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Adapted from Floyd's best-selling Digital Fundamentals—widely recognized as the authority in digital electronics—this book also applies basic VHDL concepts to the description of logic circuits. It introduces digital logic concepts and functions in the same way as the original book, but with an emphasis on PLDs rather than fixed-function logic devices. Reflects the trend away from fixed-function logic devices with an emphasis on CPLDs and FPGAs, while offering coverage of fixed-function logic for reference. Presents VHDL as a tool for implementing the digital logic in programmable logic devices. Offers complete, up-to-date coverage, from the basic digital logic concepts to the latest in digital signal processing. Emphasizes applications and troubleshooting. Provides Digital System Applications in most chapters, illustrating how basic logic functions can be applied in real-world situations; many use VHDL to implement a system. Provides many examples with related problems. Includes ample illustrations throughout. A solid introduction to digital systems and programming in VHDL for design engineers or software engineers. | <urn:uuid:3a057b8d-f28e-4dba-9e71-9203788385ff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.edacafe.com/aws/Thomas-L.-Floyd-Digital-Fundamentals-with-VHDL/1178/book.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.89258 | 226 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Are you fond of eating jaggery? Do you love it as a sweetener? Or do you enjoy it as a healthy ingredient? Whatever the reasons, jaggery is quite an important ingredient. Joynagarer Moa Online is commonly used in households. But do you know about types of jaggery? Yes, you would be astonished to know of various types of jaggery. The benefits of jaggery are worthy enough for health. So, this blog will tell you the perfect range of jaggery. Let us sweeten your mind with the alluring advantages of jaggery as well.
Distinct Types of Jaggery
The traditional sweetener is prepared by evaporating the water from the sugarcane juice. Gur is found in three forms. Solid, Liquid, and granular forms of jaggeries are useful for various purposes. There are different types of jaggeries. Continue with this blog to find a taste of the same.
Date Palm Jaggery
Date palm jaggery is prepared with a simple process. With proper boiling of the sap of the date plant, the jaggery is a winter sweetener. It is famous in West Bengal. The soft melting texture of the date palm jaggery is palatable. The fragrance of dark chocolate is extremely awesome.
Sugarcane jaggery is a common one. The sweetness of this jaggery is great. It is available at an affordable price. A common type of jaggery is found in each household. The quality of sugarcane makes it a perfect sweetener. The boiling of sugarcane is the secret of its preparation.
Boiling the sap of the Palmyra plant, this jaggery is prepared. Palmyra is a fruit that resembles a coconut. Palmyra fruit is darker than the color of coconut.
Toddy Palm Jaggery
The moa sweet online shopping, Online Khejur Gur is prepared by boiling the sap of Toddy’s palm plant. The specialty of Myanmar is golden brown.
Some Benefits of Jaggery
Jaggery has multiple benefits, some of them are as follows:
- Jaggery recipe is helpful at the time of constipation.
- A perfect blood purifier, the cleansing of blood is possible with regular use of jaggery.
- Detoxification of the liver
- Jaggery has immunity boosting capacity
- Cold and flu are better treated with the help of jaggery
- Anemia can be cured with jaggery. You can reach the right hemoglobin with the regular intake of jaggery after meals.
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Wurster Hall, the architecture building on campus, is a giant concrete edifice that is featured in Stewart Brand’s brilliant How Buildings Learn as an example of an “unworkable” building, a building that cannot grow and adapt to the needs of its residents. It has strange nooks and crannies, horrible lab space, and very dark “suicide” stairwells. Still, I walk through the courtyard almost every day on my way to the library or to get a cup of coffee. I like seeing the architecture students at work– the other day they were building small balsa wood structures, arguing with each other with sticky-tape on the ends of their fingers. I also love the way the building looks on the outside, stark white rectangles jutting into the deep blue sky on sunny days.
Stewart Brand gives architects a pretty rough time of it in How Buildings Learn, and I’m inclined to agree with his view that buildings should be malleable, organic, and accommodating to its inhabitants, traits so common in vernacular buildings but seemingly lost in most modern construction. The students were building mini-marvels, their shapes inspired by nature or by art or music.
I then wondered if any architecture has been inspired by archaeology–not by Greek or Roman columns or Egyptian obelisks, but instead actively tries to capture, represent, and preserve the lifeways of the people that it houses. Most architecture does this by fiat, but how would you construct a building explicitly to excavate it?
This thought experiment had some nice resonance with a news story that came out a couple of weeks ago about an “Ikea-like” temple found in Italy with detailed assembly instructions inscribed on the various pieces. I posed the question over beers to some of my fellow grad students, with mostly blank looks in response. It’s truly a very individualistic question, as some archaeologists prefer to dig post holes while others don’t bother with anything less than a temple complex. How much mystery do you want with your archaeology? Are interpretive challenges part of the thrill of the excavation, or would you prefer to have your building pieces inscribed with instructions so that you can concentrate on more heady research questions? Recursive, but it gave me a fun few minutes in the sunshine, watching students and their balsa wood frames.
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All very good, but as far as metaphors go that one is pretty crude. It got me trying to invent something more ambitious: a simple, intuitive, easily-understood simile summarizing the basic concepts of macroeconomics. This wouldn't capture all the nuances of various models, but only give lay people a toehold to help refute the economic misconceptions people's natural intuition seems to generate.
Here's my idea: the economy is like a human body.* I mean this in a kind of macro-anatomical sense. So the economy is composed of lots of interlocking parts. There are infrastructure and transport sectors, agriculture, money, information transmission, etc. It's tremendously complex, but when things are good all of them work in tandem so that most everyone who wants a job has one, factories are working at capacity, and so on. Similarly, the body is composed of lots of interlocking parts. You have a skeleton and muscles, the digestive tract, the circulatory system, the nervous system, etc. When everything is good, they all work together and you feel healthy.
The order here is deliberate—in this scheme blood is analogous to money. In the economy, the banking system pumps money around the country where dollars are exchanged for goods and services. Inside the body, the heart pumps blood around where oxygen is "exchanged" for productive effort, like digestion, movement, or thought.
So how can we think about a depression? In the real world, a depression is where we have lots of perfectly good unused capacity (idle factories, empty trucks) sitting around, while at the same time lots of unemployed workers desperate for a job. In our econo-body we had a heart attack (the financial crisis), and our circulatory system seized up and stopped pumping blood around the body properly. We got defibrillated by the EMTs (emergency actions in 2008-09) so we stopped getting worse, but now, we have persistent low blood pressure. This is the key idea. Our muscles are still strong, our organs are still in good shape, and our bones haven't rotted (yet). But we feel tired and weak all the time because our heart isn't delivering enough oxygen. We could be much more active than we are, going to work and playing with our kids, but instead we're sleeping all day.
So if we've got chronic fatigue due to a shortage of blood reaching the organs, one natural thought is to make some more blood. That's the Milton Friedman monetary policy solution. Similar to how your bone marrow is responsible for creating new blood cells, the Federal Reserve can create arbitrary quantities of money. Print more money until the economy is back to full capacity, then back off.
If you even mention the words "print money" boneheads like Peter Schiff howl about hyperinflation, but again the metaphor is instructive. In our econo-body, too-high inflation is analogous to high blood pressure. It's ridiculous to worry about high blood pressure if you're currently in the midst of low pressure crisis. Just like how we won't get high blood pressure until our veins and arteries are filled to capacity and we're back to fully active, we won't get hyperinflation until the economy is running at capacity and prices can be bid up instead of just bringing in idle resources (or as Karl Smith would say, there is no such thing as immaculate inflation). See here for a more in-depth explanation of this point.
Of course, in our econo-body our problem is with our heart. If we had some magic device to force the bone marrow to crank out more blood, it wouldn't do much unless the heart was working properly, so perhaps we must fix the banking system before we can recover. This still holds for the most part—it's why zombie banks can be so terrible for a country— but the analogy fails in that in the last resort the central bank can just mail money to people (or drop it out of helicopters), bypassing the banking system altogether. In point of fact, though, central banks don't do this. Most of the money-printing from the Fed and the ECB has gone into the banking sector, which largely just ate it without pumping it around.
Anyway, the other major cure for a depression is Keynesian fiscal stimulus. This is what Paul Krugman is always talking about, where the government borrows money and spends it on anything handy. This would be analogous to borrowing a pint of blood from someone else and using it to re-pressurize your vascular system. (This is a tougher point to make, so ideas would be appreciated, especially in capturing the point that depressions are a great time to make some cheap investment in infrastructure.)
These are the main points, what I would use to replace the "magneto trouble" metaphor. But talking it over with my girlfriend and writing it up I thought of some more points where the metaphor could be expanded.
1) Regulators are like the immune system. It's possible for them to be too zealous, like when you have allergies, but if you have a real sickness or tumor you want them out there laying forth with the hammer of justice. The way cancer (extractive elites) kills you is by diverting more and more of your productive capacity into useless, unproductive tissue. Our current situation also makes me think of HIV, where the disease has infiltrated the regulators that are supposed to protect us.
2) Low and steady inflation is like normal blood pressure. Something a lot of people have a hard time understanding is that inflation is a positive good. No change in the price level (0% inflation) is a bad thing and deflation is a horrible thing. Inflation puts pressure on big holders of capital to get their money out there supporting economic activity, similar to how your heart builds pressure to force blood out to your extremities. (Another big benefit of inflation as I understand it, though, is how constant steady price movement keeps imbalances from building up, but I couldn't think of a simple way to include that.)
The main problem I see with this scheme is with including the idea of expectations. The way the central bank influences the economy through statements of policy is hugely important, and it's not very close to how a body works.
Finally, any input, especially from real economists, to flesh out these points or correct mistakes would be highly appreciated.
*My actual knowledge of the human body isn't systematic, and I'm sure medically or biologically speaking this whole discussion is riddled with oversimplifications and distortions. If I've made a huge mistake by all means let me know, but remember this is just a simple, intuitive analogy for people to get their teeth into, not a med school class. | <urn:uuid:32ed8b66-d94b-4c17-a343-b20b312c9c56> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.ryanlouiscooper.com/2012/06/bloody-economic-analogy.html?showComment=1414381259949 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.953963 | 1,392 | 2.234375 | 2 |
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Austin artist Lance Letscher’s latest children’s book is “The Perfect Machine” (2010, University of Texas Press, Austin) and that is — no coincidence, obviously—the title of the exhibition of 17 recent Letscher collages opening at Eight Modern today.
The book didn’t influence his art, except indirectly. He says doing a 9-by-12-foot commissioned mural for the Dell Children’s Medical Center of central Texas focused his art, “I started thinking about kids as my audience. It started to influence the vocabulary I was using,” Letscher said. “It used to be all chance and discovery. Now I am orchestrating what I want, instead of what I happened to find.”
In the contemporary art market, Letscher, 48, is an emerging superstar, with recent solo shows in galleries from Seattle to Paris to Barcelona. In his native town, he sometimes is called “the other Lance” in deference to cyclist Lance Armstrong, and a Letscher show in Austin reportedly always brings out the collectors to see his latest work. “People are crazy about Letscher’s engaging yet elusive collages that are delicately crafted,” Austin American Statesman art critic Jeanne Claire van Ryzin wrote in 2004, “People just can’t stop buying Letscher’s collages, small or large, subtle or strong.”
The exhibition at Eight Modern is his first Santa Fe show. His intense, complex, dense and abstract collages celebrate both wall hangings and found objects like guns and books. Almost all of his media are recycled. He harvests defaced textbooks, children’s readers, vintage album covers, magazine clippings, handwritten notes, recipe cards, business ledgers and other bits of found paper from closeout bins, yard sales and the Dumpster behind a nearby used book and record store. In his studio, Letscher winnows the materials and organizes odds and ends, cutting them into strips and shapes and then piecing the scraps of paper into collages.
“I use found paper, book covers, old magazines, record covers, etc., to make my work,” he said. “I am particularly attracted to worn surfaces, odd colors and obsolete typefaces. I am primarily concerned with formal issues—the interaction of color, spatial shifts and compositional dynamics, and how these things can generate content.”
Eight Modern director Jaquelin Loyd clearly is a Letscher fan. “His works are largely abstract and characterized by dense texture, color and pattern,” she said. “They are rich and vigorous and compellingly complex. The formal appeal of the work is enriched by the memories and emotional associations evoked by his raw materials. Fragmented illustrations and dissected words and phrases hint at potential narratives.” The works in “The Perfect Machine” reflect his shift to a “storybook perspective.” His abstractions have expanded to include more recognizable forms and childhood imagery.
In his teen summers, Letscher cleaned vacated rental properties owned by his grandparents in northeastern Texas. The expanse of grazing pasture and cotton fields has resurfaced from time to time on his intricate and geometric collages. His sometimes mural-size compositions have a psychological resonance, as if he were recalling people’s lives.
The artist’s work evolves constantly. “One thing you learn quickly when searching for ‘rules’ in Letscher’s work is that no sooner do you think you have uncovered one than you find it contradicted,” art critic Charles Dee Mitchell wrote in his introduction to a recent monograph, “Lance Letscher: Collage.”
Formally trained as a printmaker at the University of Texas, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s in Fine Arts degress, Letscher ran the woodshop at UT-Austin for a number of years. He began attracting attention in the 1980s Dallas art scene for his small sculptures of wood and marble, before transitioning to drawing and then collage. He basically taught himself, cutting out and superimposing small, realistic drawings of tree branches on cardboard for depth, and then working with monochromatic book pages.
He has said he is inspired by three Austrian artists: Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt and Friedensreich Hundertwasser, as well as “outsider art” and the Gee’s Bend quilt-makers. He has few direct influences from the history of collage and assemblage, but the references to quilts can be seen more clearly. Letscher’s wife is a quilter, and he has acknowledged poring over her collection of quilt blocks and patterns.
Letscher has been exhibited widely throughout the U.S., as well as in Paris, Berlin, Munich, Barcelona, London and Poland. In 2004, a solo retrospective of his work called “Books and Parts of Books, 1996-2004” traveled to four museums. His work will be at Eight Modern through May 15. | <urn:uuid:8ee958fd-cb1d-4d28-baf5-9e872a4a45e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://taimodern.com/article/orchestrating-desire/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.963986 | 1,079 | 1.625 | 2 |
I’m going to suggest something crazy.
I want you to try using the online versions of Word and Excel.
Did you know there were online versions of Word and Excel? A lot of people don’t know they exist.
Not only do they exist, but – dare I say it? – they’re pretty good. Microsoft has been working to make them very similar to the desktop versions (and vice versa), with most of the features intact. They are easily accessible from OneDrive and Dropbox.
I’ve written three articles about Microsoft without saying anything snarky. Do you know the self-restraint required for that? And here, at the thrilling conclusion, I still have nice things to say. I must be mellowing in my old age.
Let’s do a quick recap. If you’ve been following along, then the world of Microsoft is more comprehensible.
- You know the login credentials for your personal Microsoft account and your business Microsoft account.
- (If necessary, you renamed the login for your personal account so it’s not the same as the business login.)
- The files in your Documents folder are backed up to OneDrive, using one of those accounts, and you know which account, because you’re very smart about this stuff now.
If you have documents in OneDrive or Dropbox, there are good reasons to use the online Office programs instead of the desktop programs. People in Google’s world use Google Docs and Google Sheets without a second thought. It’s time for us to learn from their example.
I’ll tell you a few things about the online versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, then in the next article we’ll turn to Outlook webmail. If you use the desktop version of Outlook, there are some things you need to know about its future, which is tangled up with Outlook webmail.
Online versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
Ten years ago Microsoft introduced lightweight versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. It has steadily improved them – integrating them with OneDrive and its other services and making them more responsive. The web apps and the desktop programs resemble each other more all the time.
Although the programs are free, you’ll have to sign in with a Microsoft personal or business account to have the best experience. As I’ve said, if you’re a small or medium business user with both a personal and a business account, I want you to choose one and use a single account for virtually all things Microsoft, including the online Office programs.
How to access the online Office programs
Recommended: log in at Office.com
The Office.com website shows a selection of recent files and ways to open or start your work. There are also icons down the left side to choose a particular program or go to OneDrive or Outlook.
Another alternative: use the direct shortcuts above to each individual program
An easy one to remember: every Microsoft service has a grid of dots in the upper left
Click on the grid to open a list of all the services – Outlook webmail, OneDrive, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, and more.
How to use Word, Excel, or Powerpoint online
You are accustomed to working in a certain way. Most of you click on the icon for Word or Excel, then start a new file or browse to a file you’ve already created.
Some of you open File Explorer and find a file, then click on it to open Word or Excel.
I want you to consider doing something different.
Whoa! That feeling of lightheadedness used to be called “the vapours.” Shake it off! You’re stronger than that.
(If you actually fainted, this probably isn’t for you.)
If you’ve been following along and OneDrive is backing up your folders, you can go to www.onedrive.com and find all the files on your desktop and in the Documents folder. Browsing through them isn’t better or worse than browsing on your computer, it’s just different.
You can do a full-text search or browse through folders to find a file. Your search results on the website may be better than on your computer.
The important thing is that if you click on a Word or Excel file in OneDrive, it immediately launches the online version of Word or Excel to edit the file.
If you’re a Dropbox user, you can browse through your files if you log into your account at www.dropbox.com. When you find a file, click on Open, then choose Word/Excel for the web from the dropdown.
Your work is saved automatically and continuously. You don’t have to remember to save anything. There are more details about how that works in this article.
You’ll start with the simplified toolbar. If you click the down arrow at the far right, you can see the full toolbar. Both versions of the toolbar look very similar to the desktop program. It’s all very pleasant and familiar.
Not all features are available online – the programs can’t run macros, for example. It only takes a single click to switch from the browser to the desktop version of Word or Excel if you need to.
I’ve been working almost exclusively in the online apps for the last few months. The unexpected surprise is that nothing was very surprising.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to meet with advisers Thursday to discuss possible restrictions on Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to ongoing concerns about blood clots, particularly among women.
Federal officials temporarily halted use of the single dose J&J vaccine in April to study six women who had experienced blood clots after getting vaxxed. The government ruled that the rewards far outweighed the risks associated with the shot, and usage of the vaccine resumed within days with a new warning label.
Although complications remain rare, some nine American women have died after experiencing blood clots associated with the vaccine, and the rate of clots in people who received it has increased since April, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
About one woman per 100,000 aged 30 to 49 had experienced clot issues after getting a J&J jab, the FDA said in a fact sheet released Tuesday.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was expected to vote on restricting the usage of J&J’s initial and booster shot or issuing a preferential recommendation for other vaccines, according to the paper. Any recommendation would need to be reviewed by the CDC, which was reportedly asking state health departments to evaluate how dependent they were on the shot.
“We are committed to understanding and communicating all known risks, including rare events of [the blood clot condition], and strongly support raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of this rare event,” Jake Sargent, a spokesman for Johnson & Johnson, reportedly said.
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DIY ideas to give old bottles a second life
In order to reduce the waste we produce after using each product, we can think of many ways of reusing our plastic bottles to ensure they don’t end up in the ocean. We encourage to always recycle your bottles after finishing your product, but the best idea would be to upcycle and reuse these bottles as home decoration, stationary items, containers, toys and many other possibilities.
In this blog you will find a wide range of tips to reuse our Voyêtre bottles and give them a second life. Plus, besides of being eco-friendly, you will also save a lot of money that you would pay when buying these new items!
For our laundry plastic bottles from detergents, fabric conditioners, boosters and home & linen sprays, here is a great tip to reuse them for storing pencils, crayons, pens and many other stationary items. Just follow these steps:
- Empty your bottle and wash it correctly with clean water. Remove all product remains and ensure the bottle is clean and dry.
- Remove label from the product and recycle plastic label.
- Use scissors or a utility knife to cut your plastic bottle by half. You can adjust the height of the cut depending on what you are going to store.
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- If you don’t have washi tapes, you can also paint the bottle.
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Free Trade and its Environmental Repercussions The middle part of this decade introduced two seminal works: Thomas Friedman’s book The World is Flat and Al Gore’s movie presentation “An Inconvenient Truth.” This flattened world provides efficient interaction, exchange and trade between individuals, corporations and governments. Nevertheless, this growth in efficient production and worldwide demand comes with consequences. As Gore argues, along with many Nobel laureate scientists, the environmental impact of free trade and increased demand has significantly harmed the health of the Earth and eroded its protective ozone layer. Thus, one asks what can be done to reduce pollution, move towards a carbon-neutral society but at the same time...The end:
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Online examination process is helping automation and simplification of exam process.
Pen and paper based exams are getting shifted to online mode. Technology is essential to boost educational services as it can help improving overall processes and it would indirectly ensure that quality of the education is improved for the stakeholders of the education.
1. Not Focusing on Technology Security of Online Exam
While technology is boon for simplification of exam process, it is essential to ensure highest security standards are maintained to make technology safe and secure for online exams.
Many universities have implemented online exams which are prone to malpractices. Proper authentication and authorization for system access is not maintained. It could result in un authorized students appearing for the exam.
Improper security practices can lead to students copying answers while accessing internet services during exam time.
It is also essential to maintain proper secure channel for protocols like http with SSL certificate. Some of the education institutions did not implement SSL for their exams and it resulted in hackers getting access to question bank data.
In order to maintain highest security standards all the key data and information like credentials, question bank, exam pattern should be stored in encrypted format.
Eklavvya platform ensures that highest security standards are available to conduct fair and error free online exam where malpractices are not possible.
Secure browser ensures that students cannot open any other internet or such programs during online exam process. It helps to prevent copying by the students.
Remote Proctoring ensures that candidate is authenticated and authorized prior to start of exam process and is being continuously monitored during online exam with image/ video streaming activity.
2. Not Focusing on Training prior to Exam Process
Online examination process replaces traditional pen and paper based assessments. It is important to ensure that students should be provided enough training using mock exams, training videos, training sessions etc. Students should feel confident about approaching online exam.
Many education institutions implement online exam in a hurry. They eliminate key step of training to students.
In such case, students directly appear for online exam without knowing overall features and functionality of the system. It can act a barrier for successful execution of online exam activity.
In case of Eklavvya platform, we have facility where training video is defined for online exams. Students need to go through demo video of online exam. It helps them to get familiar with overall workflow and functionality.
Mock exams are also arranged to ensure that students are familiar with the system and have hands on experience of using it prior to final exams. Mock exam increases confidence of the students for appearing actual exam in online mode.
3. Making Online exam Complex to handle
Online examination usability should be verified prior to implementation. Usability of any new system plays key role in successful adoption by its stakeholders.
There are cases where implementation of online exam did not succeed due to complexity involved in using the system. Online examination system should be use friendly and entire process should be easily understood even by non technical person.
Eklavvya platform has been verified for the usability. We have also evaluated how 9 to 10 year old is able to use the system with ease. Using our platform we have conducted online exams for the students starting with age 8 years. After receiving feedback across all age groups we have incorporated best practices of making system simple to handle. It plays key role in successful implementation of online examination process.
4. Not Providing Mock Exams to Candidates
Mock exams helps students or candidates to get familiar with system with ease. Mock exams are simulated online exam meant for practice purpose. Entire workflow of actual exam is followed. Students are supposed to appear for mock exams to get understanding of online exam process.
Some of the entities did not focus on mock exam and conduct online exam directly.
It had created confusion about system workflow, how to use it etc. It can result in failure of managing online exam process.
Mock exam has many advantages. It helps to increase confidence of the user about online exam process. Candidate can appear for final exam without any doubts, queries or pressure of not knowing particular functionality of the system.
We have conduct many online exams for schools, education institutions. Success rate or overall satisfaction level has gone up due to implementation of mock exams prior to final exams.
5. Not Focusing on Audit Process
Online exams need to ensure that there are proper trail and verification mechanism should be available. In case if authority feels exam is not being conducted in fair manner then in order to verify it , there should be audit process.
Online Examination System should be able to record all events of online exam including student login, student navigation of question, exam start time, exam end time, time taken for particular section, exam location IP address, Geo tagging location, exam resume events with timing.
Some of the universities had implemented online exam without audit process.
In case of student query under Right to Information (RTI) act university may not be able to furnish details of particular student about how total score is calculated or total correct answers etc. It may result in negative publicity of the university.
Audit process is key to success of online exam. Eklavvya platform ensures that highest security standards are maintained and all the key events are audited and logged in the system. It can be referred by the admin at any point of time. Audit process also helps in identifying malpractices of online exam activity.
Online examination system provides many advantages in terms of process simplification, ease of result processing. It can save lot of administration cost. However if you do not take case of above mentioned pitfalls then you may have to consider shifting back to traditional exams. Many universities had adopted online exams in a hurry without taking into consideration those pitfalls. It resulted in failure of online exam implementation.
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If you followed the two previous Daily Thoughts, you would have got into the idea of ‘Managing by Segmenting Around’. I have just made it up, but I believe this is the current equivalent to the old Managing by Wandering Around.
The categorization/segmentation is not new. What is new in 2017 is that we need to be serious about ‘treating’ people differently. The organization is not equalitarian, it is not a democracy. The segments matter. The categories matter. A ‘toxic-sceptical-for-no-reason-person’ and a ‘let’s-make-it-happen-person’ don’t have organizational equality. Not in terms of influence.
In the political change, political campaigning, social movement approaches, you would not survive five minutes if you were not in constant segmentation and categorization mood. The average (business) organization is extremely poor in segmentation. We treat all people the same: same communications for everybody, usually top down. We recognise many of these categories but we often tend to treat them as an anecdote. We acknowledge the existence of the chronic sceptical, and the noise amplifier, and the high connected good role model, but we give them the same treatment particularly in terms of communication. This is non sense.
Human Resource management, which, by the way it is not a function but all of us, means recognising those differences and acting differently with the segments and categories
In political campaigning – let’s take the US presidential elections as an easy case study – you don’t go to a 60 year old with messages on unemployment and a 27 year old with messages about Medicare. It’s the other way around. Both need to be engaged for the purpose of electing ‘him’ or ‘her’, but the clicking mechanism is miles apart. In the (business) organization we simply don’t distinguish. All our HR systems care is about performance: average, terrible, contributor, outstanding, etc. These say nothing about influence, impact, power, toxicity or injection of sanity. The performance segmentation is a machinery segmentation.
This needs to change. It’s not rocket science.
Pick a few of these categories. I’ve done this for you from the previous Daily Thought, as an example:
- Deviants (positive). Do things differently, have another playbook and succeed
- Sceptical for all seasons
- Noise amplifiers
- Making-it-happen first, then we talk
- Only One Agenda People (and it’s mine)
- Identify these people, put names next to them
- Make a concerted effort to know them and understand what makes them tick or not; what they want to hear, what seems to awake them
- Create a short a simple plan to engage with them
- Make sure that that you have specific differentiated plans
- Use group effects: noise amplifiers can be challenged by noise-buffers; put them in the same room
- Test your strategy with a few of them
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Namely, they believe that web design is there to serve the SEO and improve rank while neglecting all the innovation that SEO’s existence has brought to the web design world. SEO focuses heavily on the overall user experience (UX) as an aspect of digital marketing. This means that also often what is SEO-friendly ends up being user-friendly.
Web Design Dubai is all about improving the UX. Here are several other ways in which web design can make SEO important.
Increased Visit Duration:
The first thing your SEO activities impact is the duration of your stay. Nonetheless, this is a mutual matter seeing how your grade, which is a primary target of your SEO campaign, also profits from the longer duration of the visit. As for the role layout plays in all of that, let’s just say that even the best-designed page doesn’t mean much unless people choose to stick to it for long enough to explore. If this is not the case, the company name, the CTA (call to action) button and the logo of your company will all fail to see.
That may be more than enough at times. Through working together on your SEO and web design, you can do great things. Second, you need to recognize that there is not much space for the online audience, which is why it is both SEO and web design practice to be as transparent to them as you might be able to.
Introduce yourself by stating your name and the service you are offering as soon as they enter the website and then continue to give them incentives to stay one step at a time. This is an SEO technique known as breadcrumb trail navigation, which can only be achieved through outstanding development efforts.
Web design as a great strategy:
You already need to have an agenda behind you when you decide to make a website. You may be hoping to win some subscribers, boost your business, generate some sales or just promote your brand. The problem with this is that the idea of having an agenda with the thought of having a plan, let alone strategy, is misunderstood by many people. It’s just what you want to have an agenda, having a strategy is knowing exactly how to get it.
You need to know one or two things about digital marketing for any of your Website Design Riyadh plans to work. Here, you can learn how to set goals, use different formats to suit your needs and, above all, optimize the system so that it continues to deliver you different tasks.
Interactive content is your future:
Getting your audience to interact with your website will increase your conversion rates and thus benefit your entire rank. Nonetheless, the issue with this is that conventional media models no longer have the same effect on your audience as they used to have in the past. Hence, turning to more interactive content formats and allowing your audience to customize their own user experience may be the right choice.
On the other hand, the best way to make them connect is to make them go one step at a time on this path. Micro-interactions can do this. Your audience can subconsciously develop a habit of engaging with your website through like, clicking, rating and commenting. Also, readHow creating a Lean Navbar can increase website conversions?
Once the time has come for them to meet their primary CTA, they will be much more likely to take this leap of fate. In fact, by seeing these micro-interactions on social networks and similar sites, they may already see them as something familiar and thus show greater vulnerability from square one to them.
From the design point of view either you can put your mobile users at the forefront and go first on the web. You can assume that a wide range of devices will use your website, which would justify the idea of mobile-first. After all, today’s world is highly mobile and this is a phenomenon that is projected shortly to pick up the pace. Apart from this, with every hour, m-commerce is rising bigger and bigger.
In other words, improvements in SEO typically precede changes in web design patterns, which is why it would be wise to start following SEO Dubai guidelines as soon as possible to become significant.
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The sport of fishing involves many items and pieces of equipment that you can use. Much of it is essential such as the fishing rode, line and hook, but a lot of it you can probably do without. However, there are some items that you can keep in your tackle box that can play a crucial role in whether you are successful in catching a fish or not.
You should always keep a selection of hooks in your tackle box in varied sizes and you should also make sure that any hooks you use are pin point sharp. If a hook is blunt in any way, it massively reduces the chance of successfully hooking the fish. For this reason, I always keep a hook sharpener in my tackle box. A hook sharpener is basically a small file that can smooth down any rough edges and hone the point of your hook to be razor sharp. If you regularly check your hook and hone when needed, you will bump far less fish off the hook resulting in more fish being caught.
I always practice catch and release when I go fishing which means I want to unhook any caught fish as quickly and as safely as possible. For this reason, I always keep a set of forceps in my tackle box. Sometimes when trying to remove a hook with just you bare hands; it can get awkward and tricky; even if you are using barbless hooks. A set of forceps lets you grip the hook much easier, enabling you to unhook it with ease and little fuss. Not only that, forceps have a longer reach than our own fingers meaning you can unhook a fish if it swallowed the hook deeper.
When I am trying to present my bait to be situated on the surface of the water, there is nothing more annoying than the line sinking resulting in the bait being dragged closer to your fishing rod. When this happens, it creates too much slack line, meaning it is difficult to efficiently set the hook once you get a bite. To avoid this situation happening, I like to keep some line grease in my tackle box. The line grease is gently applied to any length of line you want to float which means your bait will remain in place on the surface of the water a lot longer. The bait will still of course be moved around by the wind and currents, but it will no longer be moved by the line sinking.
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Whether you’re new to wholesaling, a real estate investor or agent looking to learn more about the “assignment business”, or even a homeowner asking…
… We want to give you a complete guide to understanding the assignment contract and fee from all angles.
Here’s a list of all the questions we’ll be covering:
- What is an assignment fee?
- Reasons to use an assignment?
- How to assign a contract?
- Is it legal?
- Is it ethical?
- How much should a fee be?
- Who pays for it?
- Does the seller or buyer see the fee?
- Alternatives to an assignment?
- Assignment fees and agents?
- Where to get a contract?
- How to increase your assignment fees?
- How to find discounted properties to wholesale?
1. What’s an assignment fee?
First and foremost we have to define the term.
An assignment fee is a payment from the “assignor” (wholesaler) to the “assignee” (cash buyer) when the assignee transfers their rights or interest of a property to the assignor during the close of a real estate transaction.
Most often, this term is used in the real estate investing strategy of “wholesaling”.
The business of a “wholesaler”, is grounded in the assignment fee: They negotiate to buy a property, then while in the close of escrow they find a cash buyer. They will then sell the rights to that contract to the cash buyer for a fee.
In practical terms, the “fee” is the difference between what you negotiated in price with the seller, and what you negotiated with the end buyer.
You find a seller who’s willing to sell her property for $250,000 dollars to you, cash. While in escrow you find a cash buyer who’ll be willing to buy that property for $260,000 cash. When it closes, you make $10,000.
