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Work to reinstate the rail line from Napier to Wairoa has started, days after the New Zealand government announced $5 million in funding for the project through the Provincial Growth Fund.
Last week it was announced that the Fund, designed to boost economic development in regional areas, would provide for the re-opening of the line, along with upgrades to the Whanganui Line.
KiwiRail’s chief executive Peter Reidy welcomed the announcement as a sign of government confidence in rail as a driver of economic growth.
“We welcome this recognition of the contribution rail is making in adding value to New Zealand, not only through the efficient movement of freight and people, but in all of the areas highlighted in the recent Value of Rail report prepared by professional services firm EY,” Reidy said.
“The benefits rail delivers include reducing congestion on roads, cutting carbon emissions, making our roads safer and lowering spending on road maintenance and upgrades.
“Together they add up to more than $1.5 billion per year, and they are a key reason for the Government’s financial investments.”
The Wairoa-Napier road is coming under increasing strain from the growing volume of logs requiring freighting – rail, according to Reidy, is the ideal solution.
“We have estimated that using the Wairoa-Napier line to move the logs could take up to 5,714 trucks a year off the road, and reduce carbon emissions by 1292 tonnes,” he said.
Contractors have started clearing vegetation at Eskdale and will move north over the coming weeks, to be followed by work on the line’s drains and culverts.
The first log trains are expected to be able to use the track by the end of the year; however, the project will take two years to be fully completed.
Henare Clarke, KiwiRail’s acting group general manager of network services, said that the start of works meant that people had to take extra care around the rail corridor.
“The work will see an increase in movements along that track,” Clarke said. “Everyone needs to expect trains and other rail vehicles using the line at any time from either direction.
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Land agents – a sectorial group in need of water safety information?
In October, after power was restored to a public supply booster station, an operational sample was collected by the water company from a farmhouse and found to contain E.coli. On investigation the company identified that the contamination was likely to be arising in two privately owned tanks providing water to the farmhouse and three other properties. Boil water advice was given to the occupiers of all four properties who were also provided with a bowser and bottled water. It was found that the metered mains supply filled an underground break pressure tank. Water from this tank was then pumped to another storage tank and from there water fed by gravity to the farmhouse, the other three properties and six cattle troughs.
After seeking advice from the Inspectorate, the water company and local authority sought to clarify whether the water supply arrangements were within the scope of the private supply regulations. The land agent was uncooperative, but it was eventually established that all the properties were situated on one premises, therefore, this was not a Regulation 8 private supply, but instead it was a public supply, albeit the arrangements were unusual with only one property, the farmhouse, registered as a water company customer. Since the local authority was unable to serve a private water supply Notice to secure improvements, they instead used powers under the Housing Act to remind the land agent of his responsibilities and expedite action to secure a wholesome water supply.
Figure 22: Situation of tank
Figure 23: Interior of tank
Figures 22 and 23 illustrate the poor condition of the underground tank. A temporary overland supply was put in place comprising a new temporary water storage tank feeding the existing booster pumps and bypassing both existing tanks. The water company verified that this temporary arrangement was compliant with fittings regulations. The water company and local authority then established a co-regulation arrangement for managing the ongoing risk. This involved the local authority assessing the supply as a ‘temporary supply’ against the Code of Practice for Provision and Management of Temporary Water supplies and Distribution Networks (BS 8551:2011) with the water company sampling four times a year alongside checks and, if necessary, enforcement of the fittings regulations. This co-regulation arrangement was considered necessary because information had come to light demonstrating how the land agent had ignored previous advice from consultants in 2012 about the need to improve the water supply arrangements. The temporary supply and co-regulation arrangements will remain in place until a permanent supply is provided that is demonstrably compliant with the fittings regulations.
This case study serves as a salutary reminder of the low priority afforded by some in society towards their responsibilities in relation to making sure that water supplies are safe. It further highlights the importance of local authorities and water companies sharing local intelligence to target areas at high risk of unusual water supply arrangements, thereby making appropriate risk based adaptations to monitoring, inspection and enforcement.
The Inspectorate recommends that water companies and local authorities jointly develop educational materials targeted specifically at land agents, for example, a WRAS sector leaflet that local authorities can distribute.
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We should not only look at ourselves from this life but we should look at ourselves from a continuation over many life-times. And sometimes when you look at devotees, you think: Who were they in their last life?
You look around the room, you look at everybody here and you think: Who were they… what did they do in their last life to be here now… to sit so close to Prabhupada! What did they do? Were they also close to Prabhupada in their last life… maybe so!
We don’t know but it’s interesting to think like that. Who were we in our last life that we are here now. And if we think of ourselves in terms of a continuation then suddenly you can take what happens now a little less serious, you know I mean.
It’s my life… it’s all happening to me… it’s so important… it’s everything because it’s my life!
You know what I mean, it’s like there’s nothing beyond it. But there’s a lot beyond it, there’s lots of life beyond it and who were you in the last life… what went wrong also… and what went right that here we are. If we were already devotees in the last life then that verse applies: the unsuccessful yogi (Bhagavad-gita 6.42). | <urn:uuid:584481e4-752e-4975-82e8-17ae3b91cbf0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kksblog.com/2012/08/ever-wondered-about-your-past-life/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.977893 | 303 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Immersive technology is versatile and varied, offering a whole range of practical uses that make our lives easier, from virtual events to AR apps. In our ‘Quick guide’ blog series, we take a look at some of the services we offer here at Immersive Studios to help you understand the types of experiences available – and how they benefit you. Here we look at app development. Many of our creative technology solutions rely on apps – whether it’s an app to trigger augmented reality, or to house a mobile game – which is why we offer comprehensive app development as well as robust back-end systems to support the projects we build.
What is an app?
App is short for ‘application’ and it refers to a type of software that can be installed and run on a device such as a smartphone, tablet, computer or smartwatch. The most common apps are mobile apps and all apps have a specific purpose, which could be anything from a fitness tracker to a game to an AR experience.
Why use apps?
From sales tools to fan engagement, apps are a powerful way to engage an audience – creating a window into a brand or organisation through an icon on their mobile phone. They give users instant access to content on or offline and, because they’re not restricted by memory, they can offer a high-end quality experience. Plus, apps can send push notifications – serving as a useful engagement tool.
What are the benefits?
Nearly four billion people worldwide use smartphones. That means nearly four billion people can download your app – and, to be honest, audience reach doesn’t get much wider than that. And with the Covid-19 pandemic having fundamentally changed how we interact with businesses, from restaurants to shops to schools, downloading apps is becoming more second nature than ever.
High quality experiences
As a rule, apps provide the highest quality experiences. This is especially true for AR experiences, where app technology is more advanced than web – offering greater and more reliable functionality. Smartphones also have less memory restrictions than a web browser, enabling high-quality visuals for an overall better looking experience. For apps with a lot of detailed content, we always recommend using an app – such as the heritage experience we created for East Suffolk Council.
As soon as an app is downloaded, it can be used anytime – whether you have an internet connection or not. This means apps are more accessible and allows them to be used time and time again without using up data or struggling to connect, giving them a more reliable and higher-fidelity experience.
How do we do it?
We develop apps for iOS and Android platforms, often encompassing VR, AR, 360º experiences as well as games, for a range of different clients and use-cases. To make sure the app is as effective as possible, we also offer detailed analytics – helping our clients understand how the app is used and highlighting ways in which they can connect further with their audience.
After studying Fine Art at university, Jason moved into sales and marketing. He’s worked both client and agency side and has over 20 years’ experience of business development in the marketing sector, working with brands such as GSK, Linden Homes, Centre Parcs, Triumph and The University of East Anglia. Jason is a husband, father to two boys and, when time permits, enjoys cycling and paddle boarding.
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Jerrold David Friedman (photo ©Kyle Nishioka), that’s his real name, was born on January 24, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In 1966, after watching the “Star Trek” premiere, David Gerrold wrote the first of a series of stories and submitted it to the show’s production. It was rejected but the producer realized the young author’s talent and invited him to submit other ideas, hence the subsequent stories. In the end, they produced what became the episode “The Trouble with Tribbles”, one of the most famous in the original series, so much that part of it was used in the “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” episode “Trials and Tribble – ations”.
After that, David Gerrold started writing literature as well, starting with the novel “The Flying Sorcerers” (1971), written in collaboration with Larry Niven. In 1972, he published the novels written on his own “The Space Skimmer” and “When Harlie Was One”.
In 1972, David Gerrold has also started the Star Wolf series, in which he sets adventures in many ways inspired by “Star Trek” publishing the novel “Yesterday’s Children”, republished in 1985 in a revised version with the title “Starhunt”. The other novels of the series are: “The Voyage of the Star Wolf” (1991), “The Middle of Nowhere” (1995), and “Blood and Fire” (2004).
In the ’70s and ’80s David Gerrold kept on writing novels but also scripts for various TV shows such as the “Star Trek” animated series, “Land of the Lost”, “The Biskitts” and the new version of “The Twilight Zone”.
In 1983, David Gerrold published the first novel in the series of the War against the Chtorr, “A Matter for Men”. The classic theme of the invasion is treated in an original way since the Earth is under a biological attack by an alien ecosystem that starts out-competing the native one. The sequels published so far are: “A Day for Damnation” (1984), “A Rage for Revenge” (1987), and “A Season for Slaughter” (1991). Other novels have been planned for some time but have never been published.
David Gerrold had already been inspired by Robert A. Heinlein, even more so in the Dingilliad series, consisting of the novels: “Jumping Off the Planet” (2000), “Bouncing Off the Moon” (2001), and “Leaping to the Stars” (2002). Some clues bind this cycle to the universe of the War against the Chtorr.
Starting in the ’90s, David Gerrold has reduced his activity as a screenwriter but he kept writing occasionally for TV shows such as “Babylon 5“, “Sliders” and in recent years for productions connected to Star Trek such as “Star Trek: New Voyages”.
David Gerrold’s novelette “The Martian Child” (1994), winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards, was expanded into a novel in 2002 and adapted into a movie released in 2007.
In recent years, David Gerrold reduced his literary activity too. Let’s hope that at least he’ll conclude the series of the Sar against the Chtorr! | <urn:uuid:314dffc7-9518-48cb-8f2d-df0bddcfc876> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://english.netmassimo.com/2014/01/24/happy-birthday-david-gerrold/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.96478 | 774 | 1.835938 | 2 |
This week’ blog is aimed at explain the benefits of unilateral training, and give an example of such training. After understanding unilateral training, we will take a look at single leg stability ball (swiss ball) wall squats. By definition unilateral means: occurring on, performed on, or affecting one side of the body or one of its parts – Merriam Webster. Just to throw down some ideas of what these could relate to in the gym would be: single arm dumb bell curls/presses, Tur
For this week I thought I would throw out some amazing recipes. These are some household favorites that I figured might expand other’s horizons. Quick Paleo Pancakes 2 eggs ½ cup unsweetened applesauce (baby food apple sauce works great) ½ cup nut butter (not peanut butter! –Cashew/macadamia/ etc) ¼ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp vanilla extract Coconut oil Mix all of the ingredients except the coconut oil in a bowl. Stir well, until you have a uniform batter. Next, use a bit of coconut
“Is Sodium Supplementation Necessary to Avoid Dehydration During Prolonged Exercise in the Heat?” Martin D. Hoffman and Kristin J. Stuempfle. (2015) Is Sodium Supplementation Necessary to Avoid Dehydration During Prolonged Exercise in the Heat? The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 30(3)/615-620. Do we really need sodium supplementation? As we exercise, we lose water weight through perspiration. It has been speculated that a loss of just 2% body weight will cause
“Comparison of the Acute Metabolic Response to Traditional Resistance, Body-Weight, and Battling Rope Exercises.” Nichoals A Ratamess, Joseph G. Rosenberg, Samantha Klei, Brian M. Dougherty, Jie Kang, Charles R. Smith, Ryan E. Ross, and Avery D Faigenbaum. (2015) Comparison of the Acute Metabolic Response to Traditional Resistance, Body-Weight, and Battling Rope Exercises. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 29(1)47-57. Are battling ropes a worthwhile exercise? | <urn:uuid:12a4c3ef-115c-4f72-bfd2-7953ac29cfa2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.easydaytraining.net/blog/archive/2016/04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.892975 | 458 | 2 | 2 |
They are creating videos to train people for the Online Project Management Exam for me. The reason they are doing this is because the project management industry is rapidly growing. More people are jumping on the bandwagon. As such, there is not enough quality information out there to teach everyone.
In order to ensure that the next crop of project managers gets the tools and skills they need to do their job, they need a way to determine who fits this mold. By taking an online course, they can target those individuals who will most likely do well in the course. There are some issues with distance education. You need to be able to schedule your studies around your job and family. That being said, if you have a full-time job, then this method of learning is definitely the way to go.
When I took the online certification, it was through an accelerated learning process. What that means is that I had more review time than I would normally have. This allows me to get more information out of the course. By reviewing all of the materials at a faster pace, I have more time to dedicate to the project.
Accelerated learning also means that there is less down time. There are some topics that take longer to review than others. The faster you review the material, the more time you have. There’s also less wasted time on information that isn’t understood at all. Since you are moving at a faster pace, there are topics that aren’t covered very thoroughly.
I’m going to tell you now that the best way to take online certification or any course is to study as quickly as you can. If you don’t have the luxury of time, don’t worry. You can find plenty of resources that will help you understand the material faster. Some of these resources are online tutoring services, but you can also find books and books to study at home.
One of the reasons I went the accelerated learning route was because it allowed me to spend more time on actual testing. You cannot study for multiple sections of a course at the same time. When you try to take online courses, you must take all of them at once. However, if you have a tutor, he or she can step in and help you brush up on topics you’re not so sure about. This makes it easier to go back and revise what you didn’t like or learn what information you missed the first time around.
So, there you have it. Now that you understand these reasons, I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s in your best interest to hire someone to take my online project management exam for me. You can also find additional resources to help you understand the topic even faster. And remember, this information is only meant to be used as a guide. You should always consult with your instructor and with your other teachers before taking any type of project management exam. | <urn:uuid:bc54d36a-1dcf-4c5b-9d08-c953d4ce2fd7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://examinationhelponline.com/hire-someone-to-take-my-online-project-management-exam-for-me/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.973417 | 599 | 1.945313 | 2 |
For the majority of Moroccans, the month of Ramadan is a time of reflection, sharing and of course fasting. But for non-Muslims living in countries where fasting is the norm, or even an obligation, Ramadan can then prove to be a heavy burden.
The return to the debate on article 222 of the Moroccan Penal Code, which prescribes a prison sentence for all those who openly and publicly break the fast during the month of Ramadan, which divides the Moroccan social fabric. Indeed, some believe that the abolition of this article leads to a detachment from modernity and a killing of individual freedoms. For others, this article is the legal reward for an act which they perceive as an attack on a moral or religious value.
Demands to abolish article 222 of the Penal Code, which states that “anyone who is known to embrace the Islamic religion and who publicly breaks the fast during the day of Ramadan in a public place, without lawful excuse, will be punished with imprisonment from one to six months, and a fine. “Finance from 12 to 120 dirhams” comes back to the Moroccan public debate.
This old debate is often animated by two different positions presented by those who link the ostensible breaking of the fast to the category of individual freedoms, and those who consider that the law does not criminalize the breaking of the fast in itself, but criminalizes the ostensible breaking of the fast in a public place.
Section 222 in the face of conservative perception
In an interview with MoroccoLatestNews FR, the president of the Local Ulema Council of the prefecture of Skhirat-Témara, Lahcen Ben Brahim Sguenfle, argues that “fasting during the month of Ramadan is obligatory for all healthy adult Muslims”, continues he in his speech.
According to our interlocutor, individual freedom “is guaranteed to all who live under the auspices of the State and under its care, because it is the incubator and guarantor of these freedoms through the laws that regulate them so that they do not turn into an infringement to the liberty and sanctity of others. And all the countries of the world protect the general feeling which reigns globally among the citizens.he continues in his speech.
Moreover, the consequences of such calls are invitations “are invitations to sedition, disregard for the feelings of believers and a departure from the consensus of the nation, and whoever wants to violate the sanctity of Ramadan by breaking the fast, c It’s his business as long as he’s hidden. A person breaks his fast in his house, no one pays attention to him, because the fasting person means by his work the encounter with God, and the one who wants to disobey God. God will judge him, but if he wants to seduce the people in their religion and their feelings, it is not individual freedom, it is rather a transgression and an aggression against the State that must be repelled, because repelling the corruption takes precedence over bringing interest,” he says.
The need for a progressive reading of article 222 of the Moroccan Penal Code
Ahmed Assid, an Amazigh Moroccan intellectual and writer, argues that “The Moroccan Penal Code in general is an outdated text, established in 1962 for a Moroccan society which was moving away from tradition towards institutional and socio-cultural modernization”he laments.
Moreover, Assid believes that “The legal arsenal is important, in particular the constitution, and the obligations of the Moroccan state which have made progress in the field of human rights. The constitution stipulating the supremacy of international treaties over national legislation and stipulating respect for freedoms, and at the same time, society itself has resolved many conflicts related to individual freedoms in favor of development and maturity despite the passing wave of political Islam which has caused some temporary confusion, but has failed to take control of the state and bring us back to the old systems of closed relations”he pointed out.
On the other hand, the Amazigh intellectual predicts that “Moroccan society has experienced a remarkable growth in public debate on the issue of freedoms, and the demands for liberation from young people have increased, especially with the presence of social networks. All of this makes the issue of changing the criminal law an inescapable issue that cannot be avoided or delayed, especially since the report on the development model talks about “release of energy”which is not possible without individual freedoms.
Regarding the genesis of article 222 of the Moroccan Penal Code, Assid indicates that the latter “no longer needs to be analyzed, it is not a religious article, because Islam does not provide for the punishment those who eat during Ramadan, it is also not a text established by the independent Moroccan state, but rather refers to the stage of protection, and it was not intended only to prevent the provocations of French colonialists towards Moroccans by eating during the day of Ramadan, a justification that no longer makes sense today, as we are no longer in colonialism, and those who eat are Moroccans and not foreign colonialists who provoke the moroccan fast »
To conclude, Assid adds that the abolition of this article is not enough, because society must be educated in the principle of acceptance of difference and respect for others. The state recognizes the individual’s right to choose their way of life without coercion, and this is found in religion itself, but the state and Moroccan education in general tends towards violence and coercion and alienate the value of freedom, and that is why people do not feel happy, whether they are religious or otherwise, because happiness is not related to materialism, but to symbolic values, the first of which is freedom . | <urn:uuid:3fc882ac-77ca-4eb6-9824-a3dabb2ac564> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://moroccolatestnews.com/an-ideological-conflict-extended-over-time/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.954397 | 1,177 | 1.984375 | 2 |
- WILLIAM ANDREE
COLOR IT BRINDLE
One thing that seems to have been fairly consistent through the years among Bulldog fanciers is their fascination with color. Preoccupation with color is especially evident in prospective pet owners and novice breeders – they seem to be color-conscious above all else and invariably inquire about it first. Gender and age often rank a distant second and third on their priority lists. Many prospective buyers simply will not consider purchasing a Bulldog unless it is of a certain color.
For some reason not obvious to me, solid white seems to be the most preferred color among those not specially familiar with the breed. Red is another preferred color. It is usually the choice of people who are interested in breeding Bulldogs, and it is especially popular among those interested in showing. People who previously owned and loved a Bulldog of a certain color often want another of that color; I suppose that is as valid a reason for a color preference as any I can think of.
Curiously, brindle (especially color brindle) is seldom a preferred color. Perhaps this is partly because the term is unfamiliar to many people, and partly because there are so few solid brindles on the market or in the show ring these days. Brindle is a blend of at least two or three colors, with one of them being predominant. Red brindle, fawn brindle and gray brindle are the most common brindle colors. Brindle coloring almost always includes hairs of black or very dark brown, with these sometimes appearing in patterns similar to tiger stripes on the legs and body.
Strangely, solid brindle and reds with minimal or no white markings and solid whites are rarely preferred by modern breeders and exhibitors. Colors that are enhanced by flashy white markings around the face, chest and neck are more popular.
However, the Bulldog standard approved by the Bulldog Club of America clearly specifies that the coat of the ideal Bulldog should be “uniform” from head to toe. The standard lists solid red brindle as the most preferred color. (A small white patch on the chest is permitted on an otherwise all-brindle or all-red dog.)
Notice that I have not mentioned the solid black or predominantly black coat. Black is historically not a preferred color for the Bulldog. In fact, a solid-black dog is termed “very undesirable” in the Bulldog standard. Yet the standard also states that black is “not so objectionable if occurring in moderate degree in piebald patches” on a white coat.
Correction. In the December AKC Gazette, this columnist’s reference to the breed’s November 1998 national was inadvertently printed as “last summer” rather than as “last month,” which would have been correct.
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Choosing the right putter can be the most important decision you make when it comes to your equipment, so pay attention to the 6 important factors to consider in a golf club putter.
These six factors must be taken into consideration so that you make an informed choice of putter type and to make sure that it feels as it should be.
In fact, the putter is the club you use the most.
Choosing the right one is like choosing a best friend. This is where the brains of the putter are.
There are other factors to consider such as the length and the grip but the brains of your best friend will be the most important part of choosing the right putter.
Before looking at all of these considerations, let us first consider the most important part of this club known as the “head” of the putter.
1. The lie angle.
It is an angle between the shaft and the ground. This factor determines if the putter head is sitting perfectly flat on the ground when you are putting.
Get one that lets the head of the club rest squarely on the ground when you take your stance.
Put yourself in your most comfortable stance and ask one of your buddies to check this for you.
If the putter head is not sitting flat against the ground, you may need to have it adjusted.
2. The length of the putter.
Being comfortable when putting is another factor to consider in a golf club putter. The standard length of a putter is thirty-five inches. If you tend to stand upright, you may want it longer. If you bend over a lot, a shorter putter may be necessary.
3. The total weight of the putter.
Get one that does not feel too heavy. In general, use a lighter putter if you play on fast greens. A heavier putter may give you better results if you play on slow greens.
4. The size and shape of the head.
A perimeter-weighted putter is the best. This type of putter has a recess in the middle of the head, with most of the weight distributed on the heel and toe. This will provide you with more solid putts on off-center hits.
Two other important considerations in the head of the putter are perimeter weighting and lie-angle. Perimeter weighting has to do with the size and shape of the head.
If you look, you will see a recess in the center of the head. This recess makes it possible for the weight of the head to be distributed in the toe and the heel which is preferable.
5. A few basic considerations to keep in mind.
You are going to be making an important decision that has to do with the bottom section or the “head” of the putter.
The head is the most important part of the putter because it is the place where your ball will make contact on the green. The material in the head affects the way the ball moves and its direction across the green.
The head material is often overlooked when choosing a good putter. Typically the cheaper putters will have heads made of PCS plastic, Aluminum, or Zinc.
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"Fandom mapped: Rousseau, Scott, and Byron on the Itinerary of Lady Frances Shelley"
Nicola J. Watson
1. As Eric Eisner has remarked, the Romantic period saw an unprecedented explosion of what we would now recognise as “fan practices”: “admirers collected autographs, souvenirs, portraits, and relics of celebrity writers, artists, performers, military heroes, and athletes;” “visited the homes and haunts of celebrities;” imitated celebrities, and fantasised about becoming their intimates; wrote fan mail, and formed communities of like-minded devotees (“Introduction”). Taken together, these practices arguably mark the beginning of what would become a mass-cultural phenomenon over the later nineteenth century. This essay therefore addresses itself to a series of questions which transfer some of the preoccupations of recent scholarship on contemporary fandom back to the moment of its inception. Specifically, what different modes of demonstrating appreciation were precipitated around literary figures between the 1770s and the 1830s? How might the concept of “fandom” help us to make sense of one enduring material reading practice that became newly prominent at this time—namely, the practice of visiting places associated with authors and their works in order to re-read texts in situ? And how might attending to that practice of fandom illuminate further the development of a new reading culture in the period?
2. To attend to the fan rather than the celebrity (although, as I’ll be discussing below, the two are sometimes one and the same person) is a relatively novel departure for romantic scholarship. Understandably, perhaps, romantic scholarship has found it much more attractive to identify or ally itself with two variant forms of romantic authorial celebrity, the neglected genius, associated especially with Keats, and the sexy superstar, embodied by Byron. As an academic, it is particularly seductive to ally oneself with the figure of the neglected genius writing for posterity, a figure which, as Andrew Bennett has noted, is the default setting for romantic poetics; after all, many of us are neglected geniuses ourselves, teaching a rather unenthusiastic posterity. The persistent interest in romantic authors’ self-depiction as suffering constitutively or playfully from an anxiety of authorship is another variant of this critical tendency. Alternatively, in the climate of today’s celebrity culture, it has become possible to rediscover Byron as a necessary precondition for Mick Jagger, as the first famous poet to inspire certain modes of feeling on an international scale. Tellingly, even the scholarship on Byron’s celebrity has displayed a marked tendency to twist away from the fact of his huge fame to concentrate instead upon the ways in which (allegedly) Byron never fully or willingly occupied it, preferring to ironise his massively popular public persona in a suitably “romantic” and, let it be whispered, attractively elitist and aristocratic fashion (see Christensen; Bennett). The scholarship on Byron’s celebrity additionally typically, if inexplicitly, describes the madness that endeavouring either to master or emulate Byron might threaten; how much safer and more respectable to be his Hobhouse than to be just another one amongst his many unhappy shadowers, amongst them Caroline Lamb, Claire Clairmont, John Clare, and Samuel Egerton Brydges. (The alternative available role, to construct oneself as an efficient and commercial sponger off the noble Lord in the manner of a Harriette Wilson, Leigh Hunt or a John Murray, is probably nearer the mark for the modern critic, but possibly represents an even more unwelcome and unromantic construction of the academic enterprise.) Such writing on Byron has only partially acknowledged that there is no such thing as the celebrity without the fan; as Eisner notes, literary celebrity “is not simply one form of authorship, but rather…a form of the relationship between writers and readers” (Eisner 3). If and when the fan is acknowledged, he or she often appears as a flattering avatar for the scholar, a special, tormented, and intimate soul (Soderholm). In short, the fan is an embarrassment, and the fan in the academic even more so. Supposedly naïve, obsessive, desirous, and dangerously predatory, the fan has arguably hitherto been the abjected of the history of romantic culture and of romantic criticism itself, both in criticism written during the period and that produced since.
3. My focus in this essay, however, is on the case-history of a romantic fan who was neither naïve, obsessive, desirous, nor predatory (shortcomings which, may, of course, disqualify her from the status of fan in some eyes). Charming, lively, beautiful, humorous, well-read yet unintellectual, and a crashing snob, Lady Frances Shelley counted amongst the amusements of her life the pleasures of literary fandom. Her diary and letters, unpublished until the early twentieth century, supply a first-hand description of multiple instances of a particular mode of reading that emerged in the period—the idea of reading authors in and against places associated with them, combining literary connoisseurship with dilettante travel. Her accounts of this practice exemplify what a variety of site-specific modes of appreciating the literary the romantics developed, and they also suggest some of the disparate and unevenly operating factors that underlay them. My discussion therefore follows in her well-shod footsteps across England, Scotland, Germany, Switzerland and Italy over the years between 1815 and 1854, considering not only what she does say and do as a literary tourist, but what she doesn’t choose to do, for both are equally telling.
4. I have chosen to concentrate on Lady Shelley as a central consciousness largely for her conventionality and typicality, something for which I imagine she would not have thanked me. Unhampered by literary ambition and anxiety, she was not weighed down by the need to produce competitively fine writing for a public beyond her own immediate circle; she was cheerfully unobsessed by any of the literary lions she met or pursued; and she was markedly mobile in her ability to occupy a variety of possible tourist stances and fan pleasures. Reviewing her diary and letters on their publication in 1912, the New York Times took the view that she was not romantic or enthusiastic enough, remarking that “mostly the impressions are too matter-of-factly recorded, and lead one to conclude that Lady Shelley generally recorded inferences which others around her had expressed”; the writer was especially cutting about her account of her visit to Rousseau’s house on the Île St Pierre—“matter of fact and almost schoolgirlish.” These strictures usefully identify her as disappointingly commonplace in her sentiments and commentary. As such, she serves here as a conveniently representative case-study in romantic literary fandom of the fairly casual and thoroughly ordinary sort, always bearing in mind the proviso that, as I’ll be noting below, her stances and destinations are determined both by her class status as an aristocrat and by her gender.
5. To attend to Shelley’s literary pleasures is to discover something of how romantic readers produced new constructions of themselves in relation to the emergent romantic author. Recent scholarship has been interested not only in the emergence of new models of authorship but in how this was produced in response to a new literary marketplace, a reading-boom, defined by a vastly expanded literacy and mass print-production. Although, following from Robert Darnton’s pioneering work, there have been a number of recent influential studies of romantic readership and romantic reading practices, most notably by scholars such as William St Clair and H.J. Jackson, scholarship has only just begun systematically to investigate how individual romantic readers constructed themselves as such in relation to the romantic author. I have argued elsewhere that literary tourism developed in response to a variety of stimuli—the need to model the romantic self, for example, to which both Rousseau and Byron were so important; the desire to verify a national landscape mapped within a newly national literature; the desire to assert a fictional intimacy and kinship between the author and reader which bridged the alienation of print culture. But here I want to concentrate on the relation between the development of literary tourism and the development of the romantic reader. Shelley’s account of herself as a reader-tourist revealingly suggests that romantic readers strove to represent themselves as on a footing not only of intimacy but of social equality with the author, to re-establish a sense of a coterie audience in the face of the realities of a mass heterogenous reading public.
I. Lady Frances Shelley
6. For those unacquainted with her, Frances Shelley was born in 1787, the daughter of Thomas Winckley of Preston and connected through her mother to the Dalrymples. Against her family’s advice, in 1807 she married Sir John Shelley, gamester, horse-fancier, and friend of the heir to the throne, with whom she seems to have been happy. She was thus a member of the upper ten thousand, with the entrée into the highest circles. A noted beauty, accomplished conversationalist, and an amateur musician with literary interests and connections (including her distant relative Percy Bysshe Shelley), she moved for the most part in high Tory circles. She was introduced to Lord Byron through his sister, became a longtime intimate and passionate hero-worshipper (indeed a fan) of the Duke of Wellington, and was socially prominent enough for Victoria to come to pay her respects on her deathbed in 1873. Courtesy of these connections, in July 1815 she made her way to the Continent in pursuit of a long-held ambition and arrived at Paris in the immediate aftermath of Waterloo, where she met, amongst many others, Sir Walter Scott. Like many others, including Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their companions and hangers-on, she took the opportunity afforded by the cessation of war to travel to Italy via Geneva, her stay in the summer of 1816 coinciding with Byron’s occupancy of the Villa Diodati in Cologny; her tour of the locality corresponded at many points with the excursions that Byron was making with the Shelleys and Hobhouse to sites associated with Rousseau and others, which he wrote up in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage III. In 1819 she made the tour of Scotland, and, meeting up again with Scott, was invited to stay at his show-home Abbotsford, then in the throes of alteration and extension. In 1834, she made another trip to the Continent, and repeated it for one last time in 1853. On these trips she made a series of excursions to sites associated with poets of an earlier age—most especially to locales associated with Ariosto, Petrarch and Tasso —which she seems to have understood in part as repetitions of literary pilgrimages earlier made by Byron and recorded in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage IV. and in this, again, she was thoroughly conventional for her time. In the course of these travels, she therefore traversed a variety of sites associated with three of the four romantic figures — Rousseau, Scott, Byron, and Burns—who elicited the highest levels of romantic fandom and tourism.
II. On holiday with Rousseau, 1816
7. Driving along the margins of Lake Geneva on her way from Besançon to Neuchâtel in 1816, Frances Shelley’s party passed through Môtiers-Travers. Môtiers-Travers was where Rousseau had spent some time living in retirement, where he received many visitors, including the young James Boswell, and from which he was, famously, driven out by the villagers in May 1765. In 1816, the house itself had shared that fame for some time, in large part because there were a number of important engravings in circulation which illustrated Rousseau’s Confessions and represented his various houses, most particularly, the four volume publication by Jean-Benjamin de Laborde and Beat Fidel Zurlauben, Tableaux topographiques, pittoresques, physiques, historiques, moraux, politiques, littéraires de la Suisse (c. 1784), which included no fewer than four engravings relating to Rousseau’s life in the village. (The publication in 1819 of de Last’s and Lameau’s Vues de differentes habitations de J.J. Rousseau would expand this canon.) Shelley’s account makes it plain that she was aware both of the story and of the house. She notes that “we passed the house in which [ Rousseau ] had lived” (Edgcumbe 1: 219) and further remarks that “when we came to Motiers-Travers we longed to live there, and fully understood Rousseau’s regret at being driven from it” (Edgcumbe 1: 219). Shelley’s self-placing as Rousseau is brief but typical of the self-representation of contemporary tourists. Such pilgrims aspired both to “be” Rousseau and to join the select club of those who could boast a sufficiency of Rousseauistic sensibility. However, the locus classicus for this sort of self-identification with Rousseau was not Môtiers-Travers but the little Île St Pierre, located in the Lac de Bienne, where Rousseau had spent a few short but idyllic months writing his Confessions and collecting material for the Rêveries d’un Promeneur Solitaire before being forced to leave there, too, in October 1765.
8. The experience of visiting the Île St Pierre seems to have been particularly powerful for contemporaries—there is much more written about it than about any other Rousseau site—and looking at a few of the many visitors’ accounts extant allow us to get a flavour of the experience Rousseau’s many fans were seeking. Shelley’s own narrative of her visit may most usefully be understood in relation to the accounts of other contemporary visitors, who wrote about the experience at enthusiastic length. For example, Friedrich von Matthisson’s account of his trip to the Île, made some time between 1785 and 1794, makes plain the ways in which Rousseau’s autobiography powerfully mapped and narrated place for the tourist, allowing the recreational insertion of the reader-tourist’s body and sensibility within the author’s; Matthisson’s identification of the pleasures of reading “on the very spot” as a form of touristic “self-forgetfulness” as well as a self-amplification underscores how this reading practice was designed to meld reader and author together:
Such representations of a ghostly figure of “Rousseau” as a double for the reader-tourist were common. So was the, at first glance, rather paradoxical construction of this experience as not simply one-to-one, but communal. The young German Friedrich Stolberg, for example, more explicitly describes a conversation with his friends on a very similar walk in 1791:
Here, said we, did the pensive Jean Jacques ruminate. On this steep height, and, glowing with all the delightful sweets of rectitude, he contemplated the clear waters of the lake. Here he did calm his ardent sensibility, by viewing the dewy plants, which he took so much pleasure to collect. Under this rock, reclining in a boat, he touched the soft flute. Yonder is the diminutive island, which he peopled with rabbits: that small spot, which, comparatively, makes the mother island a continent...
A third young man, Nikolai Karamzin, may serve as a final example, if only because he wrote at such length and performed these emotional evolutions so thoroughly. Visiting in 1790, he both simulates Rousseau by re-experiencing Rousseauistic emotions on the spot, and extends this to summoning a fanciful vision of the philosopher:
Not long ago I went to the island of St Pierre, where the greatest writer of the eighteenth century took refuge from the wickedness and intolerance of mankind, which, like the Furies, drove him from place to place. It was a beautiful day. Within a few hours I had wandered about the entire island, seeking everywhere traces of Geneva’s citizen and philosopher, beneath the boughs of ancient beech and chestnut trees, in the beautiful walks of the dark forest, in the faded meadows and rocky prominences of the shore.
Karamzin’s experience is wholeheartedly sentimental and pleasingly typical in its final fanciful summoning of Rousseau to inhabit the emptiness of the island in his daydream. The thoroughly paradoxical quality of this Rousseauistic tourist experience as at once empty, solitary, alienated, private, and “of the heart,” while nonetheless full, communal, performative, cosmopolitan, and print-based, is epitomised in Karamzin’s anecdote of his encounter with an equally young Englishman:
As I sat meditating, I suddenly saw a young man, with a round hat pulled down over his eyes, approaching me with unhurried steps. In his right hand he was carrying a book. He stopped, looked at me, and said, “Vous pensez à lui.” Then he walked away with the same unhurried steps. (163)
This moment when the solitary fan turns out to have company, and company of a congenial kind, demonstrates the way that this sort of fandom is imagined as ambiguously intimate and communal, original and derivative.
9. The presence of others was in practice essential to the experience, because it described an exclusive club of admirers. This club was most vividly evidenced in the habit (prevalent before the institution of a visitors’ book) of writing lengthy inscriptions on the walls of the pavilion and of Rousseau’s bedroom. This practice of inscription on literary sites was widespread at the time; the sentimental graffiti on the Île St Pierre are especially well-documented and it is clear that Rousseau inspired a particular mode of verse-inscription which was designed to perform an intimate identification between author and reader to other readers. Such verses universally describe a romantic privacy of physical encounter. The privacy was manifestly a fiction —not only were the inscriptions there intended for all to see who cared to look, but travellers’ accounts and later, guidebooks, often quoted them at length. Madame de Gauthier, for instance, who was sufficiently taken with the experience to visit the island not once but twice in 1790, transcribed many, waspishly calling them
Sigismond Wagner’s guidebook, first published in 1798, reinforces this convention. Wagner had acted as guide to the island for a number of years, before writing it, so it is reasonable to assume that it embodies the tourist experience that was being delivered at the time. He describes “une foule de noms et d’inscriptions, dont les murs de la rotunde sont couverts au-dedans et au-dehors”, which, he says, “attestent la vive impressions que ce lieu produit sur tous ceux qui viennent le visiter” (Wagner 15) [“a mass of signatures and inscriptions, with which the walls of the rotunda are covered above and below...attest to the vivid impression which this place produces on all who come to visit it”]. He dwells upon the inscriptions both in the pavilion and the bedroom as evidence of the sheer volume of Rousseauistic experience supplied by the island to readers of many nationalities, but he also spends time listing the eminent names amongst these graffiti, including Pitt the Younger, Immanuel Kant, the Empresses Josephine and Marie-Louise, and Napoleon himself. Those inscriptions he chooses to transcribe are striking in their insistence upon tourism as romantic substitution and encounter, replicating and pre-scripting the experiences already noted above as occurring in travel-writing. The first reads:
Heureux quand je pouvois, mâitre de mon plaisirs,
Disposant à mon gré de mes plus doux loisirs,
Dans ces bois enchantés errer l’aventure;
Tantôt m’y reposer sur un banc de gazon
Tantôt sans ce salon, entouré de verdure,
Respirer a moi seul une atmosphere pure,
Et m’y livrer à la reflexion;
Y renouveller la lecture
De Rousseau, mon cher compagnon,
Y rentrer, sur ses pas, au sein de la nature,
Et là, loin des cités, loin de toute imposture,
Être avec elle à l’unisson.
This act of reading Rousseau in his favourite haunts is amplified into a conversation with Rousseau’s ghost in the other inscription Wagner transcribes:
Un soir, au clair de lune, errant dans ce bocage,
J’y trouvai de Rousseau l’ombre morne et sauvage;
Que veux-tu? me dit-il, en détournement les yeux.
Ainsi que vous, mon mâitre,admirer ces beaux lieux.
Tu fais bien, tout est beau, dit-il, dans la nature,
Hors l’homme, qui la défigure.
As if to underscore how mainstream this is, Wagner’s prose fantasy reiterates the fancy:
Cette île, qu’il a rendue si célèbre, n’offre point d’objet qui ne soit empreint de son souvenir; mais c’est surtout ici..., c’est dans les ombres et fraiches retraites de ce bois, que l’on croit sentir sa presence, et qu’à chaque rayon douteux qui perce l’obscurité du feillage, à chaque soufflé de vent qui frémit dans les cimes des arbres, l’imagination frappé cède aux superstitions de l’enfance, et croit voir l’ombre de Rousseau errer encore dans les lieux qui lui furent jadis si chers.(Wagner 17)
Wagner’s book thus reiterates the inscriptions’ performance; it is not coincidental that the third edition of 1817 was amplified with extracts from Rousseau and with hand-coloured plates and sold as a commemorative album to visitors to the island, who thus received certification of having joined the club of Rousseau fans.
