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Issue addressed: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) involves repeated sampling of current behaviours and experiences in real-time at random intervals. EMA is an innovative measurement method for program evaluation, using mobile technology (e.g. smartphones) to collect valid contextual health promotion data with good compliance. The present study examined the feasibility of using EMA for measuring workplace health outcomes. Methods: Twenty-two office-based adults were prompted at four random times per work-day during a 5-day period to respond to a short survey via a smartphone application. The prompting stopped when participants had either responded 12 times or the 5-day period had ended. The questions pertained to posture, task currently being undertaken, social interactions, musculoskeletal issues, mood, and perceptions of engagement and creativity. Results: In total 156 responses were collected. Nine participants completed all 12 surveys; the average completion rate was 58% (7/12). The average completion time was initially 50s and reduced to 24s during the later surveys. On average the participants were sitting and standing in 79% and 14% of survey instances, respectively. The participants reported they were working alone at their desks in 68% of instances. Reported productivity and stress were on average 6 and 3 out of 10, respectively, but varied up to 6-8 points within one person, hence the method appears sensitive to temporal variations in perceptions and mood. Conclusion: Given the rich real-time data, minimal participant burden and use of readily available technology, EMA has substantial potential in workplace health promotion evaluation through the measurement of participants' well being, activities, and behaviour change. So what? An in-the-moment method using readily available mobile technology to assess participants' perceptions, mood and activity that provides rich information with minimal participant burden is a promising way to evaluate future health promotion programs.
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AC and dc magnetic measurements in temperature interval 5-350 K and at external magnetic field H ≤ 5 T were employed to probe the finite-size and nonstoichiometry effects on magnetic ordering of La0.5Ca 0.5MnO3 half-doped manganite compound. It is shown that the complex mixed magnetic ordering in bulk samples appears to be unstable regarding the both effects. The strongest one is the size effect, suppressing the mixed order and inducing the ferromagnetic-like one, which is characteristic also for other half-doped manganites. The small variations in cation composition (nonstoichiometry), which don't influence the crystal structure, lead to strong perturbations in the mixed magnetic ordering of the bulk. The results obtained are discussed in the terms of pronounced competition of spin, charge and lattice degrees of freedom, characteristic for doped manganites.
- Magnetization processes
- Manganese compounds
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- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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Ever wonder how cool it would be to manipulate your computer by waving your hands or snapping your fingers? Leap Motion has created the Leap Motion Controller that allows you to do just that. The Leap Motion Sensor is a small device that plugs into your computer via the USB connecter and along with the included software allows you to control your computer using hand gestures instead of your mouse. The Leap Motion Controller accomplishes all this by the use of two small cameras and several infrared LEDs, which tracks the user hand and finger motions all to within a hundredth of a millimeter according to their website. Although primarily developed for 3-D modeling Leap Motion says it sees the potential to apply the technology to many other applications on a computer such as gaming, art and medical data to name a few. The Leap Motion Sensor is compatible with the PC and Mac operating systems and can be pre-ordered for $69.99 on the Leap Motions web site. They’ve also formed a partnership with ASUS to supply the controller bundled with a number of high-end notebooks and All-In-One (AiO) PCs later this year.
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- 1 How fast can you go over the speed limit in New Mexico?
- 2 What is the speed limit on I 40 in New Mexico?
- 3 Can you go 10 over the speed limit in New Mexico?
- 4 Is there no speed limit in Mexico?
- 5 What are the 4 types of speed limits?
- 6 Is it legal to go 10 miles over the speed limit?
- 7 What are the 4 types of speed limits in New Mexico?
- 8 What is the speed limit on 550 in New Mexico?
- 9 Does New Mexico have a different speed limit for trucks?
- 10 Does New Mexico have speed cameras?
- 11 Is driving 100 mph a felony?
- 12 What is reckless driving in New Mexico?
- 13 What country has no speed limit?
- 14 What is the fastest speed limit in the world?
How fast can you go over the speed limit in New Mexico?
Exceeding the speed limit by 26 mph is automatically considered reckless driving in this state. First-time violators may: Be fined between $25 and $100.
What is the speed limit on I 40 in New Mexico?
It is a four-lane undivided highway with a speed limit of 70 miles per hour. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, only I-40 had more fatalities per road mile in New Mexico from 2013-2015, and that interstate carries twice the traffic of U.S. 550.
Can you go 10 over the speed limit in New Mexico?
Penalties for a Speeding Ticket Here are the fine amounts for speeding violations in New Mexico: Up to 10 miles per hour over the limit, $25 fine. 11 to 15 miles per hour over the limit, $30 fine. 16 to 20 miles per hour over the limit, $65 fine.
Is there no speed limit in Mexico?
The first maximum speed law for Mexico was created in 1903 by then president Porfirio Díaz. It established a maximum of 10 km/h (6 mph) for small and crowded streets, and 40 km/h (25 mph) elsewhere. Current speed limits are: 60 km/h (37 mph) in streets with no speed limit.
What are the 4 types of speed limits?
In California, there are four major Speed Laws: Basic, Prima Facie, Maximum, and Minimum.
Is it legal to go 10 miles over the speed limit?
Perhaps you’ve heard that myth that it’s fine to drive 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. Unfortunately, this rule of thumb is just that: a myth. A police officer will pull you over for speeding that looks unsafe to those around you. And, it’s very easy for ten MPH over to look unsafe to those around.
What are the 4 types of speed limits in New Mexico?
Speed Limit in New Mexico – What is the Maximum?
- School zones have a speed limit of 15 mph.
- Residential districts are 30 mph.
- Public Highways are 55 mph unless signposted otherwise.
- 65 mph is the speed limit on undivided roads.
- 70 mph is the speed limit on divided roads.
- 75 mph is the speed limit on urban highways.
What is the speed limit on 550 in New Mexico?
The speed limit is 70 mph for most of U.S. 550 in New Mexico. A vehicle traveling 70 mph can cross the median into oncoming traffic in about six one-hundredths of a second.
Does New Mexico have a different speed limit for trucks?
Rural highways will generally have the highest legal speed limits in New Mexico. In New Mexico, trucks have a maximum speed limit of 75 mph on rural freeways.
Does New Mexico have speed cameras?
Then in 2010 the New Mexico Department of Transportation, with legislative authority, specifically banned the use of cameras for speed and red light enforcement on state and federal roads. Moreover, the city’s attempts to enforce the STOP program is flawed with questionable tactics.
Is driving 100 mph a felony?
Driving 100 miles per hour or more generally isn’t a felony —unless someone is seriously injured or killed—but can lead to hefty fines and possible license suspension and jail time.
What is reckless driving in New Mexico?
§ 66-8-113 Reckless Driving Any person who drives any vehicle carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others and without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or likely to endanger any person or property is guilty of reckless driving.
What country has no speed limit?
Due to those Autobahns, Germany is considered a country without a general speed limit on its highways. The Isle of Man is the only jurisdiction without a general speed limit on rural two-lane roads.
What is the fastest speed limit in the world?
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Nicardia 5 mg
Nicardia is used for the treatment of coronary heart disease, chronic stable angina pectoris (angina of effort) and treatment of hypertension. Lowering blood pressure helps to reduce the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions. Nicardia is classified in a group of medications called calcium channel blockers. Nicardia works by relaxing the muscles of your heart and blood vessels. The active ingredient present in Nicardia is Nifedipine.
Nifedipine is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and angina (chest pain). Nicardia is in a class of drugs called calcium channel blockers that relaxes (widens) your blood vessels (veins and arteries), which makes it easier for the heart to pump and reduces its workload.
Take Nicardia exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Do not take in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose to make sure you get the best results. Take Nicardia on an empty stomach. Do not crush, chew, break or open the capsule. Swallow it whole. Breaking or opening it may cause too much of the drug to be released at one time.
Call your doctor if you have ongoing vomiting or diarrhea or if you are sweating more than usual. These conditions can lead to severely low blood pressure. If you need surgery, tell the surgeon ahead of time that you are using Nicardia. You may need to stop using it for a short time without first talking to your doctor, even if you feel fine. Stopping suddenly may make your condition worse. High blood pressure often has no symptoms. You may need to use blood pressure medication for the rest of your life.
Your blood pressure will need to be checked often and you may need other blood tests at your doctor's office. Visit your doctor regularly. Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. Skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose. Do not take extra dose to make up the missed dose.
The most common side effect reported with Nicardia was peripheral edema. The following side effects were reported with an incidence of 3% or less in daily doses up to 90 mg: chest pain, leg pain, paresthesia, vertigo, rash, constipation, leg cramps, epistaxis, rhinitis, impotence, urinary frequency
Get emergency medical help if you have any signs of an allergic reaction including: hives, difficult breathing, and swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
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It’s an age-old question and a $10 billion industry. Every year, thousands of books and self-improvement courses are sold, and the most successful motivational speakers command $20,000 to $50,000 per engagement. Yet leaders and managers in companies both large and small continue to be frustrated by “unmotivated” employees.
One of the most common motivational management theories developed in the industrial age and still used is the “carrot-and-stick” approach. If you want to make more widgets, offer your employees a reward: the more widgets they make, the more money they make. If your employees aren’t making enough widgets, then dole out a form of punishment in order to motivate them. This approach proved to be moderately successfully in manufacturing environments, so it soon spread and was widely adopted in other industries as well.
Unfortunately, the carrot-and-stick theory doesn’t work in most other industries. Some would argue that it demotivates employees more than it motivates them. In jobs that require creativity, abstract thinking and the ability to solve complex problems, success cannot be quantified in the same way that making widgets are. People are not all motivated by the same things.
Find Your Own Carrot
As leaders, we are caught in a quandary of sorts. On one hand, it is our responsibility to motivate our employees. Yet we all know that an ideal employee is one who is “self-motivated.” So do our attempts to use external forces to motivate employees even work?
The short answer is “Yes” — if your goal is to create a work environment in which employees become self-motivated. In his best-selling book, “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us,” Daniel H. Pink identifies our three most important inner motivators:
Autonomy and freedom: Employees want to have some control over what they do, when they do it and whom they do it with. Rather than set goals for them, managers should allow employees to set their own — assuming they are achievable, verifiable and within their control.
Offering a reward to hit a goal is OK, but if the reward is purely monetary, employees often take the shortest route, which in some cases may be the “low road.” When a prospect walks in the door, the salesperson who greets her should be focused on creating a long-term customer, not closing her by whatever means necessary. I have also found that letting employees set their own work schedules is always appreciated. Flexibility is key.
Mastery: We all want to be good at something, and in a work environment, the desire to improve matters. Doing a job well gives people a sense of accomplishment and pride. Try breaking down goals not into dollars but into key performance indicators (KPIs) that benchmark what it takes to do the job well. Your employees should be focused on attaining mastery in skills and performance rather than meeting sales targets and quarterly revenue goals. Mastery does demand some grit and deliberate practice, so encouragement by team members, mentors and managers is an important aspect of this motivator.
Purpose: It’s natural to want to be part of something meaningful and work in the service of something larger than ourselves. As an emotional catalyst, the prospect of wealth alone fails to motivate most people, but the ability to take care of your family might be more motivating. That’s where the emphasis should lie.
Helping others by being involved in community projects is also important. Sharing those achievements with employees is far more emotionally satisfying for them than hearing how many sales or how much money the dealership has made this year. Dealers can also engage employees by letting them choose which community projects to be part of, like voting on a certain cause or fundraising campaign.
Another aspect of purpose is the joy of doing a job well. People like to solve problems and typically get a tremendous amount of satisfaction from being able to figure something out. The solution — and recognition for the solution — is a reward unto itself. If you are a manager, is there a problem in your department? Why not ask your employees for their solutions? A team with a common purpose and laser focus can solve just about anything.
When our basic needs are met, we are motivated, productive and happy. Dealers who focus on creating an environment where these three primary motivators can flourish won’t have to worry about unmotivated employees for long.
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Prior to digging straight into the need to advance or advance your open diary, we should momentarily be aware of the OJS.
Open Journal Systems (OJS), being an open-source (allowed to utilize) programming, has made it more straightforward to distribute insightful diaries on the web. So instructive foundations, research establishments, and scholastic experts overall can consistently arrange benefits from this open diary distributing innovation. To get an open diary framework, you should join with an OJS development organization. The organization can assist you with modifying the OJS theme as indicated by your specialty and inclinations. Subsequently, you can prepare a diary to distribute as well as other help.
However OJS is a start to finish diary distributing and the board framework, you want more than that to collaborate with the web-based world. Sites, website pages, and e-stores are augmenting their ROI with promoting. You can follow similar example as them. Indeed, we are suggesting advancing the diary. In order to tell individuals that your diary exists. Truth be told, spread the word about it as well as make them partner with it. Be that as it may, in the event that you actually doesn’t know for what reason to do as such, read through the end.
Advantages to Promote your open diary
The Quickest Way to Reach a Wider Readership
The web and subsequently the related channels have made scads of decisions for individuals, particularly the perusers. Be it, researchers or general perusers, everybody attempts to arrive on the singular articles applicable to their inquiry or exploration at whatever point.
Likewise, obviously, there will be numerous researchers that don’t have the foggiest idea about your diary exists. Advancing your diary will smooth out your admittance to every one of them at whatever point they direct examination. Likewise, to the individuals who definitely have some familiarity with you, be that as it may, they don’t visit your site/diary straight, you can snatch their advantage.
So you can have a go at elevating your diary to be in accordance with the scholastic records and academic web search tools. Thusly, you can expand your diary mindfulness and discoverability.
Thusly, you can rapidly make your own insightful organization with countless perusers. Here utilizing this organization, you can keep them refreshed as well as hold them.
Simple Way to Attract Submissions and Reviewers
With showcasing or advancement of the diary, you can be in seeing the new expected writers close by the readership.
In straightforward words, your advancement will make your diary interactive for a few articles or a specific examination specialty. So creators (new and veteran) can undoubtedly find your diary for comparable points pertinent to them. Likewise, it will assist with spreading your assertion for accommodation for your distributions. Ultimately, make them ponder their consistence with your distribution stage. The equivalent can assist with the companion commentators. At last, you can notice early-vocation and expert commentators for your academic distributing.
Proficient analysts are now the specialists. Be that as it may, the fledglings are dependably keeping watch to get the surveying experience amazing open doors. Your distribution stage will resemble raising a ruckus around town for them.
Have the Edge Over your Competitors
Actually, a few web-based diary distributers live on the web. So creators and analysts have the choices to pick you or your opposition. So for what reason would it be a good idea for them to favor you over the other diary/distributer?
Taking a gander at the opposite side, each researcher or creator needs to be in the light. So when they notice you advancing the articles and helping their discoverability, it will appear to be an additional advantage. For example, entries with you will allow them to acquire greater perceivability, wide readership, online power, and the sky is the limit from there. So be it the new or veteran creators. They will without a doubt be amped up for entrusting you with their next accommodation.
So you can be a couple of strides in front of your rival distributions in offering some benefit to the creators, from simple accommodation to online commitment.
Commitment and Collaboration with Scholarly Societies
Keep in mind, advancement isn’t confined to making your diary noticeable on scholastic lists and academic web search tools. All things being equal, when you advance your open diary, you make a stride towards profiting yourself of the advantages of different channels, like publicizing and virtual entertainment. So you can let your substance pieces and articles assume their part in the academic local area. You can share and draw in with researchers and distribution associations in and outside your diary’s field. Moreover, you can add to the diary programs coordinated by academic social orders and draw on new open doors for the diary content.
While advancing your diary, assuming you need your OJS theme to be more appropriate to your writer crowd and peruser base, customizing it more is ideal.
To be sure, web based showcasing and promoting are the top patterns in cooperating with the advanced world and the crowd. In any case, with regards to diaries, customary advanced advertising leaves commission. That implies you want an essential way to deal with advance or advance your open diary.
Be that as it may, on the off chance that you are keen on having your own diary yet will be yet to begin and furthermore contemplating utilizing the promoting. Then start with the development and customization, trailed by advertising.
Navicosoft offers OJS development with an assortment of current, exemplary, and custom themes to promptly begin with the OJS diaries. Moreover, it is promptly accessible for an OJS fixes on the off chance that any issues happen on the diary site. Additionally, you can benefit of the showcasing for your diary. | <urn:uuid:cd343f48-486e-49c6-bdc4-19307dec9ccc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.atoallinks.com/2022/reasons-why-you-should-promote-your-open-journal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.944037 | 1,209 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Warnings about a looming economic crisis have actually reached a fever pitch. Inflation continues to skyrocket, triggering turmoil in the stock exchange, and business are beginning to get ready for the worst with layoffs, working with freezes and, in some severe cases, rescinding task deals.
The unexpected shift in labor market characteristics– after months of strong task potential customers and increasing incomes for workers– has actually left numerous working Americans scratching their heads.
“Job prospects are going to get much worse” in the next couple of months, Laurence Ball, an economics teacher at Johns Hopkins University, informs CNBC MakeIt “The question is: ‘How much worse?'”
If you’re thinking about altering functions quickly, you ought to understand that while no task is entirely recession-proof, particular markets tend to fare even worse than others throughout a decline.
During the Great Recession, which lasted from 2007 to 2009, the building and production sectors experienced large dips in work, according to information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That’s since throughout a financial decline, individuals normally restrict their discretionary costs and hold-up huge purchases, consisting of automobiles and brand-new houses, states Karen Dynan, an economics teacher at Harvard University and previous primary financial expert at the U.S.Treasury She anticipates that these markets will see comparable patterns if an economic crisis were to take place quickly.
Ball and Dynan state the most “recession-proof” markets that provide strong task security throughout financial recessions consist of:
- federal government
- computer systems and infotech
The typical thread in between these markets, Ball discusses, is that they are less conscious modifications in rates of interest, and individuals depend upon these services “whether the economy is booming or in a recession.”
Even though schools have actually struggled to employ and keep personnel in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, education can be a steady sector in tough times, Ball states. He anticipates there will be increased need for personnel at institution of higher learnings throughout the U.S. if an economic crisis strikes, as more individuals might seek to college “as a way to gain new skills and improve their job prospects.”
“People are more apt to go to college if the job market is bad,” he states. “And if you’re graduating from college, and the job market still looks bleak, graduate school becomes much more attractive.”
Whether you’re looking for a brand-new task or not, Dynan worries the significance of developing your expert abilities so you can be a more competitive, important employee. Check out which abilities appear frequently in the task posts you have an interest in and begin practicing them, or ask your employer if your business provides any expert advancement courses or webinars.
“There’s not a lot you can do above and beyond your normal job responsibilities,” she states. “But learning what skills employers are looking for, and being able to perform those skills well, is your best insurance.”
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Can cats eat tofu? You might have had this thought while hanging out in the kitchen and preparing a meal that uses some of the popular soy-based meat substitute. If humans can eat tofu, can cats safely eat it too?
There is no short yes or no answer to whether cats can eat tofu. Technically, it’s not toxic to cats, but it also won’t provide the amount of protein that they need in their daily diet. Additionally, the way cats digest it means that they might experience a bout of diarrhea.
As always, you must ask your regular vet before sharing any human food with your beloved feline. Here’s what you need to know about tofu and cats.
When Is Tofu Okay For Cats To Eat?
Tofu isn’t toxic or poisonous to cats. So if you notice that your feline has snacked on a small piece, it should not be a cause for immediate alarm.
If you discover that your kitty shows a taste for tofu, always make sure that it hasn’t been cooked with any extra spices or ingredients, like garlic, that are known to be toxic to cats.
Additionally, always feed human foods to cats in moderation and as a snack. If your feline develops too much of a taste for something like tofu, you might find that they start to shy away from their regular cat food.
When Is Tofu Bad For Cats?
Cats are obligate carnivores, which means that the majority of their diet needs to consist of meat. Tofu is classified as an incomplete protein, so even though it’s often used in human dishes as a meat substitute, it will not provide the nutrition your cat needs to stay healthy.
Secondly, the way a cat’s body works to digest tofu means that if they eat too much of it, they may suffer from a series of side effects. Some of the most common of these side effects include:
- Stomach problems
So while feeding your cat a small amount of tofu as the occasional snack should be safe, it’s best to avoid the temptation to make it a main part of any feline’s daily diet.
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A scientific research firm in Queensland is playing a major part in creating human tissue with 3D printers.
UniQuest has signed an agreement with US-based bio printing company, Organovo, which is planning to produce kidney tissues using a 3D printer.
Under the agreement, Organovo will optimise the cells created by Professor Melissa Little from UniQuest’s Institute of Molecular Bioscience to print kidney tissues using 3D bioprinting.
Last year, Professor Little and her team made a leap forward in stem cell technology by growing a tiny kidney in a laboratory dish. The breakthrough drew a lot of international interest.
Professor Little said 3D printing of fully functional mini-kidney tissue would enable better disease modelling and drug development.
“The mini-kidney tissue can be used to test the safety of new drugs,” Professor Little said. “The sad fact is that most drugs fail during testing in humans and a big reason for that is that they turn out to be toxic to kidneys.
“If we can test a drug for kidney toxicity before applying it to human trials, we’ll save a lot of time, effort and money.”
The ultimate goal of Professor Little’s research – which has been supported with a $1 million donation from the QLD government – is to produce artificial kidneys for humans.
“There’s more work to get to this point but when we do, it will save lives and cut the cost of treating the disease,” she said.
The healthcare sector has been experimenting with 3D printing to create medical implants, and printing with bio-compatible plastics that can be used inside the human body.
At a TEDTalk in 2010, Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine in North Carolina, said the kidney was the first organ ever to be transplanted into a human way back in 1954.
During the talk, he said there’s been a major shortage of organs since last decade, and the number of patients waiting for a transplant has doubled.
He said that every 30 seconds, a patient dies from a disease that could be treated with tissue regeneration or replacement.
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Earth Day: Lesson Plans, Reading Lists, and Classroom Ideas
The celebration of Earth Day is just around the corner. A significant number of teachers are currently putting the finishing touches on classes that will present pupils with fundamentals of environmental science. Have you given any thought to how you may celebrate Earth Day in your classroom?
Students are given the opportunity to study a variety of topics as part of an annual event that began in 1970 and continues to this day. These activities may include scientific studies, thematic reading, or creative arts projects. We have gathered a list of resources that give lessons, ideas, suggestions, and activities that are ideal for Earth Day in order to help instructors come up with some methods to include Earth Day into the curriculum. This list of resources can be found here. There is a little bit of everything, including lesson plans, tools, resources, and reading lists for students to choose from.
EARTH DAY LESSON PLANS
Curriculum offered by the American Museum of Natural History: The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Curriculum Collections department is an excellent place to begin one’s investigation into a wide variety of natural science topics. There is a collection that may be utilised in practically any classroom, and its topics range from Antarctica to river ecology.
In-class investigations of ecology can benefit tremendously from the use of the Nature Conservancy’s extensive library of video lesson plans, which can be found on their website under the heading “Nature Lab.” There are videos based on scientific teachings that come with companion videos, videos based on virtual field trips, and videos based on “Meet the Scientist.” In addition, as the arrival of spring draws ever closer, there are also some fantastic gardening activities available on the website for students of all ages.
The Environment-Related Lessons of the Earth Day Network: This environmental education curriculum provided by EDN includes multidisciplinary lessons, classroom activities, and resources that will assist you and your students in exploring environmental issues while you are in class.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lesson Plans and Teacher Resources: On its webpage dedicated to Earth Day, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers useful suggestions, lesson plans, and advice for Earth Day education. Check out the lessons, which cover a variety of topics related to earth sciences, such as air, ecosystems, climate change, water, and more. There are downloadable resources for every grade level, and each of the featured lessons is available in its entirety.
Lesson Collection for Earth Day on the Science NetLinks Website: The Earth Day collection that was put together for last year’s celebration is still timely and appropriate for this year. Scientific NetLinks has compiled a comprehensive selection of lessons and educational tools covering a wide range of earth science topics; these resources may be easily browsed based on grade level, topic, and the kind of project they cover.
EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES
The following is an overview of the Earth Day activities: Do you want to assist kids in gaining a better understanding of the history of Earth Day? Start here. Students in grades three through eleven get the opportunity to read about and talk about Earth Day in the classroom thanks to an activity provided by the National Geographic Society. Lessons and activities provided by the organisation provide a wealth of excellent ideas that can be utilised while teaching about Earth Day.
22 Engaging Activities to Bring the Celebration of Earth Day to Life: This compilation of tools from PBS LearningMedia is going to be of great use to educators. You should also take a look at the NOVA Earth System Science lesson plans that are available on PBS LearningMedia. These lesson plans are standards-based tools that investigate earth sciences. Another excellent educational resource is the series Nature on PBS.
The website I Want to Be Recycled is a one-stop shop for students who are interested in the science of recycling. It contains a variety of resources that may be used to learn about recycling. The resource, which was developed by the nonprofit organisation Keep America Beautiful, provides students with information that can be used to get involved in environmental activism as well as accessible information about recyclable items and a Recycling 101 course. A web-based game called Super Sorter is an entertaining place to begin.
EARTH DAY READING FOR STUDENTS
Readings That Are Recommended By The Project Learning Tree: Are you looking for an informative book to read on the subject of the environment? This list compiled by Project Learning Tree provides an abundance of options for you to select from. The books were published in 2014, but the information they contain is relevant even now, and they are organised according to grade level.
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Behind every good shot of food is the waste that went into producing it. It’s a well-known fact that food photography employs a lot of tricks to make the food look brighter, bigger, and prettier. Most of these hacks are largely inedible, like adding drops of glycerin on salads to make them seem fresh, adding car oil for lasting shine, and painting shrimps to make colors pop. But these tricks come with a price that may not be worth paying.
As it is, food waste is a growing problem throughout the world, and letting wasteful practices in food photography continue brings us no closer to achieving food security. With that, here are simple, doable tips from food stylists Mylene Chung of Photokitchen and Dennis Lo on how to minimize food waste during a photo shoot.
Use edible ingredients
For added shine, Chung and Lo both suggest using water or regular cooking oil. Also avoid using harmful chemical substances like a bonding agent or glue, which can render food inedible and slightly toxic. There are numerous edible alternatives a food stylist can use such as corn syrup. It’s simply a matter of having to “Be resourceful and think of more sustainable ways to style food,” says Chung.
Use hygienic props
When it comes to providing volume in a dish, like giving salads or noodles a dome-like structure, some stylists place makeup sponges or tissues underneath, rendering the dish inedible. Lo suggests ramekins or anything solid such as ceramic or glass props instead as it’s “less gross that way, especially with sauce-heavy dishes.”
Keep things clean
The cleaner your instruments are, the more edible the food will be. Making sure that utensils and props, like fake ice, plates, brushes, knives, and tweezers, have been sanitized before use will determine if you can eat the dish after. Go the extra mile and wear food styling gloves as you’ll most likely be touching the food throughout the shoot.
Cook it again
“If it’s out for a long time, it’ll be cold, and oily dishes can start to emulsify, but these are things that can be remedied with a bit of reheating,” says Chung. If you’re not too picky about what you eat, then simply heat up the dish instead of letting it go to waste. Also make sure to confirm with the client regarding the dish’s preparation as some food is half-cooked for the sake of the shoot.
Donate the food
Most of the time, food sent by the client to the shoot will be disposed of after as you can’t serve paying customers food that’s already been handled, according to Lo. But, “it can be repurposed as a full meal,” says Chung. Those conscious of eating food that’s been handled by others can always donate the food to people on the streets but only after recooking the food once the shoot is done.
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As the lockdowns ended last year, job openings soared across Australia, exposing staff shortages that are now hampering economic activity as Covid cases rise.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Wednesday that job postings increased by nearly a fifth, or 18.5 percent, from the previous three months, to 396,100.
Bjorn Jarvis, chief of the ABS’s workforce statistics unit, said the figure was over three-quarters higher than in February 2020, before the Covid pandemic interruptions.
“These data continue to reflect considerable demand for workers from businesses that have been locked out, as well as persisting labour shortages, particularly in lower-paying industries,” Jarvis added.
All sectors of the economy reported more job openings, with the private sector leading the way with 361,700 job openings, up 19.4 percent from August. Vacancies in the public sector increased by 9.7%.
“Job openings were also heightened in all states and territories, ranging from 120 percent more than before the pandemic in Western Australia to 49 percent in the Australian Capital Territory,” Jarvis said.
Job vacancies in the arts and recreation, as well as housing and food services, increased by nearly 260 percent and 210 percent, respectively, as compared to February 2020.
While the data predate the Omicron strain’s rapid spread, they highlight how tight the labour market was before the recent economic turbulences, with employers now struggling to find workers who have Covid or are in close touch with people who have.
The current job shortages, according to Tim Nieuwenhuis, managing director of Workfast Australia, a company that recruits staff for companies ranging from warehousing to mines and other major projects, are “way worse” than during the Delta wave in 2021, which shut down Victoria, New South Wales, and the ACT for months.
“We’re getting a tremendous quantity of calls,” he added, adding that the well-publicized logistics bottlenecks were only part of the issue. “Everything has been hit in the same way.”
As part of state and federal economic stimulus plans, major construction projects such as new roads and other infrastructure are set to begin in early 2022, according to Nieuwenhuis. These were now being halted as developers’ work rosters were being depleted by absentees, or they were unable to get the requisite materials or equipment due to supplier distortions.
“If they keep going down this road, they’ll kill businesses faster than lockdowns,” he said.
Because there is less government assistance now, Nieuwenhuis predicts that workers will simply refuse to take Covid testing if all of their symptoms are flu-like.
“If they’re sick, stay at home,” he urged. “If you’re not sick, go to work,” he said. “Don’t be concerned about being tested.”
The threat of a $1,000 fine for those who test positive to a fast antigen test but don’t report it, announced by NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet on Wednesday, will simply encourage people to avoid tests.
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Tasting Life Twice
Author Crystal King muses on life, history, writing and food.
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When I was researching my novel, THE CHEF'S SECRET, I discovered that in the Renaissance, often a chef was as important to helping the ill and wounded as a physician might be. This is evident in Bartolomeo Scappi's 1570 cookbook, which has 218 recipes specific for the sick. These recipes include "prepared potions, broths, concentrates, pastes, barley dishes and many other preparations needed by the sick and convalescent. Interestingly enough, some of the most delicious recipes among the thousands in his cookbook appear in this section, especially sweet dishes.
Every holiday season, the humble sweet potato transforms into a delicious side dish, sometimes simple, sometimes decadent. The sweet potato (which is different than a yam, sorry Louisiana) is a tuber native to South America but it found its way to Europe and parts East once the New World explorations began. Gerard Paul, over at the fantastic site, ManyEats, has a fascinating history of the sweet potato here.
The first turkey recipes appear in the Italian cookbook in L'Opera di Bartolomeo Scappi (who happens to be the protagonist in my novel, The Chef's Secret). Turkeys found their way to Italy during the Renaissance, but it wasn’t until the latter half of the century that they were deemed suitable for eating. As you might know, turkeys are a bird native to the Americas and were prized by the ancient Aztecs and Native Americans alike. Christopher Columbus noted the bird when he first came to America, but it wasn't until around 1519 when Spanish and Italian explorers first brought turkeys to Europe. Initially they were regarded as a beautiful and strange oddity, and many nobles kept them as pets or gave them to others as extravagant gifts. They were loved for their unique look, with artists depicting them in sculpture and paintings. The sculpture you see here, by Italian sculptor Giambologna, is from 1560, of the prized pet of Cosimo di Medici. The Italians called them gallo d'India (or birds of India) because of general geographical confusion by early explorers. Eventually, however, turkeys became even more loved for their delicious and unusual flavor.
One of my favorite things about writing THE CHEF'S SECRET was trying my hand at some of Bartolomeo Scappi's recipes. L’Opera di Bartolomeo Scappi includes some of the first recipes resembling what we know as pasta today, including stuffed pasta such as tortellini and tortelli. It was a fun challenge trying to figure out how to make this recipe, from Book II.252 of L’Opera, work. The dough, which is made with with sugar and rosewater but no oil, is a bit softer and more pliable than what is common today. The spices lend themselves well to the peas, however, and this makes a perfect spring dish. But if you are like me, and love peas any time of the year, by all means, go with the frozen peas. It's still a delightful and surprising dish!
Much of this article (written by me!), originally appeared on Let Them Read Books.
It's #NationalPieDay!! So of course I had to share one of my favorite Renaissance recipes, one for a pumpkin tourte.
Pumpkin pie in the Renaissance? I hear you say. Isn't that a food from North America? Why yes, but let me explain. In renowned chef Bartolomeo Scappi's 1570 cookbook, he describes a pie which includes a recipe for a gourd that translates as the word "pumpkin." Now, the word for "pumpkin" has been used on a variety of gourds throughout the centuries, dating back to ancient times. It's possible that the pie he describes was actually a squash pie, but with the influx of foods from the new world (Scappi also includes some of the first European recipes for turkey in his book), I like to think that perhaps the pumpkin that we know and love today might have been what Scappi was using when he created this recipe. | <urn:uuid:66d6f88e-eeb3-4c3f-b6f3-5b6f91192674> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.crystalking.com/tag/renaissance-recipe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.978683 | 887 | 2.234375 | 2 |
By now, you have heard that meditation is useful for you – that it could also replace your life.
High-performing specialists of all types have spoken of exactly how meditation assists them in dealing with stress and flourish in demanding situations. Prominent advocates feature Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Oprah Winfrey, and mass media professionals like Dan Harris and George Stephanopoulos. The right amount of Wall Street professionals and Google employees are into meditation, too, as well as; the late Steve opportunities were a significant lover.
But even with a remarkable directory of supporters, you might still question: exactly why? Exactly why is meditation theoretically so excellent, so useful, very transformative?
The lovely people at AsapSCIENCE took the time to enjoy the real study into meditation for one of the newest videos – you can check from the full video clip here, but listed below are seven things that medical investigation tells us in what meditation does for your body and mind.
- Meditation will allow you to deal with tension and unfavorable thoughts.
Multiple research has shown that meditation enables lower amounts of despair and stress and anxiety, in addition to helping individuals endure pain much better. The researchers determined that mindfulness meditation, in particular, might help people handle emotional tension. However, they state that more research is required into how meditation will help trigger positive mental health (beyond minimizing ramifications of harmful strains).
- Besides, meditation could enhance positive abilities like storage and understanding. Studies have shown that meditators have particular minds with well-developed places that would be attached to the expertise of consciousness and emotional control. While it’s possible that people with such brains could be more likely to meditate in the first place, some other analysis does reveal that after doing a meditation plan, you can find alterations in players’ brains that are attached to memory, self-awareness, and point of view.
- Meditating for many years is connected with mind changes that help you to get together with others. Buddhist monks and various other long-lasting meditation enthusiasts reveal much more developed head regions associated with empathy, although the reasons for which happen to be likely complex. Researchers have seen that meditation may also alter mind surf, causing more significant amounts of leader mind surf – which are generally associated with a state of wakeful relaxation. This can help lower bad feelings and feelings, including outrage, tension, and depression. The default setting system describes a system of head areas that are effective once the thoughts are inside a meditative condition – wakeful, at rest, and not focused on additional distractions. This frame of mind is associated with different positive effects by decreases in adverse stresses like anxiety and depression.
- It does not take long to see meditation’s benefits – just days can transform your brain. Several tests also show that after an eight-week meditation program, players had denser brain structure in places connected to learning, emotion legislation, and memory space handling. Furthermore, they showed reduced amounts of gray matter in areas of the amygdala, a brain area connected to fear and stress. Within a study released in Social Cognitive And Affective Neuroscience, experts write that in general, individuals who stimulate a segment of the mind repeatedly (generally by learning a skill) show a boost in grey matter, while not having a part of the brain diminishes gray issue for a reason that place. They compose that in this instance, players who paid off their unique tension response more were the ones that showed the most significant decline in grey matter in this area for the brain.
- some great benefits of meditation extend with other elements of yourself as well, together with your center. Mindfulness instruction was connected with diminished blood pressure and a more adjustable heart rate – which is a positive thing, which means you can better regulate blood circulation based on just how much oxygen you will want during the time. Scientists (and the American cardio Association) state a probable mechanism with this would be that meditation could lower the levels of anxiety hormones that can cause inflammation as well as other physical dilemmas.
- There are also signs that meditation often helps improve immunity -or at least help defend against the flu virus. Within a learn, researchers took two customers together with one group perfect an eight-week meditation training course. At the end of the eight weeks, the individuals during the meditation class showed improved left-side brain activity. At that point, the researchers injected both teams with the flu vaccine. The meditators had been stronger immune response (their bodies produced more flu-fighting antibodies), during the higher the level of left-brain activity in general, the more the immune reaction.
- Meditation may help prevent genetic damage. One learn revealed that cancer tumors survivors just who finished a meditation program showed increased telomere length – telomeres are necessary protein complexes that shield our very own family genes, and shortened telomeres are connected to different conditions. Scientists claim that the possible mechanism with this is lowering stress may help certain minerals that lengthen telomeres, though more investigation in more diverse populations required. Once the video below details, meditation is unable to substitute for taking good care of yourself – so you should keep going into the physician, getting physical exercise, and ingesting vegetables. It’s also well worth noting that much of the studies are nevertheless pretty initial, and even as we discover more about mental performance and exactly how it responds to several forms of the task, the point of view about how all these work works could transform. Nonetheless, it “may be described as a way of working out the human brain with additional health advantages. And since your mind controls everybody, then unwind and say ‘Ommmm…’ once inside a while.” Or for those weirded on by thinking “ommmm,” go ahead and spend some time to sit down and inhale. | <urn:uuid:ec7ea0aa-f307-40e6-a534-b0860a69aeb8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jewishvoice.blog/tag/healing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.953923 | 1,180 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Commemorating World AIDS Day
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s HIV/AIDS Programme commemorated World AIDS Day during an event held at the UKZN’s Edition of SA Voices Museum on the Howard College campus.
Under the theme Know Your Status, the event brought together University stakeholders and communities in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
World AIDS Day is a national celebration that commemorates those who have lost their lives to the disease and to support those infected and affected by the pandemic.
The event also marks a milestone of the institutional response to HIV/AIDS especially in light of the new national strategies. The University’s HIV/AIDS Programme continues to support the UNAIDS 909090 strategy.
