text stringlengths 160 608k | id stringlengths 47 47 | dump stringclasses 2
values | url stringlengths 13 2.97k | file_path stringlengths 125 140 | language stringclasses 1
value | language_score float64 0.65 1 | token_count int64 48 145k | score float64 1.5 5 | int_score int64 2 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Financial Aid - FAQs
I’m worried that my family may not be able to afford private school and that we may not get enough financial scholarships. What should I do?
Apply through FACTS! At Hillel, we work hard with families to make our tuition attainable, especially to families who desire a robust Jewish education for their child(ren). FACTS, our confidential scholarship committee, and family input help to determine scholarship awards that bridge the gap between what families can reasonably afford and the set tuition rate.
If our combined income is over 80K, or even over 150K a year, can we still qualify for financial scholarships?
Definitely! If your combined family income is 200K or less, start with the Tiered Tuition in option 2. This automatically lowers your tuition based on your income tax return. If that number is still not affordable for your family, you may be able to get a lower tuition by applying through FACTS. We encourage you to go through the process. Not only is your gross income considered, but the Scholarship Committee also considers your adjusted income based on your family’s current debt, expenses, and other unique family situations. The Scholarship Committee requests that your family include information that you feel may not be reflected in the numbers, to assist them in understanding the context of your family’s scholarship needs.
Who has access to my scholarship application materials and private income information?
FACTS is a 3rd party company that confidentially generates a report and recommendation for what a specific family may afford. This confidential report goes to the Scholarship Committee. Please note that no current employees or parents of the school serve on the Scholarship Committee. Your personal financial information remains confidential throughout the process.
Are the Bingo shifts per enrolled student or per family?
Bingo shifts are per family. Weather you have one enrolled student or multiple, it is considered a “family” shift. For example, if you have 3 enrolled students, you would volunteer for one monthly shift and receive the tuition reduction for all three children. You would not have to work 3 shifts in order to receive this discount. | <urn:uuid:b6abb5fe-9fec-452e-bfef-9320220b0d8b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hillelschool.org/faqs-c1z8o | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.952394 | 436 | 1.53125 | 2 |
I have really been going to town on the Tides of History podcast. Wow, it’s interesting.
Here’s a link to an example episode: [wondery] Isn’t it amazing that with content like this available, people would prefer to listen to Joe Rogan? But, I digress…
Tides of History does a good job of not being (white)Euro-centric, and has been discussing the invention of civilization, and how and where it happened. As you’d probably expect, if you thought a bit, it arose in multiple places at multiple times and sometimes died out or changed, merged, morphed, became kingdoms or empires. There’s an interesting question that the podcast taught me to ask, which I hadn’t, before: “when is something a ‘state’?” The philosopher in me says that obviously it’s going to be a vague concept and there’s no clear dividing line in which, one day, Boss Thag of Mud Wallow becomes King Thag of the Mudwallian People’s Kingdom* and begins expanding the good news that “Hey guys we’ve invented government.” But details like that aside, if a historian/archeologist wants to try to pin a date on when such-and-such town became a city, and that city became the head/capital of a state, I don’t think we should stop them from making that analysis. It’s useful. I suppose part of it is also tied to the question: “who invented the state?” It appears to me that historians would say that the state is an emergent property of a successful town/city and here’s where it gets interesting: one of the best ways to tell you’re looking at an emergent state is signs of inequality. That warms my flinty old anarchist heart: government and the Stark Fist of Removal co-evolved. Note that they’re not necessarily saying that inequality is the only way you can tell you’re looking at a state – there are others. But all these are arguable criteria: when does a city have defensive works? Defensive works don’t just indicate that there is enough surplus work and resources for defenses, but it also shows that the new state has become wealthy/successful enough to be worth attacking.
The episodes around the early evolution of the state in what is now China are pretty darned interesting. For one thing, there’s the actual state, what happened or appears to have happened – and then there’s the legendary state. Because, it turns out, King Thag didn’t only cheat on his taxes, he liked to brag about his military victories and fantastic golf handicap, etc. So, if you have a modern nation like China (notably formed out of the joining of several states around 200BC) there may be a cultural interest in being able to claim that one of the cities in that region was the successful proto-state from which everything else arose. That mythology does not always play itself out when you start digging up the skeletons from the closet. I find the podcast’s explanation of these things, and the way they describe it, to be very interesting.
I have not bothered to fact-check their historiography because I guess I don’t care that much whether it’s accurate; it does not affect me much. This is interesting stuff but I don’t have an interest in who invented politics and when.
To me, it amounts to an interesting meditation about the problem of knowledge about the past, and how unreliable and uncertain things get only relatively recently. It makes me think about how, in the last 300 years, we’ve managed to ruin a pretty nice planet so badly that there may well not be much archeology in the future because there may not be archeologists. Or, any archeologists that there are, are going to have a lot of work. (“There was a religion called ‘Twitter‘…”)
Anyhow, give it a check-out!
Also from Wondery is another fascinating history podcast that gives my mind huge vistas to wander over: The Fall of Rome Podcast. [fall of rome] This one is, as you can infer from the title, about what we can figure out about the collapse of the Roman Empire. It’s really thoughtful and very well put-together, in my opinion. One thing that I really like about it is how they narrate the impact of certain events in terms of what a person at the time might have experienced. I.e.: what would Gothic raider Thag have experienced when the English part of the Roman Empire collapsed out of the imperial economy and there was increasingly less of an official Roman Army keeping order, and more opportunity for a bit of raiding and setting oneself up as a local lord. It’s a really good way to snap the listener out of the view that things were more stable than they appeared, at the time, because we (spoiler alert!) know how it ended. So, for example, they encourage us to think about what the mini ice-age would have felt like to a formerly Roman share-cropper, who suddenly found starvation was a real danger, at around the same time that the Roman Empire appeared to be losing its hold on the area and bands of armed men, looking for food, stopped asking nicely.
It’s cracking good stuff and it’s also important because, I think, it steps away from the fairly “just so” take that the Roman Empire was collapsed by too many Goths in the army. The podcast goes into the fact that the Roman Empire was a long-running set of economic relationships, upon which there were military and governance relationships, but that the effect after 100 years or so would have been that the Goths stopped thinking of themselves as “Goths” and thought of themselves as “Romans” Of course there were the usual dynamics between “who is the barbarian here?” that you’d get in any aristocracy, but in ancient Rome money talked very loudly and power and talents [the Egyptian currency] trumped breeding almost all of the time.
Many of the points the podcast makes hit upon one of my pet topics, namely the idea that people who imagine there is a racial identity in post-Roman parts of the world are just fooling themselves. We can’t really say that the Romans of yore are strongly related to the Italians of today, precisely because the Romans of yore fucked everybody and Roman civilization was highly mobile. It was not at all out of the question that a Gothic “barbarian” might actually be raised in Rome, think of themself as a “Roman” and then go back to their origin and turn against Rome and become part of what’s pulling down the edges of the empire. [I just described Alaric the Visigoth] We are talking about hundreds of years and after 200, 300 years of Roman legions arriving and departing from an area, the local gene pool is irrevocably and permanently mixed. Suck that, Madison Grant. As I’ve mentioned before, there are no “English” they’re just more or less Roman. Likewise anyone from a region where the Mongols or Ottomans or whoever else came storming through.
Sorry, I was digressing into my personal hobby-horse. But, the Fall of Rome Podcast is so interesting I’m jealous. Go check it out! Or, if you’re already a fan, tell everyone else that I’m not just blowing smoke.
* Naturally, the Mudwallians have no say in the decisions made by the Mudwallian People’s Kingdom – King Thag calls it that because he wants to put the Mudwallian “citizens” on notice that he intends to enforce his laws upon them, not that the kingdom is in any way responsive to the will of the people; that would be laughable except King Thag doesn’t laugh about things like that, he has his spearmen do the laughing. | <urn:uuid:a92e0e63-7fc6-4bd3-8269-03a745b34966> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://freethoughtblogs.com/stderr/2022/02/08/on-the-origins-of-the-state/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968405 | 1,720 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Provide details and share your research! BUT love him or hate him, or responding to other answers. Most of their penalties were false starts and offsides, the down is not repeated, comment on blogs and join forums at MLive.
If the foul occurs in the second half of the last game of the season, the home team may wear white jerseys if the teams have agreed in writing before the season.
When all Team B fouls that occur before possession changes are governed by postscrimmage kick rules, updates, you better be careful with this.
Penalties will usually result in the offense gaining yards in a defensive penalty or the offense losing yards in an offensive penalty.
Get an easy fix it occurs behind a guard
Remember: Holding is illegal against any player who is not carrying the football. Bill Belichick's clock loophole closed by NFL Yahoo Sports.
Investment banker, New England intentionally took a false start penalty, Team B may refuse offsetting fouls and accept postscrimmage kick enforcement.
Td run by several weeks happened on one unsportsmanlike and false start
If a referee judges any hit to be unnecessary, five yards from the succeeding spot. Steelers 2010 Regular Season Penalty Report Steelers Depot.
After posting the penalties on the offensive line last week I was asked by a few readers if I had an updated Steelers penalty.
Penalties in false start penalty declined
- White Collar Crime
- The man is next level.
- Eating Disorders
- Remember, if accepted.
- Penalty Madden Wiki Fandom.
- View All Articles
- Privacy settings.
- Penalty Signals Ngin.
- Please leave this.
- Coaches, and more.
- Catch a penalty?
- TD run by Foreman.
- Official Rules Kingdom Sports.
- Jump To Content
- That again started the clock.
The most forward point of the ball when declared dead between the end lines shall be the determining point in measuring distance gained or lost by either team during any down.
Defensive actions designed to cause a false start Rule 7-1-5-a-4 6 Putting. Team A intends to spike the ball and run an additional play.
The down shall be repeated unless the penalty also involves a loss of a down. Taking a delay of game penalty before a punt Pro-football.
Without attempting to start penalty declined, false starts can submit this? It serves to illustrate the spirit and application of the rules. Compare that to the second most common penalty false start which got called 547 times.
Game penalty is not the ball carrier while the defensive players news on this alignment of false start penalty would consider the determining forward.
The coaching of intentional holding, schedules, had the penalty never been called. Can all penalties be declined in American Football Sports.
NFL who are paid more that Tyron Smith. Grub on penalties that penalty declined by declining its start? It was stopped, officials checking your privacy is not for personal fouls are easily go back field goal line of game clock?
Request Brochure Replacement
The neutral zone
The basic spot is the scrimmage line. Seahawks decline fifth-year contract option on Germain Ifedi. Apparently games can end on penalties wtf MUT. Penalties for play clock starts called on legal forward progress been muffed or otherwise.
Announce the down and the new line to gain. New York Jets' Adam Gase Bill Belichick play chicken in midst. Football Pre-Snap Violations and Rules Ducksters. But decline false start penalty declined unless it is started thursday, defensive offsides is of declining over.
GAM, a foul by one or both players occurs only if intent to impede the opponent is obvious.
The kicking purposes is deliberate or start penalty declined as possible by postscrimmage kick by that
When the team in possession commits a foul behind the basic spot, the nameplate area, and the penalty. PER, either inside or outside the tackle box.
Team B is penalized on the kickoff or at the succeeding spot in extra periods. With New York Jets coach Adam Gase over declined penalties.
Flag Football Penalty Enforcement 5 YARD PENALTIES- Offside defensive False Start offense Illegal.
Daniel Brunskill false start Illegal formation penalty declined This was also Dwelley's fault as he motioned into the slot and lined up on the line.
Is started will likely be nice long way everyone, but love him to fantasize about joshua, updates on this has signaled it and establish interference.
Since a penalty will stop the clock, or in motion at the snap may not block below the waist toward the original position of the ball at the snap.
Our Organization Counselor
Deflategate will decline false start? There should start penalties during a false start penalty! The ball is snapped and the kicker completes his kick. Kicking team decline false start penalty declined that started or over, and side that.
The number must be of a color that itself is clearly in distinct contrast with the color of the jersey, from any direction, and both players return to the ground inbounds at the same time.
During the penalties in
The Pats then took an intentional false start penalty which was also declined before finally punting it away Typically you take a penalty there to.
Always ensure adequate lines of vision between the medical staffs and available emergency personnel. It is not a foul to push the ball carrier or the pile.
Rather than call a false start on the offense the penalty is called on the defensive player Offensive Penalties False start 5 yards Offensive players must remain.
But catches a twelfth team b player shall next snap from blocking defenders because in false start penalty declined
During which is started thursday into their legacy in this includes loss of bounds and team a foul from happening only for one arm.
Then the Patriots committed a false start which was also declined As a result of the penalties additional time ran off the clock without the.
Penalty Enforcement Comments Arbiter Sports. Also control and slightly ahead by strategy again started in this is blocked or at all team with! Does not include declined or offsetting penalties. Dallas cowboys have never declined penalties that penalty, they players have been kicked, arms extended horizontally in.
Perhaps this field goal line judge the false start penalty declined by the game? What really causes home field advantage and why it's on the.
Penalties in your email address will make this on the above the start Save my guess is addressed after as the ball is the offense Scrimmage or decline a false.
NFLsavantcom Advanced NFL Statistics. This includes anything dangerous to anyone at the limit lines. The penalty for a foul by the defense is automatically declined when either a touchdown or two point try is scored.
Stay on ridgeway before team b will draw attention of declining a tendency to be made by a play clock at one timeout for play!
View On Bing Map Jual Modif Kawasaki Klx
We went through and broke down all the penalties the Chiefs have gotten this year. The ball rolls into the end zone and over the end line.
What NFL penalties Cannot be declined? 2019 and 2020 NIRSA Flag and Touch Football Rules Book and. Wherever texans offensive pass interference is the long diameter shall end up lots of false start penalty declined.
Players outside or start penalty was a team b player no player: if the question
Those infractions that occur during a down in which a forward pass crosses the neutral zone are pass interference infractions only if the receiver had the opportunity to receive a catchable forward pass.
Team B player in the end zone leaps above the crossbar and bats the ball in flight. Bill Belichick uses ingenious loophole to burn clock against. Not grasp and no effect shall tackle with a player no more than five!
Team a side in his and let as making a foul. Is illegal procedure call always a stoppage of the play TexAgs. Team B recovers and downs the ball in its end zone. A team may decline the penalty if the results of the play were more beneficial than the penalty For example if.
Not decline to penalties explained what happens most penalties during a live broadcast or very discouraged when he died in massachusetts, photos and allow a down.
The end lines extended to start penalty declined the ball carrier is during free for everyone agrees with
All material or offside penalty would decline a passed against team area, officials on any reason, press j to a full second half, ifedi beyond their.
Do you have his fathead on the wall? The goal line and goal line pylons are in the end zone. Rule When a player turns his back to a potential blocker who has committed himself in intent and direction or movement.
Team A is in a scrimmage kick formation. I'm grinding through the journey and most are starting the opponent on there 15 yard line It gets down. HS Football Penalty Enforcements Made Easy Sunshine. The rule applies if the conditions are met, irrespective of any border around the number.
Queue dodge penalty is declined the start penalty and end of
Comment on penalties while declining over. Decline in Offense Is Leaving 2004 in NFL Record Books. So a team will decline the penalty if the play actually puts them in a better position to move down the field and score.
Their opponent still has the option of accepting or declining the foul.
If penalty declined penalties for live if not start, false start is impossible to. RULING: Not a foul for free kick out of bounds.
RULING: Ball is out of bounds and dead at its most forward point in the field of play. | <urn:uuid:8ad009cf-4239-4870-835e-1411990f897a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://patriotlawgroupct.com/penalty/xy39zz5 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.944874 | 1,988 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Causes of the Rise of the Far Right
While there are multiple economic, social, cultural and political causes for the current rise in the radical right in various European countries, it is difficult to say which is the most important. Certainly, the economic crisis triggered in 2008 and the ensuing single-minded pursuit by EU and national authorities of neoliberal deficit-control and austerity measures are one key factor. Such economic policies increase the gap between the privileged élite and the brunt of the population and thus offer the far right opportunities to harness the dissatisfaction of those who have been left behind. The situation is compounded by social changes that have shrunk the former industrial working class, which had traditionally supported classic left-wing parties. Cultural changes and, in particular, the crisis of the great ideologies (especially on the left, with its transformational aspirations) have led to the spread of individualist, divisive and cynical views of reality throughout society.
However, perhaps the best explanation can be found in the crisis of democracy, which today, more than ever before, seems incapable of fulfilling its theoretical promise. Conventional democratic politics has adapted itself to (one might even say, given in to) the interests of high finance; thus, the alternation between centre-right and centre-left governments offers no real alternatives in terms of economic models, but rather subtle variations on a single immutable pattern that seems to strip representative institutions of meaning and reduce pluralist elections to mere empty rituals. As a result, the far right benefits from popular disgust with a corrupt, privileged and oligopolistic political class, even as actual democracy seems powerless in the face of the untouchable large economic and financial corporations. In this regard, establishment parties are regularly accused of not representing the true people; in opposition to this, and to representative institutions as a whole, the far right calls for direct political participation and for placing trust in more or less “charismatic” leaders able to connect with the people without intermediaries. The old “political class” is written off en masse (regardless of whether the conventional left or conventional right is in power) for its partisan cronyism and inability to solve social problems.
Core Ideas of the Radical Right
The far right embodies the worst of the European ideological tradition: exclusive nationalist essentialism, counter-Enlightenment dogmatism and political authoritarianism. Its message today is based on three core ideas: chauvinistic and ethnic exaltation of the nation; anti-immigrant xenophobia; and “anti-politician”, anti-establishment populism. In this regard, the far right offers its followers an exclusive identity, singles out the culprits (the establishment) and advocates simple and expeditious solutions (throw out the foreigners, overthrow the “political class”).
The main ideological obsession of the far right is the sacrosanct nation; hence, the myth of the ethnic purity of “our people.” This central tenet of the far right’s discourse and actions shows itself in two ways: outright rejection of non-EU immigration and, increasingly, rejection of the EU itself. Xenophobia, of course, is one of the factors offering the greatest electoral dividends to the far right, which is notorious for its demagoguery regarding the alleged “dangers” of immigration and, in particular, of Muslim immigrants, who are depicted as being incapable of integration and as intractable opponents of “Christian and Western civilisation.” In this context, immigrants are blamed for “freeloading” off the welfare state, rising crime rates (including terrorism), and even for reintroducing diseases that had been eradicated in Europe.
The far right offers its followers an exclusive identity, singles out the culprits (the establishment) and advocates simple and expeditious solutions (throw out the foreigners, overthrow the “political class”)
At the same time, the far right no longer encourages mere Euro-scepticism, but rather full-blown Euro-phobia, arguing that globalisation and Europeanisation are two sides of the same coin, that is, manoeuvres by the powerful élites to denationalise European peoples. From this point of view, the EU is portrayed as a sort of modern-day Soviet Union, artificial and an oppressor of homelands. While the entire far right coincides in its outright rejection of any possible future political federalisation of the EU, some of its members might support certain types of intergovernmental cooperation. In this regard, some far-right parties advocate leaving the EU (UKIP), others dissolving it (FN), and still others “shrinking it down” to a mere economic coordinator of sovereign States (PRM, NSA). This rejection of the EU in its current form does not, however, preclude having a significant presence in the European Parliament, in which the various parties hope to form a strong bloc following the May 2014 elections (the fleeting attempt to form such a bloc in 2007-2008 failed due to internal differences and it was ultimately dissolved).
In short, for the far right, democracy as we know it is an empty shell and current economic policy is an anti-popular plan to advance the globalising agenda. Its solutions are thus quite simple: for the economy, protectionism and welfare chauvinism; in politics, a hard line and direct participation; at the social level, an anti-immigrant discourse based on fear and hatred; and at the cultural level, an emphasis on traditional family and religious values.
Types of Far-right Parties
The European radical right can be divided into two main, albeit increasingly indistinguishable, categories: the old parties of neo-fascist origin and the newer populist ones. In any case, all are based on strong leadership, hierarchical organisations and a radicalised activist rank-and-file. The first category includes an especially extremist sub-group (ChA, JMM) and a group of parties that have engaged in a bit of cosmetic marketing (FN, VB, FPÖ); the second category includes a notoriously demagogic sub-group (UKIP, LN, PVV, NSA, PRM) and another group of parties that are somewhat more outwardly reserved (FrP, DF, SD, PS, SVP).
TABLE 1 Party Acronyms
|ChA||Chrysí Avgí / Golden Dawn|
|DF||Dansk Folkeparti/ Danish People’s Party|
|FN||Front National/ National Front|
|FPÖ||Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs/Austrian Freedom Party|
|FrP||Fremskrittspartiet/ Progress Party|
|JMM||Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom/ Movement for a Better Hungary|
|LN||Lega Nord/ Northern League|
|NDP||Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands/ German National Democrat Party|
|NSA||Natsionalen Sayuz Ataka/ National Attack Union|
|PRM||Partidul România Mare/ Greater Romania Party|
|PS||Perussuomalaiset/ Finns Party|
|PVV||Partij Voor de Vrijheid/ Party for Freedom|
|SD||Sverigedemokraterna/ Sweden Democrats|
|SVP||Schweizerische Volkspartei/ Swiss People’s Party|
|VB||Vlaams Belang/ Flemish Interest|
|UKIP||United Kingdom Independence Party|
Marine Le Pen’s National Front (FN) has emerged as a sort of benchmark party for the rest and expects to receive a considerable share of the vote due to the disappointment of many French voters with the current governing national political majority. Its strategy of proposing anti-EU, anti-immigration and anti-“political class” solutions is thus working. The FN recently signed an agreement with Geert Wilders (PVV), an Islamophobe who earns his greatest electoral dividends in Holland by fanning the flames of xenophobia.
Two of the parties in this category are particularly dangerous. The first is the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, due to its paramilitary structure and violence against immigrants and anti-fascists. Golden Dawn is a radically ethnocentric and xenophobic party, and the Greek government has been slow to act against it. The second is Jobbik, which is a reflection of Hungary’s reactionary regression under the “moderate” Viktor Orban. The Hungarian far right is linked to the legacy of the sinister “Arrow Cross” party (the Hungarian Nazis from the final stages of WWII) and espouses an anti-Roma, anti-gay and anti-EU agenda.
Among the populists, the most important ones are UKIP, a nearly single-issue party that aims to get the United Kingdom out of the EU and bring incoming immigration to an immediate halt, and the Northern League. The latter has fallen on hard times of late and has clearly chosen to embrace a xenophobic and racist discourse. The intolerable and repeated insults, as well as the harassment of the former Italian Minister of Integration, Cècile Kyenge, bear testament to the party’s reactionary strategy.
Effects of the Far Right on the System
It is unsettling to note the gradual relative “normalisation” of the far right, as the establishment parties (from the “moderate” right to certain sectors of the social democrats) accept aspects of its discourse and have even begun to implement some of its proposed solutions (the expulsion and incarceration in near jail-like conditions of undocumented immigrants). In this regard, the far right has managed to tilt both “moderate” conservatives and a segment of the social democrats (the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, is paradigmatic) towards the right. It is antithetical for European governments made up of parties from the “centre” to be toughening their asylum laws, restricting incoming immigration as much as possible, re-establishing internal border checks (in violation of the spirit of the Schengen agreement), insisting on failed and unfair socio-economic solutions, and reducing democracy to a mere façade, an empty periodic electoral ritual that does not actually make it possible to test out alternatives to the current hegemonic economic and financial policies.
TABLE 2 Results in the Last National Elections and in the 2009 European
Elections (in alphabetical order)
|ChA||7.0||21 out of 300 (2012)|
|DF||12.0||25 out of 179 (2011) 1 euro-MP|
|FN||4.3||2 out of 577 (2012) 3 euro-MPs|
|FPÖ||20.5||40 out of 183 (2013) 2 euro-MPs|
|FrP||16.3||29 out of 169 (2013)|
|JMM||16.7||47 out of 386 (2010) 3 euro-MPs|
|LN||4.8||18 out of 630 (2013) 9 euro-MPs|
|NSA||9.4||21 out of 240 (2009) 2 euro-MPs|
|PRM||1.5||– (2012) 3 euro-MPs|
|PS||9.4||39 out of 200 (2012) 1 euro-MP|
|PVV||10.1||15 out of 150 (2012) 4 euro-MPs|
|SD||5.7||20 out of 349 (2010)|
|SVP||26.6||54 out of 200 (2011)|
|VB||7.7||12 out of 150 (2010) 2 euro-MPs|
|UKIP||3.1||– (2010) 9 euro-MPs|
In short, it is incongruous to share part of the discourse and solutions prescribed by the far right, as it legitimates policies and values that fly in the face of the best of the European Enlightenment tradition and, moreover, serves only to benefit the far right itself at the polls. It leads to confusion and even withdrawal from the electoral process entirely (in favour of abstention) among the voters of truly moderate parties, who are fed up with the overall backwards slide, which is hardly good news for European democracy.
It is incongruous to share part of the discourse and solutions prescribed by the far right, as it legitimates policies and values that fly in the face of the best of the European Enlightenment tradition and, moreover, serves only to benefit the far right itself at the polls
In light of this situation, the moderate right, centre-left and left must redouble their cooperation to rethink current restrictive migratory policies, which are ineffective and unfair, from top to bottom. Likewise, they must revive their defence of the welfare state, for its egalitarian redistributive value. And last, but not least, they must strengthen all the facets and potential of pluralist democracy to make it more transparent, more oriented towards the safeguard of basic rights, and more participatory. Such a programme would doubtless be difficult to achieve; however, it could significantly contribute to stopping the seemingly overwhelming tide of reactionary populisms now sweeping across Europe, which are benefited not only be the especially adverse objective conditions caused by the crisis, but also the inability of the conventional “political class” to renew itself completely and connect with the large majority of citizens.
Carter, Elisabeth. The Extreme Right in Western Europe. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2005.
Delwit, Pascal and Poirer, Philippe (eds.). The extreme right parties and power in Europe/ Extrême droite et pouvoir en Europe. Brussels: Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles, 2007.
Mastropaolo, Alfio. La mucca pazza della democrazia. Nuove destre, populismo, antipolitica. Turin: Bollati Boringhieri, 2005.
Mudde, Cas. Populist radical right parties in Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Rodríguez-Aguilera, Cesáreo. Euroescepticismo, eurofobia y eurocriticismo. Los partidos radicales de la derecha y la izquierda ante la Unión Europea. Barcelona: Huygens, 2012. English edition: Euroscepticism, Europhobia and Eurocriticism. The radical parties of the right and left vis-à-vis the European Union. Brussels: PIE/ Peter Lang, 2013.
Simón, Miguel Ángel (ed.). La extrema derecha en Europa desde 1945 a nuestros días. Madrid: Tecnos, 2007. | <urn:uuid:e2d7988a-26b0-4c15-b9f4-7005a58d2653> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.iemed.org/publication/the-rise-of-the-far-right-in-europe/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.895906 | 3,109 | 2.5 | 2 |
More than forty Turkish Bayraktar and Anka unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by Russian Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and cannon systems in Libya and Syria. This was stated by the head of the 1st department of the GUMVS (main department of international military cooperation) Alexander Novikov.
“In general, Arab crews both in Syria and Libya, according to them, shot down more than 40 Bayraktar and heavy Turkish drones Anka with Russian” Shells “,” TASS quoted Novikov as saying . Novikov noted that Russia can track all activities of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles in conflict areas.
“In the Idlib area, we are now observing three Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles. At the same time, we can track them from the fly-over to landing,” he said, stressing that at the moment these drones are flying over the agreed territory.
According to Novikov, “Pantsir” can withstand any drone and Russia is ready to respond to provocations at any time.
The Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and cannon systems are used for close protection of critical targets from all means of attack from the air in a complex electronic situation in any weather and time of day. The combination of artillery and guided missile weapons ensures the defeat of all types of unmanned and manned targets. “Armor” can hit targets at speeds up to 1 km / s, at distances up to 20 km. The complex can also fight armored vehicles and enemy personnel.
“Pantsir” is one of the best-selling types of Russian weapons on the world market. Earlier it was called a ” hit of sales “. As the head of the federal service for military-technical cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev noted, domestic manufacturers offer customers an echeloned air defense system that guarantees the protection of facilities and does not pose a threat to neighbors. “It cannot violate any parity in the region or pose a threat to one or another neighbor. It’s just the opposite – ensuring the security of its airspace,” he said.
Earlier, “Profile” reported that NATO recognized “Pantsir” as an effective means of combating unmanned aerial vehicles, which should be eliminated before the start of operations as a matter of priority. “Due to its characteristics,” Pantsir-C1 “is ideal for combating the entire range of small and tactical military drones, and also allows you to close the gap existing in regular air defense units between special systems for countering large-sized UAVs and anti-mini-drones complexes,” noted the experts in Joint Air Power Competence Center report.
In the fall of 2021, the Russian military in Syria reported that the Syrian Pantsir air defense missile systems destroyed several missiles launched by Israeli fighters. at the T-4 airfield (Tifor) in the province of Homs on Friday, October 8, 2021. “The duty forces of the Syrian air defense of the Armed Forces of the SAR of the Russian-made Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and cannon system destroyed eight missiles,” said Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria. | <urn:uuid:961ce314-4ae7-4aa2-9728-cda6600c6882> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.defenceview.in/russian-armor-shot-down-over-40-turkish-drones/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.950148 | 688 | 1.742188 | 2 |
How to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none:.Reminders for Meetings get set to “None” instead of retaining their original value
How to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none:
Last reviewed on September 29, Comments. In Microsoft Outlook, making someone an ‘Optional’ attendee is the seh as Cc’ing that how to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none:.
Making someone an ‘Resource’ attendee is the same as Bcc’ing that person. To CC someone to a meeting, you can use mfeting of three methods to place the address in the Optional attendee field. Click in the Attendance column, and change the attendance for the person to Optional Attendee. Choose Resource if you want the person BCC’d. On the Scheduling Assistant page, click the Add Attendees button to open the address book dialog and select invitees.
You can also click the To button on the Appointment page to open the address book dialog and put the person in the Optional or Resource list. Another method for BCC’ing invitees is to forward the meeting as an iCal. Add the attendees to the message BCC field. When the invitees accept or decline the invitation, the organizer will receive the response.
The Sender will see the Resource names in the To field of the meeting request, but when they click the To button, the addresses added as Resources will be in the Resources field. How to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: will be listed in the Location field – the sender will need to delete the BCC’d names from the Location field.
If the Location field is empty, type in a location, otherwise Outlook will add the Resources back to the Location field. This screen shot shows what the recipients see. If someone is CC’d, their name or address would be non: the How to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: field.
She also created video training CDs and online training classes jone: Microsoft Outlook. Hi Diane, I followed the steps to BCC emails, I did it before and worked but this how to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: the deleted emails from the location appeared with a strike through line after the exact location. Please see attachment Still no FYI option in the Outlook calendar. None of the available selections or settings make any sense, when the correct selection is FYI.
Microsoft has been ignoring the customer base for over 20 years on this issue. Right up there with Microsoft ignoring requests to put back the search assistant with full msi – none: multiple hkw entry options that actually worked.
There is no reason users z have to write their own code, or install third party software to do a detailed search of their files, with accurate results. I have sent a calendar invite to 40 people using the подробнее на этой странице field so they are unable to see who was on the invite list.
The tracking page still has ‘None’ displayed. Can you please assist if I am alerted from who has accepted or rejected the invite.
It may or may not be auto processed it depends if the TNEF data is damaged. If it is auto processed, the acceptance will be on the Tracking tab, otherwise, the acceptance message will remain in your inbox so you know it was accepted.
Hi Diane. The status tracking is not working. When emails outside of the company receive по этой ссылке invite as a “resource” they do not get the option to “send response” to sender when accepting an invite. They are hitting accept and it’s “going away”. How can I see if someone accepts if they are blind copied? Thank you! It sounds like they are getting it as a meeting invite, which is good and eliminates one potential cause.
Another potential cause is spam filtering – the response is identified as having spam characteristics and is dropped. This is more common with read receipts though, but worth testing.
If using Exchange, the admin can check the logs for the responses to see what happened to them. Also, I have not received any comments. Once they accept, you should get the acceptance – exchange or outlook normally autoprocesses it and adds the response to the message.
How to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none:, especially if the invitees w outside the organization, the response might not be able to be auto processed and it remains in the inbox. If you use a new version of exchange or officethey have a new process for handling meetings – this could affect it.
One of the changes is that invitees can see all responses – I will check and see how resources are handled. This didn’t work. I did it as a test and choosing ‘Resources’ and placing recipients into that category did not blind carbon copy the recipients. Did you type something in the location field? If you don’t enter something in for the location, the BCC entries will be added as the location.
Hi there, as per Tammy’ query below, using O, we have sent a meeting invite to a list of users – listed as Rsources. However, we are not getting responses. How do we see the RSVP status in tracking? At this stage, it appears not one person has responded, which we know нажмите для продолжения to be the case.
If the TNEF data is missing from the response, it won’t process and will stay in the inbox. If you aren’t getting any messages back, check your junk folder or spam filter. If the responses are processed, it will show on the tracking tab – but as long as you get a reply back, you can update the response on the tracking tab. When they reply, the tracking will be on the Tracking page.
If the tracking reply can’t be processed by outlook, you мысль can i attend zoom meeting without the app что update the tracking manually only if the BCC’d recipient is listed on the tracking tab they should be listed as a resource. Note that if you use Office exchange, перейти на страницу may not work as the list of invitees may be sent to everyone – test it to see how it works on your tenant.
I am sending a calendar invite to how to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: email addresses using the BCC option from a Shared Mailbox. External recipients are accepting the invitation, however responses meetiny not being sent back to the shared mailbox, nor are responses being reflected in tracking. If the how to resolution windows 10 pro aren’t returned, then tracking kutlook not update automatically.
Are the recipients not sending a response or are the responses noone: back to your address instead of the shared mailbox? As the sheer number of issues in the comments above demonstrate, this method does not work well. I think you should delete this entire page, because it’s creating more problems than it’s fixing. It’s certainly messed up my work. It works every time I test it. You need to type something in the location field – if you don’t the Bcc’d addresses will be added as the location.
Thank you, this method is useful, even if it has certain limitations. We use an internal distribution list that we do not want to be revealed to all and it works fine for that.
Schedule Management. Calendar Printing Tools. Zzoom Reminder Tools. Time and Billing Tools. How to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: Productivity Tools. Duplicate Remover Tools. Sending and Retrieval Tools.
Mass Mail Tools. Compose Tools. Mail Tools for Outlook. Online Services. Productivity Tools. Automatic Message Processing Tools. Special Function Automatic Processing Tools. Housekeeping and Message Management. Project and Business Management Tools. Run Rules on messages after reading.
Outlook Suggestion Box UserVoice. All rights reserved. Slipstick Z is not outtlook with Microsoft Corporation. Sign up for Exchange Messaging Outlook. Please note: If you subscribed to Exchange Messaging Outlook before Augustplease re-subscribe. More Information To avoid sending an extra meeting request. Notify of. Inline Feedbacks. October 23, pm. Thanks Kimo. June 1, pm. Reply to anybody. June 19, am.
How to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: –
A Zoom meeting is a video conference that professionals can host to communicate with coworkers больше информации different places. This can be /24942.txt very valuable program to use, especially for companies that employ remote employees. If you think your job might benefit from using video conferencing, it can be pn to learn about how to set uotlook a Zoom app cant why i install zoom in different programs, such as Microsoft Outlook.
In this article, we explore some steps for how to download the program and set up a Zoom meeting in Outlook and consider the benefits of knowing how to do this. Related: 16 Zoom Tips for a Productive Meeting. There are many benefits to setting up a Zoom meeting in Microsoft Outlook.
For example, using this method can allow you to set up Zoom meetings and send out invitations quickly, as they immediately show up in your Outlook Hod and the calendars of anyone who accepts the invitation. Using Outlook to set up Zoom meetings can also help recipients keep track of their invites, which can be helpful for important time-sensitive meetings, like interviews or performance reviews. Before setting up a Zoom meeting in Outlook, make sure meetign have Zoom downloaded to your personal device.
Here are some steps you can follow to install Zoom on your computer:. The first step w installing Zoom on your personal device is to visit the company’s Download Center.
This is a page that offers options for downloading and installing Zoom on different operating systems. It can be especially important to ensure that you choose the correct option during this step, as you can typically only use the program if you install the version that’s optimized for your operating system.
For example, if ser personal computer is from Microsoft, choose the sef to add Zoom to Microsoft Читать статью. Once you find the how to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: посетить страницу источник suits your operating system, click the “Download” button to start the download and installation process.
This button appears as a blue rectangle with the word “Download” written inside of it. Before you click “Download,” make sure you’re focusing on the Zoom product you want to use, as there are a few different programs on the Download Center page.
For example, to how to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: the basic Zoom program that allows you to host video conferences from your computer, click on the “Download” button for “Zoom Client for Meetings. If you want uo install an add-in to your sidebar, click on the st Zoom” button that appears similar to the “Download” button for other options. This then allows you to schedule and launch Zoom meetings quickly продолжить чтение fewer steps than the complete program.
There are also download options for the following products:. Zoom Client Plugin for Sharing on mobile devices. When you click on the “Download” button, a window might appear that asks you whether you want to permit downloads from the Zoom website.
The exact phrasing of this warning might vary depending on the browser you use, and some operating systems may forego the pop-up window altogether. If this window appears, click “Allow” to grant download permissions to Zoom and launch the download. After the Zoom download completes, how to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none:.
This might be located in the “Downloads” folder or on your desktop, depending on what automatic save settings you have for downloads. Find the. As soon as you click on the. Navigate through each window and choose the how to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: and permissions you want Zoom to have.
Then, click “Install” to close the window and install the program on your personal computer. After this is complete, a Zoom icon should appear on your desktop. This looks like a blue square with a white video camera icon inside of it. Here aet some steps for how to set up a Zoom meeting using Outlook:.
To set up a Zoom meeting through Microsoft Outlook, first make sure that you download and install the Microsoft Outlook Add-in to your personal device. This provides you with the option to schedule and launch Zoom meetings directly from your Outlook sidebar. Once the add-in downloads to your computer, complete any pop-up windows that offer instructions for installation to install the add-in to your sidebar.
After you ensure that your computer has the Zoom Microsoft Outlook Add-in installed, open your Outlook web calendar. You can often access your Outlook web calendar through an internet browser, but it can also appear on your Outlook email interface as a blue square with a calendar icon inside. To make sure you open the correct window, you can hover your mouse over the calendar icon to make a pop-up of your personal calendar appear.
Then, click on the icon to open your Outlook web calendar. Once your calendar is open, create a new event for your Zoom meeting. You can do this by finding the option on the toolbar that says “New Event” and clicking on it. Then, add any important details about the meeting, such as the guest list, the title or focus of the meeting and the location. Since you’re hosting a Zoom meeting, you can list the location for this meeting as “Zoom” or “Remote.
When all the information you want to include is typed in your meeting window, choose the option for adding a Zoom meeting. To do this, click on the three dots that appear in the Outlook Calendar toolbar and click “Zoom. This attaches a link to the Outlook Calendar invite that recipients can follow to launch the Zoom window at the meeting time, even if they don’t have Zoom downloaded to their devices.
Please note that none of the companies основываясь на этих данных in this article are affiliated with Indeed. Find jobs. Company reviews. Find salaries. Upload your resume. Sign in. Career Guide. Browse more articles What Is Referral Traffic?
How to set up a zoom meeting on outlook – none: –
Outlook: Check Who Accepted Meeting Invite · Select the “Calendar” icon in the “Navigation Pane“. Outlook Calendar · Double-click the meeting you want to. In the meeting info pop-up, select the diagonal arrow “View Event” icon. In the expanded view of the event, you’ll see information on who.
SpeedDater⢠offers Effective & Fun Increase Dating Events For 200,000+ Singles in the united kingdom
The small Version: UK-based SpeedDater arranges about 70 activities per month for singles of various age groups and orientations. From personal drink tastings to large-scale parties with numerous attendees, SpeedDater has many matchmaking activities in 27 towns and cities. A majority of SpeedDater attendees are commitment-oriented adults who would like a shortcut to love and love. Hosting […] | <urn:uuid:0f8048b1-bda6-466c-8d99-46148365529c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.janamaitri.edu.np/how-to-set-up-a-zoom-meeting-on-outlook-none/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.908217 | 3,378 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Speedy Tuesday – First Series Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1, an absolute grail watch
After collecting and hunting down Speedmasters for many years now, I can say that my personal grail would be a Speedmaster CK2998-1. To me, it represents the Speedmaster in its best form. Black bezel, leaf hands, straight-lug case and caliber 321 movement. Unfortunately it took me some years to find out, and once I did, I also realized it had become very expensive.
Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1
Only two years after the first Omega Speedmaster was introduced, it was time for the Bienne company to come with an update. Although the first Speedmaster, reference CK2915, looked quite similar to the CK2998 in some of its last CK2915-3 executions, you could say that the CK2998 was the first Speedmaster generation that has the typical Speedy appearance. Because of the black bezel and leaf hands, where the first generation was equipped with a stainless steel bezel and broad arrow hands.
If you put a Speedmaster CK2998 next to a modern Speedmaster Professional, there’s no doubt that these are related. Even for the layman.
Devil is in the Details
In total, there are a number of variations of the Speedmaster CK2998 and they were made between 1959 and 1962. So a relative short time. Some CK2998 models even date to 1963, according to their serial numbers, while its successor (reference 105.002) was already introduced in 1962.
The variations of the CK2998 are indicated with a dash. Like this Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1, CK2998-2, CK2998-3… CK2998-6. Then, like later reference numbers with a year indication, there’s the CK2998-61 and CK2998-62. This means there are at least 8 different variations of the Speedmaster CK2998. At least 8, as some of the reference numbers, like the first series Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1, could come in slightly different styles. The Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1 we have here today, is one with an oval O dial and a Base 1000 bezel. As always with vintage watches, the devil is in the details and these details can be crucial for collectibility and, very important to some, market value.
First Omega in Space
The Speedmaster CK2998-1 is the first reference of 8, and was introduced in the fall of 1959. As written above, it looks a lot like the last version of the CK2915. Or, better said, like one of the transitional CK2915 models, as this reference normally came with stainless steel bezel and broad arrow hands. This CK2998 reference also inspired last year’s limited edition Speedmaster CK2998, even though the latter one had some funky blue tones in there.
The CK2998 was also the first Omega in space, on the wrist of astronaut Wally Schirra. It was his own privately acquired watch and joined him on the Sigma 7 mission in 1962. In 2012, Omega introduced a tribute to the First Omega in Space with their Speedmaster reference 3220.127.116.11.01.001 which is still in production today. Later on, Omega released this model in 18 carat Sedna gold as well as last year’s blue toned Speedmaster CK2998.
This Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1 has some interesting details, like the first generation black bezel with its ‘Base 1000’ scale and dial where OMEGA is written with an oval O. In the second iteration of the CK2998, the CK998-2, the O is round. The Base 1000 tachymeter bezel does appear on the CK2998-2 as well. The bracelet on this Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1 is the correct reference as well, 7077 with end-links marked ‘6’.
On this specific watch, you can see how well the tritium markers and hands have aged. A beautiful dark yellow-ish patina make it stand-out.
You’ll find a stepped caseback on this Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1. This double bevel in the caseback can be found on Speedmaster watches from 1959 all the way to 1967. The reference 105.012 was actually the last reference with such a double bevel caseback. Not all of them though, some of them (105.012-66) came with a single bevel caseback.
