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Baptist Health Floyd: The Meds to Beds Program
The Meds to Beds Program in Southern Indiana HealthTalks Transcript
Dan Inboden, PharmD, Retail Pharmacy Manager:
Our Meds to Beds program is a bedside delivery for our patients at discharge. When patients are admitted to the hospital, one of our staff members will ask if the patient wants to take part in the program. If they say yes, then at the time of discharge, the pharmacy is set to our pharmacy here, downstairs near the main lobby. Prescriptions are sent to us electronically by the prescriber.
We work to fill them, run them through insurance, and we’ll contact the patient and verify that they do want us to bring it up. One of our pharmacy technicians will bring the medication up, once it’s ready, to the bedside. This is an opportunity for us to be able to provide a little bit more one-on-one counseling from our pharmacist here in the retail pharmacy, and to save you a trip and a stop at a pharmacy out in the community.
A lot of times, patients are tired after they’ve been here for a few days. This allows us to make the transition home a bit smoother. So, when you leave here, hopefully, you can go home and actually start to rest and recover for whatever reason you’ve been here. There are several studies that actually show that patients who get bedside delivery have a less likely chance of being readmitted to the hospital because we are able to close some of those gaps that may present themselves. By having a Meds to Beds delivery option, we are able to take care of them one last time and make sure that they’re set up for as much success as possible when they leave the hospital.
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Kata Tjuta is a striking group of domed rocks that cluster together to form small valleys and gorges. 30 kilometres to the east is Uluru the world’s second largest monolith, measuring over 9 kilometres around the base, and rising 348 metres above the mulga plain. Named Uluru by the Aborigines, it is a sacred monument to them, and the walls of the caves which honeycomb the base are covered in Aboriginal carvings and paintings, many of which are thousands of years old. Both Kata Tjuta and Uluru are estimated to continue around 5-6 kilometres underground, making the visible rock just the tip of each formation.
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Chapter 13 features the children exploring the Shandor mine.
Listed as they appear in film.
Trevor, Lucky, Phoebe, and Podcast went to the old Shandor mine and rode the mine elevator down the shaft. To break the silence and tension, Phoebe told one of her jokes. She asked what a cigarette and hamster had in common. Lucky had no clue and asked what it was. Phoebe replied they were both harmless until you stick one in your mouth and light it on fire. Podcast snorted and Lucky refrained from laughing and looked away. Trevor commented it was the worst time. They turned on their flashlights as they got closer to the landing. They were two statues of the Terror Dogs in Sentinel form. Trevor spotted the large statue of Gozer. Below it was a statue of a horde of vaguely human spirits reaching up to the Gozer statue. Once the elevator landed, Trevor pushed up the side then Lucky helped. Trevor shined his light on the Gozer statue. He asked if that was her. Phoebe informed him that Gozer had no gender. Lucky found that pretty woke for 3000 BC.
Trevor warned everyone to watch their steps. He came upon a big hole in the ground. They all looked down it. Podcast believed it was a sacrificial death pit. Phoebe wondered what they were sacrificing. Lucky guessed it was virgins. She teased Trevor and noting tough luck for him. Phoebe recalled that statistically, most 15-year-olds were virgins. Trevor panicked. Lucky realized he was 15 and lied to her about his age when they first met. He tried to defuse things and told her he would be 16 in February. She pointed out it was June. He quickly changed the subject and asked what all those holes in the wall were. They all looked. Phoebe joked they were "vacancies." Lucky wondered where all the bodies were. Podcast announced he found one. They others joined him at the lone glass tomb. There was an elder man in a purple suit wearing a twin red sash. Trevor was shocked and asked if he was sleeping. Lucky pointed out it was a coffin. Phoebe climbed up a wooden ladder nearby. Podcast saw the name plate and realized the man in the tomb was the late Ivo Shandor. Lucky admitted he looked fantastic for a dead 90 year old. Podcast recalled when someone died, their fingernails kept growing. Lucky quickly called that false and stated only their skin shrunk.
Phoebe believed Shandor knew Gozer was coming. They looked up at her. She found a series of numerical inscriptions. The visible years were 1821, 1823, 1883, 1908, 1945, 1984, 2021, and 2134. Podcast recalled the Krakatoa eruption in 1883, the most violent volcanic activity in human history. Trevor asked what happened in 1908. Podcast guessed it was probably the Tunguska blast over Siberia. Lucky saw 1945 and begged the question of what did not happen that year. Phoebe saw 1984 and quickly matched it to the Manhattan Crossrip. She likened it to a countdown. Podcast deduced it was like a prophecy. There was a noise. Phoebe climbed down. There is an orange glow coming from the pit. Phoebe leaned over and looked down. A spectral horde was rising up. Trevor called out to Phoebe. There were vague figures and arms in the horde A familiar powering up sound was heard. A proton stream was fired over the pit. It zoomed past Phoebe's left side. Three other proton cannons fired. The streams all crossed then shot into the spectral horde. The mine rumbled. The spirits in the pit visibly reacted to the crossed streams. Trevor shouted to Phoebe. Phoebe realized this was the cause of Summerville's earthquakes. Ivo Shandor's eyes suddenly opened. He turned his head at Podcast, who naturally freaked out. Trevor shouted out to Phoebe again. A voice in the horde said her name, too. A humanoid figure started to form. Trevor pulled Phoebe away.
The crossed streams forced the horde back down. A modified P.K.E Meter connected to the cannons turned off. The proton cannons each turned off. Shandor turned his head and went back into a death-state. Phoebe and Trevor stood up Lucky ran over. Podcast pointed at Shandor and asserted he was alive. Lucky asked Trevor if he was okay and brushed the dirt off him. Trevor told her he was fine and asked her the same question. Phoebe walked between them and killed the moment. Trevor asked Phoebe what was wrong. She studied one of the Proton Cannons and declared their grandfather was right all along. She surmised he built the Proton Cannon array and stood guard, even when no one believed him, sacrificing everything: his life, his friends, and his family. There was a silence. Podcast thought that was a bummer. Trevor and Lucky looked down at him in dismay. Phoebe stated they needed to tell Callie what they discovered.
Callie called out for Phoebe in the Farmhouse. She looked in Phoebe's bedroom and sighed. She picked up the P.K.E. Meter.
- The sound stages used for the Farmhouse and Temple of Gozer were next door to each other.
- The mine shaft was built during the first week of photography.
- The Gozer statue was heavily inspired Polish sculptor Stainislaw Szukalski.
- The Gozer statue in the temple was sculpted in 3D and ZBrush.
- The Temple of Gozer set was built using a combination of three techniques: taking molds of real rocks, hand sculpting, and cutting on a four axis mill.
- Everything above 15 feet tall and all the squeezes in the corner rocks of the temple set are real rock.
- The floor in the temple set was a foot of styrofoam sandwiched between plywood. During construction, a 10 person team cut a circle in the floor and slotted in the pre-built sacrificial death pit gateway.
- The mine elevator was built practically. It was 45 feet tall on the Studio 3 sound stage in the Calgary Film Centre. It led to the the chamber set on the Studio 2 sound stage.
- After coming down the mine elevator, there is a statue of the pre-chosen form Gozer took in the first movie.
- Phoebe notes Gozer is genderless. In the first movie, Chapter 26: Gozer, Winston thought Gozer was male then Egon states it's whatever it wants to be.
- Lucky finds out Trevor is only 15 years old.
- Trevor reveals he turns 16 in February 2022.
- Lucky notes it is currently June.
- There is a sequence of years etched in stone in the temple:
- 1883: 1883 was the year of the Krakatoa eruption, as mentioned.
- 1908: The year of the Tunguska blast that Ray references at the end of the first movie.
- 1945: The year World War II ended with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- 1984: The events of the first Ghostbusters movie.
- The most current year etched in stone is 2021, when this movie takes place.
- Ivo Shandor's coffin was patterned after real glass enclosures used to display the embalmed bodies of infamous leaders around the world and religious figures across Europe. Kirsten Franson modeled one of Francois Audouy's sketches in 3D, which was then distributed to the construction department and crafted to be elegant and sophisticated.
- Ivo Shandor's tomb reveals he was born in 1855 and "died" in 1945.
- Ivo Shandor's physical appearance incidentally matches how he looked in Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions). It was a coincidence, Arjen Tuiten did not look at the design from that game when he made his one concept.
- While the year 2021 is inscribed in the stone, Podcast's line about Shandor's body being in the tomb was not fixed to from "75 years" to "76" to reflect it is 2021.
- The Proton Pack props reserved for the 4 pack set up in the mine weren't up to Jason Reitman's expectations. Peter White and members of the Alberta Ghostbusters worked on them for a lot of hours over a weekend.
- Shannon Chapel worked on the P.K.E. Meter prop that controls the Proton Pack array.
- Rob Petkau, of Genesis Custom Sabers, also worked on the Proton Cannon's wand props.
- The Proton Cannons were initially mounted on a flat piece of metal but the Alberta Ghostbusters working on them made the bases that were used in the movie.
- The Proton Cannon with the odd looking panel was redone by Jordin Johanson of the Alberta Ghostbusters. Initially, it was covered with trap relays and sockets. He pulled them off and reworked them under the direction of "what would it look like if the cyclotron assembly was completely pulled off?"
- Johanson used parts from a scrap bin to make its injector tubes so that it kind of looked like an ion arm power cell.
- The Proton Cannon with the separate mounted cyclotron was built under the premise of what it would look like if the cyclotron had to be removed or swapped out at some point.
- One of the Proton Cannon wands resembles the thrower muzzle from the Proton Pack seen in Ghostbusters (2016 Movie). That wand was shipped to the set from a prop company based in Los Angeles and only changed a little.
- The resistors on the Proton Cannons are a mix of real and casted.
- The components of the Proton Cannons are mostly fiberglass.
- The Alberta Ghostbusters left some easter eggs inside the Proton Cannons:
- A random B-level Star Wars figure is on one of the bases.
- One of the Alberta Ghostbusters' TK numbers is on one of the outer rings.
- The Alberta Ghostbusters' logo is inside the prop where all the electronics are.
- The business card of the then president of Alberta Ghostbusters is in one of them.
- They signed the inside of the one with the big cyclotron.
- They programmed shout outs that are commented out on the Arduinos that run the props.
- The team of Alberta Ghostbusters technically broke on-set rules and installed the Proton Cannons and bases themselves using pipe fitting adapters bought from a local Home Depot on a holiday weekend.
- Phoebe alludes to Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Winston Zeddemore.
- Tested YouTube "The Production Design of Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 11:30-11:32 1/26/2022 François Audouy says: "Yeah, let's go check it out, it's the next stage over."'
- Tested YouTube "The Production Design of Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 12:11-12:17 1/26/2022 François Audouy says: "They get in a cage and then we built a 40 foot tall mine shaft on the shop during the first week of photography."'
- Inguanzo, Ozzy (2021). Ghostbusters: Afterlife The Art and Making of the Movie, p. 137. Titan Books, London UK, ISBN 1789096529. Francois Audouy says: "We were heavily inspired by the powerful work of Polish sculptor Stainislaw Szukalski."
- Tested YouTube "The Production Design of Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 15:00-15:03 1/26/2022 François Audouy says: "This was all sculpted in 3D and ZBrush."'
- Tested YouTube "The Production Design of Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 16:19-16:33 1/26/2022 François Audouy says: "There's a combination of many different techniques to this, there's a combination of taking molds from real rock and there's also a lot of hand sculpting and the third thing that we're doing is we're cutting things on a four axis mill."'
- Tested YouTube "The Production Design of Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 17:42-17:56 1/26/2022 François Audouy says: "So everything above 15 feet or all of these squeezes in the corner rocks are all--that's all real rock and the benefit of that, too, is that it's only about this thick so it's super lightweight."'
- Tested YouTube "The Production Design of Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 18:34-18:55 1/26/2022 François Audouy says: "We've got a 10 person team coming in and they've--this whole whole floor is about a foot of styrofoam sandwiched between plywood and they just go in, they'll cut the circle in and then we have the pit that's pre-built sitting outside, the stage that comes in and just 'dook' slots in and we have an instant hellmouth."'
- Go Creative Show YouTube "Ghostbusters Afterlife Production Design (with Francois Audouy) GCS291" 41:51-42:08 12/6/2021 Francois Audouy says: "Then we built a practical mine shaft that was 45 feet tall on stage for for the kids going down the elevator and then they open up into a chamber that was built on stage and-"
- Inguanzo, Ozzy (2021). Ghostbusters: Afterlife The Art and Making of the Movie, p. 135. Titan Books, London UK, ISBN 1789096529. Line reads: "For their descent down the rock-lined mineshaft, a forty-foot-tall vertical set was built on the Studio 3 sound stage at the Calgary Film Centre, fully equipped with an operable elevator control system."
- Inguanzo, Ozzy (2021). Ghostbusters: Afterlife The Art and Making of the Movie, p. 135. Titan Books, London UK, ISBN 1789096529. Line reads: "That downward trip culminates in neighboring Studio 2, where again the special effects team lowered the miner's cage carrying the young actors, this time down into the tip of a giant pyramid-part of an immersive 360-degree temple set."
- Inguanzo, Ozzy (2021). Ghostbusters: Afterlife The Art and Making of the Movie, p. 139. Titan Books, London UK, ISBN 1789096529. Line reads: "Shandor's coffin was patterned after real glass enclosures used to display the embalmed bodies of infamous leaders around the world and religious figures across Europe. Franson modeled one of Audouy's sketches in 3D, which was then distributed to the construction department and crafted to be elegant and sophisticated."
- Yes Have Some YouTube "Arjen Tuiten - Ghostbusters: Afterlife Creature Design, Effects, and Makeup Interview" 26:35-26:39 1/21/2022 Arjen Tuiten says: "Funny enough, I never looked at The Video Game."
- Yes Have Some YouTube "Ben Eadie - Ghostbusters: Afterlife Props, RTV Trap, & Stories from set" 56:11-56:20 12/3/2021 Ben Eadie says: "We get all these packs in and they're not quite what Jason wants and we're like 'okay we gotta make this good' and--"
- Yes Have Some YouTube "Ben Eadie - Ghostbusters: Afterlife Props, RTV Trap, & Stories from set" 56:27-56:39 12/3/2021 Ben Eadie says: "And Peter's like 'you know I don't care what it'll take' and he put in some major major hours over a weekend along with a bunch of the Alberta Ghostbusters."
- Yes Have Some YouTube "Ben Eadie - Ghostbusters: Afterlife Props, RTV Trap, & Stories from set" 58:05-58:11 12/3/2021 Ben Eadie says: "The narrative is that they're controlled by that P.K.E. and that-that's a scratch build from this, the, Shannon Chapel guy."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 19:28-20:41 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "So just members of my franchise that helped out would be Ashley, who did a lot of paint, weathering, and detailing. She also designed a different neutrona wand box that was ultimately unused but now exists in her home secretly. My good friend James was also involved. He was the one who recommended me specifically which was great. He did a lot of the modeling. He also modeled parts of the Ectomobile that needed to be made. Another friend, Sean. Cast--brought on for casting a dummy version of the R.T.V. That would stick out of the Ectomobile that couldn't eject because was only half a body, it ended before--And Dustin who did electronics and wiring and also ran the wrap party which I also got to be gently involved in. And finally for Ghostbusters friends, Rob who worked on the Sentry Wands specifically. Yes, Genesis Custom Sabers is his company."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 42:12-42:25 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "Originally, I think you can see it on some of the pictures, they're literally mounted on a flat piece of metal. Initially, the bases were something we created. Kind of beefed them up and such."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 42:46-43:34 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "One of them was covered with trap relays, relays and sockets. And it didn't make it to the final because I pulled them all off. I was like "This doesn't make sense to me as a Ghostbusters guy." That one is the one that has the bizarre looking almost 'Arc Reactor' looking panel on it. So I was given direction by my supervisor who worked on the movie, Peter, 'What would it look like if you were to pull this cyclotron assembly completely off?' And I sketched something up and I have it to another member of production and he turned my drawing into that gear looking guy that you see with all the copper at the center and all the wires that run in and out."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 44:06-44:24 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "I also found like in a scrap bin, some Hammond project box... I used it to make the injector tubes that go into it. So it look--it kind of looked like an ion arm power cell. I yeah, it was a really weird bodge job. I felt like it came out right."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 44:33-44:55 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "So that's the one I believe is on the right side pillar closest to the entrance of the set which doesn't help you guys at all but there's a separate cyclotron built onto the column that cords run to so it was like the cyclotron had to be removed or swapped out at one point, that's were it once was."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 53:09-53:45 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "So those came from LA. A lot of the base work came from the prop company in LA. Outisde of me changing wiring, moving parts around, adding the bases, and filling those up with easter eggs and parts, those were already on there. And I was just like, at one point, one of the things, this is the most original part here because a lot of the parts are Ghostbusters parts. I was like, 'Actually that's from After-Answer The Call.' So I pull up a picture. See here on the bottome left. That's this."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 55:03-55:14 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "It's a mixture. I cast a bunch when I was working on the stuff on the Sentry Packs."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 55:19-55:29 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "Those are mostly fiberglass ones on the Sentry Packs. They were fiberglass and cut on. Either cut out or mounted on."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 57:59-58:26 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "There's a Star Wars figure inside one of the bases of the Sentry Pack. Some random B-guy we painted up. One of our members' TK numbers is on one of the outer rings. Our logo is inside the pack where all the electronics and such are inside the base. My Alberta Ghostbusters President, at the time, business card is in one of them. On the one with the big cyclotron, we all signed the inside of that. I think we put a bunch of shout outs that are commented out on the Arduinos that run them."
- The Black Firehouse Podcast Spotify "Session 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife Gunners Seat & Sentry Proton Packs" 51:34-52:05 1/25/2022 Jordin Johanson says: "But we actually installed them which technically broke some rules because I think that's construction or set deck. But we took the packs, the Sentry Cannon bases, and we drilled into the fake stone walls and then put the straps across and mounted the Proton Wands using Home Depot, it was the only thing open on a holiday weekend, pipe fitting adapters."
Images were grabbed from the Blu-ray by Paul Rudoff. Black bars have been removed, which leaves all images at a 2.40:1 aspect ratio.
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The Central Bank of Brazil recently cut the Selic rate to 3.75% per year. The movement was a response to expectations about the impact of the pandemic of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) on the Brazilian economy. While the Brazilian interest rate falls to the lowest level in history, nations abroad are also practicing negative interest rates. The high demand for these securities that cause losses to investors rather than gains shows that the market has been waiting for years for a global recession, which can now be catalyzed by the Covid-19 pandemic. But what is the relationship between negative interest rates and cryptocurrencies?
Interest rates act as a stimulus for more money to circulate in the economy. They have been historically low in the current decade since the 2008 financial crisis, which caused a shock to global economies. The European Central Bank cut interest rates to below zero in 2014, dragging other countries in its wake. The Bank of Japan in 2016.
Initially, the cuts were adopted by central banks as a short-term remedy to stimulate growth in regions such as Europe. However, in recent years, they have become the rule, not the exception.
The U.S. is also heading in that direction. President Donald Trump had been pressuring the FED since last year to cut interest rates to stimulate the U.S. economy. After the new coronavirus crisis exploded, the U.S. central bank cut the rate to a range between 0% to 0.25%, which means that trillions of dollars were injected into the economy.
Demand for negative interest rates on the rise
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There is also the concern that countries with negative rates will have less flexibility to respond to an economic slowdown with monetary stimulus. Central banks often seek to cut rates to boost economic growth, as lower rates will encourage savers to spend. If rates are already low and in some cases negative, the central banks may have less or no flexibility to help preventing a recession.
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Special Issue "Chemical and Biosensors: A Theme Issue in Honor of Professor Otto S. Wolfbeis"
A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040).
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Interests: optical sensors; luminescence sensing and imaging
Interests: luminescent oxygen sensor; photodynamic thereapy; quantum dots
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Otto S. Wolfbeis was a full professor of Analytical and Interface Chemistry at the University of Regensburg, Germany, from 1995 to 2012, and is well known as a pioneer in the field of luminescence chemo- and biosensors. He has authored numerous papers and reviews on optical (fiber) chemical sensors, fluorescent probes, labels, and bioassays; on advanced polymers for use in sensing schemes; on photonic crystals and upconversion particles; and on spectroscopic methods, including fluorescence (lifetime) and RGB-based digital imaging. Another field relates to bioimaging using advanced nanomaterials. Prof. Wolfbeis has also worked on various types of electrochemical sensors, typically on sensors for gases, neurological drugs and saliva biomarkers, in the aptamer-based electrochemical sensing of thrombin, and in enantioselective sensing. His group described the first capacitive immunosensor back in 1997, and several electrodes coated with molecularly imprinted polymers have been designed for use in impedimetric sensing. Finally, various kinds of analyte response materials were described for use in surface plasmon resonance sensing. His work is listed in https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=pJlFf1IAAAAJ. Many of his sensors are now industrially manufactured. He has (co)edited several books and acted as the (co)organizer of several conferences related to fluorescence spectroscopy (MAF) . He is also the founder of the Europt(r)ode Conference Series, the most comprehensive international conference in the field of optical chemical sensors and biosensors. He was one of the 10 curators of Angewandte Chemie (VCH-Wiley, Weinheim), the editor-in-chief of Microchimica Acta (Springer-Nature, Vienna), and one of the three founding editors of Methods and Application in Fluorescence (Inst. Physics Publ., London).
This Special Issue is dedicated to celebrating the career of Professor Otto S. Wolfbeis in honor of his contributions in the field of chemical and biosensors. It will cover a selection of recent research and review articles on subjects ranging from new chemical sensors and biosensors, new probes and labels, novel quantifying methods, and their applications.
Chemical and biosensors are miniaturized analytical devices that can deliver real-time and online information on the presence of specific compounds, (bio)molecules, or ions in complex samples. They are playing increasingly important roles in both fundamental research and environmental and industrial sectors and have found enormous applications in biological research, health care, biomedical monitoring and imaging, environmental monitoring, and automation control. This Special Issue aims to provide an overview and show original innovations in current development and state-of-the-art techniques in chemical and biosensors in the journal Chemosensors. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Reviews on chemical sensors and biosensors;
- Innovations on chemical sensors and biosensors;
- Optical sensors and biosensors;
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors;
- Electrogenerated chemiluminescence sensors and biosensors;
- New sensor film or nanosensors;
- Novel sensor schemes and new quantifying methods;
- Applications of chemo- and biosensors;
- Advanced nanomaterials for use in sensing and bioimaging.
Prof. Dr. Xudong Wang
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The infective stage of Anisakidae nematodes responsible for allergic reactions in humans is found in a variety of edible fish and cephalopods. The identification of geographical regions that are high risk for infected seafood may help prevent allergic reactions in humans. Despite an abundance of published literature which has identified anisakid larvae in an array of edible seafood as well as scattered reports of human allergic anisakiasis, the relationship between the two has not been fully explored. Therefore, a systematic spatio-temporal study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Anisakis spp. in fish from January 2000 to August 2020 firstly to explore the relationship between fish infection and cases of allergic anisakiasis and secondly to use fish infection data to map potential allergic anisakiasis ‘hot spots’. A systematic literature search for original English text articles was conducted through search engines, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct and Google Scholar. Out of 3228 articles which describe anisakid infection in fish, 264 were used for data extraction. Of 904 articles describing allergic anisakiasis, 37 were used for data extraction. A qualitative summary of the extracted data was performed using equal interval method (ArcMap software) in order to compare the global distribution of Anisakis-infected fish. Of the 152-identified fish hosts, five families were most commonly infected with Anisakis spp. These included Lophiidae (86.9%), Trichiuridae (77.05%), Zeidae (70.9%), Merlucciidae (67.8%) and Gadidae (56.8%). The hot spot areas for allergic anisakiasis were North and northeast of Atlantic Ocean, southwest of USA, west of Mexico, south of Chile, east of Argentina, Norway, UK and west of Iceland (confidence 99%). The highest rate of allergic anisakiasis was in Portugal and Norway with the prevalence rate of 18.45–22.50%. Allergologists should consider allergic anisakiasis as a public health issue particularly in high-risk countries where high prevalences in fish have been demonstrated. | <urn:uuid:e2e979d2-0432-4373-bca1-e0f8a6da5662> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/world-wide-prevalence-of-anisakis-larvae-in-fish-and-its-relation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.947613 | 441 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Join Linda Darling-Hammond, PhD, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University, as she discusses her latest research on international standards and assessments through two unique webinar events.
The Race to the Top is on, and it's being driven by the next generation of standards. Learn about how top-performing nations assess student learning and examine its implications for the next generation of U.S. assessments.
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J.B.S. Haldane, a British-born Indian scientist in the early 20th century, when asked if there were anything that could be concluded about God from the study of natural history, replied “An inordinate fondness for beetles.” There are 380,000 catalogued species of beetle, making them the most species-rich group of insects—and insects are the most species-rich group of animals.
Beetles are some of the creatures that the rains also bring out and I thought it interesting to present you with those that we have found in our garden in Harare. I trust that you will enjoy the pictures.
A few of what I believe are Darkling beetles:
Large armoured darkling beetle, Anomalipus elephas.
Darkling beetles belong to the family Tenebrionidae. Like Tenebrio, the beetles seek dark places, demonstrating a preference for the absence of light.
Another Tenebrid beetle, the Striped Tok tokkie, Psammodes striatus -below- tap out a rhythm on the ground to…
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A success or a COP out?
NHMF Contractor Forum Chair and Ian Williams’ Executive Director, Mike Turner, discusses the huge challenges faced by contractors in the journey to Net Zero and how membership of the Forum is helping businesses face these challenges
The much-anticipated COP26 – now dubbed the Glasgow Climate Pact - is over. Although 197 parties agreed a pact, the summit’s closing moments were hardly jubilant, and depending on who you ask, it was a resounding success or a ‘cop’ out. Some believe that limiting global warming to +1.5C might finally be within our grasp, while others believe the modest improvements don’t go far enough. The reality is that the outcome is nuanced.
There were several notable achievements. Countries committed themselves to further accelerating their decarbonisation plans and, specifically, to strengthening their emissions-reduction targets for 2030 by next year, rather than in 2025 as per the five-year schedule set out under the Paris agreement. Rules to create a framework for a global carbon market were also approved. But the elephant in the room, an agreement to burn no more fossil fuels after 2030, did not materialise.
One thing however is certain: legislation to slow climate change will be put in place in the UK over coming years and combined with the recently released Heat and Buildings Strategy, we will see sweeping changes within the social housing refurbishment sectors. These changes will impact the ways in which we as contractors operate, what skillsets we need, what materials we can and can’t use, quality management systems etc
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The Big Country, also known as the Texas Midwest, is in the central part of the state, where the more Western frontier towns with mesquite and junipers meet the live oak and cedar elms of East Texas. Located two-to-three hours West of Dallas and Fort Worth, most people think of it as just a place to drive by on I-20 as you make your way towards roads that take you to New Mexico, Colorado, and places beyond. It’s also the same distance from the Midland and Odessa region, so it’s centrally located whether you head east or west. Rolling hills of the northernmost part of the Texas Hill Country lead into deep valleys with bountiful lakes and wide-open spaces. Looking for things to do near Abilene and the surrounding area? Here are 17 places to see in the Texas Big Country.
How long? A lot of it depends on where you start. The drive to Abilene is around 2 1/2 hours, depending on traffic in Dallas/Fort Worth. It’s almost equal distance between Dallas/Fort Worth and Midland/Odessa, so the timing should be similar. To truly look everything in the area, at least two days would be needed. Make it a weekend trip and book a hotel to stay overnight.
Time of year? Texas is fairly open year-round, except the Panhandle region. The Big Country area does get winter weather, however, and occasional flash floors. Your best time of years would be late Spring into early summer. Mid- to late Summer can get very hot, but it’s doable in a car with great air conditioning. Fall is also a beautiful time to visit, but the weather does start to get more finicky.
Abilene, Texas, is known as the hub of what is called “The Big Country” or “The Texas Midwest.” It is also known as the furthermost eastern point of West Texas, where the trees start changing from the East Texas foliage into Mesquite trees and more of a desert-type ecosystem. The city manages to have one foot in a more traditional western lifestyle with farming and cattle ranching with the other in more of a traditional, modern city. You can find a mix of locally-owned shops mixed in with larger retail, historical downtown with sprinklings of modern diversions, and three universities with beautiful campuses. Frontier Texas is a multimedia museum highlighting the central Texas area from 1780 to 1880.
If you are a Texas History enthusiast, the Grace Museum has exhibits and art inspired by the Lone Star State.
People into antiques furniture, glass or collectibles will enjoy this multi-vendor mall.
Sweetwater, Texas, is west of Abilene and a little bit more into West Texas. You’ll notice the change into cotton farmlands, mesquite trees, and wind towers. Lots of wind towers. However, the town has a great museum celebrating Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), who were the first ever female pilots in America trained during World War II. The hangars have museum exhibits with a research library, video presentations, and special events. A Memorial Plaza is in the works, which will offer views of the taxiway and runways where the WASP trained from 1943-44.
Built in 1906, the historic Ragland House hosts the Pioneer City County Museum and period-style home. The house is decorated in the turn of the century. A funeral chapel also houses museum exhibits and an art gallery.