Typically, most real estate contracts are “assignable”, meaning they can be transferred to another party; you mind find it expressed as an “assignment clause” or simply stated: “This contract is assignable”.
You’ll often hear this term amongst wholesalers, but there are other practicable uses for it as well…
2. Reasons to use an assignment
We covered why wholesalers do it: to make money.
But there are other reasons someone might need to use their assignment provision.
Changing ownership title
If the contract is in your own name… but then, while in escrow, you want to change the “owner” to a trust rather than your personal name, you can then use the “assignment” clause.
Finding a partner
While in the closing process of buying a property, you might come across a partner who’d like to have his equity/investment protected as well. So in that case you and your partner create a new entity and assign the rights of the contract to the new entity.
3. How to assign a contract?
Assigning a contract and taking a fee is as simple as giving instructions to your escrow or closing attorney, as long as the contract allows for that provision of assignment.
But the hard part is getting the price right…
It’s not as simple as finding a property on the MLS, saying you’re a cash buyer, then finding a real cash buyer to buy it from you at a mark-up.
There has to be “meat on the bone” for everyone AND a price that’s good enough for the seller to say, ”YES!”.
Most cash buyers will not buy a property at full retail value. There needs to be a way for them to make money either in a flip or having some equity in it if they decide to rent it.
That means, you as the wholesaler—who’s collecting assignment fees—need to find good deals for these cash buyers; that’s essentially what your job is: to find discounted properties.
What seller in their right mind will sell at a discount?
Many do, and for all sorts of reasons.
Here at Ballpoint Marketing, we specialize in creating marketing material for off-market investors looking for properties at a discount. Some of the marketing material that wholesalers might purchase from us to find these good deals is our real handwritten door hangers that you can pick up for .45¢ a piece.
4. Is it legal?
“Wholesaling” is a hot topic on the web and a source of a lot of controversies.
However, assigning a contract for an assignment is not technically illegal as long as the contract and both parties agree to it. If a State makes “assigning” illegal, then that hurts other people who are using assignments to change the name of the buying entity or assign to their family and/or partners.
However, there are many states that are against wholesalers and creating laws against them. That’s why you should meet with a real estate attorney to find out what you can do, and what you can say when you’re a wholesaler collecting assignment fees, however, at the time of this writing they have not exactly made wholesaling “illegal” but place restrictions like for example:
- Saying “I have a property to sell” when you actually don’t because it’s still in closing. Rather, You have a “contract” for sale.
- Representing the buyer when you’re not a licensed real estate agent under a broker.
There’s a very fine line between what a wholesaler does and what agents do. You have to make sure what you say and do doesn’t cross those lines.
Here’s a great video on why wholesalers have a bad rep and what you can do differently:
5. Is it ethical
Now that we got the “legal” question out of the way…
What about “How ethical is it to wholesale”.
Type that into the web and you’ll get thrown into a black hole of comments and forums chatter you won’t ever be able to get out of.
Here’s the bottom line of why it gets so much controversy and what it has to do with assignment fees…
Wholesalers are going around marketing “We buy houses CASH” when in reality, they aren’t buying it cash… they’re assigning the contract for a fee.
This is where everyone gets their tights all tied up in a bunch (did I just make up a word?! Yes! I did).
Because if you say you’re going to close it with cash, but you have to walk away from the seller because you can’t find a buyer… how would you feel leaving a seller (who seriously needed to close yesterday), hanging)?
Some with a conscious would feel pretty bad… others don’t care.
So it’s up to you how you feel about the ethics side of things.
Can you close the deal yourself if you can’t find a cash buyer, via a hard money lender or partner? Or will you feel comfortable walking away from the deal? Or will you be confident enough to go up to the seller and tell her the truth, that you intended on selling the contract to a cash buyer but it seems that your priced it too high, can we renegotiate?
The underlying problem with “walking away” from a buyer is not pricing it right.
If you have a good deal, cash buyers will be all over it and be HAPPY to pay you an assignment fee.
Here’s a video on ethical wholesaling:
6. How much should a fee be?
New wholesalers typically aren’t sure what they should charge. But it’s going to vary from deal-to-deal, and market to market.
A decent wholesaling fee can range from $10,000 to $30,000.
There are occasions when you hear about $100,000 assignment fees. And they do happen. It’s just a matter of negotiating a good deal.
While there isn’t a “set fee” that wholesalers should charge, it all depends on how good of a deal you can negotiate, and how high you can mark up the contract for an end buyer.
So there are two components that determine how much you can get paid for an assignment fee:
- Seller’s price.
- End buyers price.
Later, in another section, I talk about how you can increase your assignment fee… for now, let’s just cover how much your can charge.
Earlier I mentioned that your market might have an influence on how much you can charge. And that has more to do with how low of a discount, sellers are willing to take AND how competitive it is in your market.
Here’s an example:
If a seller talks to three wholesalers, one offers $200,000 while the others offer $180,000, she most likely will go with the higher offer. Well, now those wholesalers might enter into bidding wars in the market, by creeping up their MAOP (Max allowable offer price).
When wholesalers start raising their Max offers (because the market is demanding it), AND if the end buying price (what cash buyers are willing to pay for that deal) does move up with it…
Then you start seeing wholesalers’ assignment fees start shrinking down. We’ll go over later some techniques for helping with this natural occurrence in the market.
Here’s an example of a real wholesaler using our handwritten mailers, in a case study where he made anywhere from $4k fees to $22,500
7. Who pays for it?
Typically, in a traditional real estate wholesaling model, the end buyer (the cash buyer) is paying for your assignment fee.
For example: You negotiate with the seller to buy the property for $100,000. And the end buyer agrees to buy this deal for $120,000. He enters into escrow and pays the $120,000. You get the difference between the seller price and the end buyer price.
8. Does the seller or buyer see the fee?
In a typical assignment transfer, yes your assignment fee will be inside the closing statements.
After a property closes escrow, every party involved will get “closing statements” that look might look like this (depending on your state and the companies you use):
One of the line items may show up as “Assignment Fee” (or something similar), and show the amount.
Buyers will see these, as well as sellers.
However, a cash buyer (usually) understands that wholesaling is A LOT of work and that you should get paid for it. A good cash buyer understands that.
Sellers, most likely, won’t understand what an “assignment fee” is when they see this doc (they most likely won’t even read it).
On the rare occasion that they actually do ask what that line item is, you can tell the truth like this: “We work with partners and lenders all the time, and sometimes we end up selling the property during escrow to these partners, instead of keeping it ourselves. In this case we ended up selling to them”.
There’s a way to circumvent this potential problem of an assignment fee showing up on the closing documents…
And that’s by doing a double close instead of an assignment.
Let me explain in the next section…
9. Alternatives to an assignment?
As mentioned in the previous section, an assignment fee can have some cons to it. The primary being that sellers AND buyers can see how much you’re getting paid.
However, there is another “tool” you can use that hides this from both parties, and that’s called the “double close” (sometimes referred to as a “simultaneous closing” or “back to back” closing. As the name implies, there are 2 separate closings, not 1 (like our assignment fee transaction).
Here’s an explanation:
- The homeowner (party A) agrees to sell to a wholesaler (Party B) for $100,000
- They enter escrow
- While in escrow, Party B finds a cash buyer (Party C)
- Party C agrees to buy that property for $150,000
- They enter a second escrow agreement (different from the first)
- Party C funds the escrow account to buy the property at $150,000
- Party B uses those funds (minus his “assignment fee”) to pay the purchase from Party A
A little confusing?
Maybe this infographic helps:
We won’t go into too much detail about this as this is an article on the assignment fee… But just know that there is an alternative to hiding your fee but using a double close.
The con to this is that you pay a little more because you’re in fact doing 2 closes, not 1. So the times you might want to a double close vs an assignment fee is when you negotiated a very good deal and want to conceal the big check you’ll be getting.
10. Assignment fees and agents?
Anyone can get paid an assignment fee for this kind of “wholesaling” transaction. There’s no law that says agents can’t. However, that agent/broker needs to pay careful attention to their State RE commission laws as they’re put under serious scrutiny if they walk any fine lines.
For instance, if you’re buying the property and wholesaling it AND you’re licensed… in most states, you have to express to the seller that you are a licensed real estate agent but you are NOT representing them, and instead the principle of the transaction.
If you’re an agent wondering if you can (or should) do this, first contact your broker or RE Commission office to find out more.
Secondly, you might want to reconsider doing this as in some markets agent commission fees are higher than typical wholesaling fees. This is rare, but there are some hot markets where wholesalers have to keep raising their prices to win the deal, and therefore lower their assignment fee.
11. How to increase your assignment fees?
As mentioned in a previous section, your fee is greatly dependent on the kind of deal you negotiate.
So if you get a deal at $100,000 and another investor (cash buyer) is willing to pay $150,000 for it, you walk with a $50,000 assignment fee (assuming no closing costs are removed from this).
There are 4 factors to increasing your assignment fees…
- Become a better marketer
If you improve your knowledge and skill set in marketing, you can essentially get to motivated sellers before anyone else.In the next section, we cover how to find these properties, which has everything to do with marketing, but one way (that we specialize in) is using handwritten mail to gain the best response rates from sellers.
- Become a better negotiator
If you study and practice good salesmanship you can effectively win deals even if you’re offer is “low”. If you have no experience in sales, this will take time, but there are loads of resources available online (free and paid) that you can take advantage of. But, if you’re planning to stay in this entrepreneurship game for the long haul I HIGHLY suggest you study sales on a regular basis.
- Know you numbers
Getting better and better at knowing what your market demands in terms of prices, rehab costs, etc… will help determine a more accurate price at a faster rate. Why does this matter to getting paid a higher assignment fee? It’s 2 reasons: First, if you know that cash buyers are willing to pay X, you can raise your asking price from end buyers, or on the flip side of that if, you know that a house needs some major repairs you can use that negotiated a lower price with the seller…Secondly, if you are really good with numbers, you can give an offer faster than your competition who has to take 1-2 days to send an offer in. In competitive markets “Speed to lead” wins and the person who can act fastest is usually the one who takes the trophy.
- Build a thriving buyers list
The second component of the assignment fee and wholesaling business is selling the contract to a cash buyer.And, if you can build a list of buyers who will pay more for a good deal than most of the other “bottom of the barrel” buyers who demand very steep prices.Where do find buyers willing to pay more? It’s usually among high w-2 earners (doctors, lawyers, etc) who like to flip houses on the side. Or high-income business owners looking to park their cash somewhere to earn 15%+ annual ROI by doing so occasional flips.If you can find them, network with them, and add them to your list you can essentially raise your property raise to increase your assignment fee
12. How to find discounted properties to wholesale?
Finally our last section in this article which is probably at the top of some people’s minds:
“Assignments sound great, but how do you FIND discounted properties!?!?”
Wholesaling is probably one of the toughest occupations in real estate.
You have to be well-rounded in almost every aspect of the industry. And you have to be top-notch in your selling and marketing capabilities.
But with that, there are foundational techniques to help you find these properties on your own. I’m going to give you 2 resources to start below.
First, is our article “8 ways to find 100 sellers for under $500”
Second is our eBook on Direct mail
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By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
I always celebrate when I see Jewish-themed novels being published for the younger generation, particularly tweens. “Eddie Whatever” by Lois Ruby (Carolrhoda Books) seemed perfect for our annual b’nai mitzvah issue because the plot centers on a bar mitzvah student and his mitzvah project. The publishers also sent a copy of “AfterMath” by Emily Barth Isler (Carolrhoda Books), which features a Jewish main character facing a difficult time in her life.
In “Eddie Whatever,” 13-year-old Eddie Lewin is not thrilled to have to do a community service project for his bar mitzvah, wondering how he’ll find the time what with juggling schoolwork, bar mitzvah prep and baseball practice. He’s even less happy to be roped into becoming a volunteer at the Silver Brook Pavilion nursing home. The residents refuse to learn his last name, calling him Eddie Whatever, and argue about trivial matters, some of which he doesn’t understand. Eddie does make a connection with a few of the residents, but problems arise when their possessions start going missing. Eddie knows he didn’t take anything, but someone is trying to make him look guilty. Plus, he’s worried about the tension he feels at home, and even though they deny it, he wonders if his parents are going to get divorced.
Eddie’s story, which is told in the first person, is engaging from the start. It helps that he basically a good kid, but not such a goodie-goodie that he won’t appeal to readers. Eddie notes how many things he’s not good at (including baseball), but his willingness to forge ahead makes him someone worth emulating. The plot contains several interesting twists and turns, and some serious material concerning the history of a few residents. However, “Eddie Whatever” was definitely fun to read and would make a worthwhile book for tweens to share with their parents.
The word fun, however, does not describe “AfterMath.” The adjectives that come to mind are powerful and moving. Twelve-year-old Lucy, who also narrates her story in the first person, is attending a new school because she and her parents moved after her younger brother, Theo, died from a congenital heart defect. While her parents’ lives remain relatively stable (they are commuting to the same jobs), Lucy feels lost in their new home. It doesn’t help that the students in her grade survived a school shooting years before and lost many classmates, including one who used to live in Lucy’s new home.
What surprises Lucy that her classmates speak openly about the shooting, but that makes Lucy feel her grief about Theo’s passing is less important. It’s not easy making friends at school since most of her classmates ignore her as if she doesn’t exist. Lucy also feels alienated from her parents: her father lives in his own reality and her mother keeps redecorating the house, as though new furniture will make everything alright. Lucy longs for them to talk about Theo and to acknowledge the changes in their lives.
“AfterMath” is a wonderful and emotional novel. The story captured me from its beginning and I loved the lessons Lucy learns about herself and her parents, particularly that parents don’t always deal well with their own sorrows. Yet, the work is not preachy or condescending. Although aimed at tweens, adults readers can also appreciate this novel – whether or not they have children with whom to share it.
Reading these two books also made me think about myself when I was the characters’ age. I’ve written before how there were few serious novels – and even fewer Jewish-themed ones – when I was that age. However, even if authors had been writing for tweens, they could not have written these books. When I was a tween/teen, b’nai mitzvah students did not have to do mitzvah projects as do the students in “Eddie Whatever.” I’m not sure when those became common, but they were not done in my community in the late 1960s, nor were the students I tutored in the 1980s required to have one. The projects do add something to the process of becoming an adult – making students learn about helping others, something that hopefully they will continue to do for the rest of their lives.
As for the trials Lucy faces in “AfterMath,” while there were siblings who became ill and died, no one worried about school shootings when I was young. They may not have been unknown at the time, but I don’t remember hearing of any, nor being afraid to attend school. We never had active shooter drills, although I have some vague memory of nuclear attack alerts (did we hide in the hallway with our heads’ down?), but have no idea if that is real or imagined. In junior high, we were debating the Vietnam War and petitioning to let female students wear pants to school, something that feels so long ago.
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Tell us about your research and why it is important.
3,000,000-40,000,000 species on earth!
As rich as the biological diversity of invertebrates is, it’s chemical biodiversity is many fold larger. Yet, very little has been done to explore this chemical diversity and capitalize on it for any applications. ISI explores the chemical makeup of insects and their defense systems to discover new compounds which could be useful drug lead compounds such as new antibiotics, antivirals and anti-cancer therapies. ISI also has a heavy emphasis on sequencing the genomes of as many invertebrates as we can.
Within the genomes of these creatures lies the secrets to their chemical and biological diversity. With cutting edge genome sequencing technologies providing orders of magnitude lower costs and higher quality genomes than ever before, we will be able to produce complete genome sequences for hundreds, if not thousands of species and their internal microbes which will be critical data for decades of discovery. This endeavor will have great synergy with a number of other groups seeking to sequence the genomes of all life on earth.
ISI Research Projects
Bioprospecting and Drug Discovery
Discovering valuable compounds to benefit health derived from insects and other invertebrates
Sequencing the genomes of many Invertebrates to decide their amazing biology and illuminate valuable genes and biochemical entities for human health and other applications.
The Amazing Phasmids!
Studying stick insect chemical defense systems, biosynthetic machinery, genomes, husbandry and biology of some of the largest and most diverse insects on earth!
Our first target group of animals for research
The goal of this project is: to sequence the genomes and transcriptomes of stick insects (phasmids, Order Phasmatodea) to elucidate the enzymes and biosynthetic pathways involved in their chemical defenses, to identify valuable bioproducts involved in these chemical defenses and the genomes in general and leverage our project to contribute educational programs on biochemistry, genomics and entomology.
Our target group of insects for this project, phasmids, are a relatively small (4,000 species) yet extremely diverse group with chemical defense systems which are easily analyzed yet extremely under-studied. In the future our organization plans to sequence the genomes of all phasmid species on earth. Thus, this work will elucidate potentially valuable biological resources derived from these animals while laying a substantial foundation for future studies of thousands of other insect genomes and their bioproducts. An initial case study will provide a broad catalyst to inspire more substantial efforts to explore insects as subjects for bioprospecting as sources of pharmaceutical lead compounds, enzymes and other valuable bioproducts. The project’s educational outreach component will further infuse an appreciation for careers in science, particularly toward inspiring the next generation of scientists to pursue elucidation of the biological wonders which insects possess as well as an appreciation for protecting our valuable natural world.
Value of phasmids as model systems for insect genomics, biosynthesis, bioprospecting and other biological studies: The biodiversity and chemical defenses of this insect order present routes for bioprospecting research opportunities. Phasmids are ” a small but highly diverse order, with over 4,000 described species (Bradler, et al., 2014). This number is small compared to many other insect orders such as beetles, butterflies and moths, ants, bees and wasps, etc. The moderate size of this group means they could be one of the first and most diverse entire insect orders whose genomes could be sequenced. Some characteristics making these insects excellent model systems for biological study include:
- Various forms of reproduction, including sexual and parthenogenesis.
- Some that possess wings and can fly, and some without wings entirely.
- A diverse array of defense mechanisms such as chemical excretion and sprays as well as physical defenses such as loud noises, elaborate defensive displays, and leg spines.
- Some with camouflage while others are brightly colored and aposematic.
- They exist on every continent, yet are most prevalent and diverse in tropical regions, with Southeast Asia containing the highest phasmid diversity.
- Large body size for obtaining large amounts of genomic DNA, RNA and other molecular samples. Phasmids are some of the largest insects on earth with the largest eggs of any insect.
- Long life/longevity for observing behaviors and biological processes over time.
- Very easy to culture and very charismatic for educational and conservation efforts.
- Diversity of age ranges, from a few months to 2-3+ years.
For this project our hypothesis is 2-fold: 1) Insects and their genomes contain a wealth of biological information from which we can glean understanding of biological processes and derive valuable biological resources for various applications and 2) stick insects (or “Phasmids”: Order Phasmatodea), are an ideal model system to study biosynthesis of various secondary chemical defense metabolites and the genomes, along with transcriptomes of their defense glands, contain most of the information we need to elucidate those biosynthetic pathways and the sequences of the biochemical machinery/enzymes responsible.
What We’ve Done.
For at least 15 years, our leadership has conducted extensive studies on insect chemistry, biochemistry, ecology, and husbandry (breeding and rearing) all of which form the basis of the foundation of ISI’s initial research program. We have published numerous peer reviewed research articles on the chemistry, biosynthesis and biology of stick insects (“Phasmids”; Order Phasmatodea; Class Insecta) which you can see at the links below. Our team has collectively bred, reared, cultured and studies hundreds of species of insects and other invertebrates and knows what it takes to build a facility to keep over 1,000 species on display and contributing to research which is at the core of ISI’s goals and mission.
Aaron T. Dossey, Insects and Their Chemical Weaponry: New Potential for Drug Discovery, (2010) Invited review in Natural Product Reports, 27, (12), 1737-1757. Article is also featured on the cover of the December issue of NPR in which this article appears.
Aaron T. Dossey, Chemical Defenses of Insects: A Rich Resource for Chemical Biology in the Tropics, (2011) in Chemical Biology of the Tropics: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Jorge Vivanco and Tiffany Weir (Eds.), pp. 27-57, Springer, Heidelberg, Dordrecht, London, New York.
Aaron T. Dossey, Spencer S. Walse, Oskar V. Conle, and Arthur S. Edison, Parectadial: A Novel Monoterpenoid from the Defensive Spray of Parectatosoma mocquerysi, (2007), Journal of Natural Products, 70, (8), 1335-1338.; Made Hot Article for Journal of Natural Products; Featured in Chem Eng News, Raychelle Burks, Insect’s Venom Eyed For Cancer Defense: Walkingstick’s novel monoterpene shows activity against tumor cells, Aug. 9, 2007, p. 44.; Selected for the 2007 Jack L. Beal Award for Best Paper in the Journal of Natural Products, American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy.
Aaron T. Dossey, Spencer Walse, James R. Rocca, Arthur S. Edison, Single Insect NMR: A New Tool to Probe Chemical Biodiversity, (2006) ACS Chemical Biology, 1, (8), 512-514.; Featured on the cover of the September 2006 issue. Featured in Chem Eng News, Ivan Amato, Individual Insects Make Signature Venoms: Walking stick study hints at chemical biodiversity in these insects, Sept. 25, 2006, p. 15.; A. T. Dossey featured in ACS Chemical Biology, Introducing our Authors, (2006), 1, (8), p. 473.
Oskar V. Conle, Frank H. Hennemann, and Aaron T. Dossey, Survey of the Color Forms of the Southern Twostriped Walkingstick (Phasmatodea: Areolatae: Pseudophasmatidae: Pseudophasmatinae: Anisomorphini), With Notes on Its Range, Habitats, and Behaviors, (2009), Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 102, (2), 210-232. Featured on the cover of the March, 2009 issue. Awarded “Editors’ Choice Award” for best paper of 2009.
Aaron T. Dossey, John M. Whitaker, Maria Cristina A. Dancel, Robert Vander Meer, Ulrich R. Bernier, Marco Gottardo and William R. Roush, Defensive Spiroketals from Asceles glaber(Phasmatodea): Absolute Configuration and Effects on Ants and Mosquitoes, (2012), Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38, (9), 1105-1115, (September, 2012).
Aaron T. Dossey, Marco Gottardo, John Whitaker, William R. Roush, and Arthur S. Edison, Alkyldimethylpyrazines in the Defensive Spray of Phyllium westwoodii: A First for Order Phasmatodea, (2009), Journal of Chemical Ecology, 35, (8), 861-870. This article also featured on the cover of the issue in which it appeared.
Bing Wang, Aaron T. Dossey, Spencer S. Walse, Arthur S. Edison, and Kenneth M. Merz, Jr., Relative Configuration of Natural Products Using NMR Chemical Shifts, (2009), Journal of Natural Products, 72, (4), 709-713.
Aaron T. Dossey, Spencer S. Walse, and Arthur S. Edison, Developmental and Geographical Variation in the Chemical Defense of the Walkingstick Insect Anisomorpha buprestoides, (2008), Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34, (5), 584-590.
Fengli Zhang, Aaron T. Dossey, Cherian Zachariah, Arthur S. Edison, and Rafael Brüschweiler, Strategy for Automated Analysis of Dynamic Metabolic Mixtures by NMR. Application to an Insect Venom, (2007), Analytical Chemistry, 79, (20), 7748-7752.
Michael P. McLeod, Aaron T. Dossey, and M. Khalique Ahmed, Application of attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy in the study of Peruphasma schultei defensive secretion, (2007) Spectroscopy, 21, (3), 169-176.
Where We’re Going
Meet Our Researchers
Our scientists have substantial backgrounds in many fields of research including biomedical research, drug discovery, natural products chemistry, entomology, genomics, genetic engineering, NMR, field biology, food science, as well as many years of entrepreneurial experience.
Dr. Aaron T. Dossey
Dr. Fu-Chyun “Clay” Chu
Invertebrate Studies Institute’s mission is to inspire appreciation for and conservation of the natural world through invertebrate focused research, education, outreach, entertainment activities.
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The recent YouTube community is filled with a heartbreak of the same style of Supreme treasure in the movie "Western Journey":
There used to be a bunch of "stepped" data in front of me. I didn't cherish it. After I lost it, I regretted it. The most painful thing in the world is this. If God gives me another chance, I will say three words to YouTube: You pay me back!
The above lines are purely fictitious, but the emotions and controversy are indeed true.
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On November 10th, YouTube announced the number of "dislikes" on hidden videos from now on .
The button still exists, and the system algorithm will adjust the content recommendation based on your "dislikes", but the data is no longer publicly displayed, and only the creator can see it in the background. Officials say this measure is to protect creators from bad reviews and online harassment (especially creators who are just starting out), and netizens say it hurts the user experience.
Hide the number of negative reviews, YouTube hopes you can tap "Dislike"
In the official blog, YouTube said this:
YouTube’s biggest mission is to give everyone a chance to speak up… We hope to create an environment of tolerance and mutual respect, so that creators have the opportunity to succeed and express themselves safely.
On most social platforms or video platforms, we will use "re-like comments" to measure whether a piece of content is good or not. The special thing about YouTube is that it is not only a bit like, but also clickable.
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YouTube said that although many users use "dislike" data to judge whether a video is good or bad, the research team found that this feature is also easy to abuse. In March of this year, YouTube began to test whether hidden click counts are feasible , and finally found that this change does not affect people's viewing decisions, but it can effectively reduce unfair cyber attacks.
Said to protect creators, users do not buy the YouTube set, all kinds of dissatisfaction and doubts crowded the comment area.
Some people think that YouTube’s true intention is not to protect content creators, but to protect brands and advertisers. Some people speculate that YouTube did this because it was hurt by the bad reviews of the 2018 video . Why not publish the detailed data of the study? Why do you want to give everyone a chance to speak up while taking away the user's right to express?
▲ At the top of the list is YouTube's 2018 annual video, which has been "disliked" 198.4 million times. The second place is Justin Bieber's "Baby" MV, with 12.45 million clicks.
In addition, some netizens are thinking about how to respond, such as creating a "click counter" in the comment area, or using some Chrome plug-ins to restore the public display of video clicks.
▲ Step on me if it's a brother!
I tried to install a browser plug-in called "Return YouTube Dislike" . Before it was launched, YouTube's official announcement video "Brilliant Record" had 2.65 million views and 22,000 likes.
Only the plugin knows that it has been secretly "stepped on" 280,000 times.
You don’t know anything about the power of "contradictory"
The mechanism of "like" and "dislike" is not something YouTube is born with.
When it was founded in 2005, YouTube adopted a five-star rating system: videos you like get a five-star praise, and those you don't like leave a ruthless one star, just like you rate in Douban movies today. Later, YouTube was acquired by Google. This scoring mechanism was changed to two thumbs around 2010 , one up and the other down, which are "like" and "down".
▲ Previous five-star rating
Why can hiding this small number cause heated discussions?
Compared with the natural short video attributes of Instagram and TikTok, YouTube is more suitable for medium and long video dissemination. According to a survey data in December 2018, the average YouTube video duration is 11.7 minutes; among them, music videos are the shortest, with an average of 6.8 minutes, and gaming videos are the longest, with an average of 24.7 minutes.
For users, "likes and dislikes" can be used directly to judge whether a film is worth wasting time to watch-is it a title party? Is it shoddy to induce clicks? Is it wrong or false information? How many people like it, and how many people hate it?
▲ The most unpopular YouTube video is a video that defends sexism and racism. The "like-to-dislike ratio" reaches 1:45, which shows how unpleasant it is
In addition, "like" and "dislike" are also the lowest-cost ways of expressing emotions and opinions. After watching the video, you can express your perception in this simple way, and the data will also be accumulated for the next user to bring reference, like a tacit communication in the community.
And when the "contradictory" voice is hidden, you need to spend more time and energy to judge or make trial and error. Without such a convenient and practical tool, the user's perception is very obvious: the product has become more difficult to use.
▲ Picture from TechCrunch
Digital review blogger Marques Brownlee has 15 million followers on YouTube. He pointed out that , unlike Instagram and TikTok, which rely on content recommendations, YouTube is actually the second largest search engine in the world (after Google). Users come here to actively search for keywords, and "likes and dislikes" can help them. Find useful content quickly.
Brownlee also proposed another analogy: YouTube is a bit like Netflix, Amazon, or even the e-commerce platform Etsy.
Bloggers are content producers, and audiences are content consumers. Just imagine if an e-commerce platform hides one-star reviews in order to protect the mental health of businesses, consumers have to take more detours if they want to buy good things. Isn't the logic quite outrageous?
▲ Digital review blogger Marques Brownlee
Jawed Karim, the co-founder of YouTube, called the practice of hiding clicks as "stupid ideas" and "unwelcome changes." In his view , the survival of the fittest in content is a normal law, and YouTube’s new measures are likely to cause the quality of the community’s content to decline.
The ability to easily and quickly identify objectionable content is a basic feature of user-generated content platforms. Why? Because not all user-generated content is good. impossible……
This process is effective, and it has a name: the wisdom of the masses. When the platform interferes with it, the process will be interrupted. Then, the platform will begin to decline. Does YouTube want to be a mediocre place?
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Is there any other way besides rude and straightforward one size fits all?
In 2018, the B station launched the "bad review" function, and the figures will be displayed truthfully at the beginning, which also caused controversy at one time.
Although the original intention of the official is to crack down on inferior content (title party, cover party, marketing account, etc.) , users pointed out that "bad reviews" will discourage the creative enthusiasm of up owners, and there are still potential problems such as malicious bad reviews and navy reviews. . In the end, station B quickly adjusted its functions and decided not to display the "bad reviews" number.
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Now there is a "dislike" button below the video at station B. You can click it to express your attitude like you usually use "one-key three-connection". The specific number is not displayed, and even the up master is not visible in the background. How many people clicked "dislike" a video is like a mystery, only the platform system knows it.
Most content creators are indeed sensitive. When you devote yourself to making a video, the result is not as good as you want. The bright "step on" or "dislike" is like a knife in your heart. For YouTube bloggers, the clear "like-and-dislike ratio" is like a public sentence.
Brownlee pointed out that when the audience has expectations of your content, they will naturally have more stringent criticism.
Hiding the number of "steps" can reduce malicious attacks to a certain extent, but it also takes away the user's convenient experience and freedom of expression accordingly. If the quality of the content does not pass, then the bad reviews will not disappear, and the pressure will only transfer to the comment area. Brownlee believes that YouTube can actually provide a better solution than one size fits all.
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Before that, YouTube creators actually had a series of tools to stop cyberbullying. For example, the system will automatically block some inappropriate comments. In addition, creators can hide the "Like" and "Dislike" data at any time through the background settings (only at the same time hide/show at the same time).
Likes have always been regarded as the "evil source" of anxiety brought about by social platforms. In May of this year, Instagram handed over the decision to the blogger, who can choose whether to publish the number of likes. Can YouTube also refer to this kind of operation and handle it flexibly?
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In 2019, YouTube also explored other ideas on the same issue.
At the time, YouTube project management director Tom Leung said that he could consider adding one more step to "dislikes" by asking "Why don't you like this video?" This can provide creators with more information, and can also guide viewers to think, and reduce the occurrence of "stepping" on impulse.
There are also YouTube creators who proposed a creative operation at the time-they can require the audience to watch a part of the video first (for example, watch at least 25%), otherwise they will not be able to like or dislike it.
In addition, the practice of the game platform Steam is worthy of reference: they will attach a chart to the game scoring interface to show when the good or bad reviews are made, and you can intuitively see whether it is a malicious navy or a normal score.
▲ Steam rating of a certain game
However, for the time being, YouTube does not intend to adjust the "dislike" feature again.
TechCrunch speculates that this new move by YouTube is to respond to the "talent battle" with platforms such as TikTok, hoping to further improve the creator experience and retain more creators.
A YouTube netizen named @Yibo Liu reminded the creator that the voice of "opposite tune" can also make people progress.
The whole society is losing tolerance for criticism, including constructive criticism. If I cover my ears and ignore why people don’t like my content, how do I know how to improve next time?
*The title picture of this article is from dexerto.com
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A fact of life when travelling on Australian roads is that there is the distinct possibility of road damage from rocks and stones, low hanging trees, shop awnings, wildlife and quite a few other possibilities. The trick is to minimise that as much as possible, so here are a few thoughts.
ROCK AND STONE DAMAGE ABOVE THE CHASSIS
Generally speaking the front of a caravan and the chassis area are vulnerable to rocks and stones being thrown up from both your own vehicle and passing vehicles as well. Many caravan manufacturers cope with this by either fitting something like alloy chequer plate across the lower waist area or else fit a mesh stone guard on the drawbar and a stone guard on the front window.
However, there are a few manufacturers who don’t do that and something like a rip stop PVC stone guard which covers the entire front wall of the van might well be a good investment. Normally they have zipped apertures for the front boot and/or the window.