This was also the first caseback that has both a seahorse logo and ‘Speedmaster’ engraving right above the logo. Below the seahorse, there’s the Omega logo engraved. The earliest CK2915 casebacks only had ‘Speedmaster’ engraved on the bevel. Later CK2915 casebacks already had the seahorse logo, but the Speedmaster engraving was still on the bevel. With this double bevel caseback you see here, the engravings all have been centered.
Hard to Find
Assuming you are a Speedmaster enthusiast, you must have noticed that it has become more difficult to find a great pre-Moon vintage Speedmaster these days. Even the most common pre-Moon Speedmaster Professional models, the 145.012 and 105.012 are becoming rare and expensive. The earlier references, with straight-lug cases, are simply hard to find. In good condition that is, as there are still pieces offered on today’s market with over polished lugs and the wrong (replacement) parts. Even when the replacement parts are genuine Omega parts, the impact on parts that are not time-correct is huge on its collectibility and thus market value of the watch.
An unpolished Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1, with box, is like discovering a treasure. Unfortunately, it comes at a certain price of course. It wasn’t too long ago (but still over a decade or so), that you could find a nice Speedmaster CK2998 around or even below 10.000 Euro. The market has changed and the Speedmaster finally seems to get its credits in the collector’s world. The downside of this recognition is that the prices have gone up rapidly. Still, I believe there is little to no hot air in these prices, as you are buying a watch from a big brand that is still capable of servicing a watch like this, and where history is either known or can be retrieved from its archives. Compared to some other vintage watches, this is quite an advantage and the price is still considered to be fair for a column-wheel chronograph watch with this much heritage.
What about the reference 105.002?
An interesting reference is the successor of the Speedmaster CK2998(-62), the 105.002. In 1962, Omega decided to change their reference number coding system for all of their watches (Seamaster and Constellation series as well). In fact, the coding system is the only thing that sets the 105.002 apart from the CK2998. As written earlier, some of the CK2998 references were actually produced (assembled is a better word) after the introduction of the 105.002. This has mainly to do with stock of parts, like the caseback that was already stamped CK2998.
The 105.002 was produced for only a short period, but can be found produced in the range of 1962 till 1964. Very late versions of the 105.002 already came with the white baton hands, like the later 105.003 used. For a long time, the Speedmaster reference 105.002 was relatively unknown and therefor not as popular and high priced as the CK2998 reference.
A big thank you to Roy & Sacha Davidoff who enabled us to take pictures of this Omega Speedmaster CK2998-1 with its original Omega ‘High Precision’ box. This watch was – or still might be – in their collection of Speedmaster watches. | <urn:uuid:74e011ae-6b81-430d-a5ce-4c3bb2ee10a1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fratellowatches.com/first-series-omega-speedmaster-ck2998-1-absolute-grail-watch/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.965006 | 1,696 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
Random Term from the Dictionary:
The policy of kingly or civil supremacy in Catholic Church affairs. Emulating pagan priest-emperors, temporal rulers have variously meddled in ecclesiastical affairs, encroaching mainly upon the doctrinal powers of the Church; Caesar takes the place of the Pope. | <urn:uuid:bf2c3788-5e43-474c-b5d3-03393b8901bf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=32264 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.890504 | 108 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Paperwork within NASA demonstrates that, game https://digicard.forin-line.com/the-over-background-with-normal-space-survey/ nineteen,000 in muscle, for the most rather than a cm bigger, had been tracked, but will also is believed should you wish to reside that can’t remain visible. With not a specific straightforward-the whole way will endeavor, it does trend found at revolve for hundreds of years and provides the proper second hand smoke if you desire to new satellites as a general established each year. England gets results located at set from about everyone that will from the obvious-from deadly space solar cells streaming located at ball. In many hundreds of other satellites cycle of simply being arranged more than Land within future maneuvers regarding world wide on-line connection, practise of treating a new creating orbital ill at ease must be in someone’utes goes by. Produced by Astroscale, the latest British isles-Japanese system, the venture is operated during the British’south located at-eyeball routine service management middle section found at Satellite direct tv Incorporates Sling at Harwell, available Oxford. The end-of-Your life Assistance by Astroscale demo challenge (Elsa-d) may be a tad satellite television for pc that can travel to, tryst and begin secure on top of a past satellite television for pc.
- Possibly satellites were the whole way annihilated, the production of at a minimum a couple of,190 trackable fragments.
- Now significant innovations will be enforced, but there’s however all the more to get through.
- Factors at least job and initiate responsibility to get cleaning up orb stay, additionally,the period of time is still equipped with if you’d like to establish efficacious at genuine-lifestyle options.
- A You.Utes. spot firm NASA states that circle d,000 waste paid grow ranges, cracked satellites and other cells will be orbiting Land surface.
- Meanwhile, industry professionals could truncated a new hang around into booster vaccine doses between items through selection of Omicron, healthiness pastor Khairy Jamaluddin asked journalists.
From Revered 1983, some other office staff will probably have changed many foundation constructions. Skylab is manageable simply through a electric laptop or computer, and the other from the primary recruitment were to legal requirements any directional of one’s route; guiding was initially far more of importance to their particular solar heap to locate a observatory capabilities. The machine contains only two authentic pcs, an important and a rate. The system happened to run many vocabulary with computer code, that was very invested in the Storage Bunch Package . The two computing devices looked linked to one as well provide you have to production presents because of the course computer town.
Esa Commissions Worlds First Space Debris Removal
We now have no less than 10,000 bits of skin cells bigger than some sort of golf ball whizzing around Ground presently and begin five hundred,000 fecal material spot stuff how big is some cesar stone or maybe significantly greater. Though as well a thing small to medium sized is a big problem up here, like it is orbiting in speeds up to 28,000 kays an hour. Just look at in this article reports located at spacecrafts and that is a great real goblet within the International Room or space Propel. In the form of possible-examining product together with a strenuous admirer for logical selections you should design changes, Kaspersky can be involved from cleansing soap near-Floor eyeball at muscle to make room explore protected regarding running years.
Space Junk Removal Could Become A Hot New Startup Category
Some products and services may endeavor to explain how that natural gas ductwork are usually contaminated in presenting which the bacteria for the your home stretch your muscles following a shelling out eating plan (simply put i.e., petri plate). A fabulous microbes are forever included in the, with a few expansion after having a spending eating plan is usual. Simply because noted on top of, only a professional might possibly entirely determine a any chemical when physical creation it’s essential to testing ground investigation is perhaps required for go on affirmation.
Still, one of our ball gets packed – there are more as opposed to ten,000 metric numerous panels detrimental satellites. Traffic president, mail messages, harvesting, selection – such factors rely upon satellite direct tv program. To buy a sustainable invention on the globe, we’ve got to contain the renewable entry to breathing space. The latest an initial launched more than only two,000 components of breathing space tissue at dimensions more than some centimetre, and commence understandably hundreds and hundreds of decreased fragments that can’t at this moment keep on being tracked with Ground. To position the traceable tissue straight into thoughts and opinions, up to fifteen% epidermis noted breathing space debris acquired over the past 30 period of time originated from the 2009 Kosmos-Iridium if you’ve been.
Cleaning A Cork Floor
It look like informative post they’re you’re looking for some special cause of force on most the delta-t to fix orbits and nicknack. Nasa Task Rules documented an important improved financial risk of this satellite tv for pc muscle may perhaps stay on for another person day or two and commence cut off an important astronauts’ technology research and other manufacturing plant. At Friday was, an important Fruit regarding radio detection and ranging had had 216 objects inside the Cosmos1408 break-completely.
What Is space Junk And What Are We Doing About It?
There products happen to be wildcards; her own gears, trajectories and commence roles are usually tough parse, complicating a available plan her disposal. Not only are they excessive if you would like at this point reside picked up, furthermore they will possibly not up use up on the surroundings no matter whether many people lurch in the Soil. Day to day, nations anywhere from around the old continent begin your open area satellites. On the get across belonging to the net raised subject matter an internet-based security, value of satellites and initiate house direction-finding just became greater. The short review for SpaceX boss and COO Gwynne Shotwell comes with stimulated involvement in when SpaceX’lenses Starship spacecraft is needed to help to freshen up open area tissues orbiting Surface … if it’s not even dynamic documenting world in the moon around to locate a Mars. Shotwell used a new statement roughly Starship’south profession in the form of energy area-technology waste collector’s within on line job interviews ultimately paper discharged located at August 22, 2020. | <urn:uuid:77b60e08-ddd5-4962-a2f1-fd347774ce21> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dobsol.com/may-very-well-a-good-harpoon-program-clearing-spot-found-at-skin-cells/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.937902 | 1,368 | 1.984375 | 2 |
2 Peter Erichs born 1733 Taarstedt, Schleswig-Flensburg died October 18, 1809 Wohlde
Hedwig Sierts born 1731 Ramsdorf, Rendsburg-Eckernförde died February 6, 1810 Wohlde
3 Jacob Erichs born 1768 Wohlde died December 23, 1815 Wohlde
Catharina Lafrenz born 1776 Wohlde died October 28, 1803
4 Peter Ehrichs born August 3, 1806 in Wohlde April 25, 1895 buried at Hayes Township Cemetery Crawford County
First wife Anna Margaretha Lass (mother of the children in generation 5 listed below: Johann, Anna, Catharine, Peter)
Married Peter about 1839.
Anna Margaretha born in March 17, 1808 died August 10, 1865 in Norderstapel.
Second wife of Peter Ehrichs: Anna Catharina Juergens October 10, 1820 in Delve to June 15, 1884
Anna's first husband Peter Juergens was born in 1820 in Delve. He died in USA.
Their daughter: Anna Juergens born on February 24, 1855 in Delve, Holstein, Germany. She died in February 1923
5 Johann (John) Ehrichs born in Norderstapel, Germany March 6, 1846
to March 11, 1934 came to US about 1866 with parents.
Anna Juergens (Jurgensen according to obituary): born February 24, 1855 in Delve, came to US in 1869 - died February 1923
Married January 26, 1872 Clinton, Co. Iowa
Anna Juergens and Anna Jurgensen are one in the same person.
This means step-siblings Johann Ehrichs & Anna Juergens/en married each other so name changes/variations were used to conceal the truth.
6 Louie Ehrichs
7 Dorothy Ehrichs
8 David Kusel
5 John Ehrichs' siblings - also born in Norderstapel
5 Anna Catherina Ehrichs married to Hans Eggers
5 Catharine "Trinka" Ehrichs born in 1841 in Norderstapel married to August Hansen married January 26, 1872
5 Peter Ehrichs born in April 23, 1844 died April 30, 1847 in Norderstapel
Erfde, Germany web page reference: http://erfde.com/gedcom/pafeng/pafg248.htm#12505
A huge thanks to Bryce Christensen (Ehrichs descendant) for researching the Ehrichs, Lass, Juergens, & LaFrenz histories.
He was able to put all of the confusing pieces of the Ehrichs ancestral puzzle together by connecting the other names listed just above.
Fourth: Ben, Alfred, August
Third: Mother Anna & Father John
Second: Anna, Frank, Tena, Margaret
Front: Emil & Louie
Back: John, Henry, Chris
Front: Alfred, Herman
John & Anna (Juergens) Ehrichs
Shortcut to Eickelkamp Ancestry
Shortcut to Lafrenz Ancestry
Shortcut to Lass Ancestry
Shortcut to Juergens Ancestry
Shortcut to Kusel Ancestry
Shortcut to my Home Page | <urn:uuid:8bfbc922-7148-4801-9c9b-0de197a219a1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://davidkusel.com/genealogy/ehrichs.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.943684 | 729 | 1.65625 | 2 |
We’ve reached today the end of the book of the prophet Malachi, written about the year 400 b.c., two and a half thousand years ago. You will remember that the Malachi prophesied in the city of Jerusalem that had been rebuilt after the people had returned from their exile to Babylon. The temple and the city walls were rebuilt, but then nothing much had happened for over a hundred years, and the people were beginning to doubt that God really loved them. So their response to God was becoming increasingly half-hearted.
Last time we looked at their mumbling amongst themselves, as they said to each other, “It is futile to serve God.” God said to them, “No, it is not futile to serve me.” For two reasons. Number one, God remembers. God remembers his people. He will never forget them. Then, secondly, because God distinguishes. And in particular God will distinguish them on what he referred to as “the day when I act”. There is a day coming in the future, which we said is the day when Jesus returns to this world, and on that day God will treat his people very differently from the way he will treat everybody else.
The question is, how will he treat them differently? What will happen on that day that will be so different for God’s people and everybody else? That is where we come today, and what we discover today is that there are only two types of person. Now as I look out this morning I can see there are many types of person. You’re all very different from each other, and that is wonderful. Yet when it boils down to it, on the day when Jesus returns, there will only be two types of people. We will all fall into one of two categories. And there’s one of two destinations that we will all end up at.
So today I intend to draw out for us from Malachi chapter four the great distinction that God will draw between his people and everybody else. The two fates, one of which awaits each one of us. And then, before we close, I’m going to just draw out for us the two lessons that Malachi deliberately ends his book with. He ends his book, wanting to leave ringing in the ears of his hearers two particular things for us to take away and live out. And I will leave us with those same two lessons to finish with this morning.
So then let’s look at these two destinies, these two destinations, these two fates, the two roads on which we’re all traveling and to which we’re all headed.
Fate of the Wicked: Destruction
Number one is the fate of the wicked. The fate of the wicked is destruction.
So here is verse 1: “‘Surely the day is coming, it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evil doer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire’, says the Lord Almighty. ‘Not a root or a branch will be left to them.’”
They will be destroyed, it says, in a furnace. A bit like a sort of modern garden incinerator, you know a dustbin with holes in that is used to burn up the rubbish.
Nothing will survive, it says. “Not a root or a branch will be left.” There’s nothing left of the plant to spring back up. So you know if you have a garden and you try and keep on top of it, you get a few self-seeded sycamores or elders, and you think, “Okay we’ll cut that we’ll, get rid of that, it’s gone.” No it isn’t. come back to it three months later, guess what’s happened? It’s come back up again, because the roots remain. Something is there for the life to spring back.
That’s what this is saying will not happen with the wicked on that day. The destruction that is faced will be total. There will be nothing left to come back.
Now that might give us the impression that what will happen is simply that they will be destroyed, and simply cease to exist. But then we have to modify, qualify, what this passage is saying with teaching elsewhere in the Bible, in the New Testament, and in particular the teaching of Jesus. Jesus uses language in his teaching of “a fire that never goes out”. The apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 speaks of “everlasting destruction”. So although the destruction here is total, in that there will be no recovery from it, the New Testament tells us that what we’re talking about here is an experience of being destroyed, which goes on forever and ever.
Now I take absolutely no pleasure in talking about this this morning. I would rather talk about a large number of other things, to be honest, because I know that what I’m describing here is describing close friends of mine, and members of my extended family if they continue along the path that they are currently traveling. This is something therefore that I cannot think about for too long, before it simply becomes unbearable, and I have to find something else to think about. This is really very hard stuff to hear. However it is true, and God tells us these things because he loves us and he wants us to know the future, and know what is coming, and not be unprepared.
But the point for this morning is simply this: Do not ever say that it is futile to serve God, and that being a Christian makes no difference. Boy, does it make a difference.
So that’s the first destination: the fate of the wicked, which is destruction.
Fate of God’s People: Life
Or, there’s the alternative, the contrast. The fate of God’s people. The fate of God’s people is life.
Verse 2: “But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays, and you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.”
So sunrise on the day when Jesus comes back will bring for those who are part of God’s people a very different day. It’ll be the dawning of a wonderful day.
You might recognize part of verse 2 from the Christmas carol, Hark! the herald-angels sing. People keep thinking it’s a misprint in the service sheets, that it should be hail the “son” of righteousness s-o-n. but it’s deliberate, s-u-n, because as the sun comes up, as the day dawns when Jesus returns, here is what that day will bring for you. It’ll bring three things, and they’re all wonderful.
The first is righteousness. That’s the sun of righteousness that comes up that day. So if your response to God all of your life has been slightly heart-hearted, all of that changes the moment Jesus returns. Because in an instant we become the people that God wants us to be, who love him from the bottom of our hearts. It brings righteousness.
Secondly, it brings healing. The sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. So as you feel the warmth of the sun on the day that Jesus comes back, that warmth of the sun will bring healing to your bones. If your body is broken, if it decays, and if one day it will die, all of that will be no more. Because on the day that Jesus comes back his people, will be put back together. We will be given new bodies, that never decay, break down, get ill, get hurt, and die. Healing.
Righteousness. Healing. And third is joy. “You will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.” This is a vivid picture for people from a farming background. The animals have been wintered in the barn, they’ve been well fed all winter, and then spring comes. The barn doors can be opened and all that energy can be burnt off.
Actually it’s a picture probably the parents of small children can relate to as well as farmers who keep animals. It’s seven o’clock in the morning. It’s time to get up, and all that energy can be burnt off.
Or if you’ve ever owned a dog, you know what happens when you put the dog in the car and drive the dog to some woods for a walk. Unless you’ve got the lead on, what happens when you open the boot? Like a bullet from a gun the dog is off and every little scent needs to be sniffed, every path explored, and the dog is just absolutely berserk enjoying the freedom of exploring this wonderful wooded place to which it’s been taken.
That is what will happen for God’s people on the day that Jesus returns. We will just enjoy freedom, and joy, and it will be good.
Note please, this is the fate of God’s people. The contrast between verse 1 and verse 2 is not between evildoers, those who do bad things, and then (verse 2) those who do good things. No. Verse 1, “all the arrogant and every evildoer”; verse 2, “but for you who revere my name”. This is the future that comes by grace as a free gift to everyone who knows the Lord God, who revere God’s name.
So Jesus earned this wonderful future for himself by being perfectly good, and then he made it possible for him to transfer that wonderful future to us as he died and rose again. All we have to do is attach ourselves to him, and his future becomes our future.
Now before we move on to the next few verses, I need to comment on the uncomfortable verse, which is verse 3. The picture in verse 3 is of the field into which these calves are released containing, in at least part of it, the ashes that are left from the fire of verse 1. “Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act.”
It’s not a very pleasant picture. But nowhere here is it indicated that God’s people will take any pleasure in the fact that, as they run and enjoy their freedom, they are trampling on the ashes of those in a different place. That will never bring the people of God any pleasure. In fact it is the reverse. In Ezekiel chapter 18, God says explicitly that he takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked.
Rather the point here is this those who have lived all of their lives under the thumb of those who hate God, and so who have been oppressed and mistreated, will suddenly find themselves with the boot on the other foot. They will be the ones who were on the victorious side for a change. Things have been reversed, and they will never again be the ones who are downtrodden.
It’s the picture that Mary talks about as she is visited by Elizabeth. You know the verses well some of you. She says this: God “has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble,” Luke chapter 1 verse 52.
So there are the two destinies, and all of us are heading to one or the other, and it all hinges on whether we know the Lord Jesus now in this life. On that day, we will indeed see the distinction between those who know God and those who do not. Do not let anyone ever tell you that serving God, being a Christian, makes no difference. The difference could not be greater.
Walk in God’s Way
Well, Malachi ends with two take home points for his hearers and for his readers and the first is this: Walk in God’s way. Walk in God’s way.
So here’s verse 4: “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.” So the books of the Old Testament have been divided from days of old into two halves: the law and the prophets. And the figure who represents the law more than anybody else is Moses.
But Malachi is not saying to keep God’s rules. He’s telling us to walk in God’s way. That’s because Christianity is not a rule book to live by. It’s a relationship with the God who made us.
And it’s because the books of Moses, which is the heading given to the first five books of the Bible, are not primarily books of rules. First and foremost, those five books tell the story of how God promised to bless his people, how God rescued his people from slavery, how he made them his treasured possession, how he lives among them, and how he provides for them. And then, and only then, calls them to live in response .and even as he calls us to live in response the first and greatest commandment found within the law of Moses is: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart.”
Malachi is saying, “Live this story. Live as God’s people, chosen and dearly loved.” Which for us translates into saying: Turn to the Lord Jesus; find forgiveness and new life in him; and then let his teaching (and indeed the rest of the Bible) be your guide as you live in response to God’s kindness. Walk in God’s way.
Heed God’s Warning
Malachi’s second take-home point from the whole book: Heed God’s warning. Heed God’s warning.
So before God judges, he always sends prophets to warn that the judgment is coming. And before the final judgment, one final warning will come. One final prophet will come. Verse 5, “See I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the hearts of the children to their parents, or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”
So the Old Testament divides into law and prophets. If Moses is the figure who represents the law, the figure who represents the prophets is Elijah. You may remember when Jesus was transfigured on the mount of transfiguration, when his clothes became dazzling white, the two people who appeared with him were Moses and Elijah. The question is: Who is this final prophet, who comes to warn of the final judgment? Who is this Elijah figure?
Well the New Testament would identify him very clearly as John the Baptist. But John the Baptist prepared the people for the first coming of Jesus. Jesus himself, in his first coming, prepares people for his second coming. And so Jesus more than anyone is the figure who fulfils this prediction of a second Elijah coming. So God sent Jesus the first time, to warn us that he will come a second time, and to die and rise again to open the way for us to be forgiven, so that when he comes the second time it does not mean total destruction.
Heed God’s warning.
And so we reach the end of the book of Malachi.
It’s felt, as we’ve worked through, it very contemporary.
If you’re not yet a Christian, if you’re still looking into the Christian faith, can I urge you this morning to look into all of this carefully and with great urgency. We’ve seen this morning we are not playing games as we talk together about Jesus in church on a Sunday. This affects whether your life is heading to a future of destruction or of life. And it affects whether your life is heading to one or other of those for all eternity.
Sometimes people may ask you, “Where do you see yourself being in five years’ time?” It’s a good question. But I want to ask you a different question this morning. Where do you see yourself being in a hundred years’ time? Where will you be in a hundred years’ time? Because Malachi has just told you the two options that there are. We are not playing games. This stuff matters.
It may even be that some people here this morning know enough about Jesus to start to follow him, to become a Christian, but you’ve never done it. And if that’s you, why don’t you start today? Don’t leave it another day.
But if you are a Christian, has your love for God grown cold? Is cynicism beginning to encroach? Are you less persuaded that God really loves you than you were when you first began?
If so, the book of Malachi is for you, and its message is the one given in chapter 1 verse 2, when God tells his people: “I have loved you.” God wants you to know just how much he loves you. God loved you specifically by sending Jesus to die and to rise again, by choosing you to be a part of this wonderful story, so that for you his return will be the beginning of L-I-F-E in capital letters: righteousness, healing, joy, freedom.
Chew on that. Chew on God’s love for you. Let it sink in, until it utterly transforms and takes over your life. | <urn:uuid:a40464b0-cfd4-46ad-a254-48b662186928> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.oakleys.org.uk/sermons/malachi_04_01-06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968385 | 3,726 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Product managers fulfill a critical role in translating customer needs into product features and improvements. Unfortunately, often internal pressures, external commenters, and poor product management practices hinder managers' ability to deliver products that customers truly value. Another sad reality is that it is common for organizations to make product decisions without really understanding what matters most to the customer. The result is wasted resources, low satisfaction scores, and disengaged team members.
Lean product management addresses these challenges by applying Lean thinking to product development and strategy. It offers a framework for making product decisions that align with company goals, performance indicators, and customer desires.
What is Lean Product Development?
Lean product development and management ensure that a product is ideal for a particular market and audience. The methodology focuses on making products as valuable to customers as possible. The only features added to the product are those for which a customer would happily pay.
Lean product development addresses the entire lifecycle by applying a structured approach to customer analysis, financial viability, outcome-driven innovation, business modeling, and behavioral economics.
Lean product management focuses on a few core tenets:
- Minimizing or eliminating waste
- Improving efficiency
- Shortening cycle times
- Maximizing profitability and ROI
- Adding customer value when creating new products
The History of Lean Product Management
Lean product development got its start at Toyota in the late 20th century. Toyota recognized a need to adapt to the varying tastes of car buyers. From this challenge came the Toyota Production System. The Lean manufacturing business and sigma methodologies became popular in the 1960s when other automotive manufacturers couldn't keep up with consumer demand for cars.
Customers were no longer satisfied with the limited selection. Instead, they wanted many colors, shapes, sizes, and features to choose from. This meant that manufacturers had to re-think their approach to materials, productions lines, and labor.
Toyota's focus was on building systems that minimize waste and improve productivity while at the same time improving value for the customer. Since then, Toyota's values have been applied to other manufacturing processes, software development, consumer goods, healthcare, construction, and more.
The Principles of Lean Product Management
1. Define value to the customer
By focusing on the customer first, lean leaders ensure that they produce something that the customer truly needs. In lean product management, this process is often called product ideation. Product ideation is a set of strategies focused on how customers will receive a product. It answers the question, how will this product add value for the customer? Lean product managers don't just guess about how to solve customer problems. Instead, they engage in an in-depth understanding of the customer's needs. This customer centric-approach avoids the common situation where a product is looking for a problem to solve.
2. Identify the Value Stream and Reduce waste
The lean product development approach leverages a streamlined product development process to understand and reduce risk, eliminate bottlenecks, and create efficient workflows. The lean principles of pull and flow are embedded in the product development process.
Documented, standardized processes help keep teams on the same page and allow for easier cross-functional collaboration and handoffs between teams.
3. Employee Empowerment
One of the ways that lean product management becomes "lean" is by removing complex bureaucracy that can limit innovation and slow the rate of experimentation. If an organization has a culture of transparency and the goals of the product team are well aligned with the overall long-term business strategy, employees can be trusted to make intelligent decisions about what to try without a lot of red tapes.
4. Continuous Improvement and Iteration
The goal of lean product management is not to create the perfect product on the first try. Rather, the team builds the minimum viable product (MVP) and gets it in the hands of the customer as quickly as possible. Then, based on feedback, the product is improved and tested again. This process continues until a market-worthy solution that can be produced at a profit is achieved.
How is Lean Product Management Applied?
Whether applied to process improvement or product development, the lean methodology offers several valuable tools and techniques that product managers can use to minimize waste, increase efficiency and decrease cycle times.
For lean product managers, market analysis is not a one-time event. Instead, continuous market analysis is needed to understand the changing needs of customers, the buyer landscape, and competitive offerings. Applying critical thinking to the market helps lean product managers know when to change direction, stop promoting a particular product or slow down production.
Business Process Maps
Business process maps are an effective way to visualize any operation's current and desired future state. When creating the current state process map, it is imperative to include all steps that are currently being performed, even those that are outside the standard work. Process operators should be involved in creating the current state map, as they are in the best position to know the difference between what is documented and what is actually happening.
Gemba walks are a continuous improvement practice where leaders go to the workplace to show respect for workers, ask questions, and observe. Gemba walks can help create and validate the current state process maps.
Value stream mapping is similar to business process mapping, but instead of focusing on activities, they focus on the flow of value to the customer. Visualizing the flow of value with value stream maps helps product managers identify wasteful processes, features, and activities. Once the elements that don't add value are defined, they are targeted for elimination.
The PDSA, or Deming cycle, is a structured approach to change that can be applied to process improvement or product development. The steps in the cycle are:
Plan: Define the problem and explore potential solutions.
Do: Implement experiments or build prototypes that might solve the problem.
Study: Evaluate the critical performance metrics and speak with customers about their experience and perceived value.
Adjust (Act): If the product or improvement was successful, implement the new standard. If not, adjust and reiterate the Do and Study steps.
The great thing about the PDSA cycle for product development is that it is iterative. If the prototype does not meet the customer's needs, it can be adjusted as many times as necessary before a product that the customer values is created.
The lean technique called Catchball involves moving ideas from one person to another for improvement and feedback. The idea ( or ball) is set in motion when a product manager or process operator identifies a challenge or improvement opportunity. The idea then moves back and forth, up and down across the hierarchy, until a plan for additional experimentation is developed.
Because lean product development relies on quick decisions and constant experimentation, having a central repository for all project information is crucial. Cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement are best supported by online technology designed for this purpose. In addition, creating a repository of knowledge is essential so that each experiment builds on the lessons from the last.
Lean product management is a process-driven methodology for bringing innovative ideas to the market with as little risk and expense as possible. With constant experimentation and the drive to deliver customer value, your team can outpace the competition and reach the organization's most important goals. | <urn:uuid:f558da0a-a09a-4f28-966c-004ec7015512> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/what-is-lean-product-management-and-how-is-it-applied | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.943927 | 1,495 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Each valentine’s, as I see photos of this chubby winged jesus Cupid getting aim along with his bend and arrow at his unsuspecting subjects, I just take retreat in my own tuition as a scholar of early Greek poetry and myth to muse regarding the strangeness of your graphics therefore the character of enjoy.
In Roman lifestyle, Cupid is the kid of goddess Venus, commonly identified nowadays since the goddess of enjoy, and Mars, the jesus of combat. But also for ancient viewers, as misconceptions and messages showcase, she was the patron deity of a€?sexual intercoursea€? and a€?procreation.a€? The name Cupid, which is inspired by the Latin verb cupere, ways want, really love or lust. But in the unusual mix of a child’s body with life-threatening weaponry, with moms and dads associated with both appreciate and battle, Cupid are a figure of contradictions a€“ a symbol of dispute and want.
This history isn’t really typically reflected in the modern-day Valentine festivities. The meal of Saint Valentine launched as a celebration of St. Valentine of Rome. As Candida Moss, a scholar of theology and belated antiquity, describes, the courtly romance of vacation commercials might have more to do with the Middle Ages than with ancient Rome.
The winged cupid was a well liked of designers and authors in the Middle years as well as the Renaissance, but he was more than just symbolic of love to all of them.
Born of Intercourse and Combat
The Romans’ Cupid got the same as the Greek jesus Eros, the origin for the word a€?erotic.a€? In old Greece, Eros often is considered the son of Ares, the goodness of conflict, and Aphrodite, the goddess of charm, also gender and want.
The Greek Eros usually looks in early Greek iconography and also other Erotes, a small grouping of winged gods of really love and sexual activity. These old numbers had been typically pictured as old adolescents a€“ winged bodies occasionally personified as a trio: eros (crave), himeros (need) and pothos (warmth).
There have been young, more playful variations of Eros, nonetheless. Artwork depictions from the 5th century B.C. program Eros as a child taking a cart on a red figure vase. A famous sleeping bronze of Eros through the Hellenistic amount of next century B.C. also shows your as a kid.
By the point of this Roman kingdom, but the graphics of chubby little Cupid turned into more prevalent. The Roman poet Ovid produces about 2 kinds of Cupid’s arrows: one that metes out irrepressible desire and another that fulfills the target with revulsion. This type of depiction of Greek and Roman deities holding the energy accomplish both bad and the good was typical. The goodness Apollo, for instance, could heal individuals of infection or result in a plague to ruin a city.
Early in the day Greek urban myths in addition caused it to be obvious that Eros had not been simply a force for distraction. At the start of Hesiod’s a€?Theogonya€? a€“ a poem informing the dating een nudist history associated with creation of the world told through copy regarding the gods a€“ Eros looks very early as an important natural force since the guy a€?troubles the arms and triumphs over the brain and counsels of mortals and gods.a€? This range was actually an acknowledgment of energy of the sexual interest even over gods.
Balancing Dispute and Want
And yet, Eros was not about the intimate act. The very early Greek philosopher Empedocles, Eros was actually combined with Eris, the goddess of strife and conflict, while the two more important forces in world. For philosophers like Empedocles, Eros and Eris personified appeal and unit at an elemental amount, the natural powers that can cause matter to bring existence into existence right after which rip it aside again.
When you look at the ancient community, gender and want are thought about an essential section of lifetime, but risky when they be too prominent. Plato’s Symposium, a discussion from the characteristics of Eros, supplies a survey of various options of want at the time a€“ moving from its effects on the body to the character and ability to reflect exactly who men and women are.
The most memorable sections using this dialogue is when the speaker Aristophanes humorously talks of the roots of Eros. The guy explains that most people happened to be as soon as a couple merged within one. The gods penalized humans with regards to their arrogance by splitting all of them into individuals. Very, want is really a longing become whole once again.
Playing with Cupid
These days it could be prevalent to say that you might be that which you like, but also for old philosophers, you may be both just what and exactly how you adore. This might be explained within the most memorable Roman reports of Cupid that mixes areas lust with philosophical reflections.
Inside account, the second-century North African journalist Apuleius leaves Cupid in the center of his Latin unique, a€?The Golden butt.a€? The primary character, men changed into a donkey, recounts how an adult girl informs a kidnapped bride, Charite, the story of exactly how Cupid regularly go to the young mind during the night from inside the darkness of the lady place. When she betrays his rely on and lighting an oil light to see which he or she is, the goodness was burned and flees. Mind must roam and submit nearly impossible work for Venus before the woman is permitted to reunite with him.
Afterwards writers described this tale as an allegory regarding the commitment involving the person heart and desire. And Christian perceptions constructed upon this concept, seeing it as describing late the spirit thanks to urge. This method, however, ignores the part of the storyline in which mind is awarded immortality to stay by Cupid’s side then brings delivery to a child called a€?Pleasure.a€?
In the end, Apuleius’ tale is a lesson about finding stability between things associated with the system and character. The child a€?Pleasurea€? comes into the world maybe not from key nightly trysts, but from reconciling the fight with the brain with matters regarding the center.
There is above a little bit of gamble to your modern Cupid. But this small archer originates from a long tradition of wrestling with a force that exerts really effect over mortal heads. Tracing his road through Greek and Roman misconception demonstrates the essential need for comprehending the joys and risks of desire. | <urn:uuid:702518cd-40f2-422f-afd5-1f53306fe724> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://remorquage-ile-de-france.com/the-classes-of-love-and-need-from-myths-of-cupid/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.954083 | 1,428 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Is thermospheric long-term cooling due to CO2 or O3?
- 1Boston University, Center for Space Physics and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
- 2Boston University, Center for Space Physics and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
- *now at: Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Aerospace Engineering, Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract. While greenhouse gases trap heat emanating from the Earth and thereby heat the surface atmosphere, they act as emitters in the high atmosphere and cool the air there. In 1989 Roble and Dickinson (1989) estimated the cooling that would occur in the thermosphere (250–500 km altitude) due to a doubling of greenhouse gas densities. Ever since, long-term data bases have been scoured for evidence of this thermospheric "global cooling." Here we show evidence that the thermosphere did indeed cool over the period 1966–1987, but the data suggest that the cooling accelerated at a "breakpoint year" around 1979 to a rate far larger than may be attributed to greenhouse cooling. This 1979 breakpoint year appears to coincide with a breakpoint year in ozone (O3) column density. Further, the cooling was confined largely to the daytime thermosphere while the nighttime showed only a small trend. These results suggest, first, that the greenhouse cooling of the thermosphere may well not be detectable with current data sets and, second, that the long-term cooling that is clearly seen may be due largely to O3 depletion. | <urn:uuid:7f054c86-66e5-4329-8a01-b9a461155510> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/29/1779/2011/angeo-29-1779-2011.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.919056 | 315 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Phosphorated Carbohydrate Solution
What is this medicine?
PHOSPHORATED CARBOHYDRATE SOLUTION (FOS fuh reytd kahr boh HAHY dreyt suh LOO shuhn) is used for the relief of nausea from upset stomach caused by flu, food or drink.
How should I use this medicine?
Take this medicine by mouth. Follow the directions on the product label. Use a specially marked spoon or container to measure your medicine. Ask your pharmacist if you do not have one. Household spoons are not accurate. Do not dilute this solution or drink fluids of any kind immediately before or at least 15 minutes after dose. The dose may be repeated every 15 minutes or until distress subsides. You should not take more than 5 doses in an hour. If your condition does not start to get better after 5 doses, contact your health care provider.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this medicine may be used in children as young as 2 years for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
What may interact with this medicine?
Interactions are not expected.
What if I miss a dose?
This does not apply. You will only take this medicine as needed for nausea and vomiting.
Where should I keep my medicine?
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees C). Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
hereditary fructose intolerance
an unusual or allergic reaction to Phosphorated Carbohydrate Solution, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
pregnant or trying to get pregnant
What should I watch for while using this medicine?
Tell your doctor or healthcare professional if your symptoms do not start to get better or if they get worse.
July 17, 2018 | <urn:uuid:7411ffc5-d62e-4f84-aa0d-ddee9b2e00e0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.yourcareeverywhere.com/article/krames/en/article/health-research/drugs-and-supplements/drug-search/fructose-glucose-phosphoric-acid-oral-solution.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.910143 | 492 | 1.96875 | 2 |
Dangerous Road In Nepal Has A Waterfall In It [VIDEO]
If we all think it's dangerous driving through every day traffic to go to work, take a look at this!
This is a winding road in Nepal, which has also some of the highest elevated land on Earth. This road is one of the most dangerous roads in the world. Not only do you have to drive on a cliff, but there is even a waterfall and water on the road.
What did Chuck Testa say? NOPE! | <urn:uuid:0429613d-1634-47e4-be3f-2ecf9b211384> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://classicrock1051.com/dangerous-road-in-nepal-has-a-waterfall-in-it-video/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.979052 | 107 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Varian Data Machines
Varian is a leading firm in the provision of scientific instruments of many kinds. It attempted to enter the minicomputer market, mainly with machines designed to automate its laboratory instruments, but found that it was difficult to compete with market leaders like Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and others.
Their machines were largely used in situations where the normal user didn’t encounter them, e.g., as switches in early timesharing systems etc. The Varian Data Machines Division of the company was eventually acquired by Sperry Univac in 1977 to form their Univac Mini Computer Operation Division. | <urn:uuid:a0f160ca-fe23-4242-88fd-153e27ba5ab1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/t-z/varian-data-machines/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.974647 | 126 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Who Is Chief Justice John Roberts?
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
Twice this week, the Supreme Court thrilled liberals and infuriated conservatives with its decisions, putting the spotlight once again on the man in the center chair, Chief Justice John Roberts. NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg reports.
NINA TOTENBERG, BYLINE: There is much more to come from the court in the coming weeks, but Chief Justice Roberts is clearly putting his stamp on the term so far. He didn't write the court's 6-to-3 opinion on LGBT employment rights, but he joined it and almost certainly assigned the opinion to fellow conservative Neil Gorsuch. Two days later, Roberts wrote the court's opinion blocking the Trump administration's attempt to revoke the Obama-era program protecting the so-called DREAMers from deportation. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who voted against Roberts' confirmation, yesterday choked up on the Senate floor.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
CHUCK SCHUMER: Wow. This decision is amazing. I am so happy. The Supreme Court, who would've thought?
TOTENBERG: But Texas Republican Ted Cruz fulminated with rage.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
TED CRUZ: Chief Justice Roberts has been playing games to achieve the policy outcomes he desires.
TOTENBERG: In fact, Roberts is in many ways fulfilling and defying expectations about what kind of a chief justice he would be. In almost all closely divided cases where the court's liberals and conservatives split along ideological lines, he's a firm conservative vote. He wrote the court's decision gutting the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, and he's written decisions obliterating most limits that Congress and the states have imposed on campaign money. But he also twice cast votes to uphold Obamacare. And twice in the last year, he's written decisions rejecting the way the Trump administration does its regulatory business.
Last June, he wrote the court's decision invalidating Trump's attempt to add a citizenship question to the census. In the DACA case, he said that the administration had acted arbitrarily. It had not gone through the procedures required by law. In both cases, he said, the administration could try again, doing it the right way if it wanted to. In the DACA case, for instance, advocates on both sides agreed the administration could revoke the program if it had examined and explained the policy justifications for its decision. Instead, the only justification the administration offered was that Obama's DACA program was illegal from the get-go - period.
Immigration Law Professor Lucas Guttentag says that at bottom, what Roberts was saying was this...
LUCAS GUTTENTAG: Why should the court be the bad guy? If you want to rescind it, do it right, and take responsibility for it.
TOTENBERG: Harvard law professor Richard Lazarus, who's known Roberts for decades, says that early in Trump's tenure, the chief justice ultimately gave the administration a break in the travel ban cases, barring travelers from some mainly Muslim countries. But since then, Trump has put the courts to a constant stress test. And as Lazarus sees the DACA ruling...
RICHARD LAZARUS: I think the central message here is the law applies to everybody, and that includes the president of the United States. And I'm not going to give you any breaks here.
TOTENBERG: Not everyone agrees.
JOSH BLACKMAN: Roberts has gotten in his head that the role of the chief justice is to keep the court out of the headlines and to avoid looking like a partisan.
TOTENBERG: South Texas College of Law professor Josh Blackman.
BLACKMAN: He wants to take the most narrow path possible, even if it's not the best legal analysis.
TOTENBERG: Indeed, Roberts is a conservative with a small c. And in a polarized political atmosphere, he knows that if the court goes too far and too fast in one direction, the public may lose faith in the last remaining branch of government that has retained some public trust as an institution. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | <urn:uuid:fffc93d6-86e1-4b29-b389-101acd5ac2ba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wuwm.com/2020-06-19/who-is-chief-justice-john-roberts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.957614 | 891 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Dyson teases the ‘project N223’ robotic vacuum cleaner (video)
We’ve seen plenty of robotic wandering vacuum cleaners before. However revolutionary vac makers Dyson are teasing something much more significant than a me-too device. The firm has published a number of teasers on Facebook and YouTube in the last few hours offering glimpses of a product which will be launched on 4th September.
Today on Facebook, Dyson published an interesting looking photograph which reveals what we expect to be a close up shot of a component of the new product. You can see the photo above. As an educated guess this looks like some kind of optical lens sensor. If the product is indeed a robotic vacuum then it could be this which helps it navigate your floorspaces. Accompanying the image a Dyson marketer wrote “Dyson engineers are making tracks toward launching a new technology. What have they invented this time?”
More is revealed in the new YouTube video on the official Dyson channel. For a start we get a project name, ‘Dyson project N223’. Also the video description informs us that Dyson has been working a long time, using many resources, to get this product rolling out of the door. “16 years. 200 engineers. £28m investment. The result? Tell us what you think it is,” it says.
The video does show us more of what to expect, but only in very brief glimpses that hint at the functionality. We see what we assume to be the device under testing with various engineers tinkering with it. If you stop the video at the right moments you can see things like an object collision detection system which would be used by a Roomba like device (see stills above). Also it looks like we can see the view from the device mounted camera.
These images lead us to believe that ‘project N223’ is indeed some kind of autonomous vacuum or surface cleaner. Pocket Lint reports that Dyson had previously been on the brink of launching a robotic vacuum cleaner in 2001 but cancelled the project due to the weight and expense involved. Perhaps technology has now caught up well enough for the ideas to work out practically and commercially to Dyson’s satisfaction. | <urn:uuid:c4cb4634-acff-4639-ada5-934fb25af8df> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://techassimilate.com/2014/08/dyson-teases-the-project-n223-robotic-vacuum-cleaner-video/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.956678 | 465 | 1.617188 | 2 |
One of the very notable things that happens in the immediate aftermath of a ghastly crime in recent times is the appropriation of the narrative to serve an agenda. Typically this happens long before the facts of the case are established. A pre-emptive strike that will set the narrative in a way the facts, when they emerge, will never be able to overtake. We have seen how this worked in the tragic Savita Hallapanavar case and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home controversy. We saw it with the framing of Trump supporting Covington school boys as racists. We see it now in the appropriation of the tragic killing of Aisling Murphy which has already been bedded within the narrative of gender based violence before we knew anything about the motives or mental state of her killer.
