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Houston.- The tropical storm Nicholas slowed over the Houston area Tuesday after making landfall earlier as a hurricane, that left half a million homes and businesses without power and dumped more than 12 inches of rain along the shoreline. same area flooded by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
The concern of Nicholas It will be the slowness with which it moves. Storms are moving more slowly in recent decades and Nicholas could get stuck among others two weather systemssaid hurricane researcher Jim Kossin of The Climate Service.
Nicholas is the 14th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, the meteor could potentially stagnate in Louisiana battered by the storm and could trigger life-threatening flooding in the Deep South in the coming days, forecasters said.
Nicholas It made landfall early Tuesday in the eastern part of the Matagorda peninsula and was soon downgraded to a tropical storm. It was about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southeast of Houston, Texas, with maximum winds of 45 mph (75 kph) at 10 a.m. CDT Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center at Miami.
Galveston saw nearly 14 inches (35 centimeters) of rain from Nicholas, the fourteenth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, while Houston reported more than 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain. That’s a fraction of what fell during Harvey, which dumped more than 60 inches (152 centimeters) of rain in southeastern Texas over a period of four days.
Nicholas moves so slowly that it will dump several inches of rain as it crawls over Texas and southern Louisiana, forecasters said. This includes areas that were already hit by Hurricane Ida and devastated last year by Hurricane Laura.
Parts of Louisiana they are saturated with nowhere for the extra water to go, so it will flood, said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy.
“He’s stuck in a weak management environment,” McNoldy said Tuesday. So while the storm itself may weaken, “that won’t stop the rain from happening. Whether it’s a tropical storm, a tropical depression, or a post-tropical spot, it’s still going to rain a lot and that’s not very good for that area. “
The storm was moving north-northeast at 6 mph (9 kph) and the center of Nicholas move slowly over the southeast of Texas on Tuesday and over southwestern Louisiana on Wednesday.
Nicholas, which is expected to weaken into a tropical depression Tuesday night, could dump up to 20 inches (51 centimeters) of rain in parts of southern Louisiana.
Forecasters said southern Mississippi, southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle could also see heavy rain.
Great part of Texas coast it was under a tropical storm warning that included potential flash floods and urban flooding. The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, said authorities placed rescue teams and resources in the area of Houston and along the coast.
In houston, officials were concerned that heavy rains could flood streets and flood homes. Authorities deployed offshore rescue vehicles throughout the city and erected barricades at more than 40 places that tend to flood, Mayor Sylvester Turner said Monday.
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When newborns are six months old, it’s time to start introducing them to semi-solids or puree. Babies are accustomed to their mothers’ milk; thus, transitioning them to something other than breast milk is a challenging undertaking for most mothers. One thing to keep in mind is that you should only introduce one food item at a time. Do not combine with other foods.
Suji kheer is an excellent dish to start. So, for the most part, babies adore suji kheer. Suji is also easily digestible. To roast suji properly, take extreme caution. Allow three to four days for your baby to become accustomed to suji kheer if your infant is eating well and has normal bowel movements. Then give them another food item to try. You can have some fruit this time. Apples are a fantastic place to start when it comes to fruits.
If your infant refuses to eat anything, don’t worry. It’s natural because children get too accustomed to what they consume. Do not compel them to consume food. Most importantly, offer them in little quantities. Because if the food does not digest properly, kids may experience constipation. You can add additional foods to their diet after a month. When a baby cries, it could be because they don’t like the food or because they’re throwing tantrums.
Babies enjoy their meals while also engaging in certain activities. This will keep them occupied while they finish their meal. They can play more actively when their stomachs are full. Choose foods based on their baby’s preferences. Do not mindlessly follow others. Keep in mind that each infant is unique. Every infant has its distinct preferences.
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ok so i've just started using visual c++ for my coding. I'd like to add a sound files to my current project. I've looked up so many ways to do this from allegro to directx and BASS but i cant seem to get anything to work. I've been looking into the playsound function to play a file from my resources and that has errors too. if you have any suggestions on how to do this please let me know and how to do them it would be appreciated greatly
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Personal Web Sites For Teachers
OnMyCalendar's Personal Web Sites allows you to create a fully functional web site without doing any HTML programming.
Personal Web Site (PWS) focuses on the functions that save you time and provide the maximum benefit to you, your students and their parents.
With its intuitive and simple-to-use functions, PWS provides a very easy way to give your students 24x7 access to key class materials and
increase teacher/student/parent communication.
Simple, clean design
The key to a useful web site is its content, organized in a clean design that is appealing and easy to navigate.
PWS handles the design for you so that you can focus on the content.
If your school has a master account with OnMyCalendar, your site automatically matches the basic look and feel of your school's web site.
If you have an individual PWS account, you can easily customize the look and feel of our stock layouts to suit your needs.
Focus on "your" priorities
Many web site solutions pigeonhole you into their structure.
With PWS, you can shape the site to meet your specific needs.
You can create a site with just a single page if that's all you need.
Or you can have a site with submenus for each class or project you are involved in.
The decision is yours.
Adding pages is very simple.
When you are logged in, just click on the Add button and enter the text, pictures, videos, or attachments you want on that page.
PWS handles all of the mechanics related to your site menu.
As you add pages, your menu is automatically updated.
If you want to change the order of pages (or hide them), you can easily do so.
Very simple to update
Updating content couldn't be easier.
Just click on the Edit button that displays on your page, edit the text in the editor, and click the Submit button.
PWS updates your web page immediately so you can see your changes.
There's no need for Microsoft FrontPage or Adobe Dreamweaver and there are no "FTP" steps.
When you enter text, you use a Word-like editor that displays the text just like it will display on the web page.
Insert web links, pictures and videos without any special web programming jargon.
One key benefit of a web site is to make handouts, homework papers, and notes available online, 24x7.
PWS provides a very easy mechanism to upload every kind of document - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, images and more.
As you edit your page, click on the Link button to upload a document and insert a link to it on your page.
All in one step.
If you upload an image, it is automatically inserted into your page where you want it.
OnMyCalendar's built-in calendars provides a tremendous tool to help keep your site organized.
For upper grades, calendars are an obvious way to show what's due and when.
If you teach multiple subjects, PWS provides a calendar for each class.
For lower grades, use calendars to keep parents abreast of key dates during the semester.
Tasks don't disappear after their due date.
This makes calendars very useful archives that students can reference as they review for exams.
Students' personal calendars
To help students stay on top of their due dates and events, OnMyCalendar provides a free, personal calendar called WhatsUp.
Each student and parent can have their own WhatsUp calendar that displays the details from "their" teachers' calendars in one consolidated view.
As teachers update their calendars, OnMyCalendar automatically updates WhatsUp calendars too.
WhatsUp can span schools.
Parents with children in different schools can have one WhatsUp calendar displaying key dates from each student's school and teachers.
PWS includes a simple, but very useful Web Forms tool as well.
Use Web Forms to create simple homework forms or to collect information from your students or parents.
It's very easy to create a Web Form in just a few minutes —
there's no programming involved.
Best of all, the results are viewable online or can be downloaded into Excel.
The power of sharing
PWS has a powerful feature that allows teachers to share pages and calendars.
Unlike copy/paste, where you now maintain your own copy of text, PWS' sharing is dynamic.
As the owner updates their page, your page is automatically updated as well.
This is very useful when one person in a department is responsible for material that all of the teachers in the department want to display on their sites.
Likewise, if the school's web site calendar is powered by OnMyCalendar, you can instruct PWS to display the school's events on your calendar.
Your site is yours
Over time, your site becomes an integrated part of your class.
Like your notes and other resources, you want to be able to continue using your site even if you switch schools.
With OnMyCalendar, that's not a problem.
If you switch schools, you can update your account and site layout and use the site at your new school.
Use The Web To Save Time, Not Add To Your Workload
OnMyCalendar's Personal Web Sites tool focuses on saving you time and helping you meet your core objectives:
- Increase teacher/student/parent communications
- Focus on teaching, not reprinting lost handouts
- Give students 24x7 access to their class materials
- Increase student accountability
- Update your site at your convenience
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Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 to take over the intercity passenger rail services previously operated by private railroad companies in the United States. Operations began on May 1, 1971.
The name "Amtrak" results from the blending of the words "America" and "track." The railroad is officially known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
In 2016, 31.3 million customers used Amtrak. On an average day, nearly 85,700 passengers ride more than 300 Amtrak trains.
Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation, with the federal government as majority stockholder. The board is appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Amtrak is operated as a for-profit company, rather than a public authority.
Amtrak is the only railroad in North America to maintain right-of-way for service at speeds in excess of 125 mph (201 kph), and its engineering forces maintain more than 350 miles of track for 100+ mph (160+ kph) service.
From National Transportation Safety Board records, here's a look at what happened in some of the worst Amtrak train crash incidents in the company’s history:
April 3, 2016: (Chester, Pa.)
Two maintenance workers were struck and killed by an Amtrak train going more than 100 mph in Chester, Pennsylvania. The lead engine of the train derailed.
March 14, 2016 (Kansas)
An Amtrak train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed in southwest Kansas, sending five cars off the tracks and injuring at least 32 people. Investigators concluded that a cattle feed delivery truck hit the track and shifted it at least a foot before the derailment.
Oct. 5, 2015 (Vermont)
A passenger train headed from Vermont to Washington, D.C., derailed when it hit rocks that had fallen onto the track from a ledge. The locomotive and a passenger car spilled down an embankment, derailing three other cars and injuring seven people.
May 12, 2015 (Philadelphia)
An eastbound Amtrak passenger train derailed after taking a curve at 100 mph, where the speed limit of that second of track is 50 mph. Eight people were killed, and more than 200 injured. High speed and human error were determined to be the cause.
March 9, 2015 (Halifax, N.C.)
At least 55 people were injured when an Amtrak train traveling from North Carolina to New Jersey derailed after colliding with an oversized tractor-trailer that was stuck on the tracks in Halifax.
June 23, 2014 (Massachusetts)
An Amtrak train hit a vehicle that was apparently driving on train tracks in Massachusetts, killing three people in the vehicle and derailing the train just before midnight in a remote area about 24 miles southwest of Boston. None of the 180 people on board the train was injured.
Oct. 21, 2012 (Niles, Mich.)
About a dozen passengers and crew members on an Amtrak train from Chicago to Pontiac, Michigan, were injured when two locomotives and one or more coaches derailed after the train lost contact with the track near Niles, Michigan.
June 24, 2011 (Nevada)
A truck slammed into the side of an Amtrak California Zephyr train at a rural crossing 70 miles east of Reno, Nevada, killing six people and injuring dozens. The train was traveling from Chicago to California.
April 18, 2002 (Crescent City, Fla.)
An Amtrak Auto Train derailed because of a heat-induced track buckle. Four people were killed and more than 140 injured.
February 16, 1996 (Silver Spring, Md.)
An Amtrak passenger train was hit by a Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC) train after the MARC train failed to stop at a junction. Eleven were killed and 26 injured. Human error was determined to be the cause of the crash.
September 22, 1993 (Mobile, Ala.)
An Amtrak train derailed into a bayou outside of Mobile, Ala., killing 47 and injuring 103. The derailment happened when a barge bumped into a railroad bridge in heavy fog, displacing it minutes before the train arrived.
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on October 30, 2018 Comments Off on Why Your Retirement Is Uncertain
The retirement question most of us have to face is, “when should I retire?” And for most of us, that is not an extremely clear answer. There are so many factors to consider: social security, pension, health care costs, just to name a few. Let alone considering the factors like the mental, social, physical and spiritual aspects of your retirement to consider.
From purely a numbers stand point, meaning will the money I have saved be enough to allow me to accomplish my goals, that can be dialed in by determining key strategies and goals in the financial piece of your retirement puzzle. Some important keys to success include:
Matching your retirement to your preretirement lifestyle to minimize drop off in living standards.
Maximizing your income so that social security is no more than 40%, your max preretirement income value, of your retirement income.
Placing retirement savings ahead of other goals, like paying for your children’s college or a vacation home, to make sure you stay on track.
Don’t be totally exposed to stock market fluctuations. Having steady income from several sources will help to minimize the impact of market change.
The are just a few of the strategies to consider, but when it comes down to the formula, it takes a partner to help you accomplish your goals. We’re here to help. Independent, customer focuses and driven to serve, we want you to succeed. To find out more, let’s talk.
on March 6, 2018 Comments Off on Optimizing Your Retirement By Maximizing Your Social Security Claims
When considering their retirement strategy many people focus on their investments, retirement plans and their assets. Social security is one of those components of retirement that can be overlooked, but that could be a mistake.
Social Security is a very important component of retirement income for many retirees. It can also be confusing. Does it make sense to begin drawing Social Security as soon as you are eligible? Should you wait until your Full Retirement Age? Is it best to wait until 70 to begin claiming Social Security? Can my spouse begin their social security even if I don’t begin taking mine?
In addition to these questions there could be many more. The reality is that the right retirement strategy for you is determined on a case-by-case basis. We have worked with many families facing these questions and through a planning process we explore the options available to them and provide guidance on their social security claiming strategy.
If you want to learn more about your retirement strategy and how to maximize your social security, contact our team. We’re here to help!
on January 23, 2018 Comments Off on When Saving Money Matters In Your Retirement Plan
To save or to invest? Or do we do both?
There can sometimes be a misconception that by simply investing in the markets, you will be able to accumulate enough savings for retirement. The unfortunate reality is that the growth that can be achieved from investing is extremely important, but there must be an adequate amount of savings set aside over time for it to work.
The following example can show you exactly how critical the savings process is. A portfolio that grows at an average rate of 7% over time for 20 years will have approximately 50% of its ending balance due to the savings added over the years and the other 50% due to the investment growth. The image shows how the growth portion of the portfolio (the green part of each bar) increases over time. This portfolio assumes an average growth rate of 7% and a recurring addition of $5,000 at the end of each year. After 20 years, the portfolio value is worth over $200,000. It is critical to save and begin saving early.
If you have questions about your current retirement plan and how you can best maximize your return, contact us to day to schedule a meeting.
on December 19, 2017 Comments Off on How Much Money Have You Lost In Your Lifetime?
How much money have you lost in your lifetime based on financial illiteracy? If you had to assign a dollar figure to the decisions made from lack of knowledge, would it be more or less than $30,000?
According to an article published by the National Financial Educators Council there was a online survey conducted in March of 2017 where they asked over 3,000 people about decisions they’ve made relative to the value of personal finance education and the education they receive in high school. Of those surveyed, 33% of people have felt that they have lost at least $15,000 in their lifetime. Similarly, 25% of people believe that they have lost at least $30,000 in their lifetime due to lack of financial knowledge.
The noticeable trend was that as people get older they feel they lose more money due to lack of financial literacy. Mostly attributable to the increase in income as we age.
So, we ask again, how much money have you lost? If you feel that you are missing out on the personal financial knowledge you need to provide today, contact us. We’re here to help!
on November 21, 2017 Comments Off on Should I Pay My House Off Early?
In today’s financial climate, there are many different options and strategies that can result in personal success. Often times when we hear of a new strategy or trend, there are often as many “cons” as there are “pros”. That’s not to say that you should or should not try a new strategy, it’s just to say that you should do your research and best see how that strategy would benefit you.
In that vein, one question we get asked often is, “Should I pay off my house early?”
Our advice would not be to pay your home off early or don’t pay your home off early. Since mortgage loans are amortized with interest being front loaded because mortgages have an equal payment for the life of the loan, it is important to understand where you are on the spectrum of the loan. If you have already paid a significant portion of the interest, it may be more beneficial to direct extra money into a savings account. If you still have a significant amount of time on the loan, it can make sense to get principal paid down to alleviate the significant interest burden that exists on long loans.
Additionally, if you are in a high tax bracket, some of the interest burden is offset with a tax deduction. For the highest earners, this can be very favorable because a federal bracket of 33% or higher means that this is a deduction that needs to be considered for taxes.
Rarely do we view finances as purely black and white. Our goal is to help families make better financial decisions based on their personal situation through analysis.
If you’re interested in learning more about how Courage Miller Partners can help you, contact us today!
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Late last semester, I went to the on-campus health clinic for a routine woman’s exam. Because of the nature of the appointment, I was asked a variety of questions about my sex life, my views and practices with contraception and general sexual health questions.
After the second or third time that the nurse emphasized the importance of using barrier protection (like condoms) to protect from STDs, my curiosity piqued and I asked if she had specific concerns. She went on to tell me about how common it was for someone to come in after their first sexual encounter and leave with a diagnosis of genital herpes.
However, herpes is not the only thing students should be concerned about. A study conducted by nursingschools.net showed that one in four students has an STD, and an alarming 80 percent don’t have any noticeable signs or symptoms. The most common of these is the Human Papillomavirus, or HPV, which is known to increase the risk of cervical cancer in women.
These facts are out there, but many do not take significant notice of the risks. Or they just think nothing like that would ever happen to them. On a college campus, students come from many backgrounds. Some may have learned about the risk of sexually transmitted diseases before entering college, whether it was through their parents or perhaps a program at their high school. Others could have been raised by a family that still claimed babies were delivered by the stork, or attended a school that offered little sex education outside the realm of abstinence.
The fact is that no matter how you were brought up, how much you know about sex, or whether or not you’ve sworn to yourself that you’ll never go out without a condom, you might find yourself in a situation where you are tempted not to use one. Whether you are steady with one person and you just don’t have one, or you are too drunk to think about it when you bring home yet another different person from SoHo, it’s a situation that could come up.
I asked Courtney Casper, a senior majoring in biology, if she thought this was a common situation. “I think in college, it’s the combination of alcohol and sex,” Casper said. “Protection just isn’t a factor that they’re thinking about.” In fact, the same study mentioned earlier by nursingschools.net reported that only about 54 percent of students reported using condoms regularly during vaginal sex (the number was even less for anal and oral sex).
So what are colleges doing to combat this risqué risk to their student body’s health? Sure, they keep free condoms in the health center, but does anyone know what to actually do with them? I spoke to Charlotte Petonic, newly appointed Wellness Coordinator here at UT. Her position includes running various programs, ranging in topic from alcohol and drug use to nutrition and sexual health.
Along with the importance of everyone being responsible for their own health, Petonic emphasized that though not everyone on a college campus is having sex, her goal for the sexual health program is to give students “education on, if and when they choose to decide on partaking in any sexual activity and help them to make the healthiest decision they can.”
We also discussed the importance of shared responsibility between couples for engaging in safe sex activities. While the prevention of pregnancy can fully be taken into the woman’s hands now with multiple forms of female contraception, the use of condoms, which is the most effective way to prevent STD’s, is still largely considered the male’s responsibility. But that shouldn’t necessarily be the case.
“I feel like it’s the mans’ responsibility seeing as condoms protect from STDs, “ said junior public health major Drew Buckley. “And we are the ones with the penises . So we should try and protect ourselves from getting an STD.”
But Buckley also agreed with the idea that safe sex practices in general should be a combined effort, no matter who is providing the means. “Both are in control of what decision they make. Safe sex is their choice.”
Petonic also agrees with the idea of combined effort. “Everyone needs to take responsibility for their own health,” she said when I asked if she thought sexual health education was geared more toward one sex than another. “I don’t think it’s fair to say someone is more responsible when it is two people that are engaging… two people are being sexually active, both need to be equally educated.” | <urn:uuid:0119a290-9458-4f26-82cf-51e5be2ac9b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theminaretonline.org/2012/09/27/practice-safe-sex-use-a-condom-every-time/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.97931 | 963 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Acne can be a horrible thing to deal with. You can have cystic acne, which is the type of acne that may lead to scarring if left untreated. There’s no way to predict how your skin will turn out if you don’t treat your acne. If you do, you will likely be left with skin that can then be treated with be treated with topical treatments.
Acne scarring is unsightly. You can have red blotches on your skin that don’t fade for six months to a year. Alternatively, you can have pits in your skin that vary in depth. When you have pitted scars, you may want to just wait at least a year to see how the scars resolve. The resolving process can actually lead to deep healing. Some people have found that what they thought were scars was just irritated skin.
In the meantime, you should be treating your acne with topical treatments or medications until the condition goes away. After this, you can begin to tackle what is underneath it. Many people like to get microdermabrasion to get rid of the redness. The microdermabrasion is something that you should only get performed by a licensed professional. This professional will know how much pressure to apply as well as have the exact right equipment. It’s best to go to a dermatologist’s office for treatment. If you cannot find one, then a medispa is the next best option. Sometimes your health care plan will even cover the microdermabrasion treatments.
Another treatment for your skin condition can be creams. You can get creams on the market that have mineral water in them. This mineral water from thermal treatment centers can be very soothing to the skin. Many French brands such as Avene and La Roche Possay are all infused with these treatment waters. These creams can help your skin to calm down until you are able to perform the next step. arti nama
An option for scars in micro needling. This technique uses equipment that is meant for puncturing the skin in order to stimulate collagen regrowth in the area. This was discovered by tattoo artists who did this technique on clients for other purposes but found that it healed the skin as well. You will risk a little bit with this procedure so make sure that you get a green light from a dermatologist beforehand.
Your acne scars can also be healed through having the right skincare treatment for your skin. The last thing that you want to do is aggravate the area that are problematic. You should put proper care into choosing skincare that is appropriate for your skin type. One thing that acne patients forget is that after the acne treatments are completed, they will have to take care of their skin. This means washing it and moisturizing at night. You should always be wearing sunscreen during the day as well to prevent aging. Try to choose a sunscreen that is non-irritating like the Shiseido brand. | <urn:uuid:df558017-9ec1-4d9e-8107-40a27b0c927b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://papershelps.com/being-on-top-of-acne-scarring/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.967156 | 611 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Description and aim
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), one of the greatest filmmakers of the last century, once claimed: “I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don't try to fly too high’, or whether it might also be thought of as ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings’.” The aim of the workshop “Stanley Kubrick, Life and Legacy”, hosted by the Lorentz Center, Leiden, on 15-19 July 2019, is to ascertain the current state of Kubrick Studies and what the future direction of research looks like. The workshop will bring together established and junior academics, postgraduates, artists and archivists, to discuss and debate the methodologies and approaches used to study and interpret Kubrick’s career. More importantly, we want to establish what it is that remains unknown about Kubrick and how we can work together collectively to fully understand the range of industrial, social, cultural, and artistic contexts in which he worked.
Twenty years have passed since Kubrick’s death in 1999 and the release of his last film, Eyes Wide Shut. This workshop will be an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of Kubrick’s life and legacy, but also a chance to move beyond the confines of previous research methodologies. We will consider the impact of the Stanley Kubrick Archive and how they have changed the landscape of Kubrick Studies, as well as what the broader field of film studies can learn from the work undertaken. However, our endeavor is interdisciplinary, with the aim of establishing a mutual and permanent Kubrick community and a cohesive plan of research for the next five to ten years. Invited to participate are not only Kubrick scholars, but also academics from the fields of history, sociology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, musicology, linguistics, adaptation studies, as well as Kubrick’s collaborators, archivists shaping his legacy in museums around the globe, and artists reinterpreting his work for audiences. It is our hope that this diverse community will widen our horizons and unveil new landscapes.
Kubrick is a unique case in film history and theory. The paucity of information about his method of work and unrealized projects and, generally, about his biography, has been supplanted by a vast collection of materials stored at the Stanley Kubrick Archive, University of the Arts, London, one of the largest public archives of a filmmaker in the world, at over 800 linear metres. Since the opening of the Archive in 2007, scores of scholars and fans have, published articles, essays and books, based either on their first-hand researches, or on other authors’ historical work. This new spring in Kubrick studies has brought unexpected, often fascinating findings, as well as heated debate among scholars about the significance of some sources, and their use or misuse.
The workshop is structured to incorporate key themes, to include methodological approaches, the Stanley Kubrick Archive, reception, fandom, influence, distribution, the “unknown” Kubrick, unmade films, and the future of Kubrick Studies. The intention is that, by the end of the workshop, delegates will have collaborated on establishing the groundwork for (a) a research plan/agenda for future Kubrick Studies; (b) a publication plan for a series of outputs (which may include an edited collection, methodological papers, a special issue of an academic journal and an expanded, revised and updated Kubrick bibliography); (c) plans for future public-facing activities; and (d) a Kubrick Scholars Network. | <urn:uuid:c595ffe4-a4d9-401a-a740-cc8d72f7ae72> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/stanley-kubrick-life-and-legacy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.940156 | 745 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Few studies have probed the role of attitudes in interactions between drivers and bicyclists. Research has shown that perceptions of situations or other roadway users may be a function of mode, and drivers do not treat all bicyclists equally. Most existing research on attitudes between drivers and bicyclists relies on surveys of bicyclists; little data exist on driver attitudes. The data presented in this paper are from a comprehensive evaluation of protected bike lanes in five large U.S. cities that included survey responses of 2,283 residents. In addition to questions about their travel behavior, respondents were asked about the rule-following behavior and predictability of “people they encounter in the street,” including drivers and bicyclists. Results showed that people who primarily commute by car are significantly more negative toward bicyclists than toward other drivers. People who make most of their non-commute trips by car were especially positive toward other drivers and negative toward bicyclists. Interestingly, while people who commute primarily by bicycle were more balanced in their evaluations than car commuters, they still rated drivers as more rule-following and predictable than bicyclists. Still, some amount of bicycling was one of the strongest predictors of more positive attitudes toward bicyclists. Overall, the analysis revealed significant negative evaluations of bicyclists, and even people who make some or most of their trips by bicycle hold negative attitudes about bicyclists’ rule following and predictability. These negative evaluations affected drivers’ view of bicycling as a transportation option and predicted whether drivers support building additional separated bicycle facilities.
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The game of judgment has truly gone out of proportion. We have gotten used to judging and being judged that it has become the usual cut-and-dry. Most often than not, judgment arises in negative connotation with ugly intent.
With the advent of social media, due to the extensive availability of space, we have the freedom of judging. Cyberspace is filled with heartless judgmental comments aplenty. People keep fighting over their religious beliefs or even movie choices, incessantly criticizing and slandering each other’s values and preferences.
Why do people judge others?
- We judge predominantly based on the value system we grew up with. When someone goes to do something beyond those rules, we jump upon to judge them.
- Judgement can happen because we are jealous of someone.
- It can happen because we have already heard something judgmental about someone and hence we judge them with a preconceived notion.
- Maybe a person is too outgoing, dressed out of the context and it seems too much for us to handle and it can make us uncomfortable as we are unable to identify ourselves with them.
- We happen to judge others when having low self-esteem. When we see that people can do something that is far from our scope we cannot help, but judge.
- When we have grown up in a rather strict environment, surrounded by critiques, we subconsciously pick that habit.
What happens when we start fearing judgement?
Follow societal norms: We make decisions and take actions based on the societal norms anointed upon us when we are unable to handle the judgement from others. We abjure ourselves from dressing up the way we like, we forbear from getting out of a dysfunctional marriage or an abusive relationship, we coerce ourselves into marriage or child-rearing just to follow the age-appropriate rules that society has set.
Fear of missing out: Even if we had the audacity to follow our hearts, we constantly live in fear of missing out, as we don’t fit into the “normal” clan.
Anxiety: Fear of judgment causes anxiety in a social setting. If we have been body-shamed before, the anxiety amplifies further. We may avoid meeting people or attending social gatherings.
Low self-esteem: Our self-esteem stoops down too low as we accept others’ judgment to be true and start living in that perceived reality. Low self-esteem further increases our fear of being judged and we tend to attract situations like that and it becomes a whole new cycle.
Mental Health concerns: When we are encompassed with fear of judgment, we tend to cordon ourselves from others. This could lead to mental health concerns like anxiety, depression, social anxiety etc.
Low Self-esteem: Fear of judgment engulfs us when we lack self-esteem. When we are not confident enough, we tend to believe others’ statements because of the inability to believe ourselves.
Therapy – Therapy goes a long way in touching the base and clearing it off from the core. It is always helpful to seek professional help.
Lack of clarity: It is only when we don’t have clarity of what our life values and goals are, we tend to pay heed to the judgment of others.
Define you – It is essential to construct a definite value system and life goals.
Who we are?
What is more important in life?
What is our core value?
When we have definitive answers to the above questions, other’s judgment cannot frazzle us.
Did I mean what others think?
Did I do something beyond my ethics?
Is this helping me?
Rationalizing with these types of questions could help us take the power back from the people who judge us.
Constructive feedback – Getting feedback from people we trust and respect can give us certainty about what we are doing and in turn helps us to overpass the comments that don’t matter.
Lack of acceptance: When we are unable to accept ourselves and our life situations we tend to fall prey to judgment. The “why me” mentality can lead to “what if” fears.
Overthinking – of the time we tend to overthink about what others may adjudge. It can push us into interpreting the situation to be abysmal, which may not even be true in a real-life scenario.
No one cares – No one cares about others. Most often the comments which hurt us would have been passed on mindlessly and bygone. There is no point in mulling over them. We should try to bypass them and focus on other important things.
It is OK – If we stop us from being ourselves because of fear of being judged, we can never live our life to the fullest. It is OK to be embarrassed now and then. In the end, what matters is how well we lived our life and not how many people we were able to satisfy.
It happens anyway – Fearing judgment is not going to shirk others from judging us. Whatever we do or say, there will be people to judge and comment on us.
Finally, we can’t control what people think of us, but we have the choice of how we react to it. We need to master the art of being comfortable in our own skin.
Written by – Sanjana Bafna
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What is a Hope Advocate?
A Hope Advocate is a parent who has a child with Down syndrome, who agrees to use their story to bring hope to a new parent of a child with Down syndrome. They sign up to become a Hope Advocate, and receive a personalized Hope Kit in the mail. When their Hope Kit arrives they give information to their medical professional and agree to be a resource to their doctor and their patients. More information will be included in the Hope Kit.
Why Do I have to be the Parent of a Child with Down Syndrome in Order to Be a Hope Advocate?
One of our goals is to connect every OB/GYN in America to a family raising a child with Down syndrome, who in turn, can connect their patients to them. We call these families Hope Advocates. If you aren’t the parent of a child with Down syndrome there are still other ways you can help us bring hope to others. Please drop us a line, we’d like to hear from you. Also, please be sure to sign up for our email list so we can stay connected!
Why Does My Child Need to be Older than One Year Old in Order to Become a Hope Advocate?
First, thank you for your interest in becoming a Hope Advocate! The first year of being a parent in general can be a lot of work. We want you to focus on your child the first year of being a parent of a child with Down syndrome. This first year will give you a lot of important experience that you will be able to use as a Hope Advocate.
How Do I Select a Good Picture for my Hope Announcements and Hope Advocate Contact Cards?
Every Hope Advocate will receive customized Hope Announcements and Hope Advocate Contact Cards in their Hope Kit. For the Hope Announcements we suggest a picture that shows you child’s personality, with good lighting. There will be text printed on the left side of the card, so it’s best to choose an image where your child is centered or on the right side of the image works best. For the Hope Advocate Contact Cards we suggest using your own picture (or a picture with you and your child.) Our hope is your medical professional gives your Hope Advocate Contact Cards out to their patients whose child is diagnosed with Down syndrome, so you want to picture to represent you. This is one of the first times a new parent will “see” you. If we can help, please contact us. | <urn:uuid:cc139667-520b-401f-9618-6ca6c1808fbb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hopestory.org/faq/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.958556 | 502 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Money management is a vital life skill and it is never too early to teach kids about economics.
Raising financially savvy children involves teaching them a variety of aspects from budgeting to planning, earning and saving. Besides giving them an understanding of the value of a dollar, teaching children about fiscal responsibility helps prepare them for life in the real world. Many parents wonder how they can teach kids about money and where to find age-appropriate resources online. Here are some tools to help:
This is a site dedicated to teaching financial responsibility to kids.