There are a few items on the drawbar of the caravan that are vulnerable to damage too like mains pressure taps and some of the gas fittings, not so much the gas cylinder which are almost bullet proof in their construction. Items like the water taps can easily be protected by a folded piece of alloy chequer plate if not already fitted.
ROCK AND STONE DAMAGE BELOW THE CHASSIS
Anyone contemplating a bit of dirt road travel, particularly in with an on-road van should give some consideration to having a good look under the van. Items like water tanks, water piping, drainage piping and electrical cabling are particularly vulnerable. Generally speaking most caravan manufacturers taking some precautions with tank protection and strapping piping/cabling out of the way. However, it may well be prudent to check and take some appropriate action if a potential problem lurks. It may be nothing more than a piece of alloy chequer plate or strapping something up. Another potential problem lies where cabling or conduit runs through metal holes, there is always the risk of chaffing. Now most manufacturers fit grommets or a similar mechanical protection. However, I have certainly seem instances where that has not been done. At best it might mean something not working and at worst a short circuit.
Generally speaking most caravans these days are well set up for rust prevention with galvanised chassis and the like. However, sustained exposure in coastal areas can lead to a few problems. Best advice here is an annual check particularly around the suspension and wheel areas where there is often non galvanised parts. It’s sometimes an issue that appears after a few years, but items like screws and bolts can often corrode quickly and make removal difficult. Slight related to this issue is the corrosion of water heaters. Manufacturers get around this problem by fitting sacrificial anodes. These corrode on purpose but do have to be replaced from time to time. Check your water heater manufacturer’s manual for details.
Something of a problem in the caravan industry is water ingress and damage. The issue being that often a water leak is not detected immediately and by the time it is there’s a problem of water damaged materials. Manufacturers like to advertise that their caravan sealing is good but like anything sealants can break down, particularly under the hot Australian sun and it pays to do constant checks. Not only in obvious areas but in the back of cupboards and other awkward to get at places.
Being taller than the average tow vehicle, caravans are vulnerable to damage from tree branches, shop awnings and even lamp posts. For the most part tree branches are usually a problem in caravan parks and camping areas. A little bit of care when backing around, preferably with an outside observer is the best way to avoid such problems. This might sound an odd question but do you know the travelling height of your van? If not then the simplest way is to get a tape measure out and measure the wall height near the wheels. Roof mounted items like an air conditioner add height of course, so they either need to be measured for the tallest item or add something like 300mm (which covers most air conditioners) to the van wall height.
Shop awnings are a bit of a trap in towns with roads that have a steep camber towards the kerb. Getting too close with the van leaning over slightly can do something nasty – usually the protruding caravan awning is the thing that gets damaged.
In many outback areas there is little that can be done about wildlife that suddenly appears on the road. However, minimising the risk by not travelling early in the morning or late in the afternoon when animals are most active is a good idea.
DRIVE ACCORDING TO CONDITIONS
This might sound like a motherhood statement but driving according to the prevailing conditions, be it rough roads, poor weather or just your own mental state can reduce the possibilities of both road damage issue or something far worse like a serious accident. That includes being aware of the road traffic around you at all times.
All of the above might look like a long list but in fact it is not, with most items being common sense or just taking a few steps to avoid a problem.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Malcolm Street began caravanning in the early 1970s, first in a Viscount and later in a York, the former towed by a Holden Kingswood. Malcolm has RV’d extensively across Australia, New Zealand and Britain. He became an RV journalist in 1999. Each year, he reviews around 40 caravans and motorhomes in Oz and NZ. Yes, he’s a well-travelled bloke with no shortage of campfire opinions about how a given caravan could be better put together. | <urn:uuid:23ed08a8-2e5d-413b-9fde-0c609551cf60> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://withoutahitch.com.au/minimising-travel-damage/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.956394 | 1,223 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Counting to 10 play is one of the most frequent fun activities with kids at home I’ve done with my 3yo girl. We have done it using our fingers, some veggie bits on her plate, wooden blocks, numbers on white/blackboard, and so on. This time we’re counting with blocks, using these coloured wooden domino.
In this article:
Counting with blocks, how?
But nope, I was not playing the normal counting to 10.
Since I’ve been very curious with Montessori home activities recently, I wanted to simulate their Montessori number rods‘ principle. (Psst! You can watch a video about the original number rods technique or read more here about other Montessori math learnings)
So here how we did it.
Activity: Counting to 10 with Wooden Dominos blocks
Recommended age group: 3-6 years old
- coloured wooden dominos, preferably with blue and reds colors (or as far as possible, try to have two alternating colors to differentiate odd and even number)
- post it notes (or any small pieces of papers, really)
- pen/marker(or anything to write the number clearly)
Preparation time required: 5-10 minutes
Learning objectives: Counting to 10, introduction to number’s concrete, comparing length (shorter, longer), number sequencing.
How to play
The basic principle in number rods method is to introduced the concrete numbers to the child, through adding by one each time.
First, I used one red block to represent “number 1”. Then, the next step, I used one red block followed by one blue block, arranged in lengthwise. So now we have it twice the length than the first one. This is to represent “number 2”.
Then number three would be red – blue – red blocks.
The rest of numbers are arranged in a similar fashion, alternating red and blue, the first section always being the red block.
I was short of reds here, so some of them I replaced it with pink/orange. I tried to limit only two colors of alternating blocks for each number being introduced.
At first, I already placed a piece of post-it with the corresponding numbers to each blocks arrangement, from “1” to “10”, just like the photo taken above.
Then now we can ask the child to start counting.
I asked miss U to count from one, by touching the first leftmost red block while saying “one”. And I pointed to the paper with the corresponding number on it.
Then move to the next; red and blue blocks, touched one after another, starting from the bottom to the top. Each while saying, “one, two”.
Next the three blocks; red – blue – red blocks. Touched them one after another from the bottom red, moving to the top. “One, two, three.”
And we continued to the larger numbers.
Yaayy.. Miss U was busy with this for a while. She loved to try rearranging the blocks, counting them again, or paste – repasting the post-it notes on the floor.
Other learning option
You can try not to paste the number cards first. Ask the child to count, and ask them to pick the correct number card, and paste it next to the blocks.
For your bigger kids you may also ask them to try writing the number on their own.
Or ask them to spell the number. You can even change the post-it notes with small whiteboard/blackboard.
Other easy fun learning? Ask the child to count AND say the color of the block they’re touching!
When you have more than one kids to play
- They can take turn to get the correct number cards and paste it next to the blocks.
- You can prepare some rolled up pieces of paper written with the numbers (or you can spell out the numbers). Ask the kids to take turn picking a number and put it next to the correct stack of blocks.
- Gather all the dominos blocks in a container. Each kid picks a number, then ask them to arrange the correct number of blocks on their own.
That’s it! Let me know if you try this at home with your kids!
Wait, there’s more.
I also have some more counting activity ideas for preschoolers using other objects! Check these ones if you need more math inspirations:
- Counting with popsicle sticks
- Counting with transparent colored chips
- Counting with pompoms
- Counting while treasure hunting in the park!
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Census organisers are urging 26 million households in England and Wales not to forget to fill in their questionnaires.
Forms should be filled in on Sunday – Census Day – or as soon as possible afterwards, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Electronic tracking systems are being used to monitor who has filled in the forms with collectors knocking on doors from April 6 where households have not yet returned their questionnaires.
The ONS said help and advice would be offered to people having difficulty filling in the form and collectors would also supply replacement questionnaires where forms have been lost or damaged.
Glen Watson, 2011 Census director said: “Completing the census form promptly and sending it back to us means no one will have to knock on your door to remind you. Census statistics enable the authorities in England and Wales to plan properly for the future for school places, housing, roads, emergency services and a host of other local services.”
Householders are being asked a range of questions covering areas such as national identity, ethnic group, educational qualifications, job titles, travel-to-work method and state of health.
The census also includes questions for the first time on civil partnerships, second homes and recent migration.
People born outside the UK are being asked when they most recently arrived in the country, with those who arrived in the past year asked how long they intend to stay. There is also a question asking people whether English is their main language and how well they can speak it.
There are no questions on income, sexual orientation or nature of disability.
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Having delivered independence, the SNP will lose it raison d’être, thereby creating space for the emergence of new parties, alignments between fringes of existing parties and reformed PR.
This is conjecture for the Scotsman’s podcast (How to be an Independent Country: Scotland’s Choices), but Ballot Box Scotland draws on evidence from post-communist democratic Lithuania and New Zealand’s proportional representation which gave a platform to small parties, including the Greens.
Voting since the Devolution referendum in 1997; the SNP’s epic membership surge in 2014; its near clean-sweep of Westminster seats in 2015; the collapse, revival, and on-going relapse of the Scottish Tories; and Greens joining the Scottish Government in 2021 indicate that, beyond conjecture, the Scottish electorate is already creating the post-independence politics it wants.
100,000 people joined the SNP in 2014, not for the nitty-gritty of branch politics nor to run for office but because independence was temporarily denied: they hadn’t received the alleged SNP memo saying this was a once-in-a-generation choice.
Fifty percent of the electorate and a far higher proportion of young people see an independent country as a birthright, not as a one-off event. Debates and conversations, votes for - and criticisms of - the SNP are forces shaping an independent future.
Compare appetites for change with Prime Ministerial contender Liz Truss’s proposal to embed the status quo not just south of the Tweed, but south of the Wash.
All pupils with top A level grades will be invited to selection interviews, not at the university of their choice but at Oxford and Cambridge.
Leaving aside the practicalities, what does that say about ‘levelling up’ in the UK? Where’s the respect for university excellence across the four nations? How does this proposal challenge the elitism and deference which entrench Westminster as a private members’ club?
If installed as PM Liz Truss could be in post for 20 years, long enough for those plucked from northern deprivation (as she sees her education at a good school in a leafy Leeds suburb) to have been shoehorned into safe Westminster seats.
As Oxbridge graduates they become the pool from which future Prime Ministers will be drawn, ad infinitum. Is there an alternative? Yes.
Dr Geraldine Prince, North Berwick
Peak SNP reached
It is looking increasingly clear that the peak of power held by the SNP has been reached and it is now on a downhill slope.
Nicola Sturgeon's ministers are presiding over a debilitating shambles in health, education,the emergency services, transport and the economy.
The reason her ministers are not being sacked is because Ms Sturgeon simply has no replacements. The best she can do is reshuffle the pack yet again, but that means ministers who failed before simply ending up back at their original departments.
She cannot bring in "fresh" faces as they will not be as loyal as the present ones so the constant rate of failures will not stop.
It is very likely that the current push for independence has been forced on Nicola Sturgeon to try to cover over these widening failures in her government.
Ms Sturgeon's oft quoted opinion poll leads look to be very vulnerable and her independence plans look increasingly threadbare.
How much longer Ms Sturgeon can hold on for and what the future will bring for SNP unity is now the issue, not independence.
Gerald Edwards Glasgow
It all depends
The antonym of independence is dependence. Who wants to be classed as a ‘subsidy Jock’? I for one do not.
If, as we are led to believe, Scotland is costing the English taxpayer so much (£15bn/annum?), why are they not throwing us our independence papers over Hadrian’s wall?
Were Scotland to vote for independence, it would be the richest country ever to do so - bar none. Pre-pandemic, Scotland’s GDP per head was on a par with England’s and in some years was actually higher.
We are bombarded with the “Better Together” dictum, which begs the question – better for whom? I would argue, better for the coercive, controlling Westminster which treats Scotland like a colonial appendage draining us of our wealth of natural resources and talent.
Why does Scotland/UK not have a sovereign oil wealth fund similar to Norway’s £1trillion? I’d settle for a per population share of that (£83bn).
Currently we are seeing long queues of cars and lorries in Kent, yet this laissez-faire, dysfunctional London government tries to put the blame on the French.
Brexit, which is English independence in all but name, has put a hard border, not only down the middle of the Irish Sea, but also down the middle of the English channel.
Scotland needs to re-establish its ferry routes to the Low Countries to bypass this bottleneck and damage to our trade with Europe.
Westminster is not running a benevolent fund for indigent Scots! Where is our self-esteem? Where is our self-respect? Scotland and England can live as good neighbours, in charge of our own affairs, as is normal with neighbours.
DW Lowden, Aberdeen
Locking in the past
The suggestion that the SNP would collapse if Scotland attained independence (Scotsman, 30 July) was one of the key messages that the Yes campaign put forward in 2014, the purpose being to give some encouragement to Labour voters here.
That a so-called polling expert/ Green party activist should do so now again can easily be recognised as part of a pro-indy campaign, not as independent insight.
Politicians will not give up power easily. If the SNP did win a vote in future, they will want to shape a new country, they will see opportunities for themselves, and their voters will continue to vote for them.
If you look at the Republic of Ireland, the two main parties today reflect the two sides of their constitutional divide during and after the Civil War.
Imagine Scotland’s politics in 100 years’ time being dominated by the same parties and arguments that we see today. How depressing would that be?
And yet, it would be entirely likely, especially if the result was close. And contrary to the suggestion put forwards, the economic challenges would be so intense that people will inevitably look to preserve their own situations as best they can, and politics will veer to the right.
The Tartan Tories will surge. For proof of that, the two main Irish parties are both centre right, not centre left. Scotland will be the same.
If people want rid of the SNP, then don’t vote for them. It is not difficult to understand.
You can have another party now without waiting for the pretend referendum which the SNP have no real intention of bringing forwards anyway.
Victor Clements, Aberfeldy
I thank John Birkett for his kind words and for reminding us that the gestation period of the NHS was far longer than the human one (Letters, 30 July).
My grandfather was a nurse in a publicly funded health service that was free for all - mental hospitals, as they were then called.
In 1920 he travelled to New York on a liner accompanying a very paranoid American patient back home to prevent him becoming a long-term burden on the rates.
As minister of health in the Churchill/Atlee coalition government Sir Henry Willink did have a health service plan; it didn't include hospitals.
Willink is not remembered for his scheme. His name has become a byword for disastrous planning. In 1955 he chaired a committee which concluded that too many doctors were being trained.
Current problems in the NHS show that accurate medical workforce planning still eludes us.
Hugh Pennington, Aberdeen
The National Secular Society has urged the Scottish Government to take care when outsourcing services to religious groups whose inability to resist a bit of additional preaching can put vulnerable people at greater risk.
This is particularly true as some conservative religious attitudes towards women’s equality, contraception and abortion are unhelpful when it comes to tackling violence against women and girls. (VAWG)
Many faith-based groups offer community services that operate according to high ethical standards and do not proselytise. Unfortunately many others that do not.
The Scottish Government must prioritise the safety of service users when subcontracting to faith organisations.
Neil Barber, Edinburgh Secular Society
One rare silver lining from the pandemic was that Scottish Football fans were able to access their club's match on a live stream eg on an Ipad.
It is understandable that, due to contractual obligations with the major broadcasters, the SPFL has had to remove that concession from Premiership clubs. However, it is indefensible clubs in the lower divisions are being similarly disadvantaged.
There is a handful of clubs outwith the top tier with travelling supports larger than half the Premiership. I am not willing to travel 155 miles to watch Dunfermline at Peterhead but would gladly pay £12 twice a season to the "Blue Toun" coffers to watch on a screen. During the pandemic some smaller clubs doubled their attendance income thanks to the virtual Gate!
John V Lloyd, Inverkeithing
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There is so much to celebrate in January! It’s a brand new year, with brand new possibilities. Enjoy your celebrations by reading amazing picture books together as a family! I have a brand new list for you to feature books about New Years, Martine Luther King Jr., and books all about winter. Let’s dig in to the best picture books to read in January!
Picture Books about New Years
Freedom Soup by Tami Charles
This is a wonderful story about a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Belle gets to learn how to make Freedom Soup with Ti Gran and the history of Haiti. This book will lead to more rabbit trails about what traditions are celebrated for the New Year with Rabbit Trails through New Years!
Every Month is a New Year: Celebrations Around the World by Marilyn Singer
New Years is celebrated all over the world and during different months. This book has sixteen poems highlighting these fascinating festivities. The poems highlight the traditions and customs for each country. I love the illustrators’ use of collage illustrations.
Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas by Gail Piernas-Davenport
Shante’s grandma forgets the black-eyed peas for their New Year’s celebration. Shante goes on a hunt for black-eyed peas all around town. On her hunt, she learns about other countries’ new year traditions. She finally finds some at Auntie Marie’s. It’s fun to read about different countries’ traditions.
Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution by Pat Miller
Who makes New Year’s resolutions? Squirrel is trying to decide on her resolution. She spends the day with her friends and learns more about each other’s resolutions. At the end, she finally decides on the perfect resolution.
Celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. by reading great books!
Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport
Martin Luther King Jr. had such a brave and wonderful dream. This book includes many quotes from Martin. I love being able to read his own words and not just what others have written about him. You can learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. In Rabbit Trails through MLK Jr Day lesson.
Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange
Poet Ntozake Shange does a great job of capturing the spirit of Coretta Scott King’s life. When celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr, many people forget about his wife. She helped push for change to civil rights alongside her husband.
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
The children that volunteered to march for their civil rights were extremely brave. This book helps our children see what determination these children had to try to help change the laws. I love that it helps my children see that it is important to stand up peacefully for what they believe in.
We March by Shane W. Evans
This simple picture book gets the point across with few words. It tells the story of the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 and of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. With so few words, we rely on the beautiful illustrations to help tell the story.
Picture Books about Winter to Read in January
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Jan Brett’s illustrations are just simply amazing. Nicki’s Grandmother makes him new white mittens, but warns him not to lose them in the snow! Of course, he does lose one and the animals try to use it to keep warm. This awesome author/illustrator is January’s featured author in Journey Down the Rabbit Trail membership. You don’t want to miss learning about her and going on fun rabbit trails for each subject.
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Little Peter puts on his cute red snowsuit and heads out to play in the snow. He has many small adventures during the day. My favorite part is when he put the snowball in his pocket to save for later. (Ezra Jack Keats has a fascinating life story that you can learn more about in March in Journey Down the Rabbit Trail membership!)
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Wilson Bentley was fascinated by the beauty of snowflakes. He was determined to make paintings and take pictures of individual snowflakes. During his lifetime, he took over 5,000 pictures of snowflakes on black velvet. His work is still used today. You can learn more about him in the FREE Rabbit Trails through Science: Let It Snow lesson.
Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
The Over and Under books are so much fun to read. They help children see what different animals do to survive the different habitats and seasons. You get to see which animals live in tunnels or caves and which ones camouflage above the snow. The illustrations are excellently done so that you feel like you are out skiing in the snow.
What other picture books do you read in January?
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Bird migration has begun - currently move Sub-Saharan migrants hibernating under the equator. The wandering strategy varies between species. Both adult and young individuals of Red-footed Falcon migrate even in several hundred-bit flocks. This year we have recorded a nesting of 25 pairs. Adult falcons and chicks are ready for long trip, respectively are preparing for it. At the same time, Slovakia is a stopover of this species during migration, so we organize an international night roosting counting, which we participate every year,“ says Roman Slobodník from Raptor Protection of Slovakia.
“Especially for the young birds, migration is the most difficult time of their lives. Many of them will not survive it. For some species only 20 percent of the young will survive. They may suffer by lack of food, unfavorable weather conditions, and often become victims of obstacles. During migration, birds most often die after the collision with glazed buildings or after a cat attack,” says Slobodník.
“Many victims are also responsible for the electric current or impact on the line (white stork, falcon, black-tailed eagle, songbird migrating at night). In Slovakia, energy companies play high attention to this topic. For example, more than 8000 flight diverters were installed within the LIFE Energy project in 13 Special Protected Areas,” says Lucia Deutschová from Raptor Protection of Slovakia.
• You can find out more about the project LIFE13 NAT/SK/001272 ENERGIA on the web site www.lifeenergia.sk , eventually www.facebook.com/lifeenergia.sk.
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NHTI, Concord’s Community College
NHTI, Concord's Community College is a two-year residential community college located in Concord, New Hampshire.
The college's roots and its former name comes from post-World War II veteran's training programs in Manchester and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. However, neither of these institutions were accredited colleges. The college was created by legislation passed in the New Hampshire General Court in 1961. The legislation followed several years of investigation and exploration by a special committee. The group took special guidance from the two-year college system then operating in North Carolina. Two-year colleges were an innovation in New Hampshire. The legislation created six colleges and led to an active search for campus sites in Concord, Nashua, Manchester, Portsmouth, Claremont, Laconia and Berlin. Only the Concord college retained the NHTI designation; the six others were named New Hampshire Vocational Technical College at name of city
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Diabetic retinopathy is becoming one of the most important causes of new blindness among the adult population of the United States. In 1930, it accounted for less than 1% of the cases of newly reported blindness. However, in 1960, more than 15% of reported cases of blindness were due to diabetic retinopathy, and there is every indication to believe that this percentage will become even higher in the years to come.1 Not only are diabetics becoming more prevalent in the population, but with improved care many are now living long enough to manifest the retinopathy. In short, the therapy of clinical diabetes has been more successful than that of the vascular complications, and when the blood vessels of the eye deteriorate more rapidly than those which are necessary to maintain life, blindness ensues.
Diabetic retinopathy can be divided into a nonproliferative and proliferative stage. Microaneurisms, hemorrhages, and exudates characterize
OKUN E, CIBIS PA. The Role of Photocoagulation in the Therapy of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol. 1966;75(3):337–352. doi:10.1001/archopht.1966.00970050339007
Coronavirus Resource Center
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"I Am You"
SEBA launched the “I Am You” campaign to give a voice to our African American members during a time when society is examining important topics such as racial equality and policing in America. They felt a duty to amplify our members’ voices and bring their sentiments to the forefront of the conversation. Our African American members come from diverse backgrounds and bring a passion and perspective to policing that deserves to be highlighted. Through this project, our deputies - in their own words - demonstrate their heartfelt desire to build trust and meaningful relationships between their profession and their communities.
We are proud of our members who are willing to stand in the gap; and we are proud to help advance their efforts for positive change. SEBA does not represent the agency on the front of the badge, they represent the people behind it. By launching the I Am You campaign, the hope is to humanize our deputies, highlight commonalities and move toward shared goals to engage with our community.
What is Diversity?
The concept of Diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences, in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment. It is about understanding each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department -Department Diversity Committee recognizes that diversity is a large part of what makes our organization strong.
Why Is Appreciating Diversity So Important?
The face of our county, communities, and workplace is changing.
- A growing number of neighborhoods, communities, and workplaces contain a complex mix of races, cultures, languages, and religious affiliations.
- At the same time, the widening gap between the rich and poor is creating a greater social class diversity.
- Millions of Americans with physical and mental challenges add another dimension of diversity.
For these reasons:
- We are more likely to face the challenges of interacting and working with people different from ourselves.
- The ability to relate well to all types of people in the workplace is a leadership skill that is becoming increasingly important.
- Understanding, accepting, and valuing these diverse backgrounds can help us to thrive in this ever-changing society.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the Department Diversity Committee serve you?
The DDC is comprised of a diverse group of professional and sworn employees representing all ranks and divisions of the department. Members take part in the following:
- Meet monthly to confer and discuss issues presented by members
- Attend county and regional events and trainings that promote diversity and inclusion for the purpose of disseminating that knowledge to our Department and its members
- Act as station level representatives to the Office of the Sheriff
- Trained members are able to facilitate conflict resolution
Who serves on the DDC Committee?
Committee members include professional and sworn employees of all ranks and various professions within the department (ie: nurses, culinary, patrol, etc). The DDC is overseen by an Assistant Sheriff, Deputy Chief, and County Counsel.
How are members selected?
Upon a vacancy availability, applicants submit a resume and interviews are conducted with standing committee members before a decision is made by the committee, overseeing committee chair and Deputy Chief.
Why does the Sheriff's Department have a DDC?
In adherence with the Countywide Vision, our Department maintains a DDC to improve diversity and inclusion. Our DDC also acts a liaison to our State Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
As members of the DDC, we work in partnership with the County's adherence to equal opportunity for all in employment. This includes training, promotion, retention, and benefits, consistent with Federal and State regulations and Board Policy. We strive to positively impact the Sheriff's Department employees' quality of work life and customer service provided to the general public.
DDC is a vital component of our Department's culture and success. Equal employment will be achieved in this organization through responsible leadership and accountability. By working toward an environment that fosters, respects and celebrates the diversity of our workforce, we will achieve our vision of being the premier law enforcement agency in the United States.
We are committed to being a world-class, professional organization by providing quality services and innovative programs to the diverse communities we serve. We strive to adhere to the highest standards and to reflect the diversity of our community members. We will remain united in our commitment to address crime and quality of life issues by engaging in problem-solving partnerships and striving to maintain the trust of our communities, citizens and staff.
Recognize how we place self-imposed limits on the way we think
Discover that, in many ways, people from different cultures and backgrounds hold similar values and beliefs.
Become more aware of our own cultural viewpoints and stereotypes that we may have inadvertently picked up.
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Brown pelicans showed up with slash wounds. Now, rescuers are asking for help to find out why
Veterinarian Rebecca Duerr saw the wound on a brown pelican found near Ventura Harbor and knew something was off.
She had sewn up a lot of cuts and tears in seabirds' pouches and necks from fishing hooks, boat propellers and other injuries over the years. But these straight slashes on both sides of the bird's pouch didn't look like those that had happened in the wild.
That first bird from Ventura came into the rescue center in fall 2019. Then, more showed up. In all, she said, five brown pelicans have been rescued with similar wounds, two from Ventura and three from the Marina Del Ray area over the past year and a half.
"Each one has been more horrible than the last one," said Duerr, director of research and veterinary science for International Bird Rescue, which has rehab centers in San Pedro and Fairfield, California.
This week, the organization asked for the public's help to find out what happened and try to prevent any more birds from being hurt. It asked for anyone with information to call the California Department of Fish and Wildlife tip line at 888-334-2258.
Possible cruelty case
Sometimes, an intentional injury by a person is clear, like a gunshot wound. This was more challenging to figure out, at least the first time.
But then, as one pelican would be released from the center, another would come in with similar severe wounds to its pouch and neck. The latest was brought in Dec. 15.
The repeated nature of the unusual injuries, including some "very straight" slits that in one case cut into the muscle of the back of the pelican's neck, pointed toward a possible animal cruelty case, she said.
"It was a straight cut on the back of the bird's head," she said. "I can't imagine any way in the wild that would happen."
'Heal like champs'
Duerr remembered thinking she didn't know if she could fix the extensive wounds on the first bird that came in. But she would try.
The recovery process takes two to three months, including a long surgery. But the brown pelican stabilized and rebounded.
"I love them as patients because they're really good healers," she said of the popular California seabird. "They get these awful, awful wounds and they just heal like champs."
A year later, someone spotted the former patient surviving in the wild.
International Bird Rescue started putting blue bands on its former brown pelican patients in 2009. It asked the public to report when it spotted one. More than 1,400 blue bands later, the group says close to 700 of the birds have been spotted in the wild.
Of the five pelicans with the wounds, three survived and were later released. One was euthanized because of the severity of its wounds and the other died.
A comeback story
Starting in the 1960s, DDT contamination took a steep toll on the Channel Islands’ brown pelicans, along with bald eagles and other birds. The DDT contamination led to egg shells being so thin that they would break in the nests. While the pesticide was banned in the 1970s, its effects off Southern California lasted for decades.
Once at risk of extinction, the brown pelican was removed from the federal endangered species list in 2009. While off the list, the species has had a series of poor breeding success in recent years that has raised concerns.
Brown pelicans are protected and harming one, including trying to capture one, would be a potential violation, said Capt. Patrick Foy with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's law enforcement division.
The agency hasn't received any similar reports about brown pelicans with these injuries, but it is taking the incidents seriously, he said. He encouraged anyone with information to call the tip line.
International Bird Rescue said it also is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a person or persons responsible for inflicting the wounds on the brown pelicans.
To report a bird in distress along Ventura and Santa Barbara beaches, call the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network at 805-681-1080.
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Welcome to our guide for locally owned plant nurseries, plant shops, and garden centers in the Columbia, South Carolina area.
Plant Nurseries, Plant Shops, and Garden Centers In and Around Columbia, South Carolina
If you want to support local businesses in the Columbia area, and are looking for garden supplies, outdoor and indoor plants, landscaping services, or garden decor then this guide for local garden centers, plant nurseries, and plant shops in and around Columbia, SC is just for you.
B.B. Barns at Woodley’s Garden Center
B.B. Barns, formerly Woodley’s Garden Center has two locations in the Columbia area. One location is on Dreher Shoals Road and the second is on Woodleys Way. They offer vegetable plants, herbs, shrubs, custom containers, fertilizer, compost, repotting services, plant rentals, landscape design, and more.
More info at WoodleysGardenCenter.com
Gardener’s Outpost has two locations in Columbia, one on Woodrow Street and the other on Franklin Street. They offer houseplants, organic lawn care supplies, organic gardening supplies, seasonal vegetables, herbs, trees, shrubs, carnivorous plants, fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, herbicides, and more.
More info at Gardener’s Outpost
Littlefield Growers is located on Broad Streed in Camden, South Carolina. They are locally owned and offer plants that do well in the local climate, mulch, rock, soil, sand, and more.
More info at Littlefield Growers
Reese’s Plants is located on Wilson Boulevard in Blythewood. They offer houseplants, landscape plants, seasonal plants, birdbaths, yard art, and more.
More info at Reese’s Plants’ Facebook Page
Reynold’s Nursery is located in Lugoff, South Carolina. They offer foundation plants, flowering plants, vegetable plants, seasonal plants and more.
More info at Reynolds Nursery’s Facebook Page
Sal’s Ol’ Timey Feed & Seed
Sal’s Ol’ Timey Feed and Seed is located on Hilltop Drive in Columbia. They offer gardening classes, heirloom seeds, non-GMO seeds, gardening supplies, compost, worm castings, garden consultation, and more. You can also get a tour of the farm.
More info at Sal’s Ol’ Timey Feed & Seed
Seven Oaks Plant Shop
Seven Oaks Plant Shop is located on Andrews Road in Columbia. They offer houseplants, gardening tools, garden supplies, herbs, hanging baskets, vegetable plants, and more.
More info at Seven Oaks Plant Shop’s Facebook Page
Southern Vistas Inc
Southern Vistas Inc is located on Commerce Drive in Columbia. They are a full-service landscape company that has design services and build services. They also offer a large garden center that has over 5000 square feet of yard ornaments and a 1/2 acre of plants including perennials, trees, fountains, and more.
More info at Southern Vistas
Located on North Lake Drive in Lexington, SC, Wingard’s Market is a locally owned garden center that offers trees, shrubs, flowers, produce, houseplants, and more.
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By harnessing quantum tunnelling and cryptographic techniques, we’ve developed Q:Architecture™, our patented security architecture made up of two components.
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With wetlands, ponds, forests, grasslands and pollinator plots, Clearwater SWCD's public Conservation Farm has been available for school groups, hunters, hikers and skiers to visit since 1994.
The Conservation Farm is located at 27546 Boorman Road in section 13 of Dudley Township. North of Shevlin and Southeast of Leonard. Look for the big brown sign that says "Clearwater Soil & Water Conservation District Conservation Farm, 1994, USFWS & USDA Cooperating." Roughly 0.2 miles East of the brown sign is our brand new parking lot.
Click the green "get directions" button to have google maps show you the way!
27546 Boorman Rd, Leonard, Minnesota 56652, United States
Hunting is allowed on the Conservation Farm, but a permit from our office is required (and a MNDNR hunting license, of course). Simply stop by the office to fill out a permit for you and your fellow hunters!
Be sure to follow all rules when hunting on the property. Failure to comply with said rules will results in a loss of hunting privileges:
The Conservation Farm does not usually have cell service. This is a great way to locate where you are at when visiting the farm.
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When it comes to investing, the first thing I consider about a company is dividend growth. I prefer to invest in companies that have at least a 5 year history of annually increasing their dividend payment to shareholders. For me, a company that is able to grow it’s dividend over a period of time is usually a successful company. Also, management is showing their faith in the future performance of a company by committing to pay out a higher and higher dividend to owners.
While I believe dividend growth signals great companies, there is another growth metric I believe to be the most important when considering an investment. The number one thing I look for in investments and do not want to compromise when deciding which companies deserve a spot amongst my portfolio is earnings per share (EPS) growth.
Earnings Per Share Growth is the Driver of Wealth
As a shareholder of a company, the most important bottom line number for me is the earnings per share (EPS). When I buy stock, I am an owner of that company. Each share I own is worth a small fraction of the company. The total amount of the company I own depends on how many shares I own.
The earnings per share amount is simply the total net profits of a company dividend by the number of shares outstanding. To calculate my portion of the earnings, I can take the EPS amount multiplied by the number of shares I own. This is technically my portion of the profits of the company. Now management of the company will decide what to do with those profits. They can reinvest back into the company or pay out profits to shareholders in the form of dividends.