If you are interested in old buildings, you can explore the downtown district that has more than 50 structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Buffalo Gap, Texas
Just south of Abilene lays Buffalo Gap Historic Village, a large museum of fifteen outdoor buildings and West Texas artifacts going back to 1870s. The centerpiece is the former courthouse and jail for Taylor County, build in 1879. You can also find buildings such as a doctor’s office, railroad depot, a two-room school, bank, post office, print shop, barbershop, an air-conditioned chapel, and private homes. The annual Bluegrass Festival is hosted there as well. Fees for the museum are $7 for adults, $6 for military and seniors, and students is $4. It is also less than ten miles away from the new Frontier Texas! Museum in Abilene.
Your journey into Brownwood takes you back into the mixture of the Texas Hill Country and East Texas forests. The town of Brownwood is a college town with a combination of historic sites and outdoor adventures. It’s also surrounded by a variety of small towns with unique names and historical buildings and homes. Near Brownwood, Lake Brown State Park is a peaceful park surrounding the 7,300-surface-acre Lake Brownwood that has been used for decades by families, college students, and nearby church camps. You can swim at this lake, fish, and water ski, jet ski, and paddle. There are also six miles of trails around the lake along with some beautiful hilltop scenery. The lake isn’t developed around like a lot of lakes, which makes it feel like more of a step into the past.
As you drive through Brownwood, you might see a beautiful old brick building in downtown. The Brown County Museum is located in the old four-story Brown County Jail, built in 1902 and the Educational Center. Both buildings are located on North Broadway, at 212 and 209 respectively.
Brownwood’s Lyric Theater was built in the 1920s and is a brick, two and a half-story structure that is still in use. It was designed as a performance stage and is used for theater productions.
The McCrary house was built in the 1870s and now serves as the tasting room for Brennan Vineyards. A Hill Country favorite, visitors are invited to learn local history while savoring a selection of wines among several old oak trees. Locals recommend the Super Nero blend.
Cora, Texas, once served as the first county seat and this 1856 building is considered the only log courthouse remaining in the state. The twelve-foot by twelve-foot structure was indicative of many of the buildings in Texas at that time. It was disassembled in 1983 and rebuilt on the current Comanche courthouse square.
The Comanche County Historical Museum has exhibits that explore everything from pre-historic time to the frontier history. Exhibits include a saloon, blacksmith shop, filling station, and a doctor’s office. It has fourteen rooms of historical exhibits and artifacts.
When visiting the small town of Breckenridge, you’ll quickly discover why the city is called the “Mural Capital of Texas.” A dozen murals depict the early history of the oil industry, from early photographs of oil boom photographer Basil Clemmons. The murals can be found off Walker Street; download a map at the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce website.
A short walk from the 1926 Classical Revival-style Stephens County Courthouse, the Swenson Memorial Museum features exhibits and artifacts from early Texas history. The museum is housed in the 1920-era First National Bank era. The J.D. Sandefer Oil Annex Museum is right next door.
Throckmorton is a tiny town at the north-east portion of the Texas Big Country. The downtown area has buildings reminiscent of frontier days. At the cornerstone of it all is the Throckmorton County Courthouse, with its sandstone frame, square cupola, and red roof. The Italianate-style structure was erected in 1890 with an annex built in 1938. It was restored and eventually rededicated on March 12, 2015.
Old Throckmorton County Jail
Continuing the frontier-era sandstone architecture is the Old Throckmorton County Jail. The construction of the old jail began in 1893. It is located southwest of the County Courthouse.
Set inside a historic old stone jail, the Old Courthouse Art Center in Albany hosts an excellent collection of over 2,100 pieces of oil paintings, sculptures, and historical artifacts. The limestone courthouse was the first jail built in Shackelford County in 1877. It was used until 1929 and then was replaced by a new jail one block away. The art center has been used as a cultural institution for the region since 1980.
Fort Griffin served as one in a line of western defensive forts from 1867 to 1881. Among the ruins are a barracks, bakery, first sergeant’s quarter, mess hall, powder magazine, and a hand-dug well. You can also camp along the Brazos River and relax under the large shade trees.
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The Agony of Historic Western Hungary and the Birth of Burgenland (1914-1921)
Keywords:Austria, Hungary, Habsburg, Burgenland, First World War
Many know that one of the most important consequences of the First World War was the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Yet only few know that the two defeated allies – Austria and Hungary – had not only lost large territories of their own to the neighbouring successors states, but they were also engaged in serious border dispute with each other between 1918 and 1921. This desperate struggle may seem as if it came out of nowhere since the three historic counties that composed the Western periphery of Hungary did not really suffered from deep political or social conflicts before the war, at least not on the surface and comparing to other multi-ethnic regions of Central and Eastern Europe. If we picture the old Habsburg Empire as a jigsaw puzzle then the Western Hungarian counties should be imagined as those oddly shaped interlocking and mosaiced pieces that geographically as well as culturally connected the two halves of the empire. Although the long but narrow area along the Western border of the Kingdom of Hungary was dominantly German-speaking for centuries, both countries were under Habsburg rule under which questioning the historical borders would have been simply unreasonable. This radically changed around the turn-of-the century when modern nationalism broke through in public life and became a main driving force behind political aspirations. The disintegration of historic Western Hungary and birth of Burgenland were a very complicated process in which regard the significance of nationalism and its radicalization in the Great War cannot be underestimated.
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Having problems with your Cobra Power Inverter?
I’ve been there too my friend.
It’s incredibly frustrating when your Cobra power inverter isn’t working properly.
Especially, if it’s not producing any output at all!
Fortunately, there are a number of common problems that are usually quite easy to fix.
Let’s go through the most common problems with a Cobra inverter and how to fix them.
In This Article
Low Output Voltage
The most regular problem is a low output voltage the reason for this is usually a system overload.
Overloading your inverter can lead to a low output voltage. This means there won’t be enough energy flowing out to run your appliances. In fact, it means you are trying to draw too much power and the inverter can’t handle it.
To solve this you should immediately reduce the load you are trying to draw from the inverter. This means disconnecting appliances until the system is no longer overloaded.
No Output Voltage
Another issue you might find is no output voltage at all! This means there’s no electricity flowing out of your inverter into your appliances. Nothing will work in this case.
Low Input Voltage
A lack of output is often due to a low input voltage. This means there is not enough force of electricity going into your inverter. The number 1 cause for this is low battery or faulty wiring.
Basically, not enough electricity is flowing at one time from the battery to the inverter. You should fully charge your battery and check the cables are connected properly.
A short circuit will also result in no output. A short circuit is when two wires or components unintentionally touch or become connected. This means the current is being diverted in the wrong place and does not reach the intended output of a circuit.
You should carefully check the cables and components for proper operation. Also, ensure your inverter is completely dry and there is no water in the circuit.
Inverter Switched Off
This is a simple one. Are you sure your inverter is switched on? Make sure to turn it on otherwise there will be no electrical output!
No Power to Inverter
No power going into the inverter will mean there is no output. It’s obvious but can occur without you realizing. Take the time to check all your cables and connections between the battery and inverter.
Reverse DC Polarity
Reverse polarity is when your circuit is wired backward. This happens when the system is wired up incorrectly. You can spot this if the ‘hot wire’ (red/positive) is wired to the neutral side (black/negative) and the neutral side is wired to the hot wire.
No Output Voltage After Prolonged Use
If you have been running your inverter for a while and suddenly encounter no output voltage then it is likely due to a thermal shut down.
Your inverter is overheating. You should allow it to cool off for at least 30 minutes.
When you want to power it back on, you need to reduce the continuous load so it does not overwork the inverter again.
If overloading is not the problem then try to improve the ventilation. Don’t place the inverter in an enclosed space. Plus check the vents and fans are not obstructed. You also might want to think about reducing the air temperature and avoiding using the inverter in direct sunlight.
No Output Voltage ‘Protect’ Light is On
When the protect light switches on it means the inverter is automatically guarding against an issue. It will kill the output voltage until you fix the problem.
High Input Voltage
The protect light is often down to an overvoltage problem. This means you are trying to input too much voltage for the inverter. For example, you have a 12V inverter connected to a 24V battery. The inverter will automatically protect itself as this would lead to a system overload and overheating.
Ensure your inverter input voltage matches your battery voltage.
Low Battery Alarm on All the Time
The low battery alarm is an annoying sound. It is designed to alert you to a low battery but what if you have charged your battery?
Poor DC Wiring
The first thing to check is the wiring between the battery and the inverter. Make sure the connections are intact and that you have used the right gauge/size cables.
Poor Battery Condition
If the wiring is correct then it’s time to check your battery condition. Deep-cycle batteries do not last forever, they have a shelf life. Plus lead-acid batteries can be damaged if you fully discharge them. Be sure to check the condition of your battery to ensure it is working correctly.
No Battery Charge
The low battery alarm will sound if you have low or no battery. Make sure you have actually fully charged your battery!
Wrong Cable Size
The incorrect gauge cables will result in a low voltage in your inverter. This can also trigger the alarm as the inverter thinks the lack of voltage is a low battery signal.
Check the user manual and technical information for the correct cable size.
Final Words on Cobra Power Inverter Problems
I’m sorry to hear you’ve been having problems with your Cobra power inverter.
Usually, they are very robust pieces of equipment.
Don’t panic and take the time to identify the issue. Quite often it is an easy fix that can be done in a matter of seconds.
Just be sure not to ignore the problem as it can present a safety risk and damage your appliances, inverter, or battery.
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Consciousness Transformed: March 22, 1964, The Bread You Cast Upon the Waters
- THE BREAD YOU CAST ON THE WATERS March 22, 1964 The Halekulani Hotel Honolulu, Hawaii PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST revelations of The Infinite Way is this: No amount of truth can benefit you, no matter how profound it is. You are benefitted only by your realization and your utilization of truth. Truth will not set you free. "Ye shall know the truth," and this means know. In the same way, every effort you make towards acquiring truth brings truth nearer home to you. I try to tell students not to depend on my books and not to depend on my tapes, because in and of themselves they have no effect. I have seen this happen in the lives of thousands of people who have read the books and heard the tapes. On the other hand, with hundreds of students I have witnessed a wonderful effect. What is the difference? Do you practice it? I know of people who receive gifts of books and write to me and say: "I have read your book and it is beautiful!" The effort you put into acquiring truth determines what you will get from it. "The bread you cast on the waters is the bread that will return unto you." 1 I never want to see an Infinite Way student turned away for lack of money, but neither do I want to see students continued in charity, because it will not demonstrate the principle of The Infinite Way. The Infinite Way is very clear that the secret of supply is giving, and I am not talking only about money. You do not get from The Infinite Way what you do not give. In our capitalistic days anyone could be successful by working hard enough, because life gives back what you put into it. In The Infinite Way I have witnessed so many people listening to lectures, reading books, going to classes, and accomplishing nothing. Why? Because they put nothing into it. I know that the whole secret of life is outpouring. This is true in any branch of life, whether you are studying an academic subject or whether you are studying a spiritual subject. Throughout my Infinite Way experience I have tried to ...
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- ~ 4 ~ THIS IS IMMORTALITY LIFE, REAL LIFE, is lived in consciousness; it is lived in the secret place within ourselves. We do not begin to suspect what the God-life can be until we have contacted that fountain of Life within us. We are not really living if we think of life as something that exists between what is called birth and death. This is not life. This life is, as one of the ancient mystics called it, a parenthesis in eternity. It is often pictured as a circle and is usually spoken of as being eternal. But if we live only inside the parenthesis that begins with birth and ends at death, we are missing the greatest part of life, the eternal, infinite, and immortal structure in which we discover God's creation. In this brief interval called the parenthesis, we live largely in man's creation, and we miss God's creation. We miss the life and love of God; we miss sharing in the life and love of one another. If we know each other only as human beings, we are cheating ourselves of a tremendous delight. We are offspring of God, filled with the love, the life, and the Spirit of God, and this we must recognize. All the joys of spiritual being are embodied in us for sharing. That is why we are on earth. When the Master said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly," 1 did he mean that one man out of all the world's history had come to earth that we might have life? No, he meant that I within each of one of us has come that you and I might enjoy a more abundant life with each other. He also said that he had come to bring resurrection and life eternal. Then why have you and I come? Would it not be a sad commentary on God, if one of us were here to bring joy, peace, health, and freedom to the world, and the rest of the world were to do nothing but sit back and receive it? It would be unfortunate if it were given only to a dozen mystics to know and enjoy God and the spiritual nature of mankind. But life is not like that at all. It ...
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- CHAPTER XVIII A CIRCLE OF CHRISTHOOD Is it reasonable to expect that there can be a whole group of people in modern times so dedicated to the Christ-life that they will live by actual spiritual contact? Is it conceivable that a body of students or earnest aspirants on the spiritual path will evolve, who will seriously accept the hypothesis that they, of themselves, are nothing, but that God is all? Is it within the range of possibility that a group of people will appear on this earth, who have arrived at that point of realization where life is lived by the Spirit? Such a group would establish a pattern for the whole world. Always there have been isolated individuals who have achieved Christhood by grace, but at no period in the history of the world has it been either realized or maintained by a group. No one has been able to impart it to a group, because up to this moment no effective way of transmitting the Christ-consciousness to large numbers has been found-at least none that has been effective. It was imparted by Jesus to the twelve disciples, and out of the twelve only three or four were able to maintain it. It was taught to several students by Buddha, but only two of them understood it, and of Lao-Tze's disciples, only one was able to carry on. Today the wisdom of all ages is again coming to light in human consciousness: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." This teaching of oneness is the ancient secret of the mystics revealed throughout all time by every one of the great spiritual lights of the world. Every great religious teacher has caught this vision of oneness. This it is which enables us to unite in that selfsame realization that if I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, then, you are in me, and I am in you; and we are all one in the Father, united in one consciousness. Despite the diverse forms of religious worship and teaching prevalent today, men and women of whatever persuasion should be able to unite in this age-old wisdom of ...
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Stamp Mill for Gold Ores (Sectional View)
A stamp mill facilitates the crushing of ore (in this case, gold ore) into very small grains, with many mechanical parts, including: the ore car, to carry ore from the mine to the Mill (a); the trestle, the tunnel from the mine to the mill that the ore car travels through (b); the grizzly (c); the crushing floor (d); the bin for crushed ore (e); the stamp, a vertical iron rod having a cast-iron or steel shoe, which, falling on the mortar block, crushes the ore (f); the mortar (g); and the apron plate (h).
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Museum Archive & Research System (M.A.R.S) Our Museum Archive & Research System is available to De Pere Historical Society members as well as the general public at White Pillars Museum during normal business hours or by appointment.
The system features five workstations with access to the following information:
Newspapers - featuring scanned images of most De Pere newspapers from the early-1880s through the year 2000, our M.A.R.S databases contain newspaper issues from the De Pere News, Brown County Democrat, De Pere Journal-Democrat, Twin City Index, and more!
Ledgers - Over 150,000 pages from 125 ledgers from business and civic organizations have been scanned and hand indexed. This database offers a quick search feature that sails through the data and returns a list of ledgers that may pertain to your search criteria.
Holy Cards – Also known as prayer cards, funeral cards, or mass cards, our databases feature cards in the De Pere Historical Society's collection as well as those that have been donated by members of the community for use at the Museum.
Maps – A unique collection of maps related to De Pere and Brown County are available.
Photographs – Scanned images of the De Pere Historical Society's 15,000+ photograph collection.
The Museum Archive & Research System is unique to White Pillars Museum and De Pere Historical Society. It is not available over the Internet. The system is supported by volunteers and is open to Society members and the general public during normal museum hours or by appointment. Special request times are available by appointment. To sign up for a session, (2-hour maximum, if people are waiting), or make a appointment, contact at White Pillars Museum at 920-336-3877 or email us.
Help Add to the Collection! Below is a list of photos and items the De Pere Historical Society is in search of obtaining a scanned image or donated copy. If you have something listed below and would like to donate or share it, please contact White Pillars at 336-3877 or email us. If you are hesitant to donate an original photograph, consider allowing the Historical Society to scan the image and add it to the collection. With your help, and a little luck, the Historical Society will be able to secure a few photographs and will share them with you during the monthly Historic Photo Shows and future newsletters.
Old photos of De Pere cemeteries and barbershops.
Alexander P. Schmidt Brewery
Attorney Dennison Wheelock’s Office
Baptist Church on the west side
Cook’s Opera House
De Pere Brewing Company.
De Pere Canning Company
De Pere Lumber & Fuel Co.
De Pere Terra Cotta Company
Family grocery & dry goods stores, prior to 1980.
First telephone switchboard in De Pere.
A copy of the Dutch newspaper De Gids published by former Mayor John Smith.
Five generation photos, prior to 1950.
German Episcopal church on the east side.
Homes prior to 1950.
Legion Hall on Michigan St.
Lyons Boiler Works
Methodist Episcopal church on the east side.
Old gas stations
Old St. Boniface grade school before the addition.
Oneida Knitting Mill
Original St. Joseph Church, before it burned in 1889.
Steinfeldt Pump Factory
The Fox Steamer
De Pere area business ledgers prior to 1930.
Van Beckum Shoe Store.
Wedding photographs, prior to 1950.
West De Pere Agricultural Works
West De Pere Depot before 1913 when it was a wooden structure.
West De Pere High School
Willard & Hurd Steamworks Company
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Today, I’d like to talk vocabulary. Recently, I read some very shocking research on vocabulary, and I think it is often overlooked in the rush of daily lessons. So I’ll start with the research.
Earlier this week, I blogged over on Thinking Out Loud about the types of words to teach and an introduction about how to teach them. In preparing to write that post, I went back through the research I had completed for a vocabulary workshop I presented to the staff at my school, and I was reminded about why many of our children struggle with comprehension in the upper grades. The statistics really are shocking and left me feeling motivated to beef up vocabulary instruction within my classroom and to work toward educating parents on the importance of talking to their children.
- Vocabulary knowledge accounts for over 80% of the variance in reading comprehension scores at grade level.
- In the 4th grade, 70% of the problem in reading comprehension is vocabulary.
- In a study by Hart and Risley, it was found that the vocabulary gap starts at age three. In low interaction homes, children acquire 2 words per day versus children in average interactive homes who gain 5 words per day versus children in high interaction homes who gain 9 words per day. (This really made me think about how very important early intervention and preschool is.)
- High knowledge third graders had vocabularies about equal to the lowest-performing 12th graders. (So without strong intervention, by 12th grade, the knowledge gap between high and low performing students is huge which we know is true.)
- By the end of second grade, kids have an average of 5500 root words that they understand versus struggling students who have an average of 3500 root words. High achieving students have an average of 7500 root word.
- First grade children from higher SES groups knew about twice as many words as lower SES children.
- Big gaps in word knowledge makes catching up difficult even thought once in school children appear to acquire new vocabulary at similar rates. To catch up, vocabulary disadvantaged children will have to acquire vocabulary at above average rates.
Beck, I., McKeown, M., Kucan, L., (2002). Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction.
Hart, B., Risley, T. (1995). Meaningful Differences. Baltimore: Brookes. Co.
Biemiller, A. Teaching Vocabulary: Early, Direct and Sequential. The American Evaluator, 25 (1), 24-28.
The Partnership for Reading, (2003) Put Reading First: The research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read. NIFL. www.nifl.gov.
So now what?
- As you teach, you use “juicy” words and follow them with context.
- You challenge students to improve word usage within their writing, keeping thesauruses and dictionaries readily available.
- You read a variety of texts to your students at a higher level than they can read on their own pointing out the colorful language as you read it.
- Teach figurative language and Tier 2 vocabulary through the use of Think Aloud to scaffold your students’ thinking.
- Post Wow words in strategic places and place them on index cards to pull out during transitions to review with various games.
- Use vocabulary word cards in center games to increase exposure.
- Have students keep a personal dictionary to record the wow words they use.
- Teach a Word of the Day and assign students as the Word Wizard.
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Sigiriya is an ancient rock located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the central province, Sri Lanka. This site was selected by King Kashyapa for his new capital. He built his palace on top of the Rock. This rock is also called Lion Rock. Today, Sigiriya is a 7 world heritage site that is listed by UNESCO in the time of 1982.
There is clear evidence that the many rock shelters and caves in the vicinity were occupied by Buddhist monks and ascetics from as early as the 3rd century BCE.
Buddhist monastic settlements were established during the 3rd century BCE in the western and northern slopes of the boulder-strewn hills surrounding the Sigiriya rock.
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The documents may protect every potential matter below the sun. You’d like your paper to be noticed, meaning you do not require to pick the straightforward subject and have your own personal document reveal the related thing every one’s paper does. The very first and most significant part composing a great history essay will be to realize the issue. For yet another, it seems like you did not take some time to do that tiny added investigating to create some added recommendations to make this a truly great essay. An essay isn’t about fiction, is regarding the fact. Researching your vocabulary is critical to nearly any composition. This part of your essay should indulge the reader to help you to conquer the essay off perfect. The first covered the straightforward article format. The outline doesn’t must be in virtually any conventional essay format.
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Sharing photos is now one of the most popular form of engagement today on the social media. The better the photo sharing features are, the more likely users are going to spend more time on that platform. Take Instagram for example. Its sheer success is driven by its quick photo sharing feature and various filters that give dull images life.
Facebook is now joining this revolution. Although people already use Facebook to upload tons of pictures, and despite the fact that the company now owns Instagram which recently surpassed Twitter in terms of number of users, Facebook is now enabling an ‘auto enhancement’ feature for every photo uploaded from its mobile app. The new feature is being rolled out to Facebook’s iOS application. The company says it will soon make its way to Android.
The new feature, which is enabled by default, will start enhancing your photos as soon as you upload them. It basically changes highlights and shadows to correct the lighting of your shots and bring more clarity to your picture. You can even control how much of Facebook’s auto enhancement is applied to your image by toning the effect up or down. It’s a neat little feature that lets you turn down the effect if you think it’s too much.
For a social network like Facebook, it’s interesting to see that they have come up with this auto enhancement feature this late. Other social networking sites that allow sharing images like Twitter, Snapchat and Google+ have had this feature for some time now. Twitter basically copied the filtering system of Instagram, Snapchat enabled to apply more than one filters to the single photo, and Google+ introduced auto-awesome feature which has been more than once said to be ‘magical.’
While Facebook’s new enhancement feature isn’t as great as Google’s auto-awesome, it can take some of your terrible shots and make them look good. As soon as the update hits your device, all of your new photos will start receiving auto enhancement after you upload them. You can double tap on them to cancel the enhancement feature, or you can permanently stop the new feature.
To stop auto enhancement on your Facebook app, tap the more button in Facebook app, go to Settings -> Videos and Photos, and disable “Enhance Automatically”. This will prevent the app from automatically enhancing every one of your pictures when you upload them. You can turn this back on if you think you’re missing it.
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Our research with athletes, however, suggests there may be two types of zone.
One is a “flow state”, where athletes describe effortlessly “letting it happen”. The other is a “clutch state”, where athletes report “making it happen” by purposefully and powerfully stepping up in a key moment.
Here’s how to decide which zone you need to be in — and how to get there.
Flow vs clutch states
Much research or media reporting about the zone is often based on interviews with athletes which take place some months or years after their performances have happened.
This means our understanding has been based on old, and likely faded, memories. As a result, people remember their experiences as one zone.
For our research, we interviewed athletes within days or hours of exceptional performances, allowing them to describe their experiences in much more detail.
We heard frequently of different ways of being “in the zone”, sometimes employed during different parts of a challenge. As a polar explorer told us, “They’re definitely two different states.”
A marathon runner told us:
It was like two different races.
The flow state is where you become completely absorbed in what you are doing, you perform the task effortlessly — as if you are on autopilot — and it feels like everything harmoniously clicks into place.
The clutch state was described as “making it happen”, where athletes purposefully step up their effort and concentration during important moments in a performance.
This state describes clutch performance — a common term among fans and media in sport — such as Michael Jordan’s famous buzzer-beater in the 1989 playoffs (from from about the 2:00 mark in the video below).
Read more: The psychology of the clutch athlete
Which zone should you aim for?
We would all love to be in the zone more often. Now that the research is telling us there are actually two types of zone, a first step is to recognise which zone you’re aiming for.
Clutch performances occur in certain situations under pressure, when there is an important outcome on the line. Think meeting deadlines, running to catch the last bus home, or being at the end of a race with a personal best on the line.
Flow occurs in situations where there’s novelty, exploration, and experimentation. This might be playing a golf course for the first time, running a new route, or sitting down with a blank page and brainstorming ideas. There’s no pressure or expectation — you’re free to explore.
Both zones can happen in the same event too. For example, runners can be in flow during the start or middle of a race, and then realise they have a chance of breaking their personal best or a chance to win, and flip into a clutch performance at the end — like when Shura Kitata won in a sprint finish in the men’s 2020 London Marathon (from about the 2:05 timestamp in the video below).
How can you get in each zone?
Research suggests the type of goals we set plays an important role in getting into each zone.
Clutch performances occur when we realise there is an important outcome at stake, we understand what is required, and we step up our effort. You’ve probably done this before — like pulling an all-nighter to get your assignment finished, staying late at work to meet an important deadline, or pushing hard to record a personal best.
The key to these clutch performances is having a specific goal in mind, and understanding clearly what you need to do to meet the challenge (for example, “if I can run this last kilometre in under five minutes I can break my personal best”).
Once this challenge is set, it’s quite natural for us to increase our effort and intensity in order to achieve the goal.
To get into flow, however, we need to think a bit differently. We need to create situations where we can explore — where we’re free from expectation and pressure.
An important part of this is setting open goals such as to “see how well I can do,” “see how many under par I can get”, or “see how fast I can run the next five kilometres”.
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What are certificates of deposit?
Certificates of deposit (CDs) are among the safest investments available from banks and credit unions. They typically pay higher interest rates than savings accounts and money market accounts, but there’s one drawback: You have to lock up your money in the account for a specified period of time.
- Certificate of Deposit Guaranteed returns with flexibility and ease.
- Mar 01, 2021 Key Takeaways Top-paying certificates of deposit pay higher interest rates than the best savings and money market accounts in exchange. CDs are a safer and more conservative investment than stocks and bonds, offering lower opportunity for growth, but with. Virtually every bank, credit union,.
- Chase offers customers a wide selection of certificates of deposit with unique term lengths. You can build your savings by parking your money in one of the well-known bank’s CDs; however, you can.
A certificate of deposit (CD) is a savings account that holds a fixed amount of money for a fixed period of time, such as six months, one year, or five years, and in exchange, the issuing bank pays interest. When you cash in or redeem your CD, you receive the money you originally invested plus any interest. Certificates of deposit are considered to be one of the safest savings options. A CD bought through a federally insured bank is insured up to $250,000. The $250,000 insurance covers all accounts in your name at the same bank, not each CD or account you have at the bank.
As with all investments, there are benefits and risks associated with CDs. The disclosure statement should outline the interest rate on the CD and say if the rate is fixed or variable. It also should state when the bank pays interest on the CD, for example, monthly or semi-annually, and whether the interest payment will be made by check or by an electronic transfer of funds. The maturity date should be clearly stated, as should any penalties for the “early withdrawal” of the money in the CD. The risk with CDs is the risk that inflation will grow faster than your money, and lower your real returns over time.
Broker certificates of deposit
Although most CDs are purchased directly from banks, many brokerage firms and independent salespeople also offer CDs. These individuals and entities, known as “deposit brokers,” can sometimes negotiate a higher rate of interest for a CD by promising to bring a certain amount of deposits to the institution. The deposit broker can then offer these “brokered CDs” to their customers.
Thoroughly check out the background of the issuer or deposit broker to ensure that the CD is from a reputable institution. Deposit brokers are not licensed or certified, and no state or federal agency approves them. Since anyone can claim to be a deposit broker, always check whether the deposit broker or the company he or she works for has a history of complaints or fraud. Many deposit brokers are affiliated with investment professionals. You can check out their disciplinary history using the SEC’s and FINRA’s online databases. Your state securities regulator may have additional information. To research the background of deposit brokers who are not affiliated with an investment firm, start by contacting your state’s consumer protection office.
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Arthritis is a disorder affecting one or more joints of the body. It is characterized as inflammation, pain, and stiffness of the joints. Arthritis can also present as redness, warmth, swelling and decreased range of motion in the affected joint or joints. Onset can be gradual or sudden.
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WHAT IS IT TO BE OVERWEIGHT?
Overweight is generally described by body mass index (BMI). The BMI is a value derived from the weight and height of an individual; the weight divided by the square of the height. Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 or more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 30 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more.
Many individuals struggle with losing weight and or maintaining their optimal weight. An estimated 32.7 percent of U.S. adults 20 years and older are overweight, 34.3 percent are obese and 5.9 percent are extremely obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overweight Can Lead To
Acupuncture For Weight Loss
Acupuncture can help you to lose weight when incorporated into a comprehensive weight loss plan that includes diet and exercise. Your first acupuncture treatment will include a free consultation. Your acupuncture physician will assess your diet and eating patterns and any existing health conditions you may have. Triggers such as stress or anxiety, which can cause overeating and binge eating, will need to be addressed. Acupuncture for weight loss works by stimulating the body's digestive function. Improving its natural ability to separate the clean from the turbid. This will help to increase the body's ability to extract vital nutrients from food to give you energy. While it teaches the body to recognize waste products and eliminate them more efficiently, as opposed to storing them as fat. These two mechanisms working at their most optimal level enhance metabolic function.
Acupuncture Vs Western Medicine
In Western Medicine, it is common for people to use over the counter fat burning products or extreme surgical procedures such as tummy tucks. Many of these over the counter products can be quite addictive. These treatments are not necessarily the most effective, in some cases, people tend to regain the weight lost, in other cases, they gain more weight within a few months.