Here are resources and links to teach children financial literacy.
Center for Economic & Financial Education (CEFE)
The "Fun Links for Kids" include information on banking, the Federal Reserve, U.S. Mint, and U.S. Treasury.
The consumer resources presented here include many sites dedicated to financial education.
Nebraska Bankers Association
These financial links for kids and adults cover a wide range of ages, from young children to adults.
Center for Effective Parenting
The resources offered here are for general parenting information, including teaching children about money.
The Money 101 lessons also offer a lesson on children and money.
Money as You Grow
This website offers lessons and activities for children ages three to eighteen about how to live financially smart lives.
This comprehensive site has information and activities for children of all ages to enhance their financial literacy.
University of Nebraska
The family finance page includes lessons and financial planning tools for children.
Our Kids and Money
This site is dedicated to teach children financial literacy.
Institute of Consumer Financial Education
This page is dedicated to the topic of children and money.
This is a site where children and parents can learn about money management, including charitable giving.
Believe Financial Empowerment
This site has financial resources for both kids and teens.
The Financial Fairy Tales
This page has links to games and downloads to teach kids about money.
Council for Economic Education
While the economics resources offered here are directed at educators, parents will also find them very useful.
Money Confident Kids
With resources for adults and games for children, this is another site that emphasizes the importance of financial education.
This site has resources for both students and teachers to teach kids about money.
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Physical Health Conditions in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury Across 21 Countries Worldwide
Keywords:spinal cord injury, health conditions, comorbidity, prevalence
Objectives: To describe the 3-month prevalence and correlates of self-reported physical health conditions in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) worldwide.
Study design: Multinational cross-sectional survey.
Subjects: Community-living persons with traumatic or non-traumatic SCI aged >18 years from 21 countries representing all the 6 World Health Organization regions.
Methods: The study used data from 11,058 participants in the International SCI Community Survey (InSCI). The survey, based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Sets for SCI, was conducted in 2017–19 simultaneously in the participating countries. The health conditions were reported on a modified version of the SCI Secondary Conditions Scale.
Results: Overall, 95.8% of the participants reported having experienced 1 or more health problems secondary to SCI. Having pain was the most prevalent problem (77.3%), followed by spasticity/muscle spasms (73.5%) and sexual dysfunction (71.3%), and the least prevalent was respiratory problems (28.8%). The participants reported a mean of 7.4 concurrent health conditions. Unmet healthcare needs, being a smoker, being a female, having a complete lesion, and a traumatic injury exhibited significant associations with comorbidity.
Conclusion: Physical health problems secondary to SCI are extremely common worldwide and demand investment in appropriate management, medical care and preventative measures.
More than 500,000 people experience a spinal cord injury (SCI) every year. Because of the impairments of having SCI, many experience co-occurrence of additional health conditions, called comorbidity. This study describes the 3-month prevalence, and associated factors of self-reported physical health conditions secondary to SCI across 21 countries worldwide. The study uses data from 11,058 adults with SCI participating in the International SCI Community Survey in 2017–19. The results showed that physical health problems secondary to SCI are extremely common worldwide. Having pain, muscle spasms/spasticity, sexual dysfunction and bowel dysfunction were the most common, all with rates above 70%. The participants experienced a mean of 7 concurrent health conditions in addition to their SCI. Those reporting unmet healthcare needs, being a smoker, female, and having a complete lesion were most at risk for having comorbidity. These findings demand investment in appropriate management, medical care and preventative measures.
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Copyright (c) 2022 Vegard Strøm, Grethe Månum, Mohit Arora, Conran Joseph, Athanasios Kyriakides, Marc Le Fort, Rutger Osterthun, Brigitte Perrouin-Verbe, Karin Postma, James Middleton
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In June 2022, the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse (Task Force) launched with a roundtable of experts, including individuals with lived experience, on “increasing support…
The Leon County Commission determined a need for all Tallahassee businesses to know how to identify human trafficking and how to take action to help survivors and hold traffickers accountable. This training is specifically tailored to the Leon County community – Leon County’s businesses have a unique and important role to stop, prevent and respond to human trafficking.
The goal of this free, on-demand training is to help the thousands of businesses in our area know what to look for so they can see the signs of human trafficking and take action. This training will be useful to all workplaces: hotels, restaurants, the financial sector, retail outlets, offices, profit and non-profit sectors alike, and many more.
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Global Smart Homes Industry
Smart home technology can also be referred as home automation or domotics. The technology has a special focus on convenience, security, comfort, and energy efficiency. This happens even better when the control of all can be managed by a single device like a smartphone or other network devices. The system relies a lot on the integration of internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI). The process requires sharing of consumer data to optimize performance.
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The global market for smart homes can benefit from rising number of investors showing interest in such construction activities. Also, various associated manufacturers are producing gadgets in sync with latest updates to enable a seamless incorporation.
The market for smart homes can be studied on the basis of application as that would help in getting closer to various aspects of the market. This would also ensure better understanding of various factors that can help the market have its momentum. This study is bolstered by ample data collected by experts who performed volume-wise and value-specific analyses meticulously.
The study considers the market for smart homes on the basis of its application. It segments the market into Security & access control, lighting control, entertainment control, HVAC control, home health control, and others. The HVAC control plays a very integral role in uplifting the mood of the home. Meanwhile, the entertainment control is reaping benefits of various devices connected by IoT.
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North America, and Europe are two pillars of this market that are enjoying substantial market growth on the basis of their high expenditure ability, better technological performance, and easy inclusion of sophisticated techniques in the process. People of these regions have better per capita income riding on which various investors are now looking at providing heightened comfort. That is why a lot of funding is going into the research and development sector. Realtors are incorporating these latest upgrades to boost the smart homes market. On the other hand, growig environmental concerns in these regions are triggering high registration for these buildings.
The APAC market has substantial scope for growth as the regional disposable income amount is rising and investors are banking on such projects to gain more profit.
The market for smart homes is witnessing some significant inputs from various players who are investing a lot in innovation and implementation to make lives better and curb carbon emission to meet the global standards. Their enthusiasm is also taking other routes like merger, collaboration, marketing strategy, and etc. to make sure that people opt for these projects when they would consider luxury. The entire system is riddled with gadgets that could take life a few notches up.
In September 2019, Gary Sinise Foundation announced that they would build two smart homes for officers wounded in the line of duty. These smart homes would have all the needed facilities and would enable these officers to have a significantly easier life inside those homes.
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FURI | Spring 2018
Modular Household Aquaponics for Low-Income Families
Global food production increasingly contributes to environmental and economic strain as the world population increases. The researchers are trying to design and optimize a low-cost, indoor, aquaponics system (this incorporates fish and vegetables grown by hydroponics) targeted to low-income families. The proposed system adapts a design already developed and built by Professor Macia featuring a fish station that generates and distributes nutrient-rich water to vegetable trays in a cyclical purification process. Future work includes the design and construction of three vegetable trays, and a synchronized gravity-flow system that circulates nutrient-rich water between trays.
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Is a complete outpatient care concept developed by BÜHLMANN together with Dr. Smits for the assessment of Circadian-Rhythm-Sleep-Disorders. Sleep specialists and sleep laboratories can adopt this concept to facilitate the assessment of individuals with sleep disorders.
A large container of melatonin pills lays on the night table. After a goodnight kiss she takes three pills and he a handful. They both believe that the amount they take doesn’t matter because the pills are harmless. But does it matter? According to Dr. Marcel Smits: “Taking a dose that is too high or too low might have the wrong outcome: the biological clock could be altered in the incorrect direction.”
The right way to take Melatonin
Synthetically produced melatonin is widely used throughout the world. For example, millions of Americans take melatonin pills as a food supplement. In The Netherlands melatonin tablets are taken in large quantities as well. Here, pills with 0.1 mg of melatonin are freely available without any prescription.In the US, higher concentrations can be bought, even in supermarkets. Dr. Marcel Smits, a neurologist at the Hospital Gelderse Vallei, Ede, The Netherlands, is very concerned about the consumption of melatonin pills without proper medical guidance. Dr. Smit has been conducting research on the function and sensible use of melatonin for the last fifteen years. In 2004, under the supervision of Dr. Smits, the Hospital Gelderse Vallei started a special policlinic for the diagnosis and treatment of sleeping disorders resulting from a wrongly established biological clock.
First Steps towards Successful Therapy
People with sleep problems associated with their biological clock can receive treatment at Dr. Smits policlinic. Before visiting the policlinic; however, patients must first register and perform a self-test online at www.slaapstoornissen.nl. Then, in consultation with their general practitioner (GP)they discuss the outcome of the self-test. When the outcome of the test appears to be positive for biological clock problems, the GP can send the patient to the melatonin policlinic for treatment
Before visiting the policlinic, staff at the clinic send patients a Sleep Check Device, which contains five saliva collection devices called salivettes. During an evening, a patient chews on the salivettes for at least one minute each time and repeats this hourly until all five salivettes have been used. The next day, they send the salivettes by mail to the hospital for analysis.
Definition of Individual Biological Rhythms
Once the salivette tests arrive at the policlinic, technicians measure the amount of melatonin in the collected saliva. This makes it possible to calculate the starting point of melatonin production by the pineal gland. This time point, the ‘Dim Light Melatonin Onset’ (DLMO), not only indicates whether treatment with synthetic melatonin makes sense, it also indicates the effect of it. The later the starting point of DLMO, the more powerful the result the melatonin intake will have, provided it is taken at the right time.
Time of Melatonin Intake is Crucial
DLMO analysis substantiates Dr. Smits argument against the free availability of melatonin and prescription use of melatonin by GP’s. We know now that the time point of melatonin intake is much more important than the actual dosage of melatonin to be taken. For adults with a delayed sleeping phase, taking melatonin will be most effective five hours before their own melatonin production starts. For children this point of intake is at three hours before their own production of melatonin starts.
By taking synthetic melatonin it is possible to move forward a persons own melatonin production in the pineal gland. When the biological clock is set too early, melatonin must be taken 10 hours after DLMO. This will push the melatonin rhythm to a later starting point. More than 60% of our adult and 80% of child patients have reacted positively to our treatment!
Inappropriate Melatonin Intake can Cause Opposite Effects
Dr. Smits believes that there is an increase in the number of patients being prescribed melatonin pills in the wrong manner. “A lot of well-intentioned GP’s prescribe melatonin as a soporific, while it should be only used as a biological clock agent. Melatonin should be used only when a doctor has the information about the own melatonin production of the patient. Many patients are taking melatonin at the wrong point in time. For others the dose of melatonin is too low or too high. Taking melatonin incorrectly could produce the opposite of the intended effect. In other words, the biological clock could change in the wrong direction.
When people come to the policlinc, they must wait three months before we can do something useful. It takes twelve weeks after stopping medication before the normal rhythm of melatonin production is back. Sometimes this bridging time is far too long for patients who are deperate. In this case, we try to do as much as possible to help them.
Target-oriented Diagnosis and Therapy is an inevitable Need
According to the current literature on sleep disorders, in more than 10% of the people with chronic sleep problems, the reason lies with their biological clock. Based on the experience of Dr. Smits, the amount of this kind of disorder is much higher at approximately 30%.
“It is understandable that people with sleep problems will try anything to regain normal sleep habits. However, it is important that the cause of the problem is found as soon as possible. Normal hypnotics do not, or have hardly any effect on disorders of the biological clock. Unfortunately, sometimes people continue taking these hypnotics for years with an increasing dose.”, says Dr. Smits.
We hope that in the near future the Sleep Check concept, established by Dr. Smits, will be utilized throughout Europe and North America to guarantee the best possible care for patients suffering from biological clock sleep disorders.
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Even with increased vaccine supply, vaccination of willing Californians will take several months State supporting trusted providers and counties for non-traditional outreach in hard-to-reach communities SACRAMENTO – With supply of vaccines expected to significantly increase in the coming weeks, the state is expanding vaccine eligibility to more Californians. Starting April 1, individuals aged 50+ will be eligible to make an appointment, and individuals 16+ will be eligible to make an appointment to be vaccinated starting on April 15. “With vaccine supply increasing and by expanding eligibility to more Californians, the light at the end of the tunnel continues to get brighter,” said Governor Newsom. “We remain focused on equity as we extend vaccine eligibility to those 50 and over starting April 1, and those 16 and older starting April 15. This is possible thanks to the leadership of the Biden-Harris Administration and the countless public health officials across the state who have stepped up to get shots into arms.” Based on the current estimates, California expects to be allocated approximately 2.5 million first and second doses per week in the first half of April, and more than 3 million doses in the second half of April. California currently receives about 1.8 million doses per week. These estimates may be adjusted as time goes on. The state has the capacity to administer more than 3 million vaccines per week, and is building the capacity to administer 4 million vaccines weekly by the end of April. “We are even closer to putting this pandemic behind us with today’s announcement and with vaccine supplies expected to increase dramatically in the months ahead,” said California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly. “However, we are not there yet. It will take time to vaccinate all eligible Californians. During this time, we must not let our guard down. It is important that we remain vigilant, continue to wear masks and follow public health guidance.” In addition to increased allocations of vaccines to providers serving the hardest hit communities, the state has embarked on a series of initiatives to vaccinate those populations that have faced the highest rates of COVID infections before vaccines become available to the entire 16+ population. These efforts include: Provider funding for programs to reach and vaccinate communities facing the biggest health disparities Working with organized labor to reach essential workers Partnering with agricultural organizations and community-based organizations to vaccinate agricultural workers Allowing providers to target by ZIP code via My Turn with single-use codes (scheduled to launch at the end of March) Supporting a subset of community-based organizations currently partnering with the state on COVID-19 education to provide direct vaccination appointment assistance Prioritizing currently eligible populations and allowing providers the discretion to vaccinate those who live in high-impact areas (County Healthy Places Index Quartiles 1 and 2), including families Even with expanded vaccine supplies, it is expected to take several months for willing Californians to be vaccinated. Based on public information shared by vaccine manufacturers and the federal government, California expects to receive several million vaccine doses per week starting sometime in April. Along with the expanded eligibility and to align with upcoming federal guidance, California will update its vaccine allocation methodology. This will transition over four weeks, beginning with the March 22 allocation (delivered to providers the following week), from one based on the distribution of the 65+ population, workers in the agriculture and food, education and child care, and emergency services sectors to one based on the distribution of the 16+ population across California. This will be done in conjunction with completion of the shift to the state directly allocating vaccines to providers. The state will continue to double the amount of vaccine allocated to the lowest Healthy Places Index (HPI) quartile as announced on March 4 . Forty percent of COVID-19 cases and deaths have occurred in the lowest quartile of the HPI, developed by the Public Health Alliance of Southern California, which provides overall scores and data that predict life expectancy and compares community conditions that shape health across the state. The rate of infections for households making less than $40,000 per year (5.7) is 84 percent higher than that of households with an income of $120,000 or more (3.1). At the same time, California’s wealthiest populations have received 50 percent more vaccinations when compared to the rate of our most vulnerable populations. 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The photograph analyzed here (ESP_013558_1285) was acquired by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on 17 June 2009 and is described as ‘Disrupted Terrain on Crater Floor in Noachis Terra.’
Here I feature anomalies/artifacts I discovered at a new site in a Region of Mars called Noachis Terra.
These anomalies/artifacts include another triangular pattern consisting of three similar items and a triangular shaped one in the center of the one side – very similar to another surface feature at another site not too far away. There are also many megalithic type blocks with knobs, another disc-shaped anomaly and multiple parallel rows of small objects on top of flat surfaces.
As always, everything appears scattered due to some catastrophe/disaster that hit the region in the past.
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The historical context of the Jewish-Arab conflict in the Middle East is fundamentally different from that between the whites’ Afrikaner ideology of apartheid and the blacks in South Africa. The latter was a system of discrimination and inequality based upon racial criteria; a system of domination by a minority over a majority and refusal to negotiate a bilaterally agreed solution. Furthermore, for Palestinians, violence aimed primarily at civilians has been the first choice for many decades, for the African National Congress it was the last resort and never aimed intentionally at the murder of civilians.
The accusation that Israel is an apartheid state is an insidious tool in the hands of those who deny the entitlement of Jews to a viable national home. The tool is so effective because it contains within it the precedent of the use of boycotts as a method of attack as was the case against apartheid South Africa.
Those who use the apartheid accusation employ the old anti-Zionist arguments. These constitute a multi-layered construct of fundamental ideological positions and analytical constructs, one of which is the purposeful displacement of the real nationalist context for historical comprehension of Zionism with the vilifying label of colonialism. Many anti-Zionists, but not necessary all of them, apply identifiable double standards of judgment to Israel traceable to the characteristic anti-Semitic premise that all things Jews do are inherently evil, including their nationalism.
Even Israel’s relinquishment of all of the occupied West Bank would not dispel the fallacious Israel=apartheid accusation because it is rooted in a priori denial of Jewish nationalist need and entitlement, proscription of the entire Zionist enterprise as loathsome colonialism, and false equation of the Jewish national purposes and symbols of the State of Israel with racism.
Deconstructing the False Equation
“The term ‘apartheid’ originated in South Africa to describe a policy that institutionalized separation and differential status of racially defined groups in order to maintain the White minority’s domination of South Africa’s non-white majority. Those who attack Israel as a so-called ‘apartheid’ state, give that term a meaning so broad that it is deprived of its original significance. This enables them to label as apartheid any controversial policy or action of Israel rather than comprehending it in the context of conflict situations and legitimate security needs.”
Professor (Emeritus) Gideon Shimoni is a former head of the Hebrew University’s Institute of Contemporary Jewry, and held the Shlomo Argov Chair in Israel-Diaspora Relations. One of his books deals with the Jewish community in apartheid South Africa.
“A foundational element of the false equation is the disingenuous transforming of the term ‘apartheid’ from the description of a singular historical phenomenon in a particular time and place – South Africa from about 1948 to 1994 – into a generic concept. This deceptive device functions much like use of the term ‘holocaust’ to describe any and all human disasters. It obscures apartheid’s constitutive core, racism, as well as its actual historical context, South Africa.
“Unfortunately, also some Israeli journalists, who are otherwise legitimately critical of certain policies, throw the word in loosely, generally as a warning as to what could become the reality if the areas under occupation remain permanently so without granting the vote to their Palestinian residents. Such loose usage of the term ‘apartheid’ thus provides a great service to those who are unconscionably hostile to Israel and use the apartheid charge to delegitimize her very existence.
“Former American President Jimmy Carter is one of those who use the word apartheid in an over-generic sense. In his book, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid Carter in fact admits that he is not claiming that Israel practices apartheid but only that what is happening in the West Bank looks like it. Yet he chose to give the book a title that trumpets the stigmatic apartheid code-word. This attests to prejudice. As Alan Dershowitz commented, ‘Sometimes you can tell a book by its cover.’
“In deconstructing and refuting the application of the term apartheid to Israel one has primarily to address the criticism that comes from persons who constitute the liberal-minded public, many of whom are probably naïve, misinformed and misguided. There is a vast range of such people who are neither anti-Semites nor inveterately hostile to Israel.”
The Historical Context
Shimoni stresses that the historical context of the Jewish-Arab conflict in the Middle East is fundamentally different from that of apartheid South Africa.
“The contextual essence of the Palestine/Israel syndrome was not colonialism but rather a clash of nationalisms. In sharp contrast, the genesis of South African society was patently colonialist, in the definitive sense of involving colonization in the imperialist interests of external states, initially the Netherlands, later Britain.
“The role of nationalism in the further development of South African society was relatively limited, functioning primarily for mobilization of White Afrikaner ethnicity against British imperial control. The essence of the South African syndrome was thus never a clash of nationalisms, but rather the near absolute domination exercised by a racially defined minority (the Whites) over a racially defined majority of the population, which was denied the franchise and equal civic rights.
“By the same token, if one compares the historical experience of South Africa and Israel, the question is whether the valid paradigm is that of conflict over equal, as opposed to unequal, human rights in a common society and polity, or rather over which national collective’s self-determination should have precedence in a particular disputed territory?
“The answer is: the first paradigm is ontologically constitutive of the South African case, the second of the Israel case. In South Africa the essence of the struggle was for a shared civic society and for individual equality, whereas, the Israel-Arab conflict was and remains in essence a struggle between two nationalist aspirations for self-determination in the same territory. Hence the prospect for optimal resolution of the conflict diverges: in the first case, marriage and sharing, in the second, divorce and dividing. Both require negotiation. Accordingly, the main obstacle to resolution of the Arab-Jewish conflict is rejection of territorial partition; the main obstacle to resolution of the conflict that developed in South Africa was apartheid.
“Another basic difference between the two historical contexts is the way in which the struggle of the ANC and the PLO was conducted. In South Africa the blacks started with a tradition of non-violent resistance. They tried in every peaceful way to argue their case, only turning to violence as a last resort, because the other side refused to negotiate. Even when the African National Congress (ANC) turned to violence, its nature was incomparable with the barbarically indiscriminate practice not only of the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad but even of the PLO. The ANC always tried not to harm civilians, and most of their attacks were against installations such as electricity pylons. Comparing the Palestinian struggle to that of the ANC is an absolute insult to the latter’s historical record.”
“The Palestinians have repeatedly rejected Jewish offers of a negotiated compromise.” Shimoni mentions a few examples: “They refused all possibilities that were proposed by segments of the Jewish community in the 1920s and 1930s. This included ideas of cantonization and bi-nationalism. In 1937 the Peel Commission came to the conclusion that the only possible settlement was on the basis of a partition plan. Its work is acknowledged by most historians familiar with the history of the period to have been the most fair-minded approach ever taken to dealing with the tragically unfolding Arab-Jewish conflict.
“The Jewish community, notwithstanding pain and internal conflict, basically accepted this approach. The Palestinians rejected it with the support of the entire Arab world. The same happened in 1947 with catastrophic consequences for themselves. Like the Peel Commission, the UN came to the same conceptual conclusion that partition was the only solution. The Jewish side accepted this and the State of Israel was established accordingly. The Palestinian side, supported by all Arab independent states, totally rejected the partition compromise and turned to warfare in order to efface the Jewish state.
“In 1967 another round of war was imposed upon Israel. Reacting pre-emptively to a grave existential threat, with astonishing success, Israel found itself in control of the Sinai Peninsula and the West Bank up to the Jordan River. After the Six-Day War, eight Arab heads of states met in Khartoum, Sudan and resolved ‘no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it.” When asked whether he knows of any people other than the Arabs who – when defeated – refused to negotiate even to get back land which had been lost in a war of their own choosing Shimoni answers, “I don’t know whether there are any.”
He observes: “Later the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) did undergo a change of mind or strategy which resulted in the Oslo agreements of 1993. In the year 2000 Prime Minister Ehud Barak went further than any other Israeli leader in offering a negotiated compromise, again on the basis of a partition arrangement. Its essence was the acceptance in principle that there would be a Palestinian State alongside a Jewish state. When it came to the crunch, however, Arafat refused to take up this option of negotiated compromise. After that, the PLO turned again to terror and suicide murders.”
The Moral Excoriation of Apartheid
“The international resistance to South Africa’s apartheid regime was motivated by many different interests and purposes. Above all, a norm of racial equality that had grown out of the universal post-second world war anti-racialism agenda paved the way for apartheid to be morally adjudged the very epitome of abhorrent racist-grounded violation of the principle of equal human rights and dignity.
“From the purely moral point of view, it must be stressed that what became near universally recognized as so abhorrent about apartheid as to justify sanctions and boycotts of South Africa, was not the severe repression of all opposition to the regime, the likes of which could be found abundantly in many other countries plagued by violent internal conflict. Nor was it the ethnic survivalist rationale of White South Africans, because continued exercise of domination is not entirely indefensible as long as there are solid grounds for believing that the only alternative to dominating the Other is to be dominated by the Other.
“The utter excoriation of apartheid rested on two indefensible wrongs: firstly, the racist basis of apartheid’s enforced inequalities; secondly the adamant refusal of the apartheid regime to accept negotiation as an option for resolving the consequent conflict. Essential moral conditions for such negotiation were not only the willingness of the dominator to end the system of apartheid domination but also the willingness of the dominated Other not to resort to reverse domination. In fact, when these conditions were satisfied, boycotts and sanctions against the South African state rightly ceased. Manifestly, neither of the above-mentioned fundamental wrongs applies in the case of Israel.
“The present government of Israel was elected on a platform calling for a mutually negotiated agreement that will satisfy the national requirements and thereby the human right needs of both sides. It is willing to let a Palestinian state come into existence alongside Israel. The Palestinians, however, elected a Hamas government which refuses to negotiate on the basis of mutual recognition and declares that it will wage war until Israel is wholly displaced by a Palestinian State.
“Hamas is a movement that bases itself upon a policy that has genocidal potentiality. This should be totally indefensible from the point of view of fair minded liberals. Thus public demonstrations and boycotts should be against Hamas, not against Israel’s government.”
History of the Israel=Apartheid Equation
Shimoni analyzes the Israel-apartheid equation in more detail. “It has a long provenance, but before 1973 its use centered on Israel’s policy toward South Africa. When Israel joined the international condemnation of apartheid, in the 1950s and 1960s, it was used by its Afrikaner advocates, who truly believed – with an appalling mix of ignorance and fallacious comprehension of Judaism – that the teachings of the Bible, the practices that sustained millennial Jewish survival as a separate people, and the renewal of Jewish statehood, all together, constituted admirable models for apartheid theory and practice.
“Alternately, when Israel cooperated with the South African government, after about 1973, the Israel=apartheid equation was deployed in the international forum as a propaganda sub-theme of the notorious ‘Zionism is Racism’ slander. More recently the ‘Israel-is-an-apartheid state’ mantra has subsumed and largely superseded the defamatory ‘Zionism is Racism’ slogan.
“The foreboding signpost for this new direction was the September 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held in Durban. Even the South African government hosts admit that it turned into an unprecedented anti-Semitic hate fest in the course of which the apartheid stigma was viciously stamped upon Israel. The signal significance of what happened in Durban is the spin that turned the human rights cause against itself, disingenuously creating congruence between anti-Semitism and support of human rights. Anti-Semitism postured as anti-racism, and Israel was demonized as South Africa’s successor apartheid state!”
A Multi-Layered Construct
“The presumed Israel=apartheid equation is a multi-layered construct of fundamental ideological positions and analytical paradigms. One of these is the depiction of Israel as a product of colonialism. For the sake of the battle against Israel by its enemies it was vital to purposefully displace the nationalist context of Zionism with the colonialist paradigm. Zionism however never used the methods of the exploitative, historical phenomenon known as colonialism.
“The differences between Zionist settlement and definitively known cases of colonialism are of paramount significance. The foremost is that Zionist settlement in Palestine neither emanated from, nor was activated in the interests of, a state outside of Palestine.
“Zionists practiced colonization, but not in the context of colonialism. Their praxis was more akin to the parallel fin-de-siècle immigration of Jews from Eastern Europe to Argentina and to the establishment there of agricultural colonies with the support of philanthropist Baron de Hirsch. From an economic perspective there was also a major difference with colonialism: the Zionist movement characteristically invested in Palestine rather than drawing profit or resources out of it.
“In sum, the definitive essence of Zionism was nationalist aspirations, and the essence of the Arab-Jewish conflict is the tragic clash between two self-defined national entities, each aspiring to national self-determination in the same territory. The core question was, and remains: which need and entitlement to national self-fulfillment should have precedence in the disputed land, known as Eretz Israel to the Jews and Filastin to the Arabs. Applying a colonialism paradigm subverts genuine understanding of Zionism and the Arab-Jewish conflict.
“Understandably, this depiction was enthusiastically adopted by Arab spokesmen for the cause of Arab resistance to the Zionist program in Palestine. Branding Zionism as colonialism, thereby denying recognition of any Jewish national needs and entitlement to Palestine as the Land of Israel, became a constitutive myth of the Arab discourse against the Jews.
“More recently, a broad school of so-called ‘post-colonial’ theorists – drawing heavily on Edward Said’s polemic against so-called ‘Orientalist’ discourse – has sought to depict Zionism and the Jewish state as an entirely colonialist enterprise. The post-colonial paradigm has become a dogmatic ideological tool for automatically valorizing respectively stigmatizing beyond repair the presumed victims and perpetrators of all that is cast under the rubric of colonial or Orientalist discourse.”
Why the Israel=Apartheid Fallacy Resonates
“Israel’s governance, like that of most if not all states, undeniably has faults and moral failings and these may include breaches of human rights. But apartheid they are not, because they do not institutionalize human inequality on the grounds of race. Nor does Israel refuse the option of fair negotiation to resolve the conflict which has engulfed it. So why has the Israel=apartheid fallacy enjoyed such resonance?
“The answer is that apartheid has become one of the world’s most potent defamatory code-words. Hence those who a-priori seek fatally to stigmatize Israel grasp it with alacrity as a weapon in the struggle to end its existence as a Jewish state. In a sense, the Israel=apartheid fallacy can serve as a litmus test for distinguishing between those who are hostile to Israel’s very existence and those who are conscientious critics of the policies and actions of Israel’s governments and public.
“On the whole, caring critics of Israel find it unconscionable to treat Israel as the successor of South Africa’s apartheid state, much as they rightly shun the obscene equation of Zionism with Nazism or application of ‘Protocols of Zion’ conspiracy theory to describe Israel’s behavior. However, today the apartheid stigma is all too serviceable for fighting Israel, because it evokes the precedent of powerful external pressure in the form of boycott and sanctions.
“The principal faults of many otherwise fair-minded liberal critics of Israel are: firstly, their double-standard moral judgment – higher standards for Israel than for Arabs – which in fact is an insult to the Arabs. Secondly, their one-eyed credulousness in favor of Arab ideological discourse and intent as opposed to Jewish cause and intent. This one-sidedness is compounded by their simplistic essentializing. Many left-liberals essentialize Israel facilely by dint only of the segmental Jewish national-religious ideology upheld by the settlers of the occupied areas, Samaria, Judea, and until recently Gaza. Few such critics, if any, are willing equally to essentialize the Palestinians by dint of Hamas’ Muslim-nationalist ideology, even after it has gained the votes of a majority of the Palestinian electorate.”
Ending Occupation Will not End Accusations
Shimoni considers that as long as the occupation regime and settlements beyond the borders of pre-Six Day War Israel exist, the Israel=apartheid fallacy will garner international credibility and be deployed increasingly as a weapon against Israel. In his view, effective repudiation of the charge requires recognition of the settler-occupation regime’s moral indefensibility and encouragement of the Israeli public’s willingness to end it; a willingness indeed demonstrated by the recent painful withdrawal from the Gaza strip.
He stresses that even the most ardent and persuasive advocates of Israel’s cause, for example Alan Dershowitz, share this view. “Purely legalistic arguments such as that Gaza and the West Bank are disputed territories legitimately held by Israel as a result of failed aggression by the Arabs, carry no more weight than the purely theological claim that God promised all of the Land of Israel to the Jews.”
Yet, Shimoni says that it is important to recognize that even relinquishment of all of the occupied West Bank, as has already been done in regard to the Gaza Strip, would not dispel the fallacy. “It rests firmly on a multilayered edifice of hostile premises: denial in principle of Jewish nationalist need and entitlement, proscription of the entire Zionist enterprise as loathsome colonialism, and false equation of the Jewish national purposes and symbols of the State of Israel with racism.”
Shimoni concludes: “In sum, the fallacious Israel=apartheid equation is manifestly a malicious calumny used as a weapon aimed at the de-legitimization of Israel and its dissolution as a state that is Jewish in any meaningful sense. It is particularly insidious because it twists the worthy universal human rights agenda against itself.”