As an investor, I want my company to grow in value over time. The way for a company to achieve this is by growing their earnings per share.
For example, lets say I purchase a company with EPS of $1.00. Let’s say I pay a price of 10 times earnings or $10 per share. Over time I expect management to do a good job growing the company. If over the course of a few years they are able to double the amount of EPS I am earning to $2.00 and the market is still pricing the company at 10 times earnings, then my shares will be worth $20 each.
So the first way EPS growth creates wealth is because as EPS grows the value of the shares I own grow. This is why I look to invest in companies that have proven they can consistently grow earnings over time. By growing their EPS, the company is making each individual share worth more.
As a dividend growth investor, I like to receive part of my portion of the company’s earnings in the form of a dividend payment every quarter. Currently I am reinvesting my dividends in order to take advantage of compounding to grow my wealth.
Earnings per share growth is very important to dividend growth investors. Looking at the example from above. If the company I purchased that was earning $1.00 per share is unable to grow their earnings over time, do you think they will be able to pay me an increasing dividend over time?
Companies cannot pay out more than they earn over long periods of time. At some point a dividend that is higher than EPS will become unsustainable.
However, if that same company is able to grow earnings per share, they can also grow my dividend payment right along with it. Therefore, EPS growth is the lifeblood to dividend growth. Without growth in EPS, there cannot be sustainable growth in the dividend.
This is why it is vitally important to only invest in companies that have a proven history of EPS growth. Of course past performance does not guarantee future results. But I’ll take my chances with a proven performer any day compared to a company that hasn’t shown the ability to grow earnings over time.
The Two Things I’m Looking for in EPS
Consistently trending upwards. When I am looking at the 10 and 15 year financial data of a company, I like to see companies that generally have a growing trend in EPS. I look for companies who have demonstrated the ability to grow thier bottom line for thier investors year after year. It’s alright to have a down year or two every once in awhile. In fact a down year can provide good buying opportunities for investors as long as they are confident the company will turn things around shortly. However, I want to make sure the growth trend is generally up and consistent, not sporadic.
A decent earnings per share growth rate. When evaluating a company I always calculate the 10 year compounded annual growth rate of the EPS. The higher the growth rate the better. Generally I look for a growth rate of at least 5% on average. This earnings per share growth is the driver of all future returns from a company.
Two Examples of Dividend Growth Companies and EPS Growth
1.) Diebold Inc (DBD) is one of the longest dividend growers having raised their dividend payment annually for 60 years in a row. This might lead one to believe this is a great company for dividend growth investors to own. However, a look at their EPS data over the past 10 years paints a very different picture.
As you can see, the EPS has been very sporadic for Diebold over the past decade. There have been some good years followed by some very bad years. In fact, you can see that had you purchased shares back in 2003, your shares are earning significantly less now almost 10 years later. The performance of Diebold for investors over the past decade has not been good. Earlier this year the CEO of Diebold was pushed out due to the poor performance of the company. This is not the kind of company dividend growth investors want to be an owner of.
2.) Walgreen’s (WAG) is a retail pharmacy that has been increasing dividend payments to investors annually for the past 37 years. This is another company with a long history of dividend growth. Let’s take a look at their past 10 years worth of EPS data.
Looking over that chart, we can see that Walgreen’s has done a good job growing earnings over the past decade. In fact, EPS have more than doubled! Now it hasn’t been the smoothest of rides. Like most companies, WAG had a couple down years during the recession in 2009 and 2010. However, they recovered nicely. More recently, WAG had a dispute with prescriptions benefit manager Express Scripts. This weighed on the 2012 EPS data. This dispute has since been resolved and investors expect Walgreen’s to recover over time. Mostly, Walgreen’s EPS trend is upward and there is good growth in the data. This is the kind of company dividend growth investors should want to own.
On a side note, events such as the recession and the Express Scripts conflict can give investors great opportunities to pick up shares of wonderful companies at discounted prices. As long as an investor is confident that the company can recover and improve performance going forward, they should feel good getting a discount on the shares of great companies. In fact, I took advantage of the Express Scripts conflict and purchased shares in Walgreen’s at a great valuation. The company has since recovered, and my WAG investment has so far been my best performer.
In conclusion, the EPS growth is the most important driving force behind the creation of wealth. EPS growth will allow companies to continue growing our important dividends over time. Also the EPS growth will continue to push up the value of the shares we own. Look for companies that are growing their earnings in a consistent up trend. These types of companies should turn out to be good long term investments providing the foundation to a solid financial future.
What do you think? Is EPS growth that important? Are you willing to compromise when it comes to past EPS performance from companies you look to invest in? Please share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Jerusalem Post hadde søndag en anmeldelse av boka «Light of the World – the Pope, the Church and Signs of the Times», som de korrekt sier er “the first personal and direct interview with a pope ever». Jeg tar med litt av det de skriver her, mest om pave Benedikts synspunkter på jødene:
In a Platonic format of questions and answers, the conversation, deftly guided by German journalist and author Peter Seewald, was recorded last summer at the pontiff’s summer residence near Rome. It provides a lively guide to Pope Benedict XVI’s thoughts on all the major dilemmas of his papacy and times. Seewald leaves no holes in the story, presenting his illustrious interviewee (and readers) with an accurate portrait of public opinion.
Joseph Ratzinger, the man and the Pope, replies without reticence, revealing the reflective and unpretentious traits of his personality and an unusual capacity to listen respectfully.
He makes no attempt to hide the uncertainties and errors behind the series of crises that have marked his papacy, optimistically transforming them into a learning process from which he believes the Church will benefit.
Interspersed throughout the book … Benedict XVI speaks extensively on issues related to Israel and the Jewish world, confirming his unwavering personal commitment to both. …
Ratzinger holds true to his belief in the “intrinsic unity of the Old and the New Covenant, the two parts of the Holy Scripture,” an awareness he says he acquired “since the very first day” of his early theological studies. He first made his theological views on Judaism public in 1990, when as the cardinal in charge of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he was interviewed in “Jews and Judaism in the Universal Catechism,” a piece published simultaneously in Studi Cattolici (in Italian) and Midstream (in English).
He says, “We can read the New Testament only together with what preceded it, otherwise, we would completely fail to understand it.”
These affirmations implicitly contradict and override the statements made by individual Middle East Bishops at the recent Vatican Synod regarding Christ’s having “annulled” the Abrahamic covenant.
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Max Weber: An Intellectual Biography 2004
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The reverse mortgage is a popular type of loan that many senior citizens take advantage of. Many people use this as a way to create supplemental income for themselves during their retirement years. Before you sign up for this type of loan, it is important that you understand how the repayment process works. Here are the basics of reverse mortgage repayment.
Reverse Mortgage Payments
The reverse mortgage works differently than any other type of mortgage product on the market. Instead of paying the lender, the lender is going to be sending regular payments to you. These payments are going to be slowly purchasing the amount of equity that you have in your home. Because of this reverse payment system, many people are confused with how the lender gets their money back.
Selling the Home
One of the ways that the lender can be paid back is if you sell the home. Since the lender is going to own the equity in the home, you will need to reimburse them for this equity when the house is sold. This allows you to pay them back with one lump sum when you sell your house.
Some borrowers will end up refinancing the loan at some point. They might be able to gain access to extra equity by refinancing the mortgage into a more traditional loan. If you decide to do this, you will need to pay back the reverse mortgage at that point. You will then be free to keep any extra equity that you have in the property.
Sometimes individuals that have reverse mortgages end up passing away before they can repay the mortgage. In the event that both spouses with a reverse mortgage pass away, part of the money from any life insurance settlement will need to go towards paying off the reverse mortgage. If a beneficiary receives a large lump sum from life insurance, they will have to use part of this money to pay off the mortgage before they can keep any of it.
Outliving the Loan
Many people wonder what will happen if they receive all of their equity payments. If this happens, you will not have to start making any payments to the reverse mortgage lender. You will be able to continue living in the property for as long as you want to. As long as you or your spouse are still alive and using the property as your primary residence, the lender cannot require you to make any type of mortgage payments. This creates a scenario where you have been paid for the equity in your home, but you can live in the property without paying rent or a mortgage payment for as long as you want. For many retirees, this creates an ideal scenario for their living arrangements. You will not have to make any type of repayment until you decide to sell the property or if you pass away.
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The Commens Dictionary
Quote from ‘Reason's Conscience: A Practical Treatise on the Theory of Discovery; Wherein logic is conceived as Semeiotic’
Metaphysics is that branch of philosophy which inquires into what is real, that is, what has anything true of it regardless of whether anybody thinks it is true or not.
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Israeli blood tests for the Gulf; First female IAF Bureau Chief; Fast analysis of data; and much more!
by: Michael Ordman
ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Stem cell treatment can help MS patients
Jerusalem’s Hadassah-University Medical Center and Israel’s NeuroGenesis have developed a stem cell treatment for patients with progressive multiple sclerosis. A Phase II human trial not only halted progression of the disease but led to improvement in neurological ability.
Hope for stroke and dementia patients
Israel’s BrainsGate (reported briefly here previously) has developed a technology for the treatment of ischemic strokes and vascular dementia. The Ischemic Stroke System is based on an implantable electrode stimulator that increases blood flow to the brain. Clinical trials are in progress.
Hackathon for autis
Israeli innovators and entrepreneurs participated in Hackautism 2.0 – a virtual tech marathon to create innovative technological solutions for the challenges of children and adults on the Autism Spectrum. The winning teams addressed sleep quality, non-verbal communication and job finding,
Israeli blood tests for the Gulf
The OLO finger-prick blood tests from Israel’s Sight Diagnostics (reported here previously) will soon be available in medical centers across the Gulf region. The Israeli company is partnering with Dubai’s Phoenix Capital who will install OLO initially in the UAE and then other Gulf states.
Games to fight diabetes and cognitive decline
Israel’s Maccabi Healthcare Services research and innovation center has initiated KSM Playzone – focusing on the field of health gaming. KSM has awarded $25,000 to the developers of two health education games – Diabattle (for diabetics) and Memento (cognitive rehabilitation).
Israeli doctors in Gaza
Israeli-Arab orthopaedists, neurologists, heart surgeons, and mental health experts are in the Gaza Strip relieving the strain on hospitals fighting coronavirus. They are conducting urgent (previously postponed) surgeries on non-Covid-19 patients and training up Palestinian Arab medical teams.
First vaccines arrive in Israel
An end to the coronavirus pandemic is in sight as hundreds of thousands of doses of Pfizer vaccines were flown into Tel Aviv. Vaccinations are due to begin on Dec 27. Israel is scheduled to receive 4 million doses of the vaccine by end Dec.
Israel’s vaccine is vital
Progress has been made with the Israeli-developed vaccines and treatments. The MigVax oral vaccine is ideal for developing countries as it easy to transport and distribute. It is also much safer, e.g., for those who have allergies or compromised immune systems.
ISRAEL IS INCLUSIVE AND GLOBAL
Restarting after injury
Israeli NGO Restart’s project “Makers for Heroes” (reported here previously) has volunteer professionals build devices so wounded IDF veterans can restart their lives. Here, one of the injured soldiers tells how Restart helped him restore his musical skills after shrapnel tore the nerves in his hand.
Joining with UAE to improve access for disabled
Michal Rimon, CEO of Access Israel, attended the virtual two-day Tolerance & Inclusivity Week at Dubai’s Expo 2020. She participated on the panel “Accessibility Spotlight: The Value of Difference”. She is working with Ayesha Hussaini of Manzil, her UAE equivalent.
First female IAF Bureau Chief
In a first, a female officer will serve as bureau chief to the Israel Air Force. Maj. N., currently deputy commander of the 119th Air Force Squadron, will be the first female officer to serve in the role, for which only the corps’ top officers are selected.
Israelis donate medical fees for Gaza boy
Surgeons at Israel’s Schneider Hospital saved the life of 4-year-old Ahmad from Gaza with a hemorrhaging tumor. The Palestinian Authority refused to pay for his treatment in an Israeli hospital. Now generous Israelis are funding an account set up for Ahmad by the hospital.
Israeli-Ethiopian goes to Oxford University
Eden Amare Yitbarek is one of two Israelis selected for the Rhodes scholarship program that offers exceptional international candidates the opportunity to study at Oxford University in England. Eden was raised in Ethiopia and completed her BA at the IDC Herzliya.
Israeli scientist’s revelation
Prof. Haim Eshed was head of Israel’s security space program (1981 to 2010) and received the Israel Security Award 3 times (twice for confidential technological inventions). But in his latest book “The Universe beyond the Horizon” and interviews, he may have gone too far. Make your own minds up!
New UK-Israel defense agreement
Israel and Britain have signed an agreement for further cooperation between the IDF and the British Armed Forces that will see the two militaries cooperate in a variety of fields, including training and defense education. Cooperation will include defense-oriented medical training
Israel to join International Energy Agency
The State of Israel has been accepted into the International Energy Agency (IEA) after members of the agency voted unanimously in favor of the move. It recognizes Israel’s role in regional and international energy and gives it access to important sources of industry research.
What the IDF did in Albania
Last year, the IDF dispatched a humanitarian aid delegation to Muslim-majority Albania after a 6.4-magnitude quake devastated the capital city of Tirana. See and hear one of the IDF soldiers describe how the operation helped some 1,600 Albanian families return to their homes and saved many lives.
Israel launches new Moon project
Israel has begun Beresheet 2, the country’s second lunar project. In 2024, SpaceIL, the Israel Space Agency and others plan to launch a mission to put a spacecraft in lunar orbit and two landing craft on the Moon’s surface. Seven countries including the UAE want to participate in the project.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Israeli hi-tech on display in Dubai
For the first time, Israel participated at Dubai’s Gitex exhibition – the world’s largest digital exhibition. Export Institute Director Gadi Arieli called it “a milestone in building a platform for developing economic relations between us and the Emirates.” 130+ Israeli companies exhibited.
Smart city winner
Israel’s Zencity (reported here previously) has won the governance and economy prize at the 2020 Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC). SCEWC awards are granted to “pioneering projects,” innovations, ideas and strategies that make cities more livable, sustainable, inclusive and economically viable.
Cultivated meat – who can tell?
Israel’s Prime Minister tasted cultivated steak at Israel’s Aleph Farms (reported here previously). He said it was “unbelievable, delicious and compassionate.” He could not tell the difference from animal-produced meat. He saw Israel at the forefront of a global alternative protein ecosystem.
Autonomous driving to Tel Aviv
Tech business analyst Hillel Fuld posted a video clip of his morning ride to Tel Aviv. It was no ordinary commute, due to the self-driving system that was piloting his vehicle along the Ayalon’s fast lane.
Six robotic projects
Israel’s SixAI has six projects involving robotics. They comprise inspecting parts for defects, autonomous transport by forklift, autonomous microchip manufacture, goods delivery, recruitment and perimeter security.
Arcade games go online
Israel’s Gigantic is behind the game Clawee, which enables virtual playing of claw machines through live video streaming. Prizes are delivered to the winner’s doorstep. Players operate one of 220 real claw machines located at Gigantic’s Petah Tikva studio. Other games include soccer, hoops and golf.
Solving the problem of textile waste
Israeli organization Re-born Textiles is piloting its solutions for preventing unwanted clothes ending up in landfills. New/nearly new are returned to retail for ReUse; older products are “ReMade” into new clothes; those in poor condition are “ReCycled” into industrial products.
Antimicrobial fabric for new cars
Israel’s Sonovia Tech, makers of the facemasks that neutralize the Covid-19 virus, has partnered Italian car component manufacturer Adler Group. Sonovia will develop textiles using their antimicrobial fabric, to be used by Adler in carpets and other interior features for many makes of car.
Manage security in the cloud
Israel’s Wiz provides companies with complete visibility of the security of its computer infrastructure in the Cloud. It enables risk management of networks, identities, applications and vulnerabilities. Easy to install, focusing on the critical issues and providing speedy analysis of the root causes.
Fast analysis of data
The high-performance technology from Israel’s Firebolt allows companies to analyze much larger volumes of up-to-date data than previously possible. Firebolt combines the simplicity, elasticity and low cost of the cloud with the latest innovations in analytics.
An AI marketing assistant
Israeli-founded Exceed.ai uses Artificial Intelligence to work alongside sales reps. It emails and web chats with prospective customers, handling the mundane tasks 24×7 while reps close deals. It personalizes answers to queries just like a human assistant, books meetings for the reps and ensures follow-up.
Monitoring 50 million trees.
Israel’s SeeTree (reported here previously) now monitors over fifty million trees globally for their health and productivity. SeeTree extracts data using high-resolution, multi-dimensional sensing imagery obtained from drones, paired with ground sensors and samples taken by forest rangers.
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Investment up 20% with a month to go
Start-Up Nation Central reports that capital raised by Israeli startup companies is breaking records in 2020 despite the Covid-19 crisis. Israeli companies raised $9.5 billion in the 11 months of 2020, eclipsing 2019’s $7.7 billion total for the whole 12 months.
New record for currency reserves
Israel’s reserves of foreign currency soared again last month. At the end of November, Israel held nearly $167 billion of foreign currency – over $6 billion more than at the end of October.
Lower housing costs
The Israeli government has approved plans to lower housing costs throughout the country. Housing units subsidized by the government will be listed alongside properties on the free market. It will create competition and lower the cost of living for eligible Israelis on low income.
Israel’s InvestiNation is a new equity crowdfunding platform, offering accredited US investors access to Israeli early-stage startups in fintech, ed-tech, construction and property technology.
eToro value soars
An unnamed US institution just bought $50 million of shares in Israel’s eToro (reported here previously). It values the company at a staggering $2.5 billion, turning it into another Israeli Unicorn. eToro’s clients now number over 16 million, who use eToro’s platform to trade stocks, commodities, FX etc.
Reacting to Covid-19.
Israeli medical AI triage platform Diagnostic Robotics (reported here previously) used the coronavirus pandemic to successfully change its focus and operations. It split its workforce into two, to reduce the risk of infections and formed a digital health partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Health.
Predicting property values
Israel’s Propdo AI develops technology capable of predicting residential real estate property prices. Its algorithm and data-based tools produce a projected valuation of a prospective purchase. The company will initially operate in the Israeli real estate market.
Watch the video. Israel’s myInterview allows companies to see and hear recruitment candidates without the need for face-to-face meetings – useful in these coronavirus times. Candidates record videos to promote themselves and the recruitment team can watch, review and agree whom to invite to a live interview.
Investment in Israeli startups:
Wiz raised $100 million; Firebolt raised $32 million; Salt Security raised $30 million; SeeTree raised $30 million; Biosight raised $27million; Brainsgate raised $14 million; Gigantic raised $7 million; Cylus raised $7 million; SixAI raised $5 million; myInterview raised $5 million; Exceed.ai raised $4 million; Propdo AI raised $2 million;
CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT`
Music for Peace in Eilat
The Music for Peace Festival in Eilat celebrated Israel’s normalization deals with UAE and Bahrain. Its location was significant – next to the pillars of Solomon, whose Hebrew name means Peace. The event, on UAE’s National Day, was uniquely broadcast live on an Abu Dhabi TV channel.
Endings and Beginnings
Center Stage – the only permanent English language theater in Israel – is holding a live music online event on Dec 27. It is entitled “Endings and Beginnings” and features songs from the stage and charts that celebrate endings and beginnings.
Imagine – John Lennon sang about Jerusalem
On the 40th anniversary of his death, a recording has surfaced of ex-Beatle John Lennon. He is singing in Hebrew, “Jerusalem, we have all sworn for eternity, we will not abandon you from here and forever”. Although an anti-religionist, he did claim to have a spiritual side.
Israel Philharmonic on Chanukah
Just a few more evenings to watch the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra perform at 5pm Israeli time (10am ESD, 3pm UK time) every night of Chanukah.
New role for Israel’s wonder woman
Israeli actress Gal Gadot (reported here previously) is to play a James Bond type super spy in the upcoming movie Heart of Stone. Meanwhile, her latest acclaimed movie Wonder Woman 1984 is now to be released on Dec 25 on the HBO Max live streaming service.
NASCAR record win & championship
Israeli NASCAR driver Alon Day has won the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Championship for the 3rd time in 4 years. He won a record 23 races this season with two still to go. Day is looking for a partnership so he can compete in NASCAR’s premier division, the Cup Series, in 2021.
THE JEWISH STATE
Israel wins award for skillful archaeology
The International Tunneling and Underground Space Association (ITA) normally awards prizes for railroads and road construction. But it was so impressed with the way Israel carefully constructs tunnels to uncover its history, that it gave Israel the “Oddities of the Underground” award.
Map of the Land of Israel. Israeli researcher Michal Eshed has developed a map in Hebrew and English of the settlement of the people of Israel in the Land of Israel. It contains some 700 ancient Israelite settlements and holy sites across the entire historic Land of Israel. It highlights that the Jews are indigenous to the land.
https://eretzil.net/english.html#!/home-english (Then click on “The Map” to preview before registering.)
Be a light
Great new song for Chanukah from Raanana Capella group Kippalive. They teamed up with Raanana-based charity Beit Issie Shapiro – one of the world’s leaders in the field of helping people with special needs and disabilities.
Hasmonean oil lamp discovered
Just in time for Chanukah. A City of David archaeologist has discovered an intact oil lamp from the Second Temple Hasmonean period, over 2,000 years ago. It was found while excavating Jerusalem’s ancient Pilgrimage Road, adjacent to the Western Wall.
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Playing a New Role—On Stage—Can Help People Stay In Recovery From Addiction
At a small studio theater on the campus of the University of Indianapolis in June, it was standing room only for a performance of the original play, “Altered”, an adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Lesli Butler played the role of Arachne, an expert weaver whose pride in her art had offended the goddess Athena.
“Without weaving I would not have found my identity, my life’s work,” recited Butler, “and to find one’s self in an art form is perfection.”
Butler, like six of the seven other actors on stage, is in recovery for her addiction—in her case, to alcohol. The actors participated in the show as a form of therapy, and as part of a research study.
Butler finds acting helps her focus: “A part of recovery for me is to have purpose and structure in my daily life to keep me busy and engaged,” she says.
Decades ago acting was used widely in therapy as a way to change behavior but in recent years it’s taken a back seat. Now one researcher in Indiana is reviving the idea that performing on stage can help people recover from addiction to alcohol and drugs.
The play was produced by Sally Wasmuth, a researcher at the University Of Indianapolis School of Occupational Therapy who has been studying addiction for the past decade. She thinks theater might help people in recovery because it gives people something to do—an occupation—to replace the consuming quality of their disease.
A part of recovery for me is to have purpose and structure in my daily life. - Lesli Butler
“I think a lot of times in drug addiction a lot of participation in meaningful activities goes by the wayside,” explains Wasmuth. “So this is kind of a jump start to having something you show up for.”
The participants committed to six weeks of rehearsals, three hours a day three times a week. The play includes roles from Greek and Roman myths and deals with themes of human struggle. Wasmuth says preparing for a play this rigorously can help battle addiction at a neurobiological level.
“Chronic drug use really reinforces reward pathways in the brain and that doing things like executive tasks like memorization and anything that really involves a lot of attention, can really help reverse some of those pathways,” says Wasmuth.
To recruit actors Wasmuth partnered with an Indianapolis based, Fairbanks Recovery Center. She’s staged plays before, her first two productions were with veterans in recovery. The results or her first small research study were encouraging.
“People have reported a change in their overall life structure and relationships.” Wasmuth says.
She details her findings in an article published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. She showed that 86 percent of the participants in those plays were drug free for six weeks following the performance. The vets also showed up for the program with an attendance rate of 91 percent.
Wasmuth’s research suggests theater could be a novel approach to recovery says Dean Babcock, an addiction specialist who leads Midtown Community Mental Health at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis.
He says he’d like to try it with his patients. Developing accountability is valuable for people healing from drug and alcohol addiction.
“Showing up regularly for rehearsals, where other people count on you to do a part that affects them, creates this sense of self-accountability,” says Babcock, “In many ways it’s how group therapy works, you have a beholdeness to the other members of the group.”
Babcock says seeing recovering addicts on stage as actors mastering a role can help break the stigma of addiction.
“Sometimes people view addiction as these are kind of scumbags and these are less than desirable, but what we know about addiction is affect anyone in all classes, all race, any socio-economic background.” Babcock said. “It is your neighbors, it is your family members.”
After a performance of “Altered” an enthusiastic audience applauded and participated in a Q & A with the actors. Wasmuth says this reaction also helps the healing by giving people a “feeling like people really do care and really support when you are trying to do something positive,” she says.
During the Q&A, Lesli Butler told the audience why this experience had been meaningful in her recovery. She said at first she was hesitant to go public as a recovering alcoholic, but…
“I came to this conclusion that alcoholics and addicts they live in a stigma and a lot of us feel a lot of shame for having this disease,” said Butler “I think projects like this are educating the population and I’m just glad I can be a part of it.”
Wasmuth is organizing another play with another group of people in recovery set to open next month as part of her continued research. Results of the research are due out early next year.
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Winston fatalistically accepts towards the beginning of the novel that the very fact he has bought a journal and dared to think for himself will eventually doom him. He also ends up dooming Julia along with him assuming the Thought Police had not already been on to her too. In the Ministry of Love, Winston sees one of his fellow prisoners get called to go to Room
In George Orwell's , Winston Smith cannot escape the state's domination. Yet his inability is not only because of government power. Rather, even if he did have an opportunity to leave Oceania, his actions indicate that he would not have the personal convictions and character to do so. Both his. The American Empire. By Wade Frazier. Revised July Purpose and Disclaimer. Timeline. Introduction. The New World Before “Discovery,” and the First Contacts. (Nineteen Eighty-Four) est le plus célèbre roman de George Orwell, publié en est communément considéré comme une référence du roman d'anticipation, de la dystopie, voire de la science-fiction en général. La principale figure du roman, Big Brother, est devenue une figure métaphorique du régime policier et totalitaire, de la .
Before we examine the twentieth century economists who have worked to justify Free Trade on behalf of this cabal, allowing them to pursue their profits with the minimum of restrictions, we must first take a closer look at Adam Smith, the originator of Free Trade, to find out the source of his ideas and to understand how they were seriously misguided from the beginning.
Mandeville was a Dutch doctor and writer who lived in London at a time when anti-Christian Enlightenment ideas were coming to the forefront and when London was quickly becoming the occult capital of the world.
He was allegedly a member of the Hell-Fire Club, later led by Sir Francis Dashwood, that engaged in gluttony, drunkenness, and orgies and practiced the "Do As Thou Wilt" satanic philosophy that later inspired Aleister Crowley.
Mandeville became a champion of this influential underground network of upper class hedonists through his poem The Grumbling Hive published in and released again as part of his book The Fable of the Bees in The basic point that Mandeville tries to argue for in his poem and in his book can be summed up in the short phrase: He writes, The grave Industrious were the Same.
And ever since The worst of all the Multitude Did something for the common Good. It may therefore often be just to prevent by agrarian law such vast wealth coming into a few hands, that a cabal of them might endanger the state. In the end it was those ideas that ended up creating the justification for the very economic climate that Hutchison warned against in his quote above, Smith deals with Mandeville near the end of his book, when he discusses "licentious systems.
This distinction "encourages the best and most laudable habits of the human mind. Mandeville, says Smith, asserts that such a distinction is false, "a mere cheat and imposition upon mankind.
Prior to the Enlightenment, avarice, or greed, was viewed with contempt as one of the seven deadly sins, but Adam Smith, buttressed with the work of Mandeville, Hume and other avowed atheists, paved the way for greed to be viewed as a natural, and even as a positive thing.
Jesus Christ explicitly taught that love of God is the primary commandment, and that benevolence for our fellow human beings is the the second most important commandment Matthew These two basic commandments, which Jesus said were the foundation of all the Law and of all the Prophets, are supported by the warning from the Apostle Paul that the love of money is the root of all evil 1 Timothy 6: Lux explains how the idea that "individual self-interest should come first" was taken up by Smith, In the Modern Library edition of The Wealth of Nations, editor Edwin Cannan, notes the following in regard to the change in Smith between the two books: Cannan goes on to say that Smith put the doggerel verse of Mandeville "into prose and to this added something from the Hutcheson love of liberty when he propounded what is really the text of the polemical portion of The Wealth of Nations.
Another important concept that Smith apparently drew from Mandeville was his theory of the "division of labor.
Mandeville had a very harsh perspective regarding labor and its position within the economy, and he made it clear when he wrote, The economic well-being of the nation depends on the presence of a large number of men who are content to labor hard all day long.
Because men are naturally lazy they will not work unless forced by necessity to do so. The education of the poor threatens to rob the nation of their productivity Every hour those poor people spend at their books is so much time lost to society.
Going to school in comparison to working is idleness. Smith was apparently reconciled to this view of the destiny of the laborer and he penned the following words, The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations The torpor of his mind renders him, not only incapable of relishing or bearing a part in any rational conversation, but of conceiving any generous, noble, or tender sentiments, and consequently of forming any just judgment concerning many even of the ordinary duties of private life.
Of the great and extensive interests of the country he is altogether incapable of judging. Smith recognized some of the drawbacks of a pure "free market" society and he realized, unfortunately far too late, the conflict that would arise between traditional views of Judeo-Christian morality and his brand of economics.
Lux comments on this problem at the conclusion of his section comparing Smith with Mandeville, In the Smith of The Wealth of Nations we can see, then, a conflict between two very different influences - Hutcheson and Mandeville. Smith brings forth both of these voices in his own attempt at synthesis in his book.
And so, for example, the atomization of work has been accepted into the modern world as a highly beneficial principle. The significance of this is stated by another Smith scholar, Louis Dumont: We are thus sent back from Adam Smith to Mandeville for the origin of the key assumption of The Wealth of Nations, and this is more than a minute point of literary history, for, as we are going to see, the problem of the relation between economics and morality was acutely - indeed, explosively - posed by Mandeville at the beginning of the century.
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ETP Electrolytic Tinplate Coil SPTE
ETP Electrolytic Tinplate Coil SPTE
Electrolytic Tinplate (ETP) in Coil 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
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.
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2.) 3-5 Coils each 20 feet container, maxed weight 25MT.
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How Data Analytics, GIS Helps Dartmouth Atlas Influence Healthcare
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care has more than 100 TB of Medicare claims data. This information, combined with peer-reviewed medical research, informs healthcare policy and helps institutions compare their quality metrics. Like any good atlas, it also uses data-driven maps to prove its points.
Over the last 20 years, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice has examined variations in healthcare delivery across both regions and health systems. The goal is to research the causes and consequences of that variation so patients better understand the health services available in their community.
“In healthcare, geography is destiny. Where you live and where you receive care makes a tremendous difference,” says Dr. David C. Goodman, professor of pediatrics and health policy at The Dartmouth Institute. (Research shows that there’s a relationship between ZIP codes and life expectancy.)
Over time, Dartmouth has amassed the largest non-governmental set of Medicare data in the United States, Goodman says — more than 100 TB in all, and growing. This data, compiled and displayed in the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, has measured trends in hospitalization rates, ambulance use and medication use, getting as granular as specific hospitals and, in the case of medication use, subsets of the patient population (such as those with advanced cancer or chronic illness).
With So Much Data, Visualization Becomes Paramount
Not surprisingly, this information, normalized across decades, interests many stakeholders:
For healthcare systems, Dartmouth Atlas provides performance data, letting facilities compare themselves to hospitals both near and far.
Policymakers, meanwhile, use the data as guidance for defining the future of healthcare, particularly when it comes to clinical quality measures and opportunities to lower costs without compromising that quality, Goodman says.
Though the Dartmouth Atlas isn’t necessarily a consumer site, its information has been framed for patients, most notably in Consumer Reports lists of hospital readmission rates and overall hospital rankings. (These lists aren’t without criticism, though, as hospitals that perform expensive procedures aren’t on the measure of cost alone inefficient and ineffective.)
All this information, combined with what Goodman describes as a “foundation of peer-reviewed papers” that’s several hundred strong, undergoes “fairly sophisticated” statistical and spatial analysis, such as the estimated travel time for residents of one area to the nearest critical access hospital. The resulting inferences and conclusions must be presented in a meaningful way, lest viewers get lost amid a sea of charts.
For that purposes, Dartmouth Atlas turns to geographic information systems — specifically, ArcGIS from Esri — for mapping and analysis. Since much of the institute’s data can be referenced at the census tract or zip code level, robust software that can summarize data in map form makes it that much easier to visualize.
“[Maps] stimulate curiosity,” Goodman says. “It makes them read the text to find out more about what they’ve learned. It’s a terrifically powerful inference into the research findings and policy implications of the work.”