10. Shelley herself made the trip on July 15 1816, a day characteristic of the awful weather of the summer of 1816. Her diary spends an unusually long time describing the locale:
The torrential rain rendered the whole experience downright “unsentimental”:
As we were determined to be gay in spite of the weather we amused ourselves by talking bad German to the peasants, and very unsentimentally ate bread and cheese, where Rousseau had lived and dreamed, and where he had, for a short time, enjoyed that idyllic existence which he loved. We returned, wet through... (Edgcumbe 1:223)
Shelley’s playfulness about the failure of sentiment on this occasion nonetheless stands as a pointer to the experience that the Île St Pierre was supposed to promise, a sentimental location and recapitulation of Rousseau’s emotions and “idyllic existence,” conceived as a social performance to the like-minded.
III. Scott At Home, 1819
11. Rousseau’s ghostliness was both convenient and inconvenient to fandom. It was convenient in the sense that there was no obstacle in the shape of the living celebrity to the tourist-experiment of “being” Rousseau. Indeed, Rousseau’s ghost could be ventriloquised to approve of the romantic sensibility that these writers variously set out to inhabit and display, whether in handwritten inscriptions, in their letters and travel diaries, or through a full-blown print guidebook. It was inconvenient in the sense that, unlike a living celebrity, he could not be viewed and pursued in person. Death was not yet a drawback in the cases of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, the leading poetic celebrities of the age. Shelley’s interest in both of these figures provides evidence of other possible modes and practices of fandom.
12. In July 1819, Shelley renewed her hitherto slight acquaintance with the Minstrel of the North, and was subsequently invited to pay a visit to the literary lion’s show-home, Abbotsford, still under construction. Scott acted as her guide over Melrose Abbey, famous in itself, but also as the setting for part of his best-selling poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), and he also drove her over to Dryburgh Abbey, another favourite Gothic ruin (where he would eventually be buried). A few days were spent at Abbotsford, admiring the house, its curiosities, and the anecdotal and complimentary conversation of its owner, before leaving for Edinburgh.The Corsair: disappointed in his appearance (“not prepossessing...a club-foot, white eyelashes, and a clumsy figure. He has no expression when his face is in repose” Edgcumbe 1:139), she was more taken with his talk, because it was more poetic: “His conversation reminds me of his poems—the same ideas and images recurring—and often the same careless manner of expressing them” (Edgcumbe 1:139). The second, made during her visit to the North, is a comment that the Border landscape owed all its charms to Scott’s powers of description, and that it was in danger of being in itself anti-climactic:
There is not a spot mentioned by this romantic poet which does not owe its renown for beauty and charm to the exquisite description of it, as seen through his magic glass. As in a highly skilled miniature every blemish of complexion vanished without destroying the likeness, so is it with Scott’s descriptions. Although they are accurate, the poet heightens every beauty and conceals every defect. (Edgcumbe 2:43)
This sense of viewing a visually uninteresting landscape made romantic purely by superimposed literary association was not confined to Lady Shelley; Washington Irving, visiting three years earlier, and undergoing much the same routine of guided visits, seems equally to have experienced the same initial disappointment in the landscape:
I gazed about me with mute surprise, I may almost say, with disappointment. I beheld a mere succession of grey waving hills, line beyond line, as far as my eye could reach, monotonous in their aspect, and so destitute of trees, that one could almost see a stout fly walking along their profile; and the far-famed Tweed appeared a naked stream, flowing between bare hills, without a tree or a thicket on its banks; and yet, such had been the magic web of poetry and romance thrown over the whole, that it had a greater charm for me than the richest scenery...(Irving 17)
The third remark of note that Shelley makes amplifies this sense of Scott’s “magic”, but characterises it rather less generously as the reader’s power to conjure up from the landscape, and Edinburgh in particular, fictional characters drawn from Scott’s oeuvre: “The Castle, Arthur’s Seat, and Salisbury Crags, conjured up fairy visions of historic, classic, and poetic interest, all equally absorbing. As in a vision, I saw one form succeeding another —the unfortunate Mary, the poetic Marmion, and the fascinating Effie Deans” (Edgcumbe 2:54).
13. Taken together, Shelley’s remarks suggest some of the resistance that the figure of Scott put up to the early culture of romantic fandom. Unlike Byron, although famous and sought after, he was not personally exciting to the fan, and he offered none of the extremer emotional pleasures of “being” the author that Rousseau had and that Lord Byron would. His poetry and fictions, on the other hand, certainly inspired admiration, but the tourist-practices associated with them seem calculated as much to describe the reader’s imaginative flair as the writer’s. Where they discuss Scott’s “magic powers”, both Washington Irving and Shelley verge on charging him with fraud, promising the reader-tourist rather more than actuality can deliver. Shelley’s thank-you letter to Scott makes this explicit:
Shelley’s compliment to Scott is double-edged—on the one hand, she thanks him for giving “romantic interest” to the landscape; on the other, she suggests that she has a more romantic taste in scenery than he must have, preferring the genuinely sublime to the poetically exaggerated. This slight condescension reverberates too in her estimate of the social pretensions of Abbotsford (“[it] has the appearance of a castle built of pastry—something like those we see on a supper table. But one must not quiz the castle or criticise the whims of such a genius” (Edgcumbe 2:46). And it colours her account of one mildly flirtatious exchange:
Scott paid me a very pretty compliment upon my riding at Paris...[He] remarked that no-one could ride so well as I did...He concluded with these words: “I am quite sure that the author of the Scottish novels must have seen Lady Shelley ride, ere he described Die [sic] Vernon.” (Edgcumbe 2:48)
Scott here offers Shelley the chance to occupy the position of the originator of fiction, something that she is very ready to do, as her sense that it is she who conjures up “fairy visions” from the landscape as a reader also suggests. Scott’s well-documented vanishing-act in the games he played with anonymity as “the Author of Waverley” is here played out in miniature, and suggests some of the ways that, as a narrative poet and fiction-writer, he could be written out of romantic authorship by the romantic reader, and so disqualified as an object of fandom.
IV. Running after Byron, 1834
14. In December 1813, when she first met him, Shelley was decidedly not one of Byron’s many fans. She recorded her first verdict on the poet then working on The Corsair thus: “He is decidedly handsome, and can be very agreeable. He seems to be easily put out by trifles, and, at times, looks terribly savage” (Edgcumbe 1:52). (She did him the justice, however, of saying that he had been very patient with his young nephews and nieces). Accompanying Augusta Leigh to pay a formal visit to Lady Byron and her new husband on the occasion of their marriage in April 1815, she had a very uncomfortable time of it, offering congratulations that were coldly received by Byron with a “demoniacal” expression, and summing up her experience by remarking that “I felt like a young person who has inadvertently dipped her finger into boiling water” (81, 82). She coincided with the poet again in Lady Dalrymple Hamilton’s salon in Geneva in 1816, after he had left England in the wake of the scandal of his separation from his wife, and expressed much the same views in much the same language, amplified with incredulity at the fan phenomenon that surrounded him at the time:
Given this pronounced distaste for the person of Byron, it is all the more striking that following his death (an occasion marked for her by Sir Humphrey Davy inscribing verses “On the Death of Lord Byron” in her album [2:123]), she would become a completely conventional Byron fan; once his living and embarrassing social person was out of the way, it seems, her acquaintance with this celebrity at last became desirable. It is well-documented that post-Napoleonic travellers on the Continent would come to see the landscape through which they passed through Byron’s eyes and to ape his emotional stances courtesy of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage III and IV. which would eventually be conveniently extracted into Murray’s guidebooks (Buzard 125-30). Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, for example, noted in the same year that Shelley would set off on her travels again, 1834, that “[ Byron’s] spirit always haunts me on the lake of Geneva; and I behold him forever floating on its waves in all the shadowy brilliance of his imaginations...[I] behold him at Venice, at Ravenna, at Ferrara, at Florence, at Rome, and at Pisa; and I see him enter the soul of Dante, to wander with him in his exile among the sombre woods” (Brydges 256-7). This effect was very strong in relation to literary sites, partly because one of the projects of Childe Harold could be said to be to provide Byron with the chance to strike canonical fan postures at European writers’ houses and haunts, thus inserting him within a cosmopolitan classical poetic tradition. Recapitulating Byron’s tourist itinerary, tourists therefore engaged in the exercise of “being” Byron not so much as an author (as with Rousseau), but as a prototypical romantic fan.
15. Shelley’s visit to the continent is accordingly marked by a tendency to refer her sightseeing experiences to those represented as Byron’s in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage IV. Describing her visit to Ariosto’s house, she frames the experience in terms of Byron’s literary celebrity and fandom:
This meditation on the nature of fandom is wonderfully snobbish in its implicit argument that if the aristocratic Byron and other celebrities can practise fan inscription, then it will be all right for her son to do so, especially since he is the kinsman of a literary celebrity himself. (It is, however, noticeable that she excludes herself from this practice of inscription; though it would become much more common later in the century for women to compose tribute poetry and album verses, they seem rarely to have found it socially possible to cut graffiti).
16. Nor is this the sole example of Shelley’s appeal to the Byronic to license her fandom. When she visits Petrarch’s house at Arquà, she is equally aware of Byron’s previous visit, recorded in Childe Harold IV. and goes out of her way to look for its physical traces:
On this occasion, she is obliged to make do with a different celebrity-fan as a model in his place: “Alfieri has written a sonnet on the wall, but it has been scribbled over and much damaged. It is now protected by a glass frame” (2:238). Venice is not only suffused for her with Byron, whom she reads on the spot (“Every spot is vivified by the author of "Childe Harold," and is reminiscent of his tragedies” [2:241]), but is also authoritatively signed by Byron, something she records with some satisfaction: “We saw the ‘Bridge of Sighs,’ which is now no longer open to the public. Byron, according to his usual practice, has inscribed his name here” (2:243). Running through these scattered remarks is a recurring sense of privilege —in this case, the satisfaction with which she records that this signature of Byron’s is not available to the general public. It reiterates that sense of being in a distinguished fan club that I’ve already noted as operating in the case of Rousseau, with the twist that its exclusivity is here not merely a matter of exhibiting enough fine feeling but having the social clout to gain access to closed sites.
17. For Shelley, the traces of Byron’s pilgrimage as a celebrity fan legitimate her own practice of literary tourism and associated practices of fandom; equally, the stories retailed in Childe Harold and Byron’s tragedies help her to experience these locales as vivid and colourful. This latter effect, sadly, was not proof against time and grief over Wellington’s death. One last snapshot gives us Lady Frances Shelley in August 1853 trying to access the same reading experience while travelling along the Rhine:
Shelley herself does not attribute this failure of romance primarily to age and sorrow, but to the wear and tear of cliché —the subject has become too common, the genre too well-used, perhaps the landscape had become too well-used as well. Writing and travelling in 1853, the age of the railway, mass leisure travel, and Murray’s guidebooks, was another thing to writing and travelling in the age of the carriage.
V. Loch Katrine Unvisited, 1819
18. Shelley’s sense of cliché may also have been one reason for her surprising failure to visit one famous literary locale, Loch Katrine and the Trossachs, the celebrated setting of Scott’s poem The Lady of the Lake (1810). After her visit to Abbotsford in 1819, Shelley travelled on up into the Highlands. One of the standard destinations of the time would have been the Trossachs and Loch Katrine, and these were not much out of her route. Popular as a beauty spot even before 1810, largely because this wooded gorge was so uncharacteristic of the surrounding bare Highland scenery, with the publication of Scott’s poem it was flooded with enthusiastic tourists.The Spy for 1811. "Malise" is represented discussing his projected journey with an old Highlander:
He said, I was right to do so, else I would not be in the fashion, but it was a sign, I was too idle, and had very little to do at home; but that a Mr Scott had put all the people mad by printing a lying poem, about a man that never existed... (Bohls & Duncan 178)
If the Highlander is meant to represent an abrasively common-sense, lower-class view of this particular leisure pastime, Malise himself represents the class aspirations typical of the literary tourist. Hogg makes him Rousseauist in language and stance, but, comically, as not quite fully inhabiting either:
I wished to lose myself in the Trossachs alone; to have no interruption in my contemplations; but to converse only with nature, please myself with wondering at her wildest picture, and wonder why I was pleased. (179)
Malise records his enjoyment of the experience, but this enjoyment is represented not so much as the result of his refined reading sensibility as of a little fine whisky; concluding his account, he provides this advice to any who would follow in his footsteps:
Whoever goes to survey the Trossachs, let him have the 11th, 12th and 13th division of the first canto of The Lady of the Lake in his heart; a little Highland whisky in his head; and then he shall see the most wonderful scene that nature ever produced. (179-180)
Hogg’s suggestion that the performance of Rousseauistic sensibility is class-bound is not uncommon in itself; usually, however, accounts of these displays of literary sensibility are more sympathetic exactly because they are supposed to define and describe class membership. A complementary account of class and reading-practices informs, for example, the remarks of John MacCulloch—another sophisticated, not to say a jaundiced, reader of his friend Scott—who has much to say on the ways in which the landscape of Loch Katrine was being read in the immediate aftermath of the poem’s success. In his letters to Scott detailing his journeys across Scotland between 1811 and 1820 he displays considerable class animus in complaining fretfully about the crowds newly infesting the Trossachs—“barouches and gigs, cocknies and fishermen and poets, Glasgow weavers and travelling haberdashers” (MacCulloch 194), expressing especial annoyance at the Londoner who arrived with a French horn so as to make the most of the echoes made famous by Fitz-James’ horn-call. Typical of this flush of tourists and their practices was the young actor William Charles Macready, who took a three week holiday after giving performances in Glasgow in the summer of 1818, walking to Loch Katrine, “the object of my most ardent wishes”, specifically for the pleasure of rowing “merrily up the lake, visiting the island, the Goblin’s Cave, and every spot that Scott’s poetry has invested with a never-dying interest” (Macready 1:182, 183, 187). MacCulloch speculates sourly on the nature of the “never-dying interest” with which the poem inspired such tourists: “Why the scenes of a fictitious tale should excite the same interest as those where the great drama of life has been acted in its various forms, I shall leave you to explain...but I am quite sure that many of the well-informed personages who come here to see, believe the whole thing” (MacCulloch 1:193). MacCulloch’s lack of enthusiasm for this down-market literalism informs his slightly vindictive pleasure in retailing the discomfiture of a too-credulous reader whom he had accompanied in a search for the Goblin’s Cave, Ellen’s second place of refuge: “I had accompanied, on one occasion, a cockney friend whom I met here, and who, after scrambling among the rocks and bogs for an hour, expressed vast indignation when he had reached the Coir nan Uriskin. ‘Lord, sir,’ said the [guide], ‘there is no cave here but what Mr Scott made himself.’ ‘What the d—l, no cave?’ ‘Na, Sir, but we go where the gentry chooses, and they always ask for the goblin cave first’” (1:165). MacCulloch’s self-distancing from these tourists as middle-class, urban, ignorant, and literalist only echoes in another register and from a different class perspective Hogg’s Highlander’s sardonic account of how in order to enhance the tourist experience there was to be a girl impersonating the lady of the lake and a man hired to represent the Goblin himself (Bohls and Duncan 178).
19. Shelley herself made no comment upon the phenomenon of Loch Katrine, so one is left to speculate on whether this passion for the scenes of fiction, unsecured by the presence of the author, imagined or physical, as tour-guide, was either too unsophisticated or too popular an experience to seek out in 1819. It is conceivable that it was both. It may well have been the case that there was something of a hierarchy between the two modes of literary fandom. The one, author-centred and organised towards visiting, being or envisioning the author, encoded the social equality and literary clubbability of the reader; the other, equally well-established in the period, fiction-centred and organised towards being a spectator of narrative, connoted a propensity to confuse the real and the fictional, a dangerous and risible lack of sophistication which contemporary discourse typically associated with the new mass readership. Between seeing a vision of Rousseau, and believing in a girl impersonating the Lady of the Lake, lay a rather thin, but acutely class-conscious line between active fancy and sensation-seeking, one that persists to this day in the distinction between visiting Austen’s Chawton and Dickens’ World.
20. Over the course of a lifetime, Shelley thus experimented with a variety of forms of literary tourism and fandom. She visited both the living and the dead, seeing their landscapes through their eyes and under their signatures. On balance, she adopts an author-centred model of fandom, despite her early flirtation with seeing Scott’s environs through a visionary haze of Scott’s characters. Her sense that sites could be worn threadbare by over-use suggests some of the reasons that literary tourism evolved as a mode of fandom in the period, because what comes through most clearly in Shelley’s diaries and letters is the sense of an anxiety of readership which fuels literary tourism. To indulge in literary tourism was a class-marker, for in the early nineteenth century only a few had the luxuries of sufficient education, idleness and wealth to go in the footsteps of their favourite authors to any of the places I’ve been discussing in this paper. As such, the practice served, or was supposed to serve, to distinguish the elite tourist-reader from an otherwise worryingly large and undifferentiated mass readership. If romantic authors appealed to posterity in order to save themselves from contemporary mass audiences, romantic readers turned tourist in order to distinguish themselves from the same mass-audience. Their self-representation as literary tourists was designed to distinguish their practice of sophisticated re-reading and re-representation from the mere unthinking consumption associated with mass culture. Our own time, in which it is those readers who do write their names in the visitors’ books of writers’ houses who are regarded as unsophisticated, was still undreamed of.
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Scholarship of what we might broadly consider “literary” fandom has hitherto largely concentrated on modern popular cultural artefacts rather than the consumption of celebrity authors, perhaps because with a couple of notable exceptions such as J.K. Rowling, authors are not today’s super-celebrities. Fandom has largely been discussed in relation to such disparate genres and cult phenomena as Hollywood film, soap opera, science fiction, Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fan magazines, fictions, canons, discourse, identities, communities, and practices have been written about from a variety of perspectives ranging from the psychological to reader response. BACK
Particularly pertinent to my argument here is Robert Darnton’s essay Readers Respond to Rousseau: The Fabrication of Romantic Sensitivity which explored the possibility of constructing a history of a new romantic reading experience through a case-study of one reader of Rousseau. Others have also described emergent modes of reading in the period. Altick looked at the emergence of a mass reading public; Sutherland early surveyed the reading-boom; Lynch argues that the trope of reading and re-reading in the contemporaneous novel is evidence that reading became a technique of romantic identity-production, noting “a new insistence on distinguishing between styles of reading and on propagating the decorums that separate one reader’s refined receptiveness to literary meanings from another, vulgar reader’s avid following of fashion” (127), an insistence that, as I shall be arguing below, characterises the contemporary discourse of literary tourism as well. BACK
For a discussion of the practice of inscription and associated practices at writers’ graves as acts of readerly aggression, which makes a suggestive companion-piece to the practice I’m describing here, see Matthews. BACK
McDayter notes in passing that Scott did not elicit the sort of fandom that Byron did, and attributes this to the fact that his “role in cultural production never challenged the fragile lines which had been drawn between the literary and the real” (60n.). Although this explanation is open to question because of Scott’s re-description of history as fiction, it is undoubtedly the case that Scott did not produce in his readers quite what moderns would describe as fandom. BACK | <urn:uuid:ffbf1f48-fbc9-467f-ab54-88d0817a56ba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://romantic-circles.org/praxis/fandom/praxis.fandom.2010.watson.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.94459 | 11,525 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP) and Presidential Candidate of the United National Front (UNF) coalition, Sajith Premadasa who is contesting under the Swan symbol of the New Democratic Front (NDF) promised at his maiden election campaign rally at the Galle Face Green- among other things- to appoint former Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka as the Law and Order Minister under his future Presidency.
His main rival, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa who is the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s Presidential hopeful during his first campaign meeting in Anuradhapura gave a list of promises one of which was that he would release all security forces personnel, who had been “falsely accused and imprisoned.”
Practically Mr Premadasa might keep his promise as he had already given an assurance to his party, UNP that Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe would continue in those two posts and Wickremesinghe was not against Fonseka being appointed to the Law and Order portfolio when the matter came up a few months ago.
But theoretically, can a Presidential candidate unilaterally give such a promise to the country, according to the 19th Amendment to the Constitution? The Constitution after the adoption of the 19th Amendment says “The President shall, on the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint from among Members of Parliament, Ministers, to be in charge of the Ministries so determined.”
The point is clear. Mr Premadasa, if elected to the topmost office, could appoint particular individuals as Ministers only if the Prime Minister agreed with him.The 19th Amendment subjects the President’s authority to appoint not only Ministers but also all the high ranking officials sometimes with the approval and sometimes to the recommendation of the Prime Minister, Constitutional Council and the Independent Commissions. Therefore the future President would be able to keep his election promises only if he was in good terms with the Constitutional Council and especially with the Premier. Similarly, it would be interesting for one to know how Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa is going to release all security personnel in remand custody on the next day after he assumes office as the President.
They have been arrested by the Police and have been remanded by the courts. What is the law that empowers the President to release persons in remand custody, without the sanction of the particular courts? Any poking of the finger by the President into the affairs of the courts and the course of the law is against democratic norms.
But the President can discuss with the IGP how to water down the charges levelled against those personnel and thereby ensure their release. That too would be meddling into the affairs of the Judiciary. Even for that, the IGP who cannot be sacked by the President under the 19th Amendment should agree with the suggestion of the President. Or else, the President would have to resort to extra-judicial methods to make the IGP submit.
We are considering only two promises given by the candidates of only the two main parties, as examples, since they seem to have the highest chance of winning. And our point here is not to predict that all their promises are unrealistic or unworkable, but to assert that people need viable programmes and not just promises. Both the main contenders are lavishly throwing dozens of promises these days concerning the economic and social advancement of the people, eradication of corruption and ensuring of ethnic harmony. Both are questioning each other, at the same time, the reason that prevented them from achieving what they are promising now, during their respective governments. Interestingly enough, neither of them seems to show any interest to answer that question.
We are witnessing same political parties putting forward different lists of promises as manifestos during different elections, instead of practical and viable socio-economic programmes or policy declarations that can be used in almost every election. The disheartening fact is that the history is full of broken promises, ranging from two measures of rice even from the moon, eight-pounds of lentils, abolition of executive Presidency, eradication of corruption to Good Governance (Yahapalanaya).
Hence, only a few among the people cast their vote to see the promises of particular candidates kept while the large majority of them divide under various political parties just to be on the winning side, no matter what their leaders are promising and whatever allegations are levelled against them.
Hence, the intellectuals, religious leaders, civil society and the media have a role in inculcating knowledge and sense of responsibility in the people to demand viable socio-economic programmes, with roadmaps from politicians, instead of mere unrealistic promises. | <urn:uuid:60b1d514-97a7-4e74-94d0-34e05f251296> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dailymirror.lk/Opinion/Election-Promises/231-176144 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.972319 | 960 | 1.609375 | 2 |
“Counterclockwise” was the name given to a research study from the 1970s (and later a book by the same name) by psychologist Ellen Langer in which she tries to turn the clock back for her research subjects. The subjects (a group of men in their 70s and 80s) were invited to a retreat where they were instructed to “act as if” it were 20 years earlier. The retreat was established to take them back in time, featuring only furnishings, clothing, magazines, and TV shows from the 50s.
While at the retreat, the participants were instructed to speak in the present tense about their lives (their families, their careers, themselves) from 20 years earlier and were told not to mention anything that had happened after 1959. Meanwhile, a control group was sent away to a retreat and instructed to “reminisce” about their lives of 20 years ago.
For the group that fully immersed themselves in the past, “acting as if” they were 20 years younger, the results were remarkable. After only one week, the participants not only felt younger, they actually showed biological effects of age reversal. Hearing, eyesight, memory, dexterity and appetite all improved.
I was thinking about this study when I recently brought my family away for a spa retreat (to Aji Spa at The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass.) I decided to duplicate (in a small way) an aspect of this experiment, so I brought a bunch of old iconic family photos from the 50s (when my mom and uncle were kids) and the 70s (when my brother and I were kids) and surprised everyone by telling them that we were going to recreate them.
I had seen this done before (to great effect) on websites such as this one and I thought it would be a fun interactive activity for us to do together. Unbeknownst to everyone else, I spent a few weeks prior to the trip selecting and printing out old photos and scouring thrift shops for the necessary wardrobe items.
I can’t say for sure that these moments we spent placing ourselves into outfits and poses from our youth actually reversed our signs of aging. But I was pleasantly surprised with how everyone embraced the activity and how much everyone enjoyed it. At the very least, it was a great way for us to spend some quality time together as a family, laughing and playing “dress up.”
The reason the Langer version of the counterclockwise experiment works is because she took people out of their normal thought patterns. Through the thoughts and beliefs we have about aging, we can literally think ourselves old. If we can replace these thought patterns with ones from a younger version of ourselves we can feel rejuvenated (or even “be” rejuvenated in the physiological sense.)
Naturally, my little family photo shoot experiment could not have the same effect as a week-long retreat into the past. But I like to think that maybe, for a few brief hours last weekend, we all thought ourselves just little bit younger.
References and recommended reading:
Langer, E. (2005). Mindfulness versus positive evaluation. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology. New York: Oxford.
Langer, E. (2009). Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility. New York: Ballantine Books. | <urn:uuid:d3c48328-3bd5-4fec-9b57-6deac571a771> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://psychologyofwellbeing.com/201401/then-and-now-going-counterclockwise-to-reverse-aging.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.982847 | 707 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Do you know your Internet Service Provider (ISP) can track your Internet browsing activity?
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) facilitate our connections to the digital world. However, did you know they track your browsing activity and log everything you do online? They know everything, from the online stores you visit up to the forums on which you post.
These actions are perfectly legal in most cases. Governments have even passed laws expressly to grant this permission. In the US, for example, the former Trump administration facilitated legislation making it easier for ISPs to collect and sell your information.
1. Use a Virtual Private Network
While there are many ways of avoiding ISP tracking, the method I favor most is using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service. VPNs allow you to connect to their secure servers before routing all your data to intended destinations.
Because of this, you’re essentially adopting the VPN server as your “device” – which is what everyone else will see. The VPN hides your device and encrypts all data sent via the connection for added security.
VPNs for Privacy Protection
Besides, VPNs also offer other benefits like avoiding ISP bandwidth throttling, helping block tracking cookies, bypassing geolocation blocks, and more. You can sign up with a highly reputable VPN like X for as little as a few dollars each month.
Also, check out our best VPN picks for different usages.
2. Use The Onion Router
The Onion Router, or TOR network, is a complex network of distributed servers and nodes that your data passes through when using a TOR browser. Because of the long, random routes your data traverses, tracking your device becomes a challenge for any ISP or website.
TOR routing paths aren’t standardized, so even if a website or your ISP tries to track a data trail, the route shifts before this can be accomplished. The downside is that this complex data path also slows down your Internet browsing experience.
Still, using TOR is free if you’re willing to put up with that. If you’re serious about your Internet privacy and preventing ISP tracking, some VPNs can work with TOR for even better privacy and security.
TOR doesn’t work with all browsers. To use TOR, you’ll have to download a particular browser called the TOR Browser, a modified version of Mozilla Firefox.
3. Change Your DNS settings
Domain Name Systems (DNS) are how browsers match user-friendly URLs with Internet addresses. For example, when you type www.google.com, your browser will match that name to the IP for Google, 126.96.36.199.
The problem is that when you sign up with an ISP, it typically sets your default DNS server to one that it controls. This control means your ISP can log all your browser requests. Every action you take that needs a DNS resolution passes through your ISP-controlled DNS server.
To avoid this, switch to an alternative DNS provider. Some standard DNS servers that are popular include;
- Google – 188.8.131.52 / 184.108.40.206
- Cloudflare – 220.127.116.11 / 18.104.22.168
- Cisco OpenDNS – 208.67. 222.222 / 208.67. 220.220
It’s important to note, though, that changing your DNS server may provide some additional privacy, but your connection is still unencrypted. This lack of encryption puts you at risk, especially when sending sensitive data like usernames and passwords.
4. Stay Clear of Common Web Browsers
Web browsers make it convenient to surf the Internet, but commercial organizations release the most common web browsers. Because of the value these organizations place on your data, it’s risky to use them, plus they tend to cache a lot of information.
Instead, opt for a privacy-focused web browser like the TOR Browser, Brave, or Vivaldi. While they may not offer the same bells and whistles as Google Chrome, at least they won’t be using your data against you.
5. Force HTTPS Connections
This final point isn’t so much about privacy as it is about security. The web is an increasingly dangerous place, and everyone is trying to grab all the data they can. From legitimate websites to hackers and scammers, your data is the new oil.
In the past, most websites used HTTP as the data transport protocol. It’s fast and convenient but has become unsafe due to data theft. That’s why many websites are shifting to secure HTTP, otherwise known as HTTPS.
What is an SSL Certificate?
An SSL Certificate is digital proof of identity for all websites. Aside from identity verification, it also encrypts data sent between your device and the website. These digital certificates are becoming increasingly common today.
Due to the increased security provided by SSL Certificates, search engines prioritize search results to websites equipped with one. Today, most major web browsers will also warn users if there are SSL certificate problems with the websites they attempt to visit.
There is also noticeable identification of SSL websites in most major web browsers. These take the form of padlock icons next to website addresses on the browser navigation bar. This icon makes it easier for users to tell if a website is safe.
To force HTTPS connections, you can use a browser connection called HTTPS Everywhere. While it won’t stop your ISP from knowing what websites you’re visiting, it will at least encrypt the data, so the ISP won’t know what you do there.
How Governments Are Legalizing ISP Data Collection
Every country has its legislation regarding Internet use and data. However, an increasingly common theme is that governments want ISPs to collect comprehensive data from their users. The purpose of this varies from commercial to more sinister reasons.
In the US, newer laws abolish the need for ISPs to obtain user permission before collecting data. That makes it easier than ever – and perfectly legal – for ISPs in the US to collect every bit of information they want from your web browsing sessions.
Residents of the United Kingdom have things a little better. If you want, you can ask your ISP to remove all your personal data under the “right to erasure” provision. However, ISPs can’t remove everything as specific data retention is mandatory as well.
Like the UK, the EU has a “right to be forgotten” clause you can leverage to get ISPs to remove some data. The EU offers some of the highest privacy regulations globally, but it is by no means perfect either.
As many of us know, China – and many other Asian countries – aren’t big on user privacy. While some have perfunctorily implemented data protection laws, most countries in the region heavily rely on ISPs as part of their policing efforts on society.
What Data is Collected and Why
There are many reasons why ISPs collect data, so we’ll start with the most basic. Most governments work closely with ISPs to regulate Internet usage within the country. ISPs are ideal for this since all data needs to flow through their infrastructure.
Depending on the country, governments use the data for various reasons.
For example, the Malaysian government uses ISPs to censor political and adult content. ISPs in the country are handed lists of domains to ban, blocking user attempts to access these websites.
Studies show that various ISPs in the US, including AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast, collect massive amounts of data in the US. This data is for marketing and advertising purposes, and in some cases, sold or transferred to third parties.
The overall effect is that there’s no limit to what ISPs can do in most cases. Even with data protection laws in place, governments don’t want data collection to stop. It goes against the theme that knowledge is power, and ISPs grant governments, companies, and themselves, much of this power.
If you’re curious about precisely what data is collected, here’s a shortlist;
- The domain name of websites visited.
- The exact web pages loaded.
- The length of time you viewed those web pages.
- All emails sent and received.
- Anything you search for on search engines.
- Type of data transmitted (e.g., video streaming, P2P activities)
- Devices used, including the type, operating system, and more.
- Your browser and all extensions installed.
- Your approximate geographic location.
And MUCH more.
The concept of governments protecting our privacy is something that’s become a joke. Not only are they using ISPs to enforce their will, but they provide the laws to support ISPs in exploiting that same data.
While it may not be the identical case everywhere, the general trend is clear. Unless you’re prepared to take privacy into your own hands, everything is fair game on the Internet today. Even if you aren’t concerned about commercial exploitation, doesn’t it give you the creeps that ISPs know so much?
What’s worse is that this discussion is on the legal side of the coin. How about websites that try to steal your data surreptitiously or hackers wanting to do the same? Are you prepared to have all your digital activities become the window to your life?
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The Obama administration now seems likely to approve a military strike against Syria in retaliation for its use of chemical weapons. Why is the administration so bent on intervention ? Isn’t it violating international law ? What will be the likely impact of an attack ? Will it plunge the United States into another war in the Middle East ? Or will it have no effect whatsoever on the carnage ? Should the U.S. go further and ensure a rebel victory by crippling Bashar al Assad’s regime ? Or should it stand back and watch the two sides destroy each other and the county ?
What is happening in Syria’s civil war ?
In March 2011, Syrians, inspired by the Arab Spring in Egypt and Tunisia, took to the streets in Damascus and Daraa to demand political reforms. As the demonstrations continued and grew, the government of Bashar al Assad responded with guns and tanks. By July, Assad’s forces had killed some 3,000 demonstrators, and what had begun as a movement for reform became an armed revolt aimed at toppling Assad. The Free Syrian Army was led by defectors from the Syrian Army and was backed by Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. But even as defections from the Assad regime mounted, the rebels were not able to win a quick victory over Assad, who could rely on an army drawn from his own minority Alawite community, which makes up about 15 percent of Syria, and on support from Iran, Russia, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
As the battle stalemated, foreign Islamists, many of them loyal to al Qaeda, began to pour into Syria late last year to join the battle against Assad. By this Spring, theyconstituted a more effective fighting force than the Free Syrian Army. Politically, the opposition became splintered into a largely dysfunctional Syrian National Coalition, which compromised the more moderate elements of the Free Syrian Army, and hundreds of Islamist groups, who lack any unified leadership or common objectives, but who have a base among Syria’s Sunnis, who make up 60 percent of the population.
To some extent, the war has degenerated into what Brookings political scientist Kenneth Pollack calls an “intercommunal conflict” pitting Assad’s Alawite minority, which enjoys the support of the Kurds and other minority groups, against Syria’s Sunni majority. The two sides control roughly equal parts of the country. Assad enjoys an advantage from his air force and more trained military and the rebels from their larger population base. Assad, who has shown a willingness to destroy his own country in order to maintain power, represents the greater evil, but from the standpoint of the United States, the rebels are by no means a viable or desirable alternative.
Why is the United States considering intervention ?
In February 2010, the Obama administration signaled a thaw in U.S.-Syrian relations by nominating Richard Ford to be the first ambassador to Syria. The Bush administration had withdrawn the United States ambassador in 2005. But as the Syrian regime stepped up its violent repression of demonstrators in mid-2011, Obama backed sanctions on Syria and in August 2011 called for Assad to step down. Yet, as conflict became a civil war, Obama, fearful of being drawn into another Middle Eastern war, refused weapons and extended only the most limited military training to the Free Syrian Army. In June 2012, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta declared, "We made a decision not to provide lethal assistance at this point … If we don’t get this done in a responsible way, there’s a real danger that the situation there could deteriorate into a terrible civil war." Of course, the conflict did deteriorate into a terrible war—one in which the United States then became reluctant to arm a rebel force increasingly dominated by Islamist factions.
Obama did warn Assad in August 2012 and again in December that if he used chemical weapons, he would be crossing a “red line,” and beginning early in 2013, there were repeated reports that Assad’s forces had been using these weapons. In April, Great Britain, France, and Israel each charged that Assad had used chemical weapons, and in June, the Obama administration said it had confirmed that the Assad regime had killed 100 to 150 people from chemical weapon attacks around Aleppo. The administration announced that in response, it would now be giving some military aid to the rebels, but the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, worried about funding the Islamists, joined forces to set conditions on aid that were tantamount to blocking it.
On August 21, reports surfaced that the Assad regime had launched a massive poisonous gas attack against civilians in the rebel-controlled suburbs of Damascus. Doctors with Borders estimates at least 300 dead from the attack and 3,000 affected. The Russians initially denied that any attack took place and the Syrian government blamed the rebels for the attack, but the U.S., Britain, France, Israel, Turkey, and the Arab League countries put the blame squarely on Assad. Some policy experts have insisted that Assad could not have used chemical weapons, because he had no interest in doing so. He would just offend the United States and could kill as many civilians with normal explosive. But those who believe it was Assad and not the rebels point out that the Assad government actually possesses chemical weapons, has always claimed to secure them against theft, and has the ability to use them, which the rebels don’t. Assad might have also believed that with the tepid American response to the Aleppo killings, he could get away with a tactic that would terrorize the rebels’ civilian supporters.
If Obama does order a military strike against Assad, it will be a departure from his response to the first reports of Syrian chemical attacks. Then he had promised to up his support for the rebels. But now Obama seems intent on punishing Assad for using chemical weapons without directly aided the rebels. Obama has stated that hewants to reinforce an international norm against the use of chemical weapons–not only in order to deter Assad from using them again, but to deter future governments that want to attack their own people or other nations. The administration is also clearly worried about its own credibility in foreign affairs. That’s not merely a matter of public relations, but of being able to influence what happens in the world.
Would Obama be justified in attacking Syria ?
Some policy experts believe that the U.S., even with allied support, should not attack Syria without authorization from the U.N. Security Council. Insofar as the Russians and most likely the Chinese are sure to veto any resolution calling for reprisals against Syria, these experts are, in effect, saying that the U.S. should not attack Syria. If, lacking Security Council authorization, the Obama administration were to make a legal case for intervention, it would rest on enforcing the 1925 Geneva Protocol banning the use of chemical or biological weapons. That protocol was designed to prevent the use of weapons whose principal purpose was to terrorize civilians, which is exactly how the Assad government appears to have used its chemical weapons. Obama could also cite a United Nations initiative, adopted in 2005, establishing that a state has a “responsibility to protect” its citizens from genocide and other crimes against humanity. Assad’s war crimes don’t so much amount to genocide as patria-cide, a willingness to destroy his own country.
Does abiding by the Security Council takes precedence over supporting these other norms ? That represents a highly idealized view of how the Security Council has functioned. When Franklin Roosevelt first conceived the United Nations, he thought of the security council as a kind of extension of the wartime allied alliance in which the great powers, united among themselves, would prevent lesser nations from getting into trouble. But the Cold War undermined that original conception of the Security Council, and it has had a tattered record in preventing war. There are good reasons for the United States not to act alone in enforcing the 1925 Protocol, but there are also reasons why it should ignore the need for Security Council approval.
What kind of attack could the U.S. make against Syria ?
According to military experts, the United States is most likely to launch a limited punitive strike against the Assad regime. It would involve shooting Tomahawk Land-Attack Missiles from ships that are stationed in the Mediterranean. The attack would not involve sending airplanes that would violate Syrian airspace and be vulnerable to Syria’s reputedly formidable air-defense systems. And the ships are sufficiently offshore to resist attack from the Syrians. According to defense analysis Anthony Cordesman, the targets could include “Assad’s palace in Damascus, the headquarters of Syrian intelligence and the secret police, Syrian and Al Quds bases and training centers for the Assad militias, and the mix of air bases and ground support facilities that do most to support Syrian military operations.”
The targets are not likely to include chemical weapons depots. Hitting them with missiles could set off clouds of poison gas. To destroy these depots, the United States and its allies would have to launch a ground attack that would seize these depots. The Obama administration will not authorize ground forces in Syria. The administration is also unlikely to authorize a no-fly zone in Syria. That would require a sustained military effort over days, weeks, and months that would be very expensive, involve casualties, and bring the United States squarely into the war on the side of the rebels. Obama is clearly unwilling to do that.
What will be the likely effect of an American-led attack ?
Some analysts don’t think a strike will deter Assad. Retired Major General Paul Eaton, an advisor to the National Security Network, told me that “if Assad or rogue elements have decided to use chemical weapons in the face of very strong international condemnation, an attack is not going to be an deterrent.” That may be true, but Assad may have also assumed that the United States, which had not responded strongly before, would once again back off. If that were Assad’s reasoning, serious retaliation could deter him, and could also send a signal to other rogue governments.
Some analysts also fear that an American-led attack could harden opposition to any settlement from Syria’s allies in Russia and Iran and make them eager to defy the United States. An attack could make “the Russians more recalcitrant,” writes Rami Khouri of Harvard’s Middle East Initiative. That could be, but Dmitri Simes of the Center for the National Interest thinks “Russian would stay on the sidelines” if the United States attacked Syria. Eaton thinks that the Russians, seeing an American willingness to use force in Syria, might even become more amenable to urging Assad to negotiate with the rebels. Iran’s response to an American attack is equally uncertain. Will an American attack make the new Iranian government less amenable to negotiations over its nuclear future, or will it, by demonstrating American resolve over the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, make it more likely to seek an agreement ?