In addition to strengthening digestive and metabolic function, we show people how to improve or change their lifestyle in a way that can keep the ideal body weight. Acupuncture has no adverse side effects or addictive stimulants. During treatment, ear acupoints are stimulated, which improve digestion and absorption, as well as aiding the body to combat weight gain by eliminating waste products. Ear acupoints also aid in managing food addictions, compulsive eating, and snacking.
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“Not all those who wander are lost.”
We often think of wandering as inherently wrong or bad as if a ‘wanderer’ does not know where they are going but they also are void of purpose. Yet Mr. Tolkien and myself disagree with this notion- on the contrary we believe that they are not lost, but looking, seeking. If you view wandering from the lens of a great search and rescue party, seeking to find, and wandering until found- it flips the script entirely. Jesus speaks plainly throughout the gospels about ‘seeking and finding’ and knocking closed doors to find the open ones. If Jesus encourages ‘seeking’ than sometimes and I argue- often we need to be willing to get lost. At OneLife, many students who enter our program are looking for something- often times it’s clarity, wisdom, discernment- to know their specific calling, to know God and who He created them to be. All of these reasons are valid and permissible convictions for enrolling in OneLife, yet the blaring commonality that not just students have (but all of humanity) is that we are all looking for someone or something.
At OneLife, we have a professional staff of leaders that will guide, mentor, disciple, and help students discern who God is leading them to be. That’s why we believe it’s okay to wander and even get lost. It’s not only okay to wander, we might even encourage it. We encourage students to wander because we see what wandering with God results in. When you know with whom you are wandering and with whom- it makes all the difference. The difference at OneLife is that many students don’t know their future endeavors- college, university, work, calling, family, etc. but they seek and wander in a God-fearing, God-honoring community that is following Jesus in their wandering. So we will continue to wander, learning to be lost in a world that we were never meant to make home, and seek first the kingdom that never dies.
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Soils for garlic need plenty of mature compost added, and they should have a a soil pH close to neutral for good growth and a rich supply of antioxidants.
The health benefits of garlic have been known for thousands of years, and this humble herb has been immortalised in carvings in Egyptian pyramids. We grow our own garlic because imported garlic is fumigated or irradiated, and some of it has been bleached.
Garlic is a member of the onion family, but it is more closely related to leeks in that family. In fact, Elephant or Russian Garlic (which can be identified by its large cloves) is not garlic but a leek with a garlic flavour, and it does not have the same health-protecting properties of true garlic.
Garlic for sale
We grow the ‘Italian White’ variety because it has a lovely flavour and suits our local climate. After filling our wholesale orders this year, we have kept a small quantity of certified organic garlic for sale direct to the public. You can buy 400 gram bags from us for a limited time.
• We have now sold out of garlic. New stock will be available around December 2010.
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for someone who enjoys gardening?
The new edition of my book, ‘Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting‘ would be an excellent choice. This book is not just about growing food – all your garden will benefit from organic cultivation. It has 500 pages packed with easy-to-follow guides and secrets on how to maintain good health in your whole garden so that all your plants become naturally pest and disease resistant, and more tolerant of climate change while saving water.
The monthly gardening diary of what to do when for all climate zones can be used with or without moon planting, and there are spaces in the diary for you to add personal notes and reminders. For more information about this book, see: Recommended reading.
Cara at WAHMania has a small quantity of stock and, for Australian orders placed before this Friday, books will be sent by Express Post to ensure that they arrive in time for Christmas. To order merely click on the ‘Buy the book’ panel on the right hand side of this page.
I’ve had to neglect my blog somewhat in recent months as I have been kept busy preparing and promoting the new edition of my book Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting, which was released last Monday. I wrote the book to encourage more Australian and New Zealand gardeners to have a go at organic gardening and discover how easy it is, and how it is better for our health and the environment. For details, click on the ‘About’ button at the top of this page.
WAHMania’s competition to promote the new edition has now closed, and we will be announcing the winner here on Thursday, 12th March.
With the weather cooling slightly, I am looking forward to being able to spend more time catching up with my own gardening, and helping readers with any gardening problems.
It has been raining for the past ten days and I don’t want to seem ungrateful after so many years of drought but, I am anxious to get out in the garden again and get my hands dirty. At least the frogs are thoroughly enjoying the weather.
I really enjoyed visiting the Frogs Australia Network website, as it contains information about an amazing number of frogs, and you can listen to individual frog calls to aid in identification.
Now that the pumpkin vine is dying off, we are able to find the entire crop – 27 pumpkins from one vine. Compost and plenty of water are the secrets to healthy pumpkin growth. Despite prolonged periods of rain, the vine has remained healthy without a hint of mildew because full access to nutrients has provided the vine with a healthy immune system. The only down side to this luxurious growth has been that it has provided a multitude of places for our chooks to hide their eggs.
Arthur from the Frog and Tadpole Study group (FATS) has informed me that the mottled frogs are “Bleating Tree Frogs”. We have heard these frogs in previous years but had no idea what they looked like. We thought we had lost them when one of our dams dried up during the drought, and our evenings became much quieter, so we are pleased to see that enough survived to restock their species.
Once the majority of the frogs had left the pool, we rounded up the few remaining stragglers and transferred them to our small frog pond. Among the stragglers were this tiny frog, and a similar froglet with a tail. Despite a thorough search of the pool, we were unable to find any more of this variety. I have never seen such a tiny frog before. He is sitting beside a 5¢ piece on the rim of the frog pond.
Jane e-mailed:I have a question about my lemon tree. I bought a new one and planted it in a few weeks ago, and this week we have had a lot of rain. It has a fair bit of new growth, but the new leaves are red in some places. Is there something wrong with my tree?
You have no reason to worry Jane, as you certainly have a healthy-looking tree.
Red colouring in new leaves is a common occurrence in plants that have adult leaves with a leathery texture, including avocado, citrus, eucalypts, oaks and roses. The colour is caused by the tree producing red anthocyanins (a type of antioxidant). These are believed to protect the young, tender leaves from ultra-violet light. The leaves will turn green as they toughen.
When citrus produce a lot of new growth as the weather cools, an application to the soil around the tree of seaweed extract at weak black tea strength will build the tree’s resistance to the effects of cold weather. Seaweed contains compounds that strengthen cell walls.
After many years of drought, we had a lot of rain earlier this year. It was impossible to keep our pool chlorinated, so we waited until the sky cleared before attempting to clean the pool. To our surprise we found the pool contained many hundreds of tadpoles. Frogs are very welcome on our property because they eat insects and spiders. They are also a sign of a healthy environment. Many pesticides and herbicides are toxic to frogs and tadpoles.
The tadpoles were feeding on the algae on the sides of the pool, and looked quite healthy. Apart from providing some shade for them over part of the pool, and providing some ramps for froglets to get out of the pool, we left them to do what tadpoles do best. An old window screen prevents them from being sucked into the filter when we run the pump. I haven’t fed them because I haven’t had any lettuce growing, and I didn’t want to feed them lettuce that could contain systemic pesticides.
There appears to be three types of tadpoles, one brown, one black, and a very shy type that is a pale, almost translucent, olive. These tadpoles don’t look the same as the small green tree frogs that bred in our small frog pond, as they were quite green by the time their tails had been absorbed (see below).
The first to become froglets were the brown tadpoles; the other two types still have tails.
These mottled frogs with a dark stripe down each side, aren’t particularly nervous around humans and will allow me to get close enough to photograph them. In sunlight, the tops of their heads look almost like burnished copper, but at other times they look grey-brown. It appears that these froglets belong to the tree frog group because they have no trouble climbing the tiles at the edge of the pool. I spotted one of them hiding in a Birds-nest Fern the other day but most of the frogs are treating our backyard like Club-Med, and spend the day lolling around the pool. I have no idea what kind of frog they are, and would be grateful if someone could enlighten me.
It’s about time to harvest pumpkins again. Our pumpkin vine this year was a volunteer that sprang up in the chook run from the remnants of an old compost heap. It didn’t get any TLC because we half expected the chooks to trample it before it became established. However, it defied the odds and performed magnificently – which only goes to show how good compost is for growing vegetables.
I think it was only watered once but it received plenty of rain during its growing period, and the vine has produced at least 14 JAP pumpkins that we have found so far. JAP pumpkin is closely related to butternut pumpkin, gramma and trombone squash (Cucurbita moschata). These are thinner skinned and don’t keep as long as the Queensland Blue types (C. maxima).
Because we couldn’t spare the water last year, we bought all our pumpkins and some of them weren’t the best because of the drought. Consequently, we were curious to see what we could expect from our volunteer plant and picked one of the pumpkins early. (As you can see in the photo below, the stem is still moist.) Pumpkins picked at this stage do not keep well but we are using this pumpkin immediately, so it doesn’t matter. Now that they are nearly ripe, we will put a broken piece of foam box or thick cardboard under each fruit to keep them drier and clear of the ground, so they are less likely to rot. We will be leaving the rest of the crop until the vine dies off, and the stems become brittle, as that is when they develop their full flavour and store well. If you can’t wait that long, at least wait until the tendril closest to each pumpkin browns off.
Don’t worry about frost on your pumpkins, it will only kill the vines, and it is said that frost toughens the skins so that pumpkins keep longer.
P.S. When the vines had died back a bit, we realised that the vine had produced 28 pumpkins. Not bad for a volunteer vine! There were, of course, more than enough to supply family and friends, and we were able to sell the rest through our local organic greengrocer.
It is still a bit too early to plant garlic in most areas, but not too early to prepare soil. Garlic needs a soil that is rich in humus but doesn’t require a lot of nitrogen so avoid adding manures to the bed. Uncomposted manures can cause garlic bulbs to rot, although processed poultry fertiliser is quite suitable for garlic. Garlic needs a full range of plant nutrients and trace elements for healthy growth. A drink of seaweed extract tea over the whole planting area will supply a full range of trace elements. Garlic also needs a soil pH of that is close to neutral. If you know that your soil is acid, give the bed a dose of dolomite or agricultural lime. Dissolve a generous handful in a full watering can and apply this to each square metre of the bed. Repeat again in a week or so for very acid soil. | <urn:uuid:810b853c-ca05-4bc6-be64-22ec4a1598b0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aussieorganicgardening.com/category/uncategorized/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.970629 | 2,349 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Women in America are being urged to delete their period-tracking apps after fears that authorities could use them to find out if someone is planning or has had an abortion.
It comes as the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling Roe v Wade that has given women across the country the legal right to terminate their pregnancy for nearly half a century.
It is now up to each state to determine whether women can have legal abortions and 26 states are said to be either certain or very likely to ban them.
If abortion is criminalised, period-tracking apps could have no choice but to share their customers’ most personal data, writes news.com.au.
This could mean that authorities have access to information about whether a woman is pregnant, is considering an abortion or has had an abortion, which, if terminations are criminalised, might be used to prove a person has acted illegally.
In a Twitter post that has gone viral, US author Jessica Khoury wrote. “Delete your period tracking apps today.”
More than 3,000 people have commented underneath, with many expressing their shock that the tracker could potentially put them at risk.
There are also fears a woman’s search history and location data could be used to find out whether she is considering an abortion or has had one.
It is not yet known how far authorities in states planning to criminalise abortions will go to enforce the law.
A period tracking app tells users what day their period starts and ends, allowing it to predict when it will come next, when they are most fertile and if their period is late or if they’ve missed their period altogether.
Deleting app not enough
Some Twitter users said deleting a period tracker app doesn’t get rid of the data and urged people to contact the support team at the app and ask them to wipe it.
Evan Greer of the digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future, has warned that the government’s ability to track women extended beyond period apps.
“Any app that is collecting sensitive information about your health or your body should be given an additional level of scrutiny,” Greer has said.
“According to the digital expert, if a woman sits in the waiting room of an abortion clinic and plays a game on her phone, that app might be scraping location data and could share it with the government.”
A number of people on social media have suggested using a paper calendar to track their periods instead of using apps.
App owners promise privacy
Meanwhile, some period tracker apps have issued statements saying they would never share their data. Among them is Berlin based app Clue, which has 12 million users.
The company said: “As we are based in Berlin, as a European country, Clue is obliged under European law (the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR) to apply special protections to our users’ reproductive health data. We will not disclose it. We will stand up for our users.”
Period tracker, Stardust, meanwhile said: “In light of the recent news about Roe v. Wade, we want to make our commitment clear to you. We are a women-owned app founded on a belief in freedom of choice and freedom of privacy.
“We do not sell data. We have never sold data. We will never sell data.
“We have encrypted your information to ensure that no governments or companies will ever access data that belongs to you and you alone. It will stay this way forever.”
Another period tracker, Flo, which is based in the US and has 43 million users, has previously been slammed for sharing data with Facebook about their users’ periods and pregnancy plans.
A settlement was reached last year after it was found Flo had misled customers about its privacy policies.
After the Roe v Wade ruling it announced on Twitter, it was going to be unveiling an anonymous mode for users.
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The tunnels along the Lake of Uri have existed for over 100 years. The renovation work is being carried out to ensure safety in the railway tunnels, which serve as the northern access route to the Gotthard Base Tunnel, for another 50 years.
The renovation of the tunnels on the mountain side was completed in 2009. In view of the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, they had to be updated. This included restoring the structural safety and serviceability of the vault and floor by means of norm conform construction parts. In addition, the clearance, the technical railway installations and the possibilities for self-rescue were optimised.
During the renovation of the nine railway tunnels on the lake side, a slab track is being used for the first time in existing tunnels instead of a ballasted structure. In these tunnels, the renewal of the railway facilities, the clearance, the vault and the floor will also be carried out with the aim of ensuring the continued existence of the tunnel for 50 years.
The renovation of the tunnels is very challenging. The tight space conditions, the limited accessibility to the construction sites, the logistics and the tight deadlines require a precise analysis and planning of the construction operation.
The ongoing operation on the neighbouring tracks also places the highest demands on the site management, for which Amberg is responsible. Amberg was also responsible for the condition surveys, the variant studies and the overall project planning. The completion of the work is planned for 2020.
For the first time in Switzerland, a slab track is being installed during a renovation project.
The work during running operation requires highest precision.
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FW: XML Mail
jborden at mediaone.net
Sat Feb 20 19:59:30 GMT 1999
John Cowan wrote:
> Robert Hanson wrote:
> > Am I wrong in saying that the answer would be that the symbol
> ">" should not
> > show up in the non-XML text anyway? Wouldn't it be converted
> to an entity
> > reference? Like this...
> > "]]>" in the text body would become "]]>"
This is of course how the text "]]>" would be escaped in a text block. The
issue of dealing with "]]>" arises when we are in a CDATA block. In this
case "]]>" remains CDATA, so John's suggestion about creating two CDATA
sections is a good one.
> The point was that conversions like ">" becomes ">" aren't
> necessary if you use CDATA sections, only the one bad case of
> "]]>" which is illegal in plain XML character data as well as
> terminating the CDATA section, and so must become something like
> "]]]]><![CDATA[<", which is "]]" followed by "]]>" to end the
> CDATA section plus "<![CDATA[" to start another CDATA section
> plus ">". There are other ways to do it, of course.
What I have done in XMTP is to CDATA all text based non-xml bodies (i.e.
mime:BODY) but escape the text nodes of mime headers. e.g. Message-ID:
<sample at somewhere> becomes:
<Message-ID ><sample at somewhere></Message-ID >
as opposed to:
<Message-ID ><[CDATA[<sample at somewhere>]]></Message-ID >
just because, at the moment, this results in an average slightly larger
document (granted just a few bytes) and also because of vague stylistic
leanings. The best reason to <[CDATA[ the bodies is that it makes looking at
enclosed HTML ever so much easier.
Is there a good reason to prefer one over the other for headers?
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Synopsis: Unhappy with the FDA’s position on branding, Congressional representatives seek to define “natural” narrowly to limit its use in consumer advertising.
As the cosmetic industry moves on to new marketing lingo connoting healthier and safer cosmetics, including “clean beauty,” “sustainable,” “vegan,” and “pure,” New York Representative Sean Patrick Maloney introduced the Natural Cosmetics Act (the “Bill”) last week in the US House of Representatives. While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined to define natural, through this legislation, Rep. Maloney seeks to define the terms “natural” and “naturally-derived ingredient” as used with personal care products. As Rep. Maloney pointed out in his announcement of the Bill, the FDA does not qualify false labeling of “natural” as misbranding, mainly because it is an unregulated and undefined term when used with cosmetics.
Recognizing consumers’ concerns, Rep. Maloney advocated, “[w]e’re talking about safety and health of millions of Americans who use these products. My bill will set the standard for ‘natural’ personal care products and do right by American consumers by putting transparency first.” Joining Rep. Maloney’s bill is Representative Grace Meng (also from New York), who stated, “[i]ncreasing protections, transparency and oversight of personal care products is desperately needed, and this legislation would go a long way towards ensuring strict standards for items claiming to be ‘natural.’” A number of leading brands in the dubbed “clean beauty” space have also joined Representatives Maloney and Meng in supporting passage of this new Bill.
Meanwhile, the FDA remains mum about formally defining “natural” for cosmetics despite its solicitation of comments from the public over three years ago. The FDA has a longstanding policy concerning the use of “natural” in human food labeling. In regulating food products, FDA has considered the term “natural” to mean that “nothing artificial or synthetic (including all color additives regardless of source) has been included in, or has been added to, a food that would not normally be expected to be in that food.” Similarly, the Federal Trade Commission has not acted on the term “natural” since 2016, when it approved four final consent orders against companies that allegedly misrepresented their personal care products as “All-Natural” or “100% Natural,” despite the fact that they contain man-made ingredients. Additionally, the National Advertising Division (NAD) has not addressed “natural” and “naturally” claims in cosmetics since 2016 when it recommended that a company discontinue use of these terms because the company’s labeling implied that the products were formulated without aluminum when in fact they contained aluminum.
Last year, then-FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb delivered a speech at the National Food Policy Conference in which he indicated that, just like other claims made on products regulated by the FDA, the “natural” claim must be true and based in science. At the same time, he recognized that there are wide differences in beliefs regarding what criteria should apply for products termed “natural” and some of those criteria are not based on public health concerns. In a letter addressed to Rep. David Valadao, dated December 19, 2018, Dr. Gottlieb added that the “FDA is actively working on this issue, and in 2019, FDA plans to publically communicate next steps regarding Agency policies related to ‘natural.’” These statements generally relate to food regulation and have not yet been followed by any formal action by the FDA.
Despite the rather dormant federal regulatory activity over “natural” advertising with cosmetics, class actions regarding misuse of the term “natural” continue to populate the federal docket. See, e.g., Yolanda Turner v. Trans-India Products, Inc., Case No. 19-cv-03422, pending in the E.D.N.Y. Courts who have addressed the issue of defining “natural” have found it means “an affirmative claim about a product’s qualities and is, therefore, not ‘an exaggeration or overstatement expressed in broad, vague, and commendatory language’” (Suarez v. California Nat. Living, Inc., No. 17 CV 9847 (VB), 2019 WL 1046662, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 5, 2019)), and it is indicative of “the absence of synthetic ingredients” (Petrosino v. Stearn’s Prod., Inc., No. 16-CV-7735 (NSR), 2018 WL 1614349, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 30, 2018)). But, courts are split as to whether “all natural” claims “are more within the conventional expertise of judges or whether they involve technical or policy considerations within the FDA’s particular field of expertise.” See de Lacour v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., No. 16-CV-8364 (RA), 2017 WL 6550690, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 22, 2017). This consideration has caused some courts to stay litigation pending regulatory guidance, leading parties to settle instead of waiting in vain.
This House activity is yet another instance in which Congressional leaders are trying to keep up with regulating industry trends while the FDA lags behind. See, e.g., Senator Schumer’s call to action. Like vaping and CBD, we may see “natural” and “clean” resurface in the FDA’s priorities because of the safety concerns these marketing terms hold. | <urn:uuid:d2d5fdc1-629c-4ea4-8188-f20990c78174> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lexblog.com/2019/11/15/us-house-representatives-from-new-york-introduce-bill-to-define-natural-cosmetics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.94153 | 1,241 | 1.890625 | 2 |
How To Write In Third Person
It is very easy to fall into the habit of first-person writing. However, third-person writing is a very important, and a fun and exciting perspective to write a story from! What is beneficial for one story may not be for the other. These steps will help you learn how to write in the third person point of view, which will open up brand new pathways for your writings that maybe you hadn’t considered before.
Many times, writers are way too focused on the story’s plot rather than what it has become. If you change the point of view of your story it can give you a fresh new perspective, many times opening up new pieces of creations, by coming up with new ideas, and making for bolder and more inner-directive fiction.
6 Steps To Help You Learn How To Write In Third Person
1. When should you write in third person point of view?
It’s best to write in the third person point of view when creatively or academically writing. When writing academically you should never use first-person pronouns, such as I, me, or my. This will make your work stand out of perspective, it will also make your work look more opinion-based. Creative writing, on the other hand, works with 1st,2nd, and 3rd person point of view.
2. Make sure that you’re using the right pronouns
When you are using third person writing you must use the proper pronouns, like he, she, her, him, etcetera. A basic definition of third-person point of view writing is someone looking in from the outside therefore when writing you address them either by name or by correctly using a third-person pronoun. For example, “Jim watched his friends from the window.”
3. Always be consistent
If you are writing from your protagonist’s perspective do not abruptly change to another character’s point of view. Doing so will very easily confuse and jumble up your readers, whereas keeping a consistent and flowing story will keep your readers excited and sitting on the edge of their seats!
4. Use Imagery
If you want to have a professional sounding third-person point of view article, then use imagery rather than emotions. Using emotions in a story usually means that it is a first-person point of view writing, but when you use imagery it usually means it’s a third- or second-person point of view. Example: “Her eyes filled up with tears as her bottom lip quivered. She felt as bad as she did the day her hamster got lost She really wanted that bike for her birthday.”
5. Be Descriptive
Since you are not writing about the character’s emotions you can have more freedom to write more creatively. You can describe details much more in-depth than your character ever could! Example: “The cyclops was going to eat the men, he had them clutched in one hand, squirming like a fistful of worms.”
6. Make the Story Larger
When you have a rather large story stewing in your brain that needs many different voices for you too to write about, it is auspicious
to use the third person writing perspective. The third-person point of view is definitely a number one writing choice when it comes to having a variety of characters. You can usually be more creative when writing in the third person point of view. Try it and see what you can come up with!
Do You Now Feel Like You Know How To Write In Third Person?
So, think about this article next time you sit down to write a killer new story. The third-person point of view is easy and fun to write in, but you need to make sure that you are using it correctly and creatively. Follow these steps, and always remember to proof read your work and use the correct pronouns! Be as creative as you want the sky’s the limit when it comes to writing.
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There were two rail lines originating out of Rural Hall in 1888, Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad and Richmond and Danville Railroad. In 1907, the Rural Hall Depot was built as a replacement for the original depot the railroads had shared since starting both passenger and freight service in 1888. The Rural Hall Depot offered passenger service until 1955 and continued to provide freight services until Southern Railway moved operations to a new facility nearby. Operations at what is now the Rural Hall Historic Train Depot officially closed in 1980. On the verge of being torn down, Rural Hall residents and business owners D.J. and Alene Redding adopted the building and had it moved to a new site. Since then the Depot has been restored and is a family legacy for the late Mr. and Mrs. Redding.
Today, the Rural Hall Historic Train Depot operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving the community and railroad enthusiasts. The Depot is a registered historical site and houses a museum of railroad artifacts and collectibles. We open our doors to the community by hosting special seasonal events as well as making the Depot available for private events. We are managed by our community board members and supported by monetary and time donations from dedicated volunteers. | <urn:uuid:7c4dd163-a745-41bb-bd34-e4c9e03e7eba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://ruralhalldepot.org/about/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.978561 | 253 | 1.703125 | 2 |
One of the tools helping to be in touch with the customer. Newsletter is sent in an electronic form, and can have scientific or informative character. It usually provides customers with news or information about changes in the company’s offer. A newsletter should be thus constructed that it encourages to download it – it must contain premium content, so that the user wants to read it. In content marketing the content most often sent in newsletters includes expert articles and e-books. | <urn:uuid:82f170ac-52d7-448c-92ae-e9eb3961cb7d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.contentic.io/en/tag/newsletter-en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.931 | 93 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Tops says it “is committed to eradicating hunger in its local communities, and is proud to support its partners every year by running annual campaigns like ‘Check Out Hunger’ and ‘Food 2’ and ‘Food for Families’ campaigns.” It announced these campaigns recently were able to raise more than 2.5 million meals, “thanks to the generosity of the community.”
These campaigns help the community support food banks in their own backyards, including FeedMore WNY, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania, Foodlink, Food Bank of Central New York, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, Food Bank of the Southern Tier, Food Bank of Northeastern New York, Vermont Food Bank, and Food Bank of the Hudson Valley.
A press release said, “This significant contribution continues to impact hundreds of thousands of families across Tops’ three state footprint as donations continue to be delivered to local food banks.”
FeedMore WNY President and CEO Tara A. Ellis said, “Thanks to the continued support of Tops Friendly Markets and its generous customers, FeedMore WNY is able to provide nutritious meals to hungry Western New Yorkers of all ages. For more than three decades, Tops Friendly Markets has been our partner in hunger relief. Through events like ‘Food 2 Families’ and ‘Check Out Hunger,’ Tops provides year-round support to FeedMore WNY, ensuring families in need are able to have food on the table.”
The press release cited the US Department of Agriculture and said more than 38 million people – including over 11 million children – experienced food insecurity in 2020, with no signs of that number decreasing. “As a matter of fact, many of the participating food banks that will benefit from these programs have indicated that the need is up more than 40%.”
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Illinois reports a total of 3,037,199 cases, including 32,926 deaths, in 102 counties across the state. Since Feb. 25, laboratories have reported 750,521 specimens for a total of 55,089,500. As of Thursday night, 843 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 153 patients were in the ICU and 77 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators, IDPH reports.
The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from February 25 - March 3, 2022 is 1.6%.
IDPH said a total of 21,157,960 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of midnight. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 12,488 doses.
Since Feb. 25, 87,414 doses were reported administered in Illinois. Of Illinois’ total population, 76 percent have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, more than 67 percent of Illinois’ total population is fully vaccinated, and more than 49 percent boosted according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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What is a stroke? Different types of strokes
A stroke happens when a vein in the brain ruptures and drains, or when there’s a blockage in the blood supply to the brain. The break or blockage forestalls blood and oxygen from arriving at the brain’s tissues. As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Trusted Source, stroke is a main source of death in the United States. Consistently, in excess of 795,000 U.S. individuals suffer a heart attack. Without oxygen, brain cells and tissue become harmed and start to pass on in practically no time. Consider Stroke Treatment in Chennai!
Stroke is a sudden interference of steady blood flow to the mind that causes misfortune of neurological work. The interference of blood flow can be brought about by a blockage, prompting the more normal ischemic stroke, or by draining in the brain, prompting the more dangerous hemorrhagic stroke. Ischemic stroke is an expected 87 percent of all stroke cases. Stroke frequently happens with almost no advance notice, and the outcomes can demolish.
It is vital that legitimate blood flow and oxygen be reestablished to the brain at the earliest opportunity. Without oxygen and significant nutrients, the impacted brain cells are either harmed or pass on inside a couple of moments. Once brain cells bite the dust, they by and large don’t recover and destroying harm might happen, some of the time coming about in physical, cognitive and mental disabilities.
Thrombotic (cerebral thrombosis) is the most well-known kind of ischemic stroke. A blood clot structures inside an infected or harmed supply route in the cerebrum coming about because of atherosclerosis cholesterol-containing stores called plaque), impeding blood flow. Embolic (cerebral embolism) is caused when coagulation or a little piece of plaque framed in one of the arteries prompting the brain or in the heart, is pushed through the blood stream and lodges in smaller brain arteries. The blood supply is sliced off from the brain because of the obstructed vessel. Go for the Best Hospital for Stroke Treatment in Chennai! | <urn:uuid:7ee334ca-b86b-46e9-86ea-cafe60d85679> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pricedropdealz.com/what-is-a-stroke-different-types-of-strokes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.906246 | 453 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Temperatures are set to reach record-breaking levels over the coming days - and drivers have been issued a warning if they have a dog. With over 12 million households now owning a dog, following a huge surge during lockdown, automotive experts at Leasing Options wanted to ensure all drivers were aware of the law on leaving dogs in cars - especially during this scorching heat.
Every summer, we see multiple cases of dogs left in cars on our news feeds and social media timelines and sadly, if pets get too hot, they can suffer heat stroke and, in the worst-case scenario, die. If you leave a dog in the car and anything happens to them, you could end up in serious trouble.
Any drivers committing such offences have been warned that they could face an unlimited fine or even jail time over an animal cruelty charge under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 if they leave a dog in the car. It's crucial to put things in place to allow your furry friend to stay cool in the summer months and never leave them in the car.
As Mike Thompson, chief operating officer at Leasing Options explained to GlasgowLive: “In the UK it's not illegal to leave your pet alone in the car, but if something was to happen as the result of leaving them, you could find yourself faced with an animal cruelty charge, an unlimited fine and potential six-months jail sentence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. You should never leave a pet in a car even with the windows open on a hot day.
"There is likely little airflow, even in the shade, to provide adequate cooling for your pet. The temperature inside a vehicle can double in less than an hour even with windows open.”
If you spot an animal in the car on a hot day, it is advised that you should inform police of your intentions and take photos or footage of the dog as well as the names and contact details of witnesses. Breaking into the car could be classed as committing criminal damage.