Health Data Analysis Expands Beyond Medicare to Pediatrics, Surgery
While the foundation of the Dartmouth Atlas is raw claims data for the approximately 35 million Medicare beneficiaries in United States, the institute is increasingly gaining access to data sets for patients under 65, Goodman says.
The institute began receiving data on pediatric care in December 2013 and intends to examine “all domains of healthcare” for children, from medication to ER use to surgical procedures, Goodman says. Meanwhile, a project in its early stages aims to present “a unique perspective” on how surgery falls into treatment plans for conditions such as organ failure and joint replacement.
Both endeavors will maintain a geographic focus, Goodman says, since that remains such an important factor in the type of healthcare that an individual receives.
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December 10, 1948 marked the moment that, 64 years ago, the United Nations signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at its 183rd plenary meeting in Paris. The hopes were to enshrine the rights of each individual after witnessing the horrors of World War II. This hasn’t been an easy task and history since that day is fraught with abuses from the signing of that declaration to the present.
The question of how the Declaration has fared since its signing can be examined through the lens of the situation in Israel and the Palestinians. No issue has galvanized and captured the attention of the international community as this issue has and it was perhaps no coincidence that just two weeks before the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration the Palestinians had sought, and were granted, ‘non-observer state’ status before the UN.
Palestinian Authority (PA) President, Mahmoud Abbas, brought the resolution forward under the umbrella of the PLO and not the PA, which he is the head of. Abbas did so because the PLO has had UN observer status since 1974 and because Palestinian leadership remains divided between Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. This move ensured the State of Palestine recognizes the territories of Palestine along the 1967 borders and the territories that go with it. While Abbas’ government does not have control of all of this territory, with Hamas in charge of the Gaza Strip and Israel occupying territory beyond the borders of 1967, it will retain the claim to this land.
One of the perceived victories of the resolution was the ability of the Palestinians to bring Israel before the International Criminal Court (ICC), established in 2002, under the Court’s four core crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. But such a process is not that simple.
By achieving the step of being recognized as a ‘‘non-member state’’ in the General Assembly, the State of Palestinians has met the criterion of the former Prosecutor of the ICC, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for recognition of statehood under article 12(3) of the Rome Statute. Moreno-Ocampo set the criteria after the Palestinians’ request for the ICC to investigate accusations of Israeli war crimes after Operation Cast Lead in 2009 was turned down over questions of whether Palestine constituted a state. In instances, such as this, the question was turned over to the UN and the General Assembly. The November 29th vote, despite its “non-member state” status falling short of “full member status”, clarified the issue.
And yet, hurdles remain. There is no guarantee that by simply bringing an application to the ICC that action will be taken. The State of Palestine appears to have the status necessary as a ‘non member state’ to join the ICC but questions could still arise over whether it meets the criteria on the ground. If this test is ultimately met, the next step would be to bring an application before the UN Secretary General requesting that the Palestinian State become a party to the Rome Statute, similar to the move that was rejected in 2012.
The real fear for those states that objected to the vote on the 29th of November was that by gaining ‘non-member state’ status, and ultimately joining the ICC, the door would be open to granting jurisdiction retroactively to the date when the ICC and Rome Statute came into force on the first of July, 2002. This would encompass the 2009 Cast Lead aggressions of Israel, as well as the most recent conflict in Gaza. This is also why the UK and France sought assurances that the Palestinians would not go to the ICC prior to the vote. As initial signatories of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the two States have received stinging criticism of a move that many argue is contradictory.
However, ceding jurisdiction to the ICC has a flip-side to it, one that Abbas may not be able to control. If the State of Palestine and its territories were to fall under ICC jurisdiction, this would also include militants and insurgents that use violence against civilian populations. With no control over Gaza and arguably a lack of a monopoly of force over the West Bank, there is no certainty that the move to the ICC would not do equal amounts of damage to Abbas’ government and the Palestinians.
Ms. Fatou Bensouda, the present Prosecutor of the ICC, has stated clearly that there are no clear answers to what the future holds in store. She noted that the State of Palestine must first bring an application to the ICC for consideration. The implications of such a move to international law, and even international relations, would then need to be weighed. The hurdles would be dramatic and the case would need to be strong. Ms. Bensouda is therefore unable to comment on a process that has yet to occur.
At present, these are big “ifs” that lie with Abbas and his administration. It should not be forgotten that Abbas is also a political leader fighting to maintain his relevance amidst dwindling support for his leadership. He is also the leader who bowed to international pressure to defer action on the UN Human Rights Council’s Goldstone Report, investigating potential war crimes during 2009’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Abbas went on to make a stunning U-turn after strong domestic opposition and push through for the Report to be voted on by the Human Rights Council, which passed it.
The Report led to recommendations for independent inquiries by both Hamas and Israel by the GA. This was a vital step to take before the Report could theoretically go on the UN Security Council, which would then recommend the issue to the ICC. However, it is expected that any recommendation to the Security Council would be rejected by the veto holding permanent five members, who do not think the Council should deal with the Report or its implications. The path to the ICC has proven an instructive example in mirroring the Palestinians’ process to “full member state” status – status that can only be granted with unanimous UNSC approval.
In yet another twist, the ICC Prosecutor could seek a judgment from Pre-Trial Judges to see if the Report could be tried without UN Security Council approval. Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo ruled out such a move by reverting the question of statehood to the GA. The GA responded by overwhelmingly approving the move for “non observer state” status. Ms. Fatou Bensouda, while refusing to show her cards on the issue, is waiting for the PA and Abbas to take the first step. Where Abbas will go is still to be decided. Israel, meanwhile, has frozen tax transfer payments to the Palestinians to join its passing of building settlements in zone E1.
The pursuit of human rights, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, remains a lofty pursuit. While nothing is so simple, especially as it relates to Israel and the Palestinians, how the following months and years play out will shape whether Abbas’ move was a desperate move of a leader trying to remain relevant in the face of stagnating negotiated options or if there is room for lofty ideals in the realm of realpolitik.
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Mohajir leader: Pak has no moral ground to plead Kashmir's case if it is depriving own citizens'
A US-based group representing expatriate Mohajirs on Monday called for the creation of an autonomous "Greater Karachi" within Pakistan.
Washington DC: A US-based group representing expatriate Mohajirs on Monday called for the creation of an autonomous "Greater Karachi" within Pakistan.
The demand came in soon after India moved to end Kashmir's special status. The group seeks for complete autonomy to all ethnic entities and regions that are part of Pakistan's own territory.
"Until Pakistan affords the same rights it is demanding for Kashmiris to its own Mohajir, Baloch, Pashtuns and Hazarah citizens, it has no moral right to speak on behalf of Kashmiris," Voice of Karachi (VOK) chairman Nadeem Nusrat said.
As India revoked Kashmir's special status, in anticipation of the announcement, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry condemned the Indian announcement as a violation of United Nations resolutions, saying in a statement on Monday that "Pakistan will exercise all possible options to counter the illegal steps."
Nadeem Nusrat, who is in self-exile in the US, said Pakistan has no moral ground to plead Kashmiris case at any regional or international forum if it is depriving its own citizens of their fundamental human rights.
"While Pakistan demands right to a referendum in Kashmir, is it willing to grant the same right to its own disgruntled ethnic minorities?", asked Nadeem Nusrat.
"For decades, Pakistani ministers have been publicly conducting meetings with Kashmiri separatist leaders overseas. How would Pakistan react to Indian minister's meetings with exiled Mohajir, Baloch and representatives of other persecuted ethnic or religious minorities of Pakistan?," the Mohajir leader further added.
Nusrat asserted that a global campaign will soon be launched to intensify its efforts in demanding the restructuring of Pakistan. The campaign will be in accordance with the true spirit of the 1940 Lahore Resolution and as per the aspirations of Mohajirs, Baloch, Pashtuns and people of Gilgit Baltistan.
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|A typical problem in ventilation networks with multiple fan systems is the possibility of them interacting. Multiple fan systems are no exceptions in complex tunnels, and may also be met in mines where underground fans are installed. When aiming at controlling a multiple fan system in a ventilation network, e.g. with a view to maintaining an acceptable air quality level, yet at minimum power consumption, transient flow conditions frequently occur. Although in most applications these transients are short compared to the time needed to achieve the planned actions on the ventilation, one should, however, keep in mind that it is important to avoid any bouncing effect between different (adjacent or distant) fan systems. Therefore a simulation of the unsteady-state flows could allow us to learn more about the propagation of transients within the network, and their possible secondary effects Among others, one question that often is raised, is to find out in which sequence and at what time schedule each of the fans in a network should e.g. be started up? Another typical problem, into which an unsteady-state simulation could provide some insight is the following: how should the facilities of variable pitch angle and/or changeable RPM of several fans operating in parallel be handled and combined in order to obtain a flow rate that changes gradually from zero to its maximum value i.e. the sum of the individual throughput flows of all the fans. The literature is not very abundant on the topic of simulating transient flows in networks. There is no doubt that numerical models have been developed (Pollak, Christensen, 1987), most of the time for particular applications (Wala, Kim, 1985), (Tanaskovic et al., 1984), (Schultz, Sockel, 1991), etc. The aim of this paper is to present a model that also simulates one-dimensional compressible flows in unsteady-state conditions with, however, the specific intent to handle networks with more than one fan. PROBLEM STATEMENT The mathematical model chosen to describe the unsteady flows in a ventilation network is based on the dynamic and continuity equations applied to each of its airways. The following basic assumptions are made : - the flow in the airway is considered to be one- dimensional, - - the flow is assumed to be fully turbulent, and hence the ATKINSON equation for calculating the friction losses will be applied. Whether this equation remains valid for transient state flows remains an open question. However, this may reasonably be assumed since the interesting flow frequencies are low. A discussion may be found in (Kämpf, 1987) ; - the airways are assumed to have a constant cross- sectional area along their length. If obviously this would not be the case, it is always possible to subdivide the concerned airway into sections for which the previous assumption holds. Applying the basic equations of mass and energy conservation, the flow in each branch may be described by the Euler equation for Newtonian flows.| | <urn:uuid:600ea0dd-ac34-46f8-86cc-4d8eb2e30a5c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.onemine.org/document/abstract.cfm?docid=2633&title=Transient-Flows-In-Ventilation-Networks | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.950914 | 628 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Date: 26 June 2021; 09:45 UT
Summary of Space Weather.
A new Sunspot AR2835 has emerged on the solar disc and its cracking with minor B – Class solar flares. The geomagnetic
conditions are quiet at all levels. The solar wind speed has declined.
Space Weather parameters / observations;
Sunspot Number: 25
10.7cm Flux: 83 sfu
Solar wind speed: 397.0 km.s-1
Solar wind density: 4.6 protons.cm3
Bz: -2.2 nT (South)
Bt: 4.7 nT
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Do you have championship DNA?
When you are looking at the Super Bowl, Olympics, or NBA Finals I know one of the nagging questions is what separates the great from the gifted.
Championship DNA starts with what your parents gave you that will result in how your physical development evolves. Will you have fast twitch muscles, because that will send you on an athletic pathway towards playing table tennis based on those attributes? Will you have slow twitch muscles, because that lends itself towards a style that maximizes having a higher level of skill over ability? Will you have a huge aerobic engine that allows you to operate at a high output for a really extended time? If so, you will be able to be the last man standing on many occasion because you can simply physically outlast your opponent. Will you have an infinity amount of horsepower that allows you to be as explosive as a boxer? If so, you will be the type of player that run off some of the most devastating attack shots to even a match dramatically, or take over in the most evocative moment. Those are some of the physical attributes that are needed to be at all competitive at the high level in Table Tennis.
If you are not physically talented, then you are going to need to be mentally and emotionally gifted. Having this type of talent means that you have a very high capacity to visualize how your performance should go. This means you can paint a vivid picture of what you expect from yourself based on your physical ability and the experience gathered so far. This is not arrogance at all. The nature of sports requires that someone be first, and someone be last. Inside your mind you just can’t see yourself being last. Being at the front, winning, being victorious, and standing on the top spot is a mental picture you have painted. Where the emotional aspect of your make-up comes into play is when you face resistance to the mental picture you have created with regards to what you expect from yourself. The really emotionally gifted athletes are able to will themselves into the performance that they have painted in their mind. The more resistance they are faced with, the more the athlete is able to push through to fully actualize the full potential of their emotional capacity right in the heat of battle. This is how you can see a really confident look on an athlete’s face when absolutely everything is on the line. You can only see that because they are only able to visual that picture, regardless of the moment they are in.
Where you have seen the most dramatic sports moments is when you have seen someone emotionally fall apart right in the middle of competition. The first time that I really witnessed this was for the 1992 Olympic trials went Dan Obrien failed to quality for the Olympic decathlon. There was a huge sports campaign asking the public would they choose Dan or Dave leading up to the Olympics. Dan had an emotional breakdown on the pole vault for a height he needed to clear that was preliminary. This emotional brain fart was the by-product of looking at who would win the Olympics before he had actually even made the Olympic Team. He was number 1 in the world, but he hadn’t painted a strong enough picture about what he would do if he faced resistance. What made it even more dramatic was the resistance that he experienced, came from within him. He was not being pushed by anyone during a preliminary qualifying pole vault. He had a picture of who would win the Olympics, but he had no emotional playbook with regards to how he would have to overcome any obstacle in front of him during the process. He had to sit on that emotional brain fart for 4 years to redeem himself and he won goal in 1996, which closes the circle and answers all the questions. Had he never come back to win in Atlanta, then he would have spent the rest of his life with that splinter sticking out of his brain.
In my career this was something that I was face with and had to overcome. In the 1998 National Collegiate Singles Finals, I was up 20-15 in the fifth against Sean Lonergan. Something shifted in my head and I lost 7 points in the row to lose 22-20. I knew exactly what happened that was responsible for the emotional breakdown in the match. Before the finals a player from MIT offered to buy the Newgy Robot that is awarded to the winner. When I won the point at 19-15 to go up match point, I started looking for him the crowd. I was ready to collect my $600.00 for the robot. That collapse in focus is what is responsible for me losing 7 points in a row, even 4 kills shots that were way above my shoulder. It was the first time in my career that I didn’t sleep well for over 2 months. I got back to work and started focusing really hard in the heat of battle at staying in the moment.
The next year I was convinced that I was the best Collegiate player and I would prove that I could go back to this same place and produce the right kind of result that would that was opposite. What I learned over that year was to focus on the competition, and not the result. When you are focused on the competition, conquering the style is the theme. When you are focused on the result it is too shallow, because you are just looking for the victory. Focusing on the competition, strategy, and tactics is exactly how I was able to win the Collegiate Singles with any kind of emotional breakdown. Emotional breakdowns are everywhere and they are hard to pinpoint in the heat of battle, and even more of a challenge to overcome if you can’t compartmentalize every aspect of your performance.
Mike Tyson is another example of an emotional breakdown. During his boxing Mike career Tyson was one of the most feared boxers. If you watched his fights there weren’t many of his opponents that were willing to stand toe to toe and fight him. His first real emotional challenge came by way of Evander Holyfield. He was the first fighter to stand in front of Mike Tyson and throw punch for punch. In fact, he bullied Tyson by pushing him around, laying on his shoulders, and locking up his arms. Instead of digging deep to force his mental picture of the performance, he had a flight moment. He escaped the moment by biting Evander’s ear. The fight continued and Tyson cemented his flight moment by biting Evander’s other ear. Mills Lane stopped the fight, but what he did was let Tyson off the competitive hook because he had no response to Evander’s picture he had painted about his approach to this fight. The next year they fought again, and Evander stopped Mike Tyson and scored a TKO. Even without the flight moment Tyson still couldn’t will himself to create another picture when faced with the emotional resistance. It is overlooked but the mental and emotional aspect of your sports development is also a muscle you have to develop and tone just like your arms or legs.
If you are not dealing with what your parents passed on to you, or what you have had to development inside your mind, then the only other development is the technical supremacy. Table Tennis is made up of so many intricate skillsets, that it will take years to master them all at a level that can be considered elite. Hours and hours of training on the table until you have absolutely chiseled out a masterpiece with regards to your skill development. That means no one can simple walk on the court and beat you because your skillset is weak or erratic. When playing a lower player, the higher player simple expects for the lower player to have some type of collapse. If you have mastered your skillset then a player that is better than you will walk away from the match knowing they actually had to be better, instead of your skill development failing you.
The last piece of your championship DNA is making your technique perfect. One of the main aspects lacking in table tennis is access to quality training that can put the player on a steep incline to improve. Most players don’t have a true understanding of how to analyze their performance. There is a big pie to dissect when they are looking at whether their performance leans towards improving the physical aspect, the mental and emotional aspect, as well as the technical aspect. This is what leaves players frustrated and ensure about what direction they need to go in. Also, in US Table Tennis, one of the biggest obstacles is having a consistent competition environment. Playing tournament is the way you can test the state of your Championship DNA. Tournaments are usually months away, which don’t allow you to fully polish off the aspect of competing to a point that the entire process is transformed into a well-oiled machine. Another obstacle is the US Rating system that has parents and players afraid of losing rating points because it can dramatically affect sponsorship, or placement on a team. Championship DNA trumps all of those pitfalls because it is about what you are made of, instead of where you currently are in your development.
If you are interested in reaching your full potential in Table Tennis, then you are going to have to exhaust every possible avenue of improvement until you know there is nothing left to analyze. Championship DNA is in every person, so go out there and reach your “Table Tennis Potential”.
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Mid-Hudson Valley Weather: Above normal temps to continue, heat advisory issued Monday
Temperatures in the mid-Hudson region may feel hotter than 100 degrees on Monday due to a mix of high heat and humidity.
That's according to Christina Speciale, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Albany, who said residents are advised to remain indoors as heat-related illnesses are possible. A heat advisory is issued for the region between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
"We are trying to tell people to take it easy," Speciale said. "And if you are outside, try to limit any kind of arduous outdoor work. If you do have to do it and you're in construction, certainly take more breaks, have extra water and make sure you have appropriate clothing to stay safe from the heat."
The remainder of the week is expected to be hotter than the normal seasonal high temperature in the mid-80s. However, Speciale said it won't be as hot as Monday. Tuesday's high is expected to be near 91 degrees with a low of 68. Severe weather, including thunderstorms and showers, is expected Tuesday afternoon, Speciale said.
Wednesday's high may reach 90 degrees with a low near 67. The high on Thursday is expected to cool down to 88 degrees and a low of 64. Rain showers in the afternoon are forecast for both days.
Friday is expected to "dry out," Speciale said. The high is expected to be near 87 degrees with a low around 65.
The weather service offers tips for how to navigate the heat:
- Stay hydrated and cool.
- Keep track of pets and check up on family and neighbors.
- Be wary of pets, children and senior citizens who can't monitor themselves.
- Reschedule activities to early morning and evenings.
- Wear lightweight and loose-fitting clothing
- Anyone overcome by heat should move to cool and shaded locations.
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Smaller than our other dry erase whiteboard sheets, the 4″ x 6″ size is perfect for small indoor projects. The dry erase whiteboard sheets are magnetic receptive and magnets will adhere to the glossy white dry erase finish.
Easy to Use – Simply Peel the Release Paper and Stick to the Indoor Surface
The stronger the magnet you use, the stronger the magnetic pull will be on the dry erase whiteboard sheet. We recommend using rare earth magnets (neodymium magnets) on the dry erase whiteboard if you are holding up light items like one or two sheets of paper, a picture, etc. We recommend using a magnet that is 1″ or larger for card stock or other items that are heavier and thicker. The permanent pressure sensitive adhesive on the back ensures good adhesion to your surface.
The sheets are easy to cut with scissors, so get creative and make different sizes and shapes!
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Connecting test equipment to energized motors through an easy access Motor Test Access Panel (MTAP) has greatly improved the safety and efficiency of electric motor testing. However, when it comes to medium voltage VFD’s some considerations are important.
Line Side of the VFD:
– The Line Side of the VFD can be monitored using an MTAP2 and 5A rated CTs provided there are line side PTs that typically output 120V Phase-Phase (~35:1 ratio).
– To monitor the Line Side Voltage, simply connect the MTAP2 voltage leads to the PT output.
– To monitor the Line Side Current of the VFD, connect the MTAP2 CT’s to the existing Secondary CTs that are typically present.
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7 things you should know about TSA's new coronavirus guidelines
TSA is making changes because of current health concerns. From carry-on items to identification requirements, you may notice changes in the security line next time you're at an airport.
TSA Regional Spokesperson Mark Howell says these changes are made to allow passengers to take health precautions while maintaining a high level of security. "We're taking into consideration not only the security piece where we want people to go through security screening, but we're also taking everybody's health into consideration, too," Howell says, "and thinking about those things in terms of limiting interactions and allowing some additional things at the checkpoint."
TSA agents may ask passengers to pull down their masks to verify their identity. Passengers can wear masks in the security screening, but must take it off if the mask contains metal. Agents may also ask passengers to remove the mask if it is bulky.
Previously, agents took the boarding pass and ID from the traveler. TSA is working to eliminate contact between agents and passengers, so passengers are now asked to hold up their documents to verify their identity, and agents will not ask for the documents unless it's necessary.
TSA is working to reduce the number of bags it must search. TSA asks that passengers remove those items, especially food. It reduces the chance that agents will need to search your bag.
Passengers may travel with up to 12 oz containers of hand sanitizer in carry on bags. This change is for liquid sanitizer only. All other liquids must remain in containers 3.4 oz or smaller. Sanitizer wipes are also allowed in carryon bags with no limits.
DMV locations shut down because of COVID-19. Since travelers could not get licenses renewed, TSA says IDs expired after March 1, 2020 are still accepted. If you need to renew your license in Kansas, visit the
to renew online or make an appointment for an in-person renewal.
TSA was going to require REAL IDs starting October 1, 2020. That is now pushed back to October 1, 2021.
TSA is working with health officials to determine best practices. Before you fly, check on the
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The DICT Development Group
2 definitions found
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
GNU C Compiler / GNU Compiler Collection (GNU)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
The GNU Compiler Collection, which
currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C,
Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these
languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc).
GCC formerly meant the GNU C compiler, which is a very high
quality, very portable compiler for C, C++ and Objective
The compiler supports multiple front-ends and multiple
back-ends by translating first into Register Transfer
Language and from there into assembly code for the target
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/)">Bug Reports (http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/).
FTP gcc-2.X.X.tar.gz from your nearest GNU archive site.
Mailing lists: email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.org
["Using and Porting GNU CC", R.M. Stallman, 1992-12-16].
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Growing up, I was a part of a family that didn’t believe in allowances. Our allowances were having a roof over our head, food in our stomachs, a bed to sleep in, an education and a family that provided everything I needed.
To be fair, this mindset partially stems from the fact that my siblings and I were adopted by our grandparents, who both grew up towards the end of The Great Depression. That background really puts things into perspective. They couldn’t afford to waste anything for fear of going without in the future.
Whether or not children and teenagers ought to be given allowances is entirely up to debate (and circumstance). Each side has valid points. Those who support the idea believe it teaches responsibility in money management, and if done correctly, it could provide a valuable foundation for the future. I’ve heard methods such as starting off with small amounts and increasing monthly payments over time. Provided a family has the means to pay their children, and the dedication to teaching them how to earn and manage it, this could work out.
Of course, not all families can afford to pay their children allowances.
Many people against the idea believe it teaches entitlement and spoils the child. There is a saying that is relevant to this idea: “People want acknowledgment for things they should already be doing.” It’s a parent’s job to teach their children responsibility. Chores such as cleaning their room, helping around the house, doing their laundry, getting good grades, or even going the extra mile are things we are all responsible for once we’re old enough to do them. Never, even as an adult, have I been paid to complete any of these responsibilities. Rarely have I ever wished to be paid for them either.
Now, this is not to say my parents never rewarded me, but they taught me to never expect payment for doing the right thing. I would watch how both my parents handled their finances and learned the value of being frugal. They would sit down with me and explain to me what they were doing. They encouraged questions. Of course, every household is different. Like many, my parents couldn’t afford to give me an allowance, so they taught me the value of responsibility the way they were while growing up: through hard work and gratitude for everything I had.
As someone who was adopted, a different choice several years ago could have put me in very different circumstances. I knew this. The roof over my head, the food in my stomach, the very bed I slept in — they didn’t have to be mine. How could I expect my parents to pay me for things I should already be doing? They didn’t hire me; they worked hard day in and day out to make sure I had a good home. It was my responsibility to honor those choices by doing everything I could to give back. While it’s true my background affords me this conservative perspective, it’s a perspective anyone could benefit from. | <urn:uuid:b59f698c-1401-465a-bc70-712fabd98018> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://houstoniannews.com/2017/09/26/hold-allowances-spoil-child-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.983137 | 623 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Incorporation by reference
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) strives to develop regulations that promote innovation and reduce administrative burden. At the same time, these regulations should also give CFIA the tools to ensure food safety and protect plant and animal health. Incorporation by reference (IbR) is one approach that supports these objectives.
IbR is a drafting technique that brings the content of a document into a regulation without having to copy it into the regulation's text. This technique allows CFIA to update these documents with greater flexibility to maintain an agile and flexible regulatory regime.
To support this practice, CFIA's Incorporation by Reference Policy describes a clear and comprehensive process for selecting IbR documents. The policy outlines the general principles and processes that CFIA follows when identifying documents appropriate for IbR and making modifications to those documents. The principles of accessibility, transparency, consistency, reasonableness and clarity form the foundation of the policy.
For a current list of IbR documents in regulatory provisions that CFIA administers, please visit the Inventory of documents incorporated by reference.
Documents incorporated in CFIA-administered regulations may be modified to align with the most up-to-date scientific findings, commercial innovations, or shifts in international relations.
CFIA will notify domestic stakeholders and international trading partners of proposed modifications to internal documents and give them the opportunity to comment, where required.
Consultations on existing internal documents incorporated by reference will be posted on CFIA's Consultations and engagement page.
When an external party informs CFIA of its intent to modify an incorporated document, CFIA will provide notice in the section below. For more information on external documents, see CFIA's Incorporation by Reference Policy.
- There are no current documents under revision
Guidance on requesting modifications to IbR documents
- How to request a modification to a document incorporated by reference by CFIA into the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations or the food-related provisions of the Food and Drug Regulations
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Innovative edtech tools such as adaptive courseware can tailor the learning experience to the individual and, when implemented effectively, contribute toward increases in student success. This is particularly helpful for students who may otherwise struggle in a traditional learning format.
The network will help colleges and universities target course completion and improve student retention with a variety of options, ranging from webinars and implementation guidebooks to technical assistance and extended site visits. Work will begin in Texas, Ohio, and Florida, and then will expand nationwide with plans to reach approximately 200 institutions.
As the four-year initiative proceeds, the network will strive to raise awareness about how adaptive courseware and personalized learning can be effective and, by improving course completion rates, can improve student retention as a result.
Some of the network partners, including the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, plan to leverage the investment in their direct work with institutions.
“While most colleges and universities are aware of the benefits that adaptive learning can offer students and instructors, many institutions are unsure of the process for effectively implementing adaptive courseware on their campus,” says Karen Vignare, executive director of the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities Personalized Learning Consortium, which is currently overseeing work among eight public universities that have scaled adaptive courseware to nearly 75,000 course enrollments across 16 disciplines. “The resources and support of this network will allow this work to scale across a broader range of institutions and promote success to an even greater number of students.”
The groups also will focus on analyzing data and making sure the lessons gleaned from the initiative are leveraged by institutions.
“Experience tells us that closing equity gaps in course outcomes requires thoughtful use of data on student learning processes and outcomes,” says Barbara Means, executive director of Learning Sciences Research at Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization devoted to closing the Digital Learning Gap and part of Every Learner Everywhere. “Digital Promise is committed to helping educational institutions design and implement data collection and analysis processes that indicate whether their use of digital learning is helping a broader group of students succeed. We’ll also synthesize findings across institutions to identify how to best use adaptive learning with different kinds of students and for different learning goals.”
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Virtual worlds through the power of words!
Create and share your very own text adventure. Interactive Story provides all the tools you need to create, test and publish your own interactive fiction. Share privately with your friends or publish to the world in the public library. Access to the library and the authoring tools is completely free.
Interactive Story also supports collaborative authoring. For fun or for education, the Interactive Story collaborative mode allows any number of individuals to add and modify their own actions, events and scenes to a story. The story development is automatically coordinated within the cloud. Each action and scene acknowledges the author and can be rated by the readership. Interactive Story offers a fresh approach to creative writing, making story telling a social engagement that is educational, challenging and fun.
The Interactive Story portal has four sections, the Editor, the Library, the Reader and the Collaboration.
- is designed to be used on any device regardless of screen size.
- uses a writers approach to Interactive Fiction. Think in terms of scenes with events with actions, where objects and items facilitate the the story progression.
- is tightly integrated with the full development life-cycle (write, test, review, publish and sell).
- is completely free form, there is no special syntax or style to learn.
- prompts you at each stage of the story development, just like playing a game.
- provides bookmarks that let you to test immediately from any scene.
- supports offline editing within your browser.
- allows export and import of story data as XML files.
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By Alex Von Tunzelmann
On the morning of 20 October, the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent messages to American military commands worldwide, warning that tensions in Cuba—about which they were not specific—might call for military action soon. Trouble could break out anywhere: Turkey, Iran, Berlin. That very morning, trouble did break out in the Himalayas. China launched simultaneous attacks on the Himalayan extremes of India, at Ladakh in the west, and along the McMahon Line in the east. Still in the habit of forgetting about the Sino- Soviet split, the Kennedy administration did wonder whether China was acting in synchrony with the USSR, and if this was to be the great showdown: the all-out world war against communism that they had feared. Fortunately, it was just a coincidence.
At noon Washington time on 22 October, it was announced that President Kennedy would be appearing on television at 7:00 pm to address the nation.
In Moscow, it was early evening. “They’ve probably discovered our missiles,” said Khrushchev to his son, Sergei. But those missiles were defenseless, and could be taken out with an air strike— if the Americans could find them all. Discovery had come too soon. He called an emergency meeting of the Presidium.
“The thing is we were not going to unleash war,” he said, his face flushed, his manner agitated. “We just wanted to intimidate them, to deter the anti- Cuban forces.” At that moment, he realized what a mistake it had been not to listen to Fidel’s pleas, and make public his agreement to arm the Cubans. “They can attack us,” he said, “and we shall respond. This may end up a big war.”
Fidel, too, was preparing for a big war. Just as during the Bay of Pigs, he remained in Havana, and dispatched his three most important commanders to their usual regional posts: Che Guevara to Pinar del Rio, Juan Almeida to Santa Clara, Raúl Castro to Oriente. At 3:50 pm Havana time— 4:50 pm in Washington— he placed the army on combat alert. At 5:35 pm—twenty- five minutes before Kennedy was due to speak— he declared a general combat alarm. All 400,000 of Cuba’s armed combatants were mobilized: 100,000 troops, 170,000 reserves, and the rest militia and People’s Defense units. He also had the support of 43,000 Soviet troops, which the CIA had underestimated as 10,000.
* * *
On the morning of 26 October, Nikita Khrushchev was given a gray folder filled with intelligence reports. As he skimmed through them, one caught his eye. It said that Kennedy was gearing up for a full amphibious invasion of Cuba, and the removal of Fidel Castro. When Khrushchev read it, according to his deputy foreign minister, Vasily Kuznetsov, “he dropped a load in his pants.”
The report was based on a conversation between two American journalists, overheard by a Russian bartender, at the National Press Club in Washington two evenings before. It was wrong; though invasion was an option under consideration, it had not been ordered. But the report prompted Khrushchev to dictate a hurried, emotional letter to Kennedy. In it, he insisted that the missiles had only been intended to defend Cuba—not to launch a first strike against the United States. If Kennedy promised not to invade Cuba and withdrew his fleet, this would all be over.
With the arrival of this letter, several of those in Ex-Comm thought they had already won. General LeMay was an exception, grunting that Khrushchev must think “we are a bunch of dumb shits, if we swallow that syrup.”
Khrushchev’s letter had taken twelve hours to reach Kennedy, owing to the laborious process of translation and transmission then required. During those twelve hours, things moved on. The Soviet forces poised to attack Guantánamo Bay had been ordered to move to a new position, just fifteen miles from the base. Cruise missiles, which the local Soviet commanders could fire on their own authority, were maneuvered into their launch positions. Tropical rain had been bucketing down all day. On the other side of the perimeter, thousands of marines sat in their steamy, sodden trenches, unaware of the extraordinary danger that lurked beyond the barbed wire fence.