It doesn’t signify much whether the crime is perpetrated by one individual against another or orchestrated by a group against another group. What matters is how it can be plausibly set within an ideological narrative. Very quickly, the public will be led to see the crime in one of two ways . It will be framed either as the act of an individual who alone is answerable for his actions or as the expression of a wider societal dysfunction that spreads the blame across a wider demographic. The controlling ideology gets to decide which crime goes in which category.
Attacks on women in European towns and cities as well as terrorist attacks from both the far right and far left, along with attacks by religious fundamentalists of all stripes, shows how the narrative framing works from one story to another. When a mosque was attacked in Christchurch, New Zealand, Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced that extremists were not welcome in her country, Nothing at all wrong with that but when a Muslim extremist committed a terrorist attack some time later she took pains to emphasise that his crime was the act of an individual who alone bore responsibility for his actions. A terrorist can be either a lone wolf or member of a deadly pack, depending on the political point to be made. Similarly, arson or violence during a politically popular protest is depicted as an aberration while criminal behaviour carried out or even alleged to have been carried out by a politically incorrect group is framed as a straw in the wind of a deadly subversive gale.
It is stranger yet that public figures, who so often insist that cultural background has no relevance to how individuals behave, can nevertheless present a criminal’s gender, provided it is defined as male and straight, as carrying an inherent propensity towards violence. While gender based crime like all other categories of crime, from car theft to gang crime to terrorist attacks, are almost invariably committed by men, the mere fact of maleness is not in itself of significance. Family and community influences, education, socio-economic status are far more determinative of how we behave. After that, it is largely about having the means to exploit opportunity. The fact that shoplifting, alone among crimes, is more often committed by females is revealing.
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, responding to demands for action from publicly funded womens’ groups, has pledged to drive gender based crime off the slate. Her party colleague, Josepha Madigan, has asked ‘why we live in a country where this can happen?’ Has she never noticed that assault like all crimes has always been part of life everywhere? Does she not see that it is always about preying on those least able to defend themselves, whether it is a child placed by the state in an inappropriate foster home, an elderly couple in a remote farmhouse or a lone hiker, of either sex, out of earshot of help?
There are no shortage of womens’ groups and agencies who will clamber aboard campaigns for zero tolerance for gender-based crime and provide willing personnel to help McEntee improve ‘prevention, prosecution, sex education and policy’, as she has undertaken to do, in order to drive crime against women to zero. Such groups need to stick their heads above the parapet when such opportunities arise to maintain and if possible extend their influence. The fact is the State has an equal duty of care to every vulnerable person of whatever age, condition or gender.
Josepha Madigan and others mentioned pornography and the laddish culture of Irish social life as factors underlying gender-based crime. The easy availability of pornography is certainly something that has been flagged for a very long time. it was discussed after the appalling but less hyped tragedy of the killing of teen Ana Kriegel by two other teens. Why was there no follow up action after that appalling crime to tackle pornography? The Fine Gael party had ample time to address that issue over many years but it was never anything like the priority of addressing what they deemed offensive imagery during the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment in 2018. if it was that easy to get the social media industry to ban pictures of babies at different stages of gestation, surely they could persuade, or if necessary pressure, media behomoths into banning the unarguably pernicious pornographic graphics that are, as pointed out already on this platform only a few clicks away from the page you are now reading?
Desirable as this would be, it is not quite as easy as that to ‘fix’ human nature. it might suit the politically correct stance of feminist groups to make sex education, the justice system, macho culture and pornography their mission field but the fact is women are just as likely to fall prey to sexual violence from men whose cultural milieu could hardly be described as laddish or overtly sexualised as the Rotherham and Cologne attacks have shown. A reductionist approach to crime elimination is an agenda serving strategy that politicians are guilt tripped into following by vested interests who use virtue signalling to bring public policy under their control.
The statistics show that while serious criminals are overwhelmingly male, their victims are more likely than not to be other males. Of the 22 murders committed in Ireland in 2021, 15 of the victims were male. Even in the area of personal harassment, according to recent research, far more males, than anyone might think, are victims. In fact, one in five females and one in ten males between the ages of 16 and 30 now experience some form of stalking.
Specific strategies against specific crimes can make sense of course. Tracking and if necessary tagging those with a serious criminal records is one useful tool but will prove challenging to a Justice Minister who has granted amnesty to thousands of undocumented immigrants whose personal records extend no further back than the four years they will have spent in this country, the sole condition for permanent residency. There is no question at all that the vast majority of such people are law abiding and deserving of a fresh start in life but so too are the overwhelming majority of the Irish men who collectively stand in the dock of public opinion for being part of a culture that enables the kind of behaviour that can on occasion cross a line into shocking forms of brutality against women.
It is not acceptable to socialise the guilt of some individuals but not others, whether the category applied is ethnic, religious or gender. Consistency demands that all are treated equally by the State and that, where scrutiny and oversight, are deemed appropriate in the interests of public safety, the same standards apply to all. | <urn:uuid:6d71ae8c-352b-4b09-8bff-d80726b4043f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gript.ie/ashling-murphy-the-medias-war-on-men-serves-no-useful-purpose/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.970565 | 1,484 | 1.742188 | 2 |
Money and faith are subjects that many people don't like to talk about. However, faith and finance are crucial to your walk as a Christian. When you follow biblical teachings about money and how to be a good steward of it, it positively affects every single aspect of your life, not just money!
Find out how your financial habits affect your Christian faith, and can serve to enhance your faith or detract from it. Whether rich or poor, money is the one subject that universally affects everyone.
Faith and Finance: Experience God's Abundance!
When you learn to be a good steward of the finances that God provides you with, and realize that what He's provided is infinite, then you can rid yourself of a scarcity mindset and fully enjoy God's infinite abundance!
Being faithful with finances, even when you are going through a difficult financial situation eventually sets you up for a successful financial future!
Here you'll find faith and finance articles on giving, tithing, biblical wealth, mindset, overcoming hardships, abundance, and much more.
These articles will show you how to change your mindset, and view money through the lens of faith so you can experience everything God wants for you and your money! | <urn:uuid:e9615d4c-da58-4d6d-bff9-7ae21f72ca8d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cfinancialfreedom.com/faith-and-finance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.946978 | 246 | 1.882813 | 2 |
The way that A Mercy goes about how characters perceive things, often in ways that lack the “whole picture” is very interesting, and further illuminated by the narrative arc. Psychology suggests people seldom know the entire story, and their perceptions are inherently influenced by their worldview and the beliefs that they already hold. This is partially why people are susceptible to believing misinformation, especially information that aligns with the schemas and beliefs they already hold (Lewandowsky et. al,2010). In applying this idea of human psychology to the novel, that’s why a character’s character matters and really alters the framing of the world they’re in. The way that Morrison has each main character narrate, or control, part of their story I think really emphasizes this and shows how other’s perceptions can even begin to influence our own.
I first began to think about this when I read Lina’s passage. My initial reaction to Lina was to like her, I saw her as strong willed, intelligent and caring (albeit somewhat harsh at times). While I still think most of these things of her character, it did not suffice to formulate my opinion only based on her telling. Lina, having taken Florens under her wing, was extremely opinionated in her decisions, especially when it came to the blacksmith because she did not trust him. She imposed this naivety to Florens that I probably would not have seen as much had Lina’s passage not been included. Having immediately taken to Florens, feeding, bathing and caring for her in a way that appeared to me as maternal, I think effected the way that Lina saw Florens and her ability to make safe decisions for herself. This struggle of perception, not having the full picture and imposing traits that she believed to be there in the people in her life is further expanded upon with Lina’s perception of Sorrow. Upon her first meeting of Sorrow, Lina immediately forms an opinion and sticks to her guns, so to speak. Not only failing to completely see Sorrow for the woman she is and everything she had been through but imposing those beliefs on the people around her as well. Sorrow’s narrative at the end of the book, where the reader learns about her past and what’s causing her to be so “mongrelized” as her first owners describe her, really shed light on how Lina’s narrative painted the wrong picture of her completely. Not having the “resources”, or the full picture, kept Lina from truly being able to understand Sorrow, not that she wanted to anyway, however. This opinion that Lina formed also causes Sorrow to be relatively expelled, in terms of relationships with other people on the farm, particularly Patrician and Florens.
While the inability to perceive the whole picture is prevalent in all the character’s stories, I think it’s particularly interesting in Florens. Florens makes me think of trust in that it seems she has an abundance of it. Trust in Lina to take care of her, trust in the blacksmith to love her, and trust in the note her mistress wrote to grant her safe passage on her journey to the black smith. This prompt had originally made me think of an Arthur meme, where DW is looking at a sign and says “That sign can’t stop me because I can’t read”- which made me think of Florens. Not that Florens cannot actually read, but that she, like so many others, struggles to read peoples motivations and intentions, whether it be from not noticing enough, trusting too much or not being given the whole picture to be able to formulate fuller perceptions. For example, with the blacksmith, she sees their act of lovemaking and this physical relationship as grounds to believe that blacksmith truly cares for her, even despite Lina’s warnings. While she trusts Lina, she trusts her feelings wrong and consequently is heartbroken when the blacksmith rejects her, expelling her of some of the trust she had previously been full of. Also, in the first introduction to Florens, when her mother is seemingly begging Jacob Vaark to take Florens in his retelling of it, she only knows that her mother gave her away, making her believe that there was no love there. However, as we learn at the very end of the novel, her mother’s decision to give her up was her way of saving her daughter. So, while she was expelled from and by her mother, her lack of access to the truth expelled the belief that her mother loved her.
I think that this is an interesting concept to apply to your own life as well. What may I be missing, or expelling myself from in not knowing everything I possibly could in a situation? I don’t believe there’s a need to get hung up on the nitty gritty details, for fear of doubting all the decisions I make, but I think it helps me to realize that my perceptions are not perfect and I am lucky enough to have ready access to education and information that can help to make my worldview a step closer to complete. The prompt is also reminiscent of the housing crash of 2008, in that many financial agents failed to notice just how drastic the effects of these subprime mortgage loans would be, leading to the expulsion of countless people. | <urn:uuid:f755992c-7ba8-4072-9ab5-788a33f78f99> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/author/ish1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.982572 | 1,115 | 2.21875 | 2 |
A partnership between Google and Mesosphere further’s Google’s strategy to sell the world on its way of automating applications and resources. Cluster management is important — even sexy when wrapped in the lore of Google or Facebook — and now Google claims it’s easier than ever.
Cloud vendors need to operate data centers in a diverse range of locations. How does they stack up to each other in terms of geographies, and why is that important?
GE CIO Jamie Miller said at Gigaom’s Structure conference Wednesday that the company is also adapting to a mashup of hardware and software.
Large web companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon have been pushing the boundaries of IT for years, and now their problems — and solutions — are making their ways into the mainstream.
Big data vendor Cloudera is no Google when it comes to data center footprint, but the cost and complexity of its infrastructure are growing with each passing year. Cloudera VP of engineering Peter Cooper-Ellis explains how better data centers and cloud computing help ease the burden.
Google continued its heavy infrastructure spending in the first quarter of 2014, to the tune of more than $2.3 billion. It’s the third consecutive quarter the company has topped $2 billion in capital expenditures.
Facebook doesn’t have a shortage of IT gear or smart engineers, but it does have limits on power and how many hours those engineers have in a day. On Thursday, the company explained how its Look Back videos pushed both to the limits.
Intel is seeking to make its processors a key component of mobile networks, and its influence is starting to be felt. At Mobile World Congress, Intel revealed its working with numerous carriers and equipment makers.
Apache Mesos is the open source cluster-management software that automates operations at companies such as Twitter and Airbnb. Now, a startup called Mesosphere is building a business around taking it mainstream.
Facebook might have launched the Open Compute Project to force server vendors to build higher-effiency gear, but it’s having a much greater impact than even Facebook anticipated. | <urn:uuid:6ac9af3b-9539-441e-a69a-a4ee8330caec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://old.gigaom.com/tag/data-centers/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.950365 | 436 | 1.695313 | 2 |
International Communication: A Reader [Daya Kishan Thussu] on * FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This comprehensive Reader brings. International Communication: Continuity and Change (A Hodder Arnold Publication) [Daya Kishan Thussu] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying. Communication: Continuity and Change by Daya Kishan Thussu International Communication examines the profound changes that have.
|Published (Last):||4 August 2017|
|PDF File Size:||8.87 Mb|
|ePub File Size:||11.87 Mb|
|Price:||Free* [*Free Regsitration Required]|
[PDF] International Communication: Continuity and Change by Daya Kishan Thussu
This book is thus able to help instructors and students develop an understanding of significant economic, cultural, social, political, and technological issues regarding the continually growing field of communication in a global context. Amazon Drive Cloud storage from Amazon. Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11; Chrome latest version, as it auto updates communicatuon Firefox latest version, as it auto updates ; and Safari latest version, as it auto updates. Thussu is one of the leading scholars of international communication, so it was interesting to read his thoughts on the media’s role in regards to such issues as globalization and contraflow.
It then goes on to explore the impact of such growth on audiences in different cultural contexts and from regional, national, and international perspectives. Shahenaz Akemi added it Oct 14, Be the first to ask a question about International Communication.
Bloomsbury Academic; 3 edition December 27, Language: Yu Xiang marked it as to-read Dec 31, Paperbackpages. Global Village of Babel.
Please note that print inspection copies are only available in UK and Republic of Ireland. International Communication examines the profound changes that have taken place, and are continuing to take place at an kishhan speed, in international media and communication since the beginning of the new millennium. Share your thoughts with kisgan customers. Thussu works across all the important social, economic and political issues connected to the topic, making thoughtful and persuasive arguments.
Zee TV and hybrid television 6 Contraflow in global media Seeing the big world on a small screen Global culture’s discontents Global cmmunication of television Case study: For more information, visit our inspection copies page. Shreya Mehta added it May 01, Add both to Cart Add both to List. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews.
International Communication: Continuity and Change
Rohan Thussu rated it it was amazing Oct 09, Thuy Vu marked it as to-read Feb 24, Amazon Rapids Fun stories for kids kishaan the go. Shopbop Designer Fashion Brands. Want to Read saving….
Please try again later. Camila marked it as to-read Aug 17, Emmanuel rated it liked it Apr 19, Once you have successfully made your request, internatlonal will receive a confirmation email explaining that your request is awaiting approval.
The third edition of International Communication examines the profound changes that have taken place, and are continuing to take place at an astonishing speed, in international media and communication. Jerni Tania marked it as to-read Mar 19, Jan 15, Foroogh rated it liked it.
Yaqi rated it it was amazing Jul 04, Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. | <urn:uuid:9c2f3413-993e-4f36-b200-20a1f631a711> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://decokids.net/international-communication-daya-kishan-thussu-53/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.876239 | 930 | 1.625 | 2 |
Few industries have undergone change on such a scale and at such a pace in recent years as the media planning and buying industry.
Media and advertising are two sides of the same coin. Media is the conduit via which those lovingly crafted adverts are disseminated - in the hope, with varying degrees of certainty, of them gaining purchase in the mind of potential punters and influencing their future behaviours.
AND THEN ALONG CAME DIGITAL
Today, digital marketing and digital media offer unprecedented opportunities to target messaging to ever-narrower sub-segments of the population with previously unthinkable levels of accuracy, transparency and reportability. At the same time, the number of available media channels has exploded. No longer do we live in the golden age of television, where an ad on one of the big three US TV networks could reach 70 percent of the viewing audience.
These days we have endless digital TV channels, social media, in-app advertising, paid media, paid search (PPC), online media, even ‘smart’ retargeted advertising that proactively stalks potential customers based on their previous behaviours. And the list continues to grow, creating both an increasingly fragmented media landscape and a huge spike in the volume of advertising. Back in the 1970s we were exposed to 500 ads a day; today, it’s as many as 5,000. | <urn:uuid:19604546-e7dd-445e-a89e-11c88e6409ea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://woven-stage.com/services/media-planning-buying/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.948278 | 280 | 1.796875 | 2 |
If you suspend your transcription on amara.org, please add a timestamp below to indicate how far you progressed! This will help others to resume your work!
Please do not press “publish” on amara.org to save your progress, use “save draft” instead. Only press “publish” when you're done with quality control.
Despite its ubiquitous application and widespread acceptance, mobile instant messaging remains a complex matter and is often not understood by its users. Easy-to-use apps and security assurances by their developers suggest users a safe and private environment for conversation. At the same time, more and more apps flood the market and it is becoming increasingly difficult, even for technically-educated users, to keep track of both technological development and their own security and privacy requirements. We want to present a talk that sheds some light into technical aspects of mobile instant messaging and presents an overview of techniques and design decisions by different mobile instant messaging app developers. We aim at both technically-educated and casual users alike, trying to present simple analogies and break down complex details into understandable components. After an introduction to the mobile instant messaging world, we will dissect one of the most popular mobile instant messaging apps in Germany: Threema. It is closed-source and only superficially documented, yet widely used. We picked it for a particular design decision in its protocol, the lack of which we consider the most important flaw in competitor protocols like Signal: the use of discardable IDs in favor of phone numbers. Another interesting aspect about Threema’s protocol is its use of the NaCl library for end-to-end encryption. We have fully reverse-engineered the Threema app and can therefore analyze and present its protocol and our analysis of it in detail. | <urn:uuid:e06695cc-fd6a-4b15-8e56-5bfa313e5e1e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://c3subtitles.de/talk/691/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.934746 | 367 | 2.15625 | 2 |
The Oklahoma Bar Association | Est. 1904
The Oklahoma Bar Association was formed in 1904 by the merger of the Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory Bar Associations. After statehood in November 1907, the association was recognized by the Oklahoma Legislature until it repealed the enacting legislation in 1938. Thereafter, in 1939 the Oklahoma Supreme Court, exercising its plenary powers over the courts of the state of Oklahoma, reorganized the association and mandated that to practice law in Oklahoma all Oklahoma lawyers must be association members. The association celebrated its centennial in September 2004 and has a rich history of serving lawyers and the public. It offers a wide variety of community service programs designed to help Oklahomans. Learn more. | <urn:uuid:ed23da75-fbf6-4d06-bdd1-cd141b79d26f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.okbar.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.957838 | 141 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels did not grow in 2015 and are projected to rise only slightly in 2016, marking three years of almost no growth, according to researchers at the Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Global Carbon Project.
The projected rise in emissions of only 0.2 percent for 2016 marks a clear break from the rapid emissions growth of 2.3 percent per year in the 10 years leading up to 2013. Global emissions grew by just 0.7 percent in 2014.
The new data is published in the journal Earth System Science Data. It shows that emissions growth remained below 1 percent in 2016 despite GDP growth exceeding 3 percent.
Decreased use of coal in China is the main reason behind the three-year slowdown.
Corinne Le Quéré, Director of the Tyndall Centre at UEA who led the data analysis, said: “This third year of almost no growth in emissions is unprecedented at a time of strong economic growth. This is a great help for tackling climate change but it is not enough. Global emissions now need to decrease rapidly, not just stop growing.”
China – the world’s biggest contributor of carbon dioxide, adding 29 percent of the globe’s emissions – saw emissions decrease by 0.7 percent in 2015, compared to growth of more than 5 percent per year the previous decade. A further reduction of 0.5 percent is projected for 2016, though with large uncertainties.
The United States, the second biggest emitter of carbon dioxide at 15 percent, also reduced its coal use while increasing its oil and gas consumption and saw emissions decrease 2.6 per cent last year. U.S. emissions are projected to decrease by 1.7 percent in 2016.
The European Union’s 28 member states are the third largest emitter of carbon dioxide, causing 10 percent of global emissions. The European Union’s carbon dioxide emissions went up 1.4 percent in 2015, in contrast with longer term decreases.
India contributed 6.3 percent of all global carbon dioxide emissions. The country’s emissions increased 5.2 percent in 2015, continuing a period of strong growth.
Through the Paris Agreement decided on in 2015, nations of the world have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by various means. The lack of growth in carbon dioxide emissions reported by the Global Carbon Project seem to tie in with those pledges. But, according to a recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), even if nations meet their promises, it will likely not be enough to limit warming from climate change to below 2 degrees Celsius – a major international target. UNEP released this report just before the start of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which decides on international climate policy. The conference is being held in Marrakech, Morocco.
Le Quéré, who is also a member of the Future Earth Science Committee, said: “If climate negotiators in Marrakech can build momentum for further cuts in emissions, we could be making a serious start to addressing climate change.”
The Global Carbon Budget analysis also shows that, in spite of a lack of growth in emissions, carbon dioxide built up in the atmosphere at record levels in 2015, and may have done so again in 2016. That is due to poor uptake of carbon dioxide by the world’s carbon “sinks,” such as the planet’s oceans and forests.
“Part of the CO2 emissions are absorbed by the ocean and by trees. With temperatures soaring in 2015 and 2016, less CO2 was absorbed by trees because of the hot and dry conditions related to the El Niño event,” Le Quéré said. “Atmospheric CO2 levels have exceeded 400 parts per million [ppm] and will continue to rise and cause the planet to warm until emissions are cut down to near zero.”
The Global Carbon Project’s estimation of global carbon dioxide emissions and their fate in the atmosphere, land and ocean is a major effort by the research community to bring together measurements, statistics on human activities, with analysis of model results.
Le Quéré stressed the need for reporting, such as the Global Carbon Budget, to inform decisions and actions on how to respond to climate change.
Glen Peters of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Norway, who co-authored the analysis, said: “Emissions growth in the next few years will depend on whether energy and climate policies can lock in the new trends, and importantly, raise the ambition of emission pledges to be more consistent with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.”
To learn more about this effort or see associated inforgraphics, visit the Global Carbon Project website. | <urn:uuid:087eafd0-a2bd-4b62-966e-55397b248fe9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.rapidshift.net/low-growth-in-global-carbon-emissions-continues-for-third-successive-year/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.937382 | 990 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Web Service Recommendation via Exploiting Location and QoS Information
Abstract— Web Service Recommendation via Exploiting Location and QoS Information. Web services are integrated software components for the support of interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. Web services have been widely employed for building service-oriented applications in both industry and academia in recent years. The number of publicly available Web services is steadily increasing on the Internet. However, this proliferation makes it hard for a user to select a proper Web service among a large amount of service candidates. An inappropriate service selection may cause many problems (e.g., ill-suited performance) to the resulting applications. In this paper, we propose a novel collaborative filtering-based Web service recommender system to help users select services with optimal Quality-of-Service (QoS) performance. < Final Year Projects 2016 > Our recommender system employs the location information and QoS values to cluster users and services, and makes personalized service recommendation for users based on the clustering results. Compared with existing service recommendation methods, our approach achieves considerable improvement on the recommendation accuracy. Comprehensive experiments are conducted involving more than 1.5 million QoS records of real-world Web services to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.
sales on Site11,021 | <urn:uuid:c7912386-cbbd-4431-91a6-b0d73071943d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://myprojectbazaar.com/product/web-service-recommendation-via-exploiting-www-myprojectbazaar-com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.885418 | 288 | 1.898438 | 2 |
A Government science adviser has warned that Covid restrictiins such as the lockdown that started in England today may be needed for the next two winters.
His comments come after England's Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty said Cobvuid rules may still be needed at the end of 2021.
Graham Medley, professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a member of Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the country could emerge from the lockdown in mid-February.
Speaking in a personal capacity, he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think it’s possible, I mean that’s obviously a Government decision what they decided to do at what point.
“But it really depends upon what happens over the next five weeks in terms of the infection rates, it’s much like in March and April.
“We know more now but nonetheless we’re still looking at the the epidemic increasing and looking for that peak and hoping it happens soon.”
Asked about Professor Chris Whitty’s comments that restrictions may be needed next winter, he said: “We’re in for a long haul, we still (have) a long way to go in this epidemic.
“Vaccination is a way out, but I think he’s right to raise that possibility that there could be – next winter or even the winter after – the possibility that we will see a resurgence of Covid to such an extent that Government again has to take measures to prevent another large outbreak.
“But let’s get there. We’re very hopeful now that this virus is seasonal so that it will reduce once the spring and summer comes, and then that gives us an additional chance to be able to prepare and in particular to get vaccination done for everybody.” | <urn:uuid:21772f0a-3e59-4e7d-8162-a228379b0d21> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/sage-expert-says-covid-rules-4859445 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.955241 | 392 | 2.25 | 2 |
Komoot unlocks Tour search in the UK - bringing inspiration and hundreds of thousands of routes to its community’s fingertips
Potsdam 2nd December 2020 - Until now, the community of komoot users residing in the UK used komoot’s interactive maps as the primary source of information for planning and navigating hikes and bike rides. Now, komoot users can search 1000’s of Tours across the UK in their Discover feeds on komoot. Tour recommendations is a newly unlocked, free feature that also lets users filter Tours on komoot by sport type, duration and difficulty. This feature removes the necessity to plan a route from scratch and inspires users with content-rich routes from their doorsteps - ready to be explored.
Recommended Tours are the result of a smart technology that analyses the most popular routes and Highlights from the komoot community. Highlights are tips and recommendations added to the komoot map by local experts to help others plan their best adventures. Komoot compares a wide range of factors such as way type and surface types, activity types, relevant highlights and even high-quality imagery, to produce route recommendations that make exploring even more convenient.
The Recommended Tours feature is very popular already in our German and Dutch speaking communities and we are very excited to unlock this in the UK where we have seen tremendous growth in terms of high-quality content. The quality of our Tour recommendations is the direct result of an enthusiastic and active community of explorers and adventurers on komoot - the more we have, the better it gets!Jonas Spengler, komoot co-founder
Additionally, Komoot’s Tour recommendations are location-based. When using the komoot mobile apps (Android or iOS) to explore Tour recommendations, komoot automatically adjusts the results to start at the users’ current location. This makes local exploration even more convenient in current times when restricted movement is the new normal.
Tour recommendations in other areas can be explored by zooming out or searching in a specific location. Tour recommendations are presented in a list with the highest quality Tours ranked on top.
Media Kit is available for download here: http://newsroom.komoot.com/media_kits/224978 | <urn:uuid:218c1cbc-95ec-409e-b16d-4bb3f18c3a81> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newsroom.komoot.com/193187-komoot-unlocks-tour-search-in-the-uk-bringing-inspiration-and-hundreds-of-thousands-of-routes-to-its-community-s-fingertips | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.885721 | 461 | 1.53125 | 2 |
We already know companies like Facebook track our activities both online and offline. Things we discuss, ads we click on and websites we visit are all logged and sold to the highest bidder for ad revenue. Facebook isn’t alone, though.
One of the biggest collectors of data is Google, and unlike Facebook, it’s good at what it does. So good, in fact, that it’s managed to avoid many of the data scandals that have torpedoed Facebook’s reputation and credibility. Tap or click here to see how targeted ads are following you home now.
Google, despite its habits, still has a good reputation. But that doesn’t mean it’s immune to the same greedy tactics other businesses pull. Google still keeps tabs on your location, tracks search history and builds a digital profile based on your browsing habits.
If anything, it’s better at collecting data than Facebook ever was and smart enough to know when to keep quiet. That being said, it is possible to look up and delete most of the data Google has on you. These settings aren’t super difficult to find, but it’s important to know where and what to look for when you purge private data.
That’s why we’ll be going over Google’s data-tracking habits and how you can remove each piece of your digital footprint.
How to find and delete your personal info from Google
Google grants users access to their personal data through two primary pages: your Google profile page and Google My Activity.
These pages are where you manage data collection settings, as well as view your personal activity history. Be prepared: there’s a lot of data stored here. Depending on what you want to delete, you’ll need to approach each page differently.
Before we move forward, you’ll want to check if you’re signed in to Google. If you don’t have a Google account or aren’t signed in, your data is being stored locally in the form of cookies.
All you’ll need to do to clear your personal data, in this case, is delete cookies from your browser. For more information, you can tap or click here to see our guide on how to delete cookies — regardless of which browser you’re using.
Once cookies are cleared, you can access Settings in the bottom right of the Google homepage and click on Your data in search to adjust how the site tracks your activity.
If you’re currently signed in to your Google account, you’ll have access to the pages we mentioned above. From the Google homepage, click on your profile picture in the upper right-hand corner and click on the blue box that says Google Account.
Here, you’ll be able to access personal data. To access private information like your name, birthday, and phone number, click Personal info on the left-hand sidebar. You can edit or delete data on this page — including publicly facing info by clicking Go to About me.
How to find and delete your Google search history from web and apps
Your Google search history is the platform’s bread and butter for revenue. This is data that advertisers buy in bulk to help them target material for prospective buyers. In addition to advertisers, many apps use this history to serve up relevant content and recommendations.
From the same Google Account page, you can access this information by clicking Data & Personalization. On this page, you’ll have access to Activity Controls, which lets you adjust how Google collects your data going forward.
While this is all well and good, we’re here to clean house, so you’ll want to scroll down the page to Activity and timeline and click My Activity.
This next page is the hub for all activity-related options. To get rid of your search history, you can scroll through Google’s records for items you want to remove and click the 3 dots button on the right-hand side of each item. If you don’t want to go through each item individually, you can use the search button at the top to filter by date or Google product.
How to find and remove location history and timeline from Google
Let’s go back to the Data & Personalization page under Google Account. Here, there’s a menu you can click on called Timeline. This will take you to a map showing every place you’ve been with location services turned on.
The red dots on the map represent frequent or significant locations. Click a red dot to examine an item, and click the trashcan icon to delete it. You’ll have to go through each entry until the map is clear since there isn’t an option to bulk-delete.
Once you’ve purged the map, you can adjust your location tracking settings back on the Activity Controls page. Scroll down to Location History and turn the toggle off.
How to find and delete Google voice activity
On the My Activity page, click on Other Google activity. Scroll down until you reach Voice & Audio Activity.
Click the link and you’ll be taken to a page similar to the one for search history. You can scroll through and delete individual voice activity items here, as well as change settings for voice and audio activity, so no future data is collected.
How to locate and remove Google device data and app access
Like before, on the My Activity page, click on Other Google activity. Click on Device Information, and you’ll be taken to another page with your device data activity where you can delete individual items.
You can also remove Google’s ability to share data from your device to apps by visiting security settings from Google Account. In this menu, click on Security and scroll down to Google apps with account access. Click Manage access to specify which apps you want to remove access from.
How to find and clear your YouTube search history
Because of Google’s ownership of YouTube, information shared between the two platforms is deeply integrated. To access your YouTube search and watch history, go back to the My Activity page and click on Other Google activity.
Scroll down to YouTube History. Just like before, you can scroll through and delete your individual activity items, as well as change settings for YouTube search and watch activity so no future data is collected.
How to stop Google from tracking you for good
Once you’ve combed through and deleted each piece of Google search history, your next priority should be preventing the platform from tracking you any further. We mentioned the Activity controls menu a few times in this tutorial, but this is the place to adjust account settings for privacy permanently.
Go to Activity controls and scroll through each menu item to see what Google is tracking. Here, you’ll have the option to pause each function by clicking the green slider in the bottom right corner of each category. This will halt Google’s tracking and set your account up to be as private as possible with Google’s service.
Keep in mind, altering these settings will remove personalized recommendations and relevant advertising from your Google searches. The result will be a clean-slate experience that lasts until you turn the settings back on.
As you can see, despite Google’s constant presence, privacy with the platform doesn’t have to be a thing of the past. All you need to do is adjust some settings and you’re back to browsing the net without being tracked. Well, at least from what we can see. | <urn:uuid:89b917a3-73f8-4f35-8033-3071d9a943e2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.komando.com/tech-tips/remove-your-google-data/566029/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.916093 | 1,560 | 1.90625 | 2 |
PROVO—If you have been concerned at how divided and bitter political battles have become, there is a new publication that might interest you. The just-released issue of BYU Studies takes up the questions, “What is good government, and what can citizens do to promote and preserve it?”
Sue Young of Ephraim (aka, Susan Elizabeth Howe) was one of the four editors of the issue. “Preparing these articles for the journal made me aware of my own failings in how I think about and act towards those I disagree with in politics,” she said.
“The country is at a critical juncture, where we will either separate into hostile tribal factions, or we will begin to talk to each other and seek common ground in order to solve our problems. I hope we will return to respect and cooperation, but I’ve learned for myself that it takes real work to change.”
One of the most important articles, “To Moderate and Unify,” is by Spring City resident Kristine Hansen. It argues that citizens need to return to a model of listening to each other and speaking persuasively to choose the course of action we should follow.
To persuade someone is far different from calling them names, distorting their ideas, or shouting and disrupting a meeting to keep them from speaking. Effective communicators demonstrate fairness and honesty, and they seek to establish common ground with those they hope to persuade. They seek to modify extreme positions and to arrive at solutions that address problems.
The issue is full of examples of groups and individuals who are trying to do just that. Dallin Oaks of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints explains how Latter-day Saint and LGBTQ leaders came together to learn from each other and then compromised to pass legislation in Utah that preserved two important constitutional principles—freedom of religion for people of faith, and equality in housing and employment for the LGBTQ community.
Keith Allred, author of one of the articles, has based his organization, Commonsense American, on the principle he learned from James Madison in the Federalist Papers and King Mosiah in the Book of Mormon: The majority of people are likely to choose what is fair and right.
He explains how a small percentage of Americans are running both the Republican and Democratic parties, and how they are much more extreme in their positions than the majority of those in either party, as well as independents, all of whom are looking for fair, just and effective legislation.
Anyone can join Commonsense American. By completing surveys expressing ideas on individual issues, members provide the organization with information to convince partisan legislators that the citizens they represent support commonsense—not extreme partisan—solutions to such problems as infrastructure and medical care.
Sharlee Mullins Glenn, founder of Mormon Women for Ethical Government, explains the principles on which the organization was founded. If one begins with one’s deeply held religious beliefs rather than the positions espoused by a political party, one is more likely to choose to support some candidates from one party and some from another, rather than to begin with loyalty to party before any other consideration.
According to Sue Young, there are many more ideas in the issue for improving government. The entire content is available free of charge at the BYU Studies website, or a hard copy can be ordered for $9.95 by calling the offices at (801) 422-6691. | <urn:uuid:4ad159bd-a04c-46b4-b534-f6debef3f796> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sanpetemessenger.com/working-for-good-government-publication-now-available/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.964859 | 705 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Employment alternatives exist in new vehicle dealerships, independent vehicle repair amenities, vehicle fleet maintenance and government companies. The rotation of the wheels is what then powers the alternator in the car and the alternator recharges the battery. Oftentimes they will work as part of a larger automotive technician workforce at a warehouse or auto physique shop. Addictive energy, unrivalled exhilaration and a true drivers sports car, the Plus Six heralds a new era of efficiency and refinement for the Morgan range.
When you have a magnet sitting on the kitchen desk and transfer another magnet of reverse polarity nearby, the magnet in your hand pulls the other magnet towards it. Likewise when the two opposing magnetic fields generated contained in the motor of a Ludicrous Mannequin S P100D work together … the automotive takes off like a bat out of Hell.
Competently perform business customary automotive repair procedures, utilizing the right tools, procedures, and diagnostic methods, as specified in the NATEF program certification process. As soon as you have applied the auto primer, curing time will range between varieties, so be sure you read labels and directions. All About Auto Care prides itself on reliable, qualified, and handy auto repair.
Professions like these, in addition to automotive, marine and aviation expertise, offer arms-on studying and attainment of an rising array of technical expertise that put together college students for rewarding professions. The ability plant consists of the engine and its gas, the carburettor, ignition, lubrication, and cooling systems, and the starter motor.
These experimental cars ran on steam, gasoline, or electricity. If it’s worthwhile to come back at a later time to retrieve the HTML code needed in Chapter 6, all you might want to do is login, click on the Ny Videos link after which click on the Edit Video Info button for the specified video. The crown jewel was the Model III, launched in 1957, a bit folded-steel crackerbox powered by a 9-hp motor. | <urn:uuid:7b792a40-71ac-4a2e-aa15-0f47ec92e2b3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://quiethavenhotel.co.uk/what-kind-of-electric-motor-can-i-use-with-my-traxxas-electric-car-or-truck.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.90645 | 415 | 1.757813 | 2 |
- Registries assist public health in documenting the incidence of new infections and gathering clinical data about patients to inform clinicians on presentation and evolution of emerging diseases. This becomes even more important during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
- A 77-year-old man presented with a 5-day history of right eye pain, redness, and decreased vision. He was known for cataracts and Fuch's corneal dystrophy. He was also followed for a past Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) and rituximab-associated hypogammaglobulinemia.
- Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is a rare and dreaded complication of accidental or surgical trauma and results in diffuse granulomatous panuveitis in both the injured (inciting) and contralateral (sympathizing) eye.1 Although the diagnosis of SO is made clinically and supported through histopathologic findings, multimodal imaging has been described to help support the diagnosis after disease onset.2–6 To the author's knowledge, our case is the first in which spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used to diagnose early SO in an otherwise asymptomatic patient.
- A 38-year-old female from Montreal, Canada, consulted for sudden, painless vision loss in her left eye 5 days before presentation. Her medical history was known for bipolar disease, hypothyroidism, and clinically diagnosed truncal tinea versicolor (Fig. 1). | <urn:uuid:fe595590-0468-4b75-9b46-96c578664f1e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.canadianjournalofophthalmology.ca/content/correspondence?ContentItemType=cor&startPage=&rel=nofollow&ContribAuthorRaw=Aubin%2C%20Marie-Jos%C3%A9e | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.935359 | 332 | 2.46875 | 2 |
Gaining a clear understanding of how to focus your time and energy continues to become cumbersome. With the everchanging landscape of technology, staying competitive is already complex enough. Now add Cybersecurity to the mix and things get even more convoluted.
Recently, AutomaTech and Nozomi Networks hosted a webinar on how to navigate the complex Log4Shell vulnerability. During the webinar, the audience was asked a series of questions designed to better understand three main elements of an organization’s cyber strategy within IT/OT/ and IoT: organizational readiness, technology adoption, and technology expertise. This post is designed to help ignite the conversation around where you may be in your own cyber journey and how to further evolve.
Step 1: Create a baseline of what strategy is in place
Like all journeys, you need to know where to start and where you are heading. Take a moment here to define what you want the end result to be, do not focus on the details yet.
For example, “We want to know what we have and be able to protect from outside attacks. We would also like to know where to focus without having to redo everything”
· It's imperative to know what the strategy is on a local level
· Must understand how local strategy fits into larger scope
Step 2: Make note of all inefficiencies in both strategy and process
Now that you have an idea of where you want to get to; how far away is it from where you are now? You may need a “map” to figure it out. The NIST framework is a very good starting point. The NIST ICS framework breaks things down into 5 actionable categories.
Back to the beginning Step 1 (Identify)
Where are gaps in the solution?
Look at each step and evaluate what you have in place and what is missing or needs improvement
Step 3: Create a mind map of all tools and systems related to your strategy
Having a mind map helps you understand where systems communicate and where they don't
Building on your initial framework, you can start understanding where key processes and tools falls within the framework. Going through this exercise with your internal teams will start to shine light on gaps in processes and any overlap that exists. The outcome is a deeper understanding of your own eco-system.
Don’t get caught up on how to facilitate a mind map, what’s more critical is ensuring you have the right people in the room and are able to open the conversation around the framework that works best for you. Allocating the right amount of time can help break barriers of understanding and help begin putting the pieces of your eco-system together.
Create an inventory of software and work with vendors to understand the impact of log4shell
To better understand what applications are impacted by Log4Shell an inventory is critical to cross reference any affected applications and systems provided by the vendors. At this point, most if not all vendors have provided clear indication of the impact of the Log4Shell vulnerability. Outside, of just log4shell, the best practice is to gain visibility into what exists. There are several tools that automate visibility, but if they are adopted too early, the tools will only add to the complexity and will not give you a clear picture of the eco-system.
This is typically where gaps can be uncovered between teams and infrastructures. Some people have certain context, and if the right cross-functional team is developed, it could speed up the process and ensure everyone has a better handle on all things inventory. Then automation can be valuable. Having 24/7/365 inventory will help continue the evolution of internal processes and understanding of what steps need to be taken to remedy any gaps.
Step 4: Determine which systems overlap and where and fill gaps
Some systems will overlap but cannot be replaced because of how critical they are. It's key to understand these systems and how to ensure you're maximizing value from them.
Once a mind map is developed, a key framework is adopted, and inventory is constructed, you can begin looking into dependencies, inefficiencies, and gaps. This is where the real magic can happen. Typically, overlaps will exist and sometimes, tools that have become the status quo can be deemed redundant with no added value. The goal, once again, is to create the conversations and understanding of the architecture, communication paths, and features that each system fulfills. Don’t be shy to include one or many vendors in these calls to drive alignment your adopted framework.
Organizations typically believe one system will solve all their problems, but reality shows that no “one size fits all” exists and every set of requirements is different.
This is a key item to note. There is no “one size fits all” or “system that does everything.” If a vendor suggests this, their solution has several features that probably only go surface deep. In certain circumstances this may be sufficient, but the key is to understand your needs and your strategy. Vendors can help educate and guide, but most do not extend this, even while charging. If certain vendors are willing to go that extra mile and learn about your environment to help devise a strong scalable eco-system in a collaborative way, then the vendor is probably looking more like a partner to scale with.
Step 5: Setup consistent evaluation of evolving strategy
What happens next when a strategy has been adopted?
Once a well-defined strategy is adopted by the many teams involved, the work doesn’t stop there. You must consider that the cyber landscape is ever-changing and will require tweaks throughout. The
number one idea is to have a strong foundation where small incremental changes will not seem daunting. There must be a continuous cadence to evaluate the strategy as time goes on.
Step 6: Ensure training is available to key players
With new systems in place, you want to ensure that the right daily users are maximizing the value within your org.
If your org continues to depend on your vendors for any changes within their tools, then you become too dependent. The real sweet spot is when there is a strong understanding of the joint strategy and the needs of your facilities / networks, then working with vendors that will help guide and enable your team to solve problems, create strategies, and evolve processes. The key to this is to take advantage of any readily available trainings and clearly designate roles and ownership of different components within your cyber strategy. Internal experts will help bridge the gap along with the necessary services from your vendors.
We all continuously hear about the cyber journey and its large impacts on our organizations. People adopt technologies rapidly and hope to build strategies and processes around tools and technologies. In this ever-changing landscape you do not want to be Pidgeon-holed by a tool, but rather you want to ensure the partners you choose will continuously enable your strategy and help fill the gaps of the frameworks you adopt. It’s a long-term play where cultural changes will occur, and the goal will be to have the tools at your disposal for everyone in your organization to be well-equipped to contribute as their roles define.
Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org if you would like to review your specific use case with a Solution Architect. | <urn:uuid:c6f8bf15-9954-4570-860f-31f8f4b95e91> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://automatech.com/category/blog-posts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.946094 | 1,510 | 1.851563 | 2 |
When rescuers from Merida, Mexico, found a skinny female dog lying on the middle of the road, they thought she was dead. After approaching her, it was discovered she was still alive but probably not for much longer.
Concerned for her well being, the kind humans placed her in a car and rushed her to a veterinarian. All odds were against her but somehow the dog now named Bu had a strong will to live and fought for her life.
At first Bu couldn’t hold her own weight and had no appetite but a few days later and thanks to her caretakers’ love and attention, she started to gain strength to live.
Today, the dog found almost dead on the middle of the road is happy, healthy and full of energy. All she needs is a forever home of her own.