With the UK expecting plenty of hot weather over the coming weeks, Leasing Options has issued some advice for travelling with your dog in a car and signs to look out for with your beloved pet pooch.
Five tips to keep your dog cool when travelling in a car
1. Travel early or late - Try to plan your trips in the cooler parts/time of the day — early morning or later in the evening when the sun's heat isn’t as intense
2. Cool your car down before your trip - If you do need to travel during the middle of the day, cool the vehicle down before letting your pet inside. You can do this by blasting the AC on max for a good 10-15 mins, chilly for us but perfect for them in summer, and park the car in the shade to stop it warming up.
3. Keep your dog hydrated - Take plenty of water with you and store it under the boot floor or front seats, if possible, away from direct sunlight warming it up.
4. Block out direct sunlight - Install sunshades on the rear and side windows blocking the suns rays.
5. Make regular stops - Plan your trip to include breaks, where your pooch can have a short walk and let the breeze pass over them, helping them to cool down.
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Five key signs that your dog is suffering from heatstroke after a car journey
1. Heavy panting – This is the most telling symptom of heat stroke in dogs. Humans sweat to eliminate heat from their bodies, but dogs do this by panting.
2. Excessive drooling – If a dog is overheating, their body will produce more saliva as the body tries to cool itself down more quickly.
3. Lethargy and drowsiness – Being too hot can cause dogs to sleep more than usual and possibly have trouble standing up.
4. Loss of coordination – If dogs are experiencing a lack of oxygen from heat stroke, it can make them lose some of their coordination.
5. Vomiting and collapsing – These are both a sign a dog’s body is becoming irreparably damaged from heat stroke as the nervous system and internal organs become affected.
If you see any of these signs, immediately take your dog for urgent attention to a vet.
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Guilt is a form of self-regulation that warns of punishment, protects us from our innate prejudices and promotes social relatedness. As such, it facilitates a greater degree of social cohesion. Yet, despite this function, guilt is also an immense burden for the ways in which it may impede individual development when it conflicts with social acceptance. In that sense, it is a poison of pure pleasure and a party-pooper. Where in the human brain does this emotion make itself manifest? Why does it have such a stronghold on your life? What can you do about it?
If you were to put your hand between both brain hemispheres starting at your forehead (not something that I would recommend), it would reach the lowermost part of that part of the frontal lobe that is right at the front of the brain, and very central. This part of the brain is called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC). It is the accountant of the human brain and assesses potential gains and losses that we might incur.
This brain region has rich connections with reward centers in the brain. When it is damaged, the reward centers rev up to their highest accelerations without any input from the vmPFC. All we register is the reward of an action. There is nothing to institute checks and balances. This is the often dreamed about "guiltless" state where the accountant of our brains has gone to sleep.
Guilt, on the other hand, arises when our brains recognize that they cannot act as though reward is the only factor that should determine our behavior. They submit the potential rewards to the vmPFC for consideration and for integration with potential risks. This is when we start to feel that unease about our prior night's indulgences or prejudices that can't stay unconscious.
People who are addicted to alcohol, pathological gamblers and sociopaths are three groups of people who, for example, do not activate the vmPFC significantly when receiving rewards. In effect, the accountant that usually provides checks and balances has gone to sleep. Thus, even though the punishment is received (either in the form of hangovers, arrests or large money losses), there is no guilt to moderate the behaviors that eventually become self-destructive. The brains of these subgroups and people who do not feel guilty only register immediate gains. There is no registration of later outcome.
Guilt is therefore a result of vmPFC activity. When this activity is very great, it leads to huge moral sensitivity that can be a tremendous burden to someone who also wishes to explore life. The key then, would be to keep the vmPFC active without having it activate to the detriment of your own discoveries. Putting it to sleep does not serve us, as it is actually there to protect us if we also allow it to do so. How can this understanding help us in our daily lives?
1. People have varying degrees of moral sensitivity ranging from sociopathic opportunists to religious fanatics. In each of these cases, the brain's accountant is either asleep or hyperactive respectively, and understanding this may help us understand the complexity of dealing with such people. Telling them to face their callousness or "relax" is insufficient to re-engage the vmPFC. There actually have to be conditions that inspire this. For the sociopath, the challenge is to find a trusting environment. For the religious fanatic, the challenge is to address the fear of rewards.
2. If you are burdened by your own guilt but unable to change the behaviors that cause this, consider the following: You may have to train your vmPFC to be a greater part of your life by engaging in conscious exercises to awaken it after you contemplate a reward. For example, if you know that having three drinks in a safe environment enhances the quality of your life but that more than three drinks enhances it in the moment with disastrous consequences later, you may set up repetitive conversations with a trusted person geared to change your behavior to serve you rather than work against you.
3. If you find that you are burdened by guilt that restricts your freedom, ask yourself what real freedom is. Freedom is clearly not putting your vmPFC to sleep. That is just asking for trouble. But it is also not hyperactivating your vmPFC. How can you grant yourself greater permission to explore? Rank the potential harm that you are causing to your life by exploring your life in the ways that you want to. Start slowly by allowing yourself a "low score" risk that brings little to no harm to yourself or others and repeat this behavior until your brain is used to the sensation of reward.
The message here is that although we may be fixed in the ways in which we handle guilt, we can teach our brains to become smarter about how we handle our desires. By being in active consideration of this and by anchoring our thoughts in this awareness of brain activity, we can gain some perspective about our own development that is dynamic and not boring. When we are stuck in our lives, it is usually because we have either turned the volume of certain brain regions off or to "maximum." Between silence and deafening loudness, our brains can make music that inspires us to live enriching lives. | <urn:uuid:cfc323c1-20e4-4dc2-9e6c-8b279be8165f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-ways-to-think-about-g_b_213574 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.96189 | 1,068 | 2.75 | 3 |
French designer Claire Lavabre has made a mirror that only works when it's placed in front of a dark shape painted on the wall.
A partial reflection is visible in the bevelled frame if it is placed in front of a white surface but the reflection becomes clear when the glass overlaps with dark matte paint.
Claire Lavabre used specially treated ultra-reflective glass that also retains high transparency. The effect is an enhanced version of looking at your reflection in a darkened window on a sunny day, or from a lit room when it's dark outside.
Lavabre says she wanted to explore surfaces that are both reflective and transparent, overlapping images to create new perspectives. She's proposed a series of six different geometric shapes and colours to be used with the frame. "In this way the mirror can be appropriated - people can choose the colour they prefer and it can adapt to different places," Lavabre told Dezeen.
The project was developed during Lavabre's studies at École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle (ENSCI) in Paris, where she graduated in December last year. It will be shown at the Design Parade 8 festival as part of an exhibition of work by ten young designers at Villa Noailles in Hyères, France, from 5 to 7 July.
New York designer Joe Doucet recently created a mirror as a tribute to victims of Hurricane Sandy that gives the impression the viewer is partially submerged, while Canadian studio The Practice of Everyday Design has designed a mirror that displays ghostly reflections on its buffed stainless steel surface – see more mirrors on Dezeen.
Here's a short project description from the designer:
In this project I had a particular interest in reflections. Reflections appear on surfaces that are transparent and reflective at the same time. A tree reflects in a lake, in a train window. I like the overlaying of different images. When we look through the surface it is transparent. The surface tends to disappear like glass. On the contrary, when we look at a reflection on glass, this surface exists. It finds a presence by sending us our own image.
A geometric shape is drawn on a wall with paint. The frame of the reflective surface is leant on the wall. When this geometric shape and the reflective surface intersect, the reflection increases and this installation finds use. The geometric shape’s colours and shapes are numerous. Reflection system: wood frame, glass, paint. Variable shape and size. | <urn:uuid:571de16e-2298-466b-ba84-f20744c0a6fb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/24/reflet-mirror-by-claire-lavabre/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.936433 | 514 | 2.265625 | 2 |
The 2018 National Defense Strategy acknowledges that professional military education “has stagnated, focused more on the accomplishment of mandatory credit at the expense of lethality and ingenuity.” As a remedy, the strategy emphasizes a commitment to intellectual leadership and military professionalism in the art and science of warfighting.
To understand the polarities of today’s security environment, leaders must “[deepen] our knowledge of history while embracing new technology and techniques to counter competitors,” the strategy says. As the nation’s primary ground force, the Army has a strategic imperative to develop leaders who can critically analyze problems, lead diverse teams and thrive in the multidomain operating environment.
Such an undertaking is a bold task for conventional professional military education programs to address. The Army’s growth and continued funding of Strategic Broadening Seminar programs are key steps to developing future strategic leaders.
Dynamic Educational Experience
Unconstrained by a program of instruction, Strategic Broadening Seminars have flexibility in their curriculum and means of instruction. The seminars expose midgrade officers, NCOs and Army civilians to subject-matter experts from academia, government, think tanks and the private sector. Selected from all three components and career fields, seminar students bring diverse experience and backgrounds; this contributes to the dynamic educational experience.
By design, the seminars provide the time and cognitive space for students to immerse themselves in complex national security challenges and geopolitical issues, and to learn critical strategic leadership capabilities. Each seminar varies in length and primary focus, providing the Army with a cross-section of critical thinkers on its most pressing strategic problems. These career-enriching opportunities are catalytic to a leader’s growth and development. Additionally, they offer a high return on investment for sponsoring organizations when their seminar graduates return with new capacities for critical analysis, reflection, systems thinking and organizational leadership.
The 2018 Strategic Broadening Seminar at the University of Louisville, Ky.’s McConnell Center was a transformational experience for us. Over the course of five weeks, we studied the classics of military strategy, Western philosophy and American democracy while learning from leading academics about China and Russia. We debated topics such as the constitutionality of the proposed Space Force and learned about the origins of the sacred oaths each service member takes.
The McConnell Center also gave us a chance to interact with leading public figures including the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, director of the CIA, U.S. secretary of transportation, two federal judges and former congressional staffers. Those engagements provided unique perspectives from across the three branches of government and gave us a glimpse into the interagency process.
As the program progressed, we also studied the works of Plato, Thucydides and Niccolo Machiavelli as the “source documents” to contemporary works on psychology, history and leadership. With our new understanding from these classical works, we were better equipped to connect the dots and deconstruct our strategic issue research projects from the chief of staff of the Army’s Key Strategic Issues List.
The experience of taking part in the McConnell Center’s unique Strategic Broadening Seminar experience gave us the intellectual tools necessary to make sense of the complexities of America’s constitutional order, the Army’s place within it, and the challenges we face at home and abroad.
To help convey our concept of the unique developmental value of Strategic Broadening Seminars, let’s use music as an analogy. Through our commissioning sources and Basic Officer Leader Courses, we are handed the instruments of our craft for the first time. Some of us will play the violin; some of us will play a brass instrument or percussion. In those schools, we learn a few basic songs, primarily through rote memorization. We endeavor to gain proficiency with our particular instrument while understanding, perhaps vaguely, that we will play our part within the wider orchestra that is the Army.
In the Maneuver Captain’s Career Course, for example, we are taught the basics of how to create a “Symphony of Destruction.” That is, to synchronize and mass the effects of combined arms maneuver, direct and indirect fires and enablers to wreak havoc on the enemy. We’ll refer to this particular symphony as Thunderstruck. We learn the individual notes, transitions and phrasing (the musical ingredients) of this particular piece of music, and once we’ve gained enough proficiency with it, we advance out of the course, and are ultimately placed in positions to be ready to play Thunderstruck when the time is right. In this sense, we are developing musicians who have added one particular piece of music to their repertoire.
This general method of learning continues throughout our careers as we add a piece of music (a new song) here and there, and we are ready to play them when the situation is right. The Army trusts us not to play Thunderstruck when a softer, slower tune is more appropriate.
Ultimately, this method of musical development creates, at end state, musicians who can regurgitate songs they’ve been taught. The best musicians may carry with them a vast internal library of music and may be ready to play the right songs in the right circumstances, and do so with beautiful proficiency. One song could be how to conduct a key leader engagement. Another song could be to dig an obstacle, or breach one. An orchestral performance could be a staff conducting the Military Decision Making Process—each musician (staff member) playing their part. Through practice and repetition, we gain proficiency at these tasks, just as musicians gain proficiency with their instruments.
A Different Vision
The Strategic Broadening Seminar is a different sort of musical academy. We arrived expecting to become a better musician—to learn new songs, or more efficient ways to play the songs we already knew. That, however, is not the vision of Gary Gregg, lead faculty for the seminar and director of the McConnell Center.
In the first hours of our time at the seminar, Gregg told us that he would aim not only to make us better military leaders, but to make us better people as well. This was unexpected. Put another way, Gregg did not endeavor to teach us another piece of music, but to introduce us to the foundational principles of music itself. He would work with us on the modes—the language of it all. Perhaps some of us understood Thunderstruck or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band quite well. At our professional level, though, we had rarely given much thought to why those songs work, or what modal structures and nuanced transitions can be used to make new music.
The seminar isn’t about making better musicians—it’s about planting seeds that may one day grow musical conductors or perhaps a composer or two.
Army leaders at every echelon routinely find themselves in dynamic and confusing situations around the globe. Will the piece of music we learned through rote memorization and practice be the necessary piece to fit into any particular situation we face? Though the right music played at the right time can create the desired effect, the wrong piece of music can cause deleterious consequences. The Army needs leaders who can think in complex environments and improvise tactics to bring about the desired impact on the strategic situation. To complete our music analogy, the Army needs leaders who play their role in the orchestra but who are also capable of improvisational jazz fusion when the situation requires it.
Thinking in a New Language
Most Army leaders will not advance to lead at the strategic level, just as most musicians will not become conductors, and only a small number will become visionary composers. But the Strategic Broadening Seminar supplements what is an effective Army professional military education methodology with a strong bit of music theory. The seminar provides a first critical touch point that provokes midcareer leaders (who may one day become senior leaders) to start thinking in a language they hadn’t considered before.
Strategic leaders are not grown overnight—and the Strategic Broadening Seminar endeavors to start the process earlier than Army professional military education has traditionally provided for.
The Army should continue to prioritize and support the Strategic Broadening Seminar programs through the following recommendations:
- Organizational-level leaders need to know about the seminars so they can send the best candidates in order to reap both individual and organizational benefits. Upon returning from the seminars, the real work begins by serving as a change agent within their respective formations.
- As the concept of multidomain operations promulgates throughout the joint force, the Army should open the Strategic Broadening Seminar program to sister services. Adding additional sister service “colors” to each seminar could enhance the learning experience further while also serving as a forum to build vital relationships for future operations.
- A seminar graduate receives a world-class educational experience along with the 6Z Strategic Studies Graduate Additional Skill Identifier. The Army should also consider adding Strategic Broadening Seminar participation to both the officer and NCO career progression maps and supporting regulations such as Department of the Army-Pamphlet 600-3: Officer Professional Development and Career Management. Adding the program to these publications further educates Army leaders about the opportunities and codifies the value of attendance to a Strategic Broadening Seminar program.
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The Fact.MR study is a seamless presentation of unique insights on how the Knitted Fabrics Market will expand across the globe during 2018-2027. The utmost objective of Fact.MR report on knitted fabrics market is to provide compelling insights on the demand generating factors, dynamic aspects, key product developments in the market, and overall market scenario of the knitted fabrics market. The report includes the ultimate predictions about growth of the knitted fabrics market in terms of market size (US$ million) and market volume (tons) during the assessment period.
Knitted fabrics is a type of elastic textiles that are manufactured by interlocking yarns with the help of a pair of needles. Knitted fabrics can be manufactured by two principal methods – weft knitting and warp knitting. Knitted fabrics are generally comfortable, lightweight, and can be made more easily and quickly that woven fabrics, with which they are often used interchangeably.
With burgeoning demand for knitted fabrics in the global clothing and textile industry, a mounting number of manufacturers are entering the market to capitalize on lucrative business opportunities. These new market entrants and emerging players collectively account for 45-50% share of the knitted fabrics market. On the other hand, knitted fabrics market leaders are aiming to gain momentum in the clothing and textile industry by enhancing their value chains on two fronts – automation and nearshoring. Stagnation in Western markets has consequentially resulted in new players entering the developing markets for knitted fabrics. A mounting number of start-ups in the knitted fabrics market are adopting advanced technologies to introduce innovative fabrics and gain an edge in the knitted fabrics market. In addition, small scale producers in the knitted fabrics market in developing countries are also benefitting from favorable regulations and low labor costs, making their way through the highly-competitive knitted fabrics market.
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Notable developments in the knitted fabrics market:
A leading Italy-based manufacturer of high-quality knitted fabrics, Luxury Jersey recently announced the launch of two new fabrics for the luxury segment, in partnership with partner Fulgar – an Italian producer of man-made fibers. The company used Evo by Fulgar, which is a yarn made from castor oil, in combination with GOTS-certified organic cotton to manufacture these new fabrics. The company also announced that the two new fabrics offer a strong sustainable component in the knitted fabrics market, and can be ideal for women’s outwear and sportswear.
In February 2018, scientists at Texinov Medical Textiles – a French manufacturer of warp-knitted textiles, developed a knitted fabric using laser technology that can be used in treatments for skin diseases such as actinic keratosis, psoriasis, and acne with light.
Zaha Hadid Architects and researchers from ETH Zurich – a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics University based in Zürich, Switzerland – developed double-curved concrete shelled pavilion was made with the help of KnitCrete – a 3D-knitted formwork. This framework is claimed to have helped in saving material, waste, and labor for construction by simplifying the construction process for complex shapes.
The report provides information about knitted fabrics market structure, key financials, recent competitive developments, and financial share analysis of leading stakeholders in the knitted fabrics market. The companies featured in the report include Guilford Mills, Gehring Tricot Corporation, Rebtex Inc., Macra Lace Company, Clover Knits, SAS Textiles, Damodar Menon International Pvt Ltd., Krishna Overseas, Jason Mills LLC, and William J Dixon Inc.
Increasing growth of the textile industry has resulted in creating more lucrative opportunities, thereby attracting new players to enter the industry. This is leading to intensifying the competition in the knitted fabrics market. Leading manufacturers are launching more innovative and high-quality products using next-generation manufacturing technologies to bring a new dynamic to the knitted fabrics market. Increasing adoption of state-of-the-art technologies to bolster manufacturing of custom seamless knitwear apparels is becoming increasingly palpable in the knitted fabrics market. Market leaders are completely digitizing their entire production processes to further enhance their business productivity and efficiency. Technological assets, such as physical simulation software, 3D printing technology, and 3D design software, are likely to prevail over traditional manufacturing processes soon in the knitted fabrics market.
Knitted fabrics have been deemed more prone to damage than their woven alternatives, thereby compromising the utilization efficiency of of the fabric in various applications. Needle malfunction, mismanagement of machinery, or improper care during the fabric dyeing processes, are some of the aspects that increase the risk of damage during knitted fabrics construction In addition, improper manual handling of knitted fabrics and inspection cuts lead to forcing manufacturers to keep an extra buffer for such damages. This is one of the leading causes behind high overall fabric costs, which is ultimately creating challenges for stakeholders to mitigate production costs. Thereby, unavoidable spending on knitted fabric management and machine maintenance prove to be costly challenges for knitted fabrics market players to tackle with.
Both, woven fabrics and knitted fabrics are commonly used in the healthcare industry as medical textile. However, textile engineers discovered that knitted fabrics are more flexible, highly porous than woven fabrics, and have loose and changeable structural design, thereby can be used in versatile medical applications. The structure of knitted fabric can be altered and modified easily to suit variable requirements of several medical applications, which is boosting demand for knitted fabrics in the healthcare industry.
With growing awareness about unique benefits of knitted fabrics, when they are used as medical textiles, knitting technologies have emerged to be an integral part of the healthcare industry. For example, warp knitting technology is becoming popular as one of the most economic technologies used to manufacture thermostatic textiles used in surgery to maintain patients’ body temperature.
Increasing use of high-tech medical textiles in healthcare applications is creating numerous lucrative opportunities for manufacturers in the knitted fabrics market. Leading market players are likely to adopt next-generation manufacturing technologies to offer knitted medical textiles that can suit various requirements of medical applications in the upcoming years.
Owing to their soft hand-feel and characteristics to offer a perfect fit to the clothing, knitted fabrics find more demand and maximum applications in nightwear and lingerie collections. Manufacturers in the knitted fabrics market are adopting advanced printing technologies to further enhance the texture and flexibility of knitted fabrics to suit the modern requirements in the nightwear clothing segment. Apart from the offering knitted fabrics with rich feel, leading players in the knitted fabrics market are concentrating on improving performance characteristics of knitted fabrics. Manufacturers are likely to alter their manufacturing processes to offer better performance characteristics of knitted fabrics, such as resistance to washing and rubbing, functional comfort, and significant saving on energy and greenhouse emissions, to expand the scope of knitted fabric applications beyond lingerie and nightwear segment.
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With a properly defined wet-lab and bioinformatics process, we are able to zero in on clinically relevant variants. How does a lab report on the outcome of their analysis? We find that most laboratories conduct their variant classification based on the guidelines formulated by the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) for inherited diseases. The ACMG guidelines for variant classification are regularly revised, so it’s important to stay abreast of new developments.
From our perspective, there is quite a variety of different reporting standards that we observe in practice for tumor and infectious pathogen diagnosis. The reporting on inherited diseases seems to be more consistent across the board. Typically variants are classified in the following way:
- Likely pathogenic
- Uncertain clinical significance
- Likely benign
In a recent meeting in Washington DC among leading clinicians in this field, it was mentioned many times that certain findings can be deceptive. For example, a novel loss-of-function variant, which is obviously a very damaging mutation in a gene, with no known connection to the observed phenotype needs to be handled very carefully. Chances are that the severe mutation has in fact nothing to do with the disease. Typically, clinicians rely on reference databases such as the 1000 Genomes Project, OMIM and others to establish the clinical relevancy. Equally, it’s important for a lab to establish a database of past findings. It’s very likely that a lab with a focus on a particular disease category or a subset of a population has access to variant frequencies specific to the cross section of the community it is serving. Or, it might observe associations between variants and observed phenotypes for diseases that are not yet documented in standard public databases.
Reporting of Incidental Genetic Findings
Clinically significant genetic findings that are unrelated to the phenotype under investigation can occur when performing single gene, gene panel, whole exome or genome sequence analysis. However, limiting sequence analysis to a panel of genes that are relevant to the diagnosis of a particular disease state, for the most part, eliminates the potential for incidental findings. Without question, the analysis of exomes or genomes has a high chance for such findings which include the identification of variants relevant to autosomal dominant disease, carrier status for recessive diseases, predisposition to adult-onset dominant conditions (including cancer and neurodegenerative conditions) and drug response alleles, commonly known as pharmacogenetic markers…
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About to set off on your New Zealand driving adventure? You must understand New Zealand’s road rules, signs and driving laws before you set off. Please take a moment to watch the video above and to read this booklet before travelling: What’s different about New Zealand? (PDF) – also, here are a few tips:
- Keep LEFT! We drive on the left-hand side of the road.
- Always wear your seat belt. Everyone in your vehicle must wear a seatbelt, and children must be secured in an approved child seat. Your rental vehicle company can rent child seats to you if you didn’t bring your own.
- Keep to the speed limit and always stop at STOP signs.
- Always slow down to observe recommended speeds around bends and check for oncoming traffic on one-lane bridges.
- Overtake other vehicles only when it’s safe to do so. Use passing lanes whenever possible, and never cross a solid yellow line on your side of the centre line.
- Stay well-rested. Plan to drive for only 1 – 2 hours at a time, and take regular breaks during your journey to stretch your legs.
- Drive to the conditions. You’ll need to reduce your speed if it’s raining, icy, snowing, windy or if you’re in a roadworks area. Ask your accommodation provider if in doubt.
- Use this Driving Time and Distance Calculator or GPS to estimate driving times while planning your journey. Driving in New Zealand can often take longer than expected due to our winding roads.
- Do not drink and drive. Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a crime in New Zealand and strictly enforced by police, with severe penalties for offenders.
- It’s illegal to use a mobile phone while driving in New Zealand. If you need to make a call or send a text, pull over at a rest area or in a safe place.
Find more information on New Zealand road rules and NZ road signs in the New Zealand Road Code.
- If you’re driving a campervan or motorhome during your New Zealand driving holiday and you have traffic backed up behind you, pull over as soon as you can safely do so to let other vehicles pass.
- In case of emergency, contact Police, Fire or Ambulance by dialling 111.
- Remember, it’s easy to underestimate New Zealand driving times. Take plenty of breaks and give yourself additional travel time to rest and stretch your legs.
- Keep your eye on the weather conditions before each journey so you can drive to the conditions. Allow for extra New Zealand driving times where needed.
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Underwater homeowners – they owe more on their mortgage than their home’s value – are more likely to end up in foreclosure. But today, 1 in 3 owners with a mortgage (32%) have at least 50% equity, and only 1 in 21 (4.7%) owes 25% or more than their home’s current market value.
IRVINE, Calif. – Thanks in part to rising property values, today’s homeowners largely have a lot more equity than they did during the housing meltdown in the Great Recession. Of those with a mortgage, one in three (31.9%) is equity rich, according to ATTOM Data Solutions’ first-quarter 2021 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, meaning that the remaining amount on the owner’s mortgage is 50% or less than their home’s estimated market value.
The report only analyzes homes in which the homeowner has a mortgage. Those without a mortgage generally have 100% equity.
On the flipside, a smaller amount of homeowners with a mortgage are underwater now compared to the Great Recession. Nationally, just 2.6 million – one in 21 or 4.7% of all mortgage properties – were considered seriously underwater in the first quarter of 2021, meaning the amount they still owe on the home is at least 25% more than its estimated market value.
That 4.7% of mortgaged homes seriously underwater is down from 5.4% in the prior quarter, 6% in the third quarter of 2020 and 6.6% a year ago.
On the other hand, the percentage of equity rich homes, 31.9%, is up from previous quarters – 30.2% in the fourth quarter of 2020, 28.3% in the third quarter and 26.5% in the first quarter of 2020.
Overall, Florida was about average when ATTOM compared states. Among the 50 states, 41 had an increase in equity-rich homes compared to the previous quarter, and 49 saw a decrease in the percentage seriously underwater.
“It continues to be a great time to be a homeowner most everywhere in the country, says Todd Teta, chief product officer with ATTOM Data Solutions. “The ongoing price spikes we’re seeing help to cut down the number of seriously underwater properties and boost the level of equity-rich properties.”
Teta says current trends may shift, however, once the foreclosure moratorium is lifted, something he says ATTOM is watching. “For now, though, the equity picture remains one of many signs that the long U.S. housing market boom keeps charging ahead.”
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The Algebra 1 Teacher’s Edition (2 volumes) (3rd ed.) contains the student pages with overprint answers as well as solutions for exercises and additional math problems. Teachers will find the one-on-one activities, presentation suggestions, and common student errors features to be helpful resources. This edition also gives suggested assignments, and schedules are given for three tracks—minimum, standard, and extended. The CD that accompanies the Teacher’s Edition has Projection Ready Answers, Mathardy (Review Game) and Visuals.
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The architectural history of Kentucky follows the trajectory of the country’s, from its Native-American prehistoric origins to the period of white settlement and the establishment of statehood in 1792, when the Greek Revival style became synonymous with nationhood. These parallels continue into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when a multiplicity of styles and modern concerns shaped the built environment, and finally to the present period, when vernacular forms are once again revered and even emulated.
The state’s representative buildings and sites range from the most vigorously progressive architecture of the day to humble vernacular structures emblematic of economic realities of time and place. Kentucky features buildings designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Robert Mills, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, E. Fay Jones, Michael Graves, and Daniel Libeskind, as well as churches and barns designed and erected by anonymous builders. High and low, these buildings exemplify particular moments, styles, movements, religions, corporate entities, or socio-political situations. Alongside discussions of form and style are topics of geography, industry, agriculture, transportation, education, racism and segregation, economic decline and resurgence, and the ensuing architectural responses.
Prehistoric Adena and Mississippian Cultures built earthen mounds in both the eastern and far western parts of the state. Mount Horeb (500 BCE–250 CE) and Wycliffe Mounds (1000–1359 CE) are among the earliest monumental earthworks to have been erected in North America; both mounds were first documented in Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis in 1848. When white settlers, including James Harrod, Daniel Boone, and George Rogers Clark, arrived in what was then part of the state of Virginia, they built wooden stockade forts as a defense against the warring Delaware, Shawnee, and Cherokee tribesmen. The recreation of Fort Harrod in the 1930s came about as national interest in the American Colonial period peaked.
The waxing and waning of interest in Kentucky’s historic sites has resulted in the loss of many, the preservation of some, the rebuilding of others, and the repurposing of a fortunate few. The state in which Abraham Lincoln was born was dependent upon slave labor for its economic prosperity; structures reflecting this period include not only Lincoln’s birthplace cabin and its twentieth-century Greek Revival enclosure but also a rare slave pen from Mason County. The authenticity of Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace log cabin has long been in dispute; however, the history of that debate enriches our understanding of the role architecture played in the forging of American’s national identity. The slave pen bears witness to the sometimes brutal realities of Kentucky’s history.
Kentucky is perhaps best known for its classical revival architecture, introduced to a wider audience by pioneering architectural historian Rexford Newcomb in his 1953 Architecture in Old Kentucky: Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic, and other types erected prior to the War Between the States. Clay Lancaster’s Antebellum Architecture of Kentucky of 1991 continued along the path forged by Newcomb. Examples include Liberty Hall in Frankfort (1796–1801), Federal Hill in Bardstown (1795), and Locust Grove outside of Louisville (1790), all of which were built before Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in LaRue County. Gideon Shryock (1802–1880) was the first Kentucky-born professional architect; his beautifully articulated Greek Revival buildings include Transylvania University (1834) and the Old Capitol in Frankfort (1837).
