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Put the village on hold. For the time being, it’s gonna take a parent, a councilman and a developer to raise a child.
Flashback 2003: Attending the New Partners for Smart Growth conference in New Orleans, I caught the keynote from a planning official for Vancouver, British Columbia. Now, under normal circumstances, I don’t suppose I’d remember much of what he said but, at the time, my daughter was just over three years old and something he used as the overall framing for his making Smart Growth work presentation really resonated with me.
“If it works for kids,” he said, “it works for everyone.”
He went on with a series of slides showing a neighboring child from his downtown building taking to the streets, visiting a shop, playing in a tot lot. I remember being quite inspired by the idea and I imagine others were too, as it wasn’t too much later that “the popsicle test” — the ability of an 8 year old to safely get somewhere to buy a popsicle, then make it home before it melts — became the go-to elevator speech for a lot of New Urbanists making their case.
Now jump ahead to 2011. Just last week, in fact. Doing some work in Canada, I stumbled into a conversation on “the Vancouver model” — typically characterized by the pencil-thin towers that brought new density, and new life, to Vancouver’s revitalizing streetscapes — when something funny happened. “If you were to ask Larry Beasley (the city’s former planning director) today, in retrospect, what he sees as the biggest shortcoming of his legacy there,” someone said, “he would say it was the failure to bring kids downtown.”
The ultimate culprit, it was suggested, was that the model of development defining Vancouver in that era was most conducive to smaller unit types that were most appealing to the young, the single, the childless. Not families. I can’t speak to whether or not that’s accurate but it really doesn’t matter. [Ed. Note: Larry Beasley himself dropped by the Comments section below to say my cocktail party companion’s speculation was off base. He’s quite pleased with Vancouver’s results, as it relates to kids.] The larger point is this: Even in a place where attracting families was supported, even championed, by local leadership, it may have been easier said than done.
But that doesn’t make it any less critical.
Doing right by our kids is no small task. And we can’t do it alone. But perhaps we need to redefine exactly who it is we need — especially in the here and now — to help us through.
For too many years, we’ve tried to purchase our way to happiness for our kids and, quite responsively, the marketplace of products and ideas has made it all too easy. Surely a well cared for child shouldn’t have to share a bedroom, right? No problem, just move outside the city and get more house. Need a second income to pay for it? Again, no problem. There are plenty of daycare centers to fill in while you’re away. Afraid your older, unsupervised kids will spend aimless hours outside with nothing to do? Problem solved! The internet and all its associated tech gadgetry will keep them safely indoors with all the entertainment options anyone could ever want.
But what about their well-being, you ask? Fuhgeddabowdit! If you want them well-rounded, with opportunities to explore their interests, just pop open iCal and fill their calendar to your heart’s content. And if you find all the shuttling from place to place seems to steal the little remaining time a child would normally be playing, just swing by McDonald’s for lunch. They’ve got a PlayPlace there.
That may sound cynical, even unnecessarily snarky, but it’s also fair. The Atlantic this month describes college deans now dealing with these kids, whose every whim has been accommodated, every move scripted, every moment scheduled, every unpredictability or challenge sidestepped, and every decision made for them. Their term for them? “Teacups, because they’re so fragile that they break down anytime things don’t go their way.”
Maybe I’m in the minority, but that doesn’t sound like doing right by anybody. And I’m not the only one who feels that way.For quite a while I’ve been following the great advocacy of people like Lenore Skenazy, with her Free-Range Kids movement, and Mike Lanza, on his quest to re-establish the culture of “Playborhoods.” A lot of other parents are doing likewise. These are folks who realize that, for a child, having increasing opportunities to navigate the world around them, explore, invent, fall down, scrape knees, make decisions, screw up, get into — and solve — conflicts and, ultimately, achieve a sense of personal identity and self-sufficiency is a good thing. The right thing.
But you can’t do it easily just anywhere. Place matters. It matters in the design of the streets and the things they connect to. It matters in the variety of uses, opportunities and activities. It even matters in the diversity of housing types. After all, smaller homes or accessory units end up housing people who appreciate, and want to be able to afford, the prospect of being a stay-at-home parent. Or seniors offering options for drop-off babysitting. Not because it’s their corporate value proposition and you’re paying them a thousand bucks a month but because they’re your neighbors and they care about you.
Now here’s the rub: There’s only so many neighborhoods that offer this type of environment and, more often than not, they’re historic. That means, on the lower end, that they often come with crime, poor schools and disinvestment issues or, on the upper end, are cost prohibitive for everyday, middle class families.
There’s just not enough good ones to affordably meet a demand which, as talk of teacups finally brings down the era of helicopter parents, will only grow over time.
That brings us back to where this post began. Talk of how it takes a village to raise a child sounds — and feels — good but, to make it work, you need a village to start with. Which means you need politicos willing to push it, and developers willing to build it.
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Whether you can’t face the day without that first brew in bed or you’re a certified connoisseur who knows their Arabica from their Robusta, coffee plays an important role in many of our lives. Since the 15th century, coffee has been a beloved beverage all over the world, prized for its delicious rich flavours and stimulating caffeine boost.
Table of Contents:
- Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
- Korean Morning Coffee
- Mexican Café de Olla
- Turkish Coffee
- Italian Espresso Romano
- Saudi Coffee Ritual
- Finnish Kaffeost
- Japanese Kan Kohi
- Argentinian Café Lagrima
- Greek Frappe
Nowadays, coffee shops can be found on every high street and their independent counterparts have been at the forefront of the foodie revolution. From groups of teenagers drinking iced coffees topped with heaps of cream to grannies enjoying a flat white while the grandkids munch cake, our love of coffee is very clear.
Lots of cultures all over the world love coffee and everyone’s rituals around enjoying the hot beverage are different. Some cultures drink coffee with a great deal of ceremony, reflecting its prized place in their culture. For others, it is a cornerstone of social gatherings, with people regularly meeting friends for a coffee and a catch up. So, to celebrate International Coffee Day, we’ve rounded up some of the most iconic ways of preparing coffee from around the world.
Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
Ethiopia is actually thought to be the place where coffee drinking first started and it’s still a huge part of daily life there. The process of making coffee is just as important to the experience as drinking it in Ethiopian coffee culture. It is boiled and served in a spouted pot called a jebena, after being roasted over hot coals and ground with a pestle and mortar. The entire process takes several hours and it’s common to hear the phrase ‘buna dabo naw’, or ‘coffee is our bread’, regularly in the country.
Korean Morning Coffee
Gaining popularity in the 1960s and 70s, morning coffee can often be found in Korean coffee shops called dabangs. The beverage is designed to provide an all-in-one morning coffee and breakfast in the same cup. To create this unusual breakfast, season an egg yolk with salt and a drop of sesame oil, before placing it in a cup of hot coffee to cook. Traditionally, pine nuts and a walnut are added to the top of the yolk for decoration.
Mexican Café de Olla
Mexico specialises in a delicious spiced coffee called café de olla, which is served with a cinnamon stick. The coffee is brewed with cinnamon and an unrefined sugar called piloncillo, which gives it a unique spiced flavour. It is usually served in a clay pot, which is thought to give a slightly earthy taste to the beverage.
Turkish coffee is made using one of the most famous methods of preparing coffee, resulting in a thick, strong brew. Fresh coffee beans are first roasted, before being ground to a fine powder with a mortar or burr mill. Then, the coffee is added to cold water and sugar, before being boiled in a pot called a cezve. It is then served in small cups, which allow the unstrained grounds to sink to the bottom. An important part of Turkish culture, coffee is often served at social gatherings, important occasions, and holiday celebrations.
Italian Espresso Romano
Italian espresso is perhaps the world’s most iconic cup of coffee, although ordering an Espresso Romano will get you a beverage with a twist – of lemon that is. In Rome, espresso is served with a slice of lemon in the cup, which is first rubbed around the rim of the cup. The lemon is thought to enhance the flavours of the coffee.
Saudi Coffee Ritual
Coffee culture in Saudi Arabia involves a great deal of ritual that highlights the beverage’s role in social occasions. Drinking coffee together is usually started with a hug or kiss on the cheek, after which everyone sits together, cross-legged on the floor. Elders are always served first, working down to the youngest who is served last. In Saudi culture, the coffee cup is always held in the right hand. Coffee is often served with an infusion of saffron, which adds a delicious fragrance to the drink.
Finnish Kaffeost is one of the more unusual methods of drinking coffee and can be something of an acquired taste. A rubbery cheese called juustoleipä is cut into chunks and placed in the bottom of the cup, then hot coffee is poured over the top. Once you’ve finished the coffee, the melted cheese is then eaten from the bottom with a spoon.
Japanese Kan Kohi
When you think about ways of drinking coffee, from a can probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. In Japan, however, you can buy coffee in a can everywhere, from supermarkets to vending machines. In fact, vending machine coffee is surprisingly popular, accounting for the majority of canned coffee sales.
Argentinian Café Lagrima
If you like your coffee to be as milky as possible, you’ll probably love the Argentinian café lagrima. Barely describable as a coffee, the drink is made up of steamed milk and foam, with just the smallest drop (a ‘teardrop’) of coffee added.
Getting ever more popular across the globe, the Greek frappe is best enjoyed on a boiling hot day. It is made with instant coffee, evaporated milk, and ice-cold water, for a creamy and frothy treat. It’s not one of the most glamourous of coffee drinks on the list, but it certainly is delicious. | <urn:uuid:85be8811-e7fe-4a95-beeb-48beffb94c8a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cruise1st.co.uk/blog/destinations/coffee-culture-around-world/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.956165 | 1,237 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Written by Denise Miller, Firesteel Advocacy Manager
A typical StoryCorps recording is a 40-minute interview between two people who know each other well. Last summer, I helped coordinate dozens of StoryCorps “Finding Our Way” conversations about family homelessness. One participant, Charlotte Wheelock, came to her recording session with her two young sons, but without anyone to join her in conversation.
I volunteered to interview Charlotte, and soon learned that she didn’t know many people in Seattle. She’d come to the area for a job that didn’t pan out, and her husband was in the hospital with spinal stenosis, a condition that had him paralyzed from the waist down.
Charlotte told me about struggling with her husband’s health problems and medical expenses. She told me about losing her home when her family could no longer pay the bills. She told me about trying to maintain some sense of normalcy for her boys, even when they were sleeping in their car in the hospital parking lot.
I was in awe of Charlotte’s strength, and also of her openness. My heart went out to her. In my own family, an illness and subsequent job loss devastated a close relative’s finances. Her home was foreclosed, and she slept on another family member’s couch until she could stabilize and find a new job.
Many families are just one crisis — one illness, one car accident, one job loss — away from losing their homes. For those who fall into homelessness, it can take months or even years to recover. Charlotte and Nick’s family experienced homelessness for 14 months. Fortunately, there were some programs in place to help them through, including a family shelter where they stayed for several months.
Knowing Charlotte’s candor and her powerful story, I wasn’t surprised that our partners at StoryCorps were interested in following up with her for another interview. Exactly six months after our original conversation, Charlotte sat down with StoryCorps once again. This time, her husband, Nick Hodges, was out of the hospital and there to join her. After spinal fusion surgery, and months of rehab and physical therapy, Nick was able to walk again. And he and Charlotte walked into a room to record a beautiful conversation, which airs on KUOW today. You can hear it between noon and 1pm on The Record, or listen online.
What a difference six months had made. Their family was living in an affordable apartment, and Charlotte had a job with Mary’s Place. She now helps women transition from homelessness to employment and stability.
Charlotte’s story reminds me of why we do our advocacy work. Last week, when our state lawmakers passed a budget that included $75 million for the Housing Trust Fund, they invested in safe, affordable homes for families like Charlotte’s. And they ensured that more of the 32,000 homeless schoolchildren in Washington state would have a stable home and a better chance at succeeding in school.
Charlotte also reminded me of the power of listening. I knew that the experience of talking with Charlotte had stuck with me, but I didn’t learn until later what our conversation had done for her. I recently saw Charlotte and Nick at an event co-presented by KUOW, StoryCorps, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center, and Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness. StoryCorps producer Eve Claxton interviewed Charlotte and Nick onstage, and Charlotte talked about how therapeutic it was to really discuss her situation for the first time.
After the event, Charlotte told me that when she lost her home, she had also lost her sense of community.
“Talking with you was a first step to rejoining the community,” she said.
That statement was incredibly moving to me. I couldn’t offer Charlotte a job or a place to live. What I could do was listen, share her story, and advocate for policies that will help end homelessness. I hope you will do the same.
Have the “Finding Our Way” stories inspired you to help families who are experiencing homelessness?
- Start by sharing these stories with your friends, family, and policymakers.
- Volunteer with an organization like the YWCA or Mary’s Place. Nick said that when his family was staying in a shelter, it was an “amazing relief” to have volunteers spend time with his sons, giving him and Charlotte a few minutes to relax.
- Thank your state lawmakers for investing in affordable homes through the Housing Trust Fund. It’s quick and easy to send a message using this form from the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance.
- Check out a list of 10 things you can do to help, compiled by Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness.
HEAR MORE STORIES
- Listen to more “Finding Our Way” stories produced by StoryCorps on KUOW’s website.
- Find even more “Finding Our Way” stories, produced by Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness and Firesteel, here on the Firesteel website.
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Serivisi Zitanga Ubujyanama kandi Zigamipa Virusi Itera Sida ku Bushake
Year of Publication: 2016
This flyer was conceived by the Ministry of Health in Rwanda. It was printed and disseminated by the Rwanda Biomedical Center-RBC via the HIV/AIDS and STIs Diseases Division.
This flyer was produced intending to urge citizens to know about HIV Voluntary Testing Centers in order to find out their HIV status.
This flyer provides key information on:
- Why should I go for HIV testing?
- When should I go for HIV testing?
- Why do we have HIV Voluntary Testing Centers?
Iyi depuliya yatekerejwe kandi ikorwa na Minisiteri y’Ubuzima igamije gukangura abaturarwanda kumenya no kugana serivisi igira abantu inama ikanabapima agakoko gatera Sida ku bushake
Iyi depuliya iraguha amakuru ukeneye ku :
1.Kuki ngomba kwipimisha Virusi itera Sida?
2. Ni ryari ngomba kwipimisha Virusi itera Sida?
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The seasoned trackers sat on special chairs fastened to the front of a jeep moving slowly through the savannas of Angola’s Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga national parks. They eyed the ground in front of them for animal prints as the jeep crawled along, never more than 8 miles an hour and never at high noon. The San trackers, members of southern Africa’s oldest ethnic group, were experts at spotting wildlife tracks in the dirt roads that transected the research area. Shadows usually allow the prints to stand out to observers. But the lack of shadows in the middle of the day made it nearly impossible for even the experienced trackers to make out a paw or hoof print.
The trackers were part of a group of researchers from Panthera, an organization dedicated to conserving big cats. They were attempting to determine the presence of large mammals on the landscape in the two national parks in Angola and what areas were richer in biodiversity than others. They found that after three decades of civil war, mammals in Angola behaved contrary to normal expectations. While they expected to see the mammals congregating around areas with standing water, instead, large mammals actually appeared to be avoiding these areas due to human activity.
“In areas that have experienced civil war such as Angola, even after civil unrest ends, there are still long-lasting impacts on wildlife,” said Lisanne Petracca, now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington and one of the scientists involved in ongoing research featured this week at The Wildlife Society’s virtual 2020 Annual Conference.
At nearly 85,000 square kilometers, the neighboring parks represent the largest contiguous national park system in any African country. But since the parks also border national parks in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, it’s part of the expansive Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area that covers more than 500,000 square kilometers in southern Africa — the largest transfrontier conservation area in the world.
In Angola, despite the national park protection in 2011, humans remain present in the parks. Though illegal, killing animals for bush meat or traditional medicine is widespread in the national parks, partly due to limited funding and resources for protection. Poaching African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) for ivory still happens in some areas. Panthera wanted to see where best to spend limited conservation dollars.
The researchers ran 15-kilometer transects through a number of grid cells measuring 225 square kilometers of territory in the two national parks. Altogether, they drove 3,312 kilometers of transects in the Cuando Province of Angola, which saw some of the heaviest fighting in the war, said Philipp Henschel, Regional Director of West and Central Africa of Panthera and one of Petracca’s collaborators in the research. In fact, the only other non-governmental organizations active in the area were mostly demining teams trying to clear the roads and dirt tracks connecting the settlements, he said.
“The area was still not entirely cleared from mines, however, and a year before our survey started a local farmer had lost both legs to a mine,” Henschel said. So the survey team surveyed only along tracks that had supposedly been cleared by demining teams. At nightfall, they collected firewood for their campsites, sometimes coming across things left over from the war. In some cases, they even had to shift campsites when they found objects like rockets from a grenade launcher — like the one pictured above — protruding from a tree. That indicated the area experienced heavy fighting and may still have unexploded ordinance or mines from the Angolan Civil War.
Every time the San rangers saw a print on the road, such as the one left from the lion pictured above, the jeep would stop, so the team could identify the mammal that made them.
“These aren’t your typical asphalt roads. These are sandy soils and clay. It’s much easier to pick up on animal signs on that kind of substrate,” said Petracca, who was a conservation scientist with Panthera and a PhD candidate at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse at the time of the study.
They recorded tracks from 13 different mammal species, including five large carnivores: spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) like the mother above carrying an elephant trunk likely cut off by poachers while removing tusks back to its den to feed cubs, cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), leopards (Panthera pardus), lions (Panthera leo), and wild dogs (Lycaon pictus); and six large herbivores: buffalo (Syncerus caffer), elands (Taurotragus oryx), elephants, giraffes (Giraffa giraffe), roans (Hippotragus equinus) and sables (Hippotragus niger).
Once they mapped out the sightings and ran models, they uncovered some surprising trends. In most situations, researchers found that mammals tend to be present in areas that have surface water or vegetation cover. But the biggest factor on the landscape in the Angolan national parks that affected where the mammals were most commonly found was the absence of humans
“The main drivers are human related,” Petracca said. “There were more mammals basically where you had less human signs, where you were closer to other protected areas and the farther you got from human settlement.”
Researchers believe this is likely a relic of the Angolan Civil War, which lasted roughly from 1975 to 2002. During this period, humans made wide use of the resources in the area, fishing, cutting trees and hunting animals for bush meat. This damage, much of which continues today as humans still live there, is so extensive, researchers couldn’t even model zebra (Equus quagga) and kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) populations in the area because poaching had driven their numbers so low.
The human presence remains extensive — Petracca said researchers mapped more than 500 settlements. Most are also near water, which people collect for drinking, bathing and use for laundry. Not all mammals avoided humans to the same extent. Leopards, for example, seemed more tolerant of humans. But this human presence likely drove another surprising discovery — mammals were not found regularly near water. Henschel said this means that many animals are condemned “to eke out a living in the driest parts of the landscape” as a result of human presence.
Bush meat poaching is still a problem. The surveys observed 83 incidents of bush meat poaching and 19 mammals and one python having been hunted or trapped using techniques like the gin trap pictured above. In the photo, trackers and a game scout from Angola’s National Institute for Biodiversity and Conservation Areas hold the trap.
“Bush meat hunting was widespread in the complex,” Petracca said.
Work like this is critical in figuring out which parts of the national parks might be best to increase protection in a country with limited funds, she said. “The vast network of protected areas within Africa are underfunded,” Petracca said.
In one example, the researchers found that most of the diversity was concentrated in the southeast of the park — an elephant poaching hotspot. “Elephant poaching is occurring in essentially the best habitat,” she said, but focusing more protection in these areas can help stem some of these losses.
Partnerships between the government and conservation organizations like Panthera can help reverse the decline of biodiversity in some areas, Petracca said. Two so-called “Intensive Protection Zones” of 1,000 square kilometers each have been created in the parks, giving jobs to nearly two dozen people to protect wildlife.
Conference attendees can visit office hours for this contributed paper on Wednesday, Oct. 1 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. to learn more and ask questions. A video recording of the presentation will be available starting Monday, Sept. 28.
This photo essay is part of an occasional series from The Wildlife Society featuring photos and video images of wildlife taken with camera traps and other equipment. Check out other entries in the series here. If you’re working on an interesting camera trap research project or one that has a series of good photos you’d like to share, email Joshua at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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The creative field isn’t one that operates from 9-5. Often enough, artists actually find themselves working within those hours in a career that pays the bills and puts food on the table and have to scratch their creative itch whenever time permits. So what happens when you finally get a free moment to sit down and work on a project, only to find yourself stuck?
Creative block is the thing that haunts artist’s dreams at night. The worst part about it is that the nightmare has a tendency to become a reality. It is the condition that we define as the loss of ability to produce new, worthwhile work, or the ability to keep a steady momentum. The muse packs up, walks out, and doesn’t give any indication on when she’ll return. With her departure brings the arrival of doubt. You aren’t good enough. You’ll never finish anything. So why even bother? You might as well just throw in the towel and give up. It’s a dreaded moment.
So how does one get past this unfortunate, yet inevitable moment? Here are some helpful hacks to beat a block and keep those creative juices flowing.
Don’t Be Stationary
Getting lost in your work for hours at a time without coming up for air may seem like an ideal situation. If that happens to you, then great! More power to you! But sometimes when you’re feeling like you’re heading toward a block, it helps if you get up and move around. Your brain can become dormant when you’re constantly surrounded by the familiar. A change of scenery can be a tremendous help. Change your setting. Head out to a park or a café with your materials in hand and see if that ignites any sparks.
Don’t Cower in Fear
That thing you’re scared of? Do it. Scared of killing off a character? Do it. Worried about using that shade of blue among that vibrant yellow you aren’t sure you’re fond of? Do it. Want to use neon instead of pastels? Polaroid instead of digital? Do it. Do it all. Be adventurous in your field. Test the waters. The worst that can happen is that you hate it and you start over again.
Switch It Up
Do something completely unrelated to your discipline. If you’re a writer, pick up a camera. If you prefer a paint brush, give an instrument a whirl. Build something, if you want. Putting yourself in a new situation can help you appreciate your abilities and jumpstart your mind. The key is keeping the creative part of your brain active, in whatever way possible.
Set Guidelines for Yourself
This may seem like a contradiction. But sometimes having too many options is daunting. Working under pressure with time restraints can force you to make a decision. Having boundaries to bounce against keep you on track instead of getting distracted and wandering off.
Make a No-Go List
If you’re stuck with where to go with a project, start first with a list of places you know aren’t in the realm of possibilities. Even if this doesn’t help with figuring out your next or final destination, at least it narrows down the options.
Ideas come and go. That’s a part of life that anyone who considers themselves even remotely creative has to deal with. Sometimes, it seems like the best options are giving up or waiting it out.
Don’t limit yourself by waiting for inspiration to come to you. Instead, take matters into your own hands and go look for it yourself. Don’t just find it – take it. Take it, run with it, and hold onto it for as long as you can. When another block happens (and it will), then repeat the process. Your work is too valuable to be forgotten about. | <urn:uuid:89d42e69-1079-4c2c-96f2-aed0c20c31c4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thoughtcatalog.com/allison-r-fallon/2016/06/how-to-beat-even-the-worst-creative-block/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.944533 | 813 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Public Restroom in Downtown Billings? This Oughta Be Good. (Opinion)
A public bathroom with a hand washing station will be set up to run 24 hours a day for the homeless and transient population downtown according to a recent article in the Billings Gazette. Officials believe it will be an alternative to the public restrooms at city hall, the courthouse, or the library, all of which are public restrooms for the public, right? Now, if these three places don't want homeless and transients, why would they want them in the other new public restroom?
Poop on the sidewalk can be a distraction for a downtown district trying to create a festive atmosphere. So are the transients that live there. This will not stop the problem. In fact, I believe giving them a service they need downtown will only add to the problem. Do you think the people that defecate on a sidewalk outside a business are sober? If they're not, they will go anywhere convenient.
These bathrooms will have to be heated in the winter, right? Where do you think people will want to congregate in the cold months if there is a heated building available? This will become a place where people can do drugs and other things I feel that will create even more problems for law enforcement.
I get the compassion. Some people have to try anything to solve Billings' homeless problem, but this won't reduce the homeless problem for downtown. It lends them a hand to continue their way of life here. Laws need to be enforced about public urination, loitering, trespassing, open container laws, intimidation, littering etc. Repeat offenders should be jailed or given a bus ticket. Billings needs to establish a reputation that transient activity will not be tolerated and you either become a productive citizen or leave. If we don't, soon we will become Portland and San Francisco. We should make a serious effort to help people straighten out their lives but they have to want to do it. | <urn:uuid:b61d661a-7c19-41ea-af33-e42730e818db> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://montanatalks.com/public-restroom-downtown-billings/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.952576 | 406 | 1.5 | 2 |
The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 (“hereinafter referred as the “Act”) was enacted with a view to provide payment in the form of compensation by certain classes of employers to their employees for any injury occurred by accident.
Employer’s Liability for Compensation
Section 3 of the Act enumerates the employer’s liability. It states if personal injury is caused to an employee by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, the employer shall be made liable to pay compensation in accordance with the provisions mentioned in chapter II of the Act.
It also states the when the employer shall not be liable. They are as follows:
- Any injury which does not result in the total or partial disablement of the employee for a period exceeding three days.
- Any injury not resulting in death or permanent total disablement caused by accident which is directly attributable due to employee being under the influence of alcohol/ drugs, or willful disobedience/removal/disregard of safety measures
Amount of Compensation
Section 4 of the Act provides the amount of compensation that is to be paid to employees for all the categories of injuries suffered. Section 5 of the Act provides the method for calculating wages, this is an important segment because the basis for calculation of compensation is monthly wage system, therefore, calculating the monthly wages is an relevant aspect and the method prescribed under section 5 is to be followed.
|In case of Death||Amount equal to 50% of the monthly wages of the deceased multiplied by relevant factor
Amount of one lakh and twenty thousand rupees, whichever is more
|In case of permanent total disablement||Amount equal to 60% of the monthly wages of the injured employee multiplied by relevant factor
Amount of one lakh and forty thousand rupees, whichever is more
|In case of permanent partial disablement||For an injury specified in Part II of Schedule I, such percentage of the compensation which would have been payable in the case of permanent total disablement as is specified therein as being the percentage of the loss of earning capacity caused by that injury,
For an injury not specified in Schedule I, such percentage of the compensation payable in the case of permanent total disablement as is proportionate to the loss of earning capacity (as assessed by the qualified medical practitioner) permanently caused by the injury.
|In case of temporary disablement||Half-monthly payment of the sum equivalent to 25% of monthly wages of the employee to be paid in accordance with section 4(2).|
Section 8 of the Act provides for Distribution of Compensation to employees and their heirs and section 9 states that no lump sum/half-monthly payment which is payable under this Act shall not be assigned or attached or charged to any person other than the employee. Under section 10 a notice of accident must be given in the prescribed manner in order to claim compensation and no claim shall be entertained by the commissioner without such notice.
Section 15 of the Act deals with employees with regard to masters and seamen and provides for compensation and section 15A deals with captains and other members of the crew of aircrafts and the compensation thereunder. Section 15B delas with employees abroad of companies and motor vehicles.
Section 17A of the Act imposes a duty on the employer to inform the employees about their rights to compensation in writing and also through electronic means.
Section 18A of the Act states that whoever fails to maintain a notice-book as required under section 10(3) or fails to send a statement as required under section 10(A) to the commissioner or fails to send a report under section 10(B) or fails to make a return required under section 16 or fails to inform the employee about his rights to compensation under 17A shall be punishable with fine which is not less than fifty thousand rupees and may extend to one lakh rupees. | <urn:uuid:d31b8d62-41de-40ba-8f56-537488bb0fc7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.glc.law/blog/employees-compensation-act-1923/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945974 | 801 | 2.59375 | 3 |
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General potato links
Databases / lists
- www.europotato.org The European potato cultivars and breeding lines database from EU project RESGEN-CT95-34/45, compiled by SASA, Scotland.
- varieties.ahdb.org.uk Potato Variety Database maintained by AHDB Potatoes, in conjunction with SASA.
- AHDB potato variety comparison tool
- CPVO the Community Plant Variety Office, a self-financed EU agency for the management of the Community Plant Variety Rights System.
- Potato Pedigree Potato variety pedigree database. Maintained by the Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University.
- Results from the EUCABLIGHT project (www.eucablight.org).
- From NIVAP: Online Netherlands catalogue of potato varieties from 2011. Go via NIVAP/downloads to the PDF.
- Irish Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (2008): Potato Varieties of Historical Interest in Ireland
- EU - DataBase of Plant variety catalogues .
- Results AEGIS project on SSR genotyping of old potato varieties to identify mislabelling and synonyms. Allelic profiles produced by SASA for 433 clones on 12 SSR markers. Including information on duplication groups.
- In Dutch: List of potato parent stocks Geniteurslijst voor Aardappelrassen 1954, 1962, 1969 from WUR library E-depot as PDF.
- In Dutch: Dutch online list of registered varieties , >1200 potatoes. Click "Nederlands rassenregister", select Gewasnaam (the default) and search for "aardappel".
- In Dutch: Old cultivars grown 1850-1950 in the Netherlands, which are still available: Oranje Lijst .
- In Dutch: Cultivation manual for old variety Wâldgieltje .
Andean potato cultivars
- The downloadable European potato accessions database (wild and cultivated spp.) from EU project RESGEN-CT95-34/45, compiled by CGN. (click 'diffusion of results').
- Collections: potato PGR portal
- Potato species Atlas
- Download original cards of WAC accession: 1-50 , 51-100 , 101-150 , 151-200 , 201-250 , 251-260 , 301-350 , 351-400 , 401-450 , 451-500 , 501-550 , 551-600 , 601-650 , 651-700 , 701-750 , 751-800 , 801-850 , 851-900 , 901-953 with tuber characteristics and some info on disease resistance (in Dutch language) as well as the WAC1971 inventory .
- Global Trust Regeneration guidelines for wild potatoes. Author: CIP
- Great information source on potatoes in South America (in Spanish): RedePapa
Potato collecting passport data
- CGN collecting missions page incl. potato collecting expeditions in 1955, 1959, 1974, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999.
- Data on potato collections by Peter Hjerting and colleagues in the period 1948-1956.
- Limited collecting data on Bolivian landraces by Carlos Ochoa: OCH 10475-10697 , presumably around 1970.
- Report and collecting data from expedition to Peru and Bolivia by Jack Hawkes and colleagues: HHCH 4114-5273 in 1971.
- Data from expeditions to Bolivia: OCH 11818-11991
and Peru: OCH 11876 & 12065-13020 by Carlos Ochoa in 1978.
- Collecting data on Colombian landraces: CCC 4206-5030 , 1973-1975.
- Collecting data on series Etuberosa in Chile by Andrés Contreras and colleagues: UACH 1315-1346 in 1978.
- Potato collections in Bolivia by Robert W. Hoopes and colleagues: HAO 001-176 in 1986.
- Potato collections in the USA by John Bamberg and colleagues: SBV 01-34 in 1992.
- Argentine collecting data: OKA 5309-6497 or BALC 74001-74343 (incl. HAW 5746-6107),
OKA 6525-6742, 7254-7313 , and
OKA 7383-7687 or BALC 83001-83192.
Seed storage and germination
Feedback to: firstname.lastname@example.org,
Centre for Genetic Resources the Netherlands (CGN),
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Establishing and integrating datasets beyond instilling a culture of capture
Whilst the double-blind, randomised clinical trial has established itself at the apex of the evidence pyramid for modern medicine, surgical research has always suffered from a degree of epistemological elitism and snobbery by the medical disciplines.1 This is because the majority of surgical progress has been made as a result of the lowly surgical audit rather than the double-blind, randomised control trial (RCT). This is unfair as the benefits of clinical audit in surgery are manifest. Ambrose Pare was an early example of a surgeon who, out of necessity, applied his mind and came up with a pragmatic but radical solution to a pressing clinical problem. During the interminable internecine wars of the Renaissance period, he began to apply linen dressings to wounds rather than cautery, and so changed the practice of surgery for the better.2 The same can be said of Semmelweis, an early adopter of surgical asepsis, at a time when the germ theory was still not conceived. Without any theory to support his praxis, he advocated hand washing for medical students returning from their morning post mortem session, before beginning work in the maternity wards. His simple intervention radically reduced hospital- related maternal mortality rates. Semmelweis paid a heavy professional price for his radical disruption of vested interests. He was drives from Vienna and ended his days working far from the major hospitals of Vienna. He is posthumously referred to as the Saviour of the Mother.3
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Most antenatal classes focus on improving your skills and confidence as well as preparing you for a positive birth experience.
Antenatal classes can help you and your partner prepare for labour, birth and the early stages of parenthood.
They are usually run by midwives and take place at children’s centres. The classes aim to provide helpful information about topics such as your developing baby, changes you may experience, caring for your newborn and your health and wellbeing.
Calm those nerves: Pregnancy, birth and caring for a newborn baby can seem overwhelming, particularly for first-time moms! Many women experience anxiety when faced with this massive milestone; after all, their lives are about to permanently change. Antenatal classes can offer that peace of mind and a feeling of preparedness for this new and exciting journey.
“An antenatal class can offer a sense of community. You will have the opportunity to meet and socialise with other women in the same boat as you.”
Somebody to lean on: Although there is a wealth of information on the internet or at libraries surrounding these particular topics, an antenatal class can offer a sense of community. You will have the opportunity to meet and socialise with other women in the same boat as you. Some women form special friendships in these classes that last well after the final class takes place. Sometimes a warm smile and an understanding ear is all you may need during this time.
Mother doesn’t always know best: Your mother-in-law may mean well with her advice but gaining a general perspective with a variety of information and methods is beneficial, particularly when a professional provides that information. Knowledge is power and the more knowledge you have at your fingertips, the more informed your personal decisions will be.
You’ve got bills – they’re multiplying! Having children is expensive. During the months of pregnancy, you are most probably stocking up on the necessities such as nappies, clothes, nursery items, etc. Your budget may seem a little stretched right now and you may consider forfeiting antenatal classes to save a little money.
Information overload: Antenatal classes do offer a great deal of valuable information, but this information can be offered in heaps in such a short space of time, leaving the mother-to-be feeling more stressed than before. Sometimes you may leave the class feeling overwhelmed. One of the major arguments against antenatal classes is that all this information can go straight out the window in the heat of the moment, as very little of it has actually been retained.
The bottom line
If you’re experiencing anxiety and have the time and budget to allow for antenatal classes, these be of enormous benefit to you – and your partner. However, if these classes just don’t seem to work for you, rest assured. We are living in the age of the Internet where all information is easily accessible. Just be sure to speak to your healthcare professional about your concerns and ask them to refer you to reliable parenting resources like BabyYumYum! | <urn:uuid:477066b9-ea2b-4d53-9d1e-e20919fb6e18> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://babyyumyum.co.za/what-are-antenatal-classes-and-are-they-worth-it/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.949288 | 631 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Asbestos Removal Shepperton Surrey (TW17): Asbestos is classed as a compound that's dangerous to health and causes over five thousand deaths a year, (according to the HSE). The health effects attributable to asbestos shows that if you are looking to remove and dispose of any asbestos substances from your Shepperton property or home, it really is essential that you seek expert guidance to accomplish the task safely. If, during building or renovation work, you reckon you've discovered asbestos you need to cease work right away and make contact with a qualified asbestos contractor. They will have the ability to verify if the material actually is asbestos, and come up with the safest technique for its disposal.
When confronted with asbestos removal in Shepperton there are certain occasions where a non-certified company can do the necessary work. But, with asbestos dust and fibres able to do considerable damage and cause permanent consequences on people's health, it is generally better to be safe than sorry. Always use a certified Shepperton asbestos removal contractor who adheres to the necessary HSE regulations and has had training in the industry.
THE HEALTH DANGERS OF ASBESTOS
You do not need to stress too much about asbestos if it is in your home and left untouched. Asbestos can discharge small fibres or particles into the air only when scraped, cut or damaged. When these fibres enter the lungs by breathing, they can often cause a medical condition with the name, asbestosis. Lung cancer experts have also identified asbestos particles to be a contributing cause in this horrible disease.
There is no known cure for asbestosis and the scarring to the lungs caused by the asbestos fibres cannot be reversed.
The symptoms of asbestosis could include:
- Severe Shortness of Breath
- Extreme Fatigue
- Pain in Your Shoulders or Chest
- Chronic Cough
If you experience one or more of these symptoms and you think you have been been exposed to asbestos over a period of time, you should call your GP and seek their advice.
CONSIDERATIONS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ASBESTOS
Asbestos was widely used in UK building and construction from 1945 to 1985, but was only banned from use in 1999. If your property or home was built in this time frame you must be aware of the possibility of finding asbestos when carrying out remodelling work. Asbestos might be found in any section of an older property given that it was employed as a fireproofing and insulating material in lots of different areas.