Should the United States intervene more forcefully ?
Charles Krauthammer and other neo-conservatives have urged Obama to help the rebels win by establishing a no-fly zone over Syria. Krauthammer, citing Israel’s “successful strikes around Damascus,” thinks establishing a no-fly zone would be relatively costless. Military experts like Eaton disagree. But the underlying argument is not over military tactics, but over how, and to what extent, the United States should involve itself in Syria’s civil, or intercommunal, war. As late as a year ago, a policy expert could have argued that by throwing its weight behind the Syrian Free Army, the Obama administration could have encouraged Assad’s fall and his replacement by a moderate regime. But that option no longer seems to exist.
In a letter to Congressman Eliot Engel, General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, summed up the problem. The U.S., Dempsey assured Engel, could “destroy the Syrian Air Force.” But he warned that “the use of U.S. military force can change the military balance, but it cannot resolve the underlying and historic ethnic, religious and tribal issues that are fueling this conflict. Syria today is not about choosing between two sides, but rather about choosing one among many sides. It is my belief that the side we choose must be ready to promote their interests and ours when the balance shifts in their favor. Today, they are not.”
Could the U.S. ensure that one of the sides is ready to promote our interests rather than those of, say, al Qaeda in Iraq ? That would, of course, involve the United States not just in intervening militarily but in trying to set the political agenda of another country in the Middle East. That’s one thing that the Obama administration, having already withdrawn American forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, is unwilling to undertake. And for good reason. | <urn:uuid:c1b79f4a-99ee-4d76-9396-71b49b8bdd72> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.boulevard-exterieur.com/Not-Sure-How-to-Feel-About-Syria-Six-key-questions-before-an-intervention.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.967942 | 2,654 | 1.992188 | 2 |
On a warm day in Washington this fall, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu huddled in the White House, each flanked by a handful of top advisers, including Vice President Joe Biden. Just three days earlier, Obama had held an historic phone call with Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani, the leader of a country Israel sees as a threat to its very existence.
In the confines of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Sept. 30, just after the high Jewish holidays, Obama revealed to Netanyahu that his administration had been engaged in secret, high-level diplomatic talks with the mortal enemy of the Jewish state. Netanyahu's immediate public reaction betrayed no surprise, but a day later he launched a full-frontal attack on Iran, delivering a blistering speech at the U.N. General Assembly in which he said the Islamic republic was bent on Israel's destruction and accused Rouhani of being a "wolf in sheep's clothing."
The White House meeting had been scheduled for about an hour, but continued on for 30 more minutes, leaving American and Israeli journalists crowded onto the portico outside the Oval Office to speculate about the discussions underway inside. The two men had and still have an uneasy relationship, and each blames the other for inconclusive results in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Yet In statements after the meeting, both leaders tried to display unity rather than airing their differences on Iran in public.
Neither mentioned Rouhani by name. Obama vowed to keep all options, including military action, on the table in order to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. And Netanyahu said he welcomed Obama's assurances that Iran's "conciliatory words" must be matched by its actions. At they finished speaking, Obama turned to Netanyahu and said: "Are you hungry? I am. Let's go eat." The two leaders, along with Biden, then retreated to Obama's private dining room for a working lunch.
Israeli media reports now suggest that Israel's intelligence services were already aware of Obama's clandestine outreach to Iran, which had begun some seven months earlier, but senior U.S. officials have told The Associated Press that this was the first time America's closest Mideast ally had been formally notified that it was underway. In fact, at that point, and at Obama's personal direction, senior U.S. officials had met three times with Iranian officials in a high-stakes bid to address concerns about the country's nuclear program and explore possibilities for improved ties. Israel, Netanyahu has said, fundamentally disagrees with the administration's tactics.
On Sunday, just hours after Netanyahu denounced as a "historic mistake" an agreement forged between world powers and Iran to come clean about its nuclear program, Obama called the Israeli leader to reassure him of his vow not to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu again expressed his unease and was unconvinced. He urged the West to reconsider.
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The two sides agreed to stay in close touch about their ultimate goal: to rid Iran of the threat of nuclear weapons.
And Obama is not apologizing.
Before Rouhani's election, while former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in power, a tense U.S.-Iran relationship seemed unavoidable.
But Obama was determined to test that. In March, a small hand-picked group of officials led by Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Jake Sullivan, Biden's top foreign policy adviser, boarded a military plane for Oman to meet Iranian counterparts.
Their travel plans were not on any public itineraries. No reception greeted them as they landed.
It was at this first high-level gathering at a secure location in the Omani capital of Muscat, famous for its souk filled with frankincense and myrrh, that the Obama administration began laying the groundwork for this weekend's historic nuclear pact between world powers and Iran, The Associated Press has learned.
The AP has learned that at least five secret meetings have occurred between top Obama administration and Iranian officials since March.
Burns and Sullivan led each U.S. delegation. At the most recent face-to-face talks, they were joined by chief U.S. nuclear negotiator Wendy Sherman.
It was at the final get-together that the two sides ultimately agreed on the contours of the pact signed before dawn Sunday by the so-called P5+1 group of nations and Iran, three senior administration officials told the AP. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to be quoted by name talking about the sensitive diplomacy.
The AP was tipped to the first U.S.-Iranian meeting in March shortly after it occurred, but the White House and State Department disputed elements of the account and the AP could not confirm the meeting. The AP learned of further indications of secret diplomacy in the fall and pressed the White House and other officials further. As the Geneva talks between the P5+1 and Iran appeared to be reaching their conclusion, senior administration officials confirmed to the AP the details of the extensive outreach. They spoke only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss by name the secret talks.
The Geneva deal provides Iran with about $7 billion in relief from international sanctions in exchange for Iranian curbs on uranium enrichment and other nuclear activity. All parties pledged to work toward a final accord next year that would remove remaining suspicions in the West that Tehran is trying to assemble an atomic weapons arsenal.
Iran insists its nuclear interest is only in peaceful energy production and medical research. The U.S. and Israel have regularly threatened military action if they believe Iran is about to develop a nuclear weapon.
While the agreement early Sunday _ late Saturday in Washington _ was concluded to great fanfare and global attention, with Secretary of State John Kerry joining fellow foreign ministers in signing the deal and Obama then presenting it to the nation in a televised White House address, the path there couldn't have been more secret.
With low expectations, mid-level American officials began in 2011 meeting their Iranian counterparts in Muscat, one of the Arab world's most tranquil if overlooked metropolises. The process was guided by Sultan Qaboos, Oman's diminutive but wily monarch, who has cultivated decades of good relations with the United States and his region's two rivals: Sunni-controlled Saudi Arabia and Shia-dominated Iran.
Qaboos had endeared himself to the Obama administration after three American hikers were arrested in 2009 for straying across Iraq's border into Iran. As a mediator he was able to secure their freedom over the next two years, prompting U.S. officials to wonder whether the diplomatic opportunity was worth further exploring.
Expectations were kept low for the initial U.S.-Iranian discussions. The officials skirted the big issues and focused primarily on the logistics for setting up higher-level talks. For the U.S., the big question was whether Iran's leaders would be willing to secretly negotiate matters of substance with a country they call the "Great Satan."
The private talks were also a gamble for the United States, which cut off diplomatic ties with Iran in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution and the taking of 52 American hostages held for 444 days after rebels stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. To this day the State Department considers Iran the biggest state supporter of terrorism in the world.
When Obama decided to send Burns and Sullivan to Oman, Iran was still being governed by Ahmadinejad, whose inflammatory rhetoric severely worsened the Islamic republic's relations with the West.
Ahmadinejad's contested re-election early in Obama's presidency, followed by the violent Iranian crackdown on pro-reform protesters, had already severely tested the American leader's inauguration pledge to reach out to America's enemies.
The goal on the American side, the U.S. officials said, was simply to see if the U.S. and Iran could successfully arrange a process for continued bilateral talks _ a low bar that underscored the sour state of relations between the two nations.
Burns and Sullivan were accompanied in Muscat by National Security Council aide Puneet Talwar and four other officials. The senior administration officials who spoke to the AP would not identify whom the delegation met with, but characterized the Iranian attendees as career diplomats, national security aides and experts on the nuclear issue who were likely to remain key players after the country's summer elections.
Occurring just days after the U.S. and the other powers opened up a new round of nuclear talks with Iran in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the U.S. officials achieved some modest progress. They understood that the Iranians in Muscat at least had some authority to negotiate from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on the nuclear program and many other big Iranian issues.
Beyond nuclear issues, the officials said the U.S. team at the March meeting also raised concerns about Iranian involvement in Syria, Tehran's threats to close the strategically important Strait of Hormuz and the status of Robert Levinson, a missing former FBI agent who the U.S. believes was abducted in Iran, as well as two other Americans detained in the country.
Hoping to keep the channel open, Kerry then made an official visit to Oman in May, ostensibly to push a military deal with the sultanate. Officials said the trip actually focused on maintaining Qaboos' key mediation role, particularly after the Iranian election scheduled for the next month.
Rouhani's June election to Iran's presidency, on a platform of easing the sanctions crippling Iran's economy and stated willingness to engage with the West, gave a new spark to the U.S. effort, the officials said.
Two secret meetings were organized immediately after Rouhani took office in August, with the specific goal of advancing the stalled nuclear talks with world powers. Another pair of meetings took place in October.
The Iranian delegation was a mix of officials the Americans had met in March in Oman and others who were new to the talks, administration officials said. All of the Iranians were fluent English speakers.
The meetings encompassed multiple locations and U.S. officials would not confirm the exact spots, saying they did not want to jeopardize their ability to use the same venues in the future. At least some of the talks continued to take place in Oman.
The private meetings coincided with a public easing of U.S.-Iranian discord. In early August, Obama sent Rouhani a letter congratulating him on his election. The Iranian leader's response was viewed positively by the White House, which quickly laid the groundwork for the additional secret talks. The U.S. officials said they were convinced the outreach had the blessing of Ayatollah Khamenei, but would not elaborate.
As negotiators worked behind the scenes, speculation swirled over a possible meeting between Obama and Rouhani on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in September, which both attended. Burns and Sullivan sought to arrange face-to-face talks, but the meeting never happened largely due to Iranian concerns, the officials said. Two days later, though, Obama and Rouhani spoke by phone _ the first direct contact between a U.S. and Iranian leader in more than 30 years.
It was only after that Obama-Rouhani phone call that the U.S. began informing allies of the secret talks with Iran, the U.S. officials said.
Obama handled the most sensitive conversation himself, briefing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Sept. 30 meeting at the White House. He informed Netanyahu only about the two summer meetings, not the March talks, in keeping with the White House's promise only to tell allies about discussions with Iran that were substantive.
The U.S. officials would not describe Netanyahu's reaction. But the next day, he delivered his General Assembly speech, blasting Rouhani as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" and warning the U.S. against mistaking a change in Iran's tone with an actual change in nuclear ambitions. The Israeli leader has subsequently denounced the potential nuclear agreement as the "deal of the century" for Iran.
America's negotiating partners were then informed, though European officials said they assumed something was cooking between Washington and Tehran based on the surprising progress toward a deal after more than a decade of stalemate.
The secrecy of Obama's effort may explain some of the tensions between the U.S. and France, which earlier this month balked at the proposed accord, and with Israel, which is furious about the agreement and has angrily denounced the diplomatic outreach to Tehran.
Burns and Sullivan continued their efforts behind the scenes at this month's larger formal negotiations between world powers and Iran in Geneva, though the State Department went to great lengths to conceal their involvement.
Their names were left off of the official delegation list. They were housed at a different hotel than the rest of the U.S. delegation, used back entrances to come and go from meeting venues and were whisked into negotiating sessions from service elevators or unused corridors only after photographers left.
Congress hasn't been notified in detail about the secret diplomacy. That could also pose a challenge for Obama, who has been waging a tense battle with Republicans and Democrats alike to prevent them from enacting new sanctions against Iran at the same time he has been offering Tehran some relief.
Several lawmakers from both parties openly scoffed Sunday at the terms of the deal between world powers and Iran. And in a reflection of the primary role played by his administration, some already are referring to the end result as Obama's agreement. None said they had been briefed on the secret talks.
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Delhi, India — A Tibetan woman shares her experience of selling laphing and explains how to make it, saying that selling laphing is her source of income.
The Delhi-born Tibetan Tenzin Sharma's laphing shop is a hotspot for Tibetan street food. You can find people enjoying this Tibetan snack near the monastery in Majnu Ka Tilla market, the Tibetan Settlement in Delhi, India.
In an exclusive interview, she tells TPI that although she was born and raised in Delhi, she longs to go back to Tibet and see her village. A popular figure in Delhi's Tibetan street food scene, she has encouraged a new generation of Tibetans to carry on the legacy of their rich Tibetan culture through food. She also talks to TPI about this delicious speciality, her business and the difficulties she faced during the pandemic.
Laphing is a popular Tibetan street food. The Laphing travelled to India with Tibetan refugees and became the most popular snack in Majnu Ka Tille in Delhi, also known as Little Tibet.
TPI: When did you start making Laphing?
Tenzin: I have been selling laphing in the Majnu Ka Tilla market for ten years. Since the very beginning, I have been sitting in front of the monastery and selling laphing to Indians and Tibetans from Delhi, as well as to tourists who come to Majnu Ka Tilla.
TPI: What exactly is Laphing and how do you make it?
Interviewee: This is Tibetan street food just like your Chai, Samosa, and so on. We have this little bowl of laphing made from atta, maida, soybean, chilli and garlic. We prepare the laphing through a steaming process. Each sheet consists of atta or maida which are steamed. We offer two options: dry laphing and soup laphing. The soup laphing contains water, vinegar and soy sauce. Dry laphing contains chilli, soya sauce, and garlic.
TPI: Who taught you to make this Tibetan Street food?
Interviewee: There is an aunt who comes from Tibet, she taught me how to make laphing. She was the first person to sell laphing in Majnu ka Tilla. She is my teacher, a family friend, and my inspiration. She now lives in the city of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India.
TPI: Can you tell us about your customers and any competition you face in the Majnu Ka Tilla market?
Interviewee: Most of my customers are local Tibetans and Indians and university students, but there are also tourists and people from other parts of India. Saturdays and Sundays are busy days for me. As far as competition in this field is concerned, I think I have no difficulties and it depends on the luck of the people.
TPI: Did you face any difficulties due to the Covid-19 Pandemic?
Interviewee: When the pandemic came, everyone experienced difficulties, not just me. My house is rented, and I do not have my own house. So there was a lot of tension about how we were going to pay the rent because our business was affected. It was not just us, it was the whole world. The market was closed. People inside the area could not go out and people outside could not come in. Sitting at home became the normal thing to do. But now that the covid-19 situation in India has improved and there are fewer cases of covid-19 and the wearing of masks has also decreased, so we can do business as usual. | <urn:uuid:406d7ad9-e5eb-478c-ab5e-ba1cf5571ef9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thetibetpost.com/en/outlook/49-interviews-and-recap/7386-tibetan-woman-shares-her-experience-of-selling-laphing-at-majnu-ka-tilla-in-delhi | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.979123 | 744 | 1.75 | 2 |
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The thick packs of ice that pepper high peak of the world’s mountains and stretch far across the poles make an unusual time capsule. As it forms, air bubbles are trapped in the ice, allowing scientists to peer into the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere long ago. Today’s Geosciences Column is brought to you by PhD researcher Ruth Amey, who writes about recently published research which reveals how a team of scientists might have found the oldest ice yet, which has important implications for our understanding of how Earth’s environment has changed over time.
Ice cores give us a slice through the past. By analysing the composition of ice and gas bubbles trapped within it, we can find out information about temperature, atmospheric conditions, deposition and even the magnetic field strength of the past.
This helps us to understand past conditions on the Earth, but currently the longest record is ~800,000 years (800 kyrs) old. One phenomenon scientists hope to understand better is a change in glaciation cycles. During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, glaciation cycles changed from 40,000 year cycles related to the obliquity periodicity of the Earth’s orbit to longer, stronger 100,000 year cycles. Scientists of the ice-core community have their eyes on finding out why this change happened, and for this they need data from the onset of the change, between 1250 and 700 kyrs ago.
Which means we need much, much older ice.
A new study, published in EGU’s open access journal The Cryosphere has pinned down two locations where they think the base of Antarica’s ice sheet is significantly older. In fact they believe the ice could be as old as 1.5 million years, which would extend the current ice core record by ~700,000 years: nearly doubling it.
A Treasure hunt – using airborne radar and some simple models
The group, led by Frederic Parrenin at University of Grenoble Alpes, France, went on the hunt for the oldest ice East Antarctica could give them. The survival of ice is an interplay between many factors: the ice acts a little bit like a conveyor belt, being fed by accumulation, with the oldest information lost off the end by basal melting. This means areas of thinner ice, where there is less basal heating, often has a higher likelihood of the old, information-rich ice surviving.
Airborne radar can ‘see’ into the top three-quarters of the East Antarctica ice sheet. By identifying reflections within it, isochrones of ice of the same age can be traced. Parrenin’s group exploited an area in East Antarctica known as ‘Dome C’ with rich record of radar investigations. Using information derived from the radar, they then created a mathematical model, which balanced accumulation rate, heat flow and melting to give a simple 1-D ice flow model. This helps locate areas of accumulation and melting, which gives an indication of where ice might be the oldest, beyond the sight of the airborne radar. A nearby ice-core, EDC, also provided corroboration of their model.
X Marks the Spot
The team located two sites where they believe the ice to be older than 1.5 million years old, named Little Dome C and North Patch. And fortunately these sites are within a few tens of kilometres from the Concordia research facility, meaning drilling them is a real possibility.
This ancient ice could give vital insight into what happened in the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. What caused the new glaciation cycle onset? Was it a change in sea ice extent? A change in atmospheric dust? Decrease in carbon dioxide concentrations? Changes in the Earth’s orbit? The answers may well be locked in the ice.
By Ruth Amey, Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Leeds
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COVID-19 Reality Check: Warning from the Lock Down in Italy
By Army Ranger Joe Lynch
I can’t believe how many naysayers and nonbelievers there still are about this whole pandemic. Yes, at the beginning mistakes were made. But I guarantee there would’ve been an incredible outcry if at the start they’d locked everything down—the very thing that would have stalled this. Here’s the ongoing picture in Italy.
March 21, 2020: Rome, Italy—“Stay home or we’ll take other tough measures,” Di Maio. Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Friday urged Italians to stay home, saying the government would take “even tougher” measures against those who flout a nationwide lockdown that only exempts those travelling for food, medicine or work. “I reiterate yet again: we must stay at home. We must respect the rules and the more some people are irresponsible, the more we will introduce more ironclad and stringent norms,” Maio said on Facebook. “When the health out our fellow citizens comes into it, we must be categorical. I ask for the maximum commitment from all Italians, bar none. Let’s not stop. Let’s not drop our guard. The State has the right to react to the irresponsibility of some citizens.”
If you plan on still going for that run or to hang out with friends because you’re all “healthy”—keep in mind that the penalties could range from hundreds of euros in fines, to charges of attempted homicide. And the police are now using drones to look for violators.
March 24, 2020:This picture is our current situation in Italy.
- Coronavirus Cases: 69,176
- Currently Infected Patients: 54,030
- Closed Cases: 15,145
- Cases in Mild Condition: 50,637 (94%)
- Cases in Serious or Critical Condition: 3,393 (6%)
- Recovered/Discharged: 8326 (55%)
- Deaths: 6,820 (45%)
Look at this picture. Everyone quotes the stats of deaths versus infected, which is good-ish for moral, but look at the closed cases here in Italy: 55% recovered and 45% died. Many of those almost 7K people have been cremated, without a funeral or family near them when they passed. Many have been hauled off in military cargo trucks to crematoriums that can’t even keep up with the burning. Really!?
The deaths in Italy keep pouring in at a rate the incinerators can’t even keep up with. Yet there are still those that have to go see their girlfriend, shop at their favorite store, which is in the town over, or go for a ride on their sport bike. I have friends on Facebook from whom I’ve heard the most insane denier theories; or that “They can’t stop them from their god-given right to go outside.”
You know what’s a god-given right? Putting an axe through someone’s face because they tried to harm your family. Yet . . . we refrain because we choose to live in a social world, even though you are a threat to those around you.
March 27, 2020: 1,000 people. We lost almost a thousand in the last 24 hours. When will some people stop pretending this is nothing? I’ve written some long posts recently and I thank you guys for listening to me, but right now this is it. I’m just going to be silent and feel for the people who can’t properly mourn their family, because they’re being carried in military transports to be frozen in ice rinks, until the crematoriums can catch up. Ugh!
Please, I ask my friends to extend a hand to your neighbors (2 meters away, of course) and help each other. It’s not the time for divisiveness or your agendas. One day we will all be filled with hope again, even though it may be impossible to imagine it now during our darkest days. Today, I choose joy and I wish with all that is in me that those who are saving the world right now could have the same luxury, if only for a few seconds.
Thanks for listening—if you got this far. As someone who still has to work, I see those who need to work. When their families are ripped apart by unneeded deaths, it angers me. Please react as if it were your family that depended on it!
I generally try to keep a professional and civil online presence, but since some can only understand when more blunt: STOP BEING SELFISH A—H—- & STAY THE F— INSIDE YOU INSENSITIVE PRICKS!
Reality Check Update: March 27, 2020
- Coronavirus Cases: 86,498—Three days ago:69,176
- Currently Infected Patients: 66,414—Three days ago:54,030
- Cases in Mild Condition: 62,682—Three days ago:50,637 (94%)
- Cases in Serious or Critical Condition: 3,732—Three days ago:3,393 (6%)
- Closed Cases: 20,084—Three days ago:15,145
- Recovered/Discharged: 10,950—Three days ago:8326 (55%)
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It’s that time again when employers make that big decision – to party or not to party. Christmas parties have received bad press over recent years with many organisations avoiding it altogether. However, it is possible for employers and employees to enjoy an office party – with some party planning and, more boringly, simple risk management.
1. The invite
Do not insist that all staff attend the Christmas party. Christmas is a Christian holiday – so do not pressure someone to attend if they don’t want to on the grounds of religion. If the event is out of hours, also remember that some people have family responsibilities that may prevent attendance.
2. Secret Santa
At the risk of being a party-pooper, it is best to ask that all gifts are inoffensive. Some gifts – notably underwear and sex toys – have sparked complaints in the past.
3. Decorating the office
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) have warned:
- not to use a swivel chair to put up decorations – use a stepladder instead;
- don’t hang the tinsel on computers or other sources of heat;
- don’t decorate emergency exit signs; and
- that your insurance may not cover damage caused by untested electrical equipment – so switch off tree lights before going home.
- party balloons can kill: around 3.6 million people in Britain suffer from some degree of latex allergy; and
- Christmas trees are a hazard – so make sure they are secure and won’t be knocked over by people passing by or pulling cables.
Employers providing free drink or putting a credit card behind a bar should be careful. In one case, three employees of the Whitbread Beer Company got drunk and had a fight after a seminar on improving behavioural skills. They successfully argued that their resulting dismissals were unfair. A relevant factor was that the employer had provided a free bar – and therefore condoned their behaviour.
Also, watch out for under-age drinking. Employers shouldn’t allow under-18s to drink. In an extreme example, an employer was found responsible for the death of a girl at the office party due to alcohol poisoning.
5. Mistletoe Misdemeanours
Policies on bullying and harassment and discrimination still apply at the office party. Just make sure everyone knows this and knows what they are.
This is one reason why mistletoe is dangerous. One survey reported found that, while 80% of women would laugh off a pass made by a male co-worker, boss or client, 13% would lodge a complaint. The laws on discrimination apply at the office party regardless of location. So when one man told a female colleague, “****** hell, you look worth one” at an after-work leaving event taking place in a local pub, the Tribunal had little difficulty in ruling that it was in the course of employment and therefore discriminatory.
Employers can find that they end up paying for unwanted advances between co-workers if Tribunals characterise the behaviour as evidence of a culture of victimisation or harassment.
6. Christmas bonuses
If you have paid a discretionary Christmas bonus for several years, staff can argue that it has become contractual through custom and practice. So if times have been tough and you can’t afford to pay a bonus this year, tell staff why you feel unable to pay it and try to agree a solution. ACAS suggests that you could offer to pay a proportion of the bonus or stagger payments in the next few months; or you could offer to pay the drinks bill at the Christmas party.
7. Getting home
Tipsy staff who plan to drive home are, unfortunately, the employer’s responsibility. ACAS points out that employers have a duty of care to their employees – and because it’s their party, employers must think about travel arrangements. Consider ending the party before public transport stops running; or provide the phone numbers for local cab companies and encourage staff to use them.
8. The morning after
If the party is mid-week and people are expected in work the next day, ACAS recommends that you provide plenty of non-alcoholic drinks and food. Before the party, ensure that all staff know that disciplinary action could be taken if they fail to turn up for work because of overdoing it the night before. | <urn:uuid:bca5200c-3d12-411d-922a-156fa9057f19> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.menzieslaw.co.uk/christmas-party-time/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.960639 | 920 | 1.59375 | 2 |
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Architectural studio Drawing Dept is liable for the extensive renovation of a midcentury modern-day property crafted in 1952 by mentioned modernist architect, Carl Strauss. Nestled into a wooded hillside of Cincinnati, Ohio the present dwelling survived while adjacent properties were being demolished to make space for significant mansions in this attractive neighborhood.
Its biggest asset lay tucked behind the entrance doorway, exactly where panoramic views of the metropolis and river unfolded to the unsuspecting visitor.
More than time the residence suffered an insensitive addition, improperly executed ‘improvements’, and about 60 decades of exposure to Cincinnati temperature.
Just after intensive redevelopment of the strategy, the household was stripped to the exterior studs revealing the primary volume of the exterior shell. Various delicate, architectural interventions celebrated the intentions of the authentic Strauss layout. Horizontal and vertical mullions ended up removed from the glass wall in the principal dwelling room.
A roof lantern was rebuilt and designed taller to deliver much more light into the bathrooms and the 1970s ‘green house’ addition was replaced with a easy extension of the existing roof line.
Every extra intervention strengthened the house’s romance with the website. A new interior stair connected the initial floor with the redeveloped yard. The existing pool was integrated into a larger out of doors residing room that boasted a new spa, out of doors kitchen area and hearth.
Each and every room, content, and depth was meticulously designed to build a household that was quintessentially mid-century and quintessentially contemporary.
What We Really like: The renovation of this midcentury modern day property presents a sleek and beautiful aesthetic. An indoor-out of doors life-style is embraced with the massive 2nd-tale deck and out of doors kitchen area and eating place, a swimming pool, and lounging areas. Floor-to-ceiling windows body idyllic views of mother nature and past to the town skyline. We are in particular loving the redesign of the kitchen area from dark and cramped to vivid and ethereal with sights of the outside.
Convey to Us: What are your over-all ideas on the style and design of this dwelling? Let us know in the Comments below!
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There are a full of 3 bedrooms and 4 loos in this residence.
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‘Project Tupad’ in Lapu helps displaced tricycle drivers
CEBU CITY, Philippines— Project Tupad of Lapu-Lapu City is now giving displaced tricycle drivers a chance of earning.
Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan announced on his Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon, July 1, 2020, that 80 displaced tricycle drivers will be given a chance to work for the city government.
“Sila ang gitahasan nga magpatrolya sa mga kadalanan para mobantay sa mga badlungon sama sa mga indibidwal nga dili mosul-ob og facemask,” said the mayor.
(They will be tasked to patrol the city’s roads to watch for hard-headed individuals such as those who will not be wearing face masks.)
Project Tupad is an initiative of the Lapu-Lapu City government where the city will be giving jobs to those Oponganons who have been displaced due to the coronavirus disease pandemic.
By having extra eyes on the streets of the city, the mayor said that their chances of controlling those violating standard healthy protocols are better.
In the program which Chan dubbed “Recorida Kontra Virus sa Dakbayan,” each tricycle driver will earn P400 per day for their patrolling services.
This is an initiative of the Lapu-Lapu City government through its City Social Welfare Development (CSWD) Office that is headed by Annabeth Cuizon. /bmjo
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Electronics was the top search on Earth911’s Recycling Directory in 2009. There’s no question that the current demand is great for electronics recycling, and with increased demand comes increased confusion.
We get lots of questions from consumers looking to dispose of e-waste, and we’re here to help. Here are some answers to some of the more common questions about electronics.
Question #1: Why do I have to pay to recycle electronics?
When you recycle, you’re doing a good thing for the environment, so this good deed shouldn’t cost you any money. This seems like a fool-proof statement, until you consider the costs associated with recycling.
The total annual global volume of e-waste is expected to reach about 40 million metric tons. In the U.S., we generated an estimated 1.5 billion pounds of e-waste in 2006 alone. This includes about 44 million computers and televisions. Photo: Amanda Wills, Our Site
For other materials such as paper and plastic, the recycling process does not involve breaking down products and handling toxic ingredients. But your televisions and computer monitors are not made of one material, so there is prep work in order to extract the valuable parts.
The reality is that there is typically enough value in the extracted parts that most electronics recycling won’t cost you money. The notable exceptions are the aforementioned computer monitors and televisions, since there is considerable cost to properly dispose of the lead and mercury in them.
It’s one reason why the state of California charges an extra recycling fee every time you buy a new TV or monitor that will pay for disposal.
What you’ll often find is that many electronics recyclers will not even accept these products so they won’t have to charge you. In Our Site’s Recycling Directory, there are 42 percent more listings that accept computers than those that accept televisions, even though both products are in high demand by consumers and can be recycled.
For those that are opposed to paying to recycle, keep in mind that you’ll likely have to pay to throw the product away as well. If you put a TV out at the curb, it probably won’t be accepted by your garbage company or come with a “bulk item” charge. If you take it to a landfill, you’re going to be charged a tipping fee. You’re better off taking it to a recycler.
Best Buy’s Recycling Program is Expensive, But Worth It
Question #2: Can I make money for recycling certain electronics?
Now for the positive economic side of electronics recycling: Many of these products can earn you some cash. In particular, you can find mail-in programs for smaller electronics, such as cell phones and MP3 players. Retailers like Best Buy and Costco offer trade-in programs for electronics still in working condition, so you can also get store credit for responsible disposal. Staples has offered store credit for used inkjet cartridges for years.
Most of the eligible products have to be portable electronics so they can be easily mailed, but you’re also likely to go through these items faster than that big screen television. The profits may also seem modest with a small number of electronics, but if you get all the old cell phones that your friends and family have been stockpiling for no reason, it will start to add up.
Get Cash for Recycling Your Cell Phone
Question #3: How do I know which electronics are recyclable?
Obviously, the types of electronics accepted will depend on the recycler and what it is equipped to handle. However, many e-waste recyclers will use the phrase, “We accept anything with a cord or batteries.” This is because it’s a very similar process to recycle any of these products, and all of them are mostly comprised of metals and plastics.
If you have something like a microwave or electric toothbrush, it’s always good to call ahead to see if the product is accepted. You can also ask when you buy a new product if the store has a recycling program for your old one.
In the case of electronics that aren’t really electronic, such as CDs and video tapes, you may have a tough time finding a recycler since there isn’t much value in these products. Keep in mind that these products also don’t contain toxic materials that would pose problems in a landfill.
Question #4: Is there a way to identify toxic electronics vs. trash-safe ones?
The more toxic metals will be found in products with circuit boards, such as cell phones and computers. You’ll also find flame retardants like bromine in anything with a fan, such as video game consoles, since these electronics tend to get hot when in use. Manufacturers like Apple have been able to reduce the presence of these metals, but by no means should these products be considered “trash-safe.”
On the flip-side, any time the electronic device is not housed in a plastic shell, it’s a good indication that there isn’t anything toxic inside. While you may consider other electronics to be safe for the trash, there are likely recycling options nearby.
Hitting the Recycle Button
Question #5: What can I do to prolong the life of my electronics?
The easiest way to avoid recycling is to continue using an electronic device. In today’s tech-savvy world, newer is typically better, but if you’re content with an old model there are plenty of ways to increase the life span.
Big box stores such as Best Buy will often accept your working electronics for recycling and may even give you credit towards a new purchase. Photo: Flickr/*Grant*
One example is to purchase the warranty on any new electronics. That way, if a problem arises you can repair it instead of replace it, meaning you might need to dispose of one part instead of the entire device. This will also save you money.
For most portable electronics, battery optimization is a great way to prolong shelf-life.
If you remove the battery from your laptop while it’s plugged in or wait to make calls until you have good cell phone coverage, your batteries will last longer.
You then won’t be tempted to upgrade electronics when you go in for a battery replacement.
Ownership 2.0: Insuring Your Electronics
Question #6: What should I do before recycling an electronic?
Like it or not, our electronic devices contain very personal data. You likely have passwords and financial information stored that can be troublesome if in the wrong hands. You definitely want to format any hard drives or SIM cards before recycling electronics.
It’s also smart to tie up any cords so the electronics are easier to transport. For heavy products, ask if a pick-up service is available so you don’t hurt yourself or break anything.
Question #7: What’s the difference between community collections, retail stores and recycling companies?
Honestly, all three collection points probably send electronics to the same place. It’s unlikely that your city or county has its own electronics recycling facility, and the same goes for retailers. So, the real question is, why do all of these sources collect electronics?
One reason is convenience. Many electronics recyclers are not set up to collect material directly from the public, but if you drop it off in a bin at your favorite retailer, it can be sorted and collected by trucks. The store also wins with increased foot traffic and positive PR.
Another reason is compliance. Several states have banned electronics from landfills, and the state will often budget money to collect electronics through community events so consumers have an easy way to dispose of them. In Oregon, these recycling programs are actually funded by electronics manufacturers under state law.
If you’re not dealing directly with an electronics recycler, you may want to ask which company is being used to collect and process the material so you can investigate the company further.
Question #8: Is certification required to collect electronics for recycling?
Ah yes, the taboo of electronics recycling. How do you prevent your electronics from being exported overseas or put in a landfill after you did the right thing?
There are actually several forms of certification that an electronics recycler can obtain, but many of them revolve around the standards of ISO 14000. If you are talking to an e-waste recycler and they do not know what ISO 14000 is, that should raise a red flag. Here are some other questions to ask:
- What percentage of the electronics are you able to reuse or recycle?
- What is your process for disposing of heavy metals?
- Are there any materials not processed directly at your facility?
This type of information will give you the confidence that your electronics are being disposed of properly.
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Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) causes the heart’s two upper chambers to beat irregularly and too fast. Typically, small cells give off electric signals that cause the heart to beat steadily. An electrocardiogram (ECG) can measure if the signals are elevated or are within a normal range.
Damage to the structure of the heart is the most common cause of arterial fibrillation.
The following conditions can cause AFib:
- Heart attack
- Increased blood pressure
- Irregular heart valves
- Coronary artery disease
- Metabolic imbalance
- Congenital heart defects
- Pacemaker malfunction
- Stimulants (caffeine, alcohol, tobacco)
- Prior heart surgery
- Lung disease
- Sleep apnea
- Viral infection
Signs and symptoms of arterial fibrillation include:
- Sweating, dizziness, and pressure or pain in the chest
- Rapid and irregular heartbeat
- Rapid heartbeat or beating in the chest
- Anxiety and shortness of breath
- Fatigue easily when exercising
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A UAV operation involves flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle for a specific purpose. An unmanned aerial vehicle can either fly autonomously or it can be controlled remotely. It is used for various military or non-military purposes.
If you wish to be eligible to apply to UAV operator jobs , you are required to complete the training approved by the Civil Aviation Authority and acquire a permit. This training is of 2 to 4 days and includes theoretical and practical assessments in accordance with UK regulations.
There are a lot of skills required in order to build successful UAV operations careers. For example, a good UAV operator should have the skills of good communication, management, scientific and analytical dexterity, as well as good strategic skills. You also have to be vigilant and keep a close eye on air traffic.
UAV careers have the potential of paying you off really well, both in terms of finances and personal growth. It usually depends upon different factors like the years of education the applicant has, their level of expertise or experience in the field, as well as their geographical region.
There is a bright future for those applying for UAV pilot jobs because in the future we will see an uptick in the operation of unmanned vehicles. You can also carry out specific missions if you become an operator in the military. You can check out Aviation Job Search for updated job listings in the industry.
As you can tell by the name of this category, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) jobs encompass a multitude of ranks and roles, all configured around the manufacturing, maintenance, and operation of UAV equipment. While the exact number of duties and their nature varies depending upon which position you’re assigned in a UAV operation, your main focus will be developing strategies and plans about the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle. If you want to get this job, you are required to have a pertinent educational background as well as at least a few years of experience in the field. You can gain the required level of experience by working an entry level job and acquire permit from Civil Aviation Authority
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The Story Behind the SAT Overhaul is a very interesting piece in this week’s New York Times Magazine.
Here’s an excerpt:
Still, Coleman concedes that the redesigned SAT won’t quiet everyone’s complaints, and he doesn’t expect there to be a universal celebration of what they’ve done. You can imagine there will be substantial questions, for instance, about whether any standardized test can be fair across all groups, and whether the College Board is not ultimately creating a new test that somehow, some way, will be gamed as much as the old one.
Coleman’s response to those concerns is to say that the new, more transparent test will be tied to what’s being taught in high school and will be evidence-based. But his previous work on the Common Core has raised some educators’ concerns. “Dave Coleman is not an educator by training,” says Lucy Calkins, the founding director of the Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University’s Teachers College and an author of “Pathways to the Common Core.” Calkins has been a strong defender of the Common Core but thinks Coleman has been too insistent on his own particular method for implementing its standards. She cites a video that Coleman helped create of a “model lesson” for teaching the Gettysburg Address, where he would have students spending several classes “parsing the meaning of each word in each paragraph,” she said. She doesn’t feel there’s evidence that this method works.
With a redesigned SAT, Calkins thinks that too much of the nation’s education curriculum and assessment may rest in one person’s hands. “The issue is: Are we in a place to let Dave Coleman control the entire K-to-12 curriculum?”
Here are some other particularly useful articles on the SAT redesign:
The College Board is giving away test prep for free. Why that won’t change much. is from The Washington Post.
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Ideas For Children’s Activities This Spring in Columbia, TN
Columbia, Tennessee, sits about 46 miles south of Nashville, offering residents and visitors a classic small southern town feel with lots of activity and fun. It’s a great place for families with lots of outdoor activities available for those who like to spend time outside, but there’s also lots of indoor fun for rainy days. Take a look at some great ideas for children’s activities this spring in and around Columbia.
Get An Adrenaline Rush At SOAR Adventure Tower
SOAR Adventure Tower in nearby Franklin, Tennessee, is the ideal place to spend the day as a family. If the kids have a sense of adventure, they can check out the Adventure Tower, and if they prefer to stay on the ground, they can play mini-golf.
The Adventure Tower is a climbing structure and rope course with several levels to test your ability and balance. There’s a separate kids course with 19 different elements designed for kids ages 3 to 8. Parents can stay right by their young children as they explore the lower levels and gain confidence, while older kids and adults can check out the other courses starting with level 1, which sits about 15 feet above the ground. Level 2 gets a little more difficult and has elements for all abilities, and level 3 is for the truly adventurous. Its elements rise 45 feet above the ground.
Play at Chickasaw Trace Park
Spring is one of the best times of the year to spend outside, and Chickasaw Trace Park in Columbia is the perfect place to go. The 240.5-acre park sits along the Duck River and has a wide variety of activities for all ages, including playgrounds for the younger kids, pavilions for a picnic lunch in the shade, and walking trails. Chickasaw Trace Park also has over nine miles of well-maintained mountain biking trails, with some flat trails along Knob Creek and the river that are ideal for young riders, and there’s also more challenging terrain for more experienced riders. There’s even a Pump & Jump track for practicing biking skills.
The kids can also bring their remote control planes to the radio control flight field or their cars to the radio control car track.
