, dynamic nature with student discussions, and diverse lecturer styles. Your lecturer may blend words together, use words you are not sure how to spell, use “uh” in the middle of sentences, or abruptly restart sentences.
Understanding lectures can be easier if you know what to expect and know what to listen for. Below are common characteristics for lectures and strategies for improving listening comprehension.
Different classroom styles present information in different ways. Some classrooms assume students know nothing and introduce information whereas other classrooms assume students come prepared and discuss information. Lecturer speaking styles also affect how information may be presented. The table below represents endpoints of two spectra; your classroom and lecturer may have qualities from both columns.
|Traditional classrooms Lecturer presents informationLecturer demonstrates solving problems||Flipped classrooms Class discusses informationStudents solve problems in groups|
|More formal lecturers Speak a majority of the timeUse academic termsUse mostly grammatical sentencesUse visual aids (e.g., PowerPoint)||Less formal lecturers Invite interaction from the classUse slang and idiomsUse incomplete sentencesSpeak without notes|
Knowing whether the information or the delivery of information is challenging will help you determine which listening strategies to try.
Two processes are involved in listening. Top-down listening uses background knowledge and contextualizes words to aid comprehension. Bottom-up listening uses sounds, words, and other small units to create meaning. These processes are complementary; listening for only the big picture but not the details is as ineffective as trying to understand every single word your lecturer says.
Top-down listening strategies
Before lecture, review and predict lecture topics.
- Review assigned material
- Consider how new information will relate to previous lectures
During lecture, identify the organization pattern (i.e., problem/solution, literature review, etc.).
- Note the number of main topics being covered and how they are related
- Listen for phrases that introduce, summarize, or shift topics
After lecture, continue to engage with the topic.
- Review your notes for any information that is incomplete
- Go to friends or go to office hours with questions about information you missed
Bottom-up listening strategies
Focus on stressed words.
- Listen for longer, louder words (usually nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs). These words carry the most important information.
Pay attention to repeated terms and pauses.
- Take these as cues for possible key points in the lecture
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Two insurance companies in Georgia – Cigna and Humana – try to keep HIV-positive people off their health insurance plans and throw up hurdles to life-saving HIV medications, according to a new federal complaint.
The complaint from the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta and the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School accuses the two insurance giants in Georgia of making HIV treatments “virtually unaffordable” by placing them at the top of a tiered cost system, and requiring high co-insurance payments, adding pre-authorization requirements and strict limited quantities. Those restrictions discourage participation by people with HIV in insurance plans offered by those companies, which violates the anti-discrimination provision of the federal Affordable Care Act, according to the complaint.
“Advances in HIV treatment mean that people living with HIV can lead long and productive lives, but only if they have continuous and uninterrupted access to HIV medications,” Melanie Thompson (photo), ARCA's principal investigator and a member of the Fulton County Task Force on HIV/AIDS, said in a prepared statement.
“Lapses in HIV medications can lead to lifelong viral resistance and ultimately medication failure. Likewise, we should not forget that effective HIV treatment also prevents HIV transmission, so obstructing access to medications is a public health issue,” Thompson added.
ARCA and CHLPI filed the complaint on Tuesday with the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The two organizations partnered with groups in six other states – AIDS Alabama, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, CrescentCare in Louisiana, Nashville CARES, AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin and AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania – to file complaints against a total of seven insurers:
- Humana: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana and Texas
- Cigna: Georgia and Texas
- Highmark: Pennsylvania
- Independence Blue Cross: Pennsylvania
- UPMC Health Plan: Pennsylvania
- Community Health Choice: Texas
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield: Wisconsin
In 2015, ARCA worked with HIV and health advocates to analyze Affordable Care Act plans in Georgia to target issues with access to HIV medications. The study looked at a lack of coverage of medications recommended by federal guidelines, requirements for high out-of-pocket costs and restrictions including prior authorization and limits on the quantity of pills that could be dispensed. When it came to Cigna and Humana plans in Georgia, the results of the study were disturbing, according to ARCA.
The analysis by ARCA and CHLPI showed that many insurers were able to provide guideline-recommended HIV therapies with reasonable cost sharing by patients. However, plans by Cigna and Humana placed all of the federally-recommended treatments for HIV at the top of a tiered cost system, making them virtually unaffordable. For example, both Cigna and Humana placed all of these medicines on Tier 4 or Tier 5, requiring high co-insurance (up to 50% of the drug’s cost) and often prior authorization requirements and strict quantity limits.
ARCA was more blunt in a Facebook post Tuesday morning announcing the complaint:
This morning, ARCA and Harvard Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) filed federal discrimination complaints against Cigna & Humana because their plans make recommended drugs unaffordable for people with HIV. This is illegal. ARCA assembled a group of advocates who analyzed all 45 silver Qualified Health Plans on the ACA Marketplace in 2015-2016. CHLPI's national analysis with other state partners resulted in multiple other complaints being filed in 6 other states. Unfair competition by some insurers raises costs for others and drives them out of the Marketplace. We will never #EndAIDS in GA until we end discrimination in all its forms.
The study showed that the plans are designed to be discriminatory, according to Robert Greenwald, CHLPI’s faculty professor and a professor at Harvard Law School.
“When an insurer requires chronically ill patients to pay a disproportionate share of the cost of medication it violates federal law,” Greenwald said in a prepared statement.
“These are landmark complaints that will benefit everyone looking to receive equitable, comprehensive health care through the marketplaces by helping to define anti-discrimination law at a time when insurers are covering less and less,” Greenwald added.
Thompson said the plans are an attempt to undercut bans on restrictions for pre-existing conditions found in the federal healthcare law.
“Some insurers try to discourage patients with expensive diseases from joining their plans, thus undercutting the ACA’s ban on restrictions around pre-existing conditions,” Thompson said.
“Insurers that discriminate destabilize the marketplace by cherry-picking less expensive patients and driving up costs for other insurers. We see the repercussions of this unfair competition as some insurers opt to leave the federal marketplaces entirely, reducing consumer choice and leaving patients at the mercy of insurers whose plans are less affordable,” Thompson added.
Cigna and Humana have not yet responded publicly to the complaint.
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In her letter of (TGI, Aug. 26), Ms Yukimura wrote, “How they risked life and limb to fight bigotry and white supremacy,” is political and wrong. Then, Mr. Custer in his letter of Sept. 3, attempted to challenge Ms Yukimura and failed.
The men and women of the Nisei generation of World War II established a legacy in that they were Americans.
Discussions with hundreds of American Nisei World War II veterans, to a man and woman, is they risked their life and limb to assist, protect, even die for their fellow American. The Nisei World War II veterans were special in completing an exceptional charge, of fighting for a country that questioned their loyalty. Their legacy will prevail together in history with the United States of America.
Yes, some 110,000 Japanese and Americans were interned under EO 9066 on February 19, 1942, because of a “fear” of residents in the U.S. were Japanese and Japan had initiated the war by bombing Pearl Harbor without declaration.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Dec. 18, 1944, after some 34 months of detention, to release Ms Mitsue Endo and all other Americans from Internment Camps, if they were detained without a legal charge.
Yet, the American Nisei World War II veterans, without question, risked their life and limb for their beloved country for 23 months, assigned to a segregated unit starting with the 100th Infantry Battalion from Sept. 9, 1943, followed on June 6,1944 with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and ended on Aug. 15, 1945, with the surrender of Japan.
America learned a critical lesson, the Nisei WWII veteran will be forever American.
James Kuroiwa, Jr., Kaneohe
(Born in Kipu, grew up in Puhi, Yonsei (4th generation AJA), Vietnam Combat Veteran (’69), 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry USAR), National Veterans Network (CGM)).
What’s up with the roads?
You would think that the roads in Kauai would be some of the best in the nation. We get our main source of income from tourism and would like to make a nice impression on our visitors.
That being said, why is Highway 530 (Koloa Road) and 520 (Tree Tunnel) almost Third World country condition?
Very sad to have to write this.
Nicholas Hesseling, Koloa
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Award-winning science writer Nancy F. Castaldo gives a riveting narrative nonfiction account of the worldwide water crisis, explaining what’s happening to the world’s water supply, from industrial pollution to harmful algal blooms, and what kids can do about it.
What would you do if you turned on the faucet one day and nothing happened? What if you learned the water in your home was harmful to drink? Water is essential for life on this planet, but not every community has the safe, clean water it needs. In When the World Runs Dry, award-winning science writer Nancy Castaldo takes readers from Flint, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey, to Iran and Cape Town, South Africa, to explore the various ways in which water around the world is in danger, why we must act now, and why you’re never too young to make a difference.
Topics include: Lead and water infrastructure problems, pollution, fracking contamination, harmful algal blooms, water supply issues, rising sea levels, and potential solutions.
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Earlier this summer, we introduced our three-part series on workplace investigations (link here) by explaining what they are and offering some proactive strategies for employers to use to ensure that they are conducted properly. In this post, Part 2 of the series, we look at Bill 132, which comes into force on September 8, 2016, and is poised to affect sweeping changes in HR policy across Ontario workplaces.
The legislation, born of the province’s 2015 report entitled It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment, has far-reaching implications that extend to all forms of workplace harassment. Bill 132 strengthens some of the Occupational Health and Safety Act(“OHSA”) reforms that the government introduced in 2010 with Bill 168, Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace).
What are the Bill 132 amendments?
Bill 132 amends six acts. The most important amendments for employers and workplaces are those in Schedule 4 of the new legislation, which amends the OHSA. Bill 132 introduces new definitions of “workplace harassment” and “workplace sexual harassment”:
“workplace harassment” means,
(a) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or
(b) workplace sexual harassment.
“workplace sexual harassment” means,
(a) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or
(b) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is unwelcome.
What Bill 132 means for your organization
The Bill 132 amendments create important new responsibilities and obligations for employers.
Generally, employers will face greater legal exposure for failing to prevent workplace harassment under the OHSA. One of the chief implications is that employers will now be legally required to investigate incidents and allegations of workplace harassment and sexual harassment. Employers will have an obligation to keep resulting workplace harassment investigation reports confidential, unless the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of investigating or taking corrective action with respect to the incident or complaint, or is otherwise required by law. If the employer does not conduct an investigation that is appropriate in the circumstances, the Ministry of Labour can appoint an external investigator at the employer’s expense, which could be costly and disruptive to the organization.
The Bill 132 amendments will also:
- Require employers to develop and maintain, in conjunction with their health and safety committee or representative, a written program to implement their workplace harassment policies. The programs and policies will have to be reviewed at least annually, or more frequently if required. Bill 132 sets out some requirements for the program’s contents, such as procedures for workers to report harassment to someone other than the supervisor or employer, if the supervisor or employer is the alleged harasser. Furthermore, Bill 132 requires employers to provide appropriate information and instruction for their workers on the contents of the harassment policy.
- Obligate employers to investigate complaints and incidents of workplace harassment as mentioned, but also to inform the allegedly harassed employee and alleged harasser of the investigation results in writing.
- Codify current case law to legislate that normal management and direction of workers will not constitute harassment.
- Amend the Limitations Act, 2002, which will remove limitation periods within which civil claims for sexual assault, and in some circumstances serious misconduct of a sexual nature or assault, can be brought. The change will apply retroactively. Unlike the amendments to the OHSA, which come into force on September 8, 2016, this amendment came into force on March 8, 2016.
While employers will have to manage many new obligations, they will retain the right to discipline workers where necessary.
What your organization needs to do
Act now to clarify expectations of acceptable workplace behaviour—Employers should begin to implement and communicate the changes to their workplace policies now to ensure compliance with the Bill 132 amendments to the OHSA. Employers should develop thoughtful policies and procedures, relevant to the characteristics of their workplace, and/or revise existing policies, and ensure that conduct expectations are clearly communicated to workers.
Develop a workplace investigation protocol—Furthermore, employers should consider developing a specific procedure for workplace investigations, and consider the circumstances under which workplace investigations should be conducted by internal or external investigators. To maximize the chances that an investigation will be properly conducted, and to minimize cost and disruption to the workplace, employers should keep careful records, and investigate all complaints and incidents of workplace harassment and sexual harassment.
Implement a system to address employee complaints—More generally, employers should aim to foster a culture of shared responsibility for preventing workplace harassment. Employers should enforce their workers’ legal obligations to minimize hazards by ensuring that all workers understand their obligations, while creating accessible mechanisms for workers to meet those obligations. Although many employers attempt to encourage workers to participate in the mitigation of workplace hazards by having a general open door management policy, this will not always suffice. The sensitive nature of harassment issues, and particularly sexual harassment issues, can be a barrier to candid disclosure of such incidents. Therefore, employers should create, implement, and communicate to their employees, comprehensive programs and procedures for bringing forward complaints and reporting incidents.
Look for Part 3 in our series on workplace investigations later this week, where we will examine the Code of Practice to Address Workplace Harassment under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act that was recently released by the Ministry of Labour to provide further guidance to employers in fulfilling their workplace harassment-related obligations under the OHSA.
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Why cloud should be part of your disaster recovery strategy
Cloud-based solutions can help support businesses of all sizes through unplanned downtime
With cyber attacks frequently making headlines, and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force last year leading organisations to look closer at how they securely store data, it's understandable that businesses are making disaster recovery and business continuity a high priority.
At one end of the scale, unplanned downtime can lead to a drop in productivity and a heavy cost - it's estimated that, depending on the size of the organisation, a one-hour outage could cost a business as much as 100,000. At the other end, there's the potential for data loss or theft, opening up the business to legal and financial ramifications and reputational damage.
There's also the pressure of keeping an 'always on' service. Analyst firm Gartner notes that with the rise in digital business initiatives and online interactions, IT availability requirements are being driven towards 100%. To minimise the impact of failures, business recovery time objectives (RTOs) are dropping from days to hours.
In a worst-case scenario, IDC research director Phil Goodwin says that somewhere in the neighbourhood of 80% of organisations without a disaster recovery plan in place will fail entirely in the face of a disaster.
Disasters can take a wide variety of forms. Often natural disasters such as floods or storms come to mind, but more often than not, the ones businesses face are man-made, taking the form of human errors or cyber attacks. But even small disasters can lead to long outages.
Organisations should prepare for all contingencies, and a solid disaster recovery plan aims to determine how a business responds to and mitigates against unplanned downtime in myriad ways, including data protection and backup.
Is cloud-based backup becoming the norm?
For many years, larger enterprises have recognised and responded to the potential impact an IT failure could have, investing heavily in solutions - including those based on cloud technology - to protect against disasters. This has led to a dramatic drop in the price of reduced storage and backups, making cloud-based solutions more accessible, especially to the SMB market.
"Until recently, disaster recovery didn't get the attention it deserved from businesses because of the cost and complexity of doing it right. Moreover, business units didn't see a direct benefit from disaster recovery - until a disaster occurred," says Wayne Horkan, an executive on the Institute of Engineering and Technology's (IET's) information and communications sector.
"With the emergence of cloud computing, there are now full-blown disaster recovery solutions available to small, medium-sized, and large businesses alike that help companies reduce costs without sacrificing service. Businesses today are more comfortable with replicating their data to the cloud. They understand its usefulness and ease of access."
Disaster recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS)
Cloud-based services are making businesses rethink their traditional data protection and disaster recovery plans as, if they have strong connectivity, these can help them reduce data centre infrastructure costs and complexity. It's in this area that vendors are seeing a growing interest in cloud-based solutions such as Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS), where applications and data are copied to and stored on the provider's infrastrucure on the cloud. If a catastrophic failure occurs, the backup can simply be activated and pressed into action within minutes.
"A natural progression in business continuity would be to extend beyond cloud-based backups into cloud-facilitated DRaaS options," says David Bird, editorial contributor for BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. "Financially, it certainly might appear to be a more viable option compared to using traditional mirroring/replication models to a failover hot site."
Big names like Amazon and Microsoft are already in the game and Gartner is seeing the DRaaS market becoming increasingly commoditised, with 25% year-on-year growth expected for the coming years.
It can be a minefield for businesses though, as hundreds of vendors are offering a wide range of DRaaS options from fully managed through to self-service models.
"There's a tremendous amount of competition and variability," notes Goodwin, whose focus at IDC is on cloud data management and protection. "There are organisations at one end of the spectrum that do little more than provide on-demand services and from there it's entirely 'build your own'. Then there are what we call 'white glove' suppliers who come in and do threat analysis, [and will] be there for every step. Of course, there are many variations in-between."
How to decide if a cloud-based option is right for you
Whatever the size of your business, it's important to do your research before implementing a cloud solution, as with any technology it has its pros and cons. Not all cloud-based DR solutions are the same or work the same way. In many circumstances, the best disaster recovery solution is a hybrid of cloud and on-site technologies.
On the plus side, cloud-based data protection and backup offers reduced cost and improved agility and frees up the time of IT staff - instead of taking care of backup infrastructure they're free to focus on other aspects of the business.
It also enables organisations to recover their data quickly, negating the need to wait for on-premise servers to be recovered.
"It offers resilience, and if you spread it across multiple providers you're even more resilient," notes Stuart Mackintosh, chair of OpenUK, the free and open source technology industry association. However, he adds that if you do use multiple providers, there needs to be a degree of separation between them as many use the same back-end service.
Another advantage over older, hardware-based forms of DR is cost. With cloud, there's no need to set up failover systems and network infrastructure at a secondary site, or have the added cost of maintaining those systems. Instead, the DR partner manages the infrastructure - with the added benefit that businesses only pay for the storage capacity they need at the time, when they need to use it.
On the downside, cloud solutions aren't impervious to disasters of their own and you have to consider how your business will access the cloud if the disaster involves a lack of connectivity. Horkan also highlights issues around vendor lock-in and a lack of control.
"It can be difficult to migrate data to another cloud provider at a later date," he points out. "[Plus,] since data is held off site by a company you do not control, you lack the ability to control and customise your data storage set-up, an issue for larger businesses that have complex needs."
Do your due diligence
There are many issues to consider, but one of the main associated challenges is ensuring the requirements of the business are understood and the costs are accurately estimated. To get this right you have to do due diligence.
Mackintosh recommends businesses ask themselves the following questions.
"Ask yourself what you're trying to do, what you want the outcome to be. This is never 'having disaster recovery' - that's just a tool. You need to understand your RTOs and recovery point objectives (RPOs) and map these to your business objectives. Are you looking at restoring all services? How much data can you lose?
"Also ensure vendor transparency. It's easy to buy something off the shelf and tick a compliance box. Take responsibility and ensure you understand what's on offer. Finally, it's important to test your disaster recovery plan - it's only as good as your last restoration," he adds. "That's when you might find out you're not able to recover all the data you expected to. Or, in the case of big data, you might discover that it takes a week to restore all your data!"
Much depends on the cloud provider and on the SLAs involved. Can they guarantee high availability? What recourse do you have if they fall short? Will there be contention, or will your applications get the resources they need to run effectively? If businesses can get satisfactory answers to these questions, a more resilient infrastructure is within reach.
This article was originally published in February 2018, and has since been updated to include additional information
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Evaporative Condensers :
In systems involving heat transfer, evaporative condenser is a device or unit used to condense a substance from its gaseous to its liquid state, by cooling it. In so doing, the latent heat is given up by the substance and transferred to the surrounding environment. Condensers can be made according to numerous designs, and come in many sizes ranging from rather small (hand-held) to very large (industrial-scale units used in plant processes).
For example, a refrigerator uses a condenser to get rid of heat extracted from the interior of the unit to the outside air. Evaporative Condensers are used in air conditioning, industrial chemical processes such as distillation, steam power plants and other heat-exchange systems. Use of cooling water or surrounding air as the coolant is common in many condensers.
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Mark Kinver at BBC News: “Rothamsted Research, a leading agricultural research institution, is attempting to make data from long-term experiments available to all.
In partnership with a data consultancy, is it developing a method to make complex results accessible and useable.
The institution is a member of the Godan Initiative that aims to make data available to the scientific community.
In September, Godan called on the public to sign its global petition to open agricultural research data.
“The continuing challenge we face is that the raw data alone is not sufficient enough on its own for people to make sense of it,” said Chris Rawlings, head of computational and systems biology at Rothamsted Research.
“This is because the long-term experiments are very complex, and they are looking at agriculture and agricultural ecosystems so you need to know a lot of about what the intention of the studies are, how they are being used, and the changes that have taken place over time.”
However, he added: “Even with this level of complexity, we do see significant number of users contacting us or developing links with us.”
One size fits all
The ability to provide open data to all is one of the research organisation’s national capabilities, and forms a defining principle of its web portal to the experiments carried out at its North Wyke Farm Platform in North Devon.
Rothamsted worked in partnership with Tessella, a data consultancy, on the data collected from the experiments, which focused on livestock pastures.
The information being collected, as often as every 15 minutes, includes water run-off levels, soil moisture, meteorological data, and soil nutrients, and this is expected to run for decades.
“The data is quite varied and quite diverse, and [Rothamsted] wants to make to make this data available to the wider research community,” explained Tessella’s Andrew Bowen.
“What Rothamsted needed was a way to store it and a way to present it in a portal in which people could see what they had to offer.”
He told BBC News that there were a number of challenges that needed to be tackled.
One was the management of the data, and the team from Tessella adopted an “agile scrum” approach.
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It doesn't take hiring a CEO to represent a million-dollar decision. Add up the consequences of a hiring decision, including the tenure expected of new hires, and a teacher, police officer, skilled tradesperson, sales professional, engineer, first-level supervisor, and hundreds of others easily represent a million-dollar hire.
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United States President Joe Biden announced on 1 August that Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on 30 July. A year ago, in August 2021, a consortium of jihadists led by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda that answers to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency overthrew the Afghan government and re-established an Islamist regime. Some had believed that the Taliban would contain Al-Qaeda; this was always fanciful, and the discovery of Al-Qaeda’s emir in the Taliban capital only underlines how intertwined these two organisations are. Al-Qaeda once again controlling a state, and who is chosen as Zawahiri’s successor, have major implications for global security.
Zawahiri’s Jihadist Rise
Zawahiri was born in Egypt in 1951 to a comfortable middle-class family, and joined an Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood, when he was 14. Zawahiri went on to join and then to lead Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), which he merged with Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda in the months before 9/11. Zawahiri has old connections with the Islamic Republic of Iran; he was one of their favourites Sunni militants after the 1979 Revolution. It was through Zawahiri, while in Sudan in the early 1990s, who helped Bin Laden forge a relationship with the Iranian government, that its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), specifically its Lebanese branch, Hezbollah, could provide training for Al-Qaeda. The Iran connection would become ever-more important during Zawahiri’s leadership of Al-Qaeda after Bin Laden was killed in 2011.
Zawahiri’s time as emir of Al-Qaeda has been a turbulent one in the jihadist world: he was the man on the spot to respond to the “Arab spring”, managing the regional affiliates—Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and Al-Shabaab in Somalia—as the countries in which they were based were rocked with popular unrest, and managing internal rebellion as Al-Qaeda’s former Iraqi affiliate, the group we now know as the Islamic State, went rogue and tried to displace its mother organization as the leader of the jihadist movement.
Zawahiri has often been mocked for being such an uninspiring leader, with his output consisting of lengthy—indeed, interminable—finger-wagging monologues, but it has to be said that he weathered the Islamic State challenge, preventing major defections of affiliates, and held the line ideologically: as the Islamic State tried to form its “caliphate”—the ultimate stated goal of Al-Qaeda—and launched a massive terrorist wave against the “infidel” West, Zawahiri refused to compete on their terrain, saying a caliphate could not be imposed immediately from above, that the jihadists had to build a “popular base” (al-hadina al-shabiyya) locally first, and that the attacks in the West would only bring about retribution that destroyed everything the jihadists managed to build. At this stage, Zawahiri looks to have had the better of the argument.
Al-Qaeda Has a State Again
One of the important aspects of Zawahiri being killed in the upscale Sherpur neighborhood of Kabul is that the safehouse belonged to Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of the so-called Haqqani Network, a member of Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban’s overall deputy. This highlights again the fluid nature of the jihadist network in Afghanistan, with the distinctions between the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and the Haqqanis being more theoretical than real. Wherever the Taliban goes, Al-Qaeda will be present, including in its capital. This is a return to the pre-9/11 situation, where Al-Qaeda has the space of a state to set up training camps and other infrastructure to plot its operations.
A secondary aspect is that it has to be concluded that if the Haqqani Network, which is fully controlled by Pakistan’s ISI, knew where Zawahiri was, then so did the ISI. This is a replay in many ways of Osama bin Laden’s discovery a few minutes’ drive from Pakistan’s main military academy in Abbottabad in 2011. The U.S. clearly feared the possibility that Pakistan would tip-off Zawahiri and so refused to share any intelligence about the strike before it was carried out.
Counterterrorism Operations Cannot Be Sustained
When Biden pulled out of Afghanistan, he said that the U.S. strategy would be “over-the-horizon” counterterrorism; that is, using bases in neighboring states—or even in the Gulf—to conduct kinetic actions against terrorist targets that threaten the U.S. or its allies. It was reported at the time that “members of the intelligence community label it, derisively, the ‘over-the-rainbow’ strategy”. The President and his supporters are claiming Zawahiri’s death as vindication, and, with the one-year anniversary of the disastrous withdrawal approaching, this is a handy narrative to push back against the negative media coverage: Afghanistan might be in a terrible state, they will say, with a collapsed economy and living under a brutal theocracy, but at least threats to America are under control. This is misleading.