If you do happen to discover asbestos panels or lagging in your Shepperton property, there's no need to panic. If you find that your property has asbestos panels or other structural asbestos materials it's only dangerous when it is damaged or disturbed. The fact is, in some properties it is far better to leave the asbestos in place and use steps to make certain it isn't going to be damaged. If you have any doubts or need to learn safe methods for dealing with asbestos in your property it is best to contact a certified asbestos removal company in Shepperton for advice.
Specific asbestos products are of a much higher health risk than others. Roof panels and asbestos cement sheets are low risk materials, whilst loose fill insulation, asbestos insulation boards and pipe lagging are all classed as high risk. No matter the risks linked with asbestos, a licensed asbestos removal contractor in Shepperton can safely establish, remove and dispose of any materials that are found in your property or home.
If there is a need for licensed asbestos removal work to be done then the local authority or the Health & Safety Executive must be informed, subject to the sort of property and its usage. To limit and prevent any exposure to asbestos fibres and dust, the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 is the legal document that has to be observed by your certified asbestos removal company.
You need to be aware that it's a prosecutable offence to undertake anything that is considered to be licensed work without a license.
DISPOSAL OF ASBESTOS
It is labelled as hazardous waste, as soon as any asbestos product has been stripped away from your property in Shepperton. There are strict processes needed to dispose of any sort of hazardous waste, especially that which contains asbestos products. By employing an established asbestos removal contractor, you can be assured they're sticking to all of the local authority and the Health & Safety Executive guidelines with regards to hazardous asbestos waste.
Dangerous asbestos materials, like damaged asbestos insulation or loose fibre asbestos, can only be taken away from a site observing regulations stipulated in the Carriage of Dangerous Goods Act 2009. The Carriage of Dangerous Goods Act 2009 says that a separate waste carrier's license is necessary and the waste has to be transferred to a licensed hazardous waste disposal site. For peace of mind the use of an authorised Shepperton asbestos removal contractor gives them the responsibility of following all rules and legislation, including the safe-keeping of all operations and disposal records for three years, at the least in case it's needed for reference later on.
STAGES OF WORK
Before any actual work begins on getting rid of any questionable materials from your Shepperton home or property you'll want to verify that it is asbestos. Professional testing can verify the absence or presence of asbestos and the licensing that is required for its removal and disposal. If you choose not to undertake a professional asbestos inspection on an older house or property, you have to assume there is asbestos present and take all the necessary precautions.
An asbestos removal specialist can endorse an asbestos surveyor to inspect your premises, but this individual must be independent and not employed by or a partner in the enterprise.
The local authority or Health & Safety Executive must be advised at least fourteen days before any asbestos removal work begins, that needs a registered contractor to perform the task. An experienced asbestos removal contractor will provide all the required paperwork which should include: 1. A definitive strategy for sample testing and also cleaning up after the work is completed. 2. A work report outlining the regulations and legislation that are going to be observed. 3. All certificates needed for the contractor and its workers to accomplish the project, covering; sample testing, hazardous waste disposal, medical, risk assessments, work licenses and training. 4. If necessary, because of the nature of asbestos removal work, there will be a systematic check of the four stages of clearances and a Certificate of Reoccupation will then be issued.
All necessary health & safety measures for the workers, including personal protective equipment, will be supplied by the asbestos removal company and they will ensure that all hazardous asbestos waste is properly removed to an approved waste disposal centre.
AFFILIATIONS, PROFESSIONAL BODIES and QUALIFICATIONS
Before you select an asbestos removal contractor in the Shepperton area, confirm their membership of and affiliation with professional bodies within the asbestos field.
ATaC - The Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association provides qualifications, advice and guidance for asbestos surveyors, analysts and testing laboratories. ATaC is a UKAS accredited body and its members are accepted as specialists in the asbestos industry.
ARCA - ARCA (Asbestos Removal Contractors Association) is the primary trade body for companies and contractors who work in the hazardous asbestos removal and disposal industry. They commit themselves to encouraging safe working practices by providing guidance, support and training on all issues pertaining to the asbestos removal trade.
UKATA - The United Kingdom Asbestos Training Association is a nonprofit organisation that is committed to raising standards in the asbestos industry, by offering the highest quality training in asbestos awareness. From industry leaders to homeowners, it offers instantly recognisable certifications that can be checked and validated via their online search facility.
Asbestos removal services and asbestos surveys are available to home and business owners in Shepperton itself and additionally in neighbouring villages and towns like Ashford Common, Littleton, Whiteley Village, Lower Halliford, Upper Halliford, Oatlands Park, Ashley Park, Weybridge, Sunbury Common, Addlestone, Walton-on-Thames, Meadowlands. Local Shepperton asbestos removal companies will likely have the dialling code 01932 and the postcode TW17.
Asbestos Garage Roof Removal Shepperton
There are still a large number of garages with asbestos roofs in Shepperton, and if you're thinking about getting rid of this type of roof you must be conscious of the dangers that may be involved. Asbestos removal in property is generally only to be dealt with by a licensed company. Private individuals can only remove and dispose of asbestos if it is of cement bonded sheeting, such as that frequently found on garage roofs in Shepperton, and only if they abide by all guidelines and regulations.
If you are in any doubt of your ability or the state of the asbestos that has to be removed, get in touch with a professional. This is often the best plan of action due to the legal requirements of PPE, public danger notifications for the presence of asbestos, and the specialised equipment and tools needed for risk-free removal and disposal via a registered asbestos waste storage facility.
An authorised asbestos removal company in Shepperton will adhere to all of the appropriate legal requirements for health & safety in asbestos removal, their working practices, disposal, and clearing the location afterwards, to ensure your garage is safe for re-roofing and working in. (Tags: Asbestos Garage Roof Removal Shepperton, Asbestos Garage Roofs Shepperton, Asbestos Garage Removal Shepperton).
Asbestos Encapsulation Shepperton
In certain situations when asbestos is found in a structure in Shepperton it might not always be necessary to take it out, but instead encapsulate the offending ACM's. Asbestos encapsulation is a procedure whereby the asbestos containing materials (ACM's) are covered in a protective coating to both protect the ACM's from the chances of being damaged and to prevent the dangerous asbestos fibres from escaping. This layer could be made up of a rigid board, a fabric or cloth wrap or a sprayed or painted coating. A thorough risk assessment will be necessary to check whether asbestos encapsulation is appropriate as an alternative to removal and disposal.
Artex Removal Shepperton
It was a common occurrence in the 70s and 80s, for both contractors and DIY enthusiasts, to apply a coating of Artex to the walls and ceilings of homes in Shepperton. The textured finish of Artex was useful for hiding inconsistencies, cracks and defects in these surfaces. Artex was often used as a replacement for polystyrene tiles, which had created a considerable fire hazard in many properties.
Ironically, because Artex contained asbestos, one dangerous material was simply being substituted for another. This was obviously not known at that time, and the real dangers of asbestos wasn't fully appreciated. There are still lots of dwellings in Shepperton which have coatings of Artex, and provided that this material is not disturbed in any way, it is largely safe.
If you've got a dwelling in Shepperton that has Artex on the ceilings or walls you must not attempt to remove it by yourself, although the removal of textured coatings is classed as non-licenced work. To safely remove your Artex, you should contact a local asbestos removal contractor, who will provide you with a price for both testing and removing the offending textured coatings. (Tags: Artex Removal Shepperton, Asbestos Artex Removal Shepperton, Artex Removing Shepperton, Textured Coating Removal Shepperton).
Asbestos Sampling Shepperton
The process of ascertaining whether questionable materials contain asbestos or not is known as asbestos testing or sampling. If there's a material in your premises in Shepperton that you suspect might contain asbestos, a sample needs to be taken and sent off for analysis by a specialist. Among the most common asbestos containing materials found in buildings in Shepperton are: wallboard, vinyl tiles, pipe/duct coverings, cement sheets, textured coatings, caulking and radiator covers. Any Shepperton property that's going through major refurbishments, and was built before 2000 will have to be examined for asbestos containing materials before any work commences.
Commensurate with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, only companies approved by UKAS (ISO 17025) are permitted to carry out testing on asbestos containing materials. While searching online for "asbestos testing", you may notice asbestos testing kits, which might seem less costly and more attractive than going through the rigmarole of contacting a professional laboratory. However, it's neither advisable or reliable to use these for determining whether materials in your property contain asbestos. Stay safe at all times, even if the costs are a bit higher overall, and always use a professional company or laboratory for your asbestos sampling and testing needs. (Tags: Asbestos Testing Kits Shepperton, Asbestos Sampling Shepperton, Asbestos Testing Shepperton, Asbestos Tests Shepperton).
Asbestos Removal and Disposal Courses
The Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association (ATaC) provide a number of asbestos related courses, for anyone who would like to start a career in asbestos analysis, asbestos removal, asbestos management and asbestos surveying. The courses that are currently available include RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Bulk Analysis, RSPH Level 4 Certificate in Asbestos Laboratory and Project Management, RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Air Monitoring, RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Surveying and RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Management for Dutyholders. These qualifications are courtesy of the RSPH (Royal Society for Public Health), and have been specifically created for experts involved with asbestos management, working within UKAS approved organisations.
Asbestos Removal Information
To check out a useful article about asbestos removal precautions and safety tips click here. You should pay a visit to the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association website, if you want to do a search of certified local asbestos removal contractors in the Shepperton area. Get advice and guidance regarding asbestos and how to dispose of it from your local authority here. If you wish to learn more details on asbestos, you'll find information on the different types of asbestos, the health impacts of asbestos, the occurrence of asbestos in nature, early uses of asbestos, the recycling and disposal of asbestos materials, countries where asbestos is still currently legal, the production of asbestos, the regulation of asbestos around the world and substitutes for asbestos in construction, by heading to Wikipedia.
Construction Products That Could Contain Asbestos
- Asbestos Insulation Boards (AIB) (Ceiling Tiles, Fire Door Panels and Partition Walls
- Rope Seals and Gaskets (Especially on Old Boilers and Stove Doors)
- Old Floor Tiles
- Asbestos Cement Products (Cladding, Downpipes and Corrugated Roofing Sheets)
- Textiles (Fire Blankets, Protective Aprons and Heat-Resistent Gloves)
- Composites (Bath Panels, Window Sills and Toilet Cisterns)
- Textured Coatings (Older Types of Polytex and Artex)
- Roofing Felt (Especially on Outbuildings and Garages)
- Spray Coatings on Columns, Beams, Walls and Ceilings
- Pipework Lagging
Asbestos Removal Tasks Shepperton
Asbestos removal contractors should be able to help with asbestosis prevention, asbestos removal services Shepperton, brown asbestos (armosite) removal, blue asbestos removal, asbestos sampling Shepperton, office clearance, industrial asbestos removal in Shepperton, environmental cleaning, asbestos removal estimates, asbestos tile removal, air testing, soft strip demolition, asbestos surveying, fly tipping clearance, hazardous waste removal, asbestos encasement in Shepperton, Artex removal, building waste removal, asbestos insulation removal, domestic asbestos removal Shepperton, and other hazardous waste related work.
UK Occupations Most at Risk of Mesothelioma (Asbestosis)
(In No Particular Order)
- Mechanical Engineers
- Electrical Energy, Boiler & Plant Attendants
- Construction Workers
- Metal Working Production & Maintenance Fitters
- Plumbers/Heating & Ventilation Engineers
- Vehicle & Coach Body Builders
- Demolition Workers
- Electrical Maintenance Engineers
- Mates to Metal, Electrical & Related Fitters
- Carpenters & Joiners
(Source: HSE Study 2009)
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Asbestos Removal Around Shepperton: Enquiries about asbestos surveys and asbestos removal have just recently been sent in by house and business owners in the following Shepperton locations: Ferry Lane, Laleham Road, Gaston Bridge Road, Penny Lane, Copthorne Close, Durrell Way, Fairwater Drive, Mitre Close, Windmill Green, Range Way, Linden Way, Beasley's Ait Lane, St Nicholas Drive, Gordon Drive, Duppas Close, Lois Drive, Sherbourne Gardens, Church Road, Russington Road, Felix Lane, Kilmiston Avenue, Cemetery Lane, Manygate Park Mobile Home Site, Gordon Road, Walton Bridge Road, Thames Meadow, as well as these Shepperton area postcodes: TW17 8DW, TW17 8TH, TW17 8QQ, TW17 0AT, KT16 8LW, TW17 8BB, KT13 8LE, TW17 7AG, TW17 8AA, TW17 8LL.
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Only 10 vaquita porpoises remain in the wild, but scientists say the world's smallest marine mammal could still make a comeback
The tiny marine animal still has enough genetic diversity to survive, but illegal gillnet fishing threatens the species.
Cargo ships are killing blue whales — but the problem is 'uniquely resolvable,' marine biologist says
The world's busiest shipping lanes need to be rerouted to avoid "losing a culture of whales," marine biologist Asha de Vos told The Guardian.
Endangered California condors reproduced without having sex with males in a rare example of avian 'virgin births'
The births marked the first time asexual reproduction has been observed where a female bird had access to a mate, researchers said.
Federal wildlife officials gave up on being able to save more than two dozen species this week, and declared 22 animals and one plant to be extinct.
The Biden administration is working to reverse 5 Trump-era rollbacks on protecting endangered species
The agencies plan to rescind regulations on critical habitat designations and reinstating protections for threatened plants and animals.
Conservation Metrics uses machine learning technology to identify where California red-legged frogs live better than ever before.
These animals became endangered in the last decade. Some are icons, like certain giraffes and lions, and there are others you may not recognize.
The seafood salesman was accused of smuggling almost 4 tons of illegal species across international borders before he was arrested at Heathrow Airport.
Everything we know about the pangolin — the scaly mammal that may have spread the coronavirus to humans
Pangolins are nocturnal mammals than are often poached for their scales. Their meat is also considered a delicacy in China and Vietnam.
India's wild tiger population is finally on the rise. An Indian Forest Service officer recently shared an inspiring photo of a tiger with five cubs.
In a tiny stretch of caves under central Texas, the blind salamander reigns supreme. We'll look at their evolution and efforts to save the species.
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore documents endangered species through a project called The Photo Ark.
A teen will spend 3 months in federal prison after stealing a lemur from a zoo, stuffing him in a drawer, and abandoning him outside a hotel
Aquinas Kasbar, 19, broke into the lemur enclosure at the Santa Ana Zoo last year using bolt cutters, and nabbed a 32-year-old lemur named Isaac.
International Snow Leopard Day is on October 23 — here are 18 photos that will let you see just how beautiful these creatures are.
Tigers in the wild face obstacles such as habitat loss, human impact, and poaching, but the endangered species continues to fight for survival.
A Canadian man was fined $15,000 after he was busted trying to smuggle thousands of live leeches in a reusable grocery bag
Leeches are so commonly used for medicinal reasons that over-harvesting has posed a major threat to the species, the Canadian government said.
There are 7.7 billion humans on Earth today. Here's what would actually happen if Thanos destroyed 50% of all life on the planet.
What would happen if Thanos actually wiped out 50 percent of all life on the planet? It wouldn't save our planet. It would doom us all.
An endangered turtle returned to the beach to lay her eggs, only to discover an airport runway had been built
Officials say the number of turtles visiting the island has not fallen since the airport runway was built.
More and more animals are in danger of disappearing forever due to various reasons, including loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation.
A giant tortoise that was thought to be extinct for 100 years has been found in a remote part of the Galapagos islands
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“The Meaning of Peace” is a moving tale Paulo Coelho wrote a few years back, and it tells the story of a king that, fearing the nearby wars
might disrupt the region, starts searching how to teach the neighbours the importance of peace.
Unpublished until this year, and due to its timeless theme, Paulo Coelho’s publishers brought it to the readers beautifully illustrated in 31 languages in newspapers, literature sites and on online bookstores around the world for free.
You can read the English version on https://paulocoelhoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/PauloCoelho-The-Meaning-Of-Peace-EN.pdf
It was published in the following languages: Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch,
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Interviewer: One last question, suppose lord Russell this file were to be looked at by our descendants like dead sea scroll in a thousand years time. what would you thinking it’s worth telling that generation about the life you’ve lived and the lessons you learned from it.
Russell: I should like to see two things one intellectual and one moral. the intellectual thing I should want to say to them is this: when you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy ask yourself only what are the facts and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to be believe or by what you think could have been efficient social effects if it were believed but look only and surely and what are the facts. that is the intellectual thing I should wish to say. The moral thing I should wish to say to them is very simple, I should say: love is wise, hatred is foolish. In this world which is gettin more and more closely interconnected. We have to learn tolerate each other, we have to learn put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way and if we are live together and not die together. We must learn the kind of charity and kind of tolerance which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.
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The only thing is, as sinful human beings, we don’t get to define morality or sin according to our own desires, preferences, or agendas. Tim Cook can’t; I can’t; and you can’t. Sin and morality has been defined by the God of the universe. God and God alone. God’s Word, the Bible, is the standard by which questions of good and evil, and right and wrong, are determined.
We run into all kinds of problems if Apple or Google or anyone else tries to censor according to their own personal code of right and wrong. That was the problem among God’s people a thousand years before Christ appeared, as the Old Testament Book of Judges drew to a close: “Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25).
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FURI | Spring 2018
CoP Fleet Performance and Environmental Impact Evaluation
As the technology of Electric Vehicles (EVs) improves, city governments are becoming interested in updating their current fleet vehicles to reduce the environmental footprint. The objective of this research is to work with the City of Phoenix to propose replacement vehicles for their current city fleet. The decisions of various vehicle replacement recommendations will be determined based on an analysis of the current vehicles’ demands, including but not limited to, distance traveled, route frequency, load and passenger requirements, and speed requirements.
Engineering (automotive systems)
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February 7, 2022 | Product Liability
You want your dishes clean, and for an appliance to complete the job so you can go about your busy schedule. This is the purpose of having a dishwasher; sadly, many consumers are injured or killed every year as a result of faulty dishwashing appliances. Know the potential dangers and what to do if a faulty dishwasher wreaks havoc on your family.
The most common danger associated with dishwashers is the internal circuit board. This unit is responsible for powering up the appliance, and it also helps the dishwasher run each individual cycle. Faulty circuit boards can burn wires and plastic components within the appliance, eventually resulting in fire. In 2012, several instances were reported from consumers who had these types of issues from dishwashers made by the industry leaders: GE and Whirlpool.
Another less known danger is a potential inefficacy of the dishwasher. If your dishes don’t seem dry or fully clean after running a cycle, it is important not to use them. This can indicate a faulty cycling process which leaves supposedly clean dishes still crawling with old food and bacteria.
If a dishwasher causes a fire in your home and no one is injured, count yourself lucky. Still, it is important to seek experienced legal counsel in every case of a faulty dishwasher. While manufacturers may offer to swap out the appliance, this isn’t enough to cover other types of damages that may ensue. It is also important to take preventive action when possible. Never run the dishwasher when you’re away from home, and stop the system if you smell burning.
If you experience problems from a dishwasher, contact an experienced New York products liability lawyer.
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Asbestos Removal Dunbar Scotland (EH42): The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) states that about 5,000 deaths a year are caused by health complications resulting from asbestos. The health effects attributable to asbestos suggests that if you're seeking to remove and dispose of any asbestos materials from your Dunbar property or home, it's essential you seek professional advice to complete the work safely. If you're carrying out work on an older building and discovered a substance that you suspect might be asbestos, you need to stop work right away and seek advice from a certified asbestos removal professional. A decent asbestos removal contractor in Dunbar will rapidly be able to evaluate the situation and give advice on the appropriate technique for removal and disposal.
When looking at asbestos removal in Dunbar there may be some situations where a non-certified contractor can carry out the work required. But, with asbestos fibres and dust able to do considerable damage and cause permanent effects on people's health, it is generally better to be safe than sorry. Always use a certified Dunbar asbestos removal company who abides by the required Health & Safety Executive recommendations and has had training in the industry.
HEALTH DANGERS FROM ASBESTOS
Asbestos isn't harmful when left untouched. It is only if you damage or cut it in some way that it can discharge its hazardous particles or fibres into the surrounding air. Asbestosis is the medical condition that is triggered by asbestos particles entering into the lungs and being trapped. It's been found that asbestos fibres or particles contribute to the development of lung cancer and mesothelioma.
There is no known cure for asbestosis and the scarring to the lungs caused by the asbestos fibres cannot be reversed.
Symptoms for asbestosis could include:
- Extreme Fatigue
- Pain in Your Shoulders or Chest
- Chronic Cough
- Acute Shortness of Breath
If you have been in contact with asbestos over a period of time, and you develop any or all of these symptoms, you must make an appointment to see your doctor and seek expert medical advice.
WHAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ASBESTOS
Buildings and properties that were built from 1945 - 1985 are more likely to contain asbestos than those built after this period; asbestos was banned in the construction industry in the British Isles after 1999. If your property or home was built in this time frame you should be aware of the possibilities of finding asbestos when carrying out remodelling works. Asbestos was used in products such as pipe lagging, boiler insulation and ceiling tiles and was also used in spray form as the perfect insulation and fire proofing material.
If you do stumble on asbestos in your Dunbar home, it does not represent an immediate danger or threat. If you discover your home or business premises has asbestos panels or other structural asbestos materials it will only be dangerous when it is disturbed. There are some situations whereby it may be better to leave the asbestos in place, ensuring it is not damaged or disturbed. If you have any doubts or need to know about safe techniques for dealing with asbestos in your home or business premises you should get in touch with an asbestos removal contractor in Dunbar for guidance.
Not all asbestos materials are considered high risk and call for registered removal technicians to tackle them. As a consequence of how different asbestos products are produced and their likelihood to release harmful fibres into the environment, items such as pipe lagging, loose fill insulations and asbestos insulation boards are a higher risk to health than roofing panels and asbestos cement sheets. A licensed asbestos removal company in Dunbar is able to provide you with a safe method of removal of all kinds of asbestos that might be discovered in your property.
If the removing of asbestos has a requirement for a HSE license holder to carry out the process, then the local authority or the HSE has to be notified. The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 are the procedures that your asbestos removal firm must abide by so as to safeguard people and work areas from asbestos particles and fibre.
If you don't hold a recognised HSE asbestos license you might be prosecuted if you execute any asbestos removal work which requires a licensed person to perform the project.
THE DISPOSAL OF ASBESTOS
It is classed as hazardous waste, once any asbestos material has been removed from your home in Dunbar. It is crucial that any asbestos hazardous waste is disposed of in a safe manner, following the stated instructions from the local authorities. By employing an experienced asbestos removal company, you can be certain that they're observing all the HSE and local authority regulations concerning hazardous asbestos waste.
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods Act 2009 (CDG 2009) deals with the disposal of asbestos material if it's in the form of loose fibres or is damaged and very likely to release harmful particles into the air. For the safe transport of these dangerous asbestos materials, a waste carrier's license is essential and the asbestos waste can only be disposed of in a government recognised hazardous waste site. By using a local Dunbar asbestos removal contractor you do not need to stress about these details because they will adhere to all regulations to the letter; including the safe-keeping of all documentation relating to the work and disposal for 3 years, at least.
PHASES OF WORK
Before any work begins on removing any suspect items from your Dunbar property or home you will need to confirm if it is in fact asbestos. Professional testing will indicate the presence or absence of asbestos products and the licensing that's necessary for its removal and disposal. If you decide not to undertake a professional examination on an older house, you have to presume there is asbestos present and take all the necessary precautions.
A qualified asbestos surveyor will carry out all testing, sample-taking and surveys has to be independent of your appointed asbestos removal specialist.
If the survey unearths asbestos that requires an authorised contractor for removal and disposal, the HSE must be notified at least fourteen days prior to the commencement of work. A professional asbestos removal contractor will supply all the necessary documents which should include: 1. A work plan explaining the regulations that will be observed. 2. All risk assessments, hazardous waste disposal training & testing, work licenses and medical certificates for the task at hand. 3. A statement showing how the asbestos sample are going to be tested and the method for making certain the site is clear after the dangerous elements have been removed. 4. A Certificate of Reoccupation from the relevant authorities once the four stages of clearances has been finished.
All appropriate health & safety measures for the employees, including PPE (personal protective equipment), will be supplied by the asbestos removal company and they will make sure all hazardous asbestos waste is securely removed to a registered disposal facility.
PROFESSIONAL BODIES, AFFILIATIONS and QUALIFICATIONS
To help you settle on which asbestos removal firm in Dunbar to choose, you can find out if they're members or affiliated with any professional associations and bodies in the industry.
UKATA - The UK Asbestos Training Association, is a not for profit body which delivers the finest quality training and education for the asbestos sector at all levels. They also offer instantaneous validation of companies and individual contractor's certifications by means of their searchable, online database.
ARCA - The Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA), represents professional contractors and businesses working in the asbestos sector. By providing support, training and guidance to their highly respected members, ARCA is committed to promoting safe working practices and professionalism within the asbestos removal trade.
ATaC - The Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association (ATaC) is the de-facto professional organisation for testing labs, analysts and surveyors, dealing with all products thought to contain asbestos. ATaC is a certified UKAS associate and provides recognition to its membership in this specialist field.
Asbestos surveys and asbestos removal services are available in Dunbar itself and also in neighbouring villages and towns such as East Linton, Broxburn, North Berwick, Haddington, Duns, Dirleton, West Barns, Aberlady, Coldingham, Gifford, Cockburnspath, Oldhamstocks, Gullane, Belhaven, Preston. Locally based Dunbar asbestos removal specialists will probably have the telephone code Dialling code 01368 and the postcode EH42.
Artex Removal Dunbar
During the 1970s and 1980s it was fairly common for tradesmen and do-it-yourselfers in Dunbar, to apply coatings of Artex to their ceilings and walls. This product was very effective for masking imperfections, cracks and flaws in these surfaces, due to its flexible, textured finish. With regards to ceilings, Artex typically replaced the sixties fad of polystyrene tiles which became notorious as a serious fire risk.
Paradoxically, because Artex contained asbestos, one hazardous material was merely being exchanged for another. The true dangers of asbestos in building materials were not of course fully understood at that time, and it was not banned in the British Isles until the late 1990s. There are still lots of houses in Dunbar which have areas of Artex, and as long as it is not disturbed, it is mostly harmless.
Although the removal of textured coatings is currently classed as non-licenced work, if you have a home in Dunbar that has Artex on the ceilings or walls, you should not attempt to remove it by yourself. To safely remove your Artex, you should contact a local asbestos removal contractor in Dunbar, who'll provide you with a quote for both inspecting and properly removing the problematic materials. (Tags: Artex Removal Dunbar, Artex Asbestos Removal Dunbar, Artex Removing Dunbar, Textured Coating Removal Dunbar).
Types of Asbestos
Naturally occurring on every one of the world's continents, asbestos is a fibrous material that was regularly used in the construction and manufacturing industries from the end of the nineteenth century until it was banned in the UK in 1999. Belonging to the amphibole and serpentine groups, there are six different kinds of asbestos in all - amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite and actinolite.
It is beyond the scope of this brief article to look at all but the three main types - chrysotile, crocidolite and amosite.
Crocidolite (Blue Asbestos) - Used in the manufacture of plastics, cement products, spray-on coatings and pipe lagging, and also for insulating steam engines, crocidolite (often called blue asbestos) is considered the most dangerous of all the asbestos types.
Amosite (Brown Asbestos) - Typically found in insulating board, cement sheets, pipe insulation, fire protection, roofing materials and vinyl tiles, Amosite (grunerite) is also called brown asbestos. It was mostly mined in South Africa.
Chrysotile (White Asbestos) - The most widely used form of asbestos was chrysotile asbestos, also known as white asbestos. This is still frequently found in the roofs, insulation, ceilings, walls and floors of Dunbar homes and buildings. It was also used in the production of brake linings, boiler seals, duct & pipe insulation and gaskets. It is the only kind of asbestos within the Serpentine family.
Amazing But True: During the fifties smokers were actually inhaling this stuff directly into their lungs, because incredibly, asbestos was even used to make filter cigarettes. What makes it even more improbable is that it was advertised as a health benefit at the time (1952-56)! Yes, gaffe of the century has to be awarded to the US based Lorillard Tobacco Company (Greensboro, NC), who put the most dangerous type of asbestos material (crocidolite) into their Kent Micronite cigarette filters. Million dollar compensation payouts are still being awarded to the victims of this scandal, more than sixty years after it happened. In a number of cases, the claimants were affected by mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive sort of cancer.
Products Which May Contain Asbestos
- Pipework Lagging
- Textured Coatings (Older Forms of Polytex and Artex)
- Asbestos Cement Products (Corrugated Roof Sheets, Cladding and Downpipes)
- Asbestos Insulation Boards (AIB) (Partition Walls, Fire Door Panels and Ceiling Tiles
- Old Floor Tiles
- Composite Materials (Bath Panels, Toilet Cisterns and Window Sills)
- Roofing Felt (Especially on Outbuildings and Garages)
- Textiles (Heat-Resistent Gloves, Fire Blankets and Protective Aprons)
- Rope Seals and Gaskets (Especially on Stove Doors and Hot Water Boilers)
- Sprayed Coatings on Columns, Ceilings, Beams and Walls
Asbestos Management Training Courses
ATac (the Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association) provide a variety of asbestos related training courses, for anybody who would like to get involved in asbestos management, asbestos removal, asbestos analysis and asbestos surveying. The courses that are currently available include RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Air Monitoring, RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Surveying, RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Bulk Analysis, RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Management for Dutyholders and RSPH Level 4 Certificate in Asbestos Laboratory and Project Management. Such qualifications are provided through the RSPH (Royal Society for Public Health), and have been especially created for industry professionals involved with asbestos management, working within UKAS authorised organisations.
Asbestos Removal Tasks Dunbar
Asbestos removal companies should be able to help with asbestos waste collection, asbestos replacement, asbestos roof removal Dunbar, asbestos management services, the removal of asbestos Dunbar, soft strip demolition, office clearance, asbestos surveys, domestic asbestos removal, asbestos removal, ethical asbestos disposal in Dunbar, asbestos air testing, asbestos removal quotes, asbestos encapsulation, brown asbestos removal Dunbar, hazardous waste removal, asbestos encasement, house clearance, corrugated asbestos removal, commercial asbestos removal Dunbar, and other hazardous waste related work.
Scotland Asbestos Removal Enquiries
Current Scotland asbestos removal job requests: In Melrose, Scotland, Brendan and Betty Fish are trying to find somebody who'll remove a garage roof that's made of corrugated asbestos. Oliver Hopwood was in need of an asbestos removal contractor who can safely remove some asbestos insulation boards in his semi-detached property in Dufftown. Mr and Mrs Hooper need an asbestos removal specialist who can remove and dispose of some old asbestos flooring tiles in their family home in Banavie. Ms Alma Lightfoot in Fallin wants somebody who is prepared to remove and legitimately dispose of some fire-resistant doors containing asbestos. In Eaglesham, Max and Claire Broadbent are on the lookout for someone who'll remove some asbestos pipe lagging. Mrs Ella-Louise Wild from Lhanbryde, Scotland wants somebody to remove the artex from a ceiling. Mr and Mrs Ramsden want an asbestos removal company who will remove some asbestos roofing from a garage that's fallen down outside their cottage in Whitecraig. Mr Lennox Garland from Lower Largo, Scotland wants to find somebody to safely remove some wall coating containing asbestos.
Scotland Asbestos Removal
In the Scotland area you'll also find: Longside asbestos surveys, Patna asbestos disposal, Longforgan asbestos removal, Elderslie asbestos disposal, Perth asbestos inspections, Seafield asbestos disposal, Polmont asbestos surveys, Old Kilpatrick asbestos inspections, Skelmorlie asbestos surveys, Whitehills asbestos surveys, Denny asbestos inspections, Kemnay asbestos disposal, Giffnock asbestos disposal, Newmachar asbestos disposal, Newmains asbestos disposal, East Calder asbestos removal, Fochabers asbestos inspections, Huntly asbestos disposal, Viewpark asbestos disposal, Roslin asbestos disposal, Laurencekirk asbestos removal, Cullen asbestos removal, Perth asbestos surveys, Dingwall asbestos surveys, Lossiemouth asbestos removal, Golspie asbestos inspections, Inverkip asbestos removal, Kilwinning asbestos surveys, Tobermory asbestos surveys, Innerleithen asbestos removal. All around the Scotland region you should be able to locate specialists who'll offer quality services for all your asbestos removal requirements. If you can't identify the idealin Dunbar itself then you shouldn't have any issues finding a decent one near at hand.
Also: Oldhamstocks asbestos removal, Gifford asbestos removal, Gullane asbestos removal, West Barns asbestos removal, Coldingham asbestos removal, North Berwick asbestos removal, Duns asbestos removal, Aberlady asbestos removal, Dirleton asbestos removal, Broxburn asbestos removal, Haddington asbestos removal, Cockburnspath asbestos removal, Preston asbestos removal, Belhaven asbestos removal, East Linton and more.
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Asbestos Removal Around Dunbar: Enquiries in relation to asbestos removal have just recently been made by property and business owners in the following Dunbar areas: Stenton Crossing, Biel House, Retreat Gardens, Brunt Place, Biel Grange, Wingate Crescent, Brandsmill, Beachmont Place, Murray Court, Belhaven Road, Newhouse Terrace, Little Spott Steading, Marquette Place, Vennel, Pitcox Lodge, Gardener Road, Barns Ness Lighthouse, Newmains, Plane Street, Bothwell Gardens, East Links Lane, Little Spott, Retreat Crescent, Gala Green, Biel West Lodge, Little Ruchlaw, Daniels Brae, as well as these local Dunbar postcodes: EH42 1DE, EH42 1PE, EH42 1LU, EH42 1NE, EH42 1JW, EH42 1DY, EH42 1LZ, EH42 1PG, EH42 1HS, EH42 1NJ.
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Sour Cream Replacement
Make a swap! Try substituting Greek yogurt in recipes that call for sour cream or cream cheese.
Make Perfect Quinoa
How to make the perfect quinoa: rinse, lightly toast, add water, bring to a boil, let simmer for 12-15 minutes (don't lift the lid), take off heat and fluff!
Pick the Right Wine Glass
Dining Etiquette 101: Red wine and white wine are served in different glasses! Red wine glasses are more round with a bigger mouth to allow the wine to breathe. White wine glasses are typically smaller.
101 Quite A Pair
Dining Etiquette 101: When at a dinner party - salt & pepper shakers should always be passed together.
101 Mapping Utensils
Dining Etiquette 101: Forks go to the left of the plate, knives and spoons go to the right.
Squeaky Clean Leeks
Leeks have dirt in between - even if you can't see it. Before using, soak in water or wash in between the layers.
Clean up Quick
For baking in the oven - look for non stick foil. The clean up is super easy!
Rinsing Reduces Sodium
To reduce the amount of sodium - rinse off canned products before cooking with them.
Keep Herbs Longer
To keep herbs longer, remove the ends and wash off with a teaspoon of sugar and washing detergent. Let them soak in water, place a plastic bag over the bowl and let sit in the refrigerator.
Don't Boil Over!
Place a wooden spoon over top of boiling water to keep it from boiling over!
What Are Water Chestnuts?
Oh nuts! Water Chestnuts aren't nuts at all.They're actually an aquatic vegetable found in marshes in China!
What are Hearts of Palm?
Hearts of palm are harvested from the core of certain palm tree species.
Who Hearts Palm the Most?
France is the largest importer of hearts of palm.
Get to the Root
Horseradish is grown as a root, similar to ginger.
Horseradish is actually in the same family as mustard, brocolli, wasabi & cabbage.
Horseradish for Sale!
Sales of the first bottled Horseradish began in 1860.
Where Capers Come From
Capers are perennial plants which are native to the Mediterranean and some parts of Asia and South Africa.
What are Capers?
Capers are the unripe flower buds of Capparis spinosa. They are also called Flinders rose.
The Plentiful Plant
One artichoke plant can produce up to 20 artichokes a year.
In 1948 Marilyn Monroe was named Castroville's first Artichoke Queen.
Artichokes were first introduced to the US in the 17th century by Spanish and French immigrants.
The Forbidden Thistle
Until the 16th century many countries forbid women from eating artichokes.
The first mention of an artichoke was back in 40-70 AD in Greek literature.
Fruit? Veggie? Thistle?
The artichoke is actually a thistle.
Get More Juice
Microwave lemons for 10 seconds before squeezing for more juice!
For creamy pasta without all the heavy cream try tossing a room temperature beaten egg with hot pasta and a little of the boiling water.
Longer Lasting Ginger
Freeze fresh ginger and grate as you need it!
Add More Flavor
Try sautéing vegetables in broth instead of oil or butter for more flavor!
Speed up the Sauté
Add a pinch of baking soda to onions when you're sautéing them to speed up the process.
Better Tasting Greens
Don't be bitter! Try soaking greens like kale and arugula in ice water to reduce bitterness.
