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What Helps with Depression?
What can you do to help with depression? There are many ways to deal with the problem. Talking to a friend, family member or close relative about the issue is a good idea. You could also keep a journal or visit a psychiatric specialist. Here are some ideas. Do not stop there. Learn more about medications, and other treatment options. Recognizing the signs of depression is the first step to beating it. It’s always better to seek treatment sooner than later.
Learn about depression
Depression, a well-known mood disorder, can cause incessant sadness and can restrict your daily activities. It is treatable. There are many treatments for depression that can be used, including lifestyle changes and medication. Depression is a long-term condition. This article will show you 16 ways to beat depression. You will be more able to treat this disorder effectively the more you understand it. To be able to seek treatment when you need it, it is essential to understand the signs and causes of depression.
Understanding depression can help you identify signs and help your loved one get assistance. Depression can lead to poor focus and a feeling of worthlessness. It is possible to feel like you are criticizing yourself or making excuses for others. Sometimes you may feel incapable of performing certain tasks. You may need to seek help. This could be a sign you may have depression. It is important to not judge your loved ones and to instead help them.
Talk to someone about your feelings
When discussing depression symptoms with loved ones, it is important to remember that someone suffering from depression might feel alone or unloved. It is possible that they don’t realize how important or valuable they are to others. It doesn’t matter if they don’t know how important they are to others, but telling them that they matter is an important part depression treatment. Talking about depression can be difficult. However, letting someone know that they are valued and heard can help them feel better.
It can be hard to talk about depression. However, talking to family members or friends can make the process easier. It might feel uncomfortable to confide in family members about your depression, but they will be more than willing to help. They will be willing to help you and might have some suggestions on how to manage your depression. If you’re unsure of what to say, ask a friend or family member.
Keep a journal
Although it may be hard to keep a journal on depression, it can help you to express your feelings and to connect with yourself. Journaling can help you become more aware of yourself. However, journaling is not just about proofreading. Writing prompts can be used to help you capture your emotions and identify negative patterns. You can use it as therapy. The writing process can make you feel better, no matter what genre you choose.
Writing down your thoughts in a journal can help to get rid of negative thoughts. This can help you to understand your feelings and provide support. Write about negative thoughts to help you identify the root cause and challenge them. Writing about your feelings can help to gain perspective and help you see the larger picture. No matter what you do, you will feel better. Writing a journal can help you release negative thoughts and make you feel better.
Consult a Psychiatrist
If you suspect that you might be suffering from depression, a psychiatrist is recommended. A psychiatrist can diagnose depression and help with treatment. Depression can be caused by many factors. These include thoughts and behaviors you may not recognize as signs. Depression isn’t something you have to deal with every day. You can make a difference in minutes with the help of a professional.
A psychiatrist will interview you about your mental health and then conduct a psychological and physical exam. American Psychiatric Association publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) Insurance companies use it to diagnose and pay for your illness. It is possible to change doctors or psychiatrists if your symptoms persist.
Discuss with your doctor the use of depression medication
If you’re considering taking depression medication, you may be wondering if it is right for you. It is possible that you are looking for a permanent treatment or an alternative. Your doctor will first need to determine the extent of your depression before prescribing medication. Sometimes medication can improve your quality of life. Sometimes, lifestyle changes and counseling are enough.
Discussing depression medication with your doctor is a good idea. It is important to remember that diagnosis and treatment take time. Setting goals is a good idea. Be realistic about your expectations. Your doctor is your expert. Before you can choose a treatment plan, it is important to be patient. It is important to do your research. This will make you more prepared for the discussion. | <urn:uuid:ebdca114-521a-42e9-ab82-646155f8e60f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://memorytrees.org/what-is-the-best-way-to-help-depression-7/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.949688 | 972 | 2.859375 | 3 |
There was apparently no escape from acne. Many a person looked in the mirror and saw what they had feared: themselves with textbook sprinkles on their face, but also on their backs or chests. The fact that 70 to 90 percent of all young people struggle with it didn’t help much.
Acne even in adulthood
Acne was a puberty label, with an expiration date – as long as puberty lasted. When our derailed hormonal balance had leveled off and the sebum production in our skin had returned to the normal range, we were done with being unfunny.
In the meantime, however, many adults are experiencing a rapid comeback of the unpleasant skin condition, unfortunately not because they are seventeen again or “forever young”: Acne and oily skin in adulthood has a lot to do with lifestyle and nutrition.
Cow’s milk as not a common food
In the industrialized countries, for example, there has been a boom in the consumption of cow’s milk over the past few decades. The average German drinks more than fifty liters every year, in Sweden it is even said to be almost 100 liters. Meanwhile, studies show that milk is anything but a “source of health” as food advertising has led us to believe for years.
However, science does not regard cow’s milk as a normal food for basic human nutrition, but sees it as a highly complicated hormone-active signaling system between cow and calf. The growing human, on the other hand, gets these signals from another lifeblood: breast milk or foods adapted from breast milk. Cow’s milk fuels the growth of the calf – it doubles its body weight within 40 days. Breast milk gives the human infant six months to do this.
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All about our largest organ – Yael Adler
“Milk doping” enlarges the sebaceous glands
In adulthood, growth is complete. Instead, you develop other growths such as the sebaceous glands, which become enlarged and overactive, leading to pimples. Acne is now considered a disease of civilization, a symptom of the milk-in-masses, bodybuilder-milk-protein-sakes and latte-macchiato generation.
Milk doping enlarges the sebaceous glands, promotes inflammation in the body and favors the risk of obesity, diabetes, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, cancer, at least prostate, breast, liver and lymph gland cancer. According to epidemiological studies from Sweden, pasteurized fresh milk shortens life in a dose-dependent manner.
Growth hormones and micro-RNA in milk
However, moderate amounts appear protective in colorectal cancer. Because they provide high-quality essential amino acids. However, they release the growth hormone insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). This messenger substance increases the amount of sebum and allows the fat-loving bacterium Propionibacterium acnes to proliferate in the pores. Blackheads develop and become inflamed. Fresh milk also contains a gene messenger, virus-sized nanoparticles called “micro-RNA”.
Fermented milk products better for the intestines
245 of these bovine messenger substances dock onto over 11,000 human genes and manipulate them. In addition to the civilization diseases mentioned, they accelerate the aging process. Lactose-free milk is no exception. Fermented milk products, which ideally have a probiotic effect, i.e. contain lactic acid bacteria and yeasts, such as in original Greek or Bulgarian yoghurt, buttermilk or kefir, are health-promoting and improve the intestinal flora. Fermenting inactivates problematic milk components.
Plant milk as an alternative to cow’s milk
Of course, all this doesn’t mean that you have to give up all milk consumption immediately and only have to drink your coffee black in the future. Why not try the plant drinks based on oats, almonds, soy, coconut, pea protein or rice, also in the barista version.
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Ending hunger in the Philippines is among the aims in the creation of the Niche Centers in the Region for R&D (Nicer) of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST).
Nicers, which are under the DOST-Science for Change Program (S4CP), enable the regional higher educational institutions to conduct quality research and boost regional economic growth.
In a recent online symposium, the Nicers focused on food security, such as inland marine and aquatic resources, together with crop and livestock. They presented their latest breakthroughs to contribute to the achievement of zero hunger in the country, S4CP said in a news release.
“We need to capacitate our regions to be ready for the challenges of the new environment,” said Science Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña.
“Food security and safety are two sectors that propel our nation forward. We must invest in R&D [research and development] to end hunger and strengthen our food systems and sustain activities that support regional development,” he added.
Acknowledging the creation of Nicers, Undersecretary for Regional Operations Sancho A. Mabborang said: “The establishment of these Nicers are among the key strategies toward developing a more STI [science, technology and innovation]-driven, sustainable, resilient, and progressive countryside—stimulating the industry sector and contributing toward achieving zero hunger in the near future.”
The Nicer under the Inland Aquatic industry, the Isabela State University in Cagayan Valley Region hosts the Freshwater Fisheries R&D Center.
The center has successfully increased the average weight of glass eels, or igat, by 204 percent. Their average survival rate also rose from 70 percent to 94 percent and established rearing facilities in 11 municipalities to grow ludong, or lobed-river mullet.
Besides these, it generated employment for the indigenous people, and established the Cagayan Valley Aquaculture Producers Cooperative, which encouraged the community to venture into eel and freshwater fish production.
Under the Marine Resources industry, the Mindanao State University-Naawan in Northern Mindanao hosts the Sea Cucumber R&D Center.
The center focuses on two species of sea cucumbers, the white teatfish, Holothuria fuscogilva, and sandfish, Holothuria scabra.
The white teatfish is still in its experimental stages of developing its spawning and larval rearing protocols, and the sandfish is up and running for its production and promotion for farming among community beneficiaries as their source of alternative livelihood.
This Nicer has recorded 58 commercial sea cucumber species across stations in Mindanao, and found that sea cucumber fisheries in sampling sites in Mindanao are generally small-scale involving 700 households with varying gathering methods depending on location and depth.
The Nicer under the Crops industry, the Pampanga State Agricultural University in Central Luzon hosts the Tamarind R&D Center.
This Nicer has increased the areas in Central Luzon planted with tamarind from 187 to 271.5 hectares in two years’ time.
Lastly, under the Livestock industry, the Marinduque State College in Mimaropa hosts the Markaduke R&D Center.
This Nicer has achieved improvement in the number of piglets weaned from 13 to as high as 18 pigs weaned per sow per year.
It was reported that more genetic improvements are soon to be achieved having found favorable genes for litter size (Estrogen Receptor 1: 17 percent to 36 percent), growth (Myogenin: 14 percent), meat quality (Leptin: 86 percent), and disease resistance (Fucosyltransferase 1: 22 percent to 50 percent).
Its artificial insemination laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art computer-assisted sperm analyzer to improve the reproductive efficiency of the male breeding pig (boar).
The technology on feeding and husbandry practices are in line with the low-cost, low-input production system to be adaptable and practical under the house-hold farming condition.
With these achievements, the DOST pushes to sustain their efforts by lobbying for the passage of the Science for Change Program bill which seeks to address the disparity in R&D funding in the Regions and lack of R&D in the private sector.
Once approved, the S4CP bill will promote inclusive, equitable, and sustainable development through the optimal use of the R&D budget equitably and systematically in all regions in the country.
The S4CP bill also aims to achieve self-reliance in various sectors including the food sector, manufacturing sector and health sector, among others.
“The Nicer program introduced R&D interventions to enhance agricultural yields in the regions to spur economic growth and contribute to food security,” said Undersecretary for R&D Rowena Cristina L. Guevara.
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Pregnancy is a period in which there are important biological and psychosocial changes in woman’s life and where the risk for experiencing many factors that can create anxiety and stress is high (1). During pregnancy, while exacerbation in existing psychiatric symptoms can be seen, psychiatric symptoms encountered for the first time may also occur (2).
In studies conducted in our country, prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy was reported to be between 27.3% and 36.3% (3). While 10% of the pregnant women met criteria for unipolar depression, increased depressive symptoms were seen in 18% (4). However, in pregnancy and postpartum period, only 18% of women, who meet the criteria for unipolar depression is admitted for treatment (4). Clinically significant anxiety disorders have been identified in 60% of women in prenatal period and in 70% of women in postnatal period (5).
During pregnancy, prevalence of bipolar disorder and psychotic disorders are not known exactly (6). In prospective studies which female patients with bipolar disorder were followed throughout their pregnancy, it has been shown that 70% of these women have at least one mood episode and ratio of having new episode raised to %85-100 in women who stopped taking their mood-stabilizers (7). Nearly half of pregnancies in patients with schizophrenia are unwanted and unplanned and discontinuation of medicaments also increases the risk of relapse (8).
Psychiatric disorders that are not treated adequately in pregnancy period lead to maternal malnutrition, decreased prenatal medical care, smoking, alcohol and other substance abuse, self-destructive behaviors and increase in obstetric complications (9,10). In fetal period, this situation may cause baby’s exposure to the harmful effects of the disorders and in postpartum period it may cause some unwanted short and long term consequences by effecting the interaction and binding between mother and baby (9,10).
In this study, clinical and sociodemographic data of pregnant patients, who were hospitalized in our clinic between 2004-2012, their follow-up results and potential effects of psychiatric disorders on newborns and course of pregnancy were investigated.
In this study, clinical and sociodemographic data of 68 pregnant women, who were treated as in-patient for a psychiatric disorder in the Department of Psychiatry of Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine between 2004-2012 were analyzed retrospectively. Sociodemographic data, complaints, personal and family history characteristics, mental status examination, Axis I diagnoses according to the DSM-IV-TR criteria, applied scales and laboratory information of patients were obtained from the archived files in the clinic and the hospital. Information of patients such as duration of birth, mode of delivery and the baby’s health condition was recorded via phone calls. The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine. Data were analyzed with SPSS 18.0 software, descriptive analysis was performed and results were expressed as percentages.
Of the 68 patients enrolled in the study, 43 patients (63.3%) had unipolar depression, 20 patients (29.4%) had bipolar disorder, 3 patients (4.4%) had obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and 2 patients (2.9%) had schizophrenia. The mean age of the patients was 29.6±5.1 (range between 18 and 43). While 23.5% of the patients (n=16) had a diagnosis of psychiatric disorder for the first time during their pregnancy, 76.5% of them (n=52) had already a psychiatric disorder prior to pregnancy. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was used alone in 33.8% of the patients (n=23); 36.8% of the patients (n=25) were given only drug treatment and 29.4% (n=20) of the patients were treated both with the medication and ECT. Some of the socio-demographic and clinical data of the patients are shown in Table 1.
37.2% of the patients (n=16) with unipolar depression were treated with ECT alone, 39.5% of the patients (n=17) were only treated with drugs and in 23.2% (n=10) of the patients ECT and drug therapy were administered together. Preterm birth was not detected in 26 women, whose birth information were accessed. While there were not any medical problems in 30 infants, whose postpartum information were available, 13 infants’ postpartum period information were not obtained. Given the clinical global impression-severity (CGI-S) score of ≤2 and the Hamilton Depression Scale (Ham-D) score <7 is considered to be complete treatment response, 93% of patients with unipolar depression in our study have fully benefited from treatments applied. The reason for the high treatment response in patients with unipolar depression may be that 60.5% of them were treated with ECT alone or ECT and medication together.
Of the patients treated with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, 10 (50%) were in manic episode, 5 (25%) were in depressive episode and 5 (25%) were in mixed episode. While recurrence was seen in14 patients (70%), 6 of them (30%) were diagnosed for the first time. 30% of patients (n=6) were treated only with ECT, 45% (n=9) were treated with ECT and drug treatment and 25% (n=5) were treated with drugs alone. Treatment with mood stabilizers had been discontinued due to pregnancy. While there was not any medical problem in 16 of 17 infants whose postpartum information is available, a cardiac disease was detected in an infant who has healed with treatment for 3 months. Postpartum information of 3 infants was not available. 70% of patients with bipolar disorder have benefited from treatments applied.
One of the patients with schizophrenia was treated with ECT alone whereas the other was treated with ECT and drug together. There were not any medical problems in both of the infants whose postpartum information were available.
However, patients with OCD have benefited partially. While there was not any medical problem in 2 of 3 infants, congenital hip dislocation were identified in one of them.
Test values of the scales administered to patients before and after treatment were demonstrated in Table 2. Of the patients with unipolar depression, 9 of them were given sertralin, 6 of them were given fluoxetine, 2 of them were given escitalopram, 1 of them was given paroxetine, 4 of them were given clonazepam and 1 of them was given lorazepam treatment during pregnancy. Of the patients with bipolar disorder, 4 of them were given amisulpride, 3 of them were given olanzapine, 2 of them were given haloperidol, 1 of them was given risperidone and 3 of them were given clonazepam treatment. Among the schizophrenia patients, one of them was given amisulpride. 2 of the patients with OCD were given fluoxetine and 1 of them was given citalopram.
In a naturalistic prospective study, which investigated women with unipolar depressive disorder who became pregnant in euthymic period, it has been shown that unipolar depression relapsed in 43% of patients during pregnancy (11). In our study, the diagnosis of unipolar depression was present before pregnancy in 76.7% of patients, who also had the diagnosis of unipolar depression during pregnancy. 23.3% of patients with unipolar depression have got the diagnosis for the first time.
In a study which compared the course of bipolar disorder in patients whom had given up taking mood stabilizers early in pregnancy or before pregnancy with those who continued taking their treatment, the risk of recurrence was found to be 71% throughout pregnancy period (12). In our study, 70% of patients with bipolar disorder had psychiatric diagnosis before pregnancy.
Although there is limited data on schizophrenia during pregnancy, it has been reported that patients, who stopped treatment have 2-3 fold increased risk of becoming ill compared to the patients, who continued their tratment (8). In a study which OCD patients were examined during pregnancy, it has been shown that 34.1% of patients had exacerbation and 22% of them had improvement of OCD symptoms and as a result of this study, it has been reported that the pregnancy is associated with the beginning and/or exacerbation of OCD (13). In our study, it may not be appropriate to comment due to the small number of patients with schizophrenia and OCD.
When the trimesters in which the illness has begun were examined in our study, it was identified that the most of the patients with unipolar depression (51.1%) had become ill in the second trimester. However, in a study which evaluates the relapse rates and trimesters of women with depression during pregnancy, it has been shown that depression relapses mostly in the first trimester (51.2%) (11). In contrast to this study, our study demonstrated that risk of becoming ill was the highest in second trimester. This may be due to most of our patients have unplanned pregnancies and in accordance with this that they might not have any preperation period. Thus the drugs have been used until pregnancy and they stop using their medication as they learned they were pregnant. This may shift the onset of disorder to the second trimester.
In another study, it has been reported that most of relapses of bipolar disorder were in the first trimester during pregnancy (47.2%) (12). In our study, we detected that the most of the patients with bipolar disorder (45%) had become ill in the second trimester. This data do not support our study completely and our data shows that the second trimester has a higher risk for recurrence of bipolar disorder.
According to data in our study, manic episodes are more commonly seen than depressive or mixed episodes whether as a first episode or recurrence in bipolar disorder. Although there are not sufficient data for the episode subtypes of bipolar disorder during pregnancy, Viguera et al. (12) showed in a study that 74% of patients who relapsed during pregnancy had had depression or mixed episodes. On the contrary, our study showed that there were more manic episodes. Difference from the current literature may stem from the insufficient number of patients with bipolar disorder in our study.
Given complete response to treatment is considered to be CGI-S ≤2 after treatment, complete treatment response were obtained in the 89.4% of patients who received ECT. This ratio was 72% in those who did not receive ECT. This shows that ECT was more effective than pharmacological treatment in pregnancy.
In a review of studies published between 1942 and 1991, 300 patients, who underwent ECT during pregnancy were examined in terms of maternal and fetal complications and there were complications associated with ECT in 28 of these 300 cases (14). These complications have been reported to be temporary and benign fetal arrhythmias, light vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain and self-limiting uterine contractions (15). In our study, three patients were identified to have temporary uterine contractions. Given the available data in the literature, it has been remarked that ECT was an effective treatment for severe mental disorders during pregnancy and has low risk for the mother and the baby (14). Data of our study show that psychiatric patients could be treated safely and effectively with ECT during pregnancy.
In patients under treatment with SSRIs, SNRIs and/or benzodiazepines during pregnancy, preterm birth rate has been found to be significantly increased (16). In our study, none of 47 patients, whose birth information was available had a preterm birth. Our study was not compatible with the current literature.
Atypical antipsychotics are more frequently used in the treatment of both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (17,18). Although in two studies which are prospective and retrospective, there were congenital defects caused by atypical antipsychotics in level of case reports, these cases had not directly been associated with the use of atypical antipsychotics (18-20). In our study, of 11 patients on antipsychotic treatment 9 were using atypical antipsychotics during pregnancy. No pathology was detected in infants of these patients.
The strength of our study comes from that it determined the trimester at which the psychiatric disorders are mostly seen, demonstrated that preterm birth is not associated with psychiatric treatment and it is the most extensive series of pregnant patients with psychiatric disorders in Turkey. Unavailability of some patients’ information and insufficient number of patients may be accounted for the limitations of our study.
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Blogging is something that is really popular among youngsters and they are approaching towards blogging with the only hope of making good extra money. And why not should they go for extra income when today life is so unpredictable and can leave you with no job at any moment. Adding some extra money in account can always help you in times of difficulty and recession.
But what we need to understand here is that, only the idea of blogging is not enough to make extra money. You need something more than that and that is smart blogging. Yes you heard it right Smart Blogging is what we call money making blogging.
Unless you don’t have the “keys to unlock the blogging money account”, you can’t help yourself in making money with this tool. Don’t get confused with the words “keys, tools and account”. They just mean to highlight the fact that you must follow smart blogging ways to earn something extra.
We are going to explain that in a while in good detail so that next time when you sit down and do blogging you would be actually doing Smart Blogging. When you will do smart blogging you would actually see the difference in many ways like “Ranking”, “Traffic to blog” , your public appearance and yourself too. I didn’t mentioned the term Money or Income, in the above list and I think I should not because after all what I mentioned, there was NO NEED to mention an obvious thing that you are going to make if you follow the smart ways.
So let’s start with the word “Blogging” itself.
Blogging means do some writing and not the copy paste thing. Many bloggers just copy the content from 10 different sites and paste it on their blog. It won’t help you to earn money. Stop this immediately and start writing original content. It doesn’t matter if you write only 3 articles a week, what matters is that content is unique and self-made. Google is smarter then you and always checks for copy content and if it finds one it immediately boycott it. So giving 10 copy paste content in a week is just a waste of time. Moreover no one will come to your blog if they finds out that you have no original content and you are cheating them with copied content.
Smart Technique 1:-Post 3 articles in a week but not all at the same time. Give a break of 1 or 2 days and then post. If you have the resources to create more original articles then try to schedule them in such a manner that the difference between any 2 articles is same and short. I would suggest max. interval of 2 days between any two articles and minimum interval can be as short as you want it to be.
Google crawler will notice this and feed it in his program and will always crawl your website on daily basis.
Smart Technique 2:-Don’t post randomly. Have some pattern in your posting articles. If you have 3 articles which are related to each other than post the one which gives introduction first, than the one which follows that introduction or the one which captures the idea of the first post through a follow up link. Don’t get confused now.
I have three articles here and they are in pattern which you will find when you read them in the given sequence.
If you are still in doubt or have any queries you can always ask via comment.
Take Action before it is too late.
Don’t just sit and wait for everything to happen by itself. Many bloggers have this tendency to write 3 or more articles and just relax and wait for the traffic. No don’t wait! Take action before it is too late to react and you lose your possible customers.
As an example:-suppose you have started a guest posting platform on your blog and now you are waiting for the guest post.
Smart Technique 3:-Tell everyone in your network that you have started guest posting platform and don’t tell them directly instead tell them in a manner that they become curious to know it.
Smart Technique 4:-Ask your friends to write guest post for your blog and share it on social networking websites. This will help you in coming in the eyes of the many. You also share it. Give some rewards or lure them to write for you. It might cost you a bit in starting but later on people will automatically start coming.
Smart Technique 5:-You can ask them to write articles for them and in return you will allow 2 follow back links to their blog.
Learn to Apply and not just to Know
Whenever you come across anything new related to your blogging, don’t just read it and learn it instead apply it. If you won’t apply it then what is the use of reading it. If you think that you will apply that later then surely you won’t remember it.
Smart Technique 6:-Apply various SEO techniques that can help you rank better than others. There are many SEO techniques for mobile as well and many bloggers don’t focus on that because of which they loses the extra traffic that they might have got through smart phones and smart tablets.
Make First Impression to last Longer
We all create some impressions about something or someone when we first visit it or meet. These impressions are really the game changers in many cases. How to create the first impression of your blog is a really handy task and you should take this with top priority. Work upon this from time to time because you don’t want your blog to lose its eye captivity and user loving features. There is always some scope of Improvement and you can always work on that.
You can learn how to create the first best impression of your blog and retain the visitors to your blog with this very handsomely drafted article ( below link given )
Ideas and Smart ways that can help you create eye capturing look of your blog and positive impression on your blog readers.
Plugins are very important in this regard and can make your website look more eye catching, smart and sleek which will in turn improve your traffic on blog
Smart Technique 7:-Read it
Don’t win Hearts, instead win Trust
Bloggers are very much involved in making their front page experience really good. But this is not enough if you want to have consistent traffic on your blog. You need to win their trust. Trust factor is really important for those especially who are selling something on their blog. If you don’t build trust you can’t sell. Your idea should be original, customer friendly, easy processing and glitch free. Building trust is not an easy and quick process. Take your time and have patience.
Smart Technique 8:-Always put forth your experience in front of the readers that showcase your honesty and hard work you have put.
Manipulate things in your Favor
It is really important to manipulate things. It is business and every business involves manipulation of some kind. You need to understand what your readers want and what are they looking for and then present yourself as a solution to their queries.
Smart Technique 9:-Try to have a really good title of every post and title that highlights your content. Use of Good keywords is really important.
Have a Heart to Invest and take Risk
If you can’t invest and take risk then blogging to earn something extra is a distant dream. Invest Time, Money and Idea to generate blogging income. It is difficult to take risk in terms of money but without risk you cannot expect big success.
Smart Technique 10:-“Always take calculative Risk and not just Risk”. Make a business plan and have some numbers on your sheet. What I mean to say is do some calculations of how much investment is needed and what is the probability of losing money. Generate and excel sheet that can give you some numbers of your profit and loss. Do some market research and then invest in the best marketing solutions. Set a time frame of your investment and your first possible profit. It is possible that you might not be able to get profit for 1 year of investment but later on you might cover up that investment in next 2 months only. This is the best part of internet marketing. Facebook didn’t earn a single penny after 2 years of its establishment.
Take smart risk and not only risk.
Learn Patience and Earn Good Will
You cannot expect a good return in short time and with easy ways. That is something that can happen only via walking on wrong tracks and you won’t want to take those tracks since they don’t go far and last longer.
Try to be patience and keep working smartly. Smart work along with hard work will pay you in good amount. Earn a reputation in the market place and good will.
There are three types of work that can make you from Rags to Riches. Read it :-
Spread it like wildfire
Have you ever encountered a wildfire? Or have you ever seen any virus spreading through human body or have you ever seen a viral video? Now you must have got my point. If you are still in any confusion then don’t worry I will explain you that in detail.
What do bloggers generally do after writing a good new content or after launching a new blog or website? Maybe they start sharing it with their social network friends and they think that their task of publicity is done. No not at all it has just started in my opinion. Creating a social media marketing platform can only help you reach a limited number of people. The question is how to spread it all the way to huge population. Answer are not that simple but yes think about it.
You can have some really good ideas here:-
Don’t try to cheat
Here I am not saying the name of anyone in particular because you should know who is going to pay you after all. In clear words “If trying to cheat and in case got caught then game over with that blog”. Never let that happen because taking wrong steps in faith of quick income is going to leave you empty handed at last. So for your concern I advise you to follow legal ways and smart ways, not the over smart ways to do blogging.
Don’t be a writer only, start to be an Entrepreneur.
Many blogging sites have really good content but poor ranking that is what I have observed because they remain unnoticed. Reason is simple, they work like writers and not like Entrepreneur. Start selling what you have cooked my dear friend. If you won’t show it, then no one will see it on its own. Why do you think we have ads on TV, Radio, Social Media sites, Banners etc.? They are all to sell you the thing.
Start selling online as well as offline. There are many smart ways to do marketing that won’t cost you much and will do some really good work for you.
Many such ways have been listed down in the articles linked, to help you start working from today.
Feeling smart already? No wait we have much more coming your way. Don’t fill up your stomach with this small pack of ideas we just discussed with you, these are just the starters. We have lots of more ideas for our readers.
If you really want to learn to sell then you can read:-
Smart Techniques to follow
- Don’t share your post very frequently on your Facebook page. This is not a very good way to generate followers. People use Facebook for Entertainment and if they will see repeatedly post from your blog then they will tend to unfollow you. It becomes boring, so to avoid it try to post things that are entertaining, can arouse curiosity and are of course related to your blog in some way.
- Create/Build Multiple Sites and Link Them Together
Create an integrated blog marketing plan by aligning your promotion efforts across your various blogs and websites. The more blogs or websites that you write, the more interlinking is possible. That interlinking can be used to promote your blog through different channels that might attract different audiences.
- Give time on each article and never publish unfinished article.
- Don’t hit the publish button on wordpress again and again. Google takes this as spamming.
- Include Your Blog Link in Your Email Signature and on Business Cards
There are many other smart ideas and techniques to follow that I have shared below. You can read a complete list of smart ideas.
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April 7, 2006
A British study claims that fishoil does not protect the heart. Formally, it is founded on the sum of all earlier studies. In reality it relies on only one, where the participants of the study probably cheated.
As time goes by, studies of all sorts of things pile up. At some point no one can keep track of them. Even people with a good memory remember only the studies they like. This calls for a meta-analysis – a calculation of a sort of average of what all reliable studies have shown.
This has now happened in a British study of fish oil. Does fish oil protect the heart? Does it prolong life? Yes, we know that it does!
At least, so we think. According to the new meta-analysis fish oil has “no clear effect on mortality, risk of heart attack or the incidence of cancer” – rest assured, you do not need to eat fish!
As far as cancer goes, one is hardly surprised, but what about the heart? Ever since the two Danish doctors’, Bang and Dyerberg’s, studies on Greenland 35 years ago, everyone has known that fish oil protects the heart. This is confirmed by numerous studies. How can all these studies amount to a big fat zero when summarized?
Of course they cannot. A meta-analysis can be just as subjective as everything else. This means that others, with the same starting point can arrive at the opposite result. This is the case in a new, far more comprehensive, American report. There is no doubt that fish oil is beneficial for the heart. In fact, it is stated in this report that everyone should be tested to see if they get enough of it. The two important fatty acids in fish oil, DHA and EPA, have “clear beneficial effects”. Everyone should ingest at least 1.5 grams of fish oil every day, in case of heart disease, double that. This will lessen the risk of dying from heart disease by 25 %.
That was the Americans. They thoroughly reviewed the extensive biochemical knowledge and conclusions from animal and human studies. From this they made a general conclusion. What did the British do?
The Test Subjects Cheated
They completely ignored all basic knowledge and concentrated on the incidence of heart disease and mortality in humans. But were they neutral?
They reviewed a total of 48 randomized studies. But they did something strange: Only fifteen of the studies were included in the mortality calculations. Why the remaining 33 studies were not included is not known. Maybe some were excluded because of suspicion of being biased. But, in nine of the fifteen studies included, there was “medium or high” risk of bias. For example because the test subjects knew whether they were given fish oil, or, because of the draw, were given something ineffective.
On top of this, an unknown number of the 48 studies were not even with fish oil but with alpha-linoic acid – which is found in flaxseed oil and in rape oil. These oils can be converted to “fish oil” in the human body.
Besides, the most famous study of linoleic acid is missing – the so-called Lyon experiment where rape oil (and a Mediterranean diet with olive oil) lowered the mortality in patients who had had a coronary thrombosis by 73 %.
When everything is boiled down, twelve randomized studies with fish oil remain. But of these, nine are very small and without relevance. This leaves three. The biggest of these three studies, (GISSI) show a massive reduction in mortality in twenty percent of persons who had had a coronary thrombosis. In the table it only says fourteen percent, apparently because of a misunderstanding.
Only one of the larger studies (Burr et al 2003) came out with a negative result. Here the mortality increased by fifteen percent in men with sclerotic coronary arteries, when they were given fish oil.
However, this study is at the least controversial, partly because the participants knew if they were given fish oil or not. Since they had a dangerous heart disease, many of them would have been tempted to take supplements on their own. This could have been checked through blood tests, but only a spot test was taken after six months. After this the study continued for three to nine years. The spot test showed that the difference between the two groups was remarkably small. Moreover, the participants explained that even if they were not in the group given fish oil, they ate so much fat fish (14 grams a day) that this alone would have provided them with the amount recommended in the American report. So, in fact, both groups received “enough”, and the value of this study must be questioned.
Still, it was printed in the news paper. However, you should believe the American report.
Fish is good – of course!
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Mounting your television is a great way to avoid the expense of an entertainment system (and not to mention, a way to save a whole bunch of space in your living area). And although it would be nice to just hammer a couple of nails in on the wall and hang your flat screen television like a large picture, it unfortunately doesn’t work that way—or if it does, it won’t be too long before the television comes crashing down onto the floor.
Because televisions can get heavy and we want to protect them from a middle-of-the-night fall to the floor, TV owners use TV mounting kits to hang up their television over the fireplace or up on the wall.
Thinking about mounting your flat screen television up on the wall and not sure how to get started? Here’s your guide to TV mounting kits, including what they include, where to get them, and how they work.
How a TV Mounting Kit Works
Whether you’ve always had an old school television or you’ve always used an entertainment stand, you may not be exactly familiar with how the television mounting kit actually works. A standard TV mounting kit holds the television up in a stationary position, but there are other kinds that allow you to tilt or completely swivel the television as necessary (to account for sunlight or to allow you to see it in other rooms). The basic idea behind a television mounting kit is that it bears the weight of the TV without destroying the integrity of the wall.
In order to mount a television correctly, you’ll need to find the studs in the walls and use a level to ensure that the flat screen will be evenly hung up—because the last thing you want is to have to watch television with your head tilted.
You can find a television mounting kit at any big box store, electronics specialty store, and of course, on Amazon.
What Should be Included in Your TV Mounting Kit and How to Install It
When you purchase a television mounting kit, it should include the following parts:
- The wall plate, which is the piece that is secured into the wall
- The brackets, which attach to the back of the television
You will need the following tools to mount your television correctly:
- A screwdriver
- A drill
- Socket wrench
- Stud finder
- Tape measure
Although manufacturer’s instructions will vary on the installation, you will first need to select a height to hang the television (the standard height for hanging one up will depend on the size of the television, but you want it to be eye level with you when you’re sitting on the couch). After you find the height, you’ll then need to use your stud finder to mark the studs on the wall you’ll be hanging the television on so it can be secure.