The information available suggests that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) focused huge resources on finding Zawahiri, and then it took months to plan the strike. Even if this process could be streamlined for less politically sensitive targets, this is still a lot of work—and a very slow process—to get to a single individual. Moreover, the type of intelligence-gathering to eliminate one “high-value” target is quite different from the intelligence capability required to give the CIA an in-depth view of the terrorist networks and their intentions, which is what would be needed to conduct a sustained counterterrorism campaign that could keep Al-Qaeda and its allies in check. There is no indication the CIA has this kind of big picture visibility in Afghanistan.
A further complication relates to where the drone came from and which country or countries it flew over to get into Afghanistan. Such details are being deliberately obfuscated at the present time, and for good reason, since none of Afghanistan’s neighbors wish to be associated with U.S. military counterterrorism efforts. The two possibilities are that one of the neighboring governments gave the U.S. a secret green light to cross their territory, or the U.S. crossed their territory without permission—and in neither case is this a mode of practice that can be replicated very often.
Zawahiri’s death does not change these fundamental aspects of the situation, with reduced access to information about terrorist groups in Afghanistan and the difficulties of striking at them even when there is information. The U.S. is operating with “about 1 percent or 2 percent of the capabilities we once had to look into Afghanistan”, says the former regional commander.
The Other Terrorism Threat in Afghanistan
An obvious counterpoint to whatever intelligence streams the CIA has or had to find Zawahiri is the status of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP). Since the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, ISKP has grown in strength. As the recent United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team outlined, ISKP has been able to spread throughout Afghanistan, conducting regular attacks against the Taliban and religious minorities like Shi’is and Sikhs, and has even launched external attacks against two neighboring states, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, while recruiting increasing numbers of foreign fighters.
The Monitoring Team sees a possibility that ISKP can “regain lost territory in eastern Afghanistan”: if that happens, “it may prove difficult for the Taliban to reverse such gains” and would leave ISKP “positioned to develop a global threat capability from Afghanistan.” With the Taliban regime self-evidently unable to do anything about this, the U.S. has nonetheless taken no action of its own against ISKP, clearly constrained by the same mix of intelligence deficit and/or geopolitical constraints that means the U.S. has conducted only the Zawahiri strike in the entire year since leaving Afghanistan.
Who Will Succeed Zawahiri?
The United Nations report documents who is next in line after Zawahiri to take over Al-Qaeda. First on the list is Sayf al-Adl, the long-time military leader of Al-Qaeda. Next is Abd al-Rahman al-Maghrebi, Zawahiri’s son-in-law. And then there are two affiliate commanders, Yazid Mebrak of AQIM and Ahmed Umar (Ahmed Diriye) of Al-Shabaab.
What is most notable is that both Al-Adl and Al-Maghrebi are in Iran. Lazy analysis suggesting there is unbridgeable enmity between “Sunni” Al-Qaeda and “Shia” Iran persists in places, but it has been very clear for a very long time that Al-Qaeda and Iran’s clerical regime have a cooperative relationship, based on a mutual hatred of the West. Zawahiri’s deputy before Al-Adl was Abu Muhammad al-Masri, who was assassinated in Tehran by Israel in August 2020. Most of Al-Qaeda’s military and religious leadership have been in Iran, safe from American drones, for twenty years.
It is sometimes said Al-Qaeda’s leaders in Iran have been under “house arrest” or other restrictions, but the reality is that, from Tehran, Al-Adl was able to organize the bombing in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in May 2003. This is just one example. Al-Qaeda has been permitted to work on creating a “dirty bomb” at times while in Iran and been openly told by the IRGC that help will be offered in attacks on America, Israel, and other Western targets.
Al-Qaeda has been less focused on foreign attacks for some time, but in 2019 the group showed it was still willing to carry out such operations, directing a terrorist attack at a military base in Pensacola within the United States. With Zawahiri and his “popular base” theory of jihadist progress removed, an Al-Qaeda ruled by Al-Adl and backed by Iran might well tilt back towards global war with the “far enemy” (the West). Attacks such as the Pensacola one might become more frequent.
Al-Qaeda might also be able to inspire more “lone wolf” attacks in the next period. The Islamic State is currently keeping a lower profile as it rebuilds after the destruction of the caliphate, giving Al-Qaeda the chance to further its propaganda that its jihadi path is more effective. With Zawahiri gone, it might allow a more charismatic leader to take over who is better able to convince people of Al-Qaeda’s message and have them act on it in Western countries and other places around the world.
On the other hand, Al-Qaeda might find it too politically embarrassing to appoint a leader like Al-Adl who is so closely tied to the Shia theocracy, particularly in the current atmosphere of heightened sectarian passions. Al-Qaeda’s options then would be to select somebody less-well-known based in Afghanistan, whose trajectory would be unpredictable, or to embark on a totally new course by choosing one of the affiliate emirs as overall emir, which could signal an intensification of focus on the “near enemy”—the regional governments—that further localizes Al-Qaeda within insurgencies in the Muslim world.
If Al-Qaeda does turn towards a more localist strategy, the circumstances are broadly favourable. The loss of Zawahiri does not seriously affect the affiliates: his role was to give strategic guidance, not day-to-day instructions, and it was often difficult for regional emirs to get in contact with Zawahiri, especially for time-sensitive matters. Zawahiri’s death in Kabul has no impact on the ground-level realities in these countries. The continued aggression by Iran’s Houthis in Yemen perpetuates the war in that country, which Al-Qaeda can continue to exploit, for example, and in Africa the direct actions of Russia, as well as the economic uncertainty created by Moscow with its war on Ukraine, create unstable conditions in which jihadism flourishes.
“Al-Qaeda is not viewed as posing an immediate international threat from its safe haven in Afghanistan”, says the recent United Nations report, citing the fact that Al-Qaeda “does not currently wish to cause the Taliban international difficulty or embarrassment”. It is not clear how long this calculation will last, however. The Taliban were clearly embarrassed and annoyed that the U.S. had killed Zawahiri under their noses; if Al-Qaeda chooses to retaliate against the U.S., it seems unlikely the Taliban will stop them. Whether Al-Qaeda can launch attacks against the U.S., at least in the immediate term, the U.N. report doubts, but perhaps a new leader can inspire a revenge attack from afar.
Al-Qaeda will surely survive the loss of Zawahiri; it has survived greater losses and challenges over the last two decades. What direction the group now moves in probably hinges on its new leader, whose identity is distinctly difficult to predict. The obvious candidates for the succession are in Iran, which is a major problem for Al-Qaeda. As one scholar notes, “Iran is ostensibly an enemy of Al-Qaeda, whose followers revile Iranian Shiites and the country’s security forces as apostate ‘rejectionists’ who have run roughshod over the Middle East, massacring Sunnis in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. It would be a hard sell for Al-Qaeda to present its next leader as running the show from quasi house arrest in Iran, which would encourage suspicions that the group was under Tehran’s thumb.”
Having Al-Adl or another leader so openly aligned with Iran might also provoke Israel into taking action again, as it did in 2020. It would be terribly embarrassing for Al-Qaeda to lose another leader so quickly and embarrassing for Iran if another Al-Qaeda leader is killed in its capital, highlighting its relationship with the terrorist group.
Still, if Al-Qaeda goes outside the direct line of succession and appoints one of the affiliate emirs as leader it would be unprecedented. How a leader based in, say, Yemen, would cope with coordinating all the other affiliates is very unclear: Would communications be easier from Yemen than Afghanistan? Would the Yemeni leader focus as much on managing the other affiliates? Would the other affiliates recognise another affiliate leader as overall emir? This would take Al-Qaeda into uncharted territory and perhaps undo one of the undeniable successes of Zawahiri’s reign: keeping together the global network. | <urn:uuid:2ae2d32e-2811-42e5-ba34-a7e6ad14bd28> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eeradicalization.com/what-direction-will-al-qaeda-move-in-after-ayman-al-zawahiris-death/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.968422 | 3,199 | 1.90625 | 2 |
It’s no surprise that people like camping. Taking time off from work, forming bonds with friends and family, exploring nature – what’s not to enjoy?
More people are camping now than in recent years, and they’re doing it more often. According to the 2019 KOA North American Camping Report, approximately 78.8 million households camped in 2018. Since 2014, the percentage of campers who camp at least three times a year is on the rise and up 72%. It seems that our collective love for getting away from it all is only growing. To meet this demand, new campgrounds are popping up all over the place and existing campgrounds are investing in new amenities, like WiFi, to remain competitive.
Technology and camping
Camping is an affordable and simple pastime. Despite what you may think, technology doesn’t hinder camping, but enhances it. Technology helps eliminate camping barriers and is, in part, why camping is gaining popularity. When choosing a place to stay, all the information people need about a campground and the surrounding area is at their fingertips. While camping, mobile devices and access to WiFi make people feel safer. In fact,16% of campers look for free WiFi when choosing a place to camp; and on average, campers are able to camp an additional 6 days per year when they have internet access.
Many feel like camping gives them an opportunity to unplug, but they still like to have access to their mobile devices and WiFi. Only 14% of campers think unplugging means not having access to any technology whatsoever. Most campers bring their smartphones camping with them, but often allot designated times for usage or only use them if there’s an emergency.
How Often Do You Use Your Phone While Camping?
The social media impact
Tech savvy younger generations make up the bulk of campers. In 2018, millennials accounted for 41% of all campers, while more than 50% of camping groups included children. These generations are always connected. When campers post on social media, it creates new campers by giving confidence to those who would like to camp but feel weary about braving the great outdoors. For those who are already avid campers, social media lets them research nearby activities and maintain connections.
What Do You Use Social Media for While Camping?
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Our partnership with Ruckus Networks, a leading wireless provider, allows us to sell and install top of the line, rugged wireless for customers throughout the region. Recently, we worked to create a wireless and infrastructure build-out for the historic Camp Topridge in the heart of the Adirondacks. In North Hudson, we built Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort network and currently provide managed services for the campground.
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Per Tesla’s Emergency Response Guide:
”It can take between approximately 3000-8000 gallons of water, applied directly to the battery, to fully extinguish and cool down a battery fire...”.
”Battery fires can take up to 24 hours to fully cool”.
“Always advise second responders that there is a risk of battery re-ignition”.
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I truly do believe in the idea of free markets, (which I've heard makes me a raging capitalist pig). As such I have no problem with electric vehicles. For the record, I ditched my gas-powered weed-eater for electric after I became fairly certain repeated pulls of the recoil starter are what damaged my shoulder... Repeated pulls because all two-strokes run like hot garbage due to emission regulations.
But I'm always struck by the fact that the very first logical place to use EVs is an electric utility. Despite tinkering with the idea for decades (the Google machine shows Public Relations experiments back to the 60s), the utilities, flush with cash, sitting on monopolies and able to pay their CEOs outrageously; have what percent of an electrified fleet? A good rule of thumb is that if such an otherwise positive piece of information is hard to come by, it's because it's embarrassingly low.
You know, vehicles that come to the same place every evening, with loads of commercial infrastructure, a building full of mechanics, etc. In other words, the perfect EV environment. Meanwhile most local gas utilities have been running Natural Gas ICEs for decades, again because of the ideal infrastructure.
Yet we have Teslas all over the place before a serious percentage of utility fleets are electrified. And don't give me the idea that "It's because they are all trucks". A huge amount of what utilities do, does not require trucks. Site inspections, line planning, even meter change-outs. As a landlord/part-time builder, I've been around for all of these on multiple occasions. Electric cars have been local-practical for a decade. I've yet to see a worker arrive in one, unless low-bid Chevy Cavaliers and Cobalts came in an electric form I've never seen. Wouldn't a natural progression be electric fleet vehicles and THEN widespread consumer use, WITHOUT mandates from uncle Fed? Or if there are to be mandates, why not on the PUBLICALLY REGULATED UTILITIES first and foremost?
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Ladders are a versatile and invaluable piece of workplace equipment, but, like all other forms of access equipment, there are some common sense rules for using them safely, and it’s all about sensible and proportionate management of the risks, which HSE’s new guidance spells out.
Earlier this year, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) launched two new pieces of guidance. Alongside its new brief guide to general work at height (INDG401) is INDG455: Safe use of ladders and stepladders – a brief guide. The new seven page document is devoted to summarising the simple, sensible precautions that ladder users and their employers need to know about.
The new guidance was published following a rigorous review in consultation with the Ladder Association, the Access Industry Forum, the British Retail Consortium and the Small Business Trade Association Forum. The review concluded the Working at Height Regulations were fit for purpose and where problems existed, they arose from the misinterpretation of the law rather than from the regulations themselves.
The need for new guidance
It is not hard to find examples of misinterpretation arising from the regulations. Over the last two years HSE’s Myth Busters Challenge Panel has taken on over 260 cases of overzealous decisions made in the name of health and safety and a number of these are related to work at height. Even simple issues like footing ladders have confused health and safety consultants, with one case showing a consultant saying work could not be carried out without someone footing the ladder – something the HSE called “a last resort” and “over the top”.
The Ladder Association welcomes the HSE’s move to simplify and clarify its guidance while leaving the regulations themselves unchanged.
Ladders are a versatile and invaluable piece of workplace equipment but, like all other forms of access equipment, there are some common sense rules for using them safely. It’s all about sensible and proportionate management of the risks.
Fortunately, we now have some straightforward, easy-to-understand guidance from HSE that confirms and reinforces this message and, at the same time, provides advice on the often simple, but sensible precautions that those using ladders and step ladders should take to keep safe and avoid falls from height.
More often than not, these falls are caused by inappropriate or incorrect use. The Ladder Association manages and delivers a national training scheme for users, supervisors and managers wanting to equip themselves with the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to use ladders safely and productively. Encouragingly, delegate numbers are now at an all-time high.
What the guidance says
At seven pages, the new HSE guidance is thorough in explaining the critical issues that employers and ladder users need to know, but it also keeps to its aim of being ‘simple’. The key message is placed in a box at the top of the document, saying in two short sentences that “ladders and stepladders are not banned” and can in fact be “a sensible and practical option for low-risk short-duration tasks”.
The main deciding factor is risk and short duration. The short duration guideline typically means that ladders can be a good choice if no one is expected to be on them for over half an hour at a time.
Next, the guidance explains when ladders should be inspected. It focuses on pre-use checks, which should be carried out by the user at the start of the working day, or after a change like the ladder being dropped or moved from a dirty area to a clean one.
These inspections involve checking the stiles, feet, rungs, locking mechanisms and steps; while for stepladders the platform and treads also have to be checked.
The guidance then goes on in bullet-point form to list a range of simple precautions for both ladders and stepladders that minimise the risk of falling. These include avoiding overreaching or overloading with equipment or materials, using the one-in-four rule so a leaning ladder is one unit out for every four up, and maintaining three points of contact when climbing and whenever possible while working.
After these tips, the next issue singled out in the guidance is securing leaning ladders. Various options are given – if possible, the ladder should be tied with both stiles to a suitable point, but if this is not practical it can be secured with an effective stability device. If this is not possible either, it should be securely wedged against something, for example a wall. If none of these options are practical, the ladder should be footed by another worker, although this is a last resort measure.
Finally, a section on ladders used for access explains that they should be tied, and that stepladders not specially designed for the purpose should not be used. The final section reiterates the need to check the ladder’s condition, going into more detail on what to look for.
The role of training
Early in the document, one vital issue is mentioned under the heading “Who can use a ladder at work?” This explains how the law requires that to use a ladder you need to be “competent”. This is defined as having had instruction and understanding how to use the equipment safely.
The guidance notes that “appropriate training can help”. Competence comes in three parts – having sufficient skills, knowledge, and experience – and as training ensures that at the very least the trained person has the required skills and knowledge, it is often looked for to help prove this competence in the workplace.
The Ladder Association has long advocated the need for professional ladder training for users, supervisors and managers wanting to equip themselves with the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to use ladders safely and productively. Its message is clear: “If it’s right to use a ladder, use the right ladder and get trained to use it safely.”
Cameron Clow is the chairman of the Ladder Association.
By Clive Betts MP on 08 August 2022
Government plans to fix the building safety crisis leave leaseholders and social housing providers on the hook for significant costs, writes Clive Betts, the MP and Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee.
By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council on 08 August 2022
So, how was the recent heatwave for you? That is not a flippant question. I ask it in the knowledge that, almost without exception, every person in the UK and a lot in Europe, will have experienced it in one way or another this summer.
By Layla Moran MP on 29 July 2022
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Researchers tested whether the use of alternative control probes to classify HER2 status in breast cancer could lead to substantial false positives.
The use of alternative control probes to classify HER2 status in breast cancer could lead to substantial false-positive rates, according to a new study.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) have specified criteria for the assessment of HER2 amplification status in recent years. The 2013 recommendations included both the average HER2 gene number per tumor cell, as well as the ratio of average HER2-to-internal control chromosome 17 centromere (CEP17) for assessment using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). This assessment resulted in five possible ASCO-CAP FISH groups, with one of them (ASCO-CAP FISH group 4) labeled as “HER2-equivocal,” meaning neither amplified nor non-amplified (a 2018 clinical practice update has changed these guidelines, and this name is no longer used).
“According to the guidelines, this ambiguous status may be resolved with alternative controls to replace CEP17 for assessment of HER2 FISH ratios using genes other than CEP17,” wrote study authors led by Michael F. Press, MD, PhD, of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The 2018 clinical practice update noted that the "indiscriminate" use of alternative probes can in fact lead to false positives, and the expert panel recommended against their routine use and instead recommended immunohistochemistry recounts to resolve certain cases. However, as Press and the study authors noted, "[the] approach was widely adopted by both commercial testing laboratories and academic centers."
The use of alternative control probes could lead to false positives because the genetic loci used for these probes are often heterozygously deleted in breast cancer. The use of these loci could then lead to a HER2-to-control ratio of greater than or equal to 2.0, which is classified as “ISH-positive.”
For the new study, the researchers retrospectively assessed the use of the recommended alternative control genomic sites, including TP53, D17S122, SMS, RARA, and TOP2A, among a cohort of 1,915 patients in the Molecular Taxonomy of Breast Cancer International Consortium (METABRIC). The results were published in JAMA Oncology.
They found that heterozygous deletions were “relatively common,” especially on the p-arm of chromosome 17, in both HER2-amplified and HER2-non-amplified breast cancers. Among cancers considered to have HER2 copy number gain but not amplification (which was most likely to be representative of ISH-equivocal tumors), regional losses occurred across the various targets at rates exceeding 60%.
The researchers also compared results in a group of 100 ASCO-CAP FISH group 4 breast cancers and 100 group 5 cancers. Among the 100 cases deemed to be group 4, the HER2-to-control ratio was at least 2.0 in 61 cases using SMS, 65 cases using TP53, and 30 cases using D17S122. Using RARA or TOP2A resulted in fewer such ratios.
In the 100 cases deemed to be group 5, meaning HER2-not-amplified or ISH-negative, heterozygous deletions were again seen in many cases. Use of the alternative controls in these cases would have resulted in upgrading of HER2 status to ISH-positive in many of these, meaning they would be false-positive results.
“HER2-equivocal breast cancers with these false-positive ratios do not have HER2 protein overexpression and these patients do not have clinical outcomes that differ from either other patients with HER2-equivocal breast cancers not upgraded to positive or from HER2-negative disease,” the authors concluded. “Use of HER2-directed therapies in a population falsely classified as HER2-positive is expected to produce inferior clinical and pharmacoeconomic outcomes.” | <urn:uuid:3e03245e-6f19-4972-9995-08783be4f8d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cancernetwork.com/view/are-assessment-guidelines-her2-status-leading-many-false-positives | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.928538 | 852 | 1.765625 | 2 |
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Welcome to the magical world of mushrooms! Far more than just a grocery store item, there are so many reasons why you may want to learn how to draw a mushroom. Perhaps you are illustrating a children’s book or maybe you just want to learn the skill of drawing mushrooms. Whatever the reason, mushroom drawing is easy and fun with our step-by-step guide. By the time our mushroom sketch guide is complete, you should know exactly how to draw a mushroom, perfect for any fairytale artwork. Let us get right to it!
Table of Contents
- 1 How to Draw a Mushroom in 13 Steps
- 1.1 Step 1: Drawing the Head of the Largest Mushroom
- 1.2 Step 2: Drawing the Stem of the First Mushroom
- 1.3 Step 3: Adding a Second Mushroom
- 1.4 Step 4: Adding a Third Mushroom to the Sketch
- 1.5 Step 5: Drawing the Fourth Mushroom
- 1.6 Step 6: Outlining Your Fungus Drawings
- 1.7 Step 7: Detailing the Stems and Heads of Your Mushroom Drawings
- 1.8 Step 8: Adding Grass Detailing to Your Mushroom Sketch
- 1.9 Step 9: Adding Some Color to Your Fungus Drawing
- 1.10 Step 10: Adding Contouring to Your Mushroom Drawing
- 1.11 Step 11: Adding Shading to Your Mushroom Sketch
- 1.12 Step 12: Finishing off the Grass Details
- 1.13 Step 13: Adding the Final Outlines to Your Mushroom Drawings
- 2 Frequently Asked Questions
How to Draw a Mushroom in 13 Steps
Drawing mushrooms is a fun thing to learn, as you will discover with our quick and easy fungus drawing tutorial. There are only 13 steps in our how-to-draw a mushroom guide and we will elaborate on detailing and shading so that your mushrooms look absolutely beautiful when complete. Grab your pencils and a sketch pad and let us begin!
The image below will show you each of the 13 steps we will be explaining to you in our mushroom sketch tutorial. By following each of these steps, you will learn how to draw a mushroom in no time at all.
Step 1: Drawing the Head of the Largest Mushroom
Our final image will have four magic mushrooms. To start, we need to choose where we want our first and largest mushroom to be. Now, draw a wide horizontal oval shape, but keep the middle-lower line open. The shape should not be perfectly symmetrical, so do not worry if yours is a little wonky. This is going to be the head of your first mushroom. Remember to leave enough room around it for the stem and the three additional fungi.
Step 2: Drawing the Stem of the First Mushroom
The next step is to draw a mushroom stem. Where you left a gap in the oval of our mushroom’s head is exactly where your step is to be placed. You can draw a long curved stem that widens towards the bottom. This will also be the largest and tallest mushroom in our fungus drawing.
Step 3: Adding a Second Mushroom
We can now continue our mushroom drawing by sketching the second mushroom. This mushroom will be to the left of your main mushroom on this drawing. It should also be smaller and slightly skew because mushrooms that grow together are often squished into odd positions.
Step 4: Adding a Third Mushroom to the Sketch
For a third time, repeat steps one through three. This time, however, you will be drawing a mushroom on the other side of your bigger mushroom sketch. To vary things a little, we have drawn our third mushroom drawing with a rounder-shaped head.
Step 5: Drawing the Fourth Mushroom
It is time to create our fourth and final mushroom drawing. This mushroom will be the smallest of all and have a short thick stem. It can be placed slightly lower down and next to your third mushroom. Once again, we have made a rounder mushroom head. This shape of fungi is often called a toadstool.
Step 6: Outlining Your Fungus Drawings
You have reached the midway mark of our “how to draw a mushroom” tutorial. See! Mushroom drawing is easy! This step is all about finishing off the outlines on our fungus drawing. The construction lines you drew in the first few steps will assist you with this part. We want to add a little bit more detailing to make the mushrooms more realistic. Each mushroom head needs to be turned into a dome and some detail needs to be added to the mushroom stems. You can also erase the lighter construction lines now.
Step 7: Detailing the Stems and Heads of Your Mushroom Drawings
When drawing mushrooms, the stems and heads of the fungi cannot be ignored. In this step, we will add a few details such as dots and lines to help create textured and realistic-looking mushrooms. In a circular pattern, place some lines which should reach outward and toward the head’s base, from the mushroom stems. You can also add some sketched circles and dots on each mushroom head. These should vary in size and not be perfectly round.
Step 8: Adding Grass Detailing to Your Mushroom Sketch
Your mushrooms are now essentially complete. That said, they will need a base from which they grow. In our mushroom sketch tutorial, we have chosen grass to be our base. If you want the grass to look realistic, draw an unevenly curved base with sharp, quick strokes.
Step 9: Adding Some Color to Your Fungus Drawing
You are now finished with all the linework of your mushroom drawing. It is time to add some color. First, we will paint the grass green. It is recommended to use a fine brush for this. The domes of your mushrooms can be painted a reddish-orange color using a regular paintbrush. Just remember to take care not to color the spots in. Take a softer brush and some cream-colored paint, you can color both the stems and mushroom dome inner parts.
Step 10: Adding Contouring to Your Mushroom Drawing
It is now time to add some contour to our fungus drawing. Take a soft paintbrush and light brown paint and allow your brush to follow the texture lines of the inner domes and stems. Be sure to use light pressure. The idea is to make the texture lines more visible but not harsh. You should also do the same on the tops of your mushroom domes using black paint.