Explore Maury County Park
Bring the kids to Maury County Park and spend the day exploring and learning. This park has a 1-mile nature trail with outdoor classrooms and the Storybook Trail, a 2-mile paved trail. The park is home to Tony’s Trail, an ADA-accessible trail, and it also has three different playgrounds, a gazebo, and two separate equestrian areas.
Maury County Park hosts several events throughout the year, including the Maury County Fair and Mule Day. It is home to the Skillington Livestock Barn and has one of its largest miniature train tracks. The kids will love taking a ride on the mini train.
Go For A Paddle With Higher Pursuits
Check out Higher Pursuits to rent kayaks canoes or take a guided tour of the Duck River. Higher Pursuits operates on the Duck River Blueway section of the river, providing paddling and floating fun for all ages and experience levels. If you are an experienced paddler, you can rent your canoe or kayak and head out on your own, but if you want to learn how to use the equipment, there are classes available. There is nothing better than spending a spring day on the river, and Higher Pursuits is a perfect way to get out there.
Sign up for one of their tours, such as the wildlife observation tour. This tour takes you around the river where you can see the different types of wildlife that live along and in the river, and you get to spend the afternoon on the water. As you paddle, you might see great blue herons, beavers, muskrats, and river otters. Look up and you just might catch a glimpse of a bald eagle. Higher Pursuits also has a fun sunset paddle, along with other guided trips that take you to less-traveled sections of the river.
Get Ice Cream at Hattie Janes Creamery
The ice cream at Hattie Janes is a must. This small-batch creamery features a wide variety of flavors, with many offering a modern twist on classic Southern traditions. They make their dairy ice creams with local milk from nearby dairy farms, and it’s always delicious. The kids will love the fun, seasonal flavors that the creamery offers. They can also enjoy regular flavors like Chocoholic, Nana Pudding, and Cookie Jar Supreme. Each flavor has its own tasty and unique toppings, such as the marshmallow fluff that tops the Honeycomb ice cream.
Visit aMuse’um Columbia Children’s Museum
aMuse’um Children’s Museum sits in the heart of Columbia, providing activities and fun for children. This hands-on museum offers weekly rotating activities that encourage children to explore, create, and learn. Some of the activities include Messy Monday with all kinds of sensory materials such as play-dough, paint, and shaving cream and Wonder Wednesday with STEM activities. Fridays are Art Studio days where the kids can create their own masterpiece, and then Science Saturday is always a hit. This day is all about exploring science through simple experiments.
aMuse’um also has hands-on exhibits for the kids to explore on their own. They can spend time in the dress-up area, the baby hospital, the vet, and the grocery store. Make sure they don’t miss the unique light-bright wall where they can create using lights. There is also a slide and several other stations that encourage them to use their imaginations and engage in pretend play.
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Between 2019 and 2020, there is just a difference of 1 year. Infact between 31st and 1st it is the same 24 hours cycle as between any 2 days of the year. Yet, the transition is significant since it is the end of the ‘teens’ so to say, as the year steps in to a ‘matured 20’, heralding the beginning of a new decade for humanity. Let’s take a leap of faith in ourselves and the people around us so that together we build a Better Tomorrow – away from conflict to consensus, from disorder to direction, from sorrow to song, from poverty to prosperity, from mistrust to trust – something that we will be proud of and our future generations will be grateful for.
As I look back on the decade that went by, I am grateful for all the Ups and Downs and thankful for the strength and support received. As I look ahead, I am hopeful of a more fulfilling life. As I look around, I do see a lot of helpful people – ordinary people with no great power or position, no special expectations, who simply want to touch others’ lives in their own way, in their seemingly day to day activities. Despite the overwhelming pessimism and cynicism from the nay-sayers. Yes, these are the people who keep humanity alive and remind us of gratitude & hope.
I draw inspiration from observing such ordinary people I meet in my life rather than some celebrities that I only read of. Jayanti is one such young lady I saw in the Diagnostic Lab on a busy Monday morning when I had registered myself for some routine health check-ups. She was smart, efficient, helpful, welcoming and well-dressed. She wore the best accessory – I mean a beautiful SMILE that stayed throughout the day. Single-handedly she managed about 100 patients welcoming them as if it were a family function, addressing every single person by name, guiding them which test to take after what, enquiring if they had drunk enough water, if they had had breakfast, reminding them to keep their bladder full, giving them a helping hand wherever required, directing the staff to escort senior citizens and sick people – all with a genuine smile and warmth that we rarely find today in a stressed job at the counter where people are impatient and anxious. The best part was she was a multi-linguist speaking in 5-6 different languages with utmost ease and comfort, each time remembering which patient is from which part of India. The confidence and assurance she exuded ensured that patients were all relaxed and smiling. Perhaps it showed in their reports too ! I bet even an Alexa or a Siri cannot perform as efficiently as Jayanti did – even if they could, can they radiate the human smile and the warm spirit ? As for me, I am carrying the happy images of a smiling, helpful Jayanti – grateful for people like her and hopeful of her clan to grow. Let us continue to foster this inherent characteristics of a human being even in a technology driven decade of the 20s !!
As we close in on 2019, I want to recall some takeaways that I got from 3 different events – one was a large startup conference, the other a small gathering to celebrate the success of a client’s investment closure and the third one a completely different set up – a decennial celebration (10th year) of an Art School run by a passionate Teacher, Veena.
✤ A speaker at the startup conference, who is himself a seasoned entrepreneur and author recalled his meeting with Warren Buffet and shared what the Investment Guru said – “I make investment in the ‘person I meet’ and tick 3 boxes – Competence, Passion & Values”. So it is the Person he values !
✤ A Big Investor in one of my clients who is himself a celebrated, successful new-age entrepreneur stated categorically at the investment closure gathering that all the elaborate due diligences apart, he decided to invest in the company only due to the Commitment & Integrity of the promoters. This has been the investment quotient of most of his successful acquisitions.
✤ At the Art School exhibition which displayed lovely paintings of both the Teacher and the Taught, the Chief Guest, who is himself a well-known sculptor and caricaturist urged children to focus on Excellence & persevere without aiming for Success as a Goal. He lamented that most children start dropping out from art classes when they enter 10th standard, thanks to the gruelling ‘Board exams-tuitions-JEE preparation coaching’ vicious cycle that parents subject them to unnecessarily. They are asked to stop painting, stop playing, stop learning music – all labelled as non-core activities – as soon as they reach 10th standard and instead start utilising the time only for studies. Little do they realise that art brings in focus, determination, discipline and happiness to the minds of the growing children if pursued along with academics. Parents he said, also create an artificial pressure situation by comparing children with others and pushing them to win prizes instead of encouraging them to excel in and enjoy their art work. I couldn’t agree more with his call for “Don’t compare with others. Compete with yourself. You should be a competitor to your own painting. Ask yourself, how can I do better next time ?” instead of comparing with others. He appreciated Veena for being such a patient art teacher over the years and producing such marvellous students (see banner which is a combo of Veena’s and her students’ paintings). Yet another advice the Chief Guest had for the young ones was – “Do your own learning. No one can teach you everything. You need to learn on your own by observing – how do they paint, what material they use, what techniques they use ? Without the curiosity and ability to observe keenly, no learning can happen”.
It is not coincidence that in all the 3 instances above, the focus was on Excellence, Passion & Commitment as the pathway to achieving success. Nothing new but time tested and proven over the years across different generations and genres of learning as the mantra to success. I hope to continue sharing such nuggets through this fortnightly newsletter in the next 10 years of publication.
November, 2009 – we were small back then. Just trying to open our eyes. Crawling. Struggling to find our feet amidst the plethora of corporate and legal information available at different levels. Need was internal. To educate and keep ourselves abreast on a regular basis since we had little work on hand. We were twiddling our thumbs then, waiting for assignments to come our way. Believing that Knowledge is Power and it is a unique undiminishing Resource that grows when shared, we started sharing it with other stakeholders in our ecosystem.
There was no grand vision. There was no focussed plan. There was no ambition to be the fastest growing or the largest newsletter in terms of reach. The only goal was not to Give Up, not to stop (though we have had some misses) but to Keep Moving Forward, fortnight after fortnight. Not to reach a destination but merely to enjoy the journey. To learn, unlearn & relearn. To put the best foot forward (should I say best words and choicest thoughts ?☺). To strive towards quality. To keep at it, come rain or come shine (as they say proverbially). Feedback or no feedback. Until the realisation dawned that You are what You Do Repeatedly. You can only get better and better. It can never go worse. Never deteriorate. And today we are proud to say we are all of 10 ! 2009 to 2019 – Lexspeak turned Samhita, a collation, a potpourri of regulatory news, due dates, celebrity quotes, inspiring thoughts, funny takes, creative banners (that have never, ever been repeated during the last 10 years across the 225 issues) and my own humble Musings on Life as I see it !
Some of you have been associated since the 1st issue in 2009 while many of you have joined along the way. Some of you have expressed your thoughts and feedback (Readers’ Speak section in sharadasc.com) while some of you have chosen to remain silent. Either ways, we are grateful for your company. Sometimes the feedback has been so touching that it surprises me – the power of thoughts and words and how it can influence and impact. A big thank you for helping us grow and evolve during this 10 year long incredible journey. Hoping to travel along for another decade at least ! | <urn:uuid:260b2772-6eb4-47bd-9ebf-7d6591d5b74b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sharadasc.com/2019/12/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.972395 | 1,799 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Dieses Jahr feiert der Helene-Lange-Preis seine Neuauflage und Dr. Maria Rauschenberger mit Ihre Promotion “Early screening of dyslexia using a language-independent content game and machine learning” ist unter den drei Nominierten! Die Verleihung findet am 1. April im Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst statt.
Der Helene-Lange-Preis richtet sich an junge (Nachwuchs-) Wissenschaftlerinnen, die sich auf besonders innovative und kreative Art und Weise mit alltagsrelevanten Aspekten der Digitalisierung befassen und die Vision haben, die Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft sowie gesellschaftliche Veränderungsprozesse in der Gegenwart und in Zukunft aktiv mitzugestalten. (15.000 Euro dotiert)
We made a huge effort and collected, clustered, and compared different applications for dyslexia for intervention, screening but also for assisted Reading or Writing. We present the result in our chapter “Technologies for Dyslexia” available in the book Web Accessibility.
Our chapter includes past, current, and future research technologies to support, intervene, or detect people with dyslexia!
The other chapters are also a great resource on Web Accessibility! If you are looking for details or a starting point for your research as well as detailed information on a specific topic like “Mathematics and Statistics”, “Multimedia Accessibility”, “Wearables”, “Mobile Web“… It is your book about recent Web Accessibility development.
With your collaboration, you would help my research immensely. The goal of our research is to contribute to the development of support tools for dyslexia in any language.
Participants play for 5-10 minutes the game DGames (see Screenshot). This game explores how children (adults) with and without dyslexia perceive musical and visual cues.
We are looking specifically for Children at the age of 7 till 12 with or without dyslexia which can easily participate in this online study. But the participants call is also open for any age. Only a computerortablet, headphones, and the Internet are needed.
The participant can speak any language as long as the parents or supervisor understands the instructions in English and can translate for the participant.
Please if you would like to participate – leave your contact details and a short description in the form and I will send you the invitation. Duration only 5 – 10 Minutes.
The data for the analysis is pseudonymized. The data will not be given to a third person. By participating in this research, you agree that Universitat Pompeu Fabra will publish the study results. This includes, for example, the results of the game or the interaction with the game. Therefore the data will be first anonymized. After that, the data will be analyzed and published. Within the possibilities, the article of the analysis for the study can be sent to you via the newsletter. Your personal information will not be published. This includes for example name or Email address.
To make a good prediction we need as many participants as possible! Participants can speak any language! Participants should be either diagnosed with dyslexia or should not show any signs of dyslexia. Please participate!
Why do I do that?
My name is Maria Rauschenberger and I was detected with dyslexia in the second grade. Since then I successfully achieved my A-Level / Highschool in 2006, graduated my Bachelor of Engineering in 2010 and graduated the Master of Science in 2015. I know how hard it is and how much effort it takes to compensate dyslexia. I know personally more people who have succeeded with dyslexia and have made a success of their lives. I want this possibility for everyone with dyslexia and therefore we need early detection. I want to create support to screen children in an easy and fun way. That’s why I am investigating possibilities with new technologies to screen children. You would really help me to achieve this goal — when you take part in my online study and play the game. Thank you.
Maria Rauschenberger is awarded wth the fem:talent Scholarship 2017 for her research on Dyslexia.
The University of Applied Science Emden/Leer has awarded for the second time promising students and Ph.D. fellows with the fem:talent Scholarship. The students have to already succeed in their field of expertise or are expected to succeed in the future. The fem:talent Scholarship provides a financial support for a year and a pool to exchange ideas and support.
Maria Rauschenberger has received the fem:talent Scholarship twice for her research on “playful and early approach to screen children with dyslexia while playing a game”. She will be continuing her work in the next year. “I am very happy to be supported from Emden for the next phase of my Ph.D. topic. This will be hopefully very helpful for children with dyslexia in the future.”
2.April. 2018 Update: After the evaluation of the first half, also the second half of the fem:talent Scholarship (from University of Applied Science Emden/Leer) has been granted.
Do you wanna support the research on Dyslexia?
The research project is looking for children between 8 and 12 years old with dyslexia and without dyslexia. Only a computer or a tablet, headphones, and Internet are needed.
Participants can be native speakers of English, Spanish or German.
Maria’s advisors are Ricardo Baeza-Yates Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra & CTO of NTENT and Luz Rello Special Faculty en Cargenie Mellon University & Fundadora de Change Dyslexia. Also, special thanks to Prof. Dr. Jörg Thomaschewski from the University of Applied Science for his mentoring.
With your collaboration, you would help our research immensely. The goal of our research is to contribute to the development of support tools for dyslexia in English.
Participants would have to play for 5-10 minutes the game MusVis (see Screenshot). This game explores how musical and visual elements have an impact on children with and, without dyslexia. We are looking for children between 8 and 11 years old. Only a desktop or laptop computer OR tablet, headphones, and Internet are needed.
Please if you would like to participate – leave your contact details and we contact you with the study details. Duration only 5 – 10 Minutes.
The prototype was designed with the help of five children and five parents who tested the game and the results of the usability study have been presented this year at the research conference Web for all (W4A) in Australia in April.
Title: Prediction of Dyslexia from Maria Rauschenberger from Web Research Group (WRG)
In regards to the #ESCOLA (22 February 2017) the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) welcomes the polytechnic School at the Poblenou Campus of Pompeu Fabra University.
Maria Rauschenberger presented the new prototype of MusVis to around 100 students at the ESCOLAB 2017. MusVis is a research application and aims to analyze how people with and without Dyslexia perceive music and visual elements.
Please leave your contact if you would like to participate!
Abstract: Dyslexia is a specific reading disorder, which is probably caused by the ‘phonological skills deficiencies associated with phonological coding deficits’ (Vellutino, Fletcher, Snowling, & Scanlon, 2004). A person with dyslexia has visual and auditory difficulties that cause problems in reading and writing (Deutsches Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information, 2008). Dyslexia is frequent: worldwide, about 10% of the population and from 5 to 12% of the German students have dyslexia.
The problem is that children with dyslexia can learn the spelling of words or decode words for reading but they need more time to practice. For example, two years instead of one for learning how to spell phonetically accurate words (Schulte-Körne, 2010).
Therefore we will first show the power of misspellings for intervention and how a game can help children to decrease their spelling mistakes. We will present the annotation of the errors, the creation of the exercises, and the Dyseggxia application in German.
In contrast to the intervention with misspellings – linguistic features have also the power to predict the risk of dyslexia for children. Therefore the linguistic features which are implemented in the game Dytective will be presented.
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Let's Stop Whistling Dixie: Missouri's Toxic Political Culture Must Change
Quite properly, journalistic reaction to events in Ferguson, Missouri, has focused on the militarization of the police, on the role of racism in the killing of unarmed African-American men, and on the political disenfranchisement that allows communities like Ferguson to operate in obvious defiance of public sentiment.
But there is another element peculiar to Missouri politics that must have light shed upon it. That is the sharp right-ward turn conservative politics in that State has taken. In its best moments, conservatism stands for caution, for prudence, for a government that is efficient yet serves the needs of all.
There was a time when conservatives in Missouri stood for these things, but that is no longer the case. Rather, what is visible to the outside observer is a dangerous movement towards the outermost fringes. For it is fair to say that a toxic neo-confederatism has emerged as a force to be reckoned with at the very heart of Missouri's government -- its state legislature.
Let's consider Brian Nieves, a State Senator from West St. Louis. Nieves is not some obscure back-bencher. He's been a member of the State Legislature since 2002, rising to the position of House Majority Whip before moving on to the Senate, where he now chairs the Committee on General Laws.
And what has Senator Nieves been doing in this position of trust? He has injected neo-confederatism into the law-making function. Consider Senate Joint Resolution 45, a state constitutional amendment Nieves proposed in January, 2012, which sought to revive the discredited Confederate principle of state nullification. The amendment would have declared that Missouri enjoyed the "sovereign" right to treat as null and void all federal law on gun control; abortion; climate change; federally-subsidized health care; same-sex marriage; hate crimes; and a range of other topics. In other words, had this amendment been adopted, Missouri would have been free to reject as non-binding a large body of federal statutes and judicial decisions.
Nullification, of which this is a modern manifestation, is an idea that has its origins in the efforts of the Southern planter class of the 1820's and 1830's to defend slavery against an encroaching federal government. In 1832, the federal government tried to enforce a tariff in South Carolina that posed a threat to the profitability of the slave-based cotton trade that formed the cornerstone of that State's economy.
Purporting to defend the Constitution from an allegedly unconstitutional tariff, the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification declared that laws which "violated the true meaning and intent [of the Constitution] are null, void, and no law." When President Andrew Jackson threatened a military response, South Carolina backed down, although three decades later it chose secession rather than recognize Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States.
Nieves' joint resolution did not carry the day. But that did not deter the nullificationists in the State Legislature from a second, more successful attempt to assert Missouri's self-proclaimed right to nullify federal law.
"The Second Amendment Preservation Act," it was called, and it was introduced in January, 2014. It took direct aim at federal gun control legislation. Listing numerous federal laws on the subject, it declared the named provisions "shall be invalid in this state, shall not be recognized by this state, are specifically rejected by this state, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state." Just like the South Carolina slave owners of the 1830s, the bill's sponsor declared that the proposed law was needed to defend the Constitution against an aggressive and out-of-control federal government.
This time, the nullificationists enjoyed greater success. In February, 2014, the Missouri Senate approved the bill by a vote of 23-10, with near-unanimous Republican support. The Missouri Tea Party rejoiced. In April, 2014, the State House of Representatives also passed the bill.
It is past time, way past time, 150 years past time, to be playing around with Confederate ideology. That Republicans in the Missouri legislature gave overwhelming support to a piece of legislation whose origins can be traced to the ugliest moments in America's slave-owning past stands as a badge of infamy. The Missouri Republican Party would do well to repudiate this legislation and promise to stop playing with the dynamite of nullification.
I've got news for Missouri's political class. They need to stop reviving the odious, discredited ideology of the Southern slaveocracy. They must instead return to reality and address the social crisis Ferguson represents. For in truth, African-Americans face substantial obstacles in Missouri. The four-year high-school graduation rate for African-Americans is 76 percent (as of 2009/2010). (The white graduation rate is 89 percent). The poverty rate for African-Americans is 27.7 percent (as of 2007/2011). The white poverty rate for the same period is 12.1 percent. The unemployment rate of African-Americans (2008/2012) is 18.0 percent. (For white Missourians it is 7.3 percent). The incarceration rate for African-Americans (as of June 30, 2012) is 38.2 percent.
It's time for Missouri's right-wingers to leave the nineteenth century behind. It is time for all Missourians -- indeed, time for all Americans -- to start building a more just and equitable world, one free of institutional racism and yawning racial disparities. Missouri was once the home of far-sighted progressives. Harry Truman desegregated the Armed Forces in 1948. Democratic Senator Stuart Symington voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act at great political risk. Missouri, it is time to get serious. The world is watching.
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In the years leading up to the coronavirus epidemic, financial experts would generally advise that individuals pay off their debt first, before anything else.
An emergency savings account is critical. As a general rule, experts recommend that you have between three and six months’ worth of your budget set aside in a high-yield savings account.
Despite that, not everyone will have money set aside for an emergency and will have considerable obligations, to begin with.
The consolidation of debt is typically recommended for consumers who have multiple high-interest loans. Payment of numerous credit card bills with a debt consolidation loan is not an excuse to continue racking up debt.
It might result in more serious financial problems in the long term.
The notion of debt consolidation, which takes several kinds of debt (mortgage, credit card, student loans, etc.) and consolidates them into one low monthly payment, is meant to benefit borrowers by providing them with more advantageous loan conditions, such as a lower interest rate.
When debt consolidation loans help you to manage your budget, the interest rate is the most crucial thing to consider.
There are two basic ways to consolidate debt, both of which focus your debt payments into one monthly charge.
- Get a 0% interest, balance-transfer credit card: Transfer all your debts onto this card and pay the balance in full within the promotional period.
- Get a fixed-rate debt consolidation loan: Use the money from the loan to pay down your debt, then pay back the loan in payments over a specified time.
Pros of getting a debt consolidation:
- Multiple debts are paid off with a debt consolidation loan, and all the individual monthly payments are pooled into one, resulting in a cheaper interest rate.
- Can help you raise your credit score. Another advantage of debt consolidation, when it comes to credit ratings, is that it may provide a significant boost to your score. You will most likely witness an improvement in your credit score within a few months if you combine your debts through the use of a personal loan.
- Repaying your debt sooner. Dividing your debt may help you move forward more quickly if you have a considerable amount of credit card debt. When it comes to credit cards, there are no defined deadlines to pay the debt in full.
- Consolidation loans, however, have regular payments each month with an established beginning and finish to the loan.
- Choose a regular payment method, such as monthly or bi-weekly. Your payment and interest rate are consistent during the term of the loan, which reduces the risk of your payment unexpectedly fluctuating.
- You’ll be paying more in interest in the long run because your payback periods are longer with a personal loan. Using the money you save on interest to pay more on your loan each month will help you pay the loan off sooner, and so save money on interest in the long run.
- It is important to read the fine print before accepting any debt consolidation offer. Move credit card debt from credit cards with higher APRs to reduced APRs, balance transfers, or debt consolidation loans. The fact that the APR is not lower increases your interest costs, and this exactly counteracts your debt consolidation strategy.
Choose a debt consolidation loan that will serve your needs
One approach to consolidate debt just doesn’t work for everyone. Your first step is to understand your real financial health, then make use of this knowledge to manage your debt responsibly.
When you use an equity loan to refinance your mortgage or when you obtain another mortgage on your house, your interest rate will be lower than credit cards.
Fixed interest rate, low monthly payments, zero application costs, zero origination fees, zero appraisal fees, and zero closing expenses.
Additionally, if you are focused on cutting time and money off your debt shackles with repayment plans, a home equity loan might be a smart financial move.
Banks, credit unions, and credit card companies are the most popular debt consolidation loan sources for most people. If you have a positive connection and payment history with your institution, then it’s an excellent place to start.
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Since the early ages of communication, people have had their eyes glued to their TV’s on the day of any presidential election. With social media coming to the front of a potentially world-changing presidential election that pins Barack Obama against Mitt Romney, it’s not a surprise that trending tools would come out to see how the public, both voters and non-voters, are reacting to the actions of both presidential nominees. The Twitter Twindex, located at election.twitter.com, is a fresh look at how the social media channel Twitter and its users are viewing each of the candidates.
The system, in simple terms, reviews the posts of each candidate, and whether the view of them is positive or negative. According to Twitter, more than 400 million tweets are posted in regards to the presidential election every single day, and the Twitter Twindex sorts them into a simple measurement based off of the sentiments of each tweet.
Being that not all Twitter users are of age to vote, and several aren’t even registered to do so, this should definitely not be looked at as an answer to who may actually be winning the election. Additionally, trending topics both positive and negative will offset the numbers depending on how many times they are retweeted. There is no doubt, however, that each candidate will take a serious look at these numbers as the site has already gone viral.
The Twitter Twindex, or Twitter Political Index shows the current score for each candidate, as well as the change for each from the previous day. Given the complexity of the system and the number of tweets that the Twindex needs to sort through on a daily basis, the system is only updated once per day. The site is actually run by the Twitter Government and Politics team, which tracks effective uses of Twitter for engaging the public, as well as monitoring how public endorsements change the social media view of each presidential candidate preceding the upcoming election.
Whether the Twitter Twindex could actually sway the popularity portion of voters out there shouldn’t be ruled out. But we also think that the system doesn’t properly adjust to users who are old enough to voter, or users who are registered to vote. Additionally, we could see massive amounts of trends to just to attempt to get the system to change its numbers, which would further create a little bit of confusion. In the meantime, we’d love to sit back and watch how this goes through election day. | <urn:uuid:93e28a3c-e6fe-4639-bf3d-7e776d98ea95> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://finalwebdesign.com/web-design-blog/new-ways-to-stay-updated-on-politics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.964203 | 495 | 1.9375 | 2 |
The days are short, cold and often sunless this time of year, but you can find a burst of sunshine in your weekly produce delivery: Citrus Fruit. Thanks to our partnership with Thorpe's Organic Family Farm, we can deliver delicious, organic grapefruit, oranges and tangerines throughout these long winter months.
For more than a decade, the Thorpe Family, whose certified organic farm is located in East Aurora, has also grown citrus in Lake Wales, Florida.
Citrus fruits grow on flowering trees and shrubs. They are characterized by a leathery rind and white pith that encases juicy segments. Cultivated in tropical and subtropical climates all over the world, major production hubs include Spain, Brazil, China, the US, Mexico and India. Interestingly, nearly a third of all citrus fruits are used to make juice.
You can find all kinds of citrus fruits year round. The peak season for oranges and grapefruits in the Northern Hemisphere is between mid-December and April.
A note about Organic Citrus: Organic citrus may not always be the most beautiful. To achieve perfection, farmers sometimes use methods that are not approved for organic farming to improve the fruit's appearance. Depending on climate conditions, citrus may ripen while still green. Unlike some other fruits, ripeness is not determined by color. However, most people associate an Orange with the color orange. Therefore, some growers dye their fruit to obtain that signature color and improve their marketability. This is not allowed for organic citrus fruits. Further, organic labeled produce is prohibited from using genetically modified seeds which are often used to produce the best colors and to be more resistant to the elements.
While our Organic Citrus may be a little discolored on the outside, once you cut into it you'll see the inside looks perfect. The flavor is even better! So, if your citrus looks a little blotchy or green, take comfort in knowing it is completely safe, edible, and tasty.
Citrus fruits are an excellent source of vitamin C, a nutrient that strengthens the immune system and keeps your skin smooth and elastic. In fact, just one medium orange has all the vitamin C you need in a day. They also have good amounts of other vitamins and minerals that your body needs to function properly, including B vitamins, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium and copper. Additionally, citrus is rich in plant compounds that have various health benefits, including anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
Hamlin: Sweet and juicy, the Hamlin orange is larger than other varieties and has few to no seeds, making it one of the best oranges for eating or juicing.
Sugar Bell: Sugar Bell oranges are rare breed of citrus fruit - a cross between the luscious Honeybell oranges and full-flavored Clementines, these oranges are super sweet, juicy and easy to peel. The size is perfect for snacking or packing in lunches.
Navel: Navels are part of the winter citrus family. They're seedless, peel easily, and are thought to be one of the world's best-tasting oranges. Because of the peculiar human-navel-like formation found opposite the stem-end, we can easily identify Navel Oranges from other cultivars or varieties. This belly-button like formation answers the question “Why are Navel Oranges called Navel Oranges?”
Tangerine: This citrus fruit are a subgroup of mandarins. Most commonly, mandarins that are reddish-orange and brightly colored tend to be labeled as tangerines. The taste is considered less sour, as well as sweeter and stronger, than that of an orange. Tangerines are most commonly peeled and eaten by hand.
Their bulbous size; bitter pith (the white stuff that surrounds the fruit); and tart taste can be off-putting to those who are more accustomed to their sweeter citrus cousins, like the orange. But consider adding this superfood to your regular rotation of healthy foods. It's among the 20 best breakfast foods.
Lion’s mane mushrooms are large, white, shaggy mushrooms that resemble a lion’s mane as they grow. This mushroom is popular in vegan and vegetarian recipes. It is absolutely delicious and provides an amazing hearty and firm texture, very similar to crab. It is mild in flavor and is an excellent vehicle to take on different flavors. Many describe their taste as “seafood-like,” often comparing it to crab or lobster. We source ours from Flat#12 Mushrooms in Buffalo.
These mushrooms have both culinary and medical uses in Asian countries like China, India, Japan and Korea. Lion’s mane mushrooms contain bioactive substances that have beneficial effects on the body, especially the brain, heart and gut. Thoroughly heating them softens the mushroom, releasing the nutrients and medicinal compounds.
9 Health Benefits of Lion's Mane Mushroom:
Storage & Preparation
Lion's mane mushrooms will last up to a week if properly stored and cared for, and they really aren't that finicky. Just keep them away from water—do not wash them until you are ready to eat them, if at all—and store them in your fridge away from the direct flow of cold air. (The crisper drawer will do just fine.) Brush off any dirt or black bits on the "fur" of the mushroom. Remove the "foot", where it was attached to the tree (it resembles the stalk of a cauliflower). Cut the mushroom into 1/2 inch steaks or as best you can, uniformly.
The furry fronds will go from soft to crispy and soak up all that butter. So satisfying as a side dish or served warm on top of salad.
Vegetarian "Crab" Cakes
The words base, foundation, and humble beginnings are all terms used to describe mirepoix. Pronounced meer-PWAH, this simple, yet essential flavor base was named in the 18th-century after the duke, Charles Pierre Gaston François de Lévis, or Duc de Mirepoix, a French general and diplomat. It is said that his chef de cuisine named this seasoning base after his patron- the Duke.
Many chefs consider mirepoix to be the key ingredient for adding that extra umph to a dish. It’s the secret sauce; the essential ingredient; the reason your food tastes so good. Mirepoix plays an important role in flavoring soups, stews, casseroles, braised meats, and marinades.
How to make mirepoix:
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Trade, Law and Development. Volume 2, Number 1 (2010), p. 19-58.
This article examines five common justifications for the investment treaty system in order to highlight aspects of the system that give cause for concern. First, it examines whether investment treaties are a means to encourage foreign direct investment and concludes that this expectation is contradicted by common provisions in investment treaties and is unsupported by the preponderance of empirical evidence. If this justification was a factor in the decisions of states to conclude investment treaties - or of international organizations to promote them - then these decisions appear to have been based on incomplete knowledge and analysis of the anticipated benefits. Second, the article examines the claim that investment treaties respond to the bias and unreliability of domestic courts and criticizes investment treaties in this respect for being both under-inclusive (by extending access to international adjudication to a narrow class of private actors only) and over-inclusive (by failing to account for situations where domestic courts offer justice to a foreign investor). Third, the paper examines the claim that investment treaty arbitration advances the rule of law in the resolution of investor-state disputes and questions this claim after considering how investment treaty arbitration fails to incorporate keg institutional safeguards of judicial independence that are present in other adjudicative systems that resolve public law claims. Fourth, the paper examines the argument that investment treaties affirm the sovereignty and bargaining strategies of states and outlines tentative evidence that governments did not test carefully the anticipated benefits of the treaties, did not appreciate fully the risks of investor-state arbitration, and did not carry out sophisticated cost-benefit analyses prior to committing themselves to the investment treaty system. Finally, the paper examines the justification that investment treaties were endorsed by the democratic processes of states and draws attention both to the role of arbitrators in giving meaning to the treaties and to certain aspects of investment treaties that appear to undermine democratic choice. Based on this analysis, it is recommended that governments exercise greater care when considering entry into the system or, more likely, the maintenance or renewal of existing treaties, and that governments consider options for reform.
Van Harten, Gus. "Five Justifications for Investment Treaties: A Critical Discussion." Trade, Law and Development 2.1 (2010): 19-58.
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Editor’s note: FiscalNote is a tech startup that sifts through open data on state legislation to find trends, and uses machine learning and natural language processing to predict how likely a bill is to pass. This article was adapted from an original blog post and accompanying white paper on the company’s website.
Perhaps it’s a cliche in the Internet world that government websites are poorly designed. With the controversial rollout of Heathcare.gov, the stereotype was only reinforced.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. At FiscalNote, we analyzed state legislature websites, evaluating Web speed, data accessibility and usability to determine which states were ahead of the pack and which lagged behind.
To conduct the analysis, we tapped into the knowledge of our experts — our data engineering team, which builds automated processes to scrape structured data from each site. But, because the public typically isn’t concerned with structured data, we also had our policy intern Tony Do score each site’s usability, and we ran a Web speed test on each home page. (Web speed tests are based on the first page view, with no cached content.) This gave us three scores. Here’s what we found:
Our data engineering team loves the California site. They said it’s “easy to extract information that is very clean and consistent.” The second-fastest legislature site, it loads in less than a second. Additionally, the state recently updated its legislative information portal, marking the first redesign of the California legislative portal since at least 1997, according to the Internet Archive.
One of the most lightweight and fast-loading sites, Michigan gets a rating boost for efficiency. The site attempts to be mobile friendly, but some tables extend beyond the screen and leave content hidden. Still, our tester found the site to be user friendly, noting “it has a feature that shows the bills of Michigan on a graph and describes the keywords related to the content.”
The General Assembly has one of few legislative websites that we would call “well designed.” Despite displaying some large images, it manages to keep page weight in control – at just over 1 megabyte — and page speeds are in the middle of the pack. As a recently designed site, it features several best practices. It uses Modernizer.js and responsive design to adapt to user devices; and it uses Google Analytics to track behavior.
Web Speed: Average | Data: Average | Usability: Good
This Legislature’s website has the fastest page load of any we evaluated, fully rendering in less than a second. That’s not surprising for a page that only weighs 126 KB, also making it the lightest state legislature page. Additionally, it uses Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools to understand user behavior, which is considered a necessity in most industries but, given the absence of these tools on most legislature sites, earns respect. “The search options are user friendly and organized well. However, the results that show up after using those search options are somewhat confusing. The results would sometimes include odd characters and are presented in a messy, un-orderly fashion,” our tester said.
Web Speed: Good | Data: Average | Usability: Good
The data team said Virginia’s legislative site is an “example of a better-than-average, easy-to parse site for a scraper.” They noted it has a section that lists all bills by session, and that votes and actions lists follow similar formats. It’s also one of the faster loading pages, displaying in less than 2 seconds. From the user tester perspective, this website is very organized because, according to our user, it “categorized its search options, which ultimately allowed for the whole bill search process to be quick and simple.”
Web Speed: Good | Data: Good | Usability: Good
Alaska: The Alaska Legislature easily has the best-designed site of any legislature. But in doing so, it becomes one of the heaviest sites. The site weighs over 3 MB and takes nearly 8 seconds to load. Also, it has more than twice the file requests of any other legislature, with 211. (File requests are individual calls to the server, and too many slows down the time it takes a page to render.)
Hawaii: Hawaii’s site is a favorite of John Zoshak, FiscalNote’s senior policy manager. It’s fairly well designed, but it’s not mobile friendly.
We just gave the Alaska Legislature an honorable mention for its attention to design, but the site just loads so slowly. The user tester noted that “the wide array of options was great. However, it became extremely excessive when you have an idea of which kind of bill you are searching for, but still must pass through many different pages.”
Web Speed: Bad | Data: Average | Usability: Average
Neither our data team nor our user tester is excited about Arizona’s site. Noting that the data is already poorly structured, the data team added that “when searching for data further back, the formatting gets worse somehow.” Our user tester said the site is “particularly confusing and cumbersome to navigate. For bill indices, there are too many options to select from, the information is not portrayed in a convenient manner.”
Web Speed: Average | Data: Bad | Usability: Bad
States with separate websites for the House and Senate immediately get a demotion. While the Senate website had some good notes from user testing, the House site doesn’t perform well: Our tester “used a few search key terms and the website provided irrelevant results.” Additionally, both sites have slow performance, taking more than 4 seconds to visibly render — the House website takes more than 6 seconds to fully load. Neither site is responsive, but the Senate version redirects to a mobile version, which is not a best practice.
Web Speed: Bad | Data: Average | Usability: Bad
Our data team ran into a few issues with the Kentucky Legislature site: “It’s relatively easy to parse the bills, but obtaining the votes is a nightmare,” they said. Using the site was frustrating for our tester, who said “there are too many options to click through, with new pages, before actually reaching a bill. The layout of the bill numbers is way too messy for readers to navigate through.”
Web Speed: Average | Data: Bad | Usability: Bad
The data team doesn’t pull any punches with New Mexico’s website. One member said, “On my most hated list. [New Mexico] has their own way of doing action mappings. After multiple iterations I think we finally got it to work but they abbreviate all actions and have a very esoteric format.” Usability testing found it easy to navigate. While the site loads in less than 4 seconds, we couldn’t ignore the data issues.
Web Speed: Average | Data: Bad | Usability: Good
Connecticut: Weighing more than 6 MB, this site takes more than 11 seconds to fully load. As the heaviest and slowest legislature website, it deserves a bottom-tier spot, but our user testing found the website’s tools “helpful” and “comprehensive.”
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When the woman woke up with a headache and blurred vision, she attributed it to a big night she had had the night before.
But as more symptoms surfaced, it soon became clear that Annabelle Moult had something else to do with it. Sun reports.
“I was out with my friends on a Friday night in September 2007, having fun and living life,” said the 39-year-old.
“The next day I had a headache, and this continued until Sunday. My vision began to blur too.
“Then the tingling started in my legs. I went to bed and woke up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, but my legs gave way and I screamed. [husband] Danny, help,” said Annabelle from England.
Her husband caught up with her to the car and took her to the hospital, where the doctors did a lot of tests.
Three days later, Annabelle became blind and was paralyzed from the waist down.
“I quickly rolled down and could not move my legs; I was paralyzed. Then I lost my sight,” she said.
“The brain scan showed a tumor and the doctor told me that I would never see again. But they couldn’t explain it. I’m stoned”.
Annabelle took two years to make a diagnosis. She had neuromyelitis optica, a rare disease in which the immune system damages the spinal cord and eye nerves.
“I went from a hockey-playing, gym-loving, independent 25-year-old who didn’t have to rely on anyone to seriously visually impaired and paralyzed, unable to leave the house alone. My whole world has changed.”
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At Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, Annabelle was given steroids to reduce brain swelling.
She also immersed herself in physical therapy and began learning how to use a wheelchair.
She was discharged in February 2008 and she and Danny moved into a converted room in her parents’ garage.
Before leaving the hospital, her vision began to gradually improve, going from black to gray and then to a blurry outline.
Due to steroids and inactivity, her weight almost doubled from 63 kg to 114 kg, and she told Danny that she would understand if he wanted to leave her.
“I told him that if he does not want to stay with me, I will not hold a grudge against him. But he smiled at me and said, “I’m staying.”
“I went back to part-time work,” she said.
“I didn’t want my wheelchair to turn into a dull, lonely prison.
“Instead, Danny and I went on a planned vacation to Jamaica.
“Danny had to carry me to the pool every five minutes, but he never complained.”
Life to the max
Back at home, Annabelle had to learn to do “all the basics” again, like getting dressed, going to the toilet, and washing her face.
She said her family and friends have been incredibly supportive and vowed to help her live life to the fullest by taking her on weekends and vacations.
Over the next year, Annabelle underwent additional tests, including two lumbar punctures, plasmapheresis, in which all white blood cells are taken and replaced with new ones, an MRI, and a blood test almost every day for six months.
She described herself as “cushion-shaped” – but still no diagnosis.
Only in 2009, doctors explained that Annabelle suffered from a rare autoimmune disease – neuromyelitis optica.
Its cause is unknown and there is no cure.
By the time Annabelle was diagnosed, she had been in the hospital for 18 months, learning to live as normal a life as possible. She also continued to take steroids.
“The diagnosis didn’t really matter as I was already out of the hospital and had learned to adjust to my new life,” she said.
“But it was almost a relief as it meant that I could get more information, help and support without being an unknown entity.