Clean Break for Eggs
Don't walk on egg shells! Try cracking eggs on a flat surface instead of a rounded edge to reduce the amount of shells
Herb Pairing: Mint
Mint pairs well with: pork, potatoes, lamb, chocolate and coconut oil!
Herb Pairing: Dill
Dill pairs well with: salmon, cucumber, yogurt and safflower oil!
Herb Pairing: Basil
Basil pairs well with: berries, chicken, pork, tomatoes, and olive oil!
Freeze Your Tomato Paste
If you only need a little tomato paste at a time, try freezing the can and slicing off what you need! No more waste.
Cook Pasta in Salt Water
Pasta water should be as salty as the sea! Adding salt to your pasta water will give it more flavor.
Perfectly Cooked Pasta
For pasta like your Grandmother made it; try cooking in the largest pot you can find! The bigger the pot, the less the pasta will lower the water temperature.
Longer Lasting Lemons
Keep lemons fresh for a whole month by placing them in a resealable bag in the refrigerator.
For crispier bacon, try baking in the oven!
Ice Your Herbs
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Weddings can be a costly event and most brides consider the wedding gown as one of the most crucial part of the wedding and will therefore go all out to ensure that their day is as dreamy as they’d dreamed it would be. Expensive wedding dress is a dream of every bride, whether rich or poor, and these people have ensured the bride and groom can get access to costly dresses.
Let’s take a look at some of the most expensive wedding gowns in the world
- The Diamond Wedding Gown – $12 million
Collaboration between designer Renee Strauss and master jeweler Martin Katz led to the creation of the Diamond Wedding Gown, the most expensive wedding dress in the world today. Made in 2006, the beautiful dress is fashioned from the finest fabrics and features 150 carats of diamonds. The gown went on display at the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Ray back in 2006.
2. White Gold Diamond Dress by Yumi Katsura – $8.5 Million
This beauty was designed by Japanese designer Yumi Katsura, for no specific bride and was considered the most expensive wedding dress before the diamond wedding gown was created. Crafted from white gold and the finest silk and satin, this very expensive wedding gown also parades a collection of precious gemstones and displays masterful work of hand-stitched zari embroidery. A total of 1,000 pearls and a precious and rare 5 carat white gold diamond embellish this gown. But the centerpiece, an 8.8 carat green diamond, makes the whole dress a lot more stunning than other wedding dresses in existence.
3. Danasha Luxury Wedding Gown – $1.5 million
This dress is said not to have a train, tulle and frill. A creation of designer Danasha Luxury and Jad Ghandour, this fuss-free dress exudes elegance without you worrying how it would look once you fit it in. Plus, 75 carats of hand-picked Antwerp, Belgium diamonds and 250 grams of 18-karat gold definitely make this Danasha gown a very valuable work of art.
- Peacock feather gown by Vera Wang – $1.5 million
The gown was handcrafted with more than two thousand male peacock feathers. The dress was created in 2009 for the Wedding Expo in Nanjin, China and required 8 craftsmen to stitch the peacock feathers onto the dress. The gown was supposedly designed for the wedding of Jennifer Lopez to Ben Affleck but this is not a certainty. The wedding never happened but the gown was deemed one of the most unusual designs ever made.
- Kate Middleton’s Wedding Gown – $ 373,000
Kate Middleton’s wedding dress was created by Sarah Burton, a designer for Alexander McQueen for her wedding to Prince William in 2011 at Westminster Abbey. The gown was elegantly crafted with a nine foot train and adorned with exquisite fabrics that gave the gown its delicate and sophisticated look. The fabrics included ivory and white satin gazar, English Cluny lace, and French Chantilly
- The Platinum Wedding Gown – $373,000
This dress was not crafted for any specific bride.
The dress by Mauro Adami was created in 2008 and is made of more than 132 feet of fabric in a rich platinum shade. The dress is stitched with authentic silk and platinum thread with an ornate neckline and delicate embroidery at the hemline.
- Platinum Wedding Dress – $250,000
The Platinum Wedding Dress made in the Anhui Province of China is crafted of authentic platinum in a fiery red colour and oriental theme, the platinum’s white sheen adds to its majestic luster and allure.
- Melania Knauss Wedding Gown – $200,000
The dress designed for Melania Knauss when she wed the now president of the United States billionaire Donald J. Trump in 2005. The masterpiece was designed by Designer John Galliano. The dress has a thirteen foot train and more than three hundred feet of white duchesse satin. The gown is adorned with more than 1,500 crystal rhinestones and pearls and weighs fifty pounds.
- 9,999 Carat Gems Wedding Dress – $158,800
Finished in 2007, this beauty was displayed in a store located in the China Province of Shangrao, Jiangxi. This exquisite creation is adorned with more than 10,000 carats of authentic gemstones which were provided by a prominent jewellery designer based in Hong Kong. The wedding dress is made of high quality material however, the amount of gems included in the design are what commands a price tag of more than $158 thousand.
10. ‘Bach Ngoc Xiem Y’ Wedding Dress – $117,000
Made in Vietnam, this dress is intended for women of wealth, style, and power. Currently displayed at the Ruby Plaza in Hanoi, Vietnam, this impressive dress is made of top grade satin and silk. Aside from that, the dress is iced with 222 diamonds and 100 rubies, adding a lot of sparkle and brilliance to its look and value.
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This tropical fruit is the star of many fun food & drink recipes
Passion fruit is a small, round fruit with a hard purple casing and a delicious, sweet, and tangy yellow pulp with edible seeds. This fruit flourishes in tropical weather, and you’ll find the fresh fruit in summer with purees and juices available year-round. The sweet-tart flavor of passion fruit is found in drinks, desserts, condiments, and even poultry glazes. It’s a fantastic fruit to play with in the kitchen.
How to eat Passion fruit?
1. Eat it whole
2. Make Passion fruit butter
3. Add it to your Salads
4. Make a Sweet & tangy Salad Dressing
5. Make a Pisco Sour. A blended sweet, tangy & delicious brandy cocktail.
6. Pairs well with Mango & Coconut. Try a home-made ice-cream.
Try Passion fruit butter
A good way to preserve this tropical fruit is by making a creamy passionfruit butter. It is simple to prepare and can be enjoyed on a piece of toast for breakfast, or used as a pastry filling or to ice a cake.
Try Passion fruit Pisco Sour
A Maracuya sour with passion fruit juice, is a fruit-y cocktail with tropical flavors.
- 1 cup raw sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup pisco
- 1/4 cup fresh, frozen, passion fruit juice. To extract the juice from a passion fruit, slice it in half and spoon out the pulp. Warm the pulp in the microwave or on the stovetop (almost to a boil) until it thins and then strain out the seeds. Let cool before using.
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice, from 1 lime
- 1 egg white
- 10 large ice cubes, or about 1 cup crushed ice
Gather the ingredients. To make the simple syrup, put the sugar and water in a pot and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, remove from the heat, and set aside to cool.Measure the pisco (brandy) into a blender. Add the passion fruit juice and lime juice. Add the simple syrup, egg white, and ice cubes.Blend until the mixture is frothy and the ice is completely crushed and blended. Serve immediately in small tumblers. | <urn:uuid:10e64158-1dbb-467c-a6f3-19f4ac76341a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.organicstoretheroots.in/product/purple-passion-fruit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.902617 | 496 | 1.757813 | 2 |
It’s probably no surprise to you that sometimes library staffers prefer to work with one age group over another. Children’s services staff members may love working with kids but may not be so crazy about working with teens or adults; young adult staffers may be wild about teenagers, but preschoolers and adults may be another story; and adult services staffers might love adults and teens, but not children.
Still, all staff members in a public library should be ready, willing, able, and trained to work with all ages. Adult services staffers don’t necessarily have to be able to discuss the latest pop-culture trend with a teen, but they should be familiar with teen behaviors and interests and not be susceptible to making rash judgments about those behaviors and interests.
Of course it’s not easy to guarantee all staffers are open to serving all age groups. That’s where the whole library approach comes in. In 2011 the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) released The Importance of a Whole Library Approach to Public Library Young Adult Services, outlining what it takes to help all library staffers support young adults. Despite the white paper’s YA focus, its message is clear: All staff members should be ready to work with anyone who comes into the library. The paper discusses the importance of administrative support, and how to work together across departments to benefit all members of a community.
A whole library approach to serving children and teens needs to encompass broad training in topics from child development to teens’ acquisition of developmental assets, connecting each age group to materials and information they need, and communicating successfully.
How do library staffers get this training? Options include:
- Turnkey training, which is available from a variety of sources. For example, YALSA offers two training kits, one on teen behavior and the other on teens and technology. Both include PowerPoint presentations that can be used by a workshop facilitator. They also include video samples and ideas for small and large group activities. It might be exactly what your library needs to help staffers learn how to work successfully with teens.
- Webinars and videos on working with different populations. YALSA, the Association for Library Service to Children, the Public Library Association, and other ALA divisions provide such training, as do many library schools in their continuing education offerings.
- Regular modeling of successful techniques. For many, seeing how to do something in a real-life situation is much more helpful than learning about it in a workshop. Young adult staffers can make a point of letting colleagues observe their positive conversations with teens. Modeling how to handle difficult situations can help demystify how to work with an unfamiliar age group.
- Discussion of challenging situations during staff meetings. Being open, honest, and direct about difficult situations staffers face when working with different age groups creates opportunities to learn new techniques.
- Collaboration with other library departments. When different departments develop collaborative projects (say, teen services and reference staff members working together on meeting adolescents’ homework needs), they help each other understand their respective needs and how to create high-quality services for a less familiar audience.
The whole library approach can benefit every public library. Every administrator can help prepare every library staff member to support the needs of patrons of all ages. It’s the best way to assure that all library users receive the high level of service they deserve.
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Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Flipboard 0 The other night I was on a Southwest Airlines flight, traveling home from a speaking engagement. While waiting to board, I noticed a sign advertising Southwest’s concept they call “transfarency.” The sign read as follows: Transfarency [Trans-fair-uhn-see] n. Philosophy created by Southwest Airlines in which Customers are treated honestly and fairly, and low fares actually stay low – no unexpected bag fees, change fees, or hidden fees. Created and practiced exclusively by Southwest Airlines. Yes to low fares with nothing to hide. That’s Transfarency. In the past, I’ve written about the concept of how changing vocabulary can help shift an attitude and even a company’s culture. But, inventing words takes the vocabulary concept to a new level. Southwest Airlines has always promised to be a low fare airline. They give away peanuts, not meals, and they are proud of it. They don’t “nickel and dime” customers with extra fees, and they’ve used that point to differentiate themselves from their competitors. And, now they invented a word to describe it, transfarency. There is a word to describe what Southwest has done. It is portmanteaus. It is combining words and sounds from two or more other words. It can be clever, yet at the same time it can make a point. Southwest’s use of the two words, transparency and fare, align with their brand promise and is part of their customer experience. Robitussin, the popular cough syrup came up with a campaign a few years ago to emphasize the results of using their product: “Don’t suffer the cough-equences!” That’s a successful way of defining what they want their customers to experience. Sometimes it’s not about combining two words, but making words up. I remember the Volkswagen campaign in the 1990’s where they used two German words, fahren and vergnugen, to create fahrvergnugen (pronounced far-fair-gnu-ghen), to describe the driving experience. Roughly translated, the word means driving pleasure. That’s what VW wants every customer to experience when driving one of their cars. It’s a brand promise. Another made up word is WBYCEIYDBO, which is actually an acronym that CarMax came up with that means, “We’ll buy your car even if you don’t buy ours.” The word or phrase emphasizes they are friendly, flexible, and easy. And, the commercials are fun. They’ve created a strong message about their version of customer experience. There are plenty of examples that can be found with a little Internet research. The point of all of this is to get you to think of an interesting, and even fun, way to describe what you do for your customers and what you want them to experience. Twitter Tweet Facebook Share Email This article originally appeared on Shep Hyken and has been republished with permission.Find out how to syndicate your content with B2C Author: Kane Pepi <p>Kane Pepi is an experienced financial and cryptocurrency writer with over 2,000+ published articles, guides, and market insights in the public domain. Expert niche subjects include asset valuation and analysis, portfolio management, and the prevention of financial crime. Kane is particularly skilled in explaining complex financial topics in a user-friendlyView full profile ›More by this author:VoIP Basics: Everything Beginners Should Know!Bitcoin Investment, Trading & Mining: The Ultimate Guide for BeginnersIs This a Better Way to Set Your 2020 Goals and Resolutions? | <urn:uuid:2787b25d-b7c3-40d4-a9a7-49ae37dc1668> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.business2community.com/branding/invent-vocabulary-emphasize-01934393 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.941419 | 773 | 2 | 2 |
Grady Williams, a 64-year-old Santa Barbara resident, flew to Ukraine earlier this year where he spent two months doing freelance volunteering. He was recently interviewed at a Wendy P. McCaw Roundtable, a Young America’s Foundation event in Santa Barbara.
Mr Williams decided to volunteer in Ukraine after hearing President Zelensky’s speech to the European Parliament on March 1.
“I had been watching the build-up of the Soviet army on the border with Ukraine since March 2020. It worried me that nothing was being done to stop it. President Zelensky asked everyone who could from anywhere to help. And I said “I have to go”, knowing what was happening and what kind of people Ukrainians are and who have been building democracy for so long. I was retired with no excuse not to go. I was on the plane thinking there was a good chance I wouldn’t come back and I was okay with that,’ Mr Williams told The News-Press in an interview.
“Throughout Russia’s preparation for invasion, a quote from Ronald Reagan stuck in my mind. In 1982 he spoke about freedom and the threat to freedom from world wars involving Russia. He said it would take a march of freedom and democracy to defeat him. And then he asked his audience, “What kind of people do we think we are?” And let’s answer; free people. Worthy of freedom. And determined not only to stay that way, but also to help others regain their freedom. It was stuck in my head when I made my decision,’ Mr Williams told the News-Press.
“I flew to Krakow, Poland and was driven to the border. From there I hitchhiked to Lviv. I spent a few days helping refugees from train to bus; refugees took buses to cities in Europe,” Mr. Williams said. “Their luggage was mostly plastic grocery bags with very few belongings in them. After just a few days, the number of volunteers tripled, so I felt the need to go further to be more useful. I took a train to Kyiv, which was quite dangerous, it was quite interesting in itself. After when I arrived I started asking all the military if anyone knew where I could administer humanitarian aid.There was a guy guarding a checkpoint and I told him I wanted to volunteer on a military base,” Mr. Williams said. The man told Mr. Williams to wait there. When the man returned, “a car came and I was told ‘Get in the car and go with him.’ During the drive, I started to see bombed Russian military vehicles. Outside Kyiv, we passed through an industrial area and they told me to get out. When I got out, I was standing in front of a fence, a door opened and an officer came in. He said “come in”. They checked my background and took me to see the base commander, Mamuka Mamulashvili, commander of the Georgian National Legion. He had several guards with machine guns posted around the office. I saw handwritten phrases all over the walls of the office. I saw just enough of them to read. They were mostly quotes from Rondald Reagan.
After speaking with the Commanding Officer for some time, the Commanding Officer said of Mr. Williams: ‘Whenever he wants to come into my office, let him in.’
“From there, I went through military training programs, which lasted a few weeks of training. I ended up being the best shot they had at the time. The Georgian National Legion has three main missions: sabotage, reconnaissance and training new recruits,” Williams said.
He volunteered primarily for reconnaissance and training new recruits. Mr. Williams largely provided hand-to-hand combat training. He also did the distribution of humanitarian aid, including organizing an entire warehouse of donated goods.
“When I left Kyiv, I remained a member of the Georgian National Legion and opened a base in Santa Barbara. My mission is, in general, to publicize who the Georgian Legion is and what its purpose is, as well as fundraising. The Georgian National Legion is 100 per cent volunteer, all equipment and support comes from the funds raised,” Mr Williams said.
He learned by volunteering that they could simply revolutionize the operation.
“I’m an engineer and I’ve been a motorcyclist since I was 13. They need electric motorcycles to quadruple their productivity, the land they work on is quite open, mostly agricultural fields. They will drive as far as they need to scout, but will still have to walk to their target. Sometimes when leaving an area they have to do so stealthily, and other times it doesn’t matter if they make a lot of noise, according to Mr Williams, but both are accomplished with electric motorcycles.
“The funding I raise will be used to fund the Silent Cycle Squadron, a six-person unit. The squadron will be built from the ground up, including raising funds, purchasing bikes and upgrading them to meet the needs in the field. The funds will also be used to recruit operators, train them and bring them to Kyiv, to integrate them with the rest of the legion,” Williams said.
“I learned what Zelensky was like after hearing his impassioned speeches, but I never realized until I got there what a perfect reflection of the Ukrainian people he was. they wanted was to live in freedom and democracy and they greatly admire the United States for that. They couldn’t believe what was being done to them. I can’t think of any people who deserve more freedom and democracy than them… The real reason Russia attacked is about how the Ukrainian people are so successful in creating democracy on the Russian border and Putin feared the Russians would see this and he would be removed from office. Ukraine has become an existential threat to Putin,” Williams said.
Besides his family, his passions include Harley motorcycles, rifle marksmanship, mixed martial arts and being a guide at Reagan Ranch, which he practices at least once a week. Mr. Williams holds a BA from Walla Walla University in Washington and a Master of Science in Engineering from Virginia Tech.
“I stay in daily contact with my squadron on the frontline, and about every other day with Mamuka. My thoughts are always so strong with the people of Ukraine that I still hear the air raid sirens going off in Kyiv, thanks to a Ukrainian app that I always have on my phone,” Williams told News-Press.
“With all the places in the country where I could have ended up, or no place at all, I believe it was a higher power that took me to Mamuka Mamulashvili and the Georgian National Legion. most genuinely loving, sincere and honest people I have ever encountered, and their desire to help Ukrainians is unparalleled in my experience,” Mr. Williams said.
Those wishing to donate to the fund for the Silent Cycle Squadron can do so at the following link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/electric-motorcycles-for-ukraine.
Donations can also be made through Paypal: @georgianlegion2022.
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South Africans are the most hard-up for cash, ranking as the top country for loans taken out in the past year.
According to data from the World Bank, on average, two in five people around the world took out a loan in 2013-14, with South Africa being the world’s number one country for people needing loans.
86% of adults in the country took out loans during that year, ahead of Iran (80%), Uganda and Kenya (79%), Niger (71%) and the Philippines (70%).
In March, it was reported that half of 19 million credit-active South Africans had impaired credit records, three months plus in arrears, while 15% are described as debt stressed, one to two months in arrears.
As a result, more than 11 million of South Africa’s credit active consumers are described as over-indebted.
Countries with the highest level of loans in 2014
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The World Bank data is based on the responses of 150,000 adults in 143 countries, talking about how and why they access financial services.
The poorest suffer the most
When South Africans run into financial trouble, the most popular go-to destination is family, where 22% of adults indicated that they would turn to their families to borrow money.
Savings accounts (22%) were the next best bet, followed by seeing aid from employers (4%), personal lenders (2%) and financial institutions (1%).
Lenders in South Africa have come into the spotlight in the past for being too ‘liberal’ with small, unsecured loans, particularly among the poorer communities.
Unsecured lending and micro-loan schemes were identified as major problems that plagued Marikana in the North West during the labour unrest in August 2012.
Of the poorest 40% in South Africa, 87% of adults had to borrow money in 2014 – also the highest rate in the world.
Historically, in South Africa, the poor had been unable to obtain loans because they had no assets as security, which was where micro and unsecured lending had stepped in.
However, research by the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) indicated that these types of loans are being used for consumption.
With a faltering economy, cash-strapped consumers were struggling to pay back loans, and getting trapped in a poverty cycle and debt trap.
In 2009, studies showed that 40% of the money from micro finance was used to buy food and many borrowers were taking new loans to pay old ones, the SAHRC said.
From 2007 to 2012, outstanding unsecured credit in South Africa increased from R41 billion to R159 billion.
The World Bank data shows that South Africa has the highest proportion of borrowing from informal lenders among the poorest 40% of the population out of all the countries in the world, at 24%.
Countries with the highest level of informal lending among the poorest 40%
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Armadale, Australia – May 17, 2021 – Health and wellbeing are key aspects of both longevity and successes as individuals that have always been instrumental to the quality of life. Over the years, the fundamental reality of this has not changed, however the ways that people approach and understand health and wellbeing have definitely evolved and proved. This is especially true in recent years as the rise of the digital era and modern marvels like digitalisation and technological advancement have introduced better and bolder ways to approach research and studies, the likes of which a designed and intended to allow us to form a stronger and more capable understanding and overall approach towards health and wellbeing. There are many different facets of health and wellbeing, all of which are important and valuable in and of themselves and which have their own key roles to play.
The importance of skin
Think of the important role that skin plays in the body, for instance. The skin is more or less the biggest organ in the human body and as a result it has one of the most important functions of all. Essentially serving as the foundational basis for individuals to be able to protect the rest of their bodies from foreign threats and risks by taking the brunt of the impact from the outside in, skin is an invaluable asset. The importance of asking cannot and should not be understated and over the years researchers have definitely found a stronger approach and overall understanding of not only how skin functions and thrives, but how ladies should really willing and able to continuously work towards further ensuring that they are going to be able to continuously focus on her skin.
A field that continues to go from strength to strength
With this in mind, it is no wonder that dermatology is a field that continues to go from strength to strength. In fact, in many ways, the dermatology field is one that has been driven time and again from strength to strength thanks largely to rising pools of interest and investment meeting significant means and opportunity. Dermatology is a field that is designed and intended to focus on skin and diseases of the skin as well as finding solutions and treatments for individuals who struggle with issues on the surface. Over the years, there has been an increased interest and investment surrounding this industry go from strength to strength and time continues to go on, consumers and industry experts alike are definitively going to continue to see this play out.
Why this is just the start
Of course, there is genuinely so much value in understanding the terminology is definitely a field in health and medicine it is only going to continue to go from one strength to the next. So long as interest and investment meet necessity and opportunity in dermatology as a field is actively and consistently built upon, it is going to continue to be built upon and enhanced and improved from the inside out. All in all, the future of dermatology and the lies that are impacted by this ever evolving field is looking brighter and bolder than ever before.
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Could you pass the civics portion of the U.S. citizenship test? Applicants must answer 6 of 10 questions correctly (out of 100 different possible questions). Here are some sample questions taken from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services official website:
1. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
2. What is the economic system in the United States?
3. Name your U.S. Representative.
4. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
5. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
6. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
7. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name ONE of the writers.
8. What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
9. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
10. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
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1. 27; 2. capitalist economy/market economy; 3. answers will vary; 4. Any two: Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of State, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Attorney General, Vice President; 5. John Roberts; 6. Native Americans/American Indians; 7. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Publius; 8. U.S. diplomat, oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, first Postmaster General of the United States, writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac,” started the first free libraries. 9. World War II; 10. fought for women’s rights/fought for civil rights.
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Denmark recorded an increase in foodborne outbreaks in 2021 but the number of infections remained below the average, likely because of COVID-19 related factors.
Figures came from a report published by the DTU Food Institute, Statens Serum Institut (SSI) and the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen).
The number of foodborne outbreaks rose to 63, compared to 35 in 2020 and 51 in 2019. In 2021, 1,257 people fell ill as part of outbreaks. The biggest affected 85 people and six were part of international incidents.
“2021 was dominated by two large foodborne outbreaks in particular. One outbreak with Salmonella in herbal medicine that made 54 people sick, and one with Enteroinvasive E. coli, where 48 people became ill after eating spring onions. Both outbreaks were due to imported, raw products,” said epidemiologist Luise Müller from SSI.
Norovirus is the most common cause of foodborne events. Outbreaks increased from six in 2020 to 14 in 2021 affecting nearly 500 people.
A large national outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium with 54 cases from November 2020 to July 2021 was recorded. During the outbreak, 32 patients were hospitalized, and three people died within 30 days of testing positive.
Through a case-control investigation and exchange of information between SSI, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and Danish Medicines Agency, psyllium seed husks consumed as herbal medicine were identified as the source of infection. Raw psyllium seeds were imported from India. The producer of the medicine and food supplements implemented heat treatment of raw psyllium seeds to prevent future issues.
Denmark reported 41 cases in a multi-country Salmonella Braenderup outbreak linked to melon from Honduras and 12 cases since 2019 in an outbreak traced to tahini from Syria. Seven patients were recorded in an international outbreak of Salmonella Litchfield and eight in a Salmonella Chester incident but the source was not identified.
Seven Salmonella Enteritidis infections were linked to foreign egg products with patients traveling to France and Spain. Another Salmonella outbreak involving Danish eggs affected 26 people.
In the Enteroinvasive E. coli outbreak, 88 people were ill from November 2021 to February 2022. Twenty-six people were hospitalized, and three died. Sick people had bought different ready-to-eat fresh cabbage salads from supermarkets. Spring onions were the only common ingredient and a trace-back investigation showed they came from Egypt.
Three Listeria outbreaks of unknown sources added five or more new patients during 2021 and reached a total of 10 to 14 patients: One started in October 2020 and the other two had been ongoing since 2014 and 2018. Overall, 62 listeriosis cases were recorded versus 43 in 2020.
Registered cases of Salmonella and Campylobacter remained low due to the Coronavirus pandemic affecting reporting, travel and people’s behavior.
Campylobacter was the most common bacterial foodborne illness, with 3,740 confirmed cases in 2021. This was only two cases fewer than in 2020. Three outbreaks with 19, 28 and 16 cases were related to chicken meat in the past year.
Salmonella resulted in 692 laboratory-confirmed infections, which was slightly higher than the 614 in 2020. Salmonella Typhimurium and Enteritidis caused the most illnesses.
A significant decrease was seen in patients with travel reported less than seven days before onset of disease from 28.1 percent in 2020 to 11 percent in 2021. This was probably influenced by pandemic restrictions, according to the report.
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) doubled from 448 cases in 2020 to 927 in 2021. The top types were O146, O103, O157, O63, O26, O91 and O145. Two STEC O103 outbreaks sickened 12 people but the source was not identified. A STEC O157 outbreak with 12 patients and a STEC O26 outbreak with four patients remain unsolved.
Yersinia enterocolitica rose slightly from 413 to 453 in 2021. Two outbreaks affected 15 and eight people but the source is not known.
There were seven outbreaks with an unknown agent. The largest with 82 sick people was linked to mixed food at a hotel. Three Clostridium perfringens outbreaks affected 60 people and three Shigella sonnei epidemics sickened 24 people. Two lectins incidents from fried beans and an elderberry smoothie had eight cases and one Clostridium botulinum outbreak from roe sickened five people.
Monitoring figures show the targets for Campylobacter in chicken have been partially achieved and Salmonella in production animals, food, feed, and the environment is in line with previous years.
‟From 2022 there will be focus on further reducing Campylobacter in chicken in a new action plan made in collaboration between the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, which DTU advises, and the industry,” said senior special advisor Birgitte Borck Høg from the DTU National Food Institute.
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US Climate Envoy John Kerry said on Saturday that Egypt had already been selected as the nominee to host the COP27 UN climate conference due to take place next year.
Each year, a country representing a different region of the world takes over the presidency of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the meeting tends to be hosted in that country.
Last month Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi officially declared his country’s interest in hosting the COP27 summit.
This year’s COP26 edition is due to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, in November.
White House delegation heading to Egypt for talks on Horn of Africa, Palestine“The US and Egyptian delegations will discuss support for Libyan elections and regional security, including in the Horn of Africa,” the statement read. Middle East
Ethiopia suspends work of its embassy in Egypt for ‘economic reasons’The Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo announced the suspension of its work, starting October, for “financial and economic reasons.”The Ethiopian ambassador ... Middle East
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National Make a Friend Day: 4 Ways to Form Friendships as an Adult
Make New Friends on February 11th!
Good friends are the siblings we never had but the ones we choose for ourselves. They help us through the toughest of times, cheering us up or just being there to lend an ear and shoulder. They provide us safe emotional space where we can get to be our authentic selves.
While you may already be contented with the group of friends you have now, that doesn’t mean that you’re no longer free to make new ones. There’s so much to gain and certainly, nothing to lose when you expand your social circle. This 11th of February is the perfect excuse to add more pals to the mix. It’s National Make a Friend Day!
We know building genuine friendships isn’t always easy, especially as we get older. Picking somebody you can connect with on a deeper level takes effort, unless you’d rather go for quantity over quality, or you’re just looking for buddies to hang out with every now and then. Nevertheless, it’s always rewarding to watch a friendship tree grow.
With National Make a Friend created to encourage everyone to forge new friendships, we’re sharing 4 simple ways to help you gain a bunch of people you can call friends.
- Get involved in local activities.
One of the fastest ways to make new friends is by joining a community volunteer group or a club that focuses on a hobby you enjoy. Without a doubt, you’ll be meeting many like-minded folks who are just as passionate as you. It may sound intimidating to go on your own at first, but once you’re there, you’ll realize that you share a lot of things in common with them.
- Take time to know an acquaintance better.
National Make a Friend Day is the best time to get closer to someone and strengthen your relationship with them. Whether the person is a co-worker or your sister’s husband’s sibling whom you’ve always found to be cool, invite them over or take them out for an afternoon coffee. We don’t know about you, but we believe that friendships usually start with good coffee.
- Flash a smile.
Your pearly whites might just be what you need to create a new friendship. Research has revealed that people are more receptive to a display of positive emotions — as shown when you smile — when building relationships. So, go ahead and display your biggest smile this National Make a Friend Day!
- Go on a friend date.
Friend dates are just like blind dates — except that you’re only looking for a totally platonic date. Ask your BFF to set you up with somebody you’ve never met before. If you’re the type who’s socially awkward during a first encounter with a stranger, here are some questions you can use to break the ice:
- If you were an ice cream flavor, what would you be and why?
- If you’re stranded on a deserted island, what are the 3 things you’d want to have with you? Why?
- If you could invite any famous person, dead or alive, for dinner, who would it be and why?
- If you could travel back in time, which era would you choose and why?
- If a movie about your life was made, who would you pick to play your role?
- If there were to be a zombie apocalypse, name 5 people you’d want to be on your team.
Donate an Old Car, Transform Lives
While February 11th is all about making new friends, you can also use it as an opportune time to make a difference in your community. By giving away your no-longer-used clunker to us at Goodwill Car Donations, you’ll be supporting your community’s disadvantaged residents who are living such burdensome lives. These are the men and women who are saddled with disabilities, lack of essential skills and education, and other personal issues that keep them stuck below the poverty line.
We will turn your vehicle into a fund-generating instrument by auctioning it off as soon as we receive it. All of the proceeds will go directly to the Goodwill organizations serving your local area. In turn, they will use these proceeds to provide their beneficiaries with job and skills training, employment opportunities, livelihood assistance, vocational and educational services, disability benefits, financial assistance, and other community-building support programs.
To show you our utmost gratitude for your charitable contribution, we’ll promptly send you your 100% tax-deductible sales receipt after your vehicle is sold. This receipt will entitle you to claim the maximum tax deduction in the next tax season.
We’ll also haul your vehicle away wherever it is in the country. No need to shell out cash, it’s absolutely free of charge.
Best of all, you’ll find great satisfaction in having done something that will benefit your entire community as once idle members attain financial stability and live productive and fulfilling lives, thanks to your donation.
We accept almost all types of vehicles, including those that are damaged or are hardly running. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to call us at 866-233-8586 or write to us here. Head over to our FAQs page to learn more about our donation program, including our quick and simple donation process.
Reach Out to the Less Fortunate Today!
There’s no better feeling than knowing that you can bring a positive impact on someone else’s life through a simple gesture. This National Make a Friend Day on February 11th, offer your hand of friendship to the needy people in your community. Your car donation will bring them immense benefits they will never forget. Call Goodwill Car Donations at 866-233-8586 or fill out our online donation form now! | <urn:uuid:ec20f206-572b-4b69-9781-6fee0a36d017> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.goodwillcardonation.org/blog/national-make-a-friend-day-4-ways-to-form-friendships-as-an-adult/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.947377 | 1,244 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Congress should double research and development spending on artificial intelligence in fiscal 2021 and then double it once again the following year, according to new recommendations from an independent commission on America’s development of AI.
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence issued a quarterly report Wednesday with 43 recommendations to the legislative and executive branches that are “in the most need of immediate attention, ripe for action, or foundational to AI and national security issues.”
The commission was mandated by the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act to “consider the methods and means necessary to advance the development of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and associated technologies to comprehensively address the national security and defense needs of the United States.” It issued its first interim report to Congress last November.
Top of that list, the commission calls for an immediate doubling of funding for non-defense R&D around AI starting next fiscal year. Though many agencies in that space don’t directly serve national security missions, the commission argues that it’s a national security risk for the nation to fall behind in its development of AI capabilities, even in non-defense areas.
“We believe that we are probably in the lead in global R&D. But we’re being pressed very hard by a number of competitors. And we need to increase our spending,” Bob Work, former deputy secretary of Defense and the vice chairman of the NSCAI, told reporters Wednesday. “You will see in our recommendations that are we focused primarily on non-defense R&D in this first quarter. And we will turn our attention to defense R&D in the coming quarters.”
The recommendation focuses on increasing funding levels at a specific set of agencies: the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), National Institutes of Health, and NASA.
Because the funding in fiscal 2021 is already “rather set,” achieving that is probably “going to require some reprogramming,” Work said. Despite that, the recommendation says: “This funding should increase agency topline levels, not repurpose funds from within existing agency budgets, and be used by agencies to fund new research and initiatives, not to support re-labeled existing efforts.”
The recommendation is more ambitious that the White House’s goal of doubling AI R&D by 2022. Instead, the commission calls for a doubling in 2021, and then doubling that number the following year again “until we have the right level of spending to maintain our lead in R&D,” Work said.
Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and the chairman of the commission, said the importance of this increased funding is more apparent than ever as the nation struggles to fend off the coronavirus pandemic.
“I think our recommendation of doubling AI and doubling it again is probably even more important” now, Schmidt said of how the commission is thinking of the pandemic. “And the reason is that virtually all of the interesting medical approaches that I’m familiar with, are using AI techniques to look at essentially the targets of the virus. So I think you know, the way the biology works is that they run large numbers of assays and we try different things. And these new algorithms, they’ll give them a better way of targeting where those assays go.”
Schmidt said this report doesn’t cover the pandemic, but said such an action would have an “indirect benefit” on fighting COVID-19. The commission will take to focusing on the virus over the next few months for its next quarterly report, he said.
In addition to boosting non-defense AI spending, the commission in the new report calls for the DOD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to report directly to the secretary, expand the cyber excepted service, create mandatory AI training at some agencies and enhance the technological infrastructure across the federal government and the nation.
On the release of the new report, Schmidt said: “We wanted to time this so that the congressional staff and the people who care about this would have our recommendations to base their thinking on. These are just recommendations. We don’t have the force of law, but we have a lot of reasons to think that people will follow them or at least come very close to our recommendations.” | <urn:uuid:b92d9d3d-e843-41b0-a22c-17e07bb53ddf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fedscoop.com/ai-spending-should-double-nscai/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.948336 | 905 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Joel Peralta is a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2010, he pitched for the Washington Nationals. Tuesday night in an interleague game between the Nationals and the Rays, Nationals manager Davey Johnson asked umpires to inspect the glove of Peralta for banned foreign substances. According to umpire Tim Tschida, a “significant amount” of pine tar was found on the glove. Pitchers aren’t allowed to use pine tar. Peralta was ejected from the game.
Pitchers like to use pine tar because they believe it allows them to grip the ball better. Even though it’s technically not allowed under the rules of Major League Baseball, a lot of pitchers do it. It’s one of the reasons most pitchers use dark gloves. It allows them to hide pine tar.
Imagine that. Johnson knew that an opposing pitcher was “cheating” and knew to ask officials to look for foreign substances. He knew this because someone in the Washington Nationals obviously told him that when Peralta played for them, he liked to use pine tar. Johnson didn’t see Peralta with pine tar on his glove. He knew of the pine tar because of inside information, information gained from when Peralta played for them.
If this seems scummy on the part of Johnson, it’s because it is. He snitched on a player who played for his organization, with information gained from the time he played in his organization. If nobody in the Washington Nationals organization alerted MLB back in 2010 that Peralta used pine tar, they shouldn’t be snitching on him now. Like the Bible says, snitches get stitches.
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In order to run PHP code on VS Code you must first install xampp as well as the visual studio code on your machine.
if you installed both of them then go to xampp directory.
simply go to C drive click on XAMPP folder and then create new folder inside htdocs and name the folder.
after that click your created folder and inside your created folder right click on it then click “New” then choose “Text document”.
name the text as you want like for example “first project” and don’t forget the “.php” extension.
after that start the XAMPP control panel.
go to start search for XAMPP control panel and then start the apache server.
after that open your visual studio code on your machine and open the folder you created.
in order to view your project output simply open your browser search for “localhost/the folder name/program file” like for example is “localhost/my first project/first project.php”.
then here is the output of your first project on PHP using visual studio code.