UKZN’s HIV/AIDS Programme co-ordinator, Ms Nomonde Magantolo, said the purpose of the event is to update the University stakeholders of the latest developments around HIV/AIDS. The event is also held to notify staff and students of the latest services provided by the clinic and to speak to the University community to find out about the challenges they often face when it comes to HIV/AIDS.
‘We are all affected by HIV,’ said Magantolo adding that the Programme’s role is to ensure that those students who are positive lead a positive life and graduate alive and those who are negative stay negative.
To offer convenience for staff and students who are on chronic medications, she announced that in 2019, UKZN will be a pick up point for chronic medications. Magantolo added that the Durban campus clinics will also be able to roll out ARV’s on campus rather than students having to travel to the nearest clinics.
Magantolo said this year the Programme tested 12 000 people and more than 90% of those who tested are on ARV’s. She urged more staff and students to utilise the facilities at the clinics and test regularly.
HIV/AIDS activist, Ms Monica Nyawo, said the biggest challenge that hinders people from getting the necessary help they need is the stigma around the pandemic. She encouraged those infected and affected by the disease to speak to someone, as sometimes talking heals.
Nyawo urged the staff at the campus clinics to love and support the students, and for the Programme to ensure that students are part of similar future discussions as HIV/AIDS also involves young people.
In a panel discussion, some of the challenges raised in trying to prevent new infections included students not using protection when they engage in sexual intercourse for the first time; the blessers syndrome where students are dating older men for financial rewards; and how students do not seek help at the fear of being judged.
The panel also highlighted the increased number of students born with HIV entering the University. The HIV/AIDS Programme reassured the audience that the University fully supports those students.
Magantolo invited staff and students to join hands in transforming UKZN to be able to deal with all HIV/AIDS health issues on campus.
Words: Sithembile Shabangu
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In 2014, a hacker group leaked confidential information from Sony Pictures Entertainment, including a controversial email written by an unnamed producer.
In the email, which went viral, the producer questioned the decision to cast Denzel Washington as the lead in “The Equalizer”:
“I believe that the international motion-picture audience is racist – in general, pictures with an African-American lead don’t play well overseas… But Sony sometimes seems to disregard that a picture must work well internationally to both maximize returns and reduce risk, especially pictures with decent-size budgets.”
Many actors, activists and newspapers have raised concerns related to diversity in Hollywood films. Several organizations, including blackfilm.com and the Geena Davis Institute, now actively monitor and promote diversity in media.
But was the Sony producer onto something in raising concerns about the biases of moviegoers abroad? Is it possible that the lack of nonwhite and female lead characters in Hollywood films is driven, in part, by economic concerns from movie studios? Our analysis of more than 800 films sampled between 2005 and 2012 suggests the answer is “yes.”
Who’s in the movies
Research suggests that films suffer from demographic disparities.
In one study, researchers at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism analyzed the demographic characteristics of over 11,000 speaking characters in hundreds of films and television series released in 2014. Approximately 75 percent of all actors involved were white. Meanwhile, 12 percent were black, 6 percent Asian, 5 percent Hispanic/Latino and 3 percent were identified as Middle Eastern or “other.”
We looked at the top-grossing films each year from 2005 to 2012, using information from Box Office Mojo, IMDB, The New York Times movie reviews and Rotten Tomatoes. Our data include the 150 top films each year that were distributed domestically and abroad, excluding G-rated and animated films.
Just 28 percent of movies in our sample had a female first lead character. Only 19 percent had a nonwhite first lead character.
These figures are in stark contrast to the demographics of the U.S. population. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 51 percent of the U.S. is female and 35 percent is nonwhite or Hispanic.
Recently, film studios have faced more intense competition from independent filmmakers, increased globalization and streaming video sources. In this environment, film studios may be inclined to supply movies with characteristics that appeal to more consumers and increase profits.
Since international box office revenue is now more than twice as large as domestic revenue, the economic incentive for studios to cater to the preferences of international audiences is larger than ever. The top five international box office markets are China, Japan, the U.K., France and India.
Does consumer discrimination in these markets explain the underrepresentation of female and nonwhite actors in Hollywood films?
We analyzed the potential gender and racial biases from the consumer side through their influence on box office revenue, both domestically and internationally. We looked at the relationship between cast demographics and theater audiences, controlling for other factors that may affect a movie’s success, such as production budgets, release timing, genre, critic ratings and star power.
There’s significant evidence that a film cast’s racial diversity negatively affects international box office performance. By our estimates, a 10 percentage point increase in racial cast diversity leads to 17 percent less international revenue, even after controlling for key film characteristics. This effect disappears in the domestic market.
Similarly, adding just one nonwhite lead actor led to a 40 percent decrease in international revenue.
However, we did not find any link between gender diversity and movie revenue. Productions with a female lead character fared as well economically outside the U.S. as those with a male lead.
The results provide convincing evidence that studio executives have legitimate concerns about the relationship between diversity and revenue.
The negative effects of nonwhite characters on profits could explain the racial disparity observed in Hollywood films. In that case, it could be argued that consumer prejudice leads to roles that favor white actors more, because the increased revenue is attractive to studio executives.
Most movies make a lot more foreign revenue than domestic revenue, but movies with diverse casts can struggle abroad, even if they are incredibly successful domestically. For example, 2012’s “Think Like a Man” made US$91.5 million in the domestic market but just $4.5 million in the international market. “The Help,” a 2011 Academy Award-winning period drama, made $169.7 million in the domestic market compared to $46.9 million in the international market.
This doesn’t mean that preferences of studio executives are not at all responsible for the demographic disparity, but it does suggest that market forces are at least partly responsible.
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In this article, you will learn about the steps to becoming rich, the mistakes that poor people make, and the two sentence wealth formula. This article should help you get on the road to riches. Read on to discover the secrets of the rich and how to avoid making the same mistakes. I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading this article! Have a great day! And may your journey be successful! But how do we become rich? This article will help you find financial freedom.
Journey To Becoming Wealthy
There are three main paths to wealth. One is through inheritance, the other is through hard work, and the third is by winning it. You can be wealthy in any of these ways. None of these methods will guarantee you the happiness or freedom you seek. These are some tips to help you get started. Become your own boss! Learn how to get rich. Start today! Here are some of the most effective ways to become wealthy.
First, determine your net worth. The net worth is your assets minus liabilities. A high net worth can help you live a better life. Having a significant net worth is the ultimate goal. You can also enjoy financial freedom by not worrying about bills or food. There are many reasons to be wealthy, including the feeling of financial freedom and the possibility of receiving your first dividend or rent check. Whatever your motivation, there’s a path to get you there.
Positive thinking is key to success. Remember that you are valuable and deserve to be rich. Think of yourself as a valuable asset. To create a new source for income, think outside the box. The first step to becoming wealthy is convincing yourself that it is worth it. This will make it more likely that you will achieve financial freedom. Your imagination and creativity can make you rich.
What Rich People Do
You can learn many things from the ways that the wealthy use their time to maximize it. They read a lot of nonfiction books, and keep up to date with current events via more than just TV news. They have an understanding that learning is a lifelong process and treat it as a hobby, not a job. Despite their wealth, they spend a lot of time on their mental health and mental stimulation. They also have contingency plans.
Another way to be wealthy is to invest. The rich have a system that works for them. They have several bank accounts. They use one account to pay bills, another for savings, and a third to keep an emergency fund. They also use these accounts to set up auto-pay features and automatically make savings contributions to them. They don’t use credit cards as often. They have a high level of self-control and don’t let others take advantage of them.
The rich also have a key habit: they invest in education. Getting a good education is essential to a successful career, and a good education is even better. They place their education above all else. They might even move to a poor area to save money. They may have to cut back on many things, such as holidays. But they are determined to make the most of their income. It is important to invest in your education and ensure that you don’t waste it.
What Poor People Do
Here are some tips to help you understand how the rich do things differently. First of all, they prioritize protecting themselves and investing. Rich people do extensive research before purchasing mutual funds or stocks to understand the risks involved. They also follow the advice of their doctors. Ultimately, this will lower the risk for them. It will also help them to build a solid foundation for their wealth.
Another thing to keep in mind: if you’re unable to save up for college, try taking a gap year between college and work. Many people can’t afford college, so consider taking a part-time job. Look at your bank statements and credit cards to see what you are spending your money on. Do you eat out a lot? Are you a foodie? If not, look at your spending habits and find ways to cut back.
Rich people constantly read books on success. These books are full of great ideas. By reading books, they are constantly learning and improving themselves. The 50 success books that top American CEOs read per year is a far greater number than the 1.5 books that average American reads. They sacrifice the present for the future. They invest time and money in their future. They spend nights working on their careers. They face challenges and set goals. If you want to become rich, change your mindset.
Two Sentence Wealth Formula
Many people don’t realize that they can become wealthy in two sentences. This simple formula has been around for centuries and has been proven to work for people all over the world. It works by focusing your energy on taking consistent action. Procrastination is the number one killer of wealth. It is easy to know you should do something, but life can get in the way. Although it is possible to become wealthy in two sentences, it will take you consistent action to achieve wealth.
Michael Stanley, a devoted student of the wealthy, wrote The Millionaire Next Door. He called the wealthy “the affluent” and the poor “UAWs.” It is not rocket science to become a millionaire, but it will require proper planning, saving, and avoiding foolish mistakes. You should save money wisely and avoid making silly mistakes that will only harm your future financial situation.
The authors of “The Millionaire Next Door,” have created a two-sentence wealth formula. The wealth levels of America’s wealthy people were analyzed by the authors for 20 years. They defined wealth as cash, investments, home equity and liabilities. According to the formula, the richest people in America have net worths double or more than their expected level.
habits Of The Rich And The Habits Of The Poor
You may have read best-selling books that describe the habits of the rich. They do not always translate into success. Some habits are good for wealth accumulation, while others can lead to poverty. It is important to understand these habits and avoid them at all costs. These are the habits that you will see among the wealthy and the poor.
Follow your main purpose. Wealthy people follow what they love. This is because they have a main purpose, and it keeps them happy. They do not get bored with their work, and their time is well spent doing things they love. People who love their job and make enough money are happier. Finding a job you love is the key to happiness. It is possible to identify your passions and talents.
Focus on one primary goal: wealthy people spend time focusing on one single goal in life. They take action and make decisions to achieve their goals, and they accomplish things others can only dream of. Wealthy people spend eighty percent of their time working on a single goal, while only 12% of the poor ones do. Setting goals is critical for achieving success. These goals can be written down as a habit that will help you reach your primary goal.
Tools To Becoming Financially Independent
As people live longer, their definition of retirement is changing as well. Financial independence is often defined as the end of semi-retirement or mandatory work. Others may simply refer to the ability to live independently of a job. Whatever your definition, becoming financially independent is a goal that is attainable. By saving and investing properly, you can reach financial independence. But remember that your savings must eventually earn enough money for you to live on. But how can you do that?
First, define your definition of financial independence. It might be part-time employment or never having to work again. Depending on the goals that you have set, you may not have a realistic expectation. Make sure that you do not have social privileges that would limit your freedom. Next, set your goals and start working towards them. Once you have a clear understanding of your personal goals, you can develop a realistic plan to reach them.
If you are earning a comfortable salary, you may be saving too little for your future. Depending on your expenses, you may not be fully leveraging your income. Your income alone will not guarantee you sustainable wealth. There are many other factors that influence financial growth. You must save more money than what you earn if you want to be financially independent. You should be saving 25 times your annual expenses to ensure that your investments grow at a reasonable rate.
From Trash Man to Cash Man
Myron Golden is a marketing consultant, best-selling author, and public speaker. He shares a proven method for business growth that will transform you from a trash man to a cash man in just weeks. Myron Golden tells his story of mastery, from being a trashman to becoming a highly successful Cash Man. His secrets to success were shared with business leaders all over the globe, including John Maxwell, Warren Buffett, and Michael Dell.
Myron Golden, a former trash man who made $6.25 an hour, became a multi-millionaire by transforming his job into a money-making machine. His book, From the trash man to the cash man, explains how anyone can make it big, starting from anywhere. It explains that the way to success is not necessarily based on the skills you already possess, but on the skills you still need to master.
Myron Golden, a business and marketing consultant, shares his story of mastery. He has gone from trash man to Cash Man and is now a business consultant who works with some of the most successful businessmen in the world. His business philosophy is to teach everyday people how to become rich by leveraging the principles of the Bible. Golden compares business principles to God’s automation. In fact, he describes the concept of sowing and reaping as an example.
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In Allahabad, Muslims Demolish Parts Of Mosques For Kumbh Mela Project
Some sections of the mosques were creating obstructions to the road work and were demolished to assist the government in the road development project ahead of Kumbh Mela.
Ahead of the Kumbh Mela, Muslims in Allahabad have demolished parts of various mosques which were built on government land to ensure smooth developmental activities.
Speaking to ANI, one of the workers at a mosque said the decision to demolish parts of mosques was taken to assist the government in their project.
“The sections which were built on government lands have been demolished. The government is widening the roads ahead of Kumbh Mela and we support it. We have done this by our own will,” he said.
For the upcoming Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, the state government has started widening roads and is undertaking various developmental activities, as a sea of devotees visit the place every year.
Some sections of religious buildings in various parts of the city were creating obstructions to the road work and thus had to be demolished.
In an effort to not hurt the religious sentiments of people, the Allahabad Development Authority, which is responsible for the road widening, spoke with the locals and convinced them about their decision.
The Kumbh Mela is held every 12 years on the banks of the ‘Sangam‘ – the confluence of the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati – in Allahabad.
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As the #InfoSec noob that I am, I’ve been reading up on everything and anything that has to do with the digital world. I can’t recall who recommended the book No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald, but I’m very glad that they did. This tome has renewed a sense of defense of our democracy I haven’t had in a long time.
I filled an entire notebook full with passages from this, posted such passages on Instagram, and digested this book in a way I haven’t digested a non-fiction book in a long time. It changed my world view even further than my time in the military, my time as a mother, or my time as a journalist.
If you’re working currently in the digital/info security realm and haven’t read this book, you need to. If you are just an average American and are confused about why Snowden was a big deal, or why the Patriot Act has created a beast in the NSA, you need to read this. If you think you have privacy, you need to read this.
When I was a Soldier with a clearance, I learned early on that there was no such thing as privacy. But, the post 9-11 world has taken the no privacy thing to a new level. It’s not just people who commit to an enlistment or a commission or other government service, it’s everyone. That includes you who are reading this.
Greenwald takes us through from the very beginning of all the revelations from Snowden — from first contact to those amazing days in a Hong Kong hotel, and the implications for the current surveillance state we’re living in. For every one of my friends who is a conspiracy theorist, a book like this just makes some of their more fantastic claims that much more believable.
Greenwald’s writing is clean and understandable, even in the face of more of the technical aspects of digital surveillance and the laws surrounding what the U.S. government claims is their authorization for mass surveillance and downright spying on American Citizens.
As a mother of children who have grown up with computers and access to the world through ubiquitous handheld devices 24-7, Greenwald’s assertion that the implications of our current government’s processes is frightful: “Especially for the younger generation, the Internet is not some stand-alone, separate domain where a few of life’s functions are carried out. It is not merely our post office and our telephone. Rather, it is the epicenter of our world, the place where virtually everything is done. It is where friends are made, where books and films are chosen, where political activism is organized, where the most private data is created and stored. It is where we develop and express our very personality and sense of self.”
Sense of self. Those words echoed in me during the days that I read and re-read this book. Is it hard not to understand with great prejudice that my own Government is stealing my sense of self under the auspices of deterring terrorism, for which, as Greenwald’s book points out has not happened. He makes a great point with much evidence that “In fact, mass surveillance has had quite the opposite effect: it makes detecting and stopping terror more difficult.”
No Place to Hide makes clear that “while the government via surveillance knows more and more about what its citizens are doing, its citizens know less and less about what their government is doing, shielded as it was by a wall of secrecy.”
Given the current political climate, the media and Russian hacking on our election process, Greenwald’s book is a bastion of journalism principles. He even gets into corporate journalists and why they have eroded our democracy and allowed such mass surveillance to occur, including repeating histories on the government gaining mass surveillance grounds and then losing it following revelations. Technology today being what it is, fighting that via journalism is tougher.
What our citizens seem to have forgotten is that “Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.” The fourth estate — the press — helps make sure that things hidden are revealed. But, no one can make you read it. I hope that after you see my post here, you’ll pick this book up and read it. Our lives may depend upon it. Sorry to be so mel0dramatic, but as Snowden said to Greenwald, “The true measurement of a person’s worth isn’t what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs… If you’re not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren’t real.”
Time to get real. Time to get smart. There’s No Place To Hide, so Time to Fight.
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If you could only support one charitable organization, which one would it be?
Consumer insights company Grey Matter Research and research panel Opinions4Good (Op4G) asked 1,000 American donors this question, then researched every organization mentioned as a favorite: their size, primary cause, overhead ratio, theater of operations, and whether the organization is faith-based. Donors were told to exclude local churches and places of worship from their answers.
The study found quite a number of surprising facts about the charities Americans favor. For one thing, although there are many large and well-known organizations, just twenty separate brands account for most-favored status for over half of all American donors (54%). In fact, just five major brands account for 36% of all donors’ favorite organizations:
- ALSAC/St. Jude
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross
- The Salvation Army
These are not by any means America’s largest charities, but the five most likely to be named as the very favorites by American donors.
A key conclusion of the research is that Americans tend to favor very large charities. The average total income of the 289 different organizations donors name in the study is $1.1 billion (according to their most recently available IRS Form 990). And although mathematical averages can be skewed upward by a small number of very large organizations, even the median figure is quite high, at $399 million. Just 5% of donors have a favorite charity with under $5 million of income; only 23% name one with under $50 million in income.
One advantage small organizations have is that they tend to attract larger donors. Among donors who gave under $100 during the 12 months preceding the study, only 20% have a favorite charity with income under $50 million, compared to 47% who have a favorite with a total income of $1 billion or more. This ratio starts to equalize as donors give more, finally reaching 29% favoring small charities and 35% very large charities among donors giving $2,000 or more in the past year.
A third major discovery of the study is that religious people rarely favor religious organizations. The proportion who name a favorite organization that is faith-based is only:
- 18% among donors who self-identify as Christian
- 8% among those who self-identify as some other religion
- 19% among Protestants
- 16% among Roman Catholics
- 18% among those who attend worship services at least once a month
- 23% among those who attend Protestant worship services at least once a month
The vast majority of all donors who identify with and regularly participate in religious faith do not have a faith-based organizations as their favorite charity.
Not only that, but organizations for which religion itself is the primary cause (e.g. spreading their religious faith or strengthening the faith of believers, such as a teaching ministry or missionary organization) are the favorites for only 2% of donors who regularly attend religious services.
So what do donors favor instead? By far the number one cause among all donors is specific diseases (24%), followed by international relief and development (14%), animal welfare (13%), and community development (10%).
The research also found that although a majority of donors state a preference for giving “here at home” rather than overseas, 60% name a favorite that operates globally, compared to 22% working just within the United States and only 16% working locally or regionally.
Ron Sellers, president of Grey Matter Research, notes that donors often prefer one thing but then donate in a way that contradicts their preferences. “When donors are directly asked, about half say they prefer supporting smaller organizations and two-thirds want to help ‘here at home,’” Sellers noted. “But then their favorite charities are heavily weighted toward large organizations and those operating globally. It’s a testament to so many of these favored organizations that they have garnered a high level of preference even though they don’t represent the ‘ideal’ organization for many donors.”
Sellers explained that there are many lessons to be learned from the study. “Faith-based organizations need to start asking themselves why so many people of faith are not putting their contributions where their hearts supposedly are. Small organizations need to consider whether their resources are best used trying to build a file of small, mass market donors or going after a more select group of larger donors. And everyone needs to take a look at the few brands that are tremendously strong and dig into what they have done to reach that brand strength and create preference among so many donors.”
The full study examines these donor perceptions more in-depth, with considerable detail. Please e-mail email@example.com for a free copy of the full report.
Grey Matter Research is a marketing research and consumer insights company located in Phoenix, Arizona. Grey Matter has extensive experience in research related to non-profit organizations, with numerous donor-supported organizations (along with for-profit companies) as clients. Grey Matter works directly with donor-supported organizations and in partnership with the fundraising, branding, and marketing services agencies that support them.
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Coconut oil is an edible fatty oil that is widely used in cooking and recipes. It is also used in industrial applications such as seasoning cast iron skillet, cosmetics, and soaps. The oil also provides a wide range of health benefits including moisturizing skin, food digestion, mental performance, hormonal support, immune support, and burning fat. It is categorized into subcategories that include crude coconut oil, refined coconut oil, and virgin coconut oil. The consumption of coconut oil is driven by different factors in different regions. For instance, in the APAC region coconut oil is widely used for cooking purpose because of its cost. However, in North America, the demand is driven by branded coconut-based products such as soaps and hair care products. Similarly, in Europe, consumers demands are on the rise due to the increasing use of healthy organic food and the shift toward a healthy diet. (Procurement Market Intelligence Report- Global Coconut Oil Market | SpendEdge)
Challenges Procuring Non-Adulterated Coconut Oil
Suppliers have found out innovative ways to adulterate coconut oil with various chemical ingredients, making it difficult to authenticate just by looking at it. Such actions have compelled the buyers to adopt frequent quality control initiatives and processes resulting in an additional cost for procurement. Such challenges make it difficult for buyers to procure non-adulterated coconut oil, which is why they are using third-party quality assessment agencies to assess the product quality.
Evaluating Suppliers’ Sustainability of Sourcing
Buyers in the market look to partner with suppliers who can maintain consistency in terms of supply. As a result, it is essential that buyers evaluate suppliers sourcing practices including environmentally sustainable sourcing methods to identify supplier’s capabilities. Additionally, buyers also conduct a supply chain risk assessment to identify possible supply chain disruptions. To conduct such studies, buyers usually do not possess visibility of the supplier’s supply chain strategy. Buyers in the market are looking at workarounds including concentrating on suppliers spending, sourcing from high-risk countries, signing a NDA with suppliers, and engaging with suppliers that allow vendors to audit them.
Fragmented Supply Base
The supply market for coconut oil consists of numerous fragmented suppliers. Most of these suppliers are incapable of fulfilling large-scale orders, so buyers have to procure the oil from multiple suppliers. Such act dramatically increases the procurement cost as well as the effort for contract management and supplier management. To tackle such problems, buyers usually engage with suppliers having regional presence to ensure consolidation of services.
Evaluating Suppliers’ Adherence to Regulations
Frequent labor law violations in emerging countries such as China, India, Philippines, and Vietnam are urging buyers to be cautious while partnering with such suppliers. In recent times, there has been numerous reported incidence of child labor prevalent in this country. Such known instances not only call for legal action but are also frowned upon by the people across the world. Accumulating bad press with child labor charges can put a big dent in the buyer’s brand name. Additionally, suppliers may face legal action including the closure of oil processing facilities, which results in serious supply chain disruptions. Apart from regulatory issues, the supply chain of coconut oil is longer than average, including small farmers, intermediate copra processing mills, traders, and distribution steps. Evaluation of the entire supply chain can be a laborious process and buyers can miss suppliers within the chain not adhering to relevant EH&S and labor practices.
Read more about the procurement challenges in the coconut oil market along with sourcing strategies, pricing insights, logistics and supply chain issues, and procurement best practices in SpendEdge’s upcoming report on the global coconut oil market. | <urn:uuid:b7a236da-1d56-4447-8163-0059b179da7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.spendedge.com/blogs/procurement-challenges-coconut-oil-market | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.954036 | 760 | 2.625 | 3 |
Change the Channels!
Broadcasters are airing cookie-cutter newscasts in at least 83 of the nation's 210 television markets.
In these markets, the same newscast airs on multiple stations in the same community. Stations share content, reporters and even news anchors. How do broadcasters get away with this? By exploiting loopholes in the Federal Communications Commission's media ownership rules. The practice of covert consolidation has robbed viewers across the country of independent local news.
The FCC is currently investigating covert consolidation and could put an end to it as early as this summer.
To win, we need to make this an issue the agency can’t ignore. Take action now to demand better local news. | <urn:uuid:742ea468-a35f-4119-b535-cc384f55174b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://act2.freepress.net/sign/changethechannels/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.944092 | 145 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Wastewater Treatment Plant Trail
The disposal companies of the city of Constance (EBK) take care of waste and water disposal. Dirty water is not simply disposed of, but is first treated in an elaborate process. In order to explain this process to the people of Constance and all other interested parties, there has long been a sewage plant nature trail. We were now allowed to completely redesign it.
As a warm-up, so to speak, we provided a graphic update of the EBK logo in a preliminary step. We didn’t reinvent the wheel, but identified the one with the greatest graphic potential from the existing variations of the EBK logo and just put the finishing touches on it. This updated logo is much more compatible with our graphical concept for the display boards of the sewage treatment plant nature trail than the previous relief variant would have been.
For the infographics, we developed a reduced basic design based on a deliberately coarse form language and minimally indicated plasticity through light edges or shading. This visual principle runs through all the panels of the educational trail of the sewage treatment plant. Together with the customers, it was also possible to reduce the complexity of the information conveyed. Less is often more. That’s why we also worked on the content level. In combination with a design grid for the panels that neatly separates headings, main and marginal content, the result was a modern look that is fit for the years to come. | <urn:uuid:4c419aa4-331f-4ad5-80c5-abd7c5a4146b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lgm.info/en/portfolio/entsorgungsbetriebe-konstanz-infografiken-en/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.959062 | 295 | 2.171875 | 2 |
In Nora parish lies a little village called Hammarby, which once was a very successful industrial community.
The successes were traded in to mighty and majestic buildings, including the cow-house which today is proof of the industrial success.
The history of the industrial period dates back to medieval times. The river and the assets in the woods, iron-ore and the water power were important for the work in sawmills, hammer smithy's, foundry's and mills.
The manor house in Hammarby
The manor's origins go back to the 1700s first half of the 1700s. At that time the mansion was owned by noble families and Leijel and Möhlman.
At first, the mansion was the main building with a shingle roof and two wings with turf on the roofs.
At the time of the division of the estate there was a conversion when von Schantz family took possession of the ironworks and the estate. A greenhouse was built at the same time, as they were cultivating different plants from around the world.
In 1832 two brothers, Anders and Per Gustav Wedberg took over the mansion and the top floor was then rebuilt and equipped with a lavish interior. The windows on the building were enlarged to obtain a modern appearance. In addition to this renovation another building behind the main house was built with a connecting path between the two buildings.
When one of the brothers died, his son Carl took over the estate. A lavish improvement of the garden (which is still admired by many) was started. Walkways, fountains, statues, exotic trees and plants were built and planted.
After the golden years the building and its garden have been mostly uninhabited until the company which owned the manor from 1889, decided to sell the property to a private person.
The exact construction-year of the big cow-house is not possible to determine but an a economic map from the early 1860s shows, if the data can be trusted, that the building is from that time.
An inventory of Anders Wedberg (one of the brothers) from 1853 makes clear that the estate had twenty four oxen, five horses, ten cows and a bull, and miscellaneous small animals, suggesting that a cow-house must have been built at that time. The stock was primarily focused on animals that could be used in the work around the estate as draft animals.
The barn for the animals could have been located in today's eastern wing of the cow-house, which is probably the oldest part, based on the building style and materials. In 1864 the estate invested in a new threshing machine to make the threshing more effective.
Hammarby, agricultural and rural property in Nora and Linde parishes, Örebro County, east of the city of Nora, at the water-rich Järleån which there forms a waterfall, which the State bought for 6000,000 kr in 1907 for it's rail operations.
The landed property, which covers 32 101/320 meters acre, was 1907 taxed to 835.400 SEK and the mill, consisting of blast furnace and hearth, manufacturing works, 2 mills, saw, etc., to 145,000 SEK.
Production totaled in 1907 to nearly 4,000 t and 230 ton "martin" castings. The number of workers was 88, 34 for charcoal production (60,000 hl.).
Hammarby origins date back to Gustav I's time, when the so-called king's hammer was built on behalf of the Crown in 1544 and was used until the present mill was built in 1632 by André Dress, one of Louis De Geer's assistants.
His son Otto Dress sold the mill in 1660 to his brother-in-law Jacob Leijel. It passed in 1678 to his son Adam Leijel and 1729 to his nieces, among whom Jacob Möhlman is mentioned as sole owner some time before his death in 1761, after which the same was inherited by niece EvaMaria Petré, who was the widow of hovjunkaren Ludvig von Schantz.
The mill belonged to the von Schantz family generations until the 1830s, when it was bought by brothers P. G. and A. Vedberg. After the latter's death it was owned by the son of C. H. Vedberg until the H. -Yxe limited company was formed (1889).
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Mar 25, 2021
In this first part of our special two-part series, the Biden-Harris Rural Vision, Michelle talks with Will McIntee, the Associate Director of Public Engagement in the White House Office of Public Engagement. The office’s goals are to improve the connection between the federal government and the public and ensure that all constituencies have a seat at the table. McIntee explains that, in many ways, rural communities are the key to the success of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. The goal of the program, he notes, is not just to get the country back to normal, but also to return "better" than before the pandemic. The legislation, McIntee notes, includes funding for vaccine education; rural school reopening and remote learning; mental health services and rural healthcare; farmers and food producers; and Native communities and Native health services. McIntee urges listeners to connect with the White House Office of Public Engagement to share success stories and best practices in rural communities. | <urn:uuid:81cb72f7-3953-434d-845c-19583cbdaa39> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ruralmatters.libsyn.com/biden-harris-rural-vision-part-i-with-will-mcintee | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.944466 | 206 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Mining of rock, ore and precious stones is an activity well known to Canadians. Infact it is responsible for much of our historical and contemporary wealth. Much of this activity occurs in Canada but also and increasingly in other countries in the world by Canadian Mining companies. This meeting will be a broad brush look at mining and practices and what impact this activity has on natural ecosystems, wildlife, water and other things here in Canada and abroad. Club members research and presentation. | <urn:uuid:3e271590-4cec-4076-9835-b0832bb9a859> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://slsn.ca/events/mining-the-environmental-cost/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.969843 | 93 | 2.265625 | 2 |
The world’s first all-female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, replacing a broken part of the International Space Station’s power grid.
As NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed the job with wrenches, screwdrivers and power-grip tools, it marked the first time in a half-century of spacewalking that men weren’t part of the action. They insisted they were just doing their job after years of training.
America’s first female spacewalker from 35 years ago, Kathy Sullivan, was delighted. She said it’s good to finally have enough women in the astronaut corps and trained for spacewalking for this to happen.
“We’ve got qualified women running the control, running space centres, commanding the station, commanding spaceships and doing spacewalks,” Sullivan told The Associated Press earlier this week. “And golly, gee whiz, every now and then there’s more than one woman in the same place.”
President Donald Trump put in a congratulatory call from the White House to mark “this historic event … truly historic.”
“What you do is incredible. You’re very brave people,” Trump told them as they wrapped up their spacewalk.
Replied Meir: “We don’t want to take too much credit because there have been many others — female spacewalkers — before us. This is just the first time that there have been two women outside at the same time … For us, this is really just us doing our job.”
NASA leaders, Girl Scouts and others also cheered Koch and Meir on. Parents also sent in messages of thanks and encouragement via social media. NASA included some in its TV coverage. “Go girls go,” two young sisters wrote on a sign in crayon. A group of middle schoolers held a long sign reading “The sky is not the limit!!”
At the same time, many expressed hope this will become routine in the future.
NASA originally wanted to conduct an all-female spacewalk last spring, but did not have enough medium-size suits ready to go until summer. Koch and Meir were supposed to install more new batteries in a spacewalk next week, but had to venture out three days earlier to deal with an equipment failure that occurred over the weekend. It was the second such failure of a battery charger this year, puzzling engineers and putting a hold on future battery installations for the solar power system.
The spacewalkers’ main job was to replace the faulty 19-year-old old charge-regulating device — the size of a big, bulky box — for one of the three new batteries that was installed last week by Koch and astronaut Andrew Morgan.
Spacewalking is widely considered the most dangerous assignment in orbit. Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, who operated the station’s robot arm from inside during Friday’s spacewalk, almost drowned in 2013 when his helmet flooded with water from his suit’s cooling system.
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Published 2 December 1995
From Andrew Cook
The National Radiological Protection Board chooses to ignore a considerable body of independent evidence regarding the effects of electromagnetic radiation on natural organisms (Letters, 11 November). The importance of low level background electromagnetic fields (EMFs) to life is emphasised by NASA putting Schumann wave generators on spacecraft, where lack of natural terrestrial EMFs causes immune problems and weight loss. The question is: are some frequency-amplitude electromagnetic windows harmful instead of beneficial?
Two simple studies will very easily demonstrate possible effects of EMFs generated from our electricity supply system. The first is a correlation of households in which someone is or has been a cancer sufferer against distance from substations and power lines. The second is looking for possible variations caused by microwave radar shadows (direct sight and behind hills in undulating topography). Both these could be done as small scale pilot studies in less than one year, given a Geographical Information System and some cooperation between a local health authority, local GPs and a good statistician. | <urn:uuid:8fd3dae6-0908-437a-b32a-28003c1f27a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg14820067-100-harmful-or-benign/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.914663 | 210 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Plantago aristata is an annual or short-lived, hairy, perennial herb.
Leaves basal, linear, to 18 cm long, base sheathing, dilated, papery.
Flowers white, very small, petals 0.2 cm, spreading; bract below each flower linear, elongate, conspicuous, the lower ones to 2.5 cm long, shorter above; inflorescence a wooly spike.
Fruit dry capsules with 2 seeds.
Wetland status: UPL.
Frequency in NYC: Very infrequent but many plants often found at one site.
Origin: Midwestern US.
Habitat: Dry, open soil. | <urn:uuid:b5e44cde-a075-4519-860c-c317f9ae13e7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nyc.books.plantsofsuburbia.com/plantago-aristatabracted-plantainplantaginaceae/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.809304 | 142 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Ntozake Shange’s seminal “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” is her first, and still best-known work. Shange first performed it with four other women in a small bar in Berkeley, Calif., in 1974. By 1976 it was on Broadway, where it ran for nearly two years and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play.
Celebrating the power of reclaiming one’s voice, the seminal work’s influence is everywhere. One has to look no further than to Basement Poetry, the company producing “For Colored Girls…” at the Ice House in Bethlehem Friday and Saturday.
The company was born of six friends from Northampton Community College who wanted their voices to be heard and grew into a performance art group focusing on slam poetry and movement theater. Dedicated to creating a courageous and safe place to share stories through art, the group presents productions that speak about the silenced voices of their community — women, people of color, mentally ill, LGBTQ and every other marginalized group.
A stated inspiration for the work they do, “For Colored Girls…” is a natural fit as Basement Poetry’s first-ever scripted production.
“We hope to lift women of color and inspire the masses with [Shange’s] words and honesty,” says artistic director Chloe Cole-Wilson. “The Lehigh Valley is such a diverse place and the beauty of that needs to be celebrated and praised. [The production] embodies the fierce women that have built and continue to mold the arts in the Lehigh Valley.”
Structurally, “For Colored Girls…” is a series of 20 poems, collectively called a “choreopoem.” The poems are choreographed to music that weaves together interconnected stories. It is performed by a cast of seven nameless women, identified only as colors. Their interconnected stories of love, struggle, loss, and empowerment weave a complex representation of sisterhood and shine a light on what it means to be a woman of color in America.
Influenced by both the Black Arts Movement and the Feminist Arts Movement, the choreopoem was a theatrical form pioneered by Shange. The term, which she coined specifically in her description of “For Colored Girls…,” represents the combination of poetry, dance, music and song into a singular form of dramatic expression.
Growing from the most fertile time for theatrical experimentation in the United States, Shange’s work attempts to veer from traditional western narrative. Uncuffed by the structures of linear plot and literal characters, she is able to focus on the emotional journey of the piece and the response it elicits from the audience.
In many ways the choreopoem’s cultural impact and unexpected commercial success laid the ground work for the slam poetry movement that rose to prominence in the early 2000s. Arriving in the national consciousness with HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam,” it has taken root in venues throughout the country, which provide a platform for marginalized voices to be heard, sharing their stories and building community.
In addition to its productions at the Ice House, Basement Poetry has performed for classes at Lehigh University and Moravian College, and been invited to do a residency at Broughal Middle School in Bethlehem.
“We’ve come a long, long way since that cramped classroom on a college campus, but much of our journey lies ahead.” says Cole-Wilson, “We want to be a home for our community, for our youth, for those whose voices aren’t loud enough. We want to be your soft, your clear, your hurt.”
“For Colored Girls” contains mature content and may be inappropriate for people under 18.
• “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Ice House, 56 River St., Bethlehem. Tickets: $10 BasementPoetry.ticketleap.com
Lecesne hopesto inspire ‘Brightness’
The critically acclaimed “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,” written and performed by James Lecesne and directed by Tony Speciale with original music by Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik, runs through June 4 at the Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Suzanne Roberts Theatre.
In “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,” a tenaciously optimistic and luminous 14-year-old boy has gone missing from his small Jersey Shore town. Lecesne inhabits nearly a dozen personalities and voices of the people who shared Leonard’s life, including the Shakespeare-quoting detective assigned to the case. Together they form a portrait of a town which is unexpectedly inspired by Leonard, whose story forces them to question how they live, who they accept and what they leave behind.
Lecesne based the play on his own Young Adult novel “Absolute Brightness,” which received the William Morris Award by the American Librarian Association and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.
“My hope with ‘The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey’ is that it will get audiences thinking about the obstacles young people face when they make up their mind to be true to themselves and inspire each of us to be absolutely bright,” Lecesne says.
Youth is a continuing theme in Lecesne’s work. He wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-winning short film “Trevor,” which inspired the founding of “The Trevor Project,” the only nationwide 24-hour suicide prevention and crisis intervention lifeline for LGBT and questioning youth. In addition, Lecesne has written three novels for young adults, including “Absolute Brightness.” He was executive producer of the documentary film “After the Storm,” which follows the lives of 12 young people living in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Tony Speciale is the artistic director of Abingdon Theatre Company in New York City. He conceived, co-authored and directed the world premiere of “Unnatural Acts” for Classic Stage Company, which received Drama Desk and GLAAD Media Award nominations, and has also directed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” featuring Bebe Neuwirth, Christina Ricci and Taylor Mac for Classic Stage Company; “Handbook for An American Revolutionary” for The Gym at Judson, and “Stet” at Abingdon Theatre Company. His regional credits including Barry Manilow’s “Harmony” at Alliance Theatre/Ahmanson Theatre and “Romeo and Juliet” at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Speciale served four seasons as associate artistic director of Classic Stage Company and is the recipient of a Princess Grace Theatre Honorarium and Suzi Bass Award.