Once the studs are found, you’ll mark where the pilot holes will be to hang up the wall plate, secure the brackets onto the television, and then follow the manufacturer’s instructions to attach the brackets to the wall mount. (Tip: you’ll need a friend to help you lift it up so you don’t accidentally drop and smash it to bits).
Do You Need to Buy One—or Should You Just Get it Done Professionally?
If you consider yourself the confident DIY type, mounting a television certainly isn’t an impossible task. It’ll likely take you a couple of hours, with most of that time being used to accurately measure and determine where you’d like to hang your TV.
However, buying and installing a TV mounting kit isn’t for everyone. It can be cumbersome, and to be honest, a bit nerve wracking if you’ve never done it before.
Your television is one of the most expensive items you own and it’s perfectly reasonable to want to seek out professional help to mount it properly.
At Puls, we offer comprehensive television mounting services that start at just $69. We can do all of the tedious tasks like concealing wires, installing a soundbar, and handling complicated setups on brick or concrete walls—and we can do all of this in the same-day that you book your appointment.
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Cosmiques Arête rockfall on Mont Blanc
Rockfall took place on 22 August 2018 on the famous Arête des Cosmiques in the Mont Blanc massif. La Chamoniarde is currently strongly advising against climbing the popular Cosmiques Arête ridgeline.
On 22 August 2018 a huge rockfall took place on the Arête des Cosmiques, one of the most famous and popular climbs in the Mont Blanc group. No one was injured during the collapse down the ridge’s south face, after sliding was noted the previous day when the ledge at the last abseil had moved by a meter before collapsing on the 22nd.
The area has been placed under surveillance and La Chamoniarde, the Chamonix-based mountain rescue society, stated "Mountain professionals (mountain guides, mountain rescue squads and scientists) strongly advise against climbing this route." Given its instability, according to Edytem-CNRS geomorphologist Ludovic Ravanel, it seems unlikely that the Arête des Cosmiques will become climbable before this winter. | <urn:uuid:7e08bb44-0b7b-419f-96c9-0b622bdb3c3a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/cosmiques-arete-rockfall-on-mont-blanc.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.927411 | 226 | 1.976563 | 2 |
Fantastic Film Makers Summer Camp ( ages 6-8)
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2350 McGregor Blvd Fort Myers, FL 33901
Edison and Ford Winter Estates’ Summer Camp registration is open. Campers will explore the “living laboratory” of the estates while the Wild Wizards teach topics in science technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM), plus history and the natural world. Campers are separated into two age groups (6-8 and 9-12). Most of the camps are available for both age groups; camps for younger students are less complex. The camps are fun, educational, and unlike other local opportunities. Camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Future Directors and actors will shine in this popular camp. Stop-motion animation, Foley art, camera shots, scene blocking, editing, and more are explored as campers make an original production from start to finish. The cost of this program is $220 for Edison Ford members and $250 for non-members. Spots are available in the ages 6-8 group only! Visit www.edisonfordwinterestates.org… for registration information or email Leeanne Criswell at [email protected]
In order to protect the campers and staff, several important modifications have been made.
• All camps will run at less than 50% capacity.
• Per the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations, camp sign-in times will be staggered: ages 6-8 from 8:45 to 9 a.m. and ages 9-12 from 9 to 9:15 a.m. Sign-out times: ages 6-8 from 3:45 to 4 p.m. and ages 9-12 from 4 to 4:15 p.m.
• Students who are able to do so will wear masks while in the classroom. We will allow for breaks from the mask in limited safe outdoor situations and for of course water, snack, and lunch breaks (and as needed). Social distancing guidelines will be maintained whether students are wearing masks or not, and whether they are indoors or outdoors. The mask should be washed regularly at home. If your camper is unable to wear a mask for any reason, please let us know.
• Camp sign-in will take place in a car line rather than inside the museum. Each camper will receive a brief symptom and temperature check before exiting their vehicle. No campers experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 will be allowed to enter camp.
• Group projects will be altered to avoid close proximity and frequent touch surfaces.
• Daily cleaning protocols have been greatly enhanced.
• Rigorous hand washing and sanitation routines for campers and staff will be in place.
• Time spent outdoors will be increased substantially (as weather allows).
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In the last 150 years, Reading's townscape has been transformed. The town's population soared from 19,000 in 1840 to over 190,000 today, catalysed by the construction of infrastructure like the railway and the arrival of new factories, shops, and businesses.
These changes have had a heavy impact on Reading's wildlife. Many areas that would have provided habitats like woodlands, heaths and commons have been lost. At the same time, other habitats have emerged within the urban landscape as animals have adapted to their changing surroundings.
In this blog, find out about the wildlife that you can see in our town today, with examples from the collection displayed in the Green Space at Reading Museum. And if you have a garden, learn some simple changes that you can make so that can provide greater care and sustenance for our local animal populations.
Gardens and parks make up one of the largest habitats for Reading's wildlife. These spaces support the growth of a wide range of plant life: some planted deliberately by gardeners, others growing purely by chance. In turn, these sustain a variety of animals. In fact, many have adapted to modern urban life in towns by making their homes in these areas.
One example of these in Reading is muntjacs. These are dog-sized deer that come out at night at the edges of the town, entering gardens to snack on vegetables and flowers. Though the muntjac was only recently introduced in Britain, their population has quickly grown across the country.
Next time you're in Newtown, keep an eye out for the muntjacs that live in Reading Old Cemetery at Cemetery Junction.
Another critter that you'll find in gardens at night is the hedgehog. As cute as they are prickly, hedgehogs help gardeners by eating slugs and other pests. They spend much of their life asleep, hibernating in the winter months and sleeping in the daytime. However, they can travel over a mile throughout a single night.
Sadly, hedgehog numbers are declining in the UK, which may be due to lack of food and places to shelter. If you have a garden, there are many ways that you can make it more hedgehog-friendly.
Stag beetles are nationally scarce in Britain, but in some years they are not uncommon in parts of Reading. As Britain’s largest beetle, they're well-known for what's commonly recognised as impressive, fearsome antlers. In fact, these are actually modified jaws!
Adult stag beetles emerge in around May and June. Males can often be seen flying (loudly and even clumsily) at dusk in search of females. They may feed on tree sap or, like many adult insects, not eat at all. They die after breeding, and by autumn the adult population will pass away. Their larvae can take up to five years to develop in rotting wood, so to help the stag beetle population grow, why not leave out logs or tree stumps if you have a garden?
Whilst gardens and parks are one of the largest habitats for wildlife in Reading, man-made structures like buildings also provide for habitats of animals and birds.
Swifts are medium-sized birds, all-dark, crescent-shaped in flight, with fast, flickering wingbeats. They are highly adapted for life in the air, landing only to nest and rear their young. They catch flying insects and even mate in flight!
Swifts are summer visitors, arriving early in May and departing from mid-July once their young have fledged. They are all gone by the first week of August. As they spend the rest of the year in Africa (exactly where is still a mystery!) they’re really African birds that come here to breed.
Groups of screaming swifts flying at roof height can be seen and heard especially when they first arrive. Oxford Road is a good place to see them as there are a lot of large, older buildings. It’s important to record breeding swifts so check out the RSPB swift survey.
Swifts create nests in holes and crevices in the roofs of buildings, especially older buildings. Swift population numbers are decreasing partly due to lack of nest sites, so adding swift boxes to new buildings can help them by providing safe places to nest.
Another summer visitor that can be confused with swifts is the house martin. This small glossy-black bird has a white underside and a flash of white above the tail. They are very obvious as they flutter and jink in flight, catching flying insects. House martins are in the UK from April to October, spending the rest of the year in Africa.
House martins traditionally built their mud nests on cliffs but now they can more often be found under the eaves of buildings. Several pairs will often nest together in a small colony, and they return to the same site each year and patch up nests to reuse.
They have been declining across Europe since the 1970s, possibly due to changes in weather and degradation of their habitat in Africa. They are sometimes also persecuted because people think they’re messy, but in the UK birds and their nests are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. In Shakespeare’s day, people were happy to have them nesting on buildings; a swift is the bird described as a ‘temple-haunting martlet’ and associated with divine favour at the beginning of Macbeth.
This article forms part of Reading Green Stories, where each month we'll be using different parts of our collection to highlight issues related to climate crisis and sustainability in the world today. Next month, we'll be focusing specifically on how Reading's animal populations have changed throughout time, and reflecting on what's changed among Reading's animals since we first displayed our Green Space gallery. | <urn:uuid:1f4346ab-f611-4f9f-98fd-10a42b767c8e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/wild-about-reading-wildlife-across-our-town | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.97171 | 1,194 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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RESTRUCTURING CHARGE Definition & Legal Meaning
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A fee is needed to be paid when a compoany is restructured or goes through a change in the business operations.
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Common Mistakes to Avoid With Online File Storage and Sharing
The cloud has become the standard for file storage and sharing today. There are many advantages to using the cloud. Millions of individuals and organizations across the world depend on the cloud to complete tasks and operate smoothly. However, there are also issues including security risks which can compromise the safety and efficiency of your cloud environment. In this article, we’ll look at some common mistakes that you may be making when storing and sharing your files online.
1. Failing to Upgrade Security on End-Point Device
We all know the importance of choosing a secure cloud storage platform, and we often focus on this while neglecting the security on end-point devices. This can be risky because if your device is not secure, the moment you download a file on it, there is a window for hackers to get access to that file.
It is relatively easy for individuals or small organizations to ensure the security of their devices. You simply need to have everyone in your organization install good anti-virus software and keep it updated. For large organizations, it can be costly (in terms of IT man-hours and licenses for anti-virus software) and time-consuming.
The best way to guarantee absolute security for online file storage and sharing in your organization is to choose a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) like FileCloud. You can choose to use our cloud storage platform or integrate FileCloud VDI into your in-house server and have your own Dropbox-like file storage and sharing platform. But it gets better, with FileCloud VDI, your employees work in a virtual environment. This eliminates the chances that your files will be compromised by poor security on end-point devices. What’s more, this is a more affordable option and it will be easier to maintain the security of your data center. FileCloud comes with a range of security tools including
2. Giving Too Many Users Admin Privilege
There is a saying that “too many cooks can spoil the stew.” Yes, this is true and you don’t have to be a master in the kitchen to know that this also applies to online file storage and sharing in an organization. The simple fact is that if too many people manage your cloud platform and have access to admin settings, there are greater chances that one of a clash in their roles. For example, one user with admin privilege can inadvertently change some vital security settings on your cloud platform, and this could put your files at risk.
One way to solve this is to limit admin access to only top excutives and IT experts in your organization. Another option is to use VDI. VDI platforms like FileCloud give you full control over the file sharing and storage processes in your organization. The level of proviledge that each indivdual gets is determined by the person’s role in your organization. You can choose to give particular people admin priviledge, you can also lock files to prevent anyone from downloading or editing them. FileCloud even allows you to access File Analytics and Reports so you know who is doing what and accessing particular files on your platform.
3. Downloading Data from a Protected Platform and sharing it via an Unprotected Route
Collaboration is the lifeblood of every organization. Every day, different people may have to work on a set of documents. Therefore, there is an exchange of data among them. It often happens that one person can download files from a cloud storage platform and choose to share it via email or even create a shared link and send it via Skype or any other communication platform. Yes, this is a convenient way to promote collaboration but it is very risky in terms of security. Hackers could access the data while it is in route or get the shareable link and go through your files.
You could make it a company policy that files are only shared via a secure cloud platform. You could also opt for a VDI platform like FileCloud which is designed with a focus on collaboration and security. FileCloud encrypts your files when they are in transit and in storage. Also, the platform is fitted with a range of tools to promote collaboration including allowing users to leave comments on files and sending notifications when a shared file has been changed.
4. Accessing Your Files from an Unprotected WiFi
We’ve all been faced with the need to access sensitive files while away from the office. Maybe you were at the coffee shop or even visiting a friend and you decide to log into your work storage platform to access particular files and quickly complete some pending work. This is understandable, but it is highly riskly. By accessing your company’s storage platform via an unprotected WiFi you’re essentially inviting hackers in. And as we have seen from hacking incidents in recent years, this could have some serious consequences.
One of the top reasons why more-and-more organizations are choosing VDI is to avoid this scenario. With FileCloud’s VDI, the safety of your company’s files is never at risk even if you access your work platform via an unprotected WiFi or you use someone else’s computer to work. This is because files are actually never downloaded; all the work happens on the VDI platform. FileCloud keeps your files protected at all times using multiple security mechanisms such as encryption, ransomware and anty-virus scanning, and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).
There are many other mistakes that are frequently made in regards to online file storage and sharing. However, we have highlighted the four points above because they appear to be the most common ones.
What all of this shows is that cloud storage is not enough for enterprises. The ultimate solution is shifting to VDI. In the past, one of the things that kept companies from choosing VDI was cost. However, things have changed today. FileCloud has different pricing strategies to accommodate companies of different sizes. Whether your company is just starting out or you are a behemoth, we have the perfect VDI package for you. You can even choose to integrate FileCloud VDI into your existing cloud platforms like Amazon WorkSpaces or Microsoft Azure.
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Religious hypocrisy, to our great sorrow, doesn't change very dramatically over the millennia. The same themes that run through the ancient tales - lust for power, fear of female sexuality, the malleability of crowds - can be seen in any mega-church today, and they inform Carlisle Floyd's potent 1955 opera "Susannah," which arrived at the War Memorial Opera House on Saturday night draped in glory.
This bleak and brilliant production marked the first time any of Floyd's operas have been offered as part of the San Francisco Opera's regular season, and the only possible response was, "What on Earth has taken so long?" The composer's first mature opera, and still his best known, is a small marvel of ferocity and compassion, and Saturday's performance - with the indomitable soprano Patricia Racette in the title role - made a superb case for it. | <urn:uuid:b68510d0-f3a5-4b59-aef8-07f873a8fe35> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Opera-review-Susannah-a-marvel-too-often-5740434.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.951123 | 194 | 1.648438 | 2 |
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Fully comprehensive lesson on the character of gerald croft from an inspector calls ppt 53 slides. ‘i don’t come into this suicide business.’. Gerald is absent for a large proportion of act 3 and it is difficult to measure how much the evening’s events affected him.
At The Very Start We See Gerald As Someone Who Is Eager To Impress Arthur Birling And Is Very Assured Of His Social And Financial Standings.
Exploration of what gerald croft represents in the play. 4.3 something went wrong, please try again later. The mystery of what could happen to his soul in the afterlife is what holds.
This Is The Fifth Video In My 'An Inspector Calls Gcse English Literature Revision' Series!In This Video, I Focus On The Character Of Gerald Croft, And Dis.
At the start of the play, he cannot see how he could be involved in eva smith’s (daisy renton’s) suicide. November 29, 2019 oxford english team. Context 'then i’m staying.' pg 28:
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I don’t dislike you as i did half an hour ago, gerald. His worldview is one of total individualism, where society is understood as a collection of persons and their families, each of which tries to maximize his or her own financial and social happiness. Better ask gerald for that ring.
Not Just Tomorrow, But Every Day.
Birling defends that she couldn’t have known the man in. Gerald is putting the woman in her place as he believes he is superior and that women shouldn't be subjected to such harsh truths. The lighting should be pink and intimate until the inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder. | <urn:uuid:ff025c53-431f-472a-8925-82a857139cbd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://quoteoftheday.one/gerald-croft-key-quotes-act-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.933783 | 492 | 2.171875 | 2 |
While we frequently assume that the fifth commandment is particularly for our children, there is no reason to assume that this word was any less directed at the rest of Israel than the others. In fact, if this command does anything, it actually assumes that all of Israel qualifies as children, and therefore the command is for all of Israel. This is still true for us: unless we are first children who honor God as our Father, we cannot hope to teach our children how to honor God or anyone.
“Honor” literally means “heavy” or “fat,” and it is frequently translated as “glory.” In Leviticus, the word is used repeatedly to refer to the “fat” of the offerings that are always offered on the altar to the Lord. In 1 Samuel, Eli’s house is judged because his sons have become “fat” with the offerings that should have gone on the altar. They have honored themselves rather than God (1 Sam. 2:29-30). In Exodus, the word is used many times to refer to the “hard” heart of Pharaoh, the “hard” plagues that fall on Egypt, and ultimately in the “glory” that the Lord gets when the Egyptian army has sunk down into the Red Sea (Ex. 14:17-18). The word is also used to refer to the “heavy” burdens that the pharaoh laid on the Israelites when he forced them to build his projects (Ex. 5:9), but by the end of Exodus, Israel is being taught how to build Yahweh’s house and lay the “fat/glory” on His altar (Ex. 29:13, 29). In other words, the story of the Exodus is the story of Yahweh’s son, Israel, being freed from a false, tyrannical father and being adopted by his true, loving Father, going from a false, burdensome glory to the true glory of their Father in heaven. In Deuteronomy, the word is used in the restatement of this command (Dt. 5:16) and in the summary of Israel’s covenant with God and their obligation to fear God’s “glorious and fearful” name (Dt. 28:58). The honor of parents and the honor of God is inescapably linked, and the honor of all other authorities in between. This is also true in a general way for all people because they are made in the image of God (1 Pet. 2:17). You can’t say that you are honoring God when you are not honoring those who bear His image all around you, and you can’t truly honor them without first honoring Him.
Starting with Our Father
In a congregation our size, we need to recognize that there are no shortages of failures and sin and brokenness represented in this room. But whatever the sin, whatever the abuse, whatever the brokenness, we must always start with our Father in heaven. Because we are the children of God, we turn to God our Father. When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He taught them to pray to God as their Father and to hallow His name, to honor Him (Mt. 6:9). Every human family needs to be remade; every human family needs piles of grace and mercy. But it is only through being reconciled to our Father in heaven that we can begin to be reconciled to our fathers on earth or become faithful fathers on earth. It is only as we die and our lives are hidden in Christ, the only righteous and beloved Son, that we can be reconciled to our children or be faithful children. Only through being right with God can we hope to be right with one another. This is because God has the only perfect family. We need the Holy Spirit who is the perfect bond of peace and love between the Father and the Son; we need that Spirit who “proceeds from the Father and the Son” to fill us and our relationships. This is the difference between the house of bondage and the house of freedom. This is what Malachi foretold that God would come and do (Mal. 4:6).
A family may be able to function on the duck tape of momentum and effort for a while, but what is needed for a family to flourish is for the Triune God to be the common God of every member of that family. But when God is not honored as Father, there is necessarily idolatry. Idolatry always breeds strife and abuse because idols are necessarily at war with each other. Gods do not share their glory, and when the god is self, every “self” in the home is busy demanding glory, demanding rights, demanding authority. But that is always stealing from God, stealing the glory/fat that rightly belongs on His altar. Many Christian parents are functional idolaters by making their own whims and comforts and likes and dislikes the standard to which children are held accountable. Too many parents act and believe as though the fifth commandment places them on a throne, and makes their word the law of the land. This is to make mom or dad (or both) the functional godhead of the home, mini-pharaohs placing heavy burdens on children that they are not able to bear. You are lousy gods, and this will always provoke your children to wrath (Eph. 6:4). The point of having kids is not so that you can have people to boss around. The purpose of children is to give glory to God, to see God’s name honored, to assist God in raising up generations of faithfulness. Jesus commands His disciples not to carry authority like the gentiles do, lording it over them (Mt. 20:25), but instead His disciples are to be servants and slaves, imitating the Son of Man who did not come to be served but to serve and give His life a ransom for many (Mt. 20:25). Parents are servants of God and their children, and their job is to serve their children in order that they would grow up to worship and love and obey the Father, Son, and Spirit.
It is true that parents must teach their children to honor and obey them. But that is only practice for honoring and obeying God. The ultimate aim of parenting is not to try to get your children to obey you. The point of parenting is to get your children to love and honor and obey God. The “fat” isn’t for you. The “fat” belongs to the Lord. And they learn how to glorify God best as they see you doing it, as they hear you talking about it, as they believe that you mean it. It’s no accident that Paul exhorts all of the members of the church in Ephesus to imitate God like children (Eph. 5:1, 5:8), and then proceeds to command children to obey their parents (Eph. 6:1). When you teach your children to obey, you are merely calling on them to imitate you as you imitate Christ, as you honor your Father. | <urn:uuid:208b6e97-28d5-48ae-8f5f-7ce866f52f07> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tobyjsumpter.com/first-sunday-in-lent-fifth-commandment-dt-616-25-eph-51-11-61-4-mt-2020-28/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.970288 | 1,509 | 2.953125 | 3 |
The Gascon Saintongeois he is a strong sporting dog, confident and robust that was invented in France in the mid-19th century. His sweet and good-natured character makes him an excellent family dog ​​that is very careful when interacting with young children.. Actualmente la raza sigue siendo impopular incluso en su país natal, so it can disappear completely in a matter of several decades.
Gascon Saintongeois History
In the mid-19th century, Carayon-Lantour Joseph Earl wanted to regenerate the dog breed of Saintonge, weakened as a result of the French Revolution (they only survived 3 These copies) y unió los últimos descendientes con perros Azules de Gascuña que tenía el Barón de Ruble. Así se creó el Gascon Saintongeois, but that creation, caused the disappearance of Saintonge's dog.
This breed of dog, It was developed, in its origins, mainly for hunting, greater and hares.
Características físicas Gascón Saintongeois
It is a very well established dog, It conveys an image of strong dog, but elegant at the same time. Their fur is short and dense, white background, with black spots; It may be mottled, but slightly. They usually have two black spots on each side of the head covering the ears, surrounding the eyes and cheeks-reach. The cheeks are color fire, but soft (as clay). They have, also two spots in that color, on top of the eyes, What gives them the appearance of having four eyes.
There is also the Petite Gascon Saintongeois, que comparte las características del Gascon Saintongeois, but its dimensions are smaller (measured 54 and 62 height cm). It is also a versatile Hunter, but above all of hares, but also, solía utilizarse para la caza mayor.
Gascon Saintongeois character and skills
The Gascon Saintongeois, es un perro de jauría, desde sus orígenes, has a highly developed sense of smell, is bold, and has a nice bark.
It can become the ultimate companion to any hunter, but it also has all the essential qualities to play the role of a family dog. Posee una naturaleza pacífica y adaptable y normalmente percibe a sus dueños como los miembros de su jauría. Early and thorough socialization is necessary if you want your pet to be tolerant of children in the family and other animals in the house.. The breed is usually very gentle with young children although it is large enough to knock a young child down in the heat of play..
Human aggressiveness can become a serious problem if your Gascon Saintongeois not adequately displayed to people of all ages from a young age. However, este perro es comúnmente cortés con los huéspedes de la casa y recurre a la violencia sólo en un caso extremo. Thanks to his unsurpassed vigilance and deep sonorous voice, he is an excellent watchdog.. In general, this dog has no desire to defend his territory, so it cannot be considered a good guardian.
The Gascon Saintongeois welcomes any opportunity to communicate with peers and, in fact, prefers to live in a large canine group. However, puede estar mal dispuesto hacia los caninos sin hogar desconocidos y el amo debe tener en cuenta este rasgo de carácter de su mascota y mantenerlo bien atado en los lugares públicos. The breed is not compatible with other types of pets due to its powerful hunting instinct. But she is usually friendly with the individual cats she has been raised with from a young age as a puppy..
Gascon Saintongeois Toilet and Care
The toilet of the Gascon Saintongeois requiere un mínimo de esfuerzos. His short self-cleaning coat should be brushed regularly but infrequently (only once a week). This procedure will effectively remove loose hair and reinforce the natural shine of the dog's coat.. This breed only needs an occasional bath.
Dado que este sabueso está predispuesto a las infecciones de oído, the caregiver should periodically examine their ears and clean them if necessary. Cortar las uñas de la mascota como mínimo una vez cada dos meses y limpiar sus dientes semanalmente.
Gascon Saintongeois Education and Training
The Gascon Saintongeois It is an obedient and intelligent dog whose training is usually a piece of cake. Learns basic tricks with a reasonable amount of repetitions and succeeds in agility and obedience tests. Tengan en cuenta que su carácter es obstinado e ignorará las órdenes de una persona tímida.
It also, the breed is irresponsible to negative training methods and reacts appropriately only to food incentives and kind words. Like any hound, tends to distract from the learning process by attracting smells, así que sea indulgente con el comportamiento de su mascota.
Gascón Saintongeois Exercise
The Gascon Saintongeois is notable for both its incredulous stamina and great power, por lo que necesita una gran cantidad de actividad física. This large dog is not appropriate to be kept in an apartment where there is no room to play. At the same time it is strong enough to become a wonderful companion for runners or even cyclists..
Your pet should have the daily opportunity to run unrestricted in a well fenced yard, otherwise you may become hyperactive and totally undisciplined on the inside. Without a lot of vigorous daily exercise, the Gascon Saintongeois it can also develop into an unreasonable barking habit.
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Gascon Saintongeois – Dog breeds
Type and recognitions:
- FCI CLASSIFICATION: 21
- Group 6: Scent hounds, and related breeds
- Section 1.1: Large-sized Hounds. With proof of work..
- – FCI – Group 6: Scent hounds, and related breeds. – Section 1.1: Large-sized Hounds. ⓘ
- – Central Canine Society ⓘ
FCI breed standard "Gascon Saintongeois"
FCI - Gascon Saintongeois
1. Grand Gascon Saintongeois (English).
2. Gascon de Saintonge, Grand gascon saintongeois (French).
3. Grand Gascon Saintongeois (German).
4. Gascon Saintongeois (Portuguese).
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Groin strains are one of the most common injuries sustained in ice hockey. With the high speed nature of the sport and demand for quick changes of direction, the muscles on the inside of the leg are at a high risk of injury. Fortunately there is a lot you can do to decrease your risk of injury.
Groin strains can include one of several muscles that surround your hip. Their primary function is to assist with stability of the leg you are standing on or to bring your leg closer to the opposite side. In hockey specifically these muscles go from being stretched to quickly contracted when skating with powerful strides. The two main risk factors for injury are lack of hip motion or strength of the inside hip muscles. We will address those two factors with the exercises below, but remember these are to decrease the risk of a healthy athlete developing an injury. If you are injured it is important to see a Physical Therapist or health professional who can assess the injury further.
This is a challenging exercise that targets the hip adductors. It is important to perform with a flat back to prevent any compensations. This will help incorporate core strength with adductor strength. There are several variations in the video above so start with the easiest and work up as able.
Single leg landing
This exercise will help with stability. All the muscles of the hip will be recruited to help with balance and stability which will help with pushing off and changing direction effectively. Be sure to watch the video to perform with proper form.
Hip abduction stretch
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Lateral reading is basically searching for information about a source while you are reading it; you are checking for currency, relevancy, authority, accuracy, and purpose (CRAAP method) by reading what other sites say about your source. This is different from vertical reading where you apply the CRAAP method using only the information the site itself provides you.
The concept of lateral reading originated out of research from the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) under Sam Wineburg, the founder and executive director and is used by professional fact checkers!
Watch this video from the Stanford History Education Group to learn more.
So, to read laterally:
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The book, Annie Pootoogook – Life & Work, outlines her childhood growing up in Kinngait, her development as an artist and her explosion onto the Canadian contemporary art scene in the the 2000s, which included her landmark 2006 solo exhibition at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto and her winning of the Sobey Art Award that same year, a cash prize given annually to a notable Canadian contemporary artist under 40.
The book was authored by Nancy Campbell, a curator and specialist in contemporary Inuit art who knew Pootoogook and also curated her solo Power Plant show.
‘Pootoogook changed the consciousness’
Campbell, who authored a previous book on Pootoogook titled Annie Pootoogook: Cutting Ice, said the ebook project was an opportunity to make Annie Pootoogook’s story accessible to an even wider public, and make sure her struggles with fame and substance abuse until her death at age 47 when she was found drowned in Ottawa’s Rideau River, didn’t overshadow her artistic legacy and the transformative impact she had on the contemporary Canadian art scene.
“There was a lot of tragedy at the end of her life that got written about that sometimes overshadows her story,” Campbell said in a phone interview from Toronto. “That’s not to deny the facts of her life, but by only focusing on them, it takes away from the fact that she was an amazing artist. She was full of wit and humour. She was a real narrator. There’s a lot to celebrate about her life.”
Pootoogook’s winning of the Sobey Art Award was a pivotal moment, not just for the artist, but for the recognition it brought to contemporary Inuit art as whole, Campbell said.
“Here Annie comes, under 40, from a community no one has ever been to, with her small scale drawings and pencil crayons and blowing people’s minds,” Campbell said. “It was so far away from the process and the glam of contemporary art at that time.
“Her winning really opened up the consciousness.”
Annie Pootoogook: Ten key works
Eating Seal at Home was singled out in the new Art Canada Institute ebook as one of Annie Pootoogook’s ten key works:
“Annie’s early drawings also introduce us to her iconography,” writes Campbell in her description. “In addition to the television, she includes a light switch, a lamp, and shoes at the door, careful to insert details of the everyday in the interior. These objects of daily life are repeated throughout Annie’s works, and this piece is therefore an important marker of her developing style.”
For the full descriptions of Pootoogook’s other pivotal works, visit the Key Works section of the new ebook.
Bringing Canadian art to everyone
The Pootoogook title is the latest in the Canadian Online Art Book Project, put out by the Art Canada Institute since 2013. The goal of the series was to make Canadian art accessible to everyone from art scholars to high school students, and to anyone curious to find out more about some of the country’s major artists.
Each book follows an interactive structure built around sections including biography, the artist’s ten key works, significance & critical issues, style & technique, sources & resources and which institutions hold the artist’s work. The reader is able to click as deeply into each section as they wish, or skip over parts of less interest.
“We were very conscious about not just taking a traditional print book and putting it online,” Sara Angel, the founder and executive director of Art Institute Canada, said in a phone interview.
Future books planned on northern artists
Angel said museums and curators do an excellent job promoting art in Canada, but that the ebooks are an accessible complement designed to appeal to everyone from art lovers wanting to find more out about a favourite artist, teachers looking for something accessible for the classroom or scholars looking for additional sources and resources.
“If you’re a PhD student in Art, we want you to be able to access these books and not feel like you’re being talked down to, but if you’re a high school student you’ll also understand and they’ll be accessible to you too.”
Angel said there are more Arctic artists planned for future titles as well as titles from many other of Canada’s regions.
“At the beginning, people wondered if we were going to have enough people to write about or if we were going to run out. But here we still are. We’re just getting started and we have so much more to do.”
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The trade-off between fecundity and egg size in a polymorphic population of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) in Skogsfjordvatn, subarctic Norway
Reproductive traits differ between intralacustrine Arctic charr morphs. Here, we ex - amine three sympatric lacustrine Arctic charr morphs with respect to fecundity, egg size and spawning time/site to assess reproductive investments and trade- offs, and possible fitness consequences. The littoral omnivore morph (LO- morph) utilizes the upper water for feeding and reproduction and spawn early in October. The large pro - fundal piscivore morph (PP- morph) and the small profundal benthivore morph (PB- morph) utilize the profundal habitat for feeding and reproduction and spawn in December and November, respectively. Females from all morphs were sampled for fecundity and egg- size analysis. There were large differences between the morphs. The PB- morph had the lowest fecundity (mean = 45, SD = 13) and smallest egg size (mean = 3.2 mm, SD = 0.32 mm). In contrast, the PP- morph had the highest fecundity (mean = 859.5, SD = 462) and the largest egg size (mean = 4.5 mm, SD = 0.46 mm), whereas the LO- morph had intermediate fecundity (mean = 580, SD = 225) and egg size (mean = 4.3, SD = 0.24 mm). Fecundity increased with increasing body size within each morph. This was not the case for egg size, which was independent of body sizes within morph. Different adaptations to feeding and habitat utilization have apparently led to a difference in the trade- off between fecundity and egg size among the three different morphs.
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With almost 1,000 miles (over 1500 km) of public rights of way in the East Riding this complex web of footpaths, bridleways and byways is available for public enjoyment. It offers the most significant opportunity for relaxation and makes a major contribution to health and welfare through healthy recreation and exercise.
Visit the East Riding of Yorkshire Council's W@lking the Riding website for further details.
The Market Weighton to Beverley Rail Trail (previously the Hudson Way) is a walking trail to the south of Goodmanham, and also a haven for wildlife. It follows the course of the old track bed of the long-abandoned York to Beverley railway line was originallly named after George Hudson (1800-1871), the Railway King. On the trail towards Market Weighton there is an ancient spring called St Helen’s Well, where water streams from a natural grotto in the hillside beneath an elder tree and pours into a shallow stone-edged bath. Across the valley on the north side is an area of grassland with mounds and ridges, known as Howe Hills. On the part of the trail between Goodmanham and Beverley, lies Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit. This was a quarry until 1902 but is now a nature reserve with a wide range of flora and fauna to enjoy, especially in the summer months.
Rifle Butts Quarry which was used as a rifle range until World War II is located 1 mile south east of Goodmanham. It displays a geologically important Cretaceous “unconformity”, where sediments from the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous periods were eroded away. When the area was covered again by sea, red chalk was deposited followed by white. In the 1930’s and 1940’s whenever the Home Guard used the range for target practice, a red flag was put up. Since the 1950s it has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest, ensuring that its geology and biodiversity are protected. In this small nature reserve more than 150 plants have been recorded.