Step 11: Adding Shading to Your Mushroom Sketch
Choose a dark brown paint for a special focus on your mushroom head’s shading. Taking a soft paintbrush, you should apply the paint in a gentle manner to the inner parts of both the mushroom stems and the heads. You can also do the same on the outer domes of your mushroom sketch.
Step 12: Finishing off the Grass Details
We will now add some more details on the grass area. Choose a dark green paint and a soft brush for this. You will want to paint the lower area of the grass. Choose a lighter paint for the top part of the grass, since new growth on a plant tends to be a lighter shade.
Step 13: Adding the Final Outlines to Your Mushroom Drawings
You have reached the last and 13th step of our “how to draw a mushroom” tutorial. All that now needs to be completed is the outlining of our mushrooms! Use corresponding colors for this and a good, sharp paintbrush. You will want to include the mushrooms and the grass and trace them. You should also trace the texture and inner detail lines of your fungus stems.
And that brings us to the end of our step-by-step mushroom drawing guide. We hope that you are feeling confident with your fungus drawing skills and are happy with the final result. As you can see, mushroom drawing is easy once you know how and if you have the correct materials to do so.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to Draw a Mushroom Easily?
Using a tutorial can help you to easily draw a mushroom. Whether you are drawing a button mushroom for eating, or a fairytale-style magic mushroom, both are easy and fun to master in just 13 easy-to-follow steps.
How Many Mushrooms Should I Add to My Fungus Drawing?
Using our easy-to-follow tutorial, you will learn how to draw what is known as a mushroom cluster. Our tutorial shows you how to draw four mushrooms, but you could draw more or less if you want to! It is entirely up to you as our tutorial is very flexible.
What Colors Should I Use for My Mushroom Drawings?
You can use any colors you want, even though our tutorial shows you how to color in fly agaric mushrooms specifically, there are so many beautiful and different colored mushrooms out there. It would be easy to swap the colors if you so wish. Remember, there are no real rules and you should allow your creativity to go wild! | <urn:uuid:ded40b8b-1c71-4dc5-85a8-99211cbda131> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://craft-art.com/how-to-draw-a-mushroom/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.926229 | 1,890 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The HTTP/1.x protocol served faithfully for almost 20 years. It was replaced by HTTP/2, based on the SPDY protocol, developed in conjunction with Google. HTTP/2 is a major revision of the HTTP protocol that:
- makes page loading and rendering faster;
- speeds up the delivery via HTTPS;
- makes utilization of available network capacity more efficient.
How HTTP/2 increases website load speed
Multiplexing allows multiple requests and response messages between the client and server to be in flight at the same time over a single https connection, instead of multiple connections, which improves page load times.
Header compression reduces the overhead bytes downloaded by the client, helping get the content to the viewer sooner. This is especially useful for mobile clients that are already constrained on bandwidth.
Stream priority, allows for quicker page rendering by enabling the client to control the order in which web assets are delivered, thereby optimizing user experience.
How HTTP/2 improves the performance of SSL
HTTP/2 was designed only for HTTPS (does not work with HTTP)
It works optimally with it, speeding up the work of the protocol. The reasons for choosing TLS-only mode are to take care of the user’s privacy, and early research has shown a high level of success with new protocols when using TLS.
Read why you need to go to https and how to do it correctly, read the article “A complete guide on how to migrate from HTTP to HTTPS the right way without traffic loss”.
How HTTP/2 makes network resources utilization more efficient
HTTP/2 enables a more efficient use of network resources and a reduced perception of latency by introducing header field compression and allowing multiple concurrent exchanges on the same connection. It also allows prioritization of requests, letting more important requests complete more quickly, further improving performance.
The technologies that HTTP/2 uses to significantly improve content delivery
HTTP/2 enables full request and response multiplexing, minimize protocol overhead via efficient compression of HTTP header fields. Plus, it supports request prioritization and server push.
Binary framing layer
At the core of all performance enhancements of HTTP/2 is the new binary framing layer, which dictates how the HTTP messages are encapsulated and transferred between the client and server. Therefore, the protocol is more efficient when parsing, more compact in transmission, prone to fewer errors.
Request and response multiplexing
In HTTP/1.x, browsers use multiple connections to the server to load a web page, and the number of such connections is limited. While HTTP/2 uses multiplexing, which allows the browser to use one TCP connection for all requests.
All files are loaded in parallel. Requests and responses are divided into frames with meta-data that associate requests and responses. So they do not overlap each other and do not cause confusion. In this case, the answers are obtained as they are ready, therefore, heavy requests will not block the processing and issuance of more simple objects.
Along with multiplexing, traffic prioritization appeared. Queries can be prioritized based on importance and dependency. So when loading a web page, the browser will, first of all, receive important data, CSS code, for example, and all the minor will be processed afterward.
HPACK compression format
The HTTP protocol is designed in such a way that when sending requests, headers that contain additional information are also transmitted. The server, in turn, also attaches headers to the responses. And given that web pages consist of many files, all headers can take up a decent amount. HTTP/2 has header compression, which significantly reduces the amount of supporting information so that the browser can send all requests at once.
The HTTP/2 protocol does not require channel encryption. However, all modern browsers work with HTTP/2 only in conjunction with TLS, like Nginx. So the massive implementation of the protocol should contribute to the dissemination of encryption on the web.
If you are already using TLS, then you should use HTTP/2, which reveals the full potential of encryption. When creating an encrypted connection, only one TLS Handshake occurs, which greatly simplifies the entire process and reduces connection time.
Optimizations no longer needed with HTTP/2
The main optimization of HTTP/2 compared to HTTP/1.x is that multiple modifications and optimizations of the previous versions are no longer needed.
Examples of outdated HTTP/1.x optimizations:
- refuse from the domain sharding. This way of distributing multiple files across different domains and CDNs is relevant for HTTP/1.x since it solves the problem of parallel connections. But in the case of the new protocol, this solution degrades performance and negates the prioritization of traffic.
- refuse from sprites or modify them. Combining a multitude of small images into one large image can increase the page loading speed, but if the user opens the page with one small image, the whole sprite will be sent to him anyway. In the case of HTTP/2, such a solution would be less useful because of multiplexing.
- embed images using DataURI. It can also be useful with HTTP/2, but will definitely be less effective than in the case of the previous version.
HTTP/2 protocol is more friendly to the network because competes less with other flows, and longer-lived connections, which in turn leads to better utilization of available network capacity and faster load speed.
If you’re not sure your store is using all benefits of HTTP/2 check it with Website Checker that will tell if it’s configured correctly.
In case you haven’t switched to HTTP/2 but would like to do this and increase your store performance, we will be happy to help you, just email us. To give you some extra motivation to move to HTTP/2: the next version (HTTP/3) is being developed already.
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Ongoing metallurgical test work of ore from Caravel Minerals’ flagship copper project in the Wheatbelt region of WA has established that it can be treated using standard process techniques with high recoveries. Testing has found that high recoveries can be achieved using low reagent doses, which could lower processing costs. The company has also revised resources to 1.3Mt of copper, up from the previous estimate of 1.28Mt.
Ongoing metallurgical test work of ore from Caravel Minerals’ namesake copper project in the Wheatbelt region of WA has established that it can be treated using standard process techniques with high recoveries.
The tests highlighted that the copper minerals from the Caravel project are highly hydrophobic and require low reagent doses to obtain high recoveries, which is expected to help lower processing costs.
In addition, preliminary cleaner flotation test work to date suggests that a high-grade copper concentrate can be produced.
Indeed, the latest batch testing after regrinding produced copper grades of between 26.4% and 29.2% at recoveries of between 80.3% and 89.7%.
These figures are expected to improve as cleaner conditions are optimised and as locked cycle testing gets underway.
Separately, a study undertaken by Perth-based consultants MSP Engineering has identified the Gyratory Crusher ‐ Secondary Crushing – HPGR – Ball Mill as the preferred comminution circuit at a throughput of 15 million tonnes per annum.
The ore will then be processed by conventional rougher‐cleaner flotation.
MSP selected this circuit from several equipment options as it resulted in the lowest power consumption and lowest operating cost.
Caravel has also revised the Indicated and Inferred resource at the project to 372 million tonnes at 0.35% for 1.3 million tonnes of the contained red metal.
This incorporates assays from five drill holes at the Bindi Deposit and marks an incremental increase from the previous estimate outlined in February this year.
Notable intersections from drilling at the Bindi Hinge zone were 138 metres grading 0.35% copper from 74m down-hole including 64m @ 0.53% copper from 120m and 200m @ 0.31% copper from 42m including 8m @ 0.52% copper from 84m and 16m @ 0.42% copper from 110m.
The company added that its mining, metallurgy and processing studies are expected to produce updated CAPEX and OPEX estimates next month.
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Most people have to work, but dealing with workplace issues can cause stress and make it difficult or even impossible to go to work. We can offer support and guidance on a range of problems you might be facing in your job - from discrimination to redundancy.
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Using our vast range of knowledge and experience, we can give you advice on your rights and options as to how to deal with all kinds of workplace issues.
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- Understanding your rights at work - this includes rights around pay, sick pay, holidays, flexible working, rights for young people, parental rights and more.
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- Guidance on how to take action if you’re being unlawfully discriminated against at work.
- Help with disciplinary and grievance.
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Everyone in the UK will have access to faster internet services. The British parliament passed a law yesterday to ensure that the entirety of the UK has access to fast internet capable of streaming high-definition TV shows and movies.
The law determines that every UK resident is entitled to access to broadband download speeds of 10 megabits a second. Currently around 5 per cent of the population – or 1.4 million homes – does not have access to this level of service.
Online streaming service Netflix requites connection speeds of at least 5 megabits a second to watch basic HD video, while Amazon’s video service recommends at least 3.5 megabits per second. A report from Ofcom last year revealed that some 600,000 UK premises can’t get higher speeds than 5 megabits per second, while 250,000 of those only reach 2 megabits.
The decision follows lengthy discussions between prime minister Theresa May and the BT group. BT has proposed to take the lead on rolling out the upgrades, in places like the Welsh Isle of Anglesey and the Scottish Highlands.
Now that the law has been passes, more discussions will take place to establish a time line and final design plan of any programme, including funding, technology options and cost limits. Part of BT’s conditions is that it will help with the rural rollout so long as it gets a big enough return.
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There are many dietary paradoxes in the world that make nutritionists literally tear their hair out in an attempt to find an explanation. For example, why is the rate of heart disease soaring in Israel despite the same explosive growth in consumption of “healthy” omega-6 fatty acids? Or why Americans, who are active consumers of the most saturated fats, suffer the least from coronary heart disease, while the French, with their cheeses, butter and other duck confit, are so resistant to heart attacks? ..
Another paradox comes from China. Many people wonder why the Chinese, consuming a sea of rice and no less noodles, remain so slim, and sometimes even skinny? After all, carbohydrates, as you know, will “spread” anyone! Statistics confirm: Asians (and the Chinese in particular) actually consume a lot of rice both as a side dish and as part of many main dishes, sweets and other things.
But does it really exist, this Chinese paradox? What is the secret of the harmony of the Chinese? Is rice good for health? We will answer these questions below.
Culture of movement
This was the starting point. For the Chinese, movement is not just a trip to the fitness club once a week in order to threaten a lot of money in order to lose a couple of pounds for a short time. Movement is his whole life. Historically, the population in Asia has moved much more actively than in the rest of the world – this is due to both work and the addiction of the Chinese, especially of past generations, to physical education. Chinese parks are full of athletes – from morning until late at night, you can meet pensioners, middle-aged people and young people doing jogging, brisk walking or gymnastics. For the Chinese, exercise is not a special occasion or a great achievement. This is everyday life.
As many already know, simple walking can do wonders. Walking daily can improve insulin sensitivity, carbohydrate tolerance (such as rice), it can also improve mood, lower blood pressure and triglyceride levels, and prolong life. Carbohydrate tolerance refers to the ability to consume carbohydrates without the risk of gaining excess weight.
China, as you know, did not have a high level of motorization until recently. Its residents prefer walking or cycling, but the trend has changed over the years. There is an increasing withdrawal from hard physical work, cars appear and, as a result, fat levels rise, carbohydrate tolerance decreases and overall well-being worsens. In 1989, 65% of Chinese people were employed in hard labor. In 2000, the level fell to 50% – this is still more than in the West, but the trend is steady – modern China is facing problems that knocked the United States and Europe down.
A rich nutritious diet
Traditional Chinese food is very nutritious. Pork, noodles, eggs and, of course, rice. Its presence does not negate the presence of other nutrients – for example, the Chinese eat a lot of vegetables and seafood. Moreover, the nutritional composition of restaurant dishes is not much different from what ordinary workers cook in their kitchens.
In the good old days, the Chinese consumed less refined sugar and used animal fats for cooking. Everything has changed, and now sugar is becoming fashionable, and oils from corn and soybeans have replaced lard and fat. The balance is disturbed, and rice in this case ceases to play its positive role as one of the components of a nutritious diet.
More rice, less wheat
Thanks to the regular monsoons – 90% of the rice production is located in Asia. The Chinese have been cultivating rice for over 6 thousand years, naturally, they will not take this good. Fortunately for them, rice is a non-toxic source of glucose. Wheat and other gluten-free crops are at one end of the straight line, while rice is chilled at the opposite. White rice is generally free of intestinal irritants, phytic acid, and harmful lectins. Wheat contains gluten, agglutinin, and many other anti-nutrients. Eating rice reduces the risk of heart disease, while wheat flour has the opposite effect. In other words, people will be healthier on a rice diet than on a wheat one.
Current state of affairs
Today in China, as in the whole of Asia, an increase in the incidence of diabetes is observed everywhere, the consumption of harmful sugars and vegetable oils is increasing, while physical activity is diminishing. People walk less and eat more wheat. This cannot but affect the general health of the nation, which means that soon the aforementioned “Chinese paradox” will cease to be such, and it will be replaced by a harsh reality, where for every kilogram you will have to fight hard training and a special diet, regardless of what nationality you are. …
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The automotive and transportation industries have been using advanced technological innovations to improve their productivity. Automated robotic welding systems are among the most important components in the operations of these industries. The rising demand for automobiles worldwide has put pressure on automotive companies to increase production. This means investing in more efficient machines like robotic welding machines.
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Welding is a process that joins two materials by applying pressure and heat. Automated welding, also known as robotic welding, is the process of automating welding tasks using programmable devices (robotic welding machines) to weld parts.
Robotic welding machines are made through the combination of artificial intelligence, control systems, sensor technology, robotics, and, of course, welding. The increasing demand for improved flexibility, productivity, and quality has led to modern developments to achieve precise control of robotic welding tasks.
Integrating sensing technologies into robotic welding machines allow these machines to achieve the desired control level of the operator. Robotic welders use sensors to measure and observe process parameters. They act as input sources to the robot’s control system. By analyzing the input from the sensors, the robot can perform tasks according to the defined welding specifications.
Robot welding cells, also called robot welding units, consist of various components that work together to weld parts. These components consist of the main welding devices, including safety features and accessories, that ensure the cell’s smooth operation. The main component of a robotic welding cell is the welding robot which includes the end effector or welding manipulator (usually a torch).
A welding manipulator moves the weld head closer to the object being weld. It extends the working range of the welding robot as well as its accessibility when welding large and complex geometries. Its control is often synchronized with that of the welding robot to achieve greater accuracy.
Below is an overview of how robot welding cells work:
If you want to automate your production line’s welding processes, EVS offers reliable robotic welding cells for sale.
Although the cost of welding robots can be quite overwhelming in the beginning, they provide a lot of advantages that have convinced various businesses to invest in these machines. A few of these advantages are the following:
Robots can finish tasks with higher accuracy compared to human workers, regardless of how experienced the workers are. Robots can maintain the same accuracy level until the completion of the project.
Robot welders are equipped with various safety features that help in protecting human workers from the dangers in the working environment. A safer workplace can increase the productivity of the workers.
Robots do not need to take a break or time off. They can continuously operate 24 hours a day. With quicker speeds and longer operation hours, robot welders can complete their tasks much faster.
Upfront costs of using robotic welders can be high but once they are installed, their high productivity will eventually cover up the loss. Moreover, automatic welders have high production levels so they cost less compared to employing multiple human workers.
The high precision and accuracy of robotic welders reduce the waste generated because of mistakes. This allows a more efficient manufacturing line.
Basic automated robotic welding systems are composed of 2 subsystems:
Normally, 6-axis robots consisting of a 3-axis wrist and a 3-axis arm are used because you can mount the torch at their wrists for more flexibility. This makes 3-dimensional welding easier.
General-purpose robots for industrial purposes that use welding torches as manipulators are traditionally used for automated welding systems. However, many industrial robot manufacturers have started to develop robots that are specific to a welding application which we will discuss in the next section. These application-specific robots are less expensive. Thus, reducing initial investments and increasing the demand for automated welding systems.
Below are the common applications of robotic welding machines:
MIG welding robots are used in gas metal arc welding applications. MIG welding is a straightforward process that employs a high deposition level. MIG welders can join a wide variety of metals with different thicknesses.
For applications that require high precision levels, TIG welders are more suitable. TIG welding is used to weld fenders, door handles, lawnmowers, bike frames, wagons, and others.
Also called resistance spot welding, spot welding is primarily used to weld more than 2 metal sheets together. The welding process is done through the application of heat and pressure obtained from an electric current to the weld area.
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Welcome to this month’s multicultural carnival. I feel blessed to be a part of this wonderful blogging group.
This month’s theme is words.
I love words in every form. Just dried ink on paper, the smell of fresh newsprint, shouted in joy and whispered in love. I can’t get enough watching the evolution of the words my daughters use. The Franglais or language mixing I once dreaded, I now cherish as I realize how quickly they grow out of these phases. I hope to never forget the nights P wrapped her arms around me saying:
“Maman, I want a ‘gros calin’ and I don’t ever want to let you go”.
I very much hope you will enjoy the wonderful selection of posts below.
Sourcing books in a target language or culture is often challenging when you are living elsewhere. The Piripiri Lexicon shares their wonderful resource for French books.
Mud Hut Mama shows us how through a selection of wonderful books and games, she takes her girls on a tour of the world opening their eyes to different environments and cultures and how rhymes and word games can help reinforce these new lessons.
Children ask so many questions and some are harder than others to answer. I completely fumbled the other day when in a bid to speedy up P so we could avoid the legendary Bangkok traffic, we ended up in a conversation about transportation, leading to blood circulation and oxygen. Talk about digging myself into a hole! All Done Monkey shares two wonderful books about Faith to help find the words to explain difficult concepts like ‘soul’ and ‘reverence’. I particularly love that one is focused on the Muslim faith and one the Bahá’í as I am keen to expose my girls to as many of the worlds faiths I can.
Actions speak louder than words: I am sure we can all agree that any utterance of “I love you” is better when followed by a kiss or a hug! Frances at Discovering the World Through my Son’s Eyes reminds us that books can be more than just words woven into stories when she creates activities based on her chosen book, turning storytime into a hands-on crafty afternoon.
Toddling in the Fast Lane reminds us that when there is a will there is a way with their wonderful spanish mini book describing Chinese New Year. And yes folks there is a free download!
I want to start by saying how jealous I am of Little Artists’s languages: English, Russian and Chinese! Makes my English/French/Spanish seem positively mundane. Living life as an expat can be very lonely especially when new-found friends must make a move.
Here, Little Artists shares a wonderful silver lining, the passing down of books, particularly bilingual ones. Check out the wonderful illustrations. Am now dreaming of these for our bookshelves!
As I wrap up this carnival, is worth mentioning it was due out on the 14th. Sadly my lack of planning and unexpected bronchitis caused a significant delay. So I’d like to end on this wonderful note, with Kids Yoga Stories l post sharing their top 10 Children’s books about love and friendship.
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Creating a Feeder Program for the High School
By Dan Guttenplan, FNF Coaches Managing Editor
By collaborating with the youth coaches in the area, a high school coach can strengthen his program by increasing participation numbers and adding to the talent pool in the incoming freshman class.
Bradley Webber had every intention of planting roots in the local community when he became the Pike County (Ga.) head coach in 2008. So, his first order of business as coach was to reach out to youth programs in the area to establish a feeder system.
Webber’s program is now infused each season with a seasoned crop of freshmen – players who are familiar with his team’s scheme and verbiage. Webber offered these six tips to other coaches for creating a partnership with the local youth program.
Have a Youth Night. Pike County has a rec night each year. The youth players warm up with the varsity high school players. Wrist bands are distributed to youth players.
Have a Youth Camp/Clinic. Give the youth players opportunities to get coached by the high school staff. Share the verbiage and basics of the scheme. Let the players establish relationships with coaches before their first practice.
Coach the Coaches. Hold a clinic to share ideas on coaching with the youth coaches so that the community has a streamlined way of teaching and installing its schemes.
Let the Youth Players Use the Facilities. What better way to provide motivation to youth players than by letting them dress in the varsity locker room and play on the same fields?
Have a Doubleheader. Schedule a night in which the junior high team opens for the varsity. Fans will trickle into the stadium throughout the early game and inspire the youth players to stick with the sport.
Hire the Right Assistants. Most of the time spent working with youth players and coaches is not technically on the clock. Hire the right assistants so they are invested in the program as a whole and won’t shudder at the idea of working without compensation.
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Britain would face labour shortages in London and the south-east from a no-deal Brexit, according to a report calling for the government to extend freedom of movement for EU migrants to protect the wider economy.
The Guardian reports that the Centre for Cities thinktank urged the government to extend freedom of movement for two years after the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019, in the event of no deal on the terms of exit and future relations with the union.
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Professor Josef Pieprzyk awarded IACR Fellowship
Professor Josef Pieprzyk of CSIRO’s Data61 can now add International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) Fellow to his list of outstanding achievements in the field of data security. Below, Josef looks back on his career milestones, most impactful research, and proudest moments, and shares some insights into his next big breakthrough.
You’re the first Australian in the last five years to receive this recognition to be awarded a Fellowship by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) – congratulations!
Thank you very much!
Tell us about your career history and the milestones that have contributed to your Fellowship.
Well, this goes back a long way! Another Australian IACR Fellow, Professor Jennifer Seberry, and I created a cryptography group in the ‘80s and we just grew.
We started working with a lot of talented people, received funding for positions, and started organising a local conference called AusCrypt, the first Cryptography conference on Australian soil, which debuted in 1988.
We later moved to Wollongong, where professors from around the world joined our research efforts. This resulted in the development of the first LOKI encryption algorithm, which was submitted to the Advanced Encryption Standard Competition held by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1997.
While we didn’t make it to the final, we received good feedback from fellow cryptographers about the high-level of security the algorithm provided. And we also got nice a certificate from NIST for the contribution.
This was the start of the development of a hashing algorithm called HAVAL. A family of hash algorithms, HAVAL produces digests with five lengths indicating their security level. It received excellent reviews and was unbroken for 10 years!
This Fellowship is, in a sense, a result of my work starting from early ‘90s to now, so I’m quite happy that the community recognised the contribution.
Is there anything that you particularly proud about?
I’ve played a role in the education of 40 completed PhD students, with quite a few of them now very well known, like Professor Willy Susilo from the University of Wollongong, who is a recognised member of the cryptography community. I’ve taught a Professor from Singapore, two Professors in Iran, one of which is a Dean, a Professor in Townsville, and two in Poland.
Research-wise, I’m most proud of my joint work with Professor Yvo Desmedt, a Jonsson Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas, and Professor Andrew Yao who was the
recipient of a Turing Award, which is the equivalent to Nobel Prize in computing.
We collaborated on research into multiparty computation (MPC), which allows parties to jointly evaluate a function for their private input arguments before the final result becomes public.
Currently, I’m working with PhD students on drawing insights from random numbers from astronomical objects like pulsars. This project is in collaboration with some researchers from astrophysics in CSIRO.
For transactions that need to be ultra-secure, randomness alone isn’t enough; the randomness sources have to be secure and bias-resistant. One possibility is using the intermittent radio emissions from pulsars – dying stars – as a randomness generator.
For example, what you could do is select a pulsar, and let the recipient know which one you’ve chosen. If the recipient is able to observe the pulsar too, you can direct antennas into the pulsar, then harvest the power pulses it generates.
Sometimes these are strong, sometimes weak, and they always exhibit quite interesting randomness. So, you can use those pulses to create a truly random sequence of bits, that can’t be manipulated because they happened millions of years ago.
If you don’t reveal your software, you can share secret randomness from a given pulsar. This allows you to manipulate and create some sort of key exchange or secret key exchange scheme between people around the world and even outside the world, like in cosmos, in space!
Ransomware is has become a global cybersecurity concern. What research are you doing into this area?
My team and I have designed a piece of software that will be able to recognise and distinguish encrypted files from non-encrypted files.
If there’s any attempt to overwrite a file on hard drive with an encrypted one, our software sends an alarm and blocks the attempt. We’re exploring ways to make this software even more efficient with the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning and neural networks.
And are there any other upcoming projects you’re working on?