Duncan Sheik won Tony Awards for Best Orchestrations and Best Original Score for “Spring Awakening,” which also received a 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. He has written music for “American Psycho,” “Because of Winn Dixie” at Delaware Theatre Company and “Whisper House” at Old Globe Theatre.
•”The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,” Tuesdays-Sundays, through June 4, Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St., Philadelphia. Tickets: $15-$62. 215-985-0420, PhiladelphiaTheatreCompany.org.
Daniel Friedman is a freelance writer.
Jodi Duckett, editor
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Jack Kerouac found the end of his storied road in a St. Petersburg hospital 50 years ago Monday.
The so-called King of the Beats is still celebrated throughout the city. For much of October, the Spirit of Kerouac Festival has events popping up around town. And Dale Nichols, owner of the Flamingo Bar — one of Kerouac’s only remaining haunts — still gets visitors looking to connect to a counterculture hero.
But the Jack Kerouac who lived in an unassuming house on 10th Avenue N with his mother and third wife, Stella, was not the folk hero of On the Road. He was not Dean Moriarty. He was not Sal Paradise. He was just Jack.
“They kept mixing Jack up with Dean Moriarty,” John Clellon Holmes, one of Kerouac’s friends and a fellow member of the Beat Generation, said in the documentary What Happened to Kerouac? “They kept thinking Jack Kerouac was Dean Moriarty. In other words, Neal Cassady, which he wasn’t.”
The Beats came to prominence in the mid- to late 1950s. Kerouac’s breakthrough novel, On the Road, was published in 1957, close to a decade after it was written and more than 10 years after the events it chronicled. Almost overnight, Kerouac went from a struggling, nearly failed writer to the harbinger of the Beat Generation — an artistic movement of young writers who celebrated excessive vice, free sexuality and recreational drug use and rejected conventional society in the 1950s.
On the Road wasn’t the first work of the Beats or even of Kerouac’s, but its true-to-life tale of the fictionalized exploits of Kerouac and his friend Neal Cassady (written as Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, respectively) as they hitched, drove and partied their way across the country became a symbol for a frustrated youth. Its rambling, poetic, stream-of-consciousness prose inspired generations and remains widely sold and published.
In the time between living and writing On the Road, Kerouac had written, at least in part, more than a dozen novels. Once he became an avatar of the Beat Generation, his backlog hit the presses, too, many of his works being completed and published by the early ’60s.
And then, mostly silence.
Kerouac retreated from the limelight to the place he loved the most, the shadows. He picked up a bottle and never put it down.
According to Kerouac biographer Ann Charters, Kerouac once said, “I’m a Catholic and I can’t commit suicide and I wouldn’t do it to my family. But I plan to drink myself to death."
In St. Petersburg, he did just that.
The end of the road
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Stepping into the Flamingo Bar is like stepping into a pocket of the universe that exists outside the normal constraints of space and time. It’s mostly unchanged since Nichols bought it in 1969. In there, it could be any decade.
With the haze of smoke and the sound of billiard balls being racked and cracked, dim light poking through narrow windows, it’s the kind of place that seems like it’s always night, always time for a drink.
It was just outside on one of St. Pete’s old green benches that Nichols would find Kerouac waiting at 8 a.m. for him to open the bar. He’d sit in the same corner stool and occasionally play a game of pool. He’d drink beers, a pint for a quarter, and pour in a nip of whiskey from his flask. He’d posture, talk big and rail about the Vietnam war. But the one thing he didn’t talk much about was writing.
“He never said, ‘I’m Jack Kerouac,’ when he was in here,” Nichols recalled. “He just introduced himself as Jack.”
Nichols met Kerouac in 1967. He was 24 and just back from Vietnam. One of his friends told him there was a guy he just had to meet, so one day they all gathered at the Sportsman, a pool hall at Second Avenue N and Second Street. Soon, Kerouac was running around St. Petersburg and Tampa with Nichols and his friends. They’d drink at bars that have since shuttered (save for the Flamingo), and occasionally Kerouac would get arrested for being too drunk. It happened at least once at the Wild Boar in Tampa, newspaper records show, and a few times in St. Petersburg, according to the city’s records.
Kerouac first came to St. Pete in 1964. Records show that’s when his ailing mother bought a house here. He bounced around for a few years until he bought his own house, the one next to hers, in 1968.
The Kerouac seen on T-shirts and posters, even the ones that still hang in the Flamingo’s window, show a young, strong, handsome man. It could be a poster from an old movie. But that’s not the man who lived in St. Petersburg.
The Kerouac here was a man in his mid-40s who, journalist Richard Hill said, looked more like he was 60. His bloated, blotched and blushed face had a permanent squint and scowl. His once athletic body was overweight and ailing. Doctors told him his liver was failing, and a hernia distended his gut.
The ’60s were a largely quiet time for Kerouac, but he was not wholly unproductive. In 1965, he wrote a series of sports stories for the Evening Independent, a defunct daily paper that was owned, at the time, by the then-St. Petersburg Times. The stories appeared in both papers with ruminations on boxing, baseball and sports writing itself.
“Jack Kerouac did more than just die here,” Kristy Andersen, a St. Pete resident working on a Kerouac documentary, said. “He had huge problems with celebrity. He didn’t like being recognized. I think he felt he could lose himself in Florida.”
In St. Pete, Kerouac hung out with young men returning home from war looking for adventure, much like he had 20 years prior. He finished his last novel, an often overlooked work called Pic, while here. It was published posthumously after his death and is out of print.
For research, Kerouac spent time in traditionally African-American sections of the city. He went to baseball games at segregated stadiums and sat in the black section. He was searching for a voice. Some of that voice is evident in Pic, which chronicles the travels of a young black child from a broken home who traverses the country with his brother. It’s a departure from his mostly autobiographical fiction, but its essence was Kerouac — a fatherless boy on the road searching for meaning.
Kerouac’s St. Petersburg exploration took him to the Cactus Bar on the city’s south side, a historically African-American neighborhood. According to Kerouac’s friends and biographer Paul Maher, the story goes that after a verbal altercation in the bar, Kerouac was beaten, suffering broken ribs among other injuries.
Kerouac mentions getting into a fight at a bar in St. Pete in a September 1969 letter to his ex-wife, Edie Parker, however the St. Petersburg Police Department said it does not have record of a fight at the Cactus Bar around that time. Police officials did, however, say that not all records from that far back have been preserved.
In Kerouac: A Definitive Biography, Maher wrote the “vicious beating at the Cactus Bar had been the final blow.”
On Oct. 20, 1969, Kerouac began vomiting blood. He was taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital, where doctors spent hours trying to tie off the busted abdominal vessels that drained his life.
“The poor guy was in shock from the time he hit the emergency room,” a doctor told the Times in 1969, “and we never really got him out of shock.”
Doctors pumped 30 units of type A blood through Kerouac. After his surgery, the hospital had a shortage.
He died at 5:45 a.m. Oct. 21. He was 47.
He gave the world the Beats, which became the hippies; he mostly hated both. He was, by all accounts, a walking contradiction. He was tender and pensive, but brash and quarrelsome. An angry drunk and a disembodied poet.
"I made myself famous by writing songs and lyrics about the beauty of the things that I did and the ugliness, too,” Kerouac said on a 1968 episode of William F. Buckley’s Firing Line. “It was pure in my heart.”
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Two students who found clever ways to use agro-industrial wastes for greater purposes were added to UPLB’s growing list of BPI-DOST Science Awardees.
The annual quest, spearheaded by the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), recognized John Christopher A. Dañez and Joshua T. Dimasaka for their outstanding science research projects. Together with 23 other winners from all over the country, they received medals and cash prizes during the awarding ceremonies at the Makati Sports Club on June 6.
Dañez, a graduating BS Chemical Engineering student, also made it to the top ten with his research entitled “Bioplastic production from Bacillus megaterium using simulated hydrolates from agricultural residues.” His research study aims to lower the cost of bioplastics (polyhydroxybutyrate, or PHB) by using no-cost lignocellulosic agricultural wastes and residues. Dañez used simulated hydrolysates of sugarcane bagasse, corn stover, and banana pseudostem to optimize the fermentation factors for bioplastics production. Dr. Catalino Alfafara is Dañez’s adviser.
Meanwhile, Dimasaka, a graduating BS Civil Engineering student, researched on “A rapid non-destructive characterization of microstructure of cement paste with nanosilica synthesized from rice hull ash using low frequency impedance spectroscopy.” His research found that the admixing of nanosilica, which was synthesized from rice hull ash, can contribute to stronger and more durable concrete materials. This is through a rapid, inexpensive, and non-destructive technique of low frequency impedance spectroscopy. The said admixture can give a more refined structure to the concrete, which could inhibit chloride attack. Dr. Marish S. Madlangbayan, vice chancellor for planning and development, is Dimasaka’s adviser.
Dañez, who received additional prizes for making it to the contest’s next cut, referred to the award as an inspiration to aspiring scientists. “It proves that one’s determination, hard work, and patience can actually be recognized and celebrated. This award shows how simple ideas can solve complex problems and can contribute to nation-building,” he said.
Dimasaka, on the other hand, said that winning the contest was a milestone in achieving his dream to become a young scientist and engineer. He was also thrilled to meet fellow young scientists across the country with the same vision of creating a more sustainable society.
With the theme “Forming a sustainable country through science and innovation,” the BPI-DOST Science Awards 2018 targeted innovations that support sustainable development and have potential to help solve the challenges of the 21stcentury.
Present during the event were Maricris San Diego, executive director of the BPI Foundation, and Engr. Albert Mariño, deputy director of DOST Science Education Institute. Also in attendance were the judges and family and friends of the winners. (Andre Cecil A. Lopez and Agnes M. Mora)
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When you call out God's name what do you mean? Who is God? How do we know who He is and how we should respond to Him? We know by learning His names and titles!
When someone speaks your name, you will normally quickly come to attention thinking, "who said that, what do they want?" We do this because our name is the most personal thing we have; it is our identity, who we are to ourselves and others. So what about God? Have you ever considered that God has many names? Do these names tell us about who He is and who we are? What do these names mean? How do we respond to these names now? Well, that is what we are trying to do in this article. I posted an outline of the different names of God, and it has been one of our most popular articles. So I decided to redo that lesson, go into the original languages, and do a careful study of what the major names are, what they mean, and how do we respond to them.
As I was doing this study, I was thinking of grade school and how much I hated learning grammar. And here I was some 25 plus years later doing what I used to hate most, but this time enjoying it! Because, I was learning more about my Lord and Savior whom I love!
So do you remember learning basic grammar in grade school, such as verbs? You probably thought what does this have to do with anything, and hated it all the way, as I did. Do you remember the verb 'to be' and all of its forms, such as "I", "I'm", "I am" and so forth? Do you know that this is the most common word in our daily language that is spoken? Just try to hold a conversation without using any of the verb forms 'to be' or any of its declensions. That is, you cannot use the word "I', or "me". Try it! I bet you will not be able to do it! What does this have to do with the names of God? Well, it conveys our name, our identity, who we are, how we perceive ourselves, and how we relate to others. In turn our understanding of God is delivered to us through the verb 'to be', because it conveys the power of 'name'.
To get to know more about 'to be' let me ask you this:
Q: Who are you? What are you? What do you want? What is your essence, your being?
You may go, "Huh?" But think about it. Try to be philosophical, asking these age old questions that have been sought since the advent of human thinking. When we do this it, it gives us a perspective of how important our name is, and more so how important God's names are.
Now consider this:
Q: What is the 'essential' difference between us (humanity) and God, what the philosophers call "ultimate reality"?
A: Our 'being' is who we are beyond our skin and bones and what we see in the mirror. Our being is our essence, our soul, our ultimate reality, and most philosophers today would say, "It is the same". Thus, there is no real difference between us and God. This attitude and philosophy is demonstrated by how most people live their lives. It is demonstrated in that people think they are in control and have dominion in the universe. In a sense, the philosophers and society are right; in the ultimate sense they are way off! They are right because we both are 'beings'. They are wrong in that One is Supreme; the other (us) is created and therefore is not Supreme.
The real difference is what the word 'to be' or 'being' means. What does it do? Yes, this may be philosophical mumbo jumbo to you, but this is important stuff because we have to know who leads us in life. Do we do it ourselves, by our self-will and self-driven rebellious nature, or is there a governing purpose for our existence? In other words, what is our purpose and the meaning of life? Are you lord or is there a Lord? Most people live their life as if they are the Supreme Being in the universe, when the true Supreme Being is knocking on our door (Rev. 3:20).
Going back in ancient Greek times when Scripture was being penned, through to the modern academic classrooms of today, the over-arching concern of philosophers was 'diversity versus unity'. This is the question, "What was being?" They pondered, "What ever is; is", meaning for anything to be real, it must "be". This means God cannot be an idea or thought, He must be real. And in then a French philosopher named René Descartes (1596-1650), asked the same of humanity: do I exist, do I matter, is there meaning in the universe? His conclusion was, "I think, therefore I am" (He was also the one who invented geometry and basic engineering principles, so you can thank him for all of your high school homework!), that we as humans have to be real too. This idea of 'being' and 'to be' was most extraordinarily expressed in Shakespeare's Hamlet, "to be or not to be". To die or not to die, to live or not to live, will it be the end of existence or not, will I be judged by God or not, asked Hamlet.
So why talk about all this philosophical stuff? Because, when we look at the names and titles of God, they mean 'being'. These names and titles that we are talking about declare to the world who He is while answering our deepest questions of who we are and what is our relationship to God, ourselves and each other. And as a bonus, God uses His titles as a help to clarify our deepest longing, and as an assault to our reasoning and mindsets when we refuse His love. Even during our quest for ultimate truth and meaning God answers us in His Names! Thus, all the philosophical thinking and wonder has been answered. And the final answer of this "being" stuff; that there is one God and we are not it!
So what about us? Do we care about our being, who we are, our place in the universe? We should because there are life essential questions that are at the root of who we are and how we react to the world. How we behave, treat others and serve God will be rooted in how we perceive ourselves in the ultimate reality of our being. Thus, how we see ourselves in Christ, who we are in Him, will determine all that we do and how we react in life. So this stuff does matter, as we will see when we examine the names of God.
So what about the names?
In traditional European culture, it was common to name children from the parents' lineage. And a nickname was given to them for their profession, which over the centuries evolved into the last names we have today. In the OT times it was common to name children from their character, as a child, and change their name if they went through a new character, such as, Abraham means "father of multitudes," Joseph means "God will increase," and the name Jesus means "Jehovah is salvation." Names that told of a great change include Jacob to Israel, or Saul to Paul, or Simon to Peter.
Jacob was born grasping his brother's heel and in his early life lived up to his name of being a deceiver and grasper of what was not his (Gen 32:33). Then a major conflict emerged in Jacob's life so his whole worldview, passions and reason in life transferred from being self-centered to God-centered. Thus, his name was changed too. During Jacob's 'WWF' (TV's wresting sensation) experience, the angel could have taken out Jacob in a microsecond, but allowed a struggle to take place to give a subordinate perspective to the self-driven patriarch. This act was his turning point and a vivid illustration on the importance of names.
Why the name history lesson? Because again, if you did not understand all of the 'to be' stuff, understand this; names are very important! Just think how you respond to seeing your name in print, or being said. It was even more powerful in ages past, especially in the Bible. As names convey power, authority, position, and character; thus it is with the names of God Himself. God has chosen to reveal Himself to us through His names that reveal His character as recorded to us in Scripture. Remember, God is beyond our comprehension and understanding as He encompasses the entire universe through all space and time. Thus, there are no names that can fully describe the Eternal One; yet God has revealed much about His nature through His Names. His names convey some of His character, attributes and power, in a way we can understand and relate to Him. By us understanding His names, it will give us a glimpse into who He is and how we are to respond to our Lord.
Names of God from the Old Testament: (These are done as abstracts)
ELOHIM: This is the first name of God recorded in the Bible (Genesis 1:1). It is rendered as 'God' in most English translations. This is a plural noun, meaning more than two. It is used with singular verbs; the dual form 'Eloah' is used in Job. The first part, "El", means God and is attached to His might, power, majesty, glory, and authority. The second part "Ohim" means His plurality nature, so we can clearly see in this first Scripture God is introduced as the Almighty Trinity. Elohim occurs 2,570 times in the OT, 32 times in Genesis (Gen). Elohim means several things: 1. God as Creator, Preserver, Omnipresent, Omniscient, Transcendent, Mighty and Strong. This name implies God's control over all things, His stamp on every stray molecule, pure sovereignty over the universe. If not for this, everything in the universe would be the same, and there would be no diversity. Ecclesiastes (Eccl.), Daniel (Dan.), and Jonah used Elohim almost exclusively. (Gen. 17:7, 6:18, 9:15, 50:24; 1 Kings 8:23; Jeremiah 31:33; Isaiah 40:1) 2. Even though this name is a 'plural' meaning more than one, it may not in and of itself prove the Trinity (the Trinity is proven by several means and arguments; which I will explain when we do the New Testament names), although it definitely testifies to it! This means there is unity in diversity, that without this name God would not be known to us as stable and unifying, and to our understanding He would be chaos to us. 2. Because of the nature of this name, Elohim, meaning unity in diversity, and again communicating to us His triune nature, has cause many theological debates over the millennia. Critics to the Trinity say this refers to God's kingship, and ancient kings often referred to themselves in plural form (plural of majesty); however there are other words that can be used to say this. But as a title for God, this 'plural of majesty' tells us of His total diverse, yet unifying, nature. 3. This name encompasses all of the God characteristics, all of the essence, all of the fullness. This name puts the emphasis on His 'fullness' meaning we are to fully realize His Godhood and sovereignty over the entire universe, including ourselves.
Thus for us today we must never think of God as one-dimensional, that we can control Him by a simple understanding or category. Nor can we fully understand Him in a simple slogan, such as God is just Love. We cannot reduce God down to our choosing or understanding, but we can know Him as He revealed Himself to us. God is complete and "full'!
YAHWEH: LORD in our English Bibles (all capitals) essentially means, "to be" (why I was talking about that "to be" stuff!)"! It has been the main name of God in the mindsets of the Jews and then the Christians for the past four millenniums. Yahweh is the covenant name of God, occurs 6823 times in the OTwith its first use in Gen. 2:4 (Jehovah Elohim) and comes from the verb "to be", "havah", similar to "chavah" (to live). He is "The Self-Existent One," "I AM WHO I AM" or 'I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE" as revealed to Moses at the burning bush, Exodus 3. The name of God, too sacred to be uttered, is abbreviated and written down in Hebrew Scripture as (. . . . ) or written "YHWH" without vowel points. God Himself gives the spelling of this name with the four consonant letters as "YHWH", called the 'tetragrammaton'. Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings use 'Jehovah' almost exclusively.
The love of God is conditioned upon His moral and spiritual attributes. (Dan. 9:14, Psalms 11:7, Leviticus 19:2; Habakkuk 1:12). Note Deuteronomy 6:4- 5, known to Jews as the Sh'ma, uses both "YHWH" and Elohim to indicate one God with a plurality of persons.
For us today this name Yahweh is the 'Ultimate Supreme Being', showing us the quintessential fact of the universe that God is God and we are not. We cannot be "I am", as there is only One "I am", and because we were created we also can not be God! Thus we are not to live our lives as we are a god!
JEHOVAH: Referring to 'Yahweh', the actual name 'Jehovah' is not in the Hebrew Bible. It is a combination of the constants of Yahweh and the vowels of 'Adonai'; Thus in English, it becomes Jehovah. The Ancient Hebrew used no vowels (The actual pronunciation of YHWH was lost or never existed. Oral traditions and common speaking passed down vowels through the centuries.) Jehovah first appeared in the 6th-7th century A.D. Jewish scholars and the 'Masoretes' wanted to make the Hebrew more readable by adding vowels, so they changed YHWH to JHVH because there was no 'J' in the Hebrew and some believed that the 'J' sound must have been the secret pronunciation. Around the same time, Jewish leaders combined the vowels of Adonai with the Tetragrammaton 'YHWH' to remind the synagogue reader to pronounce the name as Adonai. That means they left the consonants for Yahweh (YHWH), but put with them the vowels for Adonai (a, o, a). Thus, we get YaWhoWa, which transforms into the English Jehovah (which became popular in the 19th century for Christians) we have today.
ADONAI: 'Lord' in our English Bibles (Capitol letter 'L ', lower case, 'ord'. Adonai is plural like Elohim, the singular is "adon") comes from the semantic languages, similar to 'Adonis' which meant prince of the 'god's', or a man in a very high authority such as a Pharaoh, who was considered a god too. It referred to their sovereignty, to someone who ruled who is all powerful. Thus, God rules with pure sovereignty and not by our will or poles! The Jews used this name as a substitute in daily talk to discuss God, referring to 'YAHWEH' because that name cannot be uttered! ADONAI means "Master'' or "Lord" 300 times in the OT and is always plural when referring to God. The reference may also be to a human lord where it is used 215 times to refer to men. The first use of Adonai is Gen. 15:2 (also found in Exodus 4:10; Judges 6:15; 2 Samuel 7:18-20; Psalms 8, 110; 114:7, 135:5, 141:8, 109:21-28). It is used heavily in Isaiah (Adonai Jehovah), 200 times by Ezekiel (Ezek.), and ten times in Dan. 9.
This was the title given to Jesus (see NT listings). This name is important because it tells us that Jesus cannot be our Savior without being our Lord! We must be willing to surrender and bow to His Lordship. If we do not, our will becomes our god, and we can have only one God! If not we set up ourselves to be lord and master, when this would be the ultimate in foolishness! This name also gives us a sense of command and our devotion, reverence and awe to our Lord, that we have to yield to Him and His authority, power, as well as His love. Yet we live in a society (America) that is very anti-authority and have since our US revolution! Thus, we have some surrendering to do (Gal. 2:20-21)!
Adonay HaAdonim: "Lord Of The Lords" (Deuteronomy 10:17). Our God is the supreme Lord and Master of the universe. He is the ultimate Ruler and the Lord over all the powers and authorities that have or ever will exist.
The other "El" Compounds (by the way there are dozens more I have not included!) These names convey the importance that we get to know God. He is Elohim, Eloah, Elah and El. He is the source of all power, might and strength!
EL: God ("mighty, strong, prominent") is used 250 times in the OT (Gen. 7:1, 28:3, 35:11; Numbers 23:22; Joshua 3:10; 2 Samuel 22:31, 32; Nehemiah 1:5, 9:32; Isaiah 9:6; Ezek. 10:5. El is linguistically equivalent to the Moslem "Allah," but the attributes of Allah in Islam are entirely different from those of the God of the Hebrews and us Christians. Thus, the only thing shared is the root of the word in ancient times. This name reminds us of God's might and strength. When we feel alone and frustrated, we have a God who is there able and willing to lead us to the promised land!
EL SHADDAI: El Shaddai means God's power; 'El Shaddai, "Almighty God," probably meant originally the "god of the mountain(s)" (Gen. 17:1). The term Shaddai occurs alone 31 times in Job as a designation for God. (This name was made popular by the Amy Grant song in the 80's.) This name literally means, "God is Almighty" or "God is All-Sufficient." It is most often translated as "All Mighty" in the English Bibles. In ancient Semitic cultures a version of this name referred to God as a powerful mother. You have probably seen pictures of the ancient statues of a god who had dozens of breasts. Those idols of the heathen are called "sheddim." In Hebrew it means a God who is "Over Power", "One who thunders" as a strong God such as the Viking's Thor and his hammer. Nothing can overcome God's omnipotence! This name is further used 48 times in the OT, 31 times in Job. God came to Job after Job's laments and frustration, "Who are you Job, did you create the universe? I am all powerful, you are not!" This name is first used in Gen. 17:1, 2. (Gen. 31:29, 49:24, 25; Proverbs 3:27; Micah 2:1; Isaiah 60:15, 16, 66:10-13; Ruth 1:20, 21) and in Revelation 16:7, "Lord God the Almighty." The Septuagint uses Greek "ikanos" meaning "all-sufficient" or "self-sufficient."
For us this means God should overwhelm us by His singular mighty power and majesty. He redeems, yet He is overpowering. Thus, we should see God as God, not some old man figure, or divine bellhop! We should be in utter awe of Him. Because God has and is absolute sovereign power, we have no right or cause to argue or fight with God as Job leaned (see Psalm 2).
There are several more "EL" compounds used in scripture. We will briefly look at all of them: Q: How can you better understand these names so you are able to grow closer in your walk with Christ?
El Elyon (also Elyon, El Elyon, Elyon), meaning the "Most High," or "The Most High God" is found alone as a designation for God in Genesis 14:18, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 32:8, 2 Samuel 22:14, Psalms 9:2, Isaiah 14:14, and Lamentations 3:35,38. Height points to God's power and position. Have you acknowledged God's power and position over your life and the life of the church? Or do you run your life and your church as if you are in charge?
El Olam means "God's eternity" or "the everlasting God" (Genesis 21:33). Have you realized that God is beyond the confines of what we perceive in the universe? Beyond the furthest galaxy, transcending time and thought. Yet He is intimate with us to know the numbers of hair on your head! Thus, even though He is beyond your comprehension and reach, He reaches for you!
El Bethel: This expression take place three times: (Genesis 31:13) Where God identified himself to Jacob, in Genesis 35:7, and where Jacob built an altar at Bethel in memory of his vision there (Jacob's Ladder, Genesis 28:10-22). Have you recognized who He is?
El Kedem: "God of the Beginning" (Deuteronomy 33:27). God always was and always is "being". He is before all things in space/ time and in priority. This name revels to us that God must be first before all else in our life and affections!
El Tz'vaot: "God Of Hosts", or "God of Armies" (2 Samuel 5:10). God is a mighty warrior and is the commander in chief of the armies of Heaven and His people on earth. Does He have control over you, are you willing to march to His leading? If not what is in the way?
El Mishpat: "God Of Justice" (Isaiah 30:18). God is perfectly just and will bring perfect justice to the world. There for we should trust Him when we see injustice (and still act, remember our responsibility!), because in the end they who cause injustice will get their reward.
El Selichot: "God Of Forgiveness" (Nehemiah 9:17). We might be slow to forgive, but it is God's nature to forgive (once we repent!). It is God's desire to be a forgiving God, so let's take advantage of it by being forgivers ourselves.
El Marom: "God Of Heights" (Micah 6:6). This name signifies supremacy of His power and position. God is supremely exalted, so let us praise Him.
El Mikarov: "God Who Is Near" (Jeremiah 23:23). God is not a distant God who put the world together and abandoned us, who is on permanent vacation as the Deists in the 16-19 century taught. He is near to us and His creation. So let the walls come down that hinder you with fear, so you can receive His love!
El Chasdi: "God Of My Kindness" (Psalm 59:11, 18). God is kind and calls us to make us kind to each other. Christ's life and sacrifice is the supreme example of God's kindness. So are we kind to each other as we are called to be?
El Mauzi: "God Of My Strength" (Psalm 43:2). God desires to make us strong and persevere through adversity. When we realize that we are weak; then, He is able to make us strong. Have you accepted His strength?
El Tehilati: "God Of My Praise" (Psalm 109:1). God is supremely worthy of our praise, so let's give it constantly. In worship God is the main subject of our honor and praise. It is not a show where we entertain each other, because He is the audience and the focus.
El Yishi: "God Of My Salvation" (Psalm 18:47, 25:5). Salvation is in, and from, a Person, Christ, not in any belief or religious system. God's nature and will is to save what is lost: us. Thus, our Salvation is personal, but we serve Him as a collective.
El Elohim: "God Of Gods" (Deuteronomy 10:17). There are other so-called "gods", principalities and powers, but God is the only Most Powerful 'Supreme One' and is mightier than all. Therefore you should have nothing in your way in your life that blocks you from His intimacy. Not money, time, career, nothing!!!
El Tzur: "God Of Rock" (2 Samuel 22:47). A Rock is strong, solid, dependable, enduring, useful as a weapon or for defense. God is our eternal defense on whom we can depend.
El Kol Basar: "God Of All Flesh" (Jeremiah 32:27). God is the God of all humanity. There are no god's of various peoples such as a god of the Midianites or the Canadians. God created all things living, and He demands that they conform to His plans.
El HaRuchot LeKol Basar: "God Of The Spirits Of All Flesh" (Numbers 16:22). God created us with a mind, body and spirit. He claims lordship over all three. Does your claim of lordship over yourself get in the way of growing closer to Christ?
El HaNe'eman: "The Faithful God" (Deuteronomy 7:9). Everything God says and does is 100% reliable. He is completely trustworthy. So do you trust Him? Really, do you through all things at all times?
El HaGadol: "The Great God" (Deuteronomy 10:17). God is great in all ways, including His nature, attributes, and deeds. So we can completely trust Him!
El HaKadosh: "The Holy God" (Isaiah 5:16). God is unique. He is distinct from creation. There is no one and nothing like Him. This means He is set apart and pure. How can this characteristic influence you to be set apart for Him?
El Yisrael: "The God Of Israel" (Psalm 68:36). God chose Israel to be a light to all the nations of earth and is forever uniquely connected to His Chosen People. This name also implies responsibility, that God sets us apart for a reason and purpose to make Him known and give Him glory.
El HaShamayim: "The God Of The Heavens" (Psalm 136:26). God created the heavens. His throne is in Heaven, and He rules over the heavenly hosts. But He is not in no means limited to His creation or Heaven. That is God is not a little old man living high up on a mountain top, He is beyond the scope of space and time! Have you realized how big our God is, and how small your problems are?
El Sali: "God Of My Rock" (Psalm 42:10). God is my defender, my stronghold, and my protection from all attacks. Thus, there is no need for us to retaliate a wrong for a wrong or seek payback or revenge, He is our defender!
El Simchat Gili: "God, The Joy Of My Exaltation" (Psalm 43:4). God is the source of fabulous joy, if we choose to receive it. So do you choose Him?
El Rah'ee: "The God Who Sees" (Genesis 16:13). God sees and knows all. So why try to lie to and evade Him?
El HaKavod: "The God Of Glory" (Psalm 29:3). God Himself is beautiful and is the basis of all beauty and creativity. Do you take the time to enjoy Him, His creation as well as the beauty, the splendor and wonder of our adventure in this life?
El De'ot: "The God Of Knowledge" (1 Samuel 2:3). God is all knowing and the source of all knowledge. Thus, all of the knowledge we have has come from Him. We may think we are smart with our accumulated wisdom and sciences, but we have nothing, no science no knowledge with God giving it to us!
El Olam: "The God Of Eternity", or "The God Of The Universe" (Genesis 21:33). God is eternal. He is the Maker of time, space, eternity, and the universe. He is without beginning and without end.
El Emet: "The God Of Truth" (Psalm 31:6). God is the source of ultimate reality. Everything connected with Him is true and real. The answer to all of the philosophers' quests!
El Emunah: "The Faithful God" (Deuteronomy 32:4). God is completely reliable. You can trust Him completely, in this life and with your eternal destiny.
El Yeshuati: "The God Of My Salvation" (Isaiah 12:2). God Himself is the source of salvation. We fell by sin and invoked the wrath of a just, pure and holy God. We deserved death and His anger, yet He steps in to save us from Himself (God's wrath) and ourselves (our willful disobedience and sin)!
El Chaiyai: "The God Of My Life" (Psalm 42:9). God is the source of all life. He gives life, takes life (including eternal life), because it is His. So, have you realized where you belong?
El Echad: "The One God" (Malachi 2:10). He is the only true God, the ultimate Mighty One. There is one God and guess what? You are not it!
El Roi: "the God who sees me." This expression of God appears only in Genesis 16:13, which refers to how Hagar finds protection and provisions in the desert at the spring Beer-lahai-roi. She addressed Yahweh with this title, which means the God who opens our eyes. He has opened your eyes, but have you seen?
El Rachum: "The God Of Compassion" (Deuteronomy 4:31). God's nature is kindness and is full of compassion and feeling for His people. We may complain to God in times of stress and confusion, "Why did this happen…?", but He is completely free of any cruelty or meanness.
El Chanun: "The Gracious God" (Jonah 4:2). God's nature is gracious, giving and generous, even when we don't deserve it. That is what grace is all about!
El Kana: "The Jealous God" (Deuteronomy 4:24). God is extremely protective towards His people and doesn't want to share our praise and devotion with other "gods." His very name and character is "Jealous" (Exodus 34:14). How do you spend your devotions and time?
El Tzadik: "The Righteous God" (Isaiah 45:21). Everything God does and says is right. Even though there is much unrighteousness in the world, He is completely fair and just in all His doings. So we can rest our fears away in Him. If not today or tomorrow, eventually He will make everything right (Rom. 8:28).
El Yeshurun: "The God of Yeshurun" (Deuteronomy 33:26). This name means "righteous" and is also another name for Israel. God is forever uniquely connected to Israel. He is righteous and calls Israel to be righteous.
El Gibor: "The Mighty God" (Isaiah 9:6). God is the strongest force in the universe. Thus, even further reason for our trust and obedience!
Elah Sh'maya: similar to 'HaShamayim', "God of Heaven" (Ezra 7:23). God created the heavens and is Lord of it all. His throne is in Heaven, and He rules over the heavenly hosts, but is not solely contained in Heaven.
Elah Sh'maya V'Arah: "God of Heaven and Earth" (Ezra 5:11). God is the ruler over the entire universe. There is nothing that is not under His control, care or power. Have you surrendered yourself to His love, care and power?
Elohim Kedoshim: "Holy God" (Leviticus 19:2, Joshua 24:19). God is revealed to us as unique, special, one of a kind, and pure. There is no one and nothing like Him, never was, and never will be. He is distinct from everyone and everything else in the universe. This name also testifies to His holiness, that God is pure and free from any wrong. That is why Christ had to appease His wrath and take our place.
Elohim Chaiyim: "Living God" (Jeremiah 10:10). God is alive and the giver of life. He created life and everything that is living. His desire is to give us abundant, eternal life. Do you live a life with gratitude to what you have, your blessings? Even if you cannot see them in the deepest darkest times of despair, His care is still there!
ELAH is Aramaic for "god (small g)." Elah" appears in the Hebrew Bible in Jer. 10:11 (which some parts are in Aramaic, and is plural, "gods"). In Daniel (the Aramaic sections), Elah is used both of pagan gods and of the true God, also plural. Elah is equivalent to the Hebrew Eloah, which is dual, while Elohim is three or more. The gods of the nations are called "elohim." The origin of Eloah is vague. Elohim is the more common plural form of El. Eloah is used 40 times in Job between 3:4 and 40:2, but fewer than 15 times elsewhere in the OT. It is mostly in the poetic literature.
The descriptive names of God: When "YHVH" / Jehovah is combined with other words, the different attributes and characteristics of the LORD are revealed.
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH-JIREH: "The Lord will Provide," "God my Provider"(Gen. 22:14), from "jireh" ("to see" or "to provide," or to "foresee"). God always provides; we can rest and trust Him when times of hardship come. This name was revealed to Abraham when he was about to present Isaac as a sacrifice and the Lord stopped him and provided a lamb, which was the substitute for Isaac. This preludes the work of Jesus on the cross. The name Jehovah-Jireh gives us the comfort that the Lord God provided us His Son for our redemption and is our provider for all that we could ever need.
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH-ROPHE: (Rapha)"The Lord Who Heals", "God my Healer" (Ex. 15:22-26), from "rophe" ("to heal"). It implies spiritual and emotional as well as physical healing (Jer. 30:17, 3:22; Isa. 61:1). God heals body, soul and spirit: all levels of man's being. In Exodus 15:22-26, the Israelites came to Marah in the desert and could not drink the water because it was bitter. Here are discourses of the name Jehovah-Rapha. The Lord made a covenant of healing with His people and said if they would obey Him and keep all His commandments, He would be their God (health) and healer continually "... for I am the Lord that heals you" (Exodus 15:26).
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH-NISSI: "The Lord Our Banner," "God my Banner." The Hebrew word "Nissi" means banner, as in battle flag, my protective covering, and my victory (Ex. 1:15, God on the battlefield, from a word which means "to glisten," "to lift up:" see Psa. 4:6). This name was given to Moses. When he lifted up his arms, they were winning the battle with the Amalekites. When he became tired, they started to lose; so Joshua held Moses' arms up, which meant they became victorious in battle. And, through prayer, this lasted for an entire day as the battle was fought (Exodus 17:15f).
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH-M'KADDESH: "The Lord Who Sanctifies" or "God my Sanctifier" (Lev. 20:8); "To make whole, set apart for holiness." The Lord declared He would be the Sanctifier of Israel, if they would obey Him (Exodus 31:13). The word M'kadesh means sanctifier and was also connected to being set apart for service, such as a sacred object but more so a person belonging wholly to the Lord.
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH-SHALOM: "The Lord Our Peace", "God my Peace" (Judges 6:24). "Shalom," translated "peace" 170 times, means "whole," "finished," "fulfilled," "perfected" and is related to "well," or "welfare" (Deut. 27:6; Dan. 5:26; I Kings 9:25 8:61; Gen. 15:16; Ex. 21:34, 22:5, 6; Lev. 7:11-21). Shalom means that kind of peace that results from being a whole person in right relationship to God and to one's fellow man. This name was revealed to Gideon (Judges 6:23-24), when the Lord made him who was the least of all of the tribes, clans and people a great warrior by showing him that only through dependence upon the Lord and reliance upon His name can he/we know His peace. This is our assurance that God will bring about triumph over all our enemies and situations.
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH ELOHIM: "LORD God" (Gen. 2:4, Judges 5:3, Isa. 17:6, Zeph. 2:9, Ps. 59:5, etc.). This is a very powerful revelation of who God is as the 'Strongest One' who is the entirety of all Being, in all reality and existence. He is the Mighty One who is all-powerful and has all of the resources and control of the universe to meet all of our needs.