Interview by Manfred Gerstenfeld
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Professor (Emeritus) Gideon Shimoni is a former head of the Hebrew University’s Institute of Contemporary Jewry, and held the Shlomo Argov Chair in Israel-Diaspora Relations. Among his books are The Zionist Ideology, (1995) and Community and Conscience: The Jews in Apartheid South Africa, (2003) both published by Brandeis University & University Press of New England.
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TUCSON, Ariz (KGUN) — Sandra Day O’Connor took an unlikely path to the US Supreme Court. KGUN9 On Your Side talked to her brother about how life on a ranch prepared her for the pinnacle of America’s legal system.
The girl who became a Supreme Court Justice grew up on a ranch that straddled the border between Arizona and New Mexico. Sandra Day O'Connor's brother Alan says on the Lazy B if something had to be done you did it yourself.
“The nearest neighbor was 20 miles. And so you made your own entertainment. If a problem came up, especially if a problem came up, you solved it. We couldn't call Roto Rooter, we couldn't call, you know, a plumber, we took care of the problems that were there at the ranch to keep the ranch going. And we just were raised that way.”
Alan Day remembers the roundup when the cook was out of action and Sandra Day volunteered to bring food to the trailhands. When she showed up late her father would not accept her excuse.
“And so he said, ‘Well, where the hell have you been?' and Sandra said, ‘Well, I had a flat tire,’ and my dad, her father, said, ‘Well, why the hell didn't you fix it?’ Well, you don't fix it, you change it, you know, fix it when you get back to the ranch and she said, ‘Well, I did change it but it took me a while.’ And he said, ‘Then you should have started earlier.’”
Even with the isolation of the Lazy B, the family had ways to keep in touch with the world---with a slight delay.
Alan Day says, “My mother subscribed to the Los Angeles Times newspaper and my father subscribed to The Wall Street Journal, and they got there a week late, but they arrived and they arrived and they arrived and they arrived and we digested basically every word of both of those. So that's how you kept up on, and then my dad loved Time Magazine, and then we subscribe to Life magazine which doesn't even exist anymore, but those were our periodicals.”
Despite the demands of ranch life she excelled at school.
“She was amazing, amazingly adept at anything she ever tried. And so she graduated high school two years early and was in Stanford when she was 16.”
At Stanford, she coped with a campus flooded with former soldiers just returned from World War 2. It helped that she had a roommate who grew up on a ranch too and had some of the same resourcefulness that helped her power through challenges.
“So they decided, well, we better study hard to stay up with all this. At the end of the year they were number one and number two in their class.”
She graduated and stayed at Stanford for law school. A photo from 1952 shows her listening to a Moot Court competition. There are actually two future Supreme Court Justices in the photo from almost 70 years ago. The man next to her is William Rehnquist. As an Associate Justice he was one of the people recommending her when President Reagan nominated O’Conner to the high court. Rehnquist later became Chief Justice.
She married her classmate John O’Connor and started looking for work.
But the woman who would become the first at the Supreme Court found in 1952 even as a top performer in law school being a woman kept her from even getting a job as a lawyer. Alan Day says she tried the prosecutor's office in a county near Stanford.
“So the county attorney said, ‘Well I would love to hire you. But I don't have any space. We physically don't have the space. I don't have an office, don't have a desk,’ and Sandra said well, I can share that desk with that secretary right there’. And the guy said, ‘You'd be willing to do that?’ and Sandra said, ‘Yeah, you bet’. So he hired her on the spot. And of course she was a star from day one.
She went onto a variety of legal jobs. In politics she rose to the President of the Arizona State Senate---the first woman in that post.
She was on the Arizona Court of Appeals when President Ronald Reagan chose her for the Supreme Court.
Alan Day says back at the ranch, that came as quite a surprise.
“They might not have let the newspaper know but they said , ‘Okay you’re it.’ And she called and said, ‘Well, I got appointed to the Supreme Court.’ But I didn't know myself, or maybe my folks knew but I didn't know that she was even back in Washington interviewing about that. And so just all of a sudden it's like, wow, she's, she's on the Supreme Court.”
After 25 years helping to form the law that guides this country she stepped down from the Supreme Court in 2006 but continued to hear cases as an appeals court judge until six years ago. Dementia striking her husband was part of the reason to retire.
“But her husband is failing and, you know, she wasn't as young as she used to be and, you know, how do you handle it because she tried for a while taking John to the office and kind of letting her secretary entertaining or be you know even I was back there and she, she'd say, ‘Alan take John out and go to lunch and you know, do something with John,’ and,
and I would do that.”
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You know when something awful happens in the world and you wish there was something you could have done? When the world seems full of atrocity and pain and anguish and you feel like an insignificant dot of plankton floating around in an huge, scary cold ocean without purpose? I know it’s not just me who feels like this on a fairly regular basis. I also know that I am important and I do make a difference and I’ve written about this here and here.
Reading back through past posts can help me remember.
This morning I woke up to the news that Robin Williams lost his battle with depression and seemingly decided to take his own life. Hearing stories like this always feel like a punch in my stomach. People who’ve never experienced depression or supported someone through it won’t know the dark depths it takes you to. I pray they never will.
Supporting someone through depression is hard enough, but what about all of the people who are suffering in silence? What can we do to help them? One in four people in the UK suffer with some kind of mental illness and many of them are suffocated by stigma. They feel ashamed, alone and frightened to tell anyone.
This is where we can help. We can all help. You see, we don’t need to wait until somebody “comes out” about their depression or other mental illness. We don’t even need to know about it at all.
We just need to be kind.
Nice to people.
Cut them some slack.
Smile at strangers…. We don’t know what they’re going through…. We have no idea what their demons are but a smile from you might be the highlight of someone’s day. One kind word from a stranger might be be enough to restore somebody’s faith in human nature…. It could give them the strength to get through one more day. One more dark night.
I shared a post on my personal Facebook page this morning. As with every time I speak publicly (or at least virtually) about my own struggles I received a message from yet another friend struggling with depression and afraid to tell anyone. We discussed medication and treatment and he said to me: “I’d never have guessed you were ill. You always seem so happy”.
And there you have it, friends. Some of us are masters at hiding our pain from others, for many reasons. Sometimes to protect out loved ones and save them worry and other times out of fear and shame. You can never tell what a person is going through.
There is always something we can do. There’s always a small ripple to be created. It starts with us. You and me. We can do something. We can smile at strangers. We can and we should and we absolutely must…because lives may well depend on it and love simply has to win. Only bright light can chase away shadows.
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Discovered in 1969 and containing six major bodies of iron ore over 40 square kilometers, the Gohar Zamin Iron Ore Mine is estimated to contain over 1.1 billion tons of iron ore. Already laden with the know-how, the Gohar Zamin Iron Ore Company is undertaking an expansion of the mine in order to boost production up to 10 million tons of iron ore concentrate, 10 million tons of pellets, and the extraction of 15 million tons of iron ore per year. The mine is located 50 kilometers from Sirjan in Kerman Province, an area that has been popular with miners for over 900 years.The majority of ore at the site is located at mine number three, which contains an estimated 643 million tons in reserves. According to expansion plans, 210 million tons will be extracted from the open pit, while the remaining amount will be extracted by underground methods.The project is set to take place over two phases, the first of which envisages the establishment of a gyratory crusher, secondary crushers, as well as accumulating and offtake machinery and a crushed ore depot with a capacity for 15 million tons per year. The plan also foresees the establishment of two lines of concentrate plants each with the capacity for 2 million tons, or 4 million tons overall annually. Furthermore, a one-line pelletizing plant with the capacity for 5 million tons per year will be established. It is expected to begin operating a year after the iron ore concentrate plant commences operations. Phase II involves the creation of three concentrate production lines, each with a 2 million-ton capacity. A further pellet production line will also be established with enough capacity for 5 million tons per year. The expansion will take place over 911 hectares. The completed concentrate plants will then source iron ore from the number three mine. The extracted iron ore will then be fed into the entrance of the gyratory crusher by 150-ton trucks. This will result in crushed iron ore of 200 mm in diameter. The secondary crushers will then crush it down to 40 mm in diameter before it is stored in piles. Finally, it will be transferred by conveyor belt to five processing lines before eventually ending up on two pelletizing lines after passing through a magnetic separation machine and flotation and filtration cells.
The area, however, must first undergo further exploration, preparation, and equipment upgrades. Boreholes will be completed in order to finalize the open mine and complementary exploration. Pre-productive excavation will then be carried out at the mine, with around 140 million tons expected to be shifted by 2013. The mine will also be equipped with heavy machinery to carry out exploitation operations. It is expected that 60 million tons will be moved per year; 15 million tons of iron ore and 45 million tons of waste. Finally, the mine will be studied and necessary drainage will be established in order to stop the entrance of underground water into the mine. When complete, it should sure up Iran's status as one of the region's major iron ore producers and exporters. | <urn:uuid:24562bce-97a8-4c14-b70a-19cd27c1d3f7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thebusinessyear.com/article/ore-to-dig | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.950693 | 616 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Why Adoption Still Carries So Much Stigma
By Jacob LaBau
Although adoption is becoming more and more mainstream, people still refuse to give adoption a chance due to outdated stigmas. Some of these stigmas have been around for decades and still scare birth mothers away from pursuing adoption. Do not let other people decide if adoption is right for you. It is your child. Therefore, it is your choice. Let’s falsify these stigmas so you can make an educated decision for your baby.
Common Misconceptions about Adoption in Kansas
1. Adoption can be seen as a sin
Putting a child up for adoption is not a sin. Nowhere in the bible does it mention adoption being wrongdoing. However, we understand why it can feel that way. At the end of the day, you are not raising the baby. Turn that negativity into positivity because that is what adoption is all about! You are making the best possible decision for your child. You may not be prepared to become a parent, which is okay! There are families out there who undoubtedly have similar religious beliefs to you who are pursuing adoption. Adoption Choices of Kansas will help the mom with various resources the whole way through! Find out what help you are eligible for by contacting us at one of our adoption agencies in Kansas today.
2. The Adoptive Family Will Not Love My Child
An adoptive family will love your child to the moon and back! Prospective families must follow strict requirements before being added to our waitlist. Some requirements include an application, background check, parental training course, a home study, and a fingerprint scan. Adoptive families must go through all this, so you better believe they are serious about wanting a child they can take care of. Your adoption specialist will coordinate as many meetings as you would like with loving families. You get to decide, so channel that inner boss lady and start making moves! Contact one of our adoption agencies in Kansas to get started on your adoption plan today!
3. Adoption Will Hurt My Child’s Self-Esteem
Your child will be the confident young man or woman you hope they will be! Don’t just take my word for it either. Listen to the research. A previous study states, “A study by a Dutch researcher shows that adopted children tend to overcome developmental and emotional problems, and achieve a normal level of self-esteem.” Alix Spiegel stated. So not only will your child be confident, but they will overcome other problems too! Trust in the adoption process and find an adoptive family who will guide your child through life’s challenges.
4. Adoption is Expensive for a Birth Mother
This could not be further from the truth. Adoption is completely free for a birth mother! As stated previously, Adoption Choices of Kansas helps the mom with various resources. Some of those resources include financial assistance. So, things like rent, utilities, groceries, transportation, and even medical bills can be covered by us! Contact an adoption specialist today to see how much financial assistance you are eligible for. Then, let us take care of you!
5. Birth Mothers Who Choose Adoption are Selfish
If anything, birth mothers who choose adoption are some of the most unselfish women on the planet! Most of the time, all your thinking revolves around your baby’s future. By doing so, you may realize that you are not ready to be a parent or cannot sufficiently provide for the child. We encourage this type of thinking at Adoption Choices of Kansas. We share the same goal: giving a child the life he/she deserves! Locate one of the adoption agencies near me and ask about some successful adoptions we have helped with!
6. Adoptive Families Tend to Want a Closed Adoption
No, and it is actually the other way around! In the last decade, adoptive families have been more and more likely to pursue open adoption. This means that you can put a plan in place with the adoptive family to receive consistent updates through text, videos, and photographs about your child. Open adoption is quite flexible. Describe to the adoptive family how much communication you would like to receive, and they can work around it. Learn how to put a child up for adoption as soon as possible to get a head start on your child’s future!
Choosing Adoption Is Not Something to Feel Bad About
Adoption could be for you. The only way to know is by contacting an adoption specialist and addressing any and all of your concerns. Don’t let other people steer you away from adoption. You are the only one who knows what is best for your child. So go ahead and do what you think is best. If you are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy and are unsure where to turn, we can help you. Choosing adoption is not giving up. If you need unplanned pregnancy help now, Adoption Choices of Kansas serves birth parents statewide and beyond. We can help with teen pregnancy, financial assistance, difficult situations, and more. Please call us or text us to learn more! Call Us 877-903-4488 or Text Us 316-209-2071
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"Continuous improvement isn’t nearly as important as discontinuous improvement. Creativity is a discontinuity. A creative act breaks with the chain that has come before it."Russ Ackoff¹
Since 2005, MaRS Discovery District has had the privilege of working with some of the most inspiring innovators in Canada and abroad. Many of our innovation partners work in the Government of Canada, and the governments of the Canadian provinces, territories and municipalities.
From our experience, one thing stands out: improvement is not innovation. If your organisation uses these terms interchangeably, or has an innovation strategy that manages both innovation and improvement in the same way, it will very likely fail to achieve anything truly innovative.
MaRS Discovery District defines innovation as the invention of a new way of creating significantly more value and the adoption of this invention at scale.
This definition contains three key ideas.
If it is not new, if someone else somewhere else in the world has already invented it and made it work, it is not innovation. Call it improvement, or call it the adoption of a good idea. If the invention itself is not new, but the policy or the business model is, then be precise and qualify where innovation is happening. Call it policy innovation or business model innovation respectively.²
Innovation is not a 10% gain in efficiency or effectiveness (1.1x). Innovation should aim for 10x gains in value creation. Why? Because 10x forces you to re-examine fundamental assumptions, diverge from business as usual, forge unlikely partnerships, and experiment with new technologies, business models, and organisational forms.
You won’t always achieve 10x. Maybe you only make 2x. But that’s still 90% more than if you aimed for 1.1x. Plus, you’ll learn faster and differently. Which means: innovation is high uncertainty, high return work. And there are no shortcuts to high returns. You can’t innovate off the side of your desk. It’s not going to happen in an ivory tower or a shiny lab disconnected from core government business.
When you have a bold goal, you need the fuel, air cover and runway to match. Innovation projects should start out lean and agile, but the successful ones will grow into major transformation initiatives that enhance government’s legitimacy, effectiveness and efficiency. The unsuccessful ones should be terminated – and their learnings harvested – when they fail to achieve liftoff. This frees up the resources needed for new innovation.
When invention becomes adopted at scale, it becomes the new normal. This is why we talk about Nikola Tesla as the inventor who was ahead of his times, but Thomas Edison as the innovator. This is also one of the trickiest aspects of innovation. Innovation efforts have to be bold and pushing boundaries, yet at the same time be plausible and timely. The delay between invention and adoption is often measured in decades, for two reasons:
Compare the MaRS definition of innovation above with two common public sector descriptions:
"There is no one single definition. But innovation as described in the Innovation Union plan broadly means change that speeds up and improves the way we conceive, develop, produce and access new products, industrial processes and services. Changes that create more jobs, improve people's lives and build greener and better societies."
"At its most basic, innovation is about making things better in ways that benefit everyone. Innovation isn't always based on technology. Any idea can be transformed into a simple solution that results in new products or services. Innovations can create entirely new jobs, markets and industries that never existed before. And they can give existing industries a new lease on life by making them more productive and efficient."
The problem: they don’t say what innovation is not; and they are not a useful guide for action.
We often hear senior leaders say they do not want to define innovation too clearly so there is room for flexibility and interpretation. Yet this is the number one complaint we hear from civil servants. There is no clarity on what innovation is, how to know which projects are innovative, and how to prioritise innovation when and where it is needed most.
In contrast, the Built in Canada Innovation Program gets it:
"An invention, new technology or new process that is not currently available in the marketplace. An improvement to an existing technology/process that represents a significant (generally patentable) improvement in functionality, cost or performance of goods and services that are considered state of the art or the current industry best practice. Incremental improvements, 'good engineering' and technologies that would go ahead in a normal course of product development (i.e. the next version or release) are not considered as 'innovations' for the purposes of this program."
And we can guess why: accountability and goal clarity. In this case, decision makers are clear enough about their innovation objectives to approve a mandate with significant funding and have to be sure the programme generates significant value.
When we differentiate innovation from improvement, it enables government to:
We have defined innovation as the invention of a new way of creating significantly more value and the adoption of the invention at scale.
This definition is useful because it differentiates innovation from improvement. It informs government how to set an innovation agenda, create and manage a portfolio of innovations and improvements, and build well-rounded teams to implement on the agenda.
Improvement and innovation are highly complementary dual processes. When they are confused in the public service, both suffer, and genuine innovation stalls.
² By policy, we mean a deliberate system of principles to guide government decisions and achieve rational outcomes. Policy innovation includes innovation in both the what (the policy instrument or artifact) and the how (policy development processes and tools) of policy. By business model, we mean the rationale of how an organisation creates, delivers, and captures value. Business model innovation includes the invention and adoption of new value propositions, new funding and cost structures, new ways of delivering value to citizens and working with partners.
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Konrad Mizzi is asking the Constitutional Court to protect him from the government he works for. In a complaint to the Court he says the State should not be allowing anyone to ask for an inquiry into the Panama Papers. He says the procedure used by Simon Busuttil and separately by Repubblika allows people to reopen questions that have already been closed by other courts and that, he says, is unfair.
He is suing the government on his own behalf of course. But his case is a shield for Keith Schembri as well. You could say it also interests Joseph Muscat.
By the end of it you’ll end up having the entire government suing itself. This is too ridiculous to see the funny side of the ironic. It’s utterly absurd.
Ministers have the power to push legislation through Parliament. Their back-benchers support them blindly. If a law is unconstitutional and in breach of fundamental human rights – if they know it and they can see it – they have the power, nay the duty to change it. After all a law that breaches someone’s fundamental freedoms, breaches everybody’s.
What we have here though is a Minister realising a law on our books is a breach of everybody’s fundamental freedoms because he is personally impacted by it. Or so he says.
It’s a struggle to take Konrad Mizzi’s point of view. His arguments in Court are about the esoteric details of process but the effect that he wants to achieve – unspoken but clearly known – is preventing an investigation into the Panama Papers scandal, or – rather than an investigation, even – the preservation of the evidence connected to those crimes.
He argues in his Court cases that his rights to a fair hearing apply to ‘preliminary processes’ as well, except that an inquiry is not even a preliminary judicial stage. We’re nowhere near that yet.
This is not too far from saying that being complained about at the police station is a breach of someone’s rights. If your neighbour calls the police because you’re making too much noise at night, you’ll be angry and annoyed especially if you are indeed making too much noise at night and wanting to continue to do so.
Just because someone complains about you, you’re still entitled to a fair hearing, the opportunity to give your side of the story, the right to appeal a decision and all that jazz. But just because the police receive a report and start looking into the matter does not mean you’re being treated unfairly. You’ll have your say.
Konrad Mizzi doesn’t want to have his say. These are questions he cannot answer.
Why did your accountant set up a Panama company the week you came to office? Why did your accountant tell banks around the world you’d be making millions from businesses you clearly do not have? Why did you interfere in the procurement of fuels from Azerbaijan while in office? Why did your accountant say that Yorgen Fenech’s Dubai company was going to pay you $5,000 a day? Why did you get your accountant to choose Yorgen Fenech’s partnership with Azerbaijan to supply energy to Malta?
If there was a reasonable explanation to these questions, we’d have heard it. Konrad Mizzi would have happily sauntered into a court room months and years ago and shown there’s a perfectly innocent explanation for all this.
The only alternative is for him to get everyone to stop asking the questions.
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Thankfully more and more people are able to pursue a path in higher education in modern times, allowing them to develop their skills and knowledge and follow a career path that is best suited to them. Undergoing a course at a conventional education institute has many benefits of its own, but it can often be inconvenient for people who do not want to relocate to a new place or if they have pressing work commitments. Conventional education courses require you to physically visit the campus at certain times every week, something that people with regular jobs they need to support themselves cannot do. Online education allows you to progress on your course without actually having to be in a certain location at specific times. There are also many other excellent benefits to online education courses, which are explored in more detail below.
Online education is lower cost
As online education institutes have smaller fixed costs to pay, such as campus maintenance and general location upkeep costs, they are not impelled to charge you a high price to cover these overheads. Most online courses are available at a fraction of the price of higher education institutes, yet still allow you the opportunity to further yourself and your career.
Online courses often offer more regular assessments
Because of the logistical problems in organising tests and examinations physically, many higher education institutes only offer examinations two or three times a year. With online courses you can have assessments on a far more frequent basis, giving you a greater gauge of how you are progressing and whether you need to put more work in or not.
You can progress on your course at your own pace
Because online education institutes understand that many people have other working commitments that they need to focus on, the courses they offer are extremely flexible and allow you to complete them in your own time. This takes a lot of pressure off your shoulders, something that is extremely helpful given that your general schedule in life may already be a bit hectic.
There will be a vast range of choices open to you
Having a huge variety of opportunities in front of you can allow you to gradually decide what it is you want to do in life and what skills you want to develop. It is common for people to be indecisive about what path they want to follow in life – online education institutes give you an incredible range of possibilities to give you a clearer idea of where you are going in life.
Online education can save you a lot of money
Online education is not only a money saver in terms of lower tuition fees – it can also save you daily travel costs which can run up to huge numbers at the end of the year. Being able to work from home in your own comfort also prevents you from relocating, something that can leave you paying a large amount in rent and leaving behind your home.
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CAT Exam 2022: Application Form, Dates, Syllabus, Preparation Tips, Question Papers, Mock Tests
CAT 2022 Exam - CAT is a national level management aptitude test and known as Common Admission Test. The exam will be conducted by IIM Bangalore on November 27, 2022 in online mode. CAT registration 2022 will start probably on August 3. Prior to the start of the CAT 2022 online application form window, authorities will release CAT notification on its official website- iimcat.ac.in. The CAT 2022 official website is likely to be launched for CAT 2022 on August 1. CAT entrance test has a total of three sections namely- Quantitative Ability (QA), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC).
CAT entrance test is likely to be held on the last Sunday of November 2022 i.e. November 27 (tentative). The exact exam date for CAT 2022 will be announced by the IIM Bangalore probably on July 31 with the issue of official notification. In this CAT 2022 entrance exam article of CareersToday, we have shared each and every detail pertaining to CAT 2022.
CAT 2022- Exam overview
Before filling CAT 2022 online application form, candidates should know all the details about CAT 2022 such as what is for CAT exam? and who should appear? and when will be CAT 2022 entrance exam be held? Those who are seeking an answer to what is a CAT exam? Then the answer is the CAT exam also known as Common Admission Test. It is an online (CBT) based management entrance test conducted on a rotation basis by one of the six designated Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) to get admission into MBA program in IIMs or other top B-schools. The IIM Bangalore is the conducting body of CAT 2022.
As per the last year’s CAT media release, a total of 2.30 lakhs candidates registered for the CAT entrance test. The overall CAT test-taker's attendance was approximately 83%. Out of total registered candidates, 1.92 lakh candidates appeared for the CAT entrance exam, 65% were males and 35% were females, and 2 candidates represent Transgender.
- CAT notification 2022
- How to prepare for CAT DI & LR
- How to prepare for CAT QA
CAT Exam 2022 Important Details
Common Admission Test (CAT)
CAT 2022 conducting body
IIM stands for
Indian Institute of Management
Computer Based Test (CBT)
Exam section name
CAT 2022 exam time duration
2 Hours (120 minutes)
CAT 2022 registration mode
Total number of CAT test cities
Number of CAT accepting colleges
CAT 2022 registration fee
CAT 2022 official website
CAT 2022 eligibility criteria
The CAT 2022 eligibility criteria comprise the minimum qualification marks and nationality that one needs to fulfill to appear for CAT 2022 entrance exam. Before going to apply for CAT 2022 exam, one should know the expected CAT eligibility criteria.
Graduation/ Bachelor’s degree
Minimum marks required in graduation
50% (40% for SC/ ST/ PwD)
Age criteria for CAT 2022
There is no age bar to appear for CAT 2022 entrance test
Based on category
Candidates who have successfully completed their graduation in any stream with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks (45% for SC/ ST/ PwD) from any recognized university/ institution are eligible to apply for CAT 2022.
Those who are pursuing their final year of graduation are also eligible to apply for CAT 2022.
There is no age bar to apply for CAT 2022.
It is not mandatory to have work experience in order to apply for CAT.
CAT 2022 exam date
Those candidates who are going to apply for CAT 2022 entrance test must know all the important dates pertaining to it such as CAT online application start and end date, admit card release date, CAT 2022 exam date, etc. The below-provided table shows the CAT 2022 important dates for all events related to Common Admission Test (CAT).
CAT Exam 2022 Events
Release of CAT 2022 official notification
July 31, 2022
CAT 2022 registration start date
August 3, 2022
CAT registration last date
Last week of September 2022
CAT 2022 application form correction window dates
Last week of September 2022
CAT mock test 2022
First week of November 2022
Availability of CAT 2022 admit card
Last week of October 2022
CAT 2022 exam date
November 27, 2022 (Tentative)
Release of CAT 2022 response sheet and question paper
First week of December 2022
Start and end date to challenge the CAT 2022 answer key
First week of December 2022
Declaration of CAT 2022 result
First week of January 2022
CAT 2022 selection process dates
April to June 2022
Best study material for CAT 2022
CAT 2022 exam pattern
The CAT 2022 exam pattern comprises the duration of the exam, exam mode in which CAT 2022 will be held, and the total number of questions that will be asked in CAT 2022. The time duration of the CAT exam will be 120 minutes. The sectional time limit will be 40 minutes for each section (53 minutes 20 seconds for SC/ ST/ PwD). Check out the sectional breakup of the CAT exam pattern and other key highlights.
CAT Exam 2022 Information
Computer Based (Online) Mode
Total time duration for CAT 2022
120 minutes (2 hours)
Sectional time limit
40 Minutes (for PwD candidates 53 Minutes and 20 Seconds)
CAT 2022 marking scheme
CAT 2022 exam pattern- Sectional break-up
CAT exam section name
Number of questions
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation (LRDI)
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
CAT 2022 syllabus
While understanding the comprehensive CAT 2022 syllabus, it is a must to get an overview of all the important topics from each section. Check out the table outlining important topics from the CAT 2022 exam syllabus.
CAT 2022 exam syllabus
CAT Syllabus (section-wise)
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
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CAT 2022 sample paper
Before appearing for CAT 2022 entrance test, candidates should know the exact exam syllabus. This is where CAT mock test, previous year's CAT question paper, and sample paper play their role. Candidates should solve CAT sample paper as it will help in analyzing the preparation required.
The below table holds the past few years' CAT question paper with answers. By clicking the “Download” link, candidates can get their appropriate question paper for the CAT 2022 entrance exam.
Year-wise CAT sample paper
CAT previous year papers (2020) with solution pdf
CAT 2019 question paper with solution pdf
Download Slot 1
Download Slot 2
CAT previous year papers (2018) with solution pdf
CAT 2017 question paper with solution pdf
CAT 2022 application form
CAT 2022 registration will begin from August 3 and candidates will be able to submit their CAT online form till the last week of September proabably. CAT registration form can be accessed via online mode by visiting the official website- iimcat.ac.in. At the time of CAT online form filling candidates will have to pay the application fee of Rs 2,000.
CAT 2022 registration
CAT 2022 registration process involves three steps:
CAT 2022 online registration
Filling up CAT 2022 exam application form
Payment of application fee
How to fill CAT 2022 application form
The candidates who are interested to apply for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2022 are required to submit the CAT application form by visiting the official website. Check out the step-by-step process to fill CAT application form.
- Visit the CAT 2022 official website i.e. iimcat.ac.in.
- Find and click the button states “New Candidate Registration” on the right side of the webpage.
- Then it will redirect to the CAT exam 2022 application form. From there, you have to enter the required details such as,
- Name of the Candidate
- Date of Birth
- Email Address
- Mobile Number and
- Once you entered all the essential details, click on the “Generate OTP” button. Using the OTP which is sent to the candidate's registered mail id, complete the CAT 2022 registration process.
- Next, log in to the dashboard and fill out the CAT Exam Application Form 2022 with valid details like,
- Personal Details
- Other Personal Details
- Communication Address
- Emergency Contact Details
- Upload Documents (in a prescribed format and size)
- Fill in the academic details of SSC/ Class 10, HSC/ Class 12, Bachelor’s Degree Details, Master’s Degree Details, Other Professional Degree Details.
- After completing the above process, the candidate needs to enter the work experience details if any.
- Then choose the IIM Programmes & Interview Cities.
- Next, select any six preferred test cities to take CAT Exam 2022.
- Final process of the CAT Registration 2022 process is to make payment online for an application fee.
For General Category Candidates: Rs 2000
For SC/ ST/ PwD: Rs 1000
NOTE- The final amount also includes applicable additional fees.
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CAT 2022 application form correction window
The Indian Institute of Management will open the correction window for the CAT 2022 application form from the last week of September 2022 probably and it will remain open for two days. Mistakes in scanned images of signatures, photographs, or other documents can be modified during this CAT application form correction window.
Also, candidates can make changes to the test city option if provided. Students must log in and adjust the images as per the suggested specifications. Any other changes can be made with the help of the CAT help desk at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM).
CAT 2022 exam centres
CAT 2022 will be held in at least 159 test cities at more than 425 test centers across the country. All details pertaining to CAT test venue and test cities will be available on the official website of CAT 2022. Candidates will be assigned test city as per their preference. The name and CAT 2022 centre venue details will also be mentioned on the CAT admit card. Check out some CAT exam centres states' name as well as exam cities.
CAT 2022 preferred test city and allocation process
Candidates will be given the opportunity to select six test cities of their choice.
Cities and CAT test centres will be assigned to candidates after the CAT registration process.
There is no need to rush to block CAT test slots and cities in the early days of CAT 2022 registration.
The CAT exam session cannot be chosen because it will be assigned approximately.
CAT 2022 exam centres
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CAT 2022 mock test
The official mock test of CAT 2022 will be available on the CAT official website at IIM Banglaore tentatively in the third week of October 2022. CAT 2022 mock test gives the actual picture of the CAT exam. If the Indian Institutes of Management, Bangalore offers only one or two CAT mock tests, candidates can try them on the web from various coaching centers. The IIM CAT exam mock test should be an integral part of the CAT preparation because it allows students to know exactly how to answer, navigate between sections, and more. Before going to take the mock test, the candidates should know the CAT exam strategy and tips.
In the meantime, the CAT official mock test can be used to understand how the test goes. IIM Ahmedabad conducts a separate mock test for PwD category candidates. These candidates get 53.20 minutes for each section in CAT 2022. The total of 159.60 minutes to complete the CAT Exam 2022. PwD category candidates with low vision can also practice with CAT mock test from the official website.
CAT 2022 admit card
Candidates can download the respective CAT 2022 admit card using their CAT login credentials till the day of the CAT exam. CAT 2022 admit card will be released probably in the last week of October. The CAT admit card 2022 is a mandatory document to take to the examination center. Failure to carry the CAT 2022 admit card at the examination center may result in disqualification from the CAT exam. Therefore, candidates are required to download their hall tickets before the CAT exam day.
How to download CAT 2022 admit card
- To download the CAT 2022 admit card, candidates should follow the steps given below:
- Go to the official CAT 2022 website i.e. iimcat.ac.in.