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is a 79 mile trail stretching from Hessle to Filey offering ideal walking terrain through peaceful and gently rolling countryside interspersed with charming villages. The Wolds contain one of the highest concentrations of archaeological sites in the UK, and provide the most northerly occurrence of rare chalk grassland in the country. From the direction of Arras, the Wolds Way route enters Goodmanham along Spring Wells at the south-eastern end of the parish, and leaves the village going north along Wateringdike Lane and on towards Londesborough. | <urn:uuid:6c88fcf3-b138-4add-9fbc-7fc64ec65048> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://goodmanhamparishcouncil.co.uk/local-walks.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.960209 | 543 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Before humans can colonize Mars, we'll need to figure out a way to make it a bit more hospitable. But a new study suggests that "terraforming" Mars into an Earthlike planet simply isn't possible with today's technology, NBC News reported.
The study, published July 30 in the journal Nature Astronomy, seems to throw cold water on those fictional terraforming schemes — along with some real-world ideas that sound like make-believe: In 2015, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said we could warm Mars and give it a thicker atmosphere capable of supporting agriculture by detonating nuclear warheads over the planet's icy poles.
There's no doubt that Mars' thin atmosphere and its soil and icy polar regions contain carbon dioxide. But the new research indicates that there's not enough of it for us to be able to trigger a sort of runaway greenhouse effect that would turn the red planet into a green one.
"The bottom line is that there just isn't very much there, and it's hard to put very much back into the atmosphere," said Bruce Jakosky, a professor of geological sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the study's lead author. "Our conclusion is we can't do it with today's technology." | <urn:uuid:a8e91709-fe24-4d76-a5f8-17beece669e2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/mars-atmosphere-impossible-technology-study-nature-astronomy/2004031/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.962368 | 254 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Variational Inference with Normalizing Flows
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The choice of the approximate posterior distribution is one of the core problems in variational inference. Most applications of variational inference employ simple families of posterior approximations in order to allow for efficient inference, focusing on mean-field or other simple structured approximations. This restriction has a significant impact on the quality of inferences made using variational methods. We introduce a new approach for specifying flexible, arbitrarily complex and scalable approximate posterior distributions. Our approximations are distributions constructed through a normalizing flow, whereby a simple initial density is transformed into a more complex one by applying a sequence of invertible transformations until a desired level of complexity is attained. We use this view of normalizing flows to develop categories of finite and infinitesimal flows and provide a unified view of approaches for constructing rich posterior approximations. We demonstrate that the theoretical advantages of having posteriors that better match the true posterior, combined with the scalability of amortized variational approaches, provides a clear improvement in performance and applicability of variational inference.
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Undeniably, tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world today as one out of five of all new jobs created globally in 2017 are attributable to Travel and Tourism, according to the World Travel and Tourism council (WTTC). Although, Africa has witnessed some significant growth in tourism in recent times going by how blessed the continent is in terms of its very hospitable people, wildlife, great weather, flush and greenery, it is clear that tourism is not growing at the rate it should in Africa all things being equal. But the truth is all things will never be equal. However, I am convinced beyond reasonable doubts that if we could find a way of ensuring that every African in every nook and cranny of this lovely continent buys into tourism and own the industry, tourism will flourish as it ought to in Africa.
Therefore, I am particularly pleased that the South African Tourism (SAT), partnered with Airbnb and hosted me as one of the West African participants at the first-ever Airbnb Africa Travel Summit which was held in Langa, Cape Town, South Africa between September 11-13, 2018. The Summit brought together well over 120 innovators in tourism and tech for two days consecutively and we shared, discussed, and debated how technology could be used to accelerate inclusive and sustainable economic growth through tourism on the African continent.
Airbnb which is basically an online marketplace and was founded in 2008 has over the years clearly shown a strong belief in the power of healthy tourism – tourism that is local, authentic, diversified, and sustainable – to benefit underserved areas and create opportunities. In my opinion, the agenda of the summit was quite straight forward and it directly connected to what I consider the main driver of tourism — the people. The innovators that were brought to the summit shared their thoughts on how they have been helping to democratize tourism in Africa. We were given the opportunity to share our expertise and ideas on what tourism can do to empower more people in Africa. We learned about the Airbnb Academy, Airbnb’s program to connect underserved communities to tourism in South Africa through technology.
The organizers of the summit clearly knew what they wanted to achieve with the summit as they were able to create a very cozy environment. They ensured that participants were not too many so there was optimum participation by all and sundry. Although I had been to Cape Town a couple of times before the summit, I was able to experience Cape Town through the Airbnb lens.
We left Nigeria as scheduled around 10pm on Monday the 10th of September 2018 and like I have always had on all the South African Tourism (SAT) hosting to South Africa, that I have been on, my fun-filled and very exciting experience started from the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, Nigeria. As soon as I got to the South African Airways (SAA) counter, my pampering started right there, I did not have to pressure the lady who attended to me to get me a seat with enough leg room for my very long legs. The service on board is traditionally exquisite and like it has been on most of my flights on board SAA, this particular flight to South Africa was also smooth, the pilot and the crew were very engaging. On arrival at Cape Town, there was a ready shuttle waiting at Cape Town International Airport to convey us to Southern Sun Cullinan where we lodged. As customary with SAT, there was a tour guide in the shuttle who ensured that as we drove through the city we got familiar with certain sites and landmarks on our route to the hotel. After a slightly late lunch, we refreshed and headed to the Bungalow Restaurant, where the welcome dinner was held. The dinner was Afrocentric as we had been advised to dress in our traditional attires; we took drumming lessons and there were more than enough food and drinks, to guarantee that everyone was satisfied.
Wednesday, 12th September marked the first conference day of the Africa Travel Summit 2018. The day kicked off with an opening ceremony and welcome by Summit MC, Afua Osei (Founder, She Leads Africa) with a performance by Black Roots Foundation. A keynote address by Chris Lehane (Head of Policy and Communications, Airbnb) followed. Another highlight of the day was a discussion on, “Government as An Enabler for Innovation.” Anita Mendiratta (Global Strategic Advisor & Author in Tourism & Economic Development) moderated the panel featuring Kalle Palling (Estonian politician and MP, Lance Greyling (Director of Trade and Investment, City of Cape Town), Rosette Rugamba (Founder and Managing Director, Songa Africa) and Najib Balala Kenya’s Tourism Minister. In the evening before attending a concert hosted on the Airbnb platform featuring MC Marc Lottering and music by Jimmy Nevis and Demi Lee Moore, delegates were spread all across Cape Town to have dinner hosted by local hosts on Airbnb at various restaurants.
Thursday, 13th September which was the second and final day of the summit was equally as exciting as the first day was. It kicked off with another panel discussion on the role media play in shaping the African continent’s narrative as well as its role and responsibility in telling the stories that drive more inclusive tourism. While some panelists represented traditional media, the conversation organically shifted to social media and the role social media plays in redefining the African narrative. The panel was moderated by Thabile Ngwato (Entrepreneur and News Anchor) and featured panelists; Larry Madowo (Business Editor, BBC Africa), Pearl Boshomane Tsotetsi (Lifestyle Editor, Sunday Times) and Sarah Waiswa (documentary and portrait photographer). Another highlight of the day was a presentation by Velma Corcoran (South Africa General Manager, Airbnb) sharing contents from the Airbnb Africa Academy. The Academy is a programme focused on empowering individuals and organisations in under-resourced communities by providing tools and information to help them share homes and experiences with a global community.
In the evening of Thursday, 13th September, delegates who had pre-registered for township experiences were able to have the following experiences: Townships into Town hosted by Project Maboneng; Art Workshop in the Townships hosted by Our Workshop; Gumboot Dance hosted by Happy Feet; and Beading and Technology hosted by Quirky 30.
On Friday 14th September we started our post Africa Travel Summit experience at the wine lands in Franschhoek, where we spent the better part of that day. After we had gone through part of the vine in a Wine Tram, we then went for wine tasting and got to know the story behind all the wine we tasted before we had a very sumptuous meal.
On Saturday, 15th September which was virtually our last full day spent in Cape Town of this trip was a busy day. We started with the Robben Island experience and though I had been to Robben Island before, there is always something new to learn on how one can be a better man than lives a life of positive impact on others. After the Robben Island experience, we had lunch before we went to Table Mountain. The mountain which forms part of the Table Mountain National Park is a beauty to behold. Table Mountain is home to a large array of fauna and flora, most of which are endemic.
After the Table Mountain experience, then it was shopping time and we went to Canal Walk Shopping Centre which hosts over 400 stores, 7,000 parking bays, numerous restaurants, 20 cinemas plus a game arcade is arguably Cape Town’s largest shopping center and the third-largest shopping center in Africa. The farewell dinner that we had at the Red Roof of Radisson Red Hotel V &A waterfront Cape Town was simply spectacular and I must say that it was the icing on the cake to bring the Travel Summit that offered me the opportunity to have yet another very memorable experience in South Africa, to a close. | <urn:uuid:05312e52-ab8c-4d47-a2b7-8604f10ec300> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://insidewatchafrica.org/2018/10/airbnb-africa-travel-summit-2018/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.975691 | 1,627 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Orthodontic dentistry involves aligning the teeth to improve jaw movement and enhance a person’s smile in an aesthetic manner. People with crooked and misaligned teeth may experience pain, discomfort and problems when it comes to chewing, swallowing and even sleeping. Misaligned teeth can lead to a host of medical problems including tooth decay, periodontal disease and gum infections. There are many orthodontic devices and treatment options to help correct misaligned teeth and a crooked jaw.
In kids, did you know that bite problems often manifest once an individual reaches the age of seven? First Dental’s website says these dental concerns include cross-bite, underbite, excessive overbite, or teeth crowding. It’s important to start early because bit problems require slowly shifting the teeth around.
Here are some of the most common procedures in orthodontic dentistry to be aware of:
Before you get to the braces phase of the treatment process, you may need to undergo some preliminary procedures. Some people will need to visit an oral surgeon to have teeth extracted before they can have braces applied. If overcrowding is an issue, some people will need to have dental implants or appliances temporarily or permanently placed in conjunction with braces. Dental appliances and implants work to expand the jaw to begin properly aligning the teeth.
When it comes to the application of braces, consumers have more options than ever before. Braces and wires of the past were constructed of stainless steel; both are visibly noticeable and can be uncomfortable for the wearer. Steel braces are the most affordable options, but they are not the most durable. Wires often break during the course of treatment and can cause tears and bleeding to the gums and surrounding teeth when broken. Nickel and copper-titanium wires have risen as a more viable and durable option. Natural body heat aids these types of wires in applying pressure to both the brackets and the teeth to encourage proper alignment. These metals are also more comfortable during treatment for the patient, and they break much less often than steel braces.
Many patients needing braces can also opt for ceramic braces which tend to look more natural in the mouth. Ceramic braces offer a tonal look that blends in with the natural color of the teeth. Lingual braces are another option for patients. Lingual braces are applied to the back of the teeth, but they are not an option for all patients. Invisible braces are another viable option for patients. All options have drawbacks, so it is best to have a candid discussion with your orthodontist to determine the treatment option that will best suit your needs, expectations and financial budget.
After the braces portion of the treatment has been completed, you will likely need to wear an appliance, aligner or retainer each night to prevent the teeth from shifting. Teeth have muscle memory and will want to move back into their natural position, so wearing a retainer at night will keep them in their new position and minimize the need for additional orthodontic treatment.
To maintain your results, you should follow your orthodontist’s advice and adhere to a strict home care routine. Regularly brushing, flossing and rinsing will help keep food and bacteria from getting stuck in your braces and potentially causing decay. If you play any recreational sports, your orthodontist may also fit you for a custom mouthguard to wear. It is important to wear the mouthguard each time you engage in sports to prevent a facial injury that may cause you to have to undergo additional orthodontic treatments. | <urn:uuid:56218618-010a-4e8f-a248-cd7649148866> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newtheory.com/common-procedures-in-orthodontics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945024 | 727 | 2.5 | 2 |
JPMorgan is engaged in some big recruitment for a new artificial intelligence (AI) team at its office in Silicon Valley.
The bank is currently advertising around 28 technology roles at its San Mateo office in Silicon Valley, including 17 directly related to AI. They include openings for a senior machine learning engineer, two machine learning associates, senior back engineers for an AI platform, senior cloud engineers for an AI platform, front-end AI engineers and cloud engineers.
Many of the jobs were posted last month. JPMorgan is also running an 'AI Engineering hiring event' in Silicon Valley between 16 and 18 October and says it's hiring for an 'AI Engineering team that executes like a startup and is building the next generation of technology.' Individual job ads say the team is new and tasked with building a 'V1' model that can 'research and implement deep learning, machine learning and statistical approaches to solve business problems.'
The recruitment-drive comes after JPMorgan announced plans to open a new financial technology campus in Palo Alto last year. The campus, which will ultimately house up to 1,000 people, is due to open in 2020.
The H1B database suggests JPMorgan has, in fact, been building its San Mateo machine learning team for a while. The bank hired a machine learning back end infrastructure engineer to the office in April on a salary of $170k and has since hired two machine learning data scientists in San Mateo on $160k and $170k each.
Even though it's Silicon Valley, competition for machine learning talent is likely to be intense. JPMorgan appears to be paying-up to differentiate itself. Dropbox, Uber and Workday have also been making Silicon Valley machine learning hires on H1B visas, and paying $138k, $132k and $132k, respectively.
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Are you a small business owner or entrepreneur?
Building a business takes a lot of courage, time, and financial resources. But the payoff can be incredible: earning money doing something you love and serving an audience you care about.
If you're a small business owner or dream of becoming one, these amazing small business statistics will inspire you to keep going on your entrepreneurial journey.
Small Businesses Make Up 90-99% of All Businesses
Only about 10% of companies around the globe are big businesses. The remaining 90% are small- and mid-sized companies, just like yours.
In the United States, that figure is even higher. 99% of US businesses are considered a “small business.”
Small Business Can Create Big Earnings
What do you think of when you hear "small business?" Does it bring to mind a part-time side-hustle or tiny local shop?
The US Small Business Administration defines a "small business" as one that earns an average of $6 million annually (retail and service sector) to $28.5 million (general and heavy construction).
Starting a small business doesn't mean limiting your earning potential. Your business could make millions each year and still fall under the small biz definition.
You Have a Great Chance of Making it Past Your First Year
Have you ever heard the saying that most small businesses don't last past the first few years?
According to the SBA, you have a great chance of surviving your first (terrifying and exciting) year of business and beyond.
From 2004 to 2014, an average of 78.5% of new establishments survived one year.
- About half of all establishments survive five years or longer.
- In the past decade, this ranged from a low of 45.4% for establishments started in 2006, and a high of 51.4% for those started in 2011.
- About one-third of establishments survive 10 years or longer.
Women Own Almost Half of All Small Businesses
Women own, or co-own, approximately half of all small businesses in the US.
In 2012, there were 9.9 million women-owned firms, and 2.5 million firms owned equally by men and women. This means that 12.3 million firms, or 45% of all classifiable firms, were at least 50% women-owned.
California has the Most Women-Owned Businesses
California is the nation's most populous state, so it should come as no surprise that the Golden State is home to the largest number of women-owned businesses, according to a 2018 annual business survey from the US Census Bureau.
California aside, the top ten states with the highest percentage of women-owned businesses include:
- New Mexico
Minority-Owned Businesses are Growing
From 2014 to 2016, the overall number of minority-owned employer businesses rose 11%, compared to a 1% growth in non-minority businesses.
Minority-owned businesses bring in $1.3 trillion in annual receipts, according to the SBA. The average, minority-owned business has $1.2 million in annual sales and employs eight workers.
According to the 2016 Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, there are 1,054,575 minority-owned businesses with employees in the United States. Overall, 20% of all employer businesses were at least 51% owned by minority entrepreneurs, employing 8.7 million workers at a total annual payroll of $280 billion.
36.1% of all Black-owned businesses are owned by women—higher than any other racial group.
Half of Small Businesses Start at Home
Good things start at home. Even some of the biggest corporations, like Apple and Disney, started as home-based businesses.
The SBA found that around 50% of all small companies launch from home.
Home-based businesses are more likely to be solopreneurs or use independent contractors to help them get work done. 60% of small businesses without paid employees are home-based compared to 23.3% of home-based employers.
Information and construction industries are more likely to be home-based than others, and women run most home-based businesses (58.2%).
Being Your Own Boss is the #1 Reason People Start a Business
Why do people want to start their own business?
The majority of respondents (29%) state that being their own boss is the primary reason to start and own a business.
Other reasons for starting a business include being dissatisfied with the standard workplace or wanting to pursue a specific passion. Only a few (12%) of business owners began a company because they were presented with a specific opportunity. Most people had a why in their head and went for it.
The Average Age of a Business Founder is 42
You're never too old to start a business.
The average age of a founder is 42 years old, and founders aged 50 and up are 2x more likely to succeed than founders aged 30 and under.
It appears that experience can work in your favor when you're an entrepreneur. The overall success rate of first-time ventures is 25.3%.
On the other hand, serial entrepreneurs have an above-average success rate of 36.7%, reminding us all that "if you first don’t succeed, try, try again."
Whether you've started a business because you've discovered your passion, want to be your own boss, because you're tired of workplace standards, or because a great opportunity has presented itself, you're one of the millions of small businesses that are employing people and moving the economy forward.
And that's no small feat.
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Repurposing LiDAR data in a mine
Remote-controlled and autonomous haulers will soon operate underground guided by LiDAR sensors. We envision reusing LiDAR measurements to maintain accurate mine maps to support both safety and productivity. This work proposes a system-of-systems solution and presents business models corresponding to four scenarios that could enable the vision.
This paper really ended up in the right category at the RE conference: the industry track. However, I’m not entirely sure the paper discussed requirements engineering enough to fit the RE community. On the other hand, I believe few software engineering communities are as open to “bigger picture” systems research as the RE people. My impression is that my presentation was appreciated, several questions and additional inquiries afterwards. Hopefully, it was not only because of the mining equipment and the video clip I showed from the Kankberg mine!
This paper originated in an opportunity to do some visionary work with some leftover money in the PIMM project: Pilot for Industrial Mobile Communication in Mining. Based on discussions on what reliable high-speed wireless communication in an underground mine could enable, we identified that combining existing systems into a system-of-systems would be a particularly promising possibility. Equally important, I literally got to work with a gold mine!
Reusing Lidar data to map the mine
The main idea in the paper is to solve a need by using a byproduct. Underground mines are dynamic structures – excavation inevitably means changing the spatial structure. However, not all changes are planned as there is always some movement in the mountain, e.g., stress and cracking. Safety always comes first in mining operations, thus it is critical to monitor changes in the spatial structure. Furthermore, detailed maps of the mine and the ore body are valuable also for the productivity of the mine. There is for sure a need for detailed maps of Kankberg.
Boliden has a strategic goal to reduce the number of people working underground. One approach is to introduce remote-controlled or even autonomous vehicles. An underground mine means a dark driving environment, and LiDAR will be required to navigate. Such a LiDAR device is mounted in the cylinder (above the registration plate) in the picture. In the future, there will be an abundance of sub-centimeter LiDAR measurements in Kankberg – why not reuse those data to continuously update a detailed map? We propose a system-of-systems thinking in the underground mine.
What is the business case?
For the proposed system-of-systems to happen, someone must take lead in the development. But what is the business case that would motivate a player to invest? We developed four scenarios that could turn the vision into reality.
In Scenario In-house, Boliden takes on the leading role in designing the system-of-system, supported by an IT subcontractor (Acme Consultants), see the figure below. Boliden expects enough business value to drive the whole endeavor, and also the future evolution. To enable such a development effort, Boliden must scale the in-house software engineering considerably – they aren’t even close to having enough resources today.
In Scenario Add-on Option, the vehicle suppliers recognize mapping as a promising business opportunity. The LiDAR sensors are mounted on their LHDs after all, why not
make a profit by selling the LiDAR data to Boliden? One of the suppliers takes a leading role in designing the system-of-systems.
In Scenario Additional Service, Boliden has already outsourced the hauling service to the external company Acme Mining (this is actually already the case in Kankberk). In this scenario, Acme Mining has developed the innovative solution to update maps of underground mines using LiDARs mounted on their vehicles – and they offer this to Boliden as an additional service. Boliden signs a service level agreement specifying the quality of the mapping service.
In Scenario Ecosystem, Boliden has an open technical platform through which services communicate and share data. While we discuss only the realization of the mapping service, the strength of such an ecosystem would rather be its facilitation of diverse services delivered by different providers. An ecosystem could enable new players to come up with other innovative solutions as well.
Comparing the scenarios
We identified eight key variation points to structure the comparison between the four scenarios – we discuss three technical key variation points (IT infrastructure, evolution, and architecturally significant requirements) and five business-oriented variation points (inter-company dependency, upfront investment, running costs, risks, and the innovation platform).
Finally, we summarize our thoughts as trade-offs between four central elements: 1) costs, 2) control, 3) risks, and 4) innovation. If Boliden wants to incentivize one of the four scenarios, balancing the trade-offs could help them decide. If control is the most important element, Boliden should obviously go for Scenario In-house, but it would certainly be costly. If cost reduction is the primary focus, Boliden would benefit from Scenario Add-on Option or Scenario Additional Service. In Scenario Additional Service, risk management could be partially addressed in service level agreements. Finally, if innovation is the top priority, nothing beats an open ecosystem. We elaborate on this in the paper itself, but also in the accompanying technical report.
Implications for Research
- The Kankberg mine constitutes a contemporary example of digitalization in a sector that previously had little to do with software.
- We discuss an example of a system-of-systems – there are not too many publications in software engineering on the emerging behaviors such solutions enable.
- We argue that while the system architecture reflects the quality requirements, the system-of-systems architecture will rather be guided by the underlying business models.
Implications for Industry
- In the era of digitalization, system-of-systems will be increasingly common – shaped by the business models.
- Incentivizing certain system-of-systems architectures requires strategic planning – Boliden must carefully consider the inevitable trade-offs such as control vs. costs.
- An open ecosystem is far from the traditional proprietary thinking – but would promote a higher dimension of innovation.
Markus Borg, Thomas Olsson, and John Svensson. Piggybacking on an Autonomous Hauler: Business Models Enabling a System-of-Systems Approach to Mapping an Underground Mine, In Proc. of the 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, pp. 373-381, 2017. (link, preprint, slides, technical report)
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Atop-atop city in Philippines. Geo-Coordinates
Atop-atop are around 11° 10' North Latitude and 123° 43' East Longitude.
The city is one of the city in Central Visayas region.
Presently the clock shows Tuesday, August 09, 2022 7:13:54 PM which is having an offset of about UTC/GMT +8:00:00 hour(s) with respect to Universal Coordinated Time / Greenwich Mean Time. | <urn:uuid:6db90068-0b3f-4e08-8262-70da2e3bd808> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tejji.com/time-date/current-time/philippines/central-visayas/atop-atop | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.882908 | 103 | 1.625 | 2 |
The idea of mobOx
We’ve been working on the development of optical methods for the determination of blood parameters for several years within various research projects funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
At the Medical Sensors and Devices Laboratory at Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, we have investigated the complex interaction of light with whole blood and used the insights obtained to train reliable and robust prediction models. Through careful optimization, our AI-based models achieve high robustness under fluctuating environmental conditions, such as temperature changes or vibrations.
This gave rise to the idea of developing a small, mobile analyzer for emergency medical services, which offers the accuracy and reliability of stationary laboratory devices directly at the scene. | <urn:uuid:48fe6de1-4472-44af-b5fe-34b756b12dd5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mobox.health/en/theteam/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.918536 | 156 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Until a few decades ago, the most memorable thing about a Vietnamese store was the emptiness of its shelves. Today, the scene has changed dramatically, as shops all across the country are overflowing with a variety of products, including distinctive conical hats, fine silk, designer clothes, colorful lamps, delicate ceramic ware, and elegantly carved bamboo furnishings – all available at affordable rates. Perhaps the most coveted of all goods are the traditional wares, such as exquisitely embroidered textiles, handicrafts, and jewelry made by Vietnam’s ethnic minorities. While upmarket malls are present in major cities, the local markets and the shopping streets and districts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are the best places to shop. However, Hoi An, with its amazing array of lacquerware, apparel, and crafts is the ultimate shopper’s paradise.
Most city shops open at about 8am and do not close until late in the evening at 8pm or 9pm. The newer malls and department stores in big cities open by 10am and close as late as 10pm. Keep in mind that staff tend to start shutting down an hour before the posted closing time. The traditional markets, such as Ben Thanh in Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Xuan in Hanoi, generally operate from sunrise to sunset. Some of these offer a thriving night market on the street outside as well, which runs until midnight. Virtually all retail operations operate seven days a week. However, during Tet, some shops shut for a few days, while others open later than usual.
How to Pay
Though the Vietnamese dong (VND) is the only legal tender in the country, nobody would refuse a US dollar. In areas that are very popular with visitors, especially the more expen sive districts, most shops prefer to quote prices in dollars rather than dong. The reason being that dollars are more profit able for sellers than the dong because of its fluctua ting exchange rate. Hence, as the buyer, always try and pay in dong as it will be cheaper. Major credit cards are accepted in high-end shops, hotels, and restaurants in big cities and major resort towns. However, in small towns and villages, as well as at local bus stations, markets, street food stalls, and other such places, only cash is accepted.
Rights and Refunds
As a rule, all sales are final. Though some depart ment stores in big cities may offer a return policy, by and large, once money, goods, or any services have changed hands, there is no going back. Some goods, especially electro nic items such as cell phones, do come with a guarantee. But even here, it covers replace ment, not refund.
Unless you are in an upscale shop, mall, or national book- store chain, the asking price of goods is not necessarily the final price. Except for food and drink, which have smaller margins, the rate quoted is twice or even more than what the merchant is willing to settle for. As such, be prepared to bargain. Effective negotiation requires three things. First and most importantly is a pleasant attitude, even a sense of humor. Remember that this is not just a commercial transaction, it’s a social encounter. Secondly, be ready to spend some time. You cannot get the price down from US$50 to US$25 easily. A transaction of that magnitude can take up to ten minutes. And lastly, try walking away. At times, this prompts a drastic reduction in price.
Department Stores and Malls
Luxury malls and department stores are present in most big cities. Vincom Shopping Center, in Ho Chi Minh City, is one of the country’s largest retail centers, with international brands and foreign fast-food chains. Another high-end shopping mall is Diamond Plaza, which also boasts a movie theater and bowling alley. Near by is Parkson, a classy, four-story department store, boasting brands such as Nike, Guess, Estée Lauder, and Mont Blanc among others. It also has a supermarket and several eat- eries. The centrally located Saigon Square hosts numerous small stores, and offers better prices than even Ben Thanh market. Zen Plaza, with six floors of outlets and cafés, is ideal for anything from clothing to furniture and artifacts. Close by is Saigon Shopping Center, with a supermarket, book store, and numerous toy and electronics stores. In the Cholon district, An Dong Plaza has many stores offering a range of goods, including a wide var iety of Asian items. In Hanoi, Trang Tien Plaza is an international level shopping center, hosting several brands, both foreign and local, while Big C Thang Long supermarket is not just a great place to buy quality foodstuffs. This two-story mall has goods ranging from fresh food to appliances, garments, home decorations, and electronics. However, the biggest of all is the Vincom Mega Mall at Royal City, which boasts an indoor water park and skating rink as well as a bowling alley and cinemas.
Markets and Street Vendors
While modern malls are cropping up in large cities, the traditional markets are still the best places to shop. They are considerably cheaper, and ideal stopping points to absorb the city’s atmosphere. The big gest markets in Ho Chi Minh City are Ben Thanh in District 1 and Binh Tay in Cholon. Both carry an amaz ing selection of products, from clothing and gro ceries to appliances and furnishings. For imported foods, drinks, person al items, accesso- ries, and much more, the Old Market is worth a visit. In Hanoi, Dong Xuan Market is a favorite among visitors, and carries a vast array of household goods, as well as clothing, souvenirs, and more. For a great selection of fabrics, visit Hang Da Market. You can also get clothes tailored here. One of the most charming markets in Vietnam is in Hoi An. While the day market teems with clothes, lacquer and ceramic ware, silk, footwear, and handicrafts, the night market is ideal for a fascinating evening stroll. In addition to local markets, the streets are overflowing with shops selling souvenirs, kitchenware, counterfeit goods, and clothes.
Shopping Streets and Districts
All the streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter are named after the products once sold there. For example, Ma (paper) Street offers paper goods, Hon Gai (hemp) Street has rows upon rows of silk shops, Chieu (mats) Street has rush mats and bamboo blinds, and Thiec (tin) Street offers tin and glass items, as well as mirrors. Although the placement of products on these streets is not so strict today, they remain excellent places to browse the wide range of goods at bargain prices. The main shopping area in Ho Chi Minh City is Dong Khoi, with a huge selection of outlets selling clothing, antiques, arts and crafts, and home furnishings.
Counterfeit goods can be bought on almost any street corner in Vietnam. Articles for sale include Rolex watches, army dog tags, Zippo cigarette light ers with regimental markings, and DVDs, CDs, and video games.
Coffee and Tea
Vietnamese coffee is unique, and comes in a wide selection of flavors, including vanilla, anise, and chocolate. There are three varieties of coffee – Arabica, Robusta, and Weasel. While Arabica is the most expensive and richest, Robusta is cheaper. Weasel is also expensive and is made from coffee cherries eaten and defecated by chon, Vietna mese weasels. Vietnamese tea is a green tea scented with lotus flower. The best place to buy coffee or tea is at markets such as Ben Thanh in Ho Chi Minh City or Dong Xuan in Hanoi. Street ven dors also sell them but overcharge.
Arts and Crafts
Traditional arts and crafts are produced almost everywhere in Vietnam. Exquisitely embroi dered linen, intricately carved artifacts and figurines, colorful silken lanterns, as well as stylized paintings are just some of the specialties available. For fine textiles, espe cially good quality, handembroidered silk by French and Japanese artists, visit Chi Vang in Hanoi. Also check out Tan My for gorgeous, hand- embroidered table cloths, throws, and quilts. Craft Link is a nonprofit outlet with a good range of tribal handicrafts and woven products. An outlet for crafts made by people with disabilities in Hoi An is Reaching Out Arts & Crafts. Dong Khoi district in Ho Chi Minh City is home to many silk mer chants, such as Bao Nghi, which also carries linen and other fabrics. Antiques and hilltribe handicrafts made by ethnic minorities are avai lable in Hanoi at 54 Traditions, which offers a range of highend textiles, jewelry and tribal objects including some antiques, while regular handicrafts are available from Hanoi Moment and Craft Window. In Ho Chi Minh City, Miss Ao Dai offers high- quality souvenirs, while in Hoi An, Hoi An Arts and Crafts Manufacturing Workshop has skilled craftsmen making pottery, carving wood and embroidering silks, all for sale, and also has daily cultural shows. Great ceramics – tea sets, vases, and bowls – are avai lable at Emem in Ho Chi Minh City. Hanoi Gallery is a good place to buy communist- propaganda art. In Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, Tara & Kys Art Gallery carries quality prints and Galerie Quynh showcases contemporary works by leading local and foreign artists. Hoi An Art Gallery in Hoi An is worth visiting, and Hanoi Art Gallery sells works by Vietnamese contemporary artists.
Hoi An is the most popular place to buy clothes in all of Vietnam. Boutiques here can copy any outfit from any inter national fashion maga zine in a few hours, and at onethird of the cost at home. The most stylish outlet, with extremely high quality goods and service, is Yaly Couture. They can also make a range of shoes, mostly women’s. For cloth purchases and simple tailoring, check out the Hoi An Cloth Market. For silk outfits, try Bibi Silk, while Bao Khanh Silk Tailors specialize in custommade formal wear. You can also visit Thuong Gia for clothes, and Friendly Shoe Shop for shoes. In Hanoi, Khai Silk gets rave reviews, especially for formal attire, while Ha Noi Silk can tailor suits in 24 hours. For an excellent row of silk shops, walk down Hang Gai Street. For larger sizes, check out Things of Substance. In Ho Chi Minh City, H&D Tailors make outfits for men, and women can get an ao dai, a traditional Vietnamese dress, made at Ao Dai Minh Thu. Check out Creations for custommade outfits.
Furniture is regarded as an art form in Vietnam. Most of what is available is finely wrought hardwood, often inlaid with motherofpearl or richly car- ved. Special orders are gladly taken, and most shops also arrange to ship your purchases home. In Ho Chi Minh City, Furniture Outlet offers some of the best pieces and prices, while Tien An carries light furniture, specializing in bamboo chairs, cabinets, and grass mats. The Lost Art offers antique pieces and repro- ductions and Mosaique offers not only furnishings but items of home decor as well.
Lacquerware and Ceramics
Vietnam is famous for its lacquer- ware and ceramics, such as decorative boxes, tea sets, vases, bowls, plates, trays, and paintings to name a few. Some lacquer products feature an amazingly delicate inlay of eggshells or motherofpearl, while several ceramic pieces bear intricate designs. In Ho Chi Minh City, the note worthy Gaya carries works by renowned desig ner Michele de Alberts. Quang’s Ceramics in Hanoi has a splendid col lection, and Le Duan Street also has some good shops. In Hoi An, there are many such shops selling traditional Vietnamese goods. | <urn:uuid:75a3882c-e3e4-4888-852e-dcc6be1eca0e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vietnamtourpackages.com/shopping-in-vietnam/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.95639 | 2,607 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Negotiable Instrument Act
A Negotiable instrument gives its holder the right to receive a certain amount of money. This money passes from one person to another by transmission or endorsement. By virtue of this move, the new owner therefore acquires the right to pass the money over to someone else. For that reason, the trade in negotiable instruments is very important.
- The primary reason for negotiable instruments is to lower the chance of having to carry large currency sums and to lower the probability of fraud or robbery.
- To implement negotiable instruments, there must be statute, the name of which is The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
In 1881, the Negotiable instruments act came into effect in India. Before its passage, its implementation, the English Negotiable Instrument Act was effective in India. It applies to the whole of India except in Jammu and Kashmir.