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU: "The Lord Our Righteousness", "God my Righteousness" (Jer. 23:5, 6, 33:16), from "tsidek" (straight, stiff, balanced - as on scales - full weight, justice, right, righteous, declared innocent), "the God Who is our righteousness". God reveled to Jeremiah that a "righteous Branch" of David would come, and "Judah shall be saved"(Jeremiah 23:6). In this name we are told that God / Jesus is our righteousness and that only through Him who declares us righteous can we live righteously.
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH-ROHI: "The Lord Our Shepherd" Psa. 23, from "ro'eh" (to pasture), "God my Shepherd." In Psalms 23, God is revealed as our Rohi - our Shepherd. This was reveled as David stated, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want" (Psalm 23:1). The name Rohi tells us of the close intimacy we can have with God, as well as His pure leadership, and once we know our Lord as Shepherd, we will see the promises of Psalms 23 a reality in our daily walk.
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH: "The Lord is There" (Ezek. 48:35), "The Abiding Presence." The Hebrew translation is speaking of God's abiding presence. The Lord calls us to walk with Him daily. The word "abide" means to stay, not to visit.This name gives us the comfort that our God is wonderful. We serve Him because He first loved us.
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH-SABAOTH: "The Lord of Hosts," the commander of the angelic host and the armies of God (Isa. 1:24, Psa. 46:7, 11; 2 Kings 3:9-12, Jer. 11:20, in the NT: Rom. 9:29; James 5:24, Rev. 19: 11-16).
"YHVH" / JEHOVAH O'saynu: "The LORD our Maker" (Psalm 95:6). The LORD is our Creator. Since He is our Maker, He deserves all that we have and all that we are.
Other Names and Titles of God:
SHEPHERD: Gen. 49:24; Psa. 7:18, 23, 79:13, 80:1, 95:7, 96:13.100:3; Isa. 40:11.
EL ELYON: 'Most High" (from "to go up") Deut. 26:19, 32:8; Psa. 18:13; Gen. 14:18; Num. 24:16; Psa. 78:35, 7:17, 18:13, 97:9, 56:2, 78:56, 18:13; Dan. 7:25, 27; Isa. 14:14.
ABHIR: 'Mighty One' ("to be strong"), Gen. 49:24; Deut. 10:17; Psa. 132:2, 5; Isa. 1:24, 49:26, 60:1.
KADOSH: "Holy One" Psa. 71:22; Isa. 40:25, 43:3, 48:17. Isaiah (Isa.) uses the expression "the Holy One of Israel" 29 times.
SHAPHAT: "Judge" Gen. 18:25
KANNA: "Jealous" (zealous). Ex. 20:5, 34:14; Deut. 5:9; Isa. 9:7; Zech. 1:14, 8:2.
PALET: "Deliverer" Psa. 18:2.
YESHA: (Y'shua) "Savior" Isa. 43:3. Jesus is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew "Joshua." The latter is a contraction of Je-Hoshua ("Christ", the anointed one is equivalent to the Hebrew Maschiach, or Messiah).
GAOL: "Redeemer" (to buy back by paying a price), Job 19:25, for example, the antitype corresponding to Boaz the Kinsman-Redeemer in the Book of Ruth.
MAGEN: "Shield" Psa. 3:3, 18:30.
EYALUTH: "Strength" Psa. 22:19.
TSADDIQ: "Righteous One" Psa. 7:9.
EL-OLAM: "Everlasting God" (God of everlasting time), Gen. 21:33; Psa. 90:1-3, 93:2; Isa. 26:4.
EL-BERITH: "God of the Covenant" (Judges 9:46).
EL-GIBHOR: Mighty God (Isa. 9:6)
ZUR: "God our Rock" (Deut. 32:18; Isa. 30:29).
Messiah: Malachi calls Messiah "The Sun of Righteousness" (Malachi 4:2). Isaiah calls Messiah "Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God (El Gibhor), Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isa. 9:6).
'Attiq Yomin: (Aramaic), "Ancient of Days," Dan. 7:9, 13, 22.
MELEKH: "King" Psa. 5:2, 29:10, 44:4, 47:6-8, 48:2, 68:24, 74:12, 95:3, 97:1, 99:4, 146:10; Isa. 5:1, 5, 41:21, 43:15, 44:6, 52:7, 52:10.
The Angel of the Lord: " Gen. 16:7ff, 21:17, 22:11, 15ff, 18:1-19:1, 24:7, 40, 31:11-13, 32:24-30; Ex. 3:6, 13:21, Ezek. 1:10-13, seen in the theophanies or pre-incarnate appearances of the Son of God in the OT (See I Cor. 10:3 NT).
FATHER: Num. 1:9, I Sam. 16:6, Ex. 4:22-23, 2 Sam. 7:14-15, Psa. 2:7, Isa. 63:16, 64:8; Mal. 1:6.
THE FIRST AND LAST: Isa. 44:6, 48:12.
Immanu El: "God Is With Us" (Isaiah 7:14). God desires to be with us. He is a God of relationships, as a Trinity, as why He created us. He created us out of His nature to share Himself with humanity and for people to be in relationship with each other to give Him glory and honor. Remember He will be with us forever.
More names and titles for God:
"HaShem": The Name (Leviticus 24:16)
"God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob": (Exodus 3:15)
"The Great, Mighty, Awesome God": (Deuteronomy 10:17)
"Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace": (Isaiah 9:6)
"Holy One": (Habakkuk 1:12)
"Holy Spirit": (Psalm 51:11)
"Spirit of God": (Genesis 1:2)
"The Spirit of the LORD God": (Isaiah 61:1)
"The Spirit of the LORD", "The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding", "The Spirit of Counsel and Strength", "The Spirit of Knowledge and the Fear of the LORD": (Isaiah 11:2)
"Holy One of Israel": (Psalm 78:41)
"Upright One": (Isaiah 26:7)
"Light": (Psalm 27:1)
"Light of Israel": (Isaiah 10:17)
"Light to the Nations": (Isaiah 42:6) This name is pointing out the responsibility God entrusts to His People (Jew's then, Christians now). God has chosen one group to model His character and glorify Him as a testimony to all people, to be His lamp to the rest of the world.
"Our Dwelling Place": (Psalm 90:1) A name of great comfort and relief to His weary people!
"Fortress": (Psalm 91:2)
"Stronghold": (Psalm 18:2)
"Tower of Strength": (Psalm 61:3)
"Refuge": (Psalm 46:1)
"Hiding Place": (Psalm 32:7)
"Strength": (Psalm 46:1)
"Shield": (Psalm 18:30)
"Rock": (Habakkuk 1:12)
"Rock of My Strength": (Psalm 62:7)
"Rock of Israel": (2 Samuel 23:3)
"Stone": (Psalm 118:22)
"Stone of Israel": (Genesis 49:24)
"Cornerstone": (Psalm 118:22)
"My Portion in the Land of the Living": (Psalm 142:5)
"The Portion of My Inheritance": (Psalm 16:5)
"My Cup": (Psalm 16:5)
"Branch": (Zechariah 6:12)
"Star": (Numbers 24:17)
"Crown and Diadem": (Isaiah 28:5)
"Potter": (Isaiah 64:8)
"Tent Peg, Bow of Battle": (Zechariah 10:4)
"Husband": (Isaiah 54:5)
"Maker": (Psalm 49:2)
"Creator": (Ecclesiastes 12:1)
"Creator of Israel": (Isaiah 43:15)
"Shepherd of Israel": (Psalm 80:1)
"Messenger of the Covenant": (Malachi 3:1)
"Redeemer": (Psalm 19:14)
"Redeemer of Israel": (Isaiah 49:7)
"Deliverer": (Psalm 144:2)
"My Loving kindness': (Psalm 144:2)
"Savior": (Isaiah 45:15)
"The King": (Isaiah 6:5)
"King of Israel': (Zephaniah 3:15)
"King of Glory": (Psalm 24:7)
"Lord of All the Earth": (Micah 4:13)
"Ancient of Days": (Daniel 7:9)
"The Most High": (Deuteronomy 32:8)
"Covenant to the People": (Isaiah 42:6)
"Shiloh": (Genesis 49:10)
"The Angel": (Genesis 48:16)
"The Arm of the Lord": (Isaiah 53:1)
"Ruler in Israel": (Micah 5:2)
"Messiah the Prince": (Daniel 9:25)
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Immigration, Reparations, and Revolution
The story of French-Haitian relations is centuries old, originating in a time of colonialism, slavery, and trans-imperial conflicts. Here, we explore two types of relocation – the arrival of African slaves to Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti) and the movement of French citizens from France to the same island territory – and provide general histories of the French and Haitian Revolutions as a way to understand Haiti's roots, as well as how it and its people have developed over time as a result of these early events.
Recommended guiding questions for this collection:
- How did the slave trade contribute to the rise of Haitian culture prevalent across slave plantations?
- Taking into account the number of the deceased, the destruction of property, and the end of various ways of life, were their any true victors of the Haitian Revolution?
- Was an indemnity against Haiti just, or did the French government go too far?
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It cannot return and is stuck on the Astral Plane
As described under the Maze spell, the creature is sent to an extra-dimensional pocket dimension. But note that Maze is a teleportation spell effect.
School conjuration (teleportation);
As noted under Conjuration (Teleportation):
Teleportation is instantaneous travel through the Astral Plane. Anything that blocks astral travel also blocks teleportation.
And on the definitions of the Astral Plane:
Powerful spellcasters utilize the Astral Plane for a tiny fraction of a second when they teleport, or they can use it to travel between planes with spells like astral projection.
Dimensional Lock prevents travel out or into the affected area, it has no effect on creatures already on an astral form moving through the area, but that doesn't allow a creature to be teleport to the Material Plane inside that specific area. Since extradimensional travel into or out of the area is not possible, the creature cannot be teleported back at the end of a Maze spell, regardless of what the spell says.
As also noted under the description of the Astral Plane:
These three planes have one important common characteristic: each is used to get from one place to another. The Astral Plane (although technically an Outer Plane) is a conduit to all other planes, while the Ethereal Plane and the Shadow Plane both serve as means of transportation within the Material Plane, which they’re connected to. These planes have the strongest regular interaction with the Material Plane and can be accessed using various spells.
With all that said, the creature is stuck there. There are many ways back into te Material, bit it simply wont return to that same location where Maze was cast. They must find another way back.
Note that, while Maze is a good way to get rid of a creature for a while, this combination requires two 8th level spells to be used so it can be effective. While the same could be achieved with a single Plane Shift (7th level) with will save.
Also keep in mind that this is all very subjective, and while this is my interpretation of these rules, you might find a GM that thinks this is very powerful and decide that the creature is shunt to the nearest open space outside of the Dimensional Lock (even if the spell isn't technically a solid object), or that returning from the Maze is a more specific ruling than all teleportation effects being locked. All are equally valid, as there are no rules mentioning this specific interaction or developer commentary on this specific subject. | <urn:uuid:98874f91-26f1-4244-8fa7-21adbb4cbd42> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/143928/can-the-dimensional-lock-spell-keep-a-creature-stuck-in-a-maze-spell | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.935282 | 511 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Casio Begins Marketing Small-Scale Fuel Cells
Casio Computer Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it will unveil its newly developed fuel cells at a chemical engineering conference on March 27, 2002. The new fuel cell technology is suitable for use in laptop computers, digital cameras, PDAs and pocket television receivers.
Within the reformate fuel cell, a reformer produces hydrogen from fuel or alcohol, and electric energy is generated from the hydrogen through a generating cell. The reformer, a micro-reactor formed on a silicon wafer, causes a chemical reaction to reform methanol to hydrogen gas in the presence of catalyst at a reforming rate of more than 98 percent. The generating cell, which brings a chemical reaction between oxygen and the produced hydrogen, has a high-power-generation efficiency per area and provides energy.
Casio aims to commercialize the fuel cell in 2004 and will advance research and development to improve performance and develop applications to various devices. | <urn:uuid:bd71ee73-ede7-46e8-b003-bbd6c00710ba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eepower.com/news/casio-begins-marketing-small-scale-fuel-cells/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.927275 | 199 | 2.46875 | 2 |
At the Georgia's Institute of Technology, Shimon plays some marimba jams. Shimon is also not human, but a robot using deep learning and artificial intelligence to play music of its own creation. Being fed a variety of over 5,000 songs from Beethoven to Lady Gaga along with a library of 2 million motifs and riffs, Shimon is one of the world's first synthetic musicians.
Mason Bretan, a Ph.D. student and Georgia Tech, perfected Shimon's musical abilities after seven years, enabling him to comprehend music played by humans and extemporize over the pre-composed chord progressions.
"An artist has a bigger idea of what he or she is trying to achieve within the next few measures or later in the piece," Bretan says in an interview. "Shimon is now coming up with higher-level musical semantics. Rather than thinking note by note, it has a larger idea of what it wants to play as a whole."
As long as researchers continue to feed Shimon different source material, the music-creating robot will produce a different sequence that can't be predicted by researchers. And the robot definitely has a style. A musician himself, Bretan says Shimon is a fusion of jazz and classical.
While Bretan fine-tuned Shimon's musical brain, Gil Weinberg, Bretan's advisor as well as a director of Georgia Tech's Center for Music Technology, is Shimon's original creator. Weinberg created Shimon to explore if robots could generate music that humans would find beautiful.
Shimon is only one of many robotic creations to come out of Weinberg's lab, which have created robotic prosthesis for a drummer, a robotic third arm for drummers, and more other music-assisting robots.
If Bretan and Weinberg have anything to do with it, creating music may soon no longer be a human-exclusive talent.
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Robots have become progressively cheaper, smarter, more flexible and easier to train. This makes it easier for robots to infiltrate new industries and spawn new use cases at scale, including banking & payment. With compounding advances in technology, robots are being redefined as physically embodied artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Retail Banker International robotics dashboards brings you all the data and information on robotics in banking & payment.
Robotics Deals Activity in the Banking & Payment Sector
Retail Banker International’s robotics deal tracker in the banking & payment sector monitors deals involving robotics or similar technologies over the past nine quarters.
Robotics Deals in the Banking & Payments Sector: Q4 2019 – Q4 2021
Robotics Driven Innovation in the Banking & Payment Sector
To best track the emergence and use of robotics in banking & payment, Retail Banker International tracks patents filings and grants as well as companies that hold most patents in the field of robotics.
Number of patents in Robotics in the Banking & Payment Sector: 2001 - 2021
Robotics patents tracker in the banking & payment sector monitors the patents filings and grants over the past two decades.
Top holders of patents in Robotics in the Banking & Payment Sector: 2001 - 2021
Retail Banker International patent ownership data monitors the companies that hold most robotics patents in the sector.
Number of Robotics Mentions in Filings in the Banking & Payment Sector: 2016-2021
Retail Banker International tracks thousands of companies and their annual and quarterly filings. Our analysis tracks the mention of robotics in those filings over the past five years.
Robotics Versus Top 5 Themes in Banking & Payment
Retail Banker International compares robotics mentions in filings versus mentions of other technology themes in filings data over the past five years.
Top 10 Companies with Robotics Mentions in Filings
Retail Banker International tracks which banking & payment companies mention robotics in filings most over the past five years.
Robotics Influencer Activity in the Banking & Payment Sector
Retail Banker International tracks the mentions of robotics by pre-identified banking & payment sector influencer on Twitter. The graph indicates the volume of tweets and influencers mentioning robotics through recent months. | <urn:uuid:b69948b5-77b3-40b0-b07e-09383907823a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://legacy.retailbankerinternational.com/robotics-in-banking-payment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.874196 | 446 | 1.75 | 2 |
How I Created This Blog
Homebrew is a package manger for macOS which will allow you to install and automate useful utilities. Instructions on installation can be found on their the Homebrew Homepage.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
Git is an open source distributed version control system and has become the standard in the industry to work collaboratively with others and keep of your history.
brew install git
brew install node
Gatsby is a free and open source framework based on React that helps developers build blazing fast websites and apps. Gatsby is great in that it allows you to use GraphQL to query several different data sources. In this example my blog's data source will be static markdown files in the file system. But if we wanted to we can use Wordpress to manage the blog and use GraphQL to query for data and render the blog posts using React.
npm install -g gatsby-cli
Creating Project Using Starter
Gatsby has a great library of starters with allow you to get up and running quickly with a predetermined configuration of data sources and templates. I have found a great starter with a great and clean looking theme and simple support for generating a static site from markdown files. You can find more information on the starter here.
gatsby new gatsby-starter-hello-friend https://github.com/panr/gatsby-starter-hello-friend
Deploying Blog to Netlify
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A Framework for YARN-based, Data Processing Applications In Hadoop
Apache™ Tez is an extensible framework for building high performance batch and interactive data processing applications, coordinated by YARN in Apache Hadoop. Tez improves the MapReduce paradigm by dramatically improving its speed, while maintaining MapReduce’s ability to scale to petabytes of data. Important Hadoop ecosystem projects like Apache Hive and Apache Pig use Apache Tez, as do a growing number of third party data access applications developed for the broader Hadoop ecosystem.
The Apache Tez™ project is aimed at building an application framework which allows for a complex directed-acyclic-graph of tasks for processing data. It is currently built atop Apache Hadoop YARN.
The 2 main design themes for Tez are:
Empowering end users by
• Expressive dataflow definition APIs
• Flexible Input-Processor-Output runtime model
• Data type agnostic
• Simplifying deployment
• Performance gains over Map Reduce
• Optimal resource management
• Plan reconfiguration at runtime
• Dynamic physical data flow decisions
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Efficiency Vermont turns its attention to electric vehicles
Efficiency Vermont plans to do for electric vehicles what it has done for commercial and residential buildings.
Since 2000, Efficiency Vermont programs have helped Vermont avoid 12 million tons of carbon dioxide and save $2.8 billion in energy costs by making buildings more energy efficient, according to the nonprofit. Now it's the turn of electric vehicles.
"We are excited to apply the lessons we've learned helping Vermonters save energy in their homes and businesses, to making a switch to cleaner (electric vehicles) that have a lower overall cost of ownership," Carol Weston, director of Efficiency Vermont, said in a news release.
About 45% of the money Vermonters spend on energy goes into transportation, according to Efficiency Vermont. Switching to electric vehicles could save roughly $1,500 during the first year of ownership, and more than $21,000 over a 14-year lifetime of the vehicle, according to a recent report by Energy Action Network.
Increase awareness, build charging stations
Efficiency Vermont's pilot transportation programs will focus on two areas that support existing state, federal and utility electric vehicle incentives. First, Efficiency Vermont will use its contacts among residents, businesses, contractors and others to increase public awareness of the benefits of switching to electric vehicles. It will partner with Drive Electric Vermont on this effort.
Second, Efficiency Vermont will work with Vermont's automobile dealers as they develop the electric vehicle market. The organization is currently contacting new and used car dealers around the state to design programs that will enhance the experience customers have buying or leasing electric vehicles.
These programs may include specialized training for sales and service professionals, as well as financial support for dealers to invest in the infrastructure needed to support electric vehicles, such as charging stations and service equipment.
Efficiency Vermont is the nation's first energy efficiency utility. It is funded mostly by a surcharge on Vermonters' electric bills. Last year, the Vermont Legislature passed a bill that allows Efficiency Vermont to use a portion of its budget for the pilot program focusing on transportation and heating programs. The surcharge on electric bills will not be increased to pay for the new programs.
Efficiency Vermont expects to launch its electric vehicle education campaign and dealer support program this fall.
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|Type||Portable media player|
|Release date||October 23, 2001|
|Discontinued||May 10, 2022|
|Units sold||450 million (as of May 2022)|
|Storage||512 MB — 256 GB|
|Website||www.apple.com/ipod redirects to support.apple.com/ipod-touch|
|This article is part of a series on the|
|List of iPod models|
The iPod is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first version was released on October 23, 2001, about 8+1⁄2 months after the Macintosh version of iTunes was released. Apple sold an estimated 450 million iPod products as of 2022. Apple discontinued the iPod product line on May 10, 2022. At 20 years, the iPod brand is the oldest to be discontinued by Apple.
Like other digital music players, some versions of the iPod can serve as external data storage devices. Prior to macOS 10.15, Apple's iTunes software (and other alternative software) could be used to transfer music, photos, videos, games, contact information, e-mail settings, Web bookmarks, and calendars to the devices supporting these features from computers using certain versions of Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Before the release of iOS 5, the iPod branding was used for the media player included with the iPhone and iPad, which was separated into apps named "Music" and "Videos" on the iPod Touch. As of iOS 5, separate Music and Videos apps are standardized across all iOS-powered products. While the iPhone and iPad have essentially the same media player capabilities as the iPod line, they are generally treated as separate products. During the middle of 2010, iPhone sales overtook those of the iPod.
Portable MP3 players had been around since the mid-1990s, but Apple found existing digital music players "big and clunky or small and useless" with user interfaces that were "unbelievably awful". Apple thought flash memory-based players didn't carry enough songs and the hard drive based ones were too big and heavy so the company decided to develop its own.
As ordered by CEO Steve Jobs, Apple's hardware engineering chief Jon Rubinstein contacted Tony Fadell, a former employee of General Magic and Philips who had a business idea to invent a better MP3 player and build a music sales store to complement it. Fadell, who had previously developed the Philips Velo and Nino PDA, had started a company called Fuse Systems to build the MP3 player and had been turned down by RealNetworks, Sony and Philips. Rubinstein had already discovered the Toshiba hard disk drive while meeting with an Apple supplier in Japan, and purchased the rights to it for Apple, and had also already worked out how the screen, battery, and other key elements would work.
Fadell found support for his project with Apple Computer and was hired by Apple in 2001 as an independent contractor to work on the iPod project, then code-named project P-68. Due to the engineers and resources at Apple being constrained with the iMac line, Fadell hired engineers from his startup company, Fuse, and veteran engineers from General Magic and Philips to build the core iPod development team.
Time constraints forced Fadell to develop various components of the iPod outside Apple. Fadell partnered with a company called PortalPlayer to design the software for the new Apple music player which became the iPod OS. Within eight months, Tony Fadell's team and PortalPlayer had completed a prototype. The power supply was then designed by Michael Dhuey and the display design made by Apple design engineer Jonathan Ive in-house. The aesthetic was inspired by the 1958 Braun T3 transistor radio designed by Dieter Rams, while the wheel-based user interface was prompted by Bang & Olufsen's BeoCom 6000 telephone.
Apple contracted another company, Pixo, to help design and implement the user interface (as well as Unicode, memory management, and event processing) under the direct supervision of Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs is said to have dropped a prototype into an aquarium in front of engineers to demonstrate from bubbles leaving its housing that there is internal space to be saved.
The name iPod was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who (with others) was called by Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to the public. After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the phrase "Open the pod bay doors, Hal", which refers to the white EVA Pods of the Discovery One spaceship. Chieco saw an analogy to the relationship between the spaceship and the smaller independent pods in the relationship between a personal computer and the music player.
The product (which Fortune called "Apple's 21st-Century Walkman") was developed in less than one year and unveiled on October 23, 2001. Jobs announced it as a Mac-compatible product with a 5 GB hard drive that put "1,000 songs in your pocket."
Apple researched the trademark and found that it was already in use. Joseph N. Grasso of New Jersey had originally listed an "iPod" trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in July 2000 for Internet kiosks. The first iPod kiosks had been demonstrated to the public in New Jersey in March 1998, and commercial use began in January 2000 but had apparently been discontinued by 2001. The trademark was registered by the USPTO in November 2003, and Grasso assigned it to Apple Computer, Inc. in 2005.
The earliest recorded use in commerce of an "iPod" trademark was in 1991 by Chrysalis Corp. of Sturgis, Michigan, styled "iPOD", for office furniture.
As development progressed, Apple continued to refine the software's look and feel, rewriting much of the code. Starting with the iPod Mini, the Chicago font was replaced with Espy Sans. Later iPods switched fonts again to Podium Sans—a font similar to Apple's corporate font, Myriad. Color display iPods then adopted some Mac OS X themes like Aqua progress bars, and brushed metal meant to evoke a combination lock.
On January 8, 2004, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced that they would sell HP-branded iPods under a license agreement from Apple. Several new retail channels were used—including Walmart—and these iPods eventually made up 5% of all iPod sales. In July 2005, HP stopped selling iPods due to unfavorable terms and conditions imposed by Apple.
In 2006, Apple with Irish rock band U2 presented a special edition of the 5th-generation iPod. Like its predecessor, this iPod has the signatures of the four members of the band engraved on its back, but this one was the first time the company changed the color of the stainless steel back from a silver chrome to black. This iPod was only available with 30 GB of storage capacity. The special edition entitled purchasers to an exclusive video with 33 minutes of interviews and performance by U2, downloadable from the iTunes Store.
In 2007, Apple modified the iPod interface again with the introduction of the sixth-generation iPod Classic and third-generation iPod Nano by changing the font to Helvetica and, in most cases, splitting the screen in half by displaying the menus on the left and album artwork, photos, or videos on the right (whichever was appropriate for the selected item).
In mid-2015, several new color schemes for all of the current iPod models were spotted in iTunes 12.2 update. Belgian website Belgium iPhone originally found the images when plugging in an iPod for the first time, and subsequent leaked photos were found by Pierre Dandumont.
On July 27, 2017, Apple removed the iPod Nano and Shuffle from its stores, marking the end of Apple producing standalone music players. On May 10, 2022, Apple discontinued the iPod Touch, the last remaining product in the iPod line. iOS 15 was the last iOS release the 7th generation iPod touch received as iOS 16 drops support for it entirely.
|Chipset or Electronic||Product(s)||Component(s)|
|Microcontroller||iPod Classic 1st to 3rd generations||Two ARM 7TDMI-derived CPUs running at 90 MHz|
|iPod Classic 4th and 5th generations, iPod Mini, iPod Nano 1st generation||Variable-speed ARM 7TDMI CPUs, running at a peak of 80 MHz to save battery life|
|iPod Classic 6th generation, iPod Nano 2nd generation onwards, iPod Shuffle 2nd generation onwards||Samsung System-on-a-chip, based around an ARM processor.|
|iPod Shuffle 1st generation||SigmaTel D-Major STMP3550 chip running at 75 MHz that handles both the music decoding and the audio circuitry.|
|iPod Touch 1st and 2nd generation||ARM 1176JZ(F)-S at 412 MHz for 1st gen, 533 MHz for 2nd gen.|
|iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generation||ARM Cortex A8 at 600 MHz for 3rd gen, 800 MHz for 4th gen. (Apple A4)|
|iPod Touch 5th generation||ARM Cortex A9 at 800 MHz (Apple A5)|
|iPod Touch 6th generation||Apple ARMv8-A "Typhoon" at 1.1 GHz (Apple A8) with Apple M8 Motion coprocessor|
|iPod Touch 7th generation||Apple ARMv8-A "Hurricane" and "Zephyr" at 1.64 GHz (Apple A10 Fusion) with Apple M10 Motion coprocessor|
|Audio Chip||iPod Classic 1st to 5th generation, iPod Touch 1st generation, iPod Nano 1st to 3rd generation, iPod Mini||Audio Codecs developed by Wolfson Microelectronics|
|iPod Classic 6th generation, iPod Touch 2nd generation onwards, iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano 4th generation onwards||Cirrus Logic Audio Codec Chip|
|Storage Medium||iPod Classic||45.7 mm (1.8 in) hard drives (ATA-6, 4200 rpm with ZIF connectors) made by Toshiba|
|iPod Mini||25.4 mm (1 in) Microdrive by Hitachi and Seagate|
|iPod Nano||Flash Memory from Samsung, Toshiba, and others|
|iPod Shuffle and Touch||Flash Memory|
|Batteries||iPod Classic 1st and 2nd generation||Internal Recyclable Lithium Polymer Batteries|
|iPod Classic 3rd generation onwards, iPod Mini, iPod Nano, iPod Touch, iPod Shuffle||Internal Recyclable Lithium-Ion Batteries|
|Display||iPod Nano 7th generation||2.5-inch (diagonal) Multi-Touch, 432-by-240 resolution at 202 pixels per inch|
|iPod Classic 5th and 6th generation||2.5-inch (diagonal) color LCD with LED backlight, 320-by-240 resolution at 163 pixels per inch|
|iPod Touch 1st to 3rd generation||3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch, 480-by-320 resolution at 163 pixels per inch|
|iPod Touch 4th generation||3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch, 960-by-640 resolution at 326 pixels per inch|
|iPod Touch 5th to 7th generation||4-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch, 1136-by-640 resolution at 326 pixels per inch|
The third-generation iPod had a weak bass response, as shown in audio tests. The combination of the undersized DC-blocking capacitors and the typical low impedance of most consumer headphones form a high-pass filter, which attenuates the low-frequency bass output. Similar capacitors were used in the fourth-generation iPods. The problem is reduced when using high-impedance headphones and is completely masked when driving high-impedance (line level) loads, such as an external headphone amplifier. The first-generation iPod Shuffle uses a dual-transistor output stage, rather than a single capacitor-coupled output, and does not exhibit reduced bass response for any load.
For all iPods released in 2006 and earlier, some equalizer (EQ) sound settings would distort the bass sound far too easily, even on undemanding songs. This would happen for EQ settings like R&B, Rock, Acoustic, and Bass Booster, because the equalizer amplified the digital audio level beyond the software's limit, causing distortion (clipping) on bass instruments.
From the fifth-generation iPod on, Apple introduced a user-configurable volume limit in response to concerns about hearing loss. Users report that in the sixth-generation iPod, the maximum volume output level is limited to 100 dB in EU markets. Apple previously had to remove iPods from shelves in France for exceeding this legal limit. However, users who have bought a new sixth-generation iPod in late 2013 have reported a new option that allowed them to disable the EU volume limit. It has been said that these new iPods came with an updated software that allowed this change. Older sixth-generation iPods, however, are unable to update to this software version.
Originally, a FireWire connection to the host computer was used to update songs or recharge the battery. The battery could also be charged with a power adapter that was included with the first four generations.
The third generation began including a 30-pin dock connector, allowing for FireWire or USB connectivity. This provided better compatibility with non-Apple machines, as most of them did not have FireWire ports at the time. Eventually, Apple began shipping iPods with USB cables instead of FireWire, although the latter was available separately. As of the first-generation iPod Nano and the fifth-generation iPod Classic, Apple discontinued using FireWire for data transfer (while still allowing for use of FireWire to charge the device) in an attempt to reduce cost and form factor. As of the second-generation iPod Touch and the fourth-generation iPod Nano, FireWire charging ability has been removed. The second-, third-, and fourth-generation iPod Shuffle uses a single 3.5 mm minijack phone connector which acts as both a headphone jack or a USB data and charging port for the dock/cable.
The dock connector also allowed the iPod to connect to accessories, which often supplement the iPod's music, video, and photo playback. Apple sells a few accessories, such as the now-discontinued iPod Hi-Fi, but most are manufactured by third parties such as Belkin and Griffin. Some peripherals use their own interface, while others use the iPod's own screen. Because the dock connector is a proprietary interface, the implementation of the interface requires paying royalties to Apple.
Apple introduced a new 8-pin dock connector, named Lightning, on September 12, 2012 with their announcement of the iPhone 5, the fifth-generation iPod Touch, and the seventh-generation iPod Nano, which all feature it. The new connector replaces the older 30-pin dock connector used by older iPods, iPhones, and iPads. Apple Lightning cables have pins on both sides of the plug so it can be inserted with either side facing up.
Bluetooth connectivity was added to the last model of the iPod Nano, and Wi-Fi to the iPod Touch.
Many accessories have been made for the iPod line. A large number are made by third-party companies, although many, such as the iPod Hi-Fi and iPod Socks, are made by Apple. Some accessories add extra features that other music players have, such as sound recorders, FM radio tuners, wired remote controls, and audio/visual cables for TV connections. Other accessories offer unique features like the Nike+iPod pedometer and the iPod Camera Connector. Other notable accessories include external speakers, wireless remote controls, protective case, screen films, and wireless earphones. Among the first accessory manufacturers were Griffin Technology, Belkin, JBL, Bose, Monster Cable, and SendStation.
BMW released the first iPod automobile interface, allowing drivers of newer BMW vehicles to control an iPod using either the built-in steering wheel controls or the radio head-unit buttons. Apple announced in 2005 that similar systems would be available for other vehicle brands, including Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Nissan, Toyota, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Acura, Audi, Honda, Renault, Infiniti and Volkswagen. Scion offers standard iPod connectivity on all their cars.
Some independent stereo manufacturers including JVC, Pioneer, Kenwood, Alpine, Sony, and Harman Kardon also have iPod-specific integration solutions. Alternative connection methods include adapter kits (that use the cassette deck or the CD changer port), audio input jacks, and FM transmitters such as the iTrip—although personal FM transmitters are illegal in some countries. Many car manufacturers have added audio input jacks as standard.
Beginning in mid-2007, four major airlines, United, Continental, Delta, and Emirates, reached agreements to install iPod seat connections. The free service will allow passengers to power and charge an iPod, and view video and music libraries on individual seat-back displays. Originally KLM and Air France were reported to be part of the deal with Apple, but they later released statements explaining that they were only contemplating the possibility of incorporating such systems.
The iPod line can play several audio file formats including MP3, AAC/M4A, Protected AAC, AIFF, WAV, Audible audiobook, and Apple Lossless. The iPod Photo introduced the ability to display JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, and PNG image file formats. Fifth- and sixth-generation iPod Classic models, as well as third-generation iPod Nano models, can also play MPEG-4 (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC) and QuickTime video formats, with restrictions on video dimensions, encoding techniques and data rates. Originally, iPod software only worked with Classic Mac OS and macOS; iPod software for Microsoft Windows was launched with the second-generation model. Unlike most other media players, Apple does not support Microsoft's WMA audio format—but a converter for WMA files without digital rights management (DRM) is provided with the Windows version of iTunes. MIDI files also cannot be played, but can be converted to audio files using the "Advanced" menu in iTunes. Alternative open-source audio formats, such as Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, are not supported without installing custom firmware onto an iPod (e.g., Rockbox).
During installation, an iPod is associated with one host computer. Each time an iPod connects to its host computer, iTunes can synchronize entire music libraries or music playlists either automatically or manually. Song ratings can be set on an iPod and synchronized later to the iTunes library, and vice versa. A user can access, play, and add music on a second computer if an iPod is set to manual and not automatic sync, but anything added or edited will be reversed upon connecting and syncing with the main computer and its library. If a user wishes to automatically sync music with another computer, an iPod's library will be entirely wiped and replaced with the other computer's library.
iPods with color displays use anti-aliased graphics and text, with sliding animations. All iPods (except the 3rd-generation iPod Shuffle, the 6th & 7th generation iPod Nano, and iPod Touch) have five buttons and the later generations have the buttons integrated into the click wheel – an innovation that gives an uncluttered, minimalist interface. The buttons perform basic functions such as menu, play, pause, next track, and previous track. Other operations, such as scrolling through menu items and controlling the volume, are performed by using the click wheel in a rotational manner. The 3rd-generation iPod Shuffle does not have any controls on the actual player; instead, it has a small control on the earphone cable, with volume-up and -down buttons and a single button for play and pause, next track, etc. The iPod Touch has no click-wheel; instead, it uses a touch screen along with a home button, sleep/wake button, and (on the second and third generations of the iPod Touch) volume-up and -down buttons. The user interface for the iPod Touch is identical to that of the iPhone. Differences include the lack of a phone application. Both devices use iOS.
The iTunes Store (introduced April 29, 2003) is an online media store run by Apple and accessed through iTunes. The store became the market leader soon after its launch and Apple announced the sale of videos through the store on October 12, 2005. Full-length movies became available on September 12, 2006.
At the time the store was introduced, purchased audio files used the AAC format with added encryption, based on the FairPlay DRM system. Up to five authorized computers and an unlimited number of iPods could play the files. Burning the files with iTunes as an audio CD, then re-importing would create music files without the DRM. The DRM could also be removed using third-party software. However, in a deal with Apple, EMI began selling DRM-free, higher-quality songs on the iTunes Stores, in a category called "iTunes Plus." While individual songs were made available at a cost of US$1.29, 30¢ more than the cost of a regular DRM song, entire albums were available for the same price, US$9.99, as DRM encoded albums. On October 17, 2007, Apple lowered the cost of individual iTunes Plus songs to US$0.99 per song, the same as DRM encoded tracks. On January 6, 2009, Apple announced that DRM has been removed from 80% of the music catalog and that it would be removed from all music by April 2009.
iPods cannot play music files from competing music stores that use rival-DRM technologies like Microsoft's protected WMA or RealNetworks' Helix DRM. Example stores include Napster and MSN Music. RealNetworks claims that Apple is creating problems for itself by using FairPlay to lock users into using the iTunes Store. Steve Jobs stated that Apple makes little profit from song sales, although Apple uses the store to promote iPod sales. However, iPods can also play music files from online stores that do not use DRM, such as eMusic or Amie Street.
Universal Music Group decided not to renew their contract with the iTunes Store on July 3, 2007. Universal will now supply iTunes in an 'at will' capacity.
Apple debuted the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store on September 5, 2007, in its Media Event entitled "The Beat Goes On...". This service allows users to access the Music Store from either an iPhone or an iPod Touch and download songs directly to the device that can be synced to the user's iTunes Library over a WiFi connection, or, in the case of an iPhone, the telephone network.
Video games are playable on various versions of iPods. The original iPod had the game Brick (originally invented by Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak) included as an easter egg hidden feature; later firmware versions added it as a menu option. Later revisions of the iPod added three more games: Parachute, Solitaire, and Music Quiz.
In September 2006, the iTunes Store began to offer additional games for purchase with the launch of iTunes 7, compatible with the fifth generation iPod with iPod software 1.2 or later. Those games were: Bejeweled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini Golf, Pac-Man, Tetris, Texas Hold 'Em, Vortex, Asphalt 4: Elite Racing and Zuma. Additional games have since been added. These games work on the 6th and 5th generation iPod Classic and the 5th and 4th generation iPod Nano.
With third parties like Namco, Square Enix, Electronic Arts, Sega, and Hudson Soft all making games for the iPod, Apple's MP3 player has taken steps towards entering the video game handheld console market. Even video game magazines like GamePro and EGM have reviewed and rated most of their games as of late.