When I was in Poland few years ago, I met Dr Jaroslaw Duda, who at the time had invented a new, very effective compression algorithm called asymmetric numeral system (ANS). The efficiency was so dramatic that Microsoft, Apple and Google adopted it for their purposes, compressing audio, video and image files.
But it wasn’t secure, especially if it was used for very low security applications like Internet of Things, such as sensors or cameras. So we tweaked the original compression algorithm to provide a relatively strong protection against eavesdropping.
Called Compcrypt, it’s a lightweight ANS-based solution, provides a layer of security to compression using a pseudorandom bit generator (PRBG) only. This solution takes advantage of the natural properties of ANS that allow the incorporation of authenticated encryption, while using as little cryptography as possible.
It’s an ongoing joint project with people from CSIRO and Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Science.
What advice would you give to someone starting their career in cryptography?
It’s an extremely challenging, but extremely rewarding, area. To be cryptographer, you have to be good at mathematics, computing, programming, quantum mechanics, and electronic engineering.
There is a wide range of abilities, capabilities and ideas you can explore when you are doing research in cryptography, which is incredibly enriching.
And the community is wonderful! There are many wonderful groups and labs around the world, from the United States and Europe, to China, Japan and Australia.
What does it mean that the IACR has named you as fellow?
It’s very rewarding to receive a formal recognition of my research contribution and contribution to the crypto community.
And the company is excellent! if you take a look at the four other 2021 fellows, they are some extremely talented researchers. What they are working on now was just a dream when I first started.
The good company, the acknowledgement of my work, it’s terrific, maybe it’s a good excused for me to have a party?!
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Qatar will start the free vaccination drive against Covid-19 from Wednesday (December 23) at seven primary health centres for three priority groups, it was announced on Monday. The campaign will continue throughout 2021.
The first shipment of the approved Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine arrived last night at Hamad International Airport.
"People over 70 years of age, those with multiple chronic conditions, and key healthcare staff working in close contact with Covid-19 patients are the priority groups," a senior official of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said.
Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, chair of the National Health Strategic Group on Covid-19 and head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation, was addressing a press conference on Qatar TV, along with Dr Hamad al-Rumaihi, director of the Health Protection and Communicable Diseases Control Department, MoPH, and Dr Mariam Abdulmalik, managing director, Primary Health Care Corporation.
"Qatar's strategy will enable everyone to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in 2021, but for now with a limited quantity of vaccines, we must prioritise people most at risk from severe complications and death from the virus," Dr al-Khal explained.
The MoPH's Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Control had approved on Sunday the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use.
"The vaccine, which comes in two doses and to be taken three weeks apart, has been proven safe and secure and passed all the necessary phases and procedures," Dr al-Khal reassured. Despite the speed at which the vaccine has been developed and tested, it has still followed a strict testing and approval process.
"Several countries around the world, including the UK, the US and Canada have already begun administering the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. There are only very rare and mild side effects. I myself will take the vaccine and highly recommend that those targeted should also take it as soon as available," he said.
The first shipment of Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine from Pfizer and Biotech has arrived in Qatar.
"Though the pandemic is still spreading and active globally with a second and third wave in many countries, in Qatar the situation is stable with only around 150 cases a day. However, the virus is still active and spreading and people should continue abiding by the preventive and precautionary measures," Dr al-Khal urged.
Dr Abdulmalik said the Covid-19 vaccine will be initially available at Al Wajba, Leabaib, Al Ruwais, Umm Slal, Rawdat Al Khail, Muaither, and Al Thumama primary health centres.
"Patients who have been selected for the vaccination will be contacted by phone/SMS and invited to attend an appointment at one of the seven designated health centres," she explained.
Dr al-Rumaihi reiterated that though the Covid-19 vaccination is voluntary, the vulnerable categories are strongly advised to take it. The widespread uptake of the vaccination throughout the population is the best hope of ending the pandemic and life returning to normal.
Dr al-Khal pointed out that most of the reported side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine are mild, such as headache, pain at the injection site, and mild temperature that could last up to three days if it happens.
"The Covid-19 vaccine has been given to thousands of people in the UK with very limited side effects other than the rare cases with hypersensitivity.
"Since the appearance of the novel coronavirus, it has had at least three genetic mutations, changing the way the disease spreads, but there is no evidence that the vaccine would not be effective in such cases," he said.
For more information, people can call the Covid-19 helpline on 16000.
The MoPH officials stated on Monday that the UK is not on the Covid-19 green list of low-risk countries and hence the standard procedure will apply for travellers from the UK.
Only 17 countries figure in the green list, as per the last revision which came into effect on December 18. All other travellers require hotel quarantine at their own expense for a week.
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Chick Corea (By Gary Burton)
September 17, 2020
Chick Corea is the most diverse and prolific jazz composer alive today. I should know, I put in forty-five years playing and recording with him!
Chick is truly in the tradition of the early jazz instrumentalist/composer. Like the legendary Duke Ellington, who often wrote his music in hotel rooms and on tour busses, I saw Chick frequently work late into the night after our concerts (which exhausted me, but not him), preparing new music for his next tour or recording. One day he told me he wanted to try something new, combining our duet with a string quartet. So, for the next year, as we sat on airplanes going from concert to concert, Chick studied the string quartet scores of Bartok and Beethoven, listening to them intently on his headphones. Eventually, he announced he was ready to start writing. We had a month’s break in our schedule, and he went home to start putting notes on paper. Four weeks later the string players and I descended on his house in Los Angeles to prepare for a 20-city tour beginning the following week. As we walked in, the copyist was just finishing “Finale,” the seventh movement, and I don’t remember having to change a single note as we read through the entire suite. Ultimately, we recorded “Lyric Suite for Sextet” and performed sixty concerts with the string players.
From his earliest days when he was writing pieces that have become standards such as Windows, Spain, Crystal Silence, and La Fiesta (which he taught me at the soundcheck before our first duet performance in 1972), I never doubted Chick’s composing abilities. Most jazz composers are fortunate to manage writing a song or two that get performed by other musicians, but in Chick’s case the list of his jazz standards would be a very long one indeed. Of course, he kept expanding his range as the years passed, excelling at everything from re-inventing classic jazz, like his “Remembering Bud Powell,” or his “Elektric Band” contemporary recordings, and his classical compositions for solo piano (“Children’s Songs 1-20”), chamber group and orchestra.
While most jazz fans know Chick Corea as a legendary pianist, the music community admires him just as much for his body of work as a composer, and that is the legacy that will live on through the ages.
Gary Burton is a jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. He won eight Grammy awards, many of which in collaboration with Chick Corea.
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Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said thqta Wednesday is “D Day” when the mandate will be handed to the new prime minister, SDSM leader Dimitar Kovachevski. Explaining the whole procedure for electing a new government, Xhaferi believes that the new government would take office on January 17, 2022.
“According to initial information, Wednesday should be “D Day” for giving a mandate to the new prime minister, who has already been appointed, that is the leader of SDSM. From that moment on, by handing the mandate, the head of the state according to Article 210 of the Rules of Procedure should inform the Parliament Speaker about giving the mandate to start the deadlines in the Parliament, to count them out. This applies to us, as well as to the prime minister. The prime minister-designate within 20 days of receiving the mandate, i.e. no later than the 20th day of receiving the mandate, should appear before the Parliament with a proposal of the new government and the work program of the government,” Xhaferi told the press on his expectations when a new government would be elected.
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A spokesperson for the Department of Health told our sister publication FoodManufacture that tackling obesity in young people was complicated and the government wanted to ensure that the strategy was fully formed before its publication.
Jane Landon, deputy chief executive of the UK Health Forum, said: “The government has pledged its firm commitment to tackling child obesity, but we simply cannot afford a delay in taking action. As the clock ticks, the prevalence of obesity continues to rise, adding to already unsustainable demands on health and social care services.”
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF), which represents the British food industry, also said it was disappointed by the delay. Director general of FDF, Ian Wright, said: “Today’s announcement will also mean several further months’ of uncertainty for the food industry, broadcasters and retailers. Nonetheless our food and drink producers remain ready and willing to work with government, and others, to tackle obesity.”
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Kärcher Study 2019: Cleaning helps combat daily stress
We asked over 11,000 people worldwide about their cleaning habits and discovered astonishing information. In our cleaning study we describe how cleaning helps combat daily stress and reveal which country spends the longest time cleaning.
Anyone who grabs cloths and a vacuum cleaner does so with anticipation of the result: a clean home where you can relax and feel happy. But the journey is often the reward: for many people the cleaning process has a stress-reducing effect. For example, 75 percent of Brits state they always mop when they are stressed. With the result that 84 percent feel calmer and more relaxed in a clean home. Also in France there is a connection between cleaning the house and stress relief: 59 percent of the French even describe themselves as meditative and calm during the cleaning process. The international cleaning study, which was conducted by Dynata on behalf of Kärcher in eleven countries, reveals this and many other findings.
Cleaning, but thoroughly
Two thirds of Germans clean at least once a week - 13 percent even do so on a daily basis. The study shows: Saturday is not the alleged "cleaning day", actually only 9 percent of Germans have a set day for cleaning. This doesn't change the result: 88 percent of the local respondents attach huge importance to a clean home.
Cleaning is also celebrated in China. Here deep cleaning, for example with a steam cleaner, is very important – 94 percent of the respondents consider this intensive approach important or very important. In the 25-34 year old category almost all respondents share this sentiment (99 percent). Which living area should be cleaned thoroughly? The kitchen with 41 percent, the bathroom and bedroom, each with 25 percent.
How long the world spends cleaning
All over the world house cleaning takes as long as an average cinema visit, an extensive walk or a coffee date with friends.
Worldwide people spend on average two hours and fifty two minutes cleaning per week. At 4 hours 49 minutes the Russians spend the most time cleaning their own four walls. This hardly comes as a surprise. Cleanliness is important for 97 percent of Russians. People also spend a lot of time cleaning in Belgium: at 3 hours 39 minutes the respondents are among the leaders - and yet 45 percent of them wish they had more time for the household. On an international comparison, the Japanese attach the least amount of importance to a clean home - which is also reflected in the cleaning duration: it is 1 hour 29 minutes in the land of smiles.
Classic helpers versus state-of-the-art technology
The appropriate helpers ensure cleaning is simple and effective. Worldwide people cannot do without manual tools such as brooms, brushes, mops, etc. (79 percent), chemical detergents (75 percent) or electrical cleaning equipment with cable (66 percent) – these are used most by all respondents. However, the trend is clearly heading towards cordless devices. In Japan, electrical helpers with battery are very popular - every second Japanese person (54 percent) considers their use important, one third (34 percent) already rely on them. The opinions on autonomous cleaning solutions such as robotic vacuum cleaners vary greatly from country to country – their services are used most frequently in China by far at 38 percent. In Germany, the use remains static compared to the previous year at only 15 percent.
In contrast, other countries rely on the support of fellow human beings, above all in Poland: every second person (52 percent) here relies on help from a partner, family members or housemates.
Interview on cleaning behaviour with the psychologist Dr. Brigitte Bösenkopf
For several years, the international Kärcher cleaning survey has been providing information on the topics of people's cleanliness, orderliness and cleaning behaviour. In this year's survey, which was commissioned by Kärcher and carried out by Dynata in eleven countries, the following result in particular stands out: Cleaning leads to relaxation, and even meditative states. This is said by at least 75 per cent of the English and 59 per cent of the French. Cleaning as a compensatory feel-good activity? Kärcher wants to know more, and asked Dr. Brigitte Bösenkopf, psychologist, journalist and head of the Stress Centre in Vienna.
Dr. Bösenkopf, we are living in fast-moving times. Phases of relaxation need to be deliberately planned. Why is it precisely cleaning that seems to offer this to many people?
In hectic daily life, people seek opportunities to relax. They suffer under the increasing demands in both their professional and private lives, the pressure of time, and the desire to fulfil themselves even under the difficult circumstances. This is where cleaning comes in. Neurobiologists have discovered that our brain releases endogenous reward substances when it is able to function routinely. Cleaning offers precisely that. It is concentrated on the moment, our mind becomes clear, and in addition our efforts are rewarded with a clean home. While cleaning, we are our own masters and can divide the work as we wish – the neuronal effort is minimal and our brain is relaxed. Cleaning, vacuuming etc. thus become a personal relaxation ritual for many people.
But cleaning does not automatically mean relaxation for everyone, even though almost all the participants in the study (92 per cent) attach importance to a clean home. From a psychological point of view, how can people motivate themselves for cleaning?
Our inner attitude to cleaning decides whether we perceive the activity as a necessary evil or as an opportunity for relaxation. It helps reluctant cleaners to see cleaning as a positive challenge that must be dealt with calmly. With a little practice, they too can find fulfilment in the household and appreciate cleanliness as a well-earned reward. Whoever is able to become fully absorbed in the activity can blank out problems and devote their full attention to the current action. Many people describe this state as a meditative cleaning experience, which can counteract stress and signs of fatigue.
In principle, the motivation for cleaning can vary greatly. For some it is the relaxing effect, for others cleanliness is itself the great incentive. The activity also gives many people a sense of certainty – they have the feeling that, with their external world, their "inner world" is also under control.
When the intention to clean meets hectic daily life, the dirty floor quickly becomes a symbol of admonishment and an additional stress factor. What can we do if our motivation is high but our time is limited?
Investigations show that stress is often not caused by external pressure, but is 70 per cent home-made. This is decided by our personality. Resilient people who accept stress not as pressure, but as a daily challenge, can solve the dilemma easily. They concentrate on what's feasible, and do not waste energy on self-criticism if their professional commitments leave little time for their housework.
People who are stressed out by the chaos at home should not feel sorry for themselves, but proceed strategically and consider very carefully which cleaning activities can be managed in how much time. With this attitude, cleaning becomes a positive experience.
"Modern cleaning aids support the human desire for order and cleanliness"
In former times, it was usual to carry out domestic chores on a specific week day. The results of the study indicate a much less rigid framework. Why might this be?
In many families, but also in single households, the weekend is taken up with leisure activities. The classic Saturday cleaning no longer fits the schedule. Cleaning activities are preferably carried out during the week in smaller portions. After a busy day, many people even see their evening cleaning ritual in a positive light. For example, they can forget their professional worries and devote themselves to an activity in which they can immediately see positive results, while at the same time being able to switch off.
The average time spent cleaning varies greatly from country to country. An international comparison shows practically anything from one and a half to almost five hours. How can this be explained?
Here, two factors play an important part: the individual personality and the cultural environment, in other words to what extent cleanliness and orderliness are established as values in a society. Perfectionists, for example, invest a lot of time in a tidy home, whereas chaotic people can easily come to terms with untidiness. Workaholics, on the other hand, would rather invest all their energy in their work than in cleaning, and relationship-minded people love to create a comfortable, clean home. In addition to such peculiarities and individual attitudes to the topic of cleaning, the values prescribed by society are hugely influential.
Where is cleaning heading? Will technical developments enable people to increasingly experience cleaning as relaxing?
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Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das
Due to unclear verse translations and purports in Srila Prabhupada’s books like “Nectar of Devotion” and “Sri Chaitanya-caritamrita”, many ISKCON members misunderstand and misrepresent the authorized practice of raganuga-bhakti sadhana.
This post will cite these confusing translations and purports, and give clear explanations of the subject of raganuga-bhakti.
FREEDOM FROM IMPURITY?
Srila Prabhupada’s Nectar of Devotion: “We must always remember, however, that such eagerness to follow in the footsteps of the denizens of Vraja is not possible unless one is freed from material contamination. In following the regulative principles of devotional service, there is a stage called anartha-nivrtti, which means the disappearance of all material contamination.
“Sometimes someone is found imitating such devotional love, but factually he is not freed from anarthas or unwanted habits…When one is actually spontaneously attracted to the loving principles of the gopis, there will be found no trace of any mundane contamination in him.”
Clarification: In Raga-vartma-candrika (1.8) however, Visvanatha Cakravartipada explains that lobha, sacred greed, is not a black-and-white matter, that it is either absolute and complete, or there is none. Lobha is not necessarily a burning, all-consuming passion.
Visvanatha Cakravartipada: “It is described that the devotees on the raga-path gradually progress from the initial surrender to the feet of Sri Guru up to the stage of directly attaining the object of their desires.
‘When the eye is smeared with medicinal ointment, its ability of perception becomes more and more refined, and accordingly it is able to perceive more and more subtle objects. Similarly, according to the degree of the mind’s having become purified by hearing and chanting of My purifying pastimes, all the subtle truths of reality become manifest in the heart of the sadhaka.’ (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.26)
“From these words of Sri Krishna, it is known that through sadhana-bhakti the consciousness of the sadhaka becomes more purified every day, and one gradually becomes more and more greedy.”
Srila Prabhupada: “In the stage of devotional service where regulative principles are followed, there is no necessity of discussing this love, for it must develop of itself at a more advanced stage.”
Clarification: This is not stated by Sri Rupa Goswamipada.
Srila Prabhupada: “Therefore, in the beginning, everyone should strictly follow the regulative principles of devotional service, according to the injunctions of the scriptures and the spiritual master. Only after the stage of liberation from material contamination can one actually aspire to follow in the footsteps of the devotees in Vrindavan.”
Clarification: In Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu (1.2.5), Sri Rupa Goswamipada says there are two kinds of sadhana, practice with the senses by souls that are still conditioned: vaidhi and raganuga. And nowhere it is said that raganuga bhakti is a post graduate state of vaidhi bhakti, or that it cannot be practiced until after liberation.
Visvanatha Cakravartipada states in his Raga Vartma Candrika (2.7): “Then it will be described how one, who has progressed on the path of raganuga-bhakti through the cessation of the evils (anartha-nivrtti), firmness (nistha), taste (ruci), and attachment (asakti) all the way to the attainment of ecstatic love (prema), will directly come to attain his desired object.”
RAGANUGA-BHAKTI BEGINS AT NISHTHA: TRUE OR FALSE?
Different acharyas following Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati claim that raganuga-bhakti sadhana commences at the stage of nistha, ruci or even bhava, but there is not a word of evidence for that in the authorized scriptures on the topic, like Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu or its commentaries, Bhakti Sandarbha, Madhurya Kadambini or Raga Vartma Candrika.
In his book “Sri Guru Parampara- Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, Heir to the Esoteric Life of Kedaranatha Bhaktivinoda”, Tripurari Swami says that “In Bhakti-sara-pradarshini (his commentary on Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu), Visvanatha Cakravartipada tells us that in order to practice raganuga bhakti one must have attained the stage of nistha.”
CLARIFICATION: This is the verse referred to above quoted from Visvanatha Cakravartipada:
ragatmikaika -nistha -ye -vrajavasi -janadayah
tesham -bhavaptaye -lubdho bhaved -atradhikaravan (Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.2.291):
“This is the definition of the ragatmika bhakti of the nitya siddha Vrajavasis.”
The words eka nistha (exclusively fixed, loyal) has been mistranslated by Tripurari Swami to refer to the adhikaravan, the jiva-candidate, and have been confused for the high stage of bhakti called nistha.
But this verse refers instead to the nitya siddha role models, the Vrajvasis, and means ‘exclusive fixation’ and not the stage of nistha that sadhakas must go through.
THE SIDDHA DEHA
In his translations of Sri Chaitanya-caritamrita (2.8.229; 2.22.155-158) Srila Prabhupada says to meditate on the siddha deha one needs to be ‘self-realized’, while such a word cannot be found in the original verses.
Narottama Dasa Thakur explains that meditation on the siddha deha is a regular sadhana: “Whatever you think of during your sadhana, you will attain in your siddhi-body. These are the ways of raga marga.” (Prema Bhakti Candrika 57)
“The treasure I covet during my sadhana I will receive in my siddha body. The only difference between the two is being ripe and unripe.” (Prema Bhakti Candrika 56)
This means that the difference between the struggling practitioner and the siddha is only in quantity and not in quality.
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das: Quality means way of bhajan for new rag bhakta and siddha is same both do Asta Kaliya Lila smaran and seva in their manjari swarups. But amount of prem and absorption which means quantity is vastly different for siddha and beginner in raga bhakti.
Bhagavad Gita (8.6): “Whatever one contemplates throughout life is what one attains when one leaves the body.”
Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.27): “The caterpillar imprisoned by a wasp in (its nest on) a wall, and constantly thinking of the latter through intense hate and fear, attains the form of the wasp.”
Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu (1.2.295): “A person who desires loving attraction to His beloved Sri Krishna in Vraja must serve in allegiance to the Vrajvasis, both in the current practitioner’s body as well as in the spiritual, mentally conceived body, which is fit for serving Sri Krishna, seva -sadhaka -rupena -siddha -rupena -catra -hi.”
Visvanatha Cakravartipada tika: “Mental service must be rendered in the spiritual body, siddha-deha, in allegiance to Sri Radha, Lalita, Visakha-sakhi, Sri Rupa Manjari and service in the current physical body must be rendered in allegiance to Vraja-people like Sri Rupa and Sanatana.
Srila Prabhupada translates Sri Chaitanya-caritamrita (2.22.154-155) as follows: “There are two processes by which one may execute this raganuga bhakti: external and internal. When self-realized, the advanced devotee externally remains like a neophyte and executes all the shāstric injunctions, especially those concerning hearing and chanting. But within his mind, in his original, purified, self-realized position, he serves Krishna in Vrindavan day and night.”
Clarification: The actual Bengali verse of Sri Chaitanya-caritamrita (2..22.154-155) says: “There are two kinds of devotion in practice — external and internal. In the external practitioner’s body devotional practices of hearing and chanting Krishna’s glories are performed, and internally, in the mentally conceived spiritual body, one renders mental service to Krishna in Vraja day and night.”
The term ‘self-realized’ mentioned in Srila Prabhupada’s translation is not in the original Bengali sloka. Besides, it is a bit too extreme for a description of raganuga-bhakti sadhana because this verse appears in the sadhana bhakti chapter of Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu. Nevertheless, one indeed needs to be fairly advanced to meditate on one’s siddha deha.
In Bhakti Sandarbha (276), Sri Jiva Goswamipada says, “Smaranam requires a pure heart, smaranam -tu shuddha -antah -karanatam -apeksate.”
All the elaborations of Visvanatha Cakravartipada in Madhurya Kadambini on how far up anarthas persist (up to the stage of prema) are nicely summarized by Sri Rupa Goswamipada in a single verse of Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu (2.1.276):
“Sadhakas who have developed rati [bhava] for Krishna but have not completely extinguished the anarthas are qualified to see Krishna directly.”
Clarification: This verse obviously refers to subtle anarthas. It also dismisses claims that one is unqualified to meditate, what to speak of realize the spiritual body, while anarthas are still there. [content courtesy Sri Advaita Dasji]
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The internal political situation in Algeria is not least connected with the neighboring Western Sahara, the Spanish ex-colony, where for more than 40 years the local rebels, the Frente POLISARIO, have been fighting with the Moroccan army.
Rabat considers this region its territory, but Algeria still helps the rebels. And recognizes the sovereignty of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) proclaimed by this February 27 front of the 1976 year.
According to many experts, Rabat fears that the victory of POLISARIO and the full recognition of the SADR by the UN will allow Algeria to freely go to the Atlantic and thereby “surround” Morocco. Such a scenario would give control over the colossal resources of high-quality phosphate ore in Western Sahara, as well as large reserves of oil on the adjacent shelf. Morocco, we recall, is a net importer of black gold and up to 30 percent of the volume of consumed petroleum products. But whether it is in the interests of the West to increase the resource potential and political and economic influence of Algeria in the region is a question ... One can say the first confirmation of the anti-Algerian position is the participation of the French Air Force in 1958 in Spain’s military actions against Western Saharan guerrillas. The same thing happened in 1978. The French Air Force in support of the Moroccan military operation bombarded the positions of POLISARIO (Operation "Manatee").
Near the border with Western Sahara, that is, in the west and south-west of Algeria, with 70-x are refugee camps, of which there are many tens of thousands. In Morocco, they consider these camps as training centers for POLISARIO fighters. Such accusations, of course, complicate the already difficult Algerian-Moroccan relationship.
I recall that in Madrid in November 1975, Spain, Morocco and Mauritania agreed on the division of Western Sahara (in proportion of 70 and 30 percent) between Rabat and Nouakchott. The Algerian side formally condemned this document, likening it to the Munich conspiracy of 1938. Meanwhile, until the end of the 60-s in Morocco officially claimed to Mauritania, which is reflected in the Soviet directory "Countries of the World." And it says that the claims are not unreasonable (M., Politizdat, 1962, p. 237).
Therefore, the Moorish-Algerian political-economic rapprochement began in the middle of the 60-s. By the end of 70's, it was transformed into a single position on Western Sahara. In August, 1979, Mauritania signed a peace treaty with POLISARIO, which included the abandonment of "its" (southern) part of Western Sahara. Soon, Nouakchott recognized SADR as a sovereign state. But at the end of 1979, Moroccan troops captured almost the entire ex-Moorish part of Western Sahara.