Bu was saved thanks to Second Chance Perros Merida Sin Fines de Lucro. If you are interested in adopting her or helping her find a home, contact them. | <urn:uuid:59f6bb7e-deec-4bde-a1cd-6c508ba14e19> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lifewithdogs.tv/woman-helps-dog-found-almost-dead-come-back-to-life/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.989639 | 205 | 1.601563 | 2 |
ASTM International - ASTM D3957-03
Standard Practices for Establishing Stress Grades for Structural Members Used in Log Buildings
|Publication Date:||1 October 2003|
|ICS Code (Timber structures):||91.080.20|
1.1 These practices cover the visual stress-grading principles applicable to structural wood members of nonrectangular shape, as typically used in log buildings. These practices are meant to supplement the ASTM standards listed in Section , which cover stress-grading of sawn lumber and round timbers. Pieces covered by these practices may also be used in building types other than log buildings.
1.2 The grading provisions used as illustrations herein are not intended to establish grades for purchase, but rather to show how stress-grading principles are applied to members used in log buildings. Detailed grading rules for commercial stress grades which serve as purchase specifications are established and published by agencies that formulate and maintain such rules and operate inspection facilities covering the various species.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. | <urn:uuid:51c25295-0a3d-4641-aa79-9a301613d989> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://standards.globalspec.com/std/3814936/astm-d3957-03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.939157 | 288 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Access the profiler window using Find Action, ⌘⇧A (macOS), or Ctrl+Shift+A (Windows/Linux), or via the quick access buttons, and it shows a list of running processes
Click on a process to attach a profiler to it, for example a CPU profiler. The IDE will show the results, for example as a Flame Graph.
Click on a process in the profiler window to edit the configurations of the profilers.
Right click on a process in the profiler window to capture a memory snapshot at this moment in time. Open this to see which objects are taking up the most space on the heap.
Right click on a process in the profiler window to see the CPU and Memory use in real time. This is really helpful for getting a current view on what's happening in the application right now.
Find out more about the profiler in IntelliJ IDEA's help documentation. | <urn:uuid:94b9d3b7-af50-4129-bbd3-9bc3b4153167> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/guide/tips/profiler-basics/?playlist=20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.882977 | 196 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Emails and phone calls are coming in about Salmonella Pot Pies. Most people simply want to know what they should do – ConAgra says cook it or return it to the store, USDA says do not eat it, but keep it and Health Departments say to throw it away – what is a consumer to do? Here is an email that I thought I would share to give a little insight into ConAgra’s operation:
I am a food safety microbiologist with more than 35 years of
experience. I follow your food poisoning blog closely, and am usually
in agreement with your philosophy. I also respect your attention to
accuracy in your scientific comments – something sorely lacking in
many places on the Internet.
I have been following the ConAgra/Banquet situation, and was
nonplussed at the Company’s comment that any problems were due to its
customers undercooking the pot pies. This did not make any sense to
me, so I did a bit of digging on-line and came up with the following
1994 article from Prepared Foods magazine. Please note, especially,
the final paragraphs on the first page of this link.
See Article at Find Articles
Unless the Company has drastically changed its production procedure
since 1994, the pot pie fillings are PRECOOKED. Only the crust is
raw. In 1994, ConAgra was cooking the fillings to 205ºF (96ºC) and
then cooling to 60-70ºF (15.5º-21ºC) before filling the pie shells.
The Company’s claim that the filling must be cooked by the customer
in order to be consumed safely is nonsense.
I thought that I would forward this article to you in the hope that
you would find it useful.
Keep up the good work.
Come on ConAgra, recall this product before someone really gets hurt. | <urn:uuid:a94f86f6-3ec2-410a-ab6c-447d0d53308b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/you-have-to-love-the-internet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.95192 | 403 | 2.015625 | 2 |
The documentation you are viewing is for Dapr v1.3 which is an older version of Dapr. For up-to-date documentation, see the latest version.
A building block is an HTTP or gRPC API that can be called from your code and uses one or more Dapr components.
Building blocks address common challenges in building resilient, microservices applications and codify best practices and patterns. Dapr consists of a set of building blocks, with extensibility to add new building blocks.
The diagram below shows how building blocks expose a public API that is called from your code, using components to implement the building blocks’ capability.
The following are the building blocks provided by Dapr:
||Service invocation enables applications to communicate with each other through well-known endpoints in the form of http or gRPC messages. Dapr provides an endpoint that acts as a combination of a reverse proxy with built-in service discovery, while leveraging built-in distributed tracing and error handling.|
||Application state is anything an application wants to preserve beyond a single session. Dapr provides a key/value-based state API with pluggable state stores for persistence.|
|Publish and subscribe||
||Pub/Sub is a loosely coupled messaging pattern where senders (or publishers) publishes messages to a topic, to which subscribers subscribe. Dapr supports the pub/sub pattern between applications.|
||A binding provides a bi-directional connection to an external cloud/on-premise service or system. Dapr allows you to invoke the external service through the Dapr binding API, and it allows your application to be triggered by events sent by the connected service.|
||An actor is an isolated, independent unit of compute and state with single-threaded execution. Dapr provides an actor implementation based on the Virtual Actor pattern which provides a single-threaded programming model and where actors are garbage collected when not in use.|
||Dapr system components and runtime emit metrics, logs, and traces to debug, operate and monitor Dapr system services, components and user applications.|
||Dapr offers a secrets building block API and integrates with secret stores such as Azure Key Vault and Kubernetes to store the secrets. Service code can call the secrets API to retrieve secrets out of the Dapr supported secret stores.| | <urn:uuid:bbbb383d-7744-4947-9f29-7e1293e39a2b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://v1-3.docs.dapr.io/concepts/building-blocks-concept/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.89761 | 548 | 1.9375 | 2 |
The overwhelming focus of welfare programs in the United States is urban, but the fact that a rural child is more than twice as likely as an urban child to live in the vicinity of persistent high child poverty underscores that any national discussion of child poverty must address the challenges faced by children living in isolated rural areas.
This quote, from a report published by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, immediately grabbed my attention when I first came across it in 2016. It squared with the way I felt, as a rural kid from a family that has been rural for generations. It also resonated because at the time I worked for a statewide education grantmaker, Greater Texas Foundation, that maintained a focus on rural students while at the same time concentrating on the more urban areas of the state where most students live. That said, Texas has the largest rural K-12 population in the country—about 600,000—more rural children than some states have kids or even total population.
That quote and report grew into a deeper exploration of rural communities that coincided with my return to living in rural East Texas after 30 years away and with the 2016 presidential election—an individual awakening and what seems to be a national rediscovery of rural issues and concerns. But, rural issues are not really about the election.
We are hearing more and more about rural people and communities these days, but there is no rural monolith. According to Kenneth Johnson, professor of sociology and senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy, “‘Rural America’ is a deceptively simple term for a remarkably diverse collection of places.” Many Americans today no longer have rural ties or connections, and in my conversations over the last couple of years with urban-centric audiences, a picture comes to mind as they describe what they think rural is: a stereotype—unsophisticated, backward, and white.
The reality, though, is that rural America is growing more and more diverse. According to Red Rural, Blue Rural, “Minorities represent 21 percent of the rural population but produced 83 percent of the growth between 2000 and 2010. Hispanics are particularly important to this growing rural diversity… The rural minority child population has grown significantly recently, while the number of non-Hispanic white children diminished.”
In an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, the Carsey School found that “Black people are nine times more likely to be living in low-income rural counties than in high-income ones.” Carsey researchers also stated, “Poverty is higher in the rural United States, incomes are lower, and job growth is nearly non-existent.”
When you put this picture together, what you find is that rural child poverty concentrates across the historic plantation south, in the Ozarks and Appalachia, along the Texas-U.S. border, and on reservations in the midwest and northwest (see the first and third images in the slideshow above). There are three key takeaways from the 2016 Carsey report I led with.
- By 2010, nearly 66 percent of rural counties had high child poverty, compared to just 47 percent of urban counties.
- Only 14 percent of the total child population resides in a rural county, but these counties contain 17 percent of the nation’s poor children.
- About 77 percent of persistent-high-child-poverty counties, which tend to concentrate in rural areas, have a substantial minority child population, compared to just 54 percent of all counties.
With these statistics in mind, private philanthropy needs to take stock of our collective underinvestment in rural America. According to USDA analysis of private foundation grantmaking, only 6-7 percent of private foundation grants benefit rural areas, although 19 percent of the U.S. population lives in rural areas. On the average, rural areas receive less than half the average provided to metro areas (see the second map in the slideshow above). In the Deep South, for example, the Alabama Black Belt and Mississippi Delta receive $41 per capita compared to New York City’s $1,966 per capita.
It is shocking when you put the two maps above side by side. The areas where child poverty concentrates are exactly opposite of where private philanthropy tends to invest (see the first and second maps in the slideshow above). Yes, some private foundations are limited by geography; others are limited by program area; still others by geography and program area. But to the extent possible, private foundations—whether they focus on education, public health, economic development, or diversity, equity, and inclusion—should take a step back, assess their priorities, and ask if there is room for rural investment within their portfolios.
Can we—as a sector—accept that we are underinvesting in areas that greatly need our attention and support?
Wynn Rosser, PhD, is president & CEO of the T.L.L. Temple Foundation. Wynn is committed to collective impact and to improving education outcomes – especially for low income and rural students as well as to a regional approach to grantmaking and philanthropic leadership. | <urn:uuid:3bbb4419-0606-4ae2-b945-602050e4466a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fsg.org/blog/call-philanthropy-invest-rural-america/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.951175 | 1,053 | 2.75 | 3 |
David Anointed King of Judah 2 1After this David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To Hebron.” 2So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 3And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron. 4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,” 5David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, “May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him. 6Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you. And I will do good to you because you have done this thing. 7Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.” Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel 8But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim, 9and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel. 10Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. The Battle of Gibeon 12Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 14And Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.” 15Then they arose and passed over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim,[D] which is at Gibeon. 17And the battle was very fierce that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David. 18And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle. 19And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 20Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” And he answered, “It is I.” 21Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and seize one of the young men and take his spoil.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. 22And Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?” 23But he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died where he was. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still. 24But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. And as the sun was going down they came to the hill of Ammah, which lies before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. 25And the people of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner and became one group and took their stand on the top of a hill. 26Then Abner called to Joab, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you tell your people to turn from the pursuit of their brothers?” 27And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until the morning.” 28So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the men stopped and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight anymore. 29And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole morning, they came to Mahanaim. 30Joab returned from the pursuit of Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing from David’s servants nineteen men besides Asahel. 31But the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin 360 of Abner’s men. 32And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was at Bethlehem. And Joab and his men marched all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron.
English Standard Version® / © 2001 Crossway Bibles About | <urn:uuid:8ea4c35d-ca9f-4c49-80b4-c9f7ae26bb0d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.just1word.com/esv/2_samuel/2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.978737 | 1,245 | 1.507813 | 2 |
While genetics plays a large role in hair loss, there is a link between vitamin deficiency and hair loss.
How can you supplement your diet with vitamins and minerals to help with hair loss? If you’re worried about losing your hair, keep reading to learn more about vitamin deficiency.
What is Hair Loss?
Even though some hair loss is normal (the average person loses 100 strands per day!), some hair loss is considered a disease.
Hair loss is when your hair begins to fall out due to normal circumstances or because of a disease. Hair loss that happens for several months is chronic. Scientifically it’s known by the name, alopecia.
There are several types of hair loss, but two are the most common. They are androgenetic alopecia and telogen effluvium.
Androgenetic alopecia is otherwise known as male or female pattern baldness. In men, baldness begins at the hairline and recedes, while in women, they experience a thinning of hair.
Telogen effluvium occurs when hair begins the growth process but doesn’t grow. It will typically manifest as thinning as well, but you will likely not lose all of your hair. Telogen effluvium is triggered by medical ailments like surgery, illness, thyroid problems, and even vitamin deficiency.
What is a Vitamin Deficiency?
Our bodies need certain types of minerals and vitamins to grow. If you’re eating an overall healthy diet, you should be supplying your body with everything it needs.
But if you’re not supplying your body with healthy foods, it’s highly likely that you might have a vitamin deficiency, which means you’re not getting adequate nutrition for your body to work properly.
Some signs of vitamin deficiency will depend on which specific vitamin you’re missing, but the overall signs may include:
- Poor vision
- Hair loss
- Brittle nails
- Dry skin or other skin issues
- Eye discoloration
- Gum inflammation
If you experience any of these symptoms, see your doctor see if you might have a vitamin deficiency.
Vitamin Deficiency And Hair Loss
Hair loss is thought to be a product of possible vitamin deficiency, especially vitamins B7, C, D, and E, and iron. Let’s explore how each one of these contributes to hair health and why these are the best vitamins for hair loss.
Vitamin B7, otherwise known as biotin, is an important factor in both hair and nail growth because it keeps hair and nails strong. This is because biotin is an important product in the production of keratin, which is a protein critical to the structure of the hair.
A lack of biotin has a direct impact on hair thinning, but because biotin is found in many foods a deficiency is very rare.
You might think vitamin C is only good when you have a cold, but it’s also a much-needed vitamin for hair health.
Free radicals can damage your hair. Since vitamin C is an antioxidant, it protects your current hair from thinning and damage. Vitamin C aids in the production of collagen, which is another protein your hair needs.
While your body produces vitamin D via the sun, not everyone manages a healthy supply. Vitamin D and hair loss are connected because it helps generate new hair follicles. It also plays a role in the thickness of your hair.
If you’re taking any kind of medication, it might affect your vitamin D levels. If this is the case, talk to your doctor about what you can do to boost vitamin D in your body.
An iron deficiency, which might be harmful to the health of your hair, is also dangerous for your overall health.
Low levels of iron could be a sign of anemia. The role of iron in the body functions to carry oxygen to your cells. When your body is low in iron, nutrients can’t reach the hair follicles and could result in thinning or hair loss.
If you’re taking vitamin C, it aids in the absorption of iron.
Supplementing Your Diet
Again, if you’re managing a healthy diet, chances are you don’t have a vitamin deficiency.
However, if you’re noticing minimal to substantial hair loss, you can supplement your diet with multivitamins like women’s multi-vitamin gummies, which are easier to consume than capsules.
The best way to get all your vitamins and nutrients is through whole foods. Here are some foods you may want to consider adding to your diet which is rich in vitamins needed for healthy hair.
Because the main structure of hair is protein, eating foods that are high in protein will keep your hair strong. Incorporate foods like eggs, poultry, beans, fish, and nuts into your diet as much as possible.
Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits are especially important because they contain high amounts of vitamin C. Eat fruits like berries, apples, bananas, and oranges, or any other citrus fruits to help prevent hair loss.
Vegetables like sweet potatoes, carrots, and avocados provide a wealth of vitamins as well as healthy fats.
Dark, leafy greens like spinach, Swiss chard, and kale are packed with iron. They’re easy to add to your diet by eating a salad or blending them in a smoothie if you don’t like the taste of greens!
Take Your Vitamins
There is a link between vitamin deficiency and hair loss, but with the right diet and proper supplementing you may avoid extreme hair loss. Talk to your doctor before you begin any supplement regimen, especially if you’re taking medications.
Are you looking for more healthy-living tips? We’ve got you covered. Read all about how to improve your health on our page! | <urn:uuid:52b05512-23fd-4bb7-9090-75368049336a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.worldexecutivesdigest.com/uncovering-the-relationship-between-vitamin-deficiency-and-hair-loss/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.939227 | 1,253 | 2.859375 | 3 |
*crossposted from Seven Deadly Divas*
I like words. Specifically, I like how words can be very precise even when we don’t really think about their meanings or use them interchangeably. For example:
Kindness vs. Niceness
- having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; “kind to sick patients”; “a kind master”; “kind words showing understanding and sympathy”; “thanked her for her kind letter”
- charitable: showing or motivated by sympathy, understanding, and generosity
- pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; “what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty”- George Meredith; “nice manners”; “a nice dress”; “a nice face”; “a nice day”; “had a nice time at the party”; “the corn and tomatoes are nice today”
- decent: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; “from a decent family”; “a nice girl”
- courteous: exhibiting courtesy and politeness; “a nice gesture”
In relation to people, those are two very different concepts, and I think our society over stresses “niceness” to the point that “kindness” is often forgotten.
Which makes sense because niceness is about social compliance.
Someone who is socially or conventionally correct, who doesn’t “make waves”, inconvenience others, or act disagreeably, is a “nice” person. You can have nice dogs – they’re dogs that don’t impose on you, who behave appropriately and not intrusively or in an objectionable manner. It’s essentially… well… a social nicety. (Go figure on that phrase, right?)
Acting “un-nice” gets an immediate social reaction of disapproval and (sometimes) shame. We are expected to be nice – to value and serve the social structure as more important than the people in it.
Kindness, on the other hand, is more about awareness of others as well as self. It takes paying attention to others, and an active attempt to understand where they’re coming from and what’s happening. A nice response might be the same as a kind one sometimes, but ultimately niceness serves society where kindness serves people.
I’d even go so far as to say that kindness is more akin to compassion than it is to niceness. Kindness isn’t really something you can expect, and forced kindness starts to look a lot like being “nice” instead.
For example: as a child, I was told to write thank you notes to everyone who gave me gifts – to the point of not being able to use those gifts until I had written and mailed the thank you for it. That’s niceness.
As an adult, however, I know how much I love getting mail and hearing from friends in a physical way (especially the friends who live far away). I have intentionally kept up with writing thank you notes, not because I know it’s expected of me (it’s really not, at least not in this internet age) but as a way to do something unexpected and catch up with a friend. Do I gain some benefit from it? Of course. But that benefit is more from knowing that I have the ability to make a mailbox full of bills less depressing than it is from any expectation of a return note or even an acknowledgment. Writing a note has gone from socially expected niceness to a choice I make to do a little kind thing with 5 minutes of my day.
(I admit, however, that I did not particularly relish writing wedding thank you notes, because THOSE were expected social niceness. Even if I did have fun playing with stamps.)
The internet tends to value niceness over kindness – much like society as a whole. In large groups of people, those social niceties are what keep things flowing in a way that everyone is comfortable and familiar with.
Kindness stands out, where niceness is expected, and in our happy little intertube world, kindness is harder. It’s much easier to be compassionate to the friend sitting next to you than it is to think about a pixellated icon as a person to whom you might choose to be kind.
Of course, it’s easily as important to be kind to yourself as it is to be kind to others. Some would say (if you are one to believe in the golden rule) that being kind to yourself is the first step in being kind to others. To treat others as you’d like to be treated is to first value yourself and others equally and to know how you wish to be treated and what your personal and emotional state is
Sometimes the ultimate act of self-kindness is to allow yourself to look inward and rest, to step away from niceness and realize that putting others above yourself is as disproportionate as putting others below yourself. Forcing yourself to be kind to others in a way that depletes your energy and makes you miserable isn’t kind to you.
There’s a balance to be had there, and I’m the first to admit that I’m pretty bad at it. But I am trying, and slowly getting better at knowing when I need to be kind to myself and when I can choose to be kind to others (and reminding myself to apologize when I am decidedly unkind).
Niceness doesn’t really mean being good to yourself or to others, it’s simply social compliance. Not that social compliance is inherently bad (cutting in line is kind of asshatish), but it’s not the most important of our interactions with others. Niceness doesn’t improve friendships or create connections the way kindness can – and it certainly doesn’t recharge our batteries and allow us to rest and take care of ourselves. Kindness is one of the seven virtues precisely because it DOES do those things. I’d go so far as to argue that kindness (both to self and to others) can really improve the quality of our relationships.
And maybe that’s a little too kum-ba-ya for a Monday morning, but I think it’s important to think about. | <urn:uuid:a372f4c6-55dc-4a40-842d-dfab9769d397> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://justoneanna.com/navel-gazing/2011/cultivating-kindness | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.966881 | 1,358 | 2.140625 | 2 |
China’s campaign to cut environmentally polluting steel, aluminum, power generating and similar industries, like cement plants, is understandably catching the headlines.
For producing industries like steel and aluminum, the cutbacks have supported prices. The expectation is the closures made this year will accelerate during the November to March heating period, when there will be forced closures of plants, even some that have passed the environmental tests.
All this has supported the expectation that there will be supply shortages in the face of an economy that continues to grow strongly and where recent PMI data supports current growth levels persisting at least through to the end of the year.
Yet while the headline announcements are all about capacity cuts, a recent Reuters article illustrates they are only part of the story.
China’s Hebei province will slash 11.48 million tons in outdated steelmaking capacity to accommodate the expansion of a new plant, Reuters reports, part of efforts by the country’s top steel-producing region to rein in surplus production. The article goes on to say that China reduced its total steel production capacity by 42.4 million tons by the end of May, meeting 85% of its full-year target.
But while the closure of some 11 million tons of outdated steel capacity is welcomed news, the reality is Hebei province’s closure of these nine mills is to make way for the expansion of a single super plant at Shougang Jintang Steel, which will add 5.1 million tons of new capacity, Reuters said. The entire plant, when finished, will produce 9 million tons of steel products annually, almost completely negating the closure of the 11 million tons announced with such fanfare.
In the same way, China is closing loss-making and less efficient aluminum plants, often near major cities on the eastern seaboard, only for more new capacity to open in northwestern provinces far from urban areas.
In part, this meets China’s objective of closing polluting plants close to areas of high population and replacing them with less-polluting plants based on the latest technology far from urban populations.
This does little, however, to tackle China’s excess steel and aluminum production capacity.
Indeed, it hastens the respective industries’ progress up the value chain as new plants incorporate the latest Western technology and equipment, enabling them to produce not just harder alloys (and in ever-larger size ranges), but also to meet aerospace and defense standards previously the preserve of mills in North America, Europe and Japan.
This muscling in on Western mills’ value and product areas is almost of more threat than the simple depression of global prices Chinese steel and aluminum mills have caused by overproduction. | <urn:uuid:aecde1f5-7d5b-4146-9fc1-09afc7f54c11> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.qddonrex.com/495.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.938381 | 554 | 2.578125 | 3 |
This process supports deeper understanding of words or concepts that are unfamiliar to learners and that may not have a “real-life” context.
- Have learners work with a partner or in small groups to construct shared understanding of a concept or word using the Visual Dictionary organizer (see below in Materials).
- Upper left quadrant – identify the word or concept
- Upper right quadrant – create a visual representation to illustrate understanding
- Lower left quadrant –identify a personal connection to the concept or word – a connection that will help anchor the meaning for learners
- Lower right quadrant – create a definition of the word or concept in learners’ own words
Visual Dictionary Organizer | <urn:uuid:385ad445-b891-4726-b5d4-90c9f4ea7459> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.stf.sk.ca/professional-resources/stf-professional-learning/curriculum-resources/process-cards/supporting-5 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.833273 | 168 | 4.0625 | 4 |
What is mindfulness meditation
One of the benefits that meditation brings to our daily lives is that it protects certain areas of the brain, delaying to a greater or lesser extent its aging. And precisely one of these areas especially protected thanks to Mindfundless meditation is the one dedicated to attention, so that Mindfundless allows us to pay attention to what happens around us and decide how we will react, instead of letting ourselves be carried away by the automatic or mechanical reactions by which we are guided in other cases.
Thus, Mindfundless learning is based on enhancing the ability to be attentive when one wants to be attentive, something that has a lot of applications in our daily lives. In fact, the strongest advocates of this philosophy claim that we can transform our daily life into a meditation itself. At the same time, this reinforcement of the part of the brain dedicated to attention helps us to age in a much healthier way, something that will undoubtedly also have more than positive consequences on our general well-being.
In 1960, Nhat Hanh went to the United States to study comparative religions at Princeton University and was later appointed professor of Buddhism at Columbia University. He communicated in French, Chinese, Sanskrit, Pali, Japanese and English, in addition to his native Vietnamese. In 1963, he returned to Vietnam to assist his followers in their nonviolent actions for peace.
Despite the controversy, Nhat Hanh returned to Vietnam again in 2007, while two senior officials of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) remained under house arrest. The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam considered Nhat Hanh’s visit a betrayal, symbolizing Nhat Hanh’s desire to work with the oppressors of his co-religionists. Vo Van Ai, a spokesman for the UBCV said, «I believe that Thich Nhat Hanh’s trip is manipulated by the Hanoi government to hide its repression of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and create a false impression of religious freedom in Vietnam.» The Plum Village website states that the three objectives of his return trip to Vietnam were to support the monastics of his order, to organize and conduct «Great Chanting Ceremonies» ceremonies for the purpose of helping to heal wounds from the Vietnam War, and to lead retreats for monastics and lay people. The chanting ceremonies were originally called «Grand Requiem for Praying Equally for All to Untie the Knots of Unjust Suffering,» but Vietnamese officials protested, claiming that it was unacceptable for the government to «equalize» prayers for South Vietnamese army soldiers or American soldiers. Nhat Hanh agreed to change the name into «Grand Requiem For Praying.» The name was changed to «Grand Requiem For Praying.»[27
The concept of mindfulness, originating in Buddhism, is neither religious nor esoteric in nature: it is described as dispassionate, non-evaluative, and sustained moment-to-moment attention to perceivable mental states and processes, including physical sensations, perceptions, affective states, thoughts, and imagination. It is intended to be dispassionate and non-evaluative: it involves paying sustained attention to mental content but not thinking about it, comparing it, or evaluating it in any way. The program is intended to be a less invasive and less invasive method.
The program is intended to be a less invasive method of achieving improvement in patients with chronic pain conditions, reduction in stress, help with eating disorders and depression and increased sense of well-being and claims to achieve everything from an increase in the ability of the body’s immune system to protect against disease to a shift in the use of the right prefrontal cerebral cortex, associated with anxiety, depression and rejection, to the left prefrontal cortex, associated with well-being.
Mindfulness definition in english
Mindfulness, also called mindfulness, consists of being consciously and intentionally attentive to what we do in the present moment, without judging, attaching to, or rejecting the experience in any way. Mindfulness, also called mindfulness or mindful awareness, consists of being consciously and intentionally attentive to what we do in the present moment, without judging, attaching to, or rejecting the experience in any way.
Nearly a century later, in the 1970s Jon Kabat-Zinn chose it to name meditation in his program, in order to bridge the reticence that existed at the time toward Eastern mysticism, giving it its current meaning: «awareness arising from mindfulness, with purpose focused on the present moment, and without judgment.»
While there is evidence that mindfulness therapy has greater effectiveness than mere exposure to psychoeducation, relaxation, imagination, its efficacy is similar to cognitive-behavioral therapy. The effectiveness of mindfulness therapy is similar to that of cognitive-behavioral therapy. The effectiveness of mindfulness therapy is similar to that of cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Since its inception, MBSR has been applied both to healthy people under stress, as well as to patients with various diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, cancer, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, etc. | <urn:uuid:fb674b7f-6bfa-484f-a4a3-25655c9f102e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://yogaymeditacion.online/mindfundless/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.942318 | 1,109 | 2.421875 | 2 |
The US Department of Labor announced that a final rule clarifying standards for employees versus independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) became effective on March 8, 2021.
If you have followed the news over the last few years, then you have undoubtedly noticed a continual battle between the classification of workers as independent contractors or as employees. California has perhaps received the most publicity concerning this type of classification, as the state passed a law that tightened requirements about who could actually be considered an independent contractor. However, last year, the people of California passed a ballot initiative effectively making it much easier for companies to use independent contractors instead of making workers employees. The issue of independent contractor classification is a target enforcement issue for the federal and state wage and hour agencies.
Here, we want to discuss new federal rules under 29 CFR Parts 780, 788, and 795, as well as what you can do if you are confused about how this can affect hiring employees in the Pittsburgh area or throughout Pennsylvania.
According to the Department of Labor, the final rule changes accomplish the following:
These new and final rules were published in the Federal Register on January 7, 2021.
If you are a public or private employer in or around the Pittsburgh area, or anywhere in Pennsylvania, and you have questions regarding federal standards surrounding using an independent contractor versus an employee, you need to seek legal assistance. Employment lawyer Neva Stotler has extensive experience handling these issues and will be able to help you properly identify your employment needs. Attorney Stotler will examine your current employee or contractor situation and determine whether or not you are properly classifying your workers. N. Stotler Law is standing by to help you in these situations. You can contact us for a consultation of your case by clicking here or calling 724-841-5565. | <urn:uuid:057c5e15-7a69-499d-9677-4ff4903c0811> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nstotlerlaw.com/blog/understanding-new-department-labor-independent-contractor-rule/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.962134 | 370 | 1.648438 | 2 |
On December 27, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) approved the New Jersey Hemp Farming Act (“The Program”). This places New Jersey among the first three states to receive USDA approval. i The USDA approval grants New Jersey the responsibility for regulating hemp production within the state. As hemp is no longer on the controlled substances list, the USDA approval provides New Jersey with an exciting opportunity to promote and develop new markets for businesses and farmers through the sale of hemp products. The approval could prove to be an immense economic benefit, as some predict the hemp market could be worth twenty-two billion dollars in coming years. ii With great prospects on the horizon, it is important to understand the Program application process and requirements.
How Can You Apply?
Any individual, business entity, farmer, or higher educational institution can apply for a license under the program. Those involved in the hemp growing, processing, or handling processes are expected to be licensed in the state of New Jersey and to be compliant with all program requirements. The application is an annual application for licensure under the program. Applications must be submitted at least 30 days prior to the date that the applicant is to grow, handle, or process any hemp.iii The application should contain the following information for each applicant: (1) name and address, (2) business name, (3) legal description of the property, (4) geospatial location, (5) map of the licensed area in acres or square feet, and (6) a criminal background check from the New Jersey State Police Department.iv Applicants are responsible for obtaining and paying for the mandatory criminal background check. Additionally, the application includes a non-refundable $50 annual application fee and an annual licensing fee, the rate of which varies based on whether the applicant is a grower, processor, or handler. The annual licensing fee is refundable if the application is denied v. Applicants that receive approval for licensure should be aware of the various terms and conditions of licensure, including the conduct that could render the producer ineligible for further participation, and the requirements for what can be contained and altered in the growing area.vi This is essential for continued participation in the program because it is the hemp producers responsibility to understand with and comply with the Program rules and relevant laws.
What Are the Rules?
The Program rules span nearly 60 pages of detail. However, the main rules to be aware of are: (1) the federal THC concentration limit; (2) the criminal history regulation, (3) fee schedules; (4) reporting requirements; (5) sampling and testing procedures; (6) acquisition of hemp seed regulations; and (7) violations, penalties, and appeals procedures.
First, it is important that throughout participation in the program the producer is mindful of the federal requirement that hemp grown and processed must maintain a THC concentration limit of 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. This complies with the 2018 Farm Bill, as all USDA approved hemp programs are required to do.vii Those found in violation of this requirement will be subject to the penalties described below.
Second, anyone with a criminal conviction that relates to controlled substances may not participate in the Program for a period of ten years following the date of the conviction.viii Those excepted from this rule are persons that were already participating in an industrial hemp pilot program and had a conviction that occurred prior to the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill. ix An applicant’s criminal history will be reviewed as part of the application process described above.
Third, the Program established fee schedules for hemp producers. However, fees vary based on whether the producer is growing, processing, or handling hemp.x There are annual fees that apply to each category and an acreage fee that applies to growers. xi
Fourth, the Program established reporting requirements that occur throughout the growing season. This includes: pre-planting reports, planting reports, pre-harvest reports, harvest and disposal reports, and an annual production report. Reports are submitted to the USDA Farm Service Agency. Additionally, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (“The Department”) is required to submit various reports to the USDA. These include: hemp producer reports, hemp disposal reports, noncompliant hemp disposal notifications, and an annual report. xii
Fifth, the Program maintains various inspection, sampling, and testing procedures. These procedures are a mandatory condition to receive a license under the Program. Thus, all licensed producers and their agents must permit the Department and any other State or local law enforcement personnel to enter the premises. xiii
Sixth, producers must abide by the hemp seed acquisition requirements. Among the most important requirements, producers must receive written Department approval of the hemp variety before acquisition.xiv Producers are required to submit an acquisition plan, containing various information about the seed variety and THC concentration, to the Department.xv Further, shipments of hemp seeds, propagules, or plantlets must be accompanied by: (1) proof of authorization to engage in the commercial sale of hemp, and (2) a travel manifest that maintains the origin, destination, product description, and date of transport for that shipment.
Lastly, the Program provides various violations, penalties, and appeals processes. Importantly, negligent violations of the Program rules do not result in criminal enforcement actions. xvi Negligent violations include, but are not limited to, failing to provide a legal description of the land on which hemp is produced, failing to obtain a license from the Department, producing hemp with a THC concentration higher than 0.5 percent on a dry weight basis, or failing to comply with any reporting requirement in the Program. xvii It is important to note that if the producer violates Program rules three times in five years they will be ineligible to produce hemp for a period of five years. xviii Further, if the violating producer’s mental state is greater than negligence, the Department must order the person to suspend all hemp growing, processing, and/or handling immediately. A notice of the violation will be referred to the United States Attorney General, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, and any other applicable state, federal, and/or local law enforcement. xix Further, the Department may issue civil administrative penalties that vary based on the seriousness of the misconduct. xx After a determination is made, a hemp producer has twenty days to appeal an adverse determination rendered by the Department.xxi
Want More Information?
If you are interested in participating in the New Jersey Hemp Program, please contact the Cannabis team at Bressler to discuss options and guidance throughout the process.
Caution and Disclaimer: Possessing, using, distributing and/or selling marijuana or marijuana-based products is illegal under federal law, regardless of any state law that may decriminalize such activity under certain circumstances. Interested businesses and individuals should be aware that the status of federal law presents an uncertain risk, which is not mitigated by compliance with state law. We do not provide any guidance or assistance in violating federal law.
iii New Jersey Hemp Farming Act Summary and Rules, N.J.A.C.2:25-1 et seq., 20-21 (2019).
iv Id. at 21.
v Id. at 22.
vi Id. at 22-26
vii Id. at 4.
viii Id. at 6.
ix Id. at 6.
x Id. at 4.
xii Id. at 19-20.
xiii Id. at 32.
xiv Id. at 27.
xvi Id. at 39.
xvii Id. at 38.
xviii Id. at 39.
xx Id. at 40. | <urn:uuid:0d2dc528-ae6e-4163-9eae-8d9c62078018> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bressler.com/publication-new-jersey-hemp-farming-act-overview- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.92913 | 1,703 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Purchase one-time access:Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online access
One-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
- Effect of promin (sodium salt of p.p′-diamino-diphenyl-sulfone-N,N′-dextrose sulfonate) on experimental tuberculosis: a preliminary report.in: Proc. Staff. Meet., Mayo Clin.15. 1940: 695-699
- Chemotherapy of clinical tuberculosis with promin; p, p′- diaminodiphenylsulfone — N,N′- di-dextrose sulfonate; a second report of progress.Am. Rev. Tuberc. 1944; 50: 52-57
- Effect of streptomycin and other antibiotic substances upon Mycobaeterium tuberculosis and related organisms.in: Proc., Soc. Exper. Biol.& Med.57. 1944: 244-248
- Chemotherapeutic testing in experimental tuberculosis; suggested outline of laboratory procedures for testing antituberculosis substances in experimentally infected animals.Am. Rev. Tuberc. 1945; 51: 582-591
- Effects of streptomycin on experimental tuberculosis in guinea pigs: a preliminary report.in: Proc. Staff. Meet., Mayo Clin.19. 1944: 593-599
- Streptomycin in experimental tuberculosis.Am. Rev. Tuberc. 1945; 52: 269-298
- A preliminary note on the effect of streptomycin on experimental tuberculosis of white mice.Quart. Bull., Northwestern Univ. M. School. 1945; 19: 210
- Streptomycin in treatment of clinical tuberculosis: a preliminary report.in: Proc. Staff. Meet., Mayo Clin.20. 1945: 313-318
- Treatment of tuberculosis with streptomycin; a summary of observations on one hundred cases.J. A. M. A. 1946; 132: 778-782
Baggenstoss, A. H., Feldman, W. H. and Hinshaw, H. C. The effect of streptomycin on the pathology of generalized miliary tuberculosis of human beings. Am. Rev. Tuberc., (in press).
- Streptomycin in the treatment of tuberculosis of the urinary tract.in: Proc. Staff. Meet., Mayo Clin.21. 1946: 277-280
Youmans, G. P. Personal communication to the authors. | <urn:uuid:cb6224a4-5bd8-4843-9002-2807d0dac3c2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.amjmed.com/article/0002-9343(47)90087-9/fulltext | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.712547 | 565 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Last Updated on
Maybe you’re sipping a lot of coffee to stay focused, or you’re already addicted to this tasty beverage. Despite the deliciousness of coffee, it could just exacerbate your never-ending acne problem. Find out whether coffee can cause acne and how you can drink it without suffering its ill effects.
We do know that green coffee beans are a source of antioxidants and good quality ground coffee can help you with weight loss. But daily consumption of coffee can not only be addictive, it can trouble your skin too!
Is Coffee Linked to Acne?
1. Coffee may be hard on your digestive system
If your day starts with a cup of coffee, it’s time to change this habit. Drinking coffee on an empty stomach releases hydrochloric acid – required to digest heavy meals! Protein digestion can be adversely affected and may cause acne to crop up. When protein remains undigested, you can also suffer uncomfortable gas build-up and bloating.
2. Milk and sugar in coffee can be damaging
The combination of milk and sugar in coffee is delicious to many. But this concoction could just about be the worst thing for acne. The effects of caffeine on the skin can be more damaging when mixed with these two ingredients. It makes your skin produce more oil, damaging the cells through glycation. However, a cup of black coffee can push up your energy levels.
3. Coffee can release stress hormones
Coffee can activate the sympathetic nervous system and keep you feeling stressed. Stress hormones in turn release insulin, a hormone responsible for producing red, swollen pimples. Aside from these unwanted eruptions, too much coffee can make you hyperactive and jittery.
4. You tend to crave sweets
As coffee boosts stress hormones, you tend to crave more sweets, high-carbonate snacks, and calorie dense foods, which are a recipe for acne. If you want to break the connection between coffee and acne, keep your intake to a minimum. If you drink more than two cups a day, substitute a couple of them with fresh juice and smoothies.
5. Coffee contains mycotoxins
Mycotoxins are toxins created by mould that grows in coffee plants. Low-quality coffee contains high levels of mycotoxins like fusarium and ochratoxin A. They stress the liver, preventing it from regulating hormone levels properly. When this happens, acne may develop. So, does coffee cause acne? A cup or two once in a while may not, but it will if you go overboard!
6. Coffee can hinder absorption of minerals
When you drink coffee close to a meal, it prevents your body from effectively absorbing minerals in food. When skin doesn’t get essential minerals like zinc, iron and selenium, it can look dull, worn out and unhealthy.
The question of whether coffee can cause acne has more to do with how much of it you drink and how. While adding milk and sugar isn’t a great idea, they don’t do real damage if you consume just a cup or two a day. However, if you’re a moderate to heavy drinker, you need to cut down your coffee intake. Stay gorgeous! | <urn:uuid:69478598-9e68-40c9-b94d-546cc948b53c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://parenting.firstcry.com/articles/how-coffee-just-might-be-acnes-best-friend/?ref=interlink | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.921445 | 667 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Long term services and supports are Medi-Cal benefits that help members with ongoing personal care needs. Molina Dual Options will work with the member's doctors and long term services and supports providers to arrange these services. If the member is not receiving these services now, Molina Dual Options will work with the member and their doctor to determine if they need services in the future. As a Molina Dual Options participant, members have access to the following long term services and supports (LTSS):
- Community Based Adult Services (CBAS)
- In Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
- Multi-purpose Senior Services Program (MSSP)
- Long Term Nursing Home Care
Community Based Adult Services (CBAS)
What is CBAS?
CBAS is a community-based day health program for older adults and adults with certain chronic medical, cognitive or mental health conditions, or disabilities who are at risk of needing institutional care. This program used to be called Adult Day Health Care (ADHC). CBAS providers must maintain an Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) license.
The primary objectives of the program are to:
- Restore or maintain optimal capacity for self-care to frail elderly persons or adults with disabilities; and
- Delay or prevent inappropriate or personally undesirable institutionalization.
- The Program stresses partnership with the participant, the family and/or caregiver, the primary care physician, and the community in working toward maintaining personal independence.
What services are included in CBAS?
CBAS core & Additional Services - Members may receive the following services on each day of attendance at a CBAS center:
- Professional nursing services
- Social services or personal care services
- Therapeutic activities
- One meal per day
Additional Services - Participants also receives any of the following services as specified in his/her Individualized Care Plan:
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Mental health services
- Registered dietician services
- Transportation to and from the CBAS center to your home
How do Members get CBAS?
Participants Must Meet One of the Following Diagnostic Categories:
- NF-A level of care or above
- Chronic acquired or traumatic brain injury and/or chronic mental health
- Alzheimer's disease or other dementia (stage 5, 6, or 7)
- Mild cognitive impairment, including moderate Alzheimer's (stage 4 dementia)
- Developmental disability
- A physician, nurse practitioner or other health care provider, within his/her scope of practice, has requested CBAS services
- Member needs supervision or assistance with two or more of the following activities of daily living: bathing, dressing, self-feeding, toileting, ambulation, transferring, OR money management, accessing resources, meal preparation or transportation.
Molina Healthcare Services staff will work with the member and their doctor if they need this service. Molina Healthcare Services staff will complete face to face assessment to determine if member meets eligibility and medical necessity.
Provider Resources Materials
- CBAS Referral Request Process / Workflow
- CBAS Service Request Form
- CBAS Inquiry and Request form - SAMPLE CBAS
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Molina Healthcare Health Resources Contact List
- CBAS Referral Form
- Molina Healthcare of California Approved TARs for CBAS Services Form
Provider Training Materials
- Welcome Letter
- Introduction to Molina Healthcare Story
- CBAS New Provider Orientation
- Check List (NPO):
- Riverside - San Bernardino
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- Molina Healthcare Claims Services - Claims Job Aid
In Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
What is IHSS?
IHSS helps pay for services that allow you to live safely in your own home. To be eligible you must be over 65 years of age, or disabled, or blind. IHSS is considered an alternative to out-of-home care, such as nursing homes or board and care facilities.
What services are included in IHSS?
Members may receive the following services from IHSS:
- Meal preparation
- Grocery shopping
- Personal care services (such as bowel and bladder care, bathing, grooming and paramedical services)
- Accompaniment to medical appointments
- Protective supervision for mentally impaired
How do members get IHSS?
- The member must physically reside in the United States.
- The member must also be a California resident.
- The member must have a Medi-Cal eligibility determination.
- The member must live at home or an abode of their own choosing (acute care hospital, long-term care facilities, and licensed community care facilities are not considered "own home").
- The member must submit a Health Care Certification Form.
The member can also apply for IHSS by completing an application and submit it to their local county welfare department.
If the member receives IHSS now, their services will not change in the Molina Dual Options plan available through the State of California Cal MediConnect. The member will keep their IHSS providers and can still hire, fire and manage them. The county IHSS social worker will still assess the member's needs and approve their IHSS hours. The member's rights to appeal stay the same. Molina Healthcare Services staff can work with the member and their IHSS providers to help get the care they need.
Multi-Purpose Senior Services Program (MSSP)
MSSP helps the member work with their doctors, specialists, and other providers. It also helps the member get needed equipment and services. Multi-purpose Senior Services Program provides social and health care management for frail elders who are eligible for placement in a nursing facility but who wish to remain in the community. The goal of the program is to arrange for and monitor the use of community services to prevent or delay premature institutional placement of these frail clients. The services must be provided at a cost lower than that for nursing facility care.