The games are in the form of .ipg files, which are actually .zip archives in disguise. When unzipped, they reveal executable files along with common audio and image files, leading to the possibility of third party games. Apple has not publicly released a software development kit (SDK) for iPod-specific development. Apps produced with the iPhone SDK are compatible only with the iOS on the iPod Touch and iPhone, which cannot run click wheel-based games.
File storage and transfer
All iPods except for the iPod Touch can function in "disk mode" as mass storage devices to store data files but this has to be manually activated. If an iPod is formatted on a Mac OS computer, it uses the HFS+ file system format, which allows it to serve as a boot disk for a Mac computer. If it is formatted on Windows, the FAT32 format is used. With the release of the Windows-compatible iPod, the default file system used on the iPod line switched from HFS+ to FAT32, although it can be reformatted to either file system (excluding the iPod Shuffle which is strictly FAT32). Generally, if a new iPod (excluding the iPod Shuffle) is initially plugged into a computer running Windows, it will be formatted with FAT32, and if initially plugged into a Mac running Mac OS it will be formatted with HFS+.
Unlike many other MP3 players, simply copying audio or video files to the drive with a typical file management application will not allow an iPod to properly access them. The user must use software that has been specifically designed to transfer media files to iPods so that the files are playable and viewable. Usually iTunes is used to transfer media to an iPod, though several alternative third-party applications are available on a number of different platforms.
iTunes 7 and above can transfer purchased media of the iTunes Store from an iPod to a computer, provided that computer containing the DRM protected media is authorized to play it.
Media files are stored on an iPod in a hidden folder, along with a proprietary database file. The hidden content can be accessed on the host operating system by enabling hidden files to be shown. The media files can then be recovered manually by copying the files or folders off the iPod. Many third-party applications also allow easy copying of media files off of an iPod.
Models and features
While the suffix "Classic" was not introduced until the sixth generation, it has been applied here retroactively to all generic iPods for clarity.
|Model||Generation||Image||Capacity||Connection||Original release date||Minimum OS to sync||Rated battery life (hours)|
|Classic||1st||5, 10 GB||FireWire||October 23, 2001||Mac: 9, 10.1||audio: 10|
|First model, with mechanical scroll wheel. 10 GB model released later.|
|2nd||10, 20 GB||FireWire||July 17, 2002||Mac: 10.1
|Touch-sensitive wheel. FireWire port had a cover. Hold switch revised. Windows compatibility through Musicmatch.|
|3rd||10, 15, 20, 30, 40 GB||FireWire (USB for syncing only)||April 28, 2003||Mac: 10.1
|First complete redesign with all-touch interface, dock connector, 4-pin remote connector and slimmer case. Musicmatch support dropped with later release of iTunes 4.1 for Windows.|
(with color display)
|20, 40 GB||FireWire or USB||July 19, 2004||Mac: 10.2
|Adopted Click Wheel from iPod Mini, added charging through USB in addition to FireWire.|
30, 40, 60 GB
|FireWire or USB||October 26, 2004||Mac: 10.2
20, 60 GB
|June 28, 2005|
|Premium spin-off of 4th generation iPod with color screen, plus picture viewing. Later reintegrated into main iPod line.|
|5th||30, 60, 80 GB||USB (FireWire for charging only)||October 12, 2005||Mac: 10.3
|Second full redesign with a slimmer case, and larger screen with video playback. Remote connector near the headphone jack was omitted as was syncing through FireWire. Offered in black or white. Hardware and firmware updated with 60 GB model replaced with 80 GB model on September 12, 2006.|
|6th||80, 120, 160 GB||USB (FireWire for charging only)||September 5, 2007||Mac: 10.4
|Introduced the "Classic" suffix. New interface and anodized aluminum front plate. Silver replaces white. In September 2008 the hardware and firmware was updated with a 120 GB model replacing the 80 GB model and the 160 GB model was discontinued. In September 2009, the 120 GB model was replaced with a 160 GB model. Discontinued on September 9, 2014.|
|Mini||1st||4 GB||USB or FireWire||January 6, 2004||Mac: 10.1
|New smaller model, available in 5 colors. Introduced the "Click Wheel".|
|2nd||4, 6 GB||USB or FireWire||February 22, 2005||Mac: 10.2
|Brighter color variants with longer battery life. Click Wheel lettering matched body color. Gold color discontinued. Later replaced by iPod Nano.|
|Nano||1st||1, 2, 4 GB||USB (FireWire for charging only)||September 7, 2005||Mac: 10.3
|Replaced Mini. Available in black or white and used flash memory. Color screen for picture viewing. 1 GB version released later.|
|2nd||2, 4, 8 GB||USB (FireWire for charging only)||September 12, 2006||Mac: 10.3
|Anodized aluminum casing and 6 colors available.|
|3rd||4, 8 GB||USB (FireWire for charging only)||September 5, 2007||Mac: 10.4
|2" QVGA screen, colors refreshed with chrome back, new interface, video capability, smaller Click Wheel.|
|4th||4, 8, 16 GB||USB||September 9, 2008||Mac: 10.4
|Reverted to tall form factor and all-aluminum enclosure with nine color choices, added accelerometer for "shake to shuffle" functionality and horizontal viewing. 4 GB model limited release in selected markets.|
|5th||8, 16 GB||USB||September 9, 2009||Mac: 10.4
|First iPod to include a video camera; also included a larger screen, FM radio, speaker, pedometer, and a polished exterior case while retaining similar colors to the 4th generation model.|
|6th||8, 16 GB||USB||September 1, 2010||Mac: 10.5
|First iPod Nano to include multi-touch screen; clip from iPod Shuffle added. Video playback, speakers and camera removed.|
|7th||16 GB||USB||September 12, 2012||Mac: 10.6
|Reverted to tall form factor with larger 2.5" multi-touch screen. Clip removed. Video playback restored and Bluetooth added. Replaced 30-pin dock connector with new Lightning connector. Discontinued July 27, 2017.|
|Shuffle||1st||512 MB, 1 GB||USB
(no adaptor required)
|January 11, 2005||Mac: 10.2
|New entry-level model. Uses flash memory and has no screen.|
|2nd||1, 2 GB||USB||September 12, 2006||Mac: 10.3
|Smaller clip design with anodized aluminum casing. 4 color options added later. Colors were changed in 2007 and 2008.|
|3rd||2, 4 GB||USB||March 11, 2009||Mac: 10.4
|Smaller design with controls relocated to right earbud cable. Introduced with two colors, and featured VoiceOver. More colors and 2 GB model added in September 2009.|
|4th||2 GB||USB||September 1, 2010||Mac: 10.5
|Controls returned to the body of the iPod. Introduced with five colors, and featured VoiceOver. Discontinued July 27, 2017.|
|Touch||1st||8, 16, 32 GB||USB (FireWire for charging only)||September 5, 2007||Mac: 10.4
|First iPod with Wi-Fi and a Multi-touch interface. Features Safari browser and wireless access to the iTunes Store and YouTube. 32 GB model later added. iOS 2.0 and App Store access required an upgrade fee.|
|2nd||8, 16, 32 GB||USB||September 9, 2008||Mac: 10.4
|New tapered chrome back with Nike+ functionality, volume buttons, and built-in speaker added. iOS 2.0 and App Store access standard. Bluetooth support added but not made active until iOS 3.0, which required an upgrade fee.|
|3rd||32, 64 GB||USB||September 9, 2009||Mac: 10.4
|Updated to include the upgraded internals from the iPhone 3GS; included Voice Control support and bundled remote earphones.|
|4th||8, 16, 32, 64 GB||USB||September 1, 2010||Mac: 10.5
|New thinner design including two cameras for FaceTime and HD video recording, hold button moved to top right corner, Retina Display similar to iPhone 4, Apple A4 chip. White-colored version added on October 4, 2011.|
|5th||16, 32, 64 GB||USB (over Lightning)||September 12, 2012||Mac: 10.6
|New aluminum design with colored case options. Featured improved cameras along with A5 processor, Siri, and taller 4" Retina Display. First 16 GB models released have no color choices and no iSight camera, In early 2014 16 GB models were released that featured iSight cameras and color choices.|
|6th||16, 32, 64, 128 GB||USB (over Lightning)||July 15, 2015||Mac: 10.7
|Updated with a new lineup of six colors, a new 128 GB model, and improved internals. The improved internals feature new cameras and the A8 processor with M8 motion coprocessor, 1 GB of RAM (twice the amount of the previous generation), and 802.11ac Wi-Fi.|
|7th||32, 128, 256 GB||USB (over Lightning)||May 28, 2019||Mac: 10.11.4
|Updated with a new 256 GB model, and an upgraded SoC from the A8 to the A10 Fusion. Also added support for features not previously supported on the 6th generation iPod touch, like AR and Group FaceTime.|
In 2005, Apple faced two lawsuits claiming patent infringement by the iPod line and its associated technologies: Advanced Audio Devices claimed the iPod line breached its patent on a "music jukebox", while a Hong Kong-based IP portfolio company called Pat-rights filed a suit claiming that Apple's FairPlay technology breached a patent issued to inventor Ho Keung Tse. The latter case also includes the online music stores of Sony, RealNetworks, Napster, and Musicmatch as defendants.
Apple's application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent on "rotational user inputs", as used on the iPod interface, received a third "non-final rejection" (NFR) in August 2005. Also in August 2005, Creative Technology, one of Apple's main rivals in the MP3 player market, announced that it held a patent on part of the music selection interface used by the iPod line, which Creative Technology dubbed the "Zen Patent", granted on August 9, 2005. On May 15, 2006, Creative filed another suit against Apple with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Creative also asked the United States International Trade Commission to investigate whether Apple was breaching U.S. trade laws by importing iPods into the United States.
On August 24, 2006, Apple and Creative announced a broad settlement to end their legal disputes. Apple will pay Creative US$100 million for a paid-up license, to use Creative's awarded patent in all Apple products. As part of the agreement, Apple will recoup part of its payment, if Creative is successful in licensing the patent. Creative then announced its intention to produce iPod accessories by joining the Made for iPod program.
Sales of iPods peaked in 2008, following rapid growth in the period of 2005 to 2007.
In January 2007, Apple reported record quarterly revenue of US$7.1 billion, of which 48% was made from iPod sales.[failed verification] On April 9, 2007, it was announced that Apple had sold its one-hundred millionth iPod, making it the best-selling digital music player of all time. Its second-quarter revenue of US$5.2 billion, of which 32% was made from iPod sales. Apple and several industry analysts suggest that iPod users are likely to purchase other Apple products such as Mac computers. 42% of Apple's revenue for the First fiscal quarter of 2008 came from iPod sales (followed by 21% from notebook sales and 16% from desktop sales).
On October 21, 2008, Apple reported that only 14.21% of total revenue for fiscal quarter 4 of the year 2008 came from iPods. At the September 9, 2009 keynote presentation at the Apple Event, Phil Schiller announced total cumulative sales of iPods exceeded 220 million. The continual decline of iPod sales since 2009 has not been a surprising trend for the Apple corporation, as Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer explained in June 2009: "We expect our traditional MP3 players to decline over time as we cannibalize ourselves with the iPod Touch and the iPhone." Since 2009, the company's iPod sales have continually decreased every financial quarter and in 2013 a new model was not introduced onto the market.
As of September 2012[update], Apple reported that total number of iPods sold worldwide was 350 million.
Since October 2004, the iPod line has dominated digital music player sales in the United States, with over 90% of the market for hard drive-based players and over 70% of the market for all types of players. During the year from January 2004 to January 2005, the high rate of sales caused its U.S. market share to increase from 31% to 65%, and in July 2005, this market share was measured at 74%. In January 2007 the iPod market share reached 72.7% according to Bloomberg Online. In the Japanese market iPod market share was 36% in 2005, albeit still leader there. In Europe, Apple also led the market (especially the UK) but local brands such as Archos managed to outsell Apple in certain categories.
One of the reasons for the iPod's early success, having been released three years after the very first digital audio player (namely the MPMan), was its seamless integration with the company's iTunes software, and the ecosystem built around it such as the iTunes Music Store, as well as a competitive price. As a result, Apple achieved a dominance in the MP3 player market as Sony's Walkman did with personal cassette players two decades earlier. The software similarity between computer and player made it easy to transfer music over and synchronize it, tasks that were considered difficult on pre-iPod MP3 players such as those from Rio and Creative.
Some of the iPod's chief competitors during its pinnacle include Creative's Zen, SanDisk's Sansa, Sony's Walkman, iriver, and Samsung's Yepp. The iPod's dominance was challenged numerous times: in 2004 Sony's first hard disk Walkman was designed to take on the iPod, accompanied by its own music store Sony Connect; Microsoft initially attempted to compete using a software platform called Portable Media Center, and in later years designed the Zune line; the most vocal rival was Creative, whose CEO in November 2004 "declared war" on the iPod. Samsung declared that they would take the top spot from Apple by 2007, while SanDisk ran a specific anti-iPod marketing campaign called iDon't. These competitors failed to make major dents, and Apple remained dominant in the fast-growing digital audio player market during the decade. Mobile phone manufacturers Nokia and Sony Ericsson also made "music phones" to rival iPod.
A suggested factor of iPod's popularity has been cited to be Apple's popular iTunes Store catalog, playing a part in keeping Apple firmly market leader, while also helped by the mismanagement of others, such as Sony's unpopular SonicStage software.
iPods have won several awards ranging from engineering excellence,[failed verification] to most innovative audio product, to fourth-best computer product of 2006. iPods often receive favorable reviews; scoring on looks, clean design, and ease of use. PC World wrote that iPod line has "altered the landscape for portable audio players". Several industries are modifying their products to work better with both the iPod line and the AAC audio format. Examples include CD copy-protection schemes, and mobile phones, such as phones from Sony Ericsson and Nokia, which play AAC files rather than WMA.
Besides earning a reputation as a respected entertainment device, the iPod has also been accepted as a business device. Government departments, major institutions, and international organizations have turned to the iPod line as a delivery mechanism for business communication and training, such as the Royal and Western Infirmaries in Glasgow, Scotland, where iPods are used to train new staff.
iPods have also gained popularity for use in education. Apple offers more information on educational uses for iPods on its website, including a collection of lesson plans. There has also been academic research done in this area in nursing education and more general K-16 education. Duke University provided iPods to all incoming freshmen in the fall of 2004, and the iPod program continues today with modifications. Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Yes, children, there really was a time when we roamed the earth without thousands of our favorite jams tucked comfortably into our hip pockets. Weird."
The iPod has also been credited with accelerating shifts within the music industry. The iPod's popularization of digital music storage allows users to abandon listening to entire albums and instead be able to choose specific singles which hastened the end of the Album Era in popular music.
The advertised battery life on most models is different from the real-world achievable life. For example, the fifth-generation 30 GB iPod Classic was advertised as having up to 14 hours of music playback. However, an MP3.com report stated that this was virtually unachievable under real-life usage conditions, with a writer for the site getting, on average, less than 8 hours from an iPod. In 2003, class action lawsuits were brought against Apple complaining that the battery charges lasted for shorter lengths of time than stated and that the battery degraded over time. The lawsuits were settled by offering individuals with first- or second-generation iPods either US$50 store credit or a free battery replacement, and offering individuals with third-generation iPods an extended warranty that would allow them to get a replacement iPod if they experienced battery problems.
As an instance of planned obsolescence, iPod batteries are not designed to be removed or replaced by the user, although some users have been able to open the case themselves, usually following instructions from third-party vendors of iPod replacement batteries. Compounding the problem, Apple initially would not replace worn-out batteries. The official policy was that the customer should buy a refurbished replacement iPod, at a cost almost equivalent to a brand new one. All lithium-ion batteries lose capacity during their lifetime even when not in use (guidelines are available for prolonging life-span) and this situation led to a market for third-party battery replacement kits.
Apple announced a battery replacement program on November 14, 2003, a week before a high publicity stunt and website by the Neistat Brothers. The initial cost was US$99, and it was lowered to US$59 in 2005. One week later, Apple offered an extended iPod warranty for US$59. For the iPod Nano, soldering tools are needed because the battery is soldered onto the main board. Fifth generation iPods have their battery attached to the backplate with adhesive.
The first generation iPod Nano may overheat and pose a health and safety risk. Affected iPod Nanos were sold between September 2005 and December 2006. This is due to a flawed battery used by Apple from a single battery manufacturer. Apple recommended that owners of affected iPod Nanos stop using them. Under an Apple product replacement program, affected Nanos were replaced with current generation Nanos free of charge.
Reliability and durability
iPods have been criticized for alleged short lifespan and fragile hard drives. A 2005 survey conducted on the MacInTouch website found that the iPod line had an average failure rate of 13.7% (although they note that comments from respondents indicate that "the true iPod failure rate may be lower than it appears"). It concluded that some models were more durable than others. In particular, failure rates for iPods employing hard drives were usually above 20% while those with flash memory had a failure rate below 10%. In late 2005, many users complained that the surface of the first-generation iPod Nano can become scratched easily, rendering the screen unusable. A class-action lawsuit was also filed. Apple initially considered the issue a minor defect, but later began shipping these iPods with protective sleeves.
On June 11, 2006, the British tabloid The Mail on Sunday reported that iPods are mainly manufactured by workers who earn no more than US$50 per month and work 15-hour shifts. Apple investigated the case with independent auditors and found that, while some of the plant's labor practices met Apple's Code of Conduct, others did not: employees worked over 60 hours a week for 35% of the time and worked more than six consecutive days for 25% of the time.
Foxconn, Apple's manufacturer, initially denied the abuses, but when an auditing team from Apple found that workers had been working longer hours than were allowed under Chinese law, they promised to prevent workers working more hours than the code allowed. Apple hired a workplace standards auditing company, Verité, and joined the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct Implementation Group to oversee the measures. On December 31, 2006, workers at the Foxconn factory in Longhua, Shenzhen formed a union affiliated with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Chinese government-approved union umbrella organization.
In 2010, a number of workers committed suicide at a Foxconn operations in China. Apple, HP, and others stated that they were investigating the situation. Foxconn guards have been videotaped beating employees. Another employee killed himself in 2009 when an Apple prototype went missing, and claimed in messages to friends, that he had been beaten and interrogated.
As of 2006, the iPod was produced by about 14,000 workers in the U.S. and 27,000 overseas. Further, the salaries attributed to this product were overwhelmingly distributed to highly skilled U.S. professionals, as opposed to lower-skilled U.S. retail employees or overseas manufacturing labor. One interpretation of this result is that U.S. innovation can create more jobs overseas than domestically.
Timeline of models
|Timeline of iPod models|
- iPod – official site at Apple Inc.
- iPod troubleshooting basics and service FAQ at Apple Inc.
- Apple's 21st century Walkman article, Brent Schlender, Fortune, November 12, 2001
- iPod Nation article at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2007), Steven Levy, Newsweek, July 26, 2004
- The Perfect Thing article, Steven Levy, Wired, November 2006
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This guide contains instructions on how to copy and share the Permanent Play Link for a file uploaded to your MyMedia account.
For teaching teams: After you've uploaded an audio or video file, you will likely want to share that directly to a person or within your course (see How do I add a MyMedia video to a Quercus page? or How do I add a MyMedia video to a Quercus discussion board?).
For students: Typically, this is the link your instructor is looking for, if you've been assigned to upload a file to MyMedia as part of your course. Before you submit, confirm the specifics of your assignment with your Teaching Team (just to be sure!).
Note that you might not be able to share files if you did not upload them. If you are trying to share a file that you did not upload, please contact the person who did.
Before you Begin
- Find the file you would like to share
1. Find the file you would like to share
- Select the "open in a new window" icon to open the video in a new window.
- Select on the "share" icon to open a pop up menu that provides links to the video.
- Copy the link, if you plan to share the link to your course.
- Copy the embed code (read about the difference between embedding and uploading), if you plan to embed the video within your course.
- If you want to make the shared video start player at a certain time, you may specify it by checking the box and dragging the sliding bar to the preferred start time.
That's a messy link! You're right - this links provided by this tool are hard for a human to read and identify. You can help make it easier to distinguish links (and make your links more accessible) by using natural language linking when you embed your links. Learn more about the top things you can do to ensure that your online content is accessible, including learning more about making link text meaningful.
1.1. Having trouble finding the file? Use the search bar!
Depending on the number of files you've uploaded, your MyMedia homepage might be quite busy. You can use the search bar (top left) to help you find a specific video.
- Type the title (or a keyword).
- Use the filters to sort the videos into a more manageable list.
2. Confirm Access Settings are correct
MyMedia allows a fair amount of granularity when it comes to who can access your file uploads. Before you share widely, you'll want to confirm that the settings you think you set are the actual settings that you set. I typically do this by opening an "incognito window" in my Chrome Browser OR by switching to a browser where I am not logged into Quercus nor any other U of T system.
- Open a new Incognito window or switch to a different, non-authenticated browser.
- Paste the URL for the file into the browser bar.
- See what happens!
- If you've set the video to only be accessible to the U of T community, you should be prompted to login via your UTORid.
- If you've set the video to be public, you should be able to view the video without logging in.
2.1. Review your MyMedia File Access Settings
If you notice anything amiss, remember that you can modify the access settings for the file via file options.
3. Share the link (as needed)
Now that you've (temporarily) copied the URL for the video, you can decide how you'd like to share it. Typically, sharing happens in one of these ways:
- Email: Add this URL to an email that you are sending. If you are sending an HTML email, you should be able to paste this URL right into your email.
- Chat: Add this URL to a chat message that you are sending.
- Quercus: If you are a member of a teaching team, you might add the URL (or embed code) to a Quercus page or a discussion board thread.
- Assignment Submission: If you are a student, you might submit this URL as part of your assignment submission (confirm the specifics with your instructor prior to submitting).
Make a tracking spreadsheet! We've found that if you're going to share a file link once, you typically share it a few times. To make it easier, we recommend creating a tracking spreadsheet of the videos used in your course. These days, videos are often uploaded to more than one hosting service (e.g. YouTube AND MyMedia) and this can help make copying and sharing links to your content easier to manage. If you have questions, or are looking for a template, contact [email protected]. | <urn:uuid:4fef5884-0a84-491a-8544-211874a87691> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ito-engineering.screenstepslive.com/s/ito_fase/a/1342232-how-do-i-share-a-link-to-my-uploaded-video-or-audio-file | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.921718 | 996 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Movement analysis is often a critical component of injury recovery – Analysis of movement allows us to fix the source of the problem, not just treat the symptom. Our therapists use advanced training in movement analysis and tailor it in a way that is meaningful, specific to your needs, and scientifically driven.
Blood Flow Restriction
Blood flow restriction (BFR) is the brief and intermittent occlusion of venous blood flow using a tourniquet while exercising. This allows patients that are limited by pain, inflammation, fracture, or recent surgery to exercise under lower loads but still achieve the benefits of higher load activities. This treatment is helpful for athletes recovering from injuries like sprains, strains, and tendonitis, as well as patients needing post-operative physical therapy.
A solid filament needle is used to address musculoskeletal deficits found during your movement analysis. Benefits of dry needling include pain reduction, improved mobility, and normalization of muscle activation patterns needed for healthy, functional movement.
Dry needling is a unique therapy often administered in tandem with traditional physical therapy exercises. Dry needling works by targeting trigger points to alleviate pain and reduce muscle tension, allowing patients to speed up recovery times. Often times patients will see an immediate improvement in range of motion.
Laser therapy has been shown to increase blood flow, decrease pain, and facilitate the healing of injured muscles, tendons, bone, and joints. Laser Therapy uses light to accelerate the body’s natural healing processes.
Our therapeutic laser stimulates cellular activity, which accelerates cell growth and reproduction. This is highly effective for treating soft tissue injuries like sprains, strains, tendonitis, tendinopathy, and plantar fasciitis, but has also shown excellent results for repairing bone injuries such as fractures and arthritis.
Our Class Four Laser is the most advanced technology on the market, which makes our capabilities unmatched by any other therapeutic laser. Our system gives us the versatility to treat over areas with open wounds, such as post-surgical incisions, safely and effectively.
Gait analysis is a method used to identify the factors contributing to your particular injury. Repetitive stress injuries in activities such as running or walking are often multifactorial, occurring due to flexibility, strength, and stability limitations.
Your physical therapist will perform a gait analysis by inspecting all aspects of your gait from head to toe, in every phase of the gait cycle, and compare these results to a detailed movement analysis. This will help identify critical limitations in range of motion and/or strength. Finding and correcting your unique limitations will significantly improve your gait and mechanics.
Sports-related injuries happen to athletes at every level and of every age. And while every sport may predispose those athletes to a particular type of injury, no two injuries are ever precisely the same.
At Primal Physical Therapy, no two sports rehab programs are the same. So instead, we use an evidence-based practice model that blends the research on factors that predispose athletes to injury and maximize recovery.
In order to correct your posture, we must restore balance throughout your muscles to give you the ability to sit and stand tall. This means identifying which areas are too tight, and which areas are weak.
Your therapist will often use manual techniques to restore range of motion. Then, your therapist will work with you on exercises tailored to meet your needs and reinforce these range of motion gains through strength work.
Our goal with postural correction is to keep you out of our office and in whatever activity life throws your way.
Golf Swing Analysis Treatment
It's time to restore precision in your body and your golf swing. Our TPI Medical Level 2 Certified Physical Therapist, Dr. Eric Abramowitz, will work with you on your Body Swing Connection. Eric will assess and address your individual movement patterns as they relate to an efficient golf swing and consistent ball striking.
This evaluation and treatment approach will help heal (or prevent) an injury by improving fundamental movement while preventing breakdown and/or overuse. Eric will provide you with at-home drills and exercises to maintain improvements made through treatment and build sustainability for you on and off the course. | <urn:uuid:c9015a60-8e48-4a8d-a865-1873589d2e6a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://primalphysicaltherapy.com/treatments/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.930388 | 877 | 1.960938 | 2 |
TFT Panel Design Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
Apple is looking for a world-class Thin Film Transistor (TFT) panel design engineer to design, develop and launch the next TFT technologies for the portable, laptop and desktop displays in Apple products. The TFT panel design team is responsible for delivering the advanced TFT panel designs and technologies to enable the world’s best display performance in Apple Products. Individual will serve as a focal point in architecting and developing the total TFT pixel and panel designs. This includes TFT device modeling, simulation, integrated circuit-on-glass design, panel architecture, and whole panel function simulation.
- Hands-on experience, in-depth technical knowledge, and proven track record in the design and development for displays or related electronics.
- Understanding the basic TFT and panel process is a must
- Understanding display touch
- Ability to perform computer modeling and simulation with SPICE
- Experience in measuring and characterizing IV and CV of TFT devices
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
- Experience in developing, designing and manufacturing high volume display products is a plus
- Experience in characterizing panel optical and electrical performance is a plus
- Experience in gate and column driver IC designs is a plus
TFT panel architecture scoping and definition TFT device design, modeling, simulation and characteristics measurement Pixel and panel design, layout and parasitic parameter extraction TFT Pixel and panel modeling, characterization, and validation On-glass integrated circuit design, simulation and validation Failure mode analysis, root cause investigation, and problem solving New TFT technologies exploration, investigation, and validation International business travel to support project implementation Engage and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including TFT process, Display Optics, Touch EE, Display EE, and Mechanical Engineering, Display touch Collaborate with external vendors for display manufacturing
Education & Experience
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Lockheed Hudson Taking Off From Gibraltar (click to enlarge)
Brigadier William Torr, the military attaché at the British Embassy in Madrid, said that the total number of Allied military personnel returned to Allied control from Spain during WWII was 30,951. It probably would be safe to say that most passed through Gibraltar.
By Julian Robinson, MailOnline, April 6, 2017, appearing in the Daily Mail, July 10, 2022:
“Inside the secret labyrinth of WW2 tunnels known as the Great North Road dug a mile under the Rock of Gibraltar to protect the Allies with ‘streets’ named after English towns so British troops could find their way around
- Tunnels were built deep into Rock of Gibraltar in 1940 to protect British troops from German bombing raids
- Passages leading off main tunnel were named after English towns and districts to help troops get around
- Gibraltar was strategically important during war because it allowed UK to control access to Mediterranean
- Complex had everything 16,000 soldiers needed to survive for 16 months, including hospital and food stores”
Books about Gibraltar in WWII (for websites about Gibraltar, see below):
- 1. Andrews, Allen, Proud Fortress, The Fighting Story of Gibraltar, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1959
- 2. Benady, Tito, The Royal Navy at Gibraltar, Gibraltar: Gibraltar Book Ltd., 2000.
- 3. Benady, Tito, The Royal Navy at Gibraltar Since 1900, Liskeard, Cornwall: Maritime Books, 2004. (This is all photos with captions. The other by Benady is primarily text.)
- 4. Borghese, J. Valerio, Sea Devils, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. (About Italian attacks on shipping at Gibraltar.)
- 5. Bristow, Desmond, A Game of Moles, The Deceptions of an MI6 Officer, London: Little, Brown and Co. (UK), 1993.
- 6. Finlayson, T.J., The Fortress Came First, Glendon, Northants: Gibraltar Books, Ltd., 1991.
- 7. Finlayson, T.J., Guided Tour of Gibraltar, Gibraltar: Estoril Ltd., n.d.
- 8. Jackson, William G.F., The Rock of the Gibraltarians, Gibraltar: Gibraltar Books Ltd., 2001.
- 9. McLachlan, Donald, Room 39, a Study in Naval Intelligence, New York: Atheneum, 1967. (On British Naval Intelligence.)
- 10. Porch, Douglas, The Path to Victory, the Mediterranean Theatre in World War II, New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
- 11. Pugh, Marshall, Frogman, Commander Crabb’s Story, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1956.
- 12. Ramsey, Winston G., The War in Gibraltar, London: Battle of Britain Prints, 1978.
- 13. Schofield, William and Carisella, P.J., Frogmen First Battles, Boston: Branden Books, 2005.
Website Links About Gibraltar in WWII:
- Evaders and Oranges, the Seville Escape Route (on this website at https://airforceescape.org/evaders-and-oranges-the-seville-escape-route/)
- The Gibraltar Evacuees, by Joe Gingell – https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Gibraltar-Evacuees/
- Military History of Gibraltar During WWII – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Gibraltar_during_World_War_II
- YouTube Military History of Gibraltar During WWII – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ouHVOT9vA
- YouTube Buried Alive: The Secret WWII Bunker Hidden Inside Gibraltar’s Rock – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n97nh9PKH4
- Evacuation of the Gibraltarian civilian population during World War II (Wikipedia) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_of_the_Gibraltarian_civilian_population_during_World_War_II
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Did you know that all Macquarie staff have access to an impressive web conferencing tool? It is called Zoom and is packed with loads of features that allow you to host or attend interactive web-based video meetings. To access Zoom and set up and meeting, go to https://macquarie.zoom.us/ and enter your OneID and password.
What can I do with Zoom?
Host a session with up to 300 users
- Share your screen with all the attendees. Share your desktop with all attendees or just a single application
- Any attendee can share their screen with the group
- You can also share your iPhone or iPad screen as part of the meeting
- The video feed focuses on whoever is speaking at the time
- You can invite people who don’t have a OneID to Zoom meetings. Only the host of the meeting needs a OneID to login to Zoom. Attendees can join a meeting from the meeting invite you send them.
- Sessions are up to unlimited in duration.
Use a collaborative online whiteboard
- To share ideas on the fly
- To work together virtually during a brainstorming session
- To create Khan Academy style lectures
Record your event
- One click recording of any event for easy sharing or to review at a later date
- Attendees can move into breakout rooms for smaller group discussions and then return to the main room
- Breakout groups can be created with randomly created groups or the host can manually add users to groups
- Live chat by typing questions or comments with other attendees during the session
- The chat stream also allows the host to share links with attendees if they wish to direct them to a web page
When would I use Zoom?
Zoom can be used any time you need to meet or broadcast to a group online. Zoom is a flexible tool so you can be creative in how you choose to use it.
- You can host team meetings when staff members are not on campus
- You can advertise virtual office hours and schedule online meetings with students rather than meeting them in your office
- You can use Zoom to record a lecture, recording your desktop/online workspace and the webcam. To do this just start a meeting with no other attendees and hit record. Once you stop recording Zoom will automatically create an MP4 video file that can then be shared with students or uploaded to Echo360 or added to your course in iLearn
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Because it is the third largest automotive market in the world behind China and the United States, we will analyze car sales in Europe during 2018, which remained stable, since there were 15.6 million vehicles sold, only 346 more than in 2017.
This small growth was enough for the European market to see its best result since 2007 when it reached its peak with 16.02 million vehicles. A very interesting fact, which shows consumer preferences, is that diesel vehicles registered their lowest market share since 2001.
By countries, the solid results of Spain, Poland, and the Netherlands stood out, while the United Kingdom, Italy, and Sweden had a decrease in their car sales. Likewise, Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg, and Lithuania recorded record volume levels, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia, and Latvia.
It also stands out that most of the registered vehicles were powered by gasoline engines which represented 57 percent of all sales. This result marks an increase of 7 points in the market share in 2017 and an increase of 12 points in the last 10 years.
Regarding alternative energies, electric cars and plug-in hybrid cars registered 944,800 units sold and a market share of 6.1 percent. In particular, most of the growth was driven by pure electric vehicles, which were sold more than hybrid plug-in vehicles.
Despite growing at a slower pace than in previous years, the shift from traditional cars to SUVs continued in 2018. In total, 5.4 million SUVs were registered in Europe throughout the year, 19 percent more than in 2017.
By models, the Volkswagen Golf was once again the best-selling car in Europe, however, it registered a drop of 8 percent, mainly due to a large drop in its sales of diesel cars.
The table of the most sold cars in Europe during 2018:
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A South Asian blogger has referred to as on people today to end using the term “curry” to explain Indian dishes about statements it is rooted in British colonialism.
Chaheti Bansal, a 27-12 months-old food blogger, posted a recipe on Instagram in June and named on persons to “cancel the word ‘curry.’”
In the clip, which has been considered over 3 million moments, she suggests the time period has, for rather some time, been misused by “white people” to depict any dish made in India.
“There’s a declaring that the meals in India variations just about every 100km and nevertheless we’re nonetheless applying this umbrella term popularised by white persons who could not be bothered to find out the real names of our dishes,” she statements. “But we can still unlearn.”
She even further informed NBC Information that “curry should not be all that you think about when you believe about South Asian food items.”
Bansal clarified that she did not want the word to be entirely cancelled, as an alternative, it is about “ending its use by men and women who do not know what it means”.
Chef Sanjyot Singh Keer, a former producer of MasterChef India, also highlighted that Indian cuisine is “much far more than just curry.”
He explained to The Independent that the word “curry” was launched by the British. “Some say that it is an anglicised model of the word ‘Kari’ (which alone suggests distinctive issues from in just about every location, ranging from “side dish” to “blackened”) which is Tamil.”
“Our food stuff are unable to be summed up with that term and our delicacies is an amalgamation of so numerous different cultures widespread in India,” reported Keer.
He also advised that men and women from all-around the earth must “come to India” and try out the nearby foods themselves, which “will definitely modify their point of view.”
“Indian meals is a lot more than a spiced gravy liquid dish which is referred to as curry.”
Aside from the use of the word “curry”, Bansal also talked about “diversity” in Indian food stuff that “doesn’t get recognised”.
“My partner is Sri Lankan, I have close friends that are Malayali, friends that are Tamil, and certainly they use the word curry,” she mentioned. “I delight in their curry. Even their curry names have incredibly distinct regular names paired with them, or it is referring to something extremely precise. But you shouldn’t just lump all of our food items alongside one another less than this phrase.”
Foodstuff blogger Nisha Vedi Pawar, who goes by the username @lovelaughmirch on Instagram, agreed with Bansal.
She advised NBC South Asia: “It’s just like for American food items. You would not want everything dipped in like Previous Bay correct?”
“You would not want to put every little thing with excellent aged American French’s mustard. The very same way, we do not put every thing in a tikka sauce,” she stated. | <urn:uuid:a3a35a3b-f20c-448e-9df9-d22f6439d2ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://restaurantrecs.com/food-stuff-blogger-sparks-debate-with-simply-call-to-stop-making-use-of-word-curry-popularised-by-lazy-white-people.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.971319 | 727 | 2.03125 | 2 |
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How do you treat 40 degree fever?
Suggestions to treat fever include:
- Take paracetamol or ibuprofen in appropriate doses to help bring your temperature down.
- Drink plenty of fluids, particularly water.
- Avoid alcohol, tea and coffee as these drinks can cause slight dehydration.
- Sponge exposed skin with tepid water.
- Avoid taking cold baths or showers.
How bad is a 40 degree fever?
40°C or higher – very high fever With a very high fever you will usually want to stay in bed or be inactive – you won’t feel well enough to carry out normal activities. You may have lost your appetite. You’ll feel hot to touch.
Is a fever of 40 high?
A fever is a high body temperature. A temperature of up to 38.9°C (102°F) can be helpful because it helps the body fight infection. Most healthy children and adults can tolerate a fever as high as 39.4°C (103°F) to 40°C (104°F) for short periods of time without problems. Children tend to have higher fevers than adults.
Can you survive 42 degree fever?
Anything from 39-42 is high fever and above 42.4°C the fever is very dangerous and can cause serious, long-lasting damage. Fever could be triggered by some of the following, according to the Better Health Channel: Viruses that cause the flu, the common cold or upper respiratory tract infections.
What is the fastest home remedy for fever?
- Sit in a bath of lukewarm water, which will feel cool when you have a fever.
- Give yourself a sponge bath with lukewarm water.
- Wear light pajamas or clothing.
- Try to avoid using too many extra blankets when you have chills.
- Drink plenty of cool or room-temperature water.
- Eat popsicles.
What body temp is normal?
The average body temperature is 98.6 F (37 C). But normal body temperature can range between 97 F (36.1 C) and 99 F (37.2 C) or more.
Why does fever increase at night?
At night, there is less cortisol in your blood. As a result, your white blood cells readily detect and fight infections in your body at this time, provoking the symptoms of the infection to surface, such as fever, congestion, chills, or sweating. Therefore, you feel sicker during the night.
At what temperature should you go to hospital?
Call your doctor if your temperature is 103 F (39.4 C) or higher. Seek immediate medical attention if any of these signs or symptoms accompanies a fever: Severe headache. Unusual skin rash, especially if the rash rapidly worsens.