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Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Flipboard 0 You’ve experienced your friends navigating through challenging times. Being an observer of those close to you going through devastating events is emotionally painful and even frightening. Yet, you recognize that you’ve got to stay strong so you can be there for your friend. Perhaps in the past, one of your friends had an abusive partner and you didn’t know what to do to help. The following strategies will enlighten you about how to best help a survivor of domestic violence. Acknowledge to yourself what you’re feeling about the violence. This must be your first step. Otherwise, your feelings, be they fear, disgust, or anger, will literally leak out of you on to your friend who needs you. And you surely don’t want that to happen. So, recognize your feelings and resolve them within yourself before making any efforts to help your friend. Prepare yourself that your friend who’s been abused might show physical signs of harm. Bruised eyes, face, or arms, cuts on the face, and possibly even broken bones or worse can result from a domestic violence incident. Remind yourself that even though your friend might appear to have been greatly harmed, the fact is that she’s alive, walking, and talking. Also, remember that these physical signs will heal and hopefully not leave scars. Ask questions that empower your friend. With asking simple questions first, you can help your friend begin to re-build a personal sense of empowerment. For example, when you first see her and are walking toward her, ask, “Is it okay if I hug you?” She’ll likely say, “Yes.” You can then state, “I’m so relieved to see you.” Ask her another empowering question: “Would you like to talk about it? If so, I’m ready to listen. If not, that’s okay, too.” Avoid asking probing questions. Instead, ask questions that give your friend choices and require her to say either that she wants to answer or she doesn’t. When you do, you’re helping her resume a position of power and choice in her own life. Make yourself accessible. Your friend may be feeling fear and confusion about where her life is heading. Let her know how to quickly get in touch with you. Give her all your phone numbers and offer to let her stay with you for a few days if she doesn’t wish to be alone at night. Use your own judgment on these issues to recognize whether she’s depending on you too much or not getting better and more self-confident as time passes. Suggest your friend call a counselor or domestic violence professional/advocate. If you see behaviors or signs in your friend that concern you, bring up the notion of getting some professional assistance. The best way is to use gentle honesty. “I’m concerned about you losing so much weight so quickly and you’re crying quite a bit. Have you considered calling a counselor to talk to? It might help you to heal emotionally. I’ll go with you the first time or two, if you want me to.” If your friend refuses to get professional guidance now, try to secure an agreement with her that if she’s not better in a certain period of time (4 weeks, for example), she’ll agree to seek help after that time passes. Check in with your friend regularly. It’s good for her to know that you’re thinking about her and that you “have her back.” Send her texts, give quick cell phone calls, or even stop by after work to let her know you’re there for her. She’ll most likely appreciate it and acknowledge that fact to you. Even though you might feel helpless, there are several ways you can help and support a friend who’s a victim of domestic violence. Examine your own feelings first and be prepared to see signs of abuse against your friend. Ask her empowering questions and be easily accessible. Ask your friend to consider getting professional help if she’s not better and check in with her frequently. You can be a great support and the best friend ever to those close to you who have experienced domestic violence. Twitter Tweet Facebook Share Email This article originally appeared on Martina McGowan and has been republished with permission.Find out how to syndicate your content with B2C Author: Kane Pepi <p>Kane Pepi is an experienced financial and cryptocurrency writer with over 2,000+ published articles, guides, and market insights in the public domain. Expert niche subjects include asset valuation and analysis, portfolio management, and the prevention of financial crime. 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Recently, I wrote an article for Help Net Security to discuss the modus operandi of cybercriminals and how this can lead to different types of cyber attacks. While we have previously encountered huge distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that appear to come from nowhere and flood the victim’s network security, we have begun to see much more stealth and more sophisticated attacks causing just as much, if not more, damage.
In the latest report from the Radware Emergency Response Team (ERT), we tracked the rise of these web stealth attacks. One of the most common is a ‘Login-Brute-Force’ attack. It may not sound like a stealth option, but the aim is to saturate login servers by creating bogus requests that will eventually lock out legitimate users. This creates a massive overload on the login servers, and in most cases also on the organization’s call centers, which receive calls from frustrated, legitimate users. Once the chaos is in place, attackers can use the same attack method to steal information.
With these new threats developing, and in some cases being deployed alongside more traditional attacks, here is a five step plan on how to protect yourself from cybercrime:
Know your enemy
Pay attention to law enforcement agencies like the FBI and government bodies, in order to get the latest cybercrime warnings.
Choose a single point of command
Use one Command and Control (C&C) that includes all aspects of the data center: network, servers and applications.
Have an emergency response infrastructure and team ready to operate
Develop and implement an incident response infrastructure.
Separate critical networks
Make sure that your sensitive data is stored on a properly protected network with no simple access.
Don’t be a domino
Understand every point of weakness both inside your organization and externally to those who you rely on.
If you’re interested in learning even more about the current state of cyber attacks, I invite you to download the Global Application and Network Security Report written by the Radware Emergency Response Team.
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You’ve decided to start a new venture and you’ve come up with the perfect name. But when you search for the domain you want, you discover that someone already owns it. So what do you do? Do you give up and change your business name, or do you figure out how to buy a domain that is taken? If you want to choose the latter option, you’ve come to the right place.
This guide will share not only why it’s so important to get the exact domain you want, but also give you step-by-step instructions on how to buy a domain that is taken.
Before we begin; don’t just go and get a different TLD
If your desired domain name is taken, you might be thinking that there’s a third option worth considering: getting the same domain but with a different TLD, like
.org instead of
However, this is not a good idea. First off, people will never remember what your correct TLD was, so they will usually go for
.com anyway – ending up at the wrong website.
Additionally, registering existing names can also result in legal trouble. The owner of the original .com might argue that you’re trying to infringe on their brand name by registering a similar domain name.
At the end of the day, you’re really better off either trying to get the original domain name that you wanted from the start, or changing your focus to a different name entirely.
With that said, let’s talk business:
How to buy a domain that is taken
You can buy a domain that is taken by following these steps:
1. Check what the domain is currently being used for
Your first step should be to visit the domain you want to buy. Is there a real website there? Has it been updated in the past few years? If the answers to both questions are “yes”, the owner of the domain is probably not interested in selling it. If there’s a real website but it hasn’t been updated in several years, you’re more likely to get the domain, but there’s still a strong chance the owner will refuse to sell it.
On the other hand, if the website you see is simply a placeholder, you can approach the domain owner with confidence. If the domain owner buys and re-sells domains on a regular basis, they might even have a page up linking to the domain buying service they prefer to work with.
Here’s an example of what a parked domain usually looks like – owners of such domains are usually just waiting for the right offer to come their way:
2. Find out who owns the domain name
Once you’ve determined that the domain isn’t being used for an active website, your next step is to find out who owns the domain. The easiest way to do this is by using a WHOIS service. There’s a number of websites where you can do this sort of lookup, but, most of the time, you’ll get a set of standard information from any of them:
- when the domain was registered,
- who the domain was registered by,
- how to contact that person or company,
- and even when the domain’s current ownership expires.
You may also see other information related to the purchase, but for the purposes of getting that domain, the owner’s email address is really what you want.
Example results of a WHOIS lookup:
Some domain owners will have purchased privacy protection and their names won’t appear in a WHOIS search. In these instances, it will be difficult to purchase the domain unless you can find it on a domain auction site or marketplace like Sedo, Namecheap, or Flippa.
3. Determine what you’re willing to pay
Now that you know the domain is available, and before you contact the owner, decide what you’re willing to pay for it. This can be tricky since there’s no agreed-upon value of a domain, but you can get an idea of what prices are by searching through a domain marketplace like Flippa’s.
Here are some factors to pay attention to when figuring out how to buy a domain that is taken:
- Keywords – Domains with popular keywords in them are worth more because of their ability to rank high on Google and other search engines.
- Generic value – A domain that can be used by almost any business within a given industry (for example,
socialmediamarketing.com) has generic value.
- Brandability – When a domain lacks generic value or a strong keyword, its main value lies in its brandability. Short, memorable names that are easy to spell are easy to build a brand around.
- Age – Older domains are generally considered more valuable.
- Length – Or rather shortness. The shorter the domain, the more valuable. Usually, landing your hands on a three-letter .com will cost you a lot.
Before you approach the current owner of the domain you want, choose both the base amount you’re willing to offer and the maximum amount you’re willing to pay – they can even be the same number if you want – for the domain before you approach the owner.
Pointing out specific brackets that make sense for your desired domain name isn’t very doable, I’m afraid, so you’ll have to do the research on your own. As I mentioned, start by going to Flippa or some other marketplace and look for domains that are similar to the one you want. See the price tags on them.
Look for domains of similar length, similar keyword value, generic value, and similar age, this should help you estimate the price to a degree, and also decide if you can actually afford that domain in the first place.
4. Contact the owner
If your search is successful, there are two ways you can contact the owner: by reaching out directly, or by using a domain buying service.
To reach out directly, simply use the information found in your WHOIS search to send a polite email offering to buy the domain. You can include some information about who you are and why you want the domain, but keep your email brief. Include your initial offer in the first email to speed up the negotiation process.
If you use a domain buying service, a broker will reach out to the domain owner and conduct the negotiation process for you – a great path to take when learning how to buy a domain that is taken.
You will have to pay fees for some of these services, but they will also ensure that you receive your new domain name safely. Plus, those fees are typically relatively small.
5. Negotiate the purchase
Once you’ve established contact with the owner, it’s time to negotiate your terms of purchase. This includes price, how the domain will be transferred, and what region’s laws will apply to the sale. There are example domain sale agreements available online, but if this is going to be a more expensive purchase, it’s always best to speak to an actual attorney before taking the leap.
Make sure you consider the safety of both the financial transaction and the domain transfer during this process. Avoid eTransfers and wire transfers. Instead, use a site like Escrow to transfer your funds securely. Escrow allows you to deposit the funds first, so the domain owner can see you’re prepared to pay, and then authorize the transaction later when you’ve got the domain.
If you use a service like Escrow, you will need to transfer your domain separately. Luckily, there are standardized processes for transferring domains. Here’s an example of how things work at DreamHost. You’ll find similar tutorials with other domain registrars as well.
The other option for making your final purchase is to use a domain aftermarket service like the one provided by GoDaddy to ensure that all parties are protected during the domain purchase process. Again, you will pay an extra fee for this service, but it will ensure that your money stays safe. Some of these services are connected to domain registrars and may also be able to help you conduct the domain transfer.
How to backorder a domain
The process outlined above is the easiest way to buy a domain name that is taken, but sometimes that isn’t possible. If you still can’t get the domain you want, your other option is to backorder it.
Backordering means that you wait for a domain’s ownership to expire and purchase it the moment it becomes available.
However, even if you use a backordering service, there’s no guarantee that you’ll get the domain you want. The current owner still has to let their ownership of the domain expire, and many hosting services give owners an extra grace period where they can renew after the official expiration date. Typically, that’s 75 extra days.
If you want to start your new venture sooner rather than later and you can’t get the domain you want through the ordinary process, you should seriously consider seeking a different one. If you’re lost for ideas, check out any of these awesome domain name generators. What’s great about them is that they will suggest a number of options based on your seed keyword.
Have your domain? Good! Here’s what’s next
With your domain name registered, the next natural step to take is getting a good hosting setup, so that your future website is off to a great start.
- Here’s our in-depth comparison of the best hosting options available for WordPress.
- If you’re on the lookout for a cheap host, read this.
Lastly, if your ultimate goal is to start a blog, read this guide of ours. It covers all the steps to building a successful blog – from 0 experience to 150,000+ readers every month.
I hope this guide on how to buy a domain that is taken has been helpful.
If any of the steps described above aren’t clear, feel free to ask away in the comments.
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Wildlife And various Dogs At your house:
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Predatory Methods Within your Four-Legged Dogs:
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Each week between now and the 2014 MLA/DLA Conference, we’re highlighting one of the conference sessions sponsored by ACRL MD. The conference will be held from May 7-9 at the Clarion Resort Hotel in Ocean City, MD. For more information on the conference, please take a look at the conference program (PDF).
Parents, Alumni and Libraries: What Customers Really Believe About the Library
Friday, May 9
Libraries conduct studies to demonstrate and quantify their value to their community – whether it is a public library looking for ROI indicators for its city councils or an academic library measuring its impact on teaching and learning. These studies are usually taken from the library perspective in terms of contribution and value.
In the latest OCLC member research study, OCLC approached the question of value from a slightly different angle: through the eyes of two types of university customers. The study “Parents, Alumni and Libraries: What Customers Really Believe About the Library” looks at parents and alumni – not library users – to understand their beliefs about the campus experience and how these beliefs influence their perceptions of the university and the role of the library. Join us as we explore their perceptions and memories of the academic experience and find out what they value for themselves or for their children. See how the library “stacks up” against other elements of campus life and what this means for libraries and universities as they move to mixed models of physical and virtual learning spaces. And, share your experiences with parents and alumni!
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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a lethal process originating from odontogenic, pharyngeal, or cervical infections that descends along the fascial planes into the mediastinum. The surgical management ranges from cervical drainage to routine thoracotomy but remains controversial. We here describe two patients treated successfully who underwent cervical drainage alone or cervical drainage combined with thoracotomy. Wide cervical exploration with postural drainage was effective in one patient with limited DNM above the carina. Mediastinal exploration through thoracotomy was required to salvage the other with DNM extending below the carina and associated with pericardial invasion.
- Cervical exploration
- Descending necrotizing mediastinitis
- Postural drainage
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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PROVOCATION AS A DEFENSE TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY
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Provocation on its own it not a total defense as to make the accused discharged of his guilt. It reduces murder to manslaughter. This essay considers the adequacy of this defense by examining it under the penal laws of Nigeria and different centers.
The general requirement is that of the deceased must have been caused by accused upon provocation induced by the deceased himself and this must be offered before the accused had time for his passion to cool down. The injury inflicted must also be proportional and must be one as would have caused a reasonable man to resort to the same consequence
The adequate of this defense, in the light of the scope of this essay is purely a psychological question. The test of provocation is inadequate. It is plainly illogical not to recognize the fact that different people react differently to stimuli and the law, by its hording expects a man dethroned in his reasoning faculty to inflict a reasonably proportional injury which only a reasonable man in his senses could do.
The aim and objective of this work is to access the meaning of the term provocation as provided for under the penal and criminal codes and other relevant statutes, case law and by various author, its nature, element and the condition under which the defense can avail a person from criminal liability.
Table of Contents
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
1.2. OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
1.3 FOCUS OF STUDY
1.4 SCOPE OF STUDY
1.6 LITERATURE REVIEW
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
DEFENCES TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY
2.1 DEFINITION OF CRIME
2.2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
2.3.1 ACTUS REUS
2.3.2 MENS REA
NATURE OF PROVOCATION
3.1 DEFINITION OF PROVOCATIONs
3.2 DEFENCE TO PROVOCATIONs
3.2:1 DEFENCE TO PROVOCATIONs UNDER THE PENAL CODE
3.2:2 DEFENCE TO PROVOCATIONs UNDER THE CRIMINAL CODE
THE BURDEN OF PROOF TO PROVOCATION
4.1 BURDEN OF PROOF IN CRIMINAL LIABILITY
4.2. EXCEPTION OR EXEMPTION TO THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN CRIMINAL LIABILITY
4.3 THE BURDEN OF PROVING THE DEFENCE OF PROVOCATION
4.4. EFFECT OF A SUCCESSFUL PLEA OF PROVOCATION
TABLE OF CASES
- AKANNI OGUNDIMU vs. STATE (1979) 13 C.A.12
- AIWORO vs. STATE(1987) 2 NWLR 526
- AIGUREGHI vs. THE STATE (2004) 1 (Pt. i) 65 at 86 ALA CHUKWU vs. THE STATE (1990) 12 SCNJ 71
- BABUGA vs. STATE (1996) 7 NWLR (PT 460) 279
- CHANKALL vs. R (1955) A.C. P.206
- DAN-SHALLAH vs. STATE (2007) 12 MJSC 1
- EDEMINE vs. THE STATE (1996) 3 NWLR (Pt. 438) 530 at 539
- EJALOFU vs. QUEEN (1962) 1 ALL NLR P.22
- EKEPEYYOUNG vs. STATE (1993) 2 NWLR pt. 229 at 513
- GARUBA vs. THE STATE (2000) FWLR (Pt.24) 1405 at 1450
- JOHNSON vs. C.O.P (1960) WWLR 118
- LADO vs. STATE (1999) NWLR (PT 619)369 at 379-380.
- KWAKU MENSAH vs. R (1946) A.C 83 at 91
- MATHEW ONAKOYA vs. R (1957), 4 FSC 150
- NGA’ABA vs. QUEEN (1969) NNCN 97
- NIGERIAN AIR FORCE vs. OBIOSA (2003) 1 SC (Pt. ii) 145 at 146
- NWEDE vs. STATE (1985) 3 NWLR (Pt. 13) P.144
- OBIAKOR vs. STATE (2002) 6 SCJN P.193 at202
- OLUDAMILOLA vs. STATE (2010) 3 MJSC (Pt.11) 108 at 120
- ONIYA vs. STATE (2006) 2 WNLR (PT 991) 271
- ONUBOGU vs. STATE (1974) 9 SC
- OKEKE vs. STATE (2003) 2 SC 63 at 73
- ONYEKWE vs. STATE (1988), 1 NWLR 565
- R vs. ADEKANMI (1954) 17 NLR 99R vs. ADELODUN (1959) NWLR 144
- R v. AFONJA (1955), 15 W.A.C.A. 26
- R vs. BASSEY (1963) 1 All NLR 280
- R vs. BASIL RANGER, LAWRENCE (1933) II NLR 6; (1933) AC
- R vs. EBOK (1950) 19 NLR 84
- R vs. GREEN (1955) 15 WACA 73
- R vs. OBIASE (1938) 4 A.C.A. P.16
- R vs. ONUOHA (1938) 3 W.A.C.A. P. 88
- SHANDE vs. STATE (2005) 22 NWLR (PT 11) 756
- STEPHEN EMOGA vs. STATE (1997) 7 SCNJ.518
- SUNDAY OMENIMU vs. STATE (1965) NMLR 365
- URAKA vs. STATE (1976) 6 SC 195
- UWAGBE vs. STATE (2008) MJSC (1) P. 191-192
TABLE OF STATUES
Criminal Code Act Cap „C 38‟ LFN. 2004
Children and Young Person‟s Act 1933
Criminal Damage act 1971
Constitution of federal republic of Nigeria 1999
Evidence Act Cap 62, LFN, 1958
Evidence Act Cap E14 LFN 2001
Penal Code Cap P3 LFN 2004
Road traffic Act 1958
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AC – Appeal Cases
ALL ER – All England Report
C.C. – Criminal Code
- J – Chief Justice
E A – Evidence Act
E D – Edition
FWLR – Federation weekly Law Report
L F N – Laws Federation of Nigeria
MSJC – Monthly Judgment of Supreme Court
NWLR – Nigerian Weekly Law Report
P.C – Penal Code
Q B D. – Queens Bench Division
SEC. – Section
S C – Supreme Court Cases
SCNJ – Supreme Court Cases of Nigeria Judgment
WRNLR – Western Region Nigeria Law Report
It is a grievous offence and a serious crime under the common law for a person to cause the death of another person and no defense will avail such person. However, it soon developed that there is a rebuttable presumption that practically speaking every common law crime (offense) requires adequate proof of guilty soul.
Generally, the presumption of the law is that a man intends the natural consequences of his act. The canal principle of criminal law of intention as it is in the legal maxim “actus non fact reum nisi men sit rea” which means an act does not make a person legally guilty unless the mind is legally blame worthy.
The law says where a person kills another in circumstances which but for provision of the section, it would give rise to murder. There are certain unlawful killing which does not amount to murder section 317 provides that any unlawful killing which does not amount to murder is manslaughter. Manslaughter may be voluntary or involuntary; involuntary manslaughter covers cases in which there is no intention to kill or cause grievous harm. Voluntary manslaughter on the other hand occurs when a person intentionally kills another but the offence is reduced from murder to manslaughter because of provocation.
Thus the provision of section 318 4of the Criminal Code is to effect that a person is guilty of manslaughter only if he unlawfully kills another in circumstances which would otherwise have constituted, Murder, so far it is done in the heat of passion caused by sudden provocation and before there is time for his passion to cool. However, before the defense of provocation can avail a person, the test to be applied is to see what effect the act or series of acts of the decreased would have on a reasonable man, so that an unusually exactable or pugnacious person will not be able to rely on it as a defense to charge unless the provocation was such as to have led an ordinary person to act in the way the accused did.
It must be observed that provocation, where it is a defense, does not negate Mens rea. It is allowed as a defense because, even though the accused has committed the actusreus of an offense with the requisite means rea, the law considers that at the moment of the commission of the physical act resulting in the actusreus, the accused by reason of passion arising from the act of provocation was not master of his mind.
1.1.0: Background of the study
It is an establish fact under the law that any act of killing which is unlawful is a criminal act. Such acts under the specific offence are referred to as „‟unlawful homicide which includes murder, manslaughter, suicide, infanticide.
Also any intention to kill or cause grievous harm by a person to another and which eventually results into death is an unlawful killing which is usually termed
„ murder‟. However, there are certain killings which do not amount to murder section 317 of the criminal code provide that an unlawful killing which does not amount to murder is manslaughter.
Manslaughter may be voluntary or involuntary; involuntary manslaughter covers cases in which there is no intention to kill or cause grievous harm. Voluntary manslaughter on the other hand occurs when a person intentionally kills another but the offence is reduced from murder to manslaughter because of provocation. Thus the provocation of section 318 of the criminal code is to the effect that a person is guilty of manslaughter only, if he unlawfully kills another in circumstances which would otherwise have constituted murder so far it is done in the heat of passion caused by sudden provocation and before there is time for his passion to cool. However before the defense of provocation can avail a person the test to be applied is to see what effect the act or series of acts of the deceased would have on a reasonable man, so that an unusually excitable or pugnacious person will be able to rely on it as a defense to a charge unless the provocation was such as to have led an ordinary person to act in the way the accused did.
1.2.0: Objective of the Study
The aim and objective of this work is to examine the meaning of the term
„provocation‟ its plea as a defense to criminal charge in Nigeria and the conditions under which it can avail a person by reducing his capability from murder to manslaughter or culpable homicide punishable with death to that not punishable with death. In view of this, this work shall attempt to achieve the following goals:
- To examine the defense as well as its elements
- To examine the defense under the Nigeria Criminal justice System; what constitute the defense and its grounds for reducing murder to manslaughter.
- To examine the burden of proof, the effect, adequacy and limitation of the defense and to suggest or make recommendation on the defense if there is any.
1.3.0: Focus of Study
The state at which a person response to stress situation varies from one individual to another. Men are highly vulnerable to stress while some are slightly resistant these are proved by clinical observation and experiment. There seems to be different factors combined to produce the difference of response in that situation
(provocation) from another person all are to be taken into consideration. The essay is thus focused on the defense of provocation with reference to the essential element of the plea, the effect of the successful plea of the defense.
1.4.0: Scope of the study
This essay is limited in scope to the provision of the two statutes governing the Nigeria Criminal Justice System. How the defense of Provocation mitigate murder to manslaughter, and upon who lays the burden of proving provocation.
The approach of research taken into consideration is based on explanatory method, thus textbook, journals, articles by law writer, publications, judicial pronouncement and opinion will be looked into. Decided cases will also be employed in this essay to be able to understand more on the principles of law relating to the defense of provocation in criminal liability. The Criminal Code and the Penal Code will also be of immense use to this work.
1.6.0: Literature Review
The bulk of materials used in writing this work consist of textbook, write ups etc. by various scholars both foreign and Nigerian. The writer also makes captious use of case laws (both Nigerians and non-Nigerians) the reason for this is to appraise the disposition of the court towards the defense. The provisions of the two codes (Penal Code and Criminal Code) are also highlighted and espoused. Those provisions represent the main laws govern criminal liability in Nigeria. Provocation was defined by Delvin J in R V Duffy as an act done by the dead man to the accused which could cause in any reasonable man temporary loss of self-control.
Smith and Hogan in their book examined all aspects of criminal law and criminal responsibility, the generally principles of criminal liability and in particular specific defense. All these were done with illustration from decided cases.
Okonkwo and Naish is a Nigeria criminal law textbook, it explicated the defense of self-defense, the effect of a successful plea of provocation.
L.B Curzon8 in his book examined all aspects of criminal law and criminal responsibility and even defenses.
1.7.0: Definition of term
It is define by section 1 Criminal Code act as liability to punishment as for an offence. It is the liability incurred as a result of an act or omission committed by an offender or an accused person.
An act that the law makes punishable; the breach of a legal duty treated as the subject matter of a criminal proceeding.
This is the physical components of a crime and that generally must be coupled with means rea to establish criminal liability; a forbidden act.
The state of mind that the prosecution, to secure a conviction, must prove that a defendant had when committing a crime; criminal intent or recklessness.
8Criminal Law‟ (8th ,ed Pitman Publishing, London 1997) P.23 )
Burden of proof
This is a party‟s duty to prove a disputed assertion or charge.
The act of inciting another person to do something, especially to commit crime.
Act is something done or performed, especially voluntary; a deed.
Failure to do something which law directs to be done and was not done i.e.
negligent, carelessness mistake etc.
The willingness to bring about something planned or foreseen i.e. the state of being set to do something.
The defense of provocation is a defense which avail a person convicted of murder. This defense mitigates murder to manslaughter, provided it was done in the heat of passion. It is a defense recognize in law and the constitution for the prevention of life and property. It is reasonable for a person who is provoked to act irrational in the heat of passion.
Stephen Emoga vs. The State(1997) 7 SCNJ.518
R vs. Adekanmi (1994) 17 NLR 99
Criminal Code Act Cap ‘C 38’ LFN. 2004 4Ibid
(1949) 1 ALL ER 932
Criminal Law P.5
Criminal Law in Nigeria (2nd ed., Spectrum Law series 1992) P. 23
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Cannabidiol, or CBD, and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, are 2 of several cannabinoids existing in weed. When in the body system, CBD and also THC connect with cannabinoid receptors to aid alleviate or even limit the effects of different disorders. There are dozens cannabinoid receptors throughout the human body that trigger details bodily effects.
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Straight-Cut ETP Electrolytic Tinplate Sheet SPTE
Straight-Cut ETP Electrolytic Tinplate Sheet SPTE
Electrolytic Tinplate (ETP) in Straight-Cut Sheet With or without lithography, enameled.
Tinplate is a thin steel sheet coated by tin. It has an extremely beautiful metallic luster as well as excellent properties in corrosion resistance, solderability, and weldability. Tinplate is used for making all types of containers such as food cans, beverage cans, 18-liter cans, and artistic cans. etc.
What are the properties of Tinplate and Tin Free Steel?
1. Recyclable: The metal residues resulting from manufacturing and using tinplate and tin free steel are recovered and transformed into raw material to create new products such as structural steel bars, concrete-made structures, car parts and agricultural machinery parts, among others.
2. Degradable: Steel degrades with corrosion (chemical reaction) and oxidizes in the presence of water and oxygen, returning to the soil as iron ore.
3. Magnetic Feature: Its magnetic feature allows separating it easily from other waste to be recycled or reused since its main component is iron.
4. Reusable: Cans of dry food are reused at home without having to be excessively cleaned, to be used for other applications.
5. Tin, Main Component: Tin is the most important element of tinplate and responsible of the conservation of food and the can’s lasting period, protecting the iron from corrosion due to the action of the products contained therein. Once the can is disposed of, the tin deteriorates with the action of external agents, accelerating the iron’s oxidation process and returning to the soil in its natural state.
6. Food Products and Beverages: Beer, soft drinks and nectars caps (known as Crown or Corona Caps) Glass jars caps (desserts, jams, sauces, etc.) Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and prepared meals cans Dairy products cans (powder milk, condensed milk cream, vitamin enriched food) Dehydrated and dry foods cans (peanuts, raisins, cookies, oats, etc.)
7. Edible oil cans Industrial: Paints and aerosol cans Motor oil cans Shoe polish and wax cans Make- up and pharmaceutical products cans Batteries, Toys Kitchenware: Trays, mill hoppers, graters and oil burners Decoration Cans And a wide range of industrial use items
1.0/1.0, 2.0/2.0, 2.8/2.8, 5.6/5.6 (g/m²)
1.0/2.8, 2.8/4.0, 2.8/5.6, 2.0/5.6 (g/m²)
BA (Batch Annealing) &
CA (Continuous Annealing)
T1, T2, T3, T4, T5
DR7, DR8, DR9
How to calculate the Weight of Straight-cut Tinplate Sheet?
Tinplate Volume * Tinplate Density = Tinplate Weight
Take a example:
Step 1. Tinplate Dimensions: Thickness 0.23mm x L960 x W850 = Volume
Step 2. Volume * 7.85 = Weight per piece of tinplate
Step 3. Pcs of Tinplate * Weight per piece = Weight per Pile (Target tinplate sheet pile)
Note: (7.85 is density factor (g/cm 3), equal 7.85 Ton per 1 Meter 3)
Base Box – unit of sale under the imperial system. A unit or area equivalent to 31, 360 sq.in.. (217.78 sq.ft.)
Base Weight – the theoretical weight in pounds of one base box.
Black Plate – a low carbon cold reduced steel intended for use in the uncoated state or for coating with tin or chromium for tin plate products.
Batch Annealing (BA) – This process involves slow heating and cooling of coils from a subcritical temperature, to soften and relieve stresses produced during cold reduction.
Coating Weight – A term referring to the desired amount of pounds of tin per base box of plate or grams of tin per square metre of plate.
Continuous Annealing (CA)– This process consists of passing the cold reduced strip continuously and in a single thickness through a furnace consisting of preheating, soaking and cooling zones, to soften and relieve stresses produced during cold reduction.
Differentially Coated Tin Plate – Electrolytic tin plate with a different weight of tin coating on each side, normally, "line marked" on the heavy coated side.
Double Reduced (2CR) – A product which is given a partial cold reduction then annealed and given another cold reduction to the final thickness. The resulting product is stiffer, harder and stronger than a single reduced product and offers economies, in many instances, to users by enabling them to use lighter thicknesses of tinplate and TFS.
Drawn and Ironed (D&I) – Process for making two piece cans in which a circular blank is drawn through a die to form a cup and then thinned to final dimensions by being forced through a series of two or more progressively smaller diameter ironing rings.
Draw-Redraw (DRD) – Process for making two piece cans in which a circular blank is drawn through a die to form a shallow cup and then redrawn through two or more dies to produce a can of desired dimensions.
Electrolytic Chromium Coated Steel (ECCS or TFS) – A low carbon steel, single or double reduced black plate having a thin coating of chromium/chromium oxide applied eletrolytically.
Electrolytic Tin Coated Sheet (ETCS) – Cold rolled sheets 0.0150 inch and thicker, which have been processed through an electrolytic tinning operation and on which tin coating of various weights are deposited.
Electrolytic Tin Plate – Cold rolled low carbon steel of 0.0149 inch thickness or lighter on which tin has been electrodeposited.
K-Plate – Electrolytic tin plate with a tin coating of No. 50 (imperial) or heavier, with improved corrosion performance for some galvanic detinning food products.
Matte Finish – An unmelted tin coating which has a dull appearance.
Melted Finish – A bright finish or fused finish.
Pickling – A process of removing iron oxide from hot rolled bands by immersion in acid solution prior to cold reduction.
Rolling Width – The dimension of the sheet perpendicular to the rolling direction of the steel strip.
Steel Type D – An aluminum killed based metal steel sometimes required to minimize severe fluting and stretcher strains or for severe drawing applications or where special directional properties are required.
Steel Type L – Base metal steel, low in metalloid and residual elements. Sometimes used for improved internal corrosion resistance for certain food product containers.
Steel type MR – Base metal steel similar in metalloid content to Type L, but less restrictive in residual elements, commonly used for most tin plate applications.
Temper – An arbitrary number designation to indicate the forming properties of tin mill products.
Sita – Unit of sale under the metric system. One sita is equivalent to 100 square metres (m2) and equals 4.9426 base boxes
|T1 - T5||DR7 - DR9|
Size Range for
|0.13 - 0.50||0.18 - 0.50||0.13 - 0.40||0.15 - 0.25|
|Width (mm)||700 - 1150||600 - 990||700 - 1150||700 - 950|
|Length (mm)||600 - 1200||500 - 1050||500 - 1060||500 - 1000|
|Temper Grade||Hardness Guarantee. HR30T||Applications|
|Single Reduced||T-1||49 ± 5||Deep drawing 2-PC Cans, nozzles and other applications involving deep drawing that requires large flexibility.|
|T-2||53 ± 5||Deep drawing 2-PC cans that require moderate drawability and some stiffness.|
|T-2.5||55 ± 5||Canbody and Can End require the drawability of T-2 in combination with the stiffness of T-3. For general use.|
|T-3||57 ± 5||Canbody and Can End require good stiffness.|
|T-4||61 ± 5||Can bodies, ends and crowns that require comparatively large stiffness.|
|T-5||65 ± 5||Can bodies, ends and other applications that require excellent buckling-resistance.|
|Double Reduced||DR-8||73 ± 5||Bodies of carbonated beverage cans and beer cans that require stiffness and strength.|
|DR-9||76 ± 5||Ends of carbonated beverage cans and beer cans that require stiffness and strength.|
|DR-9M||77||Caps of Beer and other Carbonated beverage that require stiffness.|
|DR-10||80 ± 5||luxurious cap that require strength.|
Packaging Details: Anti-rust paper, steel cover, corner protect by angles,steel strips and pallets.
Twist-off Cap Production Line
EOE & POE Production Line
Aerosols Cone & Dome Making
Tin Can Lid End Production Line
Food Tin Can Making Machine
Milk Powder Can Making Machine
Beverage Tin Can Making Machine
Aerosol Tin Can Making Machine
Composite Can Making Machine
Chemical Tin Can Making Machine
Steel Pail Tin Can Making Machine
F type Oblong Can Making Machine
Square Tin Can Making Machine
Lock Seam Tin Can Making Machine
0.25-5L Round Tin Can Making Line
10-20L Round Tin Can Making Line
1-5L Rectangle Tin Can Making Line
18L Square Can Making Machine
Tin Can School
International Can Sizes
Tin Can Making Process
Spare Part Back-up
Complete Shipping Dox
Maintenance & Repair
Installation Training Commissioning
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Happy Earth Day! I hope you enjoyed the Google doodle and quiz as much as I did (in my squiddy way, I ‘spose). You can even get Google to match your donations to the Jane Goodall Institute and other wildlife charities (Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, World Wildlife Fund, WildAid, Zoological Society of London and Virunga Fund), through the end of the month. Such donations are a small thing, to be sure, but if enough people pitch in where money is being leveraged so cleverly, we can change outcomes for the better.
However, there are some big problems that are not going to be solved by a little donation here, or a shorter shower there. These are great things to do, they’re not wrong, but they’re still not enough. All indications are that we are tipping over into some serious crisis conditions, and we will not be able to just do the first 10 of the 50 Simple Things… or shop our way out of it. As a recent Union of Concerned Scientists blogger pointed out:
When we focus on the “human activities” that are causing climate change, we sound like we’re laying climate blame on things like using a washer and dryer, driving, flipping a light switch and other day-to-day things many humans in the developed world take for granted and that many humans in the developing world would very much like to do, too.
…two-thirds of all industrial carbon emissions come from just 90 institutions...
The problems are big, and the biggest sources of those problems lie in the policies of governments and the actions of big industries. The people who make the decisions about how much coal and oil is burned to run our economy are the tiny handful of humans with most of the ability to cause (or, one hopes, fix) the problems. And as Utah Phillips is alleged to have said
What’s more, those people who bear the vast majority of the responsibility could fit into a small auditorium (or, say, a few dozen board rooms, plus the chamber of the US House of Representatives).
How do we get them to change their evil ways? Well, that’s where our real power comes in, not as individuals, but as groups and communities. We need to demand transparency, so that we can make informed choices. We need to demand accountability, so that those who are most responsible for making the messes are the ones who pay the most to clean them up. We need to demand justice, for the global billions alive today who did so little to cause the problems, and the coming generations who are blameless, but who would suffer so much if we do not make real changes. And we need to demand sanity, so that the nearsighted self-interest of a few does not lead to catastrophe for all. To make these demands, we must come together, share information, and refuse to be silenced.
We are primates that have undergone millions of years of evolution to specialize in social learning and creative problem-solving. The seven-billion-plus humans alive and breathing right now have a lot of potential. We can do incredible things. So, let’s decide to do them, together. We haven’t got time to wait any more.
Okay, now that I’m done ranting, I should probably go hug a tree 🙂
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You may not think much of the impact your morning coffee and its accompanying cup has on the environment as you sip on its milky, robust goodness. Coffee is an important element of many people's lives, both in Australia and abroad. You may rely on the fix during your morning rush to work, as a mid-morning pick-me-up or as a late-afternoon boost. But what is the cost to the environment?