The ceasefire regime prescribed by the UN since the fall of 1991 is under threat today. This is due, according to the leadership of SADR, with Morocco’s plans to resume military operations in Western Sahara under the pretext of fighting Islamist groups and drug trafficking. Anyway, up to 80 percent of the territory and the entire shelf, where the main mineral resources of Western Sahara are located, are controlled by Moroccan troops. But Rabat’s military activity against the POLISARIO will most likely be limited, for the same groups recently promised to release Ceuta, Melilla and the islands off the northern coast of Morocco from the Western occupation. These coastal enclaves of Spain still persist in the Moroccan north. But in their respect Rabat is much less determined than in the Western Sahara ...
By the way, the USSR and the PRC in 70 and later did not succumb to the persuasions of Algeria to support its position in this region and officially recognize the SADR. But Russia and even before 20 countries (including Spain, the UK, Brazil) recognize the right of Western Saharan to self-determination through a referendum under the auspices of the UN (China officially recognizes Western Sahara as part of Morocco). And for example, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Poland, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Turkey, France stand for the autonomy of the region within Morocco. The UN in 1980– 2000-x, on the initiative of Algeria, adopted over 15 documents on the organization and conduct of a referendum among Western Saharis (including refugees) on self-determination of the region. But these solutions have not been implemented ...
The self-proclaimed SADR qualifies in the UN as non-colonized territory and is included in the list of Non-Self-Governing. Nearly two-thirds (120) of UN members, including the Russian Federation, agree with this status of Western Sahara, and 60 states, including most African, officially recognize SADR independence. Only 22 countries count as part of Morocco Western Sahara.
With regard to the autonomy of the region, here lies the economic interests of those who favor it. First of all, the United States and France. The fact is that, according to the US Geological Survey, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and several other sources (2015 – 2016), the proven reserves of high-grade phosphate ore in Western Sahara are no less than 10,6 billion tons. This is 26 percent global. The largest Bu-Kraa deposit with reserves of up to 1,6 billion tons (and with a record 70-percentage of phosphate rock in the ore) is not far from the border with Morocco.
According to the German chemical expert Horst Enger, “a high proportion of mineral in the rock, shallow phosphate-bearing formations and proximity of Bu Krau to the Atlantic coast (no more than 80 kilometers) significantly reduce the costs of extraction and export of phosphates. By the middle of 70, German companies had built from Bu-Kraa to Lablay terminal in the port of Laayoune, renamed POLISARIO to Dakhla, a transport corridor with a throughput of 15 million tons of phosphate ore per year. ” Almost all of the phosphate subsoil in SADR is controlled by Morocco, but a characteristic fact is that about 40 percent of the annual production volume at Bu Kraa is exported to the USA, and up to 35 percent - to Western Europe.
The explored hydrocarbon reserves on the shelf near SADR and in its other areas are estimated by Western companies in 14 – 17 million barrels of oil and 2,2 – 3,5 billion cubic meters of gas. But the estimated reserves here are at least three times more.
Hence, the proposals of a number of Western importing countries on the autonomy of the region within Morocco. But to completely separate the region and, therefore, to allow Algeria into these “bins” is hardly in the long-term interests of Western business.
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Many organisations say their people are among the most valuable assets they have. While this statement is entirely accurate, providing the best working conditions and tools that allow the people to flourish is anything but an exact science.
Empowering users to be creative holds great potential to help organisations quickly exploit new opportunities, but with much of business now dependent on the use of IT systems and personal productivity tools, enabling a workforce can also entail risk. Do the benefits achievable justify the effort in combating such risks?
Freeform Dynamics recently ran an online survey to investigate user empowerment, in which 544 respondents, mostly IT professionals or power users based in the UK, Scandinavia and the DACH region shared their thoughts. The full results of the survey can be found here.
Many IT suppliers today stress the rise of bring your own device (BYOD) as an example of user empowerment, but real benefits arise only when the right culture and mindset are developed.
Relying simply on new access devices and technology fashions is not the whole picture. For user empowerment to be successful it is important that end-to-end IT solutions be put in place to permit users to make business decisions effectively. But – and it is a very big but – the organisation also needs to ensure that users can act rapidly on such decisions.
As Chart 1 below shows, organisations that have a strong culture of user empowerment believe they are very good at harnessing the skills and business capabilities of their people.
But what, precisely, are the benefits delivered by empowering users?
Business benefits of empowering users
As can be seen from Chart 2 below, few of the benefits potentially available through user empowerment are perceived to be compelling by more than a sizeable minority of respondents. That said, it is clear that many benefits are deemed to be worthwhile.
People-related benefits are particularly well represented; factors such as improving employee morale, enhancing productivity and increasing creativity and innovation are recognised by significant numbers of respondents. Such advantages are very difficult to quantify in budgetary terms, but usually represent very good value in terms of generating new business, higher-quality work, and so on.
It is interesting to note that benefits such as making it easier to recruit and keep staff, things with which BYOD is heavily associated, lag far behind. Indeed, considerable doubt is reported by a sizeable proportion of respondents that such benefits exist at all.
Of the inherently more quantifiable benefits, it should be noted that two areas are ranked by significant numbers as having a negative impact. Both concern the financial impact of user empowerment on IT.
Business risks must be addressed
It is clear a broad range of worthwhile benefits can be achieved through empowering users more effectively. So what, apart from developing a suitable culture, is holding things back? In terms of technology, the respondents, many of whom may well be early adopters of the trends discussed, indicate there are risks to be addressed.
As might be expected from a largely IT specialist respondent base, security and compliance feature very highly among perceived risks, as shown in Chart 3 above. Quality issues arising from DIY solutions are also perceived to be potential problems.
Many of the other factors mentioned are also close to the heart of IT professionals as they relate to the potential for time to be wasted, especially via increased support burdens. The possibility that user productivity could be negatively affected also gets a more than honourable mention.
Chart 3 also indicates that enabling user empowerment could raise IT overheads as well as costing the organisation more via fragmented procurement. In times when the global economic situation is delicately balanced and all business budgets are under extreme scrutiny, these are factors that cannot be ignored.
Download resources on BYOD
- CW buyer's guide: Tablets for business
- CW buyer's guide: Mobile device management
- IT Priorities Europe 2013
- CW buyer's guide: Consumerisation
- Key Insights for Building “Consumerised” End-User Services
The right tools and effective management
Tackling these issues leads once again back to the nature of the underlying infrastructure required to deliver flexible services. This is especially important given that not all users have the same needs and skills.
Together with comprehensive, yet flexible core IT-enabled business systems, highly empowering organisations also tend to provide a more versatile set of productivity tools and are far more likely to provide users with smartphones and tablets.
But again, it all comes back to management. Organisations with a well-enabled workforce need comprehensive management tools and processes to handle user-driven activity. But good tools alone cannot support anything and everything. Even in organisations that actively empower their employees, users must understand that there are limits on their freedom.
To sum up it all up, technology has a major role to play in empowering users, but solutions must be well thought out and planned, with appropriate resources made available. BYOD and other empowerment initiatives cannot be implemented safely on a zero or negative budget.
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ners, who do not now exist, and who cannot | ry, off the Western islands, by the Majestick. | again disturbing the repose of Europe, you be educated in the western country.” Both have arrived at Bermuda.
must humble her pride ; you must destroy ber
arsenals ; you must carry away all her muni. JUDGING from appearances, the miseries of tions de guerre ; you must conclude your GENERAL REGISTER.
Europe are approaching a close ; for though treaty with, “Done at the Thuilleries, this ist much remains to be done, the strong arm of day of March, 1814,” This treaty must be
the oppressor is broken. Wisdom and virtue ratified in that palace by the descendant of BOSTON, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1814. in the conquerors will expedite a general Peter the Great, of Rodolph of Hapsburg, and
peace, for at last physical power is decidedly of the Great Frederick of Prussia.
Will the allies insist on these circumstanFOREIGN: Recent arrivals bring us
But while we rejoice in the prospect arising ces? Do they value them at much? If they flood of important and agreeable Intelligence. The cause of murderous, overbearing, despot- upon Europe, we lament that our own unhappy do not, they are base, unworthy of the thrones ick France is sinking faster than ever it rose, ration, which it is far from experiencing.
a they occupy, and utterly ignorant of the
springs of human action. Publick opinion, a and divine justice vindicating itself, in a most exemplary manner. The following are the
A peace with England must take place, but sense of national honour or degradation, make
a madman in a strait waistcoat is no less a men either heroes, or cowards and slaves. leading facts.
discascd man. We must expect that the fury Shall it be said by Bonaparte again, as he The allies having entered France, as before
and folly, which have produced this war, will has said to all Europe : “ In Vienna, I constated, on the Northeast and East, have continued to advance, in converging lines, towards act with the more violence at home, when it sented that the Austrian Dynasty should reParis. The Emperour has employed every efis repressed from abroad. We must, then, be main, it is to my clemency that monarch owes
his throne ?" fort to guard against the crisis of his fate, but, preparing our minds for important events
events naturally arising from the vindictive, Shall it be once more insolently declared, as as appears by French accounts, without suc
malevolent policy of those, who now hold, and he said in the case of Portugal by a decree : cess. Having ordered entrenchments around
who calculate on holding the power of gove Paris, re-appointed the Empress regent, and
“ The House of Braganza is no more"?
How can these stains, on the honour of all recommended his dear son to the guardian- erning--the power of controling, insulting, deship of the Parisians and government, he join grading, and distressing a large section of the the other nations of Europe, be washed out?
By a decree, issued by all the monarchs, ed his army at Brienne, on the 26th of January; there he engaged; and after severe fight first page, and which will be continued at sore
We hope the extracts, commenced in our from the Thuilleries, declaring that Paris
shall be spared ; that they have too much ing, retreated to Troyes, on the Seine ; where he remained on the 3d of February, 90 miles length, will be read with attention. They will greatness of mind to visit on the defenceless
be found rich in that kind of information, inhabitants of France the miscries, which they from Paris. General Macdonald was at Cha
which should now be diffused among all class- had been the ready instruments of bringing lons, about the same distance from Paris and es of citizens. They will explain our situa- upon other States.
This would be worthy forty miles northward of Troyes. While the
of men of such a noble race. Let them leave Emperour was thus employed to the east of tion, and point to our remedy.
to upstart and vulgar tyrants the meanness of his capital, a division of the allics had advanced
revenge. to Soissons, 60 miles northeast of Paris ; and
The honour however of all Europe requires, another army advanced froin Switzerland, in a REMARKS ON THE RECENT EVENTS
that all the trophies of the former disgraceful northwest course, 10 Fontainbleau, but 33
campaigns all the monuments,erccted in honiniles south of Paris ! The city was in the ut
ourofthem--and especially the TriumphalPillar, most confusion and alarm ; many of the citi- « Why carry war into her bosom, when she ad
dedicated to Napoleon, and made of the canzens had removed their property, it being the heres to the bęses, which they have proposed non taken from Austria, should be levelled supposed design of the allies to concentrate
to her ? their forces at Paris. The object of the com
Why ravage and attempt to sub- with the earth. vert and divide her provinces ?"
Justice and Pride both require that the obbined armies in cutting their way to the capi
jects of the Fine Arts, stolen from Antwerp, tal, through different parts of France, appears These are two of the questions, asked in
from Florence, from Rome, from Berlin, and to be to prevent the French levies from uniling. the Moniteur at Paris, in relation to the entry especially, the sword of the Great Frederick, A Proclamation has been circulated, to the of the ALLJES into France.
which the Emperour, like a felon, carried off people, of what import, we cannot learn, as it We prestime they will reply to them, from the sarcophagus of that hero, should be is not suffered to appear in the Paris papers; through the press of the Moniteur, after their
promptly restored. but that it has had great effect, is evident arrival at the Thuilleries. The Secretaries of
An exact account should be taken of the by a concession in a counter address from the State of the Allies are now better employed ; wealth of all the Marshals, Generals, and othFrench government.
and it is only from Paris that a satisfactory re. er military chiefs, and the piundered of all naA congress of belligerent diplomatists as- ply can be made.
ply can be made. But we, being unengaged, tions should be required to send in their sembled at Chatillon, on the 4th of February, and less immediately interested, will make the claims with specifick descriptions of the propand dined with the French minister on the 5th. reply.
erty, and the jewels, now worn by the misEngland and Sweden on the one part, and Because France has « carried war into the
tresses of these niilitary robbers ; the vases Denmark on the other, have formed a treaty bosom” of every country in Europe ; because and dishes of silver and gold ; the regalia of of peace and Alliance, assigning Norway to she has “ ravaged, and actually subverted and all the little potentates of Germany, who were Sweden, and Pomeramia to Denmark.
divided the Provinces” of Austria, Prussia, robbed of every thing, should be most strictly Bonaparte has given his prisoner, Ferdinand Holland, Savoy, Venice, Genoa, Switzerland, returned to the true owners ; and instead of VII. a treaty of peace for Spain. How the and reduced to a state of vassalage, all Germa- treble the value of the goods stolen, which our Cortes would meet this insulting manæuyre ny and Italy,
laws allow, I would make them add to the goods was not ascertained.
We do not approve of retaliation. We should returned, the appraised value of the same. Lord Wellington remained near Bayonne, be sorry to see Paris in flames in revenge
This is but plain retributive justice. It is and had ordered the British troops to withdraw the fate of Smolensko and Moscow ; but the moderate ; France in such a case would not from Cadiz and Carthagena. repose of the world requires that France should
take back her own inerely, but she would plunIt was reported that Murat, King of Naples, feel for centuries the folly and wickedness of der all that was worthy of removal. liad joined the allies--not confirmed.
the schemes of her unprincipled tyrant. If The Prince of Orange « Sovereign of the Frenchmen had not rejoiced, and insolently France still be able to say to her young sol.
It is not only just, but it is a duty. Shall Mill sherlands," has appointed M. Changuion, triumphed at the injustice and foreign con- diers : « This is a trophy, which your Empeer Plenipotentiary to the United States quests of Bonaparte ; if they had not contribu- rour, or your father, took from the Kremlin,or
ted cheerfully to promote his views ; if they from the Palace at Vienna" ? **h of March, Admiral Sir Alexan- had not boasted of their trophies, plundered der Cochrai.
Shall her citizens sill ride in the carriages, arrived, at Bermuda, with a from other nations, and shown them, as squadron, a number of troops, and a large have personally witnessed, to strangers, as the they continue to riot on this plundered wealth?
stolen from the nobility of Austria ? Sull quantity of munita
ins of war. vailed there that the Qritish government were
A report pre- proud monuments of the irresistible prowess of Policy, Honour, Pride, Justice forbid it. Let about to turn their a.mntion to the United them. ' But those, who know the French char-plunder, dishonourably acquired, will not avail
France, one might feel some compassion for the French feel that fortune is fickle ; that States.
acter, must be convinced that they are as abA very fine new 44 Freech frigate, the ject under misfortunes, as they are insolent in
the possessor ; and they will hereafter discov: Terspichore, was taken on the 2nd of Februa- prosperity. If you would prevent France from
er less cupidity for conquest, and less mean. ness and rapacity after viciory.
FOR THE BOSTOX SPECTATOR.
The old concierge of the cathedral of Ant- | him a successor. This author produces facts BONAPARTE AND JAMES IV. werp shed tears, when he showed that edifice and reasons to shew, that the art of the Ven- As BONAPARTE, when in his glory, and seyto strangers, as he passed by the niche, in triloquist consists principally in interrupting eral years before the United States commencwhich Rubens' descent from the cross formerly the original sound of the voice, and conveying ed hostilities against Great Britain, declared
in Roine, when they showed the plaster statues bells, is heard by a person walking in a valley, surprising that the impetuous despot did not of Apollo and the Muses, the originals of obstructed by buildings.
declare war against us, at once. Bonaparte which had been, with a cruelty and meanness
reasoned like Ja the Fourth, of Scotland, unexampled in modern ages, packed up and Doctor Garnett says, that “ the blight to who, when advised by Sir Ralph Sadler, Amsent to Paris.
which flowers are exposed at this season of bassador from Henry the Eighth, to increase Every man of generous feelings must surely the year, is a species of gangrene or mortifica- his resources, by taking the revenues of the rejoice to see those objects of veneration and tion, brought on by the action of the rays of Abbey lands into his hands, replied—“ What ; delight, the pride, and in some cases the only the sun in the spring, on the morbidly accu- need have I to take them into my own hands, object of pride (in those devoted cities, destin- mulated irritability, which had been produced when I can have any thing that I require of ed often to change masters) travelling back to by a considerable subduction of heat during the them without it?" their ancient places of abode, again to form a night ; and that a frosty night, succeeded by a source of attraction, and profit, to their injured cloudy or misty morning, is never attended MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. proprietors.
with these effects, which almost certainly fol- There are many curious manuscript pali may be asked, do you then consider it as low, if, when the spring is considerably ad- pers, relative to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the certain that it will be in the option of the Alo vanced, a frost should be succeeded by a fine library of the Scots college at Paris. The lies to enter Paris and persorm this distribu- morning."
last time that David Hume was in that city, tive justice ?
If this Brunonianism be true, our plants the learned and excellent Principal of the colIt is my opinion, from the present state of may be easily preserved, by taking precautions, lege shewed them to him, and asked him, why intelligence, that the Allies may go to Paris. that the sudden action of heat be avoided in he had pretended to write her history, in an The reasons for that opinion I may hereafter such cases, by shade, or sprinkling with cold unfavourable light, without consulting them. assigo. water.
Hume, on being told this, looked over som My present object was simply to answer the
letters, which the Principal put into his hands, whining complaining questions of the Moni- QUESTION 4th. Page 39.
and though not much used to the melting teur, and to show that the Allies might and
mood, burst into tears. ought to make France feel her present humil
A MAKES B a present of a hundred dollars, ialion and their power. This is necessary to on condition that he shall expend it in Cows,
KING LEIR. the future repose of the world.
Sheep, and Geese. Cows at 10 dollars each,
which he may gratify: his readers, by the impulse of LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS. aggregate of cows, sheep and geese. How his own taste. He has derived considerable pleasmany must he purchase of each?
ure from the following story, the basis on which
Shakspeare constructed his King Lear. It is not
SOLUTION. ALEXIS, THE CZAREWITZ.
found in the Illustrations of Mrs. Lenox, whose It is not our province to deal in theatricals, This problem presents, at once, two equa
work has given the admirers of the immortal drabut we may be allowed, on so rare an occasion tions, as follows, wherein the number of Cows
matist (and who is not of the number ?) much inas the representation of a new Tragedy, to in- is represented by x, the number of Sheep by dulge in a few remarks. y, and the number of Geese by z :
teresting amusement. It is a translation from the Alexis, performed for the first time last 10 x+yto=100 and x+y+z=100
latin history of Geoffry of Monmouth, a monkish Wednesday evening, is from the pen of Mr.
historian of the twelfth century; and was found
We have then only two equations and three Eustaphieve, Russian Consul, residing in Bos- unknown terms. As the probleın gives us no
among the papers of Garrick, who had prepared an ton; a gentleman whose political writings, and other equation, we are left to guess a little.
extensive collection of matter, with a view to publish prospective speculations on the course of the Two other things however obviously present
had he lived to accomplish it, a series of Illustrapresent war in Europe, have given the publick themselves to aid our researches. One is, that tions, with his own remarks. The extract was thus great satisfaction and reflected much credit on there must be no fractions in the solution, and
beaded. the author.
that of course z must be a multiple of 6 ; the HE STORY OF KING LEIR AND HIS DAUGHThe annunciation of the play excited a very other is, that x cannot exceed 10. Availing TERS, TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN HIS. favourable interest—the house was well filled, ourselves of the latter data, all we have to do
TORY OF GEOFFRY OF MONMOUTH, B.II. & XI. and repeated applauses evinced a degree of is to suppose to x, successively, all the num- “ BLADUD being dead, his son Leir was satisfaction, which must have been pleasing to bers between 1 and 10, until we find the solu- raised to the throne, who governed the kingMr. Eustaphieve, who, we understand, unites tion. Let us then suppose x= =1; the prece- dom with a powerful sway for sixty years. with the audience in approbation of the spirit ding equations will give
He built on the river Sora (now Soar) a city and talent with which the principal characters 100—10=y+ă; 100—1=y+z; y=99-; Leir, but by the Saxons Leir-cester (i. e. Lei
which was called in the British tongue Kaerwere sustained. The tragedy is founded on historical fact ;
90=99—z +; 9=2–8: 54=5z; and finally cester). He had no male issue but only three and in the management of the plot the patri- 2=*=5 Geese : which does not solve the daughters, named Gonorilla, Regan and Corotick author takes occasion to vindicate the question, because we want whole Geese, and
deilla. He had a great affection for them all, character of the Czar from the unmerited cal. no fractions of them.
but particularly for the youngest, Cordeilla. umnies, which uninformed or prejudiced biog- Following up the suppositions of r=2, x=3, Finding himself growing old, he began to raphers have attached to his conduct towards x=4, we find results equally unsatisfactory. think of dividing his kingdom among them, his son. The story exceeds our limits, and is But if x=5, we have
and of marrying them to such husbands as already before the publick; we can only add, 100-50=y+; 100–5=y+z ; y=95m2; inight share the government with them ; but, that the many who wished success to the enterprise, (for such it may here be considered) finally z=54. It follows that y=41; and the 50=95—+; 45=z-270=5z; and that he might know which of them was worthy
of a larger share, he went to them one by one, have been gratified. solution stands :
that by questioning them he night discover FRENCHMEN can make bulls, as well as
5 Cows at $10 is
which had the greatest regard for him. Gon41 Sheep
orilla called heaven to witness, that she loved Irishmen. I find the following in the Cid of
41 and 54 Geese
her father better than her own soul. To Corneille, at agedy which French criticks con
whom her father replied, since you esteem my sider among the first of human productions.
100 in all,
old age in preference to your own life, I will Combien d'exploits celebres
marry you my dearest daughter to any youth Sont demearis 3. ins gloire au milieu des ténebres !
you shall choose, and will give you a third
part of Britain for a porlig!). Then Regan VENTRILOQUISM.