Less than four hours after dispatching his letter to the American embassy, Khrushchev had received further information that an American attack on Cuba was not imminent after all. Reassured, he composed a second letter, more bullish in tone. “Your rockets are situated in Britain, situated in Italy and are aimed against us,” he wrote. “Your rockets are situated in Turkey. You are worried by Cuba. You say that it worries you because it is a distance of 90 miles by sea from the coast of America, but Turkey is next to us. Our sentries walk up and down and look at each other. Do you consider that you have the right to demand security for your own country and the removal of those weapons which you call offensive and do not acknowledge the same right for us?”
This was such a departure in tone from the previous letter that Mac Bundy would wonder whether Khrushchev might have been overthrown. In fact, it represented only a new confidence among the Soviets. The game was back on.
On the afternoon of 26 October, Fidel Castro met General Issa Pliyev, the Soviet commander in Cuba. Fidel told Pliyev that he had decided to shoot down any American planes they could hit. He did not have access to the Soviets’ surface- to- air missiles; it would have to be done with conventional weapons. “I told them that we had decided to fire against the low-level flights— those were the only ones we could reach,” he remembered.
“These planes were, in effect, training daily on how they could destroy our weapons.” Pliyev told him that the Soviet forces in Cuba were now ready for war. Neither was aware that Khrushchev now did not believe that an invasion was coming. Fidel himself was now convinced that American forces would land within seventy-two hours.
If that was so, Fidel knew Pliyev would strike back. He took the news to the rest of the Cuban leadership. Their meeting lasted until two in the morning. Though no record of that meeting has been released, the indication is that the other Cuban leaders must have been of the same mind as Fidel. On leaving the meeting, he went directly to see Aleksandr Alekseyev, and asked him to help draft in Russian a good- bye letter to Nikita Khrushchev.
Alekseyev provided beer and sausage, while Fidel went through at least ten versions of his letter. Both men were exhausted, and, though Alekseyev’s Spanish was good, it was not perfect. Fidel was trying to phrase an idea both precise and delicate. Translating this into Russian would have been no easy task under any circumstances.
During one draft , Alekseyev asked directly if Fidel really meant what it seemed he did: that the USSR should launch a first nuclear strike against the United States.
“No,” replied Fidel. “I don’t want to say that directly, but under certain circumstances, we must not wait to experience the perfidy of the imperialists, letting them initiate the first strike and deciding that Cuba should be wiped off the face of the earth.”
Fidel wrote that he could see two possibilities in the American response: either air strikes or—less likely, but possible—a full invasion. In the event of a full invasion, he said, Khrushchev must not let concern for Cuba weaken his resolve.
“If . . . the imperialists invade Cuba with the goal of occupying it, the danger that that aggressive policy poses for humanity is so great that following that event the Soviet Union must never allow the circumstances in which the imperialists could launch the first nuclear strike against it.
“I tell you this because I believe that the imperialists’ aggressiveness is extremely dangerous and if they actually carry out the brutal act of invading Cuba in violation of international law and morality, that would be the moment to eliminate such danger forever through an act of clear legitimate defense, however harsh and terrible the solution would be, for there is no other.”
This letter was intended as a declaration of Cuba’s willingness to perform the supreme sacrifice. If the United States invaded, Cuba would be destroyed. But Cuba, Fidel was saying, was prepared to face that. If it happened, Khrushchev should have neither fear nor hesitation. Such a war would escalate, and the only option, as Fidel saw it, was to strike back hard and fast. To save the people of the Soviet Union from being annihilated at the next step, Khrushchev should, if Cuba were invaded, destroy the United States.
It was a shocking letter, and revealing. Fidel’s reluctance to receive the missiles in the first place, and his repeated pleas that the deal be made public, had indicated that he understood the danger he was taking on by accepting Soviet nuclear weapons. Though he had reservations, he had accepted them anyway. He had also accepted the secrecy. By doing so, he had taken a terrible risk on the part of the Cuban people. The leaders of Britain, Turkey, Italy, and other countries who had accepted the missiles of superpowers had put their people on the front line of any potential nuclear war, too— but those leaders had not concealed this fact. When Fidel came to believe, on that dark, tense, drizzly night in Havana, that the hour really had come, and Cuba could be annihilated, he was explicitly prepared to let it happen. Patria o muerte was a proud cry when he made it for himself and for the men and women who willingly signed up to his cause. It took on a very different air when that pride drove him to put 7 million civilians in the line of fire.
Little did Fidel know that Khrushchev did not have the capacity to destroy the United States, except to some extent from Cuba. “The aim was to strengthen him [Khrushchev] morally, because I knew that he had to be suffering greatly, intensely,” Fidel remembered. “I thought I knew him well. I thought I knew what he was thinking and that he must have been at that time very anxious over the situation.”
At twenty minutes to seven in the morning, Havana time, Fidel’s letter went into the laborious transmission system. Alekseyev added a short cable summarizing the Cuban leader’s thoughts as best he could. That cable took an hour to reach Moscow, and the information in it would not be relayed to Khrushchev for almost twelve hours. During those hours, the situation would change dramatically again.
That morning, 27 October, Major Rudolf Anderson climbed into his U-2 in Orlando, Florida, and set out to fly over military sites in Cuba. His mission, specifically, was to fly over the Guantánamo area and photograph Soviet and Cuban positions. The Pentagon and the CIA were unaware that nuclear cruise missiles had just been maneuvered into position within fifteen miles of the American base.
Anderson began filming as he approached Esmeralda, a known surface-to-air missile site halfway down Cuba’s north coast. As usual, the Soviet air defense system in Camagüey was tracking him from the moment he entered Cuban airspace. He continued south-southeast to another site at Manzanillo, and then turned more sharply east over the Sierra Maestra to survey another at Santiago de Cuba. From Santiago, he flew over Guantánamo—almost certainly directly over the cruise missile deployments the Soviets had just finished putting up.
General Stepan Naumovich Grechko was the Soviet air force’s head of military plans in Cuba. “Our guest has been up there for over an hour,” he said to his deputy. “I think we should give the order to shoot [his plane] down, as it is discovering our positions in depth.”
His deputy agreed. If the Americans saw the Soviets preparing to hit Guantánamo, the results could be disastrous. Grechko attempted to telephone General Pliyev, but could not reach him. Major Anderson’s U-2 had already turned back toward Florida, and was approaching Nipe Bay. There were only minutes in which to make the decision.
“Very well,” Grechko said. “Let’s take responsibility ourselves.”
At 10:16 Havana time, he sent an order to Camagüey to use two surface-to-air missiles, and shoot down the U-2.
Three minutes later, Anderson was near the town of Banes, on the north coast of Nipe Bay. Without warning, two missiles zoomed up at him from among the trees. There was an explosion in the sky. Anderson was killed instantly. Smoldering parts of the U-2 crashed down into the forest.
Within the same hour, another American U-2 pilot, Chuck Maultsby, went off course in a surveillance mission from Alaska over the North Pole, and flew three hundred miles into Soviet airspace over the Chukotka Peninsula. Maultsby realized just how badly lost he was when he turned on the radio and heard balalaika music. Soviet jets were scrambled to shoot him down. American fighters had also taken off , trying to guide him back. Maultsby made repeated Mayday calls over open radio asking for directions. Fortunately, he made his way back to Alaska intact, and both the Soviet and American planes returned to their bases.
“There is always some son of a bitch who doesn’t get the word,” moaned Kennedy.
On the other side, the son of a bitch who hadn’t got the word was General Grechko. “You have been precipitate in shooting the plane down while our negotiations with the U.S. authorities are progressing successfully,” telegraphed an angry Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, Soviet minister of defense. In fact, if Grechko was right that Anderson’s U-2 had photographed cruise missile deployments around Guantánamo, shooting down the plane was a sensible military decision. Had those pictures been seen in Washington, they could well have prompted immediate air strikes or an invasion— and either of those would have killed a lot more people than shooting down one U-2.
Ex- Comm was considering exchanging American missiles in Turkey and Italy for Soviet missiles in Cuba (Kennedy was for it, but Bundy against) when news came through of Major Anderson’s disappearance. In the event of a U-2 being shot down, it had been agreed already that the Pentagon would be authorized to take out a surface- to- air missile site. The Joint Chiefs of Staff were firmly in favor of air strikes on 29 October if the Soviets did not get on with dismantling the missile bases before then, and an invasion as early as 30 October.
“I’m not convinced yet of an invasion, because I think that’s a bit much,” Jack Kennedy replied. But he did order everyone to prepare for that eventuality. In one last attempt at negotiation, he wrote a final letter to Khrushchev. It offered to lift the blockade and pledge not to invade Cuba if the Soviet Union removed its missiles. Though no direct reference was made in the note to a swap for the missiles in Turkey or Italy, it did state that “the effect of such a settlement on easing world tensions would enable us to work toward a more general arrangement regarding ‘other armaments,’ as you proposed in your second letter.”
Losing the Turkish and Italian missiles would not, for the United States, represent a great sacrifi ce. They were considered all but obsolete, and Kennedy had considered removing them just two months before. But a host of concerns about looking weak, and making NATO look weak, obliged the president to keep the offer private. Bobby Kennedy was sent to deliver Kennedy’s letter in person to the Soviet ambassador, Anatoly Dobrynin. He was to emphasize that the next twenty-four hours were crucial. If the Soviets did not start dismantling their bases, Jack Kennedy’s hand would be forced to further action. Furthermore, Bobby was to say that Jack could not announce the removal of the missiles in Turkey and Italy, owing to pressures inside his administration and the United States’ prestige with its allies. They would nonetheless be removed within “four or five months.”
By eight o’clock that evening, Bobby Kennedy was on his way to the Department of Justice, with his brother’s last offer for peace in his hand.
* * *
A little less than two hours earlier—1:10 am, Moscow time—Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko had telephoned Nikita Khrushchev, and read him a summary of Fidel’s letter.
“He proposed that to prevent destruction of our missile installations, we should immediately strike first, dealing a thermonuclear blow to the United States,” Khrushchev remembered in his memoirs. “When this message was read aloud to us, we sat there in silence, looking at one another for a long time. It became clear at that point that Fidel absolutely did not understand our intentions.”
Despite all of Alekseyev’s careful drafting, Khrushchev did not read the letter as a noble statement of Cuban self-sacrifice, and did not seem to understand that Fidel was advocating a nuclear response only in the event of a full invasion of Cuba. He thought that Fidel wanted him to bang his fist down on the big red button and nuke the United States there and then. Comrade Fidel seemed to have lost his mind— and Comrade Fidel was sitting on an island ninety miles from the United States, on top of a stack of Soviet nuclear weapons with the combined destructive power of four thousand Hiroshimas. As Edwin Martin, undersecretary of state for Latin American affairs, later put it, “Even under Soviet control there was serious risk of irresponsible Cuban initiatives, given the military’s dominance in Cuba.” Soviet troops were outnumbered by Cubans under arms almost ten to one, but that hardly mattered. Fidel, Raúl, and Che were heroes, personal friends, and, above all, comrades to many of the Soviet commanders. They might not need to fight them. The full horror of the situation he had set up finally dawned on the Soviet premier. Khrushchev panicked, and summoned the Presidium to his dacha.
Oleg Troyanovsky, Khrushchev’s special assistant for international affairs, was at the meeting. Fidel’s letter was terrifying enough. Soon afterward, the message from Bobby Kennedy to Anatoly Dobrynin arrived, too. Dobrynin emphasized, said Troyanovsky, that “there were many hotheads in Washington who were demanding an attack against Cuba, and it was quite understandable that it was going to be difficult for the president to keep everything under control.” Furthermore, they had a report that Kennedy was to address the nation again, at 5:00 pm Moscow time. “Everybody agreed that Kennedy intended to declare war, to launch an attack.”
Khrushchev saw that the only option was an immediate withdrawal of Soviet nuclear weapons from Cuba. There was no time to consult, or even inform, Fidel. In any case, Khrushchev stated in his memoirs, it had been Fidel’s letter that forced the withdrawal. With Fidel fi xated, as he seemed to be, on a glorious death, Khrushchev could not risk an invasion pushing him over the edge.
At ten o’clock Washington time on the morning of 28 October, Radio Moscow broadcast the news that the Soviet missile sites in Cuba would be dismantled. In the White House, there was euphoria. The crisis was over.
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PITTSBORO — Water contamination issues have for years been the exigent asterisk beside glowing reports of Pittsboro’s budding reputation.
A month ago, residents’ frustration was evoked anew when the town was blindsided by a new “slug” of upstream pollution. Dangerous concentrations of 1,4-Dioxane were discharged into the Haw River — the source of Pittsboro’s drinking water — from a Greensboro water treatment plant. And it’s not the first time upstream cities have contaminated downstream supplies with a suspected carcinogen.
In 2018, a research team led by Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment Professor Heather Stapleton discovered disconcerting levels of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in the town’s tap water — well in excess of the Environmental Protection Agency’s recommended limit. Since then, scientists have consistently identified alarming concentrations of the chemical family in Pittsboro’s water.
“There are multiple known sources of contamination stemming from within the municipalities of Reidsville, Burlington and Greensboro,” a report from the Pittsboro Water Quality Task Force said in October.
In April, a nationwide study by Consumer Reports found Pittsboro had higher concentrations of PFAS in its water compared to any other sample site in the country — and by a lot. Pittsboro’s water sample contained 80.2 parts per trillion of PFAS, a staggering figure. Albeit infinitesimal, just a few parts per trillion can be of detriment to the human body when consumed regularly over several years.
But the problem is unlikely to change without governmental intervention. Both PFAS and 1,4-Dioxane are prolific in factory effluent and commonly-used products.
But just how dangerous are these chemical really?
• “There have been a number of studies investigating health effects from exposure to PFAS,” Stapleton said in a presentation of her team’s findings last year, “and we know based on these studies — laboratory studies and human epidemiological studies — that higher exposure to PFAS is associated with risks for thyroid disease, increased blood cholesterol levels, reduction in our bodies’ abilities to fight off viruses, reduction in our response to vaccines — so, implicating our immune systems — and implications for reproduction and birth outcomes.”
• “1,4-Dioxane is a likely human carcinogen ...” the EPA reports. “The physical and chemical properties and behavior of 1,4-dioxane create challenges for its characterization and treatment. It is highly mobile and does not readily biodegrade in the environment.”
There’s much to be said about PFAS and 1,4-Dioxane water contamination, as the News + Record has often reported for the past several years. But here are the most important facts you must know to preserve your health:
Only ingestion of contaminated water is dangerous: That is to say, drinking 1,4-Dioxane and PFAS contaminated water is dangerous. But other exposure to the chemicals is unlikely to hurt you.
Health officials say it’s unlikely enough 1,4-dioxane or PFAS can be obsorbed into your body through bathing, washing dishes or other household water use to be of major concern.
There are home solutions: some home water purifiers protect against 1,4-Dioxane and PFAS, although they come with hefty up-front costs. Of the two chemicals, PFAS is a bit easier to remove. Both reverse osmosis filters and granular activated coal systems will do the trick. For 1,4-Dioxane, you must select reverse osmosis.
A less expensive option in the short-term is to sidestep the water issue entirely by drinking only bottled water.
Pittsboro is the only town in Chatham that draws its drinking supply from the Haw River. Siler City, Cary and the county’s other areas use different bodies of water such as the Rocky River and Jordan Lake. Those water sources are not impervious to pollution, but they are not riddled with resilient contaminants like the Haw.
Town staff and elected officials are trying to resolve Pittsboro’s water crisis, but it’s slow going.
Under consultation from CDM Smith — an engineering and construction company, which provides water solutions for government and private clients — the board of commissioners adopted a plan in February for tiered installation of various treatment methods starting with a “fast-track” option that should be operational in less than a year.
The filtration method, known as granular activated coal (GAC), would filter approximately 90% of all PFAS from a drinking supply of at least one million gallons per day (mgd) — more than enough for the town’s water demands on all but the hottest days of the year.
The project will cost $2.5 million to $3 million.
But with 1,4-Dioxane having resurfaced in the last month, after more than a year-long absence, the town must accelerate its plan to add a reverse osmosis filtration system, Town Manager Chris Kennedy said in a special meeting of the board of commissioners last week (see coverage in this edition). The board has plans to host similar special meetings over coming months dedicated to resolution of the town’s water woes and potential action against upstream polluters.
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Surely, you’ve heard about probiotics by now. You may have even Goggled “Do probiotics clean you out” to find this article today! It seems that awareness around the health benefits of these beneficial bacteria has suddenly been spiking lately. The shocking thing is, probiotics have been around for ages. It just took some time for science to catch up!
Did you know that probiotic literally translates to “for life?” It makes sense given just how essential these bacteria are. Not only can they push out harmful organisms that throw off your microbiome, they can also help your body to better digest certain nutrients like fiber. Probiotics also enhance the digestion of vitamins especially B vitamins and generally maintain balance in the gut.
Without a doubt, one of the most intriguing aspects of probiotics for many people are the detoxifying effects they can have. In this guide, I’ve broken down all you need to know about how they can aid your body in flushing out nasty toxins and creating overall balance and superior wellness.
What are probiotics?
As you may already be aware, these friendly florae are important for a wide range of key functions in your body. Some of these key functions include optimizing your digestion, balancing your mood, supporting your immune system, and boosting your metabolism .
In fact, we rely on trillions of probiotics in the gut to maintain almost every aspect of our health and wellness .
When you’re just beginning your journey to improved gut health, you may experience some bumps on the road while introducing these beneficial bacteria into your everyday diet. It is likely a modern lifestyle has led to a depletion of probiotics, knocking your microbiome out of balance.
Antibiotics in medications and food, excessive stress, antibacterial cleaners, processed foods, sugar, and even aging can all significantly lower the population of necessary probiotics in your gut .
When you begin to replenish the friendly flora in the gut, you may feel some changes in your digestive system as the microbiome starts restoring a healthy balance. Don’t worry! These changes mark a positive shift that will bring about a slew of amazing benefits.
Where do you find probiotics?
Eager to reap the perks of probiotics? Yes, good! We all want those benefits! Yet before you hop on the bandwagon, you should know about optimal types and sources of probiotics so you can fully leverage the benefits.
First thing’s first: Always opt for soil-based probiotics (SBOs). These are superior for several reasons, namely that they are more hardy overall and therefore more effective than traditional probiotics you might find in supplements or foods like yogurt.
More About Why SBO Probotics Clean You Out
SBOs are more likely to make their way to becoming resident-forming in the lower digestive tract and they’re also more resistant to the digestive acids of the upper digestive tract and stomach. This is where they really have a positive effect.
On top of that, SBOs are encapsulated by a natural shell that protects the spores against any damage. That means they are more likely to survive, traveling all the way down the lower intestine, where they can thrive.
My soil-based probiotics are developed in a safe, controlled environment. This powerful formula is designed to promote your overall well-being, immunity and beauty by improving your digestive health. Re-balancing your levels of friendly bacteria via consumption of broad spectrum SBO’s is the single best way to restore digestive health. This formula most closely reflects what would be found in nature, and how our ancestors obtained probiotics, by eating a small amount of soil found on wild or unwashed organic food that contains beneficial bacterium.
Fermented vegetables like kimchi and sauerkraut are also decent sources of probiotics. My Probiotic & Enzyme Salad, for example, is basically a raw kraut made with green cabbage. The cultured veggies are sealed in an airtight container for several days, and storing them that way creates an environment that allows the enzymes and lactobacilli to thrive. With just a few ingredients, it’s super simple to make, and it’s a flavorful companion to really any dish.
How Probiotics Clean You Out
Clearly, probiotics can have a serious positive impact on the gastrointestinal tract. This is where food is broken down and important nutrients are absorbed. When the intestines don’t perform optimally, the rest of the body will suffer.
Toxins that accumulate in the body can come to rest in the intestines and the liver (the body’s filtering organ). For example, free radicals can build up, leading to damage to the organs as well as chronic illnesses like cancer and diabetes .
This is precisely why incorporating probiotics into your diet can be so advantageous.
These bacteria help to clean you out in the following ways:
#1 Reducing heavy metals
Heavy metals like lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium can build up in the body over time. Luckily, it has been found that certain strains of beneficial bacteria can bind to and flush these metals out of your system [5, 6].
#2 Cleaning your liver
Probiotics play a key role in liver health. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the liver affects the health of both your skin and eyes. This has been backed up by several scientific findings that emphasize the need for the body to be continuously cleansed.
With a clean liver, you’re likely to notice a more youthful complexion — I’m talking minimal to no liver spots, skin tags or moles. Did I mention you’ll also have brighter, shinier eyes? In other words, by helping to detox your liver, probiotics can have some pretty impressive beautifying effects.
#3 Excreting BPA
Things like thermal printer receipts, canned food liners, paper money, dental composites, and plastic water bottles contain an industrial chemical known as Bisphenol A and other resins. These chemicals can leak into our drinks and foods and cause a whole slew of concerning health issues.
Scary, right? Before you stress, note that probiotics can work to minimize the absorption of such chemicals and enhance excretion of BPA so that it won’t build up in your body and cause harmful health effects .
#4 Breaking down perchlorate
Perchlorate is a naturally occurring and manufactured chemical that’s found in propellants like jet fuel, but also in food packaging (it’s used to control static electricity). Sometimes it even makes its way into our drinking water.
Sadly, the same ingredient has even been found to contaminate organic foods in high concentrations, which makes it quite difficult to avoid exposure. Why worry?
Well, it’s a known endocrine disrupter that can block the iodine receptor in your thyroid, thus potentially resulting in hypothyroidism or contaminant neurological dysfunction. Fortunately, a recent study revealed that certain probiotic strains can degrade perchlorate .
# 5 Lowering toxicity in certain foods
Wheat contains a series of proteins that our bodies don’t have the genomic capability to break down by generating adequate enzymes. When those undigested proteins enter your bloodstream, they can easily wreak havoc on your general health.
Good news, recent research indicates that the body produces dozens of strains of bacteria that can break down glutinous proteins and lower their toxicity .
#6 Eliminating Candida
Antibiotics, allergies, and stress are just some of the culprits that can cause a Candida overgrowth. This condition is linked to an imbalance of gut flora, and can lead to a slew of unpleasant health conditions, including asthma, IBS, and autoimmune disorders.
Probiotics fill your intestines with beneficial bacteria, thus crowding out the harmful Candida yeast (as it has less room to grow). Not to mention, probiotics give your immune system a boost, which is so crucial for fighting off Candida once and for all.
By now, you’re likely in awe of all probiotics can do for your health and how probiotics clean you out. I don’t blame you! These friendly bacteria don’t tend to get enough credit for their wide range of capabilities. Now the question is: How do you effectively kick start your probiotic diet while coping with any side effects?
Adjusting to Probiotics
Any time you make a change in your diet, there’s a chance you may feel the effects of that change. (Don’t worry: It’s a good sign!) Luckily, there are plenty of ways you can help your body to quickly adjust to your probiotic regimen and make it work for you .
Here are some simple ways to help you beat any bloating or discomfort:
Experts recommend consuming the number of ounces equivalent to half of your body weight every day. Feel free to add some lemon to boost the alkaline level, thus further helping to clean you out.
Our bodies are designed to stay in motion for a good portion of the day, so obviously, a highly sedentary lifestyle will negatively affect the performance of your body — including all your detox powerhouses (shout out to the lymphatic and circulatory systems)!
Since the lymphatic system doesn’t have a functional pump like the heart, it requires a lot of movement to transport toxins and other wastes out of the body cells .
Any form of physical exercise you enjoy doing, whether it’s jogging, dancing, or power yoga, will help you to get things moving in the digestive tract. Why not get back in touch with your inner child? As it turns out, jumping on a trampoline can be especially effective for pushing lymph fluids around the body.
As you incorporate probiotics to clean you out, remember that probiotics are not the only piece of the health puzzle. Sticking to your plant-based diet, choosing seasonal produce and sipping on a daily Glowing Green Smoothie® are key. As well as getting adequate sleep, exercise, and incorporating digestive enzyme support. Here’s to a happy and healthy gut going forward!
In love and health,
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Free Radicals, Antioxidants in Disease and Health
Bioremediation and Tolerance of Humans to Heavy Metals through Microbial Processes: a Potential Role for Probiotics?
Probiotic bacteria as potential detoxification tools: assessing their heavy metal binding isotherms.
Effect of probiotics, Bifidobacterium breve and Lactobacillus casei, on bisphenol A exposure in rats.
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Modi announces institutional research on migratory birds
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated a convention on migratory fauna and announced the creation of an institutional facility for undertaking research and assessment for the conservation of migratory birds.
“I wish to establish an institutional facility for undertaking research, assessment, capacity development and conservation initiatives by creating a common platform. For the coming three years, India will play a leading role in the conservation of migratory birds through presidency of this convention,” Modi said via videoconferencing after inaugurating the 13th convention of ‘Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals’ here.
“India has prepared a National Action Plan for the conservation of migratory birds along the central Asian flyway. We would be happy to facilitate the preparation of action plans for other countries also. We are keen to take the conservation of migratory birds to a new level with the active cooperation of central Asian countries,” Modi said.
“Single use of plastic has been a challenge for environmental protection. We in India have taken it on a mission mode to reduce micro plastic waste. Our government has been marching ahead with the slogan ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas’,” he said.
“Millions of people living near forest areas in the country will be coopted into the formation of joint forest management committees and eco-development communities for the protection of forests and wildlife,” Modi added.
Union Minister of Forest, Environment and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar released a stamp on the conservation of migratory birds at Mahatma Mandir here on the occasion. | <urn:uuid:5f61471a-4e37-48e7-856e-c95ad1e451a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mangalorean.com/modi-announces-institutional-research-on-migratory-birds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.921471 | 350 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Behavioral assessments such as DISC can help uncover interesting insights about a person’s behavioral styles. This information can then be used to improve performance or help a person to find a job that may be most suited for their natural abilities.
Understanding the Model
Let’s overview DISC Behavioral Styles on a graph to give you a better understanding of the highs and the lows (see DISC graphic). There is a midline (also known as the energy line) at 50 and any factor above is considered “high” and any factor below is considered “low.” High is not good and low is not bad - this is just a continuum of behaviors all exhibiting different degrees of intensity. If you fall in the “extreme” range (0-10 or 90-100), these factors are much easier to observe but more difficult to adapt. If
you fall in the “tends to be” range (40-50) these factors are harder to observe but much easier to adapt up and down depending on the situation.
D measures how you approach PROBLEMS: If you are above the midline, you are more FORCEFUL (jump in and address issues immediately). If you are below the midline, you are more ACCOMMODATING (think it through, ask questions, make sure everyone agrees).
I measures how you influence PEOPLE to your point of view: If you are above the midline, you are more OPTIMISTIC (excited, persuasive, and convincing). If you are below the midline, you are more LOGICAL (factual, skeptical, more of a realist).
S measures how you respond to change and PACE: If you are above the midline, you are more STEADY (thoughtful, methodical, don’t enjoy quick change). If you are below the midline, you are more DRIVING (multitasker, very flexible, open to change). | <urn:uuid:8e516f99-cdcd-41f9-8966-08ede2169cdc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.daleygroup.com/post/uncovering-a-leader-s-achilles-heel-through-disc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.934326 | 409 | 2.59375 | 3 |
From coastal South to east of South India, starting from Kochi and ending in Chennai, this trip takes you through two contrasting; backwaters and hills of Kerala to rural and coastal sides of Tamil Nadu. A trip into the heart of Tamil Nadu gives you a chance to peek into the 2500 years old Dravidian civilization. This cycling tour will certainly transport you into civilizations before. Along with a slice of history, expect to cycle down pristine coastlines, forested mountains and bucolic small villages where children run to greet you with a big smile. The trip is planned as a melange of food, culture, classical music, temples, history and a great cycling rural topography.
- Get to see the very best of Kerala - sandy beaches, meandering backwater canals, the lush green hills and thick wilderness
- This trip acquaints you with the most famous Dravidian temples, dating back to centuries: Sree Meenakshi Temple and Thanjavur.
- Experience a little bit of France in India at the seaside town of Pondicherry.
- Get up close to the coastal and rural life of Tamil Nadu.
This trip is completely customizable
The itinerary for this trip can be customized to suit your needs from your accomodations to what gear you need for the day.
This adventure is not instantly bookable at this time.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, we recommend connecting directly to the operator via our messaging system, to create your ideal itinerary customized for your dates. | <urn:uuid:8462c8ee-98a9-4993-9780-f491e6b5bdd6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.outdoorvoyage.com/adventures/kerala-coast-to-coast-bike-trip/4800 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.894012 | 348 | 1.710938 | 2 |
In the Sparkle Sleepytime story, “Malcolm the Chipmunk,” Malcolm the chipmunk loves to snuggle. He loves it more than anything else. His parents, however, can't snuggle all the time. So Malcolm finds other clever ways to burrow up so that he can feel the hugs and squeezes he loves so much.
I have not conducted scientific studies on this, but I think most of the world can fairly be divided into burrowers and cover-kickers. In our house, we're evenly faced off. On the coldest, darkest night of winter, my daughter and husband will kick off even the lightest blanket. On the hottest, steamiest summer day, my son and I will still burrow under heavy comforters to take an afternoon nap.
But no matter which camp you fall into, everybody enjoys a fresh, cool pillowcase.
This week's craft is a super simple pillowcase. If you have an older child learning to sew, this would be a great starter project. For younger kids, you'll probably have to make it for them, but my kids really loved going to the fabric store and getting to choose their own patterns and prints.
If you like to be frugal in buying fabric, our standard size pillows used exactly 2/3 of a yard of the main fabric to complete this project. If your pillows are bigger or you don't want to live dangerously, just get a yard. That will give you more than enough to trim your pillowcase to the exact size you need, and the extra scraps are fun for making little doll quilts or ribbons for wrapping presents.
Whether your kiddos are Team Cover-Kicker or Team Burrow, a special pillowcase is a sweet way to send them off to camp or summer sleepovers with a little extra love.
Simple Homemade Pillow Cases
2/3 to 1 yard main fabric
12 inches contrasting fabric
Rotary cutter and/or scissors
Pillowcase that already fits your pillow
[Note: I was making two different pillowcases as I was doing this tutorial. Where you see either the fabric with paw prints or the pink fabric with gold dots, it's the contrasting fabric. Where you see either the dinosaur fabric or the floral “Alice in Wonderland” fabric, it's the main fabric. Additionally, all seam allowances are ½ inch, and you should backstitch at the start and end of every line of sewing.]
Then, fold the contrasting fabric in half horizontally, and press the fold. Keeping the fabric folded, sew a line through both layers about ½ inch from the edge of the fold you just made.
You should now have something that's starting to look like a pillowcase.
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About the Author
The Sparkle Kitchen Series is created by Meryl Carver-Allmond.
Meryl lives in a hundred year old house near the prairie with her sweet husband, two pre-schoolers, one puppy, one gecko, and about ten chickens. While she's been writing since she could pick up a pen, in recent years she's discovered the joy of photography, too. She feels lucky to be able to combine those skills, along with a third passion--showing people that cooking for themselves can be healthy and fun--in her weekly Sparkle Kitchen posts.
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The Belarusian community in Great Britain
The Belarusian diaspora in Great Britain dates back to the end of World War II when the first Belarusians arrived here as part of the Polish Anders’ Army. The desire to remain Belarusians, preserve their cultural heritage and soon return to their homeland moved them to create a number of Belarusian national organizations, which have become centres of cultural and religious life.
The best-known among them are the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum in London. They keep an original copy of the Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, unique 19th century Słucak belts woven from silk in a traditional Belarusian style and the archive of the Rada of the Belarusian People’s Republic. For decades the library has been attracting compatriots, Belarus academic researchers and historians from all over the world.
The Belarusian Catholic mission in London, which at various times was headed by well-known religious and public figures Bishop Česłaŭ Sipovič and Father Aleksandar Nadsan, has kept the traditions of the Belarusian Greek Catholic (Uniate) Church for more than 70 years. The Mission played a direct role in the revival of the Uniate Church in Belarus after the country proclaimed its independence in 1991. Since 2016, Belarusians in London have their own Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People.
The list of well-known Belarusian organizations includes the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain – the first Belarusian organization in the British Isles, the Anglo-Belarusian Society, which had among its members the renowned translator Vera Rich and musicologist Guy Picarda, as well as the more recent Professional Union of Belarusians in Britain.
The presidential elections on 9 August 2020 gave a new impulse to the consolidation of the Belarusian diaspora in the UK. Inspired by the events in their homeland, British Belarusians got organised through a group of Telegram channels jointly named “Nadzeya” to demonstrate solidarity and to support their compatriots in Belarus and around the world. In June 2020, three Belarusian women, the creators of the “Nadzeya” channels, organised a mass protest in front of the Belarusian Embassy in London. About 180 people took part in this protest, first in almost a decade. The protest was the beginning of the well-organised pre-election information campaign, followed by an exit poll, carried out by a group of volunteers, that uncovered discrepancies in the official election results at the London Embassy polling station. Since the election day, Belarusians in the UK and friends have organised multiple events and demonstrations, which raised local awareness of the events in Belarus, raised funds to support the victims of violence and protesters against the criminal regime of Aleksandr Lukashenko. The diaspora established a good connection with the British and Scottish Parliaments and Governments, requesting support for democratic changes at home. A Memorial to the Belarusians who lost their lives at the hands of the dictatorship was created in front of the Belarusian Embassy in London in August 2020. Ever since daily vigils have been held in commemoration of the fallen and solidarity with the Belarusians at home.