“The weight was building up from the steroids and I was just trying to cope with this new life of being visually impaired and in a wheelchair.”
Annabelle said the side effects made her feel like she couldn’t move forward until she stopped taking steroids.
She was told in 2011 that she could stop taking them and felt “instantly better”.
“I just had to put my head down and move forward. Of course, there are still darker days and more difficult days,” she said.
“Moving from a wheelchair might be more difficult, or I might fall because I’m not concentrating on what I’m supposed to be.”
Finding fitness from a wheelchair
Eager to return to fitness and feel as healthy as possible, Annabelle began meditating, as well as cooking, listening to audiobooks and journaling, which she found helped her mental health.
Before her illness, she was very active in playing hockey, riding horses and regularly visiting the gym, so returning to fitness was the main thing for her.
Since then, she has found adaptive workout videos and online classes to help ease her journey.
Through qigong, yoga, lap running, HIIT, and body strengthening, she went from “fat to wheelchair” and lost 50 kg after stopping her medication.
“There were several obstacles along the way; It was difficult at first to get into a routine and motivation because of my weight gain, but once I turned it into a healthy habit and daily routine, it became easier for me, ”she said.
“At first I tried to train several times a week, and now I train daily.
“My weight loss has been a constant thing. I still haven’t hit my target weight as it’s much harder to lose weight in a chair. But this is a daily practice.
“Finding exercise and holistic alternatives has helped my recovery tremendously,” she said.
“It has made me much more attached to my body. But it also gave me a stronger mindset.
“I no longer take anything for pain relief and manage it by using alternative therapies instead of medication.
“I was willing to try anything and everything to help and it was just a case of trial and error to figure out what worked best for me.
“I still feel pain from the bra line down every day, and sometimes it spreads all over my body,” she said.
“There is numbness and it’s like pins and needles and a constant stabbing pain. Some days may be worse than others.”
Annabelle was also adamant that her condition would not prevent her from living and traveling, visiting places from Hong Kong and Sydney to South Africa and Japan.
“I was determined to keep traveling and didn’t let my new condition stop me. It was different than suddenly having to rely on other people for everything,” she said.
“For example, being able to get in and out of an airplane, sit in a seat on an airplane, and then sit in one position for eight hours.
“And some hotels say they’re available, but that’s not always the case.
“In Jamaica, I had to be lifted into the shower every day and there was no help in the pool, so I had to be lifted up and pulled out.”
“But I was determined and I just learned to adapt to my changes and now we have traveled all over the world.”
Committed to helping others, Annabelle is an ambassador for NMO UK, a charity that supports people with Myelitis optica, and has helped mentor others in similar situations.
In January 2020, she quit her job and began mentoring, helping others cope with life changes and empowering them to change their lives.
She also shares her journey online on Instagram belleswheels_bewell and Facebook Belles Wheels.
“It’s a terrible disease and despite being completely unknown, so many people around the world are suffering,” Annabelle said.
“I want people to believe in themselves and understand that while there are dark days, learn from them and grow to become the best version of themselves.
“The key is to have a positive mindset and a strong mindset to keep moving. I won’t let my wheelchair stop me, so neither should you.”
This article originally appeared in Sun and reproduced with permission
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Much attention has been paid to how mobile-learning devices can be incorporated into middle and high schools, but Seth Weinberger is targeting a different set of students: kindergartners through 2nd graders.
“The sweet spot of literacy is kindergarten to 2nd grade,” says Weinberger, the executive director of Innovations for Learning, the Evanston, Ill.-based nonprofit organization that developed a mobile-learning device called the TeacherMate. “If you get them [reading on grade level] early, there’s a real chance that you can keep them at grade level.”
TeacherMates are now being used by more than 40,000 students in 15 states, says Weinberger, and there are plans to adapt the TeacherMate software into applications for the iPod touch or iPad. And the decision to target the devices at elementary youngsters has attracted the attention of ed-tech researchers, some of whom say the elementary grades are where such devices could have their greatest impact on improving reading skills.
Cathleen A. Norris, a professor of learning technologies at the University of North Texas and the chief education architect for the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company GoKnow, which provides educational technology, software, and curriculum to K-12 schools, says that “what you must do is catch [the students] at the early grades and make them successful. When children are experiencing success in early grades, they spend more time with [the subject].”
On the heels of the One Laptop Per Child initiative, which aims to provide low-cost laptop computers to students in developing countries, Weinberger wanted to create a relatively affordable, easy-to-use mobile-learning device for students in the United States. “Schools are unbelievably strapped for cash,” says Weinberger.
The TeacherMate device itself costs about $40, although with the reading and math software that has been developed for it, the total cost is about $100 per device. That’s not cheap, but it’s well below the cost of putting a laptop or netbook computer in the hands of all those youngsters.
Preliminary data on the effectiveness of the device are promising, although more research is needed, says William H. Teale, a professor of education in the department of curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His review of a pilot program, which put TeacherMates in 176 1st grade classrooms in the 409,000-student Chicago school district, found that students who used the devices performed higher on their end-of-year reading tests in three categories than those who did not have the devices.
Still, Teale cautions in his review: “Because of its design, this study does not speak to the issue of a causal connection between the use of the hand-held learning systems ... and enhanced early reading achievement.”
And no research is currently available on the effectiveness of the math software for TeacherMates.
The Game Boy-like device fits into the palm of a student’s hand and is controlled by eight buttons. It includes a speaker that both plays back sounds and allows students to record their own audio, a screen, and a usb slot to synchronize the devices with the teacher’s computer.
To use TeacherMates, teachers need a USB cable and a computer with an Internet connection where they can sync the devices, change the levels of the software that the students are working on, check on how well students are using the software, and listen to what the students have recorded during their lessons.
Instead of teachers’ needing to incorporate the TeacherMate into the curriculum, the TeacherMate is equipped to align directly with whatever math or reading curriculum the teacher is using, says Weinberger. That aspect of the device appeals to Patti Beyer, a 1st grade teacher at the 750-student New Field Elementary School in Chicago.
“The stories that they’re working on are the stories we’re reading. The letters [on the device] are the letters that we’re working on.” she says. “Every concept we hit is addressed by the TeacherMate.”
TeacherMates in Action
Watch elementary school students in Chicago use TeacherMate portable devices to improve their reading.
And not only is the device easy for teachers to use, it’s easy for students to pick up and learn, too, says Jenna Kelsey, a 1st grade teacher at the 750-student James Russell Lowell Elementary School, also in Chicago. She uses the devices for 15 to 20 minutes a day, usually as part of rotating centers where students spend some time reading on their own, with a teacher, and with the TeacherMate.
“They’re so used to hand-held games as it is that they are able to just play the game without much assistance,” she says. As a result, Kelsey is freed up to work with pupils one-on-one or in small groups.
Reinforce and Practice
Although students can usually navigate the TeacherMate software by themselves, the devices are not designed to be used on their own but to accompany teachers’ lessons, says Weinberger of Innovations for Learning, which developed the devices. Rather than being used to introduce new material and concepts to students, TeacherMates are intended to reinforce and practice skills that students are actively learning in their teacher-led classes, he says.
X. Christine Wang, an associate professor of learning and instruction at the State University of New York at Buffalo, is not familiar with the TeacherMate specifically, but she speculates that hand-held devices used for reinforcement and practice may not be making use of their full educational potential.
“The majority of researchers and teachers are now against the drill-practice type of learning” with technology, she says. “When we take children’s active thinking out of learning, we take children’s curiosity out of learning.”
Hand-held tools that allow access to the Internet, which do not include the TeacherMate, not only can be appropriate for elementary youngsters, but also can help foster collaboration and expand the walls of the classroom, says Wang.
But Kelsey, the teacher at Lowell Elementary in Chicago, sees the lack of Internet capability as an advantage of the TeacherMate. Because students can only access the software that she has downloaded and put on the devices, she can be sure that all her students are on task, unlike in the computer lab, where she has to monitor what each child is doing.
“I already know what’s going on [the devices] because I put it there,” she says.
Because each student has his or her own device, it’s easy to differentiate instruction, says Beyer, from New Field Elementary.
“It’s all individualized,” Beyer says, and it takes away the stigma of some students’ needing more reinforcement of a concept than others do.
Throughout the year that Kelsey has used the devices, they have malfunctioned occasionally, but usually just require a restart, she says. Innovations for Learning provides technical support if teachers run into more serious issues, she says.
TeacherMates are also making their way into the hands of children around the world, thanks to the efforts of Paul Kim, the chief technology officer for Stanford University. Over the past year, Kim has traveled to Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Rwanda, and other countries to provide educational materials, including TeacherMates, to children who are not receiving any formal education.
“I found it very useful because kids love them, and I don’t have to teach them anything,” he says. Even children who had never seen similar technologies can pick one of the devices up and start learning, he says. The software’s game-based approach, says Kim, helps youngsters learn on their own and engages those who may not be used to traditional instructional methods.
The platform that runs the software, which uses Flash, a multimedia platform popular for creating animations and interactivity, also makes it easy to develop new software for the TeacherMate, he says.
The durability of the devices has also made the TeacherMate a good candidate for Kim’s project.
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George Matus Jr. has built a Teal drone, that can go fast at up to 70 mph (112 kph) in up to 40 mph (64 kph) winds, at the tender age of 18 when most of the teens plan to choose a program that they would like to get themselves enrolled.
While talking to CNNMoney, George Matus Jr. stated that:
“The drones are available for pre-order starting Wednesday for $1,299, will be capable of flying as fast as 70 mph and sustaining winds of up to 40 mph. That makes them faster than current out-of-the-box drones on the market”
Difference between Teal drone and conventional drones
Popular consumer drone manufacturer, DJI’s drones currently fly between 45 mph to 49 mph. The top speed of 3D Robotic’s fastest drone is 55 mph while the Bebop 2 which is Parrot’s fastest drone flies over at a maximum speed of 40 mph.
Teal drone has the ability to fly over 70 mph but George Matur Jr. negates the notion of speed as the primary selling point. Teal drone is principally a flyable smart computer which comes with a pre-installed minicomputer that can handle machine learning, image recognition and more drone capabilities. All these features are rarely or not offered by other drones.
George Matus Jr. who lives in Salt City with his parents stated that:
“Until now, consumer drones typically serve a specific purpose – like racing, aerial photography or hobby flying. Teal drone can do all those things but also has the capacity for more. We wanted to go for universal”
About the drone
Teal drone is small enough to slip into backpack. It is waterproof, durable and portable. In front of the drone is an electronically stabilized 13 megapixel camera that can record video at 4K resolution. The battery and arms of the drone can be removed and replaced if they break.
Similar to other drones, the battery doesn’t last more than 10 minutes and this is primarily the reason why Teal drone comes with 2 batteries so you can pop in the second batter after the first one dies.
George Matus Jr. is planning to introduce an open software development kit so that the apps can be built for the drone by the developers. The apps could include anything from augmented reality to advanced autonomous flying to search and rescue.
George Matus Jr. – A wonder boy
18-year old prodigy is not a rookie by any stretch of the imagination especially when it comes to drones. The wonder kid is a serious pro. He had already built his first flying quadcopter by the age of 12. Moreover, he also served as a test pilot for a drone company.
Matus was selected among 2800 candidates 5 years later to be a Thiel Fellow from the Peter Thiel’s Foundation. In exchange for missing college or dropping out to work on their own ventures, the company pays $100,000 to budding entrepreneurs over the course of two years.
At the age of 18, Matus decided to launch his own drone brand, Teal which are expected to ship later this year. The drones are made and modeled in Texas before being assembled in Utah.
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عنوان مقاله [English]
Cities' strong dependence on unstable resources has engulfed them with many undesirable consequences. Municipalities' access to sustainable income sources enables the municipality to play a more active role in the urban environment. Sources of sustainable income are missing the loop which negatively impacts urban management performance. The present research method is applied and its main purpose is to identify the financial resources and sustainable income of Jiroft municipality based on descriptive-analytical studies carried out during the years 1395-1397. In this study, a standard questionnaire for analyzing the sustainability of income sources under inspection, and their applicability in Jiroft, was prepared and distributed among experts, and then the data were entered into SPSS software. Finally through analyzing the data, Suggestions concerning the need for continued growth and sustainable income was made. The results showed that the average sustainability of the municipal services fee, provided by the citizens, is higher than other sources of funding. Subsequently is the movable and immovable property taxes, government provided taxes to the municipality, additional fees, the setting up of investment funds, government grants, and non-governmental participation in financing for-profit urban projects. It is also possible to apply the fee of municipal services to citizens more than other income-generating methods, followed by movable and immovable property taxes,government provided taxes, financing through investment funds and ex gratia donations. | <urn:uuid:57e9ba55-986c-45e3-99f1-16fc4a0ed628> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gahr.ir/article_102304.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.934207 | 358 | 2.6875 | 3 |
New Delhi (NVI): The counterfeit cases have caused a revenue loss of approximately INR 1 trillion annually to the Indian economy and have risen by 15% in 2019, Authentication Solutions Providers’ Association report said in a statement.
According to the report, Counterfeit cases have increased by 15% in 2019 and from a period of January to October. The Report was released at the 3rd Authentication Forum on counterfeiting in the country which was inaugurated by Former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu .
In the report, the top 10 sectors with the highest number of counterfeit cases are currency, Liquor, FMCG (Food & Beverages), Pharma, FMCG (Personal Care), Documents, Tobacco, Automotive, Construction Material, and Chemical
In terms of States, Uttar Pradesh is most affected by counterfeit incidents followed by Bihar, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Gujarat.
In terms of currency, approximately 25% of cases are reported from West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, 65% of liquor counterfeit cases are from UP & Jharkhand, over 50% of food adulteration cases are from UP, Rajasthan & Punjab and over 50% of cases of pharma duplication are from UP & Bihar.
Counterfeiting corrupts an economy in multiple ways by harming consumer rights, damaging brand equity, causing losses to industries and causing loss of government revenues.
The curbing for menace of counterfeiting causes could give a huge boost to the economic resources of the country, the report says, adding “widespread and proper implementation of authentication technologies, enforcement, awareness, and monitoring can effectively curb counterfeiting.” | <urn:uuid:ab73795c-bcdf-481e-827c-72d6a408012c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newsvibesofindia.com/counterfeiting-causes-rs-1-trillion-loss-to-india-per-year-report/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.94704 | 355 | 1.875 | 2 |
Based in Kaunas, Lithuania
7 Nov, 2020
The main concept of the game was taken from a laboratory facilities of University chemistry faculty. With additional features, these facilities have been turned into a gamified Virtual Reality “Escape room” type experience which is based on real chemical experiments. The main goal of the game is to escape the laboratory in a certain amount of time. Inside the virtual world, the player has to look for clues and perform chemical experiments to progress further ahead. At the current state of the game, there are three different kind of experiments that could be experienced. After completing a required experiment or another task, the player is awarded a part of a three-digit code. After collecting all the required parts of the code, the player is able to type in the code and finish the level. To make the experience even more immersive and simulative, the world is developed as a fully interactive one, meaning that there are possibilities to interact with almost every object in the level.
Development on Escape the Lab was started in early 2019’s by a small team of University students. It was initially intended to be a small project for a Student organization which was mostly based on chemistry, but thanks to the attention and feedback it got, the developers got motivated to develop the game even further and create something better, or at least an Educational VR title, that could be accessible to almost anyone.
- Three different types of experiments to perform;
- Fully interactive Virtual World – interact with almost every object that is inside the game;
- Possibility to mix various liquids to perform chemical reactions;
- Sandbox approach - interact with almost every object in the game;
- Competition with other players in the local or global leaderboards;
- Support for various Virtual Reality devices (Oculus rift, Oculus rift S, HTC vive, HTC vive pro, Valve Index, Windows mixed reality);
- Find all of the hidden secrets and collect the achievements;
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Awards & Recognition
- "Technorama" International Exhibition of Inventions by Young Researchers R1 prize award, 9 th May 2019
- "GameOn" Presentation at LT Game awards, 17 th November 2019
- "Other events" Presentations at conventions (“GameON 2019”, “University Fair”) 2019 – 2020
Read more about development progress /blogs.
More Photos /gallery.
About Moonleaf Studio
A small group of Lithuanian video game developers who are dedicated to creating immersive and interactive experiences for various platforms, but currently focused on Virtual Reality development..
Escape The Lab Credits
Game Developer, Web Developer
Game Designer, Developer
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Improve Your Health in 2020 with Fresh, Local Seafood!
When eating healthy is at the top of your list of resolutions for the coming year, one change that will make this much easier to accomplish is putting a focus on seafood. High in protein, vitamins, and minerals, seafood offers numerous health benefits. Replacing red meat in your diet with seafood will create many positives; just take a look at four essential components of your body below and learn how they will improve with help from seafood.
The Heart: Seafood contains omega-3 fatty acids, which can improve blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.
The Immune System: Intake of vitamin A is essential for keeping the immune system strong.
The Bones: Vitamin D lends strength to bones throughout the body.
The Brain: Seafood has a positive effect on memory and brain function.
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"The organization has created a suite of manual test cases using a text editor but is finding it difficult to maintain, use, and execute these test cases efficiently as the test organization's role grows. The test cases have proven effective in detecting defects before they reach production but the time required to manage and execute these test cases is now impacting the return on investment. Solution - invest in a test automation tool or suite of tools."
The first thing an organization must accomplish is to catalogue what needs or requirements the Testing Software is expected satisfy. There are three categories or "points-of-view" that must be addressed: Management / Organization, Test Architecture, and End-User.
Management / Organization Perspective
Management clearly stated the objective for purchasing the Test Automation solution was:
"The selected Test Automaton tool shall enable end-users to author, maintain, and execute automated test cases in a web-enabled, shareable environment. Furthermore the test automation tool shall support test case design, automation, and execution .best practices. as defined by the Test Organization. Minimum acceptable ROI is 5 hours saved for every hour currently invested."
General: Mercury WinRunner enabled the end-users to organize, author, and maintain a set of automated test cases and supporting software libraries in a shareable environment. Mercury WinRunner did support test case design, automation, and execution "best practices" as defined by the Test Organization but the framework to perform these tasks was certainly not "out-of-the-box". Mercury WinRunner provides the toolbox but it is the responsibility of the users to build and support the testing framework or purchase a testing framework that is compatible with Mercury WinRunner.
Development: Mercury WinRunner provides a software development environment designed to meet the needs of Test Automation Engineers. The programming language, Test Script Language (TSL), has the look and feel of a simplified version of C. Experienced Automation Engineers or developers should have little difficulty in becoming proficient TSL developers. The actual organization of the TSL code is left up to the Engineers - the test organization must take responsibility for organizing and maintaining this code base.
Mapping: Mercury WinRunner provides an effective GUI mapping utility that enables a skilled test automation engineer to map and maintain information on the application interface.
Wizards: Mercury WinRunner is a fully mature Tier 1 test automation development tool. It comes with a large catalogue of automation wizards - most of these wizards are aimed at the play and record test automation paradigm.
Maintenance: Mercury WinRunner is a test automation development studio, which allows for both development and maintenance of TSL code. Management and control of the software is left to the testing organization - therefore maintenance can become burdensome if the testing organization does not implement adequate configuration management practices.
Summary: Mercury WinRunner met the needs of the testing organization but additional investment in a Testing Framework and a clear development paradigm must be implemented with the automation tool. If the testing organization does not implement a clear development paradigm and testing framework any value derived from test automation will be lost to the long-term maintenance burden.
Management has defined the immediate organizational goal but the long-term architectural necessities must be defined by the testing organization. The Testing Organization clearly stated the Architectural requirements for the Test Automation tool were:
"The selected Test Automation tool shall have a history of operational success in the appropriate environments with a well established end-user community to draw upon. The tool must support enterprise wide collaboration over several simultaneous engagements / projects and smooth software upgrade path. The minimum acceptable ROI of 5 hours saved for every hour currently invested must be maintained across the enterprise and during any integration or upgrade activities."
Summary: Mercury WinRunner enabled the end-users to organize, author, and maintain a set of automated test scripts across the enterprise. WinRunner is used and supported by large geographically dispersed user community - Mercury supplies an open forum where this community can share solutions. Integration is available for configuration management tools, test management tools, requirement management tools, and commercial testing frameworks - including Mercury's own Mercury Quality Center. Mercury's WinRunner is a well established toolset which several vendors from inside and outside the testing tool space has chosen to integrate with.
End-User "Automation Engineer"
The End-User needs analysis detailed product capabilities as they apply to the testing process - this list of requirements extended for several pages and included several test automation challenges. In brief the End-User's stated that the Test Automation solution shall:
- Support the creation, implementation, and execution of Automated Test Cases.
- Support enterprise wide, controlled access to Test Automation (Web enabled preferred).
- Support Data Driven Automated Test Cases.
- Support Keyword enabled Test Automation.
- Enable Test Automation and verification of Web, GUI, .NET, and Java applications.
- Support the integration of other toolsets via a published API or equivalent capacity.
Summary: The Test Automation Engineers found that WinRunner supplied the basic framework required to meet all the organization's automation needs. An enterprise wide test automation solution was implemented once WinRunner was combined with a disciplined approach to Test Case Design and software control.
From their automation work with WinRunner the Test Automation engineers learned three (3) valuable lessons:
1. WinRunner is very dependent on the accuracy and robustness of the GUI map. The most effective way to construct and test a GUI map was to map against the most recent version and then test the map against earlier versions of the application. This helped the engineers identify object characteristics that would remain stable between releases - the engineers then used these object characteristics to map all objects of the same type. These mapping characteristics could be captured in the general startup script for all engineers.
2. WinRunner comes with the capacity to execute a standard startup script when it is invoked. This script could be used to standardize several operational aspects of WinRunner: GUI map configuration, standard functions, and shared libraries or scripts. This startup script could also be manipulated to allow each engineer to load shared libraries, GUI maps, and functions and to load their own versions of the same elements. In other words the shared libraries were loaded first and then (when desired) the engineer could load their versions of these libraries or functions allowing them to develop against a common code base without impacting other engineers.
3. WinRunner allows a group of engineers to work together by creating a common GUI map and script libraries. This enables the creation and maintenance of a toolkit that can be used and enhanced by the entire team. Once the automation solution has matured this shared resource can be managed using most configuration management tools - protecting the automation investment.
Mercury WinRunner is Tier 1 Test Automation solution that met the need of our Testing Organization. Once the organization had moved into the Test Automation space the architectural limitations of WinRunner. were recognized and compensated for by applying a supporting test framework. It should be noted that there are several competing testing frameworks that integrate smoothly with WinRunner. It should also be noted that there are several Test Automation tools - including Mercury's own QuickTestPro (QTP) - that provide a more comprehensive testing framework. The testing organization was able to maintain a return-on-investment of eight hours saved for every hour invested for each test cycle. | <urn:uuid:de011caa-deec-4e9b-b96c-8c6574fe081c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.onestoptesting.com/testing-articles/qtp/details/mercury-winrunner-evaluation-216.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.914807 | 1,522 | 1.5 | 2 |
Via 22.1 released
After a longer wait than usual, we are happy to finally announce Via 22.1. The new version of Via has a strong focus on public transport analysis improvements and includes several other smaller enhancements and bugfixes as well.
New and improved features
Analyze multiple transit routes
Via includes various functionality to analyze the performance of public transit routes. The more detailed public transport is modelled in MATSim, the larger the number of transit routes per line may get (e.g. having different routes or time profiles along routes for different times of day; additional partial routes during rush hours). Looking only at a single line transit route thus usually does not provide a very good picture of what’s going on. Via 22.1 now offers the functionality to analyze multiple routes—even from different lines—together as one to get a complete analysis of a network segment.
Visualization of transit analyses on the map
The aforementioned transit analysis charts usually get presented in a separate window. In Via 22.1, it is possible to visualize the aggregated values not only as charts, but directly as features on the map. This allows to quickly represent traffic flows between transit stops on the map.
In addition to the transit-related improvements listed above, the following smaller changes and bugfixes are also part of Via 22.1:
- Network-Export can be scripted (requires the Scripting plugin)
- Support of TSV (tab-separated values) files
- More precise activity locations when loading data from events from newer MATSim simulations.
- Show empty zones in (OD-)Aggregation Layers for a more consistent view of the data.
- Support of GeoTIFF raster images with embedded geospatial information and without separate world file.
- Various bug fixes.
Download the latest version
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- Three-quarters of respondents aged 16-25 felt that the "future is frightening."
- Meanwhile 64% of young people said that governments were not doing enough to avoid a climate crisis.
LONDON — A global study has found young people are suffering "profound psychological distress" due to climate change and government inaction on the crisis.
Some 45% of the 10,000 young people surveyed across 10 countries for the study, published Tuesday, said anxiety and distress over the climate crisis was affecting their daily life and ability to function.
Three-quarters of respondents aged 16-25 felt that the "future is frightening," while 64% of young people said that governments were not doing enough to avoid a climate crisis.
In fact, nearly two-thirds of young people felt betrayed by governments and 61% said governments were not protecting them, the planet or future generations.
The study, which was said to be the first large-scale research of its kind, was led by academics from the U.K.'s University of Bath and the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, among others. It is under peer review in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
"Such high levels of distress, functional impact and feelings of betrayal will inevitably impact the mental health of children and young people," the authors of the study warned.
They added that while climate anxiety may not constitute a mental illness in itself, "the realities of climate change alongside governmental failures to act are chronic, long term and potentially inescapable stressors; conditions in which mental health problems will worsen."
Caroline Hickman, a researcher from the University of Bath Climate Psychology Alliance and a co-lead author of the study, said that anxiety among children was a "completely rational reaction given the inadequate responses to climate change they are seeing from governments."
In addition, Liz Marks, a senior lecturer from the University of Bath and another co-lead author of the study, said it was "shocking to hear how so many young people from around the world feel betrayed by those who are supposed to protect them."
"Now is the time to face the truth, listen to young people, and take urgent action against climate change," she added.
Young people from countries in the Global South expressed more worry about the climate crisis, with 92% in the Philippines describing the future as "frightening." However, 81% of the young people surveyed in Portugal also expressed this level of concern, the highest rate among the Global North countries included in the study. Portugal has seen an increase in wildfires in recent years amid higher temperatures.
Separately, data published at the end of August by U.K. market research company Ipsos Mori found that public concern about climate change and pollution had climbed to record levels. This was based on a study of more than 1,000 U.K. adults, which found 38% over those aged over 55-year- old were likely to raise concerns around the environment, versus 24% of Britons aged 18-34. | <urn:uuid:813f9343-baa4-4291-8ac2-1f4b6393a583> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/nearly-half-of-young-people-worldwide-say-climate-change-anxiety-is-affecting-their-daily-life/2611694/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.975068 | 615 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Online Exhibition - Bert Flugelman
The Bert Flugelman Wry ARTificer exhibition was on display in the UOW Library Panizzi Gallery, from 5 November 2018 to 31 March 2019. This exhibition moved beyond the monumental public works that Bert was arguably best known for, to explore his multi-faceted character and constant evolution as an artist.
UOW Library Exhibitions Coordinator, Phillippa Webb, curated the exhibition by conducting extensive research of publications and historical accounts as well as interviewing many of Bert's past colleagues, collaborators and students. She also worked closely with the Bert Flugelman Estate, primarily Bert's daughter Kay, to deliver substantial collective insight into Bert's artistic mind.
Wry ARTificer featured many items from UOW Archives, the UOW Art Collection and private collections to demonstrate the variety and scope of Bert's artistic practice. Included were early paintings and sketches from the 1950s and 1960s, examples of Bert's maquettes, and the ceramic works in Double Spiral (2008), Lady Pot (1993), alongside examples of his exploration in performance art, installations and Earthworks.
Donald Brook Essay
The exhibition was officially opened on Saturday 10 November by Federal Court Judge, The Hon Justice John Edward Griffiths, and artist Ken Orchard, both long-time friends of Bert and his family.
Videos and documents
Bert Flugelman, Earthwork, 1975
Six aluminium tetrahedrons were buried in an unmarked spot in Commonwealth Park as part of the Commonwealth Gardens Sculpture Exhibition, Canberra, 1975
Bert Flugelman, Black Box, 1969
Photographs from Black Box: A social hedonistic environment installation, Oyster Bay
Portrait of Friendship, 2018
Guy Warren talks about the evolution of his 1985 Archibald winning portrait of Bert Flugelman
Bert Flugelman, by David Smith, 2009
Filmed by Optronic Kinetics member David Smith, while visiting Bert in Jamberoo 2009
Bert Flugelman Curriculum Vitae
Bert Flugelman - Friends and Colleagues, 2018
Speakers include Guy Warren, Julie Ewington, Sam Bienstock, Frank Littler, Dick Taylor, John Montelone, Greg Eager, Les Blakebrough, and David Smith. | <urn:uuid:07bdd085-7d49-4276-9c3d-a66105247694> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/pages/flugelmanexhibit | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.937871 | 487 | 1.640625 | 2 |
I was at the gym this evening, talking to God about the latest rendition of “the funk” that had settled upon me. I’d been feeling out of sorts since Labor Day morning and hadn’t been very aggressive in pushing back against it or figuring it out. This isn’t uncommon for me, having a melancholic bent, often heightened by prophetic impressions and/or feelings I can’t even put a finger upon. The feeling part of my Myers-Briggs personality type is my weakest, so I often don’t even know what I feel. I just sometimes know if the feelings aren’t normal.
Anyway, as I prayed into it a bit and was led down a path, I found myself contemplating the concept of denial-of-service attacks that Web sites sometimes come under. And I found a lot of good spiritual parallels to pull from. Please pardon the geek speak for a moment.
A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or people to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely…
One common method of attack involves saturating the target (victim) machine with external communications requests, such that it cannot respond to legitimate traffic, or responds so slowly as to be rendered effectively unavailable. In general terms, DoS attacks are implemented by either forcing the targeted computer(s) to reset, or consuming its resources so that it can no longer provide its intended service or obstructing the communication media between the intended users and the victim so that they can no longer communicate adequately.
In more simple terms, the most common form of denial-of-service attacks cyber criminals perform on Web sites involves perpetrators hijacking a bunch of computers and causing those computers to continually bombard a particular Web site or computer network with so much traffic that the site or network can no longer respond to legitimate traffic. Twitter, our dear Facebook, and Google News are some high profile sites that crumbled to DoS attacks in recent months, rendering them inaccessible to millions of people for hours or days on end.
DoS attacks can often happen to us as disciples of Jesus. We can become so bombarded with rogue, malicious thoughts and ideas that we “cannot respond to legitimate traffic” and are “rendered effectively unavailable.” Thus, we “can no longer provide [our] intended service.” Ranging from purely evil, diabolical thoughts to legitimate and entirely innocent concerns, these attacks effectively deny the Holy Spirit His voice and leading in our lives and immobilize us from heavenly fellowship and kingdom work.
This last round for me wasn’t a hyper intense attack. I wouldn’t even say I was entirely taken out by it. A better label for the situation would probably be a degradation-of-service attack (which, Wikipedia claims, can potentially cause more damage than an all-out DoS). But it certainly made its presence known. And it certainly did its job of hampering my communion with God and zeal for His kingdom.
So, in my prayers, what the Holy Spirit proposed is performing a reverse denial-of-service attack, of sorts. If we were to continually flood our mind with the Word of God, with prayers, with things that are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report and praiseworthy (Phil. 4:8), we’d effectively set up a denial-of-service toward the intents of the enemy. He’d be the one getting denied rather than the Holy Spirit.
This is hard work, considering how prevalent the spirit of the age and his messages are in our media-saturated culture. But it’s not impossible. Paul says to “rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thes. 5:16-18). If it’s God’s will, it’s possible. Where we see ourselves too weak to pull off such a feat as raising a continual prayer firewall against enemy attacks, His grace proves sufficient and His strength finds perfection in our weakness. | <urn:uuid:cfe72f5a-251d-4ef3-915b-9567fa1e7428> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://joelmaust.com/denial-of-service-attack/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.944856 | 919 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Taking an active role in shaping our global Jewish community
By Josh Yudkin
Whether it is paying synagogue dues so that you have seats for the High Holidays, Hebrew school tuition so that your child can have a bar or bat mitzvah or donations to the local Federation to support the home for the elderly and the food pantry, much of American Jewish communal involvement is based around money. Hillel holds phone-a-thons to support Shabbat meals on Friday nights; the Jewish Agency fundraises to send shlichim, or Israeli emissaries, to campuses and communities alike; Birthright solicits donations to provide a 10-day educational trip to Israel. “It takes a village” to sustain a village. It takes am Yisrael to sustain am Yisrael.
In general, we do a pretty great job at building strong and sustainable Jewish communities: Our peoplehood is resilient. In our American Jewish community, youth group conferences are welcomed by the local community, which often provides accommodations with local families. Synagogues welcome new families and community members with invitations to programming and connecting them with local families to celebrate Shabbat and other holidays. Federations have both educational and social programming that allows community members to connect, learn and contribute together. Our Jewish community comes together — across religiosity, age, ethnicity and customs — to celebrate, commemorate and enrich both our immediate Jewish community and beyond. Individuals invest in institutions, and institutions invest in individuals. The inherent bond of our fellowship between people and institutions is reciprocal.
Through the important education and work of our community’s leadership, am Yisrael feels a similar bond and commitment to care for the state of Israel and its citizens as well. From individual actions to community partnerships, there has been significant investment in making the state of Israel, the Jewish homeland, a safe and successful nation-state. In fact, through our collective efforts, Israel has become so successful that diaspora Jewish communities and other nation-states alike benefit from both Israeli investment and leadership abroad. Natan Sharansky, during his tenure as the chairman of the executive for the Jewish Agency, once reflected that people always think that shlichim are Israel’s gifts to the Jewish communities of the diaspora (which they are), but the truth is that their greatest gifts are the experiences, insights and lessons that they bring back to Israel. As evidenced, the bond between am Yisrael and the State of Israel is reciprocal, and the investments are mutually beneficial. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts, and am Yisrael is stronger.
Similar trends can be found in many Jewish communities throughout the world. I had the opportunity to attend Shabbat services in Berlin, a growing and diverse Jewish community that is still recovering from the horrors of the Holocaust. In both Tokyo and Dubai, the Jewish communities are small but mighty communities comprised largely of expats who welcomed me and Jews of all backgrounds with open arms. Even amidst significant antisemitism and tension in Paris, I was able to celebrate Shabbat alongside Muslims in an interreligious conference.
When looking at the 20th century, Jewish communities, often from the West, invested in less affluent and struggling Jewish communities. A dependency model developed in which some Jews and Jewish communities served as the benefactors for others. Importantly, the recipients of such chesed, or loving-kindness, never settled for this dynamic. Whether we look at Hanna Senesh, who literally jumped out of a plane behind enemy lines to help Jews in even more dire conditions than her own, how communities who once received resources now contribute resources to other vulnerable communities or the way philanthropists from such communities are now investing in their once-benefactors, it is evident that kol Yisrael areivim zeh bazeh, or that all Jews are responsible for one another and our shared destiny. Generational wealth and generational needs change. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, “The only thing constant is change.” Yet, amidst this change, the Jewish constant has been kol Yisrael areivim zeh bazeh.
But I am concerned for our global peoplehood. I worry that this same fervor and belief is not shared by all members of our imagined Jewish community. Echoing the proverb that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link, now is the time to ask what expectations we have of one another as individuals and as communities that identify as part of am Yisrael. Knowing that our imagined community of global Jewry is heterogeneous and dispersed, what does our reciprocal bond entail globally?
As a Fulbright Scholar, I spent the past six months living in Bogotá. Similar to the story of Jewish immigrants in America, I watched the way families who were once refugees escaping the Holocaust from Europe or expulsion from Arab lands now practice their Judaism freely in their way. As a collective, I observed how the Jewish community has thrived and built strong relationships with the government so that a 20-foot hanukkiah burns in the middle of the boulevard in one of the most chic neighborhoods of Latin America.
Prior to my arrival in Bogotá, I had executives at three major international Jewish organizations make introductions to the local Jewish community leadership. I personally reached out and met with community leadership multiple times asking to get involved in the community. When I asked how to learn more and get involved in the community, I was told it is pretty insular and inactive right now, but that I could join their country club. I suggested that I could join a synagogue (so that I could attend services), and, to date, I am still waiting to receive an application. I mustered permission to attend services for Yom Kippur, and, while many noticed me, they never once said chag sameach (happy holidays) or tzom kal (have an easy fast) in any language. I was never once invited to a Shabbat dinner.
As donors, stakeholders and participants in our global Jewish community, we are change agents. We shape and support what am Yisrael should feel like. We advocate and articulate what we need and expect from our global Jewish community.
Whether we look back at Abraham in the Torah, or we look at the innovative work being done by organizations like the Joint Distribution Committee or Moishe House, hachnasat orchim, or hospitality, is a timeless Jewish value that has been present across the globe. After financial support, it may be the most visible manifestation of kol Yisrael arevim zeh bazeh. Our tradition is based on living together as a community, and, candidly, we cannot afford to be insular. It is against our nature.
Tactically, our investment in am Yisrael enriches this community through tangible programs like shlichim, enhanced security and educational programming. In turn, this community enriches our global Jewish community. Rabbi Hillel taught, “Do not separate yourself from the community.” In this case, it is important to remember that every physical community is part of our greater imagined am Yisrael. It takes all of am Yisrael to sustain all of am Yisrael.
As the world becomes flatter and more intertwined and interconnected, global Jewish peoplehood becomes less imagined and more tangible. Our ability to interact with and learn from one another is enhanced, and relationships that were largely financial become experiential. Shared experiences and deep meaningful relationships that enrich am Yisrael and the world are new currencies that may be more lucrative investments in our wellbeing and future than mere dollars.
Kol Yisrael areivim zeh bazeh is our timeless Jewish constant. Our wellbeing and future depend on it. How do you want to support others? What are your needs from our global Jewish community? What does it mean to be part of our global Jewish peoplehood that we call am Yisrael?
Joshua Yudkin currently serves as an executive committee member of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas’ Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and is a co-founder of JUST Conversations. He is an epidemiologist by training who was recently awarded a Fulbright research grant and works at the intersection of community building and public health. | <urn:uuid:777be7d7-3083-4762-88d8-349d0d71b55d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tjpnews.com/its-not-about-the-money/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.96274 | 1,707 | 1.554688 | 2 |
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy recently released a 2012 study about drug use and crime titled “Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program II” which stated that marijuana is prevalent in a large percentage of arrests for crime. Curiously missing in the study, as reported by Reason Magazine is the data on the prevalence of alcohol use in these arrests. Reason has filed a freedom of information request for the missing data after a Twitter inquiry was stonewalled by the ONDCP Communications Director Rafael Lemaitre. The text of the Twitter feed can be read with the Reason article at. http://reason.com/blog/2013/05/28/why-did-the-drug-czars-office-withhold-a
Alcohol consumption by volume and frequency of use were in the questions asked of the arrestees but that data was eliminated from the report. See page ten, Exhibit 2.1 to see the questions posed to the participants. http://www.scribd.com/doc/143455182/2012-ANNUAL-REPORT-ARRESTEE-DRUG-ABUSE-MONITORING-PROGRAM-II
Official White House Policy, “Only release information that furthers the cause of marijuana prohibition and hide the truth when it does not”. The war on marijuana is a horrible and hateful miscarriage of justice, perpetuated with lies and misinformation to protect big business from competition or loss from legal marijuana. Millions of lives and families have been harmed by this unjust war so far. How long will we continue to tolerate this kind of interference in our lives by our government. We aren’t free if we can’t make decisions about our own health and safety.
Update to original article:
The Drug Czar’s office responded to why they omitted data on alcohol in the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring report.
Last week, we released the 2012 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Annual Report (ADAM II), a long running study that reveals the percentage of arrestees in certain U.S. cities/counties testing positive for at least one illegal drug at the time of arrest….Typically, however, the annual ADAM report does not include findings about alcohol use. Why? Here are three reasons:
1. Simply put, the nexus between alcohol use and crime is already well documented….Moreover, there are already many other surveys that compare rates of legal drug use to illegal drug use….What’s harder to investigate, however, are emerging trends in illegal drug use – which fluctuate and shift more widely compared to alcohol – at the local level, and among a highly transient, often homeless criminal justice population.