Negotiable documents include transactions, used in commercial deals and monetary dealings. The term 'negotiable' refers to an enforceable right, and the term 'instrument' means any document, whether enforceable or not, that confers a right on anyone. Thus, it is a negotiable device under the terms of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
A negotiable instrument under section 13 of the Negotiable Instruments Act means a cheque or bill payable either to request or on demand.
Characteristics of a Negotiable Instrument
Information on Ownership
- Documents which fall under the statue like, Promissory notes, bills of exchange, and cheques under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
- Used in the following ways: bank notes, stock warrants, stock warrants, script bills, bearer shares, script stocks, and debenture stock
- An instrument is ‘negotiable’ with the following features: - If it is freely transferable by way of, ‘delivery’ or “by endorsement and delivery”
- Any negotiable instrument assumes as has a sign and approval.
- A negotiable instrument must have the date of manufacture or drawing recorded.
- Both of the bills needs approval within the terms and in the date shown on the document.
- Transfer it until it expires.
When a maker or holder puts his name and signature on the instrument on the front or back for that purpose creates Endorsement. The creator is Endorser and the receiver is Endorsee.
The promissory note appears in section 1881 of the Negotiable Instruments Act as writing (not being a banknote or currency note) which promises to pay a sum of money to a certain individual or the bearer, from maker the amount.
A promissory note is a written pledge from someone to give a certain amount of money to a certain party. The person who guarantees and promises to pay is the “maker". To whom it is made is a “payee.”
- The term 'promissory note' is self-explanatory, since it describes just what it means.
- If you promise to do something in writing, you must be able to do so. Writing can be in print or on a typewriter.
- It must be accompanied by an obligation or an agreement to pay. And mere acknowledgment is not enough. Promissory notes do not have to use the phrase 'promise.'
- An instrument payable on the occurrence or non-making of an act is not a promise.
- The Promissory Note must have signature of the maker for it to be effective.
- To make a notice promissory, the instrument must provide specific information about the manufacturer and the payee.
- The amount that you are liable to pay must be definite.
Just a pledge to pay may be a promissory note.
- The promissory note may contain a date, number, place etc but it is not necessary in law. When the note doesn't have a date, it is considered accepted as if given on the day.
- May be done in Installments.
- It is payable on demand or after some time." A note becomes invalid three years after the day it is made.
- It cannot be issued as money or sent to anyone on demand because it does not have a predetermined life span of validity, and if it is, it does not keep being renewed.
- Must stamp either before signature is done or at the time of its execution to be legally binding. Promissory notes, which do not bear it, are worth almost nothing.
Bill of Exchange
According to Sec.5 of the Act, a bill of exchange is any document that orders a certain party to pay a sum of money only or to the bearer of the bill in writing. The bill is known as a “Draft”.
The maker is known as a “drawer” the person who needs to pay is “drawer”.
The person whose name it contains is the “payee” for whom the order is made.
Common features in a bill of Exchange:
- There must be a written contract.
- An order to pay or order.
- It must be absolute.
- It requires two or more parties: The drawer, such as yourself, and the person to which you make payments.
- Both the parties involve must agree.
- It must be in writing. The drawer is a witness.
- The sum owed must be certain or definable.
- Money must be in demand and to receive.
- According to the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act it needs fully mark.
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The Indian cement industry’s list of accomplishments in sustainability is nothing short of remarkable. Be it adoption of new technologies to reduce emissions, efforts to align with strict environmental standards or utilising other industries’ waste produce, the cement industry has set an example for all other manufacturing industries in the country. The CMA Environment and Sustainability committee works with industry stakeholders and facilitates dialogue on technological innovation, regulation on emission standards, use of waste and other alternative fuel among others.
Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) is the apex body of major cement plants in India. We are the Indian Cement Industry’s consolidated voice on issues such as environment, waste recycling, taxation, logistics and fuel supply among others. CONCREATECH 2018, is a one day National Conference, scheduled to be held on November 29, 2018, at Hotel ITC Maurya in New Delhi. The Conference is supported by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
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Every organism at one time or another has to learn to adapt to a new environment. This is why evolution of organism is needed in order to survive changes to its environment, such as the case of the flightless birds. For one reason or another over a period of 100,000 years the need for wings was unnecessary to their survival.
There could be many reasons why the birds evolved to be more adaptable to their environment. A small population of birds would have to replenish and start a new population. In all populations there are great reproductive potential to replace numbers and expand the number of population. After their population grew there would be a leveling off of the population once it reached a stable size.
The birds’ population would become stable due a lack of food to support every bird in the population, along with predators helped to contribute to keeping the population stable. After being on the island a while the birds’ population would start showing a variation in different traits. Such things as color, wing size and overall size may vary, due to predators and the terrain of the environment. Eventually the birds evolved to the point where the use of their wings was no longer needed, as a necessity to survive.
The adaptation could have been because flying itself took to much energy, so to conserve food they didn’t fly too much. The bird’s food also could have been close to the ground and there was no need to really fly. Another thing could have been that it was hard for predators to catch the birds if they stayed in think under brush or traveled along the ground. For whatever reason the birds didn’t need their wings this trait was passed of from generation to generation.
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Publishing consultant Ally E. Peltier continues her series on repurposing and promoting previously published content. She began by explaining how to properly choose and assemble content for a successful, cohesive book. This was followed by a post identifying the three main sales venues for your book. Now she explores choosing the right print format.
How to Choose the Right Print Format for Your Book
POD vs. Offset
“POD” stands for print-on-demand and refers to a digital printing process by which books can be produced one at a time for a minimal cost. POD technology is available to any publisher but is most often used by so-called “vanity presses” (more appropriately called “POD publishers” and “POD publishing services”) and self-publishers.*
The offset printing process takes files and turns them into metal plates, which are then inked, stamped onto rubber, and pressed onto paper. The cost of producing small numbers of books with offset can be prohibitive, so you’re usually looking at initial orders of a couple hundred to a few thousand copies. This is a “print run,” a term increasingly irrelevant in the world of digital printing. Traditional publishers most often use offset.
If you own and register your book’s ISBN, you are the publisher; you will work directly with a printer using your choice of offset or POD printing. Conversely, most POD publishing services own the ISBN they assign to your book, which makes them the publisher.
So how do I choose?
Here are some considerations regarding offset:
- The quality of offset print is superior to POD. If your book uses full color or a lot of grayscale illustrations, offset may be a better choice.
- You can lay out thousands of dollars for a first print run. However, the larger the print run, the smaller the cost per book. If you know you can sell a large print run, say 1,000 or more books, offset can be more cost-effective (though you’ll have to store your books or pay to warehouse them).
- If a brick-and-mortar retail presence is essential to your publishing plan, go with offset. Most stores won’t stock POD books, though you’ll have marginally better luck self-publishing with a POD printer rather than using a POD publishing service.
Some considerations regarding POD:
- If you’re primarily selling online or at events, POD may be for you. You can order small quantities to hand-sell as needed and books will be printed and shipped as online orders are placed. There’s nothing to store.
- POD typically requires set-up fees minimal in comparison to the cost of offset print runs. Because you order and ship POD books as they’re sold, you only pay when you sell (or when you order for yourself). However, the per-book cost can be higher than offset depending on the number ordered.
- To get a bookstore to stock your POD titles, you’ll have to set up the right wholesale discounts and return policies. POD publishers typically won’t offer these options (or will charge heavily for them); you’ll have more control over these aspects with a POD printer.
- POD is so easy and affordable anyone can do it, which means it’s taken less seriously by industry pros. The most respected book reviewers won’t review POD titles, and your access to other sales and marketing channels is likewise affected (see my previous post).
*If you’re coordinating the production of your book from editing to design and book printing to distributing, then you are self-publishing, whether you use a POD publishing service or not. But for the sake of discussing choices in process, the distinction between “self-publishing” and “vanity” publishing or using a publishing service is important to understand.
Check out this series of articles on the Writer Beware blog by Victoria Strauss for a really comprehensive look at POD and electronic self-publishing, plus lots of resources for further reading.
Ally E. Peltier is an editor, writer, and publishing consultant who loves using her insider knowledge of the publishing industry and more than a decade of experience to help others reach their publishing goals, whether it’s showing a writer how to improve his manuscript, get an agent, or self-publish, or ghostwriting a book to help an entrepreneur skyrocket her business platform to new levels. Grab Ally’s free white papers and learn more about her services at www.ambitiousenterprises.com and www.allypeltier.com. | <urn:uuid:558aaff7-4ced-492b-a6f9-c2e5ab305ad6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://asbpe.org/blog/2011/08/31/5-tips-for-repurposing-content-for-a-book-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.930056 | 990 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Knowledge is light and nourishment for the mind and spirit…
In this section we will post curriculum (new and old) with content that helps to not only teach culture, but culturally.We believe that it is not just what is taught, but how it is taught, that make school a meaningful learning experience.
We would appreciate your comments, suggestions and insights on the curriculum, as much of what is posted here is a work in progress.
PowerPoint presentation about the 2011 agreement renewal (PowerPoint, 708K)
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Link day-to-day tactical challenges with strategic value drivers through multivariable, A.I.-driven insight and automation systems.
What exactly is Machine Learning?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) can be used to predict outcomes and recognise patterns in data. AI-ML can be used to create intelligent and autonomous systems. If your business collects data, AI-ML can be strategically applied to improve safety, efficiency and reliability of business operations.
We use a suite of comprehensive calculation and modelling engines to provide end-to-end intelligent software solutions to uncover smarter ways of working.
Bringing together domain specific knowledge with data and analytics to deliver innovative solutions.
We are strong believers in collaboration and co-innovation. We have in-house analytics engineering professionals who collaborate with your multidisciplinary teams to implement existing analytical tools or generate new pioneering digital applications.
It can be challenging to identify how to implement intelligent and autonomous systems in small and large businesses alike. We've developed simple, flexible and scalable workflows that enable us to provide services ranging from simple ‘proof of concept’ scenarios to full project management and integrated digital solutions.
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Watch This Before You Come To Canada.
(Source: Cic.gc.ca/Citizenship and Immigration Canada)
To be prepared for your life in Canada, there are important things to do before and after you arrive.
Get and bring to Canada all official documents belonging to you and the family members who are immigrating with you.
Common documents include:
- birth certificate or baptismal certificates
- marriage, separation or divorce papers
- adoption records for adopted children
- death certificate for a deceased spouse
- school records, educational diplomas and certificates, including transcripts listing the courses you took to obtain a degree or certificate
- medical records (prescriptions, test results, x-rays, allergies, etc.) and dental records
- letters of reference from former employers
- car registration documents (if you are importing a motor vehicle into Canada)
- photocopies of all essential and important documents in case the originals get lost (be sure to keep the photocopies in a separate place from the originals)
If you have family members that will be immigrating at a later date, you should also bring copies of their documents with you.
You may not need these documents immediately, but it is better to bring all your official documents in case they are needed in the future. It is often much more difficult to obtain these documents after you have left your country of origin.
Translate your documents
If your original documents are not in English or French, you will need to get them translated. The language and type of translation (general, certified, notarized, etc.) will depend on the place you chose to live and what you need the translations for (education, health, legal, work, etc.).
2. Make an effort to improve your English or French if neither one is your first language.
Communication skills may be your most important tool to settle successfully in Canada and find a job.
3. Plan where you will stay during your first days in Canada. Make arrangements to stay with family or friends, or book a hotel in a central location.
4. Get ready to find a job in Canada by doing the following:
- Get a copy of your educational diplomas and certificates.
- Get letters of reference from your past employers.
- Learn about getting your credentials assessed.
- Find out if your profession is “regulated” or “non-regulated” in Canada.
- Learn how to search and apply for jobs in Canada.
5. Learn about the education system in Canada. Take note of deadlines for applying and registering at schools, colleges and universities.
6. Learn about health care in Canada, and get private health insurance. Private insurance pays for emergency medical costs until you obtain government health insurance in Canada.
7. Learn more about the province and the city or town where you will settle.
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lower right in black ink: HOMER 1878
Charles R. Henschel, New York, nd; Ruth K. Henschel (Mrs. Charles R. Henschel), New York, 1956; gift to NGA, 1975.
- Twelfth Annual Exhibition, American Water Color Society, New York, 3 Feb.-1 March 1879, no. 415 (as Girl with Half a Rake) [?, see also no. 723]
- Watercolors by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 7 July-28 Aug. 1966, no. 9
- Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996, 164-166, no. 96.
- Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 2001-2002, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 116 (shown only in Kansas City).
- Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure.
- Winslow Homer. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996: no. 96.
- Winslow Homer and the Critics. Exh. cat. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 2001-2002: fig. 116.
- Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2008: III: no. 722, p. 148-149
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This book is intended as a basic information kit that tells “the story” of desertification, land degradation and drought at the global scale, together with a comprehensive set of graphics. The book indicates trends as they have taken place over the last decades, combining and connecting issues, and present priorities. It also provides information on the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and how it works to forge a global partnership to reverse and prevent desertification/land degradation and to mitigate the effects of drought in affected areas in order to support poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.
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Highly sensitive test using PCR
The PCR (also called NAAT, stands for nucleic acid amplification technology) is a state-of-the-art technique with a higher sensitivity and specificity than other Chlamydia detection techniques, which has become the reference standard for the diagnosis of infection by this organism above the cultures, which until recently was the most used technique in the clinic.
The extreme sensitivity of these tests can detect the presence of about 20-50 bacteria in the PCR reaction. Therefore, this test is recommended in cases of Chlamydia infections without symptoms in which the bacterial load may be relatively low. In fact, many people with C. trachomatis infections have no symptoms. The following table shows the values of frequency of asymptomatic infections, on the basis described in the medical literature, which depends largely on the infected tissue.
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Furthermore, the high sensitivity of PCR test for Chlamydia can reduce the window period to about 48-72 hours after being exposed to the bacteria over other screening tests where this time is higher.
PCR is recommended for the detection of Chlamydia in samples from the genitals (urethra / vaginal / cervix), oropharyngeal and anal based on sensitivity, ease of collection and processing of the sample test. In the case of genital samples the sensitivity of PCR diagnosis is around 99%, which is higher than that obtained with other tests for chlamydia as culture and antigen detection tests. However, for other samples (throat / rectum) this value is around 90%. The sample used to detect infections of the urethra in men is urine. This reduces the discomfort of not having to use swabs to collect urethral exudate. It is necessary not to urinate at least two hours before collection of the sample.
This technique allows to have the results in a really short time. In a maximum of 24 hours, although it is possible to have the results in only 90 minutes.
Rapid test in 20 min
This rapid test detects Chlamydia antigens of the bacteria. A concentration of at least 100,000 bacteria in the test is needed. If the infection is very recent or is asymptomatic probably you not reach this concentration of microorganism so rapid test can not detect chlamydia infection. The window period to perform this test is 2 weeks, although if clear symptoms appear can be done before that time.
It should be remembered that the sensitivity of these tests is considerably lower than the PCR being around 80-90% for genital samples. The use of these tests is not recommended for oropharyngeal or rectal samples since the sensitivity of the test with these is very low (the diagnostic value is considerably reduced).
You can see the characteristics of our chlamydia tests in this video.
This chlamydia rapid test is available together with other STIs rapid tests. Knows our test packs.
What is chlamydial infection?
It is a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is most common sexual disease transmission in United States, according to data released in late 2006 .
How is chlamydia spread?
Chlamydia is transmitted through sexual contact, whether vaginal, anal or oral. Thus, sexually active and those who have multiple sex partners are people who are at higher risk of contracting disease. It can also be transmitted from mother to child during birth.
There are no concrete data on the probability of transmission or risk after a single unprotected contact with a person infected with Chlamydia. There are scientific doctors who have tried to estimate the risk of transmission depending on the type of contact work. In general, there is a high variability in the data when some jobs are compared with others and in many cases the values are over-estimated, ie they are above reality. However, it is known that transmission can occur after a single unprotected contact with a person with chlamydia and can be transmitted bidirectionally, albeit with different probabilities, through contact:
- Penis-mouth (oral sex).
- Mouth-vagina (cunnilingus).
- Mouth-anus (rimming).
Other risk practices that are shared using sex toys or fisting practices without adequate protection.
What are the symptoms of chlamydia?
Usually the infection is asymptomatic in 70 % of women and 30 % men. Both infected men and women may have abnormal genital discharge or mild urination during the first to the third week after infection pain.
If symptoms develop, they usually appear within 1 to 3 weeks after exposure. If you appear, originated in men are similar to those of gonorrhea (discharge from the penis) or rectum, burning with urination or defecation) and can also cause testicular swelling and pain, although this is rare.
When they occur, most common symptoms in women are vaginal discharge, burning during urination or abdominal pain. Biggest problem is that untreated infection may lead to pelvic inflammatory disease that can cause sterility and ultimately increase chances of ectopic pregnancies.
Can you heal chlamydial infection?
Chlamydia is easy to treat and cure and may prevent development of long-term complications. Main therapy includes treatment with appropriate antibiotics as tetracyclines, azithromycin or erythromycin. There must be a follow-up analysis at 4 weeks to determine if infection has been cured.
It is important to make an early diagnosis and early treatment to occur no more serious health problems, since untreated infection can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and ultimately infertility.
To help prevent serious consequences of chlamydia, it is recommended that sexually active people, a screening test be performed at least once a year.
What effect does chlamydia in pregnant woman and her baby?.
A baby exposed to Chlamydia trachomatis in the birth canal can develop conjunctivitis or pneumonia. Both complications are treated with antibiotics. Chlamydia can also cause premature delivery or low birth weight. This makes it very suitable for all pregnant women to detect chlamydia specific analyzes performed, it is a simple way to avoid the complications of pregnancy and newborn.
Is there a relationship between chlamydia and other STDs?
A person infected with chlamydia have up to five times more likely to be infected with HIV has determined that prior infection with chlamydia is associated with the types of human papillomavirus (HPV) and high risk, as with gonorrhea.
PCR importance in diagnosis of chlamydia
As already mentioned only about 30 % of women have symptoms for chlamydia, and 70 % of men, which is why we highly recommend a reliable diagnosis of those who are asymptomatic, in order to reduce risk of complications.
Moreover, as the initial symptoms are quite generic, in conventional laboratories often treat the symptoms and screening tests are not made.
After detection of disease, its treatment is very simple, which is highly recommended for routine analyzes, to avoid more serious future complications. Furthermore, positive cases in which a treatment is applied, it is advisable to perform a past exam a month of completion. Should ensure removal of bacteria, to prevent development of asymptomatic.
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The noisy discord in today’s digital townsquare means that no matter the apparent value of your project or proposal, it’s bound to be divisive to some degree. What might seem like the most logical, innocuous issues, sometimes even with obvious public benefits, still have strong potential to generate criticism.
In a social media-driven world, the anonymity of a keyboard has made it easy to make every issue a controversial one. Throw in the media’s competition for viewers/readers, and that controversy becomes ripe for headlines.
It is critical that organizations with issues and projects in the public arena be prepared to serve as a reliable resource for accurate information while proactively positioning themselves among credible third parties. If you let others define you or your positions, you’re asking for trouble. That’s your job.
When you’re dealing with a vocal public, everyone thinks they deserve a say in your issue. Success is about listening and educating the public to earn their trust (or at least the benefit of the doubt) while steadily boosting their confidence in your plans and priorities.
Here’s how you can get ahead of the issue by providing accurate information, leading the conversation and anticipating criticism before it dominates the coverage.
Even If You Don’t Think Your Issue Is Divisive, Operate as Though It Is
Divisiveness and rancor are a byproduct of today’s media and political landscape, but in Texas this poses a unique challenge. When anyone can publish an opinion with the press of a button, that opinion is quickly magnified and multiplied when paired with Texans’ fiercely independent streak.
All news travels fast. Bad news travels at light speed. It can spread like wildfire from Houston to Austin, Dallas to San Antonio, Amarillo to Beaumont. You need to be out in front of that spread, providing the right information in the right context, guiding the discussion and debate, and understanding the local nuances likely to influence the conversation.
The spectrum of people who are exposed to your issue based on algorithms, geolocation or viral social media trends is completely out of your control. Whatever merit your project or proposal may have, it will find criticism. The comments section will guarantee it.
We’re not saying there’s nothing to be done. Quite the contrary. Recognizing that the digital town square is divisive is key to understanding where its usefulness is. There are methods of deploying digital resources to earn public trust.
How Issues are Interpreted in Texas Depends on Where You Are
As distinct as Texas may be from other states, it’s unfair (and unwise) to see it as homogeneous. On the contrary, it is incredibly diverse. There are nearly 29 million people here living in wildly different communities, all of whom have their own ideas, principles and information sources (which we’ll come back to).
They all have completely different perspectives of social issues, as well as the business and industries that dominate their local economies and local politics. In reality, different regions of Texas reflect differences similar to those between different states.
There’s a stark difference between rural
and urban areas throughout Texas
Take the issue of casino gambling in our state, an issue that has been discussed for more than a decade. Urban areas are generally in support of legalized gambling; rural folks are often ambivalent or opposed.
Even within the largest metropolitan areas you’ll find strong and differing sets of opinions. None of them speak with the same voice, so meeting your opposition where they are is vital. Know who they are. Understand their rationale and what factors have the greatest impact on how they formulate their positions.
And keep it simple. You already know your issue frontwards and backwards. But if you try to explain every detail of your agenda, you’ll lose your audience. You have to go back to the basics and explain what it is that people actually care about.
Their familiarity with an issue may be zero. On a scale of 1 to 10, we need to get them to at least a 6 or a 7 so that they have an understanding of what an initiative is and an appreciation for why it’s important.
Engage and Enlist Others to Tell Your Story to Ensure Success
If you’re the only one talking about your issue, you already lack credibility, especially if you’re a stranger in town. Find others to help tell your story. A neutral third-party. An advocacy group. A knowledgeable nonprofit.
Keep in mind that it’s far harder to generate a supporter than it is an opponent. Supporters take a lot of care and feeding. Opponents grow on trees. In order to build support to counter your opponents, you need to be methodical and thoughtful. That’s what it takes to build trust.
And don’t write off the folks you suspect will be your biggest opponents. Sometimes engaging with them very early in the process to understand their position provides opportunities to find common ground and avoid a public dispute. Sometimes people simply want to be included in a process. If they read about it in the paper before being approached, their natural reaction is to feel threatened and take up a defensive position that will be far more difficult to resolve.
Being pragmatic and transparent on the front end can pay big dividends and avoid a lot of heartache.
Winning of Hearts and Minds Starts With Education
Gaining public trust isn’t an exercise in public relations. In fact, that’s a broken, outmoded term and approach. To be successful in the face of opposition requires a strategic educational campaign.
Here’s are the key elements that go into develop a winning strategy:
- Understand the history of the subject matter in your target market.
- Understand why any group or person would support or oppose your initiative.
- Be able to explain your priorities in plain English and be the primary resource for information.
- Develop relationships that will expand education efforts and lend credibility to your position.
- Debunk false and misleading information which can create opposition that shouldn’t exist.
And you need to be constantly monitoring how your issue is playing among supporters and the opposition. Demonstrate transparency, answer questions, be THE resource for your issue.
Know What People Think Are The Fact or Fiction For Your Specific Issue
Begin your new project or proposal by putting together a brief myth/fact sheet. This is a simple outline of “what are the facts?” and “what are the myths?” surrounding the initiative.
The opposition is fond of myths because they tend to be an easy way to take down a new proposal. These juicy tidbits sound just plausible enough to make them easily repeatable, even if they’re light on facts. They read it on Reddit. They liked it on Facebook. They fell into a rabbit hole in a dark corner of the internet.
You can counter them by saying these are the facts surrounding those myths. These are the answers to the most frequently asked questions about this initiative. It’s an opportunity to directly tackle questions that are top of mind among the target audience.
Here’s an FAQ sheet recently offered publicly from BlackRock to set the record straight on claims that the company was one of a number of institutional investors buying single-family homes.
Don’t let those questions be answered by somebody who doesn’t know the story like you do. You’ve got to be prepared to be the expert resource for anything and everything related to your initiative. BlackRock made a strong move to defend its reputation.
Find Success and Overcome Division By Telling Your Story
Getting business done in Texas is a little like dancing the two-step: You have to know who’s leading and who’s following or else you’ll look like a fool.
You want to be leading with an appealing story backed by facts — a story that people want to believe in and support. Demonstrate confidence, communicate and bring them along as a partner.
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Peter creates an AJAX-enabled application using TypeScript with Backbone that talks to a Web API service. He also upgrades to the latest version of Backbone TypeScript support, causing several things to break -- but it does result in better, simpler code.
Backbone provides an elegant way to encapsulate the code necessary to get your data and HTML onto the page. Peter shows how to make it work in TypeScript.
Backbone is a popular library for creating MVC/MVVM-like applications in your client. Here's an introduction to Backbone and some best practices for creating a Single-Page Application with TypeScript.
TypeScript provides native support both for organizing your application's client-side code into a set of modules, and for freeing you from having to manage the resulting script tags.
Using Breeze and Knockout, you just need a few lines of TypeScript code to create a master/detail page that retrieves records from the server when it has to, but skips the trip to the server when it isn't necessary.
Peter walks through a simple Web page that retrieves and updates data on the server to summarize his best practices for creating the client-side portion of an ASP.NET application.
Once you've delivered server-side objects to your client, you're going to need to manage them. Here's how to integrate a powerful client-side (and server-side) object manager into your application using TypeScript.
It's great building objects in TypeScript, but it isn't much good unless you can tie those objects into a Web page. Here's how to integrate TypeScript with Knockout (and a warning about where test driven development seems to stop).
Peter starts integrating a TypeScript client-side object with a server-side Web API service. Along the way, he looks at method overloading (not good), making JSON calls (good), testing asynchronous methods in Visual Studio (mostly good) and being a "TypeScript programmer."
Peter Vogel continues to build out a TypeScript project by defining a view model. Along the way he looks at defining interfaces, setting up constructors, creating optional parameters and initializing arrays in TypeScript.
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We celebrated the 90th birthday of Charles Hoenke at Zion a while back. His family had an open house for him with a big birthday cake. The cake featured the U.S. Marine Corps Seal. If you do not know what it is, it is the fouled anchor in the globe and an eagle carrying the motto “semper fidelis” – always faithful. It was a big deal for me because my admiration for those who served is boundless and we are losing our veterans from WWII at the rate of 740 a day. I have always tried to get the Vets that I know to recount some of their experiences and it is a difficult task. They are proud of what they did and what contributions they made but they are hesitant to talk about it too much.
Charles served in the Pacific Theatre and saw some tough action. I have read everything that I can get my hands on about the Marine Corps and their service and the battles they fought and won at horrendous cost. Their defeats are also the stories of legend. Wake Island and the fight to hold an Island that was almost simultaneously attacked along with Pearl Harbor is historic. The Marine defense was so strong that two of the Japanese carriers that attacked Hawaii were sent to Wake to finish the Marine resistance. They held out for three weeks.
This was the time in during WWII when folks said the news was all bad. Japanese and German victories mounted and even though the U.S. Navy won a great victory at Midway morale at home was bad. Then came August 1942 and two events were to take place that would capture the imagination and hope of the American people. The first was the landing of the Ist Marine Division on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on the 7th; the second was a daring raid on Makin Island by two companies of the 2d Raider Battalion on the 17th and 18th.
Many more battles would be fought and the names would go down in history. Tarawa, Peleliu, Saipan, Okinawa and Iwo Jima all have amazing stories of courage and valor and loss. Through all of these the motto Semper Fidelis was upheld.
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has a ministry to the Armed Forces and through the Board of International Missions Chaplains are called to serve in those forces. Since the Civil War, Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod pastors have served as military chaplains. Today, the LCMS’ Ministry to the Armed Forces supports 173 chaplains. Among these chaplains, 70 are active duty LCMS chaplains and 80 are serving Reserve and National Guard units. LCMS’ Ministry to the Armed Forces also supports 23 Civil Air Patrol chaplains. In thanksgiving for Charles service the Director of the Ministry, Craig Muehler sent Charles a congratulatory letter, a certificate of appreciation, a challenge coin and dog tags. Muehler has a connection with the Marines and with North Dakota.
A native of Springfield, Ill., Muehler grew up in South Dakota and Missouri. He received his bachelor’s degree from Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill., in 1984 and his Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1988. He earned his Master of Theology in Pastoral Counseling from Trinity International University in Deerfield, Ill., in 2001. In 1986, he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy theological student program and attended the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center. After his ordination in 1988, he became part of the Navy Chaplain Corps, serving as a chaplain in the reserve while also leading St. John’s Lutheran Church in McClusky, N.D., as its pastor.
Muehler was called to active duty in 1991 and reported for his first assignment as staff chaplain for Destroyer Squadron 31, where he completed two deployments in the Western Pacific. From 1993-97, he served as staff chaplain for the Service School Command, Naval Training Center and Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Muehler was then assigned to Kunia, Hawaii, where he served as chaplain for sailors, marines, soldiers, airmen and National Security Agency civilians from 1997-2000.
Muehler was selected for post-graduate school in 2000 and attended Trinity International University. Upon earning his master’s degree, he served as senior chaplain aboard the warship USS Inchon in Ingleside, Texas, and supported the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas, through 2002. Muehler reported to the U.S. Marine Corps in 2003, serving the 2nd Force Service Support Group at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and deployed overseas in support of “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” In 2004, he deployed with Combined Joint Task Force–Haiti in support of “Operation Secure Tomorrow.” From 2005-07, then-Commander Muehler served as deputy wing chaplain for the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) in Miramar, Calif., deploying in support of “Operation Iraqi Freedom” as the 3rd MAW chaplain from 2006-07. Muehler next reported as deputy chaplain at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, Calif., from 2007-09, where he supervised the Clinical Pastoral Education program and ensured spiritual coverage for the newly formed “Wounded Warrior” unit. From 2009-11, Muehler, now a Navy captain, served as the division chaplain for the 3rd Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan. In July 2011, he reported to the Office
of the Chaplain of the Marine Corps, where he served as deputy chaplain of the Marine Corps
until his retirement in 2014.
Now in charge of the LCMS ministry to the Armed Forces Muehler was very excited about Charles service and our chance to honor him at his 90th birthday celebration.
Semper Fidelis – always faithful. Charles has been always faithful to his country, family, church and most importantly to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who is always faithful in love and mercy and grace. So once again thank you Charles for your service to country and family and church and many blessings. | <urn:uuid:ab5a7f3d-c0f5-4f4c-81b7-d031b4c41fe0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.northerncrossingsmercy.org/happy-birthday-marine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.978207 | 1,286 | 1.773438 | 2 |
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
River Falls will always feel grateful to Phillip W. Ramer for the sagacious diplomacy and diligent endeavor through which he is credited with saving the Teachers College for this city and establishing it as one of the leading institutions of its kind in the state. ... To perpetuate this appreciation throughout the years to come, the athletic grounds of the College have been named ‘Ramer Field’ that alumni returning for homecomings, undergraduates watching or participating in College games ... may ever be reminded of the grand old man whose devotion meant so much to the success and progress of the institution and the community.
Thus said the River Falls Journal when P. W. Ramer died Feb. 20, 1933, at the age of 73 after having served as Regent from 1913 to 1929.
Born in Lewiston, Minn., in 1859, he had lived in a sod house in North Dakota the first years of his marriage, drove a horse and buggy to town, then became a salesman for Quaker Oats and introduced its products throughout the world. Being a world citizen when he settled down in River Falls in the early 1900s, he played a major role in community life and enjoyed hunting and fishing with his friends.
When he was appointed to the Board of Normal School Regents, he devoted his time and energy to getting appropriations for the Normal School that became a four-year Teachers College. As President J. H. Ames said of him, he had “political savvy to affect the legislature” in appropriations and policies for developing the State College system in Wisconsin. At the community dinner given in Ramer’s honor, Ames said further that Ramer was “a man who was never afraid, never downcast, a man who looked ahead. ... Ramer fought the battle for North Hall in 1914 and won the confidence of the state in the future of the River Falls college.”
It was fitting that his funeral be held in the North Hall Auditorium and that the athletic field be named in his honor.
When the enrollment increased so fast after World War II and space was needed for additional residence hall and food service buildings, additional land was purchased south of the campus and the “old” Ramer Field was occupied by Rodli Commons and other structures. The new Ramer Field now serves the athletic teams and is used for other activities. | <urn:uuid:ab96c7e5-587f-477c-a2a4-3f475675da08> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.uwrf.edu/AboutUs/Buildings/RamerField.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.97985 | 491 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Food or fuel? Gas prices eating 25% of NJ family food budgets
Record high gas prices combined with high inflation is having a devastating effect on many New Jersey families.
With gas prices over $5 a gallon, some difficult choices are being made. In some homes, where money was already tight, it may come down to food-vs-fuel.
Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Transportation show in many households, the rise in gas prices is now equal to a quarter of the food bill for a family of four in New Jersey.
Census figures estimate the monthly food budget for a family of four in New Jersey is approximately $1,000 per month.
A nearly $2 per gallon increase in the price of regular gasoline could be costing many working families as much as $273 per month.
For more perspective, a fill-up that cost about $49 a year ago, now costs more than $80. If you are filling two cars once per week, that works out to an increase of more than $3,200 per year.
The figures also put an average round-trip commute at 45-miles per day. It doesn't factor in travel for kids' sports or other activities or leisure travel.
While the impacts to families will be different depending on each family's individual circumstances, it shows the dramatic impact the rise in fuel prices is having in general.
After housing a work costs, food is the biggest priority of most families.
The impact to New Jersey families is also reflected in the increase demand being seen at food pantries around New Jersey. Every pantry has reported an increase in demand for food.
Even prior to the rise in fuel costs, it was estimated nearly 14% of households in New Jersey were food insecure. Nearly 17% of NJ's children are food insecure.