- Click on the “CAT Admit Card 2022” download link.
- It will redirect you to the admit card login window. From there, enter the required CAT login credentials (User ID and Password).
- A pop-up will appear on the computer screen stating that the CAT 2022 application form has been successfully submitted and then click on the "Close" tab.
- The complete form and information related to CAT candidate details will be displayed on the screen.
- Click on the CAT 2022 admit card download tab.
- A new page will open, which will reveal the test center address and shift time along with the Common Admission Test 2022 admit card.
- Check all the details mentioned in the Admit Card and take its printout.
By following the above steps, candidates can easily download their appropriate CAT exam admit card in pdf format. If there are any errors or discrepancies while downloading the admit card of CAT 2022, send an email to the authorities at firstname.lastname@example.org or call 1800-266-3549. They will shortly resolve the issues regarding the CAT exam 2022 admit card.
CAT 2022- Exam Day Guidelines
The candidates who are going to appear in CAT 2022 must follow some exam day guidelines which helps them to face the exam without any stress. Candidates should know the time and CAT 2022 exam date so as not to miss anything. This is the primary CAT exam day tip. IIM has strongly advised the candidates to follow these on CAT 2022 exam days.
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Exam Day Guidelines to Follow at CAT 2022 exam center
Candidates are advised to reach the CAT exam center at least one hour before the gate closes.
Please double-check the reporting time before the deadline for CAT 2022.
Bring the CAT Admit Card 2022 and the required documents (ID Proof).
Use the applicant's number printed on a CAT 2022 admit card to locate the exam lab/ console in the CAT exam centres.
CAT 2022 answer key
IIM, Bangalore will be releasing the CAT 2022 answer key for slot 1, slot 2, slot 3 along with the CAT response sheet in online mode in the first week of December 2022 probably. The final answer key will have the correct answers to the questions asked in the CAT 2022. Candidates can challenge the CAT exam answer key 2022 with evidence in support of their claim.
For the objection, they have to pay Rs 1,200 per question. Officials will refund only for all challenges that appear to be valid. Candidates can measure their potential CAT 2022 score. All the candidates who came for the examination can download the CAT response sheet 2022 file by entering the CAT login ID and password after IIM is released. The response file for the CAT entrance exam 2022 will indicate the answers given by the candidate to a particular question. Details of unanswered questions will also be given in the response sheet.
CAT 2022 result
Candidates will get to know how they have performed in the exam when the CAT result 2022 is released by the authorities. To download their CAT scorecard 2022, candidates must use a registered CAT login ID and password. The scorecard for CAT 2022 will have a section and overall scaled score and percentile. Candidates should take the printout of the CAT 2022 result and keep it safe till the admission process is over. CAT result validity period is one year i.e. December 31, 2023.
CAT 2022 Result: key points to note
- CAT 2022 Result Time & Date will be announced on the official website.
- Post declaration of CAT result, IIMs will release the CAT score card along with CAT 2022 rank list.
- You can download the CAT scorecard 2022 as soon as the results of CAT 2022 are declared.
- The conducting body will send the CAT score via SMS to all the candidates
How to check CAT 2022 results online
In order to know the CAT 2022 result, the candidates need to follow the following procedure.
- First, go to the official website of CAT 2022.
- Visit the dashboard using the CAT login credentials like User ID and Password.
- Then find and click the tab called “CAT Result”.
- It will appear on the screen.
- Click the “Download” link to download the CAT scorecard 2022.
CAT 2022 cutoff
The minimum marks required for test-takers to call for an additional MBA selection process are called the CAT cut off 2022. IIMs Like Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Raipur etc will release CAT cutoff from August onwards.CAT 2022 for the best IIMs is typically 99 to 100 percentile for general category students.
IIM CAT Cutoff (Expected)
IIMs colleges in India
CAT 2022 selection process
Candidates who clear the CAT 2022 entrance examination will have to take part in the selection process of CAT 2022 which includes shortlisting of candidates by the IIMs for the next round of selection. The CAT selection process 2022 will consist of
- Written Ability Test (WAT)
- Group Discussion (GD)
- Personal Interviews (PI)
CAT Reservation Criteria
Check out the category-wise reservation policy of IIMs.
CAT Reservation Category
NC-OBC (Non-Creamy Other Backward Classes)
SC (Scheduled Caste)
ST (Scheduled Tribe)
PwD (Person with Disability)
Reservation Policy for Person with Disability (PwD)
For Person with Disability (PwD) candidates, they must submit the PwD certificate issued by a competent authority. Individuals with different types of disabilities who will be accepted under the PwD reservation:
- Blind/ Low vision candidates.
- Candidates with hearing impairment.
- Candidates with a cerebral palsy or locomotive disability
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- CAT participating institute 2022
Candidates should understand that CAT participating institutes are of two types namely IIMs and non-IIMs. Around 115 CAT participating institutes allow candidates to enroll in MBA and other management programs.20 IIMs and other institutes like 6 IITs, IISc Bangalore, NITs, JNU, IMT Ghaziabad, IPU, MDI Gurgaon, and SPJIMR Mumbai to name a few use CAT scores.
IIM admission criteria 2022 and programme
IIM admission criteria
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
PGP, PGP-FABM, ePGP
IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
PGP, PGPEM, PGPPM, PGPBA
IIM Bangalore Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
IIM Amritsar Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
IIM Bodh Gaya Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Indore
IIM Indore Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Jammu
IIM Jammu Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
IIM Kashipur Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
PGP, PGP-BL, PGP-F, EPGP (Kochi Campus & IL)
IIM Kozhikode Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
PGP, PGP-ABM, PGP-SM
IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Nagpur
IIM Nagpur Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Raipur
IIM Raipur Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
IIM Ranchi Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
IIM Rohtak Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur
IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur
IIM Sirmaur Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Shillong
IIM Shillong Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Trichy
PGPM, PGPBM, PGPM-HR
IIM Trichy Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
IIM Udaipur Admission Criteria
Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam
IIM Visakhapatnam Admission Criteria
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Benefits of being on the Performance Squad
Members of the horsescotland Performance Programme enjoy many different benefits:
Flat Work Training
Flatwork training is arguably the most important part in training a horse to respond. It is where the horse will learn to perform under the saddle the same actions they do when free in the field, only now they need to learn to do everything in the order their rider commands.
Flatwork teaches horses obedience, balance, quicker reaction time to riders prompts as well as to stay calm and collect.
For the riders this improves their seat, coordination and feel and will improve the relationship with their horse.
The Performance Programme Flatwork training sessions are taken by Harry Payne and are for all riders regardless of discipline.
The Performance Programme Jump training sessions are taken by John Ledingham. They cover the basic principles of jumping, including Measuring Distances and Take Off Points.
These sessions are utilised by both Showjumpers and Eventers.
During the Flatwork and Jump training sessions the Performance Programme members also have the use of Video Analysis software. This equipment allows slow motion replays of what the rider has been working on with the coach to make sure the rider has a full understanding of what they are doing well and where improvements can be made.
We also have the ability to mark up the riders and horses positions to check levels and movement. This is hugely beneficial, especially for riders coming back from an injury.
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Leadership is an important aspect for every organization. I am for the school of thought that leaders are made and not born. Excellent leaders usually have the ability to influence others to contribute their most they can towards a certain course. As a leader, I endeavor to influence the people I work with to increase production for my firm to be profitable and compete effectively with its rivals. I am aware of the need to improve on my strengths and weaknesses to achieve the mentioned objective. So far, the two main strengths I need to work on to be a better leader are inclusivity and decisiveness.
Inclusivity is a leadership concept that seeks to utilize abilities in each person within a given working setup to achieve a given goal. Situational leadership theories insist on focusing on rallying followers to build their capacities towards higher competencies (Kaufman & Adam 605). I have realized that all people within a corporation have something to offer and it is my responsibility as a leader to focus on identifying the abilities of each one and exploit them to develop the organization. Using a specific example, I will have to identify those followers with low competencies to help them develop higher competencies in their areas of influence. On the same note, I endeavor to note those with lower confidence to build their capacities in the same area. Additionally, feedback is an important concept of inclusivity. Therefore, no matter the capability of the members of staff, I believe it is important to open specific communication channels for feedback.
All employees desire to be involved in the leadership process. However, as a leader, it is imperative to determine the areas that each of the workers fit for them to be as productive as possible. As such, I believe that I need to be resolute on what each follower should do. At certain I will have to be physically present at the firm to guide the workforce to assign tasks and assignments as per the abilities and stage of growth. Furthermore, I will assess their work and then make other adjustments if necessary.
Indecisiveness may cause panic and subsequent loss within an organization hence it should not be allowed. According to the Trait Theory, it is imperative for a leader to focus on improving his or her strengths while working on the weaknesses. I think I can be more decisive. Decisiveness is a strength that a leader could exploit to improve performance in his or her circle of influence (Kaufman & Adam 608). I believe that being decisive is especially important when it comes to emergency situations since it allows people to stay calm when situations seem to be dire rather than panic and make the wrong choices. When everybody my followers believe that beyond repair thus give up easily believe that being decisive will help me to assess a situation and come up with a solution to the problem. However, I will also be willing to learn from the wrong decisions I may make at such emergencies.
In conclusion, I reiterate the need to develop leadership qualities for my benefit, as well as for the development of people who follow me. I believe that I could be of more importance if I become more decisive in dealing with specific situations that arise. Developed decisiveness will help me provide direction in times of crisis. On the same note, inclusivity will help me put into consideration the whole team. I desire to allow them become part of the leadership by having the ability to give feedback on the various operations of the organization.
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Parent Guides: Between You and Me (set of 4 different guides)
Between You and Me Parent Guides
by Cynthia M. Brody, MFT
- Useful for educating and guiding discussion with parents
- Send home after playing the Between You & Me Game
- Provide language & talking points for difficult subjects
- Topics include sexual abuse, drugs, values & beliefs
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Kenton County Judge-Executive Kris Knochelmann and County Commissioners Beth Sewell, Jon Draud, and Joe Nienaber presented PDS staff with a GIS proclamation during their November 14, 2017 Fiscal Court meeting. The proclamation recognized Wednesday, November 15, 2017 as GIS Day in Kenton County.
Louis Hill, AICP, GISP, Geospatial Data Analyst, and Ryan Hermann, Associate GIS Specialist, attended the Fiscal Court meeting to accept the proclamation on behalf of PDS.
According to Hermann, “GIS Day is our single largest education and outreach event of the year. This year the Kenton County Academies of Innovation and Technology hosted our event and we were able to discuss GIS, mapping, analysis, programming, and UAV/drone technologies with over 400 students.”
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Every once in a while, a new trend emerges that changes how people learn. In online education, trends dictate how educators interact with their learners. Online teachers constantly look for new ways to create engaging and successful online programmes.
Online education has evolved in leaps and bounds over the last decade. Initially, only young adults or adolescents who could not physically attend classes would study online. Today, even corporates have started online training programmes for their employees.
Online educators continuously try to boost engagement with their students. They create immersive experiences and build content that every learner will enjoy. Every day, they aim to battle online learning fatigue with innovative lessons.
Online educators work very hard to create interactive courses. They spend time getting to know their students. They use their understanding of learner temperaments to create customised classes. By doing this, they can leave a lasting impact and enhance knowledge retention. To further engage with learners, most teachers rely on online learning trends.
In 2020, everybody became familiar with online learning. Students had to shift from their classrooms to virtual rooms. Although the move was haphazard, everybody soon found their rhythm. Learners figured out how to select the right online learning course for their needs.
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Preventing violence against women and girls is possible, but it needs resource and collaboration
Salima still remembers the constant arguments she used to have with her husband, after he had had too much to drink, a habit he picked up while doing seasonal work in Russia. The money that he would earn in Russia would not last very long, leaving the family struggling with food and household expenses. This only created more tension.
Violence against women and girls is widespread in Tajikistan, with national data showing that half of all women have experienced violence from their husbands or in-laws. Young girls are particularly vulnerable to such violence. In 2016, a survey by International Alert found that 60% of women had experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse in past 12 months. It showed high rates of depression and suicidality, among both men and women.
Patriarchal social norms, poverty and alcohol abuse are all to blame for the violence against women and girls in Tajikistan. So efforts to prevent such violence needs to tackle all those issues.
This is what our project Zindagii Shoista (‘Living with Dignity’) set out to do: preventing violence against women and girls, by combining behaviour change and economic empowerment approaches tailored to the Tajik context and involving all family members.
The involvement of the entire family was vital to ending the abuse. In Tajikistan, the family goes beyond the husband and wife unit, and includes the in-laws who often exploit and are violent towards younger daughters-in-law. Reinforcing positive ideas of gender relationships and changing harmful ones required everyone’s buy-in.
Working in four villages, we held a series of workshops for women, their families and communities, which aimed at ending the abuse and changing attitudes towards women. At the same time, we provided training for families to set up their own small businesses, so they could gain economic and social independence.
Through our workshops, families got to discuss issues such as gender relationships, health, family conflict, violence, and improve their communication and relationship skills. Families also learned to appreciate women’s contribution to household economics, and to better manage their finances, for example through budgeting and the use of loans. The workshops helped families set up small businesses such as cattle breeding, beekeeping and furniture hire, among others.
Over the past two years, the project has had tremendous success in the rural communities where we worked: The number of young women experiencing violence from both their husbands and in-laws was reduced by half. People’s mental health improved significantly: Depression rates nearly halved in women and more than halved in men. Similarly, men and women felt significantly less suicidal.
The project has also led to positive changes in the economic situation of the families involved. Women’s earnings increased by four times, and there was a ten-fold increase in the proportion of women with any savings. In addition, levels of food insecurity have decreased. The proportion of women with severe food insecurity reduced from 56% to 19%, and the proportion of men from 33% to 0%.
For Salima, this has meant a healthier family environment, and better financial circumstances after she started her business. Her husband, who also joined the training sessions, has stopped drinking, is more supportive, calm and easier to interact with now.
Salima now hopes that the next generation of her family will also be able to escape the violence she had to endure. “I would love to see this work expanded to involve young boys and girls because they will establish families in the near future and should be prepared to respect and ‘live with dignity’ with one another,” she told us.
Because despite our project’s success, violence against women and girls remains a widespread and critical concern in Tajikistan with long-term damaging consequences for individuals and the wider Tajik society. Our project shows that it is entirely possible to prevent violence against women and girls in Tajikistan, and in doing so have positive impacts on people’s emotional wellbeing, family dynamics and economic security. Yet, to continue, this work requires more resources, determination and collaboration between the government, donors and civil society.
Zindagii Shoista was a project funded through DFID’s What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls – a global project to find out how the violence epidemic can be stopped.
We have produced a workshop series designed for men and women which aims to promote harmony within families and reduce violence, together with our partners Cesvi, Farodis, Zanoni Sharq, Development and Prosperity (ATO). Our new manual can be used by anyone wishing to look at a peacebuilding approach to tackling violence. | <urn:uuid:9ab38b7a-384e-4da2-924d-60285ea2e731> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.international-alert.org/blogs/preventing-violence-against-women-and-girls-is-possible-but-it-needs-resource-and-collaboration/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.971973 | 970 | 2.703125 | 3 |
The “SMART GRID” initiative makes us all unwitting guinea pigs.
If your state was installing a new technology that would impact virtually everyone, you might assume your state was acting based on the most complete and current science available to protect everyone’s health.
If your state was Vermont and it was intent on installing wireless technology in every home and business, you’d need to know that your state is acting based on very limited science, most of it more than 25 years out of date, with little concern for anyone’s health.
Making this a matter of growing public concern is the state-sanctioned installation of “SmartMeters” (tradename) that expose people to radiation that has unknown consequences, but is suspected of causing a variety of physical ailments, from sleep disturbance and headaches to brain damage and cancer.
The United States allows greater exposure of its citizens to the hazards of wireless technology than any other country in the world and the U.S. Congress passed a law in 1996 that prohibits state or local governments from regulating wireless technology on the basis of health effects, Janet Newton of Marshfield, Vermont, explained at a public forum at the Norman Williams Public Library here April 25.
For more than 20 years, Ms Newton, has tried to persuade Congress and assorted federal agencies to expand and refine the health science of wireless technology, especially as it related to electromagnetic radiation (EMR). To further her work, Ms Newton founded the EMR Policy Institute, a scientific non-profit corporation dedicated to advancing sound public health polity. The Institute has engaged with state and federal agencies and legislatures, joined lawsuits, and held public forums, all with essentially the same message: you should know what you’re doing before you do it.
Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) is a natural phenomenon that includes light. EMR can be ionizing (such as X-rays, gamma rays, nuclear power, or nuclear weapons), and as such is a known cancer-causing agent. EMR can also be non-ionizing (such as cell phones, relay towers, power lines, chargers, or wireless electric meters), and as such is designated by the World Health Organization as a suspected cancer-causing agent.
The most recent research on the health effects of EMR dates from 1986 and serves as the basis for the Federal Communications Commission to regulate wireless technology. But this research deals with only one of EMR’s impacts, the thermal effect – overheating human cells and body, which is what your microwave does to food. And even that thermal research is limited, based only on a six-foot, 200-pound mature man, not smaller or older people, and not children or infants. What is the effect on them, short term or long term? The FCC doesn’t know, nobody knows.
A decade or so ago, when Ms Newton petitioned the FCC to expand and update the scientific basis for its regulations, the FCC responded that it was not a health agency and had no authority to improve its scientific data. When Ms Newton petitioned health agencies to intervene, they responded that it wasn’t their jurisdiction and only the FCC could set the health standards. When the case reached the Supreme Court, the court declined to consider it.
To bureaucrats, this sort of dead end is called a “regulatory void,” while others might call it a Catch-22. Either way, there’s no one to be held accountable, and the experiment with EMR on virtually the whole human population goes forward with little consideration of health effects.
Whatever one calls this uncertainty, there’s little inclination in government to resolve it, or even to develop reliable, current science. The 1986 science came from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) when it had a world class research program with 36 full-time researchers. As funding was cut starting in the late 1980s, this program was eventually reduced to a single researcher, working part time.
Citing study after study from such entities as the California Public Utilities Commission, the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, and the National Academies of Science, Ms Newton found them reaching the same conclusion again and again – that the scientific study of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) is entirely inadequate to assure even the likelihood of public safety in the proliferating environment of wireless technology.
Not only is there a better technology, Ms Newton argued, it’s even being pursued on a small scale in Vermont. That solution is fiber optic cable already in use by the Vermont Electric Co-op and planned as a statewide network by a partnership of IBM and the Vermont Electric Company. Fiber optic’s advantages include a much higher capacity, lower energy use, lower maintenance demands, much greater public benefit, and, arguably, an overall cost effectiveness.
But the federal government is driving the installation of wireless smart meters across the country, with billions of dollars in the stimulus act, from which Vermont is to receive $69 million. Although the EMR institute has briefed the staff of Vermont’s Senators and Congressman on the advantages of fiber optic and the uncertainties of wireless technology, these representatives have taken credit for the federal money without taking any initiative on the questions of public good.
As one man commented to the man next to him at the forum on wireless electric meters on every house: “No one knows about it, and I’m just suspicious.”
The man next to him replied: “I live off the grid, so I don’t really have to make a decision.”
For most of the rest of us, unless one chooses to pay to not to have a wireless meter, someone else has already made the decision, based on outdated and incomplete information that may or may not be hazardous to your health.
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Let RuPaul teach you the tried, tested, and found-true techniques that will propel you from background player to shining star! More than just a style guide, this is a navigation system through the bumpy road of life.
Publisher: Harper Collins
Workin’ It!, the new book from world-renowned recording artist, television host, and drag queen RuPaul, provides helpful and provocative tips on fashion, beauty, style, and confidence for girls and boys, both straight and gay—and everyone in between! No one knows more about life, self-expression, and style than the host of the hit LOGO series "RuPaul’s Drag Race," and Workin’ It! picks up right where the show leaves off. More than just a style guide, Workin’ It! is a navigation system through the bumpy road of life. Let RuPaul teach you the tried, tested, and found-true techniques that will propel you from background player to shining star!
—Workin' It! RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style, February 2, 2010 PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK me, “How many wigs do you own?” Truth is, I don't really know. Probably one hundred, but the number of “girls” (as we like to ...
Author: Rachel Hinton
Publisher: Agate Publishing
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Get inside the head of RuPaul: award-winning TV personality, musician, actor, LGBTQ+ icon, business mogul, and the most influential drag queen in the world. This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from RuPaul’s numerous public statements—interviews, books, social media posts, television appearances, and more. It’s a comprehensive picture of his decades-long career, his transformative effect on pop culture, and his wise perspective on identity, love, and life. Now, for the first time, you can find his most inspirational, thought-provoking quotes in one place.
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Author: Nikki Nefarious
""Pin Up Boot Camp: Your 6-Week Guide to Living the Shiny Side of Life"" is a self guided self help course focusing on entrepreneurship, time management, and organization that you can do at your own pace. Even if you never wish to pose for a Pin Up photo or perform in a Burlesque show this guide will help you live up to your fullest potential, create your own opportunities, control your career, and expand your horizons. Each chapter is designed for one week, if possible, along with daily journaling and weekly challenges. Challenges, such as ""Wear Your Words"" and ""Be a DIY DIVA,"" await you within these pages. Tried and true tips, like ""Gloss It, Don't Toss It"" and ""Work Your Social Network,"" will help guide you down the path to your Pin Up Potential. Each chapter is focused on a specific theme, some of which are ""Your Pin Up Arsenal,"" ""The Whole Shebang,"" and a special bonus chapter for Pin Up models and Burlesque performers called ""Work It Girl."" All you need is this book, a journal, and your shiny self!
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Author: Hendrik Kempt
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
As RuPaul has said, this is the Golden Age of Drag—and that’s chiefly the achievement of RuPaul’s Drag Rac,/i>e, which in its eleventh year is more popular than ever, and has now become fully mainstream in its appeal. The show has an irresistible allure for folks of all persuasions and proclivities. Yet serious or philosophical discussion of its exponential success has been rare. Now at last we have RuPaul’s Drag Race and Philosophy, shining the light on all dimensions of this amazing phenomenon: theories of gender construction and identity, interpretations of RuPaul’s famous quotes and phrases, the paradoxes of reality shows, the phenomenology of the drag queen, and how the fake becomes the truly authentic. Among the thought-provoking issues examined in this path-breaking and innovative volume: ● What Should a Queen Do? Marta Sznajder looks at RuPaul’s Drag Race from the perspective of rationality. Where contestants have to eliminate each other, the prisoner’s dilemma and other well-known situations emerge. ● Reading Is Fundamental! Lucy McAdams analyzes two different, important speech acts that regularly appear on Drag Race—reading and throwing shade. ● The Values of Drag Race. Guilel Treiber observes two competing sets of values being presented in Drag Race. The more openly advertised “charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent,” advancing the skills of every single contender, are opposed by the fading set of “acceptance, support, solidarity, and empowerment,” which has historically been the cornerstone of the LGBTI+ community. ● The Importance of Being Fabulous. Holly Onclin challenges the preconceived notion that drag queens are mainly about female impersonation and instead proposes to understand drag queens as impersonators of celebrity. ● RuPaul Is a Better Warhol. Megan Volpert compares RuPaul and Andy Warhol in their shared pursuit of realness. ● Is Reading Someone to Filth Allowed? Rutger Birnie asks whether there are ethical restrictions on reading someone, since reads are ultimately insults and could cause harm. ● Serving Realness? Dawn Gilpin and Peter Nagy approach the concept of realness in Drag Race, to discuss the differences between realness, authenticity and the nature of being. ● Death Becomes Her. Hendrik Kempt explores the topic of death both in philosophy and in Drag Race, starting from the claim that “Philosophy is training for death.” ● We’re All Born Naked. Oliver Norman follows up on Ru’s mantra, “We are all born naked and the rest is drag.” ● Fire Werk with Me. Carolina Are looks into the fan-subcultures of Drag Race and Twin Peaks, which have come together to form a unique sub-subculture, in which members of both fan-subcultures create memes and idiosyncrasies. ● Towards a Healthier Subjectivity? Ben Glaister looks at the way Drag Race contestants adopt their drag personae almost as second selves, without finding themselves violating their other self. ● RuPaul versus Zarathustra. Julie and Alice van der Wielen ask the question, Who would win an intellectual lip-sync battle—RuPaul or Nietzsche’s Zarathustra? ● Playing with Glitter? Fernando Pagnoni and pals explore the game and play elements of Drag Race. ● The Origins of Self-Love. Anna Fennell expounds upon RuPaul’s question, “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” ● The Sublime. Sandra Ryan thinks about Kant’s concept of the sublime and explores how we find its applications in Drag Race. ● You Want to Be Anonymous? You Better Work! Alice Fox watches Drag Race through the lens of criminal law and the problem of decreasing anonymity through ubiquitous data surveillance. Drag Race can teach us how to create misleading patterns of online behavior and public presentation to render the blackbox persona useless. ● Drag and Vulnerability. Anneliese Cooper contrasts Drag Race’s demand for vulnerability and perceived authenticity with the inherent inauthenticity of creating a new persona.
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Author: Lindsay Bryde
Category: Social Science
Pencils down--graphite and eyebrow--and eyes to front of the room for this one-of-a-kind lesson. Since debuting over a decade ago, the world of RuPaul's Drag Race has steadily collected both popular and academic interests. This collection of original essays presents insightful analyses and a range of critical perspectives on Drag Race from across the globe. Topics covered include language and linguistics, cultural appropriation, racism, health, wealth, the realities of reality television, digital drag and naked bodies. Though varied in topical focus, each essay centers public pedagogy to examine what and how Drag Race teaches its audience. The goal of this book is to frame Drag Race as a classroom, one that is helpful for both teachers and students alike. With an academic-yet-accessible tone and an interdisciplinary approach, essays celebrate and examine the show and its spin-offs from the earliest seasons to the very start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
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Author: Laurie Ouellette
Category: Social Science
From HGTV and the Food Network to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, television is preoccupied with the pursuit and exhibition of lifestyle. Lifestyle TV analyzes a burgeoning array of lifestyle formats on network and cable channels, from how-to and advice programs to hybrid reality entertainment built around the cultivation of the self as project, the ethics of everyday life, the mediation of style and taste, the regulation of health and the body, and the performance of identity and "difference." Ouellette situates these formats historically, arguing that the lifestyling of television ultimately signals more than the television industry's turn to cost-cutting formats, niche markets, and specialized demographics. Rather, Ouellette argues that the surge of reality programming devoted to the achievement and display of lifestyle practices and choices must also be situated within broader socio-historical changes in capitalist democracies.
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Author: Susan B. Kaiser
Publisher: A&C Black
Fashion and Cultural Studies addresses the growing interaction between the two fields. Bridging theory and practice, it draws on cultural diversity in fashion, dress and style in the context of globalization and its varied cultural-historical underpinnings.
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Author: Tammy Kernodle
African Americans' historical roots are encapsulated in the lyrics, melodies, and rhythms of their music. In the 18th and 19th centuries, African slaves, longing for emancipation, expressed their hopes and dreams through spirituals. Inspired by African civilization and culture, as well as religion, art, literature, and social issues, this influential, joyous, tragic, uplifting, challenging, and enduring music evolved into many diverse genres, including jazz, blues, rock and roll, soul, swing, and hip hop. Providing a lyrical history of our nation, this groundbreaking encyclopedia, the first of its kind, showcases all facets of African American music including folk, religious, concert and popular styles. Over 500 in-depth entries by more than 100 scholars on a vast range of topics such as genres, styles, individuals, groups, and collectives as well as historical topics such as music of the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and numerous others. Offering balanced representation of key individuals, groups, and ensembles associated with diverse religious beliefs, political affiliations, and other perspectives not usually approached, this indispensable reference illuminates the profound role that African American music has played in American cultural history. Editors Price, Kernodle, and Maxile provide balanced representation of various individuals, groups and ensembles associated with diverse religious beliefs, political affiliations, and perspectives. Also highlighted are the major record labels, institutions of higher learning, and various cultural venues that have had a tremendous impact on the development and preservation of African American music. Among the featured: Motown Records, Black Swan Records, Fisk University, Gospel Music Workshop of America, The Cotton Club, Center for Black Music Research, and more. With a broad scope, substantial entries, current coverage, and special attention to historical, political, and social contexts, this encyclopedia is designed specifically for high school and undergraduate students. Academic and public libraries will treasure this resource as an incomparable guide to our nation's African American heritage.
Author: miroslav pavle manovskiPublish On: 2014-07-03
Storied lives. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. RuPaul (2010). Workin; it! RuPaul's guide to life, liberty, and the pursuit of style. New York: Harper Collins Publishers (itbooks). Rusk, L. (2002). The life writing of otherness.
Author: miroslav pavle manovski
Arts-Based Research, Autoethnography, and Music Education: Singing Through a Culture of Marginalization invites readers into miroslav pavle manovski’s journey into quest of how he found his voice—literally and figuratively—by reflecting and storying from his fluid identity and roles as an artist, singer, learner, music teacher, researcher... while empowering others to find their own voice. This book is also an arts-based autoethnographic rendering of the author’s experience being tormented, harassed, and called “gay” as a means to negatively target and marginalize him. Further, this work contributes to the literature of those mercilessly harassed for perceived effeminate characteristics and to the canon of ways we may be able to rescue ourselves—to positively transform—from prior wreckage a part of our lives. It makes significant contributions to the literature on qualitative inquiry, arts-based research, autoethnography, music education, and vocal pedagogy as a means of re-presenting a rich tapestry of life experience. While this text can be read entirely for pleasure or personal growth, it will make an outstanding springboard for conversation in courses across the disciplines that deal with teacher education, music education, gender and sexual identity/orientation, intimacy, relationships and relational communication, prejudice, bullying and more. This award-wining book will additionally be of great value in courses on autoethnography, life writing, narrative inquiry, arts-based research, and music education. “Of all the recent examples of textual experiments in the social sciences that aim to create a dialectical intertwining of the autobiographical and the theoretical, this book is among the very best. Manovski’s work is at once artful, poignant, bravely self-revelatory, while simultaneously informed by the scholarship of an impressive array of academics from diverse academic fields. What awaits the reader is nothing less than a full-fledged educational experience that dazzles the mind and stirs the heart as it opens up the future.” – Tom Barone, Emeritus Professor, Arizona State University. | <urn:uuid:97b9df51-362c-4a3f-a3de-5759540953cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://usakochan.net/download/workin-it-rupauls-guide-to-life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-style/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.908939 | 3,618 | 1.554688 | 2 |
The bones of Cheddar Man, found in 1903 in a cave in Somerset, England, tell us an awful lot about this hunter-gatherer from many thousands of years ago. He was in his early 20s, slight and narrow-hipped, standing about five feet five inches tall. He was right-handed, and habitually cleaned his teeth with a twig. His last meal was something like reindeer or wild horse, animals that, like him, had made their way into Great Britain from Europe via Doggerland, an area of Europe that is now underwater. He died a grisly death.
Now, groundbreaking DNA analysis of Britain’s oldest complete skeleton has revealed something else: Cheddar Man had very dark brown to black skin, dark curly hair, and blue eyes. When we think about early Europeans, we often imagine them as light-skinned and fair-haired. In fact, the discovery suggests that the genes that give humans lighter skin and paler hair seem to have become widespread far later than originally thought—likely not until the arrival of farming, a few thousand years after Cheddar Man died.
To reveal his face, scientists from the Natural History Museum sequenced his genome using DNA from his skull, in what a press release called “one of [the researchers’] most challenging human DNA projects to date.” Researchers Ian Barnes and Selina Brace drilled a two-millimeter hole into Cheddar Man’s skull and extracted a few milligrams of the powder for analysis. The DNA appears unusually well preserved after spending millennia deep in a cave, in a cool, stable condition. It offers a surprisingly clear genetic picture of this ancient Brit.