Belarusians in Britain are witnessing the revival of their community. Together with their compatriots in Belarus and around the world, they stand united in their struggle for freedom. Long live Belarus! | <urn:uuid:39850415-5142-4090-a17b-d31861485b2c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://uk.belarusabroad.org/en/peoples-embassies-of-belarus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.95743 | 706 | 2.78125 | 3 |
BUS SPANIOLA WAS HONORED during the 25th Annual Pasta & Politics event on Saturday, April 13 for his service to the 87th District (at that time) and lifelong commitment to Shiawassee County. Francis “Bus” Spaniola served in the Michigan House of Representatives longer than any other democrat or republican in Michigan history, serving from 1975 to 1990. Bus is a Corunna native and along with his wife, Carol, they raised four children. He graduated from Corunna High School and Michigan State University, is a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, taught high school history and government classes and has served two terms each on the Library of Michigan Board of Trustees and Michigan Judges Retirement Board by Governor Granholm. Bus served on Senator Donald Reigle’s U.S. Senate staff and was president of the Friends of Michigan History Board, along with numerous other positions.
Bus quoted Michigan poet laureate Edgar A. Guest, a journalist who began his career with the Detroit Free Press. Guest’s poem “It Couldn’t Be Done,” emphasizes the significance of never allowing another person to tell you something can’t be accomplished.
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Inplementation of Energy Efficiency Measures in Khmelnytskyi Public Buildings Supported by USAID Project
31 objects in the city (which includes 66 buildings) were included in the Program of Energy Efficiency Measures in Public Buildings of Khmelnytskyi developed by the USAID Municipal Energy Reform Project (USAID Project). They were selected as a result of an analysis of 100 public buildings (schools, gymnasiums, kindergartens, hospitals, etc.).
Energy audits were conducted in April-May 2016 for 31 buildings. The audits included determining the current condition of the building envelopes, internal networks, and electric equipment; conducting an energy calculation and compiling energy balances; suggesting energy efficiency measures and calculating the efficiency of their implementation, etc.
The energy efficiency measures were developed separately for each object. The main objective of the implementation is the saving of energy resources and ensuring the proper normative conditions in the premises.
Three packages of such measures were identified.
Package of measures # 1 (maximal) includes the full list of the EE measures for the buildings: modernizing the building networks, reconstructing the heating systems, thermal modernization of the building envelope, modernization of the ventilation and lighting system. It would conserve the most energy resources - almost 22,000 MWh (62.4%). It would also reduce expenses for their purchase and reduce greenhouse gas emissions the most (6,261 t/year). Cost of package – almost € 7.5 million.
Package of measures # 2 (optimal) contains energy efficiency measures (incomplete thermal modernization of the building envelope, partial modernization of the ventilation systems, comprehensive reconstruction of the heating and lighting systems) which require less capital expenses for implementation. It would bring savings of over 16,000 MWh of energy resources (46%), including for heating of the buildings, and reducingf СО2 emissions by 4,686 t/year. Cost of package – almost € 5 million.
Package of measures # 3 (minimal) includes rh comprehensive modernization of the heating system, modernization of the lighting system and partially – of the ventilation system. It has the highest efficiency in view of the payback on capital investments but gives the smallest amount of reduction in energy resources consumption (7 th. MWh) and greenhouse gas emissions (2,126 t/year).
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The Overview Effect
14 August 2020 | Written by Alberto Laratro
How a panorama can change the way we see the world
In these summer days you will have happened to go to the sea or to the mountains and see a breathtaking view, one of those sunsets or sunrises that remain inside and that make you feel invigorated. Now imagine what effect could have observing all the sunrises and sunsets of the world at the same time. It is difficult for us, but astronauts have before them a panorama like this every day and, apparently, with very particular effects on the human mind.
The Overview Effect. Also called the effect of the overall view, is a real cognitive change in awareness reported by some astronauts and cosmonauts during space flight, caused by the observation of the Earth from orbit. The first man to fly into space, Yurij Gagarin, mentioned it first. Just during his journey he communicated via radio “from here the Earth is beautiful, without borders”. And he was not alone, many astronauts after him noticed how observing our planet, so small and fragile, suspended in the void and protected by a very thin veil, the atmosphere changed their perspective. Even the Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli confessed having been victim of this vision. In fact, he declared in a TV show “here we fight among ourselves, but from up there we understand that there are no borders and that we must all be together”.
Space tourism will change the world. Observing the images of the Earth from space is always a marvel, but it does not achieve the same effect as being physically at 400 km of altitude in orbit around our planet. For this reason, space tourism gains a new meaning, not only a dream for many and a reality for a few in the near future, but a tool to understand the complexity of our world, the link between ecosystems, the fragility of our atmosphere. They are convinced of this at Virgin Galactic, according to which the spread of space tourism will launch a brotherhood movement as in the 70s the famous photo Blue Marble contributed to the birth of environmental movements.
The pale blue dot. The famous science communicator Carl Sagan had summed up the experience of the Overview Effect very well even without having experienced it firsthand, commenting on a famous photo showing the Earth seen from 6 billion km, which appears, in fact, as a pale blue dot. “From this vantage point, the Earth may not seem of particular interest – wrote Sagan – But for us, it is different. Look again at that dot. It’s here. It’s home. It’s us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you’ve ever heard of, every human being who ever existed, lived their lives. […] Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. […] For me, it underlines our responsibility to take care of each other more kindly, and to preserve and protect the pale blue dot, the only house we have ever known”. | <urn:uuid:c20bb6bd-0e89-4e9d-9161-e9e3fe5e9a0a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://magazine.impactscool.com/en/spazio/leffetto-overview/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.964606 | 627 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Toulouse, the pink city
25 km far from Grenade, the regional capital city boasts an exceptional heritage : the Jacobins Convent, the Saint-Sernin Basilica, the Capitole and museums with prestigious art collections. All year long various festivals bring the city to life. Its covered markets offer regional specialities including the unforgettable violet.
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Hiking on the Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela
Way to Santiago de Compostela
Many pilgrims and hikers walk on the GR N°653 called Chemin d’Arles that stretches through the forest of Bouconne. You can discover it in the Base de loisirs in Montaigut sur Save.
The Canal du Midi and the Voie Verte (green way)
The Voie Verte (green way) stretches along the Canal de Garonne. Wether you are walking, riding a bike or on a boat, it will lead you towards the Canal du Midi that flows from Toulouse to Sète.
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Cloister of Moissac
The Abbey of Moissac houses treasures of Romanesque art. Its cloister and tympanum are listed as World Heritage.
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Set 25 km far from Grenade Montauban belongs to the national network "Cities of Art and History". Its Place Nationale in the heart of the city remains an essential element of the grid plan of the medieval city. Its commercial function is attested from the Middle Ages.
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News Staff via NaturalHealth365 – It’s no secret that stress has many detrimental effects on the body. High stress levels can lead to an increased risk of heart disease, inflammation, gastric upset, and more. But what about stress and cancer?
Can chronic stress actually cause cancer? One study published in Scientific Reports suggests that stress increases cancer risk.
Can Stress Actually Cause Cancer?
The study, performed in Japan, evaluated the association between perceived stress and the risk of developing cancer. Alarmingly, researchers found that those with a constant high perceived stress level had an 11% greater cancer risk. This correlation was found in men who had no family history of cancer. However, the risk was more substantial among men with other health risk factors, like smoking and obesity. Other studies have also suggested an association between chronic stress levels and cancer risks.
Some reveal a connection between work stress and lung, esophageal, and colorectal cancer. Another recent study saw a link between PTSD or social isolation and ovarian cancer. So can you get cancer from stress, or do other factors come into play? Although there seem to be strong links between stress and cancer, the answer is debatable.
Some studies have found no increase in cancer risk related to work stress. On top of that, it’s hard to study the direct relationship between stress and cancer because the experience of stress is so subjective. Many researchers believe it’s not stress that causes cancer – it’s what it does to your body.
How Does Stress Affect Your Body?
Your body’s response to acute stress is a natural evolutionary survival mechanism. When you’re under stress or your mind perceives danger, two things happen: your fight-or-flight response turns on, and the stress hormone cortisol is released.
When your body dwells in a high-stress state, continuous stress hormones can cause harmful changes in your body. Consequently, chronic stress can alter your metabolism, weaken your immune system, and even damage your DNA.
Furthermore, chronic stress often leads to unhealthy behaviors like smoking, overconsuming alcohol, and eating unhealthy foods.
So while it’s difficult to prove that stress can cause cancer, the harmful effects of chronic stress are undeniable. And because of how it affects your body, high stress can result in higher cancer risk.
How to Minimize Your Cancer Risk
You can’t know whether you will ever get cancer or any other disease. Additionally, many toxins and chemicals in the environment can increase cancer risk. However, you can take steps to keep your body healthy and minimize your risk factors.
Avoiding tobacco can reduce cancer risk since tobacco smoking is strongly linked to many types of cancer. Eating a healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegetables is essential, as well as avoiding toxic processed meats and other unhealthy foods. To help bring yourself into a more parasympathetic (relaxed) state, chew your food, really well. The habit of chewing your food well will calm down your nervous system, improve digestion and immune function.
Getting enough exercise and maintaining a healthy weight will help to reduce your overall cancer risk. Spend a healthy amount of time in the sun and “get grounded” by putting your feet onto the ground outside. Spend more time in naturefor all its obvious health benefits.
Don’t let high stress levels destroy your life: Taking care of your body, mind and soul will help you to minimize the risk of dangerous long-term health problems, including cancer and heart disease.
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Sitting for long periods has been linked to obesity, diabetes and heart disease — and now there's new evidence that it may also increase the risk of liver disease, according to a new study from South Korea.
In the study, researchers found that people who sat for 10 or more hours daily had a 9 percent greater risk of developing a condition called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) than those who spent less than five hours a day sitting.
Physical activity also played a role in people's risk of NAFLD: Those who were physically active were 20 percent less likely to develop the disease compared with those who were inactive, according to the study published today (Sept. 15) in the Journal of Hepatology. [How Many Calories Am I Burning? (Infographic)]
"The amount of time spent doing sedentary activity such as sitting at a computer or watching TV has increased dramatically in recent years," Dr. Seungho Ryu, professor of occupational and environmental medicine at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital in South Korea and lead author of the study, told Live Science. Now, "more than half of the average person's waking day involves sedentary activities," he said.
In the study, the researchers looked at more than 139,000 Korean men and women who reported their levels of physical activity and sitting time. NAFLD was confirmed using ultrasounds.
The average age of the participants was 39.9 years, according to the study. Because the people in the study were generally healthy -- young and middle-age men and women -- it's unlikely that other health problems can explain the link between sitting time and physical activity with NALFD, Ryu said.
The study suggests that regular physical activity, even at a high intensity, does not fully protect against the risks associated with prolonged sitting, he said. If the results of the study are confirmed, it will be important to encourage people to both increase their physical activity and reduce their sitting time to reduce the risk of developing NAFLD, he said.
Even doing light activity instead of sitting may help reduce the risk of NAFLD, Ryu added.
"Our body is designed to move, and it is not surprising that sedentary behavior, characterized by low muscle activity, has a direct impact on physiology," Michael Trenell, a professor of metabolism and lifestyle medicine at Newcastle University in England, wrote in an editorial that accompanied the study in the journal.
Sedentary behavior can increase the risk of insulin resistance and can lower cardiovascular function, he wrote. In people with insulin resistance, body cells lose their ability to respond to insulin by taking in sugar from the blood, leading to high blood sugar levels, and, sometimes, Type 2 diabetes.
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Hello again everybody!
I so enjoy bottle feeding our Kinder kids!
We once had one kid that was raised on her mother. She is now a sweetie but then she was a little wild.
She would get all the goats worked up and running around the pen just because she felt like it, she would never let us touch her and didn’t even come when we had a bottle.
I remind myself of having to go through training her when I had to stay up most of the night to feed the kids. I enjoy feeding our kids much more now that they sleep through the night and drink less milk.
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- Hold the baby the first few time you try to bottle feed. This way the baby can’t move around when you and the baby are first trying this.
- Hold the kid’s neck up and as straight as possible.
- Make sure the milk is not all dripping out of its mouth or it won’t get good nutrition.
And have LOTS of fun!!! 🙂
I hope you have a blessed evening.
Until the whole world hears,
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I've recently finish another great read. This time the O'Reilly awesome book called Cloud Native DevOps. The authors are Justin Domingus and John Arundel. Let me first thank them for the awesome ride and also highly recommend this book.
The old good days
The book starts with an historical overview of what we now call of cloud.
The first chapter starts with this quote
There was never a time when the world began, because it goes round and round
like a circle, and there is no place on a circle where it begins.
And the idea is to remind us how the past keeps reinventing itself. The authors walk us way back into the ancient times of the cloud, which was in 1960. Yeah you read it right. The principle behind the modern cloud systems is basically a way to share computational resources for the sake of efficiency. Today when we deploy our apps in the cloud, being it AWS or GCP we are basically doing two things
- Buying time
- Using an infrastructure as a service
Guess what, this is what people did in 1960. In the book they put an image of an old mainframe IBM System/360 Model 91. This was a sleek start indeed.
From here the authors walk us again into the past. Now into the origins of DevOps. They remind for the old days when development was in one basket and operation teams in the other. This is usually refereed as an example of Conway's Law in Action a concept that was eloquently introduced by Eric Raymond seminal book New Hackers Dictionary with the following analogy
If you have four groups working on a compiler, you’ll get a 4-pass compiler
The issues that arise from two separated silos (dev and ops teams) sharing a single responsability (deliver good software to clients) was used to remind all of us how we come from It works on my machine way of doing things into the more modern approach of Infrastructure as Code.
From here the authors went into more present days and introduced two of the main problems of current modern software architectures
- How do you deploy and upgrade software across large, diverse networks of dif‐ ferent server architectures and operating systems?
- How do you deploy to distributed environments, in a reliable and reproducible way, using largely standardized components?
In the process of trying to solve these two previous points the authors make another great analogy. Actually this problem was already solved in another very different area of human enterprise, the transport industry. In the old times the transport of goods was something like a pain in the ass because we're missing a standard way of dealing with the transport of it. This became critically important when goods needed to be transferred between ships and terrestrial transportation. The lack of a standard introduced a lots of inefficiencies simply because you needed to
- Put the goods inside the ship
- Get the goods out of the ship into a truck
This was done in a good by good basis. How did they solve this? Yes you guess it with the Intermodal Container
Now replace ships by operating systems and goods by programs and you got the equivalent of an Intermodal Container. The Linux Container. Now, I believe, it is a little bit more obvious why this
is the Docker Logo
Now we got a container. So what I'm missing the ships, trucks and Port.
Yes, you guess it again. In this grand analogy Kubernetes is the Port we use to deploy our goods. Or maybe a ship if we take into account that this is the logo
Yes now we got the goods (our applications), the ship/port (kubernetes I mean). Now what? We need international standards right? Imagine that you build ad hoc ship and try to use an international Port. Yeah that wouldn't work right? The ship need to have to be build in a standard way for the port machinery to operate on it. You need to have
some specific dimensions to able to pass the not so profound waters and you need to have specialized radio protocols to communicate with the center to know exactly when to enter the port. Yeah fucking reality. Always more complex than we would like right?
In the software development industry we got an equivalent for this. It is a set of rules that our ships and containers should follow. For that we got an organization called Cloud Native Computing Foundation and they present themselves as
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure. CNCF brings together the world’s top developers, end users, and vendors and runs the largest open source developer conferences. CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation.
And they help define the concept of Cloud Native:
Cloud native technologies empower organizations to build and run scalable applications in modern, dynamic environments such as public, private, and hybrid clouds. Containers, service meshes, microservices, immutable infrastructure, and declarative APIs exemplify this approach.
These techniques enable loosely coupled systems that are resilient, manageable, and observable. Combined with robust automation, they allow engineers to make high-impact changes frequently and predictably with minimal toil.
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation seeks to drive adoption of this paradigm by fostering and sustaining an ecosystem of open source, vendor-neutral projects. We democratize state-of-the-art patterns to make these innovations accessible for everyone.
Which they write in several languages.
Yeah and this is basically the first chapter.
Building the goods (chapter 2)
From here the authors go into chapter 2 which is basically a small example of how you can create an application and deploy it in a (already running) kubernetes cluster. We can summarize the whole chapter to
- Create a dummy go web application (our goods)
- Create the dockerfile that will build the application (our container)
- Deploy it in kubernetes (put the dam thing on the ship)
The ship factory (chapter 3)
Ramming speed into chapter 3 and what we got? The story begins with an overall architecture of kubernetes (and believe me its complex). They discuss the pros and cons of a self hosted cluster versus a public cloud one. They build a compelling argument for the use of public clouds depending of course on your specific use case (bear in mind that both have pros and cons obviously).
From here the authors introduce to us the main contenders in the shipyard industry. And they present the following providers
- Google Kubernetes Engine
- Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service and Amazon Elastic Container Service
- Azure Kubernetes Service
- Open Shift
- IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
- Heptio Kubernetes Subscription
Some hybrid kubernetes solutions were also discussed and the following technologies/platforms revised
- Containership Kubernetes Engine
- Rancher Kubernetes Engine
- Puppet kubernetes module
- Amazon Fargate
- Azure Container Instances
which is a thorough tutorial how to manually install kubernetes.
The chapter ends with a battle of arguments for why you should have your own hosted kubernetes cluster and why you shouldn't. With the authors, comprehensively (economic reasons mainly), making a case for the latter. Bear in mind that this assumes a very specific set of premises that will hold or not depending on the company use case.
Operating the ship (chapter 4)
And finally, after some 50+ pages of reading we are ready for some kubernetes juice. So what are the goodies? Well in this chapter give an introductory presentation to kubernetes. The authors decided to jump immediately to one of the most core concepts in kubernetes the concept of deployment. They introduce the concept of pod and how deployments are responsible for schedule and supervise it. In a picture something along these lines
The Kubectl was introduced and some useful commands to manage the kubernetes cluster like
kubectl get deployments # Get installed deployments kubectl describe deployments/<app_name> # Describe an installed deployment kubectl apply -f k8s/deployment.yaml # Create a deployment by applying a yaml file with the kubernetes specification kubectl port-forward service/<app_name> 9999:8888
From there they follow with the concept of services and finished the chapter by introducing Helm, also known as the kubernetes package manager.
Watch for your goods (chapter 5)
After an introductory presentation of the main functionalities of kubernetes was time for some time to discuss the after deployment. You have your application running, now what?! Actually several things need to be done, but the following two are kind of important in a kubernetes deployment
- Define quotas for resource usage regarding your application
- Monitor applications healthy
But first. Why resource quotas? Can't I just deploy and leave as is? Actually you can. But it turns out that if leaved alone applications can go wild. Kubernetes was designed to deploy hundreds os containers across several hundreds of nodes (machines where the containers run). If leaved alone these applications could start competing in a uncontrolled way for the computational resources and create havoc. Hence resource management. In kubernetes language these are called resource units and they can be of two types. Resource requests and Resource limits. Resource requests specify the minimum amount of resources needed for your application (aka pod) to be able for deployment. If the requests specified are not met the pod will not be schedule for deployment. On the other hand, related with the havoc problem mentioned previously, Resource limits are values we specify as the acceptable usage for our application. This don't means that if the application hits the threshold that will be immediately killed by the engine. It means that it is elected for removal if the whole cluster ends up in dark waters (meaning lacking of resources).
Aside from the resource units this chapter also revolves around giving kubernetes a means to check for your application sanity. And this is done via probes. And as usual there are several types
- Readiness probes
- Liveliness probes
and they are pretty self explanatory also. The first is a check you define that kubernetes use to decide if the pod is ready to join de cluster. The liveliness probe is a check that states if the pod is healthy. If not it will be killed and restart again. In an infinite loop.
And so it is. In a nutshell this is the gist of the chapter. Moving forward?
Sailing the boat (Chapter 6)
This chapter takes a step back from the developer point of view and dresses the operations guy shoes (hope this at least makes sense). What does this mean? Yeah you figure it out. Managing the cluster. Yes, like a car, kubernetes cluster will not manage itself (damn). And so the following was addressed and some best practices advised
- Capacity planning
- Nodes and instances
- Scaling up/down the cluster
- Overview over autoscalling, pros/cons
The rest of the chapter was much more interesting with an overview over the Kubernetes certification process the CNFC Certification
As expected a certification process defines a set of rules for which a compliant kubernetes solution must obey. As such a bunch of tools were created to help the process of validation and auditing. And so the following tools were discussed
After a brief overview over these projects/tools we shift the boat into Chaos Testing and the authors make some arguments in favor of it in the initial pages. The final of the chapter ends with another discussion about a set of tools that were designed to enable Chaos Testing in kubernetes
Deep waters (chapter 7)
After some spending some pages discussing the awesome topic of breaking the cluster apart with the previous Caos Tools the wind changes and we enter, suddenly, in a very deep geek chapter. This chapter is all hands on and the authors share some of the tooling they use and some more or less personal hacks they develop to enhance productivity. But, enough of mumbo jumbo.
First set of tricks are a set of very useful shell aliases. Yeah operating a kubernetes cluster with the tool kubectl is kind of a painful because of the inherent verbosity (as you can check on the link above). So these are some of sugar magic they use, and you (me) also should to avoid a keyboard breakdown.
alias k=kubectl alias kg=kubectl get alias kgdep=kubectl get deployment alias ksys=kubectl --namespace=kube-system alias kd=kubectl describe
If you are like me you'll probably will love this hacky shortcuts. The second advice was to shortcut the usual commands by their respective shortcuts
kubectl get po kubectl get deploy kubectl get svc kubectl get ns
which, if you use the previous aliases can shortcut event more into
kg po kg deploy kg svc kg ns
Aside from this neat hacks in this chapter the authors also presented us a practical technique that you can use to manage your kubernetes files. For instance, if for some reason you just want to know how an application was setup you can use kubectl to give the deployment manifest for you
kubectl run demo --image=repository/namespace:application --dry-run -o yaml > myapp.yaml
In the previous command we are using kubectl to run the demo container of a specific application in dry-mode. Dry-mode enable us to run the deployment without actually deploying it. At the same time we export the manifest into the stdout on yaml format. This is actually very handy because it enable us to see the kubernetes configuration for that application. We can, in this way reverse engineer, debug and fix it in a very easy way.
We can exploit this technique for already deployed applications with the following command
kubectl get deployments mydeployment -o yaml --export > mydeployment.yaml
Another handy practice is the use of diff command to validate your changes before actually commiting them to kubernetes
kubectl diff mydeployment.yml
The previous command should output a list of differences between the file and the already deployed version.
Log is another very usefull command
kubectl logs -f tiller-deploy-8478fc7f94-hbvbd -n kube-system
The previous command enable us to follow the log output of the tiller that is running on the cluster.
The rest of the chapter revolved around a set of hacky tools that were developed to ease even more the operational burden. Being them
Manage the goods with containers (chapter 8,9)
Chapter 8 and chapter 9 enter in a bit more of detail in the theme of running and managing the containers.
Chater 8 is divided in the following sections
- Containers and pods
- Container manifests
- Container security
- Restart policies
- Image pull secrets
Containers and pods
The first section clarifies the concepts of container and pod. This is important since these concepts are sometimes used interchangeably. In short a pod can be think of a unit of deployment that encompasses one or more containers. The confusion arises because most of the time, and for good reasons, the pod is composed by only one container.
Containers and pods need to be defined in kubernetes language. The definition of a pod and respective containers in kubernetes language is called a manifest. This section explains how to create manifests and some principles to guide the way we partition containers into pods. Some technical points are discussed. Concept of tag, resource request/limits and ports were revisited. However the most interesting points tackled were those regarding pull image policy, called imagePullPolicy. It is explained that you can define the pull of image with three different strategies
- Always - Basically will pull the image every time the pod is deployed
- IfNotPresent - Will pull from registry only when not found locally
- Never - Never pull the image
These options can become handy depending your use case.
Most of the times we see containers running with full root permissions. However this entails a serious security risk which in the case of the enterprise can't be acceptable. So the authors try to convince you to write your pod manifests in a way that containers run with non-root permissions
containers: - name: myapplication image: namespace/application:tag securityContext: runAsUser: 1000
The previous snippet shows how we can achieve this by providing an attribute called securityContext with the value 1000. Apart from the runAsUser there is also
securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true readOnlyRootFilesystem: true allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
which prevents users from escalating privileges and the concept of Capabilities that enable fine grained access to the privilege protected functionality
containers: - name: myriskyapp image: mynamespace/mydemo:mytag securityContext: capabilities: drop: ["CHOWN", "NET_RAW", "SETPCAP"] add: ["NET_ADMIN"]
Then we went into how to manage volumes in kubernetes and the manage policies available. By default kubernetes always restart the container as soon as it exits. However there is another policy that will only restart the container if it exits with a failure exit code. This can be handy if you want jobs instead of long running daemon applications. By enforcing the restart only when the exit code means failure you are able to restart jobs when they fail but also able to let them be when the job is a success.
Managing the pods
In this section we deal with the following
- Labels and Selectors
- Node affinity anti-affinity
- Kubernetes taints and toleration
- Pod Controllers
- Ingress resources
Hide the treasure (chapter 10)
After digging a little bit more deep in the kubernetes machinery the authors delve an entire chapter for a specific kubernetes primitive. Configuration and Secrets. When we create an application we usually create configurations as a way to dynamically change their behavior. ConfigMaps is kubernetes primitive we can use for this purpose. However not all configurations are created equal. Some configurations are a little bit more sensitive, and for practical reasons they need access policies in place to avoid non authorized people the access.
Back again to the traditional case. When we create an application we can have a set of configuration files we can apply. But, on the other hand, we can also apply the same set of configuration files the another binary version. So instead of a 1-1 relationship we actually have a more decouple relationship. Kubernetes team acknowledge this and enable a similar mechanism.
In kubernentes you create configuration maps with your configuration data and kubernetes gives you a way to attach it to a deployment. One ore more of it.
Behold, a configuration map
apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: myAwesomeConfig namespace: myAwesomeNamespace data: config.yaml: | destroyTheWorld: false conquerTheSeas: true protocols: - tcp - udp
But you're right! We need somehow to use this in our deployment manifest.
spec: containers: - name: mycontainer image: mynamespace/myimage:mytag ports: - containerPort: 6666 volumeMounts: - mountPath: /myconfigs/ name: myAwesomeConfig-volume readOnly: true volumes: - name: myAwesomeConfig-volume configMap: name: myAwesomeConfig items: - key: config path: config.yaml
The same happens for secrets.
apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: mysecret stringData: magicWord: myultrasecretword
you have the same strategy to assign secrets into your deployment. But there is a caveat right? Remember that we should have all our infrastructure as code. This creates a problem. Does makes sense push into git a token with myultrasecretword as a secret? That's not very secret right? To solve this issue the authors present two approaches. One that makes use of a open source tool called sops and tools like GnuPG for private/public key cryptography, for keypair generation at least.
Another approach mentioned was a managed one based on external services like HashiCorp Vault
Protect the ship (chapter 11)
After the secret section on chapter 10 that introduced some concepts of information security in kubernetes we jump into chapter 11 that deals with kubernetes security key concept. The Role-Based Access Control also known as RBAC. According to the kubernetes engineering team this means
Role-based access control (RBAC) is a method of regulating access to computer or network resources based on the roles of individual users within an enterprise.
Here we are introduced to the concepts of Role and ClusterRole. The difference between Role and a ClusterRole is just the scope of the roles for which we can apply it. The Role can only be applied to a specific namespace while a ClusterRole is cross namespaces. That's why we don't see the namespace in the metadata field in the ClusterRole definition
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: Role metadata: namespace: default name: pod-auth rules: - apiGroups: [""] # "" indicates the core API group resources: ["pods"] verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
kind: ClusterRole apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 metadata: name: secret-auth rules: - apiGroups: [""] resources: ["secrets"] verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
Apart from the technical differences of Role and ClusterRole and how we use it with the concept of RoleBinding and also ClusterRoleBinding, the authors also give us an important principle for which we should manage the Authorization in Kubernetes
Make sure RBAC is enabled in all your clusters. Give cluster admin rights only to users who actually need the power to destroy everything in the cluster. If your app needs access to cluster resources, create a service account for it and bind it to a role with only the permissions it needs, in only the namespaces where it needs them.
Security, as we already know, is serious business. It is also usually neglected because it happens to difficult the usual process of software engineering. The software industry has a natural tendency to treat security, among other fields, as a second class citizen during the iterative process of software engineering. For this reason it is of uttermost importance to put in place process and tools to mitigate this misbehavior. And as we all know tools are usually better. The authors were sensible to this and spend some time in the chapter presenting some we can use to help ensure our cluster security. They presented the following
- Clair - Tool that does statical analysis to containers, checking security vulnerabilities
- Aqua - A security platform
- Anchore Engine - The Anchore Engine is an open source project that provides a centralized service for inspection, analysis and certification of container images. The Anchore engine is provided as a Docker container image that can be run standalone, or within an orchestration platform such as Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Rancher, Amazon ECS, and other container orchestration platforms.
And regarding security that was it.
Security is good but having a backup plan is also an intelligent approach. And backups is exactly what the authors tackle after. If you spend some time exploring kubernetes architecture you'll find that etcd is core piece.
The main reason why etcd is so important is because it holds all the state of the cluster. So yeah, you lose this state and you loose the cluster, or at least you severely compromise it.
So you guessed it, we need to backup etcd state. As usual somebody else thought about this and, better yet, they created tool to help them with this. Fortunately they opensourced it. Its called Velero.
From their readme
Velero (formerly Heptio Ark) gives you tools to back up and restore your Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes. You can run Velero with a cloud provider or on-premises. Velero lets you: Take backups of your cluster and restore in case of loss. Migrate cluster resources to other clusters. Replicate your production cluster to development and testing clusters.
And that was all for chapter 11
Deploy that ship (chapter 12)
If you take time to see a typical setup of a kubernetes application you'll notice that one problem we have with the manifests is that they suffer from some problems
- They are verbose
- They tend to have lots of repeated blocks of properties
- Not easy to reuse
To address these points, and some others, some tools were developed. One of such tools, as we already mentioned, is Helm and this chapter spend some time analyzing the overall structure of Helm Charts and how you can use the template engine to parametrize the charts as a way to reuse it.
Helm is not the only player in town. Other tools exist to do more or less the same.
- Ksonnet - ksonnet is a configuration management tool for Kubernetes manifests. The goal of ksonnet is to improve developer experience by providing options beyond writing YAML or text templating.
- Kapitan - Kapitan is a tool to manage complex deployments using jsonnet, kadet (alpha) and jinja2. Use Kapitan to manage your Kubernetes manifests, your documentation, your Terraform configuration or even simplify your scripts.
- Kompose - kompose is a tool to help users who are familiar with docker-compose move to Kubernetes. kompose takes a Docker Compose file and translates it into Kubernetes resources.
Apart from the developing of manifests it is also important to have a way to validate them. For that we also have some tools
- Kubeval kubeval is a tool for validating a Kubernetes YAML or JSON configuration file. It does so using schemas generated from the Kubernetes OpenAPI specification, and therefore can validate schemas for multiple versions of Kubernetes
And with this we end the chapter 12. This chapter is specially nice for guys that like to explore new tools and specially for those who manifest management is painful.
Daylife of the a sailor (chapter 13)
If on chapter 12 we were presented with a battery of tools to help us develop kubernetes manifests. In chapter 13 we face another critical aspect of kubernetes automation development process. How to implement a quick feedback loop when developing our manifests. The traditional way of doing things would be
- Develope your application
- Create your kubernetes manifests
- Deploy your application via the built manifests
So in order to be able to quickly develop kubernetes manifests you need a way to test your manifests against a kubernetes cluster. But what if you don't have one because you're not physically connected to a cluster or simply don't want to test it on a real cluster?
What we need is tools that enable us local development as a way to debug and iterate quicker.
For this mission the following tools were presented
After a quick overview over these technologies we jump into another important topic. Deployment strategies. There is a vast literature on the topic, and with a quick google search you find articles like this one or this one that can introduce to the topic. This section of the book explore this in kubernetes context and explain how you can implement the following strategies
The rest of the chapter explains how you can use helm to manage migrations with the use of helm hooks.