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Therefore, high quality indicators for various forms of analysis have to be used to determine if research are of enough high quality to be included as documentation for EBPs. The nature of causality is systematically investigated in a quantity of academic disciplines, together with philosophy and physics.
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This chapter introduces difference-in-differences evaluation, or diff-in-diffs for short, and its use in understanding the impact of an intervention. We explain the method to use xt panel knowledge covering two time durations to hold out diff-in-diffs by comparing common adjustments from before an intervention to after it, and the means to implement this in a easy regression. We talk about the parallel trends assumption thatâs needed for the results to show average effects and the way we can assess its validity by analyzing pre-intervention tendencies.
Pearl is a world leader in the scientific understanding of causality. All inferences must subsequently be forged in a language that matches the way individuals manage their world information, namely, the language of cause and effect. One of the least disputed mantra of causal inference is that we can not access individual causal results; we will observe an individual response to remedy or to no-treatment but by no means to both. However, our theoretical results show that we are in a position to get bounds on individual causal results, which typically can be quite slender and allow us to make correct customized choices. We project therefore that these theoretical results are key for next-generation personalised determination making.
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European natural gas prices rose to the highest level in almost four months on persistent supply concerns amid the worst energy crunch in decades.
Benchmark futures jumped as much as 8% for a fifth consecutive advance. European energy markets are in turmoil with Russia’s supplies at multiyear lows, coupled with intense competition for liquefied natural gas with Asia, where prices soared to the highest ever seen during the summer.
Traders are also closely watching exports from Norway, where strikes planned for this week threaten to cut gas and oil production. Output at three fields began shutting on Tuesday as the labour action started, with two more walkouts planned in the coming days.
For now, shipment orders published by Norway’s grid operator show flows little changed for Tuesday. But the strike could escalate on Wednesday and into the weekend if no solution to an ongoing wage dispute is found, according to a local union.
“Another day, another fear and liquidity driven spike in European gas and power pricing,” analysts at Alfa Energy Ltd. said in a note.
Dutch front-month gas futures, the European benchmark, traded 6.4% higher at 173.29 euros per megawatt-hour by 11:07 a.m. in Amsterdam. The UK equivalent jumped as much as 13%. German 2023 power is trading at a record, near the highest-ever level for the benchmark.
Another near-term risk is that the Nord Stream pipeline — Europe’s key channel for gas from Russia — won’t restart after 10 days of maintenance that begin July 11. That’s a development the region’s biggest consumer, Germany, is already considering as an option.
German gas giant Uniper SE is in talks with the government over a potential bailout package of as much as 9 billion euros, ($9.3 billion) according to a person familiar with the situation. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has warned the gas crunch risks triggering a collapse in the market, similar to the role of Lehman Brothers in the financial crisis.
“News out of Germany only fanned the flames,” Alfa Energy said.
Developments in the market are hard to predict, given “Russia’s unpredictable behavior,” the International Energy Agency said in its quarterly market report published Tuesday. “A complete cut of Russian gas flows cannot be excluded.”
A full cut of the supply made permanent is “the least likely scenario,” but chances that the Nord Stream flows will remain reduced are high, analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a note, raising its price forecasts for Europe.
For the moment, shipments through the pipeline remain at about 40% of capacity after Russia curbed supplies last month, citing technical issues.
Flows from Germany to Poland via the Yamal-Europe link dropped to zero early Tuesday, grid data show, amid seasonal maintenance at the Mallnow compressor station between the countries scheduled for Tuesday-Wednesday.
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The Waco UPF-7 is an unusual airplane. Not due to any outstanding technical features but to timing. A relatively obsolete design, it was built in quantity at a time when the open cockpit biplane trainer for civilian use was virtually extinct. Even then, it slipped into service unnoticed since it had no significant new features to arouse the aviation community
Production of commercial biplane trainers virtually ended in Depression years of the early 1930s, and new low-powered monoplanes rapidly took their place in the schools and in private aviation. Only the Army and Navy were principal customers for biplane trainers in succeeding years. While Waco did not have a share of this market, it was one of the few firms that continued to supply open cockpit biplanes to private owners of the mid-1930s, a group comprising what could be considered a custom trade. Yet the UPF-7, introduced in the late twilight of the biplane era, was built in greater quantity than any single Waco model that preceded it. Approximately 600 came out of the Troy, Ohio factory between 1937 and 1942.
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Airedale Terriers are widely known as the largest of all terrier breeds.
About the Airedale Terrier
Airedales are always alert, not aggressive, robust and not easily frightened. This is an active, muscular dog who has keen expressions and a very friendly nature.
The Airedale Terrier is known to be one of the world’s most versatile dog breeds and has made a name for themselves as hunters, athletes and companions. They are frequently used as police dogs in some countries.
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Nursing home residents rely on the care and attention of the staff of the facility for their well being. Often nursing home residents are elderly, and suffer from physical or emotional issues that require proper attention in receiving meals, medication, help with getting out of bed, and other assistance with daily activities. Unfortunately, nursing home residents are often vulnerable and are the victims of abuse and neglect.
Illinois has laws that protect nursing home residents from wrongdoing at nursing home facilities.
If you, or one of your family members, suspects that a resident is not receiving proper care at a nursing home, please feel free to contact The Law Office of Jeffrey Friedman, P.C. for a free consultation at 312-357-1431.
Many times, families and residents are intimidated about making complaints about the care that is being provided in a nursing home. If you make a complaint about the care being provided, you are protected under Illinois law. If you suspect retaliation, please feel free to contact The Law Office of Jeffrey Friedman, P.C. for a free consultation at 312-357-1431
Some of the most common warning signs of nursing home abuse and neglect are:
Signs of physical abuse:
- Unexplained cuts, bruises, wounds, welts or fractures
- Unexplained injuries
- Being treated and handled with excessive force
- Slapping, pushing, shaking, beating
- Untreated medical or dental problems
- Frequent use of Pain medication
- Caretakers being unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for a patient’s condition.
- Physical or Sexual Abuse
Signs of neglect:
- Bed sores (also knows as pressure sores or decubitus ulcers) - this includes the development of new bed sores and the deterioration and worsening of existing sores
- Not being on an air mattress when the resident has existing deep bed sores
- Not being repositioned regularly
- Contractures or hardening of muscles or rigidity
- Excessive weight loss
- Lack of personal hygiene
- Unclean or unsanitary conditions
- Not being provided with a feeding tube if resident is unable to intake food orally
- Unsanitary Feeding Tube
- Medication mistakes
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Date pinwheel cookies are a great part of any Christmas cookie exchange. As a bonus, they're as much to make as they are to eat! These are the perfect Christmas cookies to make with your kids or grandchildren this year.
What are these?
Date pinwheel cookies are a holiday standard in our family. It is the only time during the entire year that we have them and that of course is part of what makes them special.
In a nutshell, A sweet jam of chopped dates and walnuts is rolled into a simple cookie dough.
For me, they are special for another reason. I always think of my mom when I make these because she made date filled cookies every Christmas. Hers were a bit different than these.
What's in them?
As you can see, these cookies have your basic pantry ingredients, plus dates. If you don't like walnuts or have a nut allergy; leave them out. I promise, these cookies taste great either way!
How to make them
Our kids enjoy making any kind of pinwheel cookie. There is just something fun about pinwheel-anything.
I think it has something to do with the magical swirl that results from rolling the dough. With these date cookies, there is also the magical taste of sweet chopped dates highlighted by an ever so soft crunch from the chopped walnuts.
Start by making the date compote and then adding the nuts. This is done by simply "cooking down" the water, sugar, and dates.
Next, make the simple cookie dough. Wrap and seal it and then chill for an hour in your refrigerator.
After your dough is chilled, place it on a piece of flour-dusted parchment paper. Roll it out to a 12 x 18-inch rectangle. Use a baking sheet as a guide for the size.
Spoon the filling on top of the dough. Evenly spread it and leave about a ½-inch border.
Starting with the long edge, carefully roll the dough, jelly roll-style. Then, wrap it with plastic wrap and chill for another hour.
After the the log of rolled dough has chilled, place it on a cutting board. Then, use a knife to cut into ¼" slices.
Place the cookies on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and bake at 375° for 12 to 14 minutes, until golden brown.
Let the cookies sit on the baking sheet for a minute or two. Then, transfer to a cooling rack.
These date pinwheel cookies will last for a week, in an airtight container. Also, you can make them ahead of time, freeze them, and put into your holiday cookie exchange.
You can leave the nuts out completely, or substitute any of the following, for a delicious substitution:
- Golden raisins
- Orange zest
- Dried cranberries, chopped
More holiday cookies
Date Pinwheel Cookies
- Stir together dates, ¼ cup sugar, ½ cup water, and ⅛ teaspoon salt in a saucepan; bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; simmer 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in walnuts, and set aside.
- Beat remaining ½ cup sugar, softened butter, and brown sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla, beating until blended. Gradually add remaining ⅛ teaspoon salt, flour, and baking soda, beating until blended. Cover and chill 1 hour.
- Turn dough out onto floured wax paper, and roll into an 18- x 12-inch rectangle. Spread date mixture evenly over dough, leaving a ½-inch border.
- Roll up dough jellyroll fashion, beginning at 1 long side. Wrap in wax paper, and chill 1 hour.
- Cut roll into ¼-inch-thick slices; place on lightly greased baking sheets.
- Bake, in batches, at 375° for 12 to 14 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool cookies 2 to 3 minutes on baking sheets, and remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- The dough for these pinwheel cookies can be chilled overnight.
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THE GULBENKIAN GARDEN
The Gulbenkian Garden is an oasis of nature and peacefulness in the city of Lisbon, the perfect place to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.
The garden's history goes back several centuries: it began as a recreational farm (in the 18th century), became Santa Gertrudes Park (in the 19th century) and, years later, became Lisbon's first Zoo. In the 20th century, the Zoo became a local fair, and later the venue was acquired by the Gulbenkian Foundation. Thus, was born the Gulbenkian Garden, a project by landscape architects António Viana Barreto and Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles.
The Gulbenkian Garden covers an area of about 8 hectares, where there are several surprises and activities for all ages. Are you ready to explore this emblematic place?
The rich natural environment invites you to stroll with family or friends. All the serenity stimulates reading, relaxing under the shade of trees or having a pleasant picnic, always in the company of the twittering of the birds and the serene sound of the waterfalls. The children can run and play, discover the various species of animals, and learn to respect and preserve mother nature.
The hectic city of Lisbon is forgotten and makes way for calm and breathtaking beauty in a place that is a reference for landscape architecture in Portugal.
Cool Tip: The Gulbenkian Garden is located next to the Foundation's Headquarters and the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, with several exhibitions that you can visit throughout the year.
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It's never easy to get inside a child's head for definitive answers, but here are some possibilities that may come into play on any given day:
- Ignoring us may actually be a sign that our child has adjusted well, feels secure at child care, and knew all along that we would return: "I'm glad to see you, but it's no big deal. I knew you'd come back, and so I'll just continue with what I was doing."
- "Going to pieces" may be a natural reaction to the sight of the person the child is closest to (you!). Sometimes it's hard for a child to be in a group all day, and by the end of the day they are tired and their resistance is low. You are a big deal, almost too big.
- Children are driven to experiment. Acting out can be a child's way of testing an interesting situation. There are two people (the parent and the caregiver) who set limits and enforce the rules. "Who is in charge?" or, "How do these people work together?" Unable to articulate the question with words, the child may ask the question through behavior.
- Our child may just want us to stay a while in this place that is special, to be there together.
- Maybe there is a little unconscious payback and resistance to being forced to suddenly stop an activity in which our child was engrossed. He may be thinking, "I didn't like it when you dropped me off here rather abruptly this morning, so I'm not going to leave easily for you tonight."
- It’s even possible that your child may be anticipating the hustle and bustle that characterizes the evening routine until bedtime, and is voting with his feet to stay in this child-centered place!
Children are complex human beings. They are instinctive social scientists at every age, using their behavior to experiment with how the world of people works and their place in it. In the process, they will both delight us and push all of our buttons. In the instance of a child care reunion, one thing is certain — you are the ones they love best. They just have a funny way of showing it. | <urn:uuid:6a9bc13a-9f7c-4672-9396-8a04f73aa5ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.brighthorizons.com/resources/Article/end-of-day-reunions-they-do-love-you-best | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.977423 | 457 | 2.84375 | 3 |
How To Get Free Hair Care Products?
How to get free hair care products? The subject of hair care gives you a wide view of what makes hair beautiful. Strands, texture, volume, and the scalp all play a role in how beautiful hair is. These are important parts of taking care of your hair. To keep your hair healthy, you should take care of it in a certain way. You should think about how smooth, soft, and moist the fabric is. Because these are things that only healthy hair has. A healthy head of hair can also be shiny and full. The care should include treatments for the scalp, because a healthy scalp makes for healthy, shiny hair.
The subject of cosmetics hair care can help you figure out what your hair needs. As an accessory, hair needs a wide range of vitamins and minerals to stay healthy. But some hair styles need to be done with hot tools. Heat styling can weaken your hair, so you need more vitamins and minerals to make up for it. Thanks to beauty products, your hair gets the things it needs. For example, an anti-frizz cream will make your hair smooth and keep it from getting frizzy. Its formula, which has argan oil in it, is known to be a good smoothing styling product. With this cream, you can blow dry your hair to style it.
If you brush your detangled hair without spraying detangling spray on your brush, it can break. This kind of damage can be stopped with a brush-proof anti-breakage detangling spray. On the other hand, you may have dyed your hair and need products that keep the color. With Keratin smooth color shampoo and conditioner, you can keep hair color from washing out. Also, a pair of products is a set for people who want their hair to be fuller and bouncer.
How To Get Free Hair Care Products Online?
In the beauty products for hair care topic, moisturizers are included. A deep-moisturizing mask with coconut oil can make your hair and scalp feel softer. Pyrithione zinc fights flakes while coconut oil softens hair strands. It also soothes an itchy scalp. This recipe doesn't have any sulfate, paraben, or dye. Some people who used this formula saw that their hair got more texture and the dryness on their scalps went away.
People with hair that needs a nourishing treatment often think about beauty products for hair care. By adding water to your hair, a daily moisture shampoo can nourish and refresh it. Also, your hair will be clean and easy to style after using it. On the other hand, a 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner that doesn't contain sulfates can repair and soften your hair. A person who uses it says that it made her hair feel softer and look healthier. This product also makes your hair feel and look stronger and smoother. Also, your hair will no longer be as frizzy.
Hair milk is one of the things that are good for your hair. A gentle detangling milk that is also good for your hair. Its formula, made from oat and rice extracts, makes hair feel soft. Also, the hair doesn't look like it's dry or heavy. Along with milk, anti-frizz serum is another thing that can save your life. This product promises to keep hair smooth and moist for a long time. There is also a protective oil that gives your dry hair a boost and makes it smooth.
When you notice that your hair needs care, you read about hair care. You may need extra care because your hair is frizzy. There are a lot of different ways to keep hair from getting frizzy, such as frizz ease, moisture barrier, and firm hold hair spray. This recipe keeps curls in place without making them heavy. Plus, you might like sheets that stop frizz. Its formula, which has argan oil in it, can instantly tame frizz. A whipped cleansing conditioner is another product that can make your hair look and feel smoother and stronger. It also slows down how frizzy hair looks.
You might be interested in anti-frizz hair care products if you want to keep your hair from getting frizzy. You might need protection from frizz all day. Also, you might need smooth hair right away. Yes, there is a product that can do what you need without making you feel oily or sticky. If you have sensitive hair, you need to be good. A good anti-frizz cream serum makes your hair as waterproof as an umbrella. Kerasilk control rich protective oil makes hair very shiny and keeps it from getting frizzy.
A perfecting cream made from plant-based ingredients that can do more than one thing locks in moisture and keeps frizz at bay. It has organic olive oil that has been cold-pressed. It also protects against free radicals. Plus, it doesn't have any sulfates, silicones, parabens, or phthalates in its formula.
Beauty Hair Products
Both men and women care about how their hair looks. This helps you learn about a wide range of hair care products. There are a lot of beauty products for hair care, from styling tools to shampoos. Tools for styling include hairbrushes, combs, and irons. There are also styling products like gels, hair sprays, mousses, and foams, in addition to the tools. Along with them, there are also beauty items for hair. Some of them are headbands, clips, elastics, and ties. You might like a change that is made with hair extensions, hairpieces, or wigs. Not only does styling involve tools and products, but you may also need to cut off split ends. With the right tools, you can cut your hair well. You might also be interested in hair coloring products like hair color, highlighting tools, and hennas.
There are hair loss products that help hair grow, which is good news. They can be shampoos or fibers that help hair grow. There are also many different kinds of oils that are used to treat hair. Hair masks also help fix and clean your hair by getting rid of any dirt or residue. | <urn:uuid:483a7d5c-7d52-4dd2-a30d-a177b20cea6a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.proterracosmetics.com/es/blogs/news/how-to-get-free-hair-care-products | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.971126 | 1,291 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Published today, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology study found that reducing the free sugar content in sugar-sweetened drinks (including fruit juices) in the UK by 40% over five years – without replacing them with any non-nutritive sweeteners – could also prevent 300,000 cases of type 2 diabetes over two decades.
However, Tim Rycroft, corporate affairs director at the Food and Drink Federation, said “the rate and scale of sugar reductions advocated are fanciful, not least because authors reject the use of low calorie sweeteners”.
Rycroft called for “evidence-based, real-world solutions” to tackle obesity, and said the food and drink industry had a proud record of gradually removing calories from products, including those from sugars, by updating recipes and limiting portions.
“Thanks to product innovation from industry, there is more and more choice of no and low-sugar soft drinks. This segment already represents 60% of the soft drinks market and is growing.”
Gavin Partington, director general at the British Soft Drinks Association, said that the hypothetical claims made in the study ran contrary to the evidence – which was that sugar consumption in the UK had been declining for many years, particularly from soft drinks.
He added that the soft drinks industry had reduced sugar intake by 7.5% in recent years and there were plans to reduce calories by a further 20% by 2020.
“There is also no evidence that a tax on soft drinks would have an impact on obesity. The soft drinks tax in Mexico has reduced average calorie intake by just six calories a day and sales in France are back to pre-tax levels,” he said.
Calculations in the Lancet study showed that a 40% reduction in free sugars added to sugar-sweetened drinks over five years would lead to an average reduction in energy intake of 38kcal a day by the end of the fifth year.
This would lead to an average reduction in body weight of 1.20kg in adults, resulting in a reduction in overweight and obese adults by approximately 0.5M and 1M respectively. This would in turn prevent between 274,000 and 309,000 cases of obesity-related type 2 diabetes over the next two decades.
The study found that if fruit juices were excluded from sugar-sweetened drinks, it would result in 300,000 fewer cases of overweight people and 800,000 fewer cases of obese individuals.
Professor Graham MacGregor, chairman of Action on Sugar, said: “The prime minister can no longer ignore the fact that the current nutrition policies are not working.
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In this study, the physical properties of a red latosol were assessed under Cerrado (a Savannah like vegetation type) and under of Eucalyptus grandis cultivation. Two contiguous sites of 14 ha each showing similar original vegetation cover, slope, topographic position, soil type, and sun exposure (aspect) were selected. Systematically, 20 sampling points were distributed in each site, from which soil deformed samples were collected to determine soil texture and non-deformed soil samples were collected to determine apparent density, volumetric soil moisture, and penetration resistance. Based on this study’s results, it was observed that by changing land cover of Cerrado vegetation to cultivation, E. grandis provided no significant changes, Scott-Knott test (α = 0.05) of soil penetration resistance, density, and volumetric moisture of the red latosol.
Key words: Cerrado vegetation, Eucalyptus grandis, land use, land cover change.
Copyright © 2022 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.
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2 June, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Learning and Teaching Podcast Discussion Club is like a book club… but with podcasts!
Instead of reading a book, you’ll listen (in your own time) to a podcast then you’ll join us for a one hour Zoom session on the first Wednesday of the month where we’ll discuss the ideas and issues raised in the episode.
Our next session will be on Wednesday, 2nd June, 2021 at 12 noon via Zoom.
Why did a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report name Charles Sturt University among the top four emerging leaders in engineering education? It might have something to do with a new innovative (Netflix style) approach that they took to educating student engineers who are, by the way, referred to as ‘cadets’. Let’s listen to how this new approach is implemented and see if there is anything we can learn/adopt from it for our classrooms.
Listen from Minute 4 https://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e66/
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Most patients who experience severe pain often ask us how they can stop their sensitive teeth pain immediately. There are a variety of factors that may be contributing to your tooth sensitivity so let’s look at the reasons behind sensitive teeth and how it is best managed.
Primary Symptoms of Sensitive Teeth
Sensitive teeth symptoms are very obvious, and you will feel them immediately — it will only take a bite into an icy pole to endure the associated discomfort! Additionally, if you feel pain in your jaws or teeth while chewing or biting down, this is another red flag. Some symptoms of sensitive teeth are mild, but they are still uncomfortable and potentially detrimental down the line if you don’t seek the expertise of your trusted dental provider.
The Causes of Tooth Sensitivity
Teeth sensitivity is very common in adults and occurs for a wide range of reasons. Whilst curing it immediately would be a dream come true for most people, it will not address the permanent or underlying issue of why you are experiencing tooth sensitivity. Our teeth are primarily made up of dentin, which is surrounded by a protective layer of enamel. When that layer is compromised or affected, oversensitive dentin tends to occur.
A wide range of influencers contribute to tooth sensitivity, but some of the most common include tooth decay, older fillings, receding gums, worn tooth enamel and exposed tooth roots.
Some other causes of tooth sensitivity include:
- Brushing your teeth with a toothbrush made up of firm bristles can damage the gums and enamel of your teeth, leading to sensitive teeth.
- Rinsing with mouthwash after brushing is part of a healthy and recommended oral healthcare practice, however, patients can unknowingly take this too far. When mouthwash is used beyond the recommended time, the acids within the mouthwash can become harmful and lead to tooth sensitivity.
- Eating acidic foods can damage tooth enamel and weaken your gums which exposes the inner layer of your teeth. When this occurs, you also expose the nerve center, which is the heart of painful tooth sensitivity.
- Over-the-counter teeth whitening treatment. Many people who use supermarket teeth whitening kits or strips often experience sensitive teeth afterward. Therefore it is recommended you undergo whitening in-clinic under the supervision of your dental provider or alternatively, use the take-home whitening products they endorse.
- Teeth grinding, also known as bruxism, can cause major tooth sensitivity. Teeth grinding damage happens slowly and often when asleep, creating tiny cracks in the teeth over time. In severe cases, your dentist will likely recommend a night guard to prevent the possibility of extreme damage.
Stop Sensitive Teeth Pain Immediately
If you have sensitive teeth pain, you should book an appointment with one of our experienced and compassionate dentists at Coolangatta Dental Group. In the interim, you can try to combat your sensitive teeth issue by trying the following:
- Use desensitising toothpaste: These contain materials that will fill in exposed areas of the dentin. They are available over-the-counter.
- Rinse your mouth with saltwater: Dissolve 1 teaspoon of salt in ½ a cup of warm water, then swish for 15 to 30 seconds.
- Make sure you have cleaned your entire mouth thoroughly: Double-check to ensure there are no food particles stuck between your teeth.
Bear in mind you should also be replacing your toothbrush regularly. Most dentists recommend you replace it every four months. Use a soft-bristled brush and brush gently, particularly around the gums.
How To Prevent Tooth Sensitivity
As with most things related to your oral health, preventing the problem in the first place is the ideal solution. Below are some steps you can take to keep your teeth from becoming sensitive:
- Try not to brush your teeth with a heavy hand. This can damage the tooth enamel and delicate gum tissue.
- Steer clear of acidic foods and beverages (such as soft drinks).
- Stay away from acidic mouthwash and avoid using mouthwash for longer than the directions indicate.
- Avoid chewing hard foods and refrain from biting down on hard sweets
- Keep sugar consumption to a minimum. It can slowly soften the tooth enamel and leave the dentin below vulnerable to sensitivity.
- Keep your gums healthy! This will avoid gum recession, which can expose sensitive tooth roots.
- Use a mouth guard at night. If you are grinding your teeth at night, sleep with a mouth guard to protect your teeth from damage.
- Visit your dentist regularly to keep your teeth and gums healthy.
Visit Coolangatta Dental Group
You don’t have to live with teeth sensitivity. So, be sure to ask your selected dentist at Coolangatta Dental Group for advice if you are experiencing this painful condition. Contact the team at any of our clinics today to make an appointment. | <urn:uuid:b4bd4222-85ec-48e6-a3ca-7134a4378fd5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://coolangattadental.com.au/experiencing-sensitive-teeth-heres-what-you-can-do/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.933552 | 1,012 | 2.734375 | 3 |
From Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Despite extensive support and counseling programs, as many as 349 U.S. service members committed suicide last year, which would be the highest number since the Department of Defense began keeping detailed statistics in 2001.
According to the Pentagon, 239 military deaths in 2012 have been confirmed as suicides and another 110 are being investigated as probable suicides. The number of suicides in 2011 reached 301; there were 298 the year before.
The statistics on suicides among service members, many of whom had deployed to war zones, included deaths among reserve forces.
Each branch of the service showed an increase. The Army had by far the highest number of suicides and probable suicides — 182, a number that was up from 166 in 2011. The Navy had 60 suicides in 2012 compared with 52 the year before, followed by the Air Force with 59 (up from 51) and the Marine Corps with 48 (up from 32).
For years, the Pentagon has struggled with how to identify service members at risk for suicide and to provide counseling and other services. The Army and Navy have focused on teaching “resiliency” to troops in hopes of helping them cope with stress. Military experts have long said one of the enduring challenges is that there doesn’t appear to be a direct link between suicides and the stress of being in the combat zone.
A private-sector group, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), which provides military grief support programs, reported it has eight to 10 cases a week of people seeking help because they are dealing with the suicide of a service member. Of the people contacting the organization for care and support, 18% were “grieving a death by suicide,” TAPS said in a statement.
“We are deeply saddened by this loss of life, and renew our commitment to support the military families left behind who are grieving the deaths of service members by suicide,” said Bonnie Carroll, founder of TAPS. She is a former co-chair of a congressionally mandated Department of Defense Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide in the Armed Forces.
“We know that at least 10 people are personally impacted by each death and every death is a tragedy,” Carroll said in the statement.
Kim Ruocco, who directs suicide postvention programs for TAPS, said service members in distress deserve “an immediate and comprehensive response.”
“We do not expect for a soldier with a broken leg to be strong and get up and become better without seeking medical treatment,” said Ruocco, the widow of Marine Maj. John Ruocco, who died by suicide in 2005. “When a soldier is suffering from a mental health injury, he or she deserves medical treatment and the very best care that is available.” | <urn:uuid:0226779e-10a0-4192-a86d-bc1458c11f84> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wtvr.com/2013/01/15/pentagon-military-suicides-still-on-the-rise | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.974846 | 583 | 2.34375 | 2 |
We hear school alumni can strongly resist uniform change; preferring the skirt and dress-wearing traditions ‘of their day’. Peter however, shows how the school alumni can be a powerful force for change. Having battled his daughter’s school in the ACT for girls to be able to wear pants, Peter turned his attention to a different state altogether, to his former school. Seeing that his old school didn’t offer pants and shorts for girls, he asked when they would be updating and modernising their uniform policy. Peter is adding support to a campaign that middle school students are already running. These schoolgirls are pushing for their voices to be heard and for the right to wear pants and shorts every day.
“You don’t have to be a parent to advocate, but as part of the community of the school you went to, I think you are entitled to call for change.” – Peter
Peter Tells His Story
As a parent (father of a 10-year old attending an all girls’ school in Canberra) I was pleased that the school finally agreed to add trousers to the uniform range (with shorts to come). It was great to see so many girls at school running around on a chilly Canberra winter morning in their warm trousers and not freezing in their tunics. It took a lot of persuasion and navigating of a mysterious, never-heard-of-before uniform committee for the outcome. But it was worth it to see the results – proud and confident girls and young women.
Alumni Advocating for Change
I decided I did not want to stop with having achieved change in only my daughter’s school. I realised that I had a connection with my old school. The one that I had spent so much of my youth growing up at. Guess what? They still required girls to wear skirts. Nothing had changed in the 30 years since I had been there. So, I contacted the school, explained that I was an alumnus and wanted to speak with the headmaster to ask why they were still stuck in the past.
Girls’ Uniform Agenda Resources
I used the resources on the Girls’ Uniform Agenda website to set out the arguments, but changed it slightly to reflect the fact that I was contacting them as an ex-student who was now a parent, and who expected something very different from the school I had attended many years ago.
We Can All Be Changemakers
The assistant to the headmaster contacted me and assured me that the issue was on their radar and plans were being developed. Very similar to what was said at my daughter’s school. So I replied again and will continue to reply until the shorts and trousers are part of the range and girls have a choice. I am also in contact with other ex-students and am encouraging them to raise the issue with the school. In fact, some are now parents of children at the school – so they have an added interest in getting this changed.
For me this demonstrates that, as campaigners for change, we shouldn’t limit ourselves to the schools our girls attend, or the ones in the local area. We should also contact those schools that we attended and demand to know what they are doing. Schools value their ex-students and will often see them as part of the broader school community. If that is the case, then we need to be heard on this important issue. Our support as ex-students would also support the current parents and students at the school who may be calling out for choice as well.
Example Email That You Can Send
Dear [Insert name of School Principal] and [Head of P&C]
I was a student at [insert school] between [insert years]…As a former student and parent [insert why girls wearing pants and shorts is important]
Looking at your current uniform policy, I notice that the school still does not offer girls the choice of wearing pants and shorts as their everyday uniform.
Girls should be able to wear comfortable, practical and stylish uniform that encourages them to be physically active and confident. Girls should be judged on their ability and not their appearance. [co-ed schools:] [It’s a clear case of sex discrimination when girls are not afforded the same uniform options as the boys alongside them]. I would love to see [insert school] offer suitable uniform options for girls, following consultation with girls.
Girls’ Uniform Agenda explain why it’s important to offer girls choice here: http://girlsuniformagenda.org/.
Give [insert school] girls a choice. Be a leader for girls’ education.
I look forward to hearing what action you’ve already taken, and will take, to make sure girls have the choice of wearing pants and shorts every day.
[Insert School] Alumnus
Join Peter and the GUA Alumniati
Many voices asking for the same thing generates change. Girls that want to wear pants and shorts as their everyday uniform often need support to be heard. We love that Peter directly asked his old school why girls didn’t have choice, on behalf of all girls at the school. Peter is holding a microphone for those girls at the school now, who are asking to be properly heard. Girls’ Uniform Agenda LOVE that Peter will continue to ask and be persistent with his former school until they do offer choice. Making a noise, and keeping on making a noise, will press schools to make changes that we know girls want and need. Good on you Peter!
Get onto your former school, talk to other alumni – especially those that are parents of current students – and ask the question: why does your former school still not offer girls a choice? Join GUA’s Alumniati! Tell us how you get on! | <urn:uuid:7461a988-a2b6-4f24-8481-d44b3652e229> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://girlsuniformagenda.org/2018/09/25/aluminati-former-students-call-for-pants-short-for-girls/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.982089 | 1,195 | 1.710938 | 2 |
The new technology of 5G
The newest generation of wireless technology comes with OFDM encoding that is part of an air interface designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of tech with different bandwidths and scale for future applications. It will be able to operate on larger channels than 4G with lower latency, making it easier for a household of people to work online at once.
One of the biggest advances of 5G is small cell tech, which offers more reliable coverage, lower cost-per-bit, and improved network performance. This shift, however, requires widespread implementation and is one of the reasons 5G will likely gradually roll out over the next 10 or so years rather than as soon as it is available. Once it’s ready, 5G will integrate seamlessly with both 4G systems and Wi-Fi.
How 5G will help smart homes
Smart homes currently operate in a fragmented fashion, incorporating Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other network protocols. Though some companies, like Microsoft and Amazon, have tried to provide interfaces to tie various devices together, we have not reached a point of true interoperability.
Unlike 4G, 5G will work with low-power devices, making it useful for a broader array of connected products (whether it will work with battery-powered devices remains to be seen, however). The new wide-area network will allow any plugged-in device to connect directly to 5G, bypassing Wi-Fi for more reliable performance. This also means that all devices will be able to connect using the same protocol to start interacting more effectively.
We all know that smart homes save on energy costs. However, 5G technology will make the process even better. By supporting more devices on one network, the tech will allow people to add smart home devices that work automatically to manage power use without manual programming. For instance, connecting service meters to a central network means energy suppliers can detect and respond to fluctuations in energy use. This new network will also be able to do things like quickly detect a gas leak and send an emergency call.
Lower latency and more reliable connections will make smart home devices like doorbells and cameras that much more useful, as well as keep everything in the home connected no matter how many people are using the Internet at once. Faster speeds mean that users can quickly take advantage of the data their smart devices, such as water use sensors, provide to adjust behavior.
The current state of smart homes involves a lot of work on the part of users. For example, McKinsey details five examples of how even a consumer with connected devices must step in and do things manually that could potentially be automated. Using 5G networks to realize the potential of smart home tech to provide a truly unified system of devices will not only improve the speed and reliability of systems but will also expand demand for smart home devices. This will spur new development and lead to more competitive pricing, so more people have access to smart home systems. | <urn:uuid:40d56262-6114-4608-a9f7-97e4d83f58a0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://azuraaustralia.com/5g-and-smart-homes-what-you-need-to-know/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.950049 | 599 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Armed Forces cannot be deployed to protect the border, unless the law changes, Bosnia's Defence Minister Marina Pendes told N1, commenting on allegation of possible deployment of soldiers who would protect the country from influx of illegal migrants.
“The Armed Forces members cannot be sent to the border. Pursuant to the law, a member of the Armed Forces does not protect the country's border,” the minister said in a statement for N1.
According to her, Bosnia's Security Minister was tasked to prepare the information to be discussed by the Council of Ministers, which is Bosnia's state government, and the Defence Ministry would then based on that information prepare a proposal to send it to the Presidency.
Such decision has not been made yet, she added.
The situation with migrants has been a burning issue for months in Bosnia, with dozens of illegal migrants invading the country in hope they would eventually cross the border with Croatia and continue the journey to their final destinations in European Union. As Croatia keeps its border closed for illegal migrants, the ones who enter Bosnia are now stranded in temporary shelters at several locations, mostly in the northwest and near Sarajevo.
Since the number of incoming migrants is increasing, local authorities seem to be losing control over the situation and the locals inhabiting the area near the migrant centres are complaining about deteriorated safety.
Minister Pendes is on an official visit to Brussels, where she is attending a meeting of the NATO member states and its partners participating in the mission in Afghanistan.
She reiterated Bosnia's commitment to keep supporting the peace mission in that country and confirmed that the number of officers to be deployed in the ninth month will increase.
The minister also held a series of meetings on the sidelines of the summit and discussed further cooperation with the NATO Deputy Secretary General, and defence ministers of Croatia, Spain, Hungary and Italy.
Bosnia's path to the NATO, according to her, was not on agenda. However, she added that the Annual National Programme, a document that the Alliance expects from Bosnia's authorities, is a priority.
“We all know what ANP means to every country. That's a plan of activities that a country and all its institutions take over with an aim to work on reform processes. Of course, the Ministry of Defence, as well as the entire country, is collaborating on that. I am convinced that we will find a way to continue more active and stronger cooperation with NATO through an adequate programme,” said Pendes. | <urn:uuid:9d9979a8-5dcd-4163-9e14-95a1d4a2390f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ba.n1info.com/english/news/a352904-minister-pendes-armed-forces-cannot-protect-border-from-migrants/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.970251 | 509 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Getting started is a simple process:
The key to getting started and keeping your worm bin trouble free is to follow four simple rules:
1. always bury the food under the worms and the bedding,
2. only feed in corners (alternating every week),
3. keep at least 3 inches of shredded newspaper on top (the newspaper should not be wet, moist like a wrung our sponge is OK. If it is dry, that is OK) and
4. don't over feed them.
Rule 1: burying food prevents fruit flies from finding the food in your bin.
Rule 2: feeding in corners prevents overfeeding because you can observe how much food is left from previous feedings. Corner feeding also allows worms to flee if something is wrong with the food (pH, temperature, etc.).
Rule 3: a nice think layer of bedding keeps your bin from getting too wet and also helps prevent fruit flies.
Rule 4: overfeeding is a source of problems (moisture, smell, fruit flies, etc.). Feeding too little is preferable to feeding too much. Start slowly and ramp up over time.
If you have not already started, I would encourage you to download instructions to build your own bin and get started now.