Next, Dutch paleo-artists Adrie and Alfons Kennis used a 3D-printer and hi-tech scanner to render his skull in full detail. Alfons cautioned that this reconstruction was not a perfect portrait, but rather a broad idea of how Cheddar Man might have looked. “What brings a lot of character to a person is the fullness of the lips, the shape of the nostrils, the shape of the tip of the nose, the folds of the eyes—and you can’t know this,” he told Britain’s Channel 4. He and Adrie had especially struggled with rendering the nose, Alfons said. “The most prominent thing in a face is the nasal area, and this area was mostly broken off, so for us the nose was the big question mark. What kind of nose would he have?”
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Written by Munis Topcuoglu, Editor at EHN Canada.
A valid definition and diagnostic criteria for “sex addiction” have long eluded experts because, historically, definitions and diagnostic criteria have either represented sexually oppressive cultural norms, or they have been vague and imprecise, requiring too much subjective interpretation. Cultural norms, oppressive or otherwise, are not valid bases for diagnostic criteria, because they have no scientific justification. The definition of “too much sex” has varied widely throughout history and currently varies widely throughout the world, and none of the definitions are supported by scientific evidence.
The following excerpt from the book Nymphomania: A History describes a historical example of the problem of diagnosing sex addiction based on cultural norms:
In the Victorian period, both doctors and patients who sought medical help believed that strong sexual desire in a woman was a symptom of disease. Self-control and moderation were central to the health of both men and women, but women’s presumably milder sexual appetite meant that any signs of excess might signal that she was dangerously close to the edge of sexual madness.
Another excerpt from Nymphomania: A History, illustrates the absurdity of Victorian doctors’ culturally biased understanding of the etiology of “nymphomania”:
Eating rich food, consuming too much chocolate, dwelling on impure thoughts, reading novels, or performing ‘secret pollutions’ [i.e. masturbation]… overstimulated women’s delicate nerve fibers and led to nymphomania.
Interesting to note, is that in the Victorian era, the male equivalent of nymphomania “satyriasis” existed in medical textbooks, but was almost never diagnosed in practice—because “a man wanting too much sex” was not really considered a thing. Fortunately, both science and culture have come a long way since then, and we are now able to understand sex addiction in more functional and less sexist terms.
Evidence-Based Definition and Diagnosis of Sex Addiction
If we make the effort, we can minimize cultural bias, and define and diagnose sex addiction based on evidence. The key element for deciding whether or not a person’s sexual behavior is problematic is determining whether or not their sexual behavior results in real negative outcomes. This is the most effective approach for identifying genuinely problematic sexual behaviors and it lays the groundwork for creating effective treatment programs for the people who have them.
Required criterion: negative consequences or endangerment
The necessary criterion for identifying sex addiction is that the person’s sexual behavior actually results in negative consequences or endangerment in one or more of the following ways:
- Physical or psychological harm to the person or to his or her sexual partners
- Endangering the person’s health or safety, or endangering the health or safety of the person’s sexual partners (especially if done without partners’ knowledge and consent)
- Functional impairment in an important area of life such as health, relationships, family, work, education, etc.
Other signs of sex addiction: loss of control, frequency, consuming focus, and mood regulation
The following features can be signs of sex addiction when they result in negative consequences or endangerment:
- Irresistable or uncontrollable sexual urges
- Frequent or repetitive sexual behaviors
- Inability to reduce or stop sexual behaviors
- Sex becomes a central focus in the person’s life, to the point that he or she neglects other important areas such as health, relationships, family, work, education, etc.
- Increasing need for frequency, intensity, or variety of sexual experiences
- Sex is used to regulate mood or emotions, or in response to stress
The “other signs” by themselves are too subjective for diagnosis
The inability to control, reduce, or stop sexual behavior is only a sign of sex addiction when the person recognizes that the behavior has negative consequences or is unacceptably dangerous. Similarly, excessive frequency and repetition of sexual behaviors, or excessive focus on sex, can only be signs of sex addiction when the individual recognizes the negative consequences or dangers because, otherwise, “excessive” is merely cultural and subjective. It’s also important to note that, for similar reasons, engaging in sexual behaviors that others find offensive or disturbing does not, per se, indicate sex addiction.
What Is the Underlying Disorder?
Experts tend to agree that the problematic and uncontrollable sexual behaviors associated with sex addiction are usually the result of an underlying mental health disorder. They do not agree on which disorder is most often the cause, but the following is a list of possibilities:
- Bipolar (a.k.a. manic depressive)
- Impulse control
- Hormonal (i.e. primarily biological, not psychosocial)
Consequently, there does not exist an established standard process for how to treat sex addiction.
Understanding sex addiction as an attachment disorder
At EHN Canada, we find that nearly all of our sex addiction patients have underlying attachment disorders. Our experience has shown us that treating a patient’s attachment disorder is essential for helping the patient to overcome sex addiction, regain control of their sexual behavior, and have healthy and satisfying intimate relationships.
In adults, attachment disorders usually result in problems with intimate relationships that can include any of the following:
- Discomfort or anxiety associated with intimacy
- Seeking intimacy, approval, or responsiveness from partners: either too much or too little
- Being excessively dependent on partners, or alternatively, being excessively independent
- Having difficulty trusting partners
- Having negative opinions of oneself or of one’s partners
- Suppressing one’s emotions
Hence, we understand that sex addiction is a relational and intimacy disorder and this understanding informs our approach to designing the most effective treatment programs to help patients overcome sex addiction.
Interactions with concurrent substance use disorders
Sex addiction and concurrent substance use disorders can interact in a number of different ways including the following:
- “Alternating” is when a person shows a pattern of moving back and forth between two addictions.
- “Disinhibiting” is when one addiction lowers a person’s inhibitions so that the problematic behaviors associated with another addiction can occur. For example, when consuming alcohol lowers a person’s inhibitions enough that they will have unprotected sex.
- “Intensifying” is when two addictions are indulged at the same time to create an even more intense experience. For example, when a person uses methamphetamine to intensify the experience of having sex with strangers.
- “Masking” is when one addiction is used to hide or deny the existence of another. For example, when a person denies sex addiction by stating that they only engage in problematic sexual behaviors when they are intoxicated.
- “Numbing” is when one addiction is used to numb the feelings of shame that result from another addiction. For example, when a person uses benzodiazepines to numb the shame they feel due to their sex addiction.
At EHN Canada, we believe that it’s essential to understand how each patient’s sex addiction interacts with any substance use disorders that they may have. We address these interactions in the individualized treatment programs that we design for each patient. This approach allows us to create the most effective treatment programs according to each patient’s unique needs.
EHN Canada’s Sex Addiction Treatment Programs
Patients are admitted to our treatment programs based on screenings that evaluate the negative outcomes of their sexual behaviors and their persistence in engaging in those behaviors. Since we expect that problematic sexual behavior usually stems from an underlying attachment disorder, we analyze each new patient’s history of family relationships and family dynamics to learn about their attachment style. To allow us to further individualize our treatment programs to address each patient’s particular needs, we also screen for the following:
- Past trauma or abuse: the majority of our sex addiction patients have a history of abuse or interpersonal trauma (though not necessarily sexual)
- Substance use disorders: the majority of our sex addiction patients have concurrent substance use disorders
Ultimately, our goal is to develop a deep understanding of what the problematic sexual behaviors mean and signify personally for each patient, rather than try to understand the sexual behaviors in terms of any standard typology. We believe that this understanding allows us to design the most effective treatment program for each patient and reduces the influence of cultural bias.
Helping patients regain control of their sexual behaviors
EHN Canada treatment programs are designed to help patients regain control of their sexual behaviors. This begins with helping patients recognize and fully acknowledge the consequences of their problematic sexual behaviors. Next, we teach them how to identify and predict situations in which their sexual behaviors might have negative outcomes. We also teach patients how to identify triggers for their problematic sexual behaviors and how to address them in healthy ways. Throughout the process, we help patients with concurrent substance use disorders understand how their substance use disorders interact with their problematic sexual behaviors.
Whenever applicable, group education and therapy activities are conducted in small, intimate groups where patients can learn from each other in an environment free of shame and judgment. The following are some of the activities that help patients regain control of their sexual behaviors:
- Creating an addiction timeline that helps visualize life events and how the patient’s sex addiction developed
- Examining and understanding core beliefs and rationale that support the patient’s problematic sexual behaviors
- Identifying particular sexual behaviors that are especially problematic for each patient and from which each patient should, perhaps, abstain indefinitely
- Identifying possible relapse scenarios and designing mitigation strategies
- Creating a long-term recovery and aftercare plan
Teaching patients how to build healthy and satisfying relationships
Since we view sex addiction as a relational and intimacy disorder, our treatment programs include substantial education and therapy components focusing on interpersonal work such as effective communication, relationship building, and developing healthy attachments. Due to their interpersonal and experiential emphasis, our sex addiction programs involve more in-the-moment behavioral interventions compared to our other addiction and trauma programs.
Again, whenever applicable, group education and therapy activities are conducted in small, intimate groups where patients can learn from each other in an environment free of shame and judgment. The following are some of the activities that teach patients how to have healthier and more satisfying relationships:
- Exploring and processing core interpersonal traumas
- Education regarding how to enter and build healthy and satisfying intimate relationships
- Education regarding healthy and satisfying sexuality
Other elements of treatment programs
The following elements are included in some of our treatment programs or may be optional for patients:
- Mindfulness, meditation, and yoga
- Individualized nutrition and exercise plans
- Expressive arts therapy
Full recovery takes much longer than other addictions
A full recovery from sex addiction can take three-to-five years after completion of a treatment program. Therefore, long-term success depends on a patient’s commitment to participating in aftercare programs and to continue working on themselves after they complete one of our residential treatment programs.
EHN Canada Sex Addiction Treatment Programs
If you or someone you love needs help with sex addiction, please call us at one of our numbers below for more information or to enrol in one of our programs.
- 1-800-387-6198 for Bellwood Health Services in Toronto, ON
- 1-800-683-0111 for Edgewood Treatment Centre in Nanaimo, BC
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Conscious spending makes money more rewarding by focusing your spending towards gratifying purchases.
Have you ever noticed some people can indulge in their hobbies – be it travel or high priced dining – and yet still have loads of money saved up? They might manage this even if their income isn’t particularly high. Chances are, they’re practitioners of conscious spending: a term coined by famous financial blogger Ramit Sethi. Here’s how it works:
Conscious vs, Well, Unconscious spending
Most of us spend money on things we don’t really care for. It’s a strange concept, but think about it:
- How many items do you have lying around, that you frankly wonder why you even bought?
- Out of all the cable subscriptions, magazine subscriptions, gym memberships, and various automated payments in your life, how many of them do you actively use, and can’t live without?
- How many books have you bought, that lie around unread?
It gets worse. Try tracking your expenditures for just two to three days. You may notice things that slipped from your attention before – like how you keep ordering kopi when you have whole bags of 3-in-1 in the office pantry, or how you always buy trivial knicknacks (e.g. cute phone covers or bobbleheads) that become dust collectors after a week.
The truth is, most of us are easily distracted, when it comes to money. We make purchases because of novelty value or habit, rather than because we actually need or want them.
You can probably live without a cute penguin shaped mug, or a portable foot massager, or a hundred other things that you have at the bottom of your drawers right now. There are even big ticket items that, in hindsight, you might hate yourself for buying – things like a S$50,000 renovation, or a car, or a piano that’s now a bookshelf.
Conscious spending is when you can gather up all this wasted money, and focus it toward what really makes you happy. It means having a more efficient use of your income. People who practice it are able to afford what’s important to them, without always being cash strapped.
How Do You Practice Conscious Spending?
It just takes a few simple steps to begin:
- Track your expenses to see where the “leaks” are
- Know what really makes you happy, and what’s a novelty
- Make a habit of mental comparisons
- Don’t be afraid to set desires as goals
Track Your Expenses to See Where the Leaks Are
Over the next few days, use apps like Toshl or Mint to track your expenses. Record what you spend, and where you spend it.
You’ll easily be able to spot leaks: these are things that you’re shocked you spend so much on. You might be startled to discover you blow S$900 a month on taxi rides, or that you spend S$70 a month ducking out for coffee at the lounge downstairs.
These are areas that you need to cut down on.
Know What Really Makes You Happy, And What’s Just A Novelty
This one is quick: make a list of things that really gratify you, so that you know what makes you “tick”. These are experiences that you always smile just to think back on, or feel better knowing that you have them. These are the things you want to channel your spending toward.
Anything that doesn’t give you that sensation, is something you can probably live without.
Incidentally, knowing what makes you happy makes it easier to optimise payment methods. For example, if you know that travel is your “thing”, then you can focus on paying through an air miles card, for the best possible benefits.
Make A Habit of Mental Comparisons
When buying something, always remind yourself of what you’re passionate about. Make it a habit to ask this question. Do you really want that S$12 mocha latte, or would you prefer to travel in three months? Would the foodie in your rather have a S$350 pair of shoes, or seven new experiences in great restaurants?
Once this becomes a habit, you’ll be less likely to waste money on frivolous expenses.
Don’t Be Afraid To Set Desires As Goals
If you want to include holidays, expensive clothes, or even video game collections as goals, then go ahead and do so – treat them as expenses to save for (after you’re done building a savings fund for emergencies).
This will focus your finances on giving you the best possible life, and one that’s fulfilling on a personal level.
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By Ryan Ong
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This is part of a weekly series on personal finance and wealth building. If you care to read the first one, click here.
The first step of the trip from where you are now to where you want to be is understanding how to tell where you are. For wealth, that’s a Balance Sheet. You also need to know how that’s changing over time, which is where you need the Income Statement.
Many financial ‘experts’ poorly or incorrectly explain the balance sheet, assets, liabilities, income, and expenses. I’ve seen one go as far as to suggest your house isn’t an asset (and then suggest a good way to get rich is to invest in real estate). While I’m not presenting a lesson in Finance, these are pretty much the same tools you would learn to use in a Finance 101 class.
Wealth: Simply put, wealth is the stuff you own. Assets less liabilities. Usually measured in dollars, but could be measured in baseballs or butterflies if you like.
Asset: Stuff you have. (Having and owning are not the same thing)
Liability: Stuff you owe to other people.
Income: Stuff you get in return for selling your stuff or your labor, usually dollars
Expense: Stuff you have to give to other people in return for stuff you got or are getting from them, usually measured in dollars
The Balance Sheet
A Balance Sheet is simply a means to compare your assets against your liabilities. If you’ve taken a finance class, you know that Assets = Liabilities + Owners’ Equity. In our case, “Owners’ Equity” is wealth, and we’ll use this formula:
Assets – Liabilities = Wealth
(Here seems as good a place as any to mention that ‘wealth’ need not be measured in dollars, and there are many things with values that can not be measured in dollars. In a future article, I’ll go into more detail on what value means, and how it means different things to different people.)
A Balance Sheet is a picture at a moment in time of your financial situation. To build your Balance Sheet, take a piece of paper or spreadsheet, and divide it into two sections. In one section, list your assets and their current value. On the liability side, list what you owe other people.
Note that recurring expenses, like utilities, aren’t on the balance sheet. The gym membership is, as it represents an item that is a recurring payment for a fixed period of time – it’s really a loan (a gym membership is for a year, you pay monthly, but you owe it all). Likewise, the income from work isn’t included. You could count earned income that wasn’t paid yet, but that’s getting a bit more detailed than we need to be.
This example person has a pretty healthy net worth. He’s got a nice Lexus and nice house, and it looks like he’s doing OK. How could you make it better? How could you make it grow?
The Income Statement
The Income Statement is also pretty straightforward, but instead of a snapshot of a specific moment, it is a record for a period of time. Most people use a month. Using the same process, on one side of your sheet, put your income (money moving into your pockets), on the other, put expenses (money moving out).
For our purposes, I’m ignoring non-cash expenses, namely depreciation. If I ever get to writing something about why car loans are almost always a bad idea if your goal is to increase your net worth, I will include depreciation in the income statement. What you get when you compare the two is typically going to be the impact of that period of time on your asset “Cash”, something a lot like Cash Flow. (To the Finance professors out there, again, I know I’m oversimplifying). In fact, this isn’t really an Income Statement, but a hybrid Income Statement and Statement of Cash Flow.
How’s our example look now?
Assignment for this week: Build your Balance Sheet and your Income (Cash Flow) Statement. Want me to look at it? Hit me in the comments. Also, if you have any suggestions, please leave them. My feelings won’t be hurt if you think I’m doing this wrong, or you have a suggestion on how to do this that’s more effective.
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In a small town located in the French department Hautes-Pyrénées near Tarbes, the Russian conceptual artist Andrei Molodkin has created an interactive installation “Putin filled with Ukrainian blood”, made out of blood from voluntary Ukrainian donors, and aimed at denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He hosts a family of Ukrainian refugees reunited temporarily. Sacha* the Ukrainian husband says that soon he too will go to help his country to defend itself again Russian aggression. And indeed, Sacha has since gone back to Ukraine. Continue...
In a small town located in the French department Hautes-Pyrénées near Tarbes, the Russian conceptual artist Andrei Molodkin is watching at home on his computer screen a video of his interactive installation “Putin filled with Ukrainian blood”. The artwork shows in real time the growing number of casualties from the war in Ukraine to the rhythmic sound of a beating heart. Beside him, Russian and Ukrainian children look anxiously at Putin’s bloody portrait. The plexiglass work with Putin’s image denounces the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Exhibited in London and then in Slovenian capital, the artwork is made out of blood from voluntary Ukrainian donors. Among the donors is Sacha, a collaborator and friend of the artist who was in France at Andrei’s experimental art centre, the Foundry, before the war broke out in Ukraine. After the beginning of Russian invasion of his country, Sacha repatriated his wife and his two children from Ukraine to the Foundry. For a few weeks, the reunited Ukrainian family tried to live again a sense of normalcy, thanks to the generosity of this amazing Russian artist and his family. For Andrei, forever marked by his military service in the Soviet army, art means above all political commitment and not a mere entertainment. His artworks are made up of evocative Russian words meaning for instance « don’t give a shit » or “ahead’. They are not to be seen but to be comprehended. They stand alongside figurative works by the artist Andres Serrano, who has denounced torture and war in photographic staging. Andrei’s Russian son and Sasha’s two Ukrainian boys are playing at scaring each other, like any other children living outside the torments of war. Every day, Sacha’s* young Ukrainian wife makes sure her boys don’t miss the class, including the writing class, which is taught remotely from Ukraine by video conference. One evening, Sasha and his wife are preparing a borscht for Andrei’s family, both a traditional Ukrainian and Russian dish. Other Ukrainian and Belarusian friends are invited to the meal. But it is not time for celebration. Sasha* is looking worriedly on his mobile phone at latest news from the frontline. He says that soon he too will go to help his country to defend itself against Russian aggression. And indeed, Sacha has since gone back to Ukraine.
*First name has been changed.
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News Flash 25/26.3.- Fukushima Meltdown in process
(sent to you from email@example.com – and gets continuously updated on this blog – updates are below and not above)
As of today Japanese politicians and officials start their rounds of apologies which is customary in Japanese culture when you have failed or you have been caught out and your lies and deceptions can no longer be covered up.
As of today all further attempts to cool reactors 1, 2 and 3 have been abandoned.
When you use salt water you know salt forms an encrustation that makes cooling with sweet water impossible at a later stage. Cooling with salt water postpones the inevitable by a few days or weeks.
They published the figure of 3.900.000 Bq for water in one of the reactors but the sample size (the all import figure – details below) was not mentioned at first. I assumed it to be one cubic meter as this is the usual sample size that you refer to in science. 3.9m Bq/m2 would indicate a meltdown in process.
How did they collect this sample size? …..could it be they drained it of the workers taken to hospital yesterday?
Digging deeper I learned that the sample size is 1 cubic centimeter – and you know how many cubic centimeters there are in 1 cubic meter.
I am wishing Yoshimitsu, my friend and distributor of Donna Glove in Japan, lots of luck.
Stop – update 25.3.11 23:32
Fuel rods in reactor 3 were enriched with plutoninum at a rate of 3% to 6%.
Take one gram of plutonium 239 and divide into a billion parts, when inhaled 40 of these parts cause 15 Sv (not mSv) in your body, resulting in death within days.
Plutonium 239 are Alpha rays (see explanation below), one of these parts radiates no further than a few centimeters – and is physically so weak that it won´t even hit through a sheet of paper. But inhale it and it kills your cells.
Dispersed into the atmosphere it can drop anywhere. This is not an issue of Japan but of the Northern hemisphere.
Europeans may want to revise statements that “thinned out clouds” having travelled from Japan via Pacific, Northern America and Atlantic constitute no public health risks.
Stop – update 26.3.11 02:20
Japanese officials announce that “radioactive particles” have been measured “far away” from the reactor.
I find this kind of information rather insulting. They have got the thermography pictures, they know what state reactor 3 is in, but hey choose to say nothing but useless soundbites for the mass media.
Stop – update Sunday 27.3.11 17:22 GMT
Today they stated “airborne levels” of 10million Millisievert (mSv) “outside”. Then they claimed an error in that reading and revised to 1.000mSv per HOUR, assuming that this will calm the population, I guess.
In their panic and confusion they don´t seem to realize how many hours there are in a year.
Tepco´s current safety levels are 100mSv/year for employees and the government´s are 250mSv/year.
Contract workers are excluded, most of the 600 working in Fukushima are contract workers.
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Are you interested in taking a deeper dive into your health and wellness? Have you experienced any unexplained symptoms that won’t seem to go away? Your gut health, adrenal function, longevity, and more are all aspects of your health that influence your body’s general function and well-being. Oftentimes, symptoms like fatigue, gut issues, or inflammation trace back to deficiencies or complications in one or more of these areas. So, how do you gain more insight into this?
It’s that time of year again — sneezing, itching, sniffling, and coughing. Chances are, you’re one of the 24 million Americans who experience seasonal allergies, and you’re familiar with the toll it can take on your body. Due to both the symptoms of seasonal allergies, and the physiological process your body goes through when reacting to an allergen, your health can suffer more than usual during this time of year. And oftentimes, allergy medicines only provide temporary relief. It’s important to keep in mind your body’s overall well-being when dealing with allergies, and not just treat the isolated symptoms.
Metabolic syndrome refers to a cluster of risk factors that includes increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol levels, which may increase your chance of developing serious health conditions. In this webinar, Dr. Karrie Hohn will discuss the root cause of diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease and how to treat the symptoms of metabolic syndrome to reduce your risk of developing further health conditions.
PALM has been approved to administer the vaccine, and we are eagerly awaiting news as to when we will receive it. Once we do, we will offer it to PALM members who meet the requirements of each phase of the rollout. For more information on the phases of vaccine rollout, please refer to the State of Missouri planned phases.
Our Chief Medical Officer and PALM Health medical team have put together a list of frequently asked questions about the new COVID-19 vaccine, in order to keep you updated and informed with the latest information.
There’s a lot of information circulating about COVID-19 right now. What do we know for certain? In this live Zoom webinar, our PALM Health physicians will address current statistics on the coronavirus, the spectrum of symptoms, medications and supplements for prevention and treatment, the status of a possible vaccination, and concerns about exposure as children head back to school.
As we move into the middle of summer, we are all witnessing COVID-19 continue to spread throughout the country. I am sure this has raised concerns and questions for you and your loved ones, as it has for so many in our community. I’d like to take this moment to address some frequently asked questions, and hopefully provide you with knowledge that can help you feel informed and empowered.
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Quasars or quasi-stellar radio sources are enigmatic objects in the far universe whose energy output outclasses several galaxies put together. These high-redshift objects are supposed to be powered by supermassive black holes. Read this article to know more about these mind-boggling active galactic nuclei objects, that have baffled astrophysicists for years.
Is it a star? Is it a galaxy? No, it is a quasar (quasi-stellar radio source). With an energy output that is up to a 1,000 times more than our own Milky Way galaxy (which in itself is home to 200 to 400 billion stars) and an emission spectrum that stretches from infrared, visible, radio to gamma and X-ray sources, quasars have been the most puzzling objects to pin down for astronomers. As light from the farthest reaches of the universe takes millions or billions of years to reach us, we are essentially looking at quasars as they were in the past.
In short, they are objects from the early universe, with the most phenomenal energy output, that is now believed to be powered by matter falling into a supermassive black hole (with a mass that is billions of times our Sun). Collectively, they are now known to be a part of objects known as Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN).
☻ Quasars are compact regions at the very center of young galaxies, where gargantuan amounts of gas and dust are sucked in by the powerful gravitational pull of supermassive black holes. According to current models, the infalling trapped matter is accelerated close to the speed of light (forming an accretion disc around the black hole), heating up due to friction in the process and emitting electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible, radio, and x-ray wavelengths through twin jets, pointed in opposite directions. | <urn:uuid:6a671a4f-d1de-40f3-8016-bba1ed1498cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cosmosup.com/amazing-facts-about-quasars/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945772 | 375 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Elgi Ultra’s guide to building immunity
Explore the various foods, herbs and spices that help boost your immunity
Being healthy is no longer an option. It is an essential lifestyle change. Building a healthy immunity is not an overnight change, it is an ongoing process that includes a mindful shift towards a complete and balanced diet, healthy lifestyle and nurturing a positive mental state.
Sources of protein: Animal protein, plant-based protein and protein from nuts and seeds.
There is no scientifically proven theory that your immune system functions better with a certain lifestyle adaptation. However every organ is known to function better when we try to reduce toxin building habits, for instance avoiding excessive drinking or smoking etc. There still remains so much that researchers haven’t understood or even discovered and there are intricate interconnectedness between things people do and their body’s reactions.
Bearing that in mind, we explore a list of food and practices to adopt, that would help build a stronger immune system and this list is neither exhaustive nor prescriptive.
Strengthening the body:
Proteins are essential to build and repair body tissue and to fight viral and bacterial infections. The antibodies and cells in the immune system rely on protein. Too little protein may lead to weakness, fatigue and a poor immune system.
Proteins are made from amino acids and our body does not store amino acids. Protein from food is an essential source of amino acid.
While animal products like meat, eggs and milk are rich sources of dietary protein, vegetables like kale, broccoli, all pulses and legumes, nuts and seeds like chia and flax seed are also good sources of dietary protein. Protein content in plant-based food is lower than in animal based food. However making a meal combining the protein rich vegetables, pulses, legumes, nuts and seeds may provide the recommended daily intake requirement.
Tip: In plant-based foods, Moringa is a rich source of dietary protein and is the only plant source that is rich in all 9 essential amino acids making it a complete protein source.
Neem is an excellent liver cleanser. It has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties that can clear your skin, making it radiant and healthy. Consuming a few neem leaves will help in cleansing your colon, clearing bacteria and improving digestion. In Ayurvedic medicine, neem is used in treatment of neuro-muscular medicine and rectify excess Vatha. It is known to clear toxins and purify the blood by removing free-radicals.
Neem is believed to be an all-round immunity booster with anti-bacterial, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiseptic, anti-malarial, anti-microbial and anti-viral properties.
Turmeric is traditionally known for its health benefits and is extensively used in cooking in India. However more recently, it has been featuring in herbal supplements and teas as a key ingredient due to its innumerable health benefits.
Research suggests that Turmeric activates the immunity cells to fight diseases. It is proven to be anti-cancerous and enhances antibody responses. Studies on the health benefits of turmeric suggest that it has beneficial effects in arthritis, allergies, asthma, atherosclerosis, heart disease, diabetes and cancer due to its ability to boost the immune system.1
Peppercorn and cardamom
Extracts of peppercorn and cardamom are proven to enhance the immune system by increasing the ability of killer cells to fight diseases and have anti-cancer properties. 2
Turmeric and black pepper each have health benefits, due to the compounds curcumin in turmeric and piperine in pepper. Piperine enhances curcumin absorption in the body by up to 2,000%. Therefore combining the spices magnifies their effects. They may reduce inflammation and improve digestion.
Makes 1 Cup
½ Tsp fresh or grated turmeric
½ Tsp fresh grated ginger
¼ Tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 Tsp honey (optional)
1. Bring the milk to a boil in a sauce pan. Simmer the heat and add the ginger and the turmeric. Let it seep in for about 2-3 mins.
2. Turn off the heat, add the pepper, filter and transfer to a cup.
3. Add the honey and enjoy warm.
Tip: You can make this without milk. Substitute milk with water and add a bit of lemon juice to it.
Amla soaked in honey overnight
Amla is rich in vitamin C. It has the ability to boost immunity, is an excellent source of fibre and cleanses the stomach and most importantly it is proven to be an excellent liver cleanser. Amla cleanses hepatotoxicity in the liver. The hepatoprotective properties of amla enables free radical scavenging(important to prevent cancer and other auto-immune diseases), is an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and aids natural detoxification. Honey is also anti-inflammatory with numerous health benefits and in combination they make a great natural detox to boost a healthy immune system.
Manuka honey is a mono-floral (from a single plant variety) honey cultivated across Australia and New Zealand for its medicinal properties.
European journal of medical research, 2003 published that medical grade manuka honey proved to be more effective in wound healing than antibiotic creams. In addition to aiding wound and tissue healing, manuka honey consumed on a regular basis, is said to control the progress of cancer cells.
Ginger: Ginger is used extensively in cooking in India and in traditional practices, it is used in teas as a digestive and to help fight cold and flu. It is also used in relieving morning sickness and nausea. It is specially effective for chemotherapy patients to relieve nausea.
Ginger, lemon and honey cough lozenges:
Makes 1 Cup
2 Tbsp Ginger extract (You can make this by grinding fresh ginger and extracting the juice)
2 Limes (juice)
½ Cup honey
1. Place all the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil on a low flame.
2. Once it starts to boil, stir continuously till it thickens. (To test when it is ready, put a few drops of this mixture in a bowl of cold water. If it hardens immediately, it is ready.)
3. When ready, pour the mixture out into silicon candy moulds and allow it to cool. You could also spoon them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper instead.
4. Once cool, coat them with dusted powder sugar and store in an airtight jar in the fridge.
Strengthening the mind:
It is said that stress is inversely proportionate to immunity. Nurturing a positive state of mind is an essential process in trying to build a healthy immune system. Yoga, breathwork (simha kriya, kabalapathi) and meditation help us find tools that alleviate stress. Being mindful of our trigger points of stress and finding the right ways to either avoid or relieve the stress will helps us avoid mental fatigue, stress and all other ailments that act as hurdles to building a strong immune system.
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China’s commercial forays into Latin America are billed as a win-win: Latin America needs investment and China has money. Yet its biggest investment to date has helped to underwrite Latin America’s most serious humanitarian disaster. This undeniable reality presents an important lesson for Latin American nations: Unless the terms are changed, some money is too expensive. China’s track record also means that as the region struggles to contain the fallout from Venezuela, the Asian giant needs to be part of the solution.
The Venezuelan tragedy is hard to overstate. Its economic collapse, seven-digit inflation, and the disintegration of even its most basic infrastructure have made life desperate for its citizens. Well over 2 million have fled in recent years, and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) expects another nearly 2 million more in the coming year. | <urn:uuid:6d095bd9-fb03-4da9-99ba-084d0dbad093> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-10-17/what-latin-america-should-tell-china-about-venezuela-s-mess | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.959471 | 171 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Art Nouveau was a movement that swept through the decorative arts and architecture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Generating enthusiasts throughout Europe and beyond, the movement issued in a wide variety of styles, and, consequently, it is known by various names, such as the Glasgow Style, or, in the German-speaking world, Jugendstil. Art Nouveau was aimed at modernizing design, seeking to escape the eclectic historical styles that had previously been popular. Artists drew inspiration from both organic and geometric forms, evolving elegant designs that united flowing, natural forms with more angular contours. The movement was committed to abolishing the traditional hierarchy of the arts, which viewed so-called liberal arts, such as painting and sculpture, as superior to craft-based decorative arts, and ultimately it had far more influence on the latter. The style went out of fashion after it gave way to Art Deco in the 1920s, but it experienced a popular revival in the 1960s, and it is now seen as an important predecessor of Modernism.