The fishing loop (chapter 14)
If chapter 13 was all about the deployment strategies and more importantly how you can implement them in a kubernetes environment. Chapter 14 follow into the Continuous Deployment arena. The authors delve into the nuts and bolts of CD and they approach the main tools currently in existence for the kubernetes realm.
- Apache Jenkins
- And more specifically for Kubernetes the Apache Jenkins X
- Google Cloud Build
- For which the tool authors created a free ebook for you to delve deep
- Azure Pipelines
Above are the main contenders in existence, as the current state of art.
For the deployment to be possible there is yet a missing piece. The previous tools are only able to deploy binaries, in the case of kubernetes these binaries are linux containers. Linux containers need to exist somewhere else. The services responsible to hold the binaries are usually known as container registries. Apart from the process of deploying a container in the kubernetes cluster there is also the process of compiling it from source code and pushing it into the registry, this relates with Continuous Integration. To solve this problem several technologies were analysed.
- A public docker container registry
- Gitkube is a tool for building and deploying Docker images on Kubernetes using git push.
- A tool that manages the state of the cluster based on the current git and registry state.
- Kubernetes Operator to automate Helm, DaemonSet, StatefulSet & Deployment updates
And this is pretty much the gist of the chapter.
Measure your position (chapter 15 and 16)
Chapters 15 and 16 are the last ones of the book. Sad right? These last two chapters deal with the operational part of the application. The book was written in an incremental way and also in a somewhat chronological view. We start looking into the dawn of computer systems and the similarities between currently cloud solutions and the good old days of time shared computing. Then we dig into the anatomy of a web application, the rise of microservices all the operational burden that rises from there. We were introduced to the devops movement and the advantages we can rip from this way of working and so on. Finally we got our application up and running live. So what? My work is done? I'm out? Well not so fast. After your application is up and running you need to ensure that it is doing what is supposed to. You see, all this journey had a very defined goal. An optimized way to build and manage software solutions at the highest quality. The problem is that quality is not an end state but actually a continuos process of monitoring and refinement. This last two chapters deal with the monitoring part of it.
And this lead us to the idea of Observability . This is not a new concept and you can find their roots in the field of control theory with the exact same name. Unsurprisingly the definition from control theory can be applied in the world of software development. Some articles defend exaclty this.
But, in this modern context, what do we mean, in practice, by observability?
There is not a unique view over the concept. So it is ok if you find several other differente definitions, but broadly I would say
In its most complete sense, observability is a property of a system that has been designed, built, tested, deployed, operated, monitored, maintained, and evolved in acknowledgment of the following facts: No complex system is ever fully healthy. Distributed systems are pathologically unpredictable. It’s impossible to predict the myriad states of partial failure various parts of the system might end up in. Failure needs to be embraced at every phase, from system design to implementation, testing, deployment, and, finally, operation. Ease of debugging is a cornerstone for the maintenance and evolution of robust systems.
If you have curiosity and want to dig a little bit more into the concept of observability you can start with this qcon presentation and this observability primer
If you take some time to check the field you'll notice that usually you'll end up with three main subfields
The authors spend most of time in the metrics and traceability subfields. In the metrics section they presented two interesting methods that you can use to devise better your metrics.
There are plenty of literature you can explore regarding this two patterns.
This book, as you can see, was an awesome ride. The amount of useful information and interesting principles, methodologies and techniques are well worth the money you pay for the book. Hope you give this book a try and enjoy it as well as I did. And again a very thank you for both the authors. | <urn:uuid:79257607-b24b-44c5-801d-3900faee37d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://codecorner.balhau.net/cloud-native-devops/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.91519 | 6,912 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Beginning in 1995, World Graphics Day began to bring together designers and artists to celebrate communication and graphic design. The day was created by Icograda, the International Council of Graphic Design Associations. Founded in 1963, Icograda is a non-profit, non-partisan, membership-based network of individuals that actively promotes the meaning and value of design practice, education, thinking, and research worldwide. Members strive to represent interdisciplinary collaboration and the collective voice of the design industry.
In a hotly contested New York Times article back in 2008, Let Computers Compute. It's a right-brain era Janet Rae-Duprey argues that the marginalization of alternative thinking in corporate America is not only a thing of the past, but is now a glorified and in-demand skill. We live in a time when computers can perform most left-brain sequential actions, but what sets humans apart from these computers is their creativity. In February 2020, a member of the African Institute of Interior Designers invited the Council to participate in an event called Our Time Has Come, planned by the Pan African Institute of Design in Johannesburg. ICoD met with local design representatives and took part in events with regional designers to discuss design perspectives in Africa. Johannesburg hosted a Board meeting that was the last in-person meeting of the Executive Board as the global Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome pandemic shut down world travel for many months. In August 2020, the Council began revising its Code of Conduct, the Professional Code of Conduct for Designers, which is presented as an international standard and reference.
The document contains a lexicon of terms and detailed explanations of concepts relating to design, new technologies, intellectual property and professional practice. The new Code firmly positions design as a profession, emphasizing ethical issues and the overall responsibility of designers to humanity. The first official Spanish translation of this Code was published in 2021. In December 2021, a collection of Design Weeks, Design Cities and Design Museums was named the Rainbow Network. Quote from the publication of the same name: Too often design is seen as a beautiful profession. The iridescence of the design may detract from the serious nature of its mission, which is to provide the world and its inhabitants with smart, well-made, sustainable and culturally significant products.
The Rainbow Network, a prismatic view of design, aims to bring together organizations that believe that design can fundamentally change the lives of ordinary people; that the inhabitants of our cities can be better consumers of design if they become more design aware and demand better, more sustainable, socially just and culturally interesting design. In response to the global pandemic, Council meetings have been moved to a virtual format from 2020 to 2022. In these two years, the Council has held 24 virtual meetings on topics ranging from pandemic response to professional standards and the future of design.
The purpose of World Design Day is to encourage designers to reflect deeply on the state of the profession. Design influences the well-being of people in their local environment and offers innovative solutions. Design is a means of respecting diversity, transcending boundaries and improving the quality of life. To commemorate the anniversary of the creation of the International Design Council on April 27, 1963, participants from all over the world are invited to come together, innovate and live the design moment by organizing community events and initiatives on April 27 each year. Women designers are making an important contribution to the discussion of global change. All over the world, women are designing for better health, justice, human rights - in homes, cities and on the earth in general - actively expanding the debate about what it means to be a professional designer in our time. Women work in teams, communities and with governments to find ways to collaborate and make an impact. Yet established designers remain predominantly male. The history of design has generally overlooked the accomplishments of women.
The organization invited designers from all over the world to share their great designs via Instagram and Facebook using the hashtags #WDD2022 and #Designinaction. All design disciplines are invited to participate, so shared projects can include road signs, bike lanes, public spaces—anything that impacts the local community for good. Please share a design that brings you joy and relief, or that solves real problems in your community. Be sure to use the tags and celebrate the holiday! | <urn:uuid:ba957222-a1cc-48bf-a788-2ba918ebeca1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://itvin.com.ua/news/april-27th-is-the-world-graphics-day-2022.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.951407 | 878 | 2.40625 | 2 |
The food we put into our bodies has a direct connection to our health and well-being. Proper eating positively impacts weight, cholesterol and blood pressure—all key risk factors for heart disease. But eating well can be a bit harder as the weather cools. In a season known for warm, cozy, calorie-laden foods, and filled with holidays, here are some ways to maintain proper nutrition.
Let’s begin with what a heart-healthy diet looks like. It involves foods that are low in sodium, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol and refined sugars. Plant-based foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains are the types of foods that are high in vitamins, fibre and nutrients needed for optimal health.
The best bet is to avoid packaged products and head to the produce section of the grocery store. It’s always good to opt for seasonal ingredients and it is a misconception that fresh produce cannot be found locally during the colder months. Vegetables that come into harvest in Canadaduring the fall include: cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, turnip, celeriac, and dark leafy greens like kale, chard, collard greens. And fall fruit includes: apples, pears, cranberries, pomegranate, and various types of citrus fruit. Rule of thumb, “the darker the vegetable the more nutrition”.
Some of the best fall dishes—hearty and warm—are also the healthiest. Roasted vegetable dishes, with or without a whole grain or lean protein, always make excellent, healthful meals. It’s also a good time to try making your own soups, using plentiful seasonings like garlic and onion to add depth of flavour. And if you are in the mood for something lighter, don’t give up on salads—they’re not just for summer! Fall’s dark, robust greens make fantastic salads that pair perfectly with seasonal fruits and nuts.
As the depth of winter descends it can be a good time to buy frozen fruits and vegetables. Unlike pre-prepared, packaged items, frozen produce is flash-frozen at ideal ripeness to preserve vitamins and minerals. Make sure to read packages to ensure no fats, sodium or sugars have been added, and then feel free to use frozen produce to make great soups or smoothies. Frozen is a good option when fresh isn’t available, but try to limit dried fruit. As it contains less water and volume, it’s not as filling so we tend to eat a lot more of it than we should, consuming large amounts of sugar. Most whole fruits and vegetables contain 80 to 95 percent water which promotes satiety and helps with hydration.
As the indoor air tends to dry out in the winter, hydration does become particularly important. As our bodies react to dry air and we reach for more beverages, it’s important to try and avoid bottled fruit juices, sodas or blended coffee drinks. Instead, try to drink plenty of water. When flavoured naturally with lemon, lime, mint, or fruit, it becomes a nice refreshment. Or sip more tea, which is high in antioxidants.
Lastly, try and avoid convenience foods. Instead, make your own! A crock pot is your best friend in the winter as anything can be made in it. Take a moment to throw your ingredients in the crockpot in the morning and return to a hearty, warm meal at dinner. Convenient and healthy.
If you aim to follow these guidelines, then the weather need not impact your nutrition. The types of food you eat may change, but your healthy habits don’t have to. | <urn:uuid:924e4615-b476-4607-9890-de3ffc01ce8d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://whhionline.ca/blog/2015/12/16/nutrition-eating-colder-season/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.930513 | 769 | 2.8125 | 3 |
SCENES shines a spotlight on youth around the world that are breaking down barriers and creating change. The character-driven short films will inspire and amaze as these young change-makers tell their remarkable stories.
A group of young Indonesians on the island of Java are on a mission to conserve endangered primates and their habitats. Java is the only place in the world that silvery gibbons, also known as Javan gibbons, call home, but it’s also densely populated by humans. Working under the non-profit organisation, Swara Owa, which means ‘gibbon’s voice’ in Bahasa, the conservationists are trying to strike a balance between two issues: wildlife conservation and human development.
Currently, more than 90 per cent of the gibbons habitat is used for agriculture and other human expansion. As a result, the endemic primates face serious threats of extinction as they are pushed to smaller areas in the rainforest that aren’t big enough to support them.
“We can now only sometimes hear the sounds of the gibbons in the morning or evening. Before, according to locals, it used to be very noisy,” Swara Owa wildlife guide, Kurnia Ahmadin says. “If this forest is gone, then you will feel the consequences of it later,” he adds.
Habitat loss and hunting
Gibbons are the most endangered primates in the world. This is down to two reasons: habitat loss and hunting. “There are so many people that come here to hunt. It’s become a hobby and that’s a big challenge for us,” explains Kurnia.
With this in mind, Swara Owa set up the Coffee and Primate Conservation Project (CPCP) in 2008, an initiative that has become instrumental in the preservation of gibbons. The ongoing plan offers a compromise between villagers’ needs and their conservation objectives. It provides economic alternatives, such as beekeeping or coffee harvesting, to former hunters or people who did illegal logging in the area.
“In the past, my father worked as a hunter and logger, cutting down wild trees, which is illegal and forbidden,” says Ismiati, a coffee grinder at Swara Owa. “My father did it because he needed the money to pay for his children’s school fees and also because he didn’t know how to earn a living without damaging the rainforest until Swara Owa provided us with awareness and persuaded us not to hunt,” she explains.
Locals have been harvesting coffee for decades, but environmental conservation was never a priority. This meant that precious forest land was cleared to make way for coffee plantations. Until Swara Owa came up with a plan to optimise production by using wild coffee growing under the forest canopies in which the Javanese gibbons reside. This way the coffee is harvested traditionally and the land is also maintained for the gibbons, rather than being turned into coffee farms.
Beekeeping is another innovative way Swara Owa helps provide villagers with sustainable livelihoods, as well as contributing towards gibbon conservation. The organisation provided local training, as well as establishing an information centre on the custom.
“Beekeeping has two benefits. Firstly, beekeepers can make an income from selling their products. Then the other benefit, which I think is the most important, is ecological. As bees are pollinators and crucial to rainforest sustainability, beekeeping creates a close relationship between men and nature and the environment around them,” beekeeper specialist Sidiq Hardjanto tells Scenes.
Apart from reliable and sustainable incomes, Swara Owa is also active in gibbon-watching and carrying out field research. Gibbon researcher Nur Aolia uses remote cameras and recordings to assess differences between gibbons. She says, “This research can identify each individual voice and because the female voice indicates territory, it means it can also identify groups, because of that, we can also conduct a population survey.” The organisation is also a training ground, with students able to join in the efforts through scholarships.
Keepers of the forests
Swara Owa’s vision is to provide sustainable lifestyles for locals while preserving gibbon numbers. The villagers now understand the need to farm responsibly and share the charity’s mindset. “Gibbons are our farmers, they are the guardians of our rainforest,” says Kurnia. “We have to conserve the forest, not only for ourselves but for the future of the next generation,” Ismiati adds.
Swara Owa has proven that environmental conservation and human development does not have to be either-or. There is room in Java to help preserve nature, whilst also protecting the livelihoods of people. With their continued efforts, the organisation hopes to spread more awareness about the conservation of gibbons and Java’s unique habitat. | <urn:uuid:7a5a769b-a132-410f-a885-2e6efccdea20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/01/03/the-indonesian-conservationists-saving-endangered-gibbons | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.959815 | 1,034 | 2.53125 | 3 |
AI Infrastructure for Quicker Health Policy Decision-Making Earns Prof. New Funding
By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH
A DLSPH researcher is using artificial intelligence to greatly speed up knowledge synthesis in health policy – allowing decision-makers high-quality data in just days, rather than many months.
Prof. Andrea Tricco has just received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JEFL) for this work, which will help health systems to react to change in real-time.
“Knowledge synthesis provides evidence. The totality of evidence can be incredibly informative for decision-making. But to do it at a very high quality takes 12 months. That’s not enough time for a decision-maker,” says Associate Prof. Tricco who is also a researcher at Unity Health Toronto and Tier 2 Canadian Research Chairholder.
Knowledge synthesis pools a large body of research together and conceptualizes information for decision-making. What would take a year can be brought down to 14 days, says Tricco, with the addition of AI within the dashboard.
Her team had successfully brought down the process to three months but with AI and funding from the CFI, the “CAL-Synthesis.SR” Dashboard can take the time down to two weeks— and it will be available for all researchers. Ambitiously, Tricco would like to shave off another four days.
Quicker decision-making means fewer resources spent on essential lifesaving decisions for Canadians. And, rapid evidence will enable better prevention and treatment decisions for health leaders, contribute to sustaining high-quality healthcare and promote high-value innovations in Canada.
“Your typical knowledge synthesis takes months to years,” she says. “And this reflects literally millions of research studies that search hundreds of studies examined by human reviewers. COVID-19 has really shown us the importance of urgency.”
Tricco is the nominated principal investigator on a pan-Canadian team that has worked on providing information to decision-makers. The team has supported the Public Health Agency of Canada, The WHO and Health Canada among many others.
“The feedback that we receive is that the results have been useful and relevant within their decision-making window of opportunity,” she says. “Otherwise, the information will come too late, and they wouldn’t be able to make those decisions.”
The DLSPH alumna has been working in knowledge synthesis for the past decade. Her goal is to ensure this toolbox is used widely among health researchers. Her current work sources data from existing and large databases like PubMed and Embase to expedite knowledge synthesis.
“We’ve been using some semi-automation for some of our COVID work,” she says. “But we want to develop this tool even further. And so that’s where that CFI comes in. And that’s where we want to use our toolbox with AI and make this available for all researchers so that we can continue providing evidence that’s helpful for decision-making in a very timely way.”
Tricco has had a string of awards this year. In addition to shortening turnaround times, she would like to include patient partners as part of the synthesis to further the evidence’s quality.
“We’re hoping that this will produce valid and meaningful evidence for Canadian decision-makers and patient partners. So even with those ten-day timelines, we have patient partners who join the research team, which I think is pretty innovative and also leads to more impact.” | <urn:uuid:2df5a5f3-452b-4498-bdd0-c99b8630cd65> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/2021/09/09/ai-infrastructure-for-quicker-health-policy-decision-making-earns-prof-new-funding/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.953976 | 775 | 1.984375 | 2 |
LGBTQ health and shelter services are strained to their limits.
LGBTQ health, housing, and legal services are in jeopardy as the COVID-19 crisis continues.
According to NBC News, LGBTQ health clinics in particular are struggling to keep their doors open during the pandemic, which has led to staff becoming furloughed or their hours reduced.
Many clinics are also limiting in-person appointments and offering virtual appointments when possible. The shift to virtual health care has led to falling revenue, and some clinics, such as Fenway Health in Boston, are operating at an "unsustainable deficit."
Some of these clinics serve tens of thousands of people each year. If they don't stay open in the long term, communities would be deeply hurt by a wide deficit in affirming care.
Other LGBTQ resources are also concerned about sustaining operations. In April, 137 LGBTQ groups and allied nonprofits in California signed a letter addressed to the state's governor, Gavin Newsom, asking for financial assistance during the pandemic.
"The economic fallout from COVID-19 has upended our budgets by forcing us to cancel fundraising events and preventing us from completing reimbursement-based grant deliverables that require face-to-face interaction and outreach," wrote Rick Chavez Zbur, executive director of Equality California, a nonprofit civil rights group that advocates for LGBTQ people and defends them in the courtroom.
Zbur noted that sponsors and donors had also been affected by the pandemic and were no longer able to offer financial support. Those sponsors include the AIDS Legal Referral Panel, which helps clients living with HIV avoid unlawful evictions and protects their medical benefits, and the Sacramento LGBT Community Center, which offers legal aid, mental health support, and emergency shelter for victims of crime, among other services.
LGBTQ shelters are facing similar financial challenges during the pandemic.
Casa Ruby, an organization for LGBTQ youth in Washington, D.C., has seen a rise in the number of individuals coming to its shelter for assistance in recent months. Ruby Corado, Casa Ruby's executive director, told NBC Washington in April that, since the start of the pandemic, the number of young people she sees in a day has tripled, straining resources to their limit.
"For many clients, we are the only lifeline that they have left," she said, adding that the shelter is running out of supplies to feed and house people.
LGBTQ-focused health centers and shelters help mitigate the effects of discrimination that LGBTQ people face every day. Eight percent of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people and 29% of transgender people said a health care provider had refused to see them in the past year because of their actual or perceived sexuality or gender, according to a 2017 Center for American Progress survey.
The 2015 U.S. Trans Survey, released by the U.S. Center for Transgender Equality, found that 33% of respondents said they had negative experience with a health care provider in the past year because they were transgender.
Concerns about anti-LGBTQ bias also shape where LGBTQ people live, making access to discrimination-free shelters all the more important.
According to a 2016 survey by the Center for American Progress, 19% of LGBTQ people said they made decisions about where to live based on fear of discrimination. Eleven percent made the decision to move away from a rural area because of it, and 16.8% moved away from family.
According to a 2017 University of Chicago report, LGBTQ young people also had a 120% higher risk of becoming homeless than their cisgender and straight peers.
Despite the many threats the LGBTQ community is facing as a result of the pandemic, the Trump administration is still plowing ahead with a rewrite of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which was intended to protect LGBTQ people from health care discrimination.
In 2016, the Obama administration clarified that Section 1557's ban on sex discrimination included gender identity and termination of pregnancy, among other provisions. The Trump-era rule, when finalized, would remove the Obama administration's language on gender identity, health insurance coverage protections for transgender people, and provisions stopping health insurers from varying benefits in ways discriminate against people living with HIV and LGBTQ people.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development also proposed a rule last year that would roll back Obama-era protections for transgender people accessing homeless shelters.
When finalized, operators of homeless shelters could set a policy to accommodate someone in a shelter according to their sex, which could be based on factors such as "privacy, safety, practical concerns, religious beliefs" and "the individual's sex as reflected in official government documents." LGBTQ advocacy groups are concerned that this would force some transgender people to either live in accommodations that did not recognize their gender or to live on the street.
HUD Secretary Ben Carson visited HUD's San Francisco office and told staffers in an internal meeting that he was worried that "big, hairy men" would come to women's homeless shelters, according to the Washington Post. Three people who attended the meeting said they thought his remarks were pointed at transgender women.
As of Wednesday, the rule still appeared to be under consideration.
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1.first, paint the parking spot a solid color. Send me your suggestions for additions :).
See more ideas about parking spot painting, parking lot painting, sidewalk chalk art.
Chalk parking spot ideas. Show that the parking lot curbs have the name of the vehicles for “assigned parking”. See more ideas about parking spot, parking spot painting, parking lot painting. See more ideas about parking spot painting, parking lot painting, parking spot.
See more ideas about sidewalk art, parking spot painting, sidewalk chalk art. Introduce the parking lot in a playful way when your child is engaging in regular play; These 22 painted parking spots will make you wish you were this witty in high school.
You've come to the right place! Having your own assigned parking spot as a high school student is a rite of passage. Many schools require that students submit the design for their senior parking spot to the school administration or pta for approval before the event.
If you are using painters tape, outline your spot before you start painting. If there’s anyway you can paint the spot the night before, do it, because it takes a while to dry. First paint your base coat using a paint roller.
Game room / playroom / bonus room ‘welcome to the fun zone!’ or make a scoreboard for your dart game. See more ideas about parking spot, parking spot painting, high school seniors. The senior classes of 2017 let their creative ideas take over when they got to paint their parking spots.
We bought a gallon of exterior paint for the white, because that’s the color we decided to paint the parking spot to start with a clean slate and to add the lines. It took at least a couple hours. You're yelling out to the.
At some schools like west orange high school in florida and james bowie high school in texas, not only do you get a parking spot, you get to personalize it too with your own cool drawings! From parodying their favorite album to paying. If your school allows it, spray chalk is useful for covering large areas with a single color.
David zinn parking lot painting chalk photos senior year of high school high school seniors school painting sidewalk chalk art chalk drawings random drawings. See more ideas about chalk, sidewalk chalk art, sidewalk chalk. Clean off your parking spot.
Discover (and save!) your own pins on pinterest See more ideas about sidewalk chalk, chalk, sidewalk chalk art. Use a broom or leaf blower to clean off your spot and get all the dirt, leaves, and whatever else is on your spot.
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Due diligence, In health and safety management terms, means doing background checks. Principal Contractors must appoint sub-contractors holding the “skills, knowledge and experience, and if they are an organisation, capability necessary to fulfil that role.”
The definition is taken from Regulation 8(i) of the CDM (Construction, Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
A Principal Contractor has a legal duty to ensure the subcontractors they appoint meet this standard. This process is called undertaking due diligence. You are probably familiar with the term PQQ, or pre-qualification questionnaire. This is how your clients are meeting their due diligence duty placed upon them. They are asking you to complete a questionnaire and provide evidence to ensure they are undertaking due diligence to a standard that will provide a defence in court.
Ask for copies of training certificates. CSCS cards can be checked with the CITB to ensure they are not fakes. A training matrix is great to see the operatives training at a glance. This is useful for work programming as well as ensuring your health and safety due diligence is done.
Have you subcontractors operatives had general health and safety training? A certificate for construction site safety, working safely or Level 1 Site Safety would suffice. Some subcontractors would require additional safety training, such as plant operators licences or scaffolding qualifications to a certain level. Site Supervisors, usually employed by Groundworkers, should hold the CITB SSSTS qualification, and Site Managers, the CITB SMSTS qualification.
Example risk assessments and method statements should also be obtained as part of your due diligence. The two documents will tell you a great deal of information. Are the works sequenced correctly and is everything in there? An experienced tradesperson will know every element of the job and which order to do it in. They will train their operatives in this way. Have they identified the risks that the job presents? If they have and the control measures are appropriate, they have demonstrated they have the knowledge of how to do the job safely.
Again, it’s back to training. If every subcontractor has the basic level of qualification, it must be asked how long they have been practicing their trade. A company of newly qualified tradespeople could have all the experience in the world but it would be prudent to have a few “grandfathers”. These are people who have years in the business and experience to impart on their younger colleagues.
Send out Pre-Qualification Questionnaires to potential subcontractors and check each element is compliant before considering their appointment.
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International Collaboration in Lifelong Learning: Making It Work
In small groups, participants will explore how to collaborate in the area of life-long learning, considering the core values of inclusivity, credibility, integrity, and transparency as described in the GAME vision and mission statement, above. Three topics were investigated, including 1) how to incorporate the core value of transparency into collaboration, 2) barriers that inhibit collaboration across stakeholders, and 3) resources needed for collaboration in lifelong learning. The presenters and learners will, together, explore these topics and brainstorm solutions that can be utilized as best practices in CME/CPD over the next 10 years.
- Incorporate transparency into educational collaborations.
- Better understand barriers that may inhibit collaboration in CME/CPD and create solutions that will address identified barriers.
- Develop solutions that utilize known resources needed for collaboration in life long learning so as to incorporate them in future collaborations. | <urn:uuid:701848e3-baeb-439e-ac1b-44eb66278f1d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://learn.acehp.org/products/international-collaboration-in-lifelong-learning-making-it-work | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.919442 | 194 | 2.265625 | 2 |
If you might be making use of for financing, a strong roadmap becomes particularly essential as it is one of the simplest ways for a lender to get a feel for you and your small business. Costs required to function your business, like hire, utilities, property, gear, and comparable. The prices of procurement and providing objects, together with how a lot it prices you to source, manufacture, and will get items to your business. The fairness in your small business is the whole value of your assets, less the cost of your liabilities. The unique funds you or others put into the business to begin it, counts towards your equity. For example, if your small business has property of $50,000, and money owed of $10,000, your equity could be $40,000.
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You can become infected with COVID-19 and the flu at the same time- but ‘flurona’ is not real.
Scientists urge people to stop using ‘flurona’ as a term to describe it as its own virus. It is not.
‘Flurona’ is not it’s own virus
The term ‘flurona’ gives the impression that two viruses have merged into one. This Frankenstein virus is is just a myth. However, you can contract COVID-19 and the flu at the same time. Find more information here.
Dr. Ellen Foxman, an immunologist at the Yale School of Medicine, said that getting infected with both is called a coinfection. People get coinfections pretty frequently. It is not an uncommon occurrence.
Being infected with two viruses at once produces it’s own outcomes. Contracting COVID-19 and the flu at the same time could result in three different things. These include:
- little to no symptoms
- attacked by the viruses at the same time, leading to severe illness
- or, one virus could dominate the other
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Coinfections have been documented worldwide before the term ‘flurona’ became popular.
COVID-19 and the flu are both respiratory diseases. The most common symptoms for these are a runny nose, sore throat, fever, headache and fatigue.
Health and vaccination status are two factors that impact symptoms.
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Warm Water Winter, Stripers, Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna
Written by: Stan Gabruk
Lately I have had a many people asking me about global warming, the strange fishing conditions and what I make of them. Well I used to think I actually knew something about our local species, currents, and what we should expect under fairly normal conditions. When it comes to fishing, it will always defy logic. For now we´re seeing summer time species like Dorado, Sailfish and Yellowfin tuna around our world famous fishing grounds. Now why they´re here in the winter, your guess is as good as mine. While we´re having spring like weather during the days, it will also help keep water temperatures up. With warm, swirling currents these strange conditions have persisted and who are we to complain. For now the visitor looking for some great fishing action can actually target fish that should be long gone. Welcome to fishing amigo, it will drive you crazy!
Corbeteña is alive and well with Yellowfin Tuna to 80 lbs, Same for El Banco. Dorado running in the 35 to 50 lb range is turning into a ¨normal¨ thing. Sailfish, Striped Marlin to 250 lbs. Wahoo average in the 80 lb range for now. It´s just great fishing and there´s plenty of live bait to keep these summer species around. With the lower numbers of tourist fishing the local spots are all deserted with just a few boats if any. Cubera Snappers, there is plenty of action if you have the inclination amigo.
At the Marietta Islands and El Morro, the fishing is great, but like you should expect these fish are moving all over the place. Some days can be tough trying to get the interest of a fish that is so stuffed he can´t eat another bait fish, but thank your lucky stars they do! Sailfish are still hanging out, Dorado in the 25to 35 lb range, Snappers to 30 lbs, Trigger fish around the reef area are tasty! Rooster fish which were so active the last week have thinned out considerably with the Sardines moving. Picking up the slack Jack Crevalls are all over the place, Sierra Mackerals also, it´s wide open here and it´s only an eight hour day. Mikes Fishing party can help the single guy looking for some action on a shoe string for $175 dollars per person. Cheap for sure and Mikes Fishing is a superior product for a fair price. Come by and ask us about this great and affordable option while here in Puerto Vallarta as a single fisherman.
Punta Mita, the other point to the north is alive as well with Sailfish off the point and north a bit. Striped Marlin almost to El Banco and Dorado bulls. Rooster fish may be there, but no reports as late from Sayulita. But the fact a four hour trip off a beach panga that is equipped well will get you something for the dinner table tonight, fresh from the sea. It doesn´t get any better than this when it comes to fresh sea food! I would hit the Marietta Islands before you consider this area.
Inside the bay is still Jack Crevall City as you would expect from years and years of steady winter time stable. Dorado are not in the bay, but Sierra Mackerals are running between and 15 and 35 lbs, great tasting as well but make sure you find those golden spots near the dorsal fin so don´t eat that California Mackeral, it´s horrible! Skip Jack Tuna around Yelapa just don’t understand they`re not supposed to be there. Perfect for younger anglers who are not exactly looking to hook into Moby Dick!
Water Temperatures are hovering in the 71 to 75 degree range. Bait fish are all over the place with many smaller bait balls. Lures are always something you should run, but for now if you´re trolling live bait it will do the job. Google Eyes for now are the bait of choice. Presently you have a real opportunity to catch some great and tasty fish that should not be here in the area. So take the chance to see nature up close and personal, who knows, you may even see a whale!
For those who don´t know yet, Gloria, a personal friend (not my wife) is now working the shop during the day and is handling my marketing and office during the day. For every person who comes in the door and says hello will receive a free jungle or city tours. Gloria is a great lady and you`ll understand when you meet here. We´ve also got some new T-shirt styles in our new location just down a few doors from Victors Restaurant at the south end of the marina. Come in and get your tour amigos…..
Until next time don’t forget to kiss your fish and remember at Master Baiter’s Sportfishing & Tackle “ We Won’t Jerk You Around”!
Master Baiter´s has changed locations in Marina Vallarta and are now near Victors Café Te Cuba. Look for me at the least traveled end of Marina Vallarta and I will be there in my new place! Everyone coming by to see my new location will get a FREE CITY OR JUNGLE TOUR! So I expect to see you all at my shop soon!Master Baiters is still the only real fishing company in Marina Vallarta with its own exclusive boats that are reliable, fast, English Speaking, fish catching professionals! Questions on any subject: feel free to ask at my email: email@example.com Web page: www.MasterBaiters.com.mx or call me directly locally at: (044) 322 779 75 71 or if roaming: 011 52 1 322 779 75 71 (this is my cell phone directly until the shop phone is working). You can come be a ¨Fan¨ on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Master-Baiters-Sportfishing-Tackle/88817121325 Facebook Fans get special perks you won´t find in my reports.
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END violence is a youth-centered program designed to empower K-12 schools to create enduring, systemic change so that ALL children feel safe, welcome and supported.
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Anderson, J. M., bank clerk — Astoria — born in Svartebäck, Småland, February 9, 1875. At age 4 he accompanied his parents to America and was raised in St. Paul, Minn.
He got into banking at the age of 16 and was employed at a bank in St. Paul for 14 years. He has organized three banks in Minnesota for investors in Minneapolis and St. Paul. He moved to Astoria, Oregon, in 1907 and here organized the Scandinavian-American-bank, whose treasurer he has been ever since its founding. Anderson is a real estate owner both in Astoria and in Portland and also a member of Oddfellows, the Knights of Pythias and the American Methodist Church. | <urn:uuid:eaeea82d-d199-4f6e-ba81-51148052926b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.swedishrootsinoregon.org/genealogy/skarstedt-biographies/andreson-j-m/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.987928 | 153 | 1.59375 | 2 |
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