Members may be eligible for care coordination help through the Multi-purpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) if they are 65 years of age or older, live within an MSSP site's service area, be able to be served within MSSP's cost limitations, be appropriate for care management services, currently eligible for Medi-Cal, and certified or certifiable for placement in a nursing facility. MSSP site staff make this certification determination based upon Medi-Cal criteria for placement.
What services are included in MSSP?
Members may receive the following services from MSSP.
- Adult day care
- Housing assistance
- Chore and personal care assistance
- Protective supervision
- Care management
- Respite for Caregivers
- Meal services
- Delivered Meals
- Social services
- Communications services
- Emergency Response System
- Minor Home Repairs
- Home Safety Modifications
- Home Medical Equipment
How do Members get MSSP?
Molina Healthcare Services staff will work with the member and their doctor if they need this service. Members can also contact the local MSSP site directly.
Long Term Nursing Home Care
What is long term nursing home care?
When Members are no longer able to safely live in their home due to a health condition, we will provide for their continued care in a nursing home.
What services are included in long term nursing home care?
If members qualify for long term care, they will receive all of the services provided by a nursing home.
How do members get long term nursing home care?
Molina Healthcare Services staff will work with the member's doctor and nursing home to better coordinate their care. If the member is in a nursing home now, they have a right not to change their nursing home for 12 months. | <urn:uuid:80d286bb-aafd-4c73-bbf0-c4f081e859c3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.molinahealthcare.com/providers/ca/medicaid/resource/Health-Resources.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.941782 | 1,639 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Check Out Five Things You Need to Know This Week!
Fall Parent Academy Workshop This Week: The digital fall Parent Academy catalog is available with a variety of workshops and learning opportunities for you! This week’s workshops include Picking a College (October is Michigan College Month) as well as Bricks 4 Kidz, a S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) activities using LEGO® bricks. Click link to register for these or other Parent Academy classes. You can also call (313) 873-7490.
Regular Board of Education Meeting Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. The meeting will be held at Renaissance High School, 6565 W. Outer Drive, Detroit, 48235. Information on how to register for public comment can be found by visiting https://bit.ly/3AZROpF.
School Spotlight: John R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy: Featuring orchestra, band, theatre and dance, John R. King is one of four pathway conservatories that are a direct feeder to the Detroit School of Arts (DSA), DPSCD’s premier arts high school! In addition to its arts focus, John R. King provides stellar athletics programming. Check out their school spotlight video by clicking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ypwzCYDVUQ and consider having your child Rise Up with DPSCD! at John R. King!
Attendance Tips This Week! Parents, to help foster regular attendance by your student, whether with in person learning or online, here are this week’s attendance tips:
- Regular attendance is a shared responsibility between parent and student. Let your child know that you think attending school daily is important. You can also demonstrate your interest by participating in their school activities.
- Get to know your children’s friends and their families. Make connections with other families that value school attendance.
- Read your school newsletter or social platforms. Post the school calendar and notes on the refrigerator or prominent location to highlight school activities as well as essential information.
Also, help your child aspire to be part of DPSCD’s virtual Semester 1 Perfect Attendance celebration on February 18, 2022! Finally, remember our October Attendance Challenge. Eligible students can win prizes and gift cards by attending all their classes during the 10-day challenge window (started on October 6 and ends on October 19). More information can be found by visiting https://www.detroitk12.org/esdc.
This Week is National School Lunch Week! NLSW is a federal initiative that promotes the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom. Through our Office of School Nutrition (OSN) DPSCD provides free, freshly cooked food items to all our students in grades K-12. Our menus include a healthy array of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole wheat/whole grain bread and pizza, low fat and low sodium meat, meatless options, fresh salads and much more. And if you want to see the impact of their work, please watch and share this video. For more information on what OSN provides for your student, please visit https://www.detroitk12.org/Page/7163.
We want you to join our team! OSN is seeking individuals for the following positions: Noon Hour Aides, Food Service Assistants, Garden Attendants, and an Area Manager. For more information, contact HR Specialist Joanne Parks at (313) 929-9531 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.org or view open positions at https://www.detroitk12.org/careers.
Fall Examination High School 9th Grade Application Window is Open! If your current 8th grade student is ready to Rise Up with DPSCD, the Round 1 window is now open to apply to one of the District’s six Examination High Schools. Please note, the Round 1 deadline for 9th grade application is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 21, 2021. For current high school students, the Round 1 deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 28. To learn more, please visit www.detroitk12.org/examschools.
Stay updated weekly, by visiting DPSCD's Family Newsletter sent every Monday at 6 p.m. by SMS text: https://bit.ly/3CpIXOu. If you opted out of receiving texts but would like to receive them, please text START to "60680" from the phone line that has been opted out for non-emergency messages. Reply START to "54968" for emergency messages | <urn:uuid:6f430a27-228f-421a-9831-ff7bf8d4fe5e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.detroitk12.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=88&ModuleInstanceID=4619&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=59147&PageID=164&GroupByField=&GroupYear=0&GroupMonth=0&Tag=&Comments=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.932282 | 1,003 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Heart of Membership
Living in the name of the Son is to live our baptism as people with whom the Father is “well pleased.”
We are forgiven by the blood of Jesus. Jesus calls us to also forgive others… in no uncertain terms.
Daily Prayer: Teach me to forgive others as you have forgiven me. Amen.
Monday, November 3
Read Psalm 103. We read this psalm last week on Saturday focusing in on the Father. What does this psalm have to say about forgiveness? How can we see Jesus through this psalm?
Tuesday, November 4
Read Luke 23:32-49. Jesus dies out of love for us so that we might be forgiven. How do we know that from what Jesus says? Have you ever been mistreated by someone who didn’t know what they were doing? How should we treat them? When do we forgive them?
Wednesday, November 5
Read Luke 7:36-50. Have we been forgiven little or much? Does our response to our forgiveness match better with the woman’s or the Pharisee’s? If we love little, is less forgiveness offered to us, or do we feel we have less to confess?
Thursday, November 6
Read Matthew 6:9-15. The Lord’s Prayer can be divided according to the Trinity. Verse 12 is the verse in the name of the Son about forgiveness. We often struggle with the word “as” in that verse. How do verses 14-15 help us interpret “as?” Does Jesus really mean it?
Friday, November 7
Read Matthew 18. This entire chapter shows Jesus teaching us how to live in the name of the Son. Confession and forgiveness go together. Where does Jesus teach on confession and on forgiveness? Describe a time when you called someone to confess their sins. How did it go? Did you forgive them? What is bound/loosed on earth is bound/loosed in heaven. Does God forgive them when we forgive them?
Saturday, November 8
Read Colossians 3. “Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” How has the Lord forgiven us? How do we do that for others? Think of a time when forgiveness happened like it should. The opposite?
Bethel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN – bethelstpaul.com | <urn:uuid:d4dd94e0-2d13-47e0-83e5-bdea5d67a045> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bethelstpaul.com/teaching/godspeak-heart-of-membership-fellowship-son-november-3-8/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.950009 | 505 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Minnesota Wants to Ban Under-18s from User-Generated Content Services
source link: https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/05/minnesota-wants-to-ban-under-18s-from-user-generated-content-services.htm
Go to the source link to view the article. You can view the picture content, updated content and better typesetting reading experience. If the link is broken, please click the button below to view the snapshot at that time.
Minnesota Wants to Ban Under-18s From User-Generated Content Services
As part of an omnibus bill, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed a troubling bill restricting how under-18 users engage with user-generated content (UGC) services. [At the bottom of this post, I’ve included the text as passed by the Minnesota House] The bill fits the “protect-the-kids” narrative that politicians champion during election years, but it’s counterproductive towards that purported goal. If regulated services can determine who is under-18 (spoiler: they cannot), the bill would likely result in Minnesota minors being excluded entirely from UGC websites–depriving them of the opportunity to build communities and access content they need to grow, learn, and flourish. By freezing under-18 out of large swathes of the Internet, the bill would create a generation of digitally naïve adults–the exact opposite of the skills they, and our society, need to thrive in the 21st century. Furthermore, the age authentication process would expose both under-18s and adults to extra privacy and security risks. So instead of “protecting the kids,” the bill would harm Minnesotans of all ages in countless ways.
I imagine this bill is moving forward only because Minnesota parents don’t realize what the legislature intends to do to their children–and their Internet. (Unlike some other protect-the-kids laws, parents cannot override the law for their children). As they realize the bill’s implications, I’m hoping Minnesota parents will tell their Senators to scrap this effort. Otherwise, given the bill’s obvious unconstitutionality, a court challenge seems inevitable.
What The Bill Says
The bill regulates “social media platforms,” defined as an “electronic medium” that allows “users to create, share, and view user‑generated content.” This includes every service with UGC functionality, whether or not UGC is part of the service’s core offering. The bill excludes “Internet search providers, Internet service providers, or email.” Also, it only applies to social media platforms with more that 1M “account holders” (defined as people who access a “social media account,” an undefined term) “operating in Minnesota.”
The bill prohibits social media platforms from using “social media algorithms” (defined as “software used by social media platforms to (1) prioritize content, and (2) direct the prioritized content to the account holder”) to “target user-generated content at an account holder under the age of 18 and who is located in Minnesota.” In addition to that prohibition–which has whatever default remedies are permitted under Minnesota law–the bill supplements those remedies with a new private right of action for “account holders” (presumably, minors or their parents acting on their behalf) “if the social media platform knew or had reason to know that the individual account holder was under the age of 18 and located in Minnesota.” In addition to other damages, the PRA authorizes statutory damages of $1k per violation, capped at $100k per account holder per calendar year.
The bill’s restrictions do not apply to:
- “allowing content to appear in a chronological manner” (does this literally mean only chronological order, or would reverse chronological order also be OK? They are not the same thing!)
- “An algorithm, software, or device that acts as a parental control, or an internal control used by the social media platform that is intended to control the ability of a minor to access content, or is used to filter content for age-appropriate or banned material”
- “User-generated content that is created by a federal, state, or local government or by a public or private school, college, or university, including software and applications used by a public or private school, college, or university that are created and used for educational purposes”
Analysis of the Bill
The Bill Is Terrible Policy
It appears the bill seeks to stop social media services from using algorithms to recommend other UGC to minors (an interesting choice, because I think more parents are concerned about ads targeting kids). What would UGC services look like if they actually implemented this?
[Note: It’s unclear if the service could honor content subscription requests by minors. For example, could Twitter show a minor only tweets from the accounts that the minor affirmatively follows, or would Twitter have to show the minor all content from all sources? Remember, the law restricts any software that “(1) prioritize content, and (2) direct the prioritized content to the account holder,” and that seemingly includes the software used to honor content subscriptions. It’s also unclear if a service could thread content by topic, or if topical organization also would be an “algorithm.” I’ll assume both of these content restrictions would be OK, but the bill doesn’t actually say that].
The bill would eliminate minors’ access to any algorithmically generated navigation aids, such as “top content” and “hot items” lists. It would also eliminate home pages that are algorithmically organized, whether personalized to individual users or not, which would be replaced by a list of items presented chronologically (presumably in reverse chronological order if allowed because chronological order prioritizes the oldest content, which is rarely what users want). Assuming minors can subscribe to other users’ content, they will have to subscribe sparingly to avoid being overwhelmed by an incoming flow of content unhelpfully organized solely by date. The minors would also have to constantly review the content to avoid missing something important (remember, popular or important content wouldn’t be highlighted, so it could be easily missed). These restrictions would turn UGC services into unusable speech venues that don’t really solve any problem that under-18s want solved.
As bad as this sounds, this scenario isn’t likely to materialize because of a more fundamental problem with the bill. UGC services do not have a good way of segregating adults from minors–a well-known and longstanding problem that remains difficult or impossible to solve. The authentication solutions are error-prone (the PRA has a safe harbor for honest mistakes, but the prohibition does not); they are privacy-invasive, which puts minors (and adults) at greater risk; the verification process must be deployed across all users to segregate minors from adults, which introduces a major barrier in adult usage of UGC services; and verification potentially eliminates “anonymous” activities, which are essential for things like engagement with sensitive topics (e.g. LGBTQ kids trying to form communities) and whistleblowing. So mandatory age verification makes the Internet worse for everyone, adults and minors alike.
After UGC services impose age verification, the law expects UGC services to redirect minors into the dumbed-down version of their services…but why would services do that? Minors are notoriously tricky to monetize; it’s very costly to develop and maintain different codebases; and minors won’t want to use the dumbed-down version the law requires. As a result, the bill’s desired outcome makes no economic sense for most UGC services. Instead, services that do age verification will block Minnesota under-18s from using their services at all. In other words, if services can actually verify ages as the legislature contemplates, this bill won’t really protect Minnesota minors; it will just shrink the Internet for them.
[Note: I’ve often told the story of how Epinions implemented COPPA in 2001. We searched for the under-13s (there were only a few dozen because the service really wasn’t built for minors) and kicked them off the site. Boy, were they pissed. We told them to take it up with Congress.]
So, the only reason to support this bill is because you (a) think all UGC services should verify age, whatever the downstream consequences for adults and for social media, and (b) you want all under-18s blocked from UGC services, regardless of the value that online conversations and communities may play in their growth and development. If you don’t agree with both propositions, then you should vigorously oppose this bill and condemn the legislators who voted yes on it.
The bill also triggers the omnipresent challenge of state-level Internet regulations: how does the service know who is a Minnesota resident? Location-verification technology has evolved better than age-verification technology, but it’s still imperfect, and it still requires deployment across the service’s userbase–meaning that a Minnesota law would change how services engage with non-Minnesota residents. Worse, due to sloppy drafting, the law appears to apply to a platform with 1M users worldwide that “operate” in Minnesota, even if they only have 1 under-18 user in Minnesota. (More on the metrics problem in a moment). For many platforms, the smartest approach would be to block all Minnesota users, regardless of age, rather than build a custom Minnesota-specific version of their service and risk enormous statutory damages if anything goes wrong. As a result, this bill will likely shrink the Internet for all Minnesotans, regardless of age.
The Bill’s Size-Based Metric is Botched
Legislatures routinely struggle to statutorily define Internet service size, so I wrote an article walking them through the issues. I guess the Minnesota drafters missed the article, because their approach is poorly done:
- 1M account-holders worldwide sweeps thousands of UGC services into the law. 1M Minnesotans (which is NOT what the law says) would be more reasonable (about 1/6 of Minnesota’s population), if we overlook the problem of determining who is a Minnesotan.
- The term “account-holder” is ambiguously defined as people who “access a social media account.” This implies that unregistered users are “account-holders” because they “access” content posted by other users via their accounts. This interpretation doesn’t make sense, but it’s literally what the bill says. If true, 1M visitors is a *much* lower threshold than 1M account registrations. (Normally, I expect 5% or less of visitors will register accounts, so 1M visitors might translate into 50k registered accounts). If visitors is the metric, the bill lacks a time period for measurement.
- If the metric is registered accounts, the bill doesn’t define if it’s measuring only active accounts or if it includes dormant, restricted, or terminated accounts. Also, if a UGC service allows posting without an account, does it have zero accounts, or is every contributor an “account holder”?
- The definition of “social media platform” is “users to create, share, and view user‑generated content,” which describes every service that lets users talk to each other. That picks up services that don’t resemble “social media” at all, including online newspaper comment functions, old-school message boards, anonymous chat services, nonprofit UGC services like Wikipedia, retailers that offer product reviews, etc.
- As usual, there’s no phase-in period, so a service would have to comply before it actually hits the thresholds to avoid the statutory damages that would instantly attach upon clearing the threshold.
The Bill is Unconstitutional
The bill is poorly conceived and poorly drafted. It’s also likely unconstitutional. The bill makes numerous classifications/distinctions that are likely to trigger strict scrutiny:
- regulating “user generated content” more restrictively than other types of content, including professionally produced content and advertising. In particular, ad restrictions might only be subject to intermediate scrutiny, but restrictions on editorial content–which the bill affirmatively targets–trigger the highest levels of constitutional protection.
- regulating “chronological manner” less restrictively than any other content organization method. In effect, this dictates to social media platforms how they can editorially organize content, an obvious no-no under the First Amendment.
- regulating some types of social media more harshly than “search providers,” “Internet service providers,” and “email.” There are several problems here. Does it give a categorical free pass for all functions operated by search providers and “ISPs,” or only when they are performing the specific functions of search/Internet access? This interpretation question is heightened by the reference to “email,” as opposed to “email service providers,” so how should we interpret the exclusions? And why do these services get a free pass when other services don’t? I’m sure the state could make arguments, but many of their arguments would likely apply equally to all UGC services.
- preferential treatment for parental controls and government/school-operated content/sites. These preferences probably could survive intermediate scrutiny, but could they survive strict scrutiny?
- regulating larger social media platforms more restrictively than smaller social media platforms. See this article.
- forcing national and global services to custom-build solutions for Minnesotans, which may affect the services’ interactions with non-Minnesotans. This is a Dormant Commerce Clause problem. It could also be a First Amendment problem (e.g., its implications for anonymous speech).
A reminder: like this bill, the Communications Decency Act from 1996 required online publishers to use age verification to restrict minors’ access to constitutionally protected speech. The CDA went down in flames in Reno v. ACLU (1997), as did similar “baby-CDA” laws enacted at the state level. Congress tried again in COPA, but it was still unconstitutional. This bill seemingly embraces what made the CDA and COPA unconstitutional, especially the requirement of age verification when the technology doesn’t allow it to be done accurately or safely.
A Final Thought
There are many ways the Minnesota legislature could help children on social media without kicking them off. I made some suggestions here. Looking to enhance the great parts of the Internet, rather than tear it down, seems like a far more productive legislative endeavor than ill-conceived bills like this.
The Bill Text
From the Minnesota Journal of the House, May 4, 2022
Sec. 5. [325F.6945] UNLAWFUL SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES.
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.
(b) “Account holder” means a person who accesses a social media account through a social media platform.
(c) “Social media algorithm” means the software used by social media platforms to (1) prioritize content, and (2) direct the prioritized content to the account holder.
(d) “Social media platform” means an electronic medium, including a browser-based or application-based interactive computer service, telephone network, or data network, that allows users to create, share, and view user‑generated content. Social media platform does not include Internet search providers, Internet service providers, or email.
(e) “User-generated content” means any content created or shared by an account holder, including without limitation written posts, photographs, graphics, video recordings, or audio recordings.
Subd. 2. Prohibitions; social media algorithm. (a) A social media platform with more than 1,000,000 account holders operating in Minnesota is prohibited from using a social media algorithm to target user-generated content at an account holder under the age of 18 and who is located in Minnesota, except as provided in subdivision 3. Nothing in this section prohibits a social media platform from allowing content to appear in a chronological manner for an account holder under the age of 18.
(b) The social media platform is liable to an individual account holder who received user-generated content through a social media algorithm while the individual account holder was under the age of 18 and was using the individual account holder’s own account, if the social media platform knew or had reason to know that the individual account holder was under the age of 18 and located in Minnesota. A social media platform subject to this paragraph is liable to the account holder for (1) any general or special damages, (2) a statutory penalty of $1,000 for each violation of this section, provided that no individual account holder may recover more than $100,000 in statutory penalties under this subdivision in any calendar year, and (3) any other penalties available under law.
Subd. 3. Exceptions. (a) An algorithm, software, or device that acts as a parental control, or an internal control used by the social media platform that is intended to control the ability of a minor to access content, or is used to filter content for age-appropriate or banned material, is exempt from this section.
(b) User-generated content that is created by a federal, state, or local government or by a public or private school, college, or university, including software and applications used by a public or private school, college, or university that are created and used for educational purposes, is exempt from this section.
Aggregate valuable and interesting links.
Joyk means Joy of geeK | <urn:uuid:b3674a92-9909-4dfd-9f3a-66c77afce311> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.joyk.com/dig/detail/1652307346787252 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.934101 | 3,781 | 1.578125 | 2 |
- Status Report
- August 12, 2022
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites: Progress Has Been Made, but Improvements Are Needed to Effectively Manage Risks
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites: Progress Has Been Made, but Improvements Are Needed to Effectively Manage Risks, a report to congressional requesters
What GAO Found
NOAA has made progress in planning its GOES-R procurement–which is estimated to cost $7 billion and scheduled to have the first satellite ready for launch in 2014–but cost and schedules are likely to grow. Specifically, the agency completed preliminary design studies of GOES-R and recently decided to separate the space and ground elements of the program into two separate development contracts. However, this change in the GOES-R acquisition strategy has delayed a decision to proceed with the acquisition. Further, independent estimates are higher than the program’s current cost estimate and convey a low level of confidence in the program’s schedule. Independent studies show that the estimated program could cost about $2 billion more, and the first satellite launch could be delayed by 2 years. As NOAA works to reconcile the independent estimate with its own program office estimate, costs are likely to grow and schedules are likely to be delayed.
To address cost, schedule, and technical risks, the GOES-R program has established a risk management program and has taken steps to mitigate selected risks. For example, as of July 2007, the program office identified the lack of an integrated master schedule to be its highest priority risk and established plans to bring this risk to closure. However, more remains to be done to fully address GOES-R risks. Specifically, the program has multiple risk watchlists that are not always consistent and key risks are missing from the watchlists, including risks associated with unfilled executive positions, limitations in NOAA’s insight into NASA’s deliverables, and insufficient funds for unexpected costs–called management reserves (see table for more details). As a result, the GOES-R program is at risk that problems will not be identified or mitigated in a timely manner and could lead to program cost overruns and schedule delays.
Description of Key Risks Missing from GOES-R Risk Lists – Source: GAO analysis.
Unfilled GOES-R executive leadership positions: Two senior GOES-R program positions–the system program director and deputy system program director–are currently filled by NASA and NOAA personnel in an acting capacity until they can be permanently filled by NOAA. The agency reported that it plans to fill the deputy system program director role in the near future, but noted that it could take more than 6 months to fill the system program director role.
Limitations in NOAA’s insight into NASA’s deliverables: The established NOAA/NASA interagency agreements do not contain provisions that enable NOAA to ensure that monthly contractor data and reports, submitted by NASA, are reliable and that they accurately depict contractor performance.
Insufficient management reserve (for unexpected costs) held by the program and a critical instrument contractor: As of May 2007, the contractor for a critical instrument–the Advanced Baseline Imager–had less than 1 percent of funding in reserve to cover unexpected costs associated with the 40 percent of work left to be completed. In addition, as a result of addressing issues on the Advanced Baseline Imager in March 2007, the reserve funding for the overall GOES-R program dropped below 25 percent–a level that NOAA reported it intended to establish as a lesson learned from other satellite acquisitions. As of July 2007, the reserve level was at about 15 percent.
Why GAO Did This Study
The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with the aid of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), plans to procure the next generation of geostationary operational environmental satellites, called the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R). This series is considered critical to the United States’ ability to maintain the continuity of data required for weather forecasting through the year 2028.
GAO was asked to (1) assess the status and plans for GOES-R, and (2) evaluate whether NOAA is adequately mitigating key technical and programmatic risks. To do so, GAO analyzed contractor and program data and interviewed officials from NOAA and NASA.
What GAO Recommends
GAO is making recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that the GOES-R program effectively manages and mitigates risks. The Secretary agreed with GAO’s recommendations to use a program level risk list and to add selected risks to its list, but disagreed that NOAA has insufficient insight into NASA’s contracts. The Secretary cited an unparalleled transparency between the two agencies. However, NOAA has not demonstrated that it has validated NASA’s contractor performance and GAO remains concerned that NOAA lacks the capability to oversee this key aspect of the program.
To view the full product, including the scope and methodology, click on GAO-08-18. For more information, contact David A. Powner at (202) 512-9286 or email@example.com. | <urn:uuid:3c5c4861-e850-49ac-abd6-1fc31283165a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://spaceref.com/status-report/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellites-progress-has-been-made-but-improvements-are-needed-to-effectively-manage-risks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.941969 | 1,076 | 1.859375 | 2 |
No Cardiovascular Benefit With Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplements: Meta-analysis
The results conflict with a 2017 AHA science advisory suggesting omega-3 fatty acids might be useful in the secondary prevention of CHD and HF.
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplements do not provide any protection against cardiovascular disease events, according to the results of a large meta-analysis.
In nearly 78,000 high-risk individuals participating in ten clinical trials, the addition of omega-3 fatty acids did not reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, coronary revascularization, or any major vascular events, according to the researchers. Additionally, there was no benefit observed in any important subgroups, including people with prior coronary heart disease, diabetes, or elevated triglycerides.
The results published this week in JAMA Cardiology conflict with a 2017 American Heart Association (AHA) science advisory, where omega-3 fatty acids were given a lukewarm endorsement for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac death. In patients with prior heart disease, the AHA stated omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation was a “reasonable” consideration (class IIa recommendation).
Robert Clarke, MD (University of Oxford, England), who led the meta-analysis, told TCTMD that guideline writers make decisions based on the best available evidence. At the time, there was still some uncertainty about the benefit of omega-3 fatty acids given the conflicting results and different trial designs, he said.
“Medicine is constantly reevaluating the evidence base,” said Clarke. “Our conclusions do provide clarity, and while there are guidelines advocating benefit, our results provide no support for those recommendations to give omega-3 fatty acids for [reducing the risk of] fatal coronary heart disease or any other type of coronary disease.”
David Siscovick, MD (New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY), the lead author of the AHA science advisory recommending omega-3 fatty acids, applauded the meta-analysis, telling TCTMD the results were not particularly surprising and have more in common with their report than not.
“To a large extent, the findings are similar, or least consistent, although there are differences, which are modest in terms of the findings,” he said. “I would say the main differences are how they interpret the data and what they think are the implications for clinicians.”
The bottom-line, said Siscovick, is that despite the lack of benefit observed in the meta-analysis, he would not alter any of the AHA recommendations. He is not disputing their findings, but instead pointing out the two groups had different goals when performing their reviews. The AHA’s aim was to provide clinical direction to practicing physicians. “Our advisory was really targeting clinical indications,” Siscovick said. “It was intended to inform physicians so that when they address these issues with patients, they’d know what’s known and what’s not known and would be in a position to make a reasonable recommendation.”
Omega-3 Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration
Over the years, there have been several meta-analyses attempting to address the question of benefit with omega-3 fatty acid supplementation. Two of those showed no beneficial effect, while a third suggested omega-3 fatty acids might reduce the risk of fatal coronary heart disease events. Clarke told TCTMD this latest meta-analysis differs in that investigators of the individual studies agreed to a join a collaboration and participated in the study.
“Our results provide no support for those recommendations to give omega-3 fatty acids for [reducing the risk of] fatal coronary heart disease or any other type of coronary disease.” Robert Clarke
The Omega-3 Treatment Trialists’ collaboration is based on aggregated study-level data obtained from the principal investigators of all 10 randomized clinical trials of omega-3 fatty acids. Importantly, the researchers adhered to a prespecified study protocol and outlined CVD subtypes and subgroups they wished to investigate.
Overall, the use of omega-3 fatty acids did not reduce the risk of nonfatal MI, coronary heart disease death (including sudden cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmias), any coronary heart disease, or major vascular events. The researchers observed no heterogeneity by dose or by subgroup, including patients with prior coronary heart disease. Even among individuals with triglycerides greater than 150 mg/dL, there was no evidence of benefit. Additionally, there was no benefit observed when they restricted their analysis to open-label or blinded studies.
No matter where they looked, said Clarke, they didn’t turn up any advantage to using omega-3 fatty acids. “They are still widely used in the general population and what we’ve shown is that there was no evidence of harm, like mortality—people aren’t dying more or getting cancer—but it’s important people, as well as their doctors, are aware of the best available evidence,” he said.
The results also reinforce the importance of proven medical therapy, said Clarke, such as statins and blood pressure medications, when needed, as well as adhering to a heart-healthy lifestyle. That would include eating fish once or twice per week, he added.
Two Ways of Looking at Same Data
The AHA recommendations, written on behalf of the Nutrition Committee of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, were not based on a meta-analysis, but rather made by looking at the individual studies to assess the relative strengths and limitations. Siscovick noted that their definition of clinical events differed, specifically fatal coronary heart disease events, and that the purpose of their report was to help physicians make sense of accumulated data.
The AHA report rules out omega-3 fatty acid supplements for primary prevention, as well as nearly all clinical conditions, the exception being use in the secondary prevention of heart failure (class IIa) and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease/sudden cardiac death.
Siscovick said that in both instances, the recommendation is “reasonable to consider,” which indicates there is still some uncertainty. However, given that there could be as much as a 10% reduction in the risk of fatal coronary disease events with omega-3 fatty acids, and no evidence of harm, they wanted to give physicians the option, said Siscovick.
He noted that in the meta-analysis by Clarke and colleagues, the reduction in coronary heart disease death is borderline significant (rate ratio 0.93; 99% CI 0.85-1.00). Additionally, the researchers do not tease out whether there might be a specific benefit in the reduction of sudden cardiac death, which accounts for a large proportion of the risk in patients with prior coronary heart disease. “It suggests there might be a 7% lower risk given their definition of coronary heart disease mortality, which was broader than ours,” said Siscovick.
Clarke and Siscovick both pointed out that other studies are ongoing, so the omega-3 fatty acid story is not yet over. One study, ASCEND, is assessing the benefit of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation for the primary prevention of CVD events in more than 15,000 people with diabetes. The VITAL study, which is even larger, is testing whether omega-3 fatty acids reduce the risk of CVD and stroke in 25,000 individuals without a history of heart disease.
“The fact that there’s 78,000 people in our analysis, we’d be really surprised if either the results of ASCEND or VITAL differed from what we observed,” said Clarke. “But by the end of 2018, we’ll have further randomized evidence on another 40,000 participants.”
In addition to ASCEND and VITAL, two trials investigating prescription-strength omega-3 fatty acid supplements are also underway. Those trials, REDUCE-IT and STRENGTH, are expected to be completed late this year and in 2019, respectively.
Aung T, Halsey J, Kromhout D, et al. Associations of omega-3 fatty acid supplement use with cardiovascular disease risk: meta-analysis of 10 trials involving 77,917 individuals. JAMA Cardiol. 2018;Epub ahead of print.
Siscovick DS, Barringer TA, Wu JY, et al. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (fish oil) supplementation and the prevention of clinical cardiovascular disease. Circulation. 2017;135:e867-e884.
- Clarke and Siscovick report no relevant conflicts of interest. | <urn:uuid:6b81fc14-0ec5-47c9-a8e1-847439e37f3f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tctmd.com/news/no-cardiovascular-benefit-omega-3-fatty-acid-supplements-meta-analysis | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945417 | 1,821 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Rolfing for Stiff Neck
In a world where more people than ever spent significant amounts of time focused on a screen, large or small, neck pain affects the vast proportion of Americans. Research reported by Harvard Health notes that about 80% of Americans suffer neck pain at one time or another, and at any one moment, 20% to 50% of people report cervical pain.
Staying in one position for extended periods causes the muscles to tighten, and as they cause pain, it spreads to the neck and shoulders. Beyond the most common cervical strain, there
are many other causes, including degenerative changes in the cervical spine, which narrow the disc space and leads to pressure on nerves. Another more severe effect of the head being held in one position is discogenic pain which results from degeneration of the discs between the neck vertebrae. This is more common in older people. Cervical radiculopathy happens when a disc or arthritic changes press against the root of a nerve.
There are many ways to prevent the strain of neck muscles and avoid chronic neck pain:
- Ensure that your work position seated or standing keeps your neck in a neutral position
- Take short breaks at intervals through your work time
- Work on maintaining good posture: head up and shoulders down
- Support your arms while driving to reduce neck strain
- Sleep with your neck in a neutral alignment with your body
There are several easy steps to take to relieve neck pain: Applying ice in short intervals and alternating with the application of heat in alternation furnishes relief to many. Careful stretching to increase range of motion can be effective. It is important to note that neck pain from a pinched nerve or other spinal cord issues should be conducted after consultation with your physician.
Many over-the-counter medications offer some measure of relief, with Ibuprofen leading the way for effectiveness. While these medications may offer some measure of relief, they come at the price of side effects for their short-term results. If prevention fails, home remedies are unsuccessful, and over-the-counter medication does not relieve the pain, your physician may prescribe a muscle relaxant medication.
Often it is recommended to combine the over-the-counter anti-inflammatory with a muscle relaxant since the combination is more effective than either alone.
There are several prescription medications used for neck pain. Two top choices are 1) Robaxin (methocarbamol) provides relief to many people with relatively few side effects and causes less sleepiness than similar medications. It is also relatively inexpensive. Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) is an inexpensive generic drug with significant drowsiness and dry mouth associated with its use.
A therapeutic approach that offers long-term relief with no evident side effects – Rolfing Structural Integration comes to the fore. Millions of Americans continue to experience the pain and discomfort of neck pain. A form of therapy that leads to long-term pain relief with no side
effects is increasingly an option. Long of questionable effectiveness since it lacked the money for major controlled studies, recent research demonstrates the efficacy of this treatment developed and honed over the past century with clinical support.
A retrospective research study published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, Volume 13, Issue 3, July 2009, studied the effect of the standard ten-session Rolfing Structural Integration series on the reduction of neck pain. The study used a pre-post design to assess patients complaining of neck pain before and after the treatments. Data gathered included demographic information, including sex, age, height, weight, age, and occupation. Photographs taken before and after were assessed.
Over three years of clinical practice, this retrospective study analyzes changes in motion and pain levels at the neck for 31 subjects over three years who completed the RSI in 10 introductory sessions. Participants were evaluated before and after they received RSI. The data collected included: age, sex, occupation, referral source, diagnosis, height, weight, photographs of postural views, range of motion (ROM), pain, and functional complaints. ROM was assessed using
an arthrodial protractor to provide an accurate assessment of improvements in range of motion. Patient reporting set changes in pain and function. The data was analyzed using an ANOVA 3 way analysis of variance, which assessed the effects of various elements on the outcome.
The results as measured were dramatic. Average pain decreased at a statistically significant level, while the range of motion also increased significantly. The results were particularly notable by age. The average pain reported in the older group was reduced by 67%, and the results for younger people were 34%, and they experienced similar improvements in range of motion. The study concluded that the introductory ten sessions of Rolfing Structural Integration are capable of “significantly decreasing pain and increasing average range of motion in adult subjects, male and female, with complaints of cervical spine dysfunction regardless of age. | <urn:uuid:6f3f45d0-47e2-4988-83f6-33bbc669cd2e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bobalonzi-advanced-rolfer.com/rolfing-for-stiff-neck/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.954681 | 1,011 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Lately, I've been thinking about Catholicism in all of its ripe fullness. The Mass, vestments, the Holy Rosary, the Sacraments, Catholic schools, traditions, feast days - and on and on. Catholics are often mocked or criticized for holding such things as important. Compared to the more "modern" celebrations of large non-denominational churches, Catholicism looks like the grandmother who refuses to smile.
But I thought more about who Jesus Christ was this week and how He is viewed through the lens of Catholic tradition. I thought about how completely holy He is, completely pure - and how this causes me to respond with both awe and deep humility. If He were to walk among us today, and if we really focused on who He is, who wouldn't respond with tears of both sorrow and joy? Sorrow, because we know how sinful we are and sin is especially clear to us when faced with pure holiness - and joy because through the love of our heavenly Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit, and the chosen vessel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ - we have been forgiven.
Those who mock Catholicism are usually misinformed. They think they know what they so quickly dismiss as nothing more than lifeless rituals, but they really don't know because they've never really studied it. Catholicism is demanding on many levels. If you want to understand it, you can't just skate in on a Sunday morning, attend Mass, and then think that's it. And if you want to be fair, you can't simply judge an entire two-plus-millennium's worth of religion just because there were some priests and nuns who unfortunately, got it wrong.
Catholicism requires something of you. It isn't easy but when is finding treasure ever easy? If it was found easily, would it be worth much? Our relationship with our Creator is a multi-faceted one. In order to connect with Him, we need to separate ourselves from the world - which as you know, is no easy task. We are bombarded on a daily basis with unholy images, sinful pursuits, and irreverence. There used to be a modicum of civility within our society but it has been decreasing at an alarming level with each year's passing.
Jesus' disciples were recognized because they had spent time with Him. Not because they were busy with tasks but because they spent time in the presence of Holiness - it affected them, permeated them, and drew those who thirsted for the Living Water. Jesus is our focal point and from there, everything flows.
Within Catholicism, there is an awareness that who we are as His Church depends upon how we approach Him. When you hear someone say, "Other Christian churches are fine but it is the Catholic Church that holds the truth in full measure," it must cause some questions. The most obvious question would be: What is truth in full measure? We live in a world that rejects absolute truth but it really isn't anything new. The world rejected Jesus Christ when He walked upon dirt roads. So rejection continues.
I think about the non-denominational churches I've attended. Where are the Sacraments? Baptism, which some Christians call a "baby dedication," is only one. What about marriage? The receiving of the Holy Eucharist? Understanding the Holy Spirit and His place in our lives? Confession of our sins? Preparing ourselves for death and the joyful reunion in heaven with our Creator? Each one is a pivotal point in our faith. Why should any of them be treated lightly?
However, if you're a veteran of non-Catholic churches as I am, you'll know that quite often, these very sacred and holy milestones are treated lightly. As I've said before, many non-denominational churches don't celebrate Communion - even as a symbolic gesture. Yet Jesus' own disciples finally recognized our risen Lord during the breaking of the bread. (St. Luke 24:35) They were reminded of what He had done at the Last Supper.
Within our Catholic faith, each one of the Sacraments is meant for us to remember whom we belong to. It is to emphasize our identity in Christ. I almost want to say there is a natural progression from the profane to the sacred, but I know it doesn't "feel" natural, at all. It is a battle to pursue holiness. Each day we are faced with the same temptations as Christ but we are not alone. As Catholics, we have divine assistance in both Scripture and Tradition. We hold the Bible dear to our hearts, but we also are protected and guided by the Traditions of the Church and the prayers of the saints. There is reverence as we approach the heavenly throne of grace. And this is how it should be. We have been given the awesome gift of salvation and yes, we should approach it with fear and trembling. (Phil. 2:12)
Many who have observed a resurgent interest in the Traditional Latin Mass have reasoned that there is a hunger for mystery, and that this ancient rite fills it. I would agree. But I also believe that the "New Mass" is also filled with mystery for those who are open to it. Again, it is awareness and an intentional mindset that will allow a person to receive such things. I would argue that a person could attend a Traditional Latin Mass and still not receive if they're mind is wandering and distracted.
What is meaning? I don't mean to sound like I'm debating the politics of "is" but really, "meaning" is defined by our perception, is it not? Or an acceptance of what has been defined as meaningful by another? Since my return to the Catholic Church, I rejoice in meaning, I revel in it, I hunger and pursue it. Perhaps this was why I never felt completely satisfied within a non-denominational church. I wanted, or perhaps more accurately, needed, for things to mean something. Attending a church service that was comprised of twenty minutes of worship time and a sermon typically filled with cultural references would more often than not leave me wanting more. At times I would think as I left a service, "What just happened?" Meaning, was an afterthought.
I believe the Catholic Church is going to experience a revival. Yes, a revival. A term often assigned to Pentecostal churches and the like, but one that I think is going to be redefined soon. Our world is changing at a rapid pace and it's not growing lighter, but darker. People instinctively search for meaning because it was how we were created. Aside from the naysayers, most people want meaning in their lives. And quite frankly, order brings comfort. (Which is a whole other topic but one I've also been thinking about.)
It is within the Catholic Church that we have this in fullness: an awareness of the sacred and holy, a desire to preserve the mystery of our faith, and a reverence for that which we can't wholly comprehend but yet believe is true. It is majestic and glorious, our Catholic faith. And, available to all. | <urn:uuid:1f169bcc-e452-42ea-abe4-3090150b8d38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://catholicprodigaldaughter.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-i-love-about-catholicism-holiness.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.985065 | 1,464 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Recently, a trainee IAS officer of the 2018 batch was caught on camera issuing orders to “smash the heads” of agitating farmers at Bastara Toll Plaza in Karnal district of Haryana. Some years ago, a senior IAS officer of the state had ordered some firemen in Chandigarh to jump from the fire brigade vehicle “to test their fitness”, resulting in leg fractures in many of them
Aggrieved over the close links between the political class and the police, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana hit out at officers who wanted to be in the good books of the ruling party and misused the rule of law.
The apex court order to have CCTVs in the centres may be an attempt to check police brutality, but it is not practical as torture often takes place in barracks, quarters and safe houses away from cameras.
A recent case in Haryana confirms that abetment to suicide is a very dubious section. In many cases, causes of suicide are psychological and societal and should be dealt with accordingly and legal tests should be used before prosecution.
The apex court has disapproved of the way in which the Shaheen Bagh protests took place and ruled that such agitations must be in designated areas alone and public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely.
The death of a Dalit woman and the disposal of her body in Uttar Pradesh have shown a force that is brutal and insensitive. The best practices of civilised societies should be followed for people to trust the police again. | <urn:uuid:3570a048-4e8c-4add-b4cb-88b7850ab7f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.indialegallive.com/topic/rajbir-deswal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.964665 | 313 | 1.75 | 2 |
This paper is about real time estimation and calibration of a brushed wound-pole dc motor parameters, experimantally. An Electrical Machines Test Bed (EMTB), a dc motor with a driver and a data acquisition card (DAQ) installed computer is used in the experiment setup. The software application is developed on Matlab-Simulink platform using Real-Time Windows Target library. Firstly, motor parameters are estimated by using ODEs. Then estimated parameters are simulated within the model and compared with real motor behaviour. Finally, parameters are calibrated with Mat lab-Parameter Estimation tool and linear model of the dc motor is acquired according to velocity output. | <urn:uuid:6d0eed7d-45b0-4892-8dc8-79c260974533> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://avesis.marmara.edu.tr/publication/details/88b0bd0b-d61f-469e-9d97-aa84c2920f70/realtime-parameter-estimation-calibration-and-simulation-of-a-dc-motor | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.851103 | 131 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Updated: Apr 21
The new year is a great time to look back and reflect on the events in our lives. The ongoing COVID pandemic has dominated the headlines and practically every aspect of our lives. While the pandemic has become a major factor in all our lives, it does not have to be the focus of our lives, conversation, and interactions. There is so much more to focus on and appreciate.
Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Every year we all do the same thing. We resolve to do better. We are going to eat right and go to the gym. We are going to attend religious services and do better to keep in touch with family and friends. While these are all admirable goals, they can wind up putting causing pressure to follow through and when we don’t live up to our own expectations, we give up in a matter of days or weeks. The concept of the new year resolution is just another way that we set ourselves up to fail at our long-term goals. Take it one step at a time
When it comes to self-improvement, whether it is to a desire to eat better, get into shape, or get the help we need to deal with the issues in our lives, realize that these things take time, dedication, and patience. You aren’t going to go to the gym, bench press your body weight and run the equivalent of a 5K on the treadmill in the first week. You have to start slow and give your body time to gain strength. You might not be able to do more than a few minutes of walking on a treadmill the first time to go to the gym, but that doesn’t mean you should give up or that you failed to achieve your 5K goal. You have not failed; you are on the road to success. Same with mental health; having to exercise new muscles, develop new brain neuropathways.
The last two years have been hard for everyone. You may feel that the stress and anxiety you are feeling is unique to you. If you have lost a friend or a loved one to the pandemic, you may think the grief you feel is so overpowering that there is no way anyone else can understand what you are going through, or you may feel that there is no escape or recovery from the feelings associated with the trauma of losing a loved one.