The desire to abandon the historical styles of the 19th century was an important impetus behind Art Nouveau and one that establishes the movement’s modernism. Industrial production was, at that point, widespread, and yet the decorative arts were increasingly dominated by poorly made objects imitating earlier periods. The practitioners of Art Nouveau sought to revive good workmanship, raise the status of craft, and produce genuinely modern design. | <urn:uuid:5be014be-bd9d-4ead-9311-1985bd4bae7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hickmet.com/collections/art-nouveau-sculptures | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.975743 | 303 | 3.96875 | 4 |
Posted: February 8th, 2017
Screening and Diagnostic Tools You are an epidemiologist interested in food poisoning caused by salmonella. Using the Internet, conduct a research to gain additional insight into the causes of food poisoning. Based on your research, answer the following questions: • What are the different types of screening or diagnostic tests available to study salmonella? What the advantages and drawbacks of each of the tests? • If you were asked to employ the use of screening or diagnostic tests to study the transmission of salmonella, which screening or diagnostic tests would you recommend? Why? • For each test, which of the following principles would influence the study outcome and results: o Bias o Confounding o Values of sensitivity on epidemiological study validity o Values of specificity on epidemiological study validity • How will each principle influence the results of your epidemiological study based upon the type of screening or diagnostic tool? • Which screening or diagnostic tool would you recommend as the most effective in the epidemiological study of salmonella transmission? Why? Support your responses with examples. Cite any sources in APA format.
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When leaks begin to occur at the garden hose spigot, there can be several distinct causes depending on where the water is leaking. The first thing you need to do is to determine the source of the leak on the spigot.
The source of leaks can come from the grip, the vacuum breaker, or even the vacuum breaker cap. You’ll have to identify the sort of spigot you have to understand how to fix the spigot.
Fix Garden Hose Spigot Handle
If leaks are coming from around the spigot handle, the first thing to do is to tighten up the retaining screw to find out if this fixes the garden hose spigot. After tightening the retaining screw in the event the water is still leaking out from around the handle, then the problem might be the washer assembly on the faucet stem.
Removing the stem requires the ideal tools, in addition to a replacement washer assembly. The period of the stem can fluctuate from several inches to several feet. Use care when removing the stem from the spigot to not bend or break it.
Vacuum Break Garden Hose Repair
A vacuum breaker is an added piece that screws onto the spigot. Most older houses have these since they simply screw onto the existing spigot to prevent water from back-flowing into the spigot pipe. If water is spraying out of around the vacuum breaker, then it means that it is worn out and needs to be replaced.
Replacing a vacuum breaker can be a little challenging. You want to use a drill to drill out the set screw and also to unscrew the vacuum breaker. You must be careful to avoid drilling into the faucet component of this spigot.
The very best way to fix a lawn hose spigot with a vacuum breaker is to simply replace it with a new one. Finding gaskets and other parts can be difficult.
Frost-Proof Spigot Repair
Particular designs of frost-proof spigots will have a vacuum breaker cap instead of a vacuum breaker. Most newer houses in locations where it frosts will have this form of the spigot.
If water is coming out of the cover of the vacuum breaker cap, then you can try to pop the breaker off the cap and unscrew the vacuum breaker retainer. If the components have gunk on them, then wash them and reassemble. When water is still leaking, then you want to replace the retainer components. Otherwise, you’ll have to replace the whole spigot assembly.
Cracked Garden Hose Spigot
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Raymond Richards – The Artist as Sculpture
“Raymond Richards was nude, his body was used to create a rich and meaningful image. The moment the body is used nude in art, it lends itself to further dignity and gravity, the nude is not a subject of art, it is a form of art. The nude has become the way in which the very highest virtues and values have been imaged. The performance was very modern, very urban and yet would stir audience imaginations of something ancient.”
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Senen Reyes, also known as Sen Dog, is one of the founding members of the pioneering rap group Cypress Hill. Sen Dog was born in Cuba, but his family fled to the U.S seeking refuge from the communist revolution happening on the island in 1971.
They settled in South Gate, Los Angeles, where he met childhood friends and the founding members of Cypress Hill: B-Real, DJ Muggs and his brother Mellow Man Ace. At one point, Sen Dog became affiliated with the Bloods, a street gang, but after his bandmate and friend B-Real got shot they decided to get out—and turned to music.
Their music differs from other West Coast hip-hop from the 80s and 90s—Cypress Hill was less concerned with gang life and focused more on marijuana activism. But their legacy extends much further than making weed mainstream—Cypress Hill was the first all-Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums.
Sen Dog joins Latino USA to talk about the legacy of his group Cypress Hill, and what his career looks like today.
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Minecraft tips in 2020? Going caving is the easiest way to find diamonds, even if it might not be the most efficient. Diamond ore veins can often be spotted in corners of deep cave systems or ravines. A lot of players might prefer exploring caves to find diamonds, since it does not require too many tools or a bout of labor-intensive mining. However, caves can have a ton of hostile mobs waiting for you at every corner, so do be careful. Another method, which is guaranteed to exhaust a bunch of iron pickaxes but is slightly more efficient, is branch mining. A lot of Minecraft players prefer to dig their mining tunnel down from the Overworld and go down a carefully-mined staircase to reach Y Level 11 or 12.
The sheep, cows and other animals They are harmless and won’t do anything to you if you get close to them. However, removing them will help you get emeralds or even food to regenerate health, so you already know what to do whenever you see one. When you go through the phases the game will always tell us where to go, but don’t be afraid Go in the opposite direction where the arrow marks you, as it can help you find chests or secret rooms. To make it easier, by holding down the button to open the map, you will see a more complete screen in which it will show better which places you have traveled, besides showing you how many secret chests you haven’t located yet. See more information at Minecraft gaming blog.
Water and Lava can be the most annoying, and deadly, surprises you encounter in Minecraft outside of the monsters. Nothing’s worse than accidentally flooding your mine with water or cracking open the roof to get a diamond and inadvertently releasing a pillar of lava. For this reason you should always have a backup plan ready for these situations. The good news is that, even with lava, you can plug up a hole with just about any block. You’ll be overflowing with cobblestone while mining anyway, so keep a stack on your quick bar right next to your pickaxe so you can instantly swap to it and place a block to replace the one you just broke and halt the flow. You have a few seconds to do this before the lava actually drops down to the ground and spreads, and as long as you can still reach the source, any lava that slipped out will disappear.
Strip mining is a classic Minecraft strategy that even people who haven’t played since Alpha may know about. Strip mining is a great way to maximize the amount of resources found underground while avoiding the dangers of spelunking. To strip mine, simply dig down a few layers and then dig a 2×2 or 3×3 mineshaft in a single direction. When looking for diamonds, the player should mine down to layer 12 before strip mining. To check the current layer, simply hit F3 on PC or Fn+ F3 on Macs. There’s a lot of information on this screen, but players should pay attention to the second number after the “XYZ” on the left side of the screen, This method should yield a higher amount of ores like iron and diamonds due to layer 12 having a greater chance of spawning ore. Remember that ores rarely every spawn as one single block, so always check the surrounding area for more. Additionally, always keep in mind the golden rule of Minecraft: never dig straight down, and never dig straight up. Discover extra details at https://creeperlife.com/. | <urn:uuid:d50285eb-3827-4684-be1d-090500369463> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://gamedex.info/video-games/minecraft-tricks-2020/355/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945977 | 726 | 1.65625 | 2 |
9 Stereotypes All Americans Hate
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Boastful, arrogant, loud, fat, drunk – Americans have heard it all. But is there any truth in these stereotypes?
Americans are accustomed to this stereotype, a longstanding one of which many are reluctant to let go. This is partly due to the majority of young American students backpacking or studying abroad who have helped to perpetuate the reputation (just about everyone has been that too-drunk, too-loud traveler at least once). But when it comes to day-to-day conversations, Americans aren’t a particularly loud group of people.
It’s easy to assume that all Americans are racist, especially taking into account the recent election and uprising of white nationalist groups post-election. But since the 1980s, interracial marriage rates have increased, with 87 percent of men and 85 percent of women approving of marriage between Caucasians and African Americans. That means every four in five people agree with interracial marriage today, a wild improvement since the 1960s. MLK would be proud.
The world is full of selfish people. But when it comes to helping others, Americans are usually one of the first to come to the rescue, especially during a natural disaster, when other countries are in need. In 2015, the US was the largest donor of foreign aid, spending $31.08 billion.
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While there’s a misconceived notion that all Americans are unintelligent, the stats show otherwise. In 2015, 88 percent of adults had at least a high school diploma (or GED), while nearly 33 percent held a bachelor’s or higher degree. There’s also been an increase in the number of postsecondary degrees in the past few decades: certificates have increased by 49 percent, associate’s degrees by 59 percent, bachelor’s degrees by 36 percent, master’s degrees by 45 percent, and doctorate degrees by 44 percent. Also, 83 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds, 78 percent of ages 30-49, 81 percent of ages 50-64, and 80 percent of people over 65 years of age read for pleasure.
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This stereotype has likely stemmed from open-mouth laughing or public nose blowing, the product of culturally unaware American travelers. But while these actions seem ‘rude’ to foreigners, Americans are in fact quite polite. They are more likely to smile at, help, or acknowledge a stranger; they don’t wait for introductions and will happily chat with someone in the elevator.
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While it’s true that obesity and weight gain is a major issue in the States – two out of three adults are considered overweight or obese – the US has made several efforts to battle this growing epidemic. Schools are cutting calories, improving nutritional content, and reducing portion sizes, providing healthier choices to kids; employers receive a return on investment in health care savings when they promote wellness, and four states have passed laws requiring restaurants to include calorie counts on menus. Plus, in cities along the coast – Los Angeles, New York, Miami – clean eating and exercise have become a way of life.
Oh, the great American passport myth. A rumor once circulated that only ten percent of the American population holds a valid passport. This led to a widespread idea that Americans don’t travel and that they’re an ignorant nation with no knowledge of the outside world. But according to the State Department, 46 percent of the 324 million-large population has a valid passport. And in 2016, 18.5 million new passports were issued. That’s over three million more than last year, an increase of 21 percent. Let’s also keep in mind that the States are bound by a wealth of geological diversity, so many Americans simply opt to travel within their own borders.
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Anderson, Lars: 9780312308889: Amazon.com: Books
On November 29, 1941, Army played Navy in front of 100,000 fans. Eight days later, the Japanese attacked and the young men who battled each other in that historic game were forced to fight a very different enemy. Author Lars Anderson follows four players–two from Annapolis and two from West Point–in this epic true story.
Bill Busik. Growing up in Pasadena, California, Busik was best friends with a young black man named Jackie, who in 1947 would make Major League Baseball history. Busik would have a spectacular sports career himself at the Naval Academy, earning All-American honors as a tailback in 1941. He was serving aboard the U.S.S. “Shaw when it was attacked by Japanese dive-bombers in 1943.
Hal Kauffman. Together, Busik and Kauffman rode a train across the nation to Annapolis to enroll in the Naval Academy. A backup tailback at Navy, Kauffman would go on to serve aboard the U.S.S. “Meredith, which was sunk in 1942. For five days Kauffman struggled to stay alive on a raft, fighting off hallucinations, dehydration, and–most terrifying of all–sharks. Dozens of his crewmates lost their minds; others were eaten by sharks. All the while Kauffman wondered if he’d ever see his friend and teammate again.
The tale of these four men is woven into a dramatic narrative of football and war that’s unlike any other. Through extensive research and interviews with dozens of World War II veterans, Anderson has written one of the most compelling and original true stories in all of World War II literature. From fierce fighting, heroic rescues, tragic death, and awe-inspiring victory, all four men’s suspenseful journeys are told in graphic detail. Along the way, Anderson brings World War II to life in a way that has never been done before.
A graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, Lars Anderson earned a masters degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and is now a staff writer at Sports Illustrated. He’s also the author of the critically acclaimed Pickup Artist: Street Basketball in America and The Proving Ground: A Season on the Fringe in NFL Europe.
The young man stood on the deck of the U.S.S. “Garfield,“ looking across the English Channel, into darkness. It was just after midnight on June 6, 1944, and the defining hour of Henry Romanek’s life was at hand. The “Garfield,“ a transport ship, had just left the coast of England and was motoring south across the channel, its destination the waters off northern France, about ten miles outside of a quiet, enchanting beach the Allies called Omaha.
As Romanek gazed onto the black horizon, a cold wind dusting his cheeks, beams of moonlight filtered though the clouds to reveal an armada of ships so vast that it took his breath away. Over five thousand vessels were plowing through the whitecaps, the column of ships stretching as far as Romanek’s eyes could see to the east and the west. The day of reckoning, D-day, had arrived. “Good God,“ Romanek said softly to himself, “Lord, have mercy on us.”
The twenty-four-year-old Romanek was a platoon leader in the 149th Engineer Combat Battalion. Like all the soldiers in his company, he was dressed for battle. He wore a steel combat helmet that was outfitted with a fabric interlining. A life belt (a flotation
device) was wrapped snugly around his waist. His first layer of clothing was a wool undershirt, underwear, and thick wool combat socks. On top of that were protective leggings, wool pants, a flannel shirt, an olive drab jacket, and waterproof jumpshoes. He also carried a field bag on his back that held a pancho, toilet articles, a towel, canned food, and a knife, fork, and spoon. A loaded carbine hung over his shoulder, and his dog tags dangled from his neck. On the ring finger of his left hand was his graduation ring from West Point, his dearest possession.
Romanek had received the ring a year earlier, and now as he looked down on it, the black onyx stone glittered in the moonlight. Romanek was in charge of a platoon of forty-five men, and they were constantly asking him to tell stories from his days at the military academy, especially what it was like to be an Army football player. Romanek had been a two-way standout at the Point in 1941 and ‘42, playing tackle on both offense and defense. The game he was most often questioned about was the ‘41 Army-Navy contest, which was played before 98,942 screaming fans at Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium. As Romanek drew closer to what he knew would be the bloodiest fight of his life, that game was still alive in his mind, its details burned into his memory. He must have told his men about that Army-Navy clash a hundred times, maybe more.
Though three and half years had passed since he last donned an Army football uniform, Romanek still looked like the strapping star he was. Barrel-chested and long-armed, Romanek, at 6’2”, 195 pounds, was more toned than muscular. He didn’t seem to have an ounce of fat on his tight frame. He had a fair complexion, sleepy blue eyes, caramel-colored hair that was in a crew cut, and a soft, gentle smile that made ladies blush whenever he looked their way. He was, by all accounts, a dashing figure, the kind of clean-cut, riveting young man that people turned to stare at whenever he strolled into a room.
Yet the boys in his platoon and to Romanek, they were “boys,“ as most of them were still teenagers–looked up to Romanek not because of his handsome looks but because he was their leader. Romanek thought of his men as an extension of his own family, and he worried and fretted about them probably more than he should have. He spent every night after training reading all their V-mail letters that they were sending to loved ones back home. Because Romanek was the official censor in charge of screening all outgoing U.S. mail for his platoon, he came to know all of his men’s deepest secrets and greatest fears. He talked to the men in his platoon about everything, from how they missed their sweethearts back home to the art of making a proper block on the football field. Even when Romanek was agitated, he rarely raised his voice when speaking with his men. Instead, in a firm and steady tone, he would simply lay out what needed to be done and how it would be accomplished. Then he always ended by saying how much he trusted everyone and how they should treat each other like they were blood brothers.
Romanek’s soldiers were from the Midwest, mostly raised on farms and in small towns in Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska, and they were as gritty as any soldiers Romanek had ever been around. Romanek cared deeply for them, which made him vulnerable on this early morning: Romanek knew that many of them wouldn’t survive the coming day. “If all the soldiers on our side are as good as you guys,“ Romanek told his men a few days before the invasion, “the Germans don’t have a chance.”
Along with the rest of his battalion, Romanek and his men had sailed out of New York harbor on the early morning of December 29, 1943 and had spent the better part of six months on the south coast of England preparing for the invasion. The 149th practiced everything from landing on beaches to laying live mines to booby-trapping houses with explosives. The combat engineers had perhaps the most complex mission of any on D-day. They would be among the first to hit the beaches, and they were assigned multiple tasks. They were to identify and blow up any beach obstacle–most were large pieces of steel rail–that would interfere with the landing of troops as the tide began to rise. Then, as quickly as possible, they were to set up signs that would act as guideposts for incoming landing craft. Finally, if they were still alive, they were to clear roads from the beach and set up supply dumps.
Romanek had gone over the mission dozens of times with his men. He explained to them that the first assault waves on D-day were going to be DD tanks (“duplex drive” tanks that were modified M4 Sherman tanks, which could travel on water as well as land). These tanks would be rigged with rubber devices so–the hope was–they would float. The tanks would be followed by a wave of infantry and engineers. Romanek’s engineering platoon was married to the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division. They would ride into Omaha Beach together on landing craft, and they would be among the first of the forty thousand men scheduled to land on Omaha, a beach that was about six miles long and slight crescent-shaped. Romanek reminded his men over and over that what they really had to focus on was erecting the large marking panels for the D-3 exit so that subsequent landing craft would know where to go.
Now on the “Garfield,“ the landings at Omaha just hours away, Romanek told his platoon to gather around him. When Romanek looked at his men, their eyes seemed to glow like full moons–wide-open and bursting with anticipation. “Now is our opportunity to participate in the greatest armada ever launched in history,“ Romanek said above the drone of the “Garfield’s” engines. “And history will be made by what we do here today. Now let’s do our jobs and make our country proud.” There were no replies from any of Romanek’s men. They merely stared at their leader in silence.
At around two in the morning, when the “Garfield” was about twelve miles off the coast of France, the order was sounded; “Now hear this! All assault troops report to your debarkation areas.”
Romanek made his way to the spot where he would descend onto a LCM (Landing Craft, f0 Mechanized) that would ferry half of his platoon–approximately twenty-three men–and about eighty infantry personnel to the beach. Along with the hundred or so men on the LCM, there would also be explosive devices and marking panels on board, which Romanek and his platoon of engineers would erect. The marking panels were stored in twenty-foot-long polelike casings. The markers were large triangles that would be staked into the sand and would signify the D-3 exit at Les Moulins, an area on the beach that included a road that led inland to St. Laurent–a D-day objective for the infantry. Romanek carried one of the cases with him as he walked to the disembarkation point.
Boarding the LCMs was treacherous. The small vessels had already been lowered into the water and they were now bobbing up and down in the ten-foot swells. The men threw a rope net over the side of the “Garfield.” In a firm tone, Romanek told his men to go, to climb down the net and then jump into their LCM. “This won’t he easy,“ Romanek said as men began to descend. “Don’t lose your grip.” Because the engineers were loaded down with weapons, ammo, rations, and a life preserver, mobility was limited. At the disembarking point, one of the men turned to Romanek. His face was white and he was so cold with fear he could hardly move. “Sir, I’m scared,“ he told Romanek.
Copyright (c) 2004 by Lars Anderson
All-America team | American sports
All-America team, honorific title given to outstanding U.S. athletes in a specific sport in a given year competing at the collegiate and secondary school levels. Originally the term referred to a select group of college gridiron football players. Athletes selected to an All-America team are known as All-Americans.
The first All-America team comprised football players, picked by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp in 1889 for a magazine called The Week’s Sport. Whitney and Camp continued to collaborate in selecting All-America teams, working for The Week’s Sport again in 1890 and then for Harper’s Weekly from 1891 through 1897. Camp made his own selections for Collier’s magazine from 1898 through 1924. Camp’s reputation as football player, coach, and rules maker made his selections generally accepted. When Camp died in 1925, Collier’s engaged Grantland Rice, the era’s most prominent sportswriter, to continue the annual selection.
Even before 1900, other football devotees had begun making their own All-America choices. The number of these selections increased as the popularity of football grew; major newspapers, news services, feature syndicates, and eventually magazines (most notably Look) picked annual teams. Rice and Collier’s began the practice of compiling their selections from the findings of a nationwide board of the American Football Coaches Association, which continues to select an All-America team. The major American news services, Associated Press and United Press International, also use the findings of representatives scattered throughout the country to choose All-America teams, as does the Football Writers Association of America.
All-America teams are now also chosen in such sports as baseball, basketball, swimming, and track and field and consist of athletes from colleges, high schools, and prep schools.Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Subscribe Now
2020 Consensus All-Americans: Alabama dominates with six selections
The NCAA announced the 2020 consensus All-American team on Friday, led by six Alabama players.
DeVonta Smith, the Heisman Trophy winner and Sporting News Player of the Year, was among the Crimson Tide’s six selections.
Sporting News is one of five outlets used to determine consensus All-Americans along with the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and Walter Camp Foundation (WC).
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The Crimson Tide dominated the list, adding running back Najee Harris, offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood, center Landon Dickerson and cornerback Patrick Surtain II as unanimous selections; quarterback Mac Jones earned consensus honors.
To be selected to the consensus team, a player must be named first team on at least two of those five All-American teams. Second teams are used to break ties.
Here is a look at the consensus All-American Team.
*denotes unanimous selection:
Consensus All-American offense
|RB||Breece Hall*||Iowa State||Sr.|
|WR||Elijah Moore||Ole Miss||Jr.|
|OL||Liam Eichenberg||Notre Dame||Sr.|
|OL||Aaron Banks||Notre Dame||Sr.|
|OL||Kenyon Green||Texas A&M||So.|
|OL||Wyatt Davis*||Ohio State||Jr.|
|RET/AP||Avery Williams||Boise State||Sr.|
Consensus All-American defense
|DL||Tarron Jackson||Coastal Carolina||Sr.|
|DL||Darius Stills||West Virginia||Sr.|
|DL||Patrick Jones II||Pitt||Sr.|
|LB||Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah*||Notre Dame||Sr.|
|DB||Patrick Surtain II*||Alabama||Jr.|
|DB||Shaun Wade||Ohio State||Sr.|
|P||Pressley Harvin III||Georgia Tech||Sr.|
Fact Sheet: President Biden to Announce All Americans to be Eligible for Vaccinations by May 1, Puts the Nation on a Path to Get Closer to Normal by July 4th
President Biden Implements Next Phase of National Strategy to Put the Pandemic Behind Us; Will Direct States, Tribes, and Territories to Make All Adults Eligible for Vaccine by May 1
Today, in his first prime time address, President Biden will announce the next phase of our war-time effort to vaccinate the U.S. population, with the goal of getting the nation closer to normal by July 4th, Independence Day.
The President launched a new, comprehensive strategy to beat this pandemic on January 21, 2021. In the subsequent 7 weeks, we’ve delivered over 81 million vaccinations to Americans — today, more people are once again able to visit their loved ones. There is more work to do and today, the President is outlining the next phase of his whole of government strategy to put the pandemic behind us.
Today, the President will announce that in the coming weeks, the Administration will:
Make every adult in the U.S. eligible for vaccination no later than May 1. Today, in the next phase of our vaccination effort, the President will announce that he will direct states, Tribes, and territories to make all adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine no later than May 1st. The White House COVID-19 Response Team has concluded that our accelerated vaccination efforts will enable prioritized vaccinations to be far enough along by end of April that all eligibility restrictions for vaccinations can be lifted by May 1st.
Once all Americans are eligible to be vaccinated, the Administration will ensure that every adult is actually able to get the vaccine by:
Increasing the number of places Americans can get vaccinated. With the resources available through President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, the Administration will ramp up efforts to create more places for people to get vaccinated, reaching the hardest-hit and hardest to reach populations.
Community Health Centers: Today, the Administration announced that over the next six weeks the Administration will deliver vaccines directly to up to an additional 700 community health centers that reach underserved communities, increasing the total number of participating community health centers across the country to 950. These health centers serve low income and minority patients, provide services to rural communities and Tribal communities, and many will utilize mobile vans to deliver services.
Pharmacies: The Administration will double the number of pharmacies participating in the federal pharmacy program, making the vaccine available at more than 20,000 pharmacies in locations convenient to all Americans. The Administration is directing pharmacies to expand mobile operations into the hardest hit communities to reach more people.
Community Vaccination Centers: The Administration will more than double the number of federally-run mass vaccination centers, run by FEMA, the U.S. military, and other federal agencies in partnership with states, to ensure that we reach the hardest-hit communities in this historic effort. Many of these sites will be the home base for mobile units that will travel into local communities to provide vaccines directly in underserved populations. With these mobile clinics, we’ll work with states to make up to one-third of each site’s daily vaccinations available directly in the hardest-hit neighborhoods. Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, the Administration will also increase support for state and local-run community vaccination centers. As a result of these added investments community vaccination centers will be capable of administering hundreds of thousands of shots a day, building on the nearly 600 centers across the country already operating with federal support.
Increasing the number of people providing and supporting vaccinations. Today, President Biden will announce the deployment of more than 4,000 active duty troops to support vaccination efforts, bringing the total to over 6,000 in all. Tomorrow, the Administration will expand the pool of qualified professionals able to administer shots to include: Dentists, advanced and intermediate Emergency Medical Technicians, Midwives, Optometrists, Paramedics, Physician Assistants, Podiatrists, Respiratory Therapists, and Veterinarians, as well as medical students, nursing students, and other healthcare students in the previously listed professions under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will launch a new website to help individuals determine whether they are eligible to sign up to volunteer to administer shots.
Providing tools to make it easier for individuals to find a vaccine. The President will announce steps to make it easier for individuals to find a vaccine near them and address some of the barriers to getting vaccinated.
Find a Vaccination Website: By May 1st, as vaccines are available in more places, the Administration will launch a federally-supported website that will show the locations near them that have vaccines.
1-800 Number: To offer a tool for those who may lack Internet access, we will launch a call center by May 1st to provide guidance and assistance with finding a vaccine.
Technical Support to Improve Existing State Websites: Since many Americans use their state websites to schedule appointments, the Administration will also deploy technology teams to states who need assistance to improve their websites.
Providing clear guidance to vaccinated Americans. Our COVID-19 efforts will always be guided by science and the step-by-step approaches to get Americans back to the important people and activities in their lives that they have been missing. Today, the President announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will continue to issue clear guidance for individuals on what they can do after being fully vaccinated.
Additional CDC Guidance on Activities for the Vaccinated: As we approach July 4th, based on the best available science and the pace of vaccinations, the CDC will provide public health guidance for people as they travel, participate in small gatherings, and go to work and houses of worship.
Benefits of Vaccination: CDC guidance and other CDC messaging will make the benefits of vaccination clear to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated.
Take New Steps to Reopen the Nation’s Schools. Reopening schools safely is critical to getting closer to normal. Tonight, President Biden laid out new steps in the school reopening effort.
Ensure schools have the resources they need: Now that the American Rescue Plan has passed, the nearly $130 billion to safely reopen schools for in-person instruction will begin to be distributed this month by the Department of Education. These dollars will help schools pay for the critical supplies to implement the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommended mitigation strategies, hire more staff – and avoid laying off current staff – to accommodate the need for smaller class sizes due to physical distancing, and support children’s academic, social and emotional needs after a challenging year.
Expand screening testing in schools: We will immediately take steps to help schools implement regular screening testing to assist them in safely reopening classrooms, including through tests and test supplies as well as implementation assistance to make it easier for schools to adopt a testing program. This month, HHS will award $650 million in an initial investment in expanding K-8 school testing and testing in underserved congregate settings through new regional coordinating centers that will identify existing testing capacity, match it up to an area of need and support testing. This effort will begin to bring more testing to teachers, staff, and students and serve as a bridge to the comprehensive testing investment in the American Rescue Plan that is critical to get the pandemic under control.
Provide guidance and support: The Department of Education (ED) will host a national Safe School Reopening Summit this month that will bring together students, teachers, families, community organizations, and state, local, or school leadership to provide assistance in implementing the CDC K-12 operational strategy for in-person instruction and supporting the academic, social, and emotional well-being of students. ED also is launching the “Safer Schools and Campuses Best Practices Clearinghouse” called for in President Biden’s Executive Order. The Clearinghouse will highlight lessons learned and best practices that can help schools and districts identify opportunities to best utilize American Rescue Plan funds to meet their individual needs. Next month, ED will release Volume 2 of its K-12 COVID-19 Handbook for districts, schools, and educators with strategies to address the impact of COVID-19 on students, educators, and staff, especially for historically underserved students and communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic.
Help educators get vaccinated: Throughout March, the Administration will advance our efforts to support educators, school staff and childcare workers getting vaccinated. Last week, the President announced that he is using the Administration’s authority to direct states to make Pre-K-12 school staff and child care workers eligible for vaccinations and that the Administration will prioritize educators in the federal pharmacy program. The President challenged all 50 states to get Pre-K-12 school staff and child care workers their first shot by the end of this month. To help meet that goal, the Administration is working with education leaders, advocates, child care providers, community leaders, states and others to help reach educators and to disseminate toolkits and other resources to help amplify the importance of getting vaccinated.
Continue Effort to Combat Variants and Spread of COVID-19: As we work to get more people vaccinated, we will continue to take steps to combat the spread of variants including expanding testing and genomic sequencing.
Expand testing to help stop the spread of COVID-19. While testing to date has been primarily focused on individuals with symptoms and potential exposures – and this testing remains critical – we will expand testing to ensure that we are identifying asymptomatic infection early to stop the spread. With the nearly $50 billion in testing funding in the American Rescue Plan, the Administration will invest in screening testing to help schools reopen safely, expand testing in congregate settings like shelters for individuals experiencing homelessness, prisons, and other settings where individuals live in close quarters. This funding also will help to close supply gaps and address critical raw material shortages that have plagued the testing supply chain. And, with new investments in our manufacturing base, we will be able to increase easier to use and more affordable point-of-care and at-home testing.
Identify variants by expanding genomic sequencing. Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s $1.75 billion investment, we will dramatically expand our ability to sequence samples to identify, track, and mitigate emerging variants. This will build on the nearly $200 million that the Administration announced last month to grow the number of samples sequenced from 7,000 to approximately 25,000. Growing sample sizes will improve our ability to detect emerging variants and work to mitigate their spread.
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Evvie Drake Starts Over
- A Novel
- By: Linda Holmes
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Linda Holmes
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death in a car crash. Everyone in town, even her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and Evvie doesn’t correct them. Meanwhile, in New York City, Dean Tenney, former Major League pitcher and Andy’s childhood best friend, is wrestling with what miserable athletes living out their worst nightmares call the “yips”: he can’t throw straight anymore, and, even worse, he can’t figure out why.
- 3 out of 5 stars
Something made me keep listening….
- By Carolina Girl on 10-12-19
Four Irish Named Walter Camp All-Americans; Owusu-Koramoah Becomes Unanimous All-American
NOTRE DAME, Indiana — Four Notre Dame Football student-athletes earned nods to the Walter Camp All-America team, the final of the five major selections. Graduate student offensive lineman Liam Eichenberg and senior linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah were named to the first team, and senior offensive lineman Aaron Banks and sophomore safety Kyle Hamilton were selected to the second team.
The first-team selection for Owusu-Koramoah completes a clean sweep of the five major All-America first teams, making him Notre Dame’s 35th unanimous All-American in program history. He is the first Irish player to earn the honor since Quenton Nelson in 2017, and the first Notre Dame defensive player since Manti Te’o in 2012.