The fashion for Greek Revival was long lived in Kentucky but was eventually overtaken at mid-century by the Italianate, as seen at Loudoun House of 1851, which was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis for Francis Key Hunt of Lexington. After the Civil War came an abundance of revival styles, while all throughout the long nineteenth century, Kentucky vernacular architecture thrived. Kentucky was a bastion of religious freedom, and idiosyncratic churches such as Cane Ridge Meeting House (1791) and the Old Mud Meeting House (1810) are examples of the types of religious structures built in the state. The Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill near Harrodsburg survives as an important example of an American utopian community and the nineteenth-century architectural vernacular.
If much of Kentucky’s architecture is picturesque, none is more so than the horse farms that dot the Bluegrass and the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs, under the shadow of which the Kentucky Derby is run each May. Similarly charming is the architectural imagery of Kentucky’s bourbon distilleries, some of which survived Prohibition. Two Kentucky distilleries show a range of architectural options in a single industry—from the purely utilitarian George T. Stagg Distillery in Frankfort (1936) to the massive and homogenous Art Deco factory that was the Seagram Distillery in Louisville (1933).
As much a part of Kentucky’s architectural history are the Appalachian coal company towns such as Lynch in Harlan County, where coal mine Portal 31 and the U.S. Coal and Coke Company Store survive. The socio-economic realities of Kentucky’s history are revealed in its architecture; examples include the Colored School for African American children in Lynch, built to meet the students’ needs, and charitable institutions such as the Pine Mountain Settlement School, which was built to provide education and training to “mountain people” in the early part of the twentieth century.
The Ohio River, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N), and the Dixie Highway provided the necessary movement of goods and services from east to west and from north to south, and the architecture along these corridors tells the stories of Kentucky’s economic evolution. Visually, Louisville resembles Midwestern cities that boomed after the Civil War, such as Cincinnati, rich in cast-iron building fronts and brick warehouses that bespeak the importance of the river. Kentucky features a range of transportation buildings, from rural L&N depots to Louisville’s large Romanesque Revival Union Station (1891). Wigwam Village in Cave City (1937) and Lexington’s Parkette Drive-In (1951) illustrate architectural responses to the escapism and ersatz glamour associated with automobile travel in the first half of the twentieth century.
Given the persistence of traditional styles in the state, the importance of Modernism is perhaps the greatest surprise in Kentucky’s architectural history, with examples such as the triangular aerodynamic house called Triaero by Bruce Goff (1940) and the silo-shaped Lindsey Wilson Chapel by E. Fay Jones (1992). Edward Durell Stone was by far the most popular Modernist to work in Kentucky. His buildings include the elegant Paducah City Hall (1965) and his Lake Barkley Lodge (1969). Postmodernism arrived in Kentucky with the stunning Humana Building by Michael Graves (1982) but did not have a major impact in the Commonwealth.
More recently, architects and the public have discovered the intrinsic beauty of Kentucky’s vernacular forms. Repurposed buildings include the tobacco warehouses that were converted by Deborah Berke into the 21c Museum Hotel in downtown Louisville (2006) and the new visitors’ center at the Wild Turkey Distillery (2013), which resembles the tobacco barns that used to dot the region.
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An algorithm for identifying and classifying cerebral palsy in young children
Department of Pediatrics
*Algorithms; CD-ROM; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Comorbidity; Hemiplegia; Humans; Microcephaly; Neurologic Examination; Prevalence; Quadriplegia
OBJECTIVE: To develop an algorithm on the basis of data obtained with a reliable, standardized neurological examination and report the prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) subtypes (diparesis, hemiparesis, and quadriparesis) in a cohort of 2-year-old children born before 28 weeks gestation.
STUDY DESIGN: We compared children with CP subtypes on extent of handicap and frequency of microcephaly, cognitive impairment, and screening positive for autism.
RESULTS: Of the 1056 children examined, 11.4% (120) were given an algorithm-based classification of CP. Of these children, 31% had diparesis, 17% had hemiparesis, and 52% had quadriparesis. Children with quadriparesis were 9 times more likely than children with diparesis (76% versus 8%) to be more highly impaired and 5 times more likely than children with diparesis to be microcephalic (43% versus 8%). They were more than twice as likely as children with diparesis to have a score <70 on the mental scale of the BSID-II>(75% versus 34%) and had the highest rate of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers positivity (76%) compared with children with diparesis (30%) and children without CP (18%).
CONCLUSION: We developed an algorithm that classifies CP subtypes, which should permit comparison among studies. Extent of gross motor dysfunction and rates of co-morbidities are highest in children with quadriparesis and lowest in children with diparesis.
DOI of Published Version
J Pediatr. 2008 Oct;153(4):466-72. Epub 2008 Jun 2. Link to article on publisher's site
The Journal of pediatrics
Kuban KC, Allred EN, O'Shea MA, Paneth N, Pagano M, Leviton A, ELGAN Study Cerebral Palsy-Algorithm Group, Bream R, Adair R, Miller A. (2008). An algorithm for identifying and classifying cerebral palsy in young children. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.013. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/peds_devbeh/10 | <urn:uuid:6f04ee17-1581-49db-abeb-92f19df75e18> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/peds_devbeh/10/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.882498 | 637 | 2.921875 | 3 |
I relied on the effectiveness of the prayer of supplication – du’a – which pleads for the help and support of Ali (A.S), champion of Islam, supported by Allah, who gained extraordinary victories over the enemies of Islam – Du’a ‘Nad-e-Ali (A.S). I then read at a Shi’ah website that, according to Ayatollah Khoei, the late respected jurist, this du’a does not have a strong source. This discovery has rather taken the wind out of my sails.
The best thing in life, after strong faith in Allah and Islam, is to link yourself to
Ahl al-Bayt (A.S). It is not important if Du’a Nad-e-Ali (A.S) is based on a strong source or not, because one’s intention in reading it is to relate to and connect with the Commander of Faithful Imam Ali (A.S). | <urn:uuid:dbe0277c-924a-4d61-bb50-d0884d9a8431> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://almilani.com/English/Answers/Details/5820_Supplications-Dua | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.928325 | 206 | 1.8125 | 2 |
World Bulletin / News Desk
India will hold elections to five state assemblies in November and December, the election commission said on Friday, a final trial of strength between the ruling Congressparty and its Hindu nationalist rival before a national poll due by next May.
The election will be held in the big states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan as well as the capital, Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram, beginning on Nov. 11 and ending on Dec. 4.
Most opinion polls have forecast the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win at least three of the five states.
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StringCchVPrintfA function (strsafe.h)
Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer.
StringCchVPrintf is a replacement for the following functions:
STRSAFEAPI StringCchVPrintfA( [out] STRSAFE_LPSTR pszDest, [in] size_t cchDest, [in] STRSAFE_LPCSTR pszFormat, [in] va_list argList );
The destination buffer, which receives the formatted, null-terminated string created from pszFormat and argList.
The size of the destination buffer, in characters. This value must be sufficiently large to accommodate the final formatted string plus 1 to account for the terminating null character. The maximum number of characters allowed is STRSAFE_MAX_CCH.
The format string. This string must be null-terminated. For more information, see Format Specification Syntax.
The arguments to be inserted into the pszFormat string.
||There was sufficient space for the result to be copied to pszDest without truncation and the buffer is null-terminated.|
||The value in cchDest is either 0 or larger than STRSAFE_MAX_CCH.|
||The copy operation failed due to insufficient buffer space. The destination buffer contains a truncated, null-terminated version of the intended result. In situations where truncation is acceptable, this may not necessarily be seen as a failure condition.|
Note that this function returns an HRESULT value, unlike the functions that it replaces.
StringCchVPrintf provides additional processing for proper buffer handling in your code. Poor buffer handling is implicated in many security issues that involve buffer overruns. StringCchVPrintf always null-terminates a nonzero-length destination buffer.
For more information on va_lists, see the conventions defined in Stdarg.h.
Behavior is undefined if the strings pointed to by pszDest, pszFormat, or any argument strings overlap.
Neither pszFormat nor pszDest should be NULL. See StringCchVPrintfEx if you require the handling of null string pointer values.
StringCchVPrintf can be used in its generic form, or in its more specific forms. The data type of the string determines the form of this function that you should use, as shown in the following table.
|String Data Type||String Literal||Function|
The strsafe.h header defines StringCchVPrintf as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.
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Businesses and manufacturing companies have realized the best strategies to accelerate innovations and support during product development processes through additive manufacturing. Since the 3D printing services tend to offer a wide range of capabilities, it has been incorporated in various industries such as engineering, dentistry, education, healthcare, and manufacturing, among others. This article gives an overview of the common applications and uses of a 3D printer
Unlike the traditional manufacturing processes, 3D printing has made product development and testing easier. Everything is automated and requires minimal human labor because designers only handle a few integral roles and uploads, letting the 3D printers streamline the rest of the workflow. Manufacturing costs are reduced because designers do not waste materials and time working on errors that keep presenting themselves when using the traditional methods in product development. Similarly, 3D ensures the parts being built are up to the required high quality and effective.
Engineering and product design
Engineers and designers will always require 3D printing services when building prototypes. Most processes require much attention, especially when building complex objects. Since the traditional methods of product development involve a number of tedious steps, 3D printing offers reliable and productive solutions that result in final quality products. The series of validation that incorporates the 3D printing also involve reduced errors which eventually saves on material costs and minimize wastes. The common events that require 3D printing include building communication models, manufacturing validation, and rapid prototyping.
Dental and healthcare
In the healthcare and dental industry, health workers tend to use 3D printing services to build objects that help to reduce risks and uncertainties. It becomes easier to provide improved patient care with high-quality products resulting from 3D printing because it offers higher consistency, precision, and accuracy. Some applications include surgical guides, crown and bridge models, dentures, and patterns of casting or pressing.
3D printing is used along with CAD to build rapid prototypes and produce large batches of jewelry pieces. Professional designers use this digital tool to ensure the creation process is consistent and sharp details are taken into attention to come up with masterpieces. As such, 3D printing plays a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and production of high-quality jewelry.
3D printers are used in educational research, especially when researching complex objects that may require testing and the development of samples. Since 3D printers are multifunctional, they encourage creativity as students get exposed to professional technology, especially in the engineering, art, design, or science fields. It becomes easier to study comprehensively about various setups that can be expensive to build in real life.
People with hearing problems can also use products built by 3D printers to support their hearing problems. Hearing specialists use the digital workflow along with 3D printing to build high-quality ear products such as earbuds and custom earplugs for audiology purposes. Since the production of audiology products appears to be sophisticated, manufacturers must employ the appropriate 3D printing technology to ensure they maintain high-quality objects for hearing protection and hearing aid. | <urn:uuid:7141280e-22d1-4c7f-b4aa-87403c5d8d23> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pole-edesign.com/six-applications-of-3d-printing-you-should-know-about/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.948547 | 615 | 3.1875 | 3 |
WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) — Would you want to pay for it when billionaires’ mansions on the coast get flooded?
Of course not—and that’s why the Federal Emergency Management Agency is changing its rates.
The agency runs its own flood insurance program to cover places private insurers won’t go—and their premiums are about to shoot upward.
They say their new assessments will better reflect the danger of building in areas in danger of flooding.
But that also means less people will be covered, and by FEMA’s estimates one million less people will take out their policy by 2030.
That’s a million more people in danger of paying out-of-pocket for major home repairs.
Even here in Wheeling, you might need that higher-premium insurance when dealing with a mortgage lender.
Anywhere near either the Island, Ohio River, or by any creek…whether it’s the actual piece of land where they’re sitting or just the structure of the home, the year the home was built, so all that is taken into consideration when it comes to assessing the risk and also the premiums for the flood.Anthony Ruiz, Principal and Agency Owner, Ruiz Insurance
FEMA’s plans have also caught the attention of Congress, with senators from both parties saying the new pricing policy has them worried.
FEMA has responded by saying they actually believe the update will lead more people to sign up with them.
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Making electric vehicles (EVs) isn’t the same as a traditional gasoline car or truck. EVs require three unique parts: a battery, an electric motor, and a charging port. Unlike a traditional combustion engine, the motor is powered by a large battery which must regularly charge at a charging port. These parts all come from different manufacturing plants before being assembled into a fossil fuel-saving vehicle.
As demand for EVs skyrockets in the United States – while supply chain issues continue – many companies worldwide are opening new plants in America. Here’s a look at some of these companies that set the stage to be a vital part of the EV revolution.
In fact, many states are competing heavily for new EV component manufacturing sites.
With an expected 145 million EVs on the road by the end of the decade, it’s a perfect time to be a battery manufacturer. Add to the fact that more than 75 percent of all batteries are currently manufactured in Asia, there’s a rush to bring those facilities to the Western Hemisphere.
LG Energy Solution – This South Korean battery maker, which has a plant in Michigan, recently launched a $3.4 billion joint venture with the Netherlands’ Stellantis to make batteries in the United States.
Samsung SDI – Korea’s Samsung is jumping into the North American market by partnering with Stellantis to build a multi-billion dollar battery manufacturing plant in the United States.
Sila Nanotechnologies – This Silicon Valley company just raised nearly $600 million in funds to manufacture EV batteries.
Romeo Power – Also based in California, Romeo Power is developing its own lithium-ion batteries.
Li-Cycle – Based in Canada, this startup is now financing a new lithium project in the desert of Nevada.
Ford Motor Company – Ford is opening three new battery manufacturing facilities, including two in Kentucky and one in Tennessee.
General Motors –General Motors will begin making EV batteries in the Mitten State with $7 billion invested in production plants in Lansing and Orion. The plants will create thousands of new jobs when they open in 2024. General Motors is also building battery plants in Ohio and Tennessee.
Toyota – Japanese automobile giant Toyota is building a battery plant in North Carolina, creating at least 1,750 new jobs.
The motor is the heart of the electric vehicle. A battery powers it, and its quiet, electric, emissions-free hum makes it more sustainable for the environment.
BDI – Cleveland’s BDI makes much more than just EV engines. Its electric power transmission technologies serve not only the automobile industry but food processing, utilities, and mining.
B&D Technologies – Like BDI, this Macon, Georgia-based company makes EV motors and numerous other electrical technologies used by everybody from the military to the pharmaceutical industry.
Electrek – General Motors relies on Electrek for the motors that will power most of its future offerings, including the Hummer EV.
Gainesville Industrial Electric Co. – Another Georgia company, Gainesville Industrial is the state’s largest motor distributor. It makes both GE Electric Motors and Marathon Electric Motors.
There’s plenty of room in the American charging ports market. The brand new National Electric Highway Coalition – a joint venture between electric companies and the Tennessee Valley Authority – will provide fast charging ports for EVs along most American travel corridors by the end of next year. This alone means more than 100,000 charging ports will be needed within the year.
Blink – Under the Car Charging Group, Inc. umbrella, Blink already operates more than 3,000 chargers in the U.S.
Chargepoint – California’s Chargepoint leads the nation in charging ports.
Electrify America – Volkswagen-owned and already hard at work, Electrify America plans to install close to 500 charging stations in major cities by the end of 2022.
EVgo – Another United States company, EVgo has more than 1,200 chargers in 34 states already operating.
Tesla – Tesla’s charge port network is fully operational, with more than 1,500 charging ports across the world.
Volta – The only no-cost charging port on the list, this San Francisco company has 700 hook-ups in place nationwide. | <urn:uuid:5fa77215-94cf-468d-98bd-e4e1e92abed5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://clean-energy.thebusinessdownload.com/ev-parts-manufacturers-eager-to-meet-the-u-s-market-demand/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.920395 | 892 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Analysis Of Neo-hippies – A Popular Contemporary Subculture
This paper aims at analysing the popular contemporary subculture, neo-hippies. Ellis (2016) signifies popular culture as a process that enable a wide audience to give meaning to their lives, specifically when the families, workplace, governments and other societal structures contradict with their experiences. Moreover, popular culture can be comprehended as an arena where dominant groups and subordinate groups of society struggle and negotiate over their respective interests to sustain hegemony. In other words, popular culture is made by people for themselves as a result of conflicts and contradiction with the prevailing capitalist institutional structures ruling the culture industry, Similar to that, back in the 1960’s, the hippie subculture emerged from middle-class white youth as a way to compromise balance and dominant forms of culture such as, the ‘status quo’.
It is worth mentioning here that although the hippie subculture emerged in the 20th century their remnant influence can still be observed in our contemporary society. Based on this, this paper is going to analyse the revival of the aforementioned subculture in the form of the newly observed subculture, the neo-hippies. The rationale behind the recurrence of this counterculture can be viewed as a response to status quo of the capitalist class that has been governing the cultural industry which aim at conforming society to their preferred views and maintaining hegemony. Since the same power structures are still prevalent today as they have in the past, neo hippies consider it imperative to respond to this situation by spreading the constructs of love and peace through their self-created norms. In this account, the paper is going to discuss this cultural phenomenon. Structurally, this paper is divided into three key sections inclusive of literature review on the concerning topic utilizing the concepts of Hegemony and the Ideological State Apparatus. In the analysis section, this cultural phenomenon will be analysed critically alongside practical examples and theoretical underpinning.
The hippie subculture emerged from the rival attitudes of 1960’s youth against the capitalist class. This subculture challenged the hegemonic forces who intended to turn the informed citizens into mere consumers. Ashbolt (2015) argues that consumer culture preferred by capitalist class was greatly despised and criticised by the hippies. This hippie subculture can also be regarded as a counterculture as it rejected the mainstream cultural norms and values by actively defying the prevalent culture. Larkin (2015) defines hippies as individuals who abandoned their comfort zones and started living their lives in poverty. This subculture has greatly shaken the US and the entire world through its establishment against the status-quo.
Hippie subculture was a movement that emerged from the influence of Beatnik counterculture who stressed individual freedom while disregarding oppression and repression coming from the American way of life. Beatnik was another subculture which was prominent before the rise of the hippie subculture. This movement adobted all different cultural influences and through adopting peculiar styles which communicated their prominent differences. To exemplify, dresses of individuals of the hippie subculture were designed in such a way as to serve for protests against war. The hippie subculture was primarily aimed to dismantle class system domination In the society, which was merely based on the concepts of materialism and the repression of the lower classes. Thus, the hippie subculture was a collective of awareness consciousness in an attempt to confront the socio-economic imbalance. The root cause of this movement was grained in fear faced by the young generation on the over-bureaucratisation of a state institution. Youth expressed rage against rigid bureaucratisation of academic institutions by involving campus protests against nuclear bomb testing, anti-war rallies In the streets, etc. In protest, they raised the slogan for peace and love and developed a cultural revolution. These processes demonstrated their fundamental ethos relating to artistic implementations in music, communal living, harmony with nature, and the use of drugs.
Irrespective of their positive attitudes to expand peace, love, and freedom, this culture has been critiqued by feminists. They claim that in the name of love and freedom, women who joined this movement were exploited and imprisoned. The neo-hippies even today are distinguished because of their own created dressing style, arts, and physical apparent outlook, manifesting their down to earth attitude/behaviour, etc. Hippies usually are featured with long hair, men with long beards, beads and sandal wore by both man and women, whereas, dresses are usually not familiar to conventional or popular norms, flowing granny dresses and in psychedelic colours. In short, the hippies have unique cultural preferences that are a blended form of all subcultures followed by indigenous people.
Popular Culture of Neo-Hippies in the Contemporary Era
Neo-hippie culture can be deliberated as the revival of previously existed hippie culture. This is due to the fact that a wide array of norms, values, and varied lifestyles of hippies can be observed among the present millennials. As mentioned earlier, to become a hippie, it is imperative for one to sacrifice the materialistic lifestyle and luxury of the lives in order to achieve a higher idea. In other words, their ideology was anti-materialistic which has led them to willingly drop out from their educational institutions. As mentioned by Wessen (2011), hippies stringently deemphasised the military imperialism as well as consumerism. Hippies used to oppose the laws which prohibited the use of psychedelics and marijuana. Whiteley (2015) explained that hippies considered marijuana and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) as recreational drugs which facilitated them in expanding their level of consciousness.
In the present era, due to limited legalisation on the use of marijuana, exposure of unintended marijuana has increased among both adolescents and children. Moreover, a survey conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in 2013 has revealed the elevated use of illegal drugs among students from the previous years in the US. In addition, individuals also grow marijuana on their own. It is to be noted here that youth uses marijuana either to feel different, to feel relieved or to fit in the group.
Similarly, Whiteley (2015) stated that hippies used to seek for spiritual guidance from external sources outside religions. They usually believed in astrology and eastern religions. Card reading was a common habit of hippies. Similar to that, tarot card reading is prevalent among neo-hippies in order to search for messages, signs, and prophecies. Basically, they intended to find out the meaning of their life as well as the truth about themselves and the world. Moreover, yoga was a common practice of hippies which they used for meditation. In addition, yoga put emphasis on a balanced diet which generally includes natural foods. Similarly, present youth are seen to convert into vegetarians as it is not only organic but also inexpensive. This practice can be backed by a present-day eco-friendly attitude of youth who prefer eating organic food which is homegrown. Basha et al. (2015) have claimed that awareness regarding toxic chemicals in food has been amplified among consumers which have led them to consume organic food.
Crenshaw (2014) states that music allows people to express their emotions and ideas which cannot be expressed through other cultural products. Rock and folk music which was valued previously by Hippies is even popular among present youth across the world. Whiteley (2015) argued that rock music was identified as a political weapon which was used by hippies to extend human consciousness against soul-destroying boundaries of politics prevalent at that time. On the whole, neo-hippies prefer to live a nomadic lifestyle impressing a carefree life. Furthermore, polyamory practices previously revered by 1960s hippies can be observed among the present youth. Polyamorous individuals are generally involved in more than one intimate relationship simultaneously, in addition, marriage is not considered as a dominating feature amid these relationships. Boyd (2017) has underlined that polyamorous relationships have been amplified among people. However, there exist sanctions that forbid people to engage in polyamory as it is likely to create several legal family issues. Succinctly, it can be said that youth is adopting neo-hippie culture as a way to free themselves from societal restrictions. It has been observed that the traditional values and beliefs of hippies are modified in this contemporary era which could be due to greater societal influence, as well as political and economic hegemony. This modification is now labelled as neo-hippie culture or the rise of hippie subculture where people claim to be the follower of traditional practices however, their actions contradict their words.
Analysis & Application of Concepts
A cultural phenomenon and persistent change in societal perception are some of the common notions among sociologists and social theorists. It has been debated that cultures may vary from society to society and that the contemporary followers of the specific culture may modify traditional beliefs and values as per their feasibility and current paradigms. A plethora of studies asserted that with the passage of time, uncertainty and mutation are anticipated in traditional cultural values. However, the new practices may follow core values which restrict the followers from deviating completely. Nevertheless, it has been encountered that neo hippies contradict the aforementioned analysis as they somehow deviate from their traditional cultural values.
Neo hippies, in the contemporary era, are less radical as compared to the early Hippies who used to cover the street with demonstration and were staunch in the physical appearance. Even the ideology that ruled them is left mere in words and not in practical life. It has been established that the sub-culture of hippies emerged are now mingled in this advanced materialistic word and that they are now no more formidable menace for status quo. The hippies today seasonally changed their outlook (specifically on weekends) while on normal days contribute in capitalist word by serving “9 to 5 white-collar jobs”. This change in the concept and practice of hippies over a period of time can be analysed by applying the Hegemony concept.
The word and concept of hegemony got popularize during 1960. The concept of hegemony was discussed in the work of Antonio Gramsci, who observe cultural scenario from the thoughts of Karl Marx. Gramsci shed light on how the state and civil society produce and maintain consent to the class hierarchies of capitalist society and how the contemporary era follows traditional cultural beliefs. A distinction between the coercion and consent as an alternative mechanism of social power explains Gramsci’ notion of hegemony. Coercion is considered as a violent and harsh policy of state particularly against those who do not involve in capitalist practices. Whereas hegemonic power attempt to persuade social classes to survive in an exploitative environment. The groups resting upon voluntarism and participation are the social power of society.
The influence of capitalist society and economic status are some of the factors that may persuade people to deviate from conventional cultural preferences. As observed earlier, the revival of hippie subculture as neo hippie reveals a number of different changes which could be due to economic and political predominance which impose a pressure on the followers to follow contemporary societal norms. Specifically, class dominance, artistic values, as well as spirituality and religion are less likely to be considered by neo hippies. In contrast to the earlier hippie culture that was against materialism and capitalism, the neo hippies have modern ethos and characteristics that instead of counter-cultural movement, emphasis more on fashion statements and class system. They have become occasional followers which is particularly due to hegemonic power.
Other than the theoretical underpinning of hegemony, the rise of hippie subculture can also be pondered by the ideology of state apparatus which is a phenomenon introduced by Louis Althusser (Marxist philosopher) in 1970. According to this phenomenon, the social institutions like law, trade unions, media, family, churches, and education are not solely under the control of state however, these institutions assist to transmit the state values in order to interpolate the status quo and a sense of harmony in the society. Nonetheless, in the contemporary society, the capitalism and individual dominance rule to the extent which decimates traditional beliefs and replaces ideological state apparatus by modified social institutions where social class system dominates. With respect to the theoretical underpinning of ideological state apparatus theory, it can be inferred that the rise of hippie subculture and the deviation from traditional cultural belief is the end result of contemporary bureaucratic paradigm and economic uncertainties which influence the citizens of the modern world and compel them to modify early practices.
However, the aforementioned theory has been criticised by overemphasising on social institutions and its influence on the contemporary cultural phenomenon by neglecting individual autonomy. Thus, in the rise of Hippies or neo hippies and contradiction in the traditional cultural values, the psychological makeup of mind and individual needs play a pivotal role other than hegemonic powers. On this ground, it is worth mentioning that early preference for societal peace and the conventional war against capitalism by hippies in previous decades have been changed may be due to changing human needs and living standards in a contemporary environment. Consequently, it is to be noted that with the passage of time, the economic power, learning needs along with arts and crafts, music, and other psychological and physiological needs get changed that transform system and culture as a whole.
The purpose of this paper was to shed light on the contemporary cultural phenomenon with the help of theoretical underpinnings of cultural theories. Specifically, the paper opted for the rise of hippie subculture (i.e., neo hippies) as the main subject area by connecting the notion with two theories including hegemony and the ideology of state apparatus that typically relates with Marxists viewpoint. The main findings of the paper led to the fact that hippie culture is movement initiated in the year of 1960 by middle-class white young people as a way to conciliate balance with dominant forms of culture such as ‘status quo’. Specifically, the movement back in the 1960s aimed to maintain peace in the society and to disregard capitalism and the social class system in the society.
However, with the passage of time, the ideology and core values of the movement revealed modification in the contemporary era which is labelled as neo hippies. The rise of hippie subculture as per the theoretical underpinning of hegemonic powers and ideology of state apparatus revealed that the change in the earlier ideology of hippie culture is particularly due to the current bureaucratic paradigm as well as the greater influence of social institutions. Moreover, it has been revealed that the current followers of the hippie movement are under the influence of political and economic uncertainties which can be taken as the root cause of alteration in traditional beliefs and practices. However, individual autonomy along with psychological and physical needs in the contemporary environment cannot be neglected.
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Tons of people struggle to see results. They just don’t seem capable of adopting a healthy lifestyle. But why? Do they all just have the same unfortunate genetics?
Understand this; those that never see results often have a habit of thinking a certain way. They make excuses, blame others and let themselves continually off the hook.
The Person That Is Always Injured
Of course, injuries are part of life and the road to recovery is an individual thing, but that’s still no excuse to sit idle on the sofa. Research consistently shows, exercising is beneficial for working around and rehabbing injuries/pain.
Not only can you exercise while injured, you can still get great results. Ask anybody who’s gotten in great shape before. I guarantee you they had to work around a few injuries. To put it bluntly, we all have injuries and mishaps. Yours isn’t special.
Outside of some severe exceptions, anyone can find a pain-free exercise for each body part. Even in the worst-case scenarios, you can still train other muscles while letting your injury heal. Training one limb while the injured counterpart is healing can even boost strength in both.
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The Obstacle Searcher
The obstacle searcher doesn’t train or eat healthy because no solution is good enough for them. They’d rather search for obstacles than accept a solution and put in the work.
The obstacle searcher will often complain about not having enough time to exercise. If you suggest they train on the weekends, they’ll say that’s family time. If you suggest they train after work, they’ll say they’re too tired. If you suggest they train before work, they’ll say they’re not a morning person. You get the picture?
The same goes with dieting. They’ll say they want a simple diet. If you show them how to go low carb, they’ll say they love carbs too much. If you show them low-fat diets, they’ll then say they love fat too much. You might suggest to eat a balanced diet while sticking to whole foods to ensure a deficit… and they’ll call you crazy and say they can’t live without cake.
Finally, you suggest they track macros so they can still fit cake into their diet while losing weight, but they’ll still complain about having to track calories.
This cycle of complaining repeats itself ad nauseum. Obstacle searchers don’t want solutions. They want more obstacles to avoid the fact they’re unwilling to make any sort of compromise regardless of how many solutions are provided.
Personal training provides you with the accountability that is often missing on someone’s fitness journey. Saying you want to get healthy sometimes isn’t enough motivation to make it truly happen.