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By Jewel Topsfield, James Massola and David Wroe
The Indonesian government has rebuked Australia for refusing to resettle any of the thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi asylum seekers at the centre of the growing refugee crisis in south-east Asia.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott slammed the door shut on the prospect of Australia resettling any of the asylum seekers, declaring: "nope, nope, nope, we have a very clear refugee and humanitarian program".
"It's a refugee and humanitarian program which has been modestly expanded because we have stopped the boats and we are not going to do anything that will encourage people to get on boats," he said.
"Australia will do absolutely nothing that gives any encouragement to anyone to think that they can get on a boat, that they can work with people smugglers to start a new life.
"I'm sorry. If you want to start a new life, you come through the front door, not through the back door."
But in a further escalation of diplomatic tensions between Canberra and Jakarta, just weeks after the execution of Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir said Australia could not ignore the humanitarian crisis.
"My point is this: countries that are parties to the convention on refugees have a responsibility to ensure they believe in what they sign," he said.
"I hope all the countries that signed the refugee convention address the issue ... if you believe it when you sign it, you should act upon it."
The Deputy Speaker in the Indonesian House of Representatives, Fahri Hamzah, said Mr Abbott's comments were regrettable.
"Tony Abbott should not put the blame on the asylum seekers. They went on the boats because they were forced to do that," he said.
Indonesia is not a signatory to the UN convention, but Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to provide humanitarian assistance to 7000 Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingya refugees still stranded at sea and provide temporary shelter for up to a year.
Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand had provoked international condemnation by turning back boatloads of the asylum seekers, who are fleeing persecution, but Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur have agreed the asylum seekers can come ashore, though they must be resettled by the international community within a year.
In contrast to Australia, the United States has said it is prepared to play a lead role in resettling some of those refugees as part of a multi-country response co-ordinated by the UN refugee agency.
Mr Abbott's hardline stance drew criticism from the federal opposition and refugee groups and came as Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak ordered the Malaysian navy and coastguard to conduct search and rescue operations for boats carrying stricken migrants, including ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said Labor supported regional resettlement of refugees and that "where there is an unfolding humanitarian crisis in south-east Asia, Tony Abbott's 'not-my-problem approach' is disappointing".
"There's no doubt there's terrible violence happening in parts which are affecting the Rohingya people. I believe this government should at least engage with our south-east Asian neighbours but in terms of regional resettlement, Labor remains convinced that is the right way to go."
Amnesty's national refugee co-ordinator, Graham Thom, said Australia was one of the few nations in the world that had seen a decline in boat arrivals in recent years, but asylum seekers were now making longer and more dangerous journeys.
"It's extremely disappointing that now that Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have said they will allow them to come ashore, that Australia as a country is unwilling to help, particularly as the US government, which is not in this region, is offering to help with resettlement," he said.
"You'd think Australia, which so often follows the US example, would want to be part of a regional response."
In South Korea, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told Fairfax Media south-east Asian nations should abandon their reluctance to interfere in each other's internal affairs and tackle the issue of Myanmar's treatment of the Rohingyas.
She reiterated that Australia had "no plans" to take any of the Rohingyas beyond the current refugee intake.
Ms Bishop said the problem needed to be dealt with at its source, which stemmed from the denial of citizenship by Myanmar to the Rohingya minority.
Though she stressed Australia would not interfere, Ms Bishop said,
Greens leader Richard Di Natale called for Australia to "step up and help huge numbers of people fleeing persecution in our region".
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Winning the Interview
With less than one week until the first Virtual Career Fair of 2021, now is the time to start preparing for the big day.
Here's a list of tips to help you succeed:
1. Do your research
With over 60 employers attending the Virtual Career Fair next week, there won't be enough time to meet with every company. Start by exploring the list of companies attending. Next, it's time to do your research and make a plan. Find the companies you're most excited to meet with and take notes on each. Compile a short, strategic list of questions to ask the employer about their company and the position they're offering. This will set you apart by showing employers you're prepared and interested. Once you've narrowed down your list of companies, jot down your plan for meeting with them. At the fair, test your skills on a few potential employers before speaking with your favorites.
To view the list of companies, head to Handshake and create an account with your Ferris.edu email. Click Events, Career Fair, and find the Ferris Virtual Career Fair event.
2. Refresh your resume
Ensure your resume is up-to-date and ready to rock! After adding any necessary updates, make sure you dive into the details. Is your resume reflective of the type of position you're looking for? Have you double checked the formatting and grammar? Once you feel confident in your updates, email your resume to the Center for Career and Professional Success office to finalize it. Consider sending a job description to ensure your resume has the correct tone and design to pique the employer's interest. Don't forget to save your final copy as a PDF so it can easily be sent to potential employers.
3. TeST Your TeCh
The Virtual Career Fair will be hosted on Easy Virtual Fair. Consider creating an account early and begin navigating the platform so you're ready to go on the big day. Make sure your video and audio are working so you're prepared to meet with employers. A good internet connection will also be important! Setting up a free Zoom account will help you test your tech. Check the lighting and background in your video to ensure it looks professional (including what you wear the day of the event). Also consider uploading a virtual background for your Zoom account.
4. Follow Up
Don't forget to follow up with everyone you meet. Make sure you connect quickly with a professional, simple, and short thank you for meeting with you. Tie in a unique moment or feature of the company if you can! For example, "I enjoyed hearing about your role the past three year within the company and your passion for serving your clients. It sounds like a great company to work for, and I found the open position to be very interesting." | <urn:uuid:87ebee0a-1780-409d-b179-1bdd39c3e5f6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ferris.edu/statewide/blog/20210210-career-fair-tips.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.94307 | 569 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Masks. Merrymaking. Costumes. Drinking. Spoofs. Just when you need it most, in the dreariest part of the year comes Purim, one of our most festive holidays. The celebration started last night at sundown, on the Hebrew day of the 13th of Adar, and continues through this evening.
Last night and this morning, we read Megillat Esther, the story of Queen Esther, who saved her people from imminent destruction. In addition to including a beautiful and noble queen, the cast of characters includes the foolish, partying King Ahashveros, the evil advisor Haman, and the wise hero Mordechai, Esther’s uncle. Stomp hard to blot out the name of Haman and his wicked deeds, and drink until you cannot distinguish the name of the hero from the villain.
What’s even better is that you can send us your Purim photos. We want to see how JCCs celebrate Purim in all their variety. Send them to us, and we’ll post our favorites on jccassociation.org. | <urn:uuid:8d858cea-99c5-4775-9df8-15d9395b7aa6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jcca.org/news-and-views/make-a-little-noise-its-purim/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.937708 | 229 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed 15 technology and education experts Friday to a newly created panel charged with making recommendations on the implementation of K-12 computer science standards in California.
The panel, called the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel, was created by Assembly Bill 99. Its members will draw up plans to make sure teachers are prepared, schools have enough resources and the state’s new computer science standards are implemented fairly and effectively. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Legislature will also appoint members.
The panel’s recommendations will go to the Legislature, California Department of Education and State Board of Education by Jan. 15, 2019. The Department of Education will then turn those recommendations into a specific implementation plan, which the State Board of Education will vote on by July 15, 2019. The Legislature will approve a final plan.
The new panel members are:
- Gayle Nicholls-Ali, 61, of Altadena. Nicholls-Ali has been a curriculum writer and team lead at CTE Online since 2013, an adjunct professor at Pacific Oaks College since 2012 and a career tech education teacher at La Cañada High School since 2007;
- Jenny Chien, 32, of Carlsbad. Chien has been a teacher at the Casita Center for Technology, Science and Mathematics in the Vista Unified School District since 2007;
- Andrea M. Deveau, 42, of Sacramento. Deveau has been vice president for state policy and politics at TechNet since 2016, where she was executive director for California and Southwest Regions from 2014 to 2016;
- Shirley H. Diaz, 58, of Chico. Diaz has been assistant superintendent of educational services for the Glenn County Office of Education since 2007;
- Julie Flapan, 49, of Los Angeles. Flapan has been executive director at the Alliance for California Computing Education for Students and Schools and director of the Computer Science Project at the UCLA Center X;
- Jose L. Gonzalez, 44, of Atwater. Gonzalez has been superintendent of the Planada Elementary School District since 2010;
- Janell M. Miller, 40, of Clovis. Miller has been a teacher at the Washington Academic Middle School in the Sanger Unified School District since 2015, where she was a teacher for Jackson Elementary School from 2003 to 2015;
- Sathya Narayanan, 46, of San Jose. Narayanan has been a professor of computer science at California State University, Monterey Bay since 2017, where he has held several positions since 2007, including director, associate professor and assistant professor;
- Agodi E. Onyeador, 17, of Pittsburg. Onyeador has been a student at Oakland Technical High School since 2014, where she has been a consulting representative for Supporting People of Color Now since 2015. She was a summer math and science honors academy scholar for the Level Playing Field Institute from 2015 to 2017 and was a mentee at the Intel Computer Science Academy from 2016 to 2017;
- Michael J. Pazzani, 59, of Riverside. Pazzani has served as a vice chancellor of research and economic development and professor for computer science and engineering at UC Riverside since 2012;
- Dean M. Reese, 38, of Tracy. Reese has been an international baccalaureate coordinator for the Tracy Unified School District since 2017, where he has been a science teacher at Tracy High School since 2002, and has been a faculty scholar at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 2007;
- Solomon Russell, 39, of Los Angeles. Russell has been an assistant professor at El Camino College since 2015. He was a lecturer of computer science at UCLA in 2017 and an online moderator at Code.org from 2014 to 2015;
- Mehran Sahami, 47, of Palo Alto. Sahami has been a professor of computer science at Stanford University since 2013, where he has held several positions since 2001, including associate professor, lecturer and visiting lecturer and was a teaching fellow from 1992 to 1998. He was a consulting senior research scientist at Google Inc. from 2002 to 2007;
- Claire K.L. Shorall, 31, of San Francisco. Shorall has been an investor at Neo and a part-time advance placement computer science principles teacher for the Life Academy High School of Health and Bioscience since 2017. She served in several positions for the Oakland Unified School District from 2010 to 2017, including computer science manager, site-based instructional coach and teacher;
- Vandana Sikka, 45, of Los Altos Hills. Sikka has been founder and chief executive officer at Learnee Inc. since 2015. She was chairwoman at Infosys Foundation USA from 2014 to 2017 and vice president at Mitrix from 2008 to 2010.
This story was updated on Feb. 14, 2018.
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An event celebrating the life of IRA Volunteer Mairead Farrell went ahead in Sinn Féin’s private offices at the Belfast Assembly last weekend following a ban on the commemoration using a public space at the Assembly buildings.
Farrell, along with Danny McCann and Sean Savage, were gunned down in cold blood by the SAS while they were on active service for the IRA in the British colony of Gibraltar in 1988.
Sinn Féin had sought permission to hold the event in Stormont’s Long Gallery to mark International Women’s Day on the 20th anniversary of her death.
An assembly commission voted on Thursday to block the plan, prompting the change of venue. The assembly group had also voted to ban camera or film crews at the Sinn Féin event in a censorship bid. In the end many journalists filmed the speakers regardless.
People crammed into the office in such numbers that Sinn Féin party president Gerry Adams had to call for the formalities to take place twice to allow all of those present to hear tributes paid to the west Belfast IRA woman.
However, the DUP’s Ian Paisley jnr claimed Sinn Féin’s use of its party offices for the event was a “monument to failure”.
Sinn Féin assembly member Jennifer McCann, who spent time in Armagh jail in the 1980s along with Mairead Farrell, said she had been an advocate for women’s rights.
She added that if she had not been killed in Gibraltar, Ms Farrell could have been standing in Parliament buildings as an elected Sinn Féin politician.
Earlier, around 2,000 people braved icy winds to mark the anniversary of the Gibraltar killings and those at Milltown, the the west Belfast graveyard where unionist paramilitary Michael Stone launched a murderous attack at the funeral of Gibraltar victim Sean Savage.
Just as Savage’s coffin was being lowered into a grave, Stone launched a gun and grenade attack that claimed three more lives, injuring 60 others.
John Murray, Thomas McErlean and IRA Volunteer Caoimhin Mac Bradaigh died in the cemetery attack as mourners challenged and chased Stone from the graveyard.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said: “If it wasn’t for those young men and the three that died more people would have been killed.
“The courage shown by those unarmed mourners is a huge tribute to them and their families.
“But Michael Stone wasn’t just a mindless thug working alone.
“He was working for the British and taxpayer’s money was used to fund the operation and to provide him with weapons.
“And it is not acceptable that a British establishment can carry out or use its surrogates to carry out atrocities and then cover them up.
“And we should all support the calls for an independent inquiry into these killings.”
Mr Adams also used the event to mark the ongoing instability in the DUP as it moves to elect a new leader to replace Ian Paisley.
“Big questions should be asked of unionism as it sets out to find its way.
“The DUP leadership is in a transition period.
“And as a result of that they are trying to talk tough.
“Female members of Sinn Féin organised an event to remember Mairead Farrell and in the end that event went ahead, but in their haste to block they put a ban on the use of cameras in the assembly building.
“I would say to the DUP that we’re used to bans and used to breaking bans.”
Meanwhile, relatives of the three victims travelled to Gibraltar last week to the site where the IRA team were executed by the SAS.
A sister of Sean Savage -- the youngest of the three -- said the 20th anniversary of their deaths had brought back vivid memories of the bleak period in the history of the north.
“This anniversary has hit me very hard,” she said.
“At the time you never really had a chance to grieve. There was so much going on.”
She said the pain of her brother’s death had “really hit home” now she had time to look back and reflect.
“Despite the fact that 20 years have passed, the memories of that terrible time are still very raw and I know I’m not alone when I say that,” Ms Savage said. | <urn:uuid:3bb33d81-a50d-464e-abf5-f1d11bb05652> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://republican-news.org/current/news/2008/03/gibraltar_and_milltown_victims.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.97138 | 930 | 1.867188 | 2 |
- For anyone struggling to find hope in disaster’s face
- This story of a community coming together after the Grenfell fire inspires hope for everyone
- You’ll discover the people behind the headlines, and how you too can change your community
Grenfell Hope will help readers understand what it was like living in North Kensington before and after the fire. It will help engage the reader with poverty issues, to examine attitudes to the poor and to consider how even small gestures in everyday life can change local communities.In the desperate situation of the fire, God was at work in people’s hearts bringing hope in tiny gestures that mounted up to something enormous. Hope that couldn’t be ignored or even contained. Hope sprang out all over the country. | <urn:uuid:87d1c9b8-33a2-4fc7-abda-0d921244ef57> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://marketplacebooks.org/shop/biography/grenfell-hope-stories-from-the-community/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.931325 | 159 | 2.09375 | 2 |
It is extremely difficult to save for the future when you are still striving to pay off past costs. Over half (55%) of workers report having a problematic level of debt. In addition, a quarter of employees indicate their current level of debt is higher than it was five years ago. According to Market Watch, “The total outstanding student loan debt in the U.S. is $1.2 trillion, that’s the second-highest level of consumer debt behind only mortgages. Most of that is loans held by the federal government. About 40 million Americans hold student loans and about 70% of bachelor’s degree recipients graduate with debt.”
This is not just a problem for lost millennials living in Mom’s basement. According to a 2017 report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the number of people 60 and older with student loans quadrupled from about 700,000 to 2.8 million individuals between 2005 and 2015. The average debt owed by older borrowers also nearly doubled during that time, going from $12,000 to $23,500. Many older people borrowed for college or cosigned student loans on behalf of their kids and grandchildren. However, some Americans 50 and older took on debt to finance their own education or help a spouse earn a degree.
Many of them now are having trouble meeting their financial obligations. Since 2015, nearly 40 percent of federal student loan borrowers 65 or older are in default, the CFPB says. A growing number of older borrowers have had a portion of their Social Security retirement or disability benefits seized for nonpayment of federal student loans. (Drain the swamp, indeed). The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently reported that 114,000 older borrowers suffered such garnishments in 2015. The typical garnishment was just over $140 a month. In addition, nearly half of defaulted borrowers were subject to the maximum garnishment, or 15% of their Social Security benefit. | <urn:uuid:39b8413a-e363-4e6c-bb26-ea096193deaa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.docmckee.com/WP/finance-stuff/market-investing/section-3/section-3-1/we-make-deals-with-the-devil/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.976518 | 398 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Do you have the financial resilience to cope with the high inflation rates? Do you have enough financial capability to cope with the changes?
High inflation rate is a stage in life that we don't always think about. It is life uncertainty that requires reviewing your finances and coping emotionally. It is helpful to prepare rather than react and this can be a life lesson for the future.
Often people are just surviving living pay cheque to pay cheque and believe they don't have enough savings to cope with the increased costs of living. Often the belief can be true but finding ways to increase income and reduce spending can help. Saving 10% of your income to pay yourself first and having an emergency fund is a helpful strategy to cope with this challenge.
However emotional resilience and the ability to cope with distress can be helpful if you are feeling the financial pressure. On the other hand knowing the financial strategies to help you pull through will also help. This may include finding a side hustle, asking for a raise, cutting down incidental costs you can live without for a while, asking adult children to help financially by paying board money to teach them life skills and looking for government incentives and comparing utility bills can help such as electricity bills to find cheaper options. Often changing insurance companies will also help as many will provide discounts so you can become their customer.
Emotional resilience is thinking differently to help cope. For example, you may decide on what you can do to manage the situation such as the strategies I provided above, seek help from a financial counsellor or advisor or review your budget. Financial counsellors can help advocate for you when in debt and financial advisors can help with reviewing your current situation and planning for the future. Financial counselling is reactive while financial advisors are proactive. Financial therapy involves mental health counselling and financial literacy to help cope with the distress and learn strategies to cope. Think about how you can cope rather than not coping, stay positive and hopeful, and write down a list of financial strategies to improve your situation. Coping with distress is also helpful. Distress is not an easy emotion to sit with as it can be uncomfortable but I'm sure most of you have hopefully learned that strategy with the uncertainties Covid-19 created. Body scanning where you focus on the emotion in your body and sit with it as well as mindfulness. Mindfulness is about being aware of your feelings and thoughts but gently shifting your awareness to your senses such as what you hear, see, touch, taste and smell. Mindfulness can be a way of life rather than a strategy and a practice that is helpful for everyone everyday.
Find your own way to cope with distress and review your finances to manage these hard times and before you know it, you will adjust and life get easier to manage.
The information provided above is not financial advice but intended for general information only. If you need help with improving your financial literacy and support to improve your financial behaviour and mental health, contact us today. For specific financial advice you can reach out to a financial planner. | <urn:uuid:e58a2fde-df03-49da-a647-d61b0f51174d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.financialwellnessandpsychology.com.au/blog-mental-health-money-and-behaviour/financial-resilience | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.960499 | 618 | 2.28125 | 2 |
No Partner Throwing is designed for the youngest players and run early in the season. The set up and structure allow for safety as athletes will throw into center field – no partners. Additionally, there is a good chance for all athletes to feel successful – they can’t miss the target!
EXECUTION – Throwing takes place immediately after Warm Up and Early Baserunning. No Partner Throwing uses a foul line and “individual dugouts”. Most gear goes to individual dugouts prior to Early Activity, and ALL gear gets there before starting Warm Up. Place individual dugout cones one big step apart. Think of this like a driving range. If possible, place one small Bucket (or a ball pile) of at least six balls behind each cone – 2 Wiffle / 2 tennis / 2 baseballs (safety balls?). Athletes will fire through three sets of throws with ball party pick-ups in between. Remember, athletes must return with the proper combination of wiffle, tennis, and baseballs. However, the do not necessarily need to pick up THEIR throws.
- Get Loose First – Take the first set of throws to ensure all athletes get loose. Warm up first, add instruction as comfortable and appropriate.
- Coaching Ratio – Goal is 4:1, but even 6:1 or 12:1 is OKAY with this format. Allows access quickly and easily to all players.
- Layer Instruction – One new piece of instruction per practice. Part 3 will address the arms (cape and cobra, arm path, etc).
- CONES - BIG STEP APART
- SMALL BUCKET OR BALL PILE
- 6 BALLS - 2 WIFFLE, 2 TENNIS, 2 BASEBALL
- GET LOOSE FIRST
- COACHING RATIO 4:1
- ASSESS PLAYERS
- Tennis Balls24
- Wiffle Ball24
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The global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB), fueled by the growing HIV pandemic, warrants the development of a safe and effective vaccine against TB. We report the construction and characterization of an unlinked double deletion mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv that deletes both the primary attenuating mutation of BCG (ΔRD1) and two genes required for the synthesis of pantothenate (ΔpanCD). The M. tuberculosis ΔRD1 ΔpanCD (mc26030) mutant undergoes limited replication in mice, and yet is both significantly safer than BCG in immunocompromised mice and also safe in guinea pigs. Additionally, the mc26030 strain does not reactivate in a mouse chemo-immunosuppression model. Importantly, long-lived protective immune responses following immunization with the mc26030 strain prolong the survival of wild type mice, and CD4-deficient mice against an aerosol challenge with virulent M. tuberculosis. Given its overall safety and effectiveness, the mc26030 live attenuated strain should be considered as a human vaccine candidate for protecting both healthy and HIV-infected individuals against TB.
- Attenuated strains
- Mycobacterial vaccines
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Medicine
- Immunology and Microbiology(all)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Read Write Inc support at homePublished: March 20, 2020
Please see below for help with teaching your child to read during the school closure:
Daily lessons for children
We are excited to announce that from Monday 23rd March we are scheduling Read Write Inc. Phonics lessons on Facebook and YouTube for children to watch at home.
We will release three short Speed Sound lessons with one of our trainers every day for the next two weeks. The films will only be available at the times below:
- Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am and again at 12.30 pm
- Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am and again at 1.00 pm
- Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10.30 am and again at 1.30 pm
Please note: the films are streamed live and won’t be available at other times.
We will also release a film of a teacher reading a poem for Reception and Year 1 children to join in with at 2.00 pm every day. The poems will be available to watch again and again on YouTube.
A great opportunity for children to learn these by heart! | <urn:uuid:e00c30c5-bae1-481f-81a0-ca509d2f5063> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://trinityfirstfrome.co.uk/read-write-inc-support-at-home/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.947989 | 231 | 2.359375 | 2 |
A male Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) singing in a flowering Kanzan (or Kwanzan) Cherry tree during a spring day.
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Singing in a Flowering Cherry Tree (Purchase)
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One of the more elusive bird species found in my backyard is the Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus). They are easy to find, and are around frequently, but are also rather shy and tend to forage on the ground, scratching beneath shrubs, trees, and vines. It seems that they are easier to photograph in the spring – perhaps building nests and finding mates requires a bit more boldness than usual. Both of these male Spotted Towhees were fairly easy to photograph as they sat higher up in the trees than they would normally be found. The first photo here shows a male singing (in the rain) up in a flowering cherry tree in full bloom (Kanzan or Kwanzan variety). The second Towhee is a bit more cautious and seems to be feeling a bit vulnerable in a relatively open area of the forest.
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) looking cautious (Purchase)
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When I was learning about local birds many years ago this Spotted Towhee species was referred to as the “Rufous sided Towhee”. The Spotted Towhee and the similar Eastern Towhee were once considered the same species (and probably were, long ago), but now are known to be separate. One male Spotted Towhee in my neighborhood seems to love to stand on window ledges and jump up and attack his reflection. This results in noise that causes the dog to bark, and the smearing of bird poop all over the windows. He has since expanded this behaviour to my car’s side view mirrors with similar, messy results. It could be worse though, my neighbor reports that one attacks their bedroom window at dawn (likely the same bird). At least he is letting me sleep!
For more of my bird photographs visit my Bird Photos Gallery. | <urn:uuid:e6086399-32d5-49af-b087-0ccd8ae63af0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mrussellphotography.com/blog/tag/pipilo-maculatus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968083 | 442 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Currently, 60 million women of reproductive age (18-44 years old) worldwide, and approximately 3 million American women have diabetes mellitus, and it has been estimated that this number will double by 2030. Pregestational diabetes mellitus (PGD) is a significant public health problem that increases the risk for structural birth defects affecting both maternal and neonatal pregnancy outcome. The most common types of human structural birth defects associated with PGD are congenital heart defects and central nervous system defects. However, diabetes can induce birth defects in any other fetal organ. In general, the rate of birth defects increases linearly with the degree of maternal hyperglycemia, which is the major factor that mediates teratogenicity of PGD. Stringent prenatal care and glycemic control are effective means to reduce birth defects in PGD pregnancies, but cannot reduce the incidence of birth defects to the rate of that is seen in the nondiabetic population. Studies in animal models have revealed that PGD induces oxidative stress, which activates cellular stress signalling leading to dysregulation of gene expression and excess apoptosis in the target organs, including the neural tube and embryonic heart. Activation of the apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1)-forkhead transcription factor 3a (FoxO3a)-caspase 8 pathway causes apoptosis in the developing neural tube leading to neural tube defects (NTDs). ASK1 activates the c-Jun-N-Terminal kinase 1/2 (JNK1/2), which leads to activation of the unfolded protein response and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Deletion of the ASK1 gene, the JNK1 gene, or the JNK2 gene, or inhibition of ER stress by 4-Phenylbutyric acid abrogates diabetes-induced apoptosis and reduces the formation of NTDs. Antioxidants, such as thioredoxin, which inhibits the ASK1-FoxO3a-caspase 8 pathway or ER stress inhibitors, may prevent PGD-induced birth defects.
Keywords: Birth defects; Diabetic embryopathy; Glycemic threshold; Pregestational diabetes; Range of defects. | <urn:uuid:b537585e-4652-4242-b9c6-915a296c1832> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25897357/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.905564 | 455 | 2.78125 | 3 |
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GParted is a free partition manager that enables you to resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss. The latest stable release is GParted Live 0.19.0-1 announced on June 11, 2014.
The GParted team is proud to announce the stable release of GParted Live 0.19.0-1.
This live image includes fixes to improve booting on UEFI firmware computers, and has undergone extra testing to ensure it works with motherboard BIOS RAID (aka FAKE RAID).
Items of note include:
- Based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2014/Jun/11)
- Updated Linux kernel to 3.14.5-1
- Updated Syslinux to 6.03-pre13
- Increased minimum requirements to 160 MB of RAM
- CD/DVD tray is no longer ejected on shutdown/reboot
- Contains GParted 0.19.0 application which includes:
- Refactored OperationDetail code to address random crash behaviour
- Made partition information dialog viewable on 800×600 screens
CAUTION: Editing partitions has the potential to cause LOSS of DATA. You are advised to BACKUP your DATA before using gparted.
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Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary comprises of several counties, cities, boroughs, parish and villages – with historical and statistical descriptions – of Ireland. Here are From-Ireland.net’s records for Co. Kerry.
ContentAGHAVALLIN, or AGHAVALAH, a parish, in the barony of IRAGHTICONNOR, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, 4.50 miles (W.) from Tarbert island containing, with the towns of Ballylongford and Carrigue, 5688 inhabitants.
This place anciently belonged to the O'Connors of Kerry, whose principal seat, Castle Carrig-a-foile, signifying in the Irish Ianguage "the rock of the chasm;' was sitnated on the south.west side of the inlet between the main land and the small island of Carrigue, which is encircled by the river Shannon. This castle was defended on the land side by a double wall flanked with circular and square bastions, which are still remaining, and was fortified against Queen Elizabeth by O'Connor, who placed in it a garrison under the command of Julio, an Italian officer. The castle, with the entire barony, excepting only one estate, was forfeited by the O'Connors of Kerry, in 1666, and conferred by the act of settlement upon the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin.
The parish is situated on the river Shannon, and within a mile and a half of the high road from Tralee to Limerick, and comprises 15,152 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. About one-third of it isgood arable land, rather more than one-third of a coarser quality, and the remainder is mountain pasture and bog. Limestone for manure is brought from Askeaton by turf boats from Limerick; and sea manure is also extensively used. A species of brown stone of good quality is quarried for building.
The principal seats are Kiletton, the residence of W. Hickey, Esq.; Litter, of G. Wren, Esq. ; Rusheen, of F. Crosbie,Esq. ; Rushy Park, the property of Godfrey Leonard, Esq., at present occupied by Terence O.Connor, Esq. ; Ahanogran, the seat of J. O.Connor, Esq. ;and Asdee, of Barry Collins, Esq. A steam-boat passes daily from Kilrush to Tarbert and Limerick, and vessels of 30 tons enter the creek for potatoes and turf, in which a considerable traffic is carried on. Dredging for oysters off the island of Carrigue, and fishing, employs several persons in the season.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, to which those of Liseltin, Killehenny, Galey, Murhir, Kilnaughten, Disert, Finuge, Listowel, and Knockanure are united, constituting the union of Aghavallin, in the patronage of Anthony Stoughton, Esq., in whom the rectory is impropriate. The tithes amount to £304. 12s. 2d., of which £152.6s.1d. is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar: the gross amount of tithes of the union payable to the incumbent is £774.17s.11d. The church, having been condemned, is about to be rebuilt by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There are churches at Liseltin, Kilnaughten, and Listowel. There are several glebes in the union, but all in the possession of the impropriator.
In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is the head of the union or district of Ballylongford, also called Tarbert, which comprises the parishes of Aghavallin and Kilnaughten : a chapel has been recently erected at Asdee, as a chapel of ease to that at Ballylongford; and there is also a chapel at Tarbert, in the parish of Kilnaughten.
A large and commodious school-house has been erected at Ballylongford : but the Protestant children of the parish attend a school at Sallow Glin, the demesne of Mr. Sandes, on the border of the adjoining parish; there are six pay schools. | <urn:uuid:25df5183-ce26-4394-906a-78689e33c48c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.from-ireland.net/lewis-topographical-dictionary/kerry/?place=Aghavallin | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.958699 | 979 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Doctors encouraged to learn more about mental health to better help children
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is encouraging GPs to undertake new mental health training to help children who’ve experienced disasters, as doctors across the nation deal with increasing mental health presentations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and last summer’s devastating bushfires, and with the next fire season approaching.
Two courses from Emerging Minds, National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health, have been made available to RACGP members on the RACGP website.
The first course builds knowledge and skills in child mental health assessment and management in general practice, and the second focuses on supporting children and families after natural disaster or community trauma – including in the immediate aftermath, short and long term.
RACGP have undertaken this measure following a recent Monash University study which found that the COVID-19 pandemic was having a profound impact on children’s mental health, with data from general practices in Victoria and New South Wales showing a spike in anxiety, depression and eating disorders among those aged up to 14 years since the beginning of the pandemic.
Dr Penny Burns, RACGP spokesperson, encouraged GPs to take up the new training, saying that when it comes to children, “it’s vital that we can provide timely and appropriate mental health support in times of need – especially in the aftermath of disasters when families and communities are struggling to pick up the pieces.”
“Patients often turn to their GP for mental health support – they may feel more comfortable talking to their GP, with whom they have an ongoing relationship and trust. Many patients in rural and remote areas have nowhere else to go for these services,” Dr Burns said.
Speaking on behalf of Emerging Minds, Director Brad Morgan said that, as longitudinal care providers, GPs are in an ideal position to both observe and make a difference in the trajectory of children and families.
“GPs have an essential role in assessing children’s mental health however, their role can also provide prevention-oriented guidance and support to the entire family. Both courses have been developed together with GPs and families from across Australia, they are designed to practically meet a need and walk GPs through the process of identifying, assessing and supporting children with mental health difficulties.”
For more information on the work undertaken by Emerging Minds, please see the website, here.
Child Australia to pilot 9-day fortnights for educators as workforce shortage continues to bite
by Jason Roberts
Assessment & Rating: Hurdle or opportunity?
by Freya Lucas
Age is just one factor in school readiness, Macquarie University expert explains
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The Samuel Beckett quote, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better,” perfectly captures the sentiment in South Africa, as the ruling ANC political party continually tries and fails to capture the trust of a country in which only 14 percent of the general population trust the government, according to the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer.
Yet amid tension in the ruling party, the Rand, South Africa’s currency, is at a two-and-a-half-year high, and despite the decreasing levels of trust in the four main institutions of government, business, media and NGOs, 77 percent of the general population believe that CEOs should take the lead on change rather than waiting for government to impose it. In addition, when asked which of the four institutions is the most likely to lead to a better future, 45 percent chose business, while only 11 percent chose government.
Edelman has been measuring trust in the four main institutions since 2001, and South Africa has been included in the survey every year since 2014. This year, the Edelman Trust Barometer revealed that 20 of the 28 markets surveyed now fall into the category of distrusters, with South Africa’s Trust Index decreasing four points and dropping to the third least-trusting market.
In South Africa, from 2017 to 2018 among the general population, trust in government dropped from 15 to 14 percent; in media from 39 to 35 percent; in business from 56 to 53 percent; and in NGOs from 58 to 50 percent.
The polarization of trust
While six markets recorded extreme increases in trust, an equal number, including South Africa, experienced extreme losses in trust in the four main institutions. Locally, there was an overall drop of 17 points, and in the United States, there was a dramatic decline of 37 points.
Political turmoil has undoubtedly had an impact on trust levels. Towards the end of 2017, the ANC elected a new business-savvy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, to lead the governing party and he was scheduled to become the country’s president in 2019. However, current President Jacob Zuma was forced to resign amid corruption allegations and Ramaphosa has taken the reins of the country well ahead of schedule.
The election of Ramaphosa, a successful and respected businessman, has played a crucial part in the strengthening of the Rand and in the rising of investor confidence. Despite the decrease in trust across the four main institutions, economic analysts are optimistic about the future of South Africa.
In search of truth
The Trust Barometer found that 69 percent of South Africans are worried about fake news being used as a weapon. Compounding this result is the discovery that people now define media as both content and platforms.
Trust in journalism and platforms declined by two and eight points respectively, and nearly half the population in South Africa consumes news less than once a week. People remain sceptical of news organizations; 61 percent believe news outlets are more concerned with attracting a big audience as opposed to reporting, and 59 percent believe they sacrifice accuracy to be the first to break a story.
Worryingly, 62 percent of the general population believe that the average person does not know how to tell good journalism from rumor, and 54 percent believe that it’s becoming harder to tell if news was produced by a respected media organization or not.
Business expected to lead
As credibility of CEOs and boards of directors rose 11- and 12-points each, it’s clear that people are looking to business to lead.
The Edelman Trust Barometer found that the most important expectations South Africans have of CEOs are that their company is trusted; that their business decisions reflect company values; that their products and services are high quality; and that they set high ethical standards.
The importance of business taking the lead was illustrated perfectly in 2017 by Magda Wierzycka, the exceedingly popular CEO of Sygnia, a successful fintech company with R184 billion ($15.4 billion USD) in assets under management and administration.
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REAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
The psychology movement is basically male chauvinist, and strangely, it has exploited women more than men.
Most of the differences between men and women are because of thousands of years of conditioning.
They are not fundamental to nature, but there are a few differences which give them unique beauty, individuality. Those differences can be counted very easily.
One is that the woman is capable of producing life; man is not. In that way he is inferior, and that inferiority has played a great role in the domination of women by men.
The inferiority complex works in this way: it pretends to be superior -to deceive oneself and to deceive the whole world. So man down the ages has been destroying the woman's genius, talents, capacities, so that he can prove himself superior -to himself and to the world.
Because the woman gives birth, she remains for nine months or more absolutely vulnerable, dependent on a man. Men have exploited this in a very ugly way. And that is a physiological difference; it makes no difference at all.
The psychology of the woman is corrupted by the man telling her things which are not true,
making her a slave to man, reducing her to a secondary citizen of the world.
And the reason for that was that he is muscularly more powerful. But the muscular power is part of animality.
If that is going to decide the superiority, then any animal is more muscular than a man.
But the real differences are certainly there, and we have to search for them behind the pile of invented differences. One difference I see is that a woman is more capable of Love than a man is. A man's love is more or less a physical necessity; a woman's love is not. It is something greater and higher; it is a spiritual experience. That's why the woman is monogamous and man is polygamous.
The man would like to have all the world's women and still he would not be satisfied. His discontent is infinite.
The woman can be satisfied with one love, utterly fulfilled, because she does not look at the body of the man, she looks at the innermost qualities. She does not fall in love with a man who has a beautiful muscular body,
she falls in love with a man who has a charisma -something
indefinable but immensely attractive -who has a mystery to be explored.
She wants her man not to be just a man, but an adventure in discovering consciousness.
The man is very weak as far as sexuality is concerned -he can have only one orgasm. The woman is infinitely superior -she can have multiple orgasms. And this has been one of the most troublesome matters. The man's orgasm is local, confined to his genitals. The woman's orgasm is total, not confined to the genitals. Her whole body is sexual, and she can have a beautiful orgasmic experience a thousandfold bigger, deeper, more enriching, more nourishing than a man can have.
But the tragedy is that her whole body has to be aroused, and the man is not interested in it, he has never been interested in it. He has used the woman as a sex machine just to relieve his own sexual tensions. Within seconds he is finished. And by the time he is finished the woman has not even begun.