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9. The Mansions of Princeton
Home of Grover Cleveland
In the past, says Omiecinski, those who lived in the toniest neighborhoods of Princeton (within the former estate of Richard Stockton), could only be “academic celebrities and tycoons.” There you can still find gorgeous mansions that were home to the likes of President Grover Cleveland, President Woodrow Wilson, and William Bristol of Bristol Meyer Squibb. Today, you’ll see the home of Judy McCartin Scheide, who along with her husband (now deceased), gifted an immense collection of rare books and manuscripts to Princeton which include an original copy of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence and the first Bibles ever printed.
Also don’t miss Drumthwacket, now the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey with its Guastavino tiling, most famously applied to places like Grand Central Terminal and Ellis Island. Once up to 183 acres in size, the estate now covers nine acres with a beautiful mansion which is open for guided tours. | <urn:uuid:26c2a103-cf81-4b0e-98ef-ed4b608e298c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://untappedcities.com/2017/02/24/nyc-day-trip-10-historical-sites-to-check-out-in-princeton-nj/9/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.949715 | 224 | 2.171875 | 2 |
USDA Iowa Hardiness Zones: 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a
Iowa, home of the legendary sliced bread, is also known for its production of corn. Thanks to Iowa’s 86,900 farms, Iowa produces more corn than any other state in the United States. Iowa’s farms also grow a reasonable amount of soybeans.
Iowa’s massive production of corn and soybeans can be attributed to the climate and hardiness zones of Indiana. Iowa’s climate is classified as humid continental, which means the summers are hot and the winters are cold. Warm and humid summers make the perfect growing conditions for corn and soybeans. The hardiness zones of Iowa are zones 4b, 5a, 5b, and 6a.
Iowa Planting Zone- A Quick Overview
- The vast majority of Iowa hardiness zone is 5a.
- If you live in the northwestern corner of Iowa, from Osceola west to the state line, you live in the 4b or 5a plant hardiness zone.
- If you live in Sheldon, you live in the 4b hardiness zone.
- You’ll find the 5b hardiness zone in the very southern half of the state. Parts of Iowa City are considered 5b. The winter temperatures in zone 5b can reach as low as -15 degrees Fahrenheit.
- If you live in the most southern tip of Lee County, your plant hardiness zone is 6a. This is the only area listed as 6a in the entire state of Iowa!
Using the Iowa Growing Zones Map
While Iowa is known mostly for its corn and soybean production, rest assured you are not limited to these two crops for your own backyard garden. To help you determine which plants and crops to plant in your garden, use the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, created in 2012, helps gardeners and growers determine the planting zone of their specific location. This map is referenced often by backyard gardeners, too, and will give you pertinent information regarding the climate of Iowa.
To decide which planting zone your garden space is in, you need to first know your specific location. Enter your zip code or address into the search bar of the USDA Plant Hardiness Map. If your garden space or field does not have a specified address, click on Iowa, and zoom in on your general area.
Once you’ve found your land on the map, use the color-coded legend on the side of the map to evaluate your growing zone. The majority of Iowa is located in the 5a growing zone, but your area may be in a slightly different zone– either 4b or 5b.
Temperature and growing season length is the only difference between Iowa’s three major planting zones. Statewide, Iowa’s climate is generally humid continental. However, keep in mind that the microclimate of your space may be different than the surrounding climate.
Your land’s microclimate could be different due to the presence of pavement making the land warmer or slopes that affect wind patterns.
Iowa: A Humid Climate with Three Major Planting Zones
If you’re an avid gardener, you know the last spring frost in Iowa is generally between mid-April and mid-May, depending on your location. Most gardeners will tell you that it is safe to plant in your hardiness zone after the last expected frost of the spring.
If you’re unsure of your last expected frost, check with local nurseries or local weather stations.
Corn and soybeans are not the only crops that do well in Iowa’s hardiness zones. If you want to landscape and add to your curb appeal to your home or office, consider planting bee balm, daylilies, or phlox.
If you’re looking to plant vegetables, think about tomatoes, peppers, or melons. Culver’s Garden Center and Greenhouse, a major nursery in Marion, Iowa, suggests planting shade trees such as maples, oaks, and willows. | <urn:uuid:f4dd8066-007a-49fa-83a1-f6981f4a77f7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://treevitalize.com/planting-zones-iowa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.922792 | 851 | 3.28125 | 3 |
- Solution Overview
- Security Layers
- Services Architecture
- Administration Tools Overview
- Clustered Operations
- Integrating with Other Solutions
Axigen is an integrated service SMTP, IMAP, POP, secured SSL/TLS, WebMail and list server, integrating advanced technologies and messaging services.
Services and modules
The Axigen messaging solution is built on an Internet-based mail server that provides messaging services over the Internet via connections using a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network. Axigen sends mail messages using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The messages can be retrieved using the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), WebMail or using your mobile device to access the Mobile WebMail, a lite version of the WebMail interface or using ActiveSync technology to keep your messages, tasks and contacts synchronized with ActiveSync clients. Axigen Mail Storage integrates a proprietary technology that allows storing messages in a special directory structure, guaranteeing an effective, fast mail flow and optimizing space-saving.
Axigen incorporates a multi-threaded engine, which can break server activity into multiple parallel processing threads. This enables you to allocate a certain number of processing threads to specific modules (SMTP incoming / SMTP outgoing / WebMail / IMAP etc.) Running services can be configured at service, domain and account level.
Most Axigen services (SMTP Incoming, SMTP Outgoing, POP, IMAP, WebMail) make use of configurable listeners to define rules for accepting or denying connections.
The administration tools enable both centralized configuration (WebAdmin and Command Line Interface) and manual configuration (configuration file).
For each service described in the Architecture chapter, configuration options are available in each of these tools (WebAdmin, CLI and the configuration file, axigen.cfg).
Axigen incorporates an advanced filtering system and other innovative security tools (AntiVirus, AntiSpam, AntiSpoofing - SPF Authentication, SSL/TLS authentication etc.).
Highly configurable logging and reporting services are also available, and a Backup service allowing you to securely backup and restore your domain and user configuration.
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Our podcast archive dates back more than 25 years and features scores of author talks to help you commemorate, celebrate, and reflect on Black History Month.
But even in just this past year, we’ve hosted an incredible variety of Black voices across a rich spectrum of genres and topics. We’re talking literature, politics, social justice, entertainment, journalism, and more!
Nikole Hannah-Jones | The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Recorded November 17, 2021
In conversation with Tamala Edwards, Anchor - 6ABC Action News Morning Edition, and Dr. Anthea Butler, Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought and Chair of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Introduced by legendary poet, Sonia Sanchez.
Nikole Hannah-Jones won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her work on The 1619 Project, a continuing initiative started by The New York Times Magazine to reexamine United States history through the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans. The co-founder of the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, Hannah-Jones has earned, among many other honors, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. She was recently named the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard University. Interweaving 18 essays with 36 works of fiction and nonfiction by a group of writers of diverse backgrounds, skills, and experiences. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story is a greatly expanded exploration of the continuing legacy of slavery in our cultural, political, and legal institutions.
Don Lemon | This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism
Recorded March 22, 2021
In conversation with Tamala Edwards, Anchor - 6ABC Action News Morning Edition.
America’s sole Black primetime news anchor, Don Lemon has hosted CNN Tonight since 2014. Before joining the respected cable network in 2006, he worked for NBC News and MSNBC, and earlier in his career as a reporter and anchor in Birmingham, Philadelphia, and Chicago, among other places. The recipient of an Edward R. Murrow Award and three regional Emmy Awards, Lemon was named one of EBONY magazine’s 150 most influential African Americans of 2009 and one of Advocate’s 50 Most Influential LGBTQ People in Media in 2014. This Is the Fire draws on personal experience, informed reporting, and historical research to examine the struggle to end racism in our lifetime.
Glory Edim | On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
Recorded November 3, 2021
In conversation with Christine Kendall, author of Riding Chance, nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and The True Definition of Neva Beane.
Glory Edim is the creator of Well-Read Black Girl—a book club, book, and online community that showcases the universality of Black women’s stories and experiences in and through literature. She also edited the 2018 NAACP Image Award-nominated anthology of the same name that featured a wide array of essays by Black women. A recipient of the 2017 Innovator’s Award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, Edim serves on the board of New York City’s Housing Works Bookstore. She is the curator of the new story collection On Girlhood, referred to by Jacqueline Woodson as "a loving family of writers who came before me," which includes such towering voices as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Toni Cade Bambara, and Alice Walker—among many others.
Bernardine Evaristo | Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
Recorded January 20, 2022
In conversation with Tamala Edwards, Anchor - 6ABC Action News Morning Edition.
Bernardine Evaristo won the 2019 Man Booker Prize and the Dublin Literary Award for Girl, Woman, Other, "a breathtaking symphony of Black women’s voices" that explores the merging of identity and Britain’s African and Caribbean colonial history. Her other novels include The Emperor’s Babe and Hello Mum, both of which were adapted into BBC radio programs, in addition to her short fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and drama. A longtime advocate for greater inclusion of artists of color, she co-founded Britain’s first Black women’s theater company, the first major Black theater conference, and the first major conference on Black writing. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature. An exploration of identity, race, class, aging, and the power of persistence, Manifesto is a memoir of Evaristo’s intertwined life and multi-decade effort to share her work with the world.
Brendan Slocumb | The Violin Conspiracy
Recorded February 3, 2022
In conversation with Stanford Thompson, Founder and Executive Director of Play On Philly.
A public and private school music educator for more than 20 years, Brendan Slocumb has performed on violin with the Washington Metropolitan Symphony, the Prince George’s Philharmonic, and the Alexandria Symphony. He is the Concertmaster for the NOVA-Annandale Symphony Orchestra, has frequently served as Guest Conductor for orchestras throughout Virginia and North Carolina, and is the Founder of the Philippines-based nonprofit organization Hands Across the Sea, which has the mission to provide instruments, lessons, and financial support to young music students. The Violin Conspiracy, Slocumb’s debut novel, follows a Black musician as he confronts the injustices of U.S. history, racism in the profession of classical music, and the theft of his great-great-grandfather’s priceless Stradivarius violin.
Sonia Sanchez | Collected Poems
Recorded April 13, 2021
In conversation with M. Nzadi Keita, Poet-in-Residence, Associate Professor; Co-Coordinator, African-American/Africana Studies at Ursinus College, and author of Brief Evidence of Heaven: Poems from the Life of Anna Murray Douglass.
Referred to by Maya Angelou as "a lion in literature’s forest," living legend Sonia Sanchez is the author of numerous plays, children’s books, a story collection, and nearly 14 collections of poetry, including the American Book Award winner Homegirls and Handgrenades. A luminary of the Black Arts Movement, she served as the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University, was named Philadelphia’s very first Poet Laureate in 2012, and has lectured at more than 500 colleges and universities. Her many honors include the Wallace Stevens Award Prize, the Langston Hughes Poetry Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cleveland Foundation. Collected Poems represents five decades of Sanchez’s art and devotion to the causes of Black liberation and women’s rights.
Randall Kennedy | Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture
Recorded September 21, 2021
Celebrated for "his courage and his convictions" in tackling sensitive issues, Randall Kennedy is "a member of that small coterie of our most lucid big thinkers about race" (The Washington Post). The Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School, he formerly held positions at the United States Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court, where he clerked for Thurgood Marshall. His many books include Interracial Intimacies, The Persistence of the Color Line, For Discrimination, and Sellout. In Say it Loud!, Kennedy offers a collection of provocative essays about George Floyd, birtherism, Clarence Thomas, antiracism, and more.
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois with Kevin Young | Stones
Recorded October 18, 2021
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is the author of five poetry collections, including The Gospel of Barbecue, Red Clay Suite, and The Age of Phillis, which was longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry and won a 2021 NAACP Image Award. Critic at Large for The Kenyon Review and a Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma, Jeffers has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Antiquarian Society. Additionally, Jeffers has been honored with the Harper Lee Award for Literary Distinction and with induction into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. An instant New York Times bestseller and an Oprah Book Club selection, her debut novel The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois chronicles the centuries-spanning journey of a Black American family from the days of the colonial slave trade to our own unsteady era.
The director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Kevin Young is also the poetry editor for The New Yorker, where he hosts the Poetry Podcast. He is the author of the poetry collections Brown, Blue Laws, Book of Hours, and Jelly Roll, a finalist for the National Book Award. His nonfiction books include Bunk and The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The former director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, Young has been honored with the Lenore Marshall Prize for Poetry, an American Book Award, and the Paterson Poetry Prize. Stones is the newest collection from Young, "one of the poetry stars of his generation" (Los Angeles Times).
Yusef Komunyakaa | Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth: New and Selected Poems, 2001–2021
Recorded April 28, 2021
Yusef Komunyakaa won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Neon Vernacular, a collection of poems that spoke about the realities of the Vietnam War, of which he was a veteran. His other collections include Warhorses, Taboo, and The Emperor of Water Clocks. The Distinguished Senior Poet in New York University’s Creative Writing Program and a former Chancellor of the American Academy of Poets, he is the recipient of the 2011 Wallace Stevens Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and the William Faulkner Prize, among other honors. Full of Komunyakaa’s signature jazz-like meter and moving imagery, Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth includes both new work and selected poems from the last two decades.
Tarana Burke | Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
Recorded September 17, 2021
In conversation with Imani Perry.
A longtime activist for justice and equity, Tarana Burke founded the Me Too movement in 2006 as a way for women to come together in their shared experiences of sexual violence. She is the Senior Director of the advocacy group Girls for Gender Equity, founded the Just Be nonprofit organization, worked at Art Sanctuary Philadelphia, and has collaborated with many other groups to hold workshops and create initiatives around issues of sexual violence, discrimination, and economic justice. The recipient of the Ridenhour Prize for Courage, a VH1 Trailblazer Award, and the Sydney Peace Prize, she was one of TIME magazine’s 2017 Persons of the Year and one of its 100 Most Influential People of 2018. Unbound is a memoir of Burke’s journey from childhood trauma to the role of empathetic, empowered advocate for worldwide social change.
Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies and Faculty Associate in the Program in Law and Public Affairs and Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton. She is the author of six books, including the award-winning titles, Breathe: A Letter to My Sons and Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry.
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Handling Conflicts Between Foot Gestures and Daily Foot Activities
Mobile and wearable devices are usually controlled with hands. However, humans often face situations where their hands are occupied with various activities like cooking and carrying grocery bags. Prior studies revealed that using foot gestures enables interaction with computers in scenarios where people cannot use their hands. While promising, it is unclear if these gestures will still be usable when used daily, since they have only been tested in a controlled setting. In this paper, we present a state-machine based gesture recognizer using atomic foot actions that detects the conflicts between the gestures and the regular activities. By getting atomic actions, our recognizer provides users an option to check potential false positives and fix the gestures based on their understanding of the situation. Our state-machine based recognizer outperforms state-of-the-art recognizer in terms of handling conflicts by reducing it. With a modification of a few conflicting gesture-set, we show that the false positive rate is reduced to <7% from 35%, which is approximately 80% reduction while keeping the true-positive rate intact.
- John A. Stankovic (Chair)
- Seongkook Heo (Advisor)
- Sebastian Elbaum
- Brad Campbell | <urn:uuid:d35e41dd-f39f-4221-9db9-34274384d4a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://engineering.virginia.edu/events/phd-qualifying-exam-presentation-md-aashikur-rahman-azim | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.944207 | 259 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Parent Class (Super Class or Base Class): This class allows the reuse of its public properties in another class.
Child Class (Sub Class or Derived Class): This class inherits or extends the superclass.
A child class has all public attributes of the parent class.
super() as opposed to
self to access the parent class properties instead of the child class properties of the same name.
Types of Inheritance
There is only one class extending from another class.
A class extends another class which itself extends another class.
A base class is extended by distinct classes depending on the requirements.
A class extends or is derived from more than one base class.
Advantages of Inheritance
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The opposite side of the world to Alele is Dogondoutchi, Dosso, Niger.
Wallis and Futuna
Coordinates: -13.247, -176.183
Opposite side in the world
Coordinates: 13.247, 3.817
Dogondoutchi is the closest city to Alele's antipodal point (49 km).
The antipodal city to Alele is Dogondoutchi. This means that, among all the populated locations in the world, the farthest city from Alele is Dogondoutchi.
The distance from Alele to Dogondoutchi is about 20,000 kilometers. A direct flight would take around 22 hours, but there aren't commercial routes between these cities.
This table contains the populated locations that are closest to Alele's antipode. These are the farthest cities in the world from Alele.
|City||Country||Distance from antipode||Coordinates|
|Dogondoutchi, Dosso||Niger||49 km||(13.640, 4.026)|
|Dosso||Niger||71 km||(13.049, 3.194)|
|Loga, Dosso||Niger||75 km||(13.613, 3.236)|
|Kangiwa, Kebbi||Nigeria||77 km||(12.553, 3.818)|
|Gulma, Kebbi||Nigeria||89 km||(12.642, 4.355)|
|Augie, Kebbi||Nigeria||94 km||(12.890, 4.600)|
|Argungu, Kebbi||Nigeria||95 km||(12.745, 4.525)|
|Balle, Sokoto||Nigeria||97 km||(13.470, 4.681)|
|Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi||Nigeria||97 km||(12.454, 4.198)|
|Birni Ngaure, Dosso||Niger||100 km||(13.082, 2.911)|
Coordinates: 13.2467° S 176.1834° W
Coordinates: 13.6403° N 4.0265° E
The antipode can be calculated by understanding the geographic coordinates and applying simple formulas. We will use the following variables:
Step 1: Obtain the geographic coordinates of Alele
The DMS coordinates are: 13°14'48'' S 176°11'0.3'' W.
Calculations are easier by using the decimal format, hence:
LatO = -13.24667°
LngO = -176.18341°
Step 2: Calculate the latitude
LatA = - LatO = 13.24667°
Since the latitude is negative (south direction), the antipode must be positive (north direction).
Step 3: Calculate the longitude
LngA = LngO ± 180° = -176.18341 + 180° = 3.81659°
Since the longitude is negative, we sum 180° to ensure the final value lies between (-180, 180). If it were the other way around, we would subtract 180° for the same reason.
The antipode of Alele is located on coordinates: (LatA, LngA) = (13.24667, 3.81659)
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Jumping Corn - Baking Soda and Vinegar Preschool STEM
- Pose “what,” “why” and “how” questions about their surroundings
- Make predictions, perform experiments, and discuss results
- Use 5-senses to make observations
- Fill a clear jar or glass about halfway with water.
- Add popcorn kernels to the jar.
- We used 1/4 of a cup, but you can certainly get away with less.
- Pour some vinegar in the jar.
- We didn’t measure, which was very unscientific of us, but I would say about 1/4 of a cup.
- Before adding the baking soda ask your preschooler, “What do you think will happen when we add the baking soda?”
- Add a teaspoon of baking soda and get ready for a reaction.
- Talk with your preschooler about what they see, ask them to describe what’s happening.
- This will be deepen their comprehension of the experiment they just engaged in and it is an opportunity for them to engage in the scientific process in an oral format.
Having a jar with a lid came in handy because we quickly put the lid on the jar. This prevented any spilling and it forced the gas created from the reaction to stay inside the jar which led to more movement of the kernels.
To make life a little easier on you I have put all of this in a printable PDF lesson plan.
Have You Been Wondering What The Preschool Playbook Looks Like On The Inside? Try The Transportation Unit For Free And Discover If It Is Right For You. | <urn:uuid:112e08a6-8dc3-43e5-b772-b7dfc7d15c49> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sandboxacademy.com/blogs/blog/jumping-corn | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.903295 | 357 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Learning to Live with Trains
Railroads brought a giant step in technology to the people of these fair hills, a step that took some getting used to. Although the new technology promised commercial progress and an easier lifestyle, it came at a price.
There were eight children in the wagon heading out of Orangeville. Nellie Birney had the reins, her brother Gilbert was up on the seat beside her, and the six Duckworth youngsters were spread out on the floor behind them. It was July 12, 1898, and the Orange Parade was over. The day was getting on and since their parents were going to stay in town a while longer, the kids were heading back to Grand Valley on their own. Like any young farm girl, Nellie could handle a team. The horses knew the way in any case, so there was really nothing to worry about. Except for the trains. A mile west of Grand Valley, an eastbound CPR freight smashed their wagon to bits, killing two of the children and both horses. Only Nellie and the oldest Duckworth boy escaped uninjured.
Unfortunately, what happened that hot summer day was an all-too-frequent occurrence after the coming of the railroad. This Grand Valley case was typical: at the sight – and especially the sound – of the locomotive the horses panicked and bolted toward the crossing. Even in cases where the engineer had a clear view of the impending disaster, he could rarely brake in time.
Accidents were common at rail crossings because horses, unless they were trained to accept the sight and sound of a screaming, smoke-belching monster many times their size, would invariably bolt and run. And because the wagons or buggies they pulled hindered the horses’ natural impulse to turn and run, they often ran into the trains.
Ironically, sometimes it was not noise but silence that caused railway accidents. In these cases the shortcoming was usually not in horses but in humans. An incident at the Orangeville CPR station provides an eyebrow-raising example. Orangeville’s station was a very busy one. It was an important transfer point and had a popular restaurant. It was not unusual for the depot to be filled with people disembarking or boarding, along with a good number of citizens indulging in a favourite pastime of the late 1800s: train-gawking. Orangeville was an especially popular spot for this because the sidings were usually full of railway cars, including a yard engine to shunt them about.
On the morning of July 7, 1890, a Mrs. Hollinger was crossing the tracks on an errand but stopped to watch the yard engine start several empty cars rolling along different tracks. Why she stopped in the middle of the tracks no one knows, but while she gazed in one direction, a car coasted into her from the opposite way. Mrs. Hollinger survived the incident but not without serious injury. She was carried home where Orangeville’s Dr. Henry, working on her kitchen table, amputated her foot.
An even more gruesome “silent” accident occurred at Bolton a few years later, when a man walking the tracks was struck from behind and instantly killed by a CPR express. When the man was identified some time later, it was learned that he was deaf and couldn’t have heard the train.
Unlimited speed, limited safety
A stage coach running from, say, Erin to Alton or Ballycroy averaged three miles an hour, but the first trains to traverse these hills travelled at triple that or more. Such unprecedented speed was difficult for people to comprehend. Nellie Birney was familiar with the crossing near Grand Valley and must have heard the distant whistle as the train crossed roads on the way to hers, but she probably didn’t understand how quickly it would come upon her.
Fast-moving trains were also a challenge to the men who worked on them. Like today, the motion technology could produce greater speed than the track technology could handle. The famous wreck on Caledon’s Horseshoe Curve made that clear in 1907, when the CPR Exhibition Special sped off the tracks in a horrendous crash.
Safety was also an issue because regulations, if they existed, were often ignored. That was the case with a multi-engine crash south of Shelburne in February, 1905. Six engines and a plow were fighting a losing battle with the snow when three of the engines had to retreat to Crombies Station for water. Frank Hartley, who worked at the grain elevator at Shelburne, jumped on for a free ride and was killed on the return trip when the three engines smashed into the plow.
Not long after that, lax regulations almost caused a far more serious disaster when an overloaded train came hurtling down from Fraxa Junction into Orangeville. The engineer couldn’t stop, but a section hand, alerted by the constantly blowing whistle, threw a switch and diverted the runaway onto a siding where it smashed up several empty freight cars instead of the station house.
Getting the hang of it
By the 1920s, however, train troubles in the hills had diminished significantly. The railroad companies, responsive to both union pressure and their own bottom lines, now embraced the notion of safety, and enforced regulations to support it. And where trains met people – at crossings and in stations – tragic experience had taught respect for the speed and size of the monsters that came down the track.
More subtly perhaps, citizens of the hills had become accustomed to their relationship with the railroad. They were used to speedy mail service now and one-day excursions to Toronto. They had developed a fondness for treats (like fresh oysters in Shelburne, a previously unknown indulgence until a barrel arrived with the very first train in 1873). Railroads meant that goods were received and orders filled at a speed hitherto unknown. People visited more frequently; they travelled spontaneously; they felt connected.
Still, technology always brings a quid pro quo. What happens when it fails? And trains did, especially in winter. As late as 1947, a huge storm stopped the trains into Grand Valley, cutting off food and other supplies to the village for eighteen days. But there was no panic; the people coped, just as we do when the power goes out, the car won’t start and the server is down. Technology is double-edged and train troubles are just one example. The people of the hills discovered that early on.
In the Hills Train Trivia: Whatever Happened to No.555?
After the famed Horseshoe Curve Wreck of 1907 (above), the rail line from Bolton to Orangeville was abandoned in favour of the gentler Credit Valley line. However, Engine 555, a leading actor in the drama, was too valuable to scrap (although some thought she was jinxed now). No. 555 had been built in 1891 with large drive wheels for extra speed, and before her Caledon tenure, did the high-speed run from Montreal to Smith’s Falls. After the Horseshoe incident she was repaired and sold to the Kingston & Pembroke RR. When that company became part of the CPR in 1912, 555 was renamed No. 2004 and continued to pull passengers until she was disassembled and scrapped in 1927.
Walking the Line
Patrons at Orangeville’s Paisley House were surprised when the door opened late on the night of January 31, 1886 and two young boys asked politely if they could come in and stand by the stove. They were even more surprised to learn the boys, aged about 10 and 12, had been orphaned in Buffalo, NY just a week before and had been walking the tracks to get to Markdale where they had relatives. They’d started out with just fifty cents and had saved all of it until they reached Bolton where extreme cold forced them to seek shelter and they spent it on a hotel room there. Upon hearing of their plight, several Orangeville citizens passed the hat, but even with enough money for tickets, the two boys walked the line. They made it to Markdale two days later. | <urn:uuid:5b97caa6-ec13-4f9a-afff-5549b52fa316> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.inthehills.ca/2007/03/learning-to-live-with-trains/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.985154 | 1,682 | 2.75 | 3 |
The World Health Organization (WHO) projected on Thursday that the number of COVID-19-related deaths on the African continent will drop by about 94% in 2022 compared to the previous year.
In Africa, 2021 was the deadliest year of the epidemic, with COVID-19 being the seventh leading cause of death, just behind malaria.
“Our most recent analysis indicates that the expected number of deaths in the African region would decrease to approximately 60 per day by 2022… We lost an average of 970 persons every day last year “Director of WHO Africa Matshidiso Moeti addressed a virtual news conference.
The WHO attributed the disparity in numbers to higher immunisation, stronger pandemic response, and natural immunity from previous outbreaks.
COVID mortality rates in Africa have varied. In part due to co-morbidities that raise the risk of death, richer countries and southern African states have around double the mortality rates of poorer nations in other areas of Africa, according to a WHO report.
According to the estimate, around 23,000 deaths are anticipated by the end of the year, assuming present variations and transmission patterns remain unchanged.
The data suggest that just one out of every seventy-one COVID cases are registered in Africa and that about one out of every three deaths had been overlooked.
Early on in the pandemic, it was difficult for African nations to obtain COVID medicines because wealthy nations hoarded available doses. However, many African nations are now well-supplied with vaccines but are having problems distributing them. The causes include reluctance and logistical considerations.
Africa had recorded over 11.8 million confirmed COVID infections and over 250,000 deaths by the end of May.
“The task is not yet complete. Every time we take a moment to relax, COVID-19 reemerges. The threat of new variations persists, and we must be prepared to deal with this persistent menace “Moeti delivered the briefing’s opening remarks. | <urn:uuid:4578e458-9752-4247-8486-5217535fe9db> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://shgl.tv/nigeria/who-predicts-94-fewer-covid-fatalities-in-africa-by-2022 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.955305 | 406 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Emotional growth is a process of developing feelings and learning how to handle them appropriately. Sadness, fear, anger, and happiness are our most common feelings. Every child has emotional needs. Meeting those needs is one of the most important things you will do as a parent or caregiver.
Between the ages of 2 and 5, children gradually learn how to manage their feelings. For example, a toddler may get mad and have a tantrum if a toy is taken away. As the child matures emotionally, he or she will learn to express anger in other ways.
Young children also begin to develop moral emotions and to feel ashamed or guilty when they do something wrong. When bad things happen, young children may feel responsible for no logical reason. Reassure your child by showing affection and love in addition to talking about feelings. Children do not always know the words to explain how they feel.
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More coffee plantations were established in East Java, Central Java, West Java and parts of Sumatera and Sulawesi. Indonesia was the first place outside of Arabia and Ethiopia where coffee was widely cultivated. VOC monopolised coffee trading in 1725 to 1780.
By mid of 17th century VOC expanded arabica coffee growing areas in Sumatra, Bali, Sulawesi and Timor. In Sulawesi the coffee was first planted in 1750. In North Sumatra highlands coffee was first grown near Lake Toba in 1888, followed in Gayo highland (Aceh) near Lake Laut Tawar in 1924. In the late eighteen hundreds, Dutch colonialists established large coffee plantations on the Ijen Plateau in eastern Java.
In the 1920s smallholders throughout Indonesia began to grow coffee as a cash crop. However, disaster struck in the 1876, when the coffee rust disease swept through Indonesia, wiping out most of typica cultivar. Robusta coffee (C. canephor var. robusta) was introduced to East Java in 1900 as a substitute, especially at lower altitudes, where the rust was particularly devastating.
The plantations on Java were nationalised at independence and revitalised with new varieties of coffee arabica in the 1950s. These varieties were also adopted by smallholders through the government and various development programs. Today, more than 90% of Indonesia’s coffee is grown by smallholders on farms averaging one hectare or less. Much of the production is organic and at least 19 farmers’ cooperatives and exporters are internationally certified to market organic coffee. | <urn:uuid:cb20c780-51c5-4f4e-a849-f8859534b15f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.aslancoffee.com.au/pages/history-of-indonesian-coffee | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.963806 | 335 | 2.921875 | 3 |
We’ve updated the Overviews – Attainment report to show a nominal scaled score for Writing when the options “SAT Scaled Score” and “Writing” specifically are selected. This brings the report back in line with other reports (eg Tables and Headlines) which work the same way.
Note: This applies only when these options are selected for the Year 6 Summer/Summer2 term.
This means you can easily show bar charts of attainment for Reading, Writing and Maths on one page by selecting options as below:
Behind the scenes, Insight generates a nominal scaled score based on the Writing SAT TA result which can be used alongside the Reading and Maths results. The SAT teacher assessments are converted like this:
GDS = 113 EXS = 100 WTS = 91
Insight also generates useful Venn diagrams for the data: | <urn:uuid:abfe0595-4d64-44d2-8321-643eae0ff523> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.insighttracking.com/updates/rwm-sat-scaled-scores-on-overviews-attainment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.880007 | 178 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Infra Cloud Service Platform (ICSP)
Building and operating a service is challenging and complex. At scale, service owners need to consider a number of responsibilities including how they develop, deploy, scale and monitor their service in production. Each of these concerns may require a service owner to understand, configure, and operate multiple underlying supporting systems to accomplish their goal. Service owners desire a solution that’s simpler to develop and manage.
Infra Cloud Service Platform (ICSP) is a holistic infrastructure product aimed at reducing the complexity of developing and operating services at Meta. As a platform, ICSP provides an integrated ecosystem that streamlines and orchestrates the pieces for the user. The platform is built on three important pillars: 1) a common configuration and control system (the Control Plane), 2) a logical model of operation (Service Data Model), and 3) code framework (Service Code Experience). | <urn:uuid:4339471b-bd6c-4c40-a682-6bd699cb7fc4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://atscaleconference.com/videos/infra-cloud-service-platform-icsp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.920859 | 181 | 1.8125 | 2 |
The Electrical Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP) – Phase 1 is the first level of training for the installation and maintenance of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure.
This course will cover the detailed concepts required for the proper installation and maintenance of the infrastructure including:
• Automobile manufacturer’s charging performance integrity specifications
• EV battery types, specifications, and charging characteristics
• Utility interconnect, notice, policies and requirements
• Charging station fundamentals including brand/model-specific installation for both Level 1 & Level 2 charging stations
• Service level assessments and upgrade implementation
• Canadian Electrical Code (CEC) standards and requirements, and
• First responder safety and fire hazard measures
At the end of the course there is an industry exam available. The student will be required to pay an additional fee in order to sit the exam. Upon successful completion of the course and passing the exam, students will receive a certificate from EVITP.
Students should bring a copy of the Canadian or Ontario Electrical Code to class. | <urn:uuid:cd183e62-1fd1-488a-a426-43adf1ddd30a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ibew353.org/lp_course/electric-vehicle-infrastructure-training-program/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.879909 | 220 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Transparency is the New Black
by Malcolm Harris, Senior Advisor ESG, RS Metrics
This Earth Day, we were again reminded of the gargantuan challenges we are facing as we attempt to deal with the impacts of climate change. In addition, the public is becoming increasingly aware of the effect that industry has on the planet beyond emissions — including land use, biodiversity, water stress, and other issues. The good news is that investors, who are a crucial part of driving positive change, have really started realizing what the nature of the challenge is and are trying to tailor their capital allocation accordingly.
However, as they say, if you don’t measure it, you can’t manage it. One challenge for stakeholders has been how to pinpoint and measure the environmental impact of their assets. For example, emitters have frequently relied on estimates rather than direct measurement due to the high cost of active monitoring. And disclosures (if at all) have been limited to annual sustainability reports, leaving investors with only a highly summarized (at company level) and time-lagging set of numbers to work with. In the age of digital and big data, this approach seems highly antiquated and almost ridiculous.
While comparisons are frequently made between the development of SEC accounting standards in the 20th century and the development of ESG standards in the 21st, geo-spatial technology and data science take ESG’s advancement to another level. Imagine if, instead of waiting for a company’s cash flow statement, you had direct access to their bank accounts. That would surely have helped Wirecard investors!