2. The ADAM II study doesn’t test arrestees for alcohol in the first place. One of the primary characteristics that make the ADAM II survey unique is that it collects bioassay data (urinalysis) from arrestees within 48 hours of arrest (as opposed to larger surveys such as NSDUH that rely solely on a questionnaire). Since ADAM II only tests for certain illegal drugs (marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines/methamphetamine, Darvon, PCP, benzodiazepines, methadone, and barbiturates), there are no data on positive alcohol results to report in the study.
As part of the data collection process, some questions are asked about alcohol use, but since the focus of the annual report is on the drug test results, the findings from the alcohol questions are not included in the report. However, in keeping with the scientific principles of transparency and accessibility and Administration policy, ONDCP makes the complete ADAM II raw data file available to researchers so they can conduct their own analyses. These raw data are available for previous years of ADAM data collection through the University of Michigan’s Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a data warehouse used by many Federal agencies to make their data available to the research community. (Users must first register with the ICPSR and sign a user’s agreement, and more recent years data will be available there soon).
3. The primary focus of ONDCP is to reduce illegal drug use and its consequences. A component of the Executive Office of the President, ONDCP was created by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (you can read our Congressional authorization here). Accordingly, ONDCP’s primary mission has focused on efforts to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences.
Associate Editor Mike Riggs of Reason Magazine is still disappointed in the response because the information requested from the ONDCP is still not available. Data on alcohol from previous years of the same report is available as raw data from a third-party, but only up to 2010.
These raw data are available for previous years of ADAM data collection through the University of Michigan’s Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a data warehouse used by many Federal agencies to make their data available to the research community. (Users must first register with the ICPSR and sign a user’s agreement, and more recent years data will be available there soon). http://reason.com/blog/2013/05/28/drug-czars-office-admits-to-omitting-alc | <urn:uuid:0ea47619-c084-4bcd-92d2-afb9d559ab51> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://itsmycountrytoo.org/tag/crime/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.929107 | 1,119 | 1.671875 | 2 |
ISLAMABAD, NOV 28 (DNA) – Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi had a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah of Kuwait on the sidelines of the 47th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the OIC in Niamey, Niger.
The two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations, COVID-19 situation, the worsening situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) and regional security.
Foreign Minister Qureshi stated that Pakistan and Kuwait enjoyed close historical and fraternal relations.
The Foreign Minister highlighted that a large number of Pakistanis living in Kuwait were making major contribution in the socio-economic development of Kuwait.
The Foreign Minister underscored Pakistan’s desire to transform close political relations into a robust economic partnership.
Foreign Minister Qureshi, while highlighting the COVID-19 as a formidable global health and economic challenge, appreciated the steps to counter the spread of pandemic.
He stated that despite limited resources the Government of Pakistan’s smart lockdown policy had helped in effectively countering the spread of the pandemic in Pakistan.
The two Foreign Ministers agreed to enhance cooperation in various fields including agriculture and food security.
Foreign Minister Qureshi briefed his Kuwaiti counterpart on the aggravating human rights and humanitarian situation in IIOJK since 5 August 2019, and India’s illegal measures to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory.
The Foreign Minister thanked the Government of Kuwait for its consistent support to Pakistan on the Jammu & Kashmir dispute.
The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister highlighted Kuwait’s steadfast position on the Jammu & Kashmir dispute.
The two Foreign Ministers agreed to enhance contacts at higher level to further strengthen bilateral cooperation.
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Vancouver has pledged to derive all of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2050, after its city council passed the mayor’s motion in an unanimous vote. It’s the first city in Canada—and one of the few urban centers worldwide—to take this major step to away from fossil fuels.
In a statement from Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson, city staff have been directed to come up with a reasonable timeline by this fall on how to shift the city to 100 percent clean energy, which will tackle everything from transportation, buildings and even street lights. Currently, only 32 percent of Vancouver’s current energy need is met by renewable power, the motion said.
“Cities, as the most direct level of government, need to take action,” Robertson said before the historic vote. “The world can’t wait for national governments to finish their negotiations. It’s time we get on the path of figuring out how to eliminate fossil fuels in as aggressive of a timeline as is realistic.”
The city plans to cut rising costs due to the impacts of climate change and the resulting extreme weather, which have cost metro Vancouver an estimated $9.5 billion, the motion said.
The motion also called for regional, provincial and national governments to advocate for a worldwide commitment to renewable energy.
“Cities around the world must show continued leadership to meet the urgent challenge of climate change, and the most impactful change we can make is a shift toward 100 percent of our energy being derived from renewable sources,” Robertson said. “The future of Vancouver’s economy and livability will depend on our ability to confront and adapt to climate change, and moving toward renewable energy is another way that Vancouver is working to become the greenest city in the world.”
In 2011, Vancouver released its award-winning Greenest City 2020 Action Plan, pledging to become the greenest city in the world by 2020. Since making the declaration, the city has made progress in decreasing total water consumption by 18 percent, decreasing landfill- or incinerator-bound solid waste by 12 percent, as well as other green measures.
Cities such as San Francisco, Sydney, Stockholm and Copenhagen have similar goals to shift to renewable energy or go fossil-free by 2050.
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"Be of good heart." I love that because it is true. We should be of good heart no matter what happens because we know—or we should know—that we are Mary's very own children and that she loves us beyond what words can adequately describe. We have, not only the right, but the obligation to call out to her when we are in trouble. Like all good mothers, her ears are tuned to the voices of her children. She knows each one individually and is constantly listening.
—from the book Forgiving Mother: A Marian Novena of Healing and Peace by Marge Steinhage Fenelon franciscan media
✞Quote "A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." — St. Basil the Great
✞ MEDITATION OF THE DAY "Scattered about the entire earth, your mother the Church is tormented by the assaults of error. She is also afflicted by the laziness and indifference of so many of the children she carries around in her bosom as well as by the sight of so many of her members growing cold, while she becomes less able to help her little ones. Who then will give her the necessary help she cries for if not her children and other members to whose number you belong?" — Saint Augustine, p. 90 AN EXCERPT FROM Augustine Day by Day
✞ VERSE OF THE DAY "Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds." Hebrews 10:23-24
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Saint Francis de Sales
(August 21, 1567 – December 28, 1622)
Francis was destined by his father to be a lawyer so that the young man could eventually take his elder's place as a senator from the province of Savoy in France. For this reason Francis was sent to Padua to study law. After receiving his doctorate, he returned home and, in due time, told his parents he wished to enter the priesthood. His father strongly opposed Francis in this, and only after much patient persuasiveness on the part of the gentle Francis did his father finally consent. Francis was ordained and elected provost of the Diocese of Geneva, then a center for the Calvinists. Francis set out to convert them, especially in the district of Chablais. By preaching and distributing the little pamphlets he wrote to explain true Catholic doctrine, he had remarkable success.
At 35, he became bishop of Geneva. While administering his diocese he continued to preach, hear confessions, and catechize the children. His gentle character was a great asset in winning souls. He practiced his own axiom, "A spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrelful of vinegar."
Besides his two well-known books, the Introduction to the Devout Life and A Treatise on the Love of God, he wrote many pamphlets and carried on a vast correspondence. For his writings, he has been named patron of the Catholic Press. His writings, filled with his characteristic gentle spirit, are addressed to lay people. He wants to make them understand that they too are called to be saints. As he wrote in The Introduction to the Devout Life: "It is an error, or rather a heresy, to say devotion is incompatible with the life of a soldier, a tradesman, a prince, or a married woman…. It has happened that many have lost perfection in the desert who had preserved it in the world. "
In spite of his busy and comparatively short life, he had time to collaborate with another saint, Jane Frances de Chantal, in the work of establishing the Sisters of the Visitation. These women were to practice the virtues exemplified in Mary's visit to Elizabeth: humility, piety, and mutual charity. They at first engaged to a limited degree in works of mercy for the poor and the sick. Today, while some communities conduct schools, others live a strictly contemplative life.
Reflection Francis de Sales took seriously the words of Christ, "Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart." As he said himself, it took him 20 years to conquer his quick temper, but no one ever suspected he had such a problem, so overflowing with good nature and kindness was his usual manner of acting. His perennial meekness and sunny disposition won for him the title of "Gentleman Saint."
Saint Francis de Sales is the Patron Saint of: Authors Deafness Journalists Writers
Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Reading 1 2 Sm 7:4-17
That night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said: "Go, tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Should you build me a house to dwell in? I have not dwelt in a house from the day on which I led the children of Israel 319 out of Egypt to the present, but I have been going about in a tent under cloth. In all my wanderings everywhere among the children of Israel, did I ever utter a word to any one of the judges whom I charged to tend my people Israel, to ask: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'
"Now then, speak thus to my servant David, 'The LORD of hosts has this to say: It was I who took you from the pasture and from the care of the flock to be commander of my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you went, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. And I will make you famous like the great ones of the earth. I will fix a place for my people Israel; I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place without further disturbance. Neither shall the wicked continue to afflict them as they did of old, since the time I first appointed judges over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also reveals to you that he will establish a house for you. And when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his Kingdom firm. It is he who shall build a house for my name. And I will make his royal throne firm forever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And if he does wrong, I will correct him with the rod of men and with human chastisements; but I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from your predecessor Saul, whom I removed from my presence. Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever.'"
Nathan reported all these words and this entire vision to David.
Responsorial Psalm PS 89:4-5, 27-28, 29-30 R. (29a) For ever I will maintain my love for my servant. "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: I will make your dynasty stand forever and establish your throne through all ages." R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant. "He shall cry to me, 'You are my father, my God, the Rock that brings me victory!' I myself make him firstborn, Most High over the kings of the earth." R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant. "Forever I will maintain my love for him; my covenant with him stands firm. I will establish his dynasty forever, his throne as the days of the heavens." R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
Alleluia R. Alleluia, alleluia. The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower; all who come to him will live forever. R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Mk 4:1-20
On another occasion, Jesus began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land. And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them, "Hear this! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. And when the sun rose, it was scorched and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no grain. And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit. It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold." He added, "Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear."
And when he was alone, those present along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables. He answered them, "The mystery of the Kingdom of God has been granted to you. But to those outside everything comes in parables, so that they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but not understand, in order that they may not be converted and be forgiven."
Jesus said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables? The sower sows the word. These are the ones on the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, receive it at once with joy. But they have no roots; they last only for a time. Then when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who hear the word, but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit. But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."
Meditation: 2 Samuel 7:4-17
Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial)
I will . . . establish a house for you. (2 Samuel 7:11)
In the middle of the nineteenth century, an Italian priest named John Bosco established a home and school for delinquent boys in the city of Turin. Having grown up in poverty, Bosco was no stranger to financial need. Despite the support of wealthy benefactors, he never seemed to have enough funds. But God provided for him and for his hundreds of orphans in marvelous ways. Sometimes he would multiply a small basket of rolls or a sack of chestnuts so that all four hundred boys could eat. Bosco, who was canonized in 1934, believed that God would always provide their "daily bread"—and he did.
Today's first reading focuses on God's desire to provide for his people. Rather than allowing King David to build a house for him
(a temple to the Lord), God promises, "I will . . . establish a house for you" (2 Samuel 7:11). He reminds David that he is the One who has chosen him to become king, he is the One who destroyed all of Israel's enemies, and he is the One who has brought the kingdom into an era of peace and plenty.
Just as God provided for David, so he has provided for us. It all began when he gave us the gift of life. He also brought us into his family through Baptism, offered us salvation through his Son, and now feeds us with his own Bread of Life. Wherever we go, whatever we do, our generous God is with us. He will never leave us. He will never stop providing for us.
If you were to try to tally up all the ways God has shown you his care, you might, like David, need to sit down and catch your breath (2 Samuel 7:18)! Imagine: the God of the entire universe has taken a special concern for you, down to every hair on your head.
So stop and reflect today on God's generosity to you over the past week. Did you sense his presence in prayer? Did he encourage you through the smile of a friend? Did he calm your fears with a sense of his presence? These are all ways he is building a home for you.
"Thank you, Father, for your generosity!"
Psalm 89:4-5, 27-30 Mark 4:1-20
my2cents: The Holy Word began today: ""Go, tell my servant David".
This was a direct command. The prophet, the word of God spoke. David listened. We can't say David spoke direct with God like the prophet, but David obeyed. He prayed. He listened. The Word of God then became living and effective. This message is for all who have ears....for His voice. He speaks direct and indirect. What happens to the Word? Let us continue dear servant of God!
Let us pray:
"For ever I will maintain my love for my servant." God's promise of mercy endures until this day. _ "Forever I will maintain my love for him" This is a call for your love in return. " my covenant with him stands firm." and the covenant is reaffirmed in the Holy Sacraments to this day. " I will establish his dynasty forever, his throne as the days of the heavens."_ This is yet to be established on earth as it is in Heaven, your will to His. God gave us a life with a calling. Most yearn to understand their place, their role in this life...for Him. Let it be known now. That yearning is His desire.
In the Holy Gospel, our Lord embarks on a boat. They say in Revelation, " before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind." He embarks on the sea to speak from His throne. God speaks. And He launches words to be forever recorded in history...the parable of the sower. The Word of God is launched into your very eyes...will they be planted in your heart this very day? Lord please, yes. I will not repeat the Words because you know them, the word lands on different soils...souls. Some are ready. Some are not. God keeps on sowing. Check this out. Yesterday, this co-worker mentioned this restaurant in town that he detests, and I said "I just took my family there last month and all the food was very good." then I asked him "how long has it been since you ate there? One year ago?" he replies "no, it's been two years!". We can't say things won't change, hearts won't change. Just because a heart is closed to the Word today, it don't mean it will be closed tomorrow. God keeps on going and sowing. His mercy is that way, tremendous. But woe to me if I stop sowing the Word of God! It would be like tying a rope to my neck with the other end a stone to be tossed over the bridge. Because I would be teaching others the same.
I serve much in His Kingdom. You serve too. What do you serve and how do you serve? I see seeds planted, and they sprout in some souls. Then...some in a month, fade away, some in a year, some in 3 or 4 or more. Some can't give fruit because they are being choked by lures of the world, lures that Jesus calls riches and anxieties. So true. Everything He says is so true. These keep so many souls trapped in weeds and can't give fruit designed by God to spread, proliferate, infiltrate and propagate. Rocks become fertile soil, like lava. Give it time. Give God more time. More of your day. More of your pocketbook. More of your diary. More of your calendar. More of your talent. Learn to be giving and learn to be like God. There is good news here. God doesn't change. He is always good.
Now, let me give you some help that I received yesterday. I hopped in my truck to do something, just drove for less than a minute and I heard on EWTN, I think Fr. Wade, saying pointers on how to discern God's will. I stopped and wrote down these things because we need them in guidance in our spiritual life, listen to God's will by applying that thought you have, if it's God will: 1. Is it in line with church teaching? 2. Does it come while praying? 3.Does it ask for faith? 4. Does it foster interior and exterior charity? 5. it is often repeated in intellect and gives peace 6. idea grows stronger over time If so, this very well may be God's will. Always not for your own betterment but for His Kingdom, right? This is a flowering effect as I look upon it. And often, it is unavoidable so long as you are open to His life, His will, His...service.
God calls David "His servant". So often we want to know God's will, but in all places, like work, family, but what about God's will for His Kingdom? Then ask "does this job opportunity give more time to be with God?" Hmm. It's not all about the benjamins, even though you'd think "I could give more to church". Ask yourself in family matters "does this idea bring about a better faith for my children?" because so often we want answers, but are asking the wrong questions. One of the things I have to keep from my kids are distractions. While praying, keep toys away. While at Mass try to pay attention. While driving, what are we listening to? While on vacation, where do we go? No church? Ahh. We must focus every aspect of our lives on Him!
What if I told you, your anxieties are produced by focusing on temporal matters? Like your health, like your wealth, like your loves? What if I told you that your life could be full of grace and joy? Would you take me up on it? Would you then, step onto the boat and then....step out on to the oceans of time? The waves would not affect Jesus. He is constant. I am asking you for your commitment. I am not asking you to spell out your problems. Everyone I know has problems and none more important than others. I am asking you for what God wants....faith, faithfulness, faith in a faithless world, fruit in a fruitless world, light in a light-less world, love in an unloving world. The parable of the sower is one of God and you. God provides: life and seed. Seeds to multiply. It is the book of Genesis to Revelation, of the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and the end, it is all about life. This then is the Word of Life, book of life, not like Hollywood depicts it, but as God has proclaimed. Just because the seed didn't take once, doesn't mean it won't take ever. It takes constancy on our part. A constant love. I have gone long here, I know, but, how long do you have?
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BELFAST, Ireland — The former leader of Ireland's Sinn Fein party says nationalist militants opposed to a peace deal with Northern Ireland may be behind an overnight attack on his home.
Gerry Adams said on Saturday that an explosive device was thrown at his home in Belfast. A second device was thrown at the home of the party's former Northern Ireland Chairman Bobby Storey, he said.
Adams told journalists that no one was hurt in either attack, but that two of his grandchildren had been in his driveway 10 minutes before and could have been killed.
A police spokesman said remnants of "large industrial, firework-type devices capable of causing serious damage or injury" were found at both locations after the attacks, which he said took place late on Friday.
The Belfast attacks came after days of street violence in Northern Ireland's second city Londonderry, which police blamed on militant Irish nationalists opposed to a 1998 peace deal that Adams helped to broker.
Asked if dissident Irish nationalists were responsible for the attack on his home, Adams said that "there may be a connection with what is happening in Derry," referring to Londonderry.
Adams later said he was willing to meet with dissident nationalists and pro-British groups involved in violence in east Belfast in a bid to end recent street violence.
Northern Ireland's peace deal largely ended three decades of violence between Irish nationalists who wanted the region to join the Republic of Ireland and pro-British unionists who wanted it to remain British. More than 3,000 died in the violence.
Several groups of dissident Irish nationalists remain active and carry out occasional attacks, but their capacity is tiny compared with the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which decommissioned its weapons after the 1998 deal.
Many of the dissidents consider Adams and his Sinn Fein party — the former political wing of the IRA — as having betrayed the Irish nationalist cause by signing a peace agreement with the British government.
Political leaders in Northern Ireland have warned that Britain's decision to leave the European Union and the possibility of infrastructure on the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish republic for the first time since 1998 could help dissident groups to recruit new members.
Police on Friday blamed dissident groups including the Real IRA for several nights of violence in Londonderry.
On Friday, 74 petrol bombs and two improvised explosive devices were thrown during street violence in the city, which Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable George Hamilton said included attempts to murder police officers.
A spokeswoman on Saturday said police were attending incidents at two locations in West Belfast, but did not give any further details.
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Apostles redirect misplaced praise
Acts 3:11–16 (ASV 1901)
11And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering. 12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk? 13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you, 15and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. 16And by faith in his name hath his name made this man strong, w...
Acts 10:25–26 (ASV 1901)
25And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 26But Peter raised him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Acts 14:8–18 (ASV 1901)
8And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked. 9The same heard Paul speaking, who, fastening his eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole, 10said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked. 11And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. 13And the priest of Jupiter whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes. 14But whe... | <urn:uuid:3d16cfff-ffb4-4082-a927-2b8b2ddea09a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://walkingtogether.life/scripture-testimony-index-subject/2625/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.977991 | 468 | 1.6875 | 2 |
“Today feeds on yesterday in order to move forward towards tomorrow.”
Bertolt Brecht (German playwright and poet)
The social sciences program aims to help students understand that human and social life is in a constant state of change and development. Students are introduced to the concepts of history, nature and culture, and develop their ability to adapt to the different aspects of the time and environment in which they live.
The aim of the department is to educate children to:
become individuals who understand and embrace Atatürk’s principles and reforms;
respect democracy, human rights and freedoms;
question, research and are able to use what they learn in appropriate and effective ways;
are able to interpret national and international events according to what they have learnt;
are able to understand the cause-effect relationship between events;
make good use of their time;
are hard-working and creative.
With our Social Sciences program we aim for our students to:
Understand that human and social life is in a constant state of change and development, and be able to adapt to the differences in the time and environment in which they live;
Understand the past by analyzing it and be able to use the past to interpret the present and contemporary life;
Develop their study, learning, problem-solving and decision-making skills, and be able to use their creativity while doing so;
Know and assume the responsibilities of citizenship;
Understand their environment and have an awareness of their history, nature, the environment and culture;
Develop the necessary skills related to their personal development, human relations and social responsibility, enabling them to cope with change and the problems of daily life;
Be aware that thinking freely, being tolerant, critical thinking and questioning can exist together.
20TH-CENTURY WORLD POLITICAL HISTORY:
This course is specifically designed for our 8th graders and it aims to address the most important political and social events/ leaders of the century in a chronological order.
This course is for our 7th graders and it aims to ensure that our students can gain a global perspective on humanity through the course of Cultural Anthropology and to make the world increasingly complex and connected to each other. Also, it aims to help them perceive their place in the world and to gain the knowledge and skill accumulation needed to find ways between cultures intertwined networks.
“LOVE YOUR HISTORY INTRODUCE YOUR COUNTRY” PROJECT
Every year in Istanbul or in other places of our country with historical and cultural values, our students volunteer to be tourist guides and contribute to the promotion of the country. They introduce their own cultures and find the possibility to recognize other cultures. They also get a chance to socialize with others and use foreign languages.
PANORAMA 1453 DATE MUSEUM TRIP
Every year with our 7th grade students, a trip to the PANORAMA 1453 HISTORY MUSEUM is done where students get the chance to see the conquest of Istanbul as a three-dimensional panoramic.
ISTANBUL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM TRIP
With our 6th grade students, a trip to the ISTANBUL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM is organized every year to study the works of the ancient civilizations.
GENERAL CULTURE AND INFORMATION COMPETITIONS
At the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade level, the General Culture and Knowledge competitions which are traditionally contested and enjoyed by our students are organized annually.
SOCIAL SCIENCES PROJECT COMPETITIONS
Every year with the participation of the 6th and 7th grade students, Social Sciences Project Competitions are held in different themes.
SEV TURKISH ARTS AND SOCIAL FAIR/FESTIVAL
Each year, the Social Sciences festival is organized in either İzmir or Tarsus SEV where we participate with our projects and students works.
CITY AND CULTURE CLUB
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Sunday, January 10, 2016
The Stage Is Set For Books
Whenever I attend something theatrical – ballet, comedy show, play or concert - always get my creative juices flowing. Aside from being entertained and stimulated by the unfolding creative arts, I also feel inspired as a writer and as someone who has a vivid imagination. I also think of how I’d make the show better, even though I know nothing about producing such things. Do you experience the same things?
I recently attended Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater, a rich performance at the City Center in New York City. It’s the 45th season for the celebrated and honored dance company. As I watched the dance unfold, I thought about how books and publishing just don’t have such a grand stage.
Sure, many things are connected to books. Many plays were books first and many books are written about plays, music groups, and artistic performers. But when will books be on the stage, center row?
I guess theater is a book acted out and dances are what words look like when expressed in the human form. How else could books be a show?
One thing that the theatrical arts get that books really don’t is the public group experience. We read privately, at our own pace, in our own voice. But when we attend a theater, we experience the same things as a group, side by side on another, by the hundreds or thousands. We can see it, feel it, and hear it. Dances and plays are multi-dimensional, alive, and powerful. Oh, as a writer, I would love to feel that.
Writers hear quiet applause online, through FB likes, or newspaper reviews, or small gatherings in bookstores. But when does the writer feel his or her fans, living out the words written in a book?
Dancers sprawling across the stage, in uniforms that reveal the sensual and sexual body of a young dancer – amazing! A voice that fills an arena and lifts its audience to feel its soul – tremendous! A play where actors and actresses demonstrate a dream, an ideal, or a piece of history in crystal-clear color -- stupendous! But books feel flat and isolated and hidden. Or are they?
Books enliven readers and stay with them long after they’re read. Their words define our lives and help us see the world differently. Maybe books get individual stages, millions of them, for us to act out.
Our minds serve as the spotlight, the theater of our dreams, fantasies, and desires. We may read the same book but our experience of it will vary. A book gets a new stage with every reader. How do books play out in your life? For me, I see life dancing and singing and dramatizing the best we could ever experience as long as it’s lived through the eyes of our books.
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Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, Illinois, USA – Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI Sunday, August 5, 2012. Station WB9SA in Illinois, USA will call NA1SS at approximately 10:06 UT.
Space Jam 6 is a Boy Scout and Girl Scout weekend event that helps to prepare youth for an increasingly technology oriented future. While we still teach our core pioneering skills, today’s pioneers are involved in the space program. If the young people today want to be ready for this future they need the STEM skills that we focus on. Space Exploration, Robotics, Electronics, Radio, Engineering and Aviation are just a few of the 38 merit badges we are offering. Our theme this year is the History of Aviation and with the help of the Young Eagles program we are able to offer actual airplane rides to Scouts. Our event is located at the Rantoul, Illinois Airport, formally the Chanute Air Base, where some Tuskegee airman began their training and we will have a couple representatives give a keynote speech to the Scouts. Next year, our theme will be the Future of Space Exploration. | <urn:uuid:4a13c32b-0fe2-4a26-8ffe-049d2e8ec908> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://amsat-uk.org/2012/08/04/upcoming-ariss-contact-sunday-august-5-2012/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.933823 | 238 | 2 | 2 |
World’s plastic waste could bury all of Manhattan in two miles of trash
by Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press
Plastics don't break down like other man-made materials, meaning most of the plastic produced since the 1950s is still around. To make matters worse, the study finds production of the synthetic material is only increasing
WASHINGTON—Industry has made more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and there’s enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash, according to a new cradle-to-grave global study.
Plastics don’t break down like other man-made materials, so three-quarters of the stuff ends up as waste in landfills, littered on land and floating in oceans, lakes and rivers, according to the research reported in Wednesday’s journal Science Advances .
“At the current rate, we are really heading toward a plastic planet,” said study lead author Roland Geyer, an industrial ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. “It is something we need to pay attention to.”
The plastics boom started after World War II, and now plastics are everywhere. They are used in packaging like plastic bottles and consumer goods like cellphones and refrigerators. They are in pipes and other construction material. They are in cars and clothing, usually as polyester.
Study co-author Jenna Jambeck of the University of Georgia said the world first needs to know how much plastic waste there is worldwide before it can tackle the problem.
They calculated that of the 9.1 billion tons made, nearly 7 billion tons are no longer used. Only 9 per cent got recycled and another 12 per cent was incinerated, leaving 5.5 billion tons of plastic waste on land and in water.
Using the plastics industry own data, Geyer, Jambeck and Kara Lavender Law found that the amount of plastics made and thrown out is accelerating. In 2015, the world created 448 million tons of plastic—more than twice as much as made in 1998.
China makes the most plastic, followed by Europe and North America.
“The growth is astonishing and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down soon,” Geyer said.
About 35 per cent of the plastic made is for packaging, like water bottles. Geyer said his figures are higher than other calculations because he includes plastics material woven into fibers like polyester clothing, including microfiber material.
An official of a U.S. trade group said the plastics industry recognizes the problem and is working to increase recycling and reduce waste.
“Plastics are used because they are efficient, they are cost effective and they do their jobs,” said Steve Russell, vice-president of plastics for the American Chemistry Council , an industry association that represents manufacturers. “And if we didn’t have them, the impact on the environment would be worse.”
Using alternatives to plastics for packaging and consumer goods such as glass, paper or aluminum requires more energy, Russell said.
The world still makes more concrete and steel than plastic, but the big difference is that they stay longer in buildings and cars and degrade better than plastic, Geyer said. Except for what is burned, “all the plastics that we made since 1950 are still with us,” he said.
“The fact that it becomes waste so quickly and that it’s persistent is why it’s piling up in the environment,” said Chelsea Rochman, a professor of ecology at the University of Toronto. She wasn’t part of the study but like other outside experts praised it for thoroughness and accuracy.
“At some point we will run out of room to put it,” she said in an email. “Some may argue we already have and now it’s found in every nook and cranny of our oceans.”
Plastic waste in water has been shown to harm more than 600 species of marine life, said Nancy Wallace, marine debris program director for the U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. Whales, sea turtles, dolphins, fish and sea birds are hurt or killed, she said.
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Reading a writer and locating him in his own times is not the only idea of delving into this narrative. Being aware of the aesthetic shifts that have taken place in Indian Writing in English from its beginning to its present avatar, it is necessary to go back and reassess the hidden layers of our past and therefore Kylas Chunder Dutt’s narrative needs to be studied more carefully now. Though it bears the significance as the first ever fictional narrative in English penned by an Indian writer, it was written at a time when this new genre of writing in English did not even have a commonly agreed nomenclature. Without any logical categorization and historiographical organization, it was labelled by scholars as ‘Indo-Anglian Literature,’ ‘Indo-English Literature’ and now as ‘Indian Writing in English.’ The only common factor is that it is entirely desi, and reading an Indian text written under the hegemony of British imperialism in the early nineteenth century now in the postcolonial ambience of the twenty-first century globalized India is indeed an interesting exercise. | <urn:uuid:86a0f738-1088-454b-b923-1099abb8e212> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://store.pothi.com/book/kylas-chunder-dutt-journal-forty-eight-hours-year-1945/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968242 | 245 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Peli Proud to Support COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
From Discovery to Distribution, Peli’s temperature-controlled packaging is delivering COVID-19 vaccines all over Europe and the Middle East
Published 12 January, 2021, 12:00 AM PST
Peli™ Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance protective cases and advanced lighting solutions, is proud to play a new key role in the fight against COVID-19 with its temperature-controlled packaging.
With the pandemic recovery just underway, COVID-19 vaccines and therapies are rapidly becoming available for use and they must be safely distributed worldwide, within their required temperature range. Peli’s BioThermal™ division is providing temperature-controlled packaging to meet this critical moment, protecting these crucial payloads.
Peli’s innovative cold chain packaging has been trusted for nearly 20 years by pharmaceutical manufacturers to safely ship their life-saving products around the world. To meet the current challenge, they have adapted their existing products to provide deep frozen temperatures when required for the newly developed life sciences materials. Current and new offerings will ensure the cold chain is maintained throughout the vaccine or therapy’s journey, maximising efficacy and patient health.
“We know that pharmaceutical companies are in all phases of the development process for vaccines and therapeutics and working tirelessly to bring safe and effective drug products to market quickly,” said Greg Wheatley, Vice President of Worldwide New Product Development and Engineering at Peli BioThermal. “Our engineering team matched this urgency to ensure they have the correct temperature-controlled packaging to meet them where they’re at in drug development for the pandemic recovery, from discovery to distribution.”
Peli BioThermal’s deep frozen products use phase change material (PCM) and dry ice systems to provide frozen payload protection with durations from 72 hours to 144+ hours. Payload capacities range from 1 to 96 litres for parcel shippers and 140 to 1,686 litres for pallet shippers.
New deep-frozen solutions are ideal for short-term vaccine storage, redirect courier transport of vaccines from freezer farm hubs to immunisation locations and daily vaccine replenishment to remote and rural areas.
Peli BioThermal temperature-controlled packaging is currently being used to distribute COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics, either directly or through global transportation providers, in Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the UK as well as in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the Middle East, with more countries set to join the list as the pandemic recovery process rolls out. | <urn:uuid:0942631a-b49e-4df3-8dde-b40265730793> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.peli.com/eu/en/about/press-releases/article/peli-proud-to-support-covid19-vaccine-distribution/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.916388 | 613 | 1.757813 | 2 |
BOKS: The Free Physical Activity Program Supercharging Kids’ Bodies and Minds
Kathleen Tullie of Natick does not view life as a spectator sport. She’s far too passionate about the cause that’s become her life’s work to ever stand on the sidelines.
This explains why Tullie ended up creating an international free physical activity program for children out of a seed of an idea, as well as why she’s lacing up her running shoes to tackle the Commonwealth’s premier sporting event this month.
What started in one Natick elementary school has blossomed into the BOKS (Build Our Kids’ Success) before-school free physical activity program, which in six years has expanded to 1,800 schools in five countries, including a partnership with Canada’s public health agency and the Canadian Football League.
Multiple studies have validated the program’s success in improving children’s classroom performance and physical fitness with a 45-minute program of before-school exercise, play, and healthy living education over 12 weeks. Her organization, now an initiative of and funded by the Reebok Foundation, provides the curriculum and training for free; all a school needs to supply are volunteers and the children.
Last year, the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at Wellesley College, which conducted a three-year study of BOKS in the Natick schools, reported the program had improved students’ memory and executive function and shaved an average of 16 seconds off their 400-meter run times. Another study, authored by Quincy College Exercise Science Director Wayne Westcott and published in the Journal of Exercise, Sports & Orthopedics, showed that students in Weymouth got fitter and healthier after three 50-minute sessions a week for nine weeks. And more study is on the way: Harvard Medical School is undertaking a long-term study of 2,500 children in the program at school districts south of Boston.
One might expect the driving force behind focusing attention on the benefits of increased physical activity for children would have a background in exercise science or nutrition. Not quite. While it’s true Tullie enjoys Crossfit and describes herself as a passionate runner (“My favorite thing in the world to do is go for a run in the woods,” she says) she came from the world of real estate finance, in which she had a successful 19-year career.
But two events in 2009 sent her life in a different direction. First came a skin cancer diagnosis, for which successful treatment included minor surgery.
“Once you’ve had that diagnosis, it is life changing,” said the 46-year-old mother of two. “It was absolutely a game-changer for me in my perspective of life and my drive to do something I was passionate about and with my kids.”
Then came the news that one of her children was diagnosed with a reading disability. Tullie took these two things, and the downturn in the real estate market, as a sign that it was time to change her focus. First, she decided that maybe it was time to try being a stay-at-home mom.
“That lasted for about two weeks,” she said with a chuckle.
It was only two weeks because life had another surprise waiting for her around the corner, which came in the form of a book: Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by Dr. John Ratey, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
The positive correlation between exercise and mental health had been studied before. But Ratey found that even moderate exercise sharpens thinking, improves memory and reduces ADHD, anxiety, depression, and stress.
“In addition to priming our state of mind, exercise influences learning directly, at the cellular level, improving the brain’s potential to log in and process new information,” Ratey wrote.
Here’s how it works: There’s a protein in the human brain called BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), which helps neurons survive and encourages the growth of new neurons and synapses. It’s the connections between neurons that allow you to read this sentence, assemble your kid’s bicycle, or brush your teeth.
BDNF is most active in areas of the brain where learning and long-term memory happen. And certain kinds of exercise have been found to significantly increase production of BDNF.
In Spark, Ratey likened BDNF to Miracle Gro for the brain, and said certain kinds of physical activities were best for growing those connections, improving learning and mental health. “This is why learning how to play the piano makes it easier for kids to learn math,” he explained. “The prefrontal cortex will co-opt the mental power of the physical skills and apply it to other situations.”
Tullie was convinced by Ratey’s thesis and took action. She and a group of moms at Natick’s Memorial Elementary School asked for permission to host supervised play for 45 minutes before school twice a week. After meeting some initial resistance, they won permission for the nascent program. And within a couple of weeks, positive feedback filtered back.
“Teachers started to reach out and parents said, ‘Hey, I heard about your program, can I have a copy of the curriculum?’” Tullie said. “I didn’t have anything at that time and I thought, ‘Gee, maybe this is my a-ha moment.’”
Tullie, along with friends Cheri Levitz and Jen Lawrence, decided to start the process of forming a not-for-profit and building a curriculum. And when an email to Ratey earned a quick, enthusiastic reply, “That’s when I knew I have to do it, I’m obliged to,” she said.
The new initiative’s quest for support led to Reebok headquarters in Canton. Tullie had been promised 10 minutes with Matthew O’Toole, then the shoe and athletic apparel giant’s CEO, about supporting the effort with a T-shirt donation. She got a lot more than she bargained for.
“After two and a half hours, he said, ‘I actually love this idea so much that I want you to come and help with the two other moms you started this program with, and take this idea across the country,’” she recalled.
By 2010, BOKS (bokskids.org) was operating as an initiative of the Reebok Foundation.
How it works
The 12-week program hits on functional fitness exercises such as squats, sit-ups, and lunges, physical literacy skills such as throwing and kicking, and a game to close out the session. Running is also a big part of the program. Thanks to Tufts Medical Center, the kids (most sessions average 20 students per trainer) also learn nutrition nuggets, like how many sugar cubes are in the average sports drink.
But the structure isn’t strict. “I tell the trainers if the kids are having fun, play the game the whole time,” Tullie said. “Just keep their heart rate up and keep them interested.”
And there’s a definite need as many schools are reducing or eliminating recess or physical education, and childhood obesity remains a significant health problem in the U.S. and elsewhere.
To be clear, BOKS is not trying to replace a school’s existing physical education program. The goal is to add more activity to children’s daily routines, to help meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s physical activity guideline of 60 minutes per day, five days a week. And Tullie is truly passionate about filling that need.
“We truly have a physical inactivity epidemic in this country,” said Tullie, who would like to see school districts face more accountability for the health and fitness of their students. “It’s very sad how many schools I visit where the kids can’t run for a half mile, they can’t even do one push-up. I feel very, very fortunate that I am given the opportunity to chase my passion…(and) that people believe in us. It’s very cool that a little tiny program anybody could have done has grown into such a massive movement.”
Rubber meets the road
While the BOKS program is parent-volunteer-run in schools across Massachusetts, Tullie would love it established in every elementary and middle school in Boston. However, not every school can offer it. Funding is needed for stipends to pay teachers and staff to supervise the program at schools where there are obstacles to parent involvement, and Boston schools’ budget problems for 2016-17 are front-page news.
What better way to raise funds for promoting physical activity in a sports-crazy city than by taking part in one of the state’s signature athletic events? Tullie and four friends are gearing up for the famous 26.2-mile jaunt from Hopkinton to Boston’s Copley Square as part of an effort to raise $10,000 to fully implement BOKS in Boston schools.
“I don’t think we’ll have success until we have quality physical education in every school,” Tullie said. “We’ve had some success, but now that we’ve proven ourselves, we really need to make the impact.”
How To Bring BOKS To Your School
1. Find a champion. BOKS sessions are led by a volunteer lead trainer (or trainers). Trainers do not have to be fitness professionals, but rather parents or other community members who are passionate about the program, can lead a class, and can demonstrate the basic moves.
2. Get school approval. Bringing the BOKS program to a school requires no money or staff time if volunteer-led, two giant pluses when pitching the idea to a principal or administration. A Help Pack, which features everything from the program overview and sample lesson plan to a draft email to a principal, can be downloaded free at bokskids.org/enroll-school.
3. Get trained. Trainers are highly encouraged to attend a one-time, four-hour free training session at Reebok headquarters in Canton. At training, they will learn how the program works and how to lead a session. Free tools, resources, and plug-and-play curricula are available for trainers to use in their school’s program.
4. Recruit volunteers. In addition to the lead trainer, it’s helpful to have two or more volunteers per session to assist the trainer and children, help run games, and demonstrate moves.
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WEB DESIGNING SERVICES IN HYDERABAD
Today with increasing internet usage and availability of new customers online, all types of businesses are launching their website. It’s not just important to show your business presence on internet but it’s expected by consumers. Having a small business or a large business, all businessmen have understood the importance of having a website which is required to compete in this high tech world. Web design is more than just a combination of right fonts, colors, lines, shapes, textures, imagery and navigation.
90% of people are switching to multiple screens to browse the internet! So, to target all your potential clients it’s important to have a website that is optimized for all devices. Responsive websites have a single URL and HTML code which gets optimized according to the screen resolution on which it is opened thus giving an optimum viewing experience. Past five years have brought a flood of web enabled devices including smart phones, Kindles, tablets, net books and, the newest addition, phablets. This has popularized the responsive design concept amongst web entrepreneurs and businesses. | <urn:uuid:63637b29-d043-45e2-9fa7-8bafa9f76830> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dotsoftsolutions.com/web-designing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.93691 | 225 | 1.554688 | 2 |
But so what? The fact is, neither Internet services like Facebook nor, really, any other business is a democracy. Facebook instituted the trappings of a democracy with its previous policy that called for a vote on new policies if thousands of members commented on it, presumably in a mostly negative fashion. A vote was triggered on three occasions in the past few years--and now for the last time.