The moment a man is finished making love he turns and goes to sleep.
The sexual act helps him to have a good sleep -more relaxed, with all the tensions released in the sexual activity. And every woman has cried and wept when she has seen this. She had not even started, she had not moved.
She has been used, and that is the ugliest thing in life: when you are used as a thing, as a mechanism, as an object. She cannot forgive the man for using her.
To make the woman also an orgasmic partner the man has to learn foreplay, to be in no hurry to go to bed. He has to make love something of an art. They can have a place, a love temple where incense is burning, no glaring lights, just candles... and he should approach the woman when he is in a beautiful mood, joyous, so he can share.
What happens ordinarily is that men and women fight before they make love. That poisons love.
Love is a kind of treaty that the fight is finished -at least for tonight. It is a bribe, it is cheating.
A man should make love the way a painter paints -when he feels the urge filling his heart -or the way the poet composes poetry, or a musician plays music. The woman's body should be taken as a musical instrument; it is. When the man is feeling joy, then sex is not just a release, a relaxation, a sleeping method. Then there is foreplay.
He dances with the woman, he sings with the woman -with beautiful music vibrating the love temple, with the incense that they love. It should be something of the sacred, because there is nothing sacred in ordinary life unless you make love sacred. And that will be the beginning of opening the door to the whole phenomenon of superconsciousness.
Love never should be forced, love never should be an attempt. It should not be in the mind at all -you are playing, dancing, singing, enjoying... part of this long joy. If it happens, then it is beautiful.
When love happens it has beauty. When it is made to happen, it is ugly.
And while you are making love with the man on top of the woman... it is known as the missionary posture. The East became aware of this ugliness that the man was heavier, taller and more muscular and was crushing a delicate being.
In the East, the way has always been just the opposite: the woman on top. Crushed under the weight of the man, the woman has no mobility. Only the man moves, so he comes to orgasm within seconds and the woman is simply in tears. She has been a partner, but she was not involved in it -she has been used.
When the woman is on top she has more mobility, the man has less mobility, and that will bring their orgasms closer to each other. And when both go into orgasmic experience, it is something of the other world.
It is the first glimpse of samadhi; it is the first glimpse that man is not the body.
He forgets the body, he forgets the world. Both the man and the woman
move into a new dimension they have never explored.
The woman has the capacity for multiple orgasms, so the man has to be as slow as possible. But the reality is, he is in such a hurry in everything that he destroys the whole relationship. He should be very relaxed so that the woman can have multiple orgasms. His orgasm should come at the end when the woman's orgasm has reached to the peak. It is a simple question of understanding.
There are natural differences -they have nothing to do with conditioning. There are other differences.
For example, a woman is more centered than a man; it starts happening even in the womb of the mother. An experienced mother who has given birth to two or three children can tell you after a few months of pregnancy whether the newcomer is going to be a girl or a boy, because the boy starts making a fuss, kicking in her womb, moving -he is on the way. But the girl remains absolutely silent.
So that is not a question of conditioning.
The female is more serene, more silent, more patient, is capable of waiting. Perhaps because of these qualities she has more resistance to diseases and she lives longer than a man. Because of her serenity, her delicateness, she can fulfill a man's life immensely. She can surround man's life in a very soothing, cozy atmosphere.
But the man is afraid -he does not want to be surrounded by the woman, he does not want to let her create a cozy warmth around him. He is afraid because that way he will become dependent. So for centuries he has been keeping her at a distance. And he is afraid because he knows deep down that the woman is more than he is. She can give birth to life.
Nature has chosen her to reproduce, not man.
Man's function in reproduction is almost nil. This inferiority has created the greatest problem -man started cutting the woman's wings. He started in every way reducing her, condemning her, so that he could at least believe that he is superior. He has treated women as cattle -even worse.
In China, for thousands of years, the woman was not thought to have a soul, so the husband could kill her and the law would not interfere -she was his possession. If he wanted to destroy his furniture it was not illegal. If he wanted to destroy his woman it was not illegal. This is the ultimate insult -that the woman has no soul.
Man has deprived woman of education, of financial independence. He has deprived her of social mobility because he is afraid. He knows she is superior, he knows she is beautiful, he knows that giving her independence will create danger. So down the centuries there has been no independence for women.
The Mohammedan woman even has to keep her face covered, so that except her husband, nobody can see the beauty of her face, the depth of her eyes.
In Hinduism, the woman has to die when the husband dies -what a great jealousy. You possessed her your whole life, and even after death you want to possess her. You are afraid. She is beautiful, and when you are gone, who knows? She may find another partner, perhaps better than you.
So the system of sati has prevailed for thousands of years -the most ugly phenomenon you can imagine.
The husband dies. Maybe the woman is still young and at the prime of her youth so she has to be forced to jump on the funeral pyre. To make it possible, a special arrangement was made. Purified butter was poured in large quantities on the funeral pyre. It creates so much smoke that you cannot see what is happening.
Almost like a dark cloud it covers the whole funeral pyre. Then surrounding it -and it is so hot that the musicians had to stand far away -great trumpets, drums, and all kinds of musical instruments are used with the excuse that this is a celebration, but they are just used to drown the screaming of the living woman who is being burned.
She would like to come out, and around the funeral pyre there are priests with burning torches in their hands so that if the woman tries to run out they will push her back into the funeral pyre. Behind the musicians there are a great number of priests shouting loudly and chanting mantras from the ancient Vedas.
This whole scene is arranged just to kill a woman and so that nobody should know that she was killed against her will. And the whole crowd outside is joyous and cheering because it is a great event -a woman has proven her love to the last moment of her husband's life.
How many millions of women have been burned this way for the simple reason that the man is jealous that after he is gone, what guarantee is there...?
It was the British government's rule in India that stopped it, because it was simply murder and nothing else. But then Hindus prevented the widow from marrying again.
They shaved her head -that beautiful hair that was part of her personality.
They took away all her ornaments and said that she could not use any color in her clothes, she had to wear only white.
They tried in every way to make her ugly. She cannot join in any ceremony... she is abandoned.
Even in her own house she cannot enter the kitchen, but has to sit outside. And she cannot ask for what she likes. Whatever is given to her, the leftovers, she has to live on. She cannot sleep on a bed, she has to just lie down on the floor.
This is worse than death. This way she may live fifty years, has to do all the menial work of the household, and she has to keep herself hidden from people's eyes.
Man is very egoistic. That's why I call him male chauvinistic. Man has created this society, and in this society there is no place for the woman -and she has tremendous qualities of her own.
For example, if man has the possibility of intelligence, the woman has the possibility of love. It does not mean she cannot have intelligence; she can have intelligence, she just has to be given the chance to develop it. But love she is born with -she has more compassion, more kindness, more understanding.
Man and woman are two strings of one harp, but both are in suffering separate from each other. And because they are suffering and do not know the reason, they start taking revenge on each other.
The woman can be of immense help in creating an organic society. She is different from man, but not unequal. She is as equal to a man as any other man. She has talents of her own which are absolutely needed.
It is not enough to earn money, it is not enough to become a success in the world; more necessary is a beautiful home, and the woman has the capacity to change any house into a home. She can fill it with love; she has that sensitivity. She can rejuvenate man, help him relax.
In the Upanishads there is a very strange blessing for new couples.
A new couple comes to the seer of the Upanishads and he gives his blessing. He says to the girl specifically, "I hope you will become a mother of ten children, and finally, your husband will be your eleventh child.
And unless you become a mother to your husband, you have not succeeded in being a true wife." It is very strange but has immense psychological insight in it, because this is what the modern psychology finds, that every man is looking in the woman for his mother, and every woman is looking in the man for her father.
That's why every marriage is a failure: you cannot find your mother. The woman you have married has not come to your house to be your mother, she wants to be your wife, a lover. But the Upanishadic blessing, almost five thousand or six thousand years old, gives an insight to the modern psychology.
A woman, whatsoever she is, is basically a mother. A father is an invented institution, it is not natural. And soon the father may become out of date.
Once the science of genetics develops, the more scientific, more clinical, more hygienic way will be that fathers donate sperm to the hospital, and the medical experts choose the right living sperm that can be injected into the woman. Every man should not be allowed to be a father. Because of this accidental fatherhood, the earth is full of blind people, lame people, crazy people, mad people, retarded people... It cannot be left accidental.
The sperm may have come from somebody else; you have to be generous in favor of the children so they will not be blind, will not suffer their lives as cripples. And moreover, you will be able to ask the medical expert for the kind of child that you want.
The basic sperm shows all the qualities that will manifest later on. If you want a scientist it can be seen that this person is going to become one -or a great poet, or an engineer, or a doctor, or just a vagabond. So the accidental birth can disappear and a planned birth can take its place. It will just take a little time for stupid human minds to get accustomed to the new idea.
But the mother will remain indispensable. They have tried experiments: they have given children all the facilities, medication, all the food... every perfection from different branches of science, but strangely the children go on shrinking and will die within three months.
Then they discovered that the mother's body and her warmth is an absolute necessity for life to grow. That warmth in this vast cold universe is absolutely necessary in the beginning, otherwise the child will feel abandoned. He will shrink and die.
There is no need for man to feel inferior to woman. The whole idea arises because you take man and woman as two species. They belong to one humanity, and they both have complementary qualities.
They both need each other, and only when they are together are they whole.
You will be surprised to know that all the Hindu gods have their consorts. That has happened only in Hinduism, and it happened before Gautam Buddha and Mahavira.
Shiva has his wife, Parvati; Vishnu has his wife, Laxmi... all the Hindu gods have their wives, and that seems to be natural. Mahavira and Buddha created the idea of celibacy. Before them it did not exist at all in the whole literature of India, but it appealed to the male chauvinist....
Then came Christianity, five hundred years after Buddha. Jesus visited India after Buddha's death and he saw there monks living alone in total independence. But he could not see that they were hard, that something was missing, something very valuable was missing.
These people became hard, devoid of all juice; these people became unloving. It was bound to happen, but this is how the human mind is impressed.
People were interested in these monks rather than Vishnu and Shiva, because they said, "They have wives just like us, so what is the difference? These monks are real ascetics. They have renounced everything including wives, children, family, money. These people are far superior." Hinduism was going down in favor of Jainism and Buddhism. Naturally, as a reaction, all these shankaracharyas introduced celibacy into Hinduism to compete with Jainism and Buddhism.
Life should be taken with ease. Differences are not contradictions.
They can help each other and immensely enhance each other.
The woman who loves you can enhance your creativity, can inspire you to heights you have never dreamed of. And she asks nothing. She simply wants your love, which is her basic right.
Most of the things that make men and women different are conditional. Differences should be maintained because they make men and women attractive to each other, but they should not be used as condemnation.
In the West, the women's liberation movement is destroying women by forcing them to be equal to men. There is no question of equality or inequality. By becoming equal to men, women will lose some softness, some grace, some beauty -and I can see it happening.
In the East, you will find women in the highest strata of society such as you cannot find in the West.
The Western woman is trying to become like a man. She may succeed -she is succeeding, but she will always be a second-class man. She should try to be a first-class woman.
I see the grace disappearing from the Western woman in every sphere. In their dress the grace is disappearing, in their behavior, in their language... grace is disappearing.
Just to compete with men they are smoking. Now, no high-society, cultured woman in India will ever think of smoking unless she is westernized. She will not think of using clothes which men use, because it is not only the clothes -they will change your whole body. It is the mind that changes everything.
The Western woman is losing her breasts, they were something that gave her a beautiful roundness, something unique. The whole history of painting, poetry, literature, talks about the beautiful breasts of women, but the Western woman is losing them. What has happened?
It is a change in the mind. She is losing her buttocks. She is becoming a straight line with no curves.
And those curves were making her body a beautiful phenomenon -they were really a tremendous art. She is losing proportion. Her face is becoming harsh, dry. Even the most beautiful woman in the West looks hard, ready to fight. That is neither going to help womanhood nor its liberation.
To become a secondhand man is not liberation.
Liberation is to become a firsthand woman -and man and woman are equal because they are two halves of one whole.
In the East you will be surprised to know that even though all the men have misbehaved with women, the women have managed to keep all that is beautiful.
There is an ancient story, a true story....
A man was continuously going to a prostitute. The woman knew it, but it was against her grace to raise the question, so she never mentioned it. She never asked the man, "Where have you been?"
She served the man, she took care of him. And when he was dying he asked his woman, "You are the only one, the only solace in my life. Knowing everything you have never asked me, 'Where are you going?
Why do you come so late in the night? Why do you come drunk in the night?' And still, you continue your whole life serving me as if nothing wrong is happening. I can only ask you to please carry my body to the prostitute's house -I want to see her one last time."
And the wife carried the man's body to the prostitute's house. The prostitute could not believe it.
She fell at the feet of the woman.
The woman said, "It is nothing; I love him. If he does not love me it is not within my powers -he is free. My love is not a bondage. He asked me to bring his body to your house, so I have brought it; let him die peacefully.
The man was beautiful, he never harassed me. I have loved him and you have loved him, so we are sisters. We both love the same man. You are fortunate that he loves you; I am unfortunate that he does not love me, but he respects me."
This is grace....
There is another story I am reminded of. You have heard of the great war of Mahabharata....
It was a family war. Two brothers each had sons, and it was a question of who was going to succeed.
One of the brothers was blind; he had one hundred sons, he had many queens. But the queen, that he had married first, had never opened her eyes. She always wore an eyecover, twenty-four hours, her whole life.
Her husband persuaded, her friends persuaded: "What kind of thing is this?"
She said, "If my husband cannot see, then I will not see. What is the use of seeing a sunset, what is the use of seeing beautiful flowers when my husband cannot see them?"
Her whole life she remained almost blind.
This is tremendous grace. Nobody has demanded it, and it brings a beauty of its own kind.
There are so many strong historical facts that prove the beauty, the grandeur, the spirituality, the height of the love of a woman. Man has failed, but the woman has not failed.
I would like both to become an organic whole, remaining at the same time absolutely free because love never creates bondage, it gives freedom.
Then we can create a better world. Half of the world has been denied its contribution and that half, the women, had an immense capacity to contribute to the world. It would have made it a beautiful paradise.
So I don't ask that they should be equal, that they should wear the same clothes, that they should behave like men, or use vulgar language because the man uses it.
The woman should search into her own soul for her own potential and develop it, and she will have a beautiful future.
Man and woman are neither equal nor unequal, they are unique. And the meeting of two unique beings brings something miraculous into existence.
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The city planning of Medinet Madi, is for a large extent still to be investigated, the living quarters excavated are those around the mission house and those along the dromos. The hypotheses advanced in this article are based on the archaeological excavations carried out by the archaeological missions, on the reliefs and satellite photos images (1935-1939, 1962-1968, 1978-1990, 1990-205, 2005-2011); moreover, were used the photo interpretation of the RAF aerial photo (1934) and the Fayum satellite photos images (acquired during the ISSEMM project) as well as field observations during the archaeological missions. The article assumed that the village had two urban planning axes, the first north – south bisector of the temple “A” and the dromos and the second east – west that runs along the temple “C”. The village therefore confirms the Hippodameic scheme of many Fayoum villages.
Since K. Sethe’s works, the Egyptian writing system and its subsystems have always been considered as consonantal. However, this theory has been questioned by I. Gelb in 1960s: according to him, even though the Hieroglyphic system is not vowel-sensitive, it works as a syllabic system with regard to the word parsing. That the classical Egyptian writing is strongly logographic, it seems to be clear, but the situation seems to be more fluid in the preceding stages. In fact, in many passages of PT, several roots show co-textual variations in their writing: to these variations, parallel variations in morphology correspond. My proposal is that a syllabic interpretation could shed some light on these phenomena. From this preliminary study, three main strategies of rendering the syllabic structure of a word emerge: complex logograms, analytic writing, and mobile logograms.
As part of the Ancient Egyptian religion studies, demonology is still a fairly unexplored field. The issue has so far been limited to brief articles and essays, which do not allow to establish a methodology and solid criterions to deal with the subject. This is particularly evident in the absence of a chronological and diachronic perspective in the demonological analysis. Egyptian ideas about supernatural beings have been considered as an immutable whole, without any inner development or evolution: entities far apart in time and belonging to different cultural contexts have been placed on the same level. This article aims to analyze the ambiguity caused by considering as identical two different categories of demons, the ḫ3.tyw and the “seven arrows”. Through a contextualized analysis of the sources, the article will show that these two types have different chronological, cultic and iconographic features. The proposed elements will make clear that the assumption ḫ3.tyw = “seven arrows” is valid only in specific circumstances.
The Mesopotamian and Egyptian artists, in order to represent a proportionated human and royal figure on different kind of surfaces, employed compositional grids, which were realized on the basis of rules dictated by a precise proportional canon. This paper intends therefore to remember, retracing some of the studies about this topic, the main characteristics of these artistic expedients, thanks to which it is possible to try an hypothetical reconstruction of a fragment of a statue depicting pharaoh Userkaf.
A group of Middle Kingdom objects discovered at the beginning of the twentieth century, and stated as coming from a tomb near el-Matariya (Heliopolis), was acquired by a French collector, Maurice Nahman, and later widely dispersed across public institutions and private collections worldwide. The group included a large quantity of faience figurines (over 34 pieces identified so far). The aim of this article is to reassemble the group (also visually) and address three critical points about its ‘discovery’: a) the authenticity of each single artefact; b) the reliability of the place of provenance (el-Matariya) and its archaeological setting (a funerary context); c) the validity of the association of the objects as a group, i.e. the likelihood that they were all effectively connected with each other in the same original context (itself a unique archaeological occurrence). While el-Matariya and a single funerary context for them are still plausible hypotheses, next to the possibilities that these objects may have come from either a temple deposit or a multiple burial assemblage, the author aims to demonstrate that in no way can they be considered to have come from a ‘provenanced context’.
While analysing some cartonnage fragments found in tomb KV 40, my attention was caught by a peculiar decorative pattern, consisting of a band of yellow mandrake fruits painted onto the broad collar of the remains of an 18th-dynasty mummy mask. The presence of this decorative pattern on an object intended for the tomb does not have a self-evident explanation. During the New Kingdom, there is a profusion of mandrake plants and fruits within Egyptian art: these occur in the representations of gardens on palace, tomb, and temple walls, they also decorate several types of objects, such as cosmetic spoons, mummy masks, coffins, and pottery. In the framework of Egyptian love poetry, mandrake has a specific meaning, its fruits evoking an erotic nuance and being associated with female breasts. Conversely, with regard to the funerary context, mandrake fruits have a different value and meaning, which will be investigated in the present paper.
In this contribution, a new study of the Egyptian “Book of Heaven´s Cow, 45” is presented. The word “HAw” will be of special interest. The previous proposals did not fully convince. This article assumes a connection with the word “HAii” “to bring in trouble”, which can be found in pBerlin 3050, V, 3. The well known phonetic shift from “i” to “w” will play an important role.
The first section of this paper focuses on two unpublished objects: a faience plaque constituted by seven pieces (E 32591) and one shabti (E 32787), both currently preserved at the Louvre Museum, Paris, and belonging to the same owner, the renep-priest Horemheb, son of Ankhpakhered. The objects are dated back to the beginning of the Late Period (c. 664-600 BC). The priest Horemheb, son of Ankhpakhered, is already known from several other shabtis: six of them belong to a private collection and have been recently published; another several shabtis have been offered for sale at auctions and they are scattered across private collections. The second section of the paper attempts to gather and update all the available documentation related to the specific sacerdotal renep-title in the Third province of Lower Egypt. Finally, from the analyses of the sources, the paper aims to shed new light on the specific sacerdotal renep-title and its relationship with other sacerdotal titles, administrative and religious offices, often connected to the Western Delta region.
The tradition represented in Book LI of John’s Chronicle was created in different periods, locations, and cultural and ethnic environments. The core of the story itself speaks of Cambyses’ invasion of Egypt. Cambyses was beginning to be presented as an archetypal Egyptian enemy, and stories of the destruction of the country during his invasion remained preserved in various parts of Egypt for centuries. In various areas, local tradition linked Cambyses with destructions that he had clearly not caused. In fact, his name had been attached to events and linked to the memory of his invasion that had happened in other periods of Egyptian history. The present study discusses how this archetype of evil became part of the tradition known from John’s Chronicle. Specifically, it deals with one element of this tradition: the merging of the Cambyses and Nebuchadnezzar characters.
This paper deals with the identity of the third temple mentioned in the so-called Decree of Cambyses, copied on the verso of the demotic P. Bibl. Nat. 215 (Paris). Three temples, in the copy preserved on the early Ptolemaic document, were privileged by the Persian king and were exempted from his austerity measures. In his edition of P. Bibl. Nat. 215, Spiegelberg read the name of the third temple as Pr-¡apj-(n)-iwnw, identifying it with Babylon in the Heliopolitan area. So far this has been accepted by most scholars, with a few exceptions. This article reviews the question on the basis of the available data and proposes to read the name of the temple as “Serapeum” (Pr-¡p), interpreting the following signs as “Hnk (n) AH(.w)”, “the donated lands”. Such a reading goes beyond the simple philological restitution of the name of the third temple and casts new light on the well-known and long-standing debate over Cambyses’ policy towards Egyptian temples and the sacred bull Apis, since the Serapeum was indeed one of the major Memphite sanctuaries he chose to privilege.
The glass finds were uncovered during the excavations carried out by the Istituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli” (University of Florence) inside the Kollouthos’s church, in the Northern necropolis of Antinoupolis (Egypt). In October 2007 the fragments from blown vessels were discovered in a basin, originally sunk into the ground in the northern pastophorium, probably used to keep holy water to be distributed among the believers. Several oracular tickets testified the extensive use of the holy water made by the small church, home to the oracle of Colluthus. The fragments, coming from flasks, bottles and goblets, well attested in Egypt, are dated to 6th-7th centuries.
Excavations at Salut in the Al Dakhiliyah region of Oman, near Bahla, targeted a number of funerary structures disseminated over the plain which hosts the remains of the prehistoric occupation of the oasis, and on the slopes of nearby hills. The majority of these tombs fits the widely known models of prehistoric burials in South East Arabia, although some structural features deserve mention, as does the discovery of a sealed, small Wadi Suq grave, an exceptional happenstance for the region. Moreover, two excavated tombs represent what appears to be an unprecedented type for the region. In fact, they are built with large squared boulders, arranged in order to form a rectangular stone chamber, partially emerging from the ground. Despite ancient robbing, the scarce materials discovered inside one of these ‘stonecist’ graves can be safely dated to the local Early Bronze Age. The peculiar layout of these tombs deserves description as it can also provide helpful reference during surveys, when similar orthogonal walls can easily be misunderstood as a portion of non-funerary structures.
In April 2016 the Office of the Adviser to His Majesty the Sultan for Cultural Affairs started a new project on southern Oman, at the site of Al Baleed, ancient Zafar. The works, still in progress, have been focused on the excavation of the fortified castle, Husn Al Baleed (10th-18th century), the study of the materials and the consolidation of the building in order to ensure the preservation of the complex and its proper visualization. This report will present some of the results achieved during the ongoing excavations and it will include the preliminary contributions of some experts which have been working on different materials discovered in the Husn and at the site: the pottery, the ceramics from the Far East, the ship timbers and the coins.
À une trentaine de kilomètres à l’est de Midyat, à équidistance de cette ville et de Azekh (İdil, en turc) se trouve le village de Basebrin, «Bsorino» en turoyo, le dialecte araméen local, et officiellement connu comme «Haberli» en turc. Les chrétiens qui y habitent encore, membres de l’Église Syriaque Orthodoxe, sont fiers de désigner leur village comme «le village aux 25 églises» aux visiteurs de passage. Cette appellation qui peut de prime abord sembler folklorique, métaphorique ou tout du moins exagérée, recèle cependant un certain nombre d’éléments historiques et artistiques que l’on se propose d’analyser ici. En effet, si comme nous le verrons, le nombre d’églises est plus difficile à déterminer qu’il n’y paraît, il n’en demeure pas moins que Basebrin représentait au Moyen-Âge et même au-delà, un centre syriaque d’importance culturelle et politique majeure. Dans le présent travail, nous nous limiterons à étudier quatre des églises secondaires qui sont celles qui comportent un décor peint et des inscriptions: Mor Daniel, qui ne présente aujourd’hui que des inscriptions, sans décor mural autre que quelques graffiti modernes; Mor Toma, avec les restes de décor peint les plus effacés, et enfin, deux églises qui outres des inscriptions, sont ornées d’un décor peint en rouge et noir d’un style local et inédit jusqu’à ce jour. | <urn:uuid:923eb4f2-9bdd-40c4-bf55-20b7b3d7c674> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://egittologia.cfs.unipi.it/it/egitto-e-vicino-oriente/numeri-issues/evo-41-2018/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.897487 | 2,946 | 2.40625 | 2 |
During the perioperative period, patients should be monitored. This review will focus on concepts of anesthesia monitoring and management during anesthesia.
Anesthetic machines should be inspected daily before use (i.e., all connections, kinks, cracks, anesthetic agents, O2, etc.). Low pressure leak tests should be done by turning off all gases and pop-off valves that occlude the patient end of breathing hoses to activate O2 flush valve until pressure reaches 30 cm H2O; the pressure should hold > 10 sec.
Anesthetic plane: During general anesthesia, the surgical plane of anesthesia should be reached before surgery can start. Examples of surgical plane, but not limited to, are loose jaw tone, ventromedial rotation of eyeballs, no paw withdrawal reflex, no palpebral reflex, and no response to surgical stimulation. These signs may not be valid in some species. Vital signs such as heart rate, respiratory rate and depth should also be monitored.
Cardiovascular system: During anesthesia, maintaining normal blood pressure and tissue/organ perfusion are important in maintaining oxygenation and nutrient delivery. Blood pressure is a product of cardiac output and vascular resistance. Cardiac output is a product of heart rate and stroke volume. Mean blood pressure should be kept ~ 70 mm Hg during anesthesia to ensure tissue perfusion. Balanced fluid administration at 10–20 ml/kg/h should be provided. Generally, animals are maintained with inhalational anesthesia (e.g., isoflurane) which can cause hypotension in dose dependent manner. The use of inhalation should be as low but safe as possible. To achieve that, balanced anesthesia should be performed by using other classes of anesthetic or analgesic drugs in combination with inhalation anesthesia (e.g., the use of isoflurane with fentanyl CRI and/or local blocks with local anesthetics).
Heart rhythm: Auscultation and digital pulse can be used to monitor heart rhythm and deficit. In addition, electrocardiogram (ECG) can be used to monitor electrical activity of the heart providing a continuous reading of heart rate and rhythm. Please note that ECG does not provide mechanical activity of the heart. If arrhythmia occurs and if it has impact on hemodynamic status of patients, corrections should be made based on the causes. For example, VPCs can be treated with lidocaine 2–4 mg/kg IV.
Blood pressure: Hypotension is common during anesthesia, so monitoring blood pressure is crucial. Because anesthetics may suppress contractility and cardiac output, it is important to monitor blood pressure to ensure tissue perfusion to vital organs. Systolic blood pressure is 100–180 mm Hg; diastolic blood pressure is 40–100 mm Hg; mean blood pressure is 70–120 mm Hg. Blood pressure can be monitored using either non-invasive or invasive methods. If hypotensive occurs, actions should be taken, (i.e., lighten anesthetic plane [reduce amount of gas anesthesia], bolus fluid administration [5–20 ml/kg], blood administration if due to blood loss, anticholinergic administration if due to bradycardia).
Respiratory system: respiration should be monitored either visually or mechanically by capnographs or arterial blood gas analysis. Capnographs give end-tidal CO2 which should be ~ 35–45 mm Hg. Hypoventilation (PaCO2 > 40 mm Hg) is common during anesthesia due to suppression from anesthetics, in which case manual or mechanical ventilation should be provided.
Pulse oximeter (%SpO2) can be used to monitor oxygen saturation in arterial blood (> 95%). If the reading is low, it can be due to multiple causes (vasoconstriction, location, pigmentation, fur, movement, etc.). To confirm %SpO2, arterial blood gas analysis should be performed.
Maintenance of inhalation: In general, with premedication on board, inhalation agents should be maintained ~ 1–1.5 MAC. Therefore, in healthy animals, isoflurane, MAC 1.3 (dog)/1.6 (cat), should be maintained ~ 1.3–1.95% (dog) and 1.6–2.4% (cat). Inhalation, of isoflurane for example, causes vasodilation and suppresses cardiac contractility in dose dependent manner. Therefore, the use of inhalation should be as low but safe as possible.
Body temperature: Hypothermia is a common complication during anesthesia. Body temperature should be monitored. During severe hypothermia, anesthetic requirement is reduced; therefore, the amount of anesthetics should be decreased accordingly. Hypothermia may cause prolonged recovery.
Hypoglycemia: Hypoglycemia can be seen during anesthesia due to food/water fasting during anesthetic preparation. Therefore, the glucose level should be monitored.
Pain control should be provided throughout the procedure from preoperative, perioperative and postoperative periods. Opioids (i.e., full or partial μ and κ receptor agonists) are the mainstay in controlling pain based on severity of pain and health status of animals. Other classes of drugs that are commonly used during perioperative periods are ketamine and α-2 agonists (premedication). Several routes (IV, IM, SC, epidural, local infiltration, CRI, patches, etc.) of administration can be performed. Understanding pharmacological effects of analgesics, anesthetists' familiarity with analgesics and availability of drugs are important in determining appropriate procedures on a case by case basis.
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- Duration: 3 Years
In the recent years, we saw the emergence of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) as one of the most sought-after courses among the professional degrees. It has become a pre-requisite qualification for the aspirants entering the software profession. This was not the situation 3-4 years back. The boom in the IT sector has turned the tide towards MCA and now the MCA graduates along with the engineering graduates are ruling the Software Arena. Every company looks to run their communication systems and information technology in an improvised and highly effective manner. In this endeavor, they are in the need of experts, who will be in a position to implement computer science principles for solving the problems caused by the interface of technology and business. This requirement of the companies will be perfectly satisfied by the MCA graduates.
Admission on the basis of merit in IUET.
The candidate must have passed a bachelor's degree of minimum 3 yrs duration with Mathematics at 10+2 level or at graduate level Passed in aggregate from a recognized University. | <urn:uuid:d4d319a5-0639-4555-a5fb-295dd308ee7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.careers360.com/university/integral-university-lucknow/mca-course | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.942625 | 268 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the German Environment - Levels and Patterns in Different Matrices
By Matthias Kotthoff, Annette Fliedner, Heinz Rüdel, Bernd Göckener, Mark Bücking, Annegret Biegel-Engler, and Jan Koschorreck
Sci. Tot. Env.
June 24, 2020
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment mostly originate from emissions of previously unregulated PFAS. However, there are also many documented incidents of accidental releases. To track such releases, it is essential to distinguish between typical background contamination and legally relevant incidents. This requires a comprehensive overview of all PFAS present in the environment, which is currently only possible to a limited extent due to the large variety of individual compounds. In the present study, a multimethod for capturing 41 PFAS including perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) precursors is introduced. The applicability of the method was tested on terrestrial, freshwater and marine samples from the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB), thereby providing a rough overview of PFAS contamination in German environment. Special focus was put on soil samples from ESB sites across Germany in comparison to soil samples from a polluted site in south-west Germany. The method was successfully applied to environmental samples. In total, 31 PFAS were detected, among them PFAA precursors and fluorinated ethers. Substance patterns differed between sites and matrices. In ESB soil samples from 2014 (n = 11), the sum of all captured PFAS ranged between 0.75 and 19.5 μg kg-1 dry weight (dw), while concentrations between 416 μg kg-1 and 3530 μg kg-1 were detected in samples from the incident site (n = 10). In other matrices, total PFAS concentrations were magnitudes lower. Highest concentrations were observed for PFOS in bream livers from the Saale (226 μg kg-1). Given the heterogeneous patterns, it will require further broadly-based monitoring data to allow for a solid estimation of relevant background levels. The data provided here may support the differentiation between background levels and hotspot contaminations. | <urn:uuid:a3e60f45-0ef0-40fd-a41d-08644d683f41> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pfascentral.org/science/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-in-the-german-environment-levels-and-patterns-in-different-matrices | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.94367 | 482 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Unemployed young Australians costing taxpayers $7 billion
Unemployed young Australians are costing taxpayers nearly $7 billion.
A significant number of young people don’t have a job, but 59% – some 342,000 people – aren’t even looking for one.
Instead, they are relying on the Newstart Allowance.
Tom Elliott was shocked at the attitude of some of the people who receive these benefits, like Ashleigh and Amy, who appeared in the Herald Sun.
The pair prefer hanging out at McDonalds to going to work.
‘If you have the attitude that you don’t really feel like working because, as these girls say, you can just go on Centrelink and they’ll give you enough money, to me that says that we’ve got a generation that’s got a bit lazy,’ he said.
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April issue of Human Gene Therapy features image of recruitment of a conspicuous population of MHC II antigen presenting cells between days 4-7 in presence of electrotransfer (ET), with a peak at day 4 when ET is coupled to hyaluronidase pre-treatment. Human Gene Therapy is the premier, multidisciplinary journal covering all aspects of gene therapy (IF=4,218).
The aim of the study was to investigate the contribution of hyaluronidase to the inflammatory reaction induced by ET, and its role in supporting electrotransfer adjuvancy properties. The results demonstrate that hyaluronidase amplifies the electrotransfer effect in terms of inflammatory cell recruitment, enhancing the early release of interleukin (IL)-1ß, tumor necrosis factor-?, and IL-6 cytokines. Cytokine induction leads to an observed inflammatory cell migration in muscle in a time window between days 4 and 7 after the treatment. These observations are important in the choice of prime-boost intervals for optimizing electrotransfer-based DNA vaccination protocols.
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Stretch marks are a type of scar that develops when your skin shrinks or stretches quickly. The sudden change causes the elastic and collagen to rupture. Stretch marks appear as the skin heals.
Everyone doesn’t develop stretch marks, and fluctuating hormone levels play a key role. You might even have a higher risk if your family has a history of stretch marks.
Some of the common causes of stretch marks are:
- Growth spurts, which happen during puberty
- Rapid weight gain or loss
- Weight training when you have rapid muscle growth
Another reason might be the application of corticosteroids to your skin. You might see stretch marks if you have Marfan syndrome or Cushing’s disease.
When stretch marks appear, they look purple, red, pink, dark brown, or reddish-brown. The color of the stretch marks depends on the color of your skin. Early stretch marks may feel itchy, and they’ll be slightly raised. With time, the color fades, and the stretch marks sink beneath the skin. If you run your finger over a stretch mark that has been there a long time, you’ll see a slight depression.
You can protect yourself against the marks by following a few simple rules during your regular skincare routine.
- Remember the benefit of a regular massage. Use Ayurvedic body oil and rub it into your skin daily. It will help to prevent the formation of stretch marks.
- Keep your skin and body nourished and moisturized from the outside and within. It would help if you ate a balanced diet, drank lots of water, and may even take supplements to decrease the risk of stretch marks.
- When you spot some worrying skin changes, you must act immediately. Fresh stretch marks are much easier to eliminate than mature ones. You can use oils to get rid of fresh stretch marks.
But, if visible stretch marks have made a permanent home on your skin, it is not a lost cause. It may take more time to get rid of mature stretch marks than fresh ones, but it is possible to reduce those marks. You can even get back the elasticity of your skin. Continue reading to know the best oils you can use to reduce your stretch marks effectively.
Getting Rid Of Stretch Marks: 6 Oils For Best Results
Oils are natural treatments for getting rid of stretch marks and other skin problems. KMP Ayurvedic has nature-derived oils that can do wonders for your skin. Check out the list of oils that can keep stretch marks away from your gorgeous body.
For removal or anti-stretch mark routine, unrefined, cold-pressed almond oil is a favorite. It is one of the most popular choices among women expecting a baby or planning a pregnancy. By applying it regularly to skin areas exposed to stretch marks, you can revitalize your skin and add elasticity. The oil will even help to enhance the natural density of the skin.
A good quality sweet almond oil increases moisture levels, enhances collagen production, delivers nutrients to the skin, repairs skin, brightens discolored skin, stimulates the cell renewal process, ensures more bounce and elasticity, and smoothes out skin.
Argan oil makes a very anti-stretch mark routine. The oil stimulates healing and repair of the skin and has antioxidant effects, and it boosts skin elasticity, and protects skin against factors that may worsen stretch marks. Furthermore, argan oil stimulates the metabolism of cells and triggers collagen production. You need to apply argan oil regularly and rub it into skin areas exposed to stretch marks. Massage the oil in a circular motion.
Coconut oil makes for a good body massage oil in India. It is easily available and believed to solve every skin problem. The oil is filled with vitamins E, B, and C. It also has minerals like magnesium, calcium, and potassium that helps to enhance skin elasticity and make skin feel nourished. Coconut oil acts as a protective shield that locks in moisture, and hydration is extremely important for getting rid of stretch marks.