THERE is a square field, enclosed by a ihe second daughter, like her sister, endearRANNIE dead, and we know of no pre- fence 6 feet higli, and two inches thick. The ouring to wheedle him into kindness, answertender to his art. A Mr. Gough, has written number of cubick feet, in the fence, is equal to ed, with an oath, that she could not otherwise a pamphlet on the theory of sound, which may the number of square rods in the field. What express her sentiments than by declaring, that possibly explain Rannie's secret, so as to find is the number of square rods in the field? she loved him far above every other human
being The credulcus old man then promised , he met with an honourable reception at first ; some other town, there to bathe and strengthHier the same honour as he had given to her but a year had scarcely passed, when a quar- en him, to clothe anew and take all possible elder sister, and to marry her with a like rel arose between their domesticks. Regan care of bim. A train of forty soldiers, well portion of a third part of the realm. But Cor-growing enraged, ordered all his servants to be chosen and well appointed, was then ordered deilla, the youngest, when she found that her dismissed, excepting five, who should still cori- to attend him ; and when all this was done, he father had been thus duped by the flattery oftinue to wait on him.
was to make King Aganippus and his daughher sisters, bad a mind to try him by another The poor old man now became exceedingly ter acquainted of his arrival. The messenger kind of answer. Is there anywhere, sir, said miserable, returned again to his eldest daugh, immediately returning, conducted Leir prishe, a daughter who will say that she loves ter, hoping to move her to compassion, and | vately to another place and kept him concealher father more than she ought to do? I be that he might still find an honourable re- ed there till every thing was done which Cor. lieve no such one would be found, unless she treat in her family. But she, without any deilla had commanded. wished to conceal the truth under professions mitigation of her former resentment, swore by Chap. XII.- Soon after, being clothed in in which she could not be in earnest. I have all the powers of Heaven that no abode should royal apparel, and nobly attended, he sent always loved you as a father, and always mean be there for him, unless, sending away the word to Aganippus and Cordeilla that he was to do so. In vain will you try to extort from rest, he would be satisfied with one soldier on-driven from the kingdom of Britain by his two me any other answer : this is the true state of ly ; severely she chid him, that, he being an sons in law, and that he was come over to my affection towards you ; I beseech you to old man, and in want of every thing, should them in hopes that, by their assistance, he ask me no more questions, so muc
affect to be followed by a large and armed ret-might regain his country. They then, attend. have, so much are you worth, and so much I
inue. As she continued inflexible, he was ed by their courtiers and nobles, went out to love you. Leir, supposing that she had spok- obliged to give up the contest, and to remain meet him, received him with all marks of en from the bottom of her heart, was exceed- with only one follower. But whenever his honour and distinction, and gave him power ingly offended, and gave her a very angry an- thoughts returned to the remembrance of his over the whole realm of France till they could swer. Since, said he, you treat my old age former greatness, detesting the low and mis- restore him to his former dignity at home. with such contempt as not to profess the same erable estate into wbich he was now fallen, he Chap. XIV.-" In the mean time Aganipregard for me as your sisters have done, it is began to entertain a desire of going over to pus sent dispatches through all France to colnow my turn to despise you, nor ever shall you France to his youngest daughter ; but much lect all the armed force therein, that by their have a share in my kingdom with them ; I do he doubled whether he should find comfort aid he might restore Britain to his father-innot say, since you are my daughter, but that I and protection there, after the injurious usage law King Leir. This being done, Leir conmay marry you to some foreigner (should for- with which he had treated her. However, be- ducted his daughter Cordeilla and a powerful tune throw any such person in your way), but ing unable any longer to support his present army into Britain, where he gave battle to his this only I affirın, that I will never try to marry misery, to France he went. But when he saw sons and overthrew them. When the whole you with the same honours and dignities which himself the third only among the princes who was again reduced to his power, he lived only your sisters will enjoy ; I have hitherto loved passed over with him, with deep sighs and a three years to enjoy it. Aganippus also died you better than the rest of my children, and it flood of tears, he broke out into these excla- about the same time. Cordeilla, having asseems you have loved me less than they. Im- mations : oh! ye irrevocable decrees of fate, sumed the reins of government, buried her mediately calling a council of his nobles, he which still hold on your fixed and certain father in a subterraneous vault under the river gave his two elder daughters to the Dukes of course ; why would ye ever raise me to such Soar, in Leicester.” Cornwall and Albany, with half of the island heights of fickle and uncertain happiness, during his life, and the whole monarchy of it since more pain arises from a remembrance of after his death. It happened at ibat time, that it when lost than from the pressure of present
POETRY Aganippus, king of France, had heard the misfortunes. The remembrance of those times, beauty of Cordeilla greatly celebrated. He when at the head of armies. I could lay waste sent an embassy to King Leir desiring that I cities and provinces, grieves me more than all [The following lines were written by Henry KIRKE Cordeilla might be given to him in marriage. the calamitie, I now endure, though great
WHITE, at the age of thirteen.] His rage having not had yet time to cool, he enough to compel those to laugh at my pres
TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. give for answer, that King Aganippus was ent weakness, who not long since were tremvery welcome to her, but that he must be bling at my feet. On, frowns of angry for
Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! content to take her without lands or money, tune ! will that day never come when it will
Whose modest form, so delicately fine, for that he had already divided his kingdon W. be in my power to be avenged on those who
Was nurs'd in wbirling storins with all the silver and gold he was master have thus cruelly deserted my old age
And cradled in the wind. to her sisters Gonorilla and Regan. When and helpless poverty ! O, Cordeilla, my This was told to Aganippus, who was much in daughter, how true were thy sayings when
Thee, when young Spring first question'd Winter's love with the lady, he sent another message thou gavest an answer to my question, how
sway, to King Leir, telling him that he had already much thou lovedst me! Didst thou not say, as much gold and silver and as large posses
And dar'd the sturdy blusterer tu the fight, so much as you have, so much are you worth,
Thce on this bank he threw sions as he could wish, being now master of a and so much I love you ? While I had any
To mark his victory. third part of France ; that he desired nothing thing left to give, your sisters seemed to value of him but his daughter, that he might have me ; but, alas, they were no friends to me but
In this low vake, the promise of the year, heirs by her. Matters being thus agreed, to my presents, and if they loved me at all
Serene, thou openest to the nipping gale,
Unnoticed and alone
Thy tender elegance. Leir began to grow very old, the Dukes be- est daughter ! can I return to thee ; when, af
So Virtue blooms, brought forth amid the storms. fore named, to whom he had divided Britain ter having been exasperated at thy words, I
Of chill adversity, in some lone walk with his daughters, rebelled against him, and intended to marry thee worse than thy sisters,
Of life, she rears her head took from him the crown and all the royal who, after having been loaded with innumera
Obscure and unobserv'd. power which he had so long and so gloriously ble benefits, have condemned my old age to held. Peace being at length made, one of his the hard rigours of poverty and exile.
While every bleaching breeze that on her blows, sons in law, Maglaunus, Duke of Albany, re- While intent on making these and such like
Chastens her spotless purity of breast, tained him at his court, together with sixty reflections he arrived at Calais, where his
And hardens her to bear soldiers, that he might not be without a reti- daughter then was. Waiting without the city,
Serene, the ills of life. nue suitable to his rank. After two years he sent a messenger to inform her of the deelapsed in the same residence, Gonorilla took plorable state into which he was fallen, and offence at the number of his soldiers, who that in the utmost want of all food and rai
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR abused her servants, because a more liberal ment, he was now come to implore her pity. distribution was not made among them. With Cordeilla was greatly affected by the message,
JOHN PARK, the consent of her husband she ordered her and wept bitterly. She asked what retinue he
BY MUNROE & FRANCIS, father to be contented with only thirty followers, had, and was told that he had one only attend
NO. 4 CORNHILL. and to dismiss the other half of them. Enrag-ant, who waited without the gates upon his ed at this so ill treatment, he left Maglaunus, master. She took then as much money as
Price three dollars per annum, hall in advance. and went to Henvinus, Duke of Cornwall, who was necessary, and giving it to the messenger Sub ibers may be supplied with the preceding nad married his other daughter Regan. Here ordered him to conduct her father privately to
DEVOTED TO POLITICKS AND BELLES LETTRES.
KOSTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1814.
THE BOSTOX SPECTATOR.
EXTRA TS CONTINUED.
great country are such, as will occasion strong I will contrast some of these facts with those rivalships and violent parties. Every part of the same nature in Masaachusetts, exclusive
will be alike incapable of acquiring maritime of Maine, being the most ancient of our settleNO. VI.
power ; all will feel the deepest interest in the ments, siluated in the vicinity of extensive
regulations, which may at any time affect the tracts of new lands, to which her inhabitants THE INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES MUST BE PRESERVED.
t:ade of the Mississippi ; their alliances will are constantly migrating, and being at the Haturally be with the people who can best sup. same time extensively interested in navigation
ply their wants, and most effectually protect and the fisheries, both of which employments Shewing the comparative strength, resources, their commerce ; and as the power to protect are more unfavourable to population, than ag
riculture. and local ao vantages of the different sections
must imply a power to annoy, their protectors of the Union
will, in all periods of fancied security, be view- The tenable land in Massachusetts, exclusive
cd with more jealousy and distrust, than confi. of Maine, is less than five millions of acres, “ It has been said, that the difficulties inci. donce and friendship. The western country is and little more than one third of the quantity in dent to foreign commerce, will soon compel a unit, composed of several distinct parts, too the eastern district of Virginia : The averthe western states to become manufacturers, scordant to cooperate among themselves, or age price of land in Massachusetts is ten doland thus acquire a commercial independence. Yith the rest of the Union, in any efficient sys- lars per acre, and the population equal to fiftyIt is highly probable that a few important man- srm for consolidating the power and resour- four persons to "he square mile. ufactures will soon be established. The valu. ces, or extending ihe credit of the nation. Notwithstanding the comparative high price able metals and fossils, with which this country Having, at the same time, a distinct and im- of land, which, if other circumstances were abounds; the internal demand for hard ware, portant interest, they will unite in endeavour- equal, so far increase the inducements to emiglass, and other bulky articles; the great ex- dig to hold the balance, between the different gralihn, Massachusetts has, in ten years, on pense, which must attend their importation, parties in the national government, which they five millions of acres, added to her population' and their imperishable qualities, certainly fa- will attempt to incline, in such manner, as 43,000 persons ; whereas, on 14 millions of vour a number of manufacturing establish- may best promote their Incal policy. During acres, the eastern district of Virginia has ada
Some manufactures of iron, copper, the next Congress some of these predictions ded to her population only 25,000 persons, and perhaps glass, may, even soon, be export will probably be verified. (Jan. 1803)
while her real strength has been diminished ed; but as the price of all agricultural produc- At the he i of the third Division of our by an increase of more than 50,000 slaves and tions will be liable to very great vibrations, and country stands Virginia, whose councils, at free negroes. as a considerable part of the labour of the present, influence a great majority of the Uni- It may be asked, is this disparity, in the country will be performed by slaves, it is cer- ted States. In a political speculation, that part condition of the two states, imputable to the tain that much time must elapse, before the of Virginia, which lies east of the Blue Ridge sterility of the soil, the insalubrity of the cli
attention of the people can be directed to the may be taken for the whole ; because in conse- mate, or the state of society ? $ fabrication of articles, requiring a combination quence of its physical situation, and the habits A comparison of the natural fertility of two
of skill, with continued and systematical in- if existing constitution of the State, this part | countries, the liriate, productions, and cultivadustry.
Tras long governed, and probabig will continue tion of whitú 2 so different, cannot be easily Having said that the prices of agricultural to govern the whole. An accurate knowledge made. It is only certain, that extensive conproductions will be subject to great vibrations, of what the eastern district of Virginia now is, tiguous tracts in Virginia are too poor to be it may be proper to explain the grounds of and is capable of becoming; appears, therefore, cultivated by freemen. What proportion of this opinion :- they are these. Provisions, in to be essentially necessary, for every American these poor lands have become private property, general, must be sold or consumed within the statesman.
and have been subject to taxation, cannot be year in which they are produced, or they must Of about forty millions of acres of taxable ascertained-probably the proportion is not be lost ;—those of a great proportion of the land, in the whole of Virginia, nearly fourteen considerable. western country can be carried to market dur- millions of acres lie east of the Blue Ridge. That the climate, or state of society, or both ing only those seasons in each year, in which The average value of these lands is no more united, are unfavourable to the increase of the state of the rivers favours the descent of than three dollars per acre ; the average value white population, can be easily demonstrated. boats ;-all the produce must be carried to one, of the twenty-six millions of acres west of the Virginia, alone, contains more granted tenable or a very few, ports. Combinations among men Blue Ridge is considerably below one dollar land, than the five New England states, with of capital, not only with a view of affecting the per acre.
Maine and the state of New York. Comparprice of what is brought to market, but also Of 518,000 persons, being the whole of atively, very few foreigners have settled in the the articles which are to be given in exchange, the white population of the state, 340,000 northern country during the last ten years, and will, for a long time be practicable. Owing to persons live in the eastern district ;-the white it is.certain that great numbers. have emigrathe climate and state of society, the ports on population of the eastern district, therefore, ted to Canada, and the middle and western the Mississippi are not likely to produce or somewhat exceeds fifteen persons to the square states. Though the emigrations to tile five retain any considerable number of navigators. mile. In the western district, the white pop
southern states have not been so considerable, The vessels, which will frequent these ports,. ulation but little exceeds four persons to the yet it is probablo that ten persons have emiwill, therefore, generally be owned in the square mile. The slaves, free negroes, and grated from the northern to the southern, for northern and middle states, or by Europeans—mulattoes in the eastern district amount to one who has emigrated from the southern to their inducements to visit these parts will de- | 341,000, and in the western district to 26,000.
the northern states. pend on the general state of commerce. In During ten years, from 1790 to 1800, the in- In 1790, the five New England states, witir addition to these causes, which affect the crease of white population in the easter dis- New York, contained 1,308,000 ; and the five price of agricultural produce in all places, the trict was about 26,000 ; and of slaves, free ne- southern states, -1,133,000 white persons ; the western country must therefore continually groes, and mulattoes, 52,000. The increase emigrations from the northerrr are certainly experience the influence of special causes, of of white population in the western district sufficient to counterbalance those from the very potent operation, arising out of their pe- during the same time was 50,000 ; and of slaves, southern section : -notwithstanding which, the culiar situation. free negroes, and mulattoes 9,000.
increase in the northern section has been The political inferences, deducible from these In the commercial towns of Norfolk, Rich- | 437,000, while in the southern it has been only facts are, that, in matters of mere local adminis- mond, and Alexandria, the white population has 242,000 white persons. In proportion toʻthe tration and policy, but little uniformity and con- increased in ten years about 4,600 persons'; in. stock of populations in 1790, the increase in cert can be expectect from the people of the West- the town of Petersburgh it has decreased ;- the southern section - ought to have been ern States : It is not indeed improbable that it the most populous of these towns is Norfolk, 378,000 persons ; the increase in the northern, will soon appear, that the circumstances and which contains 3,800 inhabitants, or about the compared with the southern section, ias beca l'elative advantages of different sections of this same number as Beverly in Massachuscits. in a ratio of 100 to 64 in favour of the former
That this disparity is, in some considerable , graded, abused country, to support Governour to see the rival of Homer hailed by a general degree, owing to physical causes, which abridge Strong, and his associates.
acclamation, making the Romans forget theatthe duration of human life in the southern
rical representations, gladiators, and pantostates, is probable from the following calcula
mines, to enjoy the description of their brilliant tion. In the five New England States and
GENERAL REGISTER. destinies. New York, the number of white males of forty
One of the most indispensable qualities of an five years of age and upwards is 115,000, and BOSTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1814. epick poem, is that the subject should be nathe number of white males under ten years
tional. The requisitions of vanity are neither 249,000. In the five southern states, the num. EUROPEAN: Nothing received since our
the least felt nor the least common. A nation ber of white males under ten years is also | last publication.
resembles individuals or families—all hear, 249,000, and the number of 45 years and up
DOMESTICK. Of several trifling move.
with pleasure, the history of their ancestors or wards, no more than 78,000 ; the proportion
ments at our seat of war, we find nothing de their founders, as a child sees his paternal of children, born in the southern states, there serving notice, except that a Col. Clark, with mansion and patrimonial estate with more infore, exceeds that in the northern states, while from a thousand to fifteen hundred troops, sessions of another, however beautiful. Thus
terest, than he experiences in viewing the posthe number who survive the age of 45 year's made a short incursion into Lower Canada, to is less, in the ratio of 67 to 100. A compari- the village in Missiquoi bay, and brought away
the two poems of Homer bad, in this respect, son of the number of white males under ten some private property and some of the inhabi.
a great advantage. Virgil's enjoys the same ; years, and of 45 and upwards, in Massachu
-his subject, as a national one, is happily setts and the eastern district of Virginia, mous system of warfare will we hope produce as much hattered as the Grecians, by the histo
A Montreal paper remarks “ this infa
chosen. The Romans, to say the least, were will give the same result. It appears that a a just retaliation.” The British have already greater number of persons attain to 45 years made a descent, at Weomico, on Chesapeake ry of their origin and every thing favourable and upwards in Massachusetts, than in some
to their genealogical pride. In this, the poet bay, with similar effect. other of the northern states, and the same fact is observable in Virginia, in relation to her legislature, Governour Snyder attempted to During the last session of the Pennsylvanian was aided by all the popular traditions of his
of more southern neighbours.”
strangle forty.one new banks in the birth; cherishing the vanity of his countrymen. Ju
but the pertinacity of the legislature preserved lius Cæsar was gratified to have it believed his FOURTH OF APRIL.
prenomen descended to him from Tulus, the The Anniversary of our election of state Congress have been engaged in a long de
Congress have been engaged in a long de son of Eneas ; Augustus, his adopted son, did officers, we trust, will be another proud day bate on the subject of the Yazoo claims, in not abandon this pretension. A long list of for Massachusetts. Of all possible mein; of which was exhibited, to the disgrace of the na
families were fond of tracing their ancestry acquiring lasting honours to the Common- tion, much of the intemperance and vulgarity, claimed a lineal descent from Clausus ; the
back through the night of time. The Claudii wealth, none are so busy as the faithful dis- which constantly marks the speeches of some
Menmii even to Mnestheus (genus a quo sancharge of duty on that day. By simply attend- of the leading members. It is however exing Town-meetings, and voting with a regard pected, a decision will prevail in favour of guine Memmi); the Cluentii to Cloanthus; and to publick good and private advantage, we can a compromise between government and the the heads of these illustrious families enjoyed,
in reading Virgil, the pleasure of seeing their pay a just and flattering tribute to the services claimants. and virtues of a man, who richly deserves the The Senate have passed a vote in favour of founders perform distinguished characters, in love and veneration of his fellow citizens. We bringing in
his poem. In a word, the whole nation took
remove the Embargo. can lend strength and support to those princi- The House have not acted on the subject. its share in what was so flattering--the antiples, which have given us a high rank in the Should it possibly succeed, we are at no logs quity, and marvellous nature of their origin, political history of our country, and given our to understand the measure. The southern
assumed by the author of the Eneid. Inngcountry a high rank among nations.
states are now suffering most by the embargo. merable religious or civil festivals, the worgive a wholesome check to that all-grasping Raise it and, they will probably wish the war ship of Vesta, of Cybele, and of almost all spirit of ambition, which hesitātes at no means continued, and support those who are in favour their Gods, the ceremonies with which they to attain a selfish end. We can preserve the oi it.
proclaimed peace or war, the arms of the war
riors, the costume of the ponuiffs, had passed consistency of our own'characters, by evincing a uniform conduct in uniform circumstances.
from the Trojans and Grecians to the Romans; We can avert the scoffs of our tyrants, who
and were not considered the least honourable
We should be glad of an interview with the author would exult in our folly, were we to give our of “The Writer, No. 1."
part of their heritage. To these were united a
We have several communications of which we can. countenance to those whom we find pledged
long list of oracular responses and predictions, not avail ourselves, for several reasons. No indelicate which, placing the Roman destinies under the to strengthen the despotism, under which we
allusion will ever be admitted. We must not allow guardianship and protection of the Gods, inare already suffering 50 severely.
the precedent of English writers a century ago. creased the eclat and dignity of this people, To paralyze the zeal of the citizens on such Whether morals have improved or not, the publick and predisposed nations to the voluntary recepoccasions, it has been heretofore urged that taste is more refined. the governour of the state has no power to in
tion of their laws and to recognize their soveterfere with the views of the general govern
reignty. The Romans were so sensible of this
LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS. ment. This is no longer the case.
advantage, that they professed a solemn grati
tude, in exempting the subjects of ancient cral government has invaded our constitutional rights, and made attempts upon our personal
Troy from every species of tax; and it appearfreedom. Our governour is our guardian.
ed that this exemption scaled the authenticity
DELILELE, of their origin. While he is true, though we must groan under the miseries of a wicked war, we shall not
Virgil derived resources from his subject, be dragged from our families to perish, the vic-Voltaire has said, “ if Homer is to be con not enjoyed by Homer. The latter was onetims of sturid generalship, in a hopeless, un- sidered the author of Virgil, it is his most cessarily limited to Greece. Virgil embraces justifiable cause. Governour Strong stands perfect production." Let us pursue this suge echoes throughout the Eneid. An empire to be
both Greece and Italy. The fall of Troy firm by us-let us stand firm by him. His pi- gestion. One of the most interesting spectaety is cast in his teeth, by the profligates of Cles that can be contemplated is the impression destroyed—is the whole subject of Homer :
the destruction of this great empire-its revival this and the other states ; let us show our re- of genius upon genius. I take pleasure in
in Italy, under a new name and more favouragard for such a character. His defence of representing to myself the latin poet, at the in
ble auspices—the whole world subjected, by our personal liberties is denounced as rebel- stant when, for the first time, he read the Illion. Let us show that we know some rights iad, full of the inspiration, which he derived promise, to its domination_such is the subject are unalienable, and that we honour him who from it, meditating a poem, which was to pro: Troy and the cradle of Rome : and by a mulshields them. There will be no peace, while war is practicable. Let us then show that no Greece ; recalling Eneas, lost in the crowd of titude of oracles, by the prophesies of Anchi.
ses, and the ingenious fiction of the shield forın. voluntary aid is to be expected from táis quar- Trojan warriors, from oblivion, if a name, ter. The further we pursue the important mentioned by Homer, can ever be in oblivion cd by Vulcan, he was enabled to pursue the subject of the approaching election, in all its I indulge in the ideal satisfaction of seeing this high destinies of that proud metropolis, from bearings, the more we shall be convinced, that young poet reading the first specimens of his the wolf of Romulus to the Roman cagles ; we owe it to our moral character-to our po- Eneid at the theatre, fascinating proud Rome from the royal cottage of the good Evander to litical character to our regard for ourselves with the recital of her victories, augustus with the pomp of the capitol. His materials would to our regard for our bleeding, sinking, de that of his triumphs and his glory. 1 delight have been debcient in novelty, if his fable and
Translated for the Boston Spectator.
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Intervertebral Disk Disease
IVDD occurs when the inner layer of a disk protrudes, or herniates, into the vertebral canal and presses on the spinal cord. Compression of the spinal cord may be minimal, causing only mild back or neck pain, or severe, causing paralysis, loss of feeling, and lack of bladder and bowel control and may be irreversible. Most commonly, problems are seen in the lower back region of the spine or in the neck region.
Type I IVDD is common in the Dachshund, and also occurs in many other chondrodystrophoid breeds including the Bassett Hound, Beagle, French Bulldog, Lhasa Apso, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Shih Tzu, and Welsh Corgi. It may also be seen in the Cocker Spaniel and the Miniature Poodle. The intervertebral disks in these dogs gradually become more like cartilage than fibrous tissue. Disk herniation in these breeds usually occurs at a relatively young age (3 to 6 years) and commonly occurs at several areas in the back causing intense pain.
With occasional exceptions, the Doberman Pinsher is the only nonchondrodysplastic large breed dog to be affected by Type I IVDD.
Type II IVDD is fibrous degeneration of disks and occurs in older dogs of all breeds, but generally only causes problems in large-breed dogs.
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Did people at the top try to cover up the severity of the oil crisis?
A top Coast Guard official talked to News Five Wednesday afternoon.
Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry attended a coastal recovery meeting in Orange Beach.
Landry said the Coast Guard operated under a “worst case scenario situation.”
She said, “From day one, we said our doctrine, under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, if you go back to the doctrine and all the message traffic that came out, our responsibility is to prepare for a worst case scenario, so we used the term from day one ‘worst case scenario spill,’ which is a total loss of the well.”
Total loss means every bit of oil flowing out.
But how forthcoming did Landry think the federal government was during the spill?
When asked if she thought was any deliberate effort to underestimate the amount of oil that was coming out, Landry said, “No, there wasn’t a deliberate effort. I think there was a lot of uncertainty about the status of the safety mechanisms that were supposed to work, subsurface. There are shutdowns that are supposed to work. There was a lot of uncertainty about whether or not those mechanisms had worked.”
Orange Beach Charter Boat Captain Ben Fairey also attended the meeting.
Did he think the government purposely blocked release of true oil spill estimates?
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is a slow moving vehicle (SMV) sign?
A slow moving vehicle sign is a reflective orange triangle bordered with red that warns other road users that the vehicle displaying the sign is traveling slower than the normal speed of traffic.
New usage of the SMV sign.
Prior to December 1996, only farm tractors and self propelled farm machines had to use the SMV sign. As of December 1, 1996, all vehicles that can not keep up a speed of more than 40 km/h, for example, horse-drawn carriages and road construction equipment, must display the SMV sign. If a slow moving vehicle is pulling another behind it then the SMV sign must hang on the rearmost vehicle of any combination of vehicles. It must be centered between 2 meters and 0.5 meters above the roadway.
Bicycles, mopeds and disabled vehicles being towed do not have to display the sign. Horse-drawn vehicles driven by people whose religious beliefs do not permit them to use the sign are also exempt. However, the back of the carriage must be outlined with reflective tape that is visible from at least 150 metersThe vehicle is slow moving, not the mailbox!
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35280522 has 20 divisors (see below), whose sum is σ = 79054866.
Its totient is φ = 11760120.
The previous prime is 35280517. The next prime is 35280523. The reversal of 35280522 is 22508253.
It can be written as a sum of positive squares in only one way, i.e., 19527561 + 15752961 = 4419^2 + 3969^2
It is a Harshad number since it is a multiple of its sum of digits (27).
It is not an unprimeable number, because it can be changed into a prime (35280523) by changing a digit.
It is a pernicious number, because its binary representation contains a prime number (11) of ones.
It is a polite number, since it can be written in 9 ways as a sum of consecutive naturals, for example, 108729 + ... + 109052.
Almost surely, 235280522 is an apocalyptic number.
35280522 is an abundant number, since it is smaller than the sum of its proper divisors (43774344).
It is a pseudoperfect number, because it is the sum of a subset of its proper divisors.
35280522 is a wasteful number, since it uses less digits than its factorization.
35280522 is an odious number, because the sum of its binary digits is odd.
The sum of its prime factors is 217795 (or 217786 counting only the distinct ones).
The product of its (nonzero) digits is 4800, while the sum is 27.
The square root of 35280522 is about 5939.7409034401.
The cubic root of 35280522 is about 327.9782171237.
Adding to 35280522 its reverse (22508253), we get a palindrome (57788775).
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What you for that Create a vegetable garden should know … While Mick Kopetsky digs the shovel into the pile of earth, a pleasant scent of fresh earth and warm compost spreads in the morning air. “A secret recipe,” he says with a smile and lets a handful of soil crumble through his fingers. He spreads a shovelful of earth between the endives and lettuce. “The garden just consumes it.” And really. If the abundant harvest of organic vegetables, which he can look forward to all year round thanks to his 2,700 square meter vegetable garden, is taken as a criterion, his recipe deserves a Michelin star.
Creating a vegetable garden – Kopetsky and Burwell
“What would you expect from a garden designer working with a student at Le Cordon Bleu?” Jokes Kopetsky while glancing at the house, which is on a terraced hill and belongs to his culinary partner, Bieke Burwell. Kopetsky also owns MIX Garden, a landscape design company, and even supplies his organic vegetables to several restaurants in Northern California’s Sonoma County. The collaboration for that Create a vegetable garden Burwell began over a decade ago when Bieke and her husband Brian bought the 11-acre property in the Dry Creek Valley wine region, west of Healdsburg, and was still in the middle of construction. Kopetsky was working with the original landscape architect for this project at the time, James David of Austin, Texas, and stopped by to check out the build.