The Walter Camp nod represents the fourth first-team nod (of five) in 2020 for Eichenberg. Both he and Banks (two first-team selections) are consensus All-Americans for 2020. The three consensus All-Americans for the Irish bring Notre Dame’s program total to 105.
2020-21 marks the 131st edition of the Walter Camp All-America team – the nation’s oldest All-America team. Originating in 1889 with eleven players, it has since grown to include offensive, defensive and special teams individuals, also adding a second team in 1998.First team
Totaling 38-consecutive starts on his career, Eichenberg has been tabbed as one of the best linemen in the country, being named a finalist for the Outland Trophy and recipient of the ACC’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy. He is a consensus All-American, having already been named to the Sporting News, FWAA and AFCA All-America first teams in 2020. He was twice named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week, and was a member of an offensive line unit that was a finalist for the 2020 Joe Moore Award. He was also named first team All-ACC by the conference.
The 2020 Butkus Award winner and ACC Defensive Player of the Year, Owusu-Koramoah is widely regarded as one of the best defensive players in the nation. Also a finalist for the Bednarik Award and Bowden Trophy, and semifinalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, Owusu-Koramoah was also a finalist for the Nagurski Award and named first-team All-ACC by the conference. The senior has totaled 62 tackles (42 solo), 11.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks, one interception, three PBU, two FR and three FF on the season. Owusu-Koramoah is a unanimous All-American, having been named already to the Associated Press, Sporting News, AFCA and FWAA All-America first teams.Second team
Banks has racked up 31-career starts and is a consensus All-American for 2020, having been named to the Associated Press and AFCA All-America first teams. He was named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance vs. Clemson (11/7). Selected to the All-ACC First Team, Banks is part of an offensive line that led the ACC and ranks seventh in the FBS in time of possession, controlling the ball for 33:56 minutes of game time and winning the time of possession battle in 11-of-12 games this season. The 33:56 time of possession average leads the ACC by more than two minutes per game.
An All-ACC First Team selection (chosen by the conference) and Bednarik Award semifinalist, sophomore Kyle Hamilton leads the Irish defense with 63 tackles (51 solo) in 2020, even with only 11 games played. Along with a 14-yard interception vs. Clemson in the ACC Championship, he has posted six PBUs, 4.5 TFL and two QB hits. He was selected to the FWAA All-America First Team and the Associated Press All-America Third Team.90,000 “Everyone is buying back the dollar”: Hedge funds massively close rates against the US currency | 10.03.21
(Bloomberg) – The dollar’s surprise march could undermine one of the most popular macro strategies of 2021, and its ending could be painful.
Short positions in the dollar were a common bet on Wall Street, but the rise of the US currency for two months in a row proved to be a severe test for them. Net short speculative positions are down nearly $ 6 billion, according to one indicator based on data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, while about $ 25 billion remains open.
The resilience of the global reserve currency came as a surprise to traders who hoped that the introduction of the Covid-19 vaccines would support economic growth and risk appetite and further weaken the dollar. Instead, concerns about central banks cutting stimulus contributed to global markets plummeting, while simultaneously reviving episodes of dollar rallies during market panic over U.S. stimulus plans in 2013 and emerging market sell-off in 2018. …
“Everyone is buying back the dollar,” says Kei Yamazaki, senior fund manager at Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co., whose company oversees $ 135 billion in investments. that until the dollar rally stops. ”
In 2018, the liquidation of short dollar positions helped boost the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index by about 5% in the three months through June.Likewise, in 2013, the close of the shorts contributed to the rally in the same index by more than 3% in the first quarter.
However, in both episodes, short positions in the dollar were far from being as large as they are now – in 2018 they reached just under $ 24 billion, according to aggregated data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a number of currencies.
Shorting the dollar “was an absolutely massive painful strategy for everyone,” says Nader Naimi, head of dynamic markets at AMP Capital Investors Ltd.who went from short to long last month. “Short positions were so popular that they looked like a rubber band being stretched too much – it was illogical given the outstripping economic growth in the United States,” he said.
Some investors say US Treasury yields will be a key factor. Paul Sandhu, head of quantum solutions for mixed assets in the Asia-Pacific region at BNP Paribas Asset Management, does not see “much potential to further strengthen” the dollar.
“I think when the yield curve starts to stabilize, you will see the stabilization of the dynamics of the currency,” – he said.
Abridged translation of the article: Crowded Dollar Trades Face Reckoning With Funds Cutting Losses
© 2021 Bloomberg L.P.
Oscar-winner Land of Nomads: The American Dream Through the Eyes of a Chinese Woman in America
- Alexander Kahn
- Cultural Observer
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Francis McDormand – the ideological inspirer, producer and performer of the main role in the film “The Land of the Nomads”
The film “The Land of the Nomads” won an Oscar as the best film, its director Chloe Zhao was awarded a gold statuette for the best director, and played the main character Frances McDormand won an Oscar for Best Actress.
This success is by no means unexpected: since its triumphant world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where the picture received the Golden Lion, she and its creator have reaped major awards at the Golden Globe and BAFTA awards.
A well-deserved victory at the main competition of world cinema makes you look at this wonderful picture in more detail, tell about how it was created, what ideas its authors put into it, and what, in fact, became the key to its triumphant march on world screens.
In the beginning was a book
The inspiration for “The Land of the Nomads” was the documentary book “The Land of the Nomads: Surviving America in the 21st Century” by American journalist Jessica Bruder.
Published in 2017, the book is the result of long travels around the United States, during which its author explored the lives of new nomads – people, usually elderly people who lost their homes and jobs after the 2008 financial crisis and who were doomed to wander around the country in search of odd jobs in caravans – shabby vans that have become their homes with minimal amenities.
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Journalist Jessica Bruder is the author of the documentary research inspired film “The Land of the Nomads: Surviving America in the 21st Century”
” I lived in a tent for weeks, then in a camper for months, “says Bruder.” Experience is the best teacher. During this time, I went from the most superficial idea of the life of nomads to the deepest respect for the people who survived, despite the enormous problems that befell them. life, creative energy, resilience and generosity. “
Many of them, she says, tried to present to her – and at the same time to themselves – their lives in the light of the typically American idealistic view of the romance of the Wild West, of the all-time beckoning road ahead. They presented themselves as outcasts, like cowboys, like legendary American pioneers. They talked about freedom and unlimited possibilities, about individualism and self-sufficiency.
Only over time, talk about something else gradually appeared: about lost jobs, ruinous divorces and houses taken by banks – about what, in fact, forced them to go on a difficult path.They drew a legend, and only gradually, behind the cover of myth, unsightly facts were revealed.
“The legend gave them a sense of control over their own lives,” says Bruder. “We all need stories that seem to explain our lives to us. But these stories do not always correspond to reality.”
Francis McDormand – the main engine of the picture
Francis McDormand – a recognized Hollywood star, now a three-time Oscar winner (before “Land of the Nomads” she received gold statuettes for “Fargo” and “Three billboards on the border of Ebbing, Missouri), the wife of one of the most interesting directors of modern American cinema, Joel Cohen, who has starred in dozens of various films.
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Frances McDormand felt like a part of the generation of new nomads, which are in question in the film
But even only these two “Oscar-winning” roles, least associated with the notorious Hollywood stardom, perfectly her characterize. Despite her education at the prestigious Yale University, she is the flesh of simple America.
By the time the book appeared, Brooder McDormand turned 60, and she felt like part of that very generation of new nomads, whose fate the journalist revealed in her documentary research.The book made a huge impression on her, and she immediately, along with producer Peter Spears, whose track record already included the exquisite and romantic gay drama Call Me by Your Name, acquired the rights to film it.
“The book mercilessly disrupts the hippist romantic halo of the road and ideal life-wandering, so inherent in our generation, brought up on beatnism and Kerouac’s book” On the Road, ” says McDormand.
In the same 2017, at the Toronto Film Festival, McDormand, still impressed by Brooder’s book, seized a couple of hours free between endless press conferences and interviews in connection with the Three Billboards shown there and was able to watch the movie The Horseman to almost no one then unknown director Chloe Zhao.
The story of an injured Lakota Sioux Indian cowboy living on a reservation shocked McDormand with a combination of authenticity – starring the injured real Indian cowboy Brady Gendreau himself – and artistry.And also an incredibly conveyed sense of the incomprehensibility and beauty of American nature.
Both that, and another seemed to her qualities, fundamentally necessary for the film adaptation of “The Land of the Nomads”.
Getting to know Zhao’s debut – also filmed in 2015 and also about life on the Indian Reservation, the drama Songs That My Brothers Taught Me – only strengthened McDormand’s resolve that her original feeling was correct: “The Land of the Nomads” should be directed by Chloe Zhao.
Documentary and artistic
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The main creative tandem of the picture is the leading actor and producer Frances McDormand and director Chloe Zhao at the premiere of the film in August 2020.
The tandem of two women thus formed gave rise to a unique creative hybrid – a film in which real characters, real people from Jessica Bruder’s book intersect, interact with fictional characters, just two professional actors involved in the film.
The main character played by McDormand is the same age as the actress Fern, a lonely woman from the tiny industrial town of Empire. This town, after the bankruptcy and closure of its only enterprise, a drywall factory, completely lost the meaning of its existence, turned out to be abandoned by people and deserted.Fern was also a widow, and she had no choice but to load her simple belongings into a battered van and hit the road.
A shabby and cramped van, which does not even have its own toilet, for Fern is the only, faithful and devoted friend. Rather, even a friend, since the heroine speaks of her mobile home in the feminine gender as an animated creature that has its own name – “Vanguard”.
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The van replaced Fern and the lost house, and the deceased husband, became her and her family, and the only friend
Next to Fern and her mobile home there are colorful faces from the book of Bruder, and also new ones that the film crew met while wandering around the country while working on the film.
Among them are gray-haired patriarch Bob Wells, the founder and spiritual leader of the largest nomad association in the world Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, striving to bring an almost divine meaning into nomadic life, and a sensible elderly woman with a broken arm on a bandage, nicknamed Swankie (“gorgeous” ), and another elderly woman named Linda May, who dreams of buying a piece of land and building an “earth ship” on it – an eco-friendly home made from natural materials.
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In the nighttime conversations around the fire, real nomads shared their lives, dreams and pain with Fern, forgetting that she is an actress
Each of them has their own piece in the film, each from them it was necessary to “talk”, to get from them unencumbered naturalness, so that they organically intertwined into the artistic fabric of Fern’s history.
Collapse and hope of the “American Dream”
It may seem that the main meaning of the picture is the collapse of the legendary “American Dream”, absorbed by Americans from the cradle and fed by the history of the country. This dream was cherished by a generation of baby boomers who grew up in the 60s; they are the main part of the heroes of “The Land of the Nomads” wandering along the roads of America.
For them, their dream – a prosperous, secure old age in their home – collapsed. And part of it – the free travel in comfortable motorhomes through the national parks with daily barbecues – takes on a sad, almost sarcastic incarnation in their squalid vans next to the luxurious vans they come across at a traveling fair.
For all the obvious sadness and disappointment with such an outcome of the American dream, the film does not for a second sink to the level of frank political exposure. And although he was filmed at a time of maximum political polarization, to which America came at the end of the Trump era, there is not a single conversation on a political topic in it. The viewer himself draws his own conclusions.
But most importantly, the very artistic structure of the picture latently returns faith to America. Into the indomitable spirit of her people, into her magnificent immense beauty, perceived not only from nature itself, but also from American visual culture.
The expanses of prairies, along which the heroes wander, seem to be almost a literal cinematic reproduction of paintings by the American landscape painter Andrew Wyeth or the same expanses sung in traditional westerns – the most classic American cinematic genre.
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Exquisitely filmed vast expanses of America – merit of cameraman Joshua James Richards
Chloe Zhao herself and the cameraman of the film, British Joshua James Richards willingly admit to influencing both of them , Zhao’s constant companion not only in all three of her paintings, but also a life partner.
View from the outside and from within
It seems surprising, if not paradoxical, that the creator of such an American in spirit and visual appearance of the film was an immigrant filmmaker.
Chloe Zhao was born in 1982 in Beijing, her father is a successful Chinese industrialist. Since childhood, she was fond of drawing, creating comics in the style of manga and cinema – her favorite director was Wong Karwai.
The wealth of the family allowed her parents to send a nearly non-English speaking 15-year-old girl to a private boarding school in England, after which she moved to Los Angeles.Her first university degree in America was in political science, and only after that she turned to her childhood dream and went to study cinematography at New York University.
So Zhao is not a pure immigrant. Almost all of her adult life was spent in the United States. But at the same time, her unique life experience allows her to see America as if in a double focus – both a foreigner who came from afar, and an American who is already quite immersed in the life of the country.
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Thanks to “The Land of the Nomads” Chloe Zhao in less than a year turned from a little-known aspiring cinematographer into one of the most sought-after directors of world cinema
In this view of America from the outside has its own glorious and very worthy tradition.You can recall a number of wonderful, already classic examples of American cinema, created by immigrants.
Only the last decades will give many examples of an accurate and heartfelt view of America from the outside: “Zabriskie Point” by Michelangelo Antonioni, “Paris, Texas” by Wim Wenders or the relatively recent “American cutie” of the British woman Andrea Arnold. Moreover, all these films, like “The Land of the Nomads”, were shot in the very American road movie genre – road cinema, travel film.
In less than a year, the 39-year-old director’s career took off at a dizzying rise.
Back in September last year, before the premiere of “Land of the Nomads” in Venice, her name and her films were familiar only to specialists and the most advanced cinephiles. Now she is not only widely known all over the world, but also became one of the most demanded directors of world cinema.
As almost inevitably happens with hitherto little-known directors who have achieved such significant success, Chloe Zhao almost instantly fell into the clip of commercial Hollywood.
The glory of “The Land of the Nomads” is still far from dead, but it is already completing work on the big-budget blockbuster “The Eternals” – the next, 26th in a row, film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In her new film, which is scheduled for release at the end of 2021, there is a whole galaxy of Hollywood stars of the first magnitude: Angelina Jolie, Selma Hayek, Richard Madden, Kit Harrington, Kumail Nanjiani. The film, for the first time in Marvel history, will feature a gay superhero and a deaf superhero.
Fans of “serious” cinema are not without apprehension awaiting such a rapid transition of a subtle, intelligent director to the world of frank film commerce.
Chloe Zhao, however, does not mind this transition.
She gives the example of Ang Lee, a native of Taiwan, who also lives and works in America, who without any problems moves from film adaptations of English costume dramas (“Sense and Sensibility”) to a modern psychotriller (“Ice Wind”), then to exquisite Chinese myth (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”), then to the fantastic action movie (“Hulk”), from him to the gay cowboy drama (“Brokeback Mountain”), then to the nostalgia for the 60s (“Storming Woodstock”) and, finally, again to the blockbuster action movie “Gemini”.
Few filmmakers manage to achieve such incredible stylistic and genre variation in their careers without sacrificing quality. Will Chloe Zhao succeed in this? “The Land of the Nomads” allows us to hope so.90,000 From May 1, all Americans will be able to get vaccinated against coronavirus
President Biden has pledged to make the COVID-19 vaccine generally available to all categories of people from May 1, 2020. This, of course, does not mean that you will be immediately vaccinated on the same day, but, as the president said, “you can sign up for the queue.Every adult will be eligible for the vaccine. ”
Remembering the famous quote, this is “a small step for man, but a giant leap for all mankind.” Large-scale immunization, which will help achieve the necessary herd immunity, is the main weapon in the fight against the virus. To achieve this goal, the United States will continue to give 2 million injections a day, more than anywhere else in the world, Biden said. Once every American adult is eligible for the vaccine, the federal administration will launch a website to help people find the nearest vaccination center.In addition, the authorities will open a public call center where you can call a single number to make an appointment for vaccinations. This is especially important for seniors who have difficulty using a computer or in areas where WiFi is difficult to access.
Naturally, once all Americans are eligible for the vaccine, demand will greatly exceed supply. Therefore, the federal administration has already announced the steps that it intends to take so that everyone can get vaccinated.
First, it is planned to increase the number of places in which it will be possible to vaccinate, especially in the areas most affected by the virus. Over the next two months, the federal administration will supply the vaccine to an additional 700 community health centers that are opening. Thus, the number of such centers throughout the country will increase to 950. This is not too small, given that they serve patients with low incomes and members of racial and ethnic minorities. In addition, the staff of these centers will be provided with buses to vaccinate rural residents with the help of such “mobile vaccination centers”.The number of federal mass vaccination centers run by FEMA, the US military and other federal agencies in partnership with state governments will more than double (there are now nearly 600 nationwide). These centers will also operate mobile vaccination sites, thanks to which, as the authorities promise, “up to one third of daily vaccinations will be carried out in the areas most affected by COVID-19.”
Second, the administration is giving the green light to pharmacies participating in the federal vaccination program.Thus, it will be possible to vaccinate in more than 20 thousand pharmacies throughout the country. Pharmacists are also advised to use buses to transport the vaccine to the most difficult to reach areas and reach more people.
President Biden announced that he will deploy more than 4,000 additional troops to support vaccination efforts. Thus, the total number of military personnel working in vaccination centers will exceed 6 thousand people. In addition, the administration is expanding the list of qualified professionals who can vaccinate.These now include dentists, ambulance technicians (EMT), midwives, optometrists, paramedics, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and even veterinarians! Specifically to allow more medical personnel to vaccinate, Biden ordered amendments to the provisions of the Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP). The amendment also allows anyone on the above list who has retired in the past five years to work at vaccination centers.The only condition is that the pensioner must have a “good reputation after the expiration of the license.” It should be noted that the amendment also allows “appropriately trained and professionally supervised medical students” to work in such centers.
In response, the authorities launched a website where health workers, retirees and students can sign up to work at vaccination centers. There are also links for those wishing to become volunteers in different states. The site address is phe.gov.
The American Dental Association (ADA) was one of the first to respond to the president’s statement.
– Dentists are ideal candidates to help with the COVID-19 vaccine, and this is a victory for society, the ADA said. “They already have the necessary knowledge and skills to administer vaccines and monitor side effects – and many do it on a daily basis.
Currently, 28 states are already recruiting dentists to work in vaccination centers, the ADA noted.
In addition, in his State of the Union Address, President Biden highlighted his administration’s efforts to open schools. The White House’s stated goal is that every school employee must receive at least one COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March. “More than 30 states have already taken steps to prioritize teacher vaccination. And today I am using the full power of the federal government, – said the president. “I order all states, territories and the District of Columbia to do the same.”
If all the promises made come true, then, according to the president, we all have “a good chance of getting together with family and friends and celebrating Independence Day on July 4th.” True, he explained that it would still be possible to gather in small groups for the time being. Biden also urged everyone who does not want to vaccinate to talk to those friends, neighbors, relatives who have already done so – to make sure that the vaccines are safe and feel more confident. Otherwise, according to scientists, “the situation with the virus may worsen again.”Well, until the majority of society is vaccinated, everyone will have to observe the required precautions: wear masks, keep their distance and wash their hands thoroughly.
“If we don’t remain vigilant and conditions do not change, we may have to re-establish quarantine restrictions,” Biden said. “Now is not the time to relax.
More than 105 million Americans have been vaccinated as of March 13, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Of these, more than 68.8 million (20.7% of the total population) received one dose of vaccine, more than 38 million (11.1%) were fully vaccinated. Almost a third of Americans age 65 and older are fully vaccinated. Since large-scale immunization began in the country on December 14, 2020, more doses have been administered in the United States than in any other country in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University. They are most actively vaccinated in Alaska (17% of state residents are fully vaccinated) and South Dakota (15%), slower – in Utah (8.1%), Washington, DC (8.5%), Tennessee (9.4%) and California (9.7%).
Anthony Fauci, chief infectious disease specialist in the United States, said 70 to 85 percent of the country’s population needed to be vaccinated to develop herd immunity. At the current rate, it will take about 4-5 months to vaccinate the required number of people. Of course, speeding up the vaccination campaign will help us get back to normal faster.90,000 Americans are still waiting for “racial justice”
The later racial equality comes, the further the world will be from racial justice, the more racial anger will be.
Racial injustice in the United States has attracted particular attention and criticism, both within the United States of America and outside this country. New US President-elect Joe Biden views the advancement of racial justice as one of four priorities. According to a recent article in the American weekly Time, the new president will have to indulge in “national reflections on racial justice.”
In fact, racial discrimination has long been a common and systematic phenomenon in the United States.The challenges posed by the new type of coronavirus have inflicted an “additional” blow on ethnic minorities in the United States, reflecting the existing inequities among representatives of different nationalities in the field of economic and social resources. The famous American immunologist and infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci said directly: “Racial inequality is unusual during the current epidemic.”
The health rights of various minorities in the United States are inherently vulnerable, and the epidemic has further exacerbated this problem and made it more visible.According to a 2020 study by the American nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation, from 2010 to 2018, the proportion of African Americans without health insurance was 1.5 times higher than that of whites. The proportion of Hispanics in the United States without health insurance was more than 2.5 times the proportion of whites in the country.
High medical costs are forcing large numbers of ethnic minorities to refuse treatment.Even with hospital treatment, racial injustice continues. According to reports from the American newspaper The New York Times, numerous studies show that patients of African descent are treated worse than white Americans. Following the advancement of the vaccination process in the United States, differences in vaccination rates among different races began to appear. The American news channel CNN recently published the results of a study, according to which in many states of the country the vaccination rate of white Americans is much higher than that of other ethnic and racial groups, in some states this percentage is more than three times higher.
Representatives of various national minorities in the United States are facing even more serious difficulties in the economic sphere. Between February and April 2020, 41% of African American-owned businesses closed, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, compared with 17% for whites. The website of the American media organization Politico notes that ethnic minorities in the United States have been greatly affected by the economic downturn associated with the epidemic.According to various reports, African Americans are constantly faced with a “proven pattern of economic discrimination.” For example, African Americans are more likely to be denied loans compared to White Americans with a similar credit situation. Even if they get a loan, they often have to pay a higher interest rate. According to one of the leaders of the African American Chamber of Commerce, it is more difficult for Americans of African descent to receive assistance under the financial support program from the federal government.
The results of numerous polls show that most Americans are unhappy with the situation with racial issues in the country. However, political polarization makes it difficult for the American government to change its actions to address racial issues. In recent years, when racial conflicts have erupted in the federal government, even basic moral principles have failed to be maintained.
American civil rights leader Rashad Robinson said the US needs to take action to change the problems of racial discrimination.”We need to turn questions of discourse into questions of governance.” According to Derek Johnson, chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, racial equality requires more than just stating a position, it needs a “series of clear results.”90,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine received conditional marketing authorization in China
（Source: Xinhua News Agency） 08: 14.07 / 02/2021
BEIJING, Dec.6 / Xinhua / – The PRC State Drug Control Administration on Friday issued a conditional approval to market the CoronaVac vaccine, an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech.The developer company announced this today.
The vaccine, which is produced by the Beijing company Sinovac Life Sciences Co. Ltd., affiliated with Sinovac Biotech Corporation, was approved for emergency use in China last June. Since July last year, the use of the vaccine for emergency vaccination of certain groups of the population began.
Since January of this year, individual states, including Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and Laos, have consistently approved the use of the Sinovac vaccine in emergencies.
In a press release posted on the Sinovac Biotech website, these countries have recognized the results of clinical trials, believing that the vaccine effectively reduces the need for treatment, hospitalization rates, severe cases and deaths from COVID-19, and is of great importance for the prevention and control over the epidemic.
February 3 Sinovac Life Sciences Co. Ltd. has submitted an application for conditional approval to market the CoronaVac vaccine. Approval was soon obtained based on the results of Phase 3 clinical trials conducted overseas.
The State Agency for Medicines Control demanded that the company continue the relevant clinical trials, fulfill all the necessary conditions and provide the research results in a timely manner.
“We plan to deliver even more safe and effective vaccines as soon as possible to help finally bring COVID-19 under control by expanding vaccination coverage, allowing social and economic development to return to normal,” said Sinovac Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Biotech Yin Weidong.
According to the company, the vaccine will be administered in two stages with an interval of 14 to 28 days; a single dose of the vaccine is 0.5 ml.
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Featured News:90,000 US history in seven periods • Arzamas
Adoption of the US Constitution
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union drawn up after the proclamation of independence turned out to be ineffective, and by 1787 a specially convened Constitutional Convention was developing the text of the Constitution.By 1789, two-thirds of the states have ratified the document, which makes it possible to hold elections for Congress and the President of the United States (the rest of the states will ratify the Constitution within the next two years, after 10 amendments to the main text are adopted protecting the rights and freedoms of citizens – the Bill of Rights )
The first change of president as a result of the loss of the current head of state in the elections
Supporters of the incumbent President John Adams considered his opponent Thomas Jefferson a dangerous radical and seriously considered the possibility of abandoning the transfer of power.Nonetheless, Adams cedes power to the winner, setting a precedent for democratic transition
Under President Thomas Jefferson, the United States expands for the first time through purchase: lands from France acquired from the border with Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, approximately equal in size to the territory that the United States previously occupied
War with Great Britain
Begins on a US initiative with the hope of annexing Canada and ending the forced recruitment of US sailors on Royal Navy ships on the high seas.However, Canada remains British, and in August 1814 the British corps entered Washington. In December of the same year, a peace treaty is signed in Ghent, but before news of it reaches the United States, American militia under the command of Andrew Jackson defeats British troops near New Orleans. The war will remain in American memory as the “Second War of Independence”
Indian Resettlement Act
The “Five Civilized Tribes” – Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Shouts and Seminole – are forcibly relocated to what is now Oklahoma.Resettlement along the “Road of Tears” leads to the death of a significant part of the Indians and the deterioration of their economic situation and puts an end to the hopes of some of the Indian elites for equal interaction with the American state
War with Mexico
Begins after the annexation of Texas by the United States, and ends with the transfer of about half of the pre-war territory of Mexico to the United States
Seneca Falls Convention
First meeting of women in defense of their rights.At it, in particular, the Declaration of Sentiments was adopted, proclaiming equality of the sexes and taking as a model the Declaration of Independence of the United States. Its main author is abolitionist Elizabeth Cady Stanton90,000 “They can make any jokes”
Vladimir Plyushchev – about the reaction of the Americans to the defeat at the hands of Russia: “They can make any jokes they want”
Honored Coach of Russia Vladimir Plyushchev commented on the victory of the Russian junior team in the opening match of the YChM-2021 against the US national team (7: 6 OT).
A funny post appeared on Twitter of the US Ice Hockey Federation after the match. The Americans recalled that at the 2015 tournament, having similarly lost to the Russians in the opening match, then the US team became the winner of the tournament.
– These comebacks happen. Our guys are great, they believed in themselves to the end and stubbornly walked towards victory. They realized their moments that they had. In such matches, psychology is always at the forefront. This is the big question, because the guys are very young. I have had similar matches in practice, also with the Americans.We were leading with a huge advantage, and they equalized. It was very difficult then to win and come out ahead. At first, some give confidence to others earlier than necessary, and then they cannot fix it. Such comebacks are found not only among young teams, but this also happens in adult competitions.
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Young kids who take antibiotics, may disrupt their gut's microbial ecosystem and be more likely to develop prediabetes in adolescence, reports a new research from Greece.
The study results will be presented in a poster at ENDO 2016, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, in Boston. "Increased consumption of antibiotics up to the age of 3 seems to decrease beneficial gut microbes and alter nutrient absorption and metabolism. This may lead to prediabetes, an early high-risk stage of Type 2 diabetes mellitus," said lead study investigator and author Charikleia Stefanaki, MD, MSc, Fellow and Research Associate in Pediatric Endocrinology, at Athens University Medical School in Athens, Greece.
"Antibiotics should be administered only when really indicated," Stefanaki said. "Gut microbes are a delicate 'organ' frequently neglected by the medical community that produces vitamins, hormones and micronutrients, interacts with the gut's nervous system, and influences the gut's immune response."
The researchers analyzed the fecal samples of 10 prediabetic adolescents and 14 healthy controls. The prediabetic study participants reported having taken antibiotics over three times a year by the time they were 3 years old. They also had fewer Colony Forming Units of Ruminococcus species per gram of stool.
The healthy control group was 8.5 times less likely to have taken antibiotics by the age of 3, and 1.75 times more likely to have a positive family history of autoimmune diseases. Ruminococcus species nourishes the gut's beneficial bacteria. Its depletion leads to unfavorable changes in the gut flora and may lead to adolescent prediabetes.