Likewise, alternative data, and, in particular, remote sensing, means investors no longer need to wait for corporate disclosures. Instead, they can monitor asset-level environmental performance, in real-time, across dimensions like emissions, land use, biodiversity, and water stress. Investors can do this proactively, eliminating dependence on quarterly or annual corporate disclosures. In other words, investors are no longer at the mercy of how management chooses to measure their environmental impact, nor what or when management decides to disclose.
Combined with other sources of data, this is an incredibly powerful tool for investors to assess the environmental performance, and therefore the risk embedded within their portfolio. This helps protect investors’ portfolios in two ways: by measuring progress toward climate goals to mitigate stranded asset risk and by monitoring for asset-level physical risk.
From a climate perspective, it is easy to see how this can drive substantial progress. Companies know that they can no longer hide their environmental performance, whether publicly traded or not, so they are motivated towards environmental progress. Investors now have the tools to measure risk and progress so they target their investments to improve targeted environmental metrics. What can be measured objectively and externally will certainly be managed.
Utilities as a case study for comprehensive monitoring (Emissions +)
Utilities are a great example of how this technology works for investors. Utilities are one of the largest emitters of emissions globally and are also vulnerable to physical risk from the effects of climate change at their plants and across their transmission and other infrastructure. Beyond emissions, they have significant challenges with land use and biodiversity impacts and are facing rapidly growing threats to their business model from electric vehicles (EV tracker hint hint) and distributed generation.
The PG&E bankruptcy provides a perfect example of the impact that climate change has on investors and other stakeholders. After years of drought led to an increasingly dry and stretched ecosystem in 2018, faulty PG&E equipment caused the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California’s history (see RS Metrics’ use case on the Butter County camp fire here). PG&E ultimately pleaded guilty to causing this disaster and was forced to file for bankruptcy.
Ironically, risks of this nature were disclosed by PG&E in their annual reports. In fact, the utility was already being sued about a 2015 fire that Calfire determined to have been caused by PG&E’s power lines. In addition, the PG&E disclosed that it was making “substantial investments to build a more modern and resilient system that can withstand extreme weather and related emergencies” (Source).
Despite this disclosure, investors were wiped out. This is especially notable given that data available about PG&E is higher than in most jurisdictions due to stricter California regulatory requirements on reporting things like emissions. With only investor disclosures and assurances from management to rely upon, investors had no way to efficiently drill into PG&E’s operations and understand the risks to their investment.
The rise of remote sensing technology has changed all this. Satellite and other alternative data sources allow investors to peer into a company’s operations and objectively measure exactly what that company is doing. If investors are worried about emissions, they can see how the company is performing at an asset level with no need for reliance on company disclosures. Same goes for other risks, such as wildfire. A savvy PG&E investor or insurer, aware of the California climate context and the specific climate risks, could have actively monitored PG&E physical risks and tailored their investments accordingly.
It is not only investors who can actively benefit. Monitoring emissions, land use, physical risk etc. is costly and time consuming. Remote sensing can be a far more efficient way of doing company activities that does not involve sending crews out to sites to monitor and record data. Platform-as-a-Service Providers can tie data feeds directly to companies operations so that they have frequent updates on the environmental status of their operations, allowing them to make better decisions more quickly through the use of a customized platform. And, of course, doing so allows corporates to tell a better story to investors, making them more attractive capital destinations as both passive and active capital flows are increasingly guided by climate and ESG considerations.
Platform-as-a-Service model for investors and corporates
The power of this model is obvious, especially when delivered via a Platform-as-a-Service model. Investors, insurers, and corporates can all access the same objective third-party data feeds to get actionable real-time asset-level data which can guide investment decisions by corporates and investors. Corporates can invest towards resilience and improved environmental performance, while providing proactive assurance to investors, regulators and other stakeholders. Likewise, investors can proactively track progress at an asset level, irrespective of disclosure regime or reporting methodology.
Malcolm leads technology driven efforts to cut both costs and emissions across Chevron’s global real estate end environmental operations. Previously, he led Chevron’s global outlook on carbon pricing and climate policy, as well as projects in areas like green finance, policy advocacy and emissions reduction strategy. He’s also held roles in California Downstream, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate treasury. Malcolm is an Army veteran with two tours of Iraq. He holds an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School and and undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Virginia. | <urn:uuid:3719cbc4-8392-42c4-961e-34e9859e33fc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rsmetrics.medium.com/transparency-is-the-new-black-eb88fc1f30d4?readmore=1&source=user_profile---------3---------------------------- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.95804 | 1,419 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Atheists have always resented Christians binding goodness to God although we insist that there is a necessary connection. In fact, atheists adamantly insist that they are as decent, kind, good, and altruistic as Christians are. I don’t believe that for a minute. Some atheists may be fairly good people, but generally, one cannot be good without God!
While anyone may choose to be kind, decent, and gracious, there is no compelling reason for him to choose to do so if there is no God. With God, there is obligation. If there is no God then how one treats others is inconsequential. His mistreatment of the innocent and weak will not be faced in eternity since there is no eternity–according to their perverted view.
But there is a God and eternity is in the future of every person on earth.
Plato wrote about goodness as it relates to education of children: “We educate them so that they become a good person, because good persons behave nobly.” All societies want noble citizens since the result will be a well-ordered citizenry producing peace, prosperity, and progress.
The principled Irishman, Edmund Burke, wrote of valor, honor, duty, responsibility, compassion, and civility. As a Member of the English Parliament for many years, he supported American independence and criticized the French Revolution. He practiced what he preached.
Seems quaint doesn’t it!
Of course, we must define “goodness” to make any kind of sense in this discussion. The Bible declares there is none good, no not one, but I am speaking of the general or obvious “goodness.”
The philosophically minded will demand a definition of “good” and that is not unreasonable although most people usually know the difference in good and bad, right and wrong. Basically, everything that is forbidden in the Bible is bad and that which is commended is good. We can start with the Ten Commandments and move on to other requirements. So, up front, we know that it is always wrong to lie, steal, kill, lust, mistreat animals and people, covet things, use illegal drugs and alcohol, and not go to church. Not a bad start.
But, it is even more than that. Not only must we not kill, we must not hate anyone for any reason. Not only must we not be sexually impure, we must not even think about it! Not only must we not steal from a neighbor, we must not even covet his farm, vehicle, or wife. If we don’t covet, we won’t steal.
Atheists are right in that I don’t have the authority to decide what is right and wrong for others but God sure has that authority and sets it forth in the Bible. If not, then there is no place on earth where the answer can be found. And that is true for those who don’t believe the Bible. The standard is still there and everyone will be held to that standard even if they profess profusely that they don’t believe it.
Society ridiculed and rejected the Ten Commandments and the teaching of Christ and is surprised that we have a generation without character or honor and has no desire for duty. C. S. Lewis wrote, “We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst…We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” We have sired a generation of tattooed and pierced street thugs who have no convictions about anything. Their mantra is, “Whatever.” They are non-thinkers who jump to support any minority or subculture without considering the possibility they may be defending culprits and encouraging them in destructive behavior.
Sane people are horrified at the violence, vileness, and vulgarity that is everywhere; yet what else could be expected? We are responsible for this generation. If not, then who is? We have removed the teaching of morals, mores, and manners from public schools and see our streets filled with disobedient, disgusting, and dangerous children only a mother could love.
When we do wrong then there is a price to pay since another scriptural precept is that one can never get away with doing wrong. There is always a payday someday. If not here, then hereafter.
By goodness, I am not just referring to obeying laws, paying bills, and not pushing little old ladies into traffic. That is a given. I mean being decent in language, honest in all dealings, doing the right thing all the time, living honestly and honorably, and when we lapse (as we all do from time to time), there is regret, repentance, and reformation.
I am referring to doing one’s duty as a husband and father by working hard, being an example to children, and being faithful to his wife–mentally, emotionally, and physically. He makes his wife the most important person in his life, cherishing her above all others, and building her up in every way. I refer to a wife being kind, thoughtful, modest, gracious, obedient, doing her duty as a mother and wife.
I refer to children who are obedient and disciplined–honoring, respecting, and obeying their parents. Children who would never bring shame to the family by wicked, irresponsible behavior; they will work hard in school and never cause a problem in the classroom because that is not “right.”
I’m referring to college students who will study hard and not party, play, and protest while parents sacrifice to pay their college bills. They will confront arrogant university professors who spout immature, illogical, and insane philosophies. When professors seek to defend their reckless rantings, courageous students will refute them realizing that the professors are defending a castle in ruins.
I am referring to employees who do quality work without trying to evade responsibilities by permitting someone else to do their work. Workers should do more work than is expected of them by their employer; after all, if not then why would they ever get a raise?
I’m referring to politicians at every level who do their homework and sincerely seek to make a difference in their office. I’m referring to politicians who, when confronted with evil, will stand against it even if it means personal defeat.
I’m referring to pastors who are dedicated to truth and will preach it without fear. And, if fearful, still preach it anyway even if it affects the offerings. I refer to pastors committed to the discipline of church members who transgress the church covenant and the Bible even if most members don’t like such “judgmental” discipline.
I’m referring to journalists who are committed to the facts, not fiction and fraud, who will report a story even if it negatively impacts a friend or associate. Or their political party.
Atheists may be “good” and declare that no credit be given to belief in the Bible since they never read the Bible, never went to church, and were life-time atheists; however, what they believe has been absorbed into their inner core over a lifetime. Without knowing it or being willing to admit it, they base their “goodness” on the Bible! There is no “goodness” without God. Without some biblical influence, they would be sitting around a fire chewing on the bones of a neighbor.
Is goodness the same in every culture? Would murder and rape be wrong if there were no God? A few obscure South American tribes consider fornication the norm; however, they have always been far removed from biblical influence but are still held to the same standard. Fornication is always wrong in every location.
However, everyone wants to be exonerated from personal guilt. We don’t want to recognize evil as evil and we will decide what is good. That way no one is guilty of anything.
Those of us who talk about guilt are accused of being narrow minded bigots who try to cram our religious beliefs down the throat of others. It seems no one is accountable even to his own conscience.
The barbarians are not beating on the gates or climbing the walls; they are coming at us from our churches, colleges, and communities. They are home-grown barbarians. Even the Washington Post recognized our condition when they opined, “common decency can no longer be described as common” and the New Republic seemed to agree: “There is a destructive sense that nothing is true and everything is permitted.”
That is because the standard has been ridiculed, repressed, and rejected.
If there is no God then what is the foundation for right and wrong? Anyone and everyone can decide what is right and wrong and no one can rightfully disagree if there is no definitive standard. We are told that an inflexible authority (Bible) is out of date in a fast changing world. But is the Bible unreliable because it is ancient?
God warned ancient Israel not to remove the landmarks; but that is what modern man has done and has come under His judgment.
God for sure knows the difference in good and bad, right and wrong and so do we. And we all will give an account someday as to how we responded to it.
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From just chemotherapy to molecular and immune focused therapies, the landscape of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has drastically changed over the course of the last 10 years according to Heather Wakelee, MD.
Heather Wakelee, MD
From just chemotherapy to molecular and immune focused therapies, the landscape of treatment for nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has drastically changed over the course of the last 10 years according to Heather Wakelee, MD.
“Over the last 6 months alone, a whole new paradigm for treatment with immunotherapy has emerged in lung cancer. If we reflect on the previous decade, our focus has really been on molecularly targeted therapies,” said Wakelee, MD, associate professor of Medicine (Oncology) at Stanford University Medical Center. “Fifteen years ago, no one would have ever conceived that we would be targeting treatment the way we are now. When EGFR first came about, we needed to think, all of a sudden, about every patient in the context of what their driver mutation is and determining how to treat that mutation.”
Wakelee adds that checkpoint inhibitors have also changed the game for NSCLC treatment, citing the inhibitors have made medical professionals start to think of all patients in terms of which immunotherapies will work in each context with each patient.
She also points out that when immunotherapies are used in combination with chemotherapy, the benefit to patients is great.
“By just using [immunotherapies] as single agents in patients who have already received chemotherapy, we are probably only helping 20% of patients. It is the combination of these therapies with each agent that is really the next wave. That's really one of the most promising fronts,” she said. “We also may be able to combine these agents with chemotherapy. Initially, the philosophy was, “If chemotherapy is going to suppress the immune system, we certainly don’t want to be combining it with immunotherapies, which are theoretically ramping up the immune system, because it could negate the effect.” However, the data that we have thus far actually look pretty encouraging for the chemoimmunotherapy combinations.”
In 2015 alone, the FDA has authorized marketing for checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and nivolumab (Opdivo) to be used in treatment of patients with pretreated advanced NSCLC across all histologies. Alongside these treatments is also the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (MPDL3280A), whose data was presented at the 2015 European Cancer Congress. The presentation showed that patients with newly diagnosed metastatic NSCLC had double the expected response when atezolizumab was added to chemotherapy in a phase Ib study.
Regarding challenges in the future treatment of lung cancer with immunotherapies, Wakelee cites the nuances of biomarkers and getting the paradigm of treatment right for patients.
“Patient selection is a challenge. There is still a lot of controversy regarding this because we do not yet have a great biomarker. We have a biomarker for PD-L1 testing, but the nuances of it are such that there really isn’t one PD-L1 test. There are many different PD-L1 tests, and they do not all agree with each other. It can be difficult to determine which information is accurate. Even with the best assays, we are still excluding up to 10% or even more of patients who would benefit,” she said. “Even with the selection, not everyone is benefitting. Therefore, it is a reasonable biomarker, but it is not a great one in the way we are used to thinking about with molecularly targeted therapy.” | <urn:uuid:f54da1d0-575c-49c8-a30d-989f57567622> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.targetedonc.com/view/the-evolving-landscape-of-lung-cancer-treatment-over-the-last-10-years | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.962743 | 790 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Tsunami waves caused by a giant underwater volcanic eruption have hit the Pacific country of Tonga.
Social media footage showed water washing through a church and several homes, and witnesses said ash was falling over the capital, Nuku’alofa.
Tsunami warnings across the region sent residents scrambling to higher ground.
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano was heard across the South Pacific, and eventually as far away as the United States.
Many parts of Tonga, whose capital is just 65km south of the eruption, are experiencing a near-total blackout of power, phone lines and internet services. The extent of any injuries or damage is still unclear.
Videos on social media showed traffic jams as people tried to flee low-lying areas by car.
One resident, Mere Taufa, said the eruption hit as her family was preparing for dinner, and her younger brother thought bombs were exploding nearby.
“My first instinct was to take cover under the table, I grabbed my little sister, and screamed at my parents and others in the house to do the same,” New Zealand news site Stuff.co.nz quoted her as saying.
Taufa said the next thing she knew, water was rushing into their home.
“You could just hear screams everywhere, people screaming for safety, for everyone to get to higher ground,” she added.
The plumes of gas, smoke and ash pouring from the volcano reached 20km into the sky, Tonga Geological Services said.
The initial eight-minute eruption was so violent it could be heard as “loud thunder sounds” in Fiji, more than 800km (500 miles) away, according to officials in the capital, Suva.
The Fijian government has issued a tsunami advisory and opened evacuation centres for people in coastal areas. Vanuatu, another island nation in the Pacific, issued a similar warning.
In the US, the National Tsunami Warning Centre said the West Coast – including California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia – could also see strong currents and waves.
“We don’t issue an advisory for this length of coastline as we’ve done – I’m not sure when the last time was – but it really isn’t an everyday experience,” said Dave Snider, tsunami warning coordinator for the center.
“I hope that elevates the importance and severity for our citizens.”
Prof Shane Cronin, a volcanologist at the University of Auckland, said the eruption was one of the biggest in Tonga in the past 30 years. (BBC) | <urn:uuid:9bb69a3c-f567-48ec-92f1-e2e4347a3cf1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://246bajanvibesradio.com/2022/01/15/tonga-hit-by-tsunami-waves-after-volcano-erupts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.967278 | 560 | 2.578125 | 3 |
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The MTA is seeking the public’s help to develop a plan to enhance bicycle and pedestrian access across the city’s transit system and bridges.
In December, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the MTA Bike Access Bill, which requires the agency to develop a comprehensive plan to promote cycling, micromobility and pedestrian access at MTA bridges, stations and bus stops.
“We want to improve customer access to our environmentally friendly MTA services, however they get to their train or bus,” said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. “As a cyclist myself, I know that biking can be the perfect complement to mass transit. This plan improves access to our services through cycling, walking and micromobility, and will help bring riders back and reduce our carbon footprint.”
The plan, which is expected to be released later this year, must also evaluate means of improving bike parking at subway and commuter rail stations, as well as bike access onboard MTA buses and trains.
Additionally, the new law requires the MTA to consider bike and pedestrian access when evaluating all current and future capital projects.
On Friday, the MTA announced that the plan’s development is now underway, with the agency hiring renowned transit expert Sam Schwartz, also known as Gridlock Sam, to serve as a consultant throughout the process.
“The Sam Schwartz team is excited to work with MTA to create a durable, achievable, best-in-class framework for improving bicycle, pedestrian and micromobility access and connectivity throughout the transit and bridge network,” said Sam Schwartz Engineering Principal and National Director Michael Flynn.
The agency has also asked New York City residents to provide their feedback and suggestions for enhancing bicycle and pedestrian access, which can be submitted on the Bike, Pedestrian, and Micromobility Strategic Action Plan website.
The MTA has already taken several steps toward improving bike and pedestrian access in recent years, including the completion of $50 million worth of bike and pedestrian improvements at agency bridges, the installation of bike racks on buses that cross MTA bridges and the ending of the permit requirement for riding with a bike on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro North Railroad.
POSSIBLE BIKE LANE ON VERRAZZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE
The new plan being developed by the MTA could potentially serve as the first step toward installing a long-desired bike lane on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (D-Bronx), who sponsored the MTA Bike Access Bill in the state Senate, said earlier this year that the new legislation could finally lead to the installation of bike lanes on the agency’s bridges, something that Staten Islanders and Brooklynites have been advocating for on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge for decades.
“The MTA Bike Access Bill will finally connect all five boroughs with safe bike lanes on MTA bridges and promote cycling in every corner of the city,” Biaggi said.
Rose Uscianowski, the Staten Island and South Brooklyn organizer for Transportation Alternatives, told the Advance/SILive.com in January that the plan presents a unique opportunity to push for the long-desired project at a time when bicycle access is front and center in the minds of MTA decision makers.
“Of course, the biggest opportunity from this is long-term, but it’s finally getting bike and pedestrian access to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge at long last,” said Uscianowski. “It’s something that I strongly believe has been owed to the entire cycling and pedestrian community since the bridge opened in the 1960s, and I think this finally brings us at least one step closer.”
An MTA representative said at the time that the agency could not yet comment on the possibility of a bike lane on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
For years, cycling advocates from both Staten Island and Brooklyn have petitioned the city and the MTA to construct a protected bike lane on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
Efforts to implement such infrastructure have been ongoing since the late ‘90s, with the Department of City Planning having conducted a feasibility study back in 1997 that estimated that individual pathways running between the suspender ropes on each side of the bridge’s upper level would cost about $25 million.
Calls for the bike lane resurged in 2007, when then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he would look into the proposal as the city began installation on much of the cycling infrastructure we see today.
In 2011, the Harbor Ring Committee, a group pushing to build a 50-mile pathway around New York Harbor by linking Staten Island, Brooklyn and Manhattan to Hoboken, Jersey City and Bayonne in New Jersey picked up the cause, claiming that the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was the missing 2.5-mile link needed to complete the route.
Three years later, the MTA conducted another feasibility study for the project, but this time engineers said that installation of a protected bike lane on the bridge could cost up to $400 million.
In August 2020, following a viral tweet showing a bicyclist riding across the lower level of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, advocates from Bay Ridge launched an online petition urging the MTA and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to convert one vehicle lane on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into a bike lane.
“Support green mobility in the form of a bike/pedestrian path on the Verrazzano Bridge, using one of its existing 13 lanes. We live in a time of climate crisis and increased economic uncertainty, and many would opt for transportation by bike if the infrastructure exists,” states the online petition, which has since garnered nearly 3,000 signatures.
The petition was started after Steve Quigley, a Grant City resident, spotted a cyclist riding into Staten Island on the lower level of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and snapped a photo that quickly began circulating on Twitter.
Most recently, in February 2021, Staten Island cyclists revitalized calls for a bike lane on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge after the city announced it would be adding protected bike lanes to the Brooklyn Bridge and Queensboro Bridge.
As has been the case throughout the years, the MTA denied that request, citing a lack of sufficient demand and claiming that reducing vehicle capacity to facilitate a bike lane would increase traffic congestion on the crossing.
“Recent Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge bike access studies demonstrate little demand for crossing the longest suspension bridge in North America, which has very steep grades, high winds and high vehicle volume, plus a shifting HOV lane to accommodate thousands of Express buses,” MTA spokeswoman Meredith Daniels told the Advance/SILive.com at the time.
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SECURITY agencies have mounted a search for suspected Kasuku (parrot) smugglers who recently escaped at the Uganda/D.R Congo customs post.
The alleged culprits had packed the birds in sealed, but perforated boxes said to be containing motorcycle spare parts.
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) operatives discovered the birds as they checked three boxes on one of the vehicles used by the suspects.
Some of the documents accompanying the parrots showed that 276 African grey parrots had been cleared by Congolese customs to enter Uganda, but without any clearance from Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA).
URA officials got suspicious after failing to find documents clearing the parrots from UWA.
On being quizzed further, the suspects left the customs offices to go pick the UWA documents from another vehicle parked outside.
The suspects, however, escaped, leaving the three boxes.
Joseph Kirabo, Kasese criminal investigations chief, said security agencies, including the Police, are hunting for the suspects.
Charles Tumwesigye, Queen Elizabeth conservation area manager, said UWA rushed the parrots to the Wildlife Education Centre in Entebbe.
He also said six of the birds died on arrival at Entebbe.
Parrots are often domesticated as pets, because of their high capacity to understand, communicate and deliver messages.
Achilles Byaruhanga, nature Uganda executive director, said there are only about five species of parrots in Uganda.
He also warned that parrots could be wiped out if stringent measures are not adopted and implemented to curtail their trade especially in the region.
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Why my zoom is not working – why my zoom is not working:.The most common Zoom problems and how to fix them
Telecommuting is more popular than ever, with thousands of companies turning to videoconferencing to keep their employees in the loop. Zoom and other online meeting tools make that easier than ever, but as with any other software, issues will arise, and they disrupt or even prevent good video calls. Nothing is more frustrating than having your webcam or audio not work on a Zoom call.
If your web camera is not showing up or is selected but not working, try some of these basic tips first. On the pop-up that prompts for a meeting ID just before joining a call, leave the following settings unchecked:. If your webcam or audio issues persist, you can test your audio and video in Zoom by clicking this link.
Once open, you can join a test call on the Zoom application and follow the instructions on the screen. If the screen is blank, you can then click the arrow icon next to the video camera icon and choose Same as System or you may see Integrated Camera or a more specifically named webcam from the list.
Sometimes, the problem might not be Zoom at all. You can correct this by checking your app permissions to make sure the Zoom app or your web browser can use your webcam.
On the web specifically, you can also check this setting by restarting your call and making sure you press Allow when prompted about the camera and mic access. In the same way, you can also search for Microphone and choose Microphone Privacy Settings to do the same. From there, scroll down to let desktop apps access your camera , and make sure that the toggle switch is On.
Open System Preferences and select Security and Privacy. After that, click the lock icon and enter your password to make changes.
You can then click Camera from the sidebar and make sure your desired web browser and Zoom are checked. Note: Some laptops also have a physical webcam switch that must be enabled to allow the webcam to function properly.
Double-check that yours is in the right position if you have one. If all else fails, uninstall the software. The next time you try to join or start a virtual meeting, the web browser client should download the software for you.
You also can manually install the software from Zoom. Another common problem with Zoom is an audio echo during a meeting. If you hear an audio echo or feedback, there are three possible reasons why. Someone could have both computer and telephone audio active at the same time. In this case, ask them to either hang up on the telephone call or exit the PC-based audio during the conference by clicking the up arrow icon next to the microphone icon and choosing Leave Computer Audio.
Computer or telephone speakers might be too close to each other. Ask the two people that are too close to each other to move apart or shut a door. You could also ask one of them to leave the audio conference or mute audio on their device; though muting by itself may not always be as effective in reducing the echo. Using headphones helps reduce the echoing effect, too.
Multiple computers with active audio could be in the same conference room. Again, ask the two people that are too close to each other to move apart or close a door. You can also ask one of them to leave the audio conference, mute audio on their device, or wear headphones. Lagging and freezing usually indicate a problem with your internet connection.
On a mobile device, move to an area with a better connection to see if this helps. On PCs, stick with a wired Ethernet connection, if possible. Aim for the right internet speeds for a successful video chat. When talking with multiple people in a team setting, you want the upload speed around 1Mbps and the download speed around Kbps.
You can always check your current speeds with a quick internet speed test. If the speeds are undesirable, repeat Solution 1. Also, you can check out our tips on how to increase internet speed. To access these options, click the cog icon Settings on the main screen of the Zoom desktop app, or click the arrow icon within the video camera icon during a call and then select Video Settings on the pop-up menu.
Sharing your screen is an important part of many Zoom calls. Sharing your screen takes up a lot of bandwidth. Use a wired connection, if available, for the best performance. Your meeting will then start with only audio, freeing up bandwidth. Your video will not be automatically turned on. When sharing your screen, the viewer can request remote control to help you troubleshoot or explain a process more clearly. This tool is listed as Request Remote Control under View Options and can be accessed at any time while sharing the screen.
Chances are, the sharer host is not agreeing to the request for remote control. A notification will pop up on their screen, and they must choose Allow to enable remote control. The sharer host may be interrupting the process.
Technically, the person sharing their screen can stop the remote control at any time by clicking their mouse. Always leave the host computer alone while the viewer client assumes remote control. You could be on the wrong device. Another common problem is not being able to receive email messages from Zoom. This can include notifications and activation emails. These can take up to 30 minutes to arrive and may take longer. Emails will come from no-reply zoom. Sometimes there are server issues or platform maintenance, which could mean the service will be down for a while.
You will need to wait, if this is the case. As long as your internet connection is sufficient, it tends to be a bit more reliable if the installed app is experiencing problems. Sometimes Zoom can get confused about audio versus video settings. Make sure video connections are routed to your webcam and, if necessary, your audio is routed to connected speakers.
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Why my zoom is not working – why my zoom is not working:
As the most popular video conferencing softwareZoom caters to almost everybody, from remote work and learning to virtual happy hours. Internet connectivity is what makes and breaks Zoom meetings. If you have enough of it, you will be able to enjoy fluent, full detailed Zoom calls. If you have a bad Internet connection, stuff like buffering and disconnects will happen.
Not to mention Zoom not connecting to certain meetings. Why does that happen and how can you avoid it? Read below. The symptoms of an unstable connection in the context of using Zoom include one or more of продолжить following:. If you’re having at least one of these symptoms, you’re experiencing a streamergency.
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Setting up a N.Z. local marine tank
Author: Mark Paterson
New Zealand coastal waters have a unique and diverse range of flora and fauna present as they cover temperature ranges from sub-tropical to sub-Antarctic with major current systems impacting on its shores. Its waters are thought to contain over 15,000 known species and scientists believe there may be as many as 65,000 marine species present, with many of these species not found anywhere else in the world due to the country's isolation.
There are some very different kinds of marine environments, rocky shore, mud flat, estuaries, varying tidal environments, but most people's introduction to our local marine life is through the rock pools at the local beach, these pools can contain a wide range of animals and plants that are exposed to a wide range of fluctuations. Exposure to summer sun can create high water temperatures which in turn will lead to evaporation so the salinity can get very high, or in turn rain can drop the salinity rapidly. The sun can also increase the photosynthesis of algae to generate oxygen, which can raise the pH levels so your average rock pool inhabitant can survive a wide variety of conditions.
These pools are generally flushed with new water twice a day which keeps them functioning whereas in the home aquaria doing this can be time consuming and expensive if using artificial salt water. So to compensate for this some care is needed to set up an aquarium that won’t end up a smelly soup after a few months of running.
To create a sustainable closed system the first step is to have lots of patience, a cold water marine system takes longer to cycle than a tropical marine one and both take longer to cycle than freshwater tanks, the full cycling process can take anywhere from 3 months up to a year to attain a mature system. Most aspects of saltwater aquarium keeping are universal. Regardless of whether the ultimate goal is a fish-only tank or a reef style tank, installation of the equipment requires the same steps and water quality is paramount. Similarly, all saltwater tanks require the active participation of beneficial micro-organisms therefore, in the early stages of the tank’s development; the procedure is focused on getting these unseen helpers established.
First you need to understand the nitrogen cycle and how the bacteria in the live rock actually break down the wastes excreted by the various living organisms in the tank.
THE NITROGEN CYCLE
Basically all fish and invertebrates excrete ammonia as a waste product; ammonia is extremely toxic to them. There is a group of beneficial bacteria that convert ammonia into nitrites which are also toxic; a second group of microbes convert nitrites into nitrates, which are not nearly as toxic. Accumulated nitrates should ideally be kept below 10 ppm, but fish may show no ill-effects with slightly higher levels. These two groups of bacteria need to be present and established in sufficient numbers prior to adding your fish and other animals. Ammonia levels will raise followed by a rise in nitrite levels as ammonia begins to decline. Then, as nitrite levels begin to decline, you will more than likely see a very slow rise in nitrates. The appearance of nitrates is a good sign that your various bacteria are making all the necessary conversions, however, some tanks with a significant amount of live rock, live sand, macro algae, and are regularly maintained with water changes may never see nitrates accumulate.
There are several methods that can be used to cycle a tank, however, the basics are both cycling with or without fish, if you don’t have access to fresh salt water please don’t cycle with fish as they cannot generally tolerate high ammonia levels and water changes required can be expensive if using an artificial salt mix.
Cycling With Fish
Using fish to cycle a new saltwater aquarium is one way of preparing the new tank for life but nitrite and ammonia can reach toxic levels during the process. There are only a few fish that live naturally in this environment, Triple fins found in pools higher in the tidal zone, Parore, Rockfish and spotties. Frequent water changes will help to keep the water parameters stable for the inhabitants.
Cycling Without Fish
Ammonia is needed for the cycling process to succeed so it can be produced in several ways. From dead decomposing matter, a piece of mussel or a fish to using unscented ammonia that doesn't contain any additives, the goal is to maintain a level of 5 ppm of ammonia in the tank which is usually achieved by adding 3 to 5 drops of ammonia to every 20 litres of water on a daily basis. Continue adding the ammonia and testing the water until it shows a nitrite reading once this shows reduce to 2 to 3 drops per 20 litres until both the nitrite and ammonia tests reach 0 ppm. Once you have this then a large water change can be done, watch temperature as too large a variance can stress the bacteria; add some activated carbon to help remove any unwanted additives that may have been in the ammonia.
Allowing the tank to cycle is crucial, it's the process that creates a chemical balance that can sustain plant and fish life, prior to cycling make sure your tank is up and running and your equipment is properly functioning. Circulation and a stable temperature are essential factors for the health of your livestock long-term as well as at the beginning when bacteria levels are establishing. It is good to run your tank lighting on for several hours each day during cycling as it will help set the balance for when the tank is stocked. For any cycling method you want to use a good quality salt mix or natural salt water (NSW). While cycling (regardless of the exact method), you will need to maintain your salinity around 1.027 and your temperature between 18C and 20C. If you have access to fresh clean natural salt water (NSW) you can set a tank up from scratch by doing 2 x 25% or 1 x 50% water changes weekly with a few hardy fish to help cycle the tank (Parore, Spotty, Rockfish)
Clean natural salt water can be collected locally in many parts of New Zealand; you just need to ensure it is clean. Collecting about half an hour before high tide is best but not after any recent rain as this can include contaminants from land runoff. Near river mouths or areas where there is a lot of boat activity should be avoided as well for the same reasons. Collected water can be stored indefinitely in sealed containers away from any light sources.
The task of collecting water can be made easier by using a 12V pump that plugs into the vehicles cigarette lighter and then pumping into large resealable, food grade plastic containers.
The two main essentials for good water filtration are live rock and a good quality protein skimmer.
You will need some clean coral rock as this is more porous than rocks from the sea and makes a good home for the beneficial bacteria and pods that will help maintain your system to live in.
You can use live rock from a tropical marine tank but some of the bacteria etc. may die off in the transition.
Coral rock is often purchased dry, and the bacteria are dead, or have formed spores. This live rock has to be cured which means left in water for a period of 6 weeks or longer, until all the various types of bacteria have established themselves and the rock can be used to provide filtration in a tank. Rock from the sea with encrusting inverts or plants may be added once cycle is completed, if it is added too early the life on it will die and add to an ammonia spike.
How do you know when the curing process is complete?
As the rock cures, decaying organisms will produce ammonia, which will be converted to nitrite by beneficial bacteria. As curing proceeds, additional bacteria will oxidise the nitrite to nitrate. Therefore, simply test the water for nitrite periodically and keep track of the results. You will see an initial rise, a peak, and then a sharp decline to zero. At that point, the curing process has run its course, usually after about two weeks. During the cycling process you can test the water every few days until you have the ammonia levels controlled. Once the nitrate levels reach 25.0+ the cycle is complete and you can safely add fish to your saltwater aquarium.
The tank can be set up with substrate or no substrate (BB, bare bottomed), having no substrate can be easier during cycling whereas substrate can provide a more natural look. If you go for a sand bed, make it either 2cm or a minimum of 10cm and seed it with about 1 cm of rich natural substrate collected below low tide mark, keep it wet when collecting or bacteria will die off. You can then top up with whatever you want as long as it’s not too coarse and not too fine. Lots of debate on grain size but I've had good success with the coarser stuff that looks a bit like coral sand, aim for around 1 to 2 mm grain size, this can be found at low tide and accumulates on the surface on mid to low tide sandy beaches and on the sandy fringes of rocky headlands. Larger shell fragments can end up trapping detritus and turning your substrate into a nitrate factory causing algae blooms and problems with disease.