The house itself was designed by Richard Beard of BAR architects in San Francisco. To stay in harmony with the modern style, Kopetsky developed a plan for the garden that was a mix of drought-resistant shrubs and grasses. These in turn should have a roof made of native oak and Douglas fir. Paths made of thick, hand-chiseled limestone slabs wind through the hilltop garden around the house and offer a great view of the valley full of vineyards that Dry Creek is known for. A grove with Italian olive trees offers enough fruit to obtain around 40 liters of gold-green olive oil per year. The grapes from a small vineyard are processed into one of the best red wines in the region.
From spontaneous agreements to creating a vegetable garden
Because of the steep landscape and the stony ground, that was initially Create a vegetable garden not planned at all. But one fine afternoon, while Kopetsky and Burwell were looking at the property from the terrace, the conversation broke out about their shared passion for food. Burwell’s gaze fell on a bare area at the bottom of the hill. “I would like to plant asparagus,” recalled the Belgian-born chef. “… and endive.” Kopetsky, for his part, always wanted to try food plants. And so they hatched a plan that is mutually beneficial: Burwell pays for the drip irrigation system and infrastructure and can harvest whatever she wants for it. Kopetsky, on the other hand, is allowed to test his green thumb freely when he is laying out a vegetable garden, take care of the plants and the harvest and sell all the other vegetables. At that point it never occurred to any of them that a few years later they would own such a healthy and productive garden as the asparagus and the endives and, not to forget, the stem cabbage, the broad beans and the tomatoes of the finest restaurants in the area will be in demand.
The creation of a vegetable garden in the Chateau Potager style
And although the decision to create a vegetable garden at the foot of the hill was a coincidence, it became the perfect place for a European-style garden as they envisioned it. Surrounded by a rustic wooden fence to accentuate the dark purple of the manzanita trees on the property, the formal geometry is reminiscent of the design of the Chateau Potager (French gardens) typical of the 17th century. The rows of vegetables, which are surrounded by a gravel path, mix with the spices and flowers. Italian cypress trees decorate the garden on every corner.
Vegetable garden planting with heirloom seeds and their benefits
Kopetsky cultivates every plant from seeds, most of which are heirloom varieties. This includes 50 types of tomatoes, 15 different salads and 8 types of Italian eggplant. The choice for that Create a vegetable garden fell on them with these same varieties because of their taste and appearance. “Heirloom strains help maintain biodiversity in the garden and, in my opinion, they look better and are more delicious,” says Kopetsky. The tomatoes “Mammoth German Gold” are red-striped, the “Tendersweet” watermelon reveal dark orange pulp and the “Quadrato d’Asti Giallo” peppers have such a thick and juicy shell that every bite is almost thirst-quenching.
The creation of a vegetable garden and natural fertilization
Kopetsky describes his chemical-free gardening as “clean”, which is also often used in agroecology when speaking of the advantages of local, seasonal and environmentally friendly vegetables. When creating a vegetable garden, he ensures green manure by planting broad beans, which release nitrogen into the soil and he supplements with organic substances for every planting and weeding, although the drip irrigation system reduces the weed infestation to a minimum.
Creating a vegetable garden attracted the interest of vegetable lovers
Their collaboration is so successful that several families in the area asked Kopetsky to join them Create a vegetable garden to help and maintain it, including the owners of the Farmhouse, an honored restaurant and spa hotel near Forestville. “I love how Bieke’s garden was born out of two people’s passion for food, only to include the local community in such a healthy and sustainable way,” says Kopetsky of creating a vegetable garden.
He sells surplus produce from Burwell’s garden to over a dozen local restaurants, including Dry Creek Kitchen, Scopa, Barndiva, and Cyrus. They are all known for serving fresh food. “All vegetables are picked on the same day they are eaten, regardless of whether they are intended for Bieke’s kitchen or for one of the restaurants. Nothing is transported further than 15 to 25 kilometers. Even if the vegetables are cultivated organically, the best part of the vegetables will be destroyed if they are transported 1000 km or more. “
Creating a vegetable garden in combination with a maze
Even before the first seeds for that Create a vegetable garden were planted, Burwill told Kopetsky, she envisioned a maze next to the vegetable garden. The connection in the minds of both, of course. “The vegetable garden makes me intensely aware of the cycle of life and how the seasons follow a consistent path from birth to death and resurrection,” says Burwell. She often invites her guests to walk the 300 meter long path to the center of the labyrinth and back with her. Then there is dinner with one of her favorite dips made from “Marrowfat” beans from the vegetable garden. “I find a wonderful symmetry in the cultivation of healthy food and walking through the maze,” she says. “It’s like a starter for the soul, nourishing the mind and body.”
To create the right vegetable garden, note the following:
- Soil at Create a vegetable garden: A healthy vegetable garden literally “eats” good soil at a rate of around 6 parts soil to produce a fruit. That makes refilling the soil an important part of gardening. The garden designer Mick Kopetsky recommends adding organic matter to the soil for each new plant. His fertilizer consists of a mixture of rice hulls, cow dung and compost made from grape marc and garden waste.
- The Seeds for Planting a Vegetable Garden: Help conserve the garden’s biodiversity by choosing heirloom seeds from plants that are naturally pollinated and GMO-free. Some heirloom strains have been around for centuries, and not without reason. They just taste better. Also, try collecting seeds from your own vegetables for the next season or swapping them with other gardeners.
- Remain loyal to your region: Try to buy vegetables that have been grown in your area instead of those that have come to your store through lengthy transport. Look for communities where you can trade your harvested tomatoes for your neighbour’s freshly harvested corn, for example. Support the gardeners in your area by shopping at the market more often. If you have the space but no time to plant a vegetable garden, ask a gardener to plant and harvest the vegetables for you. A good example of this is the relationship between Mick Kopetsky and Bieke Burwell.
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Table of Contents
Proper diet is essential for good health
- Meat, Dairy, Sea Food should not be consumed by humans.
- If consumed it should be limited and should be free of toxins, chemicals, not radiated, not homogenized nor pasteurized that assists to keep a longer shelf life.
- It is proven that dairy will clog your arteries and causes loss of blood flow and eventually heart attack.
- Dairy attaches to your arteries walls and over time weakens your arteries as dairy builds up and eventually clogs your arteries so blood flow decrease and eventually stopes the flow of blood, causing heart attacks.
- Surgery procedure to remove the clog, however once clog is removed your artery will collapse so a stent (a hollow tubular support) must be placed in this area of you artery so it does not collapse.
- Meat, Dairy, and sea food do not give you the proper nutrition that your body seeks.
- Fish should be a good source of Omegas 3-6-9 fatty acids however the mercury and other toxic chemicals that pollute our rivers and oceans make most sea food more poisonous to us then the benefits of what Omegas you will get.
- You should seek a good source of cold pressed flax seed oil.
- Dark Green Leafy Vegetables are where you will get the most vitamins and minerals that your body is asking for.
- Green Powders (wheatgrass, Spirulina, etcetera) are another source to keep you Alkalized and provide you with Vitamins and minerals.
- Microgreens are another great way to get Vitamins and minerals into your body.
Human Basic Requirements
What is Raw Food?
- Raw food literally means ‘uncooked’, unprocessed, and often organic.
- The terms ‘live’ or ‘living’ food is given to raw foods like sprouted seeds and beans, foods grown indoors and consumed, like wheat grass, pea greens, and sunflower greens.
- Types of Raw Food
- Your liver requires iodine.
- If you are iodine deficient you may be allowing iodine-131 to enter your liver and filling your liver with radioactive iodine. This could cause issues and even cancer.
- You can deliver iodine through your body by supplements, Iodized Salt (see below).
- Seaweed is a better option then Sodium Chloride (Salt) with iodine added.
- Salt is a preservative that is used in most all products produced.
- You are most like getting to much sodium in your diet if you are eating processed foods.
- You should not use Iodized salt to raise your iodine level.
- Himalayan pink salt does not have iodine added.
ACID and ALKALINE
- When it comes to ACID and ALKALINE we are similar to any creature that God has created.
- All plants and animals have a PH to them.
- Humans need to be at a PH of 7.2 (this is slightly alkaline.)
- This is a basic concept that applies to all life.
- If a fish water is too acidic or to0 alkaline, the fish will not be able to absorb the vitamins and minerals from the food that is provided to the fish and will be more subjective to disease.
- If any plant food is given to a plant that is to alkaline or acidic for that plant, then the plant will not absorb the nutrients of the food.
- I like this chart as it is obvious what is in Green can be consumed to alkalize the body, and anything in RED is acid to our bodies.
Thought to keep in mind:
It takes more Alkaline to neutralize Acid. Elaborate more on this in detail.
Stop buying products that are not healthy
I stated this before.
Supply and Demand.
If there is no demand for a product then the supply will stop.
Key words to search the internet for:
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Why is our food poisoned?
- I am not sure exactly how we can stop this as we have large corporation (Monsanto, Bayer, DuPont, Syngenta, Dow Chemical Company and BASF) still concerned about the profit they make over human lives.
- The chemicals and the GMO foods they produce are causing death and changing our food source forever.
- This change is not good and if we do not wake up soon, it may be too late.
- Also, the chemicals that are sprayed in the air and on the GMO foods, like Roundup are also polluting our land, air, and us.
- Do you honestly believe that if you spray nothing but Roundup on GMO seeds, and everything around these seeds die however the seed thrives and produces more larger product than an heirloom seed that this can be in some way good to eat? Really?
- The radiation, pollution in our air and earth that our plants are grown in also affect us!
Heirloom VS GMO
We may never have organic foods once all heirloom seeds have been cross pollinated with GMO seeds. Upsetting is that heirloom farmers are told that they must protect themselves against GMO cross pollinating. This is unfair as it is the new GMO seeds that should be stopped from cross pollinating to our heirloom fields. GMO is the evil and predator. Once the GMO seeds cross pollinate into the heirloom farmers land, these large corporation will sue and take the lands of heirloom farmers for seeds into our world. Seed banks maybe our only salvation. Radiation is also an issue.
- We may never have organic foods once all heirloom seeds have been cross pollinated with GMO seeds.
- There are seed banks throughout this earth that have been collecting all types of seeds and storing them. This may save us from genetically modified seeds.
- Most upsetting is that heirloom farmers are told that they must protect themselves against GMO cross pollinating.
- This is unfair as it is the new GMO seeds that should be stopped from cross pollinating to our heirloom fields.
- GMO is the evil and predator. This predator is changing our heirloom seeds and destroying our nutritional substance for a healthy life.
- Once the GMO seeds cross pollinate into the heirloom farmers land, these large corporation will sue and take the lands of heirloom farmers for using GMO seeds that are patented by these large corporations.
Monsanto is the number one threat to the world at this time of writing among the other six listed above that must be stopped now.
Bayer (at time of writing) purchased Monsanto.
Monsanto do the world a favor and change your ways and spend your money and help this world.
- Gratefully there has been some lawsuits against large corporations that have shown they were wrong, and the outcome was they were negligent and have been fined, however this is not enough, they should be stopped.
- It was nice that Monsanto’s GMO corn seeds grew more corn ears per stock and with spraying these fields with Roundup, killing off everything around it (and causing cancer to humans), producing even higher yields over heirloom.
- What do you do with all this corn after you have already produced enough corn to feed all the humans and animals in the world and lowering corn prices to an all-time low?
- Turn it into High Fructose Corn Syrup.
- Replace cane sugar.
- Manufacturers to reduce cost now use High Fructose Corn Syrup over cane sugar.
- Did you notice how cane sugar is no longer a main ingredient on anything?
- As the world started getting wind that High Fructose Corn Syrup is bad, Manufacturers did bring back cane sugar for some products, like Mountain Dew.
- They soon found that healthy people don’t drink Mountain Dew and it really did not matter if they put corn syrup as the replacement.
- There actually is a difference with the taste between the two.
- cane sugar has a sharper, cleaner sweet taste and does not leave your throat with a syrup slime feeling.
- I was startled to find that meat does not give a human the correct protein.
- I was even more startled to find out that broccoli, spinach, any green vegetable has more protein than meat.
- These vegetables not only have more protein than meat, they also have the correct protein for your body to use, along with vitamins, minerals, and others that meat cannot give you.
Raw plant products (Do not cook your Food)
- RAW, not heated fruit and vegetables, preferably freshly picked.
- Any heating above 118°F kills off any benefits of that food to life on this planet.
- Believing that meat is good for you is a thought that will end up making you sick and have a shorter life.
Energies for Life- Acid & Alkaline Food Chart
- Removed link to site 10/2020 as this site is no longer in existence.
- The addition published here was sent to me through email from Energize for Life years ago.
- This addition of Acid & Alkaline Food Chart is Version 2.0.
- Acid / Alkaline food chart V2.0.
- If you have a later version, please let me know or publish it here.
- Download, by right clicking this, acid-alkaline-food-chart-2.0.pdf.
Raw Food Categories
Want a handy reminder of the 24 Raw Food Groups to brighten up your kitchen?
The Raw Food Groups
- Fresh fruits (apples, pears, pineapple etc.)
- Vegetables (carrots, turnips, sweet potatoes etc.)
- Salad vegetables (tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers etc.)
- Leafy green vegetables (kale, watercress, chard etc.)
- Herbs (basil, mint, parsley etc.)
- Wild greens (dandelion, nettle, purslane etc.)
- Nuts (almonds, pine nuts, macadamia nuts etc.)
- Dried fruits (prunes, raisins, sultanas etc.)
- Sprouted beans, pulses and legumes (aduki, mung, lentil etc.)
- Sprouted grains (wheat, rye, barley etc.)
- Seeds (pumpkin, sesame, sunflower etc.)
- Sprouted seeds (quinoa, buckwheat, chia etc.)
- Indoor greens (wheatgrass, sunflower greens, pea shoots etc.)
- Sprouted vegetable seeds (broccoli, mustard, cress etc.)
- Edible flowers (wild rose petals, honeysuckle, lavender blossoms etc.)
- Mushrooms (oyster, portobello, reishi etc.)
- Sea vegetables (dulse, wakame, kelp etc.)
- Algaes (chlorella, spirulina, Klamath lake blue-green algae etc.)
- Oils (olive oil, sesame oil, hemp oil etc.)
- Stimulants (onion, garlic, cayenne pepper etc.)
- Spices (turmeric, cumin, nutmeg etc.)
- Flavourings and sweeteners (cacao, honey, mesquite meal etc.)
- Superfoods (aloe vera, spirulina, wheatgrass, bee pollen, maca etc.)
- Pre-packaged/prepared raw foods (nut butters, seed butters, flax crackers etc.)
- By playing with all the many different foods available to you within each group, just about any recipe is possible.
– from the most simple, fresh salad right through to crunchy breakfast
cereals, crunchy crackers, creamy no-dairy “cheeses”, gourmet raw pizza,
lasagna, veggie burgers, chocolate tortes, ice-cream and cakes!
- More about this in the “Recipes” section.
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- Nutrition required for the body. FDA recommendations.
- List produce that has the appropriate vitamins, minerals, lignans and amount required for each
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Via Chris for Colmore BID (Business Improvement District.)
Colmore BID Mental Health Awareness Week Programme details
May 2021: As lockdown and the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on people’s mental health, central Birmingham based Colmore BID has launched a week-long programme of events for Mental Health Awareness Week with the aim of providing support and coping mechanisms to deal with anxieties.
Running from 10th to 16th May, Colmore BID has partnered with experts from Birmingham based Wellbeing in Your Office to curate a programme of workshops, promoting mindfulness, meditation and positive mental health.
2021’s Mental Health Awareness Week follows the theme of nature, which research says through immersion, can have long-lasting positive effects on mental health, as it is central to our psychological and emotional health.
Michele Wilby, CEO of Colmore BID, said:
Covid-19’s impact on the population’s mental health may not be as visible as the physical symptoms, however, that does not make it any less serious. Anxieties caused by financial concerns, unemployment, isolation or even bereavement have seen a dramatic increase during lockdown.
By working with leading mental health experts, we hope that our programme for Mental Health Awareness Week will provide participants with the tools and techniques to either identify signs of anxiety or in some cases help manage them. If, as an employer, you are unsure of how to support your team, we’d urge you to speak to the experts to see what practices could be put into place.
Zach Fairbanks, Co-Founder of Wellbeing in Your Office, said:
We are very excited to be providing some wonderful sessions for Mental Health Awareness week. We have created sessions that involve movement and mindfulness and bringing this into the context of this year’s theme – Nature.”
Here is the schedule:
Mindfulness and Mental Health (Monday 10th May at 6pm)
A session that discusses the practical application of mindfulness and how it helps with improving mental health. The session will include meditation and practical takeaways that will help participants improve their mental wellbeing.
Yoga and Mindfulness meditation (Tuesday 11th May at 8am)
Participants will be encouraged to practice in their garden or local park (weather permitting) The session will finish with guided meditation utilising the sights, sounds and smells of the outdoor space you’re in.
Guided Outdoor Meditation, Church Street Square (Thursday 13th May at Noon)
A face-to-face session: participants will be guided through a mindful meditation utilising the experiences within the outdoor environment. This will include both a sitting and walking meditation, where attendees will absorb the sounds, smells and sights of the area they are in.
Mindful Walking and Creative Writing (Friday 14th May at 12pm)
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Legal Feasibility of Electronic Signatures in the Republic of Panama
Given the state of emergency declared by the Panamanian Government as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, the stay at home orders issued by the health authorities and the social distancing that is essential to control the outbreak, the technological tools available for companies to operate remotely are vital.
Law 51 of July 22, 2008, regulated the use of electronic documents, electronic signatures, storage services for the electronic documents, the certification of electronic signatures and adopted other measures to develop e-commerce. Law 51 of 2008 was subsequently amended by Law 82 of November 9, 2012 and regulated through Executive Decree No. 684 of October 18, 2013.
Law 51 of 2008 defines “electronic signature” as the “technical method to identify a person and indicate that such person approves the information in data messages or electronic documents.”
Pursuant to Law 51 of 2008, electronic signatures are valid mechanisms in Panama to consent to agreements or sign documents or legal transactions, provided that the following two (2) conditions (established in article 8 of the law) are satisfied: (i) the availability of a method to identify the originator of the data message and indicate that the content is approved, and (ii) that such method is appropriate and reliable for the purpose for which the message was generated and communicated.
It is important to stress that electronic signatures are different from digitalized signatures, the latter being frequently used to share, through electronic means, Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of documents bearing handwritten signatures. In this sense, Law 51 of 2008 defines a digitalized or scanned signature as “an image of the drawing of a handwritten signature, meaning, the result of its scan. This type of signature is not, in any case, a qualified electronic signature.”
Not only does Law 51 of 2008 provide legal validity to an electronic signature – as opposed to a digitalized signature – as long as the two aforementioned conditions are satisfied, but, furthermore, it creates the possibility to elevate the standard of efficacy and legal effect given to the electronic signature ipso jure, by using the so called “qualified electronic signature.”
The aforementioned article 8 of Law 51 of 2008 establishes that the two conditions for the electronic signatures to be legally binding, shall be presumed ipso jure in case of a qualified electronic signature which is supported by a certificate issued by a certifying service provider duly authorized by the Electronic Signature National Authority (in Spanish, “Dirección Nacional de Firmas Electrónica”).
But what exactly is a “qualified electronic signature”?
Law 51 of 2008 defines it as an “electronic signature the validity of which is backed by a qualified electronic certificate that:
- Allows the identification of the signer and detect any subsequent change to the signed content.
- Is bound to the signer in a unique manner and to the data to which it refers.
- Has been created using secured devices for creating an electronic signature, which are exclusively in the control and possession of the signer.
- Has been created through the infrastructure of a certifying service provider registered with the Electronic Signature National Authority.
In order for a qualified electronic signature to be generated, an independent third party known as “Certifying Service Provider” must intervene. This third party will bind a device that generates an algorithm validating the identification of the signer and its consent, to the act to which the electronic signature is added. This independent third party must be registered with the regulator of all matters pertaining to electronic signatures in the Republic of Panama: the Electronic Signature National Authority which, pursuant to Law 82 of November 9, 2012, is part of the Public Registry of Panama.
Currently, a person interested in obtaining a qualified electronic signature in Panama can register such signature with the Electronic Signature National Authority which as regulating authority, has enabled this registry.
The qualified electronic signature, as previously defined, grants the highest level of legal certainty to the fact that the signer is the person indicated in the qualified certificate and that their consent was given through a data message. In this manner, Law 51 of 2008 deems such qualified electronic signature equal to a handwritten signature authenticated before a public notary, which for all purposes, certifies its genuineness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a qualified electronic signature does not grant such certainty with respect to its date, unless it is stated through timestamping, provided by a registered certifying service provider. Timestamping is an online mechanism that evidences that certain data have been in existence and have not been altered, since a specific moment in time. In order to have certainty of the date in which an electronic document was signed, a timestamping mechanism must be incorporated, in addition to the qualified electronic signature, in order to simultaneously certify the date of its execution and delivery.
For companies that wish to obtain qualified electronic signatures allowing their employees to sign on behalf of the company, it is important to bear in mind article 15 of Law 51 of 2008, which establishes that “the electronic certificates of legal entities are requested for electronic devices used in a company, such as computers, servers, among others, and shall be requested by its management or duly authorized legal representative with sufficient capacity.” The company, however, can set restrictions and limitations as it deems convenient for the use of electronic signatures by each signer. It is also important to mention that Law 51 of 2008 expressly establishes that if a signer uses the electronic signature on behalf of the company in violation of the restrictions or limitations imposed by such company, the latter shall only be bound vis-à-vis third parties if it acknowledges or ratifies such act, or if it benefits from it. With respect to the legal responsibility of an individual that resorts to the use of electronic signature on behalf of the company, if such individual carries out any acts in violation of the limitations or restrictions imposed by the company in the use of the electronic signature and against the interests of the company, the effects of such act will be enforceable against the individual with access or in possession of the device for the creation of electronic signatures, who can, in turn, file legal actions against the third party that in fact misused the electronic signature of the company, if it was a person other than said employee.
Even though this law was enacted in 2008, there has been relatively little practical applications of it, as well as little to no judicial precedents from the Panamanian courts. It is likely that, due to such lack of judicial precedents, companies have been reluctant to implement the electronic signature as a method to sign legal documents, uncertain as to how the Panamanian judiciary will ultimately interpret the provisions of Law 51 of 2008. However, considering the current COVID-19-related circumstances, technological tools such as electronic signatures are without a doubt legally available options for increased efficiency and competitive advantage. Precisely for that reason, we believe that Panamanian authorities should, without delay, acknowledge and embrace the provisions and mechanisms created by Law 51 of 2008, in order to bring an environment of legal certainty with respect to the use of electronic signatures. This will allow market agents to implement the use thereof to help mitigate the effects of the health crisis currently confronting Panama and, in fact, the world.
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aviation Frontline Aviation Complex (PAK FA) will begin flights before the end of the year.
“The first flight copy made 40 flights, in general, we are satisfied. Tests are moving faster than planned, ”Interfax-AVN news agency quoted him as saying.
Earlier it was reported that serial deliveries to the PAK FA troops will begin with the 2015 year. The first experimental machines of the installation batch should arrive at the Lipetsk center for the combat use and retraining of flight personnel already in 2013.
According to Sukhoi, the PAK FA has a number of unique features compared to its predecessors. It combines the functions of a strike aircraft and a fighter.
The PAK FA is equipped with a fundamentally new avionics complex, integrating the “electronic pilot” function, and a promising radar with a phased antenna array. This greatly reduces the load on the pilot and allows him to concentrate on performing tactical tasks.
The aircraft’s on-board equipment allows real-time data exchange both with ground control systems and within the aviation group. The use of composite materials and innovative technologies, aerodynamic layout of the aircraft, measures to reduce visibility provide an unprecedentedly low level of radar, optical and infrared visibility. This makes it possible to significantly increase combat effectiveness in work both on air and ground targets, at any time of the day, in simple and complex meteorological conditions.
Fifth-generation aircraft, along with upgraded fourth-generation aviation complexes, will determine the potential of the Russian Air Force over the coming decades.
Characteristic features of the PAK FA: multifunctionality (the ability to solve problems of destruction of both air and ground, sea targets in any weather and time of day); maneuverability; low visibility in the optical, infrared and radar wave bands; supersonic cruise flight mode, the ability to take off and land using runway sections of 300-400 meters in length; high intellectualization of the board; circular information field, the possibility of all-round shelling of targets.
PAK FA: the test of the sky
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Author(s): Storm, Lisa
College: Hartnell College
Subject: Administration of Justice
An overview of search without a warrant. Covers the most common exceptions to the 4th Amendment's requirements. This video supports Chapter 7 of Criminal Procedure By Storm, a low-cost educational resource ($39.99) http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/CPbyStorm.
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- Spermicides should be stored in a cool, dry place, if possible, out of the sun. Suppositories may melt in hot weather. If kept dry, foaming tablets are not as likely to melt in hot weather.