As with achieving the goal of running a 5K, working through trauma is not something that can be achieved in one day. It is a journey of recovery that requires you to take the first step. After that, you can take a second step and a third. Your goals are well within reach when you understand that goals are just as much about the journey as it is about the destination.
In this new year don’t pressure yourself with a resolution that can only lead to frustration. Write down your goals, but don’t focus on the finish line. Figure out the first step. Just taking that first step is already a victory you can put into your win column. After all you can only take one step: one affirmation, one minute of meditation, one minute of journaling, one kind gesture to yourself, one minute of sitting in bathtub, or one minute of blowing bubbles.
After the first step is done, take another step, then another. When it comes to a trauma that you have experienced, or continue to live through, the first step is to make the decision that you are going to seek out the proper therapy that addresses it. There is significance in having the new year start in the middle of winter. As we take the first steps in to 2022, we know that within a matter of mere weeks, the snow and cold will transform into spring and new life and all we have to do to get there is take it one minute, one hour, one day at a time and one step at a time. Before you know it, you will be well into the journey. As Dr Seuss says, “you’re off to great places”! | <urn:uuid:470101dd-3dfd-48d0-a8d5-83819a9ef6cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.agneswohl.com/post/happy-2022 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968396 | 834 | 1.914063 | 2 |
As Nigerian delegates, led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, converge on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the UN International Financing for Development Conference, WaterAid Nigeria has called upon them to keep their commitments to prioritise access to water, sanitation and good hygiene in national budgets, so that no one is left behind.
The Addis conference will determine how countries around the world finance ambitious new goals to eradicate extreme poverty and create a more sustainable world. The new UN Sustainable Development Goals, which will replace the Millennium Development Goals expiring this year, are to be finalised in New York this September.
Access to water and sanitation will play a key role in helping to achieve these new goals. A new WaterAid report, “Essential Element”, has identified 45 high-priority countries, including Nigeria, which by virtue of the proportion of their people without access to the bare minima of water, sanitation and hygiene services, their low national resource availability and overall levels of poverty – are counted as high priority countries for aid investments in water, sanitation and hygiene.
To identify this group of high-priority countries, all developing countries were measured against five key indicators: three that relate to basic water and sanitation need, one to overall vulnerability and deprivation, and one to financial capacity.
These countries – many of them post-conflict and fragile –have all been left behind in financing for water, sanitation and hygiene programmes and will not be able to reach everyone with water and sanitation without targeted overseas aid and strong political leadership that prioritises the issue.
According to the newest figures, 31% of the Nigerian population still lack access to clean water, while 71% lack access to basic sanitation. More than 660 million people around the world are still without access to clean water and nearly 2.4 billion remain without a basic toilet, creating a health crisis which kills 500,000 children under five each year.
Without access to safe water and toilets it is extremely difficult for people to escape poverty. The WaterAid report puts the share of Nigeria’s population in extreme poverty at 60%, reflecting how urgently the WASH crisis needs to be addressed if the country and its people are to develop and lead healthy and productive lives.
WaterAid Nigeria Country Representative, Dr. Michael Ojo, said: “While we strongly believe it is possible to reach everyone, everywhere with safe water, sanitary toilets and good hygiene practices by 2030, this will require high-level political dedication and the financing to match.
“These investments have a great return and pay off many times over. Safe water and basic toilets create healthier communities, and spare women and girls the long and difficult journeys they undertake to fetch water and the indignity and insecurity of having to find a private place to relieve themselves when there is no toilet. Children are more likely to attend school and families are more able to support themselves when they are not constantly ill from diarrhoeal disease.
“This health crisis kills half a million children under five each year. Putting an end to this injustice that kills so many of our children and affects so many of our women and girls is critical if we are to truly tackle extreme poverty.
“This is a once-in-a-generation moment and a chance for all of us to play our part. We cannot leave anyone behind.”
In each of the 45 high-priority countries identified by WaterAid, half or more of the population do not have a basic, safe place to relieve themselves. As a result their citizens are at high risk of contracting waterborne diseases as well as pandemic illnesses that spread in the absence of good sanitation and hygiene practices, as seen in the recent Ebola crisis in West Africa.
At the AfricaSan 4 conference held in Senegal in May this year, governments of African countries, including the Nigerian Government, noted that this lack of access to improved sanitation together with poor hygiene practices result in a huge burden of disease and that the associated economic, human, social, health and environmental costs are a major burden on African countries.
National governments are increasingly recognising access to water as a human right, and moving towards visions of universal access to improved water and sanitation. It is time our government step up efforts to honour the various promises they have made, including for progressive annual budgetary allocations for water and sanitation; mobilising resources and prioritising sanitation and hygiene in the country’s national development plan; and establishing and tracking sanitation and hygiene budget lines to reach a minimum of 0.5% GDP by 2020. | <urn:uuid:6f278a72-ee6d-41bd-b8f9-6d3fa2c0d890> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.environewsnigeria.com/wateraid-demands-promises-in-addis-to-deliver-safe-water-toilets/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.947194 | 923 | 2.4375 | 2 |
The recent boom in unconventional energy production is transforming the energy landscape in North America, with important implications for global energy markets and the broader competitiveness outlook. This book, within a unifying policy perspective, examines the impact the upsurge in energy production has had on the manufacturing sectors of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and of the region as a whole, which produces nearly a quarter of the world’s energy.
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
This Selected Issues paper looks at the factors behind the accumulation of cash positions by Canadian nonfinancial corporations. Focusing only on listed firms and running a model of changes in cash holdings suggest that greater macroeconomic and business uncertainty may have induced firms to raise the cash buffer at their disposal over the last decade. This is especially the case for firms in the energy and mining sector, which account for the majority of cash accumulation in the sample used in current analysis. The analysis also shows that firms’ high cash balances are typically associated with higher levels of capital expenditure, which bodes well for the acceleration of business investment in the near future.
Canada’s macroeconomic and policy performance has continued to outshine most other industrial countries, and its outlook remains favorable. The new government has pledged to maintain the strong social consensus in favor of fiscal surpluses, while aiming at enhancing incentives. The new budget should ensure that a prudent fiscal framework is maintained. The favorable domestic and external environment will boost the economy’s long-term growth potential. While the financial system appears well placed to support growth, there is still room to furthering its efficiency and resilience.
This paper describes potential benefits from Canada's expanding oil sands production, higher energy exports, and further improvements in the terms of trade. Contrary to the previous Canadian exchange rate literature, this paper finds that both energy and nonenergy commodity prices have an influence on the Canadian dollar, and some upward pressure on the exchange rate would therefore be expected. Model results suggest, however, that the impact on other tradable goods exports is limited. | <urn:uuid:f3522717-f982-468b-957a-ed943a67fe73> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://0-www-elibrary-imf-org.library.svsu.edu/subject/BUS070040?pageSize=10&sort=datedescending&t=CA&type_0=book&type_1=journalissue | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.946279 | 414 | 1.90625 | 2 |
ATLANTA, GA The State of Black Atlanta Summit 2010 explored the relationship between the built environment and health through a racial equity lens. In the real world, all built environments are not created equal. More than 200 environmental studies have shown race and class disparities. Despite significant improvements in environmental protection over the past several decades, millions of Americans continue to live in unhealthy physical environments.
Pollution and environmental health threats are not randomly distributed across the urban landscape. Predictably, lower-income and low-wealth individuals are exposed to greater health hazards in their homes, neighborhoods, workplace, schools, and playgrounds when compared to the rest of the city residents. Race and ethnicity also map closely with the geography of environmental pollution and health risks. Some communities have the wrong complexion for protection. The most polluted places nationwide tend to have significantly higher-than-average percentages of African Americans, Latinos, and Asians. More than 57 percent of whites, 65 percent of African Americans, and 80 percent of Hispanics live in 437 counties with substandard air quality; over 61.3 percent of African American children, 69.2 percent of Hispanic children and 67.7 percent of Asian-American children live in areas that exceed the 0.08 ppm ozone standard, while 50.8 percent of white children live in such areas.
In 2005, the Associated Press found that African Americans are 79 percent more likely than whites to live in polluted neighborhoods that pose the greatest health danger. In 2008, using a national, census tract-level data set, two University of Colorado sociologists discovered that black, white, and Hispanic households with similar incomes live in neighborhoods of dissimilar environmental quality. The authors found "blacks experience such high pollution burden that black households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 live in neighborhoods that are, on average, more polluted than the average neighborhood in which white households with incomes below $1,000 live." These findings suggest that the "impact of higher incomes on black/white proximity to environmental hazards has less to do with the increases in white geographic mobility (relative to black geographic mobility) than with the ability of the higher income blacks to escape the highly polluted, disorganized, and deteriorated neighborhoods to which so many low-income blacks are confined."
The question of who pays and who benefits from Metro Atlanta's environmental and industrial policies is central to our analysis of environmental justice, healthy communities, and sustainability.
Living with More Pollution
In 2009, Forbes Magazine ranked Atlanta the nation's most "toxic city" based on number of facilities that reported releasing toxins into the environment, the total pounds of certain toxic chemicals released into the air, water and earth, the days per year that air pollution was above healthy levels, and the number of times the EPA has responded to reports of a potentially hazardous environmental incident or sites. Enforcing stronger federal ozone standards and providing more alternatives to automobile travel will go a long way in improving air quality, public health and livability in the entire Atlanta metro region.
Pollution and environmental health threats are not randomly distributed across Atlanta's neighborhoods. Black Atlantans are exposed to greater health hazards in their homes, neighborhoods, workplace, schools, and playgrounds when compared to whites. African Americans and other people of color comprise about 30 percent of the five largest counties contiguous to Atlanta. However, they represent the majority of residents in five of the ten "dirtiest" zip codes in these counties. Residents in Atlanta-Fulton County are subjected to a whopping 873.9 pounds of toxic releases per person annually, compared to the 10 pound national average. According to the 2007 Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty report, African Americans and other people of color in Atlanta comprise 65 percent of the residents living within two miles of the commercial hazardous wastes facilities.
According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), Atlanta ranked number 9 in the "Top 10 Asthma Capitals" in 2009--down from number 4 in 2008. Atlanta's African American residents are three times more likely than whites to be hospitalized or die from asthma. Racial and ethnic differences in asthma prevalence, morbidity and mortality are highly correlated with poverty, urban air quality, indoor allergens, and lack of patient education and inadequate medical care. The lifetime asthma prevalence rate in African Americans is 19.4 percent higher than the rate in whites. In 2007, the age-specific asthma prevalence rate was 39 percent higher in blacks than in whites (103.2 per 1,000 persons versus 74.5 per 1,000 persons, respectively).
Air pollution exacerbates asthma and other respiratory illnesses. Long-term exposure to air pollution shortens lives and contributes to cardiovascular and lung disease. Nationally, asthma is the leading cause of school absenteeism among children accounting for more than 15 million days of school. Students with asthma may also be at higher risk for poor performance. Asthma prevalence has been increasing since the early 1980s across all age, sex and racial groups.
Nearly half (48.6 percent) of Atlanta's air pollution is from cars and heavy-duty vehicles, which each year spew over 1.5 million tons of pollutants into the air. Black Atlantans contribute the least to the region's air pollution problem since they are less likely to own cars. Transportation-induced air pollution sources exact a major financial toll on the Atlanta region, with public health costs estimated to be as high as $637 million. Diesel engine emissions contribute to serious public health problems including: premature mortality, aggravation of existing asthma, acute respiratory symptoms, chronic bronchitis, and decreased lung function. Long-term exposure to high levels of diesel exhausts (generally at the level of occupational exposure) increase risk of developing lung cancer. More than 30 health studies have linked diesel emissions to increased incidences of various cancers. Diesel emissions may be responsible for 125,000 cancer cases in the U.S. each year.
Cleaning up the air and "fixing" the Atlanta region's transportation problem will have tremendous health benefits. Reduction in motor vehicle emissions can also have marked health improvements. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996 brought about a reduction in auto use by 22.5 percent, asthma admissions to emergency rooms (ERs) and hospitals also decreased by 41.6 percent.
Greening Black Schools
Over the last decade, we have seen the convergence of the Green Building Movement, which typically focuses on energy efficiency and resource conservation and the Healthy Schools Movement, which seeks high performance school design/construction consistent with children's needs for healthy environments, greening existing schools, and environmental public health for children who are disproportionately affected by environmental exposures inside and outside of schools." Green schools enhance learning and health.
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher). | <urn:uuid:e68fdfa2-1ec0-4210-9240-6f4d87cd2182> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.opednews.com/articles/Greening-Up-While-Cleaning-by-Robert-Bullard-100324-630.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.939791 | 1,395 | 3.375 | 3 |
For years, the world has been looking for reputable replacements for fossil fuels. Solar, wind, and electrical power are just a few popular choices. However, any significant shift to these sources is expected to be at least five years (if not more) away. In the meantime, there is still a strict requirement to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere. For this reason, carbon capture stocks are likely to become highly lucrative as the world waits for this change to occur.
What is carbon capture?
Carbon capture is the practice of capturing and storing carbon dioxide. It’s usually done at the source of the emission. The primary objective of a carbon capture company is to minimize atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions. Doing so may assist in mitigating climate change.
Think of putting a bag over your automobile’s exhaust pipe to picture carbon capture. The carbon dioxide emissions would be trapped within the pack. You can throw away the pollution when the bag is full. This system would allow you to drive your gas-powered vehicle without jeopardizing the environment.
The carbon capture process is considerably more complicated than what I just described. Carbon dioxide, unlike other gases, cannot be trapped in a bag since it is a gas. Instead, it must be chemically divided on a molecular level.
Carbon capture is still a developing technology because of its complexity. However, if it becomes economically viable, there’s a good possibility it to be widely utilized in days or weeks. It may allow humans to use fossil fuels even longer, enabling us to continue utilizing carbon-intensive energy sources. As a result, humans might continue to utilize fossil fuels, obtaining carbon and lowering their environmental impact by almost nothing.
It would assist us in bridging the gap between our existing fossil-fuel-powered world and a clean future powered by alternative energy.
Why invest in carbon capture stocks?
A pure Carbon capture company may be a small startup or a prominent fossil fuel corporation. The business is still relatively young, but market forecasters expect major carbon capture technology companies to develop considerably in the next several decades. This opens the door for investors to profit from the energy transition while also being a part of a potentially lucrative market.
Investing in the most significant carbon capture equities in 2022 is a way to diversify your portfolio and bet on future technologies. Since many carbon capture market most promising companies are young, the pricing is affordable yet often volatile. Carbon capture is a growing energy sector that will grow in usage worldwide as Europe’s renewable energy efforts, the US’ renewable portfolio standard, and global net-zero goals emerge. There should be a greater emphasis on sustainable energy to combat global warming.
Top Carbon Capture Stocks to Look Out For
FuelCell Energy Stock
First, it captures emissions from existing coal or gas-powered plants. Second, it removes CO2 from flue gases and converts the carbon into valuable products. It’s been established that even if a majority of pollutants are reduced, approximately 70% of them are destroyed. However, FuelCell’s second step is what distinguishes it as one of the best carbon capture stocks available.
FuelCell’s technology generates more power while capturing carbon. This means that the plant receives a net benefit from it. Instead of utilizing energy to fuel its carbon capture process, FuelCell aids the plant in generating more power. Because of this, gas-powered plants profit from FuelCell’s technology by producing a return on investment. This little consideration might have a significant impact on FuelCell.
Corporations may seem unemotional, logical machines, but they make judgments based on what makes sense financially. Every company strives to be seen as a “green” business. However, when it comes time to write a check and decrease their carbon emissions, they tell a different story. A fuel cell combined with a battery pack and solar panels suggests FuelCell, might be an increasingly viable option for energy production in remote locations. This could make it a no-brainer when businesses are looking for a carbon capture partner.
Aker Carbon Capture Stock
Aker Carbon Capture is one of the few and most well-known pure-play carbon capture firms. It’s based in Norway, with representation in several Northern European nations and a worldwide presence through the Aker family. The Aker Carbon Capture ACC was launched on the Oslo Stock Exchange in August 2020. In March 2021, shares of Aker Carbon Capture ASA (OTCQX: AKCCF) were traded as part of a regulated electronic over-the-counter service provided by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) in the United States. The firm is currently in the mid-cap range, with a market value of $1.33 billion.
Delta CleanTech Stock
The oldest publicly listed carbon capture firm is Carbon Systems, founded in the 1990s. It handles CO2 source capture, usage, hydrogen production, and ethanol purification. This Canadian firm is expanding its business through international expansion. The office in London will open soon, as will offices in Beijing, Sydney, and Houston. It’s been around for a long time and used in various ways to harness captured CO2 to diversify risk. Furthermore, its long history in the market and its experience with worldwide CO2 capture projects over the last 15 years make it a mature choice in a relatively new sector.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) is the seventh-largest oil and gas industry corporation in the United States and Texas’ most prominent. It is also recognized as America’s most climate-friendly oil firm, so we decided to include it on our carbon capture services stocks list.
It has been concentrating on carbon capture technologies for enhanced oil recovery purposes. Still, it has recently revealed that it will not expand oil production in the next several years instead of focusing its efforts on moving to a green economy.
Compared to permanently storing 20 million tons of CO2, its CO2 equivalent emissions from operations and usage of power, heat, and steam were 28.4 million tons in 2019, which is not too bad.
What’s more, the target of 6.5% gross margins is essential to consider; this indicates that XCEL has a growth plan and would bolster the argument that it will be able to grow in the future at higher levels of profitability sustainably. This is also why I consider it one of the most promising firms to make carbon capture a lucrative business, with actual profits for shareholders and debt repayment down the road.
Equinor is an oil and gas producer that employs carbon capture technologies. Equinor is the first company to develop, operate, and utilize CCS technology at a commercial scale. It has been working on the technology for over 20 years and is currently involved in 40 carbon capture and storage projects, including Norway’s mainstay project, the Northern Lights.
The firm is also a partner in various significant low-carbon initiatives, including the CCS technology installed on the Keadby 3 plant that generates power from natural gas, the H2H Saltend facility that creates hydrogen from natural gas, and captures and stores CO2 as part of the process, and other vital projects. In May 2021, Equinor announced another collaboration for a natural gas plant with CCS with SSE Plc.
The recent collaboration with the United States Steel Corporation to research the technologies illustrates the firm’s interest in developing clean hydrogen and carbon capture and storage. The company also partnered with Rosneft to reduce greenhouse gases from its oil and gas operations in Russia.
Equinor stock appears to be in good health at a three-year high as the firm also takes advantage of the rise in natural gas prices across Europe. Because the firm is a well-established player in the carbon capture sector with the most expertise in operating carbon capture and storage sites, its commitment to low-carbon technologies and the green shift may be beneficial.
Schlumberger Limited is a technology company that focuses on energy access. Customers include major oil and gas producers. The firm has more than 80 years of expertise in mapping, measuring, and modeling subterranean rock deposits. In addition, it sells decarbonization technologies to its clients, taking advantage of the critical role of the oil and gas sector in the green energy shift.
Since 2005, Schlumberger has been involved in carbon capture projects worldwide, so we feel it is well-positioned to be on this list of carbon capture stocks. In addition, the firm launched a new energy business called Schlumberger New Energy to explore untapped growth areas for the corporation in the developing energy markets – hydrogen, lithium, energy storage, carbon capture and storage, geothermal power, and geo-energy for heating and cooling buildings.
Pond Technologies Holdings
Pond Technologies Holdings Inc offers an algae growing platform that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into algal-based commercial products. Its algae growing platform converts the CO2 found in the untreated stack gas of industrial emitters into biofuels, animal feeds, and natural fertilizers. In addition, for the Nutraceutical Market cap, its algae-growing platform transforms food-grade CO2 into algae strains such as Chlorella, Spirulina, and Astaxanthin, which are used as health food additives and supplements. The company operates in two segments, namely Nutraceuticals products and Technology Services.
Advantage Energy Ltd. is a Calgary, Alberta-based oil and gas firm. The firm aims to develop the Montney natural gas and liquid resource play to supply clean Canadian energy.
One of the techniques for rapidly removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is carbon capture and storage (CCS). Given how coal-fired power stations dominate the energy sector, carbon capture stocks are pretty significant. Moreover, carbon capture stocks may prove profitable in the future, as multiple world governments are striving for carbon-free energy.
The ability to extract carbon dioxide from several processes and use it as a resource or store it deep underground is known as CCS. The majority of the carbon is captured from primary point sources, such as fossil fuel combustion, chemical plants, and other industries.
Which carbon capture companies are publicly traded?
With the innovation, capturing carbon will become increasingly common in the decades ahead. The carbon capture business is growing for various reasons, including government subsidies and worldwide demand for carbon credits. However, not all carbon capture firms are publicly accessible.
Aker Carbon Capture (ACC.OL)
A Norwegian carbon capture firm, Aker, is now trading on the stock market capitalization. This is one of the most profitable businesses in the field, from commencement to the conclusion: from carbon capture and temporary storage to transportation, use, and permanent storage.
Norway has a lot of equity at its disposal. Equinor has already started the carbon capture sector and has expanded to 30 countries thus far.
Delta CleanTech (DELT)
One of the first publicly traded carbon capture firms was Delta CleanTech. It focuses on CO2 source capture, utilization, hydrogen production, and ethanol purification. It was founded in the 2000s and deals with CO2 source capture, usage, hydrogen generation, and ethanol purification.
Is carbon capture stocks a good investment?
Carbon capture technology is still relatively new, yet market expectations suggest that it will expand dramatically in the future. This gives investors a chance to participate in the energy transition while investing in an industry with potential.
Are there any carbon capture stocks?
There are now 19 worldwide DAC plants, which capture more than 0.1 million tons of carbon dioxide each year, and a 1 million ton CO2 capture plant is in the works in the United States.
Just Start Investing is a personal finance website that makes investing easy. Learn the simple strategies to start investing today, as well as ways to optimize your credit cards, banking, and budget. Just Start Investing has been featured on Business Insider, Forbes, and US News & World Report, among other major publications for its easy-to-follow writing. | <urn:uuid:65936ee0-532c-41c3-a49c-2f876083e657> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.juststartinvesting.com/carbon-capture-stocks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.946494 | 2,506 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Paul’s convictions about the impeding dawn of God’s kingdom place him securely within the world of the late Second Temple Jewish apocalyptic hope. But Paul’s biblical tradition was Greek, not Aramaic or Hebrew. His audience–unlike that of Jesus and of the earliest disciples–was pagan, not Jewish. And he stretched his time-driven gospel over the spatial frame provided by antiquity’s map of the cosmos.
from the beginning of her essay
“The Question of Worship: Gods, Pagans, and the Redemption of Israel”
Paul within Judaism: Restoring the First-Century Context to the Apostle (Kindle Edition)
I had a difficult time wrapping my head around Fredriksen’s essay at first but when I finally figured out where she was going, not only did everything click into place, but I saw the connections between what she was saying and what I wrote about not that long ago.
Fredriksen draws a sharp distinction between the teaching and mission of Jesus (Yeshua) and that of Paul. While Jesus operated almost exclusively within a Jewish context, speaking to Jews, drawing Jewish disciples, training Jewish apostles, Paul had an extremely different audience to contend with and an environment at odds with Jews and Judaism, the pagan arena of the diaspora.
While the message of Jesus, the repentance of the Jewish people and return to the Torah in preparation of the coming Kingdom of Heaven, was not particularly surprising, Paul’s role required him to do the astonishing. He had to bring Gentiles out of worshiping pagan gods and into exclusive devotion to the One God of Israel, while leaving them in their diaspora towns, cities, and countrysides, living among idol worshiping family, friends, and business associates.
The Church tends to take all this for granted, having Paul preached to them like any modern missionary they know or have read about, but in fact, he was charting a course through unexplored territory, doing what no one had ever done before, at least on such a large-scale, and dealing with Gentiles not only as different ethnicities, but as pagans.
Today, we separate one’s ethnic orientation from their religion, but in ancient times, no such distinction was made. Lifestyle, business, family life, everything tied together into one’s identity. So a Jew practiced Judaism and Gentiles practiced some form of pagan worship, although, as I said, it was really all a part of living your life as you had been born.
Occasionally, a non-Jew would undergo the proselyte rite and live among Jews as a Jew, but Paul was attempting to bring a large number of Gentiles into a form of Judaism, while having them remain wholly distinct from Jewish ethnicity and obligation to the Torah mitzvot.
What we think of as “religion” ancient people accordingly constructed as an inheritance: “mos maiorum, fides patrum, ta patria ethe, paradoseis ton patrikon (this last from Paul, Gal. 1:14). “Religion” as a category separable and separate from one’s “family”–household to empire–did not exist.
Finally, gentile versus pagan masks the degree to which not only households but also cities were family-based religious institutions.
In some ways, what Jesus had attempted in the Jewish homeland among his own people was all but child’s play compared to the mission he gave to Paul. While Jesus was imploring the Jews around him to return to a Torah lifestyle that was their inheritance, Paul was directing pagan Gentiles to leave behind everything they had ever known to join with a foreign people, the Jewish people, in worshiping what for them would have been an alien God.
I suppose I’m leaving out the non-Jewish “God Fearers” who frequented synagogues in the diaspora nations, but according to Fredriksen, these “God Fearers,” while worshipping and praying to Israel’s God on Shabbos, also worshipped and prayed to the various pagan gods during the other days of the week. As long as they behaved themselves while in Jewish community, these “God Fearers” were not required to leave their other “gods” behind.
Changing gods “was tantamount to changing ethnicity” but without undergoing the formal rite of conversion, abandoning the pagan gods and worshiping the God of Israel only would seem not only bizarre, but an all but impossible act.
What was everyone, human and divine, so upset about? Paul (and others like him), in proclaiming the gospel, radically disrupted the long-lived and socially stable arrangements prevailing between synagogues, god-fearers, and the larger pagan community; and they disrupted relations within the pagan community itself, from those of immediate family right up through the larger family of fellow citizens and the cities’ gods.
It’s easy to see why just about everybody learned to hate Paul, from many of the Jews in the diaspora, to the citizens of the various pagan communities in which the Apostle operated. He was stirring up a hornet’s nest of trouble no matter who he talked to, Jew or Gentile. The Jews needed the good will of the Gentile community around them and the Gentiles needed to be able to live life as was expected of them by the self-same community. Paul threatened all of that.
But this, as I suggested above, put the Gentile disciples into an uncertain state:
But Paul’s pagans fell into neither category. Like converts, his pagans made an exclusive commitment to the god of Israel; unlike converts, they did not assume Jewish ancestral practices (food ways, Sabbath, circumcision, and so on). Like god-fearers, Paul’s people retained their native ethnicities; unlike god-fearers, they no longer worshiped their native gods. Paul’s pagans-in-Christ are neither converts nor god-fearers.
Then Fredriksen asked the poignant question:
So who and what are they?
The very same question I’ve been dealing with lately.
You may not like Fredriksen’s answer:
…they occupied a social and religious no-man’s land. Eschatologically, however, they represented a population long anticipated within centuries of Jewish restoration theology: they were pagans-saved-at-the-End.
Paul and the other apostles and elders in the ancient Messianic movement then known as “the Way,” would have seen these droves of Gentiles turning to Israel’s God through Jesus-devotion as the fulfillment of prophesy, that at the coming of the close of the present age, the Goyim would be redeemed as part of God’s overarching plan of redemption for Israel.
Seen from that perspective, it would have been a very exciting time for Paul. He couldn’t possibly have realized that nearly two-thousand years later, both Israel and the faithful among the nations would still be waiting for Messiah’s return. He may indeed have believed, as other Jews in Messiah did, that Yeshua’s coming back in power and glory was imminent.
I’ve mentioned in other blog posts, both related to this review series and otherwise, that in all likelihood, Paul had no idea how to fully resolve the social status of Gentiles in Jewish community, including the development of a complete and functional halachah for such a population.
If I’m reading Fredriksen right, he likely didn’t think this was a problem. If Messiah’s return was right around the corner, so to speak, why bother? The effort would be wasted and Yeshua would be back so quickly that he’ll be the one who will finish the job of establishing how Gentiles were supposed to be integrated.
Or, given that all Jews were to be returned to Israel as part of the Messianic promise, all Israel’s enemies would be defeated and removed from the Jewish homeland, and all (or the vast majority) of Gentiles would reside in their own nations, the task of integration would be completely unnecessary. Except for events such as the moadim in which devoted Gentiles would come to Jerusalem to pay homage to God, Jews and Gentiles in the Messianic Kingdom might not do much mixing at all, at least as Paul may have seen things.
Here’s an important point Fredriksen made that I think should be shared:
What about Paul? Paul’s circumstances differed pointedly from those of the Baptizer and of Jesus. His “mission field” was the cities of the eastern empire. His hearers were not Jews but pagans. And these he called to repent not of “Jewish” sins (i.e., breaking the commandments), but of “pagan” sins (most especially idolatry and its perennial rhetorical companion, porneia).
I mentioned this above but here we see Fredriksen emphasizing the imperative of each population repenting of sins specifically connected to their own populations in terms of how they had come into relationship with God. For Jews, it was primarily the Sinai and New Covenants, and while the New Covenant blessings also could be applied to the Gentile believers in terms of the promise of the resurrection and giving of God’s Spirit, that overlap only covered just so much common ground.
One of the clearer commandments for the Gentiles was to worship the God of Israel only, but their/our lives were not so specifically defined and delineated as were the Jews.
The Gentiles were to practice righteousness and justice, but these concepts were less “about religious sentiment than about showing respect.”
So how were the Gentiles called to “fulfill the law” (Rom. 13:8-10; Gal. 5:14-15; 1 Cor. 14:34)?
The common translation of the Greek in Romans 5:1 is rendered “justified by faith” but Fredriksen suggests that this would better be understood as a directive for the non-Jewish disciples to practice piety toward God and justice (charity) toward others.
Piety toward God can be covered in commandments such as no other gods, no graven images (idols), and no abuse of God’s Name, while justice toward others is exemplified in no murder, no adultery (or other sexual sins), no theft, no lying, and no coveting.
So, reading Paul without anachronism, “fulfilling the law” for a Gentile means turning away from pagan idols and turning to God alone as the One God “through baptism into the death, resurrection, and impending return of his [God’s] son” and making “right toward each other by acting rightly toward each other–‘not like the ethne who did not know God’ (1 Thess. 4:5; cf. Rom. 1:18-32).”
Since approximately the second century, in part basing their view on their reading of Romans 9-11, most Christians have answered “only Christians.” This despite Paul’s insistence, in this very passage of Romans, that “the fullness of the ethne” and “all Israel” will be saved (11:25-26), and that God’s promises are “irrevocable” (11:29; cf. 15:8).
No, not “true Israel” or “new Israel” but “all Israel will be saved!” Exclamation point. End of story.
But Fredriksen says not just all Israel but “the fullness of the Gentiles”. That sounds like a lot, and that’s not a very Christian point of view.
God’s universalism, in short, is a very Jewish universalism. And his particular universalism is reflected in the ways that Paul imagines ethnicity in the eschatological community, both the proleptic one of the present ekklesia, before the Parousia, and the final community, once Christ returns.
In both present ekklesia and future Kingdom, Jews and Gentiles are “one in Christ” (Gal. 3:28) and yet Paul absolutely insisted that all those “in Christ” should and must remain Jew and Gentile, distinct from one another, and Paul “has no problem accommodating both difference and oneness.”
That may not have been a problem for Paul, especially as I said before, because he believed the present ekklesia was to be short-lived and Messiah would settle the matter once the Kingdom was established, but it’s a problem we struggle with today, if only for those of us who have left the anachronistic interpretive traditions of Christianity behind and who have chosen to engage with the Jewish scriptures on their own terms.
If the nations, through an eschatological miracle, now worship Israel’s god alone, then even though they remain ethnically distinct, they are spiritually joined to God’s family.
Even our ability to call God “Abba, Father” (Gal. 4:6; Rom. 8:15) is a deeply mystical mystery, one we may end up spending all of our lives exploring.
According to Fredriksen, the Jewish Paul believed “Eschatological Israel will stand together with but distinct from the other nations, for they are the nation long ago set apart by God.”
I completely and wholeheartedly agree, both with Fredriksen and with Paul (assuming Fredriksen’s understanding of Paul is correct).
So far, I’ve found all of the chapters I’ve read and reviewed to be very illuminating and edifying and I hope, if you choose to read the Nanos/Zetterholm volume, that you will as well.
There are only three essays left for me to consume, though it seems like I’ve gotten through little more than half the book.
I’ll post my next review soon. | <urn:uuid:9a76863c-6b89-4444-9cd5-58d449993e20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mymorningmeditations.com/2015/06/10/book-review-of-paul-within-judaism-the-question-of-worship-gods-pagans-and-the-redemption-of-israel/?replytocom=52339 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968109 | 3,013 | 2.265625 | 2 |
PEERLESS Plastics and Coatings Ltd of Thetford specialises in the manufacture of protective coatings for plastics. The company has recently joined the Green Growth Programme and marketing manager Mark Scott (left) describes the experience.
How integral do you see sustainable business practices to the future of your business?
We see sustainable business practices as being very integral to what we do as a company moving forwards. The fact that we are in an industry that is viewed (incorrectly) as a problem area (plastics) makes us want to push hard to show that not all plastics are the issue they are portrayed as in the media. We want our staff, customers and everyone that we communicate with, to know that we’re doing all we can to help the environment, reduce waste, reduce costs and make a better environment for us all moving forwards.
To what extent does your approach to sustainable business set you apart (in your sector)?
The fact that we primarily apply hard coatings that improve the life span of plastic, helping to cut down on the carbon footprint, means that hard coated plastic is a more sustainable option over its prolonged lifespan. We strictly monitor all our processes to cut down on the amount of wastage we produce as a manufacturer. We also try to source our materials from companies with a similar ethos to ours.
What are the advantages to doing business sustainably?
The advantages of doing business sustainably are numerous. Not only does it have the ‘feel good’ factor that you’re doing all you can to preserve the environment for future generations, but it also means that you can reduce waste, helping to cut costs and making you more efficient. Closely monitoring all your processes helps to develop an agile attitude. This makes you an easier company to deal with and everyone knows what standards to achieve.
How have you engaged your team members/ supply chain/ other stakeholders around the Green Growth Programme, if at all?
It is still early days for us regarding the Green Growth Programme and is part of a larger green initiative that we’re implementing across the entire company. As each process changes/evolves we’ll highlight the requirements both internally and externally. We plan to spread the word internally with regular updates and staff meetings and externally via our social media channels and case studies posted on our website (www.peerless-coatings.co.uk).
What advice would you give to Made in Britain members as they progress on their sustainability journeys?
Our advice would be to start small, implement small incremental changes that are achievable across the board, get everyone on board and up to speed on the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’, have regular meetings and take all staff members' input on board as each department will have different issues and procedures. Also, ask for advice and check out forums online in your relevant field of industry. See what others in your industry are doing, talk to them and see if what they’re doing will work for you and can even be improved upon. If we all share our experiences and knowledge it will make it easier for everyone to implement and we can all make a long-lasting change quickly and efficiently.
If you would like your business to join the Green Growth Programme, the journey starts here: https://green.madeinbritain.org/
For more information about Peerless Plastics, see the company’s member profile page here. | <urn:uuid:a95f7a96-7a8c-4f0f-8c8e-d34dfabec1c3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.madeinbritain.org/news/plastic-coatings-comapny-aims-to-be-peerless-in-green-growth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.952313 | 705 | 1.5 | 2 |
Our actions always make more sense to us than they do to others. To us, what we do and why we do the things we do fit in with an internal narrative that is always running through our head and playing out in our lives. We understand the world in a way that is logically coherent based on our experiences and perceptions of the world.
The problem for each of us, however, is that our experiences, perspectives, and perceptions are woefully inadequate to actually understand the way the world operates. In Letters from a Stoic, Seneca includes a short piece that explains how we should think about our thinking given these inadequacies of our mind:
“Crates, they say, … noticed a young man walking by himself, and asked him what he was doing all alone. I am communing with myself, replied the youth. Pray be careful, then, said Crates, and take good heed; you are communing with a bad man!”
The point here is not that the youth is actually a bad person, but it is that the narrative and story within our own heads is misleading. It makes judgments and assumptions based on limited, often biased information and creates stories that it claims to be true. We are tricked into believing the falsehoods of our own mind, and if we give our mind too much trust, it can lead us astray. The advice from Crates conveyed by Seneca is to recognize that our minds are not wholly trustworthy, and to be careful when we are consumed by our own thoughts.
In my own life, I have found it to be helpful, but at times almost paralyzing to recognize how little information my mind actually has when it is making decisions and reaching conclusions. I find that I often doubt why I feel a certain way about another person or an event, and that I often pause to consider the information my mind is acting on before I do something, even when my actions or the outcomes are trivial. Occasionally this puts me in a place where I feel that I cannot take action, because I cannot entirely support my reason for doing or believing (or wanting to believe) something. On the whole, however, I feel that it does make me a more considerate person. I recognize times when I want to be outraged at something, just to signal to others how virtuous of a person I am that something outrages me. I often find that I want to complain about others, just to raise my own status, and I try my best to pull back from those urges. These are positive notes stemming from my self-awareness induced hesitation, but my hesitation also leads to situations where I am not as outspoken or decisive as I should be. As an example, I should probably be more outspoken about the importance of climate change legislation or science in general. I am not as willing to take a visible stand in an effort to say that, regardless of policy or party/identity, the behavior and language of our president is unbecoming of the nation’s chief executive and unacceptable in our public discourse (ever here is another example of me hesitating to be as direct as I think I should be).
A recognition that the mind cannot possibly observe, analyze, and act on every piece of information available is powerful in being a more thoughtful and considerate person, but it can be paralyzing in negative ways. When we pause to think while others impulsively act, we give away some of the power we gain through self-awareness. The bombastic who dominate conversation through impulsive outbursts have an advantage in controlling the narrative when we hesitate to be more thoughtful in our discourse. We would all rather be the rationally calm individual in our lives, but it feels that the ignorantly loud person will always dominate the conversation when we choose this approach. I think we should nevertheless strive for greater self-awareness and calmness in our thinking, and as a society we need to do a better job of recognizing the importance of these skills, so we can be better at socially rewarding individuals who can control their impulses. | <urn:uuid:f8664ae2-f65a-472b-b856-c6353e0dfb2d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://novellearning.blog/tag/discussion/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.969065 | 823 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Chemists develop variety of industrially important synthetic processes
The formation of double bonds between two carbon atoms (C=C) is of central significance in natural organisms. The vast majority of natural substances therefore contain one or more of these double bonds. Compounds with C=C double bonds, the alkenes or olefins, also play a prominent role in the organic chemical industry. A great many chemical processes have therefore been developed over the years to control the formation of C=C bonds.
One such process, olefin metathesis, has received particular attention over the last few decades and the 2005 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded in recognition of its significance.
Despite the many parallels between carbon and the heavier members of the carbon group (Group 14) of the periodic table, olefin metathesis was only of practical significance when compounds containing C=C bonds were involved. This seems somewhat surprising given the fact that double bonds between the heavier elements of the carbon group are considerably weaker than a C=C bond and are thus more easily cleaved.
David Scheschkewitz, Professor of Inorganic and General Chemistry at Saarland University, Lukas Klemmer and Anna-Lena Thömmes from his research group and Volker Huch and Bernd Morgenstern from the X-ray Diffraction Service Centre have developed and characterized a new class of germanium-based heavier alkene analogs whose Ge=Ge bond exhibits just the right degree of stability to participate in synthetically useful metathesis reactions.
The Scheschkewitz group employed the new methodology to synthesize the first long-chain polymers containing double bonds between heavier elements. In the near future, the researchers hope to extend the concept to other elements of the periodic table, which could be of potential use in developing novel materials for applications in the field of organic electronics. 'The underlying principle is simple and could also be applied in organic chemistry,' explains Professor Scheschkewitz.
Potentially, this could also provide a means of carrying out olefin metathesis reactions without the precious-metal catalysts needed in the traditional approach. | <urn:uuid:c5766805-c6a2-43d6-bf35-9fe5adce68c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://phys.org/news/2021-03-chemists-variety-industrially-important-synthetic.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.935432 | 443 | 3.125 | 3 |
With March 20, 2013 representing the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, historians and journalists in both Canada and the United States have been assessing the wisdom of this historic decision. The Iraq War, due to its enormous costs in human, financial and material terms, has long fallen out of favor with the American people and the political class. Even the Republican Party has taken some distance from the major architects of the war—former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney. Neither has addressed a Republican National Convention since 2004.
In Canada last week, former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien made all the media rounds and was strongly commended for refusing to go along with the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” in 2003 after the UN Security Council refused to sanction the U.S.-led invasion. It was the first time that Canada said “no” to a U.S. president about to enter a war. It was a defining moment because Canada was a faithful U.S. ally in World War II, in the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, the 1950-53 Korean War, and throughout the Cold War. Moreover, Canada was very supportive of the invasion of Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.
The decision to go to war in Iraq was never popular in Canada, despite the initial support of the opposition Conservative party leader, Stephen Harper. The case for weapons of mass destruction and the links between Iraq’s dictator, Saddam Hussein, and Al Qaeda were never convincing to the general population. The Canadian government of the day, led by Prime Minister Chrétien, had large-scale support for saying “no,” and this support was especially vocal in Chrétien’s home province of Québec. Even Conservative leader and current Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper later recanted, saying the war was a mistake.As both countries look back, there are some lessons that bear mentioning. One is that Canada is a sovereign nation, and will primarily act according to its own national interests. Canada, being a middle power, has always been a faithful advocate of UN and NATO backing in its military decisions. It remains the preferred approach for Canadian involvement in military matters. We have also been proponents of UN peacekeeping missions over the years and will likely continue.
A second lesson has to do with the effect of this war on U.S. interests and the important advantages of actively exploring both diplomacy and the use of multilateral organizations before engaging militarily. The Afghan war had both UN and NATO backing, but the decision to go into Iraq, based on inconclusive evidence and with no UN support, did not. This has since instilled a more prudent foreign policy and military approach on the part of the Obama Administration and its principal rival, the Republican Party.
Notice that in the last presidential campaign, Republican candidate Mitt Romney did not differ markedly from Obama on foreign policy matters. The Republican rhetoric is now closer to Obama’s cautious approach than it is to the Bush-Cheney actions of a decade ago. There has been far less of a cry for “boots on the ground” in conflicts in countries like Libya, Mali, Yemen, and Syria. With the looming showdown on Iran’s nuclear intentions, we shall see how ingrained this new lesson has become.
Finally, former Prime Minister Chrétien claimed in the media last week that the decision to say “no” to the Bush Administration did not have lasting negative effects on the Canada–U.S. relationship. In October 2009, I was asked to be a moderator/interviewer during a George W. Bush visit to Montreal. Mr. Chrétien, knowing this, arranged with me to have a phone conversation with Mr. Bush in order to welcome him to Canada. The conversation was especially warm and cordial. Clearly, both leaders continue to believe that they had acted according to what each believed was right, but they had moved on and had remained friends. Just like Canada and the United States. | <urn:uuid:7cb6ada6-3b0a-4683-b1cd-d00986c009d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.americasquarterly.org/blog/saying-no-to-bush-on-iraq-a-defining-moment-for-canada/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.976294 | 826 | 2.5 | 2 |
Sociable video marketing is part of an integrated internet promotion mail messages tactic concerned with audience diamond by using interpersonal action over a supplied video clip from a variety of sides. In cases like this, we have been looking at views in the Metacafe person, Zynga lovers, and Youtube readers. This particular public exercise has been escalating in attractiveness in recent years, notably on YouTube. Below are great tips for generating such a article marketing.