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They promise to start working out and eating healthy after a specific event. They’re apparently waiting until after work settles down, after the holidays, after their wedding, after their sister’s baby shower, or after the holiday weekend. The list goes on and on… for years.
Here’s the truth: Life never gets less busy. New people will enter your life next month. Responsibilities will accumulate every week. There will always be another event quickly approaching.
Thinking your schedule gets freer as you progress through life is like thinking your hair grows thicker as you approach your 60s. That’s some wishful thinking.
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Have you tried Japanese cold noodles before? If not, you should try some try before summer ends. It can cool you down and allow you to relax during the hot summer of Japan. As the temperature and humidity soar in Japan in the summer, chilled foods and drinks are the only things I want to eat. How about you?
An Introduction to Japanese Cold Noodles
In this article, I am going to talk about the chilled noodle dishes called hiyashi chuka (冷やし中華 ) and hiyashi udon (冷やしうどん). Let’s get right into it!
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What actually is Hiyashi Chuka? It’s the Japanese name for chilled ramen with lots of toppings and soup. Hiyashi Chuka translates literally into “chilled Chinese food,” which fits perfectly as it’s a chilled ramen noodle dish. Some people know it as “Ramen salad” since the cold noodles are topped with a light dressing and fresh ingredients. It truly is one of the best dishes to enjoy on a hot summer day.
How is it Prepared?
The chilled noodles are boiled and cooled, mixed with homemade dressing, and covered with toppings. It’s a bright, colorful, flavorsome dish that is a fun way to experience hot summer days.
Hiyashi Chuka is served with a soy sauce-based dressing that’s sweet, savory, nutty, and acidic to tie everything together. Refreshing and chewy, crisp and crunchy- this chilled noodle dish has so many flavors and textures that it’s difficult not to fall in love!
The classic hiyashi chuka consists of ramen noodles, eggs, ham, imitation crab, cucumber, and tomatoes. But, there’s always room for your customization. Can I suggest a few variations? Here they are:
- Boiled egg
- Canned tuna
- Cooked shrimp
- Shredded nori
- Fried tofu
- Shredded Chicken or pork
Where can you find hiyashi chuka? You can buy hiyashi chuka in Japanese and Asian grocery stores in the refrigerated sections. I recommended using homemade sauces for the soy sauce and sesame dressing for better taste than the packaged sauce.
Hiyashi Chuka Cooking Tips
Here are some cooking tips below. It might help on your first try making the Hiyashi Chuka at home.
First, we begin by preparing the dressing and omelette, which needs to be cooled after cooking. And, depending on your desire, cut the topping into thin strips or bite-sized pieces. I recommend preparing lots of thin topping strips so you can eat them with noodles in one bite. Rinse the noodles under cold water to remove the starch (this really is important for a great texture). Then keep the toppings, noodles, and dressing chilled for the ultimate cold noodle experience! Now it’s ready to eat.
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Hiyashi Udon (cold udon) is another great cold noodle recipe perfect for hot summer days in Japan. It is very refreshing and, at the same time, gives a satisfying richness from the added toppings.
How is it Prepared?
For a great flavor, you can use any udon noodle (thin, flat, dry, fresh), but I recommend thick or flat udon noodles. You can buy frozen noodles from a grocery shop and put them in the freezer. Because they’re already pre-cooked, they’re ready after two minutes in boiling water! So, if you prepare the dipping sauce ahead of time, this dish can be a quick and easy meal.
Toppings often include scallions and wasabi, but you can also use toasted sesame seeds to add a nutty flavor if desired. To add to the authentic flavor, why not add some kizami nori (shredded nori seaweed) on top? Then mix the toppings into the dipping sauce, dip your udon with chopsticks and slurp!
Hiyashi Udon Cooking Tips
First, create a large batch of the noodle dipping sauce ahead of time and store it in the fridge (or freezer) for easy preparation. You’ll need 5 minutes for prep, 15 minutes for cooking, and 1 hour 20 minutes for sauce preparation and cooling.
For the dipping sauce, you will need to prepare
- 2 cups basic kombu dashi (Japanese style cooking broth)
- 1 tbsp sugar and sake each
- 2 tbsp mirin
- Salt to taste
- ¼ cup soy sauce
Other than that, you will need udon noodles (frozen), wasabi, 2 scallions (thinly sliced), toasted sesame seeds, and the Kizami nori (shredded nori), which is optional.
Hiyashi Udon Cooking Tips:
- Combine the kombu dashi, soy sauce, mirin, sake, and sugar in a small pot. Cook it on medium-low heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low just before it begins to boil. Allow it to simmer for 5 minutes—season with a bit of salt to taste.
- Allow it to cool completely (around 1 hr). To chill thoroughly, place in a container and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
- Begin heating the water for the udon in a big pot. Cook udon according to package guidelines in boiling water. Transfer to a large dish of cold water and drain with a colander. To eliminate starch, rinse with cold water like the hiyashi chuka preparation.
- Pour the dipping sauce into a small individual bowl. Serve the udon with kizami nori on top and a small plate of toppings such as scallions, wasabi, and toasted sesame seeds on the side.
I suggest making this dish using frozen udon is a great way to save time. It will take only 60-70 seconds in boiling water to cook through. For more details, please check here.
FAQ About Japanese Cold Noodles
In Japan, where ingredients, colors, and even temperature of a dish shift with the seasons, the hot months of summer also provide a beautiful flavor like other seasons. These two dishes (Hiyashi Chuka and Hiyashi Udon) are also included in the Japanese summer special dishes.
Chilled cold noodles replace scorching hotpots; whether it’s tofu, soup, or noodles, there’s a season for everything. During the Japanese summer, you can discover your favourite cool dish to help relieve the oppressive heat.
Related article about foods
- Top 10 Summer Konbini Snacks in Japan
- Chicken Ramen, the Origin of Instant Ramen
- Food for Summer in Japan
- How Much Do You Know About the Ingredients in Ramen?
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A postgraduate qualification is a great way to take your career to the next level. It can help you to change your career path, or advance your standing on the current one. There are a few postgraduate qualifications to choose from, and a Graduate Certificate is one of them.
There are many reasons that a graduate certificate, sometimes also referred to as a postgraduate certificate, could be a better choice for you than other postgraduate courses – such as a graduate diploma or a masters degree.
One of the main attractions of a graduate certificate is the time in which it can be completed. You can normally finish a graduate certificate in around 6 months (2 semesters), if you study it full-time. This is a quick turnaround when compared to a graduate diploma and a masters degree, which can take 12 months and 2 years respectively to complete full-time.
A Graduate Certificate is a type of postgraduate course that is one level above a bachelor’s degree, and normally requires the student to have significant work experience in the area they want to study in. Once you have completed your certificate you will have gained an advanced knowledge of your subject area that has relevant and practical applications.
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A graduate certificate can be a great stepping stone in your career, and can help to boost your skills and knowledge in a short period of time. There are several reasons that you may choose to study for a graduate certificate:
Graduate certificates can be an excellent way to increase your leadership skills within your specific industry, and can be tailored to a niche subject area. This means that you are gaining some really valuable knowledge that is directly applicable to your career. Upskilling yourself is always a good thing to do, as you can move into more specialised roles, and potentially earn more money at the same time.
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US Authorities Fines Bitgo for Permitting Customers to Bypass Sanctions With Cryptocurrency
The U.S. Bureau of Foreign Wealth Control has fined Bitgo for not preventing users in sanctioned countries from using its crypto wallet service. The agency says Bitgo processed 183 cryptocurrency transactions that were “blatant violations of multiple sanction programs.”
Treasury Department claims Bitgo allows users to evade sanctions
The US Treasury Department announced on Wednesday that the Office of Foreign Wealth Control (OFAC) has reached a settlement with Bitgo for $ 98,830 “for 183 apparent violations of multiple sanction programs.” Bitgo offers cryptocurrency wallet services. According to the announcement:
Bitgo was unable to prevent people who appear to be in the Crimean region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria from using its unsecured secure digital wallet management service.
“Bitgo had reason to believe that these users were in sanctioned jurisdictions based on Internet Protocol (IP) address data associated with devices used to log in to the Bitgo platform,” it says Announcement.
OFAC claims that Bitgo’s “sanctions compliance procedures” were flawed and claims that Bitgo did not implement controls at the time of the transactions to prevent such users from accessing its services. In addition, OFAC noted that Bitgo did not voluntarily disclose the apparent violations itself and that the apparent violations were not a monstrous case.
The 183 cryptocurrency transactions processed by Bitgo totaled $ 9,127.79 and occurred roughly between March 10, 2015 and December 11, 2019.
“People in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria have signed up for ‘hot wallet’ accounts and accessed Bitgo’s online platform to conduct transactions in digital currencies,” OFAC said. The agency went on to explain that Bitgo tracked users’ IP addresses for security reasons, but did not use the information for sanction compliance purposes.
Bitgo implemented an OFAC sanctions compliance policy after learning of its apparent violations in early 2020. The company “said it invested in significant corrective actions in response to the apparent violations.” This includes hiring a Chief Compliance Officer and implementing a new OFAC policy that now applies to all Bitgo services. OFAC found that now:
Bitgo checks all accounts, including hot wallet accounts, against OFAC’s list of specially designated nationals and blocked people, including blocked cryptocurrency wallet addresses identified by OFAC. Bitgo also did a retroactive batch screen of all users.
What do you think of Bitgo breaking US sanctions programs? Let us know in the comments below.
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In order to evaluate the influence of substrate composition on stormwater treatment and hydraulic effectiveness, mesocosm-scale (180 L, 0.17 m2) laboratory rain gardens were established. Saturated (constant head) hydraulic conductivity was determined before and after contaminant (Cu, Zn, Pb and nutrients) removal experiments on three rain garden systems with various proportions of organic topsoil. The system with only topsoil had the lowest saturated hydraulic conductivity (160–164 mm/h) and poorest metal removal efficiency (Cu ≤ 69.0% and Zn ≤ 71.4%). Systems with sand and a sand–topsoil mix demonstrated good metal removal (Cu up to 83.3%, Zn up to 94.5%, Pb up to 97.3%) with adequate hydraulic conductivity (sand: 800–805 mm/h, sand–topsoil: 290–302 mm/h). Total metal amounts in the effluent were <50% of influent amounts for all experiments, with the exception of Cu removal in the topsoil-only system, which was negligible due to high dissolved fraction. Metal removal was greater when effluent pH was elevated (up to 7.38) provided by the calcareous sand in two of the systems, whereas the topsoil-only system lacked an alkaline source. Organic topsoil, a typical component in rain garden systems, influenced pH, resulting in poorer treatment due to higher dissolved metal fractions.
Contaminant removal and hydraulic conductivity of laboratory rain garden systems for stormwater treatment
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Letting a friend make a mistake is better than saying or doing something that would destroy the friendship.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
I have seen friendships end for minor reasons. I would hate for that situation to happen to me. So I would prefer to let a friend make a mistake rather than risk an action that would cause me to lose my friend.
People can learn from their mistakes. Therefore, it is acceptable to let friends make some. For example, my sister once dated a guy who was not nice. None of her friends liked him, but they said nothing to her about her boyfriend. They knew she would get mad if they commented about him. So they let my sister learn for herself how bad her boyfriend was. After a while, the two of them broke up. Fortunately, she still had her friends. And she also learned how to become a better judge of character. Thus, while she lost her boyfriend, it was a learning experience that did not cost her any friends.
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An Eye for an Eye: If It Means Money, Why Not Say So?
By: Rav Uri Cohen
As we all know, the halakhic response to assault is monetary compensation, even though the Written Torah seems to call for “an eye for an eye.”<1> The Oral Torah here is not up for discussion; the Rambam presents it as an example of Halakhah LeMoshe MiSinai, an opinion that must go all the way back to Har Sinai, as there has never been any machloket (debate) whatsoever that this is the halakhah.<2>
Why then does the Written Torah not just state the halakhah explicitly: if you hurt someone, you’ll have to pay damages? If “an eye for an eye” is never put into practice, why does the Written Torah make it look as if it is? In other words, why did God arrange it so that the Written Torah and Oral Torah here send different messages?
There are two types of approaches to answer this question. The first, classic approach is that “an eye for an eye” would theoretically be justice for an attacker, a punishment which he deserves to receive. The second, radical approach is that “an eye for an eye” serves as a deterrent for an attacker, which needs to stay on the books just in case. We will now elaborate on these approaches.
The first approach, that the Torah is describing what an attacker deserves, is mentioned briefly by the Rambam<3> and elaborated upon by many others. Among them are Rav Soloveitchik and Rav Kook, each of whom presents the approach in his characteristic way. Rav Soloveitchik was once interviewed by The New York Times, and in the course of the interview he explained “an eye for an eye” as an example of dialectical tension:
You know the saying about an eye for an eye. The Bible states that this is what a man deserves when he has taken another man’s sight. It is the full measure of justice. But we also know that no human being can implement such strict justice. In practical terms, it means that you make the man pay compensation. . . . As a teacher I never try to solve questions, because most questions are unsolvable. Judaism is never afraid of contradictions. . . . In many cases, such as the “eye for an eye” situation, there is a contradiction between the demands of love and justice. (The medieval man gave truth – or whatever he thought to be truth – precedence over lovingkindness, and so do the Communists today. What is the difference between a [Tomás] de Torquemada and Mao Tse-tung?) Judaism is basically very tolerant, and usually comes down on the side of lovingkindness. But it acknowledges that full reconciliation of the two is possible only in God. He is the coincidence of opposites.<4>
When a secular Zionist leader asked Rav Kook about the halakhic understanding of “an eye for an eye,” he responded with an analogy based on Kabbalah. Rabbi Chanan Morrison later fleshed it out as follows:
The Kabbalists compared the Written Torah to a father and the Oral Torah to a mother. When parents discover their son has committed a very grave offense, how do they react? The father immediately raises his hand to punish his son. But the mother, full of compassion, rushes to stop his raised arm. “Please, not in anger!” she pleads, and she convinces the father to mete out a lighter punishment. An onlooker might feel that all this drama and conflict is superfluous. In the end, the child did not receive corporal punishment; why make a big show of it? In fact, the scene had great educational value for the errant son. Even though he was only lightly disciplined, the son was made to understand that his actions deserved a much more severe punishment. This idea also holds true for one who injures another. Such an individual needs to realize the gravity of his actions. In practice, we can only make him pay monetary restitution, as the Oral Law rules. But he should not think that money alone can rectify what he has done.<5>
A contemporary teacher in Yerushalayim, Rabbi Michael Hattin, presents this approach with an emphasis on the loss caused to the victim:
Now it may indeed be the case that financial restitution is to be preferred to retaliation, and that surely needs no rational explanation. At the same time, however . . . no replacement can ever be made for the injury inflicted, particularly if loss of a limb or organ is involved. The explanation provided by the Oral Tradition makes it clear that payment for damage may absolve one of secular and social culpability. The Written Torah, however, couches the concept of monetary compensation in terms of “an eye for an eye.” This striking phrase is to indicate that in the much more exalted moral and ethical dimension, the perpetrator must feel for the injured party as if they had to forfeit their own eye, as if financial restitution was an imperfect and incomplete form of ransom for their crime, as if no amount of money could ever replace what was lost; for that is indeed the case.<6>
To sum up this first approach, the Oral Torah tells the rabbis of a beit din that they should instruct an attacker to pay damages. The Written Torah, in contrast, tells the attacker that he deserves much worse.
The second approach, that the Torah is presenting a deterrent, fits with a funny story in the Gemara. A man with the ominous name of Chanan the Bad (Chanan Bisha) hit someone and was hauled before beit din. Rav Huna instructed him to pay the victim a half-zuz. Unfortunately, the only money that Chanan the Bad had was one zuz, and the coin was in such bad condition that no one would give him change for it. So he solved the problem – he hit the victim again! Then Chanan the Bad promptly paid him the zuz.<7>
It wouldn’t be so funny if people started thinking like Chanan the Bad. Imagine what would happen. That’s exactly the thought experiment proposed by Rabbi Avraham Yoel Abelson, the editor of a Torah journal in the 1890s:<8>
If the holy Torah had written a sentence like “One who blinds another person must pay money as a punishment,” cruelty would have increased. Powerful, wealthy people would have blinded the poor with impunity, happily paying the damages from their deep pockets. After all, why would [the super-rich, the one percent] care about paying the shekels instructed by a judge? And anyone who provoked the ire of such a powerful person would have ended up disabled.
The holy Torah was concerned about this, so it presented a sentence that would apply across the board to both rich and poor: “If someone blinds another person and the like, what he did will be done to him!” Now everyone who is poor and downtrodden could be assured of keeping his body intact. After all, a rich person has lots of money, but not lots of eyes and arms. He will be afraid of hurting anyone, because if he casually disables some poor child, he too might end up disabled for life. The Torah doesn’t distinguish between the super-rich and the super-poor; the law is the same.
Here the Torah made a fence to protect the poor from the powerful and tyrannical. In contrast, if it happens that one person blinds another, whether in a fight or an accident, God gave Moshe the rule in the holy Torah that the person should pay money. With this, the Torah fixed two things: [the Written Torah] set up a fence against the corrupt and powerful, and the Oral Torah made it unlikely that anyone will seek revenge. A beit din can instruct that money must be paid, assuming it is a place where there is no concern that the powerful will get out of hand.
But if it is a place where there is such a concern, then as a fence the Torah law is that the beit din should apply what is written [and do “an eye for an eye” literally]! As Tosafot wrote [regarding a rabbi who had someone’s hand cut off], this is indeed Torah law.<9> [I think that Tosafot’s source is] not an oral tradition, but the written verse of “an eye for an eye.” From here we see that the Written and Oral Torah are one. They cannot exist without each other, like body and soul.<10>
To sum up this second approach,<11> it would be disastrous if people took advantage of the rule of monetary compensation, attacking others with little consequence. The Oral Torah tells the rabbis of a beit din that normally, they should instruct an attacker to pay damages. The Written Torah, in contrast, tells them that when necessary, they should put “an eye for an eye” into practice. That’s pretty radical.
According to both approaches, the message of the Torah is a combination of Written Torah and Oral Torah. In Rabbi Abelson’s words, “the Written and Oral Torah are one. They cannot exist without each other, like body and soul.”
1. Shemot 21:24 (Mishpatim), Vayikra 24:20 (Emor), and Devarim 19:21 (Shoftim). For an intriguing argument that monetary compensation is actually the peshat (simple meaning) of “ayin tachat ayin,” see Dr. Nehama Leibowitz, New Studies in Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor Essay 11, pp. 503-505. http://www.jewishagency.org/nechama-leibowitz/content/23848
2. Rambam, Introduction to Perush HaMishnayot. In Zvi Lampel’s English translation, Maimonides’ Introduction to the Talmud (Judaica Press, 1987), it’s on p. 82. Compare Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Chovel uMazik 1:6.
3. Ibid., Chovel uMazik 1:3.
4. Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, interviewed in Edward B. Fiske, “Rabbi’s Rabbi Keeps the Law Up to Date,” The New York Times, June 23, 1972, pp. 39, 74.
5. Rabbi Chanan Morrison, “Mishpatim: An Eye for an Eye,” Sapphire from the Land of Israel: A New Light on the Weekly Torah Portion from the Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook (CreateSpace, 2013), Chap. 39. http://www.ravkooktorah.org/MISHPATIM_67.htm This is an elaboration on a conversation described briefly in Rabbi Simcha Raz, An Angel Among Men: Impressions from the Life of Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook Zt”l (translated by Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman, Kol Mevaser, 1993), pp. 393-394.
6. Rabbi Michael Hattin, “Parashat Mishpatim: ‘An Eye for an Eye’.” http://www.vbm-torah.org/archive/intparsha/shemot/18-60mishp.doc
7. Bava Kama 37a.
8. For the reference, I am indebted to Rabbi Yosef Patzanovski, Pardes Yosef, Vol. 2 (Lodz, 1937), Mishpatim, Chap. 21, #24, s.v. vera’iti.
9. Tosafot, Sanhedrin 58b, s.v. katz. Tosafot are disagreeing with Rashi, who thinks that the case of having someone’s hand cut off was an application of the rule in Sanhedrin 46a that a beit din has the right to punish in a way that does not follow Torah law, when necessary. (The rabbi in this case was Rav Huna, the same one who judged Chanan the Bad; perhaps this is a reference to a later encounter between the two of them.)
10. Rabbi Avraham Yoel Abelson, Knesset Chakhmei Yisrael, Kuntres 6 (1896), 115:9:5. http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46174&st=&pgnum=37 The relevant part, which I translated here, starts thirteen lines from the bottom.
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Lectures in the PULTUSK Academy of Humanities / Poland, June 30 2015
The Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES is exceptionally honored to announce the participation in the 3rd Interdisciplinary Conference of the Pultusk Academy of Humanities / Poland entitled «Thinking Symbols».
The Conference (June 30 – July 2 , 2015) which is adorned with the participation of distinguished academics and researchers from all around Europe will be held in the Conference Center of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology of the Academy.
- Mrs Christy Emilio Ioannidou lecture, entitled «Negative verbal symbols in ancient Greek warfare» will present the importance of negative verbal symbols in the War in the ancient Greek world, and how they contributed effectively to the psychological operations against the enemy.
- Mr. Spyros Bakas lecture, entitled «Psychological Warfare in Greek Bronze Age. Mycenaean panoplies and weapons as symbols of power and divinity» will present the practice of psychological warfare by the Mycenaeans in the battlefields, through the use of exotic weapons and armor as a symbols of power and divine origin.
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I got an email today with a question about how to handle playback of audio in time, synchronised with a clock. My ‘musical notepad’ app Loopy does this, and I thought I’d briefly explain how.
Any app that makes use of the Remote IO audio unit framework (which is generally necessary for the kind of responsiveness required in a realtime musical app) provides audio to the hardware via a callback, which is periodically called when the hardware is ready for more.
The trick here is to provide the right chunk of samples in this callback for the current time position.
Loopy achieves this by:
1. Keeping track of where in the timeline we are at the time the callback is called
This is easily accomplished by keeping a record of the time the clock was started, subtracting this from the current time, and possibly performing a modulus with the tempo. For example:
(now - startTime) % timePerBargives the number of time units into the current bar (lets call it
timeIntoBar / (timePerBar/beatsPerBar)gives the number of beats into the current bar, and
timeIntoBar % (timePerBar/beatsPerBar)gives us the time into the current beat.
2. Determining first if we should be playing audio at this time, and if so, which samples should be playing
This involves first converting our time units from step 1 into samples. For instance, you can convert microseconds to samples by dividing your time by
1000000/yourSampleRate. Aside: Of course, you can convert back from samples to time by multiplying instead of dividing.
Next, in the case of Loopy’s metronome, for example, we test for whether
samplesIntoBeat < sound.lengthInSamples. If so, that means we should be playing audio. If the sound was a loop, of course, we could be always playing.
The offset into the sound, in samples, is just samplesIntoBeat, in the case of the simple metronome. In the case of a loop, you probably will be more interested in the number of samples into your loop — so instead of determining
(now - startTime) % timePerBar, you may be interested in
(now - startTime) % timePerLoop.
So, we want to return the requested number of samples starting from this offset into the sample array representing our audio.
3. Returning smooth audio in time
Note that if you just go returning any old set of samples, willy-nilly, you’re going to get nasty clicks and pops from discontinuities you get by not matching the start of your next buffer to the last one.
To ensure smoothness, Loopy keeps track of the offset of the last samples we returned, and just return the immediately following bunch of samples — unless we’re more than some threshold number of samples out of time, in which case we’ll suffer the pop in order to stay synchronised. Actually, you can even generally avoid the pop if you smoothly blend buffers over a short time, removing any discontinuity.
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I recently became obsessed with starting a career in violin making, so to test my commitment and start a foundation of skills before applying to a school, I started looking for some online resources to begin my journey. I have a list of books, tools, and videos that detail specific parts of the process, but I'm looking for a "set-up to finish" guide which I could follow to make my first instrument. There are many makers on YouTube who've filmed their process in an aesthetically beautiful way that I can get some tips and hints from, but don't instruct or teach in any way. The only series I found that offers the kind of course I'm looking for is meastro-Kimon's "Making a violin" playlist. However, I'm not sure if he goes into enough detail to prepare me for the whole process and I would be willing to pay for some masterclasses I've seen:
"When Trees Sing, The Complete Guide to Violin Making" (2010) by Peter Prier (founder of VMSA) is 15 hours of instruction for DVD and available for $750. This is the most professionally recorded and distributed set, but the only info I have on the content is a promo without instructions. I'm sure this set has influenced many makers and there would be an established opinion on how useful it is to a beginner.
"Violin Making with Lucas Fabro" (2021) is over 37 hours of instruction for online streaming and available for $532. I hope some have seen this course and can tell if it is worth a purchase. I don't think I'm a fan of the presentation but it is the cheapest option.
"Edgar's Online Violinmaking Academy" (2022) by Edgar Russ is about 33 hours (11 hours for the first third, extrapolated) of instruction for online streaming and available for $1100 for a limited time. This is the set I'm personally most excited about, as I've seen Russ speak in many videos and find him inspiring. Obviously very few makers will have seen the course as it is not even fully released but I would appreciate thoughts on its potential.
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In 2021, zero-day attacks smashed through previous records according to researchers and experts interviewed by MIT Technology Review. The total number of zero-day exploits discovered in 2021 was 58, according to the 0Day tracking project, which was nearly double the number found in 2020 (26).
Defined as attacks that use recently discovered security vulnerabilities to penetrate systems – the term ‘zero-day’ being the amount of time developers have to fix the vulnerability – zero-day attacks are expensive and time consuming. They are also a threat that shows no sign of slowing down, especially after the successes of 2021 and with new detection tools to identify more of them that were missed.
Perhaps one of the most important lessons learned last year was that anyone with a technical mindset and access to the right tools and software can exploit a vulnerability. They don’t need to access the Dark Web; they can download the tools they need to perpetrate a hack from a simple browser search.
This increase in ‘journeyman hacker’ is one of the biggest contributors to the rise in zero-day attacks and one of the most problematic. If anyone can become a hacker overnight with tools designed to do the work for them, then the threats will only increase as more and more people take advantage of them.
The Log4Shell example
In addition to an increase in hacker volumes, there was also a rise in hack capabilities, as evidenced by the trail of destruction left by the zero-day exploit known as Log4Shell. This exploited a Java-based logging facility used by vendors and developers called Log4j that’s essentially a library of information that can be used by hackers to cause immense damage.
When accessed, Log4j provides attackers with access to passwords and credentials, allows them to steal and lock data away, infect networks with malicious software, mine cryptocurrency, enact a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet and perpetrate ransomware attacks. The fact that Log4j is used by so many companies and developers means that it presented a huge attack surface that Log4Shell could use to cause immense damage.
Which is precisely what it did. By December 2021, this zero-day exploit had infected Minecraft servers, Apple, Amazon, Cloudflare, Steam, Tesla, Twitter and Baidu. It was, as Arstechnica put it, a who’s who of the biggest names on the Internet.
Zero-day attacks need to be a priority for organisations, especially considering how, over the past two years, they’ve had to adopt remote ways of working and have accidentally opened up windows of opportunity for cybercriminals. Shopping windows for them, problems for the business. Cybercriminals are consistently on the prowl for zero-day exploits because that’s their job – just as it’s now the company’s job to consistently protect against them.
However, as much as the rapid rise in exploits is cause for concern, it’s equally a cause for celebration - the fact that so many were found is a sign that there are better detection systems in place that are more capable of finding the exploits and helping organisations protect against them. That said, zero-day attacks are increasing which means that organisations have to plan ahead so they can handle whatever 2022 may bring.
To actively protect the business against zero-day attacks and to mitigate the damage they cause, organisations should:
• Manage vulnerabilities. There has never been a greater need for a vulnerability management programme than today. It’s important to engage in the regular scanning of assets and to prioritise vulnerability remediation using a risk-based approach. There are some superb vulnerability management tools available that allow you to focus on the full lifecycle and monitor critical assets consistently.
• Ensure they update their patches. Keep track of patches and updates to protect from, or mitigate, future attacks.
• Identify and respond. If you’re attacked or compromised, put measures in place to contain the attack, identify its root cause and ensure there is a recovery period after the attack.
• Educate the users. Many zero-day attacks occur because of human error. It’s critical that employees and colleagues practice safe online hygiene and report anything suspicious.
• Engage preventative measures. Ensure that your firewalls are updated and correctly configured and that the latest anti-virus or endpoint detection software is in place and blocking access to certain sites, attachments and emails. And again, make sure your patches are up to date.
• Invest in a cybersecurity partner. The right partner means you are protected at the right time. Security experts will have systems in place and advanced technologies at their disposal that are designed to deal with zero-day exploits. They can protect your business from attacks and minimise threats significantly.
The cybersecurity industry is evolving and innovating at pace, providing companies with the tools and support they need to keep up with the cybercriminals and zero-day exploits. Advances are happening every day, some because of mistakes made, others because of relentless investment into robust security. Yes, the threats are real and rising, but with the right partners and security support, companies don’t have to fall victim to the next zero-day attack.
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The monument on Petersberg
St. Peter’s church
When it was built, the pillar basilica with its three naves was one of the most innovative buildings of its time, renowned for its high-quality masonry. It was erected from 1103 to 1147, stacking horizontal layers of precision-cut blocks of stone. Construction works for the “paradise” (the antechurch) and the four towers continued through the first half of the 13th century. Today it still shows the impact of war damage and brutish conversion works: In the first quarter of the 19th century, the St. Peter and Paul monastery church was turned into a storage depot of the Prussian army.