The vote, which closed today, came in overwhelmingly against the changes in Facebook's data use policy, which included eliminating a vote on such policies. Some 88% of respondents voted against the new policy, apparently hoping to retain the right to vote. The problem: The voting policy in question required 30% of the site's 1 billion-plus members to vote in order for a policy change to be overturned. And only about 0.07% voted at all.
Good thing we don't vote that way for public offices, or we'd never elect anyone--although some
libertarian wackos citizens might think that is a good thing.
Anyway, the tepid turnout just goes to show that the voting was a sham in the first place. I don't know that Facebook purposely set it up that way, since I have no reason to attribute evil intent to its executives. But surely the company had to know that by requiring 30% turnout of its 1 billion members, it was a 100% certainty that almost nothing short of a requirement to publicly disclose your Social Security number would ever elicit enough votes to make any difference.
And that just goes to show how ridiculous the supposedly democratic method was. The failure of the voting mechanism also shows that Facebook itself needs to rethink how it proposes changes and how it deals with the aftermath. The joke often made about Facebook, especially with regard to its constant privacy blowups, is that CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a change, then apologizes if there's an outcry, but doesn't change much (if at all), and eventually people get used to the change anyway.
That may not be the best way to deal with things, but you can hardly argue that it didn't work. Unremarkable IPO aside, Facebook is a runaway success, no thanks to any amount of faux democracy. Can you imagine Google or (snort) Apple putting their policies to a vote?
In some cases, Facebook may need to back off Zuckerberg's clear intention to push the envelope on getting people to reveal more about themselves online. In other cases, it simply needs to be more careful in explaining the benefits of its policy changes. And in all cases, it has to realize that it can never please everyone.
But ultimately, you do retain the right to vote about what Facebook, or any other company, does: You use the service, or you don't. You don't like something--really don't like something--then you stop using the service.
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Today's networks have enabled an unprecedented depth to human connections. But the rising demand makes it increasingly harder for the networks of today to keep up.IBM recognized that today's networks are reaching their limits and thus, the evolution of human connections online are at risk of being stalled. It also recognized that the future of networks meant building a network that was responsive and adaptable to the demands it faced. The future calls for a living network that could learn, evolve and self-improve.
By framing network reinvention under a fresh lens, IBM led a new conversation in the market that expressed the urgency to reinvent from both emotional and strategic perspective.We brought The Living Network to life with a series of human stories that were only made possible by the existence of a network could support the needs of the people who used it.
On social, the Teresa and Bob's story, which has been shared 230 times, has received positive acclaim and sparked more discussion on Women's rights, attesting to the need of a living network. The video has also received 900k impressions, 400k views and has also received the attention of notable Facebook senior leadership.
The campaign is still live, and as of the end of last year, garnered more than 36.8M impressions.
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The Senate of Pakistan has passed the long awaited the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Bill, 2021 on Monday. The bill aims at putting an end to infliction of torture and deaths upon individual or a group irrespective of gender, religion, financial status, or health conditions by any person, police or law enforcement agency, or an influential feud under the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The bill clearly defines the term torture, custody, custodial death and other relevant terminology. The bill has been tabled by PPP Senator Sherry Rehman, was also supported by Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari. The lawmakers from both government and opposition benches played an important role in passage of the bill from the upper house. The upper house maintained in its statement that this nature of violation of human rights where brutal atrocities were perpetuated by police and other law enforcement agencies on common citizens of the country are alarming for the state of Pakistan. Therefore, it was a longstanding demand and a dire need to make torture and custodial death as criminal act to halt widespread abuse and exploitation. According to legal experts, the already existing provisions under PPC regarding use of force, physical and mental torture to individuals or collective abuse/ insult of the accused for gaining confession or otherwise were not full-filling the legal requirements of the time and most of these provisions were either vague or not comprehensive enough to be used for criminalizing torture, or custodial deaths. There had been massive human rights violations by the Police and Law enforcement agencies in the country. The Police and other LEAs consider themselves above the law and more patriotic than other citizens and behave like bosses of the public. The families of Victims of torture, extra judicial killings, fake Police encounters and custodial death has never saw the face of justice in this country because the Officers has always preferred to save their buddies instead of siding with duty, Justice, rule of law or voice of their conscious. The families of Young Osama Satti And Naqeebullah Masood are still awaiting justice despite the fact that the Prime Minister and Army Chief took personal interest in their Cases. It is suggestible that all cases must be investigated/ probed by a judicial inquiry to help serve justice to the victims and their families. | <urn:uuid:7c417bf9-233b-48f7-ad5b-f03421367b89> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dailymailnews.pk/torture-custodial-death-bill-2021/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.956472 | 462 | 1.773438 | 2 |
How to Talk About COVID-19 Vaccines With Friends and Family
It’s normal to have questions and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccines.
The amount of information—and misconceptions—about the virus and vaccines can be overwhelming.
There’re good ways to address people’s questions and concerns, especially if you’re trying to get someone to get vaccinated who
- Doesn’t want or feel the need to.
- Is afraid to.
Here’re some tips to have a good conversation.
Listen and respond with empathy
- Listen without judgment.
- Make sure you’re feeling calm, open, and ready to listen.
- Positive body language, like maintaining eye contact, can put your friends and family at ease. Try not to roll your eyes or cross your arms.
- Treat the other person’s thoughts and feelings with respect—even if they’re different from your own or you disagree with them.
- Don’t interrupt. Let the other person finish talking before you talk.
- Make the other person feel heard.
- For example, you can say: “It sounds like you are stressed at work and home, and I’m sorry to hear that concerns about the vaccine are causing you more stress. That's really tough.”
- Don’t tack on “but” to your words.
- For example, even if you disagree with something the other person says, don’t say something like: “I hear what you’re saying, but I don’t agree.” Leave it at: “I hear what you’re saying.”
- Don’t directly challenge something the other person says that you think is wrong.
- For example, don’t respond by saying: “No, that’s not true.” Instead, offer to share factual information about the vaccines from a trusted source so they can decide for themselves if what they believe is true (more on this below).
Ask open-ended questions to explore concerns
Open-ended questions are meant to get more than a yes-or-no answer.
Ask open-ended questions to help you understand
- What the other person is worried about.
- Where they learned any troubling information.
- What they’ve done to get answers to their questions. For example, you can ask: “How did watching that news report make you feel? What did you do next?”
Be respectful with your questions.
For example, don’t call their concerns “silly.” And don’t ask questions like, “Why would you be worried about that?”
Ask permission to share information
Once you understand the other person’s concerns, ask if you can share information about the vaccines.
If they say no, be careful not to push information on them.
If they say yes, tell them where you get information you trust. The best sources for factual answers to common questions about COVID-19 and the vaccines include:
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Your local health department
- Health care providers (such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists)
Sometimes, sharing quick, accurate answers to common concerns can go a long way toward moving someone from worry to confidence.
If you don’t know the answer to their questions, consider offering to help look for information.
Help people find their own reason to get vaccinated
After addressing the other person’s concerns with empathy, respect, and facts, steer the conversation from why they haven’t gotten vaccinated to why they should.
You can say something like, “I certainly understand how stressful it is to think about COVID. What about COVID has made you think getting vaccinated might be a benefit?”
You may choose to share your own reasons for getting vaccinated, or discuss common goals you may have, like visiting with each other safely.
Everyone who chooses to get vaccinated does it for a reason, such as to:
- Protect themselves from getting sick
- Protect their family
- Protect their children
- Be less anxious
- Visit their parents
- Get back to activities (like seeing friends, resuming work, or returning to school)
Let people know they have options
If an adult is hesitant about getting an mRNA COVID vaccine, such as the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine, let them know that another vaccine is available. The Novavax vaccine is a protein subunit vaccine, which is a type of vaccine that has been used for many years to protect against other diseases, such as hepatitis B and whooping cough.
Help make people’s vaccination happen
Once someone decides why they should get vaccinated, help them commit to getting vaccinated.
Help make their path to vaccination easier. Offer to
- Help make their vaccination appointment. You can find vaccines near you at vaccines.gov.
- Go with them to the appointment, if needed.
- Help them get to their appointment or offer to babysit if they need childcare.
You might also try saying something like: “Let’s go get vaccinated.” This makes getting vaccinated the default choice.
Remember, every person who chooses to get vaccinated brings us all a step closer to moving past the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Many things can go wrong when conveyor chutes aren’t designed correctly, so it’s little wonder that operations personnel routinely encounter difficulty with them. To reduce problems, we offer the following advice:
- Leave enough chute to install a plug detector. Do not set crossing conveyors too tight on each other. When something goes wrong, you need time to shut down. A bigger gap will provide you time to do so.
- Flow material through big, relieving chutes. Material gets packed as it moves down the conveyors, and then they release (fluff up) at the chutes. A relieving (i.e. a wider bottom than top) chute will help prevent plugs.
- Extend chutes to the end of the head. You don’t want a shelf on which material can build up.
- Aim at the middle. Chutes at crossings are the hardest to get right, as they will tend to load to one side of the chain, which is a problem. Try to get the splash plate of the chute to dump right in the middle of the crossing conveyor floor. (Splash plates should be made from AR400.)
- Be mindful of surges. Either do things to avoid them or make sure you can accept them in the conveyors without flooding them, as you cannot flood bottom-drag conveyors: flooding a bottom drag requires the machine to pull the return paddles through a pile, which will damage the system. This is why we like to install chute plug detectors in every chute on our conveyors.
- Fill your conveyor. A full conveyor is always better than a partially filled one. And go only as fast as needed to do the job. Use VFDs and program them to vary the speed according to load. A full paddle is by default evenly loaded from side to side. A conveyor that is, say, 20 percent full will likely have the material load unevenly on one side of the floor. This will load the chains unevenly and lead to uneven wear. Uneven chain wear is the biggest complaint with dual-chain conveyors like our SMART Conveyor™. Ironically, it is typically self-inflicted.
- Slow down your conveyor. The primary wear of chain is rotation of the pin and bushing. Slow the conveyor down, and it will last longer. We size our conveyors to run full without overloading the chain. There isn’t a need to speed it up unless something changes with the infeed rate or volume. In such circumstances, contact your supplier before making changes to your conveyor.
When chutes and infeed into your conveyor aren’t done right, it will lead to problems—problems that will take your attention away from production centers and other important processes. Neither you nor we want maintenance personnel spending an exorbitant amount of time on transfer equipment. That’s why we work hard to design it right. We understand the details that makes these systems operate smoothly, which is why we’re the best source for your bulk material handling needs. Contact us today! | <urn:uuid:d855b55c-3b19-4b45-a152-e2d4ec35ff91> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.biomassengineeringequipment.com/configure-conveyor-connections-plugged-chutes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.928748 | 649 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Publication Featured on the Cover of Nature Reviews
An image supplied by Dr. McVeigh, Dr. Pashakhanloo and their fellow researchers based on the recent publication “Myofiber Architecture of the Human Atria as Revealed by Submillimeter Diffusion Tensor Imaging” published by American Heart Association, is featured on the front cover of the January 2017-VOL 14-NO 1 issue of Nature Reviews (Cardiology). According to Nature magazine,
Cover image supplied by Farhad Pashakhanloo and Natalia Trayanova (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), David Bluemke (National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA), and Elliot McVeigh (University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA). The picture shows detailed fibre tractography of the whole heart from a patient with atrial fibrillation. The image is reconstructed from in-vitro high-resolution diffusion tensor MRI obtained over 60 h of scan time. The tracts follow the local fibre orientation and reveal the myofibre architecture in both the atria and the ventricles.
Dr. McVeigh is currently the lab director of Cardiovascular Imaging Lab at University of California, San Diego and Dr. Pashakhanloo is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute for Computational Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University.
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Artist Lofts by Frank Gehry and Chuck Arnoldi Are Revived for a Special Exhibition
“Object Lessons” transports visitors back to a time when Venice Beach was the ultimate hotbed for creativity and interdisciplinary collaboration
With iconic projects ranging from the Walt Disney Concert Hall to the Chiat/Day “Binoculars” Building, Frank Gehry has helped dynamically transform the Los Angeles cityscape. And while his contemporary structures are renowned for their daring geometries, the architect’s more humble early works reveal the experimental origins of his genius.
Such is the case with a little-known series of artist lofts overlooking Venice Beach that Gehry and artist Chuck Arnoldi designed in the early 1980s. While over time the units have repeatedly changed hands, most recently serving as a live-work space for a tech company, this December they are being temporarily activated as an artistic center once again.
Organized by the Landing gallery’s Gerard O’Brien and L.A.-based writer and curator Michael Slenske, “Object Lessons” examines the highly collaborative, interdisciplinary practice of Arnoldi, Gehry, and numerous other artists from the Westside and beyond. The exhibition is one of two shows occupying the former artist lofts; the other is the gallery’s NADA Miami presentation which features Arnoldi’s sculptures and paintings by architect Leonardo E. Marmol.
“There wasn’t this stigma attached to just riffing in different areas. This freedom of form and material has always lived on in California”Michael Slenske
Arnoldi’s infatuation with Venice Beach began in the late ’60 when, after attending a party at photographer Harry Drinkwater’s studio on Brooks Avenue, the young artist and student was awestruck by the neighborhood’s hippie culture and creative energy. He soon found a nearby building with five small storefronts and an old garage for trams, which painter David Deutsch helped him lease and transform into artist studios. Eventually creatives including Chris Burden and Billy Al Bengston rented spaces there, as did Frank Gehry with whom Arnoldi acquired the building and an adjacent vacant lot in the early 1980s. The duo built six light-filled artists lofts (varying from 1,500 to 2,200 square feet), designed by Gehry and comprised of the same marine-grade plywood that Arnoldi used in his chainsaw paintings.
Like the space itself, “Object Lessons” reflects decades of collaboration and experimentation between artists who challenged the long-held belief of design being the lesser art. Instead, these creatives proudly incorporated functional forms and concepts into their oeuvres. “One day they’re making a painting, one day a chair. The artists didn’t differentiate between paintings and sculptures or woodworking, glass, ceramics, and textiles; it was the critics,” exhibition co-organizer Michael Slenske tells Galerie. “There wasn’t this stigma attached to just riffing in different areas. This freedom of form and material has always lived on in California.”
Another characteristic that defines the artists featured in “Object Lessons” is a do-it-yourself mentality. “I started with tea tables because I needed one, and I used the materials I had because I didn’t have the finances or interest to build it any other way…I don’t make anything unless I can enjoy it or use it or both,” says Billy Al Bengston, whose creations in the show range from a cup and saucer to an imposing canvas-and-wood screen. “I started as a potter and functional items are important to me. It’s fun to make things you can use. But nothing I make is to be manufactured. It’s all one-off. There’s no sense in doing something as an artist if it isn’t artistic.”
“To make my art more powerful I use everything I can find that was interesting to me, and I give it another life”Timothy Washington
Many of the works on view incorporate found objects, adding to this sense of individualism. “We used to go to antique shops, thrift shops, junkyards. We’d walk for miles and along the train tracks down Exposition Boulevard finding objects to put in our work,” artist Timothy Washington, whose works employ broken glass, rusted pieces, and rocks, tells Galerie. “I can feel the energy of the object calling me blocks before I get there. Everything is alive to a certain degree, so to make my art more powerful I use everything I can find that was interesting to me, and I give it another life.”
The show features several early pieces painted by Kenny Scharf, including the TV on which he used to watch Days of Our Lives in the lofts, as well as a sofa, which Slenske describes as a “furniture riff off of his thrift-store paintings.” Other rarities include Ken Price drawings from the collection of Anjelica Huston, a Frank Gehry “Snake” lamp, and Joe Goode sake cups that the artist used to gift visitors to his Santa Monica studio. Several items, such as a found basketball hoop by Glen Wilson, speak to the gentrification of Venice while others address contemporary politics, like Chaz Guest’s paintings on American flags.
Slenske explains how many objects have “loops” that make them work in tandem: on view is a Larry Bell photo of women holding Ken Price cups, and located in the bedroom directly above it are Ken Price cups from Arnoldi’s collection. In another instance, Arnoldi’s daughter Natalie painted a Gehry “Wiggle” chair which is across from an extant example of the iconic design. Interacting with the beach itself, a Claire Falkenstein rainbow-colored lithograph directly looks out onto a rainbow-striped lifeguard station.
“If this space was still inhabited by any of these artists, this is probably what you’d see there,” says Slenske on the intentional mashup of old and new and the poignant intermingling of media. “It’s a little more curated than they might have had it, but you can walk into the space and say, ‘I could see this being there.’”
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Reference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (FY2020)
By Kataoka Ryohei (CNIC)
CNIC compiled the data below based on the reports from nuclear facility operators contained in the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan’s (NRA) “Radiation Management Report” published annually.
Until FY2019, the minimum effective dose measurement was set at “5 mSv or less” and increased in 5 mSv increments, but the regulations for reporting effective dose measurements were revised on April 1, 2020 so that the minimum value of dose categories is “0.1 mSv or less,” and categories of “over 0.1 mSv and up to 1 mSv,” “over 1 mSv and up to 2 mSv,” and “over 2 mSv and up to 5 mSv” have been added. With the detailed setting of low-dose categories, it is now possible to obtain more detailed information on radiation doses.
Looking at the data for FY2020 on reactor facilities for power generation, the radiation doses at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station are almost the same as the previous year. Other than that, the total radiation dose and the maximum dose at Onagawa and the maximum dose at Hamaoka were higher. Doses at Ohi, Takahama, Ikata, Genkai, and Sendai, which were operating in the last fiscal year, are relatively high. The total radiation dose and the maximum radiation dose at Fugen were also higher, but this may be due to the progress in decommissioning. Overall, the total radiation dose and the maximum radiation dose both decreased slightly from the previous year.
Information from 2019 (in Japanese) is available at the websites below:
- Nuclear power plants: www.nsr.go.jp/disclosure/law_new/power_plants/index.html
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“Combined chiropractic interventions slightly improved pain and disability in the short-term and pain in the medium-term for acute and subacute LBP. However, there is currently no evidence that supports or refutes that these interventions provide a clinically meaningful difference for pain or disability in people with LBP when compared to other interventions. Future research is very likely to change the estimate of effect and our confidence in the results.” Walker BF, French SD, Grant W, Green S., Cochrane Database Systematic Review 2010; 4: CD 005427
Comment on the above review from Professor Edzard Ernst: “The hallmark treatment of chiropractors is spinal manipulation. If critical evaluations of spinal manipulation fail to show what chiropractors had hoped for, defendants may argue that chiropractic typically combines a wide range of modalities in practice, including manipulation, mobilisation, massage, exercise and heat. Thus, it might not be fair to judge the value of chiropractic solely by the effectiveness of spinal manipulation. This Cochrane review is an attempt to overcome this pitfall. Its results show that, for the most prevalent indication for chiropractic treatment (i.e. LBP), very few studies are available. Those that do exist are often seriously flawed. For acute and subacute LBP, chiropractic seems to be as good or marginally better than conventional treatments. However, I recommend taking this result with a pinch of salt; what is still required is independent replication through high-quality studies, which also account for the risks and costs associated with chiropractic. For chronic LBP, chiropractic does not seem to be any better than conventional treatments. All in all, this review serves as a poignant reminder that chiropractic may not be as soundly based on evidence as it is often made out to be.” [Subscription to Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies required.] | <urn:uuid:4c44db8e-4fa4-4572-b6e5-a2acea099e1b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ebm-first.com/chiropractic/research-and-efficacy/1898-combined-chiropractic-interventions-for-low-back-pain.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.9518 | 437 | 1.65625 | 2 |
The causes of cancer are complex, but according to Cancer Council Queensland, many cases can be prevented by healthy lifestyle choices.
At least one third of cancer cases are preventable through healthy lifestyle choices, with four of the top five most commonly diagnosed cancers in Queensland – lung, bowel, melanoma and breast cancers – among the most preventable.
Cancer Council Queensland CEO Ms Chris McMillan reveals some ways you can reduce your risk:
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Achieve a healthy weight
Evidence shows that being overweight or obese significantly increases your risk of some types of cancer, including cancers of the bowel, breast and oesophagus.
Eat a healthy diet
Fruit and vegetables are high in fibre, low in fat and kilojoules, and can help you maintain a healthy weight. Fruit and vegetables also contain natural protective substances. On the other hand, eating red meat and, in particular, processed meat, may increase the risk of bowel cancer. So, to reduce your risk, eat five serves of vegetables and two serves of fruit each day, limit red meat intake to less than 500 grams a week and avoid eating processed meats.
Be physically active
Incorporating one hour of moderate activity or 30 minutes of vigorous activity into everyday life can reduce your risk of some cancers.
Cut down on alcohol
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, oesophagus, bowel, liver and female breast. Cancer Council Queensland recommends people drink within the national guidelines for alcohol consumption, which is no more than two standard drinks a day.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disease, causing 16 different cancer types. For support to quit, contact your doctor or call Quitline on 13 7848.
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The sun’s UV radiation is the major cause of skin cancer, so Slip on protective clothing, Slop on minimum SPF30 broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen, Slap on a broad-brimmed hat, Seek shade and Slide on wrap-around sunglasses when you head outdoors.
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Whether offshore or onshore, seismic shipyards, drilling rigs, shale oil exploration, or conventional office work, the oil, and gas business offers a wide range of professional prospects.
Going the extra mile in this area is undoubtedly rewarding because the earnings are better, often above average, even if you may have to put up with extremely long shifts and difficult working circumstances if you want to work in the oil and gas industry.
In the oil and gas sector, full-time employees typically put in 49.5 hours a week, while part-time employees put in 20 hours. This business is still flourishing, with more attention being given now to carbon management and the overall health of the world, despite rumors of a shortage of crude oil and worries expressed about environmental difficulties.
Is Pursuing a Career in the Oil and Gas Industry a Good Choice?
Many people have this question in mind, “Is oil & gas production a good career path?”, well in this article, they will find the answer to their question.
We all place different values on various parts of a job; some people may prioritize job happiness over financial gain, while others prioritize location or travel opportunities. There are many reasons to consider this career path given the employment chances in this tough industry.
The International Energy Agency estimates that the energy sector contributed greatly to global GDP in 2016, making about 2.2% of the total. If you really want to work in the oil and gas business or the greater energy sector, there are several tempting advantages available.
The oil and gas sector is so large that there are many different disciplines to pick from, including careers in transmission, processing, and distribution as well as for energy experts and traders. Make sure to conduct thorough study on how to become an energy dealer or engineer in order to comprehend the roles that are available, which one interests you the most, and what abilities and credentials are required to hold that position.
Numerous businesses host networking events, which are a great method for recent graduates and students to connect with industry experts and build lasting career relationships.
What are the Important Areas in the Oil and Gas Industry?
Given the requisite educational background and other criteria, salaries in this field are frequently above average. However, other incentives will also be in place and make prospective remote working locations more interesting to employees, such as sizable financial bonuses. Individual salaries differ tremendously depending on experience levels and job-specific talents, although they almost never begin at less than £25k. Senior or more skilled employees might deserve to be treated much better.
This sector depends heavily on technology, therefore as you go along the path, you’ll have the chance to receive frequent training using state of the art tools. Your career path will be greatly impacted by keeping your skills updated.
Because of the extensive need for these resources, travel opportunities are common. Since there is a growing need for qualified workers, choosing this profession allows you to have true geographic flexibility, mostly if you work offshore.
Oil and gas occupations require constant learning. You can anticipate professional growth in combination with employment because this industry is dynamic and frequent changes in technology and procedures are the norm.
The kind of specialized skills you can learn in this field include petroleum economics, refinery management, oil and gas exploration management, and operations material management. But you’ll also develop your communication, managerial, and analytical skills.
What Different Career Paths Can You Choose in the Oil and Gas Industry?
A wide range of employment options is available in the oil and gas sector. Choose the one that best fits your interests and qualifications. These consist of:
Almost all phases of oil and gas field appraisal, development, and production are handled by a petroleum engineer.
Petroleum geologists examine subsurface formations to look for hydrocarbons. Reservoir engineers also support risk evaluation. As a result, there are numerous employment options available to petroleum engineers.
For reducing energy use and consumption, these engineers create solutions. They implement eco-friendly solutions, reducing their negative effects on the environment and costs, through research, design, documentation, and construction. Jobs in the wind and solar energy fall under the category of energy engineering.
Energy engineers work on projects that produce energy using renewable energy sources like biofuels, hydro, wind, and solar power, or natural resources like oil and gas extraction.
They are responsible for conducting site inspections and energy surveys.
The study of the earth’s past, present, and future processes as well as how they relate to other biospheres is known as geoscience. The multiple facets of the planet are studied by geoscientists, including its geological makeup, operations, and past. They typically do this by organizing and carrying out field research projects, which entails going to a certain site and gathering samples.
Employed to evaluate geophysical, geochemical, and geological data to construct models for finding commercially viable deposits of natural resources, such as oil, gas, minerals, and water, a geoscientist (geophysicist, geologist, geochemist, hydrogeologist, or sedimentologist) is.
The Scope of the Oil and Gas Industry
With a projected $5 trillion in worldwide revenue by 2022, the oil and gas business is one of the strongest economic sectors in the world in terms of dollar value. Everything from transportation to heating and electricity to industrial production and manufacturing depends on oil, which is essential to the world economy. It has a huge scope in the market, and will continue to do so even in the future.
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Laghusamudiranatva and Pranayama
Mobility & Yogic Breathing Techniques
START DATE: 7th April – 12th May – 6:45 – 7:30 am – Live Stream (Via Zoom)
Who is this course for
This course is for anyone who wish to improve their breathing techniques and/or learn how to breath properly!
What is this course about
Laghusamudiranatva is a Sanskrit means ‘mobility of the body’ and Pranayama (in yoga) loosely means the regulation of the breath through certain techniques and exercises.
This course explores how you can increase the capacity of your lungs through certain breathing practices. This course also helps you increase your immunity and lung capacity. There are many types of yogic breathing methods and techniques and we will explore 3-4 of these in this course.
What happens during a session
In order to move the prana in your body, we need to move the body first. Instead of going through a vigorous Asana or a series of yogic postures, you will be taken through a yogic body opening series to help you get ready to sit for your Pranayama practice!
Why we practice early morning
It is done early mornings to include a particular type of breath work to stimulate and detox your digestive system.
It is also best to do this sort of a practice on an empty stomach when the mind is calm and able to focus before the body gets busy with digesting food!
How to prepare for this session
Please have some warm water as soon as you wake up to flush your system if possible. If you can avoid coffee or tea prior to your practice it would be better but not necessary!
What to bring
You will need a Yoga Mat, blanket/s, a comfortable cushion and/or Bolster to sit on or a chair if you prefer!
What not to do during practice
Try to be still during the actual Pranayama practice. This is very hard to do and it is a skill to be still! This is your practice to take charge of the fluctuations of your mind! And this very practice is the essential goal of Yoga!
Benefits of this practice
To mention a few of the benefits you may gain through this practice:
Improves your immunity
Increases Lung Capacity – more oxygen into your organs
Improves organ health
Increases oxygen in your blood and cells
Efficient functioning of your body’s major systems
Improves spinal mobility
Clears your nasal
Balances right and left hemispheres of the brain
Brings lightness and energy into your body
Mind becomes calm
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Based in Cremona, Italy, the Friends of Stradivari is an international network of people who play, collect, study and love old Cremonese stringed instruments. The project allows instruments by Stradivari, Guarneri, the Amati family and many more to be displayed in Cremona’s Museo del Violino, with many of them frequently played by musicians.
The Strad’s 2018 Calendar brings together twelve of these instruments, ranging from a c.1560 Andrea Amati, one of the earliest surviving violins, to a c.1770 example by Lorenzo Storioni. With images by some of the world’s top instrument photographers, including Jan Röhrmann and Tucker Densley, the calendar also includes four instruments by Antonio Stradivari, including a rare 1715 viola (one of only eleven Stradivari violas in the world), and the 1680 ‘Chigiano’ cello. Rarely displayed or photographed until now, this cello has recently been loaned to the Museo by the Fondazione Accademia Chigiana.
The full list of instruments is:
• c.1566 Andrea Amati ‘Charles IX’ violin
• 1597 Brothers Amati viola
• 1611 Girolamo Amati viola da gamba
• c.1669 Nicolò Amati violin ‘Lam, ex Collin’
• 1680 Antonio Stradivari cello ‘Chigiano’
• c.1710 Giuseppe Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ cello
• 1715 Antonio Stradivari viola
• 1720 Antonio Stradivari violin ‘Bavarian King Ludwig II’
• 1734 Antonio Stradivari violin ’Scotland University’
• 1734 Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin ‘Prince Doria’
• 1742 Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
• 1770 Lorenzo Storioni violin
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Vivo invited German optical manufacturer Zeiss to its X80 Pro. We explain to you concretely what this partnership could bring and what their approach was.
marketing nonsense or really good news for your photos? The partnership between Zeiss and Vivo, like Hasselblads with Oppo and OnePlus or Leica with Xiaomi, raises many questions.
During a meeting with Zeiss engineers, we were able to better understand what the Chinese smartphone brand got out of this partnership. For neither the lenses nor the optics are manufactured by the German imaging specialist. No, its role is somewhere else. This is to provide expertise in three areas (among others): color quality, definition and anti-reflective coatings. We give here a small overview of the three.
Keep in mind that everything shown to us here is not a trade secret and therefore there is reason to believe that it is only the tip of the iceberg. Nevertheless, these elements help to better understand the approach of optical specialists working on smartphones.
A can of Coca-Cola and a Milka tablet to test the colors
The first tool used by the Zeiss engineers that we wanted to show you is a simple box that allows certain colors to be reproduced faithfully and whose lighting can be varied. Here, for example, Zeiss showed us a box that allows us to test 18 colors. The interest is to see how much the colors vary when the lighting e.g. warming up. Green, for example, tends to vary slightly. It is on this basis that the engineers will be able to work.
“What we are trying to copy is not a physical measurement of color, it is a combination of illumination and how the eye receives color”explains David Abreu, an engineer at Zeiss, during a meeting with the press. Frandroid participated in it.
Then comes another test, still on color, an oh-so-important topic. It begins in a strange way with a painting that especially contains a can of Coca-Cola, a piece of lawn or even a bar of Milka chocolate. If this sounds a bit farcical, it’s actually very serious.
” There are so-called memory colorssays the Zeiss engineer. These are colors that we know users will have expectations of. They are also the ones who will jump out of you right away. »
We are thinking here, for example, of the green in the grass, the purple of the chocolate bar or the characteristic red of the can. In addition to the anecdote, these colors are ingrained in everyone’s memory. Moreover, the engineer is for a time transformed into a philosopher when he explains to us: “People remember these colors well, but not necessarily in the same way as what you actually see in the scene. There may also be variations between regions of the world. This is something we have measured. » Therefore, Vivo has decided to leave the choice between natural colors (called Zeiss colors) or those that are a little more flashy, but coveted by the largest number.
Other objects in this painting respond to another problem. We have, for example, a sheet of aluminum foil, which makes it possible to ” test highly localized high-intensity light sources”, Further details David Abreu. We can also distinguish between a brush, which makes it possible to measure the reproduction of details well.
How to test the definition
Zeiss engineers also showed us how to test the definition of an image. The goal is simple: to avoid deformations as much as possible. The test this time is based on a set of circles with black and white stripes. The goal is that the closer we get to the center of the circle, the more complicated the definition will be to distinguish.
The other interest of this test is that it makes it possible to distinguish whether there is an asymmetry or problems on the edges of the image. In fact, it is not difficult to notice an anomaly on perfect lines.
Anti-reflective coating to play with light
If you’ve looked closely at the back of the latest Vivo X80 Pro, you may have noticed a strange red “T *” symbol.
The presence of this T * is intended to inform the consumer that the lenses on this device are covered by a special coating. Coating consists of applying a very thin layer (less than one µm) of a very specific texture to a lens.
Its purpose is mainly to reduce the reflections created by the lenses. It sounds simple like that, but it’s a big problem. “On any lens, you have 95% of the light that passes through. You can say ‘it’s not that bad’, but the problem is when you start placing several in a row.” For example, we may have a lens in the center of all the others that reflects 5% of its light toward the before, which returns toward the after, and so on.
That’s also how we get onelens flarethis famous effect so dear JJ Abrams, director ofStar warsepisode 7. Once this is mastered, there may be some aesthetics in it, but overall it is a flaw in an image that Zeiss promises to correct by applying a coating to the lenses.
Reducing glare has other benefits. One thinks, for example, of a significant increase in the contrasts, because the amount of diffused light in the image is better controlled.
What is the difference between Leica and Hasselblad?
This work with the lens, even if it only adds a little coating, seems to us for once as a specificity of the partnership between Zeiss and Vivo. As far as we know, Hasselblad is happy to help Oppo and OnePlus with color calibration, while the exact extent of the partnership between Leica and Xiaomi is not yet known.
On the other hand, it is likely that the color procedures or definition that we have just presented to you are generally the same with other manufacturers. Let’s add that many manufacturers like Samsung, Apple or Honor do not use such partnerships, which does not prevent them from being well placed in the various rankings of the best photo phones.
NB. This article was written as part of a press trip organized by Vivo to Berlin with Zeiss team.
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Little Lives UK were delighted to make a donation to Barking & Dagenham Youth Dance’ Street Dance Fitness project. As part of our ‘Children’s Community Support Programme’, we were inspired by the work they have done in their community, benefitting over 40,000 young people since they established in 2003.
Barking & Dagenham Youth Dance are a grassroots charity who make positive changes to the Barking community by offering young people the opportunity to access high quality sports and fitness-based projects. The purpose of their organisation is to improve cohesion in their community, and to encourage young people to take up activities that will keep young people away from crime and drug involvement.
BDYD use sports and fitness activities to contribute to young people’s development. Predominantly towards their personal, emotional and social skills, all of which will increase their confidence, stay active, learn new skills and improve their teamwork. Our donation will hugely help them to continue delivering their dance fitness sessions. They had a 40% increase of participants wanting to join the programme after the first lockdown in 2020. In order for more young people to join, BDYD would like to increase the number of sessions they provide by adding in two extra classes per week.
The street dance sessions will address some of the deep-rooted issues that young members of the Barking & Dagenham community are facing, mainly revolving around poverty and inequality. These sessions will deliver physical activities to encourage more young people to be active, no matter their background or ability. People in lower socio-economic groups are more likely to be inactive and feel less motivated to join programmes such as these, which can result in serious issues regarding their mental well-being. The pandemic has also exacerbated the complex social needs of many vulnerable groups in their community, so the demand for support has greatly increased, meaning support is more important than ever.
29% of the children in Barking & Dagenham are living in low-income families, so the project is mainly designed to cater for them. These young members are therefore most at risk from social exclusion and of developing mental health related problems. This project will break down those barriers as they provide an accessible and non-judgemental space to the young people to learn and prosper. The sessions are an hour each, and will run over a period of 12 weeks, reaching an extra 25 young people per session as a result of our donation. This means that they will be able to access their full waiting list.
The dance fitness sessions that Little Lives UK made the donation towards enable the young people to build their confidence and self-esteem. The sessions grant them the opportunity to have a positive routine to their weekend in being involved in a worthwhile programme that they can consistently attend. The ultimate aim of these sessions is to prevent the young people from getting bored and becoming involved in criminal activity. Taking part in a positive programme such as these, will inspire them to avoid crime and anti-social behaviour. The beneficiaries of their project will have access to important advice and make connections that will hugely assist them in overcoming some of the issues they face. They’ll additionally develop skills that’ll lead them down a pathway towards a fulfilled life. The confidence they gain, along with better communication skills will enhance their career prospects, along with better mental health and well-being. They can also develop life lone friends who have similar experiences and interests, all of which will help them prosper in their communities.
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Slowly varying incoming solar radiation associated with Earth’s orbit can directly drive abrupt temperature change by more than 10 degrees Celsius within a few decades in Greenland, as indicated by scientists from China, Germany, UK and Australia. This new study is the first in a complex climate model to confirm that abrupt climate variability can be directly driven by change in Earth orbital parameters. These abrupt changes, referred to as Dansgaard-Oeschger events, have been observed in ice cores collected in Greenland. The results of the study have just been released in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Late Pleistocene glacial periods were characterised by abrupt climate variability in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. For the cause of these abrupt events, previous studies mainly focus on internal forcing factors to climate system, while roles of externals, such as incoming solar radiation, remain unclear.
“To answer this question, we performed a transient climate experiment in a fully coupled model by only applying orbital changes under otherwise stable glacial conditions”, said by Prof. ZHANG Xu, from Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lanzhou University, the first author of this study, “this experiment reproduce several Dansgaard-Oeschger events consistent with reconstructions, confirming that gradual changes in Earth’s orbit alone can trigger rapid climate change”.
Earth’s orbit consists of three parameters – eccentricity, obliquity and precession – of which periodicities are 100kyr and 400kyr, 40kyr and ~21kyr, respectively and which exert different effects on the temporospatial distribution of incoming solar radiation across the Earth.
“Changes in either eccentricity-modulated precession or obliquity can stimulate these abrupt changes, but by different governing dynamics” said by Prof Dr ZHANG, “that is, precession via modulating tropical Atlantic-to-Pacific moisture export, while obliquity by influencing sea surface temperature and sea ice in the subpolar North Atlantic.”
These findings – direct influence by orbital change on abrupt climate variability – complement the classic Milankovitch theory that indicates orbital-scale glacial-interglacial cycles are driven by changes in Earth’s orbit, deepening our understanding of millennial-scale climate variability through the Pleistocene.
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What can I do with lots of mandarin oranges?
What can I do with lots of mandarin oranges?
Here’s how you can put your leftover mandarin oranges to good use in the week after Chinese New Year:
- Mandarin Orange Green Tea. Add a zesty spin to your usual cup of green tea!
- Mandarin Orange Potpourri.
- Mandarin Orange Jam.
- Mandarin Orange Salad Dressing.
- Orange-scented Vinegar Cleaning Solution.
Can you substitute Mandarin for oranges?
Tangerines, mandarins, and clementines can all be substituted for one another 1 for 1. They can also be substituted with oranges, grapefruit, pomelos, or kumquats. All three are sweet, less acidic than oranges, with mandarins being less sweet and leaning more towards grapefruit.
What is the ratio of sugar to oranges in marmalade?
I think you get the point: start with a solid recipe and make your modifications respecting the amount of citrus fruit and sugar in the recipe. The ratio of sugar to fruit is key so do not deviate too much. As you can see, the ratio of sugar to fruit is very close to 1:1 by weight.
Is there a difference between mandarins and clementines?
Mandarins are a type of orange and the overarching category that Tangerines, Clementines, and Satsumas fall into. They are generally smaller and sweeter than oranges, a little flatter in shape, and they and have a thinner, looser skin that makes them easier to peel. Clementines are the smallest type of mandarin orange.
Can you freeze Cuties oranges?
Peel all the clementines you wish to freeze. Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper and spread out clementine sections in one layer. Place cookie sheet in a freezer and freeze for 15-20 minutes. Remove cookie sheet from freezer and add frozen clementine sections to a ziplock bag and seal.
What’s the difference between mandarin and navel oranges?
Mandarins are a type of orange and the overarching category that Tangerines, Clementines, and Satsumas fall into. They are generally smaller and sweeter than oranges, a little flatter in shape, and they and have a thinner, looser skin that makes them easier to peel.
How many mandarin oranges in a can?
These mandarin oranges come in a #10 can, ensuring that your restaurant will always be in good supply. They are ready to serve for quick, efficient service and there are approximately 24 servings per can, providing excellent value to your kitchen.
Can mandarin ripen after picked?
The fruit also never changes colour from green to orange. I have been applying citrus fertiliser as well as liquid seaweed but no change. Hi Peter, Mandarins will ripen over time and can be picked progressively.
Can you eat unripe Mandarin?
It is generally safe to eat unripe and even has curative properties. The unripe fruit has been proven to contain higher amounts of the enzyme papain, which alleviates symptoms from various gastric disorders. Unripe papaya has also been heard of helping in reducing wound inflammation and treating skin disorders.
What sugar is best for marmalade?
In the UK Tate & Lyle is cane sugar and Silver Spoon is beet sugar, but brands in other countries will vary and quite a lot of sugar will be a mixture of the two. Also the packaging may not identify the source. You do want to use a refined white sugar for marmalade and jams.