Is a 102 fever bad?
A fever is a higher-than-normal body temperature, one of the body’s natural responses to infection. A low-grade fever isn’t usually a cause for concern, but a temperature 102°F and above should be treated.
What is the fastest way to cure a fever?
How to break a fever
- Take your temperature and assess your symptoms.
- Stay in bed and rest.
- Keep hydrated.
- Take over-the-counter medications like acetaminophen and ibuprofen to reduce fever.
- Stay cool.
- Take tepid baths or using cold compresses to make you more comfortable.
How can I get fever at home?
How do you treat low temperature?
Use warm, dry compress (only on the neck, chest wall, or groin and not on the arms or legs) Do not apply direct heat (no hot water or placing a hot-water bag on the person’s body) Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when necessary (when breathing and pulse is undetectable)
What’s the best way to treat a fever in an adult?
Get plenty of rest. Take ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, or others), naproxen, (Aleve, Naprosyn, or others), acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) or aspirin to help relieve head and body aches and lower your temperature. Take a slightly warm, not cool, bath or apply damp washcloths to the forehead and wrists. Dress lightly (even if you have chills).
What happens if you have a fever of 40°C?
40°C or higher – very high fever. With a very high fever you will usually want to stay in bed or be inactive – you won’t feel well enough to carry out normal activities. You may have lost your appetite. You’ll feel hot to touch.
What to do if you have a fever over 104?
Take a slightly warm, not cool, bath or apply damp washcloths to the forehead and wrists. Dress lightly (even if you have chills). If you have a fever over 104°F (40°C) call your doctor. Call your doctor right away if you have a fever along with any of these symptoms:
What should the oral temp be if you have a fever?
Generally, older people have lower body temperatures than younger people have. The following thermometer readings generally indicate a fever: Rectal, ear or temporal artery temperature of 100.4 (38 C) or higher Oral temperature of 100 F (37.8 C) or higher | <urn:uuid:2d922b42-c831-4985-9f4c-cb4513bf0bb7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hacktivateed.org/how-do-you-treat-40-degree-fever/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.872269 | 1,152 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Weekly Zcash Discussion - July 10, 2022 - Use this thread for general chatter, basic questions, and if you're new to Zcash
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Family camping vacation in America
A 12 day, small group tour aimed at families, visiting four national parks and also monument valley. This is a truly awesome trip. Start in Las Vegas and end in San Fran. With nothing but wilderness wonders in between.
Las Vegas Grand Canyon National Park Monument Valley Bryce Canyon National Park Route 66 Kodachrome Basin State Park Zion National Park Yosemite National Park San Francisco
Description of Family camping vacation in America
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Small group tours:
Small group travel is not large group travel scaled down. It is modeled on independent travel – but with the advantage of a group leader to take care of the itinerary, accommodation and tickets, and dealing with the language. It’s easy to tick off the big sights independently – but finding those one-off experiences, local festivals, traveling markets and secret viewpoints is almost impossible for someone without the insider knowledge gained from years in the field. Those with a two-week vacation, a small group tour will save valuable planning time.
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) vacation so that you can travel knowing it will help support the places and people that you visit, and the planet. Read how below.
PlanetWe are committed to offering low impact tours that benefit both the places and communities we visit as well as our travelers. It is important for us all to be aware of the delicate balance that exists in the variety of natural wonders you will visit. National Parks and monuments, archaeological sites and other sensitive areas should and must be treated with respect.
We have created a 'Travelers' Code of Conduct' to help prepare and inform our groups of the various positive or negative effects they could have on a destination. The code includes tips on everything from handling wildlife encounters to how you can help to conserve precious natural resources. Our tour leaders will explain this code of conduct during the first night’s orientation talk and encourage you to follow it throughout the tour.
This code includes following the ‘Leave No Trace’ ethic, this is an international campaign that is designed to help us minimise the impact on the National Parks and other wilderness areas that we visit. Some key guidelines we follow include keeping to existing trails, staying in official campgrounds and disposing of all waste responsibly and recycling whatever we can.
We are proud supporters of Bay Area Wilderness Training (www.bawt.org) a charity based in Oakland California which works to connect disadvantaged children in the local urban area with the great outdoors. Their work helps to provide these young people with life changing experiences which they can
apply to everyday life. Everyone booking with Grand American Adventures has the option to donate £1/$1/€1 to support this well-deserved charity and we will match this donation.
PeopleWhenever possible, we use local accommodation and activity providers. We also shop locally for groceries, eat in small family-run restaurants and visit local shops whenever possible. This all brings economic benefit to the local communities that we visit.
We spend a significant amount of time at various National Parks on this tour, the included entrance fees help to preserve the status and upkeep of the park on a continued and sustainable basis. Interaction with National Park Rangers helps to preserve this role as an employment opportunity for local people and future generations.
In Monument Valley, we use a Navajo guide to show you their native lands. This gives you an opportunity to interact with and understand the community on an individual level; it also puts money back into the local economy to help sustain the future of their community.
It is also important that we help to protect the fragile desert environment. The desert’s natural way to avoid sand erosion is by creating cryptobiotic soil which creates a living crust on the desert floor. This special soil helps the desert to protect itself from wind and rain erosion and promotes plant growth. All our tour leaders encourage our travelers to stick to the path to avoid damaging this special soil which can be hard to see.
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There’s absolutely nothing rather like a 20-minute sweat session in a sauna. You feel extra relaxed and also relaxed after you’re done, as well as the warmth helps relieve aching muscle mass and enhances your general health and wellness and well-being infrared sauna ontario.
However if the heats of a typical sauna are just way too much for you to take care of, an infrared sauna might provide the advantages of a sauna without the severe warmth.
What is an infrared sauna?
Unlike a standard sauna, infrared saunas do not heat up the air around you. Instead, they use infrared lamps (that utilize electromagnetic radiation) to heat your body straight.
” These saunas use infrared panels rather than conventional warm to easily penetrate human tissue, heating up your body before heating up the air,” discusses physical therapist, Vivian Eisenstadt, MAPT, CPT, MASP.
An infrared sauna can run at a lower temperature level (typically in between 120 ˚F as well as 140 ˚F) than a traditional sauna, which is usually in between 150 ˚F and also 180 ˚F.
Suppliers declare that in an infrared sauna, only about 20 percent of the warm mosts likely to heat the air as well as the various other 80 percent straight heats your body.
Advocates of infrared saunas claim the warm penetrates much more deeply than heated air. This enables you to experience a much more intense sweat at a reduced temperature.
Eisenstadt states this environment is extra tolerable, which enables you to stay in the sauna much longer while raising your core body temperature level by a couple of levels.
What are the intended benefits of using an infrared sauna?
The intended benefits of using an infrared sauna are similar to those experienced with a standard sauna. These consist of:
- far better rest
- weight reduction
- remedy for sore muscle mass
- remedy for joint discomfort such as joint inflammation
- clear as well as tighter skin
- assistance for people with fatigue syndrome
Individuals have actually been making use of saunas for centuries for all kind of wellness conditions. While there are numerous research studies and research study on typical saunas, there aren’t as several researches that look especially at infrared saunas:
A tiny 10-person studyTrusted Resource discovered that people with chronic fatigue syndrome took advantage of using an infrared sauna as part of an overall treatment.
An additional 10-person studyTrusted Resource discovered that infrared saunas helped reduce muscle soreness and rise recuperation from strength-training sessions.
According to one evaluation, several research studies have actually discovered that infrared light treatment saunas might help in reducing blood pressure.
The lack of solid proof and wide-spread research studies about the feasible benefits of infrared saunas leaves the consumer (you) to sort with the cases made by the firms who provide this solution.
Similarly, there are no reports of negative effects up until now, beyond the warns regarding any kind of sauna experience. These include the possibilities of overheating, dehydrating, and also interference with medicine, as well as the possible threats for those who are pregnant, have heart problem, or are intoxicated of medications or alcohol, to name a few.
The bright side: Even if your sweat session doesn’t do all of the important things it claims to do, a minimum of it still really feels excellent. And also, it adds to your overall health as well as wellness by helping you unwind, chilling out tight or tight muscular tissues, decreasing joint discomfort, as well as giving you some much required time to on your own.
How do you make use of an infrared sauna?
Lots of people will do infrared sauna treatments at a health club, medical spa, or physician’s workplace, while others will purchase and develop one in their home. If you make a decision to offer an infrared sauna a try, it is very important to understand that they do not included global guidelines.
There are standards you can adhere to, however inevitably, exactly how you select to use an infrared sauna depends on you. Below are some ideas to get you started.
Consume alcohol water. Make certain you’re hydrated prior to entering into an infrared sauna. Consume alcohol a glass of water prior to your session. You can also bring water right into the sauna, specifically if you’re sensitive to higher heats up.
Select the temperature level. The average temperature level for an infrared sauna arrays from 100 ˚F to 150 ˚F, with newbies beginning at the lower end as well as even more skilled customers at the higher end. If this is your very first time, start with 100 ˚F. You might want to remain at this temperature for a few sessions. You can always enhance the temperature each session up until you get to 150 ˚F.
Length of time. For novice customers, begin with 10 to 15 mins. You can add time each session till you reach the suggested time of 20 to thirty minutes. Saunas feature a timer, so make certain to set it. You don’t want to stay in there too lengthy and also danger ending up being dried out.
Apparel. How you gown is your choice. Some people will put on swimsuit, while others favor to go in nude.
What you can do while in the sauna. Kick back, review, practice meditation, pay attention to music, or go to with close friends. Just do not go to sleep.
After the session mores than. When your session is done, it’s suggested that you take your time as well as allow your body cool. When cooled off, do not hesitate to shower or bathroom. Simply make sure you are consuming a lot of water.
Number of sessions each week. Most facilities that offer infrared sauna therapies suggest using the sauna three to 4 days per week. If you are healthy and balanced and endure the four days, you can utilize the sauna daily.
What should you know prior to you try an infrared sauna?
There are a few points you ought to recognize prior to enjoying your first session.
Prevent using an infrared sauna if you’ve been consuming alcohol.
If you really feel ill or have a fever, it’s ideal to wait to make use of the sauna until you’re feeling better.
Utilizing an infrared sauna will certainly trigger you to sweat a great deal, so you might really feel lightheaded when you stand. If this occurs, make sure you rise gradually as well as sit down as soon as you leave the sauna. Consume water promptly after finishing your session and also wait for your body to cool before doing anything else.
In extreme cases, some individuals might experience getting too hot (warm stroke as well as warm exhaustion) or dehydration.
If you have any kind of health conditions such as hypertension, heart problems, or are under medical care, get cleared by your physician before your very first session. Despite the fact that infrared saunas have been located to be fairly risk-free, you do not want to take any possibilities when it pertains to your health and wellness. | <urn:uuid:94aebf0d-df3b-403c-a160-ecd21d5946e0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lincolnspeedway.org/infrared-sauna-ontario/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.948337 | 1,535 | 1.773438 | 2 |
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The drug has antimicrobial activity in a relatively wide range of gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms and fungi. Its antibacterial and antifungal spectrum of action covers most microorganisms that cause urinary tract infections.
After oral administration, 5-NOK is well absorbed in the digestive tract. It is excreted mainly in urine (in the form of glucuronide) and in a small amount with bile.
Acute, chronic and recurring urinary tract infections (especially in elderly people with impaired urokinetics) caused by gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms and nitroxoline-sensitive fungi. prevention of recurrence of urinary tract infections, especially in children.
Tablets are recommended to be taken during or after a meal.
Adults: 400-800 mg / day, divided into 4 doses. The average daily dose is 400 mg (100 mg 4 times a day). In severe cases, the daily dose is increased to 800 mg (200 mg 4 times a day).
Children aged 1 year to 14 years: the usual average daily dose is 200-400 mg (50-100 mg 4 times a day).
Children aged 2 to 12 months: the daily dose is determined at the rate of 25 mg / kg / day, divided into 4 doses.
The drug can be taken within 1 month; in chronic infections, 5-NLC can be prescribed in repeated courses of 2 weeks with 2-week breaks (the course of treatment can last several months).
Hypersensitivity to nitroxoline or any other component of the drug, quinolines; cataract; severe renal, liver failure.
Nausea (can be prevented if you take the drug with food).
Rarely, allergic reactions (skin hyperemia, rash) occurring after discontinuation of treatment. Very rarely - allergic thrombocytopenia. In some cases, changes in the activity of transaminases and the level of uric acid in the blood serum.
During the period of use of the drug, urine staining in an intensely yellow color is observed.
With moderate renal failure (creatinine clearance of 20 ml / min), half the usual daily dose should be prescribed. in severe renal failure (creatinine clearance of 20 ml / min), 5-NOK treatment is contraindicated.
With liver failure, half the usual daily dose is prescribed.
The safety of the drug during pregnancy and lactation has not been established; despite the lack of data, it is not recommended to prescribe the drug.
An effect on the ability to drive vehicles and mechanisms has not been established.
5-NOK should not be used simultaneously with preparations containing oxyquinoline or its derivatives.
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In 1994, HAP created a legal project to serve the needs of the growing number of children and families experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia. The Children, Youth, and Families Project resulted in specialized legal clinics at the City’s largest family shelters. These clinics were designed to address some of the most urgent legal needs of homeless children, including access to education services and federal disability benefits.
Subsequently, recognizing the inability of families experiencing homelessness to remove barriers to accessing stable and secure housing – such as issues relating to credit, utilities, benefits, and identification documents – HAP broadened its Children, Youth, and Families Project clinics to include legal assistance in these areas.
Due to demand, HAP expanded the Children, Youth, and Families Project mission to assist families seeking legal representation to resolve family law matters, particularly child custody disputes. Through the Children, Youth, and Families Project, HAP staff and pro bono attorneys provide legal help to keep families together in the face of numerous pressures that tend to break families apart when they become homeless. These attorneys also represent parents in their efforts to reunite with their children from whom they were separated due to homelessness caused by extreme poverty or disability.
In 2008, HAP began seeing an alarming increase in the number of very young parents and youth who became homeless after exiting the child welfare system. Thus in 2009, HAP expanded the Children, Youth, and Families Project’s reach to meet the needs of these young people, especially those suffering from disabilities caused by the trauma they experienced.
Youth transitioning out of foster care are a particularly vulnerable population with high risk for homelessness. Additionally, children and youth in foster care are more likely to have a physical or mental disability than other children and youth, which may make the transition out of the foster care system more difficult.
HAP augmented its roster of legal clinic locations to include sites where young people experiencing homelessness access services and supports, and expanded its SOAR Project in order to rapidly secure federal disability benefits for disabled youth prior to their aging out of the child welfare system so they could avert homelessness.
In view of its unique legal work and to better reflect its long-standing advocacy on behalf of homeless youth, HAP changed the name of the Children and Families Project to the Children, Youth, and Families Project.
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Jusepe de Ribera
Jusepe de Ribera (January 12, 1591 – September 2, 1652) was a Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker, also known as José de Ribera and Josep de Ribera. He also was called Lo Spagnoletto ("the Little Spaniard") by his contemporaries and early writers. Ribera was a leading painter of the Spanish school, although his mature work was all done in Italy.
Ribera was born at Xàtiva, near Valencia, Spain. He was baptized on February 17, 1591. His father was a shoemaker, perhaps on a large scale. His parents intended him for a literary or learned career, but he neglected these studies and is said to have apprenticed with the Spanish painter Francisco Ribalta in Valencia, although no proof of this connection exists. Longing to study art in Italy, he made his way to Rome via Parma, where he is recorded in 1611. According to one source, a cardinal noticed him drawing from the frescoes on a Roman palace facade, and housed him. Roman artists gave him the nickname "Lo Spagnoletto".
His early biographers generally rank him among the followers of Caravaggio. Very little documentation survives from his early years, with scholars speculating as to the precise time and route by which he came to Italy. Ribera was living in Rome no later than 1612, and is documented as having joined the Academy of Saint Luke by 1613. He lived for a time in the Via Margutta, and almost certainly associated with other Caravaggisti who flocked to Rome at that time, such as Gerrit van Honthorst and Hendrik ter Brugghen, among other Utrecht painters active in Rome by 1615. In 1616, Ribera moved to Naples, in order to avoid his creditors (according to Giulio Mancini, who described him as living beyond his means despite a high income). In November, 1616, Ribera married Caterina Azzolino, the daughter of a Sicilian-born Neapolitan painter, Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, whose connections in the Neapolitan art world helped to establish Ribera early on as a major figure, whose presence was to bear a lasting impact on the art of the city.
The Kingdom of Naples was then part of the Spanish Empire, and ruled by a succession of Spanish Viceroys. Ribera moved to Naples permanently in the middle of 1616. His Spanish nationality aligned him with the small Spanish governing class in the city, and also with the Flemish merchant community, from another Spanish territory, who included important collectors of and dealers in art. Ribera began to sign his work as "Jusepe de Ribera, español" ("Jusepe de Ribera, Spaniard"). He was able to quickly attract the attention of the Viceroy, Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna, also recently arrived, who gave him a number of major commissions, which showed the influence of Guido Reni.
The period after Osuna was recalled in 1620 seems to have been difficult. Few paintings survive from 1620 to 1626; but this was the period in which most of his best prints were produced. These were at least partly an attempt to attract attention from a wider audience than Naples. His career picked up in the late 1620s, and he was accepted as the leading painter in Naples thereafter.
Although Ribera never returned to Spain, many of his paintings were taken back by returning members of the Spanish governing class, for example the Duke of Osuna, and his etchings were brought to Spain by dealers. His influence can be seen in Velázquez, Murillo, and most other Spanish painters of the period.
He has been portrayed as selfishly protecting his prosperity, and is reputed to have been the chief in the so-called Cabal of Naples, his abettors being a Greek painter, Belisario Corenzio and the Neapolitan, Giambattista Caracciolo.
It is said this group aimed to monopolize Neapolitan art commissions, using intrigue, sabotage of work in progress, and even personal threats of violence to frighten away outside competitors such as Annibale Carracci, the Cavalier d'Arpino, Reni, and Domenichino. All of them were invited to work in Naples, but found the place inhospitable. The cabal ended at the time of Domenichino's death in 1641.
According to the RKD he is listed as a pupil of Ribalta and in turn his own pupils were Enrico Fiammingo, Francesco Fracanzano, Luca Giordano, and Bartolomeo Passante. He was followed by Giuseppe Marullo and he influenced the painters Agostino Beltrano, Hendrick van Someren, Paolo Domenico Finoglio, Giovanni Ricca, and Pietro Novelli.
About 1644, his daughter married a Spanish nobleman in the administration, who died soon after. From 1644, Ribera seems to have suffered serious ill-health, which greatly reduced his ability to work, although his workshop continued to produce works under his direction. In 1647–1648, during the Masaniello rising against Spanish rule, he felt forced for some months to take his family with him into refuge in the palace of the Viceroy. In 1651 he sold the large house he had owned for many years, and when he died on September 2, 1652, he was in serious financial difficulties.
In his earlier style, founded sometimes on Caravaggio and sometimes on the wholly diverse method of Correggio, the study of Spanish and Venetian masters may be traced. Along with his massive and predominating shadows, he retained from first to last a great strength in local coloring. His forms, although ordinary and sometimes coarse, are correct; the impression of his works gloomy and startling. He delighted in subjects of horror. In the early 1630s his style changed away from strong contrasts of dark and light to a more diffused and golden lighting, as may be seen in The Clubfoot of 1642.
Salvator Rosa and Luca Giordano were his most distinguished followers, who may have been his pupils; others were also Giovanni Do, Enrico Fiammingo, Michelangelo Fracanzani, and Aniello Falcone, who was the first considerable painter of battle-pieces.
Among Ribera's principal works could be named Saint Januarius Emerging from the Furnace in the cathedral of Naples; the Descent from the Cross in the Certosa, Naples; the Adoration of the Shepherds (a late work; 1650) in the Louvre; the Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew in the Prado; and the Pieta in the sacristy of San Martino, Naples. His mythologic subjects are often as violent as his martyrdoms: for example, Apollo and Marsyas, with versions in Brussels and Naples, or the Tityos in the Prado. The Prado and Louvre contain numbers of his paintings, like Jacob’s Dream (1639) at El Prado; the National Gallery, London, three. He executed several fine male portraits and a self-portrait. Saint Jerome Writing in the Prado now has been credited to him by Gianni Papi, a Caravaggio expert. He was an important etcher, the most significant Spanish printmaker before Goya, producing about forty prints, nearly all in the 1620s. The Martyrdom of Saint Philip (1639; often described as Saint Bartholomew, martyred in similar fashion, but now recognised as St Philip) is in the Prado, Madrid.
Ribera's work remained in fashion after his death, largely through the hyper-naturalistic depictions of cruel subjects in the paintings of such pupils as Luca Giordano. According to the 1911 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica "His forms, though ordinary and partly gross, are correct; the impression of his works gloomy and startling. He delighted in subjects of horror." He painted the horrors and reality of human cruelty and showed he valued truth over idealism. The gradual rehabilitation of his international reputation was aided by exhibitions in Princeton in 1973, of his prints and drawings, and of works in all media in London at the Royal Academy in 1982 and in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1992. Since then his oeuvre has gained more attention from critics and scholars. Unfortunately, due to the ebb of interest in his work for so long, a complete catalogue raisonné of his work is still lacking. Many works attributed to him have been altered, discarded, damaged, and neglected during his period of obscurity.
- St. Catherine from Alexandria, 1648
- The Baptism of Christ, 1643
- Asunción de la Magdalena, 1636
- Saint Jerome, 1652
- Saint Andrew, 1630–32
- The Sacred Family, 1639
|Ribera's Martyrdom of Saint Philip, Smarthistory|
- Spinosa, Nicola (2012). "Neapolitan Painters in Rome (1600-1630)". In Rosella Vodret. Caravaggio's Rome: 1600-1630 (paperback). Milan: Skira Editore S.p.A. pp. 331–343. ISBN 978-88-572-1387-3.
- Jusepe Ribera in the RKD
- [See Museo del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, 1996, p. 315, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Madrid, ISBN 84-87317-53-7]
- Johnson, Paul. Art: A New History, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.
- "Giuseppe Ribera", in Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.)
- Main source: Scholz-Hänsel, Michael. (2000). Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652. Cologne: Könemann. ISBN 3-8290-2872-5
- Brown, Jonathan. (1973). Jusepe de Ribera: prints and drawings; [catalogue of an exhibition] The Art Museum, Princeton University, October–November 1973. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. OCLC 781367 the standard work on his prints and drawings.
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- Williamson, Mark A. "The Martyrdom Paintings of Jusepe de Ribera: Catharsis and Transformation"; PhD Dissertation, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 2000 (available online at myspace.com/markwilliamson13732) (link broken)
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- Jusepe de Ribera's Biography, Style, and Artwork
- Jusepe de Ribera at Artcyclopedia
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Imagine this, one day you are living your life, going about you daily tasks, and the next minute you are stuck inside with your family and you don’t know for how long.
Flashforward, it’s the year 2020… one day you’re out with your friends at your favourite café enjoying a warm cup of coffee and talking about the weekend you spent away with your family on a camping adventure.
You wake up the next day to learn that in two days’ time your entire country is going into lockdown for the next 4 weeks… where you are not allowed to leave your house unless it’s to get the essentials, get some fresh air locally, or if you’re an essential worker.
Well, apart from the added specifics; plot line one and plot line two are very similar. The only difference is plot line one, occurred hundreds of years ago, and instead of self-isolating in a house, Noah self-isolated with his family on an ark.
You see, whilst many of us at the moment are quarantined within our homes with loved ones, this situation as well as others has been seen through biblical times, albeit a little different, but still giving us a lot of food for thought.
Let’s start with the things that are making this time difficult. For us in NZ we have been told the lockdown is 4 weeks long, yet that’s not set in concrete, they may extend that.
Now four weeks of no time with friends and loved ones outside your home is a long time. It seems like a long time to be stuck in finding things to do when the rest of life seems to be halted. So what can we learn from Noah during this time?
Noah was 600 years old when they began their journey on the ark (Genesis chapter 7, verse 6). He was 601 when they got off the ark (Genesis chapter 8, verse 13). That’s a whole year stuck on a boat with just his family and a bunch of animals. How did he cope?!
Lessons from Noah
Here’s a few things we can learn from Noah’s version of lockdown:
#1 Posture of thankfulness
You see Noah hadn’t even been able to set foot on land for over a year, let alone go out with friends, go shopping for food or anything. They were confined to the ark. Yet they were thankful that God had saved them, provided for them and was taking them towards His promises.
#2 Obedience to God
Noah was obedient to the plans God had, and the situation. He didn’t try to get off the ark earlier than what God had planned or instructed him.
#3 Make the most of the situation and was resourceful
Noah didn’t just lie in bed all day, he as resourceful, he sent the doves out to test if the waters had receded, he built the ark, no doubt they would have had to have had food in sorted in some description. Noah kept searching for God during this.
So for us, we have a lot more to be thankful for. Time to spend with loved ones, access to food, medicine, water and shelter; thankful that we love people enough to miss them during time apart, and of course access to technology that allows us to stay connected.
However, it allows calls us to be obedient. 1 Peter chapter 2, verses 13 to 15 encourages us to respect governing authorities; that means respecting the laws and boundaries that they have put in place during this time. By honouring them, we are honouring God and each other.
Lastly, we are called to be resourceful during this time, not resort to gluttony but to occupy our time with things that help us be better, help us to serve others, and too build better relationships.
So whilst we are in self isolation, let’s remember we are physical distancing, but working to build social connection through other means. Be grateful for this season of pause, take it to reflect, to grow closer to those you love and to pray for the changing world around us.
Araina Kazia Pereira from Wellington, New Zealand is a published writer having written for various outlets and most recently joining as a Press Service International young writer. She enjoys asking the big questions and writing about the challenging questions that she has wrestled with in her own journey, as well as her learnings along the way. You can contact her at firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:05b29f80-211b-4d1e-ac8e-0406a98c1b8c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://christiantoday.co.nz/comment/lockdown-blues-think-about-noah.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.976564 | 968 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Despite the cancelled summit with the U.S., North Korean leader Kim Jong-un went ahead and demolished his country's nuclear test site by blowing up access tunnels on Thursday.
The explosions, that were witnessed by invited international media, were supposed to build confidence ahead of the planned meeting next month between Kim and President Donald Trump.
The blasts were centred on three tunnels at the underground site and a number of buildings in the surrounding area.
North Korea held a closing ceremony afterward with officials from its nuclear arms programme in attendance.
"There was neither leakage of radioactive materials nor any adverse impact on the surrounding ecological environment," said an unnamed official, purportedly the deputy director of the Nuclear Weapons Institute of North Korea.
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Hope College Theatre will present "The Illusion," its second production of the season, on Thursday-Friday, Dec. 1-2, and Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 8-10, at 8 p.m. in the DeWitt Center main theatre.
"The Illusion" is a comedy in five acts written by 17th century French playwright Pierre Corneille and translated into English by Ranjit Bolt. The production is directed by Sean Dooley, visiting assistant professor of theatre.
A dominant figure in 17th-century French theater, Pierre Corneille created more than 30 dramatic works including "The Illusion," written in 1635. In "The Illusion," he fuses the role of the artist with that of the sorcerer and sparks a debate on the nature of the theater itself. Corneille once characterized the play as "a strange monster, bizarre and extravagant."
"The Illusion" begins with the classic tale of a broken father-son relationship. Pridamant, the father, once criticized his son harshly, causing his son to run away from home. Realizing his mistake, Pridamant wishes to make peace with his son, so he sets out to find him. He searches the world with no success. Out of sheer desperation, he is driven to consult a mighty sorcerer in the hope of gaining news of his son's welfare and whereabouts. Neither the past nor the present nor even the depths of men's minds are a secret to the famed sorcerer, who invites Pridamant into his cave to learn of his son. Inside the sorcerer's cave, Pridamant is shown what appears to be an illusion of his son's life. The father finally discovers that sometimes lives are illusions built on illusions.
Director Sean Dooley is teaching at Hope for the 2005-06 season as a sabbatical replacement. He comes to Hope from Minneapolis, Minn., where he has worked for the last five seasons at the Guthrie Theatre as an actor and educator. Concerning preparations for the college's production of "The Illusion," he noted, "We spend every night making each other laugh. It's been a lot of fun. I hope the audience finds it as humorous as we do."
Members of the production team include faculty members Perry Landes as lighting and sound designer and Richard Smith as scenic designer. Senior Abbey Youngerman of Royal Oak is the costume designer, and senior Mike Dominiak of Dearborn is the properties designer and fight captain. Other positions include: senior Elise Edwards of Elgin, Ill., as stage manager; senior Erica Hess of Howell as assistant stage manager; and sophomore Stephanie Lawson of Mount Vernon, Ohio, as assistant stage manager.
Cast members include: junior Adam Carpenter of Auburn Hills as Dorante/Geronte; senior Emily Casey of Wheaton, Ill., as Isabelle; junior Chad Coe of Birmingham as Matamore; junior Katherine Finkbeiner of Haslett as Lyse; senior Reginald D. Haney II of Harvey Ill., as Clindor; first-year student Lucas Leavenworth of Naperville, Ill., as Eraste/Gaoler; senior NoahDavid Lein of Kewadin as Pridamant; sophomore Samuel K. Mirto of Saugatuck as Adraste; senior Kat Ramsey of Kalamazoo as Alcandre; and first-year student Katie Terpstra of Zeeland as Page.
Tickets for "The Illusion" are $7 for regular admission, $5 for members of the college's faculty and staff, and $4 for students and senior citizens, and are available in the theatre lobby ticket office in the DeWitt Center. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on performance nights until 8 p.m., but will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24-25, because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The ticket office may be called at (616) 395-7890.
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Summary of Findings
News organizations continued to focus a great deal of attention on the presidential campaign last week, but the public was more interested in news about the rising price of oil and the overall economy.
As the price of oil reached a new record, a solid majority (57%) followed news about rising oil prices very closely. More than a third (35%) said they followed this story more closely than other news, making it the week’s top story. Interest in oil prices was greater than it was last fall, when the price first reached $100 a barrel; last November, 44% of the public tracked oil prices very closely.
In addition, interest in economic news reached a 15-year high last week. Amid news of plunging stocks, a mounting credit crisis as well as higher energy costs, 49% of the public said they followed news about the economy very closely. The economy was the most closely followed story of the week for 16% of Americans.
News organizations devoted a substantial amount of coverage to oil prices and the economy, but the presidential campaign received far more coverage. The campaign was the week’s most heavily covered story, accounting for 27% of all coverage, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s (PEJ) News Coverage Index. By contrast, news about oil prices and the U.S. economy accounted for 12% of all news last week, (oil prices 7%, economy 5%).
On the Campaign Trail: Media and Public Focused Mainly on Democrats
Public interest in the campaign, while significantly greater than it was a week earlier, still lagged behind interest in oil prices and the economy. Four-in-ten (39%) followed news about the campaign very closely last week, up from 28% the week before. Coverage of the campaign focused heavily on the Democrats and their efforts to unite behind Barack Obama in November. According to PEJ’s Campaign Coverage Index, 58% of the coverage focused on Obama and the Democratic Party, while 14% focused on the Republicans.
Throughout most of the year, Democrats have followed the presidential campaign more closely than Republicans. However, last week marked the largest partisan gap in campaign interest since the start of the presidential race in early 2007. Democrats were almost twice as likely as Republicans to say they followed the campaign very closely (52% vs. 28%).
More than four-in-ten Americans (43%) heard a lot about Barack Obama’s joint appearance with Hillary Clinton at an event held in Unity, New Hampshire on June 27. According to PEJ’s Campaign Coverage Index, about a quarter of the week’s campaign stories (23%) focused on divisions between Democrats and the efforts to unite behind Obama. Democrats were much more likely than Republicans to have heard a lot about the Obama-Clinton rally (55% vs. 33%).
Obama continued to overshadow John McCain, not only in terms of news coverage but also in public visibility. The Illinois senator was featured prominently in 82% of all campaign stories, more than double the number of stories mentioning McCain (40%).
Consistent with the balance of coverage, the public reported hearing far more about Obama than about McCain in recent weeks. Three-quarters of Americans said that Obama was the candidate they had heard most about in the news. This compares with only 10% who named McCain. Obama was far more visible than McCain among Republicans (69% vs. 17%) as well as Democrats (81% vs. 8%).
These findings are based on the most recent installment of the weekly News Interest Index, an ongoing project of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The index, building on the Center’s longstanding research into public attentiveness to major news stories, examines news interest as it relates to the news media’s agenda. The weekly survey is conducted in conjunction with The Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index, which monitors the news reported by major newspaper, television, radio and online news outlets on an ongoing basis. In the most recent week, data relating to news coverage was collected from June 23-29 and survey data measuring public interest in the top news stories of the week was collected June 27-30 from a nationally representative sample of 1,004 adults.
In Other News…
About three-in-ten Americans (28%) paid very close attention to the Supreme Court’s decision overturning a ban on the possession of handguns in Washington, D.C. One-in-ten (9%) listed this as their most closely followed story of the week. Roughly equal proportions of Republicans, Democrats and Independents paid very close attention to this story. Overall, 5% of the national newshole was devoted to news about the Supreme Court ruling on handguns.
There was relatively little interest in Zimbabwe’s disputed elections and related violence in that country. Only 13% followed this story very closely and just 3% listed this as their top story of the week. The story did receive substantial coverage, especially online, accounting for 7% of all news last week. Recent steps by North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program attracted the very close attention of one-in-five Americans (19%) and 2% listed this as the story they tracked most closely.
About the News Interest Index
The News Interest Index is a weekly survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press aimed at gauging the public’s interest in and reaction to major news events.
This project has been undertaken in conjunction with the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index, an ongoing content analysis of the news. The News Coverage Index catalogues the news from top news organizations across five major sectors of the media: newspapers, network television, cable television, radio and the internet. Each week (from Sunday through Friday) PEJ will compile this data to identify the top stories for the week. The News Interest Index survey will collect data from Friday through Monday to gauge public interest in the most covered stories of the week.
Results for the weekly surveys are based on telephone interviews among a nationwide sample of approximately 1,000 adults, 18 years of age or older, conducted under the direction of ORC (Opinion Research Corporation). For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls, and that results based on subgroups will have larger margins of error.
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Around 1.5 billion people use Gmail for email communication. Gmail is a powerful tool, you can use it for sending emails, chatting with friends or clients, schedule video calls or meetings, storing data, block spam, create an address book, and many more. These are the common features of Gmail.
But still, people are not using Gmail to its full potential. Most of the people are not aware of the Gmail extension and its usage. Gmail is only email client that offer plenty of add-ons or extension to increase your productivity. In this article you will understand what all Gmail extension available in the market that can help you to improve your efficiency and productivity.
What Is A Gmail Extension or Add-Ons?
Gmail extensions or Gmail add-ons are the tools that offer additional features to your Gmail account. Gmail extensions are available in the Chrome web store, where you can search for Gmail extension and install it in your Gmail.
But the question is which Gmail extension is useful; in this article, we have mentioned a couple of extensions that are helpful for Gmail users.
Why you should use Gmail Extension?
Gmail extensions or Gmail add-ons are basically to boost productivity, improve the Gmail experience, and get extra features that make your work easier and faster. With Gmail extension, you can send mail merge emails, send automated follow-ups, schedule emails, search and identify contact details, identify spelling and grammar mistakes in content, track email opens and clicks, and many tasks you can perform through Gmail extensions or add-ons.
15 Must Have Gmail Chrome Extensions to Increase Productivity
Here we have picked the best chrome extension for Gmail to enhance the Gmail experience and productivity.
GMass is the ultimate email productivity tool. With the GMass add-on, you can schedule emails, send out mass emails, mail merge campaigns, and more with Gmail.
GMass extension is a powerful and effective tool for Gmail. It helps you to save a lot of time and manual effort. It is capable of tracking email outreach performance, send automated emails, and follow up with your recipient.
- Send Mass Emails in Gmail
- Mail Merge with Google Sheets
- Email Reporting Analytics
- Automatic Follow-up Email
- Schedule Mass emails and Mail Merges
- Behavior-based Campaigns
- Reply Management
- Email List Builder
- Email Warm-up tools
- Free Bulk Email Verifier
Who can use GMass?
- Salespeople to send cold emails
- Marketer to send email campaigns
- Startups to reach out to investors or customer
Clearbit is an outstanding lead generation tool, where you can find anyone’s email address and contact details directly from your Gmail/GSuite account. With Clearbit you can easily find b2b contacts and reach out to your target prospects. Just install Clearbit extensions in Gmail, and you will be able to access millions of b2b contacts.
- Get access to millions of B2b data
- Increase in new leads pipeline
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- Easily search through Gmail’s sidebar
- Get anyone’s emails for free
Who can use Clearbit?
- Best use for Sales and Business development professionals to get details of target prospects
- Digital marketers to reach out right target audience
- B2B professional who wants to target a specific company
Grammarly is a smart typing assistant tool that helps you to write better content in a second. Use Grammarly chrome extension to avoid grammatical errors and improve writing skills.
- Grammar checker
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Who can use Grammarly?
- Content writers
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4. Checker Plus
If you use Gmail daily and have multiple accounts then you will love Checker plus extension. With Checker Plus you can easily check incoming emails or even send emails without opening Gmail. It’s a very useful and productive tool to manage Gmail effectively.
- Access Gmail without opening
- Manage multiple Gmail accounts
- Read, listen or delete emails
- Get desktop notification
- Add-ons available for Chrome and Mozilla Firefox
Who can use Checker Plus?
Any professional or Gmail user can use and manage their account. Checker Plus is a 5-star rated extension and is trusted by 1 million users.
5. Giphy Extension for Gmail
Giphy offers GIFs, Stickers, Emojis, and more to improve your Gmail experience. With the Giphy extension, you can search and discover suitable GIFS or Emojis for your email directly from Gmail.
- Get any kind of GIFs
- Vast GIPHY library
- Easy to use and insert
- Clear and beautiful graphics
Who can use Giphy?
Anybody who loves using Gifs in their emails or chat.