Live rock is coral rock that is from an established aquarium, rock from a tropical system can be used but there may be die off in some of the bacteria. Water changes will help with any resultant ammonia spike, as a simple rule you will need 1kg of live rock per litre of water. It is imperative that the aquarium be filled with seawater at the correct salinity, pH, etc., and that all equipment is operating properly before the live rock is introduced. The more rock you have the more bacteria to support your bio load. When the rock has been placed, add dry substrate, live sand, and/or live rock pebbles as your design dictates you can top off the tank with seawater.
Another major factor in your tanks health is the gas exchange going on at the water’s surface with nitrogen gas leaving the tank and being replaced by oxygen. Sessile invertebrates also benefit from strong currents that wash away wastes and bring nutrients and oxygen to them. The return pipe from the sump discharges water in one direction only and in a continuous stream whereas in nature water movement is multi directional and intermittent. This can be achieved in the aquarium by the use of power heads or flow pumps, try to set up these flows to create turbulence and current to wash debris towards the outlet to sump. Basic rule of thumb is to have a minimum of 10 times the tank volume in water flow, if a tank is 100 litres, you want pumps equaling an output 10 times that, or 1000 litres per hour.
. Nearly all reef tanks use a protein skimmer. A protein skimmer removes small particles of dirt, bacteria, and proteins from the water. The skimmer works by pumping the tank water slowly through a vertical or cone shaped tube, fine bubbles are injected into it by either an airstone or an air injected needlewheel pump. The bubbles collect waste on their surfaces which rise to the top as foam which builds up and flows into a collection cup. A good quality skimmer is another major tool for ensuring a long lasting tank and it is a good idea to source a skimmer with the capability to handle more than the tanks volume. There are many skimmers available in the marketplace with the new cone shaped ones seeming to be the most efficient.
Plumbing and The sump.
In my personal opinion having a sump on the tank is better than using canister filters; these can be used but may need the filter media washing in NSW frequently to avoid a buildup of detritus in them. Canister filters are also good for running activated carbon in to help remove toxins, phosphate removers to help with water chemistry or filter wool for polishing your water by removing particles from your water column.
Many manufactured tanks come “ready to go.” or you can D.I.Y. it all yourself. Drilled holes in the tank and an overflow box with Durso standpipe allows only surface water to be drained to the sump usually set below the main tank. Narrow slots at the top of the overflow prevent large objects from entering the plumbing. In some designs, the return pipe passes through a second hole in the tank bottom and extends up to the top of the pre filter paralleling the standpipe. In other designs, the return pipe passes through the tank bottom at some distance from the drain. In still others, a return hose simply loops over the rim of the tank to discharge water just below the surface. A plastic part known as a bulkhead fitting provides a waterproof seal around the holes in the tank and connects to additional pipes or hoses to transport water to the sump which is usually placed underneath the display aquarium. At the opposite end of the sump from the inflow a pump pumps water back to the main tank.
The protein skimmer can be placed in sump or adjacent to it. Locate the skimmer where it will be easily accessible for inspection and cleaning. If you are using a chiller, it will be installed in the return line between the pump and the tank. Install the chiller’s thermostat sensor in the sump. It is a good idea to lay out the equipment arrangement on paper before you proceed with installation. You will want to make sure everything can be hidden underneath the tank while remaining accessible for maintenance.
T5 fluorescent lighting or L.E.D.'s are adequate for most N.Z. local marine systems and will certainly create less heat into the system than metal halides will. Stronger lighting at around 10k rating is only required when housing kelp and other macro-algae, if not keeping these then you can use just normal T5 or T8 fluorescent lights in a combination of marine blue and white tubes. You will need a timer for the lighting system to keep the inhabitants in equilibrium.
Testing the System.
After filling the tank, plug everything in and allow the equipment to run overnight. Adjust the thermostat on the chiller, to maintain the correct temperature. Use an accurate thermometer to check the water and make adjustments to reach the target temperature. The temperature should remain constant within two to three degrees over a twenty-four-hour period. Water should be circulating from the tank to the sump and back. The skimmer should be operating, although it will produce little, if any, foam until the tank contains salt. You will make final adjustments to the skimmer after adding the salt mix or NSW, and again later after adding live rock and fish.
Settling In with Your Habitat.
Once you have it all in place, full of salt water and circulating let it settle in and run for a week you can take a trip to the local shore side and pick up a few critters. Start with a cleanup crew like hermit crabs, grazing snails, chitons and glass shrimps from local rock pools, if you look under boulders (on sand) try and get some mottled brittlestars, they set up shop beneath your live rock and are brilliant at sorting the accumulating nitrogenous crap. Because of the inevitable algae blooms early in the life of any saltwater aquarium, it is a good idea to choose algae-eating snails as some of the tank’s first tenants, Cats Eyes are a good one. Have a look round locally for areas with lots of polychaete worms in a fairly course 1mm substrate. (if the worms are there, then there should also be all sorts of micro-molluscs, echinoderms and other microbial life) Also remove any large predatory polychaetes if you encounter them. They are the big pearl white ones with visible legs that can swim like eels!)
Keep the bio load low for at least 6 months - That's the hard part, Patience,
Let it balance out and then you can start to add your finds.
Seaweeds are an important part of natural temperate marine habitats and provide a home for a diverse range of invertebrates as well as add movement to your display. Sub tidal red algae are the best for a closed system, with many attractive species available that will survive in an aquarium.
The slow-growing encrusting coralline red algae are particularly attractive and suitable for aquarium life. Encrusting corallines form the beautiful pink patches coating rocks and will survive quite well under aquarium conditions try to avoid exposing them to air. Other species of red algae may be tried and often do quite well, but should be removed when undergoing rapid loss of color or deterioration. Temperate seaweeds that do well in the aquarium are generally subtidal species adapted to relatively low light levels. Most of these belong to the red algae group and make very attractive display additions.
A simple light system consisting of fluorescent tubes (one actinic blue and one cool white are a good combination) on a 12-hour cycle should be adequate for a standard tank. Metal halide lamps can damage seaweeds collected from deeper levels than a rock pool as well as add extra heat to your system.
All seaweeds should be collected with the holdfast intact. This attachment structure can be wedged into crevices or even glued with cyanoacrylic adhesives (super glue gel) onto the smooth surfaces of rocks (both surfaces must be dried before applying glue).
In an aquarium with insufficient water motion, seaweeds may become smothered by detritus so a good varied flow in the water column is essential to keep them in their best condition. After all remember they are used to a more rigorous environment than can be provided in the average aquarium and will cause problems if they begin decaying.
A few of the Sea weeds that do well in an enclosed system.
Coralline algae are hard and come in encrusting and upright branching varieties, extra calcium can be added to the aquarium to enhance growth, when collecting rocks try to avoid exposing them to air for too long a period as they can die off.
Feels like velvet. it can at times be found above low tide usually found in sheltered harbours. Grows from a holdfast.
Green Grapeweed (Caulerpa geminata)
is sometimes found in healthy rock pools or growing sub tidally. Its roots form a growing network so can be lifted off the rock it is on in a mat, this can be bound with cotton on rock work.
Needs good varied flow , but slow grower.
Sea Rimu (Caulerpa brownii)
This derives its name from the resemblance to the New Zealand rimu tree. Found sub tidally in medium shelter, East Coast North Island. This plant grows from runners, use Super Glue Gel or cotton to re attach.
A Clean-Up Crew for Your Aquarium
The “clean-up crew” is a term used to describe the various small invertebrates that in nature clear up decomposing matter, algae growths and sift through the sand bed to help promote a healthy system. The most commonly used are hermit crabs, turbinaria snails, and glass shrimp though there are a variety of other snails, limpets, brittle stars, etc.
One important factor to consider is the type of habitat you are trying to replicate and the compatibility of live stock in the tank. Leatherjackets, Puffers or wrasses can predate on hard and soft bodied invertebrates so you may be limited to animals with a hard shell; large snails and hermit crabs
You also need to ensure there is enough food in the tank to sustain them,
a newly set up tank may support a few shrimp or hermit crabs as these can be fed easily. Whereas grazing snails will possibly starve until the algae levels are up in the tank, unless you can supplement feed them, some clean-up crew members require a sandbed for survival and a new bed may not have enough nutrients required to support them.
It's Important to check on invertebrates to ensure that they are still alive, a good rule is to keep track of any livestock you put in the tank as dead animals can quickly pollute the water in your tank.
Sometimes the clean up crew can predate on each other, for example Hermit crabs are known to kill snails when they need a new home so adding spare empty shells will help solve the problem.
Black Spotted Topshell
Diloma melagraphia atheops
Diet: Grazes on algal film and also detritus
Cats eye Snail
Diet: Foliaceous algae and macrophytes
Diet: Foliaceous algae and Ecklonia radiata
Diet: Deposit feeder, filters sediment.
Diet: Almost anything
Diet: sediment deposits detritus feeder
Sea Cucumber are detritus feeders, they are very good at keeping a sand bed clean.
When it comes to setting up a saltwater aquarium, big tanks and small ones differ only in the amount of water and materials involved. The basic procedure is the same. After readying the tank and setting it in place, install the equipment. Test the plumbing with fresh water, and make sure everything else is working properly before adding salt mix.
Aquascaping is next, using live rock and sand, or non-living materials, or a combination. Allow for a break-in period as the aquarium develops a population of beneficial micro-organisms, from this point on, you are the custodian of a living ecosystem. You must maintain the aquarium over the next several months to allow basic biological processes to develop appropriately.
The aquarium will continue to mature and change for a period of months. Early on, for about six to eight weeks, you can expect a series of algae blooms to occur, typically, brownish diatoms and red/purple slime algae appear first then later, filamentous green algae supersede the earlier growths. This waxing and waning of algae blooms is normal, you can siphon out patches of slime algae, and use a pad to clean the glass, but do not reduce lighting in an attempt to limit algae growth. You will only prolong the process, algae grows because the water contains compounds, such as phosphate, that stimulate their growth. Removing algae from the tank helps to export the compounds. Protein skimming also helps. You will note that the skimmer begins to produce foam during the break-in process. As micro-organisms grow, reproduce, and die, they release organic compounds into the water, some is taken up again by other organisms, and some is removed by the skimmer. As the developing ecosystem becomes more and more stable, you can introduce additional invertebrates and fish about every two weeks. Although the process of stocking an aquarium can be slow, patience is rewarded with a thriving, easily maintained tank.
Maintenance of your system requires little apart from the suggested routine.
Daily:check temperature, equipment and check and feed inhabitants.
Weekly:check salinity, adjust as needed; check pH, adjust as needed; carry out 10 percent water change; clean algae off glass
Monthly:check nitrate; carry out 50 percent water change; replace detritus removal pads in sump; siphon out debris as needed
Semiannually: carry out 50 percent water change, clean power heads if needed.
Annually: replace lamps; service system pumps, skimmer etc.
Go slow, keep your bio load minimised, and you'll be fine.
Feeding the livestock.
A proper diet is essential for your livestock to flourish, generally fish are not fussy and can be fed squid, mussel, krill, shrimp, fish and commercial frozen foods in pieces small enough to fit into their mouths. It is essential that some species of wild caught stock are fed live foods until you are able to get them onto other foods, seahorses and plankton feeders being prime examples. Live foods can be bred by you such as Brine and Mysid shrimp or supplemented with mosquito wrigglers, daphnia or white worms, if you live near the ocean you can collect your own. Running a fine net through seaweeds in a tide pool or round weed covered boulders will usually produce a plethora of various small shrimp, amphipods and copepods. Excess food collected can be kept in fresh NSW with an airstone or frozen then fed out, this is useful to help wean them onto commercially available foods. Generally fish will eat foods they recognise as part of their natural diet.
Some types of fish can be too slow or shy to compete for food with faster moving individuals or indeed may be considered prey by them, these types are better housed together to ensure longevity.. Knowledge gained from nature guides, websites and experience should give you an understanding of the feeding requirements and compatibility of your livestock within your aquarium community.
Feeding invertebrates presents more of a challenge because they exhibit a far greater diversity of feeding styles. Some invertebrates, such as sponges and tunicates, filter tiny plankton particles, while others graze or prey on more substantial items. In general, filter feeders are the most difficult to satisfy in the aquarium and should be avoided in favor of those that select larger foods. Some time should be devoted to learning about the general feeding habits of each invertebrate species you plan on maintaining. This will help to avoid such mishaps as adding large predatory sea stars that will ravage your beds of sessile invertebrates.
Collecting for the aquarium.
Some of our local species of fish come under the Quota management system and therefore have a minimum take size, so some care must be taken when collecting for the tank. Other than these species one can collect stock from local rock pools or on fishing trips, i use barbless hooks for this and try to catch from shallower water as catching from deeper water may mean having to deal with an over inflated swim bladder. I always take large plastic containers and ensure the water is changed every 20 minutes or so to keep oxygen levels up for the fish, battery powered air supply or 12v bilge pumps are good for keeping water flow up. Acclimation is ideally the same as for tropicals and having a quarantine setup is best, beware of fast changes in temperature or salinity, anything more than 3 degrees C. in collecting or moving temperate species can lead to problems.
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As previously mentioned, last week’s Church Times carried an article by Jane Shaw titled Men, women, and difference. This is reproduced below, with the permission of both the author and the Church Times.
Men, women, and difference
The ‘complementarity’ of the sexes is a comparatively new invention, argues Jane Shaw
I shall never forget the comment of a senior English churchman: that he could envisage Adam and Eve sitting across the camp-fire from each other, just as he and his wife did in their drawing room. An image of a man and woman wearing fig leaves, but sitting in chintz-covered armchairs, drinking sherry, immediately sprang to my mind.
The churchman’s comment exemplifies the kind of ahistorical thinking in the new report by the Church of England’s Faith and Order Commission, Men, Women and Marriage (News, Leader Comment, 12 April). It has received almost universal condemnation, not only for its content (or lack thereof), but also for its poor argument.
The leader comment in this paper advised readers to ignore it, and most will. Nevertheless, its publication opens the opportunity for some real education on the subjects about which it purports to inform us. As the leader said, the report “speaks of a unique relationship between a man and a woman without ever explaining this contention. Seldom clear, the text adopts a particular obscurity whenever a contentious matter is touched upon, such as the complementarity of the sexes.”
The report provides no history of sexual difference, nor of its accompanying bugbear: the “complementarity” of men and women. Under the sweeping assumption that both sexual difference and gender-complementarity are universal and timeless concepts, the possibility of same-sex marriage is rejected. Yet, for the past several decades, historians of medicine have convincingly shown that both are modern concepts, emerging in particular political and social circumstances in the West.
Before the modern period, scientists – still relying on ancient sources such as Aristotle and Galen – understood woman as an imperfect version of man. They believed that there was “one sex”, hierarchically arranged. Women and men were seen as having the same sexual organs; it was just that women’s were on the interior.
The point is illustrated by the French essayist Montaigne’s retelling of a folk tale about a woman, Marie Germain, who jumped over a ditch while chasing pigs through fields: her genitals dropped – and she became a man.
This “one-sex” idea was challenged in the Enlightenment, in part through science; but that science was driven by political change. The old hierarchies were being questioned. Universal rights were being championed, but was everyone really equal? The answer was sought in the supposed “facts” of biology.
The search for anatomical sexual differences was driven by an increased sense that women were intrinsically different from men – and, on those grounds, should not receive the same rights. The result was the articulation of two sexes.
But, you might say, despite all this, sexual difference is true. Yes and no: it is less clear-cut than we might imagine, as medical cases of those who find themselves biologically between the sexes illustrate. But the important point is that sexual difference was imbued with political ideology from the beginning.
Out of all this came the notion of the complementarity of the sexes. This is the idea that women and men have distinctly different qualities (rooted in biology), and that this suits them for different (but “complementary”) roles in life.
This suited the economic climate of newly industrialised Britain very well. As work became separated from home, the middle and working classes emerged. Separate spheres for work and home developed, and home came to be seen as the special domain of women – at least, middle-class women – whose “natural” characteristics of gentleness and passivity made them keepers of morals and preservers of the hearth.
Preachers took on gender complementarity with enthusiasm, especially those of the Evangelical Revival. New ideas about the differences between men and women were given a theological grounding, and blended with old ideas about the subordination of women.
Women were seen as spiritually equal, but, in practical terms, socially subordinate. These ideas were taken around the world by missionaries and imperialists alike, and imposed on completely different cultural arrangements of the sexes and kinship relations.
These ideas did not go uncontested. Women argued for their admission to higher education and for universal suffrage, for example.
YET such ideas continued to have an impact on theology, most notably in the work of Karl Barth, who insisted that the “distinctive natures” of men and women were “the command of God”. For Barth, these distinctive natures led to sex-differentiated functions, which were absolutely rigid. As he wrote: “The sexes might wish to exchange their special vocations, what is required of the one or the other as such. This must not happen.”
One of the great problems of all this thinking is that concepts of sexual difference and complementarity that our ancestors would barely have recognised 300 years ago, let alone 3000 years ago, are regularly mapped back on to the Hebrew scriptures, especially the creation stories in Genesis 2.
Unfortunately, the new report on marriage appeals to just this sort of ahistorical thinking. And that does no one any favours at all.
Many people have suggested that we need a history of marriage, which the new report does not provide. I agree; but we also need to understand how gender relations in the modern period have been powerfully shaped by particular ideas about sexual difference and gender complementarity, which are relatively new, and have never been universally accepted.
The ideas about women and men which emerged with the notion of sexual difference were made to fit a particular kind of middle-class fam-ily arrangement. Some found that it suited them; some did not. This is why Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique 40 years ago, and this is why movements for the liberation of women and of gay people followed.
None of this is to question the clear value of marriage as a building-block of society. It is to suggest that, in thinking through a distinctly Christian view of marriage, we need to recognise that ideas about gender relations have always been specific to context, and always will be.
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The Washington National Cathedral, which has become one of the nation's most prominent religious destinations, announced Wednesday that it plans to remove two Confederate flags that have been part of the stained-glass windows for more than 60 years.
The windows depicting the two flags were installed in 1953, intended to pay homage to Confederate Gens. Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. Officials with the cathedral stated that, while the flags will soon be removed, the color-rich windows will remain to "serve as a catalyst for the difficult and uncomfortable conversations about race that we need to have on the road to racial justice," the New York Times reported.
"Instead of simply taking the windows down and going on with business as usual," the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, the cathedral's canon theologian, said, "the cathedral recognizes that, for now, they provide an opportunity for us to begin to write a new narrative on race and racial justice at the cathedral and perhaps for our nation."
As for when exactly the removal will take place, Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and the interim dean of the cathedral, said it will happen "as soon as we can do it." Interestingly, according to Buddle, neither she nor the Rev. Gary Hall, the previous dean of the cathedral, were even aware the decades-old windows featured Confederate symbolism until last summer.
Hall called for their removal as soon as the revelation came.
"They were brought to our attention after the Charleston massacre last year," Buddle said, referring to the shooting at Emanual AME Church, a historically black church, that left nine dead. "That’s when it resurfaced in our consciousness that the Confederate flag was part of our stained-glass artistry."
The cathedral's decision is the latest in a series of actions taken to rid the public sphere of the historically significant yet controversial symbol.
The Confederate flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse one month after the Charleston shooting. In addition, Georgetown University, which is not far from the famous cathedral, has had difficulty dealing with the fact that, in 1838, it sold 272 slaves to Southern plantation owners.
The stained-glass artistry depicting Lee and Jackson was installed nearly one century after the conclusion of the Civil War and was propped up financially by the Daughters of the Confederacy and one donor from the North.
Buddle described the window as part of "the way the Civil War memory was encoded in American history in the 20th century."
"At the time it was publicized as a reconciliation effort between daughters of the North and the South — basically white people on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line — coming together to memorialize heroes from the Civil War in heroic, and in Lee’s case really mythic, language," she said.
Additionally, cathedral officials have determined to devote "significant liturgical, artistic and programmatic resources" over the next couple years to discussions focused on whether or not the historically inspired windows should be removed altogether.
"Whatever the chapter’s ultimate decision, the windows will not live in the cathedral in the same way they have in the past," the group tasked with making the determination announced in a statement Wednesday.
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In an article entitled “The Renaissance of the Occult,” the great classicist E. R. Dodds wrote: “When the history of the early years of the twentieth century comes to be written … there will almost certainly be found in it a chapter devoted to the Renaissance of Occultism. It will be a very long chapter.” Dodds himself played a central role in this renaissance. In addition to exploring the non-rational aspects of Greek culture in his ground-breaking study, The Greeks and the Irrational, published in 1951, Dodds, like his mentor Gilbert Murray, was a member of the Society for Psychical Research for which he served as President from 1960 to 1963. Despite his disparaging characterization of theurgy and the influence of Iamblichus on the Platonic tradition, Dodds himself avidly researched the very phenomena associated with theurgy: mediumistic possession, telepathy, and clairvoyance. He traveled to Germany to spend time with Willy Schneider, a renowned medium said to practice telekinesis, was convinced of the reality of telepathy, and in 1971, he published an essay entitled “Supernormal Phenomena in Classical Antiquity.” In the late 1970’s, shortly before his death, Dodds is reported to have said: “I have no interest anymore in Greek religion. I am only interested in paranormal phenomena.”
Perhaps Dodds was overstating his position. After all, the paranormal phenomena surrounding Iamblichus and Sosipatra and the supernatural powers demonstrated by Proclus were an integral part of later Platonic philosophy and religion. Yet, as a Classical scholar imbued with the rationalistic spirit of his time, Dodds had argued that the introduction of such irrational phenomena spelled the demise of Hellenic rationalism, and almost all scholars—perhaps influenced by Dodds—have avoided serious study of the supernatural powers of theurgists. After all, in the worldview provided by materialist science, such paranormal phenomena cannot happen and so, if mentioned by the ancient sources, they are usually explained away as the result of superstition or as the cultural baggage of a credulous age.
This paper will seek to understand the supernatural phenomena of later Platonists within their metaphysical vision, one that describes a world that is an unbroken continuum extending from the One to the multiplicity of the material world. Iamblichus was a critical figure in laying out the imaginative framework in which paranormal phenomena were incorporated into this tradition both through his metaphysics of mediation and through the practice of ecstatic divination. Today there are many outside the academy—especially in popular culture—who are deeply interested in the paranormal because of anomalous experiences that “science” cannot explain. The later Platonists developed techniques that not only assumed the existence of transphysical realities but allowed its initiates to develop the ability to see and to hear these phasmata through their own etheric bodies. I will argue that the development of one’s etheric body into a luminous augoeides was an integral part of the theurgic path and that the supernatural power of Platonic adepts was a very “natural” outcome of their way of life. While it would be anachronistic to apply their worldview to our own, their imaginative framework for the paranormal might serve as a heuristic model for those with questions about the paranormal today.
Irish Statesman I:14 (27 Sept. 1919) 337-8.
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In pubs, cafés, bars or restaurants, drinks are usually served by the glass. However, this is not the case with mineral water: provided the service staff adhere to the rules, the mineral water first ends up in the unopened bottle at the table and only then is it poured into the glass.
And that is not in the gusto of the restaurateur, but is just as prescribed in the Mineral and Table Water Ordinance (MTVO). There it is regulated, among other things, that mineral water may only reach the consumer in sealed prepackaged packaging.
Because natural mineral water has to meet the highest quality standards – and these differ from those of table water, for example. This is how the MTVO defines the special requirements for natural mineral water:
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Tap water is one of the most strictly controlled "foodstuffs" in Germany. In view of the boom in soda makers triggered by SodaStream, this is basically good news. Because in addition to CO2, the water from the tap is the main component. But although German tap water is subject to high requirements and quality standards, this does not automatically mean that it comes out of the tap in the same quality in every household. For example, outdated pipes or fittings can have a negative impact on the water quality – and heavy metals may get into the tap water. If you want to get an idea of "your water quality", you can do this relatively cheaply using test strips available online. Alternatively, you will also find somewhat more expensive water test sets, such as those from Ivario or Aquakaiser, where the results for almost 20 test values are determined by a laboratory.
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At·tempt v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Attempting.]
1. To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose. --Longfellow.
2. To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. [Obs. or Archaic]
It made the laughter of an afternoon
That Vivien should attempt the blameless king. --Thackeray.
3. To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further:
Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute. --Shak.
4. To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.
Without attempting his adversary's life. --Motley.
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Green.org sits down with Aaron Saks, the General Manager of Green Paper Products, LLC to learn how they are on a mission to eliminate single use plastics by supplying their customers with compostable food service and food packaging products,
Aaron, thanks for being here. Tell us a little bit about you and your background:
I am the General Manager of Green Paper Products, LLC. My company is family-owned and operated, based in Cleveland, Ohio. We are on a mission to eliminate single use plastics. We supply our customers with compostable food service and food packaging products, including cups, bowls, plates, and many other items.
We got started in 2009 when my father and his business partner wanted to expand their recycled stational business into other sustainable paper products. They would constantly get requests for custom-printed recycled cups, which we started selling. From there, we just kept looking for the best compostable products for our customers. We look for products that are made from renewable materials, including upcycled materials such as sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw. Most of our products are certifed compostable by BPI or CMA, which means that they biodegrade in a properly managed compost and turn back into soil.
We are optimistic about the future, since we have seen solid growth every year. We have been able to expand our inventory into warehouses in Tennessee and California, and also upgrade and improve our website to make ordering easier for our customers.
What is a fun fact about you?
I am an avid biker, and I am lucky to be able to ride my bike (a Surly Straggler) to work almost every day. I usually ride 60-70 miles per week.
Why do you think climate change and sustainability is such an important topic today?
This is not a problem that we can just wish away – ignorance is not bliss. All the evidence is clear that human factors are contributing to climate change. The more we talk about it and communicate it, the more widely it will become accepted.
What do you envision your industry looking like 10 years from now?
I am hoping to see the complete elimination of single-use plastics and a much wider expansion of reusable or compostable items. I also hope to see much broader commercial composting, where all residential areas have access to compost and green waste pick-up services.
What can the average person do to make a difference?
First, use reusable products whenever possible. We all recognize that there are times when we need to use disposable goods. When we do, it’s important to choose products that are made from renewable and sustainable materials. | <urn:uuid:419a096a-a5aa-41b2-8c55-d195886d529a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://green.org/2022/08/02/supplying-the-world-with-compostable-food-packaging-products/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.965936 | 542 | 1.929688 | 2 |
The previous post gave the details of how Möbius transformations
m(z) = (az + b)/(cz + d)
transform circles. The image of a circle under a Möbius transformation is either a line or a circle, and in our examples the image will always be a circle.
We start with an approximation of the Olympic rings
and then apply various transformations.
First we apply (z + 9)/(z + 10):
This transformation doesn’t distort the rings too much because the rings are far from the singularity at z = -10. The blue ring is distorted the most because it’s closest to the singularity.
Next we apply (iz + 7)/(z + 8). Now we’ve moved the singularity a little bit closer, and we caused some rotation by using i as the coefficient of z in the numerator.
Finally, let’s pick a transformation with its singularity inside the green circle, (z + 4)/(z -3 + i).
Now we see a lot of distortion. The blue and gold rings that were outside the green ring are brought inside. The complex plane is turned inside-out because of the singularity.
As before, the black and red rings still intersect the green ring. But what you can’t tell from the graph is that the portion of these rings that was inside has been turned outside and vice versa. | <urn:uuid:abf3132f-f709-4b9c-b413-4d709add5466> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2022/06/26/transform-olympic-rings/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.900534 | 300 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Production of the ‘No One Need Live in Fear’ Booklet
In early 1993 the Action Group obtained its first significant grant to produce a Domestic Violence Information and Resource Booklet for the Noarlunga, Mount Barker and Victor Harbor regions. The aim of the booklet was to provide much needed local information to women who had been subjected to domestic violence. Members of the action group devoted endless hours to put the booklet together. The first edition of the booklet was launched by the end of that year and before long, the booklet became known as “The Purple Booklet” within the region. The booklet has been such a valuable resource that the SDVAG has printed a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th edition of the booklet.
Production of the No One Need Live in Fear Newsletter
In 1998 the idea of a newsletter arose from the motivation of community members within the Action Group. The newsletter (titled No-One Need Live in Fear) assisted the Action Group to:
- Get information out in the community about domestic violence.
- Promote the activities of the SDVAG.
- Support local people to get involved in preventing domestic violence.
- Provide information on services and government directions.
- The newsletter is still being produced and is available throughout the southern region.
The Multicultural Domestic Violence Radio Announcement Project— Violence in the home has many forms
The Multicultural DV Radio Announcement project has it’s origin in 1995 and was auspiced by the SDVAG. The aim was to produce a series of radio announcements in different languages stating that domestic violence does not have to be tolerated and that there is help available. The announcements were recorded in 13 different languages and were radio air play in Adelaide and on other ethnic radio stations around Australia. The action group worked in partnership with Women’s Health State-wide, Migrant Women’s Support Accommodation service and individuals from various ethnic communities.
WAVES – A Community education package
In 1993 a group of community women, with the support of the SDVAG, formed a Community Educators group. The aim of this group was to provide talks, workshops about domestic violence in the broader community. At the time it was felt that if people had a better understanding about domestic violence, they would be better able to support women who were trying to deal with an abusive relationship. The idea of WAVES represented women making waves in the community, waves of change, waves building up energy/speed/strength, waves as a powerful force that can’t be ignored and waves that erode embedded values and beliefs.
We continue working from the basic premise of Waves. Members provide organisations and groups with training, we speak at forums and conduct workshops. Members have participated on the organising committees of conferences, provide information stalls at community events, and lobby politicians. | <urn:uuid:6566f8df-2314-4406-a607-e32b7fa6d3b9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://southerndvag.com/about/achievements/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.964783 | 595 | 1.9375 | 2 |
[June 2021] On this Sunday, we took a full-day tour from Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, where we were staying, and went to an area called Fife.
Fife is often referred to as the Kingdom of Fife, a peninsula between Edinburgh and the northern city of Dundee.
The reason why it is called a kingdom is that the Picts who lived in Scotland long ago built a kingdom here.
It seems that the actual situation is not well understood.
Apart from us, an elderly couple from Lancashire, England, and two students from China and Chile participated in the tour, so we were six people.
The guide and driver of the minibus was an experienced middle aged man named Derek.
His main job is a care worker, and he has been working part-time for Rabbies for 20 years.
He is originally from the town of Fife’s coal mine, where all the boys used to get some kind of mine-related job, but Derek himself said he managed to escape that, because he was claustrophobic.
The coal mine was closed later, but Scotland is apparently experiencing rapid growth in renewable energies such as wind and tidal power.
From the city of Edinburgh, we crossed the Firth of Forth and entered Fife.
There are three bridges over the Firth of Forth, and this time we crossed the newest Queensferry Crossing, which opened in 2017.
The cable lines are beautiful, but according to Derek, the bridge has been closed several times because of the accumulation of ice on the top of the supporting pillars and the falling of it.
Shortly after we entered Fife, we passed by a town called Kirkcaldy.
This is the town where the historic economist Adam Smith was born.
Adam Smith, who is regarded as the incarnation of capitalism, wrote in the “Wealth of Nations” written here that “people have classes and the poor bottom people must be helped”, Derek pointed out.
Then, when we passed through the town of Largo, he said, “This is where the real person who became the model for ‘Robinson Crusoe’ was born.”
Alexander Selkirk, who joined the Navy and travelled the world, lived on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean for four and a half years.
He was eventually rescued by a Spanish ship.
In this way, various stories popped out along the way, and I never got tired of it.
Before arriving at the first destination, Anstruther, he said, “I want you to see the natural seaside scenery,” and took a detour to the seaside village of Elie.
This was a place where you want to get out of the car and relax.
My husband said, “I had imagined Cramond, which we were disappointed at yesterday, to be something like this.”
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Here is a compilation of many of the basic music scales as well as more advanced diatonic and jazz scales. Knowing the different types scales can be very helpful when learning music theory. The beginner musician should understand three basic scales: major, minor, and chromatic. The intermediate musicians should additionally understand the diatonic scales. Advanced musicians and jazz musicians should understand all the advanced scales and what chords they are applied to. | <urn:uuid:6e09a132-7295-47c2-b04a-ef7c495d4f9c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thejazzresource.com/music_scales.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.96103 | 85 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Oakland artist repurposes trash into vibrant houses for the homeless
The necessity to shelter the homeless is a prevalent and widespread reality for many urban areas, including oakland, california, the hometown of american artist gregory kloehn who is using his creative capacity as an action for change. as the founder of the ‘homeless homes project‘ — a community driven initiative — kloehn has realized a low-cost, practical and imaginative solution for the construction of habitable shelters for those living on the streets. he combs through heaps of illegally dumped trash, commercial waste and excess household items piled in alleyways and discarded throughout the city, and upcycles the raw materials into walls, roofs, doors, windows, wheels and locks. kloehn describes that adopting the otherwise disused garbage as a medium for architectural development ‘diminishes money’s influence over the building process‘ and transforms the rejected debris into an object of hope and happiness.
The small-scale structures are built with a special attention to an animated color scheme and fresh design details. painted in hues like cotton candy pink, canary yellow, sky blue, and hot red, they bring a strong sense of vibrancy and spirit to each individual dwelling. tiny doors are embellished with mirrors and windows, transmitting daylight into the mobile habitat, while locks equipped on the entryways bring a sense of security and privacy to the residents.
Smart use of materials and clever reinterpretations of the trash supplies constitute rain proof roofs — formed from discarded plastic sheeting — windows — made from a washing machine door — and skylights — fashioned from wooden pieces. all homes are mobile so that they can accommodate the nomadic lifestyle of homeless residents while avoiding the complexities of permanent structures.
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Texas Engineered Roofing
Local roofing expert answers questions about what homeowners should know to best care for their roofs.