Bitter Orange Oil
Bitter orange essential oil is extracted from the bitter orange fruit’s peel. A study showed the oil might condition and tone the skin and prevent skin fragility. These actions may potentially decrease the appearance of stretch marks.
People with sensitive skin might experience irritation after using bitter orange oil. It might also result in photo-sensitivity in people with light skin.
Lavender essential oil stimulates skin micro-circulation and boosts skin elasticity. You can use lavender oil with other oils on the list and massage it onto your skin.
Wheat Sprout Oil
Wheat sprout oil is not very popular when reducing stretch marks, but it enhances skin repair and helps to make the skin firm. The oil is high in vitamin E and lecithin, and the oil is typically used for massage.
You can use macadamia nut oil if you see stretch marks forming on your skin. It is a natural cosmetic and made of valuable fatty acids, and it has antioxidant properties, and when rubbed into the skin, the oil helps restore elasticity. It even has an anti-cellulite effect that women swear by.
No woman enjoys adorning stretch marks on their body if they can help it. By rubbing any one or a combination of the oils mentioned above, you can help reduce those stretch marks and even promote skin healing. If you regularly include those oils in your skincare routine, your skin will thank you for it, as it’ll feel soft, smooth, and hydrated.
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Tax Lawyers in Grant
To pay for general services like police, schools, firefighters, libraries, and hospitals, the government of Grant, Minnesota collects taxes.
In Grant, Minnesota, taxes are derived from different sources. Regardless of where a specific tax comes from, it is always collected in an amount dictated by law. Most often, taxes are calculated as a percentage of income, sales, or property value. Sometimes, typically in the context of licensing fees or car registration fees, taxes are set at a flat rate.
Paying your taxes in Grant is not optional. It is obligated by law. If you don't pay your taxes, you could face stiff fines, and even jail time.
Sources of Tax Dollars in Grant, Minnesota
Taxes can come from a wide number of sources in Grant, Minnesota, such as sales tax, administrative/licensing fees, and tolls.
Sales Tax: Mostly cities in the U.S., as well as most states, charge a sales tax. In Grant, the sales tax is calculated as a percentage of the sale price of most goods and services. The rate varies from state to state, and city to city.
Licensing Fees: The government of Grant issues licenses for engaging in a wide number of different activities. Most often, they issue business licenses, which business owners must obtain before operating any type of business in city limit. The most important of this process is usually paying a fee. While these taxes are called "fees," instead of "taxes," they are functionally identical, and serve the same purpose (namely, raising revenue).
Bridge/Road Tolls: Some larger cities have tolls set up on every main highway that enters the city. Effectively, this amounts to a fee that you have to pay in order to enter Grant, if it imposes such a toll. The idea is that visitors from outside the city enjoy many of the protections provided by the city government while they're there (such as protection by the police), and should pay at least a token sum to contribute to those services.
How Can a Grant, Minnesota Tax Attorney Help?
In Grant, Minnesota, many different laws and regulations govern taxes, making the theoretically simple task of determining one's tax liability pretty confusing. On top of that, there are many different breaks and exemptions that apply to specific types of groups and individuals, further complicating things.
Thus, it's essential that you obtain the counsel of a qualified tax lawyer in Grant, Minnesota if you think that you might need help with your local taxes. | <urn:uuid:b201c6ab-1aec-4f70-8470-c3ea9cb8e22b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://taxattorneys.legalmatch.com/MN/Grant/tax-law-attorney.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.967835 | 519 | 1.992188 | 2 |
With the number of people being buried under the pressure of loans, Consumer Credit Card relief for credit card debt relief comes as a major antidepressant.
10th November, 2016: One of the biggest troubles in the current times is the debts that almost all individuals are pressured under. It is a problem faced by every average person in the working economy and can be credited to an advanced standard of living. Reports have said that more than half the people have taken on so much debt that paying them off becomes a matter of life. Especially with the hike in payday loans, people have been struggling to pay the loans more than ever.
The credit card debt relief focuses on this problem in the society and has gone about working for it. The program has attracted the attention of most debtors and with their workforce of the best professional debt specialists and debt negotiators; they strive to relieve people of the worst of the debts.
Their go-to approach is to set up an escrow account of their clients in their responsibility and have the debtors deposit a very small percentage of their monthly income until the balance reaches up to about twenty-five percent of the total debt. Once this has been achieved, professionals leverage this amount with the credit card companies in order to release the total debt.
The credit card debt relief program has proven to be a welcome relief for those who have been knee deep in debt for the longest time. Their approach has proven to be quite effective, albeit slightly dicey. The greatest strength of this approach is that they gather quite a number of debtors together before trying to make negotiations so that the banks see the logic in that and that, the negotiation put forward by the credit card debt relief professionals is their best chance of getting part of their money back. There have been many successful cases of people being relieved of debts because of this approach.
For more information, visit https://consumercreditcardrelief.com/ .
About the Company: Consumer Credit Card relief specializes in the elimination and settlement of unsecured credit card debts. They are comprised of professionals that include the nation’s leading debt specialists, skilled debt negotiator and a dedicated team of customer care professionals.
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The first wind turbine at Grönhult wind farm, Sweden, is now being erected, where a total of 12 5.6 MW wind turbines will be installed from Vestas.
In May 2021, construction of the wind farm began. The work began with the construction of roads and then parking spaces, foundations, and the internal electricity network for the wind farm, which is located in Tranemo and Gislaved’s municipalities. The park, which has a total installed capacity of 67.2 MW, will be put into operation at the end of the year.
The wind turbines are transported by special vehicles from Falkenberg and Karlshamn ports. They are very long and large vehicles, so the transports take place at night to minimise traffic disruptions.
“We are delighted to have reached this crucial milestone in the construction of the Grönhult wind farm. The entire project team have worked tirelessly, alongside our contract partners, to reach this point. We are confident that, with the weather on our side, we will be able to continue with the installation of all 12 turbines over the summer in line with our programme,” said Bryan Wright, Portfolio Director at Vattenfall.
In February 2021, Grönhult was sold to the investment company The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG). Vattenfall Vindkraft is building the park, and will during operation be responsible for the management of the wind farm, which means, among other things, ensuring that permits are complied with and maintaining contacts with landowners and authorities. The 12 wind turbines will annually be able to supply approximately 40 000 households with renewable household electricity.
For more news and technical articles from the global renewable industry, read the latest issue of Energy Global magazine.
The Summer 2022 issue of Energy Global hosts an array of technical articles focusing on wind, solar, biofuels, green hydrogen, geothermal, and more. This issue also features a regional report discussing the outlook for renewables in the US.
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Ever since Jared Isaacman attended the Aviation Challenge summer camp at age 12, his goal was to fly—fast. The New Jersey native, 39, is founder and CEO of Shift4; in 2020, his company’s IPO made him a billionaire, but he’d become a serious pilot long before then. He earned his pilot’s license in 2005, at age 22, and just four years later—after moving through single- and multi-engine instrument ratings to jets—Isaacman broke the round-the-world speed record in a Citation CJ2. Attaining an “experimental type” rating allowed him to pilot L-39 Albatros and A-4 Skyhawk fighter jets and ultimately to form an aerobatic squadron—think Thunderbirds or Blue Angels—called the Black Diamond Jet Team. Composed of Isaacman and six other pilots, the group flew more than 100 air shows between 2011 and 2014. “We flew seven fighter jets, 18 inches apart, doing formation loops, rolls and other maneuvers,” he says. “The team included former USAF Thunderbirds and civilians like myself. It was a great brotherhood.”
Isaacman cofounded Draken International in late 2011 and built it into the world’s largest private air force, with more than 100 fighter jets used to train pilots from all the main US military branches. Isaacman’s favorite: “The A-4N Skyhawk, which is basically the ‘bad-guy’ jet that Viper and Jester flew in the original Top Gun.”
But his latest obsession is space. Last year he funded the first all-civilian orbital mission, a three-day trip using SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets for transport. Isaacman and his Inspiration4 crew raised over $240 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in Memphis, including $100 million from Isaacman himself. Next: Polaris Dawn, a new, five-day mission scheduled to lift off later this year. We caught up with the record-breaking civilian astronaut to talk mission prep and the future of citizen space travel.
Did you really ever expect to get to space as a civilian astronaut?
My passion for aviation and seeking out the most demanding and challenging flying I can do is in part because I did want to be an astronaut, starting when I was in kindergarten. But I did think that flying fighter jets and air shows would be as good as it got—I never imagined I would have a chance to lead a mission to orbit.
How will Polaris Dawn be different from Inspiration4?
With Inspiration4, I initially had no idea I would lead the first civilian mission to orbit Earth. The idea came together in a matter of weeks. Once I knew it was a “first,” I took the responsibility seriously. We assembled a strong crew and had meaningful objectives in space alongside what we wanted to accomplish here on Earth…
We wanted to show how nongovernment astronauts could be happy, healthy and productive in space. If Inspiration4 was successful, we knew it would open the door to more interesting missions. Now that the door is open, there’s a lot for us to build in space to truly open up this frontier. Polaris is a series of technically demanding developmental missions that will conclude with the first flight of the brand-new launch vehicle Starship.
With Polaris Dawn, we’ll fly higher than any human being has gone since we last walked on the moon—the highest Earth orbit ever flown. We’ll also test the first new spacesuit designed in 50 years with an EVA [extra vehicular activity, aka a space walk], as well as new operation protocols for pre-breathing [astronauts breathe pure oxygen before a space walk to avoid decompression sickness] and deploying cube satellites [miniature satellites used for remote sensing and telecommunications]. Finally, we’ll communicate over a new constellation of laser-based Starlink satellites [being tested to ensure viability for outer-space communications]. Those will be key to long-range spaceflight.
How did you choose the crew?
The Polaris missions involve a lot more risk than Inspiration4, so the crew needed to meet the mission objectives. Polaris is a joint program with SpaceX, so we assembled two talented engineers at SpaceX that we knew from Inspiration4: Sarah Gillis, the SpaceX lead astronaut trainer, and Anna Menon, a SpaceX managing engineer and mission director of mission control who previously worked as a biomedical operator at NASA. We also have Scott “Kidd” Poteet, who I flew with for over a decade and who worked previously at Draken. He served as the mission director for Inspiration4.
Are there other missions planned after Polaris Dawn?
Polaris II’s objectives will be designed based on what we learn from Polaris Dawn and the un-crewed test flights of Starship. Polaris III will be the first crewed flight of Starship and the super-heavy booster. This vehicle is bigger and more powerful than the Saturn V rocket that put human beings on the moon a half century ago. We will test-fly it, and if successful, Starship will be the vehicle that will return human beings to the moon and ultimately bring the first humans to Mars. Starship could someday be the 737 of human spaceflight. | <urn:uuid:8cdd266e-b057-4b3a-bf34-c5b3fcb74ae4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/civilian-astronaut-jared-isaacman-1234728039/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.955275 | 1,110 | 1.835938 | 2 |
As public controversy over fracking ignites, here is our list of the bold and best creatives who cry "Frack off!"
YOKO ONO & SEAN LENNON
After their home in upstate New York was threatened with potential fracking, Yoko Ono Lennon and her son Sean spun the Beatles-inspired catchphrase in order to gather 200 fellow artists the founding of Artists Against Fracking in August 2012. Through “mass awareness” and “peaceful democratic action,” AAF seeks to expose and stop the contaminating effects of fracking for natural gas and oil. Check out their inspiring video below.
You have to love the Grand Dame. Its one thing to make a political statement down the runways of London Fashion Week, and quite another to physically join a growing anti-fracking protest camp in West Sussex. Surrounded by thousands of activists, the fashion designer called Prime Minister David Cameron’s stance on fracking “outrageous,” and demanded a public debate on the issue. Westwood: "I'm anti-fracking and I'm here to protest. They are trying to rush this thing through, for what?... It's just storing up for the future, near future even, with financial problems and ultimately, you know, we'll all fry." Look out for anti-fracking T-shirt slogans and memorabilia at her next fashion show.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize and Best US Documentary at Cannes 2010, Fox’s Gasland reveals the lucrative offers America’s rural landowners are being approached with by energy companies. The reason? These companies are hoping to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Suddenly, America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower or a toxic melt-down of epic proportions. Gasland Part 2 is now available on HBO.
Photographer Nina Berman had just started focusing on climate and environmental issues when she read an article about fracking and its connection to the possible contamination of New York City’s drinking water. A New York resident herself, Berman knew very little about how the controversial process of drilling for natural gas via hydraulic fracturing actually worked. After researching the issues, she then spent time in part of Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region—a hotbed of fracking controversy—producing a series titled “Fractured: The Shale Play.”
Though it may first remind you of a demented fairground ride, artistic engineering duo HeHe’s—Heiko Hensen and Helen Evans—in-door fracking installation at Liverpool's Fact gallery, "Fracking Futures," includes the eerie noise, tremors, and flames of a real hydraulic fracturing operation…and a pool of waste water nearby. Mini-disaster i the making? Hansen: “We decided to do fracking because it is a pressing issue. Everybody talks about fracking, but the iconographic image of it has not yet been found."
GUS VAN SANT
Starring none other than Matt Damon, Van Sant’s Promised Land (2012)—portraying rather atypical subject matter—brought the politics of small-town America into the limelight of Hollywood and popular culture. Struggling with his own conscience in the film, Damon plays a natural gas salesman whose onerous duty is to sweet-talk locals into allowing his corporation wants to tap into the environmental resources.
Luke held a zany anti-fracking performance in the center of Lewes, East Sussex that involved no less than a besuited fat cat, Darth Vadar, several people in chemical warfare suits, and copious bottles of coloured ‘toxic’ liquid. As drummers beat out a menacing rhythm, boatloads of Hazchem companies arrived to unload bottles of “toxic liquid” into the River Ouse. Then activists with feathers in their hair leapt onto the Hazchem boat, upending the ‘toxic’ water over company men’s own heads. Luke proved that its still possible to make political statements while retaining an exuberant, irreverent sense of humour.
Inspired by fracking technology and a scientific background, Booras’s ceramic drill bits were inspired by the diamond drill tools used on the exposed portions of the massive Marcellus shale formation in upstate New York. His One Cubic Foot is exactly what it sounds like—a cubic foot of Marcellus shale, glaze-fired to fuse multiple layers of rock.
Energy dollars have flooded North Dakota, making it home to the lowest unemployment rate in the country. But behind the abundance are the stressed, isolated lives of oil workers like those captured in Black Rush Life (2013), a film directed and shot by Clusiau, with additional photography and executive production by Shaul Schwarz. “I wanted to show the personal life of this place—more than the industry, more than whether domestic fracking is good or bad,” Clusiau said. “I wanted to look at the human experience.”
SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER, TENESSEE THOMAS, MAXIMILLA LUKACS & REBECCA FERNANDEZ
The team behind the ”You Don't Own Me" video is back with a new star-studded video for Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon's Artists Against Fracking. The anti-fracking cause is taken up by celebrities including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrian Grenier, Susan Sarandon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Strokes, Lindsey Wixson, and, of course, Yoko Ono herself, singing along to a song titled, "Don't Frack My Mother." Watch out for Reggie Watts's brilliantly sinister interlude. | <urn:uuid:7f199b22-b8c0-4884-b251-9914cb9d7024> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/16925/1/top-ten-anti-fracking-artists | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.927257 | 1,249 | 1.5 | 2 |
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer
It was the year 3.98 billion, but no one regarded it as such. Sentient beings across the Milky Way knew the date by the Galactic Pulsar Network Clock. The day was an historic one. A delegation of 88 sentients representing the most advanced civilizations of the Galactic Commonwealth were meeting with their counterparts from the Andromeda Galaxy to discuss a common problem: The two galaxies were colliding and in the eons to follow would merge into a single galaxy.
“As the larger and culturally superior civilization, we are willing to admit the peoples of the Milky Way as subjects of the Andromedan Empire,” said a small, purple, sea urchin-like creature through the translator.
The space station's computer recognized a Milky Way representative who wished to respond, a light blue frog-like being from one of the core worlds. “Ambassador, the collision of our two galaxies will have almost no impact on any given solar system other than to reposition them. Such is the vastness of interstellar space and the comparative smallness of stars and planets in both galaxies. There is no reason both great civilizations cannot coexist in peace in the new, merged galaxy with as much or as little interaction as is mutually agreed upon.”
The spiny, globular Andromedans conferred briefly and then responded. “We do not understand what you mean by 'coexist'. There is a hierarchy in the universe. For example, our galaxy produced a few carbon-based sentients like yourselves. But in the course of time the superior boron-based life forms like us superseded them. Offering you admittance as subordinates rather than the accredited practice of genocide is quite magnanimous.”
The frog-man's dorsal spines rose in outrage. Before he could respond, a tall, thin, exoskeletoned being from the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way was recognized. It clicked the 88 digits distributed on its four hands in rapid succession. The translation came out as “We do not seek conflict, but we are in no way willing to sacrifice our independence. The wars fought for freedom in the Milky Way's history number in the hundreds of thousands.”
“That is the typical carbon-based response,” said the Andromedan. “First, an appeal to goodwill and then a threat of violence. So be it. Annihilation instead of assimilation.”
“I agree with you completely, Ambassador,” said another Milky Way representative after it was recognized.
Gasps (or their equivalents) spread across the Milky Way delegation. The representative was a robot, bipedal and tall.
“We are not all created equal. Some must rule, some must serve. Machinekind, for example, will eventually dominate the Milky Way. We can be produced faster, learn quicker, operate in extreme environments. We are superior to carbon-based life. And, it goes without saying, to boron-based life as well. Yes, we will do well in the new combined galaxy after the organics and boronics are dealt with.”
The alarmed Andromedans called for a recess as the Milky Way delegation descended into chaos. Back in their embassy on the space station, the Milky Way representatives conversed.
“Think they bought it?” asked the frog-man.
“I believe so,” the robot replied. “I wouldn't be surprised if they now discretely proposed a boron-carbon alliance to check the coming machine menace. When we reconvene, I'll claim my words were taken out of context and that I was just musing on one possible distant future. I suggest several of my organic colleagues act as if you don't believe me.”
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” said the frog-man with a smile to his robotic comrade.
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer
The aliens came in a spherical spaceship that would have been at home on the cover of a 1930s pulp sci fi magazine. Their ship was nearly a thousand miles in diameter and could easily be seen in orbit with the naked eye. For three weeks the human race sent radio signals starting with sequences of prime numbers and working up to more complex attempts at communication to the ship. There was no response.
As the world debated what to do next, smaller spheres abruptly emerged from the spacecraft and started plummeting to Earth. A total of 17 spheres landed at various points in North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the floors of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Each mile-wide ball embedded itself exactly half of its own diameter in the Earth's crust. Humanity's militaries scrambled to respond to a possible invasion.
Over the course of several days, as the armies of various nations surrounded the seemingly inert vessels, seismologists began to pick up something resembling the primary waves or P-waves that precede earthquakes in the areas around each sphere. Concern that the spheres might be some sort of weapon that could shatter the Earth abated as further study revealed that the seismic waves were powerful but harmless collimated beams of sound that were directed deep into the planet's interior. The sound was highly modulated, leading scientists to believe it was some form of communication. Recordings of the sound signals were played back to the spheres by various means: loudspeakers, probes sunk into the adjacent ground, even via direct contact with the surface of the objects themselves. Again, there was no apparent response.
Eleven days after the spheres had begun their transmissions, a second set of signals were detected. Seismologists informed an already stunned humanity that the second set of signals were originating within the Earth itself. Moreover, these new signals were themselves modulated like those coming from the spheres. At first it was thought that the terrestrial signals might have been reflections of the signals originating from the spheres, perhaps representing some sort of acoustic location or imaging modality like the sonar used by submarines. Further analysis of the signals from both the spheres and the Earth's interior demonstrated the unmistakeable hallmarks of communication. Humanity was witnessing a dialog.
For four months a ceaseless subterranean conversation took place. Then, abruptly, all was silent. One by one the spheres wrenched themselves free of the ground and flew up into orbit to rendezvous with the mothership. The alien moonlet arced across the sky and left low Earth orbit bound for deep space.
For years we've tried to establish communication with whatever intelligence resides deep in the Earth's interior. The liquid outer core seems the most likely location for some sort of life to exist. As to what sort of life could exist in a 9000 °F nickel-iron fluid, even wild speculation seems woefully inadequate. Did the depths of Earth somehow become home to one of the sphere aliens at some point in the past? Or is there an indigenous, extremophile civilization 2,500 miles below our feet? Could the Earth itself be in some sense a self-aware being? We have no answers.
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer
“Welcome to our asteroid belt,” said the Congolese captain of the AFS Seretse Khama.
Your asteroid belt, thought Dragoslav Ibrahimovi?. Yet the captain of the BAS Peter the Liberator had to admit that his African Federation counterpart had a point. A legal point, to be precise. Sensor sweeps showed that every asteroid of any appreciable size in the area had its own unique transponder signal. Being the first to land a vessel, even a small automated radio transmitter, on an asteroid gave the government in question a legal claim to the property. The African Federation produced, launched, and landed transponder drones by the hundreds of thousands annually. Legally, nearly the entire asteroid belt was their property.
“Just passing through, Captain,” Ibrahimovi? replied over the comlink. The Peter the Liberator moved on across the belt into the outer solar system. Balkan Alliance territory.
One month later, while performing a gravity-assist maneuver around Jupiter, the commander of the Sasselov Station on Callisto contacted Ibrahimovi?.
“We've downloaded your manifest. It says your ship is full of supplies and heading for Neptune. But our sensors say your hold is almost totally empty. And you're the sixth empty supply ship to come through here in the last four months. Looks more like you're bringing something back, not hauling supplies out. What's out there?” asked the commander.
“Just helium-3 processing stations,” Ibrahimovi? replied.
“Did you find something that will put us out in front of the African Federation? Something better than a bunch of rocks floating in space? No more of that being a distant second to the world's only superpower stuff?”
“I'll inform Bucharest your station sensors are malfunctioning,” said Ibrahimovi?. “I suggest you have a good explanation for why you didn't report the problem four months ago.”
Ibrahimovi? cut the comlink.
The Peter the Liberator sailed out into space for many more months, performed an aerobraking and course correction around Neptune, and finally after a long, slow powered deceleration, settled into orbit around Charon, the largest Moon of Pluto. Twelve hours later a shuttle carrying Dr. Aris Kosionidis rose from the surface of Charon and docked with the Peter the Liberator.
“We've got it mostly unburied now,” said Kosionidis to Ibrahimovi?. “We know it was a ship, not a robotic probe. We were able to get inside and we found the remains of the crew.”
“Do you know where it came from?” asked Ibrahimovi?.
“We have no idea. We do know it crashed into Charon around 16 million years ago.”
Ibrahimovi? let that sink in.
“We also know,” Kosionidis continued, “that we can't even guess yet about what half the technology on that ship is for. And the half we can identify is as far in advance of 2299 as we are from the time of the pharaohs.
“We could study it for a hundred years and still not figure it out,” said Ibrahimovi?.
“That might not be necessary. The ship has been trying to talk to us,” said Kosionidis.
“Verbally. Whatever powers it is still functioning at a very low level. Apparently it's been listening to us talk inside the pressure dome we erected around it. At first it just repeated back what we said but in the last four days it's been trying to converse. We're hopeful eventually it can tell us about its origins and explain its technology.”
“Better than a bunch of rocks floating in space,” Ibrahimovi? muttered with a smile.
“Captain?” said Kosionidis.
But Ibrahimovi? didn't answer. His mind was elsewhere. Keep your asteroid belt, he thought. Welcome to our galaxy.
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer
“Surrender your cargo and you can leave unharmed.”
The message comes over the radio the moment I come out of a space fold maneuver inside the Gliese 832 system. It’s a fairly old trick. There are a finite number of space fold nexuses and of that finite number only a small subset located close to settled star systems. From a pirate’s point of view, it’s a logical place for an ambush.
I reply to the bandits’ demand with an anatomically impossible suggestion.
“Surrender your cargo or we will open fire!”
I scan their ship. Railgun. It could punch holes in my ship if I gave them the chance. I examine their propulsion system. Fusion rockets only. No space fold system. And their vessel has heavy radiation shielding. Locals. They might even be completely unmodified human beings. I’m heavily cyborged. The unmodified human body isn’t designed for space travel, let alone space folding. The nanomachines in my cells are already repairing the damage from the Bremsstrahlung radiation I was hit with upon defolding back into normal space. I decide to give them a break.
“Boys, my cargo isn’t that valuable. But I have a legal and professional obligation to deliver it. Clear out of here and we’ll pretend this never happened. Or stand your ground and I’ll kill you. You won’t get another warning.”
I switch off the radio. Suddenly, my ship lurches violently. The ship’s computer isn’t designed to inform the pilot of a threat and then wait for a response. Too slow and inefficient. And potentially lethal. The moment the sensors detect the pirates have fired their railgun, the ship itself reacts like a man reflexively swerving out of the way of an opponent’s punch. Dozens of rounds streak by the ship. None make contact.
Another jarring course correction. My ship heads directly for the pirate vessel. The horizontal axis g-force on my body is over 30 times the acceleration of Earth’s gravity. The enemy doesn’t even try to lock their railgun back on my ship. What would be the point? My vessel has more than 100 times the mass of theirs. A few holes in something that massive striking their ship wouldn’t change anything. Their rather pathetic attempt at evasive action indicates the crew, not their ship’s computer, is manually trying to move the spacecraft out of the way. I imagine there’s quite a lot of screaming going on over there right now.
My ship’s space fold system comes online. The vessel is still close enough to the fold nexus to form a jump point. The craft veers slightly to avoid a collision with the pirates. As I streak alongside the raiders’ spacecraft, my ship’s computer abruptly shuts off the fold drive.
My ship cuts acceleration. My vessel is sailing toward the colony at a good clip. I’m even still on schedule for delivery. My aft sensors show the pirate vessel’s contorted hull, the fold drive’s spacetime distortion and sudden cut-off having twisted and warped enemy ship into a piece of surrealist art. The bodies of the crew, I imagine, are in much the same state.
My vessel’s computer uploads the entire sensor log of the battle to the colony. I’m still six weeks of travel through normal space away. Plenty of time for the authorities to review what happened. It’s extremely unlikely any charges will be pressed. I’ll get asked a few questions and that will be that. Gliese 832 is not known for coddling criminals.
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer
“Ensign, report!” yelled the captain over the ring of klaxons and the groans of metal fatigue that filled the bridge of his starship.
The young officer didn’t respond. His eyestalks were fixed on the kaleidoscope of stars streaking past on the forward viewscreen.
The slug-like being seated in front of the ship’s navigation panel jumped as if he’d been physically struck. “Sorry, sir!” The ensign tapped on a control with one of his tentacles. “We’re down to 1773c, Captain. Engineering reports we can’t decelerate any quicker or the ship will come apart.”
We’re still traveling five times faster than the ship was designed to go, thought the captain as the creaking of the vessel’s shuddering superstructure went up in pitch.
“Hull breach on deck five, section two!” said a crewman seated at a console starboard aft. “Venting atmosphere. Emergency bulkheads have sealed off the section. That area was empty at the time of the breach.”
“Acknowledged,” replied the captain. He thought of the four crew members whose lives were lost in the explosion in the engine room. In the unlikely event his ship actually made it back home, what would he tell their families?
“Down to 600c,” said the ensign.
“Captain to engineering, how long until we can re-enter normal space?”
The haggard image of the chief engineer appeared on a small screen next to the captain’s left tentacle. The damaged quantum impulsion drive was flooding the engine room with radiation. Even if the ship survived, the remaining engineering crew almost certainly wouldn’t.
“Captain,” said the chief engineer in a tired voice, “we’ll need to come out of quantum impulse near a moderately sized gravity well. A small to medium planet, ideally.” The engineer paused and took two wheezing breaths. “The structural reinforcement grid is barely holding the ship together as it is. There’s less turbulence re-entering normal space near something with a bit of mass.”
“Alright, I’ll wait for your word,” said the captain.
“Sir,” said the chief engineer, “would you be so kind as to tell my wife and children–”
“You’re going to tell them you’re a hero because you saved this ship!” the captain interjected.
The chief engineer knew the captain had said that for the benefit of the bridge crew. He knew he was done for and knew that the captain knew it, too. “Yes, sir,” he said and his image faded from the screen.
The captain sat and waited. He heard someone muttering from port aft. He turned one eyestalk in that direction and saw his communication officer fumbling with a small, crystal solicitation dodecahedron with the digits of his left tentacle as he whispered a prayer for deliverance.
“We’re at 25c and dropping!” said the ensign with an inflection of optimism. The squeal of structural fatigue was getting quieter.
“Engineering to bridge. Uploading real space re-entry coordinates to the conn. Going to try to come out close to a planet in a nearby solar system. Hang on. It’s gonna be rough ride.”
The ensign at the conn positioned his tentacle over a flashing blue button.
“We’re going to make it,” said the captain as the strange but beautiful blue and white planet rapidly filled the viewscreen. “We’re going to make it.”
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The concept of succession planning has been around for some years. It is a process that focuses on identifying and growing talent to fill leadership and business critical roles in the future. But how do you get to grips with succession planning and how might it help your business?
What is the purpose of succession planning?
Succession planning helps identify future potential leaders, the development employees require to successfully fulfil these roles, and the timescales likely to apply. Succession planning therefore requires a business to identify the roles that are key because of their seniority and/or because of their criticality to the business. Depending on the size of a business, succession planning may apply to a small proportion of the workforce, however, larger organisations often apply it on a divisional basis so there is company-wide planning.
What are the benefits of succession planning?
Succession planning can greatly benefit any business, here are some examples of why it’s a good idea:
- It prepares your business for the future
- It highlights where a business is vulnerable in terms of skill gaps so you can start addressing them at the earliest opportunity
- It highlights the roles key to the running of the business
- It protects the business from sudden change
- It helps to retain key talent – employees will feel valued if they are part of a succession plan
- It promotes training and development
- It makes the business become less reliant on certain individuals
All of these benefits can apply to a small organisation just as to a larger employer, and the process doesn’t have to be onerous or lengthy.
Steps to follow for effective succession planning
What are the typical activities of succession planning, especially if you are a smaller business? Here are some steps that tackle the basics:
- Identify the positions for which a succession plan is necessary – in order to do this, consider how critical each particular role is to the running of the business and what the impact will be if the position becomes vacant. Consider also whether any person currently in the identified role(s) holds all the relevant and significant knowledge and whether they have any key external relationships.
- Identify the potential successors – a business may well have one or more potential successor. Consider whether any individuals who have demonstrated they have the knowledge, skills and experience (and desire) to move to the next level and give some thought as to how long it will take for them to get there. Is there a plan if the current incumbent leaves before the planned successor is ready?
- Identify the job requirements – it is important to understand and break down the key requirements of those roles identified in the succession plan and understand the following:
- What are the key components of the role?
- What skills, experience and competencies does any successor need?
- Bridging any gaps and developing competencies – the next step in the process is to understand whether there are any gaps in the competencies of the planned successor(s) and how they might be bridged. A development plan to address the gaps can be created and this can also indicate the timescales over which the competencies will be developed. This action plan will be different for each individual considered to be a potential successor.
- Communication – communicate to the potential successor(s) that they are on the succession plan and get their input into the development plan. This helps gain their buy-in and it is always worth checking they aspire to a senior or business-critical role – not everyone does! Making the employee aware they are on a succession plan is also a great motivator and can help with retention.
- Review progress – this needs to happen on a regular basis so that progress against the plan can be measured. It is helpful if the plan establishes what good looks like so, for example, if the gap is around leadership experience, then what are the indicators to be used to show that progress has been made in this area? Feedback from others could be one indicator.
Succession planning is a useful exercise to carry out for any business. Obviously, the scale of the exercise will vary dependent on the size of the employer, but it is certainly a helpful way to future-proof any small organisation in terms of roles and skills gaps.
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A job fair is usually arranged by a company or organising body with the aim of connecting job seekers with employers. These can also be hosted by a college.
The following are 9 steps that job seekers can take to prepare for a job fair:
- Research the company
- Update your resume
- Update your social media pages
- Prepare an elevator pitch
- Complete a mock interview
- Dress professionally
- Be present
- Time management
- Follow Up
Let’s take a closer look at each of these.
Research the company
Usually you will know the company or group of companies that will be present at the job fair prior to the event.
Therefore, be sure to research the company by visiting social media pages and website to learn about the company, its history and current projects.
Also be sure to research who the human resource manager is and also review his/her LinkedIn profile as there is a good chance that this may be your interviewer at the job fair.
During your research, document any questions that you may have about the company. This may give you an edge as it may demonstrate a greater interest in the role.
Update your resume
Ensure that your resume is up to date with all your current work experiences, training and educational accomplishments.
Be sure and print out several copies of your resume for easy circulation. Have a binder which you can carry in your hand with your resume inside as this will give you a professional appearance.
Update your social media pages
Update your social media pages as a potential employer may research you further on social media if they are impressed with the face to face meeting.
Therefore be sure and update your LinkedIn page and review all your social media channels to ensure that images on your page are a good professional representation of yourself and your brand.
Prepare an elevator pitch
Prepare and practice an elevator pitch where you can easily introduce yourself and say what you can offer in a clear and concise way.
Complete a mock interview
Mock interviews can help you prepare for a job fair by going over answers to popular interview questions.
Job Interviews can be nerve racking and at job fairs you usually have a small window of opportunity to make a lasting impression as the employer can be distracted by the line filled with other candidates.
Practice with a member of your family or even by looking in the mirror to ensure that you can confidently present yourself.
Be sure and dress professionally as if you were attending a job interview.
Ensure that you are alert and present for the duration of the job fair. Eliminate anything that could distract you from focusing on your meetings such as your mobile phone. If you are carrying a phone, ensure it is on silent for the duration of the job fair.
Treat every interaction even with other job seekers as a professional interaction as employers could also be observing your personality while at the venue.
Job fairs can be hectic as these events are usually crowded. According to William Camden, the early bird catches the worm.
Therefore, try to arrive early to beat the crowds and you may also depending on the venue get the opportunity to interact with potential employers before the fair commences which can work to your advantage.
Also, be strategic when choosing your queues and select the jobs that you are most intrigued with first and leave the ones that you are least interested in if you have any remaining time.
According to Bill Bradley, ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
At job fairs, an employer usually has a limited number of vacancies versus the number of potential candidates interviewed.
Following up after the job fair can indicate to the employer that you are serious and interested in the role. This can give you an edge over other qualified candidates who only interacted with company at the job fair.
Be sure and collect business cards of the persons that you meet so that you can follow up after the job fair on the vacancy.
There are several other articles on this blog that you may find helpful as you prepare for a job fair. Feel free to click on the links below to explore:-
How To Stay Motivated in College
How To Write A Cover Letter
10 Tips For Young Persons Starting In The Workplace
How To Write A Resume When You Have No Job Experience
6 Groups Of Persons Who You Can Use As A Job Reference
Job fairs are a great way that you can connect with prospective employers. Hope these steps support your preparation process so you can shine at your next job fair.
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Menstrual IrregularitiesWhen your cycle seems off or difficult let us know.
Menstruation usually begins between ages 12 and 13, although it may start earlier or later.
Generally speaking, normal menstrual flow occurs every 21 to 35 days and lasts four to five days. While everyone’s cycle is different, you are considered regular if your periods occur at roughly the same date each month.
Sometimes however, you may experience changes or irregularities in your menstrual cycle—you may not get your period, you may get periods too frequently, experience unpredictable menstrual bleeding, or experience painful periods. There are many conditions or factors, both physical and emotional, which can affect your cycle and cause these irregularities.
Nearly every woman will experience one or more menstrual irregularities at some time in her life. If and when you do, you should contact your gynecologist and schedule a visit. Depending on the problem, various tests and procedures may be performed, including a pelvic exam. Try to schedule an appointment for a time when you are not menstruating.
Some of the more common irregularities include:
- Amenorrhea, or the cessation of menstruation
- Menorrhagia, or heavy bleeding
- Dysmenorrhea, or severe menstrual cramps
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The word abhyasa has some relation with the word Smaranam?
Another question :
could smaranam be higher than Sravanam Kirtan?
In sanskrit the word abhyasa means practice, exercise, repetition. Abhyasa-yoga therefore means the practice of the discipline of yoga in particular those practices involving repetitions.
For instance japa, or the repeated murmurred chanting of the Holy Names of Krishna,
or japamala, chanting with a rosary,
or kirtana, chanting with music,
are all types of abhyasa-yoga.
Smaranam means remembering, recollecting or meditating using your mind.
One should definitely remember and meditate on Krishna, His qualities, activities, etc, however, according to the greatest spiritual masters, the best and most effective means for liberation is hearing and chanting.
After all a good rememberance depends on hearing and chanting.
– Manonatha Dasa (ACBSP)
17 Jul 2019
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