Mailtrack is a free email tracking tool for Gmail that tracks email opens and clicks. With Mailtrack you can track email activity and manage effective communication. Mailtrack is trusted by 1,900,000 customers and rated 4.5 stars in the Chrome Store.
- Fast & Lightweight
- Simple & Easy
- Unlimited free email tracking
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- Real-time desktop notifications
- Analyze the effectiveness of sales emails
Who can use Mailtrack?
- Very useful for the sales team
- Suitable for lead generation and marketing professionals
- Any professionals who communicate through email
7. GetEmail.io for Gmail
GetEmail.io is an email finding tool, which finds the right email address of prospects directly from your Gmail. Install the GetEmail.io Gmail extension and get anyone’s email address in seconds. Here are the best email finding tools to find anyone’s email address for free.
- Get anyone’s email address
- Easy to use Gmail extension
- Work directly in your Gmail
- Trusted by the world’s biggest companies
- Simple and efficient tool
- Save a lot of time in prospecting
Who can use GetEmail.io?
Basically, GetEmail.io is useful for the cold email outreach teams. For teams that reach out to new prospects daily, it is easy to get prospects’ email addresses.
8. Email Meter for Gmail
Email Meter is an email analytics tool that gives valuable insights into your team’s email activity. Connect Email Meter with the team’s mailboxes and get productivity insight to increase efficiency. Email Meter is trusted by more than 10000 companies to improve their email productivity.
- All-in-one email analytics
- Get insights and take action
- Improve email workflows
- Understand your inbox and make improvements
- Schedule daily, weekly, or custom email reports
Who can use the Email Meter?
Email Meter is useful for teams and managers to get real data on how the team is working and track the team’s productivity.
9. Speechify for Gmail
Speechify is a wonderful text-to-speech reader available for Gmail. It can read out any text, PDF, document, book, email, file, or article online. Speechify is a very impressive speech reader tools that save reading time and maximize your productivity.
- Improve reading speed
- Listen and do multi-task
- Read more easily
- Support 15+ exclusive languages
- Listen on any device
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Who can use Speechify?
Speechify can use readers, students, publications, and any person who wants to read faster and save time.
10. Inbox When Ready
Inbox When Ready is a browser extension that helps you to minimize the total time you spend in your inbox. Inbox When Ready makes some changes to Gmail to help you cultivate a better email workflow. By using Inbox When Ready you can save easily one hour every week.
- Spend less time on email
- Focus more on important work
- Email productivity tools
- Offer 14-day free trial
Who can use Inbox When Ready?
Inbox When Ready is a useful extension for any professionals who want to spend less time on emails and focus on important work.
11. Gmail™ Email Templates by cloudHQ
If you are looking for a pre-designed email template for Gmail then this extension can be useful for you. There are multiple types of email templates available for Gmail.
- 600+ pre-designed templates
- Create email templates with attachments
- HTML email editor
- Import MailChimp templates
- Automatically replace merge tags
- Email and phone support
Who can use Gmail™ Email Templates?
- Email marketers
- Sales professionals
- Digital marketing professionals
12. Send Anywhere (For Gmail/Slack)
Send Anywhere is a useful Gmail extension, which helps to share large files more easily and efficiently. You can send files up to 50GB on Gmail/ Slack.
- Share files up to 50GBs
- Gmail attachments
- Add files on Slack
- Share PDFs in a browser
- Right-click image sharing
Who can use Send Anywhere?
Anybody who wants to share large files with their customer or colleagues.
13. Flowcrypt for Gmail
Flowcrypt is an end-to-end encryption tool for Gmail. You can keep your email secure and safe by using the Flowcrypt extension.
- Send encrypted email and attachments
- Sets up in a few clicks
- Digital signatures
Who can use Flowcrypt?
Any professionals who want to send encrypted email and attachments.
14. Zoom for Gmail
With Zoom add-ons, you can start conducting meetings or scheduling meetings with your client through Gmail. Zoom extension for Gmail easily allows you to connect with participants.
- High-quality video conferencing app.
- Easily check the Zoom calendar for an upcoming call
- Quickly video call with your colleagues from your inbox
Who can use Zoom?
- Sales and marketing professionals to connect with each other
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‘Vaccine fatigue’ and misinformation are driving the lower booster uptake
Are patients simply bored of covid vaccines or is there something else going on?
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|Cable diameter||Φ30 - 200 mm|
|Rubber sheet thickness||25mm|
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Two encounters this spring opened my eyes to a reality that I had not anticipated.
At a Denver bookstore, a six-year-old girl came over to my table wanting to know who I was and why I was there. I asked her if she ever did things that made a difference for other people. She said, Yes. I followed up with, “What do you do?” She said, “I pray.” Not the answer I expected.
I was stunned by her familiarity with the concept of helping people. A few moments later, her mother and ten-year-old sister came over to my table. In this family, helping others was an important part of their family culture.
The following week, I was in a different bookstore signing books, and a mother and her eight-year-old son came over to my table. After describing the Circle of Impact to them, I ask him if he would like a book that would help him make a difference in the lives of other people. He proceeded to describe what that book should be like.
It is clear to me that children are already in tune with the idea that they can make a difference in people’s lives. This raises the question for parents of how to talk with their children about being persons of impact.
The First Step Towards Understanding
Utilizing the Circle of Impact model, I established three questions that would lead me to better understand how to talk to children about being persons of impact.
Question 1: What questions do children have about making a difference in peoples’ lives?
The only way to know is to ask them. Have direct conversations with them. During one of my trips to Denver, I decided at the last minute to attend a Colorado Rockies baseball game. My seat was next to an eighth-grade girl who talked my ear off about what kids her age do and want to know.
If you are willing, you can learn a lot by listening to kids.
Question 2: What ideas do they need to know about making a difference in peoples’ lives?
As I researched this post’s question, I went to a neighborhood bookstore. I wanted to know about children’s literature, and especially about books that encouraged children to contribute to their community. I found books that sensitize children to the needs of people in need. I also found books for children filled with adult terminology. These books read like propaganda.
As I have traveled, I have also asked school teachers if their students are acquainted with the idea of being persons of impact. Having been involved for the past dozen years with an organization that supports the social entrepreneurial efforts of children, I also wanted to know what schools are doing in this regard. I have found one school in Rigby, Idaho that is teaching entrepreneur skills to elementary age children. These are the types of skills that can help children find the confidence and direction to know how to make a difference in the lives of people.
Question 3: What is the best way to communicate these ideas in such a way that children can make their own decisions about how to make a difference in peoples’ lives?
This question is largely a parental responsibility. They need to have regular conversations with their children about identifying situations where they can help. As families, they can participate in programs where the care of people is done.
In our family, we volunteered at a local children’s home. I am now on the board of directors for the home. We volunteered in local programs related to hunger, homelessness, and the isolation that many older adults feel in care homes. In other words, we did things to address local community needs. Then we’d talk about the experience.
The Second Step Towards Engagement
Talking with your children about how to be persons of impact is best done in the midst of doing. We, adults, have the tendency to want to talk about doing things as if it is the same thing. It isn’t.
For the two families of children with whom I had conversations, we talked about how it is best to begin small. It may be as simple a task as offering to rake leaves for an elderly neighbor or participating in a local food drive for the hungry.
The experience provides the opportunity for conversation with a child. A conversation is not a lecture by the adult to the child. It rather a discussion of what each of you sees in the situation. When the parent sets up the situation as a learning opportunity, the child learns how to look at situations to understand, rather than adopting a preconceived idea about what is taking place.
The Third Step Towards Impact
My experience is that children are very capable at identifying the needs and conflicts in situations. The messiness of the world is on full display to them every day. The question that is worth considering is, where do they want to make a difference?
Learning to be a person of impact is not a straight-forward, by the-book-process. This is especially true if we are seeking to help children gain an understanding for how they can make a difference that matters.
Think of this process as a series of experiments. Each experience is a learning one. We discover that an area we thought we wanted to make an impact in is not really available to us. We try again in another area, then another, and over time, we learn both where we want to make a difference, and especially, what we have to contribute.
What To Talk About With Your Children
Lastly, it is important that we talk about why it is important to make a difference that matters. This conversation is the on-going one that will last throughout our lives. The three young people that I spoke with at the bookstores and the young middle schooler at the ball game are already thinking and talking about the difference they can make.
The best place to begin this conversation is to share your own reasons – your Why – for seeking to be a person of impact. As difficult as it may seem, share your story as if you are speaking to another adult, being careful about overly abstract or graphic descriptions of your experience. What you are doing in sharing your story is showing your children how to form their own story and share it with others.
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Capers can be stored as long as they are submerged in their brine so that you can grab a jar of pickled capers; until then, you can use these commonly found items as a substitute for capers.
The complete name for casually called Capers is Capparis Spinosa, which is also known as Flinders Rose Plant. Despite its popular edible flower buds, other parts of this shrub are also used in medicines and cosmetics. Capers are used brined or dried and it is valued due to the burst of flavor it gives to the dishes. It adds tanginess and texture to a great variety of recipes including different kinds of pasta, sauces, stew, and fish.
Easily Found Substitutes for Capers
Here are some tried and tested substitutes for capers. You may use these alternatives at the eleventh hour, as most of them would be buried somewhere in your refrigerator.
Yes, that’s right, lemons that are easily found in your fridge at any time can profoundly replace capers. You just have to add a little amount of crushed black pepper in the lemon juice for some bitterness and bites. Just remember to add a few drops of lemon juice at a time because lemons are intensely acidic and sour.
They are acidic, salty, and savory, and they are right there in your fridge; what else can you ask for? They bring just the right pop of brine in your dish, but you have to substitute two capers for one olive due to the difference in size.
Green peppercorns are way less intense and spicy than black peppercorns and can unnoticeably substitute capers in your dish. But, of course, because of their small size, they will be used in a similar quantity as capers, or a little garnish of green peppercorn can do wonders too.
Thyme is a herb that offers your dish the caper-like bitterness if used in the early stage of your dish. The secret is to avoid using thyme in its dried and grounded state and let it cook on a slow flame. Its aroma is quite dapper too. Therefore, it can only be used as a substitute where capers are not the main lead.
Dill pickles or onion pickles can also serve as a suitable option for substituting caper; if you can afford to diversify from that dark green color, onion pickles will add a wonderful pink theme to your dish, and equally dill pickles will add an intense signature crunch. But, again, an equal amount of chopped pickles can do wonders.
Well, the possibility to have nasturtium seeds in a regular spice cabinet is quite rare, but if you have these peppery seeds that can be used as a sub for capers and use them in the same quantity as capers. One can probably not find a pickled version in stores, but homemade nasturtium seed pickles will save your dish.
Whether marinated or picked; Artichokes adds a great flavor to your dish. Use them as per your taste in any kind of dish that includes chicken, pasta, fish, etc., just drain it before using.
Almost the size of olives, these caperberries are the ripened version of capers. You can use a 1:2 proportion of caperberries in comparison to capers. They are milder in taste but can be a pretty decent choice if you are out of capers.
Here are some interesting and quick recipes that you can add to your regular menu while using any of the shared substitutes for capers.
- Ina Garten Quinoa
- Melting pot spinach artichoke fondue
- Chilli white spinach queso
- Apple-bee salad recipe
- Panera lentil quinoa bowl recipe
- Paula deen salmon
- Olive garden herb grilled salmon
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Available to work days and evenings, weekdays, and weekends
Must demonstrate support of Bell Core Values
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These are physical and mental requirements of the position as it is typically performed. Inability to meet one or more of these physical or mental requirements will not automatically disqualify a candidate or employee from the position. Upon request for a reasonable accommodation, the Company may be able to adjust or excuse one or more of these requirements, depending on the requirement, the essential functions to which it relates, and the proposed accommodation.
Physical Requirements: See; View CRT Screen; Color Perception; Hearing/Listening; Clear Speech; Manual Dexterity; Walk; Bend; Reach; Lifting - 80 Pounds; Sit Stand.
Mental/Reasoning Requirements: Reading-Simple; Writing-Simple; Clerical; Basic Math Skills; Analysis/Comprehension Judgment/Decision Making
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Bell Partners, Inc. ("BPI" or the "Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. BPI s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. BPI also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is BPI s policy to comply with all applicable state and federal laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.
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The term English literature can mean:
Genres of English literature parallel several of the genres of literature in general,and include:
English literature emerged as a recognisable entity only in the medieval period, when the English language itself becamedistinct from the Norman and Anglo-Saxon dialects which preceded it. See also the article Old English poetry . The first great identifiable individual inEnglish literature, the poet Geoffrey Chaucer , wrote the Canterbury Tales , a popular work of the period whichreaders still enjoy today.
Following the introduction of a printing press into the England by William Caxton in 1476 , the Elizabethan era saw a great flourishing of literature, especially in the field of drama . William Shakespeare stands out inthis period as a poet and playwright asyet unsurpassed.
The following two centuries continued a huge outpouring of literary production, including novels, poetry, and drama, all ofwhich forms remain strong in the present-day English literary culture.
Some suggested literary periods:
Early modern (renaissance)
Age of Sensibility
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Editors note: This article is part of Off The Press, in which the Lake County Historical Society shares stories and other details from previous editions of the Star. These points of interest are 85 years old, and come from the March 25, 1932, edition of the Star.
n At a special meeting of the Lake County Health Committee last Thursday, plans were laid for a May Day health drive, to be staged with the assistance of the officers of the new three-county health unit .... following the roll call came the reports of members who had been asked to talk with five persons in their locality, to be sure they understood who pays our county nurse, Miss Betty Hurt. The county nurse is entirely supported by the Children’s Fund of Michigan, this being the gift of Senator Couzens to better health conditions for Michigan boys and girls. The county does not contribute one cent toward her expenses. The county does, however, pay $250 for a $23,000 program consisting of a full-time dentist, a full-time physician and a full-time sanitary inspector. The last two have already done considerable work in the county. Dr. Post, health officer of the three-county unit, then told of several visits he had made to the schools and of the examinations conducted. He said it was the aim to have 100% vaccination and 100% immunizations against diphtheria. | <urn:uuid:0062bbda-a44f-4073-8874-ab6fcee39d49> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lakecountystar.com/local-news/article/Off-the-press-14390449.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.980667 | 284 | 2.0625 | 2 |
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Europe is greying. This has enormous economic and social costs for the entire society, through greater numbers of healthy older adults with cognitive decline, and of people with neurodegenerative disorders that can lead to dementia, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). MOTIVAGEING aims to address this issue by proposing a new approach for the enhancement of working memory (WM) capacity, in order to improve cognitive function, quality of life and wellbeing of healthy older adults and PD patients. In fact, there is no current effective treatment for age-related WM decline or WM deficits and related behavioural and affective problems in PD patients. Based on a promising new theory of cognitive neuroscience, the Motivation-Cognition Interaction (MoCoInt) framework, the present plan employs an interdisciplinary approach: in Study 1, an innovative multimodal functional neuroimaging method is proposed to analyse for the first time the neural mechanisms of MoCoInt in healthy ageing. The new evidence will provide a foundation for Study 2, in which the efficacy of a novel WM training procedure, based on MoCoInt, will be tested in healthy older adults in order to improve their WM capacity. Finally, to understand if this new training procedure can be employed to treat WM deficits in PD, Study 3 investigates for the first time MoCoInt mechanisms in PD patients in relation to pharmacological treatment, through the conduct of a randomised controlled drug trial. Results will enable to extend MoCoInt to healthy and pathological ageing, and to develop a new framework that will be available as a new theoretical model for both researchers and clinicians. MOTIVAGEING will therefore have both a significant scientific multidisciplinary impact, filling several gaps in knowledge in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive and clinical neuropsychology, and a valuable social and economic impact in the European Union, helping to address the crucial issues posed by the ageing population.
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Smartphone Touchscreens Could Analyze Biological Smears to Diagnose Illness
The lab-on-a-chip model has been praised as the future of simplified diagnostic medicine–place a sample of saliva, blood, or urine...
The lab-on-a-chip model has been praised as the future of simplified diagnostic medicine–place a sample of saliva, blood, or urine on a small chip-like device that traps disease biomarkers, and send it off to a lab for analysis and diagnosis. But a couple of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology think we could simplify that process even further by doing the lab work on the touchscreens of our smartphones.
The duo thinks they can tap the property of capacitance that enables touchscreens to sense our fingertips to analyze much smaller things, like DNA or pathogens. Touchscreens are far more sensitive than they need to be to simply sense our fingers, they say, and that ability to detect small changes of capacitance could allow us to place a sample directly on our smartphone screens and analyze it for pathogens or disease markers. As NewScisays: spit on your iPhone, diagnose what’s ailing you.
The team has already road-tested their idea using three solutions containing different concentrations of genetic material from the bacteria that causes chlamydia. Using a multitouch display akin to the one in an iPhone, they were able to differentiate between the concentrations by measuring for differences in each solution’s capacitance. That’s not the same as picking a pathogen out of a blood sample, but as a proof of concept it’s a promising first step.
There are technological hurdles, of course. For one, touchscreen devices contain software that cuts down on false capacitance signals imparted by things like sweat or ambient moisture, and that would need to be modified so that a diagnostic app could turn it off. And in order to get smartphone makers to alter their production methods, a substantial financial benefit is going to have to be demonstrated. Still, the idea of diagnosing flu or strep or a range of other common ailments right on your smartphone is pretty far out.
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You might have asked everything from the doctor regarding your pregnancy, diet to be followed and safety of the baby. But I am sure there are still questions that you wanted to ask but felt shy. After that you might have thought of asking the same question from your experienced siblings or friends, and you might have failed again to gather the information you wanted. But, don’t worry you are at the right place if you wanted to ask, when you can have sex during pregnancy, and how often can you have. Sometimes the question that can come in mind is “can we have sex post pregnancy”? Am I right mister/ma’am? Look there is nothing to feel shy of or being thought as too desperate that you can’t even give a pause to your sex life for nine months.
What is the Answer
Everybody has some doubts in the mind during the period of pregnancy. Plus the safety concern for the unborn baby also becomes a cause to be sure to know whether it’s absolutely safe to have sex or not. Moreover, the myths around the world regarding sex during pregnancy forces the couples to stay away from the thoughts of sex.
But, there is a good news for all the couples. Science has proven that it’s totally safe to have sex during pregnancy. In fact, there are proofs to show that sex is a healthy exercise during pregnancy which ensures smooth delivery also. There are myths that labour comes early (before baby is fully grown) if you have had sex during pregnancy. But, this is not even 1% true as long as you have a normal pregnancy. If your body is not ready for delivery, then sex in no ways can cause birth of a premature baby, in fact there are instances which show that having sex ensure you do not give birth to premature baby!!
Is it Fine to have Sex during Pregnancy?
Actually there is a thick mucus plug that seals your cervix and helps to guard baby against any sort of infection. The sac and strong muscles of uterus also helps keep baby safe from any hard movement. And there is no or zero possibility that your partner’s penis would cause any harm or damage to your unborn baby. You might observe some of baby after you’ve had orgasm, but there is nothing to worry about that also because your baby doesn’t know what’s happening around, it’s just your baby’s reaction towards your increased heartbeat. He doesn’t feel any discomfort with sex or insertion of penis.
The contractions and movements of your uterus are perfectly normal and you don’t need to worry about them affecting the baby. Due to increased blood volume and engorgement, your cervix may bleed slightly after sex during pregnancy. So don’t worry if you see a bit of blood also.
What About Sex during Last months of Pregnancy?
Now the question arises, if we have had sex during first two trimesters without any problem, can we still have sex in last trimester. So, there is a simple answer to this complicated question. As long as your pregnancy is progressing normally, you should still be able to have sex in your last months, provided you’re not carrying multiples.
You might have come across a number of myths surrounding your last trimester and sex. But, scientifically there has been no link between preterm labor and sex in the last trimester. There is a point of caution that you must not ignore in your last trimester. The caution is that lying flat on your back at this late stage in pregnancy is not a good idea. Always make sure that the woman-on-top position is best suited while making love. It helps in making sure you are not putting pressure on the tummy directly.
Although most women can safely have sex throughout pregnancy, sometimes it’s best to be cautious.
There are, however, some circumstances where you may have to be careful about having sex.
• History of cervical weakness
• Low-lying plecenta
• Had heavy bleeding
• Had a vaginal infection
• If you’ve had any bleeding in early pregnancy
• You’re in the last trimester, carrying multiples.
If you suffer or fall into any of the above categories, be sure to ask your doctor about having sex and follow his tips. And always call your practitioner if you experience a discharge of bright-red blood after sex (especially if it’s accompanied by fever), or any leaking fluid. Even if in any of the case any bleeding follows, do not panic. These situations could be easily handled by practitioners and doctors. And nothing has got anything to do with your baby, it’s just your cervix which causes blood to come out.
Is It safe to have Sex Post Pregnancy?
Now is the major question. Once you have given birth to baby, how soon you can restart your normal sex life? See, you might have given birth to baby vaginally or by C-section, but your body needs time to heal. Often four to six week time is required by a normal woman to recover, yet do confirm with doctor or your health practitioner before indulging into any act. Actually cervix has opened up a lot while childbirth, now it needs time for the cervix to close, postpartum bleeding to stop, and any tears or repaired lacerations to heal. So, I’ll suggest you to have rest for six months before starting your sex life again. And six weeks shouldn’t be a big deal if it concerns your partner’s health and safety.
And make sure once you’re ready to have sex, take it slow — and use contraception until you’re ready for any subsequent pregnancies.
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Unless cold temperatures become a real problem, it is better to keep the heat turned down. If you feel cold, put on a sweater or blanket instead. This saves you from using energy that would be required to sustain heat at that high level.Storm doors and storm windows help to better control air flow in the home better. Storm windows lessen the amount of cold air drafts that come in. Homes equipped with storm windows and doors increase their energy efficiency of up to 45 percent.Make reminders for yourself. These reminders can help make sure you are doing all you can to conserve energy. If you are more conscious of what your energy expenditures are, this could help to lower them. You can make the effort to reduce water and power consumption, and it will likely become a habit.Make your home more energy efficient by purchasing energy saving products that conserve power. Double or triple glazed windows as well as eco-friendly doors prevent a lot of wasted energy while keeping the home. These kinds of products can assist you in reducing cooling and heating costs.A really good energy saving tip is to change your boiler. Many old boilers were not made with saving energy in mind, whereas new boilers tend to be more energy efficient. Newer models have multiple benefits; not only can they lower your energy bills, but they often create a lower amount of carbon dioxide, which can will be lot better for your family’s health.A good tip for saving energy saving tip is to change your boiler.Older boilers were not created with energy conservation in mind, and they’re costing you an arm and a leg compared to a newer unit. Newer boilers produce far less carbon dioxide and reduce energy bill.It might seem like common sense, but a lot of people don’t turn off their lights, machines and other electronics when they are not being used. What they don’t understand is that doing so would save them a great deal on their utility bills. Think about your actions and turn off things you are not using.Your electric company is probably eager to help you in making your home energy-efficient. Utility companies often have web site tools online to measure and ways to reduce the consumption. Also check out programs which can help offset the purchase of purchasing energy-efficient appliances.Replace your windows with more energy-efficient ones. There are several benefits in using these windows, including a decrease in energy bills and less condensation on the windows.
Green tech products are a bit more pricey than conventional products, but your utility bills will be reduced. It is also make a big difference for the environment.A good way to save on energy is to set your heat to 60 degrees while you aren’t home, or at night when you’re asleep. At this temperature, your home will use as little energy as possible. This helps you minimize the amount of energy that you use and helps you save money as well.Use automatic motion detection sensors on the lights in high-traffic rooms. These sensors automatically shut off the lights to vacant rooms, saving energy and money. Remember to do the same thing with the lighting over your garage, too.Heat rooms separately. Certain floor heating solutions allow you to set a different temperature for each room on a main board. This is great if your home is big.You can reduce the energy needs of your home with energy efficient windows, sealing ducts, and adding insulation. You may also see real savings on your energy bill in the process.You can shave a significant amount from your utility bills by installing a programmable thermostat. These types of thermostats have settings that will regulate the temperature depending on whether it’s winter or summer. You are also able to program these thermostats to regulate day and night hours temperatures.Don’t stop using your ceiling fans just because it’s wintertime. Switch them to rotate clockwise, reducing demands on your heating fixture.A simple way to save energy is by thawing all your frozen items in the refrigerator. This can thaw food safely and reduce energy consumption for the refrigerator.You can save a good amount of money on your energy bills by using a programmable thermostats. These thermostats have pre-programmed settings that regulate the temperature depending on whether it’s winter or summer. They are also programmable for different temperatures based on whether it’s night or day.If you are trying to limit your energy use, you should make your own ice. Automatic ice makers use more energy and often break down. Another downfall to ice makers is that they can break or leak. You can stay away from these issues by making your own ice.There are quite a lot of things you can do to save energy when doing the laundry. Use the correct setting to turn your dryer off as soon as the laundry is dry.Use the moisture in clothes and thereby shorten drying time.You can make big changes for a greener life as simply as opting for green light bulbs for your home. A few small, do-it-yourself projects can have a great impact on the amount of energy you save and the money that will be saved as well! You just need to choose one small project to begin making your home greener.
Demand legislation that encourages green energy usage. Awareness is a great tool that is not often utilized. People might be less inclined to purchase from companies that reject the idea of using green practices. The first step toward increasing the practice of green habits is to make people aware of each company’s policies and actions.Automatic ice maker use lots of extra energy and are prone to breaking down. The ice maker may not be sealed properly; if the seal leaks, which can raise your freezer temperature and cost more to cool. You can stay away from these troubles by simple making your own ice.Position solar panels so that they are facing the sun. For instance, the panels should face the sun and be set at an angle, that is specific to your area. The better the positioning, the better your results will be.There are new jobs in the green energy. Think about changing careers or advising children to prepare themselves for working in green energy if you’d like to make a career change. Find out about these jobs concerning green energy.A geothermal heating/cooling system can be a great way to make your home greener. These very efficient HVAC systems have underground pipes, which circulate refrigerant and water. The pipes are then routed through your home where they equalize with the ambient temperature of the house, increasing the house temperature or decreasing it accordingly. The system of HVAC can be more efficient due to the steady temperature underground.Shut off lights when you aren’t around.For example, keep your usage of lights only to night time, and make it a priority to turn them off before exiting the room. Don’t keep porch lights or other unnecessary lights on when not in use. This simple step will help you reduce energy you use.Make a list of the appliances you use, and find out how many watts you need for each one of those, before you look into getting solar panels. This list will help determine a more accurate quote from the solar panel expert you will choose to install the solar panels, as it will provide them with exactly the amount of power you will need to run your home.If considering environmental impact of energy use is new to you, you should know that you have lots of company. However, since now you know about green energy technology, you can make some changes. Use the tips provided here so you can make a difference, save money, and live a green life.Get a professional that you can work with. Before you invest into any type of alternative energy system make sure you find out all that you can about it so you can decide whether or not it is actually going to benefit you. Be leery of any salesman that seems too intent on selling you something without first showing you evidence of their system’s efficiency. | <urn:uuid:9873e349-8d7e-4c22-82da-31c25bcbd991> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://whatcausesglobalwarming.net/different-green-energy-sources-and-their-benefits-to-you-and-mother-earth/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945081 | 2,238 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Show off your skills with piano online games
If you want to learn piano then why not try out our online piano keyboard games? This may not be the real thing, but you can learn a host of different songs; both classical and contemporary. We have a great selection of real piano games to play where you test your skills on the white keys.
What can you expect from piano games online?
This type of game is similar to the old Guitar Hero games on video consoles - instead of using an instrument, you use your mouse, or touch screen to press the white and black keys of a keyboard or piano in time to different songs.
The computer keyboard is programmed to respond when you press the keyboard keys - if you get the notes right, at the right time, the song plays normally. If you get them wrong, you can hear the deviation in the song - the feedback is real.
Usually, you gain a score based on how many correct notes you hit, and how in-time you were to the music.
Check out these piano online masterpieces
We have listed below a couple of popular piano games that are brilliant for learning to play both classic songs like Fur Elise, and modern music:
Piano Tiles - This awesome piano online game is one of the most popular available for both browsers and smartphones. In this title, you can try and play a myriad of epic piano songs including Canon in D Major, Land of Hope and Glory, and The River Flows in You by Yiruna.
Piano Tiles - Don’t tap the white tiles - This is another brilliant musical game from the same developer. Don’t tap the white tiles was one of the original versions and remains a simple, but classic title.
Why not improve your musical talent today and try out these superb piano games?
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Eurostat has recently updated its interactive tool which allows to have a quick overview of energy prices in Europe, including three Eastern Partner countries – Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The tool also gives the possibility to compare how energy prices have changed over time and how they differ in countries across Europe.
The Eurostat interactive tool on energy prices is developed to easily visualise energy prices in one’s country. The user can customise the chart by choosing the type of fuel, level of details, consumer, consumption level and measurement unit and compare the country with others using the sorting feature.
The chart can be saved and shared through user’s favourite social media channels. The visualisation tool is available in English, French and German.
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24) Every one of us has the right to choose the route we want our life to take, from the beginning to the end we should be able to do what we believe is best for us. Which is why euthanasia should be legalized to allow suffering human beings die in peace. Whenever a family member is diagnosed with a incurable illness it seems to impact the entire family. Even though it is not the entire family who is ill they all are hurt sentimentally to be notified that there is no way they could save their loved one from passing on. Worst of all to have to be through all the pain the patient undergoes as they are at the point where their book closes.
Needless suffering will continue in the US if the laws are not changed to reflect the current changes in medical care. The first argument for euthanasia is that commit suicide should be legal in general because there are people who’s being treated for so long and there’s nothing that could heal them to live longer. Why shouldn’t they allow the patients to choose their lives? So in order for them not to suffer they should have the permission from a doctor to commit suicide. It’s painful for those who wants to end their lives, but it’s more painful if
If euthanasia became legalized then it would ruin the future by letting the all ill patients die without letting them to say goodbye to their family or our close people. We all are valuable and no one’s life should be sacrificed. Legalized euthanasia would not be beneficial in the long run because people may be asked to volunteer to die, doctors would give up on their patients and it will ruin the future of medical advancement. Pressure could kill some people and abuse them. Especially, someone who is weakened by ill.
If I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice”. Terminally ill patient who are in extreme pain should be granted the right to ask for euthanasia because no one wants to live in
Therefore, authorities should refrain from enacting euthanasia laws due to euthanasia accounting for many lives and disregarding doctors' oath. In a direct response to permitting euthanasia practices, the fear of evitable, mass kil... ... middle of paper ... ...is profession's goals. Therefore, to keep the value and prestige a doctor claims to obtain, assisted suicide should not expand. Yet, one must not only look at assisted dying from a doctor’s perspective, but also look at euthanasia from a patient’s perspective. If doctors deliberately prescribe death to suffering patients, more patients will die since the only way to escape anguish seems by ceasing one’s life.
Euthanasia traditionally means a “good death.” The term has traditionally been used to refer to the hastening of a suffering person’s death or “mercy killing.” The legalization of euthanasia is important for the patient because it would give dying people a choice to determine if they want to fight the disease or end their suffering. Since I strongly believe the quality of human life is far more important than the length of life, therefore I am for legalizing of euthanasia. The reason I am for legalizing of euthanasia is because I don’t like the feeling of pain. I don’t think anyone likes that feeling. I hate seeing other people suffering from all kind of diseases.
When all facts are taken into consideration, the side of illegalizing physician-assisted suicide prospers as the correct choice. Physician-assisted suicide should be illegal because it ensures that patients are not being pressured to die, and it keeps doctors from breaking their Hippocratic Oath. Also, those that are for physician-assisted suicide falsely use the concept of dignity. Frequently, when a patient is in intensive care or has some sort of deadly disease, they require a lot of medical attention. However, they also require an equal amount of attention and support from their family and friends.
Many people worry that because it is a more affordable option that doctors will try and persuade a patient into the direction of physician assisted suicide. This is not true though, a doctor has to give the patient all their options not matter the cost. Also if the patient is directed into believing physician assisted suicide is their best option, they have to go through a different doctor and convince them that physician assisted suicide is what they really want. The right to die gives patients a sense of power. These patients have lost almost all control of their physical health, the only thing they have left, is to enjoy their last weeks or months of living.
Sincerely this way for looking for a non suffering death is very inhumane. Euthanasia is a very non-ethical especially for the physicians who have to medicate this and watch this happen to their patients. How would you feel watching people die more and more quickly each day because of this drug? It must be heartbreaking especially if you studied to try to save people’s lives. We should try to fix a problem instead of creating new ones with euthanasia.
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Melbourne, Australia's Lab 22 produced a 3D printed, custom set of ribs and artificial sternum that were implanted into a 54-year-old male Spanish cancer patient's chest-cavity at Salamanca University Hospital.
The custom ribs were a huge advancement on the typical titanium-plate assembly, more stable and less likely to detach or deform.
This isn't the first time surgeons have turned the human body into a titanium masterpiece. Thoracic surgeons typically use flat and plate implants for the chest. However, these can come loose over time and increase the risk of complications. The patient's surgical team at the Salamanca University Hospital thought a fully customised 3D printed implant could replicate the intricate structures of the sternum and ribs, providing a safer option for the patient.
Using high resolution CT data, the Anatomics team was able to create a 3D reconstruction of the chest wall and tumour, allowing the surgeons to plan and accurately define resection margins. We were then called on to print the sternum and rib cage at Lab 22.
As you could imagine, the 3D printer at Officeworks wasn't quite up to this challenge. Instead, we relied on our $1.3 million Arcam printer to build up the implant layer-by-layer with its electron beam, resulting in a brand new implant which was promptly couriered to Spain.
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NEW YORK, Feb 24 — The US aviation regulator yesterday ordered a deeper inspection of the engines similar to the ones on a Boeing 777 aircraft that suffered a spectacular failure over Denver days earlier.
The incident, in which a Pratt & Whitney engine burst into flames and scattered debris over a Denver suburb shortly after takeoff for Honolulu, led to scores of Boeing 777s being grounded worldwide over safety concerns.
“US operators of airplanes equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines (must) inspect these engines before further flight,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
The regulator said it was issuing the order “as a result of a fan-blade failure that occurred Saturday on a Boeing 777-200 that had just departed from Denver International Airport.”
Before they can return to the skies, “operators must conduct a thermal acoustic image (TAI) inspection of the large titanium fan blades located at the front of each engine. TAI technology can detect cracks on the interior surfaces of the hollow fan blades, or in areas that cannot be seen during a visual inspection,” it said in a statement.
Metal fatigue has emerged as the chief suspect in the engine failure, which caused no injuries.
Steve Dickson, the FAA chief, had told an air safety town hall meeting earlier yesterday that “we want to understand what happened and take the necessary steps to prevent a similar recurrence from happening.”
“We’re fortunate there were no fatalities or injuries,” added Dickson.
The near-miss over Denver was a fresh setback for Boeing, which only recently resumed deliveries of the long-grounded 737 MAX following two fatal crashes.
It also raises fresh questions about the FAA, which was roundly attacked for its oversight of Boeing in the certification of the 737 MAX, and about whether maintenance was adequate on the plane, aviation experts said.
Even prior to the Denver incident, US air safety regulators had been weighing stricter inspections on the jets and their Pratt & Whitney engines, US officials said yesterday.
The FAA reviewed inspection records and maintenance history after a Japan Airlines fan blade incident on December 4 last year “to determine the cause of the fracture and was evaluating whether to adjust blade inspections,” an FAA spokesman said yesterday. The flight landed in Japan without injuries.
Following a February 2018 incident on another United jet, the FAA reviewed 9,000 fan blade inspection reports and issued an airworthiness directive setting new rules on inspections.
In a briefing Monday, the National Transportation Safety Board said it was too soon to know if the issue in Denver was similar to those in the Japan Airlines flight, or the February 2018 incident, which involved another Boeing 777 and Pratt & Whitney engine.
“A preliminary on-scene exam indicates damage consistent with metal fatigue,” NTSB Chair Robert Sumwalt told the briefing.
He said two fan blades fractured on the number two engine on the Boeing 777-200 on Saturday. One of them was later found on a soccer field, while the other remained lodged in the engine.
The NTSB plans also to look at the inspection record on the United plane to see “who knew what when, what could have been done and what should have been done,” Sumwalt said.
“Fatigue means that you can have a crack in the material and when you load it again and again, the crack slowly grows,” said Robert Kielb, a professor at Duke University’s school of engineering.
“This is an example of an event where we learn something about the design 20 years after it goes into service, and then we immediately ground the fleet, figure out what’s going on and fix it.”
Headache for Boeing
In the wake of the Denver incident, Boeing said all 128 of the 777s with Pratt & Whitney engines were grounded.
Of the 128 planes, only 69 were in service while 59 were in storage.
Besides United, which removed 24 planes from service, affected airlines included Japanese carriers Japan Airlines and All Nippon, and South Korea’s Asiana and Korean Air.
On Monday night, a Delta Air Lines flight on a Boeing 757 en route to Seattle from Atlanta was diverted to Salt Lake City “out of an abundance of caution following an indicator warning of a possible problem with one of its engines,” a Delta spokesman said.
“The flight landed safely without incident and taxied to the gate without assistance.”
Boeing only recently resumed deliveries of the 737 MAX following a 20-month global grounding after two crashes killed 346 people.
The MAX began returning to commercial service in late 2020, with airline travel still depressed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Boeing executives said last month they expected it would take about three years for activity to return to pre-pandemic levels.
Michel Merluzeau, an expert at consultancy AIR, agreed the latest problem did not appear to result from poor plane design.
“It’s not really a problem for Boeing,” he said. “It’s more an issue of maintenance — how United or Pratt & Whitney is maintaining engines that have been in use for a while.”
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by Lisa Gillespie. This story was originally broadcast on 89.3 WFPL.
New preliminary survey research from the University of Kentucky shows that many older LGBTQ adults feel isolated and aren’t tapped into senior services. And that research is shaping programming of a new group geared toward these adults out of Lexington and Louisville.
UK researcher Aaron Guest recently surveyed around 700 LGBTQ adults over age 50 in the state. He asked them about issues related to health care, long-term care and other issues that could impact the lifespan of these adults.
“There may not be many family units to provide care, or friendship networks may have shrunk, so there’s not individuals to step into the caregiver status,” Guest said. “There’s also a fear of going into long-term care because of this idea that when you go into a nursing home or assisted living facility, you have to go back into the closet.”