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Eyeglasses are used by more than 1B of people all over the world to correct vision problems. Eyeglasses are coated by several layers in order to serve for the particular patient's needs and also to withstand the continuous and for long-term use. For that reason, the accurate characterization of the individual layers such as Anti-Reflective (AR) layer thickness, overall broadband reflectance, Hard-Coat (HC) thickness, hydrophobic layer thickness, is of high importance.
The AR coating improves vision, reduces eye strain and make eyeglasses look more attractive. Modern AR coatings almost eliminate the reflectance of light for eyeglass lenses and allow for >99% light to pass through the lens and enter the eye.
On the other hand, the HC serves as anti-scratch layer for daily long-term use of eyeglasses. The HC layer needs to have a minimum thicknesses to serve adequately and thus it is important to measure accurately and in non-destructive way the related thickness.
Last but no least, the hydrophobic layer has water- and oil repellent properties to facilitate the cleaning of the lenses. This layer is ultra thin and its important to measure fast and accurately its thickness to secure its long term properties.
FR-tools equipped with the handy ContactProbe (either the standard one or custom-made ones) allow for accurate, reproducible and user-friendly measurement of eyeglass reflectance over the spectral range of interest and the thicknesses of the individual thicknesses.
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Crop rotations have been at the centre of agricultural systems throughout history. The right rotation can improve soil nutrition, breaks pest and disease cycles and improves weed control. AHDB Knowledge Exchange Manager Paul Hill says: “There’s nothing new about looking at rotations or cover crops, but we now need to bring innovative ideas into farming to meet the challenges of the future: resistance, regulation and, biggest of all, climate change.”
The right rotation results in improved yields, lower emissions and less land degradation. We all know this, but are we choosing the right rotations in our planning?
fieldmargin combines the visual aspect of a map with the field history and area calculations of a spreadsheet to make planning rotations on your farm a breeze.
Easily plan new crop rotations on the map
Using farm years you can easily see how different field layouts would look directly from the map.
For example: You want to grow 100 ha of oilseed rape on your farm in 2020. You want to plant this in fields that had Winter Wheat in the previous cropping year and are close together. You can see how this can be done below.
Using Set Field Usage you can see previous usages when you hover the mouse over a fieldand select fields that are close together or all of your fields that previously had a particular crop using the list. As you select fields the total area is shown at the top. Once you set the usage your fields are updated so that you can see the fields where you plan to have oilseed rape on the map.
On the field list in the menu the previous years field use is written underneath the field name. Using the lists you can quickly set any fields that are the same every year on year, for example pastures and orchards.
Depend less on spreadsheets by using fieldmargin to automatically view total crop areas by year.
You can easily see a summary of the totals for each field usage on your farm for each Farm Year on your field list. This means it quick to check this information for audits and subsidy schemes.
Access historic details about your fields while out and about on the farm
Innovation and making the best decisions relies on not just keeping accurate records but also having easy access to the facts and figures. Now farm tasks and notes are separated by field year as well as being attached to fields. This means you can quickly look back to the previous year field uses and find important historic details such as spray records, key crop dates and yields. Great for on farm discussions with your agronomist and advisers.
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Life is best lived free from the obligation to be what the world thinks you should be.
I’ve always admired poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. He writes with a confidence that’s contagious. His witty, irreverent style reminds me that life is best lived free from the obligation to be what the world thinks you should be.
Did you know that Wilde once served as the editor of a women’s magazine? It was called The Woman’s World, and Wilde significantly improved its success by implementing changes so that the publication would “deal not merely with what women wear, but with what they think and what they feel.”
I think that Bella Grace readers, had we been around in 1886, would have appreciated that.
Beneath Wilde’s humor is a deep connection to both truth and beauty. Perhaps that’s what bored Wilde about a magazine focused solely on fashion. There’s so much truth and beauty to be found in the thoughts and feelings beneath the clothes.
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Project AluChill by NysoO
Building your own case is never an easy undertaking and making a large tower case complex enough to house lots of high end hardware and water-cooling is even more of a challenge. Never feeling satisfied when modding a pre-built case, NysoO set about making his own tower entirely out of aluminium as it's light and easy to work with.
Anyone who's dabbled with water-cooling probably knows that there are things we'd change even with great cases like the Lian Li V2000 series or the SilverStone TJ-07. However building your own case like NysoO has done is certainly one way to edge closer towards perfection. Luckily he also has the tools on hand to assist him.
Early preparations included some extensive Google Sketchup work which we always like to see. Clearly the plan here was to paint all that lovely aluminium black as well as having a triple 120mm radiator in the base, a dual graphics setup and gull wing-like side panels and top panel that rotate forwards giving access to the internals.
The black paint scheme extends to the interior too and with black fans and the black coolant we've seen in later photos, AluChill should look very mean indeed.
It's all about the angles! NysoO started by cutting a series of aluminium square rods that would form the basis of the frame of the case. To secure them together he drilled holes for mounting hex cap screws which would give a flush finish with the frame. Above we can also see the frame nearly complete with a clearly defined bottom section for the PSU and cooling hardware, reminiscent of a large Lian Li or SilverStone TJ-07 case.
The front panel has also received a fair amount of attention and has been cut to fit a four channel fan controller, optical drive slot and LCD display as well as a dual 120mm fan grill. Also above we can see a very complete looking case with all the side panels mounted with a menacing lip overhanging the top of the front panel. It looks awesome in silver, never mind black!
In a more recent post in project log, NysoO shows us the dismantled case sections having been powder coated black. After an inital scare with a bent panel, he proceeded with fitting it all back together again. Here we can see the case half way back together and looking awesome. Make sure you post some images of the entire case NysoO when you've finished it! There's also several videos of AluChill on YouTube including this
one of it's removable motherboard tray. Make sure you check the rest out in his project log.
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Date : 26 May 2022 Bullying is one of the major problems being faced by many people in the world. People are bullied in their workplaces, schools and the list goes on. It's like people are not aware of the damage that bullying can have on a person.
Bullying is a major problem for many people around the world. People are bullied at work, school, and a slew of other places. So many people seem to be unaware of the harm bullying can do to a person's mental health. It saddens me to see people gathering their strength in order to bully those who are weaker.
Date : 16 February 2022 Nothing is as powerful as a prayer where you get to speak to God and tell him all your needs. Those who are familiar with praying can tell the wonders that happen when praying. A mother took it to social media and revealed to the people what she found her son doing.A lady by the name of Selokela said that she found her son prayinv for his friend who turns out to be bullied at school because he stutters.
For many people around the world, bullying is a big issue that they must deal with. The list of venues where people are bullied goes on and on. So many people seem to be unaware of the harm bullying may do to a person's mental health.
South Africa was up in arms after a video of learners bullying a fellow learner at Mbilwi Secondary School went viral earlier this year, Lufuno Mavhunga was bullied and she later committed suicide at her home the same day she was bullied at school. A video has emerged on Twitter where two male learners from Table View High School were exchanging blows violently while fellow learners watched on and some were filming the video for social media likes, comments and shares, it has literally become a trend these days, instead of helping the two by breaking them apart, they just shot the video.
Date : 21 December 2021 Bullying is one of the things that has contributed to many deaths of young people in South Africa. This year the country reported so many bullying cases and its unfortunate that some ended up losing their lives. Almost everyday kids are being bullied at schools and it's painful because they never get the courage to speak about it and tell their parents what they are going through or tell other relevant people who can help.
People never learn, few month back they were saying no to bullying because the soul was lost. We buried Lufuno Mavhunga because of bullying and now again people are repeating the same action they did. A young girl named Matwa Fifi from Thohoyandou around Limpopo is being bullied by her look.
Date: 21 August 2021 School Fights look like won't be ending soon. This year has been a sad year for South Africa following bullying cases that were reported. The country has mourned the death of a 16 years old Lufuno Mavhunga who passed away earlier this year after she committed suicide .
Opinion: Two secondary school girls caught fighting in class over a boyfriend (Video). School Fights appear like won't be stopping soon. This year has been a dismal year for South Africa following bullying incidences that were disclosed. The country has mourned the death of a 16 years old Lufuno Mavhunga who passed away earlier this year after she committed herself.
After the Lufuno Mavhunga saga, South Africans were completely against bullying. However, a young lady almost took her life because of cyber bullying. A beautiful young lady, who goes by Matwa Fifi on Facebook, shared suicidal posts on her Facebook page. She was overwhelmed with all the negativity she had been receiving on social media.
Pestering is something that has added to various passings of young people in South Africa. This year the country uncovered such endless badgering cases and unfortunately some ended up losing their lives. Essentially normal kids are being tortured at schools and it's unbearable considering the way that they never get the intensity to discuss it and let their people in on the thing they are going through or let other appropriate people in on who can help.
"I'm being bullied by 4 of my classmates, look what they did to my face" a young lady cries for help
Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1711916732532411&set=a.133463107044456&type=3&app=fbl Its really sad that after the tragic incident with Lufuno Mavhunga a youmg teenage girl whom's life was cut short because she couldn't bare being bullied at school and decided to take the easy way out, as she couldn't get the help she needed even after reporting the case.
Sadtu dispatches drive against brutality in schools JOHANNESBURG - Teachers' association Sadtu has dispatched a mission against brutality in schools. The 'I'm a School Fan' crusade looks to handle harassing and attack. It will likewise take a gander at instructor on-educator viciousness and savagery by local area individuals.
Bullying others in South Africa will never end. People usually joke by other people's look and get away with it. A young beautiful soul from Limpopo called Matwa Fifi was being bullied online for being ugly. People were sharing her photos online making jokes of her.
People are made create in different shapes and looks, yet some feel they are better than other and make fun of others. Bullying and body shaming is one thing that some young girls find themselves subjected to, some of those are not psychologically strong to can take the amount of insults and shaming thrown at them, some feel depressed to an extent that they end up committing suicide, ending their own lives prematurely.
Bullying || High School Boy Who Was Beaten By His Bully In School Passed Away.See What Happened Here
Date : 22 August 2021 South Africa is one of the countries that has a high rate of bullying cases. Everyday people get to be victims of bullying even on social media. It has been revealed by psychologists that sometimes bullies get to be not emotionally okay. It turns out that they hide their pains by bullying.
Nowadays, school children are dying mysterious deaths. They do not get sick, they do not get admitted in hospitals, they just die suddenly. Some commit suicide due to challenges they face, and some get involved in accidents and die in large numbers. Ever since Lufuno Mavhunga who was bullied at Mbilwi secondary school committed suicide, so many sudden deaths of school children have followed.
Yesterday Capricorn fm news posted on Twitter saying "The families of the late Lufuno Mavhunga and Precious Ramabulana continue to receive support from government following their devastating loss". "Lufuno, a grade 11 Mbilwi high school learner took her life last year as a result of #Bullying while Precious, a TVET student, was murdered in a #GBV related incident in 2019" Capricorn fm news said on twitter.
Sadtu launches school violence initiative. Sadtu Teachers' Union has started a school violence campaign. The campaign "I am a school fan" aims to fight bullying and aggression. It also examines violence and violence perpetrated by teacher members in the communities. Gewalt and the misuse of medicines and alcohol – MPs discussed the measures needed to put an end to bullying in schools.
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Electronic artwork represents any artistic formation or work of art that concerns virtual art technological innovation or makes use of computerized press as an element of the imaginative or development method. Because the delayed 1960s, distinct companies have already been used on the fashion, for instance multimedia systems craft, personal computer artwork, and online skill. Online skill has by itself end up a component of this larger sized group referred to as new marketing art mainly because of the improving usage of electronic digital products likenetbooks and laptops or computers, and mobiles in modern-day artists’ masterpieces.
Electronic digital art can often be viewed in numerous different formats which includes photos, sculptures and works of art and other artworks. The most frequent structure can be a virtual image, which is made up of a number of pictures caught thru different indicates, normally having a cameras. The images are then refined with particular application and have them as more inviting on the viewers.
Electronic works of art are created utilizing the same process utilised in making online images, besides also, they are built from computerized photographs applied that has a cameras. A digital painting can also be a digital take pictures of, but instead of becoming taken via digital modern technology, it will always be produced from a painting that was initially designed via traditional methods. Electronic digital art work can even be created with clay-based or some other mediums, dependant upon the artist.
Online sculpture is comparable to online paintings in the fact it can be produced from an electronic impression. Nevertheless, in contrast to virtual images, digital sculptures are made through the use of computer-assisted layout or CAD modeling applications. In past times, sculptors generally worked by hand by creating a actual physical model of their paintings, that is typically performed on an item of paper before it truly is implemented electronically. However, while using introduction of CAD modeling software, today’s designers can make virtual sculptures while not having to develop a real type of their will work of skill, consequently protecting money and time.
Virtual artwork and sculptures can be produced by using several resources and methods. One of the more frequent procedures utilized is painting with a remember to brush as well as other computerized media channels such as brushes or pen. The painter may also use a variety of distinct ways to have the art work more pleasing, for example by using diverse colors to create a selected variety of effect.
Electronic digital paintings can be made by making use of various types of applications, like photo compositing, online generating, and digitizing, or simply 3D producing. It is far from continually vital to printing the very last pictures, although electronic digital creating is commonly used to create electronic digital artwork or sculptures. Digital stamping could also be used to develop other artistic things including collages and cards.
Musicians may also create computerized art operates of art by using electronic production, which is actually a approach through which digital photos and physical objects are merged alongside one another to create a more technical image. Digital production has grown to be well-liked by business and specialist music artists as it is less costly than conventional make-creating strategies. Computerized fabrication strategies involve making use of laptop or computer software programs or printing services to deliver huge amounts of photographic reproductions.
With all of these methods, performers can now make huge-size online artworks which could be custom made to match the needs of the performer. They can also exhibit their digital artworks at numerous sites, from museums and art galleries to residence studios and office buildings. And many persons even refer to it as ‘postmodern art’postmodernism’ due to the mother nature from the style and develop.
Because the large higher level of flexibility during the creation and style and design of virtual artworks, designers may now alter or completely change the look and feel of their function, online craft is now extremely popular for a variety of good reasons. As an illustration, one could prefer to include supplemental factors to their own electronic digital artworks, like tone or depth. This is not the way it is due to the utilization of electronic digital fabrication and other virtual manipulation equipment.
Some music artists are employing their virtual artworks as a way to bring up resources, nevertheless in the past, artists designed to acquire many days or many weeks to finish their electronic digital artworks. By way of example, some art art galleries happen to be acknowledged to promote digital artworks produced from various resources, such as paper, timber, steel, garment and acrylic. Some individuals also have digital artworks like a gift idea, like a family heirloom or wedding ceremony provide. Some others use computerized artworks to express a given design or style, such as a beach household, sports activities workforce or dog skill.
While computerized artworks may be used to develop beautiful functions of art work, they should be dealt with very carefully and maintained accurately. They are often liked for some time as long as they are saved accurately and are generally nicely handled.
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Paying Zakat of Fitr and its Recipients
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم
Praise be to God the Creator of the world, the One Who exists without beginning, without end, without location , without a “how” and Who does not depend on time. Nothing resembles Him in anyway and He hears and sees everything without organs. Whatever you imagine, God is different from that. May the elevation in degree and preservation of his community of what he fears for it, be granted to our master Muḥammad Al-‘Amin, the Honest One, who called for following Islam, the religion of truth, the religion of all the Prophets: of the First, Adam, to the last Muḥammad.
The Zakah of Fitr is due on every Muslim who is alive part of Ramaḍān and part of Shawwal (the month after Ramaḍān.) The due Zakah for each is a “sa`” or four times of a pair of average-sized hands cupped together filled with the most common staple food of one's area. It is an obligation upon the Muslim to pay the due Zakah for one and one's Muslim dependants if on the day of the Feast of Fitr (`Idu Al-Fitr) and the night after it he has enough to meet one's debts, clothing, lodging, and sustenance, and the sustenance of those whom one must support.
The man must pay the Zakah of Fitr for his wife, non-pubescent children, slaves, and poor Muslim parents. He may not pay for his pubescent children or solvent parents without their permission. It is permissible to pay the Fitr Zakah any time during Ramadan, even on the first night. However, it is recommended to pay it during the day of the Feast and before the `Id Prayer, because this mends the hearts of the poor people before the Prayer. It is prohibited to delay paying the Fitr Zakah until after the sunset of the day of the Feast without a valid excuse.
Recipients of Zakah:
For all types of Zakah, the intention is obligatory upon setting one's Zakah portion aside. Zakah must be paid to the eight categories of Muslims deserving of Zakah as mentioned explicitly in the Qur'ân (Surat at-Tawbah, Verse 61):
﴿إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاء وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ﴾
Among the eight types which are most common today are:
Al-Fuqarâ': Those (who are poor) who earn less than half their basic needs.
Al-Masâkîn: Those (who are poor) who earn half, but less than what meets all their basic needs.
Al-Mu'allafatu Qulûbuhum: The new converts to Islam whose hearts are to be reconciled.
Al-Ghârimûn: Those who are unable to pay their debts.
Ibnu s-Sabil: The travelers who do not have enough to enable them to reach their destination.
It is neither permissible nor valid to pay Zakah to other than the eight types of Muslims specifically mentioned in the above verse. That is why it is not valid to pay Zakah to any charitable project, hospital, or the like to meet this obligation
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Sophie van den Elzen MA
Area(s) of interest: Early Modern History, European History, Gender, Memory Studies
Cohort/Start PhD: 2016-2017
“La femme esclave:” Afterlives of Slavery and Abolitionism in Women’s Rights Movements in France, Germany and the Netherlands, 1832-1914
Promotor(es): Prof. dr. Ann Rigney, Prof. dr. Berteke Waaldijk
Aanstelling: vanaf september 2016
The project examines the ways in which women’s rights discourses in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth were informed by the cultural memory of the antislavery struggle. Over the course of the long nineteenth century, the model of slavery and abolition was routinely invoked to express injustices suffered by women and mobilize for change, starting in 1832 when Saint-Simonian women in Paris invoked the language of abolitionism to legitimate their campaign for women’s rights, inciting public indignation.
From the “slavery” of married women to the “white slavery” of prostitution, this project seeks to answer the question: How did the cultural memory of the abolitionist movement in the Anglo-American world, carried into Europe by narratives in text and images, inform and help shape the discourse of women’s rights movements in Germany, France and the Netherlands? At the empirical level, the project will provide a new understanding of the international entanglements of social movements over a longer period; theoretically, it will add to our understanding of the transnational dynamics of cultural memory and reception processes by examining the unexpected ‘afterlives’ of the particularly evocative cultural narrative of antislavery as it changes over time and moves across space; methodologically, it seeks to mobilize methods of literary research to better understand discourses of social activism, developing a model for mapping reception through processes of dissemination, translation, and appropriation across borders. | <urn:uuid:54c305ef-0fa0-41c8-94b5-49585c13de40> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.huizingainstituut.nl/people/sophie-van-den-elzen-ma/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.870464 | 449 | 1.992188 | 2 |
If you want to understand where wealth creation will come from in the coming years then you should read Clay Shirky‘s latest book called Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age.
His argument is so simple but so profound and that concept is this:
“A trillion hours a year of participatory value are up for grabs. That will be true year in and year out.”
If you think about how most of us spend our time, you’d recognize that it’s probably spent consuming media. We spend hours watching TV, checking Facebook statuses, reading articles, watching YouTube videos, but only recently have we begun to collectively contribute and generate our own content. When added together, this aggregate thinking and aggregate contribution, or “cognitive surplus” as Clay puts it, can add up to value that we are just beginning to fathom.
However, that value is only as meaningful as the organizational pieces put in place to harness its true power. And this can all be done without spending significant capital.
“Organizations designed around a culture of generosity can achieve incredible effects without an enormous amount of contractual overhead.”
If you were to closely examine companies like Groupon, Kickstarter, Wikipedia, or FashionStake, you’d quickly find how they each leverage the power of groups, aggregate thinking, or aggregate financing. This is where true value lies. Being able to align the cognitive surplus in an elegant fashion so that it benefits both the community, the individuals, and the organizers.
Like I said, I think there are billions, literally billions, of dollars to be made with this mode of thinking.
Watch Clay’s TED talk here and get a hold of his book.
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My children and I do regular Special Time most days for at least three minutes. Sometimes they choose to work on their challenges during Special Time. Once my three-year-old son tackled his challenge of teeth brushing.
He didn't like brushing his teeth very much and barely let me brush either his upper or lower teeth. One day, he wanted to brush my teeth during Special Time. “Okay,” I said helplessly. Then he scooped a lot of xylitol with someone's toothbrush, stuck it in my lopsided mouth, and brushed inside of my mouth in a three-year-old way.
My face was covered with saliva and my shirt was drooled on. I groaned and moaned, and my son was laughing. Whenever I caught a break from his rigorous brushing, I begged, “no more!” in vain. He would put more rigor into his brushing laughing and really enjoying this role reversal. It continued for most of our ten-minute Special Time.
Later, I noticed he was gradually more relaxed about teeth brushing. That night, he let me brush both upper and lower teeth. After a couple of months now, teeth brushing is no longer an issue.
—Keiko Sato-Perry, Certified Parenting by Connection Instructor
Join Keiko in her upcoming Building Emotional Understanding online class starting April 22. Register now!
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Tell me about them. I'd like to start keeping OEBTs. First I'd like to learn about them though. Thanks!
I'm having a hard time keeping the temp in my 10 gallon under 75. Like right now the thermometer is reading 76. It's a digital and I wonder if it's reading true. My heater is set at 72 and never on. I have LEDs so no real heat source and my apartment is kept at 73 to 74 all day.Look here for general water parameters. Test for all the parameters listed, including KH, GH, TDS, as they are important.
Dwarf Shrimp Water Parameters ? DiscoBee
Everyone I know, always cautions to keep temps below 74*F (better yet, below 72*F). The warmer temps have been noted to increase chances of bacterial infections (especially more often noted with OEBT).
They are known to not breed very true. Which means, you will get quite a few of blondes/clears, and varying lighter shades of blue or not full coverage. So quite a bit of culling (doesn't have to be killing, you can just separate unwanted colors from the better ones) is necessary, otherwise if you let them stay together and breed, the blue coloration will further dilute and you won't have very nice looking shrimp.
Royal Blue Tigers (pricey) and Tangerine Tigers breed more true. There are also Red Tigers and various other wild tigers, but they are mainly clear with tiger stripes, so not too much color. I have not looked into Black Tigers Orange Eyed (BTOE) much so I don't know if they don't breed very true just like OEBT's.
Since Tigers (except Aura blues, other certain wilds and fancy tigers) don't require acidic water like other Caridinas (Crystals, Taiwan Bees), can be kept on any inert substrate. You can keep them on active substrates, but isn't the best if they put the water parameters too much out of their liking.
Eco-Complete is a high CEC inert substrate. It will pull nutrients and carbonates from the water, which can possibly be problematic. Basically it will reduce your KH/buffer and allow the pH to change easily. The pH could then drop down into the acidic range. As long as the pH is not majorly low or too high, tigers should be fine. But do keep KH, GH and TDS at correct levels. Just cycle the tank as normal, and start trying to get all the water parameters correct to see if the Eco Complete will keep dropping the levels. If it does, you can keep it in there and just keep adding more and more minerals until it becomes saturated and stops absorbing them so you can finally get the levels correct, or just use a different substrate (sand is fine). | <urn:uuid:66a101f1-d50e-4e05-ad29-95ed82406fec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.plantedtank.net/threads/blue-tigers.1029481/#post-9117265 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.952502 | 598 | 1.507813 | 2 |
What Global Land Mean Temperature Anomaly will we get in 2022 (base: 1910-2000) ?
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What is the AIS Foundation?
Incorporated in August 1971 in the State of Missouri, the AIS Foundation was approved in November 1972 as an organization which is not a private foundation, thereby making gifts or bequests tax-deductible on donors' income or estate tax returns. In the belief that a completely informed public will be a supporting public, we present here the questions most frequently arising, with the answers, concerning the Foundation.
The purposes of AISF are to foster, encourage, and sponsor scientific and educational research in the improvement of the genus Iris and the stimulation of widespread interest therein.
For more information on the Foundation, read this page.
The AIS Ben R. Hager-Sidney DuBose Memorial Online Iris Library
Library of Iris Literature, including articles, books, catalogs, and videos
For the reference, research, and education of horticultural, scientific, and general audiences, the AIS Hager/DuBois Memorial Iris Library collects and makes available published literature, archives, and visual records pertaining to the genus Iris.
In 1920 when the American iris Society was being founded by John Wister (its first president) and others, Wister wrote in The Flower Grower about his dream of an Iris Library. He thought it would be a traveling library so that it would be available to everyone. Little did he know that this availability would finally occur with the internet.
That availability now takes the form of the Iris Encyclopedia
For more information on the Online Library, visit this page.
The AIS Hager/DuBose Memorial Iris Library
Besides this virtual library the AIS Foundation also maintains a physical library where one can find additional literature that is still under copyright and cannot be included online. The AIS Library also contains memorabilia pertinent to the Iris Society. You are invited to visit this real world library by appointment with the AIS librarian. Please consider making contributions of literature and memorabilia to the AIS Library via the AIS Librarian.
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