Despite its enormous structural loss, the basilica is still the most monumental example of Romanic sacral architecture preserved in Thuringia today.
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Campaigners from “Bridge the Downs Link” have been campaigning for a bridge crossing for the Downs Link at the A281 crossing. Currently the popular cycle, walking & horse riding route which follows the alignment of a dismantled railway crosses the A road at an uncontrolled crossing. Unfortunately two people have died at this crossing in the past couple of years, so West Sussex County Council have had consultants explore the options possible for improving the crossing.
The popular solution found is to build a bridge across the A281. This would cost about £2 million. The Downs Link does run on a high embankment here as when it was a railway there was a bridge here. This means that ramps and gradients would not require construction and be gentle.
However due to cost, WSCC have suggested that they will opt for a dual Pegasus & Toucan crossing. This will cost £600,000, which is significantly more than a usual crossing. Most of this cost is related to associated works for the crossing including paving and smooth of the existing ramps, install an electrical supply & install street lighting in the vicinity of the crossing as this is required for a crossing.
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Signals and slots editing mode
Qt Designer's Signals and Slots Editing Mode
Qt Designer's Widget Editing Mode | Qt Designer Manual In the Widget Editing Mode, objects can be dragged from the main window's widget box to a form, edited, resized, dragged around on the form, and even dragged between forms. Qt Designer Manual Widgets and forms created with Qt Designer integrate seamlessly with programmed code, using Qt's signals and slots mechanism, so that you can easily assign behavior to graphical elements. Using Layouts in Qt Designer | Qt Designer Manual
Signals and slots are primarily used for events handling, but you can use it for easy communication between objects too. When two windows need to communicate with each other, you can use signals and slots. Communication this way is much easier than doing it with pointers.
Creating a Qt Application - kuqin.com Creating a Qt Application ... (using pre-defined signals and slots) work in preview mode. ... Click the Edit|Slots menu item to invoke the Edit Slots dialog.
[Solved] How to see custom slot in signal slot editor | Qt Forum
Signals and slots - Alchetron, The Free Social… Signals and slots is a language construct introduced in Qt for communication between objects which makes it easy to implement the Observer pattern while avoid. Signals and slots - Wikipedia Signals and slots is a language construct introduced in Qt for communication between objects which makes it easy to implement the observer pattern while avoiding boilerplate code. The concept is that GUI widgets can send signals containing event information which can be received by other widgets...
Mastering Qt 5 - Arxen
Nov 2, 2009 ... The signals and slots mechanism is fundamental to Qt programming. ... will issue a warning at run-time if the application is built in debug mode. Java desktop development with Qt Jambi | JavaWorld Aug 9, 2007 ... Qt Designer supports Qt Jambi's signal-and-slot event framework with a nice ... Qt Designer's signals-and-slots editing mode includes a ...
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A little blue birdy told me that you'd like to know how to get verified on Twitter. Thankfully the process of acquiring a blue verification badge isn't as difficult as coming up with a witty remark that scores hundreds of retweets. In fact, it's incredibly straight forward and will have you feeling like a social media ~celeb~.
The verification badge on Twitter lets people know that you are the author of your unique tweets. With so many fake accounts under the names of well known public figures circulating the platform, the badge helps identify what's authentic and what's not. And not just any ol' Tweeter can secure verification status. "An account may be verified if it is determined to be an account of public interest. Typically this includes accounts maintained by users in music, acting, fashion, government, politics, religion, journalism, media, sports, business, and other key interest areas," Twitter's Help Center explains.
If you're involved in one of the above interest areas, you could be well on your way to Twitter verification. However, as a total disclaimer before you get going on the process, as of July 2019, Twitter's verification application is on an indefinite hold. No new requests for verification are being taken at this time, but that doesn't mean they won't be back. And when that time comes, you'll want to know how to get verified.
Getting verified means your account can be trusted, which with Twitter's worldwide audience, is significant. And that's especially true if you're looking to grow your amount of followers. The first step to take on your road to Twitter verification is being active. Update your profile, your header, your bio, and your website. Be as specific as you can be about your personal brand or influence. And make sure that your tweets are set to public.
Once the world has been updated on who you are and what you do, access Twitter's verify request form. It's temporarily suspended, but when verification applications are reactivated by Twitter you'll be asked to fill in a few prompts.
First, enter the account you want to have verified. You'll then be asked to enter at least two websites showcasing how awesome you or your brand's impact on the internet is. This helps Twitter cross verify your identity. If your account is personal you may be required to provide government issued ID like a driver's license.
Before sending your verification request off to the Lords of the Twitter-verse, you'll have to provide somewhat of a personal essay. In 500 characters or less — a generous amount of characters for a person on Twitter — you'll be prompted to explain why Twitter should verify your account. Um, obviously because you're awesome and people like you and the Twitter-verse will benefit from having you be a verified member.
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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #766 - אֹרֶן
1) fir tree, cedar
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
אֹרֶן m. the name of a tree, of the wood of which idols were carved, without doubt a species of pine, Isaiah 44:14. In Talmud. Babyl. (Para, fol. 96, 1), there are joined עצי ארזים ארנים וברושים. LXX. πίτυς. Vulg. pinus.
As to the etymology, אֹרֶן like תֹּרֶן, appears to denote a very lofty tree, which when shaken above by the wind, gives forth a tremulous sound (רנן); see under the word תֹּרֶן ; either אָרַן may be regarded as denoting the same as אָנַן, or else אֹרֶן may be taken from the root רָנַן itself, contr. for אָרְנַן, as תֹּרֶן for תָּרְנַן, מֹרֶךְ from רָכַךְ. Others understand an ash or an elder, from the similarity of sound; ornus, alnus.
(2) [Oren], pr.n. m., 1 Chronicles 2:25.
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You can view your overdue tasks on the web browser or via the Satchel One app.
When is a task considered overdue
You will see overdue tasks when:
A teacher has marked your task as 'Not Submitted'
Viewing overdue tasks
Any tasks that you have not yet ticked off or submitted will appear on the Overdue tab of your To-do list.
In the app, any overdue tasks will appear in the Overdue tab on To do.
You may see an alert at the top of your Upcoming tab notifying you of any overdue tasks; tap the 'Review' button to jump straight into your Overdue tab.
Once on the Overdue tab, you will see the option to 'Mark as completed'; this will tick off any tasks that are currently listed as overdue so that they are now marked as completed!
Overdue task notifications
If you have email notifications enabled, you may receive overdue task reminders.
If you are receiving these reminders, this may mean that your teacher has set a task that requires an online submission. Tasks marked for online submission must have a submission on Satchel One, otherwise you will be notified of your overdue task until you make a submission.
You can stop the reminders by locating your task and clicking on the Submit tab.
You can submit your work in either the text box or by adding your document as an attachment.
In some cases you may have already handed in this work in class; to stop these overdue notifications you can leave a comment for your teacher and request that they mark you as 'Submitted'.
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GrabTheMeic: Finding It Hard To Make Friends
Jo is finding it hard to make new friends. She asked Meic for advice in Grab the Meic.
Grab the Meic is your opportunity to ask us about anything that’s worrying you. We’re here to listen and give advice. If you want to #grabthemeic then check out this page, but remember this advice is not instant. If you need advice quickly then please contact the helpline.
This article is also available in Welsh
I ddarllen y cynnwys yma yn Gymraeg – clicia yma
I started a new school in September and as quite a shy person I’m finding it hard to make new friends. What can I do?
Jo, Aged 11 (*name changed to protect their identity)
Thanks for contacting us here at Meic. What you are feeling is completely natural and most young people (even the outgoing ones) experience some feelings of anxiety when they start a new school, and meeting new people.
There are a few things you can do to help make the transition a little smoother for yourself. It might be good to start as you mean to go on by making the effort to try and talk to new people. This might feel a little daunting, especially as you mention that you are naturally quite shy, but it doesn’t have to feel this way and you can take it in bite-sized chunks.
You could set yourself mini goals, such as introducing yourself to a different classmate each day. Think of some good questions that you could ask in order to find out a little bit more about who you are sitting next to. People like to be asked questions by others. By doing this you’ll be able to find out who you have things in common with and who shares the same interests as you. Finding people that have similar interests is a great approach, as you will automatically have things to talk about when you next see them. This makes the process a lot more comfortable. Also, if you do hit it off you will have lots of things to do together.
Grow your circle
Don’t just stick to those in the same class as you either. You’ll meet people from different classes at break and lunch time too. Breaks can be difficult when you’re new to a school but once you’ve made those connections in class it will be easier to find people to spend time with.
Try not to focus in on one friend because this could make things difficult for you in the long run, if they are off sick for example. Try to branch out and maintain a few friendships. This will also help you broaden your own interests too.
Join a group
If you’re still a bit unsure about starting conversations and taking those first steps, how about seeing if there are any groups or clubs you can join? These would provide a comfortable space to enjoy your shared interests with other young people in your school.
This can apply out of school too, try and join some extra-curricular activities or even a Youth Group outside of school. Doing something like this can help improve your social skills and you never know there could be a few of your classmates there which would immediately give you a common interest for when you return to school.
Keep your old friends
Try and maintain contact with friends from your old school. If there are people from your old school that you are sad to leave behind, moving to a new school doesn’t have to be the end. Make the effort to keep those friendships going as you can still spend time with each other outside of school.
Most importantly be yourself and remember that you’re probably not the only one feeling this way. There are other people that are in the same boat!
The Meic Team
If you need to talk to someone about anything that’s bothering you, then call Meic to talk to a friendly advisor.
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Anna Breytenbach is interviewed on O World Project where she talks about how humans are suffering from a separation sickness from Nature and all life on earth. Her amazing clarity of communication and how she expresses the quantum capacity we all have to reconnect if only we would take the time to sit and truly listen. Insightful and simple in connecting with animals and nature as we all have the capacity it’s just that we’ve become too busy of mind.
This pic below was taken whilst a group was finishing a meditation and in circle had been toning. In the middle of the afternoon a shy sea otter came out of the waves to see what was going on believing that it was something behind, as this was not normal human behaviour.
There are so many ways you can have a relationship with animals. In this video Anna shows us, that with quiet connection to the animals, we all have the ability to communicate. If we are to live harmoniously on the earth together, we need to access other ways of being. In our hurried, technological world we don’t take time to be and feel our feet on the earth. | <urn:uuid:58a8e0ff-177d-4ac3-ad13-b8a90b698973> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fortheloveofwildlife.org.au/2014/02/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968558 | 232 | 1.90625 | 2 |
To mark stop 4 of #TheFireCatsofLondon blog tour, I’m delighted to welcome Anna Fargher into The Reading Realm to reveal some little known facts about The Great Fire of London.
Anna’s latest book, The Fire Cats of London, takes the reader to historic London at the time of the Great fire in a story of daring, courage and loyalty. Featuring two young wildcats, Asta and Ash as they journey through London determined to return home, it’s ideal for 8 to 12 readers who are fans of anthropomorphic stories.
Anna Fargher on The Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London is the most infamous fire in British history. Studied in schools from KS1, you’re probably aware of the devastation it caused to many beautiful buildings and how it changed the city of London forever. However, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. Read on for Six things you might not know about the Great Fire of London
It didn’t start on Pudding Lane
Thomas Farriner’s bakery was actually located just off of Pudding Lane in Fish Yard, which is now today’s Monument Street.
The blaze lasted months not days
Samuel Pepys recorded that cellars were still burning in March 1667.
It didn’t stop the Great Plague
Deaths from the pestilence had already started to ebb, and new infections were declining by September 1666.
More than six people were killed in the disaster
Famously, only six people are recorded as dying in the fire. The truth is that most of those who died were poor, working, or lower-middle-class making it almost impossible to know how many people actually died.
There was a real plot to burn the City of London
In April 1666, a group of parliamentarians led by John Rathbone and William Saunders were found guilty of trying to assassinate Charles II and setting fire to the city. Their “Hellish design” was planned to take place on the anniversary of Oliver Cromwell’s death, 3 September – a day after the start of the actual Great Fire of London.
The Great Fire of London was predicted
Two comets appeared in 1664 and 1665 and were interpreted as harbingers of The Great Plague and The Great Fire respectively. People were also nervous that the biblical number 666 in 1666 indicated evil was brewing. Samuel Pepys wrote: ‘For the whole year, the population of London had a great sense of foreboding, because the year had the number of the devil in it – 666.’
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In celebration of the International Literacy Day on September 8, over a million children across nine states took part in a Read-a-Thon organized by Room to Read to promote a culture of reading among children.
Over 300 million people in India are illiterate, one of the largest numbers in the world. More concerning is the fact that even among the over 130 million children in primary schools, more than half of them are not able to read and write properly, thereby adding to the challenge of eradicating illiteracy. The draft National Education Policy has termed this as the “learning crisis”.
Sourav Banerjee, Country Director of Room to Read said, “Getting children hooked on to books sets them up on a path of continuous learning and future success“.
There is enough research to show that unless children develop foundational reading and writing skills early, it is going to negatively impact their future learning; learning to read is a necessary precondition for reading to learn. In the world today, Reading is also a 21stcentury life skill, which enables us to sift through loads of information in print (or digital versions) and make informed choices as an independent critical thinker.
Fortunately, today there is a better understanding of the challenges to illiteracy and evidence-based solutions exist that enable children to read and write. One of the most effective solutions to end illiteracy is to build a culture of reading; reading as a habit needs to be developed right from childhood.Organizations like Room to Read are working in government primary schools to develop foundational literacy among children. Room to Read’s literacy program aims to develop independent readers who have both the skills and a habit of reading. The program trains up grade 1 and 2 teachers on reading and writing pedagogy and helps set up school libraries to develop reading habits among children.
The Read-a-thon is expected to galvanize popular support for reading. On September 7, children in the nine Room to Read states spent an hour reading books from the library; teachers, education officials parents and police officials also joined these reading sessions at many places.
On this occasion Room to Read also launched the #PledgeReadingTime initiative. Through this, people are being requested to pledge time for reading out to children in their family, neighborhoods and community; post pictures of their reading on social media pages; and challenge three more people to take the reading pledge. The objective is to spread the word and encourage more and more people to join the reading campaign.
About Room to Read:
Room to Read has benefitted 4.3 million children in India since 2003 and set up more than 9,000 libraries so far. Room to Read intends to reach 13 million children by the end of 2024.
Room to Read is an international NGO with HQ in San Francisco, working in the field of education. Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read’s innovative model focuses on deep, systemic transformation within schools in low-income communities during two time periods that are most critical in a child’s schooling: early primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school for girls’ education. We work in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations, and governments to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children and ensure girls can complete secondary school with the skills necessary to negotiate key life decisions. Room to Read has benefited 16.6 million children across more than 30,000 communities in 16 countries. Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.
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WHY THE AARP IS WORRIED ABOUT STUDENT DEBT: As student loan debt has ballooned over the past two decades, the issue has moved from the sidelines of wonky policy debates into a full-fledged presidential campaign issue, with candidates playing to the economic anxieties of parents and recent college grads. In the latest sign of just how far-reaching student loan debt has become, the issue is now on the radar of another, perhaps more surprising group: the AARP.
— Over the past several years, the nation’s leading senior lobby has become increasingly involved in student loan issues, pressuring the federal government to stop garnishing the Social Security benefits of older borrowers who defaulted on their loans. And in some state capitals the group is taking on the student loan industry, pushing for more regulations to police abusive loan-collection practices.
— As Americans of every generation struggle to pull together enough savings for retirement, the new worry about student loans illustrates just how deeply debt can hang over people’s financial lives, especially in areas like higher education and health care, where costs are growing faster than the economy overall. Those costs can lead to some brutal surprises in old age.
— Michael Stratford has more here as part of a new “Future of Prosperity” series that POLITICO’s policy magazine, The Agenda, is launching this morning with a deep dive on America’s growing retirement crisis.
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SENATE TO VOTE ON TRUMP’S CIVIL RIGHTS PICK: The Senate today is expected to vote on the confirmation of Kenneth Marcus, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Education Department’s top civil rights post. Marcus previously served in the job in an acting capacity during the George W. Bush administration. He’s also president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. If confirmed, he’d replace Candice Jackson, who has been serving as the acting head of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights since January 2017. Jackson is also deputy assistant secretary for strategic operations and outreach at the Office for Civil Rights. The vote is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
DEVOS IN SWITZERLAND: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today will give the keynote address to the International Congress on Vocational and Professional Education & Training in Winterthur, Switzerland. It’s DeVos’ second day of a 10-day trip to Europe to study “apprenticeship programs in Switzerland, both vocational and primary school education in the Netherlands and the move towards a decentralized, school-led K-12 education system in the United Kingdom,” according to an Education Department release this week. DeVos today will also meet with Swiss education officials and business leaders, in addition to visiting the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Her schedule.
EDUCATION AND THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY: Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom handily won California’s gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, landing a crushing blow to fellow Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, a charter school supporter and the former mayor of Los Angeles. Newsom has had the support of traditional public school advocates and the powerful statewide teachers union, while Villaraigosa had the backing of wealthy education reform advocates, like Netflix founder Reed Hastings.
— Newsom, who earned 33 percent of the vote, will face off in November against Republican businessman John Cox, who earned 26 percent of the vote. Newsom has pledged to bolster access to early childhood education and science, technology, engineering and math, in addition to providing California students with two free years of community college, among other things.
— Cox supports the expansion of school choice. During a discussion about for-profit charter schools in a debate late last year, Cox said profit isn’t necessarily a problem as long as companies are operating with integrity, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. “I absolutely want to go after any for-profit entity that wastes money or is not transparent. But I've got to tell you, the for-profit sector does a pretty good job in a lot of areas,” he said.
— In a speech after his win on Tuesday, Newsom pledged to “reinvest” in California’s public education system. But Cox, in his speech, rejected the notion of spending more money on public education and blamed Newsom for the “mismanagement” of the state’s public schools, EdSource reports. “It wasn’t President Trump who gave us one of the most expensive and failing school systems in the country,” he said. “It is criminal to deprive children of the education they deserve.”
— California education reform advocates still get a win: Marshall Tuck, a Democrat and education reform advocate who has run both charter schools and district schools in Los Angeles, secured 37 percent of the vote for superintendent of public instruction. Behind him with 34 percent of the vote is state Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, also a Democrat. Both will advance to the general election. It’s not Tuck’s first time running for the state’s top education job — in 2014, he narrowly lost to Tom Torlakson, the current state superintendent who had the support of teachers unions.
‘YOU MUST UNDERSTAND HOW FAST SHOOTINGS HAPPEN’ A school shooting survivor and several students urged the White House school safety commission on Wednesday to consider guns in its discussions — a day after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told Congress that potential changes to gun laws won’t be on the agenda. “I would like to make something perfectly clear — had school employees been carrying guns at Sandy Hook, it wouldn’t have made us safer,” said Abbey Clements, a former teacher at the Newtown, Conn., elementary school where 20 children and six adults were killed in 2012. “It very well might’ve made things worse.”
— The day’s testimony prompted DeVos’ second-in-command, Mick Zais, to clarify that the commission will be "looking at specific age limits for the purchase of specific kinds of weapons and we will be examining legal procedures for the confiscation of weapons from people with identified mental health issues." Benjamin Wermund and I have the story.
— Speaking of the Obama school discipline guidance: One of DeVos’ top aides is expected to attend a Chicago event today on addressing racial disparities in school discipline and the need for “restorative practices.” Jason Botel, the acting secretary of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, is slated to attend the event, which is hosted by the teacher-led advocacy group Educators for Excellence-Chicago. A spokeswoman for the group confirmed Botel’s expected attendance. More on the event.
CHIEFS CALL FOR CURRICULUM OVERHAUL: The education reform advocacy group Chiefs for Change is adding a new component to its list of top advocacy priorities: expanding access to high-quality curricula. The group, which is made up of reform-minded state and school district leaders, is calling for an end to “harmful and outdated” state laws that “prevent access to excellent instructional resources.”
— “We are calling on textbook companies to stop protecting anachronistic regulations that hurt students and teachers, and we demand that curriculum providers produce standards-aligned, culturally relevant curricula that meet the highest bar for coherence and rigor,” the group said in a statement.
— Meanwhile, 51 state teachers of the year have penned a letter to congressional appropriators urging them to fully fund a $2 billion pot of federal money that can be used for teacher recruitment, preparation and to promote teacher leadership.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO SHUTTER CAFETERIA: Bad news for fans of the Education Department’s cafeteria, formerly known as “EDibles” — the eatery is shutting down amid profitability issues, according to an email sent to agency employees. The full-service cafeteria will be replaced with grab-and-go options.
— It wasn’t immediately clear whether the shift would result in job losses among cafeteria workers. When asked about the changes, Education Department spokeswoman Liz Hill said in an email that, “While Politico is focused on the restructuring of [a] federal building’s cafeteria, we are focused on the safety and security of our nation’s students, teachers and educators.” More.
ICYMI: STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL DEFENDS SCRUTINY OF CHINESE STUDENT VISAS: A State Department official on Wednesday defended a new Trump administration policy that applies greater scrutiny to some Chinese nationals seeking student visas to study in the U.S. "We have issued some additional screening instructions to U.S. embassies and consulates to deal with certain individuals from China studying in certain sensitive fields," Edward J. Ramotowski, deputy assistant secretary of State for visa services, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee.
— He declined to elaborate further on the details of the guidance, though he confirmed reports that "in some cases" visas for Chinese students studying in certain high-tech fields "might be limited to one year, multiple entries with the option to renew." The new policy is set to take effect next week. More.
— Speaking of hearings: the House education committee next week will hold a hearing titled, "The Power of Charter Schools: Promoting Opportunity for America’s Students.” Witnesses have yet to be announced. The hearing will be on June 13 at 10 a.m. in 2175 Rayburn. More.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
— Alyssa Schwenk, director of external relations for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative education think tank, will be the new development director for the nonprofit Bellwether Education Partners.
REPORT ROLL CALL
— The National Association of Elementary School Principals finds that social-emotional learning, mental health and student poverty are among the top student-related concerns of school leaders spanning pre-K through eighth grade.
— The Trump administration is planning to release a sweeping plan for reorganizing the federal government that includes a major consolidation of welfare programs — and a renaming of the Health and Human Services Department: POLITICO.
— Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting Director Mick Mulvaney has dismissed the members of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board: POLITICO.
— Chicago Teachers Union president reportedly undergoes brain surgery: NBC.
— Cuomo bill would allow teachers to ask judge to take guns from students: POLITICO New York.
— Can lowering class size help integrate schools? Maybe, according to new research: Chalkbeat.
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Although my work is not directly linked to community-based conservation and development, I have been involved in small projects as a volunteer back in Puerto Rico. I miss everything: the enthusiasm and desire to learn, the sense of community, new and strong friendships, and a common goal: protect our precious resources. As a grad student, however, I scan these projects with a critical eye. Why? Because I insists on taking Sociology and Political classes in Grad School which sucks the fun out of volunteering. It slaps my face and and open my eyes to see the bigger picture (Academia: where seeing the glass half empty is a +). Looking at literature I only found few examples of "successful" projects in developing countries. Here, I discuss what are the factors commonly associated to failure AND case studies in Zambia, Philippines and Costa Rica. Theories related to community empowerment, community power, social capital, traditional ecological knowledge and capacity building played a role in shaping community-based conservation projects.
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The general idea...
Community-based conservation and development was proposed as a means to integrate environmental conservation and economic development in hopes to alleviate environmental problems in poor communities and also provide a source of income. McShane & Wells (2004) list some of the assumptions and objectives often provided in conservation and development programs:
These assumptions have several, or too many, caveats. By increasing living standards in local communities, the pressure on biodiversity might increase by the higher demand for meat and other products. New
development could influence in-migration and can further segregate marginalized groups. Not identifying the root cause for biodiversity loss in the areas, and assuming that local people and their land use is the sole cause of biodiversity loss, is a generalization that can affect the success of the project. There is also failure when a pre-conceived notion that the skills required to participate in a community-based management program are already in place.
Theories at work...
So what are SOME of the main ingredients for a 'successful' project? (*Note that the definition of success is relative here)
I. Capacity Building - Current implementation is focused on tasks-results rather than adaptive learning for an adaptive management plan. By empowering communities via the process of governance, capacity building, and education over adaptive management, they are more prone to resilience over a radical change in politics and a bigger voice power over decision making.
II. Power and Empowerment - A process of
decentralization is necessary for participation from the local community to occur. Reaching a
local consensus on resource use and investments via negotiation is a way for transferring control of
projects from state to local community. A challenge for this is ensuring that the government will be responsive to the needs of groups. Waste (1986) and other scholars have indicated that a transfer of power should not to be given to individuals but to specific institutions.
III.Capital - Creation of networks, collective action, set of
rules in a community, trust, and reciprocity. "Greater social capital within a community can help in ensuring positive attitudes and better outcomes". Information and knowledge sharing among individuals in the community can be a method for enhancing trust.
Unfortunately, a significant number of these conservation projects have failed in the long term when implemented. Several factors are responsible for this:
1.) Lack of realistic and relevant goals
2.) Disinterest in decentralization of power and resources (no sense of social justice)
3.) Most of these programs are funded by international organizations. These organizations often try to apply a planned agenda which contains generic objectives and deadlines
4.) Time allotted to the development of conservation projects. By having strict deadlines, implementation takes place without a thorough study of the implications of the project for the environment and the community.
Project in Zambia
The project established in South Luangwa National Park was created in 1988 and adopted the name of Luangwa Integrated Resource Development Project (LIRDP). During the decade of the 1980’s the park adopted the concept of integrating the community as co-managers.
The main source of income for the community surrounding the park was agriculture, which often provided low yields with little opportunity to benefit economically and thus putting pressure on wildlife for bush meat.
The main goal: Providing an alternative livelihood through managing a safari hunting business and spreading knowledge about wildlife in order to decrease current threats.
Main Actor: Power. Giving the community autonomy over certain areas of the park, property rights over land. Community was responsible for tasks such as law enforcement, maintenance of local institutions and some of the finances. Between the country’s government and the Norwegian government they developed and transition plan from dependence to self-sustainable form of profit, which was the conservation project through the safari
and hunting business. Under this project 60% of all income went to management and maintenance of
institutions and 40% went directly to the community (schools, housing, hospitals, etc).
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Project in Philippines
A surge in democracy in 1986 gave way for many democratic reforms that led to a reorganization of government initiatives The conservation approach taken by the Philippines was devolution of state power by implementing community-based projects nationwide. Called “Priority Protected Areas Project”, it sought to include representation of local communities and indigenous people.
I very briefly discuss the project in Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park in the eastern coast of Luzon, which
has a population of 23,000 people who live inside the park. The main source of income from around the
buffer areas are timber harvesting, a land that was given to companies in 1965.
The main goal: Reduce the intensity of floods and droughts in the area, which is a constant threat to the livelihoods of the residents. Protect the soil from erosion to help maintain the structure of the forest, and maintaining the integrity of the systems thus regulating local climate.
Main actor: Outreach and participation. New protected areas can only be established after consulting and consent from the local community. Communication and public awareness were significant components of projects
proposed for the park. From interactive sessions and focus groups, asking multi-stakeholders, and
socioeconomic and biological data they came up with key issues that were affecting the community.
Among these issues were: migration, limited livelihood sources, lack of technical knowledge and low
level of environmental awareness.
Table from: D. Guzmán-Colón 2012. Working paper
Main Actors: Local institutions. NGO’s were key for disseminating information and mobilizing community members to participate in the awareness-raising camping. Over the years, the students from a partnership
between private and public Universities and the Dutch government funded socieconomical and biological research projects and have created a body of interdisciplinary knowledge on the subjects of forest exploitation, change over land-use, and forest policy.This partnership has been successful in setting up an information and training center on one of the campuses (Isabela State University).
Project in Costa Rica
Ostional Wildlife Refuge covers an 800 mile extend of beach and 200 miles of inland forest on the Pacific Ocean side of Costa Rica. Because of its history, it presents an interesting case of community-based conservation towards resource use. The refuge is known as the primary nesting site for the Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). Harvesting turtle eggs by the community in the area was the primary source of income and method of substance for the small population of the area, but in 1992 a road was built and it increased population in the area. The concern for overexploitation made the Costa Rican government deem harvesting illegal and created the wildlife refuge coupled with a research station. The local community was enraged, vandalizing research stations and still recurred to harvesting.
Community members organized in subsequent years and decided to join scientists for finding an argument in favor of harvesting in the refuge. Scientific and social evidence was convincing enough that the government proceeded with a regulated harvesting program in the area.
Main actor: Institutions and Secure economic benefit.
The creation of institutions was of utmost importance in the development of this community-based
conservation project. These institutions are all governmental, and have different responsibilities
for the management of the project. The project was
established with a solid legal, social and economic framework. Any decision made by the agencies has to
have the approval of the community; community participation is insured by law.
Unlike many other community-based conservation projects, the Ostional program had a steady
source of income, which is the harvesting of turtle eggs for consumption or to sell. Harvesting is well
regulated with groups going out each day and under the supervision of a biologist.
Although this was a brief and simple examination of the factors behind some of the projects that have been termed successful by scholars, there are some key events that stand out. In all three conservation projects, the devolution of land to the community and attempts of decentralization where the first steps towards the inclusion of the surrounding community. Some believe that a community is capable of managing their own projects but from these examples it is inferred that some sort of governmental institution is necessary for law enforcement and regulation. Another lesson learned from these projects was the importance of keeping the community informed via constant surveying and communicating progress.