A little over half of surveyed adults were employed, while about a third were retired and 10 percent were unemployed. Almost 20 percent said they were currently caregivers, and almost 40 percent said they expected to serve as a primary caregiver in the future. Almost 20 percent said they were publicly out in all aspects of their lives, including at work, with family and friends.
Feel Unwelcome at Senior Centers
Guest recently released preliminary findings and plans on issuing a full analysis of survey data in the coming months. But an early analysis showed that 73 percent of people surveyed said they did not attend events at their local senior center. Guest said the final analysis will break down the reasons behind the numbers.
“They don’t attend events and their local senior centers in part because they didn’t feel welcome,” Guest said. “So I think that’s an excellent opportunity for us to improve the inclusiveness of the senior centers and community centers in Kentucky.”
Fairness Campaign Director Chris Hartman agrees. His group is working with other local leaders to start a local chapter of SAGE, a national advocacy and services group for LGBTQ older adults. The chapter will kick off on Jan. 27 with a dinner in Louisville. Hartman said the traditional meeting spaces for LGBTQ people — like bars or clubs — aren’t necessarily places older adults feel a sense of community. And the lack of an alternative can add to a sense of isolation.
“[These] were not places where they were finding the community that they were looking for,” Hartman said.
He said SAGE of the Bluegrass will host at least five events a month in both Louisville and Lexington. There will be support groups, movie nights and social outings.
“One of the chief longevity and health factors for all older adults is that they have a supportive and loving community or support network,” Hartman said.
“So learning what it is that our LGBTQ elders need, where they live, what they’re missing, these are the things that hopefully will help our organizations better find and serve this aging population to keep them healthy and help them live longer.”
Inclusion Training for Health Professionals
Guest said many people surveyed reported facing discrimination when trying to go to the doctor – either with negative attitudes or being turned away outright. Hartman said SAGE will eventually work to do trainings with health care providers – both in doctor’s offices and in long-term care facilities – on inclusion.
“LGBTQ folks largely end up going back into the closet when they go into these assisted living or nursing home facilities,” Hartman said. “And then the rest of the population in the facility is all mostly over 60- or 70-years-old, which, we know acceptance for LGBTQ identities is far greater at the other end of the age spectrum. I understand why folks are fearful.”
A lack of access to these services matters, and even earlier in life can have a detrimental impact on the longevity of LGBTQ adults. Research shows lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are more likely to delay needed care and prescriptions — or not get treatment at all — and these adults are also more likely to receive health care services in the emergency room versus in an office setting. They’re also more likely to have psychological distress, problems with alcohol abuse, to smoke cigarettes and to have higher rates of cancer.
The first SAGE event in Louisville kicked off on Jan. 27 at ElderServe in downtown Louisville.
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David and I would both like to weigh in on this conversation. For several years, with increasing sensitivity that a condition is not that person’s entire identity, it has become politically and professionally correct to refer to a person first, and then their diagnosis. Example: person with diabetes, rather than “a diabetic.” This is known as person first language. So, based on respect, it became a standard to refer to individuals on the spectrum as “persons with autism.”
In recent times, however, the preference has been shifting in regards to autism, and it seems that this choice is arising from the people on the spectrum themselves. Many prefer the identity first reference of “autistic person,” or “ASD individual” (autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the formal diagnosis).
Why this change?
The pervasive nature of autism impacts every area of that person’s daily life functioning. Many on the spectrum feel that autism IS inherent in their identities and can’t be separated from who they are. It is different than an isolated condition that becomes an issue intermittently. But probably a more significant rationale for the new trend is that many people are developing a pride for being on the spectrum. They are not offended by being called autistic—they accept and embrace their differences and see the many gifts and strengths that it imparts.
As a result, in much of the literature and in general referencing, the terminology is now based on personal preference. There is no rule either way as to what is more appropriate—either option is largely acceptable.
What are our opinions?
I actually don’t have any strong opinions on this topic. I have no problem at all with being referred to as autistic, but if others want to refer to me as a person with autism, I am cool with that too. For me, once I embraced and accepted my diagnosis (after a period of denial in my tween/early teen years) I have always identified myself as being autistic. I feel like the term is more up-front and it gets the uncertainty over with. It’s a good way for others to see that I’m comfortable with my autism and that it’s not something to be dwelled upon. I am definitely more than just my autism, but at the same time autism IS who I am. I call myself autistic, rather than a person with autism, but I really have no preference. I have gained the confidence and assurance of who I am and what I need, and I advocate for myself, but otherwise, autism is not my main focus of my day, though it’s always in the background. What people want to be called is on a person-by-person basis.
Being part of the medical community as an RN, I am trained in person first language and its rationale, and I have used it for many, many years. So, it was a hard perspective to reconsider, and it was a difficult habit to break in regards to thinking about my own son. But after listening to David and other autistic individuals regarding their opinions on the subject, I am much more comfortable and in favor of identity-first jargon regarding autism…especially if it’s what the person prefers. In our second edition book, you will see a shift in our language in the two new chapters as our opinions and the times have evolved (mine lagging behind David’s). We tend to toggle back and forth now, with more use of the identity-first approach. And truly, the latter feels much less cumbersome and more natural, which I hope parallels how typical and autistic people are learning to interrelate. Since the DSM-5™ changed the diagnosis and labeling of autism in 2013, there has been much more media coverage and education about ASD (a mission David and I enthusiastically participate in). It seems to me that the public has become more relaxed, more open, and less “fearful” about it as they meet and interact with more autistic people personally and professionally—and I feel that identity first language has helped ease stereotypical images and thinking. The bottom line is that the opinion of each person should be considered and respected individually. And based on personal journeys and changes in perspectives, their preferences of how to reference/be referenced could change, as did ours. | <urn:uuid:46f793a0-08b7-4470-8fac-4bd187d86c06> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://petro-autism.com/person-with-autism-or-autistic-person-which-is-more-appropriate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.974419 | 905 | 2.578125 | 3 |
As NAL Research looks ahead to an upcoming product demonstration of in the Indo-Pacific region this fall, let’s take a look back at last year’s demonstration. In June 2021, Iridium launched Operation Arctic Lynx, a series of field exercises using broadband, push-to-talk (PTT), and Iridium Certus technologies in the Arctic with connectivity back to mainland United States and the United Kingdom. Over 20 organizations, such as the Department of Defense and local Canadian and Alaskan government organizations, came together starting in Utqiagvik, Alaska to participate in this endeavor.
Part of the operation featured NAL Research’s handheld messaging and tracking device, the SHOUT Nano, which was used to test Iridium’s global coverage for satellite communication. Despite the operation taking place in the northernmost latitudes of the world, the SHOUT Nano was able to withstand the extreme Arctic cold, demonstrating the device’s broad range of environmental durability. In terms of connectivity, it was tested alongside other narrowband satellite phones, handsets, and tracking devices, during which the team ran several voice and data threads. During this process, the SHOUT Nano successfully exhibited its truly global connectivity and on-the-move communication capabilities, including two-way messaging, real-time tracking, and ultra-low power consumption. These were all facilitated by the dependability of Iridium’s pole-to-pole, global coverage, especially in climates as remote and resource-scarce as the Arctic.
NAL Research is proud to have been part of this operation and is always excited to have opportunities like this to showcase our products in action! Look out for our next adventure with Iridium in the Indo-Pacific, featuring NAL Research as an asset to the United States Government (USG) and Department of Defense (DoD), providing solutions for USG/DoD operational needs. | <urn:uuid:f87c32db-f418-4521-b256-7d6c913d30a5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nalresearch.com/about/blog/operation-arctic-lynx/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.946489 | 392 | 2.15625 | 2 |
By Josh Day
In the course of his travels as a Foreign Service officer, photographer and professor, Dr. Colbert Held has taken photos in every country in the Middle East.
Out of the 19,000 individual Kodachrome slides he personally took, 175 pictures will be spread across different displays in all of the Baylor libraries starting Feb. 7.
According to Corrine Peters, the Ohio graduate student working closely with Dr. Held on the display, the exhibit “is a visual representation of the small amount of information that his collection could possibly share.”
Dr. Held described his exhibit as “visually attractive, but informative and even instructive.”
Held was born in Stamford on Sept. 3, 1917, and is the son of a Baptist minister.
Before beginning his photographic career, Held attended Baylor and was a photographer for the Round Up Yearbook staff.
He graduated from Baylor in 1938 and recieved a master’s degree from Northwestern University in 1940.
After a brief teaching career at Mississippi College, he joined the Army Air Corps in 1942, where he attended the Air Photographic School.
He retired from the Air Force Reserve in 1954 as a lieutenant colonel and began working as a photographer for the Foreign Service, a branch of the U.S. Department of State.
When Held began his journey into what would become an expansive photographic record of the massive infrastructure and societal changes in every Middle Eastern country, neither he nor his superiors knew the full significance.
Regarding the photos he took in his life, Held said, “I never thought of them as having any permanent value.”
Held began his job as a geographic attaché.
Held said attachés were expected to keep the Department of Foreign Affairs informed about all the ethnic, road and topographic maps as well as the publications and dictionaries of each Middle Eastern country that were being produced.
This was in addition to giving reports on the culture, language and governments.
For a period of 20 years, Held worked with the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of State and the embassy.
His photos and records were one of the few sources of information the U.S. had about the Middle East.
Even to many in the U.S. government, Middle Eastern geography and culture was relatively unknown.
“The Middle East was still a mystery, so a picture of Kuwait was many times the first time they had ever seen a picture of Kuwait,” Held said.
At the time, now-familiar places like Dubai were in their infancy.
“They weren’t known and they weren’t much to know. They were just fishing villages,” said Held.
His last trip was in 2003.
“When I returned, I took pictures of high-rises,” he said.
From 1956 through 1976 Held went from country to country, revisiting each of them in five-year increments.
Each time he returned, he would walk the streets and document the changes with his camera.
Over the years, a dirt pathway would become a four-lane highway and the “ratty hotels with roaches” in which he once stayed would turn to elegance.
Even though he retired from the Foreign Service in 1976, he continued his work while fulfilling his duties as both Baylor’s diplomat-in-residence and professor of geography.
His knowledge and experience contributed to his book “Middle East Patterns: Places, Peoples and, Politics,” which is still currently still used at Baylor.
Held said he enjoyed his 50-year career in photography, but he feels that as a 95-year-old he no longer could.
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Cervical cancer is caused by the Human papillomavirus, a common sexually transmitted infection. The infection is known as a primary cause of cervical cancer but is also responsible for a number of other cancers. These include cancer of the vagina, penis, anus, throat, tongue and tonsils. Since the first routine vaccines were introduced in 2008, the number of cervical cancer cases have massively declined.
The latest findings from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reveal cervical cancer screenings of women aged 20 are showing a major decline in cervical disease.
Cervical disease is the precursor to cervical cancer, which presents as a cluster of abnormal cells and lesions.
The BMJ noted an 89 percent drop in the diseases most severe form, named cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN).
CIN is graded from 1 to 3+ and cases of CIN2 and over were reduced by some 88 percent, with CIN grade 1 on 79 percent.
What is HPV?
HPV is a type of papillomavirus, an ancient virus with several hundred variations.
In human infections, HPV infects the skin and cells lining body cavities – fluid-filled spaces in the human body.
Normally, infections will clear up independently without symptoms, and most people will be unaware they ever had them.
However, they can develop into several different types of cancer.
How does HPV cause cervical cancer?
According to cancer research UK, virtually all cases of cervical cancer are rooted in an HPV infection, and 3,100 cases are diagnosed each year.
HPV causes cancer by prompting cells to divide at a much quicker rate than normal.
Persistent infections cause damage to DNA, and cells start to divide out of control, leading to cancer.
Early vaccines are key to reducing the infection and according to the recently released data, the biggest decline was monitored in women who were vaccinated aged 12 or 13 (89 percent) compared to a 51 percent reduction in those vaccinated at 17.
This may be because the vaccine is most effective for those who have not encountered HPV before.
Speaking in an editorial attached to the study, BMJ Medical Director Julia Brotherton some of the importance of widespread screening and HPV vaccination.
She said: “We must work towards a world in which all girls and their families are offered, and the majority accept, HPV vaccination, wherever they live.
“We must also actively develop, resource, and scale-up more effective, feasible, and culturally acceptable strategies for cervical screening, such as self-collection of specimens, 12 if we are ever to effectively reduce the global burden of cervical cancer.”
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Clerk Offices in Osceola County, Florida are responsible for maintaining important records for a county or local area, including multiple types of Osceola County records. These include vital records such as birth certificates, marriage records, divorce records, and death certificates, which can be useful for proving identity or for conducting genealogical research in Osceola County. They may also keep documents related to Osceola County property ownership and property taxes, including title deeds, tax assessments, property appraisals, and property sale records. The Osceola County Clerk is one of the best places to find all types of county records, which may be available online.
Kissimmee City Clerk Kissimmee FL 101 Church Street 34741 407-518-2308
Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court Kissimmee FL 2 Courthouse Square 34741 407-742-3500
St Cloud City Clerk St. Cloud FL 1300 9th Street 34769 407-957-7320
Town and City Halls in Osceola County, Florida are responsible for providing municipal services for their locality. As part of this job, they may store important county records, including Osceola County vital records such as birth certificates, marriage license records, divorce records, and death certificates. These can be used as proof of identity, in applications for government services, or for performing genealogical research. The Town or City Hall in Osceola County may also keep documents on property ownership, property taxes and tax assessments, and maps for their jurisdiction that include zones, property boundaries, and school boundaries. Town and City Halls often make county records available online.
Celebration Town Hall Celebration FL 851 Celebration Avenue 34747 407-566-1200
Kissimmee City Hall Kissimmee FL 101 Church Street 34741 407-847-2821
Assessor Offices in Osceola County, Florida determine the appraisal value of the taxable property within a county or local jurisdiction, which is used to assess the property taxes owed by Osceola County residents. Osceola County Assessors also keep a number of property-related documents, including records on property tax assessments, property appraisals, tax liens, foreclosures, and property tax payments. These Osceola County public records include information about current and former owners of a property, the property's size and location, zones and use regulations, and transfers of the property ownership. Assessors may make county records available through their website.
Osceola County Appraiser's Office Kissimmee FL 2505 East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway 34744 407-742-5000
Archives in Osceola County, Florida preserve historically significant documents, which can include a number of county records, such as historical birth certificates and death certificates, as well as marriage and divorce records which can be useful when performing Osceola County genealogical research. Osceola County Archives may also contain photographs, historical maps, personal documents, and other historical records about a specific location and the people who lived there. They may also hold historic newspapers that contain Osceola County public records. Some Archives keep documents that date back to the seventeenth century, and they may provide online access to their records.
Osceola County Circuit Court Records Archive Kissimmee FL 1 Courthouse Square, 4700 34741 407-847-1420
Historical Societies in Osceola County, Florida are usually organized around a particular area, a group of people, or a historical event, and they preserve documents that have historic value. Osceola County Historical Societies may maintain a range of documents on individuals from that area, including Osceola County vital records such as birth and death certificates, marriage announcements, and other records that can help with Osceola County genealogical research. They may also have photographs, historical maps, historical laws, and other records for their location and the people who lived there. Historical Societies may provide online access to their Osceola County public records.
Osceola County FL Historical Society Kissimmee FL 750 North Bass Road 34746 407-396-8644
Osceola County Historical Society Kissimmee FL 2491 Babb Road 34746 407-396-8644
Recorders of Deeds in Osceola County, Florida keep a range of real estate ownership documents for a county or local government as part of their job to ensure the accuracy of property, land, and Osceola County property tax records. The Osceola County Recorder's Office has county records on property ownership, transfers of property including deeds and titles, and property tax records such as property appraisals, Osceola County tax assessments, and tax liens or foreclosures. These documents contain information about the previous and current property owners, descriptions of the property, and Osceola County property sales. Recorders of Deeds may provide online access to their county records.
Osceola County Recorder of Deeds Kissimmee FL 2 Courthouse Square 34741 407-742-3701
Treasurer and Tax Collector Offices in Osceola County, Florida are responsible for collecting local taxes and disbursing the funds. This can include Osceola County property taxes, business taxes, and other county or local taxes. Osceola County Treasurer and Tax Collectors maintain a number of property-related county records, including Osceola County property tax assessments, property appraisals, property ownership records, and any tax liens or foreclosures. They may also maintain Osceola County public records on property transfers and sales, including titles and deeds, which list the former and current owners as well as information on the property itself. Treasurer and Tax Collector Offices may provide online access to their county records.
Osceola County Tax Collector St. Cloud FL 1300 9th Street, # 101B 34769 407-742-4000
Osceola County Tax Collector Kissimmee FL 2924 Pleasant Hill Road 34746 407-742-4000
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Proper weighting is essential to achieving neutral buoyancy while Nomad Diving. This is key to having an exciting and enjoyable dive, and you should be sure to find the proper amount of weight for you.
Determining the correct amount of weight for you
Before diving, you must ensure you are properly weighted. To determine the amount of weight you will need to follow these steps:
- While wearing a mask and floating upright in the water with your head at eye level to the water surface, inhale and briefly hold your breath. The water surface should be below eye level.
- Now exhable, and you should start to sink slowly.
- If you performed this exercise and sank slowly then you probably do not need any weight. However, if you still remain at the surface after exhaling, this is when you may want to add small amounts of weight to your weight belt, usually in two-slug increments, and try step #1 again.
- Then transition your body to a floating position and assess whether the weight you added/removed is sufficient for you to remain neutrally buoyant.
Saltwater vs freshwater
You should keep in mind that in freshwater, you will require less weight to achieve neutral buoyancy than you will in saltwater. A general guide is that you will need approximately 4 pounds more in saltwater than in freshwater. However, it is possible that you will not need any weight at all, especially in freshwater. If your first dive is in freshwater, consider that you may not need much weight, if any.
Distributing the weights
For proper balance, buoyancy, and control, weights should be evenly distributed on hips, slightly toward the front of each hip bone.
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Xuzhou was originally called Pengcheng, boasting of 5000 years of outstanding culture and some 2600 years of foundation. By 1945, Xuzhou was established as a municipal unit under Jiangsu province. Xuzhou has numerous titles, such as the national historical and cultural city, excellent tourism city in China, national sanitary city, national landscape garden city, national environmental protection model city and also one of the four metropolises with key focus in Jiangsu and one of the core cities in the three metropolitan coordinating circles. More details on the introduction of Xuzhou can refer to the file About Xuzhou, and the impressive features and profile of Xuzhou can be found from the tourism promotional video attached below.
- China University of Mining & Technology (CUMT)
Founded in 1909, the China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) is one of the key national universities directly under the administration of China’s Ministry of Education. Over a history of 110 years, CUMT has developed a multi-disciplinary system with a focus on mineral and mining engineering among other disciplines in sciences, engineering, arts, management. CUMT ranked 65th in China Mainland (QS World University Rankings 2019), with Mineral and Mining Engineering ranked 33rd (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020).
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Block Island Moths is intended for use both by anyone looking learn about Block Island’s moth fauna and for professional and amateur lepidopterists more generally. This website can serve as a field guide for use by anyone attempting identification of moths found on Block Island, though it would be of more limited use elsewhere in the region, since there are many species commonly found on the mainland and on nearby islands that do not occur on Block Island. If you find moths of any life stage on Block Island, please submit photos to BugGuide or iNaturalist or send them to me at email@example.com for prompt identification and inclusion of any novel species or seasonality records here.
The main section of this website is for moths, with butterflies excluded. However, there are sections for the butterflies and caddisflies of Block Island. The species pages for butterflies lack the phenology graph and distribution map found on the moth species pages, since butterflies are all diurnal and seldom seen at lights. I have recorded caddisflies at lights using the same methodology as for moths, so species pages for Trichoptera include these graphics.
In addition to providing a wealth of information on Block Island’s moth fauna, this website serves as a digital field guide to the island’s moths. There may be no place on Earth with 1,000+ moth species where identification of the local fauna is as easy as it now is on Block Island thanks to this website. Go to the identify section to identify nearly any moth on Block Island using plates of live images.
The phenology data included on the species pages would probably prove instructive for regional comparisons and useful as a guide to species’ flight times to moth observers throughout southern New England. The data on species’ local distribution, combined with the information included on species’ habitat preferences and host plants, could also prove useful as a proxy measure of the distribution of Block Island’s flora. Finally, the summaries of the data gathered at each black lighting site can provide some indication of the most ecologically valuable places on Block Island especially worthy of conservation.
This section of the Block Island Moths website is intended to be used as a guide to the island’s moth fauna. It is obtimized for mobile browsers to enable easy use on a phone as a digital field guide. The images are organized multiple ways to aid identification.
The taxonomy view displays single images of up to six species in each superfamily, family, genus, or other taxon. In this view, taxa are organized and images selected with ease of use and aesthetics in mind; the ordering therefore differs substantially from both the Hodges (1983) sequence and the phylogenetic order of Pohl, Patterson, and Pelham (2016). Generally, similar taxa are placed together, and the most abundant and diverse taxa are placed near the top. Clicking on a taxon will bring the user to a page displaying images of all local daughter taxa. When a taxon has only one immediate daughter taxon present on Block Island, clicking on it skips to the daughter taxon. When viewing genera, for any genus with only one local species, the species name will be shown. Clicking on it will bring the user to its species page. Clicking on a genus displays an image of each species in the genus; displaying an image of each species for a higher taxon can be done by selecting either of the other two viewing options (see next). The species view displays a single image of each species in a given taxon. The default is for the species to be ordered according to the Pohl et al. (2016) phylogenetic sequence, but the species can instead be displayed in order of abundance in my surveying from 2018 to 2021.
The centerpiece of this website is the series of species pages for the more than 1,200 moth species recorded on Block Island. Each page includes representative live photographs; a chart of flight time phenology; a map of Block Island depicting the local distribution of the species; information on host plants, life cycle, identification, and more; and a list of specimens collected on Block Island.
Flight time phenology is represented for most species in three ways, in all cases organized by 1/3-month period (1st to 10th, 11th to 20th, and 21st to end of month) (Fig. 1). All records from photographs, notes, and specimens gathered in the present survey, along with all older records I have found from previous surveying, are used as species presence records. To calculate abundance, I use only my nightly records from my porch lights (the Hunt property), which I began taking in 2018. I have enough records for abundance estimates from late May to early October. Abundance is represented in two ways: as individuals per survey night and as percent of moths of all species.
Flight time phenology is represented differently for species that are rare at the Hunt property but common enough at at least one major black lighting site to create a large sample size. More than half of all my records since 2018 are at the Hunt property, and this is the only site with many survey nights in each 1/3-month period throughout the summer. For species common at the tupelo forest southeast of the airport and/or the site in the north of Nathan Mott Park Preserve west of the airport and/or the site in the south of Nathan Mott Park Preserve near Old Mill Road but rare at the Hunt property, numbers of individuals for each survey night from one or both sites are depicted in a scatterplot, with abundance values for the Hunt property added if informative (Figs. 2–4).
Each species page include a map of Block Island that provides information on the local distribution of the species (Fig. 5). Each map uses my sighting records from the Hunt property and at sheets at sites across Block Island since 2018. The total number of sightings of the species, the percentages of those sightings that occurred in each area surveyed, and the percentages of sightings of all moth species that occurred in each area. While these are crude measures that do not account for seasonality, they are generally informative, especially for common species. Percentage representation of a site for one species that is much lower that of the site for all moths indicates that the species in question is poorly represented at that site relative to elsewhere on Block Island, and higher representation indicates the reverse. Some species are about equally common at sites across the island, while some have been found exclusively at one surveyed site. Refer to site descriptions for information needed to relate a species’s local distribution on Block Island to its possible host plants and habitat requirements. | <urn:uuid:3340e726-76f7-4bfb-a932-46e3618b6994> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blockislandmoths.org/about/this-site/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.940946 | 1,399 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Sluice Box Adventures
Believing Bible Study in the 21st century
The Perfect Government
Psalms 12:6-7 "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."
1 Thessalonians 2:13 "For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe."
The Perfect Government
Old Paths Baptist Mission © 2020 Richard St.James
Since 1973, I have had but one mission … to bring honor and glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I will be with them who will say: “Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.” [Revelation 5:13b]
Over the years I have written books. Here are eight books written for those who live in the 21st century:
This book has thirty-one "end of the age" messages for the 21st century believer in Jesus Christ.
This book came from the studies in the Gospel according to John taught at Old Paths Baptist Mission.
This book came from the studies in the First Epistle of Peter taught at Old Paths Baptist Mission.
This book came from the studies in the Old Testament book of Micah taught at Old Paths Baptist Mission.
5. The Things Revealed Belong Unto Us
It was my intention to place into this book the things that belong unto us, but we have refused to accept and to obey.
6. Thy Kingdom Come
In this book are the things that are future and will come to pass.
7. The Great Global Cooling
In these times, which we all live in, we see a great global cooling phenomenon occurring right before our very eyes. We might even say: These times are the times of the great freeze.
Now we come to the eighth book.
8. The Perfect Government
“Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. “
This message is written to those who have forgotten God.
We begin here.
In 1892, the Supreme Court decision in Church Of The Holy Trinity v. United States stated that "We are emphatically a Christian nation."
From our nation’s birth right up to 1947, our Supreme Court had steadfastly maintained that the intent of the "founding fathers" of the United States of America was to preserve its Christian principles imbedded in the government of the people in order to perpetuate its existence as a nation.
In 1947, the Supreme Court, in Everson v. Board of Education, totally departed from the context of Thomas Jefferson's reference to a "wall of separation between church and state" … in his letter to the Danbury Baptist Association of January 1, 1802.
The letter was to express to the Danbury Baptist Association that there was nothing to fear with respect to the federal government establishing a national church (or a national denomination).
The 1947 decision, in essence, declared that we were no longer a Christian nation.
Since then, the Supreme Court has over and over used this same phrase "separation of church and state" to surgically remove Jesus Christ from our government and from our public schools … from our nation.
Next: The Supreme Court, in Engel v. Vitale, decided to remove prayer to God in all the public schools on June 25,1962. The goal simply was to get God out of our public schools.
On June 17, 1963, in Abington v. Schempp and Murray v. Curlett, the Supreme Court outlawed Bible reading in the public schools [without regard to any historical or legal precedent].
In Dekalb v. DeSpain the decision was not to allow the "Ten Commandments" to be posted on the walls of the public schools in all our land.
And if that was not enough, in 1980, with Stone v. Graham, the Supreme Court decided that the word of God could not even be mentioned in a public school.
This downward spiral occurred in the span of my life time, and has adversely affected my generation and several generations to follow.
Thus, the first twenty-three years of my life, I have counted as wasted, because I was without God and without hope in this world.
I joined the United States Navy in January, 1971. I was to find out how far downward I could go.
These were to be the latter years of our nation's conflict in Vietnam. The moral decay of the 1960's was taking its toll.
I became agnostic and HATED GOD! I was a remote follower of Nostradamus.
I was an adherent of the "New Age" before there was a "New Age" movement.
Then it happened!!!
Through the witness of a sailor I put my trust in the Son of God … Jesus Christ. I got saved!
“For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” [Romans 10:10]
What happened to me can happen to you!
Romans 10:13: “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
A founding father is this. He is one who is involved in the setting of the foundation of a structure.
This foundation is the essential basis, and it is the critical piece in determining the very integrity of a structure.
The act of foundation building involves the act of setting the basis for something.
After the Flood man began to multiply in obedience to the command to Noah:: “And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.”” [Genesis 9:7]]
Whenever the operation ofWhenever the operation of multiplying appears there will also follow a need for division.
The most powerful of the Gentile world kingdoms, “the glory of kingdoms”, was Babylon under her successive kings: Baladan, Merodachbaladan, and Nebuchadrezzar.Though powerful and glorious their idolatry will bring them to their end: “And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.” [Isaiah 13:19]
Why is this judgment [and more] coming to the people of this earth?
Here is the problem: SIN..
Specifically here, it is the sin of coming together: GlobalismSpecifically here, it is the sin of coming together: Globalism
Now, Louis the Great was so enamored with himself that he truly envisioned himself a sun king.
This sun king stated “L’État, c’est moi” (“I am the State”).
The people who came to the North American continent in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were looking for something different than the monarchical government … a king in a kingdom.
They were terrified also of both these: an aristocracy [or oligarchy] and a democracy.
The oligarchical form of government always degenerates into MOB RULE!
In no uncertain terms, first to Israel, and then, to all the world, and men everywhere, and all of this was prophesied 400 years before the time of the First Advent of Jesus Christ.
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Snapchat is one of the most famous socializing apps of the world with increasing users on a daily basis. It is popular among celebrities and other high-profile people to express themselves on social media.
Snapchat accounts became one of the most sought after to be hacked as a large number of famous celebrities are on this platform to interact with their fans. There are many websites which discuss and share techniques in great length about how to hack someone’s Snapchat?
Many websites have generated hacking tools in order to hack a Snapchat account. At times; acquisition of a Snapchat account becomes easier as the user itself provides traces and hints. To crack someone’s Snapchat account, a small detail is required which can also be retrieved by little effort.
Hacking someone’s Snapchat account is unethical as it is a breach in private space but at times people require to crack the accounts of their already hacked accounts or being a parent, you need to know what are the activities of your under-age child on social media.
How to hack someone’s Snapshot account?
There are many methods available to hack a Snapchat account. It can be done by various apps or by online websites. Many websites offer the easiest way of hacking a Snapchat account by inputting only username.
All you need to do is to log in to the website and follow the instructions mentioned there. Over the years, as Snapchat rose to fame, the makers made it a secure platform by building hundreds of servers for security. The hacking websites use trafficking techniques to hack the Snapchat account amidst all the security servers.
As soon as the username is entered on the hacking website, the backdrop servers start hitting the Snapchat server with enormous frequency resulting in hitting the Snapchat server along with a great flow of traffic. This will slow down the procedure enabling the host hacking website to extract the desired information from the specified Snapchat account.
Every username at Snapchat is unique; therefore, once a username is entered, the website knows it has to hack this specific Snapchat account. The website ensures that the anonymity of the hacker is maintained and Snapchat cannot reach to the source from where the account is tried to be accessed to attain the private information.
Once a person enters a username; the server starts working in an undefined direction. This direction is undefined therefore it is not easy to trace it even by the Snapchat servers. Once the information is retained, the user is able to access the pictures, chats and videos uploaded by that specific Snapchat account.
What are other ways of hacking a Snapchat account?
There are many other ways to hack a Snapchat account; but the question is; are those ways trusted? The hacking websites are trusted websites which only ask for username whereas other options ask for more details that can lead the hacker getting into hot waters.
All those apps and online websites which use the method of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) can easily hack a Snapchat account without being caught. The AES method is approved by the government of the United States of America; and it is often considered as one of the best encryption techniques available in the market.
The Snapchat spy apps or websites offer their services on every kind of gadget both run by iOS or Android.
The hacking websites have worked hard to crack this trafficking technique in order to break the barriers to extract the wanted information from someone’s Snapchat ID, therefore, the other ways of using hacking tools and other relative hacking methods are risky.
The whole idea of hacking a Snapchat account is to get access to the data of the account without exposing your true identity. Hacking a Snapchat account has become trickier; provided the newly launched security servers by Snapchat team but through trafficking method it is somewhat easy. Even though a chance of failure remains in this method also. There are chances that the hacking attempt remains unfulfilled and you keep on landing on inaccessible pages but these continuous attempts of hacking can also lead to temporary disability of the Snapchat account.
It is very important to understand the hacking, encryption and security barriers before attempting a hacking event. You need to ensure that the path being used to hack a Snapchat account or to get access to the media of a certain account is safe and it will not reveal your true identity later on if a counter investigation takes place.
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Tennessee church planters, volunteers shine light in Denver
By Lonnie Wilkey & Chris Turner
Baptist and Reflector
People are flocking to Denver and its surrounding communities. In 2018, it was recognized as the fifth fastest growing large city (more than 300,000 residents) and 34th overall in the country by WalletHub, a financial services website, according to thedenverchannel.com.
Since 2007, Denver has become “Mecca” for Millennials (those born between 1981 to 1996), observed Dave Howeth, Send City Missionary for Denver with the North American Mission Board.
“Denver has been a great place for migration of people from around the country and from foreign countries,” he said. Howeth added that 70 percent of the population are “domestic immigrants” from the remaining 49 states in the U.S. while 18 percent are foreign born. “Only 12 percent are from Colorado.”
The city attracts a lot of entrepreneurs. “Much of this growth and expansion has increased the secularity of our society and structures in Colorado that has led to a more progressive way of life with values that have been absent of anything Christian,” Howeth said.
The NAMB missionary noted that while residents of Denver consider themselves “spiritual,” they “are not bent toward Christianity” but instead toward “a way of life that is very secular.
“Secularism is a society that seeks to build a kingdom without God,” he observed. “So, introducing the gospel into people’s lives has been the priority of the reason to plant new churches in a place with few gospel-centered churches.”
Denver is one of 33 major areas targeted by the North American Mission Board for its high population density and diversity.
According to NAMB, Denver has 4.8 million people in the metro area and it is estimated that barely over 50 percent of the population identify with religion of any kind and that only 7 percent identify with Christianity.
“There is one Southern Baptist church for every 20,135 persons living in the metro Denver area,” Howeth said.
That’s one reason Denver has been a focus of the North American Mission Board for church planting.
In 2015, Tennessee Baptists entered into a partnership with Send Denver and since then, a number of Tennessee Baptists have gone to the Mile High City to help start churches and to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the 93 percent of the estimated population who have no relationship with Him.
There are currently four church planters with strong Tennessee ties in the metro Denver area. They are: Bruce and Lisa Hendrich, Grandview Church, Mead; Parker and Jess Manual, Pinewood Church, Boulder; Chris and Libby Phillips, Journey Point Church, Stapleton; and Derick and Cayla Sherfey, The Oaks Church, Denver. A fifth Tennessee church planter, Ben Mandrell, lead pastor of Storyline Fellowship in Arvada, resigned earlier this year, to become the president of LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville. In addition to the church planters and their families, a number of Tennessee Baptists have moved to the region to assist in the church planting efforts. See profiles on each family here.
“The impact of the planters who have become pastors has been significant,” Howeth said. He observed that the church planters and “the countless churches that partnered with them to come out and either have relocated or come on short-term mission projects has helped to change the climate of ministry in Colorado.”
Adapting to a new culture
The church planters who transitioned to Denver acknowledged that it took a while to adjust to the cultural differences between Tennessee and Colorado.
“The culture is dramatically different here,” said Derick Sherfey, who moved with his family from Johnson City where he served on the staff of Tri-Cities Baptist Church. “It’s different than anything we’ve ever been around,” he admitted, noting that in East Tennessee they were around family and had a community support structure.
“We stepped into a context where none of that existed for our church.”
Parker Manual, a former staff member at Long Hollow Baptist Church, Hendersonville, said “transitioning into the culture here for us has been easier than we imagined,” but he acknowledged they were not prepared for the spiritual warfare they have faced.
The Manuals have four children between the ages of seven months and 8. He shared that within just a few weeks of moving to Boulder, his family encountered several transgender kids. “My son was coming home asking questions like ‘I met this boy who says he’s a girl at the playground today. What does that mean?’
“I remember thinking, Wow, I didn’t think we’d be having this conversation this early on,” he said.
“Spiritually wise, the culture here is really dark and we experience that at a very deep level,” Manual added.
Chris Phillips and his family came to Denver from Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova and served for a year with Ben Mandrell at Storyline Fellowship in Arvada to learn the culture and more about church planting before launching his congregation in Stapleton earlier this year.
Phillips put Denver into perspective for Tennessee Baptists. There are more breweries and marijuana dispensaries in Denver than there are churches, he noted.
“It’s obviously a very liberal community” evidenced by Colorado being the first state to legalize marijuana and one of the first states to accept same sex marriage. Those are just some additional reasons people are coming to Colorado. “They’re not moving here to go to a church,” he observed.
Spiritual versus Christianity
The church planters agreed that residents of Denver are much more likely to have spiritual conversations if it doesn’t involve Christianity.
“When we first moved here, it was three or four months before we met our first person who claimed to be a believer, and even then, there was no interest in church whatsoever,” Manual recalled.
He added that none of his neighbors or people in their sphere of influence had an interest in Christianity, although some were interested in “spiritual things.”
Bruce Hendrich agreed. Hendrich is different from the other church planters in that he was born in Colorado and left. He served as pastor of Oak Street Baptist Church in Elizabethton before returning to his native state.
He noted he was more likely to have a spiritual conversation in Denver than he did in Tennessee.
“It’s surprisingly easy to talk about Jesus though people are pretty much anti-Christian, but they are into spiritual conversations. So, if we can give them a different picture of what it means to be Christian, then we have a great opportunity to share the gospel.”
Hendrich said that he and his wife, Lisa, intentionally work to build relationships and they mow lawns, babysit for neighbors, dog sit and do “anything and everything just to show them that we believe that Jesus came to not be served, but to serve.” Hendrich said that their willingness to serve gets the attention of people who tend to be self-centered. “It builds a bridge for us to have a conversation.”
Phillips stressed that his ministry also is focused on relationship building and is community driven. “For us, being there and being for the community, and not just being a church in the community, is the biggest thing. Sometimes, that means we don’t even get to talk about being a church at all, but the fact that we are there, and the power of presence and involvement in their lives, has time and time again shown that’s what his community really needs.
“And, then those people ultimately come and walk through our doors.”
Help, prayers still needed
Howeth and the planters are grateful for the partnership with Tennessee Baptists.
“Keep doing what you have done by continuing to send prayer warriors to pray in communities, partnering with church planters, and coming to serve with and encourage church planters,” he encouraged.
“The great Volunteer State has sent some of the finest laborers we have ever seen to serve and give of their time and resources to advance the gospel,” Howeth observed. “And, not only that, the encouragement that these church teams provide to our church planters and their families is so huge,” he continued.
And, just as important, when the residents of the Denver region see people come to the area “to serve people they don’t know, it is a testimony to how great and glorious our God is to a world that is lost and confused,” Howeth said.
The church planters also expressed a desire for Tennessee Baptists to pray for their ministries and for God’s protection for their families as well as those millions of people in their city and communities who have no relationship with Jesus Christ.
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