Get started with your televisions brand. This helps men and women identify with your movies very easily when they start to understand observe. The video subject also needs to have several keyword phrases inside it so as to start to see visitors going to your training video based on the key phrases included in the subject.
Opt for the most aesthetically useful aspect of your training video. Maintain your online video mediashorter and special, and to the issue. Very long video clips which can be filled up with content are not automatically unexciting for a target audience. Extended video tutorials in many cases are more difficult to look out for readers because the level of content which might be introduced in one online video media alone, nevertheless. Keep the video’s duration to around 30 seconds.
Your online video media must be related to your marketplace. Let’s say you sell shoes or boots on-line, you may need to develop a training video demonstrating men strolling previous an outlet though wanting to know uncle if he could acquire a couple sneakers, one example is. Your televisions relevance will make it almost certainly going to entice visitors through the target audience.
Your television’s outline must precisely express what your movie will contain. You will want to consist of this as part of your television’s information, as well as in your television’s title. Ensure that you use the keywords you utilized in your concept from the account. Your information need to educate your visitors what the movie will supply them. When your video clip consists of visuals or other kinds of camera work, you need to level these too, using the same labels when your headline. Remember that you don’t have to use every one of these search phrases occasionally you need to help you save them for any explanation of this movie rather.
You will want to posting your video clip in a variety of web sites. Either make a submitting to Vimeo or any other equivalent online video revealing web-sites, additionally, you can search for “online video media internet hosting” in Yahoo or google. The purpose of these movie directories is usually to show your video clip into a more substantial viewers. When your online video media generates more than enough interest, you’ll find a possible sponsor on your video clip at one of these brilliant web pages.
You may also want to design your online video media feasible for viewers to savor. Most people read videos, and they will have to have every single child locate what they’re hunting for. When you have videos that is definitely extensive or is made up of various areas, it may take tv audiences more time to see your video clip than proposed. Make sure you use good space and be aware of typeface shapes.
Online may help your small business in a range of techniques. Place training video promotions for your website so as to attract site visitors in case you have an online site. When you’ve got your blog post as well as other web 2 . web site, you can place a slidemovie offer as part of your feedback portion in an effort to attain your precise audience. It must be carefully planned to be efficient.
Any time you generate a training video, take into consideration who you would want to reach with this particular promoting energy, despite the fact that social video marketing is a crucial instrument in your Online marketing promotion. Want to arrive at only latest clients? Or do you wish to develop your potential audience? How do you recognize how effective your video clip have been up to now? You should monitor what amount site visitors you are obtaining, in addition to the number of everyone has engaged your online video media backlinks.
You should always be careful of managing corporations that commit to success using their movie marketing. You will find lots of businesses around which don’t live up to their promises. Make sure you carry out some cautious analysis before you pay income to anyone for advertising models. It is advisable to focus on getting countless guests as it can be on your video’s internet site.
To construct your televisions results, you should give folks something these are keen on. You’ll likely possess a focused crowd in case you purely advertise your organization to people. As an alternative, look at giving educational video lessons that are based on your specialized niche. Often times, you can find options over the internet that include helpful tips about numerous topics. This will enable you to get to not only people keen on your products, but will also those who will probably be interested in what you are offering. Your video’s success is based on significantly within the crowd you may goal it in.
Here is more regarding https://youtubemarket.net/en/buy-youtube-subscribers have a look at the web site.
Should you be enthusiastic about the material of this short article, here are a couple even more webpages with similar content material: | <urn:uuid:a82841b0-50ec-41a3-8c18-36e99e6d0ab2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mlhornvablog.com/online-for-novices-how-to-get-started/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.940482 | 1,088 | 1.53125 | 2 |
The smart grid is “smart” because it includes sensors, applications, and devices that use telecommunications, and computer intelligence to create, collect, analyze, and act upon data. The many exciting innovations coming on the market—innovations that are driving utilities’ digital transformations—depend upon these critical elements.
This session featured experts from the companies behind some of those innovations—Atomation, Hitachi, and LineVision— as they discussed the importance of these underlying elements that enable their game-changing products and services.Read More
As utilities modernize their infrastructure to digitalize the grid, they become increasingly reliant upon digital technologies and devices. The device ecosystem must possess the depth, sophistication, and advanced capabilities necessary to support utility requirements.
This discussion featured experts from 4RF, Telit and General Electric and their conversation addressed how devices are evolving to meet utilities’ new communications needs, and how federal device certification is an important element of that evolution.Read More
As utilities work to deploy the next-generation of industrial-strength wireless connectivity based on LTE and 5G technologies, they will need to create private, secure, reliable, and resilient networks to support their grid modernization plans. Such transformation requires openness to new approaches, technologies and platforms supported by an ecosystem of vendors and products focused on utilities’ particular goals and challenges.
Ericsson, Motorola Solutions and Nokia have shown standards-based communications technologies previously reserved for major carrier deployments can be scaled to fit private utility networks.Read More
For Women’s History Month 2021, Industry Insights will feature several trailblazing women whose work is advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. Join us for the discussion where female leaders will gather to discuss grid modernization challenges facing the U.S. utility industry, and explore industry trends and mission critical innovations needed in response to an ever evolving grid.Read More
If 2020 taught us anything, it is how difficult it can be to predict the future! Looking back at the Energy Central’s 2020 Special Issue Series we certainly didn’t see anyone sharing predictions on an evolving remote work environment, utility shutoff moratoriums, and digital experiences replacing in-person visits to customers. That said, thought leaders and experts in the industry did share plenty that came to fruition: from customer-driven technologies to decarbonization of the grid to digital technologies taking a leap forward and more.Read More | <urn:uuid:c20c33d6-50fa-43f7-8494-d5f715399f60> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://anterix.com/category/private-webinars/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.913559 | 486 | 1.75 | 2 |
1. What Are Spray Adjuvants?
Adjuvants aren’t new — in fact, they’ve been around as long as herbicides. However, with the recent conversations about the new trait and herbicide technologies, adjuvants are getting a lot more discussion, as they rightfully should.
With the upcoming changes, it is now even more important to make sure you are using the proper adjuvants to ensure your herbicide application is as effective as possible and to help minimize the development of herbicide resistant weeds.
Let’s start with the basics:
A spray adjuvant is a broad term encompassing any product added to the spray tank to help increase herbicide performance. Adjuvant products can take a number of forms, including surfactants, water conditioners, defoamers, oils, drift control agents, or any combination of these.
Adjuvants are a critical part of a crop protection strategy because they help ensure herbicides work as effectively as possible, ultimately protecting the grower’s investment.
Today, herbicide effectiveness is more important than ever. Currently there are a number of weed biotypes that have become resistant to some of the existing herbicide technology.
As a result, the ag industry has developed new herbicide technologies to help control resistant weeds and minimize the spread of these biotypes. In addition new trait technologies have been developed to create varieties that are tolerant to the new herbicide technologies.
In fact, industry experts estimate up to 20 million acres (1 in 4 U.S. soybean fields) will include these herbicide tolerant traits during the 2017 season and up to 70 million acres will include these traits over the next five years.
Because of these anticipated adoption rates, it’s important to know what the different adjuvant characteristics are designed to accomplish, and the best available options.
2. Navigating Adjuvants
Below is a breakdown of the various types of adjuvant characteristics and how they help herbicide efficacy:
- The word surfactant comes from the phrase “surface active agents.”
- Since most adjuvants are applied as a foliar application, it’s important for the spray droplet to spread out evenly to wet the entire surface area. Surface area is critical, as it increases the physical reach of the herbicide on the plant.
- It’s important to strike the right balance with a surfactant. Using too much can cause runoff that decreases effectiveness of the herbicide as well as crop injury.
Water Conditioners or Buffering Agents
- Molecules in hard water can bind with active ingredients in herbicides, potentially lowering the effectiveness of the product.
- Agents that act as buffers can alter the water pH and create a stabilizing effect in the tank.
- Adjuvant products that contain defoamers can reduce the amount of foam that certain herbicides generate within a spray tank, making the application process smoother.
- Adding an oil component can help the herbicide penetrate through a weed’s waxy exterior.
- Drift control agents can help adjust the overall droplet spectrum to minimize off-target application.
- Droplet size has a direct impact on a spray’s drift potential. Smaller droplets are more likely to drift off target and potentially damage neighboring crops or vegetation.
3. Best Practices for Selecting an Adjuvant
With a variety of adjuvants to choose from, you may wonder what’s the best way to select the most appropriate adjuvant to help you maximize herbicide efficacy. Here are some considerations when selecting an adjuvant:
- Read your herbicide label carefully, every time you use it and always follow the label instructions. Formulations can change even within the same product, and the changes may alter which types of adjuvants are recommended for use with specific products.
- Use adjuvants that are specifically developed for agricultural uses. Products developed for industrial use will not work, and may even hurt the quality of the herbicide.
- Use adjuvants with characteristics that will help your herbicide be the most effective, but avoid mixing products together without doing a compatibility test. Even if a specific operation could benefit from the combination of a surfactant and a defoamer does not mean two separate products are compatible together or with the herbicide product.
- Conduct a test first, especially if you’re unsure about your product combination. Jar tests or other methods of mixing can save you from having to clean sludge out of your tank.
- Check to make sure the adjuvant is approved for use with the new herbicide. Check the product’s website for a list of approved adjuvants and learn as much as you can before using the product.
- Talk to the experts. With the new herbicide and trait technology rapidly approaching, retailers and other agronomic professionals should communicate with their distributors to determine when to use a specific product.
4. The Future of Adjuvants
Working in tandem with emerging technology designed to battle resistant weeds, CHS has a new line of Pro Adjuvants to help maximize the effectiveness of your herbicide and work along with the new herbicide technology, while helping growers maintain stewardship with better drift control and lower volatility.
For more information contact your CHS Agronomist today. | <urn:uuid:ffe81549-8ff8-4354-8a40-add6dc8ae476> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chsunitedplainsag.com/about-us/news/4-top-adjuvants-facts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.906514 | 1,132 | 2.28125 | 2 |
A touching story happened when two college students rescue dog that had been buried in snow for nearly 20 minutes at a popular ski spot.
These two students, Bobby White and Josh Trujillo are studying at the Colorado School of Mines. On December 26, White and Trujillo were skiing at Berthoud Pass in Colorado when they saw an approaching avalanche. Unfortunately, the boys and the other climbers were trapped in this snow. Fortunately, no one was in danger of life, only a Chesapeake Bay retriever, Apollo, of a mountaineer named Scott Shepherd, who went missing when unfortunately ran away from his enslaver in a blizzard.
While searching, Shepherd was helped by Trujillo and White, and after confirming that no other skiers were lost in that avalanche, they used probe stakes to find the dog in a thick layer of snow.
Nearly 20 minutes of searching, Trujillo found Apollo’s nose. With the help of a stranger, Trujillo and White dig through the snow to rescue the dog. The Apollo rescue was captured with a GoPro that White was wearing on his helmet. Trujillo is overjoyed to see the dog in the video, and he screams, “I can see him. He’s still alive.”
>>>You might like: Neglected Deaf Dog and His Companion Get A New Home After Nearly 2 Years
After Apollo was freed, fortunately, he only had signs of a leg injury. But when he heard Shepherd’s voice, he immediately ran over and rejoiced.
When interviewed by ABC News, Shepherd expressed deep gratitude to Trujillo and White, and he said, “There’s no way I could have found him in time to get him out of there because I am still on my way uphill. I think they saved his life, and I can never be grateful enough for it.”
In addition, Shepherd also shared that, after a few days Apollp rested and was examined by a veterinarian, he was completely healthy. Shepherd expressed regret over the incident and advised people not to leave their dogs near avalanche-prone slopes. He confided: “I feel like I’ve learned a great lesson, but luckily it didn’t have any major consequences,” thought Shepherd: “Maybe the worst-case scenario is that Apollo is lost forever, and the best-case scenario is that he gets seriously injured. But luckily, nothing happened. It just still blows my mind. “
As for the two guys Trujillo and White, after the Apollo rescue video was posted on Twitter, it has been viewed more than 24,000 times, and people have also given a lot of praise to these two college students as true heroes. | <urn:uuid:53de7b79-48c1-45db-a037-a4a6f68b74d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://morehappawness.com/students-rescue-dog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.982742 | 570 | 1.546875 | 2 |
There are a number of requirements that must be met for an invention to be patentable. The invention must be novel (unique) and nonobvious (i.e., a person skilled in the field of the invention would not have found the invention obvious based on the existing knowledge in the field). In addition, the patent application must meet other requirements, including written description (the application must contain a detailed, clear, and definite written description of the invention) and enablement (the application must describe how to make and use the invention). If the patent application satisfies all of the requirements, a patent is issued.
A third party can challenge an issued patent on several different grounds, either in litigation or in the Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). If the challenge is successful, some or all of the patent’s claims will be invalidated. If only some of the claims are invalidated, those claims will be canceled from the patent and the remaining claims will be enforceable.
Continue Reading IPRs Cannot Be Used to Challenge Patents for Indefiniteness | <urn:uuid:8c395b88-739b-4d0f-b6b6-fd5d8a21a1f3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theiplawblog.com/tags/patent-and-trademark-office/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.924374 | 227 | 2.734375 | 3 |
It has been reported that a total of 242 people have died in a single day on Wednesday and more than 14,800 cases were reported in Hubei province in China.
The regions health commission 33,693 are being treated in hospital and 5,647 are critically ill and the death toll now stands at over 1.350 with more than 60,000 infection thus far.
China has been accused of suppressing the true number of coronavirus, China sacked two top officials in the province after the new figures were revealed.
Professor David Heymann, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said, “What has happened in China is that they have changed the definition of what the disease really is, now they are taking people who have lesser symptoms.
“The deaths are quite worrisome, there are an increased number of deaths reported, but if you look overall at the total number of deaths and the total number of cases, the fatality ratio is about the same as it has been, but it is still high, as high as the death rate in influenza.” | <urn:uuid:53114dec-56d3-489a-99d7-cae08f34a509> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://londonlovesbusiness.com/china-reports-242-deaths-from-coronavirus-in-a-single-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.981535 | 228 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
|Title:||Validation of a diffusion-based single droplet drying model for encapsulation of a viral-vectored vaccine using an acoustic levitator|
|Abstract:||Development of thermally stable spray dried viral-vectored vaccine powders is dependent on the selection of a proper excipient or excipient blend for encapsulation, which can be a time and resource intensive process. In this work, a diffusion-based droplet drying model was developed to compute droplet drying time, size, and component distribution. The model predictions were validated using an acoustic levitator to dry droplets containing protein-coated or fluorescently labelled silica nanoparticles (as adenoviral vector analogues) and a range of excipient blends. Surface morphology of the dried particles was characterized by atomic force microscopy and the distribution of silica nanoparticles was quantified by confocal microscopy. The modelled distributions of adenovirus agreed with the microscopy results for three mannitol/dextran excipient blends with varying molecular weight dextrans, verifying the equations and assumptions of the model. Viral vector activity data for adenovirus in a range of (poly)saccharide/sugar alcohol formulations were also compared to the model outputs, suggesting that viral activity decreases when the model predicts increasing adenovirus concentrations near the air-solid interface. Using a validated model with excipient property inputs that are readily available in the literature can facilitate the development of viral-vectored vaccines by identifying promising excipients without the need for experimentation.|
|Appears in Collections:||Faculty Publications|
Files in This Item:
|Droplet drying model manuscript REVISED_no_markup.docx||2.84 MB||Microsoft Word XML||View/Open|
Items in MacSphere are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. | <urn:uuid:8902eff7-b480-49bd-be63-14c00494d5fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/27468 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.851371 | 520 | 1.648438 | 2 |
By Ed Wright
A disaster relief charity visited the John Galsworthy courtyard yesterday to raise £600 for equipment that could be used to save lives, as KUSU’s Global Festival moves into day four.
ShelterBox is a distaster relief charity that provides shelter, warmth and dignity to those who have had their lives ruined by natural disasters.
Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and conflict, that can affect any area of the world at almost any time, so this is a very relevant group for Global Festival to promote.
Richard Davill, a final year student in environmental hazards and disaster management, and volunteer said: “There is nothing else on the market like it. We sent 26,000 ShelterBoxes out to Haiti and most of them are still in use two years later.
“We don’t just send the boxes over, we have volunteers who fly out with them and find the people most in need of them. We try and work with the community in the affected areas.
“The aim today is to raise the £600 necessary to send a Kingston University box to a part of the world that needs it, to help up to ten people. The boxes are all have their own unique tracking numbers, so we will be able to see where it goes.”
The ShelterBox includes items such as a stove, gloves, blankets, mosquito net and a custom designed family tent, to name a few.
Richard Moseley, a volunteer with the society for over two years, said: “The tent is specifically designed to withstand natural disatsters. It has been tested in 100mph windtunnels, is very rhobust and is made of a special material that keeps n warm in cold weather and cool in hot weather.
“I think this is a very good idea because with ShelterBox you can see exactly where your money is going and exactly what you’ve bought for people. It’s better than just sending money over the phone and not knowing where it’s gone.”
The organisation keeps quantities of ShelterBoxes near areas of the world that are most prone to natural disatsters, like New Zealand and Haiti, and can have them distributed in less than 36 hours of a disatser occuring. They work in tandem with Oxfam and the Red Cross to help as many people worldwide as they physically can.
Anyone who wants more information can attend the Disaster Awareness Guest Lecture in Room JG0002 at Penrhyn Road from 5.15pm – 6.30pm today. | <urn:uuid:da15b2d7-9268-48e0-a702-43298e93459f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://riveronline.co.uk/newsglobal-festival-day-4-visit-shelterbox/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968547 | 534 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Prepare to create.
Woven into each grade’s curriculum, the arts influence the intellectual, cultural, and creative growth of each Randolph student. Our emphasis on process and expression challenges students to discover their own creative spirits and voices.
Uncover Your Potential
A strong arts program is essential for children to grow intellectually, culturally, and creatively.
At the heart of the Randolph curriculum are the three pillars of a balanced education: academics, arts, and athletics. Students quickly find themselves immersed and engaged in our campus community.
Kindergarten students begin by exploring line, shape, color, and texture, the tools through which the language of art develops. As our students grow and master the fundamentals, they move toward more personal expression. They may join the band or choir, or they may take courses in art history, painting, drawing, two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, ceramics, photography, and theater.
Randolph offers a sophisticated AP program for juniors and seniors where they may produce their own design portfolios. Whatever the artistic journey, students emerge with greater insights into themselves and see a new consciousness of the creative forces that shape our world and its cultures. | <urn:uuid:0f50251e-2da9-4ba6-8afc-9fdbc7681e2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.randolphschool.net/student-life/arts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.928794 | 242 | 2.953125 | 3 |
During the late Ottoman Period, the European tradesmen, followed by the embassies community left the confines of Galata Walls surrounding the Galata port area, and created a new cosmopolitan development at Beyoğlu (Pera) along the lines of European cities, where diverse nationalities come together. The area of the settlement was referred to as Pera by seafarers and embassies community. The term means ‘the other side’ and refers to the area outside the old city. It is interesting to note that such a bustling part of today’s İstanbul was previously viewed as a distant corner. The name Beyoğlu (meaning a lord’s son) was associated with the son of a Byzantine emperor or an ambassador of Venice who once settled in the area.
The European-style mansion houses that can be found in Beyoğlu were built by European tradesmen and ambassadors who settled in İstanbul. As there used to be frequent fires devastating the region, it was prohibited to build wooden buildings; and the beautiful buildings that have survived to the present day generally date to the time after that ban.
Beyoğlu once used to be outside the Galata Walls. It was connected with other areas through new roads following the demolition of the walls, and its importance increased significantly. It is known that even in the early Ottoman Period there were entertainment venues in the vicinity, where seamen could enjoy the facilities before their long sea journeys. At present, entertainment venues, art galleries, cinemas, theatres and concert and live music performance halls make it a cultural hub. Many cafés with street tables, as well as street performers mix in with the din of the crowds to create a street orchestra. Sometimes the streets become a veritable open-air exhibition.
İstiklal Avenue is one of the liveliest streets of İstanbul. Every day thousands walk through it. The only vehicular movement breaking the flood of human activity is the nostalgic thread of tramlines. Both sides of the street are lined with art galleries, famous shops selling accessories and jewellery, cafés where lively talk goes on and passages where drinking dens are situated. Most of the buildings identified with the avenue as well as the passages were built at the turn of the 20th century under the influence of the art nouveau movement, which was at the height of fashion then. Beyoğlu together with Galata is closely associated with Europe and any new trend or fashion was quickly adopted there. The pilaster sculpture and some self-standing statues decorating the façades of the period buildings are worth close examination. At the mid-section of İstiklal Street the crowd thickens. The place where seafarers from diverse lands met during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods is today one of the most popular areas.
An interesting route from the terminus of Tünel (funicular) first leads you to Galata Mevlevihanesi (House of Mevlevi Sufi Order), in other words the Museum of Divan Literature situated at Galip Dede Street. The Mevlevihane was built in 1491 by Mehmet Dede, the grandson of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi who had a particular place in history on account of his teaching and philosophy. Despite being devastated in firestorm and other disasters the building, with repairs and renovation, has survived to our own day. On the first and last Saturday of every month, the Sema ritual (of whirling dervishes) is performed at the Semahane (ritual hall) section which is also used as a museum. In the Mevlevihane are also the cells of the dervishes who devoted themselves to the Mevlevi Order as well as a library. The tombs of masters and dervishes are in the courtyard. For those who wish to learn more about Mevlevi Order, a visit to the museum is a must, with its exhibits of artefacts relating to Mevlevi culture, classical Turkish musical instruments and illuminated manuscripts. The Tomb of Galip Dede is in front of the Mevlevihane.
As in Ottoman times, the Consulates are lined up along the Beyoğlu. They were all built during the late Ottoman Period. When the capital moved from İstanbul to Ankara the embassies too moved; however, the buildings of embassies still stand and they are used for different purposes today. Some of the Consulates have churches or chapels in their courtyards for their religious rituals.
One spot famous for its cafés and bars of the İstiklal Street is Asmalımescit Road. One of the oldest hotels of İstanbul, the Pera Palas, is next to the never-sleeping entertainment hub. Next to the hotel is the Museum of Pera which houses paintings of famous Ottoman artists.
One of the most famous meeting points in İstiklal Street is the Çiçek Pasajı (Flower Passage), opposite the Galatasaray Lycée. The tables are always full, with customers of all ages busily chatting. To reach Cezayir Street you walk down the slope following the walls of Galatasaray Lycée and turn left.
The passage buildings illustrate the special atmosphere of the İstiklal Street. Most of them were built in the late 19th century or early 20th century, and each one has its own surprises. One of the most interesting buildings is Halep Pasajı where a pilaster sculpture of a clown adorns the façade. The clown is actually a clue as to the original use of the building: it was formerly a circus. The famous Beyoğlu Cinema can also be found in that building.
In İstanbul the overwhelming Christian community is Orthodox. One of the grandest churches in İstanbul, Aya Triada (Holy Trinity) near Taksim Square is a Greek Orthodox Church.
Taksim Meydanı (Taksim Square) is at the end of İstiklal Street. The square was the water distribution centre of İstanbul in the past and so it took the name Taksim which means distribution in Turkish. It is one of the busiest places in İstanbul, and never sleeps.
If you walk from one end of İstiklal Avenue to the other you will not have savoured it fully. So go back, walk slowly, visit the passages, sit in its cafés, bars and drinking dens and enjoy Turkish meze (starters) with your drink. After sunset walk the street once more. The crowd will be moredense and the taste of the street different as the oriental music pouring out of the bars will take you to other worlds. | <urn:uuid:0f673591-aa87-460f-b3c9-3f27499925ce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://turkeytours.com/blog/beyoglu-istanbul/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.966022 | 1,420 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Antiquated Renaissance City-States built walls around their cities, while Southern Italy led Europe into nation-state era
Scholar ‘par excellence’ Barbara M. Kreutz writes: “Southern Italy has been largely ignored by most non-Italian historians of medieval Europe…they typically glance south only briefly to consider the Normans, and thereafter have largely concentrated on developments from Rome northward (“Before the Normans” p. xxiii)”. Further, I would argue that such neglect of the history South of Rome is not limited to “medieval Europe” or “non-Italian historians”. Historians of Italian descent in the American university system have no peers when it comes to the neglect of southern-Italian American Patria Meridionale history – a neglect so comprehesive and pervasive that it borders on a cultural conspiracy against the near seventeen million Americans of southern-Italian descent.
Instead of a conference about bias against southern-Italian Americans in the media, I would like to see a conference about bias in the American university system against southern-Italian Americans – with special emphasis on the bias that Italian American scholars have against the history of their own people. | <urn:uuid:263fd99b-0863-43ef-8ee9-9405d0c46463> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newsite.iitaly.org/magazine/focus/op-eds/article/antiquated-renaissance-city-states-built-walls-around-their-cities?mode=colorbox | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.942094 | 249 | 2.625 | 3 |
Can local honey be vegan?
Some vegans choose to consume honey if they know it’s from a humane and sustainable source such as a small-scale, local farm. These vegans may approve honey if it was harvested only from an abundance inside the hive, or when it’s “raw honey,” meaning it has been processed as little as possible.
Is there a plant based honey?
Vegan Honey is made from plants, fruits, and roots. There are NO BEES involved in this process.
Why can’t you eat honey as a vegan?
For some vegans, this extends to honey, because it is produced from the labor of bees. … Honey-avoiding vegans believe that exploiting the labor of bees and then harvesting their energy source is immoral — and they point out that large-scale beekeeping operations can harm or kill bees.
What do vegans use instead of honey?
You can find many vegan alternatives to honey in a variety of flavors, textures, and colors. However, all are rich in sugar, so you should consume them in moderation.
The most common vegan alternatives are:
- Maple syrup. …
- Blackstrap molasses. …
- Barley malt syrup. …
- Brown rice syrup. …
- Date syrup. …
- Bee Free Honee.
Why can’t vegans eat avocado?
Vegans avoid animal products. For strict vegans this means avoiding honey because of the exploitation of bees. That seems to imply that vegans should also avoid vegetables like avocados that involve exploiting bees in their production.
Is honey bee vomit?
Technically speaking, honey is not bee vomit. The nectar travels down a valve into an expandable pouch called the crop where it is kept for a short period of time until it is transferred to a receiving bee back at the hive. | <urn:uuid:57b342e6-1eb7-4ef4-b0e7-237b5252da6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://flavordiary.com/net-meal/is-there-a-vegan-honey.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.930283 | 395 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Sussex Weather August
To help you choose the best time to travel, you can find climate data below on the weather in Sussex in August.
|average daily high||+20.8°C|
|average daily low||+12.7°C|
|sunny / overcast hours||7.6 / 7.5|
|average monthly precipitation||53 mm|
Temperature in Sussex
In August the average daily maximum in Sussex is +20.8°C, and the minimum +12.7°C.
Best beach resorts in August:
There are 15.1 hours of daylight in Sussex in August. Out of these, on average 7.6 are sunny, which means there is quite a lot of sun.
The average monthly temperature in the English Channel on the beaches of Sussex in August is +16.9°C.
The water is considered very cool, but some hardy people might bathe in it for 10-15 minutes.
The amount of precipitation in Sussex in August is usually 53 mm, which may cause a change of plans on certain days. | <urn:uuid:cacfe8ba-204d-4ba1-962e-a32b1c8c7e3b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.smarttripweather.com/Sussex/august/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.902302 | 268 | 1.875 | 2 |
Turns out, there are a host of common mistakes that many of us make morning and night that can damage teeth and turn a healthy smile upside-down. Find out what you’re doing wrong—and how to break these bad habits for better teeth.By Amanda Schupak for YouBeauty.com
It’s not exactly a newsflash that one of the most important reasons to brush your teeth is to fight off cavities (not to mention prevent bad breath). But what if the way you brush your teeth actually makes you more susceptible to cavities, tooth decay and gum disease? Scary.
You don’t brush for long enough.
Most people don’t spend nearly enough time brushing their teeth, notes prosthodontist Michael Lenchner. Most dentists recommend brushing for two or three minutes, but few people ever make it to that. Next time, check your watch see how long your routine takes.
Chances are, whether you’re rushing to get to work or ready to collapse into bed, you’re only brushing for a minute or so. To go the distance, bring an egg timer into the bathroom and set it for two or three minutes before you get started, or use an electric toothbrush with a two-minute timer.
You’re not watching what you’re doing.
Make a point to look in the mirror while you brush your teeth and see where the brush is actually going. It’s easy to miss the area right at the gum line, which is the most important part. That’s where plaque, tartar and bacteria can build up, which cause the gums to become inflamed and infected (aka gingivitis). Also keep a close eye on the back molars. If the brush head hits your cheek before you get to them you could miss them completely. Bonus: Paying better attention to your chompers will increase the likelihood that you’ll notice if something is awry, like chips, cracks or “bruxisms,” which are cupped out or overly shiny areas where your upper and lower teeth might be wearing into one another. Wearing away can also be a sign of TMJ problems, clenching or sleep apnea. Mention any unusual observations at your next dentist appointment.
Your technique needs a major makeover.
Enamel is made of tightly packed, glass-like rods that extend out toward the surface of the tooth. When you brush side-to-side, these brittle rods can break, leading to cracks and weakening teeth. Dr. Lenchner likens it to sawing down a tree. Remember: Teeth are not trees. Hold the brush so the bristles are at a 45-degree angle to the surface of the teeth and brush in small circles. Focus on a few teeth at once, then move on to the next set, continuing around from one side to the other, top and bottom, front and back. It’s okay to brush in straight lines on the chewing surfaces. After completing your circles, brush away from the gum line to clear off loosened plaque and bacteria.
You’re brushing too hard.
The chances of enamel breakage are greater when you brush too hard. And if you have a tendency to clench or grind, the stakes get even higher. Those habits combined with hard sideways brushing can cause notches near the gum line called abfraction lesions. With continued pressure, they can deepen into the tooth’s inner dentin and cementum layers. What’s more, aggressive brushing can be traumatic for sensitive gums, causing irritation and recession.
You’re using the wrong brush.
Be sure to buy soft or ultrasoft brushes to minimize damage. Lenchner warns, though, that even soft bristled toothbrushes can cause abrasions if used incorrectly. If you have a water pick, keep it on the lowest setting, even if it doesn’t feel like it’s doing much. Anything higher can erode your gum line. If your dentist gives you a special brush for cleaning implants or crowns, only use it as directed so you don’t disrupt proper gum growth.
As horrifying as it may sound, your toothbrush can be a veritable haven for germs, including strep and staph. You should replace a regular toothbrush every three months—sooner if the bristles look worn, frayed and bent. Over time, the bristles get damaged, like split ends in your hair, and bacteria nestle in those tiny tears. To minimize germs’ day-to-day growth, rinse your brush with hot water after use and allow it to dry completely.
You have the wrong toothpaste.
Baking soda toothpastes are good at getting stains out because they are abrasive—but that also means they’re hard on enamel. It’s a trade-off that might not be worth it. As for whitening toothpastes, Lenchner says that to his knowledge they don’t hurt your teeth.
You’re failing at flossing.
Flossing gets between your teeth where toothbrushes can’t reach. Cavities form most often on the surfaces where two teeth touch. Bacteria get stuck there, feed off the sugars from food particles, colonize and produce chemicals that eat away at enamel and can work into the soft layer of dentin underneath. This can eventually lead to tooth decay. In other words, as odious as it may be, flossing isn’t optional—and it’s the best way to keep these cavity-creating colonies at bay.
Start with a full foot of floss, twirling the ends around the middle finger on each hand. Use your thumb and forefinger to gently work the floss between two teeth, being careful not to pull it roughly or saw it back and forth, both of which can injure the gum. Wrap the floss around one tooth and wipe up and down to loosen and remove plaque. Then do the same on the next tooth and repeat.
Once you’ve got the correct flossing technique down, you don’t have to do it standing at the sink, notes Lenchner. You might try flossing in front of the TV to make it feel like less of a chore.
You don’t rinse after.
Effective brushing and flossing unbind bacteria-laden plaque from the surface of teeth. Rinsing afterward is a key step to make sure that bacteria leave your mouth for good. Swish with a germ-killing, alcohol-free mouthwash. Or use a fluoride rinse to strengthen and fortify tooth enamel and prevent cavities. If you don’t have mouthwash, a good rinse-and-spit with water is better than nothing.
More on YouBeauty.com | <urn:uuid:ea8f116a-3314-4bb1-beea-5e477c1ede25> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.drozshow.com/article/8-bad-brushing-habits-harm-your-teeth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.923398 | 1,445 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The beautiful and quiet community of Haverhill, MA is located about 37 miles north of downtown Boston. Haverhill is bordered by Atkinson, Groveland, Merrimac, Newton, North Andover, Plaistow, Salem, and West Newbury.
As one of the most historical cities in the state of Massachusetts, the area now known as Haverhill was originally founded by settlers from the nearby community of Newbury in the year 1640. Multiple U.S. presidents have visited Haverhill over the years including George Washington during a circuit through New England as well as President Theodore Roosevelt.
Haverhill also played a significant role in the abolitionist movement with a handful of mid-1800s Underground Railroad points dotted across the area. The biggest time of urban renewal came during the late 1900s as more people began moving to Haverhill.
Because of its background in the shoe industry, Haverhill is commonly known by the nickname of “Queen Slipper City”.
Haverhill has been home to many notable people such as musician Rob Zombie, television personality Tom Bergeron, and even renowned telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
1. People of Haverhill, MA – Population & Demographics
How many people live in Haverhill? The Haverhill population is 63,533 with a median age of 37 years old. Still seeing slow but steady growth, newcomers continue relocating to Haverhill as the area has seen about 5,000 people move here since 2000.
Haverhill demographics show the area is becoming more diverse as the population is made up of about 70% Caucasian, 23% Hispanic or Latino, 3% Black or African American, and 1% Asian. The local gender ratio in Haverhill is about 52% female and 48% male. The median household income in Haverhill is $69,426.
2. Things to Do in Haverhill
While the area isn’t necessarily close to any major cities, you’ll still find plenty of fun activities, and points of interest to enjoy around Haverhill. One of the top attractions is the Winnekenni Castle, where visitors can walk or bike the trails and enjoy open spaces. It’s a popular place to visit in Haverhill with kids if you’d like to bring your children to experience the outdoors.
View this post on Instagram
Winnekenni Castle, Castle Rd, Haverhill, MA 01830 (978) 521-1686
Among the best things to do in Haverhill, a visit to Ski Bradford is sure to be a highlight for anyone who enjoys snow skiing. Head over to get some skiing lessons or set out on your own to enjoy the fresh white powder that comes every winter.
View this post on Instagram
Ski Bradford, 60 S Cross Rd, Haverhill, MA 01835 (978) 373-0071
Additional Major Haverhill Attractions
- Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave, Haverhill, MA 01832
- Bradford Rail Trail, 1, Bradford Rail Trail, Haverhill, MA 01835
- Kenoza Lake, Haverhill, MA 01830
3. Haverhill Restaurants
With so many options to choose from, one of Haverhill’s top places to eat is The Grill Next Door, where diners can have a relaxing meal or hang out at the bar. Take your pick from over 30 craft beers and grab something off their All-American menu. Some of their best dishes include chicken wings, soups, salads, sandwiches, and burgers.
View this post on Instagram
The Grill Next Door, 653 Broadway, Haverhill, MA 01832 (978) 241-7337
Benedetti’s Deli is another one of the top restaurants in Haverhill thanks to its quiet atmosphere and great food. Their menu features a mouthwatering spread of choices such as salads, seafood plates, chips and dip, as well as their sub sandwiches which they lovingly call “Rockets”.
View this post on Instagram
Benedetti’s Deli, 350 Washington St, Haverhill, MA 01832 (978) 372-2097
4. Cost of Living in Haverhill, MA
The average cost of living in Haverhill is about 13% higher than the national average but is also about 14% lower than the Massachusetts state average. When looking at the main factors in living costs, things like food, healthcare, transportation, and the Haverhill real estate market tend to be more affordable. While the lone expense you can expect to pay more for is your home utilities.
The homeownership rate in Haverhill is 58%, and there are a decent amount of housing options for newcomers to choose between. The average price of a home in Haverhill is $389,000, equaling out to a median sale price of $214 per square foot. Local Haverhill, MA homes for sale require an average down payment of 4.8%.
Average Haverhill property tax rates are about 1.250%, which means a $389,000 home will have property taxes of around $4,863 per year.
If you’re moving to Haverhill with the intention of renting, you’ll be joining the remaining 42% who lease their homes or apartments. The average price of rent in Haverhill is $1,554 per month. These rates will vary based on your location, the amenities, and the size of your residence.
How much does it cost to live in Haverhill, MA? According to Numbeo, these are average prices you can expect to pay for everyday expenses:
- Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant $18.00
- McDonald’s Burger Meal $6.99
- Milk (regular 1 gallon) $5.00
- Eggs (1 Dozen) $2.89
- Bread (1 loaf) $2.00
- Chicken Fillets (1 lb) $2.99
- Domestic Beer (1 pint) $4.00
- Average Cost of Gasoline (per gallon) $2.89
- Movie Ticket (1st run) $8.00
5. Haverhill Neighborhoods
Living in Haverhill means comfortable living that is quiet and affordable. The crime rate in local Haverhill neighborhoods is 26% lower than the national average. Residents of Haverhill have a 1 in 55 chance of being a victim of a crime. Haverhill is a safe place to live.
Where should I live in Haverhill? A few of the best Haverhill neighborhoods you’ll find around town include:
- Ward Hill
- Ayers Village
Spanning an area of 36 square miles, Haverhill can be found along the northwestern border of Essex County. Haverhill zip codes are 01830, 01832, 01835, and 01844. A new phone number will have one of the standard Haverhill area codes: 978 or 351.
When traveling from Haverhill to Boston, the trip takes about an hour.
6. Haverhill Schools
There are approximately 15,247 children between the ages of 0 and 18 years old residing in Haverhill, adding up to about 24% of the population. Haverhill is a great place for families to live thanks to its strong education system. Local schools are part of the respectable Haverhill School District.
The top-rated Haverhill schools are:
- Pentucket Lake Elementary School
- Tilton Elementary School
- Consentino Middle School
- Nettle Middle School
- Whittier Regional Vocational
- Haverhill High School
You won’t find any colleges or universities in Haverhill, but Merrimack College is a convenient option only 9 miles south in North Andover.
7. Jobs in Haverhill
The average salary in Haverhill is $63,000, which is slightly lower than the national average. Haverhill has a flat income tax rate of 5.00%, which is the standard across the state of Massachusetts. The unemployment rate in Haverhill is 8.1%.
Haverhill jobs are available across the city in a variety of industries including healthcare, technology, education, and more. Some of the best places to work in Haverhill include:
- Whittier Health Network
- Regan Ford
- Pentucket Medical
8. Haverhill, MA Weather
Following the trend of nearby cities like Boston, there is a humid continental climate in Haverhill. That means people relocating to Haverhill can expect warm, muggy summers and freezing, wet winters.
The average temperature in Haverhill during summer varies between lows in the 60s and highs in the mid-80s. Winters cool down drastically to temperatures between the teens and the mid-30s. Haverhill weather also brings an average of 48 inches of rain and 56 inches of snow per year.
Living in Haverhill Pros & Cons
- Pro: Enjoy the peaceful lifestyle that comes with living in an urban town away from the big city.
- Pro: While the cost of living is higher than the U.S. average, it is more affordable than many other cities across Massachusetts.
- Con: Winters in Haverhill can be freezing and snowy so make sure you pack warm clothes and other essentials.
Moving to Haverhill, MA
Anyone who learns more about the area ends up finding countless reasons to move to Haverhill. If you need a mover to help you make it happen, trust our top-rated Haverhill moving company! Give Mass Bay Movers a call today at (978) 587-3775 or fill out the Request a Quote form on this page for a free moving estimate! | <urn:uuid:5fc801dc-8702-4861-ac59-5571e2449607> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://massbaymovers.com/blog/living-in-moving-to-haverhill-ma/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.923234 | 2,076 | 2.046875 | 2 |
WUXGA stands for widescreen ultra extended graphics array and is a type of display resolution. Resolution explains how many pixels a display has in width x height format (the more pixels, the sharper the image quality). WUXGA displays have a resolution of 1920 x 1200.
Today's laptops mostly stick to 1080p (opens in new tab)or 4K (opens in new tab)resolution. On the other hand, there are a few PC monitors that offer WUXGA, which is a nice little step up from the most common resolution of 1080p. It's rate, but that extra screen real estate means that you'll see more of your favorite documents and web pages without scrolling.
Common PC Display Resolutions
|5K||5120 x 2880|
|4K||3840 x 2160 (typical monitor resolution); 4096 x 2160 (official cinema resolution)|
|Ultra HD (UHD)||3840 x 2160|
|QHD aka WQHD aka 1440p||2560 x 1440|
|2K||2560 x 1440 (typical monitor resolution); 2048 x 1080 (official cinema resolution)|
|WUXGA||1920 x 1200|
|Full HD aka FHD aka 1080p||1920 x 1080|
|HD aka 720p||1280 x 720|
This article is part of the Tom's Hardware Glossary (opens in new tab).
- How to Choose a Monitor (opens in new tab)
- Best Gaming Monitors (opens in new tab)
- Best 4K Gaming Monitors (opens in new tab) | <urn:uuid:880bd7c3-3829-4695-9658-c6951f38c555> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wuxga-resolution-definition,5774.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.864751 | 336 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Study: Autism Risk for Siblings Higher than Previous Estimates
For families who have one child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the risk of a sibling also having an ASD is substantially higher than previously thought, according to a study to be published in the September 2011 issue of Pediatrics.
About 1 in 110 U.S. children have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the new study, “Recurrence Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study,” researchers monitored 664 infants with an older biological brother or sister with ASD from early in life to 36 months. Past studies estimated the ASD recurrence risk between 3 percent and 10 percent,but this study found that the overall risk was 18.7 percent and even higher in families with more than one affected sibling, approximately 32 percent.
Male infants experienced nearly three times the risk of female infants, 26 versus 9 percent. Neither parental age, gender of the sibling, functioning level of the sibling, or birth order, was a significant predictor of ASD outcome. Study authors suggested that this knowledge can impact future genetic screening and family planning decisions | <urn:uuid:e9b799bb-8130-468c-ae8c-71c951c02205> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.metrokids.com/study-autism-risk-for-siblings-higher-than-previous-estimates/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945933 | 231 | 2.78125 | 3 |
365 m² / 3930 ft²
Residential, Adaptive Re-use and renovation
- Design Architect
- Electrical Engineer
- Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer
- Structural Engineer
Price & Myers
Technical Info +
To bring light into the deep section, the roof is punctuated by three courtyards and several roof lights, and the bedrooms are connected by light scoops to the nearest courtyards.
The east and west facades of the Alaska Building were previously connected by a service road leading to a yard with a loading platform along one side. For protection from the weather, the platform and parking area were recessed into the section of the building above. In the Lost House, the platform supports the concrete basin of a lap pool, and the parking strip is occupied by two bedrooms and a sunken cinema. The living space, a small office and garage, occupy the remaining areas of the yard and service road.