Because of regional perceptions, different cultures and traditions, amount of ecological knowledge among other things that differ from place to place, it is best to assess the community first and ask what their needs are. Conservationists already know the needs of the ecosystem and wildlife, governments already know what their own needs are, now local communities,
funding agencies, academics and governments need to draw upon interdisciplinary approaches and work in cooperation for improving what ‘community-based conservation’ is.
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Year 7 Books
by Wendi Capehart
Wendi responds to a question from a list member about which Year 7 books a new-to-homeschooling student might read over the summer in preparation for Year 8.
Wendi: I'm going to include most of the year 7 list in my post and just add my comments after each title, explaining why that title was chosen. I'll also designate which titles I think are especially foundational to year 8.
Wendi's comments: Obviously, while all our suggestions are merely recommendations and parents are expected to make the final decisions, this is doubly or triply true for Bible. I will just say that if a youngster has not had much experience with reading the Bible, the above arrangement seems to me particularly well suited for introductory reading- John and Luke are great companion gospels, particularly, I think, for gentiles, since Luke was especially written for the non-Jewish reader. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the synoptic gospels, meaning their accounts very much parallel each other. John takes a different approach altogether, seeming to me to focus more on the philosophical underpinnings of the gospel story, the deeper theological questions (not that the others don't address these issues, it's just that John does it more)- So if you were only going to be able to read two gospel accounts, I'd suggest John and one of the other three gospels for the fuller treatment (unless you were Jewish, then I'd suggest Matthew and John specifically, and for younger readers, Mark, because he is more direct).
Luke wrote Luke and Acts both to the same person, and so they are good companion books, foundational to understanding the rest of the New Testament as Acts is the account of the doings, teachings, practices and personalities of the first century church.
Charlotte Mason had her students reading a commentary. We suggest you use what fits best with your family's belief system, keeping in mind that this year should be a bit meatier than previous years.::
Wendi: What my own children/students did in year 7 is read through the chronological Bible by F. LaGuard Smith, focusing on the gospels and early church. Smith introduces each section with a very small amount of commentary, primarily giving the setting and circumstances of the reading to come, with an occasional thoughtful question or comment.
The Birth of Britain by Winston Churchill, which is Volume 1 of his 4 volume set, The History of the English Speaking Peoples.
Wendi: I think some understanding, or at least familiarity, of this period of history is foundational to the later years, but it can be gotten other places if you are crunched for time. One suggestion of reading the corresponding chapters of Island Story is a fun one (and easier to accomplish in a shorter amount of time). Another option would be Dickens' A Child's History of England, which AO used before the Great Revision, and which is not used now primarily because we moved English history to the earlier years. It's still a very good book, and available online for free. [editor's note: the Dickens book was removed for its anti-Catholic bias.]
* Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People - Selections.
* William of Malmesbury's account of the Battle of Hastings
Wendi: All of the above were included primarily to give some solid sense of the flavor and thought of the time. They are all early chronicles, a la CM. The Battle of Hastings was a pivotal event in English (and our own) history, but Malmesbury isn't the only way to get this (there is a lovely picture book by C. Hodges that I used with my younger children). I love Malmesbury. He is a great historian, one of the best of the best of the early chroniclers, very careful in his historical standards, and rich in his prose. I would have used more of his work if more of it were online- But, if you are crunched for time, I think all of these could be skipped although it makes me weep.
** The Magna Carta
Wendi: Foundational, in my opinion. Not reading this would be like studying American history without reading the Declaration of Independence.
** In Freedom's Cause by G.A. Henty
Wendi: Historically this may be dispensable, but thematically I think it is important. To hide my answer to Anne's very good question in the midst of this post, I would say that some themes in year 8 would be a continuance of the government/authority discussion, and also freedom, responsibility, personal strength and courage, integrity and commitment- all covered in this book
*** History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea by William Tyre A first-hand account of the Crusades
Wendi: included for more local color--a sense of the thoughts, ideas, attitudes of the time. You don't know the middle ages without knowing something of the Crusades, but you can get that elsewhere, so you could omit this if necessary.
*** The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Wendi: Must read. It's fiction, but embedded in the fiction is a lot of good information about Richard III, and more importantly, excellent messages on how history is transmitted to us, why some healthy skepticism or an open mind is necessary, how viewpoint changes the history we are transmitted, very applicable to many life areas. That said, you could get this from reading Daughter of Time at any point. It's not necessary as background for year 8 specifically, so if you were trying to squeeze things into the summer, this could wait until the summer after year 8, or be added to year 8, or done later. But you really don't want to miss it altogether.
* The Life of King Alfred by Asser, selected passages
** *** Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
Wendi: I would hate to miss either of these. I do not think a student can ever know too much about King Alfred, one of the greatest men of all time, in my opinion. Admirable, admirable man--and we need to put our students in touch with worthy, admirable leaders. The account by Asser as the advantage of serving dual duty--it's by a contemporary, so students will get a sense of the thought and writings of the time.
* **The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin
***How the Heather Looks by Joan Bodger
Wendi: These are both great books. The Brendan Voyage is an exciting tale of Severin's attempt to recreate the legendary journey of medieval St. Brendan in Ireland. Will appeal to both boys and girls. If it weren't the occasional language and bawdy detail, I would have added How the Irish Saved Civilization as a companion read to this one, and some parents may still wish to do that.
Heather - a lovely story of one family's visit to England to see all the places related to some of their best loved children's books, and will be especially meaningful to those who have read those books (most of them already included in AO's lower years). However lovely and worthy these books, neither of them could be strictly said to be absolutely foundational to year 8 and above, so if particularly crunched for time, you could skip them, although my fingers are reluctant to type such heresy.
* Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard
Wendi: You. Must. Read. This. Book.
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason
Plutarch's Lives - follow the schedule posted at AmblesideOnline.
Wendi: Must reads, however, you needn't 'catch up' if you're starting later. Simply begin Plutarch wherever we are and continue, and begin Ourselves at the beginning and work through it at the pace that works best for your family.
* Watership Down by Richard Adams.
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Wendi: Neither of these are precisely foundational for understanding year 8, but you really, really, really, want your student to read them at some point, and soon.
The History of English Literature for Girls and Boys by H.E. Marshall ch 1-31
Wendi: I suppose if crunched for time, one could simply begin year 8 at chapter 32.
The Age of Chivalry by Bulfinch
Wendi: Foundational in a broader sense- not necessarily a must read for understanding year 8, but there will be references and allusions to the stories in these pages all your students' lives, so they ought to know them from somewhere, and this is one good source.
* ** Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Wendi: The Walter Scott books go in more or less chronological order. I think you might skip this one without losing much information necessary to a fuller understanding of year 8, but Ivanhoe is one of my favorite Scott novels, so it makes me cringe (have you noticed I am not very good at eliminating titles?)
** *** A Taste of Chaucer by Anne Malcolmson
Wendi: Well, really your student ought to have met Chaucer, although Chaucer isn't well behaved enough, in my opinion, for the meeting to be unchaperoned. Check your library, you might have another good introduction if you don't wish to buy this one. Do pre-read.
* Follow this time-line of English Poetry and do an anthology of
sorts this term OR: The Oxford Book of English Verse is a poetry
anthology Charlotte Mason used
** Tennyson, especially Idylls of the King
*** Keats, especially The Eve of St. Agnes
Wendi: since I'm making my suggestions based on an assumption that the student will be very pressed for time, I'll regretfully say that these poetry recommendations might be omitted.
GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION
Wendi: Grammar is a subject you must begin where you are, so you could skip this and just continue what you are doing, or start using this or any other good resource wherever you need to start.
The Grammar of Poetry by Matt Whitling,
Wendi: Likewise, poetry--you begin with where you are. The jury is still out, I think, on whether The Roar on the Other Side might be used entirely and this work omitted. See the shared files of this group for some lesson plans and links for the first half of this book and you can decide what you want to do with it.
Apologia science materials by Dr. Jay Wile.
Wendi: When you are ready for year 8, look at the Apologia website and begin with the science text that looks most suitable to you
** *** The Life of the Spider by Fabre
Wendi: This is not foundational for further studies in the upper years, but it *was* a big favorite with the Advisory children.
*Lay of the Land by Dallas Lore Sharp OR the nature writings of Edwin Way OR Rural Hours by Susan Fenimore Cooper
Wendi: you do not need to have read any of these to continue in year 8
How To Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
Wendi: This is a difficult book to get through, but it is a worthy book, very helpful. We do it as a read aloud and will continue to do so. I don't think you need to have read it before year 8, but I would start at the beginning and read through parts one and two during year 8, applying the ideas you read about to the books you are reading.
The Story of Painting by H.W. Janson - chapters 1-3 this year
Wendi: Well, chronologically, these chapters precede the later chapters, but they are short, easy enough reading, and you could simply start year 8 by reading the first four chapters in the first term.
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Paul Brand
Wendi: Terrific book about the human body, pain, and the church family and how we support each other and what it means to be diseased or healthy in our interactions one with another. A good book to read, but not necessarily foundational to understanding year 8.
Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
Wendi: These are must reads, I think.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
When the Tripods Came; The White Mountains; City of Gold and Lead; and Pool of Fire, by John Christopher
Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch
The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill
The Knight's Fee by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall
Rolf and The Viking Bow
The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (its prequel is Sir Nigel)
Wendi: All of the above are very good reads, and should be added to the free reading of the upper years, but I don't think they are necessary for an understanding of year 8. They each speak to the themes of law, order, freedom, responsibility, duty, and liberty.
Beowulf version by Burton Raffel
Wendi: The remaining books might profitably be added to free reading throughout the upper years. I would probably read David Copperfield before I read the other Dickens books in the upper years, because it's semi-autobiographical, but it really doesn't make that much difference.
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
Hereward the Wake Originally Published in Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales
The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga
The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott or other of the Waverly novels
Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington
Alhambra by Washington Irving
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Below are a number of frequently asked questions about the Edwardian Era. I shall add to the page as I see fit.When was the Edwardian Era?
The Edwardian era proper spans the reign of King Edward VII, who ascended to the throne January 22, 1901 and died May 6, 1910. Many historians expand the entire period to include the first four years of his son, George V’s reign, in order to mark the start of the First World War as the closing of the age. Some include WWI, since the end of the war was the final break with the past and the dawn of the modern era. But for easier purposes, the date is 1900-1914.
When was the London Season?
The London Season began with the Private View at the Royal Academy and the opening of the Covent Garden Opera season in May. Politicians arrived in February, with the opening of Parliament. The close of the London Season was marked by the week-long regatta at Cowes, Isle of Wight in early August. The 12th of August marked the opening of grouse hunting season, which was the definite end of the London Season.
What are the titles of the British nobility, in their order?
Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. Their wives were as following: Duchess, Marchioness, Countess, Viscountess, and Baroness. Baronets and Knights were gentlemen–and baronet is a hereditary title.
What time did the Edwardians have their meals?
In the country, breakfast was around 9 or 10 AM, luncheon around 12 or 1 PM, afternoon tea between 3-5 PM, and dinner at 7 or 8 PM. In Town (London), dinner was much later, around 8 or 9, and if a ball was held afterwards, a buffet supper was provided.
What was the Edwardian era in other countries??
The Edwardian era roughly corresponds with Third Empire France (La Belle Epoque or Fin de Siecle France), Gilded Age and Progressive Eras in the United States (these periods overlap, with the Gilded Age lasting from the 1860s to about 1917, and the Progressive Era lasting from the 1890s to the 1920s), the Meiji Period and the Taishō Period in Japan, the twilight years of Qing Dynasty China, Restoration Spain (1874-1931), Savoyard Italy, and the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, to name a few countries.
What was in the cups handed to Mary and her fellow fox hunters in series 1 of Downton Abbey?
This was known as a stirrup cup–“A parting cup taken on horse-hack before leaving,” according to the A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words. The contents of this cup were either port or sherry. | <urn:uuid:ecb51160-f41b-4aed-b169-871c5b86063f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.edwardianpromenade.com/edwardian-faqs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.97381 | 587 | 2.625 | 3 |
Many research papers reveal that insufficient levels of required vitamins and other nutrients play a key role in the cause and prevention of chronic disease.
Autoimmune diseases are no exception. Brand new research in the British Medical Journal reveals that 2 inexpensive and widely available supplements prevent autoimmune disease when taken consistently.
What are those supplements and how much should you take?
John Bartemus, DC
Functional Medicine Charlotte
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When copper pipes are run in concrete without lagging or covering over them properly, the pipes can sometimes split. Copper is a material that expands and contracts when heated. Pipes that are run in concrete can split, as the pipe cannot move when the copper naturally tries to expand.
There are companies that specialise in locating the pipe work and leaks, but they should be used in conjunction with a plumber who is experienced in burst pipes. The pipe locators are not always licensed plumbers and will not repair any leaks. It is important that the plumber who is going to repair the leak is present when the pipe locating company is performing their work. Finding the leak is part of the first part of the job and repairing or re-running the pipe is the second part. If a thorough tracing of the pipes is not completed and a re-run is required, this could result in water being shut off to parts of the house or building for a longer period of time than is required.
Some plumbers may have the equipment to trace copper pipes but unless they are using the equipment on a regular basis, it is better to use a company that specialises in this type of work as they can solve the issues much faster and will save you money in the process.
If you have a leaking pipe, ask these questions when calling a plumber:
1. Have you had any experience in tracing leaks?
2. Do you have the correct pressure testing equipment?
3. Do you have the required pipe-locating equipment or use a specialised leak detection company?
Many homes and units that have been built in the last 15 years do not have copper pipes for hot and cold water supply. This makes the pipe locating process much more difficult. These pipes are a plastic poly butaleen and cannot be traced as easily as copper pipes. The plastic hot pipe can be traced using an infrared tool. When the pipe becomes hot by running hot water through it the infrared will show up on the pipe monitor. To find a leak in plastic cold water pipes, you need to connect it to the hot water system. Once hot water is running through the pipe, the leak will show up on the infrared monitor. | <urn:uuid:8f1b1da4-cb8f-4c90-a373-eb2867e9a0dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.geelong24hourplumbing.com.au/burst-pipes-finding-source-leak/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.960583 | 447 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Environmentalists don’t get the joke. The situation is too dire – extreme weather from a changing climate, toxins in our food, endangered species dying off – for this to be a laughing matter. At least, that’s our reputation: Serious, earnest, humorless.
The reputation is partly deserved. Most environmental activists take their work very seriously. We see huge problems facing our world, and know that human lives are at stake. Take a look at this new study from the National Academy of Science, about the abrupt impacts of climate change, and you’ll know why. When you focus on issues that are so serious, it’s easy to slip into taking yourself too seriously.
It’s a condition you find with activists across the ideological spectrum, many of whom feel like they’re in an uphill struggle to do what they think is right. Tea Partiers, Wall Street Occupiers, and proponents on both sides of the abortion debate often come off as stern and unamused. Or they’re happy to laugh, as long as the joke is on their ideological opponents.
If you believe what you’re doing is important, it’s certainly good to take your work seriously. But it becomes a problem when you imply that your mission is more important than what’s going on in other people’s lives. And even worse, when you get the reputation for being irritating, it becomes harder to get support for your cause or grow your movement.
The good news is that this reputation is far from a full picture of people who work on conservation issues. If you spend time with environmental activists, you’ll find that most of us don’t fit the stereotype. We won’t scold you for driving the wrong car* or turning up the heat on a cold day, and we probably tell more jokes about ourselves than any else. (Q: How do electric car owners drive? A: One hand on the wheel, the other patting themselves on the back.)
Sure, some of this perception problem is the result of unfair caricature, but it is a real problem. The reality is that environmentalists often have a difficult time reaching the people with whom we most need to build trust in order to accomplish our goals: Americans who don’t feel a natural kinship with the traditional environmental movement. We need to accept that other people’s priorities – economic or cultural – are valid and important.
Many of the people I know who work to protect our air, land and water do take this more constructive attitude. My colleagues who are trying to keep our oceans sustainable care as much about the fisherman as the fish. The activists working to reduce toxins in products on our supermarket shelves are trying to make life safer for regular families like their own. But sometimes it is hard to build alliances because potential partners assume environmentalists will be inflexible – and see their work as more important than anyone else’s. We need to fix that perception.
A good place to start would be showing that we can take a joke. That’s a small thing, but it’s amazing how taking yourself less seriously can open up conversations.
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According to a study published by cybersecurity firm, Aqua Security, cloud servers remain a major target for cryptojacking — a type of attack whose main motivation is to mine cryptocurrencies.
The “2020 Cloud Native Threat Report” states that between the second half of 2019 and the first half of 2020, attacks of this nature surged by 250%. In total, 95% of the 16,371 attacks registered during this period were related to cryptojacking.
The perpetrators of this type of exploit rely heavily on the use of XMRig, a well-known Monero (XMR) mining app, to deploy the attacks. Aqua Security explained:
“Although Bitcoin has better publicity than Monero, the last is preferred by the adversaries. We speculate that they choose Monero since it is considered significantly more anonymous than Bitcoin.”
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Your car’s battery is one of those indispensable components that you just can’t do without. There’s perhaps nothing so disheartening as discovering a dead or dying car battery as you’re hurrying to get the car started for the school run or your morning commute. The typical car battery is designed to last between 2 and 5 years in good health. What you need is some good advice on reaching that upper age limit, as well as tips to avoid the nightmare scenarios described above.
In today’s blog, we’re offering you 7 useful and simple tips for increasing your car’s battery life. Let’s start at the top.
1. Regular Voltage Testing
Voltage testing is something that you can have done by a professional, but also do yourself with a handy home voltmeter kit. A DIY kit means you can keep tabs on your car battery in between your regular annual service.
All you have to do is connect the positive voltmeter lead to the positive terminal on your battery, and then the negative lead to the negative terminal. Immediately you should notice a reading on the screen. If the number reads something between 12.4 and 12.8 volts, then it means your battery is fully charged. If it’s below that threshold, then you might want to consider getting it checked by a professional.
To get the most accurate results, conduct the test about 12 hours after your car has been turned off.
2. Avoiding Long Periods of Inactivity
There is a natural drain on your car battery even when you are not using it. If you’ve ever wondered how the battery stays charged without you plugging it in, you should know that it’s your active engine that is recharging it. This is why long periods of not using the car can lead to a dead or dying battery. This is known by some as the “vampire effect.”
The simple remedy is to always guarantee a 30-minute drive at least once a week for the car. This gives sufficient time for recharging and also helps to circulate the car’s fluids and otherwise keep everything in good order. This advice is important especially for those who have an “occasional” car that they only drive out on certain special days or weekends.
3. Regular Battery Cleaning
Keeping all parts of the battery clean is the best way to prevent leaks, as well as corrosion (more below). Disconnect the battery of the terminal cables before doing any cleaning. For the battery terminals, use an old toothbrush or similar wire brush for the cleaning. Dip it in a solution of bicarbonate of soda with water and gently scrub around the terminals. Make sure to rinse and dry them after scrubbing.
For the surface of the battery, you can simply use a sponge or cloth to wipe away any traces of grime or dirt that will naturally build up there. You won’t have to do any of these very often. Perhaps twice a year should suffice.
4. Cut Down on Short Journeys
Taking regular short journeys of less than a mile in your car means that your battery is not gaining sufficient time to actively charge. We mentioned further above the dangers of the vampire effect on the battery. Very short journeys aren’t helping since the battery isn’t charging up properly, creating a net overall loss in power over time.
For shorter journeys, consider walking or using a bicycle. That brings its own benefits in any event. If short journeys are unavoidable for whatever reason, just be sure to definitely include at least one journey each week of at least 30 minutes to allow proper charging.
5. Keep Tight Fastenings
A car battery should be securely fastened in place so that it doesn’t vibrate. You should therefore make a point to check the fastenings that keep your battery steady and ensure they are nice and tight. If there is any looseness, then the battery is very likely to vibrate, which can easily cause damage and even short circuiting.
There is a balance that is required when fixing the battery in place. Just as leaving the fastening too loose can cause damaging and battery-life-shortening vibrations, over-tightening them can also cause problems. When you go to tighten the nuts that hold everything in place, turn them until you feel resistance, but then stop. That’s the balance you want to strike.
6. Control Corrosion Around Battery Terminals
As it happens, corrosion around the battery terminals and lead clamps is a frequently seen phenomenon. This damage blocks the proper flow of power through the battery. Keeping this corrosion in check means first making a regular visual inspection of the battery to look for any signs of it.
Most often, this problem is caused by improper cleaning, so following tip 3 about regular cleaning will also make a contribution to controlling the corrosion around your battery terminals.
7. Don’t Use In-Car Electrics While Engine is Off
Finally, if you are sitting in your car with the engine off, you should keep use of electronics down to an absolute minimum. Turning on the radio, dome light and other electronics put added strain on the battery, and when the engine isn’t running it means that there’s no “input” to charge the battery back up again.
Furthermore, when you use the car’s electronics with the engine off, there’s always a risk that you’ll forget to turn one of them off, which then means the battery is running down further and further, possibly for many hours. It’ll only be later when you finally discover that…oh dear.
Conclusion: Invest in a Battery Charger and Regular Maintenance
Two other things you can do to help support your car battery life are first to invest in a good-quality battery charger. A charger will help at times when the power has depleted by allowing you to restore enough power to start up your engine.
This helps you avoid the need to get another car involved to achieve a jump start. Finally, overall battery health is best attained through continuous and proper maintenance of your entire vehicle. Keep everything in check, and the individual components seem to look after each other. | <urn:uuid:aff911c8-c04b-4630-aadf-c9c163c48127> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://carsboughtforcash.ie/7-tips-to-increase-car-battery-life/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.950037 | 1,297 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Winter Habits for Better Health
By Donna Stark
Were you ever told that if you didn't put a hat on before you went outside as a child, you would catch a cold? And if you were, did you wonder if that was really true? Well, whoever was telling you that was surely only looking out for your best interests, but the truth is that cold weather alone will not make you sick. Rather, human behavior is usually the culprit. Take a look.
The Common Cold
Millions of people suffer from the common cold, and some people even catch it several times a year. These viral infections can cause a runny nose, sore throat, headaches, congestion, and a cough. The most important habits you should follow to reduce your risk of catching a cold is to wash your hands frequently, keep your fingers away from your face, eat a nutrient-dense diet, and get plenty of rest.
Are you coughing, wheezing, or having trouble with your breathing? Cold weather and indoor allergens can exacerbate your asthma, so pay special attention to your airways. Limit time outside, bundle up with a scarf, invest in a good home air purifier, and use a humidifier at night while you sleep.
Those chilly days may be bringing more to your life than overcast skies and a couple of snow flurries. They may also be bringing pain and discomfort to your joints. Your joints may be extremely sensitive to the cold, but if you dress warmly, stay hydrated, indulge in some hot baths, and pull out those heating pads, you may be able to survive the next several weeks.
If there is one thing that winter is known for, it's the dry skin that most of us end up with, and that's because the cool, dry air outside and the warm, drier air indoors doesn't do our bodies any favors. From cracked bleeding hands to incredibly chapped lips to itchy backs and legs, it's easy to see how dry skin can become a major source of irritation. Some ways to stay on top of your skin health is to moisturize your skin with a rich lotion, add humidifiers throughout your home, and avoid too much exposure outdoors.
Now, let's get back to the hat. Of course, if you are heading outdoors for an extended amount of time, it may be wise to put a hat on. But, if you really want to avoid the minor pains and discomforts of winter, check your daily habits. You may find more success with some simple changes to those.
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Inner cities in America are socially collapsing at an astonishing rate. New data out of Baltimore captures this tragic trend.
Here’s more from Fox 45 of Baltimore:
A Project Baltimore investigation has found five Baltimore City high schools and one middle school do not have a single student proficient in the state tested subjects of math and English.
High school students are tested by the state in math and English. Their scores place them in one of five categories – a four or five is considered proficient and one through three are not. At Frederick Douglass, 185 students took the state math test last year and 89 percent fell into the lowest level. Just one student approached expectations and scored a three.
MRCTV.org also picked up in the story:
According to WBFF, students are tested and scored on a scale of one through five, with a four or a five placing a student in the proficient category. At Frederick Douglass, for instance, 89 percent of students tested last year received the lowest possible score in math. Only one student received a three, which is “approaching expectations.”
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Useful Tip: Disabling PowerPoint Left Mouse Click To Advance Slide
In some presentations you may need to disable the left mouse click to prevent it advancing to the next slide. By default, PowerPoint will let you advance any slide by clicking the left mouse button or pressing Enter. We have a good and a bad news.
The good news is that you can effectively disable the left mouse click to prevent it advancing to the next slide. However, the Enter key cannot be disabled so easy.
To disable the left mouse click go to Transition menu in PowerPoint 2010 and look for the Advance Slide checkbox On Mouse Click. Uncheck this option for the selected slides. Make sure you have selected all the slides in the left pane.
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I am a HUGE advocate for teaching students how to use a graphing calculator to check their answers. In fact, it’s probably one of the MOST important skills I’ve taught my students. Yes, I know…being able to find a solution algebraically is extremely important, and of course, I teach them that. And, of course, I require them to show their work. BUT, when they turn in an assessment, I want them to be confident that their answers are correct. Feedback is extremely helpful, and by using the graphing calculator it can be instant!
You know, I probably should have titled this post “The Lost Art of Checking Your Answers”. Sometimes I simply don’t understand why students don’t check their answers?!?! I know that some students are just too “lazy” to check, algebraically. Yes, I said it! BUT, at they could at least use their calculator to confirm or disaffirm their answer. Just think, if students were able to check every problem BEFORE they turn in their work? Then, they would know immediately if they have an answer right or wrong…and if wrong, they can fix it!
There are soooooo many math topics that students can use the calculator to check their answers. Here are just a few ways:
If you are looking for a complete bundle of all of my TI-84 or TI-Nspire calculator sheets, to help your students easily maneuver though the calculator, you can click on one of the images below:
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This is a hands on role within a small & friendly team.
The Project Administrator will undertake specific tasks on a project with supervision. Developing knowledge of the project life-cycle.
- Provides administrative support to the team as and when required.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist with the daily management of projects paying particular attention to maintaining good working relationships and adherence to budget and timescales.
- Book central locations, viewings and video conferencing etc as requested by the client.
- Record all project activity and keep incentive records and project overview details up to date.
- Track progress of projects from project definition to final deliverables using update templates.
- Liaise with client teams on specific tasks as requested under the supervision of the project manager.
- Obtain information from suppliers as requested using the appropriate communication method.
- Develop a good knowledge and understanding of the supplier network and the resources available.
- Develop good working relationships with freelancers and be aware of their strengths and weaknesses.
- Keep all relevant practical documents which document the progress of the project and ensure they are kept fully up to date. | <urn:uuid:dea39974-b0ab-4e4f-900e-2f0ef69bd565> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://barlowwood.com/job/project-administrator | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.890473 | 234 | 1.78125 | 2 |
The Ohio Clean Marinas Program is a partnership initiative between Ohio Sea Grant and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) through their Division of Parks and Watercraft and the Office of Coastal Management. The program supports marinas across Ohio by providing education and technical assistance on environmental topics and promoting a voluntary, incentive-based certification program to recognize those marinas that go above and beyond environmental regulations.
In 2018, a change in stormwater and wastewater regulations for the marina industry created a demand from marina businesses for guidance and clarification on these topics. In response to this need, the Ohio Clean Marinas Program collaborated with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and administer a series of educational workshops across Ohio to provide guidance to marina owners on how to comply with the new regulatory changes. The “Stormwater and Wastewater Workshops for Marinas” project was funded through an Ohio EPA Environmental Education Fund grant, with financial and in-kind match provided by ODNR and Ohio Sea Grant. The workshops provided education on best practices that would help marinas advance action on non-point source pollution at their facilities.
Over 60 marina owners, natural resource managers, and other interested parties participated in the workshops, with 58 percent of workshop attendees noting that they learned new information from the Ohio Clean Marinas Program on stormwater, wastewater management, and coastal resiliency that they can use, and 42 percent of workshop attendees committing to take the information provided by Ohio EPA during the workshop to inform future decision making. In preparation for the workshops, Ohio EPA developed a fact sheet in partnership with Ohio Clean Marinas Program staff to help marina owners understand the new regulatory changes, as well as offer options and guidance for compliance.
Since its inception in 2003, the Ohio Clean Marianas Program has worked with state, federal, and local agencies, marina owners, and marina trades industry associations to achieve a balance between environmental sustainability and economic stability for the marina industry in Ohio. There are currently 79 certified Clean Marinas, and a recently launched tiered certification program enables marinas to demonstrate further environmental stewardship by achieving a gold or platinum status. A complete list of Ohio Clean Marinas can be found here.
Program staff also run an annual Ohio Marina Conference to provide technical assistance and professional development on current topics of interest to marinas. The 2019 conference will be held February 20 at the Catawba Island Club. Contact firstname.lastname@example.org to register.
Stormwater and Wastewater Workshops for Ohio Marinas: https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/calendar/2018/09/12/1eyk4/marina-stormwater-workshops
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Marina Wash Water Fact Sheet: https://www.epa.ohio.gov/Portals/35/permits/Marina-Wash-Water-2018.pdf
Great Lakes Clean Marinas Map: http://go.osu.edu/GLCleanMarinasMap
The above mentioned workshop was funded by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Ohio Environmental Education Fund and its mission to enhance Ohio citizens’ awareness and understanding of environmental issues.
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