Why do you soak fruit before making marmalade?
Soaking the sliced fruit overnight helps to tame that bite and a lengthy boil further mellows the bitter rind. If you prefer a marmalade with more bite, you may skip the overnight soak, but consider yourself warned.
How do I make orange marmalade?
How to make Orange Marmalade First wash the oranges. With a sharp knife slice the oranges into thin circles. In a large saucepan bring the water, lemon zest, lemon juice and salt to boil and then add the oranges – segment and skin into the pot. Let it cook till the fruit is very soft, about 45 minutes. Once the fruit is cooked, add all the sugar.
Do mandarin oranges give you gas?
If you’d still like to enjoy some fruits without digestive problems, these 5 types of non gassy fruit are the least likely to cause flatulence, bloating and other intestinal upsets. Citrus fruits like lemons, limes, oranges, mandarins, tangerines and grapefruits are usually good low gas fruit options for most people.
What to do with orange marmalade?
Orange marmalade can be used on toast or an English Muffin. It can also be added to chicken dishes or even used in cocktail meatballs with barbecue sauce.
Is the Mandarin and the Tangerine the same fruit?
Technically, a tangerine is a mandarin, but a mandarin isn’t a tangerine . Both come from the same family, but mandarin fruit varieties include the tangerine, clementine and satsuma among others. Skin color and tightness distinguish the different mandarins, and some are seedless. | <urn:uuid:b97bfbd0-1d56-48d0-a418-48320f9800fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://easierwithpractice.com/what-can-i-do-with-lots-of-mandarin-oranges/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.906241 | 1,128 | 1.65625 | 2 |
What do you get when you mix a lion, a fish and some venom? The Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), of course.
This spectacular tropical species is found widely throughout the Indo-Pacific. It’s definitely a look don’t touch sort of fish – the 16 spines on its dorsal, pelvic and anal fins are venomous.
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By Matt Spetalnick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday imposed U.S. travel sanctions on Cuban Communist Party chief Raul Castro over his support for Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, and involvement in what it called “gross violations of human rights.”
Taking a direct but largely symbolic swipe at Cuba’s leadership as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s continuing pressure campaign against Havana, the State Department banned travel to the United States by Castro, Cuba’s former president and younger brother of the late Fidel Castro, as well as family members.
“Castro is responsible for Cuba’s actions to prop up the former Maduro regime in Venezuela through violence, intimidation, and repression,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
In addition to Castro, the State Department also sanctioned his children, Alejandro Castro Espin, Deborah Castro Espin, Mariela Castro Espin, and Nilsa Castro Espin.
The measures that Pompeo said would block their entry to the United States are likely to have limited impact. Castro last visited in 2015 to address the United Nations General Assembly. His children are also believed to have rarely traveled to the United States. Mariela Castro Espin, a gay rights activist, made stops in New York and San Francisco in 2012.
Pompeo also accused Castro, Cuba’s most powerful figure, of overseeing “a system that arbitrarily detains thousands of Cubans and currently holds more than 100 political prisoners.”
The Cuban government, which strongly rejects such accusations, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It was the latest in a series of punitive measures that Trump has taken against Washington’s old Cold War foe since taking office in 2017, steadily rolling back the historic opening to Havana under his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama.
Trump has focused especially on Cuba’s support for Maduro, a longtime ally of Havana. Earlier this year, the United States and dozens of other countries recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful president, though Maduro retains the backing of Russia and China as well as the OPEC nation’s military.
“In concert with Maduro’s military and intelligence officers, members of the Cuban security forces have been involved in gross human rights violations and abuses in Venezuela, including torture,” Pompeo said. Cuba has strongly denied the U.S. accusations.
Speaking in New York while attending the U.N. General Assembly, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza scoffed at the U.S. measure against Castro, saying it was an attempt to humiliate him.
“And neither Raul Castro nor his family even want to come to this country! We are forced to come here because the U.N. headquarters is in New York, for now,” said Arreaza, referring to a similar U.S. travel bar on Venezuelan officials and citing a Russian offer to host the United Nations in Sochi.
Last week, the Trump administration ordered the expulsion of two members of Cuba’s delegation to the United Nations.
Washington has made clear that a key objective of its tough approach to Cuba is to force it to abandon Maduro, something Havana has said it will never do. However, Trump has stopped short of breaking off diplomatic relations with Cuba restored by Obama in 2015 after more than five decades of hostility.
Maduro has accused Guaido – who earlier this year assumed an interim presidency after alleging that Maduro had rigged the last election – of trying to mount a U.S.-directed coup.
“Castro is complicit in undermining Venezuela’s democracy and triggering the hemisphere’s largest humanitarian crisis,” Pompeo said.
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After Cervantes knight errant Don Quixote, Spain’s most famous literary figure is surely Don Juan de Tenorio. The protagonist of countless poems, books and most famously of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, he is normally portrayed as a heartless womaniser and bragadoccio, and it as a notorious libertine that his name has passed into the popular imagination. In most versions of the story he comes to a much-deserved bad ending, being dragged away to hell by the statue of the father of one of the women he had tried to seduce, who he had killed in a duel.
But was there ever any such person? The Don is often said to be modelled on the historical Miguel de Mañara (1627-1679), and both his birthplace in Calle Levies and the Charity Hospital La Caridad, where as senior brother he made his name for charitable work among the city’s poor, feature in Seville City of Opera’s Ruta de Don Juan. However, since Tirso Molina’s The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest, the first known literary work about Don Juan, appeared in 1630, when Mañara was just three years old, this connection has to be dismissed as a later fancy, possibly intended to discredit the brotherhood.
Statue of Don Juan in the Plaza de los Refinadores
There is a more likely candidate. In the 14th century a prominent noble family with the name de Tenorio lived in Seville (their house was on the site of what is now the Convento de San Leandro). During the reign of Pedro I “The Cruel” one Juan de Tenorio supported Henry of Trastámara in his bid to seize the throne, but was discovered and forced to flee. Beyond the name, there is nothing to suggest that the later stories were based on the personality or activities of the original, though they may have been intended to blacken the name of an opponent of the king, and to be a morality tale of the consequences disloyalty.
Beyond doubt, though, the character of Don Juan is Sevillano through and through. The connection is celebrated with a commemorative statue erected in 1975 in the Plaza de los Refinadores. The Hostería del Laurel, which features in Zorrilla’s 1844 play, is in the Plaza Venerables, and nearby is the Plaza Doña Elvira, named for the only woman who truly loved him. In some versions she is called Doña Ines de Ulloa, and a family of that name is known to have lived in the Plaza in the 16th century. The tomb of the original Don Juan is said to have been in the Franciscan Monastery, which formerly occupied what is now the Plaza Nueva. | <urn:uuid:add8d1f7-f691-438b-bd0d-6f9baaedd47d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sevilleconcierge.com/2013/02/21/seville-don-juan/?replytocom=33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.971507 | 595 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Normally, I homeschool my children five days a week. They wake up around eight in the morning; we start school around ten. Sometimes my oldest begins reading before that — they love to read. I read with the six-year-old; they do their math. After that, we tackle writing and social studies. Some days, we do science, but they get a lot of that in their everyday lives (my husband is an amateur naturalist), so often, we don’t bother, unless we’re into chemistry or physics. We finish up and eat lunch. Now that we’re in the middle of a COVID-19 pandemic, our days look nothing like this. That’s because we are not homeschooling. We are crisis schooling.
Crisis schooling means something very different than homeschooling. It’s what I’m doing, and it’s what you’re doing, too. We are not teachers. We are a support staff, counselors, cuddlers. My husband (who is a public school teacher) and I decided, at the beginning of this crisis, our children have a lifetime to learn math. In the midst of this, we want them to learn that they are safe, that they are resilient, that they can cope with adversity, that they can draw strength from each other and from their family. In other words: we want our kids to come out of COVID-19 with their mental health intact.
Because we are prioritizing their mental health over their learning, crisis schooling looks very different than homeschooling.
What is crisis schooling?
Basically: we’re in the middle of a pandemic. Our kids are scared. Their main emotions right now are likely fear, boredom, worry, and anxiety. They simply cannot learn when these emotions dominate their psyches. In order to learn well, children need security and safety, and on a higher level, friends.
Our kids don’t have any of those things right now.
Crisis schooling means being flexible enough to prioritize our children’s emotions over their academic learning. So when my kids were scared, we didn’t try to make them read or do math. We put them on the couch with the LEGO Movie. We let them watch Star Wars. We gave them plenty of cuddles and didn’t push reading, writing, or arithmetic. Why? My kids were scared. You can’t learn when you’re scared.
What’s this mean for you?
Toss the packets.
Well, maybe don’t toss them. But don’t stress about them. Realize that you are not a teacher. Your child is not your student. First and foremost, your are a parent, and your child is your child. This is your primary role, and COVID-19 hasn’t changed that.
As a parent, your main job is to look out for the health and welfare of your children: both physical and psychological, then academic. Your child has to be happy and whole, after which you can worry about schooling. Therefore, in a crisis, your priority is not whether or not they learn fractions or write journal entries. Your priority is that your kids feel safe and secure. So you do what you do when you need to do it. Some days, school will work. Some days, school will half-work. Some days, it won’t work at all, and that’s okay. You need to be okay with that not-okay part. That’s part of crisis schooling.
You are not homeschooling. You did not make a conscious decision to pull your child out of the school system for any number of reasons. You did not choose this. Instead, this was forced upon you because of a pandemic. You are, instead, crisis schooling. Crisis schooling is not a choice. Crisis schooling is a necessity, forced upon you, and you don’t have to like it. Homeschooling parents have made a choice to keep their children home with them, and that is not with this is.
What About You?
Crisis schooling parents? You didn’t pick this. And it’s okay to feel trapped, forced, and frustrated. It’s okay to feel that your free time has been stripped away, that your kids are driving you nuts, that you can’t do your stay-at-home job and teach your kids at the same time.
Even parents who chose homeschooling feel this way, and that’s normal and fine.
Parents forced into crisis schooling are even more apt to feel these things though. Give yourself the space and grace to let those feelings happen. Remember, we can’t control the way we feel. We can only control the way we act on those feelings.
You need to take care of yourself too. You are also in the middle of a crisis. Crisis schooling also applies to the parent. The other day, I got desperately upset. The kids didn’t do school that day, because I was decidedly not all right. And that’s okay. Crisis schooling means giving everyone, including you, space to prioritize your mental health. When we care for ourselves, it is wholly beneficial to our children as well. We must remember that.
We are involved in something unprecedented. We are involved in something unheard-of, something world-changing. You cannot expect that things will go on as normal. You cannot expect that everyone will go through this without their share of crying jags, of breakdowns. This is normal. This is healthy. And this is why you’re crisis schooling. It isn’t the same as everyday homeschooling.
They say “may you live in interesting times.” A blessing? A curse? A pronouncement, certainly, and one for these days. Things don’t go on normally in interesting times.
That includes school. So, give yourselves (and your kids, and their teachers) a break.
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Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed medical procedure in the United States with millions of cataracts removed annually. The Hurst / Fort Worth cataract surgeons at Texas Eye & Laser Center have performed thousands of successful cataract removal procedures using the most advanced technology available in the comfort of their own surgery center.
If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, you may be a candidate for cataract surgery.
What are the Symptoms of Cataracts?
- Difficulty seeing at night
- Decreased vision
- Trouble reading
- Halos around lights
- Having blurred vision
- Having double vision in a single eye
- The sense that you are looking through fog
- Poor depth perception
- Colors seem to be fading or yellowing
How Can I Get Diagnosed with a Cataract?
It is important to undergo an extensive eye exam by your personal eye doctor to determine if you are suffering from cataracts.
If you believe you are experiencing the symptoms of a cataract, then please contact the Texas Eye and Laser Center in Fort Worth to schedule a comprehensive eye examination.
Are you searching for a cataract surgeon in the Fort Worth Area? A cataract is the clouding of the eye’s natural crystalline lens. The lens assists with focusing light rays on to the retina, which translates the image to the brain.
After the lens starts to cloud, it is impossible to return the lens to its clear state with medications. Cataract surgery will be required.
Some people think a cataract is a growth on the outside of the eye, but a cataract is actually the gradual clouding occurring within the lens located inside your eye.
Various factors may increase the onset of a cataract, but it is said that if we live long enough, everyone will develop a cataract sooner or later. UV radiation and cigarette smoking have been listed as potentially likely to increase the development of a cataract.
Preparing for Your Cataract Surgery
It is important that you discuss your vision expectations with your doctor so that you can determine the right lens implant for you. You will be given the choice of receiving a traditional implant, which corrects vision at one distance, or a LifeStyle Lens IOL designed to provide a wide range of focus.
Your cataract surgeon at the Texas Eye and Laser Center will explain the differences between these lenses, which are outlined on our LifeStyle Implants Page. Whichever lens you choose will be inserted into your eye after your natural lens has been removed.
During the Cataract Procedure
Before the surgery, your eye must be cleaned and dilated. Both our Hurst and Fort Worth Cataract surgeons use a topical anesthetic on the eye before the small incision is made. An ultrasonic device will be used to emulsify the hard yellow proteins that form the cataract. A suction device can then remove the liquefied cataract from the eye.
A folded intraocular lens will be inserted through the original incision. This lens will stay in its proper and permanent position inside your eye. You will not be able to feel or sense this lens in any way. Your small incision will self-seal, and you will not require any stitches.
What is Cataract Surgery Recovery like?
Recovering from cataract surgery is fast and relatively easy. Most patients will notice better vision with their new intraocular lens implant within the first 48 hours. Please remember that no two eyes heal quite the same way, and sometimes vision recovery can vary.
It is important that you follow postoperative instructions and use the two different eye medications (both eye drops) as instructed. It is important that you refrain from strenuous physical activity and from rubbing your eyes during the first few weeks after surgery.
Optimizing Your Vision During Cataract Surgery with SmartVision
At Texas Eye and Laser Center, Dr. Brian Ranelle and Dr. Jerry Hu use a variety of advanced technologies that can enhance the quality of your vision after your cataract procedure and even reduce the chances of you needing eyeglasses.
One of these innovative options is SmartVision, a proven state-of-the-art analysis that provides your surgeon with an unprecedented new level of valuable information about your eye. And it’s on-demand during the procedure, which is exactly when it is needed the most.
When SmartVision is included as part of your procedure, you can have the confidence of knowing that your surgeon has the information needed to optimize your visual outcomes.
How SmartVision Works
With conventional measurements, it is not possible to achieve the on-demand analysis provided by SmartVision. Prior to SmartVision, surgeons were unable to assess the quality of vision during the procedure and would have to wait until weeks after the procedure to determine the accuracy of the results.
Now, thanks to incredible tools like the state-of-the-art ORA intraoperative aberrometer Dr. Ranelle and Dr. Hu can easily adjust lens powers, astigmatism corrections, and IOL placement. At any point in the cataract procedure, our surgeons can easily take a measurement, which is then analyzed and used to guide their decision making to improve the vision of your eye.
This new level of precision makes cataract outcomes better than ever before! ORA can help patients reduce or eliminate the need for distance glasses after cataract surgery.
Benefits of SmartVision include:
SmartVision analysis can be added to optimize any cataract procedure regardless of the lens that you and your surgeon select.
Your surgeon will receive a SmartVision analysis that will guide the correction of your eye to help ensure optimal outcomes
Advantages of Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery
Over the past decade, laser-assisted cataract surgery in Texas has gained popularity among eye surgeons and patients with cataracts. While the traditional cataract surgery remains an effective option, a newer technique with the utilization of femtosecond laser has significantly improved precision and accuracy.
We hold a standard of being ahead of the curve in the use of laser technology to perform cataract surgery. Texas Eye and Laser Center offers laser cataract surgery using the Alcon LenSx® Femtosecond Laser.
With laser-assisted cataract surgery, the laser is able to break the cataract into smaller and softer fragments. The incision is not burned easily because heat buildup is not excessive. Generally, the lesser the manipulation in the eye, the lesser the chance of breaking the capsule that will hold the implant. Also, the risk of swelling and inflammation is greatly reduced.
Less Cell Damage
Due to less manipulation in the eye, loss of endothelial cells during the operation is kept minimal. In fact, in many laser cataract procedures, there is no loss of endothelial cells. These cells are a strong indicator of the health of the eye as well as the clarity of the cornea, and the cells do not restore.
Femtosecond lasers are equipped with the capacity to deliver infrared light that subsequently “breaks up” the cataract, at which point the surgeon will remove the fragmentation using a vacuum. This process can reduce the need for an ultrasound during the procedure, which can cause collateral damage in and around the eye.
The combination of less ultrasound energy use and fewer movements made within the eye work together to reduce the margin of error for the procedure.
Before our ophthalmologists at Texas Eye and Laser performs laser-assisted cataract surgery, every eye is mapped and measured, as no two procedures should be treated exactly the same.
The LenSx lasers used in our Hurst and Fort Worth clinics allow us to capture high-resolution imagery of the eye, which are used both in the planning and execution of the laser cataract procedure. The result is an individualized surgery with a degree of customization that was once inconceivable.
If you have any questions before or after your cataract surgery, please contact our Hurst or Fort Worth cataract treatment centers. Your vision is important to us so don’t hesitate.
Introducing Blade-Free Laser Cataract Surgery
Now, introducing a cataract procedure as unique as your eye itself. The LenSx laser is an advanced, precision-based technology that operates with unmatched precision and computer-control, helping surgeons to customize the procedure to your eye.
While all human eyes share the same basic anatomical structure, every eye is just a bit different in terms of size, depth, and curvature of the cornea and other key features. Which is why every eye must be carefully measured and mapped prior to cataract surgery.
While these measurements have been routinely performed prior to surgery, the LenSx laser uses a range of highly advanced technologies – including integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) to capture incredibly precise, high-resolution images of your eyes. These images – and the measurements and data they provide – are then used to plan and perform surgery to exacting specifications not attainable with traditional surgery.
The incredibly advanced LenSx laser is designed specifically for performing the most delicate ocular surgery. It uses a laser source to produce femtosecond laser pulses; an aiming system to localize specific targets in the eye; an optical delivery system to precisely deliver laser pulses to desired targets in the eye and a computer controller to perform clinical procedures.
When you choose the LenSx laser approach, you will enjoy the benefits of:
- A bladeless, advanced procedure
- A comfortable, relaxed setting
- A truly premium surgical experience
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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
The course is an introduction to the general methodologies, techniques and operational competences related to the development of algorithms and software in the field of scientific calculation. The course contains an introduction to the MATLAB language, used for software development in laboratory activities that are an integral part of the course.
Knowledge and comprehension: The student must show that he knows and understands the fundamentals of numerical analysis, with particular regard to numerical linear algebra, the methodologies for the development and analysis of numerical algorithms, the Matlab programming language and its application context.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student must demonstrate that he knows how to use his acquired knowledge to solve computationally the main problems of applied mathematics, even when they appear in concrete contexts, To develop numerical algorithms and analyze them from the point of view of accuracy and complexity, to consciously use a programming language in order to efficiently implement a numerical algorithm.
These capacities are also obtained by means of a thorough and aware use of the computational tools and the advanced computer labs. Autonomy of judgement: the student must know how to evaluate the results of a numerical algorithm and its software implementation.
Communicative skills: The student must be able to write a presentation report of a numerical algorithm and to document his Matlab implementation,
also working in a group, using advanced writing/documentation Tools of Scientific calculation and correctly using the terminology of applied and
computational mathematics, also in English language.
Learning skills: The student must be able to update themselves and deepen specific numerical calculation topics and applications, including by
accessing databases, on-line repositories of scientific software, and other modalities available through the web.
Students must known the basic topics provided in the following Courses of the Program: Calculus I, II, First Course on Programming
More information about the program is available on the-learning Platform (Dept. of Science and Technology, page of the Course)
Introduction to scientific calculation – mathematical models, numerical models, algorithms and scientific software - the importance of numerical simulations - the computational science - the technological context-web and scientific computing. 2h
MATLAB programming – MATLAB As programming language - parallelism programming on data - scientific visualization in MATLAB. Comparison between the programming in MATLAB and C. 4h
Numerical linear Algebra – basic operations and computations with vectors and matrices: scalar product and angle between vectors, matrix product
algorithms - Vector and matrix product - solving systems of linear equations - Algorithms for solving triangular systems - Gauss algorithm - LU factorization - stability and pivoting-use of MATLAB to solve problems of linear algebra. 12h
Resolution of an equation - nonlinear equations and iterative methods, bisection, Newton, secant and hybrid methods - convergence, convergence speed and stopping criteria - the fixed point problem and the fixed point method - use of MATLAB for zeros of functions. 8h
Computing maxima and minima of a function - Newton minimization method and its variants, descent gradient, Fibonacci search and Golden search - convergence, speed of convergence and stopping criteria - use of MATLAB to solve problems of Minimization/maximization. 4h
Data Fitting – Lagrangian interpolation - interpolation with polynomials - interpolation with linear models - interpolation with piecewise polynomials,
with spline and with hermite cubics - interpolation with parametric curves and applications to computer graphics - approximation in the sense of least
squares - linear least squares - normal equations - applications to Statistics (linear regression). 10h
Numerical integration – Basic formulas and composite formulas: rectangular, midpoint, trapezoidal, Simpson - quadrature with splines and hermite cubics – Analysis of the error of composite quadrature formulas - adaptive algorithms for Quadrature – Monte Carlo methods for quadrature - use of MATLAB to solve problems of fitting of data and quadrature. 4h
Descriptive statistics – samples – histogram and empirical cumulative function – position indices: mean, mode, median, quartiles – variability indices:
standard deviation and sampling variance, mean deviation - indices of asymmetry and form: skewness, curtosis - qualitative data and mutability indices: Gini index, Shannon entropy - introduction to the multivariate case: dispersion diagram, covariance and correlation matrix - use of MATLAB to solve descriptive statistic problems. 4h
Lectures of the teacher, lecture of the teacher in a computer lab with the support of a tutor, training sessions aimed at problem
solving and analyzing the correctness and reliability of the results of a scientific computation.
G. GIUNTA: “E-book di Calcolo Numerico”, piattaforma di e-learning del Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, 2015.
A.QUARTERONI, C. SALERI, P. GERVASIO: “Calcolo Scientifico Esercizi e problemi risolti con MATLAB e Octave”, Springer, 20017.
A.MURLI: “Matematica Numerica: metodi, algoritmi e software". Liguori, 2007.
D.J. HIGHAM, N.J. HIGHAM: “MATLAB Guide” - SIAM, 2017 (in English).
T.A. DRISCOLL, R.J. BRAUN: “Fundamentals of Numerical Computations” - SIAM, 2018 (in English).
Tutte le lezioni sono fruibili come presentazioni animate in formato Flash con l’audio di commento del Docente in streaming attraverso la piattaforma di e-learning del Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie; le slide (formato .pdf e .pps) di tutte le lezioni sono disponibili sulla stessa piattaforma, insieme con quiz on-line di autovalutazione, esercizi, progetti di approfondimento, note per il laboratorio, una nota di introduzione operativa a Matlab, una nota di introduzione operativa Publish.
The objective of the verification procedure is to quantify the level of attainment of the previously indicated training objectives.
The verification procedure consists of an oral examn (40% of the vote) + 2 mid-term tests (40% of the vote) + 2 HomeWorks (20% of the vote).
The HomeWorks evaluate the ability to solve a scientific computing problem of medium difficulty, to use Matlab as a programming and graphical
visualization tool, also by accessing external software repositories, to write an explanatory report using advanced writing tools like Matlab Publish.
The mid-term tests evaluate the level of knowledge of the topics of arithmetic F-P, linear algebra, resolution of equations, minimization and the topic
of data fitting, quadrature, descriptive statistic, respectively, together with the ability to write brief formal reports on these topics.
The oral exam assesses the level of knowledge and the overall competences on the theoretical and applicative aspects of the topics of the course
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Finding a Home for Application Security
Traffic-management switches are quickly becoming easier to deploy and support, with greater intelligence to repel more sophisticated application attacks
While enterprises deploy ever more elaborate security systems, the intruders and hackers releasing viruses, worms, and Trojan horses counter with ever more diabolical methods to overcome the ramparts. Firewalls, antivirus software, and lectures about the dangers of opening attachments from strangers are not enough. You need to deploy application-layer security devices.
An application-layer security device provides:
- A trusted, secure channel for client remote access, B2B, and intra-enterprise communication.
- User authentication, authorization, and audits of all application-level transactions using common standards.
- Traffic inspection for malicious payload content, and filtration of malicious traffic to protect from application-layer attacks such as buffer overflows and command injection.
Although there are several alternatives for where to conduct application security in an enterprise, there is one logical location: traffic-management and application switches. Traffic-management devices, also known as Layer 7 devices, are not only close to enterprise applications and aware of their transactions and availability but they are also used as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) proxies for applications and are optimized for Layer 7 inspection.
These devices often terminate SSL sessions and are capable of decrypting these sessions and looking deep into the content of the application, which is necessary to stop malicious code from doing damage within an enterprise. Traffic-management switches, given their location behind the network firewall and DMZ and in front of the application, are in an ideal position to stop unwanted traffic and protect critical business applications from internal and external attacks.
Critics of this approach say it makes more sense to perform application security on the firewall and the application core level. Some say this extra security is not necessary and adds complexity and overhead. I believe relying solely on the firewall and application for security still leaves customers vulnerable to attacks, especially the new types of attacks that exploit application-layer vulnerabilities.
Performing application security at the application core level is risky and difficult to manage. Acquiring a multitude of security patches for Web servers, application servers, and other systems is costly and reactive.
Furthermore, it is an unreliable way to cope with attacks and other security flaws because it's difficult to keep track of which patches are needed for each system, and whether a patch is the latest one available.
Other people make good arguments for placing application security at the network firewall. Firewall developers boast years of experience in providing robust network security and managing complex rule sets. Modern firewalls offer some session awareness and enough processing horsepower to support high-performance filtering at the IP transport level. They can even analyze and filter traffic for a given network connection.
This approach has flaws, however. Firewalls are not optimized for Layer 7 inspection, and they are incapable of decrypting and filtering encrypted SSL content. Typically, firewalls are not optimized for high performance application-layer processing and can't look into the content of encrypted application traffic. As a result, they can't filter that content.
Although enterprises need firewalls for other purposes, firewalls lack the ability to secure the applications that conduct online banking, e-commerce transactions, and secure intranet applications.
Placing application security at the router level is also ineffective. Routers are usually the first point of entry into a network and are therefore a natural place to filter unwanted traffic, but they are not the best solution for application security. Routers can handle basic packet-level security, but don't have the processing power or the intelligence to perform deep-packet inspection. Like firewalls, routers don't support Layer 7 encryption and decryption.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference Rights Grant Agreement, signed in 2013 and updated in 2016 when the ACC Network was formed, secured the league during nationwide conference change moves ten years ago.
Now that the conferences are changing again with the realignment — with Texas and Oklahoma moving to the SEC, and UCLA and Southern Cal to the Big Ten — this document that former ACC commissioner John Swofford inaugurated came under intense scrutiny.
On the one hand, it could be argued that the ACC would be in the dustbin of history without the granting of rights. On the other hand, it causes the league to fall even further behind the SEC and the Big Ten and edge closer to irrelevance. So what is granting of rights? Why is it important? Is it foolproof?
Here are some answers:
What does “grant of rights” mean?
The ACC Rights Grant Agreement states that member schools “irrevocably and exclusively grant to the conference for the duration of the term all rights necessary for the conference to perform the conference’s contractual obligations expressly set forth in the ESPN agreement”.
Simply put, all television revenue a school is to receive from the ACC’s contract with ESPN is the property of the conference until June 30, 2036, whether the school remains a member of the ACC or leaves for a another conference.
The ACC collects revenue, primarily from its media rights contract, and redistributes it evenly to its member schools. In the 2020-21 school year, the ACC raised nearly $580 million which was distributed among the 15 schools.
It should be noted that Notre Dame, a non-football member, does not receive the same payout as the other schools as it has its own football television contract with NBC which it does not share with the ACC. However, due to the pandemic, the Irish played ACC football in 2020 and therefore shared some of their NBC revenue with the league that season only.
So hypothetically, if Florida State leaves for the SEC, the ACC would get all media revenue generated from sporting events on its campus through the summer of 2036, even if it’s games from the SEC played in Tallahassee.
How much money would it cost a school to leave?
This is their annual distribution of league revenue multiplied by the number of years remaining on the rights-granting contract.
Simply put, if a school gets $40 million a year from the ACC and there are 10 years left in the contract, that’s $400 million.
But the distribution of income is increasing rapidly. In 2011, for example, ACC revenue was $167.2 million. A decade later, it is an absolute record approaching 580 million dollars.
How can a school cope?
Well, as the saying goes, everything is negotiable. But the words “irrevocably and exclusively” certainly seem difficult to parse.
But even as ACC media revenue grows, the Big Ten and SEC are poised to bring in $1 billion a year each and are poised to double ACC haul.
Thus, over time, a tipping point will be reached where a school can receive so much more money from the SEC or the Big Ten in the long run that it can absorb the loss of its ACC revenue for a few years.
With 14 years remaining on the current grant of rights, that day is not near.
So what’s the next step?
If a school – or schools – really wants to leave, a smart team of lawyers could challenge the grant of rights in court in an effort to invalidate it.
Let’s say Miami, Florida State and Clemson want to join the SEC. They could unite to sue the ACC. Unity is strength, isn’t it?
It’s a pretty ugly scenario. But this is not beyond the realm of possibility. These days, nothing is.
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In a deck over model, the wheels are underneath the dump bed. This means the wheel base is a bit more narrow and deck rides a bit higher. In a low profile model, the wheels extend beyond the width of the dump bed, allowing the deck to ride a bit lower. There are benefits and drawbacks to each style.
Some of the differences between these two dump trailer styles are subjective and will vary from one person to another, but there are some opinions that are pretty consistent. For instance, most people suggest that the higher dump bed of the deck over trailer provides a better angle for dumping loads. This allows a little more flexibility when loading the trailer, allowing loads to be stacked tall instead of spread out from front to back. If you will be quickly loading and dumping the trailer, and the getting the job done quickly is a priority, then a deck over model may be best for you. There are some drawbacks, however.
While the deck over model may provide a better dumping angle, the low profile model has some benefits of its own. First of all, if you are loading the trailer by hand, having a lower bed can make it much easier and faster than having to lift the load into the higher bed of the deck over model. Also, if you will be using your trailer to haul any kind of equipment (like a tractor or skid steer), loading and unloading your equipment will be much safer and easier in a low profile model with a better ramp angle. In fact, some manufacturers don't even put ramps on deck over models in order to discourage people from trying to load heavy equipment into it.
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A recent trend in the energy storage field has been to replace lithium-ion batteries with zinc-anode versions as zinc is cheap, abundant and much safer. Until now, the only detriment of this version has been the latter's relatively short cycle life, which has not allowed it to be successfully commercialised as a rechargeable battery.
To resolve this issue, the team developed a battery that takes advantage of intercalation and complexation chemistry, which they claim improves the cathodes’ capacity to recharge, maintaining its high-energy density to more than 900 cycles.
"A new layered crystal structure of manganese dioxide is used in this chemistry, which is intercalated with copper ions. This makes it rechargeable to its theoretical capacity for a significant number of cycles," said Senior Research Associate Gautam Yadav.
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All of our platforms have beeb internally developed to meet the needs of education and health-care providers. The HE Co-op has a highly skilled system support team, who will work with you to enable you to get the most out of the platform. We have included some Frequently Asked Questions they receive from students below for our HealthVLE. We also have dedicated knowledge base for the HealthVLE and SN@P.
Please refer to this knowledge base article for full instructions. The knowledge base article also contains the template we need you to complete and return to our Support Team via Email (email@example.com)
Courses may include: NMP, Medicines Management and Pharmacology (UG), DPP, NMP CPD
For information on registering students for Sn@p click here.
Check that you have provided us with the correct email address. Send a support ticket in providing us with the name of the course, name of the student and their email address.
Ask your students to complete a support ticket online.
Please ask them to be specific as possible: where or what the issue is – the exact unit name, quiz title etc.
More than one student reporting the same issue?
Please Contact The Health and Education Co-operative Manager Jo, if more than one or two students come to you with the same issue.
Please refer to this Knowledge Base Article with full step-by-step How-To Guide.
Click on the button below to access full documentation on the various functionalities of the HealthVLE and the content of the NMP resource.
How do I access training on System Administration
Full training on the system is available.
Contact our Support Team to request Training: firstname.lastname@example.org
They will be able to show you how to:
- Create and upload a new cohort
- Download student reporting information
- Upload SCORM packages
- Create your own courses on the VLE
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Popup messages, slow performance, strange things happening? These are signs of that your system may be compromised by a virus, scammer or hacker. We clean your system of viruses and typically increase your system performance at the same time.
In our experience, no one Anti-Virus catches everything. By running a seperate scanner, it forces your regular anti-virus to scan the files at the same time. Thereby catching a lot more viruses than an Anti-Virus program alone.
We diagnose and correct slow performance, hangs, freezes and update problems.Windows.
Ad Blockers have been said to deprive sites of revenue. Without advertising, a lot of "free" content would not be available on the internet.
However, advertisments are annoying, spread viruses, slow down and otherwise interfere with your internet.
Caution: Ad blockers can interfere with some websites. When on that site, click the adblocker (usually top right) and disable it for that site. If a site demands I disable the blocker, I find an alternative site if possible.
Phone and tablet ad blockers typically require a different browser or VPN system to block app advertising. Generally if you start seeing advertising on your device, remove any apps you recently installed and find alternatives.
Phishing is when sites appear to be something they are not (ie. Bogus emails from banks, shippers, paypal, etc.). Phishing filters protect you on the internet, but they can also slow you down (they examine each website). Most internet browsers and Ad blockers now block malicious sites. As such I only use a phishing filter when people have a habit of going to questionable sites.😀 The one I currently recommend is Bitdefender Trafficlight.
AntiVirus programs protect you by constantly monitoring your device. As such you gain security at the sacrifice of performance. We recommend using the Anti-Virus program that comes into your computer or device. They tend to have the least impact on performance and fewer issues than paid or other programs.
* - Due to their design of keeping the core secure and by default only allowing apps to be installed from the store, Phones and Tablets are typically more secure against viruses than their Windows (and to some extent Mac) counterparts. Of course since you carry your phone with you, there are other risks and malicious apps have been known to sneak into the store on both Apple and Android devices. Also, if you jailbreak your device, all bets are off.😀
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There’s nothing fairly like a 20-minute sweat session in a sauna. You really feel extra loosened up and relaxed after you’re done, and also the warm assists alleviate aching muscles and enhances your overall health and wellness and well-being dynamic bellagio 3-per infrared sauna.
However if the high temperatures of a typical sauna are just excessive for you to take care of, an infrared sauna might supply the benefits of a sauna without the extreme warmth.
What is an infrared sauna?
Unlike a standard sauna, infrared saunas do not heat up the air around you. Rather, they make use of infrared lamps (that make use of electromagnetic radiation) to heat your body directly.
” These saunas utilize infrared panels rather than conventional warmth to quickly permeate human tissue, heating up your body prior to heating up the air,” clarifies physiotherapist, Vivian Eisenstadt, MAPT, CPT, MASP.
An infrared sauna can run at a reduced temperature level (normally in between 120 ˚F and also 140 ˚F) than a traditional sauna, which is usually between 150 ˚F and also 180 ˚F.
Suppliers claim that in an infrared sauna, just concerning 20 percent of the warmth mosts likely to warm the air and the various other 80 percent straight heats your body.
Supporters of infrared saunas state the heat permeates a lot more deeply than warmed up air. This enables you to experience an extra intense sweat at a lower temperature level.
Eisenstadt says this atmosphere is more tolerable, which permits you to remain in the sauna longer while increasing your core body temperature level by 2 to 3 degrees.
What are the meant advantages of using an infrared sauna?
The intended benefits of using an infrared sauna are similar to those experienced with a standard sauna. These include:
- far better sleep
- weight management
- remedy for aching muscular tissues
- remedy for joint discomfort such as arthritis
- clear as well as tighter skin
- assistance for people with fatigue syndrome
People have been making use of saunas for centuries for all kind of wellness problems. While there are numerous studies and also research study on conventional saunas, there aren’t as lots of studies that look specifically at infrared saunas:
A little 10-person studyTrusted Source located that people with fatigue syndrome gained from using an infrared sauna as part of an overall therapy.
Another 10-person studyTrusted Resource found that infrared saunas aided decrease muscular tissue soreness and also rise recovery from strength-training sessions.
According to one testimonial, several researches have actually located that infrared light therapy saunas may help in reducing blood pressure.
The lack of strong evidence as well as wide-spread researches concerning the feasible advantages of infrared saunas leaves the customer (you) to sort via the insurance claims made by the firms who offer this service.
In a similar way, there are no records of unfavorable results up until now, past the warns regarding any sauna experience. These include the opportunities of getting too hot, dehydrating, as well as disturbance with drug, along with the prospective threats for those that are expecting, have heart problem, or are intoxicated of medicines or alcohol, among others.
Fortunately: Even if your sweat session does not do all of the important things it asserts to do, at least it still feels good. Plus, it contributes to your general health and wellness as well as wellness by aiding you kick back, chilling out stiff or limited muscular tissues, decreasing joint discomfort, and also giving you some much necessary time to yourself.
How do you make use of an infrared sauna?
Lots of people will certainly do infrared sauna therapies at a health club, day spa, or physician’s office, while others will purchase as well as develop one in their house. If you make a decision to give an infrared sauna a try, it is necessary to recognize that they don’t come with universal instructions.
There are guidelines you can comply with, but ultimately, exactly how you pick to use an infrared sauna is up to you. Here are some suggestions to get you began.
Drink water. See to it you’re hydrated prior to going into an infrared sauna. Consume alcohol a glass of water before your session. You can additionally bring water into the sauna, particularly if you’re sensitive to greater heats up.
Select the temperature. The average temperature level for an infrared sauna arrays from 100 ˚F to 150 ˚F, with newbies starting out at the reduced end and also more skilled customers at the higher end. If this is your very first time, start with 100 ˚F. You might wish to remain at this temperature for a few sessions. You can constantly increase the temperature each session till you reach 150 ˚F.
Length of time. For new customers, begin with 10 to 15 mins. You can add time each session until you reach the suggested time of 20 to thirty minutes. Saunas include a timer, so make certain to set it. You do not intend to stay in there as well long as well as danger coming to be dried out.
Clothing. How you gown is your choice. Some people will certainly use bathing suits, while others prefer to go in nude.
What you can do while in the sauna. Unwind, check out, practice meditation, listen to songs, or visit with pals. Simply do not go to sleep.
After the session mores than. When your session is done, it’s recommended that you take your time and also allow your body cool down. As soon as cooled off, do not hesitate to take a shower or bath. Simply see to it you are consuming alcohol lots of water.
Number of sessions each week. A lot of centers that use infrared sauna treatments advise making use of the sauna three to four days per week. If you are healthy and endure the four days, you can use the sauna daily.
What should you know before you try an infrared sauna?
There are a few points you must understand prior to indulging in your first session.
Prevent utilizing an infrared sauna if you’ve been drinking alcohol.
If you really feel unwell or have a fever, it’s finest to wait to use the sauna until you’re really feeling better.
Utilizing an infrared sauna will cause you to sweat a whole lot, so you might really feel lightheaded when you stand up. If this occurs, make certain you rise gradually and also sit down when you leave the sauna. Consume water immediately after finishing your session and also wait on your body to cool before doing anything else.
In extreme cases, some people may experience overheating (heat stroke and also warmth fatigue) or dehydration.
If you have any kind of health problems such as hypertension, heart issues, or are under healthcare, obtain cleared by your medical professional before your first session. Even though infrared saunas have actually been located to be rather safe, you don’t intend to take any kind of opportunities when it involves your health and safety. | <urn:uuid:1f048f59-4d86-4169-9cec-0e915abb9f12> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.olmhatch.org/dynamic-bellagio-3-per-infrared-sauna/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945101 | 1,531 | 1.601563 | 2 |
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