How often should a homeowner replace their roof or have it inspected?
Many factors contribute to when replacement of a homeowner’s roof is required. These include excessive wear and tear or granular loss, storm-related damage from hail or wind, multiple leaks, [and] improper installation by a previous roofing contractor. [The roof should be replaced if] repair isn’t a valid option.
An asphalt shingle roof, especially one that’s over 10 years [old], should be inspected annually and have a preventative maintenance performed to help extend its lifespan if no storm-related damage is present. All asphalt shingled roofs should be inspected after a hurricane with high winds or after a hail storm. These storm-related events can shorten the overall lifespan of a roof and eventually allow water intrusion.
What is the most overlooked part of the roof that homeowners should be aware of?
Normally a homeowner’s roof is out of sight and therefore out of mind until a leak develops inside their house. All roof penetrations, including a chimney, pipe jacks, attic vents, furnace and water heater vents, are the main causes of leaks that can be prevented with proper maintenance.
According to The National Weather Service, August and September are the most active months for hurricanes. What should homeowners do to prepare their roofs before a potential storm hits?
Homeowners should reach out to a local, licensed roofing contractor prior to hurricane season who offers a free, no-obligation roof inspection. Preventative inspections and maintenance of their roof will more than likely get them and their homes through the stormy season without any problems.
What kind of roofing materials are best-suited to The Woodlands area?
The most economic roofing material is still the asphalt shingle. Other products, including metal and tile, have a longer lifespan, but unless this is a homeowner’s forever home or [the homeowners’ association] and [The Woodlands] Township approved, most roofs are installed with limited-lifetime asphalt shingles. A homeowner’s budget is also a major factor when considering what type of product to install on the roof. We mostly recommend CertainTeed asphalt shingles, but we are also certified to install GAF [brand roofing].
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ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The New York state Senate on Monday approved nearly two dozen bills intended to curb heroin use, including a measure to allow schools to administer a powerful heroin and opiate antidote.
On Monday, the Senate passed 23 of the 25 bills introduced last month following a series of forums held around the state on heroin and opioid use.
``There's one place we shouldn't be lenient and we shouldn't turn our backs,'' said sponsoring state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola.)
The legislative package seeks to limit prescriptions of opioids for acute pain and allow schools to issue naloxone, an antidote for heroin overdoses. The latter provision would cover whoever administers the drug under the "Good Samaritan'' law, which protects people from potential arrest when they call for medical help from the scene of an overdose.
It also creates a statewide heroin awareness program and increases penalties for selling the drug, especially on playgrounds.
Experts said a crackdown on prescription drugs has pushed addicts to heroin, which is significantly cheaper and easier to obtain. Deaths from heroin overdoses in New York more than doubled from 215 in 2008 to 478 in 2012, according to the state Health Department.
With more than 30 heroin-related bills in the upper chamber from both sides of the aisle, some Democrats are wary that some of the measures simply increase criminal penalties.
Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-The Bronx) took to the floor to voice his discontent with the way the majority coalition, Republicans who lead the Senate with a faction of independent Democrats, handled some of the legislation.
``It is unfortunate that the majority of these bills go in the opposite way it should be going,'' the Bronx Democrat said, adding that addiction is not a criminal issue, but a public health one.
Sen. Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan) also criticized some of the legislation saying that increased criminal penalties takes the state back 40 years to the tough, and failed, Rockefeller drug laws.
The bills were delivered to the Democratic-led Assembly who are currently holding their own forums.
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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes
New Delhi, 19th September, 2016.
Sub: Finance Minister conveys Government’s Appreciation to tax payers for their contribution towards Nation building.
The Government acknowledges the contribution of individual tax payers in paying taxes within the prescribed time and prompt filing of Income Tax Returns. The Honourable Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley today handed over certificates of appreciation issued by CBDT honoring select tax payers for such contribution. While it is widely acknowledged that the Nation meets its obligations towards spending in various social sector and welfare schemes and infrastructure development out of revenues mobilized through tax payments by millions of honest tax payers, this step marks the first effort by the Government to directly communicate to the tax payer its appreciation for that contribution.
CBDT will be sending out such certificates of appreciation to individual tax payers by e-mail in various categories on the basis of the level of taxes paid by them for the current Assessment Year 2016-17 where taxes have been paid in full and tax payers have no outstanding tax liabilities and where the return is e-filed within the prescribed due date. The tax payers may display these certificates in their homes / offices.
The categories for individual taxpayers and the number of certificates being issued in the first round are:
||Tax contributed Rs. 1 Crore and above
||Tax contributed Rs. 50Lakh to Rs. 1 Crore
||Tax contributed Rs. 10Lakh to Rs.50 Lakh
||Tax contributed Rs. 1Lakh to Rs.10 Lakh
The CBDT urges taxpayers to e-file their returns in time and verify their return by submitting the Electronic Verification Code online or sending their ITR-V within the 120 day period so that they can be also acknowledged for their contribution.
The Department is committed to continuous improvement of taxpayer services and seeks the cooperation of all taxpayers in contributing their fair share of taxes voluntarily.
(Meenakshi J Goswami)
Commissioner of Income Tax
(Media and Technical Policy)
Official Spokesperson, CBDT.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the nation today (March 16) from self-isolation (his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 12) about measures being taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
Trudeau announced three main travel restriction measures regarding entry into Canada while providing support for Canadian citizens returning to Canada.
He stated that Canada is closing its borders to all non-Canadian citizens and non-permanent residents of Canada, or all foreign nationals. U.S. citizens, crew members, diplomats, and members of their immediate family are exempt from this restriction.
When questioned by media about why American citizens are exempt, Trudeau explained that this restriction doesn't apply to U.S. citizens due to the integration of economies between Canada and the U.S.
The second measure being taken is that any individuals with COVID-19 symptoms won’t be allowed to enter Canada.
Trudeau stated that air operators will be formally mandated to prevent all travellers who present symptoms of COVID-19 to board planes to Canada.
Airlines will conduct a basic assessment of each passenger based on recommendations from the Public Health Agency of Canada and will receive formal order to ban all travellers presenting symptoms from getting on airplanes.
An assistance program for Canadians abroad is being launched to provide funding to help asymptomatic Canadian citizens to return to Canada or to cover essential costs while awaiting return to Canada.
The third measure to be implemented as of Wednesday (March 18) is that international flights will be restricted to only four Canadian airports: Vancouver International Airport, Calgary International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, and Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
At these airports, enhanced screening of passengers will take place.
Domestic flights and flights from U.S., Mexico, Caribbean, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon won’t be affected.
Travel restrictions won’t apply to trade or businesses.
Trudeau reiterated that all Canadians should avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice.
Amid a series of advisories and announcements on the evening of March 13, the federal governmenty had urged all Canadians abroad to return back to Canada as soon as possible and to avoid all non-essential travel. The federal government has warned that travellers may face disruption to travel plans, including cancelled flights and new restrictions introduced with little advance notice.
Those who do return must self-isolate for 14 days.
Trudeau also stated that all Canadians should remain at home as much as possible to protect yourself and others, in order to allow the healthcare system to focus on those who do need help.
He encouraged Canadians to remain in contact with each other through other means, such as by phone, facetime, email, and other modes of remote communication.
Today, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) also announced some further measures at all entry points.
All travellers will be asked if they are experiencing any symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, coughing, or fever.
In additional, all travellers from all international destinations will be asked to self-isolate for 14 days. The only exceptions are workers essential to the movement of goods or people, such as flight crews or road workers.
Any travellers whom CBSA officers suspect to be ill will be referred to public health authorities for evaluation.
Travellers had previously only been asked if they had visited China, Iran, or Italy—something that has been questioned by media and citizens.
Dr. Theresa Tam stated on March 15 that Canada has reached a critical point and that all Canadians needs to act immediately and collectively to stem the outbreak.
"Our window to flatten the curve of the epidemic is narrow," Dr. Tam said. "We all need to act now. COVID-19 is a serious public health threat.”
Canada now has approximately 377 cases.
Italy has escalated to over 24,700 cases, while Iran has surged to approximately 15,000 cases. Spain, with over 9,400 cases, has surpassed South Korea, with over 8,200 cases. USA’s numbers continue to rapidly climb, now at over 4,000 cases.
However, many Asian locations outside mainland China that were reporting some of the earliest cases of the virus have maintained controlled levels of increase due to having implemented strict or emergency measures at the onset of the outbreak, such as Hong Kong (155), Thailand (147), India (129), Taiwan (68), Vietnam (61), and Macao (11). | <urn:uuid:a554fcaf-c9b9-4837-b54c-f383ef1721aa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.straight.com/life/1372856/canada-close-border-non-canadians-except-us-citizens-and-all-canadians-urged-remain | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.962705 | 925 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Experience Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem
Operation Market Garden became widely known thanks to the film A Bridge too Far. The film depicts how the Battle of Arnhem failed, and the city is not liberated. Nowadays, monuments and museums throughout the Arnhem region are dedicated to the military operation. Relive Operation market Garden and visit the famous bridge which is now named after Lieutenant Colonel John Frost.
Operation Market Garden
The year is 1944 and the war is raging at full force. During Operation Market Garden, tens of thousands of Allied paratroopers land in occupied territory in the Dutch province of Gelderland. Meanwhile, a ground army is advancing from the Belgian border.
What was supposed to be a quick victory for the Allies turns into one of their toughest defeats. Lieutenant Colonel John Frost and his men are the only ones to reach the bridge in Arnhem. They are carrying enough ammunition and provisions to last for two days, which is not enough for a hopeless struggle against the German supremacy.
[The advance to the German Ruhr area is halted. Arnhem turns out to be a bridge too far. The south of The Netherlands is largely liberated, but the north and middle remain occupied; also, the big cities in the west are facing a terrible famine.]
Airborne Museum Hartenstein
This museum tells the story of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem. At the museum, you can go on an experience of the airborne landings and the days that followed. Stories of British, Polish and German soldiers come alive at Villa Hartenstein. The museum has a large collection of authentic weapons, documents and imagery. Even the location of the museum itself is significant. Villa Hartenstein, the building in which the museum is housed, was Major General Urquhart’s residence during the battle of Arnhem. History was written here!
Airborne Museum | Utrechtseweg 232, 6862 AZ Oosterbeek
parking for buses | guides | accessible | group rates
Airborne at the Bridge
This museum is a must for anyone looking for more information on Lieutenant Colonel John Frost and his men, and their final mission at the bridge near Arnhem. Airborne at the Bridge is located right next to the John Frost Bridge in Arnhem. The personal accounts of British lieutenant John Grayburn, German Hauptsturmführer Viktor Eberhard Gräbner and Dutch Captain Jacob Groenewoud are presented at this unique location. All three men fought here during the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944.
Airborne at the Bridge | Rijnkade 150, 6811 HD Arnhem
parking for buses in the vicinity | accessible | group rates
Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Seeing the 1530 war graves at the Airborne Oosterbeek War Cemetery is moving. A visit to the cemetery puts the cost of our freedom into perspective.
Airborne War Cemetery Oosterbeek | Van Limburg Stirumweg, 6861 WL Oosterbeek
parking for buses | accessible | free entrance
Air force museums
The AVOG’s Crash Museum and the WO2 & Vliegeniersmuseum Rivierenland (WWII & Aviation Museum Rivierenland region) are a must for everyone interested in air force operations. The AVOG’s Crash Museum in Lievelde has many parts of aircraft that crashed in the region, such as engines, propellers, flight equipment and on-board weapons. At the WO2 & Vliegeniersmuseum Rivierenland (WWII & Aviation Museum Rivierenland region) in Vuren, aerial battles over the region are the main theme. Footage, historical documents and photographs tell us what happened in the airspace here. A lot of attention is paid to the aviator’s personal stories by showing their personal belongings, among other things.
AVOG’s Crash Museum | Europaweg 34, Lievelde
WO2 & Vliegeniersmuseum Rivierenland | Waaldijk 29, Vuren
Ginkel Heath is the landing ground of the Airborne Regiment. There is a memorial for the fallen paratroopers, and every year on the third weekend of September there is a commemoration with a re-enactment by hundreds of paratroopers.
Ginkel Heath | Verlengde Arnhemseweg 97, Ede
Every year there are many commemorative events in which the history of Operation Market Garden is central. In September, the airborne landings are commemorated with hundreds of parachute jumps on the Ginkel Heath, Arnhem commemorates its WWII history with the Bridge to Liberation Experience and every day in Nijmegen there is a Sunset March in honour of the victims of the Waal crossing.
View the complete calendar here.
For more information on Operation Market Garden and the historical sites on Gelderland Remembers visit gelderlandremembers.com.
Visiting World War II sites in Gelderland
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Overnight camps can cost anywhere from $250 to $1,200 a week, but in the words of Dr. Christopher Thurber, author of “The Summer Camp Handbook,” it may well be “a luxury you can’t afford to pass up.” Let’s see what kind of bang you get for your buck.
At sleep away camp, kids learn…
Overnight camp helps kids learn how to dothings on their own. Because you’re not there to remind your child to make their bed, brush their teeth, or eat healthy foods, they have to remember those responsibilities by themself – or suffer the consequences.
To work with others for a common good
A camp program is a community made up of fellow campers, camp counselors, instructors, and the camp director. Campers work together to clean their cabin, to win a camp-wide competition, and to help one another learn new skills.
To have fun WITHOUT electronics
Because camps often disallow electronic devices, cell phones, iPads, and other plugged-in distractions, your child will learn to appreciate worthwhile experiences that they may have previously avoided.
Your child will definitely learn new skills at camp, and they just might discover a hobby or life passion that they otherwise might never have known about.
How to make new friends
Helping kids make friends is a primary focus of all good camps. A camp friendship may last a summer or a lifetime, but either way kids have an opportunity to branch out from their regular circle of friends and connect with other people in a positive way.
How to make decisions
Because camp counselors don’t hover the way parents often do, your child will be forced to make their own decisions – a skill that will serve them well throughout their lifetime.
How to resolve conflicts
Because campers have to resolve their disagreements without help or interference from an adult, they learn how to give and take and compromise and resolve conflicts on their own.
The learning opportunities and social interactions that kids get from summer camp are invaluable. Instead of sleeping late, playing on the computer, texting, or playing video games for hours on end, kids make new friends, try new activities, get lots of exercise and frolic in an unlimited dose of fresh air. They try new skills, conquer fears, and occasionally discover a hidden talent. And finally – they build memories and make friendships that last a lifetime. – Jacquie McTaggart | <urn:uuid:7a94a564-9bb0-40bb-bda1-c64a4e1b3962> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.washingtonfamily.com/overnight-camps-support-creativity-and-learning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.946145 | 511 | 2.265625 | 2 |
New in Civil 3D 2020 Videos
Autodesk staff and other experts produce a wide range of video content for a product release.
Some is product sales demo, but a lot of the staff and other expert's recordings, video lists, and channels include useful application training and helpful tips and tricks for core AutoCAD and Autodesk Infrastructure products.
Content that is significant video training is listed here.
Please visit included links to the original postings. Those may contain details not included here for the sake of brevity.
Recent or Select Videos
Dynamic Rail Feature Lines in Civil 3D 2020.1
Autodesk's Ben Wardell demos the new Civil 3D 2020.1 abilities to create dynamic 3D polylines or feature lines from a rail alignment that represent the left, center, and right rail lines.
From the Autodesk Infrastructure YouTube Channel.
Autodesk's Jeff Bartels demos how to employ some of the many Corridor contextual modeling tools in recent versions of Civil 3D to build an intersection.
From the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Ok Jeff. The Intersection wizard might have been quicker in this case but intersection mechanics is not the topic of the video.
Jeff's real point is, of course, the Corridor, Baseline, and Region tools in the Ribbon and the Right Click menus. Great stuff.
The main Corridors edit and construction box is probably used more in much older courseware because the Civil 3D interface and tools change more in little but important ways. These tools have improved significantly since the 2018 release.
Did Jeff use Connected Alignments to create the Curb Return geometry control. It is easy to tell, isn't it?
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T-Mobile US has applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to conduct wireless tests with vendor duo Ericsson and Nokia using the 3550MHz-3700MHz band. According to a regulatory filing discovered by Fierce Wireless, the cellco seeks to trial prototype equipment in outdoor and indoor settings in Las Vegas (Nevada) and Dallas and Richardson (both Texas) between September 2017 and September 2018. The tech website also observes that T-Mobile’s earlier application to stage 3.5GHz tests near its Washington state headquarters was dismissed because the proposed locations fell within a Navy exclusion zone.
In April 2015 the FCC voted to proceed with offering commercial telecoms operators free access to additional wireless frequencies in the 3.5GHz ‘Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)’ band, then used by military radars and other government organisations. Specifically, the decision added another 100MHz of spectrum in the 3550MHz-3700MHz band to the 50MHz in that range already available for commercial use.
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The Journal of Libertarian Studies
Negative Interest Rate: Toward a Taxonomic Critique
A basic principle of Austrian economics is that the originary rate of interest (the rate of discount of future goods compared to present, otherwise identical, goods) can never be negative. The reason for this arises not because capital is productive, nor out of man's psychology. Nevertheless, in spite of the foregoing, there are many benighted souls who insist upon the possibility of a negative rate of originary interest. They are continually discovering cases which "prove" their conclusion. The number of such examples has reached such proportions that it seems advisable to take account of them in a systematic way. Accordingly, this paper is devoted to classifying them in a manner that makes the most intuitive sense: in accordance with the economic errors which are necessarily committed in their very statements
Volume 2, Number 2 (1978)
Cite This Article
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Early geotechnical works are continuing as part of the first stages of the Suburban Rail Loop.
Having begun in November 2019, during April a number of site investigations have taken place in Clayton, Burwood, Notting Hill, Mount Waverly, Highett, Cheltenham, and Glen Waverly.
The works so far include drilling to gain data and information about local ground conditions. This involves confirming an area is free of utility services, geotechnical drilling and testing, and installing a groundwater monitoring well for samples and measurement of groundwater levels.
Investigations have been focused in the south east of Melbourne, as the first stage of the loop will run from Cheltenham to Box Hill. Clayton will serve as a new transport super hub while new stations will be built in Burwood and Monash.
In March this year, a number of investigations were also carried out in areas from Box Hill to Highett. The project aims to have 100 boreholes drilled by mid-2020.
Once complete, the Suburban Rail Loop will connect each metropolitan train line in Melbourne and travel around the city from Cheltenham to Werribee via Melbourne Airport.
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Glycosyl triflates, which serve as important intermediates in glycosylation reactions, were generated and accumulated by low-temperature electrochemical oxidation of thioglycosides, such as thioglucosides, thiogalactosides, and thiomannosides, in the presence of tetrabutylammonium triflate (Bu4NOTf) as a supporting electrolyte. The solutions of glycosyl triflates thus obtained were then characterized by low-temperature NMR measurements. The thermal stability of glycosyl triflates and their reactions with glycosyl acceptors were also studied.
Despite advances in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry, the 1,2-cis-selective glycosylation reaction of 2-deoxy-2-amino sugars has not progressed during the last three decades. For such glycosylations, 2-azide glycosyl donors have been extensively employed, notwithstanding difficulties in their preparation and moderate selectivities. Herein, we report on a highly 1,2-cis-selective trans-carbamate sugar donor, which can be readily prepared in high yields. Furthermore, the utility of the novel cis-selective glycosyl donor for preparing complex oligosaccharides is demonstrated through the effective synthesis of an anti-Helicobacter pylori hexasaccharide.
For the preparation of both N-linked and O-linked sialylglycopeptides and their glycoprotein form, the critical points in these syntheses are the preparation of an appropriate amount of sialyloligosaccharyl-amino acid and isolation of the sialylglycopeptides. In particular, it have been difficult to isolate O-linked sialylglycopeptides in which the sialyl linkage is labile to acid treatment and the N-acetyl-galactosaminyl linkage is labile to base-treatment. For the preparation of target glycoproteins by the use of such sialylglycopeptide thus obtained, an efficient coupling method should be essential. In this review, we introduce our new sialyl donors for the synthesis of sialyl-TN epitope and O-linked sialyl-TN-glycopeptides, and a new concept for a glycopeptide coupling reaction in the synthesis of glycoproteins.
The ErbB2/ErbB3 heterodimer elicits potent mitogenic and transforming signals, and clinical studies indicate that these receptors play an important role in tumor incidence and progression. In this study, a series of human ErbB3 mutants devoid of N-glycans expressed in Flp-In-CHO cells were used to determine whether N-glycosylation is involved in the function of ErbB3. A crosslinking study showed that the Asn418 to Gln mutant (N418Q) of ErbB3 underwent heregulin (HRG)-independent autodimerization. Furthermore, ErbB3-N418Q autodimerized with ErbB2 in the absence of HRG, and receptor tyrosine phosphorylation and subsequent extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt phosphorylation were promoted. A cell proliferation assay and a soft agar colony formation assay demonstrated that ErbB2/ErbB3-N418Q co-expression promoted cell proliferation and colony formation in soft agar in ERK- and Akt-dependent manners. ErbB2/ErbB3-N418Q co-expression also promoted the growth of tumors in athymic nude mice when injected subcutaneously. These results suggest that the Asn418-linked N-glycan in ErbB3 plays a crucial role in regulating receptor dimer formation and transforming activity. | <urn:uuid:96fe594c-f230-4345-a5b3-60819fdd7e4a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/tigg/20/114/_contents/-char/en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.90681 | 812 | 1.71875 | 2 |
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Ofsted: LAs must adopt speedier placements - Only local authorities that ensure all children identified for adoption are placed within 12 months will be able to achieve an ‘outstanding’ judgement from Ofsted under new adoption inspection arrangements published last week.
Age is the most significant indicator of a successful adoption; the younger a child is placed the better the outcomes. Delays in adoption can have severe impact on children’s health, development & ability to make new meaningful attachments and can impair their chances of enjoying a successful adult life.
Along with the new adoption inspection arrangements, Ofsted is also launching the new inspection framework for fostering and revisions to the children’s homes framework introduced a year ago. The new frameworks will be implemented in April 2012.
ScotGov: Fairness in trading is what we need, not greed - As Fairtrade Fortnight began (Monday 27 February to Sunday 11 March 2012), Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop confirmed that Scotland is on track to achieve Fair Trade Nation status later this year.
In line with the Fair Trade Nation criteria, there are now 61 towns that have either achieved Fairtrade status or have active Fair Trade Steering Groups and more towns are expected to progress & launch their steering groups during Fairtrade Fortnight. Across Scotland, 65% of higher education institutions and 171 schools have reached Fairtrade status.
Currently 14 local authorities have achieved full Fairtrade Zone status, only 4 more need to achieve it in order to meet the criteria and with all of Scotland’s 6 cities already recognised with Fairtrade status, Scotland is on the cusp of becoming one of the world’s first Fair Trade Nations. Wales was the first country to become a Fair Trade Nation in 2008.
DFID: ‘Sticky Fingers’, the perennial problem with foreign aid - £ms stolen by a corrupt Nigerian politician will be returned to the country's poorest people, International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, said last week. James Ibori, 49, admitted stealing from the very people he was elected to serve after a ground-breaking investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service's Proceeds of Corruption Unit (POCU).
Ibori, former governor of Nigeria, embezzled what the Met estimates to be approximately £157m of Nigerian public funds – equal to £38 from every person living in the state at the time of his crimes. DFID will lead a process to arrange for the funds that have been recovered to be returned to those most in need in Nigeria.
Ibori's guilty plea comes after a long-running investigation by the POCU, which investigates allegations of foreign corrupt politicians & officials laundering the proceeds of corruption through the UK.
CO: Public Fraud: Not just a Third World problem - A recent report from the Cabinet Office, sets out an ambitious, but focused, delivery programme that seeks to reduce levels of fraud & error across Government.
ScotGov: Your care in your hands - A new partnership is being formed to support efforts to give people who receive social care increased independence and the ability to direct their own care needs.
The Scottish Government is committed to introducing a Self-Directed Support Bill to give people a bigger say in which services they think will best help them to live in their own homes & communities – giving people the chance to change their lives for the better.
A programme – supported by almost £6m of Scottish Government funding – will see almost 30 Scottish independent sector organisations working together with social care providers to help implement self directed support across Scotland.
NHS Confed: Yet more evidence changes to NHS are necessary - The care of older people needs fundamental change so that ‘hospitals & care homes stamp out undignified care and ensure all patients and residents are treated with dignity and respect’.
That is the message from the Commission on improving dignity in care for older people, an independent body set up by the NHS Confederation, Age UK and the Local Government Association (LGA).
The Commission has published a draft report for consultation (closes on Tuesday 27 March 2012) that recommends ‘fundamental changes to culture, leadership, management, staff development, clinical practice and service delivery’. The report aims to identify ways of ending the persistent failings across the health &social care system after years of reports exposing severe shortcomings.
CO: Recognising service to communities - Nominations were opened last week for a special award that will mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by recognising the work of voluntary organisations throughout the United Kingdom.
The new Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012 will honour the efforts of charities & voluntary organisations that undertake projects at a national level this year, including groups which are supporting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The DJVA is an extension of the successful Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS), the highest recognition for volunteering, with an equivalent status to the UK MBE. Members of the public are invited to submit nominations electronically for both awards (See press release for closure dates in September 2012).
FSA: Safer raw chicken - The Food Standards Agency is inviting tenders to investigate whether modified atmospheric packaging (MAP) can reduce campylobacter numbers on raw chicken. Applications should be submitted online using the FSA electronic procurement system by 5pm on 30 March 2012.
MoD: Soon there will be just one - The Government Digital Service formally launched GOV.UK (beta) recently, the first step towards a new single domain that will bring all government services and information together in one place. The beta website includes a new 'INSIDE GOVERNMENT' section containing trial MOD corporate information.
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Treasury risks dropping the ball on Opportunity Zones accountability
Opportunity Zones have inspired hope for many, but also a growing fear. The hope is that the tax break will spur investment in distressed communities where real wages are falling and rents are rising, where small businesses are closing and inequality is widening. The fear, for proponents and critics alike, is that greedy speculators will run up the tab for taxpayers while harming current residents.
The die will be cast when the Treasury Department releases final regulations governing Opportunity Zones. It’s up to Treasury to weigh these risks against the potential returns for our communities.
By some estimates, more than $1 billion will flow into Opportunity Zones this year, with more capital expected to follow. Hundreds of millions of tax dollars will be forgone as a result, money that otherwise could have gone to vital services or infrastructure. But if this massive public investment pays off, we’ll see revitalized local economies and millions of Americans will share in the dividend.
How will we know if we’re getting a good deal? Unfortunately, unless Treasury acts, we may never get an answer.
I recently joined market participants and community advocates to testify at an IRS hearing on Opportunity Zones. There I delivered a simple message: Opportunity Zones must include clear, consistent and transparent reporting standards.
Reporting was included when more than 90 bipartisan co-sponsors signed onto the Investing in Opportunity Act in 2017. The original legislation mandated transparency and accountability, and it gave Treasury Secretary Mnuchin broad authority to ensure that the tax benefit would be used appropriately to create productive economic activity in low-income communities.
But reporting requirements were stripped out of the reconciliation language, and despite having clear authority to do so, Treasury has yet to reinstate them or to articulate clear rules to prevent abuse. These items should have been first on the agenda, but instead Treasury waited until the eleventh hour.
Fortunately, past evidence helps show us what’s needed. Impact investors have decades of experience investing in underserved communities, including Opportunity Zones. They will tell you that without transparent and timely access to data about investments, residents will have no seat at the table as priorities are set and decisions are made about their economic futures. And, impact investors will tell you, without the community at the table, the Opportunity Zones policy is destined for failure.
Last month the Presidents’ Council on Impact Investing, a group of impact investors and philanthropies convened by the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, issued a call to action for government and other stakeholders. “Success hinges,” they wrote, “on the extent to which Opportunity Zones enable current residents to engage and equitably participate in defining how new investments ultimately reshape and strengthen the physical, social and economic fabric of their communities.”
Such authentic community engagement demands reliable data. Residents need information to know what works within Opportunity Zones and what doesn’t so they can engage proactively. Data will show where capital is flowing, how that capital is being used and the outcomes generated. The only way to ensure this data is consistent and actionable is through clear standards of reporting and transparency.
From there, we need tools to set the table for productive engagement between investors and community stakeholders. In some places, local government and philanthropy are stepping up. For example, in Birmingham, Alabama, and Stockton, California, local organizers and policymakers have sprung into action, identifying potential deals, building community support and connecting entrepreneurs to investors. The Rockefeller Foundation is replicating this model by funding “Chief Opportunity Zones Officers” in another six cities nationwide.
Impact investors like Jim Sorenson have staked their own investments on models that can take Opportunity Zones capital off the coasts and into deeply distressed and rural communities. And philanthropies like the Kresge Foundation are using innovative approaches, like credit guarantees, to push more fund managers to embrace community engagement.
What ties these stories together is the shared desire of residents and stakeholders to have a voice in how Opportunity Zones impact their communities. To ensure they are heard and their needs are met, the missing piece is access to reliable and useful information from Treasury.
There is still time for Treasury to act. Everyone can agree that we must invest in the economic potential of America’s communities. But as capital flows and advocates ask if Opportunity Zones should be expanded or extended, we need to answer the basic question first: Are the American taxpayers and the residents of these Opportunity Zones getting a good deal?
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Whoever follows the artistic journey of Ray Piscopo will eventually notice that, under the new forms apparently defying any classification and beyond the appearance of figures of diverse nature, there is always the artist in search of something.
There emerge glimpses of a discovery still waiting to be completed. The artist is felt to be someone craving to transcend the outer layer of things. Every image he is presenting, whichever its specific subject, assumes the character of that object. A person resembles an object and an object evokes a photograph.
Here lies the artistic success of Piscopo, equally creative and morally-oriented. He departs from the observation of a common, average object and goes on delving until he reaches the level beyond which there is nothing. Or, at least, there is presumably no alternative entrance lead-ing to it. Here is his key theme and, through it, each paint-ing that seems to be locked can be opened.
Seen in this light, Piscopo is a realist painter, but his works are not faithful depictions of the outer world of objects. They are no reproductions of visual experience. They somehow look like X-rays, the ultimate layer underneath the skin, the subtle document of a condition meant to be the final one, the edge, the impenetrable wall beyond which the traveller finds him-self at the cross roads... the all or nothingness.
In other words, he seeks to penetrate the outer shell, hopefully to discover meaningfulness. For Piscopo, art demands moral justification and is not in any way an end in itself. His art disproves the idea of art pour l’art. The purpose of art is not art, but the discovery of meaning, ultimate, final, obtained through the depiction of objects with a ‘pen’ which records and interprets.
For Piscopo, art demands moral justification and is not in any way an end in itself
It is an intellectual sort of art which, however, does not sacrifice beauty to truth. Without this ‘intellectual’ outlook it remains what it is, free from any rational rigidity.
In this respect, Piscopo’s paintings do not simply evolve, as happens to any human thing set in time and space, but somehow resist evolution. In such a confrontation, presented visually, the inner conflict undergone by the artist can be detected. He does not merely create figures. He also interrogates them in terms of their why and what for.
These are challenges he deals with through the various modes in which he employs and mixes up colours, which are never a futile end in themselves, or technical, stylistic experiments.
Formal ambiguity, as frequently evinced in Piscopo’s works, is an expression of an ambiguity residing somewhere else, deeper than the outer layer, permanently stored under the poor surface.
Here are the confines of the meaning acquired by whoever merely looks at Piscopo’s works. Beneath the figures – human, animate and inanimate – there always stands the same artist, who paints in order to ask questions and experiments with technique in order to unearth whatever is constant and permanent.
These traits, typical of Piscopo’s most recent phase, at least deserve a twofold interpretation.
They are indicative of an experimental attitude in search of whatever is new and different and they also illustrate the joy of an artist who has succeeded in identifying his own consistent, habitual medium.
Here stands an artist who is simultaneously searching and finding.
The search and the discovery; the form which is both searched for and acquired; and the experience of yesterday and the prospects of tomorrow. Within these limits the real essence of Piscopo, the man and the artist, the person who thinks and the artist who reflects, can be identified.
The process of thoughts translated into imagery shows that the itinerary from thought to the creative act is an expression of the relationship between the man who simply goes through life and the man who feels the need to visually documenting inner experience.
Seen within such a context, this is intellectual art, a visual event, but one which is directed towards a layer transcending whatever is visual. It constitutes an invitation for all to reflect in virtue of a set of objects which Piscopo has come across along his way and which he is now able to transform into an art which is as mature in technique as it is clear in the message it conveys.
The Reasoning of Imagination runs at the Cavalieri Arts Hotel between December 12 and January 15.
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If all existence/the universe is one then how come there's so many separate physical entities in our world nowadays?
How could the one have transformed into infinitely many things? Why didn't the one stay one? The absolute stay absolute?
Then at some time some things I'd read some time ago about modern physics perhaps made a connection I think.
Is it necessary, for every thing that is born, that a non-thing also be born? That way they would, so to speak, cancel each other out and the sum would still be zero, that is to say, one?
So the one could, in practice, be split into infinite many pairs or things/non-things while still maintaining its absoluteness? If so, then where is the other-half of everything we observe? Where's my non-dog? Where's the non-planet Earth? Where's my non-body? Does it even make sense to ask those things?
Could this have a connection perhaps with what physicists call anti-matter? I'm no physicist but I remember seeing somewhere about particles being created in pairs of anti-particles and particles? Positive and negative, yin and yang?
Is physics catching up with zen/tao description of the one?
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After his marriage to Maria McMahon, he then moved to Westfield, MA where he worked as a merchant and moved soon afterwards to Cummington, MA to become a manufacturer. His business ventures never met with much success and he returned with his family to his native town of West Haven, CT in 1837. In ...
Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College : deceased during the academical year ending July 1868. New Haven, CT: 1868.
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