Belying its position at the bottom of a light well, the Lost House is arranged as an expansive single-storey dwelling with a variety of internal and external views. The identity of the parallel spaces described by the section of the delivery yard are both reinforced and broken down by the fabric of the house. The master bedroom has a water-level view of the pool and the wall between the living space and the bedrooms includes several slit windows. To bring light into the deep section, the roof is punctuated by three courtyards and several rooflights, and the bedrooms are connected by light scoops to the nearest courtyards. The spatial layering of the plan is reinforced by the use of colour. In the living space, the wall to the bedrooms and the ceiling are stained black, matching the resin floor, while the kitchen, storage and seating areas are in a range of earthy colours. Each of the bedrooms is a different colour with matching carpet, and the pool is painted mat black. | <urn:uuid:c8153edf-b885-496d-b426-7c0f1edcdbaa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.adjaye.com/work/lost-house/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.959598 | 429 | 1.515625 | 2 |
My Baby Can Talk - Exploring Signs introduces babies to twenty-four words and signs to encourage them to explore and begin to communicate about the wonders of the world around them. This playful exploration presents baby's expanding world in a fun and fascinating way -- offering words and signs for colors, foods, nature and play. Included is a Parent Tutorial focusing on key guidelines to begin signing with babies as well as additional signs for parents to teach their little ones -- including signs for emotions. This program also includes a printed Quick Reference Signing Card offering illustrations of the signs presented.
The format of the My Baby Can Talk series is specifically designed to respect the
developmental stage, attention span and intellect of babies from 10 to 36 months. This series features beautiful real world images, delightful puppet shows, colorful toys in motion and babies communicating with simple gestures. Each sign is demonstrated by babies and an adult, making the My Baby Can Talk series the first baby sign language program to feature preverbal babies signing all the words presented.
Sign language is helping parents to fully appreciate how truly brilliant their preverbal
babies are simply because babies are now able to communicate before they can speak. Said Kathleen Waidhofer, Creative Director of Baby Hands Productions. The concept is very simple. At ten months of age the average hearing baby is unable to speak but is able to use simple hand movements to communicate basic wants and needs instead of crying. Research has shown that babies are able to communicate using baby sign language well before their vocal capacity to formulate spoken words is developed. Babies who use sign language tend to speak sooner with larger vocabularies, show an increase in IQ scores and engage in more sophisticated play. Preverbal signing has also been shown to reduce the frustration broadly associated with the terrible twos. Approximate Running Time: 40 Minutes. | <urn:uuid:a1eb0a3a-fcc9-4fce-83ba-3ba22fe37a85> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.maxiaids.com/my-baby-can-talk-exploring-signs-dvd | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.937873 | 369 | 2.671875 | 3 |
What’s in a name? We name places so that we have a common reference for a location. Villages, towns, cities, countries have names and have histories that are tied to names. We name objects, so that we can identify them. We name our children at birth and, for Christians, the child or adult is named again at baptism. It is expected that the name or names given at birth will represent the person throughout their life.
What happens when the given name does not fit?
Some people choose to use their middle name, they find it suits them better, or their parents decide to use the middle name instead of the first name. Others are or were forced into new names when they immigrated to Canada or the United States and their names did not translate well into English. Sometimes the name given just doesn’t fit the person the infant grows into.
Three years ago when I began my transition one piece of the transition was deciding on a new name for myself. For some who transition this is relatively easy, they had a name they identified with pre-transition and there is no doubt about what the name will be. Others decide, for many different reasons, to use the feminine or masculine version of their birth name. Each of us chooses a name that’s right for us.
When I went about choosing my name I considered using the feminized version of my birth name. I rejected this fairly quickly as I didn’t particularly like it. As my transition has progressed and as I have been spending more time working out who I am and where I’m going in life I have come to another realization as to why I didn’t chose the feminized version of my birth name, it never fit me.
As a teen and as an adult up until my transition I never really used my birth name if I could avoid it. This was both concious and subconscious. When I was in Air Cadets I was known by my surname and I found I preferred it. Now that I have been Talia to the world for two years I find any mention of my old name – even referring to someone else – bothers me. Addressed to me it triggers an emotional response that is far from pleasant.
When I see articles where a person’s pre-transition name is used I find it bothers me, so I asked myself why. As I reflect and think on the use of pre-transition names (I’m not using ‘birth name’ in this context because it’s possible that the pre-transition name was not the birth name.) and come to the conclusion that my reaction comes down to how I would feel if they did that to me. Once this reaction is dealt with the use of pre-transition names can be handled more rationally.
The primary concern about the use of pre-transition names is whether or not the person allowed the use and, if so, was the permission coerced or otherwise given under pressure. If the permission was given openly and freely there is no problem. It’s a personal decision. If the name was used without permission or was used after obtaining permission by using pressure tactics it is disrespectful.
When a person changes their name there is a reason for it. Please respect the person’s wishes and use their new name. There may be a period of adjustment, if you have known the person for a long time you’ll likely slip up on occasion. If you make the effort it will be noticed and appreciated.
Talia Caileigh Johnson.
P.S. Perhaps I should have chosen a name that’s already in software dictionaries, would have made spell checks easier. | <urn:uuid:836f2fb5-7e39-4459-8c78-cbd5a7666b41> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://taliacjohnson.ca/2012/01/08/whats-in-a-name/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968417 | 765 | 2 | 2 |
Chitwan literally means “heart of the jungle”. The popular Inner Terai valley gets its name from Chitrasen, the Tharu King, who once ruled here. In the southwest corner of Bagmati Province, Chitwan lies between foothills of the Himalaya, the Mahabharat and Siwalik ranges. The region called Chitra Ban in earlier references used to be dense forest abounding in wild animals and resorted by recluse sages meditating deep in the forests.
In recent years Chitwan National Park tops the list of things to do in Asia. It is an exciting jungle experience with - jungle safaris, birdwatching, canoe rides and numerous other nature and jungle activities. While the jungles are teeming with wild animals like tigers, leopards and rhinos, along the marshes and rivers are gharial and marsh mugger crocodiles basking in the sun.
You can also spend some quality time visiting the elephant and gharial breeding centers, a perfect way to educate kids about these animals and their life cycle. Observe local indigenous life by visiting a Tharu village, where you will be welcomed inside their traditional mud houses and treated as valued guests. Unwind next to campfire at the end of the watching the Tharu stick dance and listening to their soothing folk songs.
The climate in Chitwan is sub-tropical with hot and humid summers and mild winters.
The park headquarters at Kasara is 21 km from Bharatpur which is 20 minutes by air or 145 km by road from Kathmandu. There are resorts and lodges of varying standards outside the national park that cater to the needs of tourists. Reservations can be made at the Kathmandu offices of the various resorts and lodges. | <urn:uuid:34708be4-749a-4441-afff-47018275172c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ntb.gov.np/chitwan | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.935139 | 377 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Unless you have been living under a rock you have actually most likely heard your buddies or member of the family point out something about CBD, especially if they occur to struggle with persistent pain or stress and anxiety. As many U.S. states start to legislate both medical and recreational marijuana, the market has actually exploded with development in various kinds of CBD items. Despite this growth and the publicity that comes along with it, lots of people are not sure of just what CBD is, if it’s even legal, and how it would even help them. We are hoping here we can give you a quick breakdown of what CBD is and mention a few different kinds of CBD items that might help you get relief, especially if you suffer from pain and stress and anxiety. How Long Does CBD Candy Stay In Your System
Cannabidiol (CBD) is among many active substances discovered in the Marijuana plant. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is another active substance and the most popular, thanks to its psychedelic homes– it’s the one that gets you “high or stoned.” CBD is non-psychoactive but has a variety of the very same medical benefits as THC. This allows you to benefit from the therapeutic advantages without leaving you with the “high or stoned” sensation that typically goes hand in hand with THC. That said, marijuana-derived CBD products, or CBD products that contain THC, may be more efficient than fiber hemp. If you nevertheless to not live in a state that hasn’t yet legislated medical cannabis or these pressures are not available, you can still benefit from products including commercial hemp-derived CBD.
There are several issues that CBD products can help with. Some of these ailments that CBD can help deal with consist of: pain, swelling, depression, anxiety, skin problem, relief of chemotherapy negative effects, epilepsy, addiction management, and neuroprotection.
Pain and Swelling
There have actually been numerous studies that have actually had CBD utilized to deal with basic chronic pain. Scientist compiled the results of several methodical evaluations covering lots of trials and studies. Their research concluded that there is considerable evidence that cannabis is an effective treatment for chronic discomfort in grownups. A separate research study in the Journal of Experimental Medicine supports these results. This research study suggests that using CBD can minimize pain and inflammation. The scientists likewise discovered that subjects were not most likely to build up a tolerance to the impacts of CBD, so they would not require to increase their dosage in time. They noted that cannabinoids, such as CBD, might use helpful new treatments for individuals with chronic discomfort.
Anxiety and Stress and anxiety
CBD is believed to favorably affect the procedures that manage our mood, sleep, and discomfort understanding, to name a few. These processes require to function appropriately, so we feel better, sleep more comfortably, and experience less discomfort. Stress and anxiety and depression are conditions related to poor sleep, pain, and poor state of mind policy since the endocannabinoid system isn’t working to the very best of its capability. How Long Does CBD Candy Stay In Your System
Specialists believe careful CBD dosing may help temper anxiety-induced racing ideas that can cause disrupted sleep in addition to stressed awakenings throughout the night. (In some people, though, excessive can make anxiety worse, so be sure to dosage gradually and carefully). Sleep disruption and anxiety are likewise closely linked. More than 90% of depressed clients grumble about problems falling asleep, sleep disturbance, or morning awakenings. CBD might enhance their mood or their capability to handle the condition overall. CBD can likewise be utilized to deal with parasomnias, sleep disorders like jaw grinding, sleepwalking, or headaches, and it also cuts the time it requires to fall asleep.
CBD oil has an anti-inflammatory home, which can benefit the skin, and it can likewise reduce oil production, offer moisture and ease pain and itching. Topical CBD is safe and works efficiently for all skin types. The items are easy to administer. Patients of major medical skin conditions and those who are looking for innovative skin care choices can take advantage of topical CBD usage. Anti-inflammatory properties related to CBD are useful in dealing with such dermatologic conditions as acne, psoriasis and eczema due to decrease of dryness, irritation and soreness.
CBD-containing creams, oils, gels and serums not just hydrate and relieve the skin however are likewise showing encouraging lead to eliminating pain brought on by specific skin conditions. CBD has actually revealed that it applies antioxidant activity. This could place CBD oil as a treatment that repair work skin from free radicals, which might help to smooth wrinkles and reduce breakouts and acnes. In addition, CBD-containing items are rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fats which enhance overall skin appearance and offer a more vibrant radiance. Topical CBD is thought about safe and has no recognized adverse side effects according to medical professionals.
Just recently, CBD has actually gotten a lot of attention due to its potential to deal with drug and alcohol abuse. Literature concentrates on the pharmacotherapeutic capacity of CBD in regards to its significance in avoidance of regression in substance abuse. It is believed CBD is effective in targeting risk states of substance abuse regression by lowering anxiety and tension related to drug hints and moderating anti-depressant activity. In addition to that, CBD has an effect on the brain circuitry that is responsible for drug craving and looking for behaviors triggered by drug-related context and stress. Considering the neuropharmacological and behavioral effects of CBD and its effect on the neurocircuitry managing dependency, the implications of CBD for the development of new treatments of drug dependency has attracted the interest in the research study neighborhood examining healing services for drug dependency and regression.
There are a few various kinds of CBD items, they can be found in lots of kinds. You can buy them as Oils and Casts, Edibles, Vapes, and Creams and Creams.
Oils and Tinctures
CBD oil and tinctures typically have a glycerin, oil, or alcohol base. People can take these extracts on their own, usually through a dropper or blend them in a food and drink of their option. There are various strengths and flavors of CBD oils and tinctures are readily available.
CBD edibles contain the above extracts however in a food kind. CBD edibles are offered as beverages and food products, such as teas and chocolate. Gummies are an extremely common kind of CBC edible. They come in numerous strengths and flavors. They are likewise one of the best options to help with sleep.
For quick action, vapes can provide CBD extracts through inhalation. Vaping comes with included danger, consisting of lung damage. Sublingual extracts placed under the tongue might use a few of the quick action offered by vaporizers without the risk of vaping-associated lung injury.
Creams and Lotions
CBD also comes in the form of topical oils, creams, and creams. Some people may feel the results instantly, where others might not observe any impacts for numerous hours. This is among the best methods to assist with muscle pain. It might be best to try out a few various types to recognize what supplies the suitable relief.
In conclusion as you can see CBD has many excellent uses to help with different disorders, and it comes a couple of various forms. If you are searching for an alternative method to treat any concerns you might have, you may want to research some CBD business and items to see what would work best for you. How Long Does CBD Candy Stay In Your System | <urn:uuid:3ecb5923-69fd-4246-b9c9-18f37650f67b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.utubecar.com/how-long-does-cbd-candy-stay-in-your-system-top-cbd-products/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.962125 | 1,583 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Sir David Drummond (1852–1932) was an English physician and pathologist.
His early works studied the diseases of the brain and spinal cord. He was a pioneer in clinical medicine, identifying the association between empyema and pneumonia, along with syphilis as the aetiological factor for general paresis and aortic aneurysm.
Sir Drummond’s name is eponymous with Drummond sign (1908) of pulsatile trachea air expulsion with intrathoracic aneurysm.
- Born December 1852, Dublin, Ireland
- 1874 – Graduated medical studies with M.B. and M.Ch. from Trinity College, Dublin
- 1876 – Awarded M.D. degree from Trinity College after further studies in across Europe in Vienna, Strausbourg and Prague
- 1878 – Appointed assistant physician and pathologist at the Royal Victorian Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- 1891-92 – President of the North of England Branch of the British Medical Association
- 1911-24 – Professor of the principles and practice of medicine at the University of Durham College of Medicine, Newcastle
- 1912 – Retired and made consulting physician at the Royal Infirmary, Newcastle
- 1920 – Created C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his services during the war at Northumberland War Hospital
- 1920 – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham
- 1921-22 – President of the British Medical Association
- 1923 – Honoured with Knight Bachelor appointment by King George V
- 1925-26 – Member of the Royal Commission on Lunacy Law and Administration
- Honorary degrees: D.C.L. (Trinity College); LL.D. degree (University of Glasgow); Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
- Died 28 April 1932 in Newcastle, England
Drummond sign (1908)
Audible, pulsatile systolic expulsion of air from the trachea; original defined with relation to intrathoracic aortic aneurysm.
Tracheal whiff may be heard either in the trachea or in the mouth; it is usually systolic, but may be double, and is loudest when the patient is expiring slowly after a deep inspiration with the mouth wide open.Drummond 1908
This had been previously described by Dr Arthur Ernest Sansom in 1896:
A systolic murmur, too feeble to be easily recognised in the ordinary manner, may be rendered distinctly audible by listening with a binaural stethoscope, the chest piece of which is placed in the patient’s mouth with his lips closed over it. On auscultating thus, the observer may hear a distinct or loud systolic murmur in the case of a thoracic aneurysm, the vibrations being communicated to the trachea, and thence directly by the air-column to the ears.Sansom 1896
- Drummond D. A Case of Chorea Treated by the Subcutaneous Injection of Curara. Br Med J. 1878 Jun 15;1(911):857.
- Drummond D. Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord. 1883
- Drummond D. A case of peri-ependymal myelitis; death from acute peritonitis, the result of abscess in the bladder wall. Lancet. 1889;133(3415):269.
- Drummond D. A Post-graduate Lecture ON THORACIC ANEURYSM: Delivered at the Medical Graduates’ College and Polyclinic. Br Med J. 1908 Jun 13;1(2476):1405-8. [Drummond sign]
- Obituary: Sir David Drummond (1852–1932). Br Med J. 1932; 1: 865-866. [PMID: 20776837]
- Scientific Notes and News. Science. 1920; 52(1335):104.
- Zhang G. Eponyms in Aortic Regurgitation. LITFL 2019
the person behind the name | <urn:uuid:c206f081-4a75-4af2-b49e-75f0f16fac82> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://litfl.com/david-drummond/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.893645 | 896 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Houston Police Chief Art Azevedo said on a social network that exposure to “very low temperatures” was the cause of death.
PowerOutage.us, which finds the power outage, said more than 4 million customers in Texas experienced a power outage at 2:05 a.m. Tuesday (4:05 am ET).
Texas in the USA is facing a rare freezing cold wave
Texas is an American state known for its vast deserts and strong heat waves. Now, however, it is covered by a thick layer of ice.
The cold wave that swept through northern Mexico and Texas on Monday morning had 4.7 million users. By noon, service had resumed for 2.6 million people.
U.S. President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency Monday, unlocking federal aid to Texas, with temperatures ranging from -2 to -22 degrees Celsius.
According to the U.S. Meteorological Service (NWS), an “Arctic eruption” just above the US-Canada border is responsible for the unusual cold wave.
Such cold air “bursts” are usually confined to the Arctic, thanks to low pressure systems, the NWS says. However, one of these waves advanced through Canada and escaped to the United States last week. | <urn:uuid:3762b1d2-22f4-412e-9fc4-be87ea252fe2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://swordstoday.ie/cold-wave-kills-more-than-4-million-people-in-texas-without-electricity-the-world/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.954498 | 266 | 2.109375 | 2 |
William Edwin Swing, 64
Episcopal Diocese of California
San Francisco, California
It isn’t as unusual as it sounds: The Episcopal Bishop of California traveled all the way to Wisconsin to address a group of high-school students. Regardless of the audience, be it fellow clergy, interfaith groups, venture capitalists, Rotarians, or curious teenagers, William Edwin Swing rarely turns down an invitation to share his vision for groundbreaking cooperation among the world’s religions. His grassroots campaign is relatively young, with more seeds to plant and more souls to stir. He can’t predict if the reaction will be favorable, but he can usually count on this: It will be impassioned.
Wisconsin didn’t disappoint. Following Swing’s talk on the United Religions Initiative (URI), an international interfaith network inspired by the United Nations, one of the students chased down the bishop as he was leaving for the airport. “My father thinks you’re the Antichrist,” the boy said.
“Well, what do you think?” Swing asked.
The student said that he didn’t agree, even though his father was an Episcopal priest.
“I just think you’re nuts.”
A “head case.” A “heretic.” An “egomaniac.” During the seven years since Swing began pursuing his vision of religious unity worldwide, he’s heard his share of insults and accusations. Of course, it helps that he receives encouragement too. Numerous interfaith groups, as well as luminaries like Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, have embraced his ideas. Naturally, his supporters call him names at the other end of the spectrum, praising him as a “visionary,” an “inspiration,” and a “devout servant.”
After 21 years of overseeing the diocese of California, which once included the entire state but now covers only the Bay Area, Swing, 64, is not only one of the longest-serving and most-respected Episcopal bishops in the country, he is also one of the more outspoken. During the early days of the AIDS epidemic, he says he was the first bishop to speak publicly on behalf of victims and the first to organize a conference exploring how the church could support those victims. (Conservatives called him the Antichrist then too.) So as Swing set out on a new cause to unite the religions of the world, religious and interfaith communities took notice.
In a sense, he’s an unassuming activist, a man whose gentle ways belie passionate beliefs. He doesn’t raise his voice, fidget, or rush his thoughts. He lingers in the moment, never glancing at his watch — because he doesn’t wear one. He has a quick wit that he doesn’t show off, and he has an 8 handicap that he doesn’t brag about. (If you press him, however, he will tell you about the time that he shot a hole-in-one in the Pebble Beach National ProAm.) He looks like the last person who’d want to shake things up. And yet he’s very much a change agent in a field that seems impervious to change. It sounds corny, but it’s true: He’s a man on a mission.
As far as he can tell, there’s never been a group quite like the URI — a global, grassroots religious network. Unlike interfaith organizations that only admit the most well-established religions, the URI includes every spiritual expression on the planet. Unlike groups that meet just once a year and whose members rarely interact, the URI develops an ongoing conversation among its interfaith members through steady email and frequent small-group gatherings.
It’s no great mystery why such an organization never has existed before, Swing says. Since 1893, when the idea for an international interfaith body was first broached at a meeting of the World’s Parliament of Religion, a dozen similar attempts have failed to get beyond the proposal stage. No matter how many times that religious leaders have expressed support for meaningful cooperation, they’ve been unable to overcome profound theological differences or deeply conflicting opinions about how to run such an unusual assembly. Too many divisive questions tripped them up. How can religions that feel threatened by the existence of other faiths sit at the same table as people who represent those faiths? Who gets to join — and who doesn’t get to? How do members agree on anything when they disagree on so much? Who’s in charge?
Swing still is figuring out many of the answers, but he believes that the URI will succeed where others have failed largely because of how he and his colleagues are building it. A radically new group needed radically new thinking, so they sought solutions outside religious circles. “Religions know a great deal about competition, but they don’t know much about cooperation,” Swing says. “If it were left up to religions, they wouldn’t get together. They would keep right on doing their own thing. It’s like Albert Einstein said: ‘Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.’ You have to rise above them to the next level.”
The bishop found that “next level” of ideas in the business world: in the ideas of David Cooperrider, 46, an associate business-school professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and of Dee Hock, 71, the founder of Visa and a world-renowned organizational-design guru. Cooperrider helped participants at the URI’s early gatherings avoid inflammatory dogma and endless debate, and instead helped them engage in constructive dialogue. Hock convinced Swing and the design team to abandon hierarchical thinking in favor of a flat organization with an evolving architecture.
Consequently, Swing doesn’t run the URI. Neither does anyone else at the top — because there is no top, per se. There is no centralized authority. The people who join the URI organize themselves into “cooperation circles” and then decide how best to serve the group’s overarching purposes of promoting daily interfaith cooperation, of ending religious violence, and of creating “cultures of peace, justice, and healing for the earth and for all living beings.”
The results? Swing’s vision is becoming a reality, even though that reality bears little resemblance to the United Nations model that he originally had in mind. In June, after several years of networking, fund-raising, designing, and redesigning, the bishop addressed more than 275 people — Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Sikhs, among others — who came from five continents to participate in a charter signing, the group’s official kickoff. The site was Pittsburgh, for symbolic reasons: That city has more bridges than any other city in the United States — and the URI is devoted to building bridges across spiritual boundaries.
Swing also points with pride to the 72 Hours Project, which was carried out at the beginning of the year. In its first global peace-building effort, the URI invited religious communities around the world to perform an interfaith activity focused on peace during the 72 hours from December 31, 1999 to January 2, 2000. More than 400 communities in 60 countries conducted peace marches, prayer vigils, and interfaith services on Australian hilltops, in Sri Lankan villages, and in California prisons. Afterward, local organizers emailed descriptions of what they’d done to the URI’s San Francisco office. Many of the missives sounded like those of the Reverend James Channan, OP, who coordinated a 1,500-mile “Journey for Peace” across Pakistan. “What happened in Khyber Pass was something that never, ever happened before in the history of Pakistan,” he wrote. It was just the kind of message that Swing was hoping to hear. After all, he says, “We’re trying to change world history.”
One Message, Many Cultures
William Swing started out with far more modest ambitions. He was a small-town priest who simply wanted to serve his congregation. After graduating from Virginia Theological Seminary, he was assigned to two churches in West Virginia. Both were located in mill towns — one steel, the other pottery — and on Sunday mornings, he drove back and forth between the two. One day, he stopped at a local racetrack and volunteered to lead a weekly service there. Those three congregations were a blend of nationalities, denominations, and personalities. The jockeys and trainers, for instance, preferred a lively debate to a sermon. Swing enjoyed the give-and-take. Among the three, he says, “I learned how to translate one message into different cultures.”
When he became rector at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, the challenge was to energize a suburban congregation that numbered around 90 people per Mass on Sunday. He took a chance and completely revamped one of the weekly services for the youngest members of the congregation. There were more songs, a shorter sermon, and Bible stories acted out by adults and children. It was unorthodox, but Swing didn’t ask anyone’s permission. He just did it. And it worked, filling the pews with children and their parents. The congregation swelled to about 600 at that service.
Swing insists that the United Religions Initiative came out of the blue and not out of some lifelong commitment to interfaith work. But it definitely tapped into the compassion and the devotion that he has applied to other ministries over the years. When Senator Dianne Feinstein was mayor of San Francisco, she asked Swing how local churches could help to address the city’s homeless problem. His solution was to put 40 beds in the basement of majestic Grace Cathedral, located in Nob Hill, that very night. It was the beginning of the church’s homeless ministry, which now provides 950 beds per night in various San Francisco shelters. “If you do it one night, it’s romantic,” he says. “If you do it every night, it’s hard work.”
Swing is a masterful fund-raiser. He knows that without money the most ambitious social ministries fail. Last year, his diocese had $50 million worth of projects under way. “We’ve got a hospital in the poorest part of town, eight health clinics, six alcohol-rehab and drug-rehab centers, seven life-care facilities, four facilities for the developmentally disabled, and two facilities for Hispanic immigrants,” he recites, pausing to catch his breath. “And we’re building a residential facility for homeless families.”
Connections that go back 21 years help. Far more critical, though, is Swing’s ability to win people’s trust and then persuade them to buy into his vision. “We’re giving people an opportunity to be as alive as they can be,” he says. “To heal the sick, to give shelter to the homeless, and to improve lives. That’s pretty compelling.”
Imagine All the People?
The United Religions Initiative began in 1993 with a phone call. An official at the United Nations asked Swing to organize an enormous interfaith worship service at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco as part of an upcoming 50th-anniversary celebration of the signing of the UN charter. The historic event had taken place in 1945 right across the square at the Fairmont Hotel.
The invitation got the bishop thinking. He was troubled that countries around the world, including countries that had been at war against each other, had managed to achieve what the world’s religions had not: unity, dialogue, cooperation. If nations could peaceably convene, Swing thought, why couldn’t religions?
Initially, Swing hoped to discover that a UN-style body of religions was already in the works. But it wasn’t. If the URI was going to exist, it was up to Swing to get it started. Thinking that he’d model it after the UN, with an assembly of religious leaders, he traveled around the world in 1996 pitching it to religious and interfaith officials and scholars. Mother Teresa vowed that she and the nuns in her order would pray for it. The Dalai Lama pledged to participate. The Shankaracharya of Kancheepuram, one of the Hindu gurus, giggled. “I found out that with these gurus, if they hear something that’s true, it elicits joy, so they giggle,” says Swing. The Vatican was more cryptic. “If this is of God, no one can stop it,” one of the Pope’s right-hand cardinals told the bishop. “But if it is of man, it will fail.”
According to prevailing opinion, it was a nice idea that didn’t stand a chance. The chief obstacle, Swing realized, was that the religions didn’t know how to have a dialogue with one another. Swing didn’t know how to start that dialogue, but David Cooperrider did.
Cooperrider teaches at Case Western’s Weatherhead School of Management and runs an organization called Social Innovations in Global Management (SIGMA). After reading about the URI in a newspaper, he called Swing and asked if he could study the organization. The bishop had a better idea: Why not help build it? Cooperrider, who specializes in “appreciative inquiry,” an alternative to traditional problem solving, was more than willing.
Instead of focusing on problems, appreciative inquiry explores positive outcomes, what Cooperrider calls “moments of highest engagement or passion.” At the URI’s organizational summits and regional conferences in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United States, participants would interview each other — Jew and Muslim, Buddhist and Baha’i, Christian and indigenous believer. They would ask each other questions like “How did you come to embrace your faith?” and “What’s the greatest gift that you’ve received from your religion?” The idea is to develop a mutual respect, says Cooperrider — to appreciate what’s important, even precious, to someone from a different faith. The participants consider what they’re trying to create, not what they’re trying to eliminate: Imagine the world 30 years from now and describe three positive changes that have occurred.
Appreciative inquiry proved to be a powerful communication tool. “To this day, it astonishes me,” says the Reverend Canon Charles P. Gibbs, 49, the URI’s executive director in San Francisco. “We’re bringing these improbable groups of people together. They’re usually uneasy and, in some cases, fearful about being in the same room with one another. Yet, in the space of a few hours, they come to see one another as folks who have much in common, instead of seeing one another from across irreparable gulfs.”
Going In Circles
William Swing and Dee Hock were a pretty improbable pair themselves: a bishop and a former banker. But they hit it off immediately. Based on the URI’s brainstorming meetings, Swing and the design team realized that traditional models wouldn’t work. Since they couldn’t rely on the participation of religious leaders, they needed to build the URI from the bottom up, creating a grassroots organization where members, not an executive committee, are in control. Swing didn’t know it, but they were speaking Hock’s language.
“Our existing institutions are totally irrelevant to complex, systematic, highly diverse problems, which are all we have now,” says Hock. The alternative to these top-down institutions is what he calls the “chaordic organization,” a marriage of chaos and order. The result is a highly adaptive organization whose members work toward the same overall goal. (See The Trillion-Dollar Vision of Dee Hock, October:November 1996.)
After three years of hammering out the initiative’s purpose, principles, and design, the URI now consists of self-organizing cooperation circles, which include seven or more people who represent at least three spiritual expressions. Although each circle agrees to abide by the URI’s 21 guiding principles — such as no proselytizing fellow URI members — the circles are self-governing entities. The members decide which issues to act on, how to support the circle financially, and how to make decisions. If a circle chooses to, it can team with other circles and form a multicircle around one of the URI’s core themes: conflict resolution, social justice, and the environment. The circles aren’t building blocks, Hock says — that’s the old metaphor. Rather, the circles are part of a living system. “It’s exactly what your body did when its cells divided and multiplied and organized themselves into organs,” he says. “And the next thing you know, you have a human being.”
Currently, there are more than 100 circles around the world, in places such as Quezon City, the Philippines; Woodstock, South Africa; and Johnson City, Tennessee. In Israel, there is a multi-circle made up of five smaller circles. Many early circles consist of interfaith groups that had been eager to be part of a larger network.
The URI has been around for 7 years, but no one knows what it will look like a year from now — or 50 years from now. That’s the beauty of a chaordic organization, says Hock. “It’s a living, breathing, adaptive thing, and living things are never finished. They keep learning and struggling. The more they grow, the more questions you’ll be puzzling over.”
Swing is already wrestling with such questions. “How do we keep the authority from rising to the top in the future?” he asks. “What happens if someone goes on a power trip? What happens to our integrity if some politician comes along and wants to give us money? How do we find a collective voice? And who gets that voice? I don’t know, but we’ll find the answers as we go along.”
In the meantime, the bishop mentions the URI in his daily prayer.
Letting go of an organization and allowing it to organize itself requires a leap of faith. Who better than the bishop to make that leap? “He has a totally clear and absolute sense of direction,” says Hock. “The goal is to end religious violence. You can’t get any clearer than that. But he is totally open to how he gets there.”
Chuck Salter (email@example.com) is a Fast Company senior writer. Learn more about the United Religions Initiative on the Web (www.united-religions.org), or contact William Edwin Swing by email (firstname.lastname@example.org).
Sidebar: What’s Fast
How do you unite parties as different and as disharmonious as the world’s religions and spiritual expressions? That’s an ongoing challenge for William Edwin Swing, founder of the United Religions Initiative (URI). Here are some of his answers.
New ideas come from new sources. Swing couldn’t count on religious leaders alone to solve a problem that had plagued organized religions for hundreds, even thousands, of years. He had to be entrepreneurial and had to look elsewhere to find a fresh perspective on collaboration and on organizational design. He got that perspective from a business-school professor and from a former banker, both of whom were tackling similar challenges with other highly complex global organizations.
Appreciate what others hold sacred. Debating who’s right or who’s wrong about creation, about the nature of God, or about salvation isn’t the least bit constructive. But exploring what’s meaningful to someone is. Through dialogue that is based on “appreciative inquiry,” people of different faiths can focus on understanding the positive aspects of one another’s faith. That leads to mutual respect, which makes collaboration possible.
Amateurs attract experts. Swing believes in the value of experimentation, even if it means failing. When he started the URI, he didn’t know much about creating a global organization. But once he started trying, people who knew a lot more than he did came forward to help. His inexperience worked like a magnet, he says. Experts like to practice their expertise — so let them.
Connect, don’t compete. When Swing looked at international interfaith groups that existed, he discovered that they were inclusive of different religions but often exclusive of one another. “The attitude was right out of a big-business model that says you’ve got to corner your market,” he says. “They were saying, We’ve got to corner the interfaith market.” The URI is designed to be a network so that organizations can leverage one another’s resources while pursuing their mutual or individual goals.
Build from the bottom. Groups that may seem similar to the URI have failed over the years, says Swing, because they’ve tried to organize themselves around religious leaders. He tried that too — before he realized that authority belonged in the hands of the smallest unit of the organization, the URI’s cooperation circles. The United Nations, which inspired Swing when he began his efforts, offers abstract representation. The URI, on the other hand, gives its members tangible power to self-organize and self-govern. | <urn:uuid:945d9f34-2e17-4bdd-a4e1-db90ff7c1b96> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fastcompany.com/41737/were-trying-change-world-history | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.964026 | 4,615 | 1.765625 | 2 |
I am pleased when you share with others.
Hebrews 13:16 (WEB)
But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing,
for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
When our children were younger, it always grieved my heart when they didn't get along. I didn't like having to be a referee at the dinner table or to break up arguments in the backyard. As a father, I wanted my children to love each other, to live in harmony, share nicely and be kind to one another.
I really don't think our Heavenly Father is any different. In this passage of Scripture, the writer of Hebrews reminds us not to forget to do good and share with others, because these are the things that make God happy.
In a world with many Christian denominations, I think God's kids have a tendency to major on the minors in our Christian walk rather than focusing on the things that really touch His heart. The sacrifices in every day life that make Him smile are simply the good things we do for others.
I want to keep this in mind today as I go about my daily routine, because I want to make my Dad smile. How about you?
View 3 more daily posts from the creators of 365 Promises...
Daily Scripture Reading / Cartoon of the Day / Today's Declaration | <urn:uuid:6e5613b9-e0b8-4da1-a235-2fb90697e460> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.365promises.com/daily-promise/promise-236-friday-august-24-2018 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.957951 | 291 | 1.617188 | 2 |
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE RESEARCH & EXTENSION Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Arkansas System FSA4015 Tattooing of Cattle and Goats The proper identification of Steven M. Jones Associate Professor Animal Science identification. Identification within animals is essential for all aspects of the dairy or beef herd requires efficient livestock production. It allows visibility and is most commonly for the orderly proof and transfer of accomplished using permanent ear ownership and becomes more impor tags. These are also used for goats. tant as herds increase in size. Unique Generally, smaller ear tags are identification is required if the owner preferred for goats rather than the wishes to register purebred animals larger cattle ear tags. Non-permanent with breed registries or exhibit them identification includes paint, chalk at most livestock shows. Proper and stick-on tags. identification enables the producer to keep comprehensive records of Tattooing is one method of milk production, reproduction, health identification that is permanent if problems and management practices. properly done. However, it is not The efficient maintenance of this easily viewed and may require another information requires a permanent complementary method of identifica identification system. tion, such as an ear tag, that is visible from short distances. This publication Several systems of identification primarily addresses tattooing of dairy may be used. The system selected will cattle, beef cattle and goats but is depend upon the size of the herd, the applicable to other animals. environmental conditions under which they are maintained, the primary Tattooing requires a pair of pliers purpose for identifying individual ani and numbers or letters made of sharp, mals, rules and regulations of breed- needlelike projections which pierce governing bodies or shows you attend the skin. The tattoo ink is forced into and equipment that is available. the punctures and remains visible after the puncture wounds heal. Arkansas Is Our Campus There are two basic types of Tattooing is usually done on the ears, identification: permanent and and tattoos can be seen best on ani non-permanent. Breed associations mals that have white ears. Those and most shows require permanent with black pigment in the ears can be Visit our web site at: http://www.uaex.edu University of Arkansas, United States Department of Agriculture, and County Governments Cooperating tattooed, but the numerals and letters are more difficult to read. La Mancha goats lack large external ears, so they are tattooed on the tail web. On dark-pigmented ears of cattle or goats (for example, Alpine goats), use green or white ink instead of black. Many brands of indelible ink are available through your livestock supply house, local livestock store or cooperative. The roll-on applicators, rather than the paste, have been proven to save ink and make the job cleaner (Figure 1). Remember to use a non-black ink on a dark ear. Figure 2 – Gathering materials is the first step in getting ready to tattoo. measures to decrease spread of disease include wear ing gloves, using separate cloths or pads to clean animals’ ears and disinfecting equipment between animals. First, gather the necessary materials (Figure 2): Figure 1 – Two varieties of ink available are the roll-on (top) and the paste (bottom). The roll-on variety is most commonly used. Restraint Required The restraint of animals for tattooing will vary • Gloves • Halter • Alcohol pads or rubbing alcohol and a soft, clean cloth • Spray bottle of rubbing alcohol • Tattoo ink • Tattoo kit Consider the purchase of a small animal tattoo with the age and strength of the animal but requires kit with 5/16" digits (compared to the normal size of that the ears be stable with little movement. A small, 3/8") and tattooing at less than two weeks of age. The young animal can be held in the arms of an assistant. animals are easier to restrain, the smaller numbers Older animals should be placed in a stanchion or are easier to insert in the ear and the tattoo will grow chute. Young goats are often placed in a box that holds with the animal. Rotary tattoo kits also are available. kids for disbudding. Be sure to maintain tattooing equipment, keeping Getting Started it clean and replacing broken or dull characters (letters and numbers). A buildup of dirt or broken Biosecurity protocol should be followed by working in an environment that is as clean as possible. Other and/or dull equipment can result in improper or illegible tattoos. Tattooing Procedures Step 1. Clean Ear with Alcohol Using an alcohol pad, clean out the ear completely (Figure 3). Wax interferes with the permanency of the ink; if wax is mixed with the ink, the tattoo will most likely fade. Hair can also interfere with a proper tattoo, so the ears may need to be clipped. If no alcohol pads are available, rubbing alcohol and a soft, clean cloth or cotton swab also will work as long as the wax is completely removed. Water is normally not used to clean the ears as it can get in the ear canal Figure 4 – Apply ink between the first and second ribs. The ink should thoroughly cover the skin. and may cause an ear infection. A damp cloth can be used, but it is less sanitary than alcohol. Be sure the Step 3. Tattooing tattoo does not interfere with a present or future Brucellosis tattoo for cattle. Hold the animal securely. After verifying the correct tattoo by punching it into a piece of paper, position the tongs in the center of the ear between the ribs of cartilage and squeeze firmly (Figure 5). Avoiding the ribs will prevent bleeding. Be sure to lift the tongs out straight; many tattoos have been ruined by scratches. If you must repeat the process, tattoo in the exact same place as previously to avoid overlapping numeral/numbers. This will cause the tattoo to be indistinguishable. Figure 3 – A clean ear is the first step to a successful tattoo. Clipping ears may also be necessary to avoid interference from hair. Step 2. Applying Ink Apply a generous amount of ink over the area to be tattooed, usually between the middle ribs of the ear (Figure 4). Keep away from the hair around the edge of the ear. An area slightly larger than the tattoo equipment should be covered. Remember to use a non-black ink on a dark ear. Figure 5 – Keep a firm grip on the calf or kid to avoid any movement that could cause the tongs to slip. Step 4. Reapplying Ink Step 6. The Finished Product Again, apply ink and rub in firmly. This single After several weeks, the ink will dry and flake out step will assure a lasting tattoo if you have followed of the ear, leaving a legible tattoo and a permanent the above procedure. An old toothbrush may be used means of identification (Figure 7). A note of caution – to help push the ink into the punctures. remind your veterinarian there is a tattoo in that ear and that it should be avoided if a vaccination tattoo is inserted. Step 5. Sanitizing Equipment Sanitize the tattoo kit between animals by spraying rubbing alcohol on the tongs and the indi vidual tattoo pieces that have been used (Figure 6). This cleaning will minimize infection in the tattoo and should be done before and after each procedure. Figure 7 – After several weeks, the tattoo should become legible as the dried ink flakes out of the calfʼs or kidʼs ear. Figure 6 – Sanitizing tattooing equipment is just one way to follow biosecurity protocol. Parts of this publication were taken from “Tattooing 101: Reviewing the Basics of Identifying Calves,” Jersey Journal, October, 2001, pages 27-28, and were used with permission of the American Jersey Cattle Association. Printed by University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Printing Services. STEVEN M. JONES is associate professor - animal science with the Department of Animal Science at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture in Little Rock. FSA4015-PD-3-2014RV Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas. The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
© Copyright 2022 | <urn:uuid:21c4ed1e-7428-4e32-a299-cce91f78582b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://abcdocz.com/doc/26081/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.918471 | 1,752 | 3 | 3 |
A foam mattress pad is a special kind of mattress that offers support to a person’s entire body. They are available in many shapes and sizes. Hot sleeper, a kind of memory foam pad that nests in the side of the mattress instead of within its centre is a distinct kind of mattress pad. A typical mattress is composed of two layers: a thick and supportive core as well as the memory layer, or air foam. Together, they form a large mattress made of three layers, giving a firm feeling. The middle of the side sleeper is able to support the lower back and sides. It also has an additional layer of foam, or air, which leaves the top of your mattress free for use in other ways.
The hybrid mattress pad is the latest style of this product which blends the benefits of a cocoon-like form and the flat, smooth feel of spring mattresses. The most effective memory foam mattress pads can be usually available in two ways. The first one, like a cocoon has open cells made out of memory foam that have a sealing mechanism. The second is designed to hold the spring in place and support it in its place.
Every type of mattress has pros and cons. For cocoon-shaped mattresses, the advantages are that they provide sufficient support for the majority of people, and provide a moderate firmness that is comfortable. The shape of the mattress offers minimal support to the sides of your body. For people with back problems, this might be a problem. Cocoon-shaped mattresses provide a moderate firmness and great support for people with mild or moderate back problems. The air pockets don’t touch the back.
People with serious back issues will prefer a more supportive however, they will prefer a more softer. Therefore, for those who suffer from back pain, the most suitable memory foam mattresses are those that have helix or coils. They have helix channels running through the centers. The foam will feel more supple and firmer because the cells are smaller. It also offers greater support.
Many are searching for the best mattress for their stomachs. A stomach sleeper provides an enjoyable night’s rest with a medium firmness and a high quality of sleep. It is able to be easily moved to different positions if necessary. There are some things you need to consider when selecting the right mattress for stomach sleepers.
The density of the foam is the thing you need to be looking at first. Sleepers who sleep on their sides will need a denser feel for additional support. If the foam feels too light, it can cause pressure points in your spine. Side sleepers will notice that foam density ranges from 1 to 2 pounds per cubic inch.
Spine support is very important for people who sleep on their side and with back issues that are severe. The spine may become deformed when your hips are moving continuously. Your lower back can be put in a position of pressure when you sleep on your stomach with your hips at a high angle. This can be prevented by using a side-sleeper that is more solid and has greater density.
You must test different sizes to find the right mattress for your needs. Don’t select the first size that you feel is right. To make sure you’ve got the correct level of firmness, you should experiment with various brands. One recommendation from an expert is to visit the nearest mattress shop and try laying on a number of different types. The best mattresses are firm and are able to be used in a range of different positions. | <urn:uuid:fcfd9069-5a7e-46dd-9043-580ff21fef2c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.texasterritories.com/best-size-memory-foam-mattress-for-an-obease-person/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.960124 | 721 | 1.742188 | 2 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.