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Basic Characteristics Data Basic Characteristics Data Model Circuit method Switching frequency [kHz] CDS4004802 Forward converter 360 CDS4004803 Forward converter 360 CDS4004805 Forward converter CDS4004807 CDS4004812 Material Single sided Series/Parallel operation availability Double Series Parallel sided operation operation - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes 10 *1 - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes 12 *1 - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes Input current [A] Rated input fuse Inrush current protection 6 *1 - 9 *1 - 360 10 *1 Forward converter 360 Forward converter 360 CDS4004815 Forward converter 360 12 *1 CDS4004824 Forward converter 360 12 *1 CDS4004828 Forward converter 360 12 *1 CDS5002428H Forward converter 360 24 *2 PCB/Pattern CDS6002412 Forward converter 360 30 *2 - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes CDS6002412H Forward converter 360 29 *2 - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes CDS6002428 Forward converter 360 30 *2 - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes CDS6002428H Forward converter 360 29 *2 - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes CDS6004812 Forward converter 360 17 *1 - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes CDS6004828 Forward converter 360 17 *1 - - Aluminum Yes Yes Yes *1 The value of input current is at DCIN48V and rated load. *2 The value of input current is at DCIN24V and rated load. CDS CDS-6 DC-DC Converters Power Module type Instruction Manual 1 Pin Connection CDS-8 2 Connection for Standard Use CDS-8 3 Wiring Input/Output Pin CDS-9 4 5 6 7 3.1 Wiring input pin 3.2 Wiring output pin Function CDS-9 CDS-10 CDS-10 4.1 Overcurrent protection CDS-10 4.2 Overvoltage protection CDS-10 4.3 Thermal detection/Thermal protection CDS-10 4.4 Inverter operation monitor CDS-10 4.5 Remote ON/OFF CDS-11 4.6 Remote sensing CDS-11 4.7 Adjustable voltage range CDS-12 4.8 Isolation CDS-12 Series and Parallel Operation CDS-12 5.1 Series operation CDS-12 5.2 Parallel operation/Master-slave operation CDS-12 5.3 N+1 redundant operation CDS-13 Implementation Mounting Method CDS-13 6.1 Mounting method CDS-13 6.2 Stress onto the pins CDS-14 6.3 Cleaning CDS-14 6.4 Soldering CDS-14 6.5 Derating CDS-14 Safety Considerations CDS-14 CDS-7 CDS DC-DC Converters Power Module type lCDS500/600 Table 1.2 Pin Connection and function 1 Pin Connection lCDS400 No. CB VB TMP RC3 RC2 RC1 -VIN Instruction Manual -VOUT 21 TRM +S -S IOG AUX +VIN Pin Connection +DC input -VIN -DC input RC1 Remote ON/OFF(Input side) +VOUT +DC output -VOUT -DC output CB Current balance VB Voltage balance TMP Thermal detection signal RC3 +VOUT RC2 4-FG lCDS500/600 CB VB TMP RC3 RC2 RC1 21 -VIN Adjustment of output voltage +S +Remote sensing 21 -S -Remote sensing 22 IOG Inverter operation monitor 23 AUX Auxiliary power supply FG Mounting hole(FG) TRM +S -S IOG AUX No. +VIN Pin Connection +VIN +VOUT -VIN RC1 4-FG +VOUT Fig.1.1 Pin Connection(bottom view) CDS lCDS400 No. Pin Connection 4.5 ”Remote ON/OFF” 3.2 ”Wiring output pin” 5.2 ”Parallel operation/Master-slave operation” VB 4.3 ”Thermal detection/Thermal protection” +DC input TMP -DC input RC3 RC1 Remote ON/OFF(Input side) RC2 +VOUT +DC output TRM -VOUT -DC output +S CB Current balance 21 -S VB Voltage balance 22 IOG 4.4 ”Inverter operation monitor” TMP Thermal detection signal 23 AUX 4.5 ”Remote ON/OFF” FG 3.1 ”Wiring input pin” Remote ON/OFF(output side) TRM Adjustment of output voltage +S +Remote sensing -S -Remote sensing IOG Inverter operation monitor AUX Auxiliary power supply FG Mounting hole(FG) Pin Connection -VIN RC1 +VOUT -VOUT CB VB TMP RC3 RC2 TRM +S -S CDS-8 3.1 ”Wiring input pin” -VIN +VIN 21 CB Function Reference +VIN RC2 No. -VOUT Table 1.1 Pin Connection and function RC3 21 Remote ON/OFF(output side) TRM -VOUT 23 22 Function +VIN Reference 3.1 ”Wiring input pin” 4.5 ”Remote ON/OFF” 3.2 ”Wiring output pin” 4.5 ”Remote ON/OFF” 4.7 ”Adjustable voltage range” 4.6 ”Remote sensing” 2 Connection for Standard Use nIn order to use the power supply, it is necessary to wire as shown in Fig.2.1. Reference: 3 6.5 ”Wiring Input/Output Pin” ”Derating” nShort the following pins to turn on the power supply. 5.2 ”Parallel operation/Master-slave operation” 4.3 ”Thermal detection/Thermal protection” 4.5 ”Remote ON/OFF” 4.7 ”Adjustable voltage range” 4.6 ”Remote sensing” IOG 4.4 ”Inverter operation monitor” AUX 4.5 ”Remote ON/OFF” FG 3.1 ”Wiring input pin” -VIN RC1, +VOUT +S, -VOUT -S Reference: 4.5 4.6 ”Remote ON/OFF” ”Remote sensing” nThe CDS Series handles only the DC input. Avoid applying AC input directly. It will damage the power supply. nOperate with the conduction cooling(e.g. heat radiation from the aluminum base plate to the attached heat sink). Reference: 6.5 ”Derating” Instruction Manual Cin DC input Noise filter + Input voltage [V] Heatsink +S +VIN +VOUT + Co -VIN Load -VOUT RC1 FG -S 2V max time Cin : External capacitor on the input side Co : External capacitor on the output side Input voltage range DC-DC Converters Power Module type t Fig.3.1 Input voltage ripple Range of input voltage Input current [A] Fig.2.1 Connection for standard use 3 Wiring Input/Output Pin lp Input voltage [V] 3.1 Wiring input pin Fig.3.2 Input current characteristics (1) External fuse nFuse is not built-in on input side. In order to protect the unit, install the normal blow type fuse on input side. (5) Operation with AC input nThe CDS series handles only for the DC input. nWhen the input voltage from a front end unit is supplied to multiple units, install a regular type fuse in each unit. A front end unit(AC/DC converter) is required when the CDS series is operated with AC input. Table 3.1 Recommended fuse(Normal-blow type, maximum value) Model CDS40048 CDS50024/CDS60024 CDS60048 Rated current 30A 75A 30A CDS (6) Reverse input voltage protection nAvoid the reverse polarity input voltage.It will break the power supply. It is possible to protect the unit from the reverse input voltage by installing an external diode. (2) Noise filter/Decoupling capacitor nlnstall an external noise filter for low line-noise and for stable operation of the power supply. nlnstall a correspondence filter, if a noise standard meeting is required or if the surge voltage may be applied to the unit. (3) External capacitor on the input side nlnstall an external capacitor Cin between +VIN and -VIN input pins DC YES CDS Load CDS Load CDS Load AC NO AC YES for low line-noise and for stable operation of the power supply. AC/DC Converter Fig.3.3 Use with AC input CDS40048: more than 100 F CDS50024/CDS60024: more than 1000 F (a) (b) CDS60048: more than 470 F nWhen the line impedance is high or the input voltage rise quickly at start-up(less than 10 s), install a capacitor Cin between +VIN and -VIN input pins(within 50mm from pins). +VIN DC IN -VIN +VIN DC IN -VIN Fig.3.4 Reverse input voltage protection (4) Input voltage range/Input current range nlnput voltage ripple should be less than 2Vp-p. nMake sure that the voltage fluctuation, including the ripple voltage, will not exceed the input voltage range. nUse a front end unit with enough power, considering the start-up current lp of this unit. CDS-9 DC-DC Converters Power Module type Instruction Manual 3.2 Wiring output pin 4.3 Thermal detection/Thermal protection nlnstall an external capacitor Co between +VOUT and -VOUT pins nThermal detection(TMP) and protection circuit are built-in. nWhen overheat is detected, thermal detection signal(TMP) turns for stable operation of the power supply. Recommended capacitance of Co is shown in Table 3.2. ”L” from ”H”. TMP circuit is designed as shown in Fig.4.1, and specification is Table 3.2 Recommended capacitance Co [ F] Model CDS4004802 CDS4004803 CDS4004805 CDS4004807 CDS4004812 CDS4004815 CDS4004824 CDS4004828 CDS5002428H CDS6002412 CDS6002412H CDS6002428 CDS6002428H CDS6004812 CDS6004828 Capacitance 6800 6800 4700 4700 470 330 220 220 470 1000 1000 470 470 1000 470 shown as in Table 4.1. nWhen overheating continues after detecting the TMP signal, the output will be shut down by the thermal protection circuit. When this function comes into effect, input voltage should be shut off, and eliminate all possible causes of overheat condition and lower the temperature of the unit to the normal level. 4.4 Inverter operation monitor nBy using the inverter operation monitor(IOG), malfunction of the inverter can be monitored. When inverter operation is in following mode nSelect the high frequency type capacitor. Output ripple and start- CDS , or , IOG signal turns ”H” from ”L” within 1 second. up waveform may be influenced by ESR ESL of the capacitor lOG circuit is designed as shown in Fig.4.1and specification is and the wiring impedance. shown in Table 4.1. nlnstall a capacitor Co near the output pins(within 100mm from the Malfunction of inverter. The output voltage drops by 60% or less of the rated voltage. pins). When output wattage is decreased radically to less than 10% of rated wattage. 4 Function 22k 4.1 Overcurrent protection TMP or IOG 6V typ nOvercurrent protection is built-in and comes into effect at over 105% of the rated current. -S Overcurrent protection prevents the unit from short circuit and Fig.4.1 TMP, IOG circuit overcurrent condition. The unit automatically recovers when the fault condition is cleared. nWhen the output voltage drops at overcurrent, the average output current is reduced by intermittent operation of power supply. Table 4.1 Specification of TMP, IOG No. Item 1 Function 4.2 Overvoltage protection 2 Base pin nThe overvoltage protection circuit is built-in. The DC input should 3 Level voltage ”L” 4 Level voltage ”H” 5 Maximum sink current 6 Maximum applicable voltage be shut down if overvoltage protection is in operation. The minimum interval of DC recycling for recovery is for 2 to 3 minutes (*) or input terminal voltage is decreased less than 1V. The recovery time varies depending on input voltage and input capacity. Remarks: Please note that devices inside the power supply might fail when voltage more than rated output voltage is applied to output terminal of the power supply. This could happen when the customer tests the overvoltage performance of the unit. CDS-10 TMP IOG Normal operation ”H” Normal operation ”L” Overheat detection ”L” Malfunction of inverter ”H” -S 0.5Vmax at 5mA 5V typ 10mA max 35V max DC-DC Converters Power Module type Instruction Manual nMake sure that sink current of output side remote ON/OFF circuit 4.5 Remote ON/OFF nRemote ON/OFF circuit is built-in on both side of input(RC1) and should be less than 12mA. output(RC2 RC3). (3) Auxiliary power supply for remote ON/OFF(AUX) Output can be controlled by either circuit. nAUX is built in for operating the output side remote ON/OFF(RC2 RC3). (1) Input side remote ON/OFF(RC1) nThe ground pin of input side remote ON/OFF circuit is ”-VIN” pin. Between RC1 and -VIN: Output voltage is ON at ”Low” Ievel or short circuit(0 - 1.0V). Between RC1 and -VIN: Output voltage is OFF at ”High” Ievel or If AUX is not used for RC2 RC3, AUX can be used for IOG or TMP signal output by opto coupler. nShort protection resistance(2.2k ) is built in. Output voltage decreases as the output current increases. (AUX voltage at open circuit: 16V max) short circuit(3.5 - 7.0V). When RC1 is ”Low” Ievel, fan out current is 0.3mA typ. When Vcc is applied, use 3.5 Vcc 7V. When remote ON/OFF function is not used, please short between RC1 and -VIN. 4.6 Remote sensing (1) When the remote sensing function is not in use nWhen the remote sensing function is not in use, it is necessary to confirm that pins are shorted between +S & +VOUT and between -S & -VOUT. Vcc nWire between +S & +VOUT and between -S & -VOUT as short as Rc RC1 or possible. or Loop wiring should be avoided. This power supply might become unstable by the noise coming -VIN Transistor IC Relay from poor wiring. Fig.4.2 RC1 connection example (2) When the remote sensing function is in use nTwisted-pair wire or shield wire should be used for sensing wire. (2)Output side remote ON/OFF(RC2 RC3) nThick wire should be used for wiring between the power supply Table 4.2 Specification of output side remote ON/OFF(RC2 RC3) No. Item 2 Function 3 Base pin Fig.4.3 (a) Fig.4.3 (b) Fig.4.3 (c) Power ON Power ON Power ON ”H” ”H” ”L” -S RC2 4 Power ON Open (0.1mA max) 5 Power OFF Short (3mA min) (a) (b) 2.2k 2.2k AUX 150 RC3 13V typ 150 RC3 RC2 OFF RC2 POWER ON OFF 13V typ put voltage adjustment range. nIf the sensing patterns are short, heavy-current is drawn and the pattern may be damaged. Short (0.5V max) The pattern disconnection can be prevented by installing the pro- Open (0.1mA max) tection parts as close as a load. +S +VOUT OUT 2.2k AUX 150 RC3 POWER ON OFF POWER ON -S -S Voltage between +VOUT and -VOUT should remain within the out- -S and RC2 (c) AUX 13V typ Line drop should be less than 0.5V. RC2 RC3 Wiring method 1 and a load. + Co Load -VOUT -S Short at pin root RC2 Fig.4.4 Connection when the remote sensing is not in use -S Wire as close as possible Fig.4.3 RC2 RC3 connection example +S nWhen output side remote ON/OFF function is used, please short between RC1 and -VIN. nDo not connect RC2 and RC3 with anywhere if remote ON/OFF is not used. +VOUT OUT + Co Load -VOUT -S Fig.4.5 Connection when the remote sensing is in use CDS-11 CDS DC-DC Converters Power Module type (2) Adjusting method by applying external voltage 4.7 Adjustable voltage range nOutput voltage is adjustable by the external potentiometer or by nBy applying the voltage externally at TRM, output voltage become adjustable. applied voltage externally. CDS5002428H, CDS6002412H, CDS6002428H : When the output voltage adjustment range is 101% or more, the input voltage nOutput voltage is calculated by the following equation. (Output voltage) = (Applied voltage externally) range is limited (Fig.4.6). nWhen the output voltage is raised, decrease the output current so as not to exceed the maximum output wattage. nWhen the output voltage adjustment is used, note that the overvoltage protection circuit operates when the output voltage sets too high. (Rated output voltage) 4.8 Isolation nFor a receiving inspection, such as Hi-Pot test, gradually increase (decrease) the voltage for a start(shut down). Avoid using Hi-Pot tester with the timer because it may generate voltage a few times 120 Output voltage [%] Instruction Manual 114.3 higher than the applied voltage, at ON/OFF of a timer. CDS5002428H CDS6002428H nBe sure to apply DC voltage when Hi-pot test is performed to the CDS6002412H part which is specified as DC voltage. And also set the current 110 limit of Hi-pot tester at 10mA. Don’t apply AC voltage, otherwise 101 this may damage the power supply. 100 (CDS40048 series : INPUT-OUTPUT, INPUT-FG) 18 20 19.5 22 24 20.5 Input voltage [v] 5 Series and Parallel Operation Fig.4.6 Input voltage derating curve (1) Adjusting method by external resistor nBy connecting the external potentiometer(VR1) and resistors(R1, R2), output voltage becomes adjustable, as shown in Fig.4.6, rec- 5.1 Series operation ommended external parts are shown in Table 4.3. nThe wiring to the potentiometer should be as short as possible. nSeries operation is available by connecting the outputs of two or The temperature coefficient becomes worse, depending on the more power supplies, as shown below. Output current in series con- type of a resistor and potentiometer. Following parts are recom- nection should be lower than the lowest rated current in each unit. Metal film type, coefficient of less than 100ppm/ Potentiometer Cermet type, coefficient of less than 300ppm/ (a) + Power supply + nWhen the output voltage adjustment is not used, open the TRM pin and VB pin respectively. (b) Power supply - +VOUT RA 15k + Reference voltage 2.5V RB 10k Power supply + - - Fig.5.1 Examples of series operation R2 VR1 TRM R1 + - +S VB Control Amp. of rated voltage Power supply Load Resistor Load mended for the power supply. Load CDS -S 5.2 Parallel operation/Master-slave operation -VOUT nParallel operation is available by connecting the units as shown in Fig.4.7 Output voltage control circuit Fig.5.2. nAs variance of output current drew from each power supply is Table 4.3 Recommended value of external potentiometer & resistor No. Adjustable range [%] Number of unit 5 CDS-12 10 2sets 3sets R1 36k 1k 36k 18k 12k value determined by the following equation. (Output current in parallel operation) = (the rated current per unit) 24k 5k maximum 10%, the total output current must not exceed the R2 75k 5k Single 4 6 2sets 3sets 3 5 VR1 Single 1 2 External parts value [ ] 910 (number of unit) 0.9 DC-DC Converters Power Module type When the number of units in parallel operation increases, input current increase at the same time. Adequate wiring design for input circuitry is required, such as circuit pattern, wiring and current ca- Instruction Manual nIOG signal might be unstable for one second when the units are turned on in parallel operation. nA sound may occur from power supply at parallel operating. pacity for equipment. 5.3 N+1 redundant operation In parallel operation, the maximum operative number of units is 11. +VOUT +S VB TRM CB -S -VOUT nIt is possible to set N+1 redundant operation for improving reliability of power supply system. nPurpose of redundant operation is to ensure stable operation in R2 R1 VR1 + Co Load the event of single power supply failure. Since extra power supply is reserved for the failure condition, so total power of redundant operation is equal to N-1. +VOUT +S VB TRM CB -S -VOUT + Co +VOUT +S VB TRM CB -S -VOUT + Co The output voltage rises when VR1 is adjusted for the resistance between and to lower. 6 Implementation Mounting Method 6.1 Mounting method nThe unit can be mounted in any direction. When two or more power supplies are used side by side, position them with proper intervals to allow enough air ventilation. Aluminum base plate temperature around each power supply should not exceed the temperature range shown in derating curve. nAvoid placing the DC input line pattern lay out underneath the Fig.5.2 Examples of parallel operation unit, it will increase the line conducted noise. Make sure to leave an ample distance between the line pattern lay out and the unit. nWhen output voltage adjustment is not in use. TRM wiring, R1, R2 and VR are not necessary. nThick wire should be used for wiring between the power supply and load, and line drop should be less than 0.3V. nWhen the output-line impedance is high, the power supply is become unstable. Use same length and thickness(width) wire(pattern) for the current balance improvement. Also avoid placing the DC output line pattern underneath the unit because it may increase the output noise. Lay out the pattern away from the unit. nHigh-frequency noise radiates directly from the unit to the atmosphere. Therefore, design the shield pattern on the printed circuit board and connect its one to FG. The shield pattern prevents noise radiation. nThe maximum current is 25A per input pin and output pin. nConnect each input pin for the lowest possible impedance. Shield pattern nWhen the number of the units in parallel operation increases, input current increases. Adequate wiring design for input circuitry such as circuit pattern, wiring and current for equipment is required. nConnect the sensing line and the power line by one point after RC1 -VIN -VOUT connecting each power supply's sensing pins(+S, -S). In multiple operation, sensing wires should be connected between each +VIN Shield pattern +VOUT units for the muster connection to a load. nOutput current should be 10% or more of the total of the rated output current in parallel operation. If less than 10%, the IOG signal might become unstable, and out- Fig.6.1 Shield pattern lay out(bottom view) put voltage slightly increasing(max5%). CDS-13 CDS DC-DC Converters Power Module type nOption”-M” is available, as shown in Table 6.1. 6.5 Derating Table 6.1 Mounting hole nUse with the conduction cooling(e.g. heat radiation by conduction from the aluminum base plate to the attached heat sink). Mounting hole Standard 3.4 thru Optional : -M Instruction Manual Fig.6.3 shows the derating curve based on the aluminum base M3 tapped plate temperature. In the hatched area, the specification of Ripple and Ripple Noise is different from other areas. 6.2 Stress onto the pins 100 the internal connection may be weakened. As shown in Fig.6.2 avoid applying stress of more than 29.4N(3kgf) on the input pins/output pins(A part) and more than 9.8N(1kgf) to the signal pins(B part). nThe pins are soldered on PCB internally, therefore, do not pull or Load factor [%] nWhen too much stress is applied to the pins of the power supply, 50 0 -20 bend them with abnormal forces. nMounting hole diameter of PCB should be 3.5mm to reduce the -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 85 90 100 Aluminum base plate temperature Tc [ ] stress onto the pins. nFix the unit on PCB(fixing fittings) by screws to reduce the stress Tc:Measuring point onto the pins. Be sure to mount the unit first, then solder the unit. CDS A B A part A B part Fig.6.3 Derating curve Less than 29.4N(3kgf) Less than 29.4N(3kgf) Less than 9.8N(1kgf) Less than 9.8N(1kgf) Less than 9.8N (1kgf) Less than 29.4N (3kgf) 7 Safety Considerations Fig.6.2 Stress onto the pins nTo apply for safety standard approval using this power supply, the following conditions must be met. 6.3 Cleaning nClean the product with a brush. Prevent liquid from getting into the product. Do not soak the product into liquid. nDo not stick solvent to a name plate or a resin case. (If solvent sticks to a name plate or a resin case, it will cause to change the color of the case or to fade letters on name plate away.) nAfter cleaning, dry them enough. 6.4 Soldering nFlow soldering :260 less than 15 seconds. nSoldering iron DC IN/DC OUT/RC1 :450 less than 5 seconds. Signal pins less than 3 seconds(less than 20w). CDS-14 :350 lThis unit must be used as a component of the end-use equipment. lThe equipment does neither contain any basic nor double/reinforced insulation between input and output, and base plate. If the input voltage is greater than 60VDC, this has to be provided by the end-use equipment according to the final build in condition. lSafety approved fuse must be externally installed on input side. | <urn:uuid:8a38cab2-4990-44c1-b1f9-b7cdd22e3546> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://manualzilla.com/doc/5634937/basic-characteristics-data | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.782392 | 5,962 | 1.703125 | 2 |
UQ Health Care is here to support women’s health. Talk to us about any health concerns including cervical screening, contraception, pregnancy testing and advice, and mental health.
Did you know the 5 yearly Cervical Screening Test detects human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can cause changes in the cells of the cervix?
Talk to us about the National Cervical Screening Program or find out more at www.cancerscreening.gov.au
We can answer your questions about various types of contraception, such as the pill, condoms, implants, injections, IUDs and emergency contraception. Be informed and supported as you find the right solution for you.
Feel safe and respected discussing pregnancy with us. We offer testing as well as options and advice.
If you’re feeling anxious or depressed, it is important to know you are not alone. There are treatments available to you and the sooner you seek help, the sooner you may be on the road to recovery.
If you would like to talk to us about women’s health make an appointment at our St Lucia clinic located right here on campus.
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We are seeing healthy competition happening between eCommerce websites. Businessmen and companies want to expand their business. They want to grow their businesses in all corners of the world. However, traveling from limited local markets to diverse international marketplaces wasn't easy in the past. Thanks to the revolution of the internet to make it possible. Everything is at our fingertips, from fashion to shopping, home appliances to home décor services, from healthcare websites to online consultancy.
Unquestionably, the blessing on the internet isn't complete until it offers medical assistance. Surprisingly, hospitals, national healthcare divisions, and pharmaceutical companies are using it to the best of their advantage. They even employ a doctor web design services agency to create a professional healthcare website.
Furthermore, every person that runs an online business wants to reach the top of the world. It could only be possible if that business owner is passionate, breathing, and alive. Likewise, healthcare websites are also gaining popularity, mainly due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Most of these sites are certified and run under the government's supervision.
Moreover, many doctors also have websites where they regularly post blogs related to medicine. They also offer medical assistance online to patients who are unwell and bedridden. Besides that, doctors offer remote consultancy, checkups and prescribe treatment for different illnesses. There are many ways to provide good medical services via a website. Make sure you follow these steps:
· Choose an easy-to-understand, simple website layout to start with the process.
· Only use primary colors to add life to your website. Besides that, you can use secondary colors for graphical representations.
· Do not waste time decorating your healthcare website. Respect its primary purpose, which is to provide health benefits to people.
· Add big navigation bars to categorize the database. These onscreen buttons also help visitors find the correct information in a matter of seconds.
· Add a dedicated search bar on your healthcare website. It will help users find information quickly without wasting time.
· Add a personal blog page section to your website. Regularly post topics related to prevalent diseases, prevention of illnesses, and how to diagnose symptoms.
· Add a customer team present 24/7 on your website. Do not forget to add a practitioner to your communicative squad.
1. A hearty & healthy website search: IU Health
This healthcare website is owned by Indiana University, as the name suggests. Its primary feature is a dedicated keyword search that helps users collect all the necessary information they require. In addition, you can also use available filter search options such as health news, medical services, events, consultancy medic offers, and locations.
Furthermore, the IU Health healthcare website is one of the few ones among those that offer history search listing. Your recent searches will appear on the left side of your screens. Thus, you'll be able to track your essential searches easily.
2. Simplicity & minimalistic Design: Centura Health
CH is an excellent healthcare website you can visit now. It has a clean, simple, and straightforward layout that helps visitors find what they're searching for. Also, the architectural design is admirable and shows they care about their patients. The navigation bar is well-ordered with only necessary information. As well, includes five main links and only two secondary ones.
3. High-quality visuals: Mercy Health
This healthcare website is best known for its high-quality images. The Mercy Health platform includes high-resolution pictures with the correct sizes, illustrations, and colors to keep visitors engaged. You can easily navigate the website by simply clicking the images. It shows us the importance of audio-visuals that adds to a perceptive peaceful mood inside the viewer's mind.
Moreover, this healthcare website regularly updates its stale content into something lively. The Mercy Health webpage is constant with neat images, high-quality visuals, and the application of dynamic health-centric photography.
The visuals on this webpage ensure users enjoy the time they spend here. Also, a vibrant color used for the search box emanates feelings of liveliness and good wellbeing. All in all, the Mercy Health webpage is an excellent place for people looking for instructive pictorial elements.
4. Website navigations & accessibility: Rest Assured
This healthcare website is based on the WCAG 2.0 AA Level standards. The Rest Assured platform is best known for its enormous webpage appeal. You can also use various helpful design elements and put them into best practices. As well, includes large color-contrasting fonts, big clickable buttons, and easy-to-use keyword navigations.
Rest Assured also uses alt tags on images that screen readers and other text-to-speech software can read. Besides that, alt tags help blind persons interpret information on the website.
5. Educational curative videos: Regional One Health
This healthcare website uses a more caring approach for users visiting. This site is full of health-based videos demonstrated with a storytelling appeal. The Regional One Health site uses videos to keep its users engaged.
Not only does it offer appealing video streams, but it also ensures people grasp quick information. They're able to get considerable knowledge about ailment diseases, prevention, and other prevalent disorders. The Hero Banner is the main highlight of this website. It features the most popular and exciting animated videos about personal health, family wellbeing, child's health, illness' symptoms, and more.
6. Medical database: Mayo Clinic
This name is among the finest healthcare websites in the world. Mayo Clinic is all about preserving, protecting, and propagating wellbeing information based on real-time data, facts, and figures. It offers visitors extensive knowledge searching for symptoms, cures, medicinal assistance, physician contacts, and whatnot. Besides, Mayo Clinic offers an online guidebook for various Diseases and Disorders.
Furthermore, this healthcare website includes an alphabetical grouping that sorts in the information accordingly. It also consists of a dedicated page that features essential health topics such as heart health, psychological disorders, and organ transplants. These are usually written by doctors having decades of experience in their respective fields. Additionally, Mayo Clinic has a dedicated in-built symptom checker to help you get real-time results for your sickness complaint.
Besides the healthcare websites stated above, several other platforms offer essential information about health problems. For instance, the Rush Medical domain is known for its attention-grabbing content. On the other hand, the Arkansas Surgical Hospital includes open accounts and testimonials of patients. Other popular healthcare websites include The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Alfred, Fitwise Physiotherapy, Greensborough Road Surgery, Northern Health, Lifecare, and The Royal Woman's Hospital. | <urn:uuid:ff26dbb6-ef8e-4fcb-a1fc-b92970cd4ff1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.webdesignlane.com/blog/top-healthcare-website-designs-what-makes-medical-services-good | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.935654 | 1,369 | 1.578125 | 2 |
REGIONAL—The Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments through Aug. 8 on a draft of Minnesota’s updated wolf management plan. The gray wolf is currently under federal …
REGIONAL—The Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments through Aug. 8 on a draft of Minnesota’s updated wolf management plan.
The gray wolf is currently under federal protection in Minnesota, so the state’s management plan does not call for a hunting or trapping season, which would violate those federal protections.
In the event the federal protections are lifted, the updated plan states that any wolf hunting or trapping would need to meet the state’s conservation objectives. “For example, possible objectives could include managing wolf-livestock conflicts, aiding ungulate population recovery, reducing wolf disease outbreaks, or providing regulated hunting and trapping opportunities,” states the report. “With proper harvest and population monitoring, the effects of hunting and trapping on a wolf population can be evaluated, informing adjustments to seasons to ensure wolf conservation goals are supported.”
The plan makes note of the diverse views of Minnesotans regarding wolves and how to manage them, although the agency stated that a large majority of Minnesotans appear to support maintaining a healthy and viable wolf population.
“Wolf conservation is a high priority for the DNR and we expect this updated plan to help ensure Minnesota’s wolf population remains healthy,” said Dr. Kelly Straka, wildlife section manager. “Thank you to those who have already contributed to the extensive public and tribal engagement that helped create this draft. We are now asking folks to review the draft and share their thoughts with us.”
The updated plan includes summary information about Minnesota’s wolf population and the history of wolves in the state. It details the diverse and changing public attitudes about wolves, the legal status of wolves, tribal perspectives on wolves, and ways to support a healthy and resilient wolf population, while minimizing conflicts between humans and wolves. The draft plan also sets out a framework for future decision-making about whether to hold a wolf hunting or trapping season.
To learn more about wolves in Minnesota and review and comment on the draft plan, visit the DNR wolf page (mndnr.gov/Wolves). Click on the Comment Now link to view the draft plan.
An informational webinar about the plan will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 13. Registration is required and free, and participants will have an opportunity to pre-register to ask questions and comment during the webinar. The DNR expects to finalize the wolf management plan in the early fall.
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We offer Workshops and Seminars on request to, for example, teams that want to get to know more about a topic or want to work on a topic together. Below you will find a few examples of possible subjects. The content of courses may be discussed and adapted to your wishes. Other possible topics for courses are possible too. Feel free to contact us to discuss your interests.
Possible topics for a workshop or seminar are, for instance:
This workshop focuses on the design of questions and questionnaires used in scientific research, dealing with practical and theoretical issues. The workshop addresses the whole process of questionnaire design: from translating theoretical concepts into measurable items up to the lay-out of the questionnaire. Discussion will involve the measurement of both subjective and objective phenomena and the use of self-completion questionnaires versus interviewer administered questionnaires. Topics may include guidelines for question-construction to ensure respondent comprehension; the effects of question wording, response formats, and question sequence on responses; combining individual questions into a meaningful questionnaire; and obtaining sensitive or personal information.
In this workshop observation is discussed as a scientific method of data gathering. Various types of observation are discussed, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of observation in different research settings. Participants get acquainted with methodological aspects of observation (sampling, access to sites, observation schedules, field notes) and learn to draw conclusions from the materials.
This workshop is useful for researchers who would like to know more about the interview as a scientific method of data collection. Activities in this course may be: to discuss theoretical knowledge about the interview as a scientific way of data generation; identify the main characteristics of the interview as a scientific method of data collection; compare the interview with other methods of data-collection; design an interview guide by operationalizing research questions into interview topics, main questions and follow-up questions; conduct an interview using the interview guide; construction of an interview guide; pre-test of an interview guide; practical interviewing skills training. We will discuss how to: reflect on your own performance in conducting an interview; critically judge the Quality of an interview conducted by somebody else.
Qualitative data analysis: approaches and techniques
Different approaches to qualitative data analysis, as well as techniques can be discussed. This can be done using two different software programmes for qualitative Analysis: Atlas.ti and NVivo.
Research design & research methods
Based on the needs of the applicant, in this workshop attention can be given to different phases fo the research process. This can be, for instance, research design (conceptual and technical design), formulating research objectives and research questions, operationalization of concepts, methods for data collection, methods for data analysis, and writing the report. | <urn:uuid:69f73515-d275-4ad8-8db5-a6af81d046ed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://fist.xn--uni-kln-e1a.de/39426 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.899054 | 559 | 2.046875 | 2 |
How the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Impacts the Accounting Profession
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 signed by Bush certainly impacts the accounting profession in the USA. The first thing I learned from gathering the information about this act is that a new financial authority is to be formed. The so called “Public Company accounting oversight board” oversees the financial activities of individual companies as well as the independent auditors regardless of whether or not they work for a big five firm or have their own practice, and is itself overseen by the SEC.
Here I would like to note the strange requirements for the Board member, two of which must be CPAs and the other 3 cannot be CPAs. What is also odd is the fact that the board chair person is supposed to have been a CPA in the past yet was supposed not to practice accounting for the previous 5 years.
The funding is supposed to be mandatory for the audit firms, while the regulatory board will certainly oversee the accounting standards and proposals adopted by other authorities or organizations.
This Public Company accounting oversight board is supposed to oversee the operations companies and primarily the accounting firms that might cause some potential fraud. The board is supposed to consult with the SEC on various issues and if it starts to find something suspicious it is supposed to forward it to the SEC and if needed to the US department of justice.
The Public Company accounting oversight board is also given indirect authority over international companies that want to do business in the USA and therefore get under influence of the board. If a company wants to register in the USA or uses a foreign accounting firm it must adhere to all Board recommendations.
The rules of the Board appear to be very strict with the accounting companies being obliged to seek approval on most of their activity with the board. The federal law establishes rather tough penalties for the US auditors who try to commit a crime or cook the books. I personally remember well that if an auditor is charged with destroying the financial documents related to any investigation he/she can be charged for up to 20 years in prison and simple failure to keep the proper books might result in a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
In conclusion I would like to note that the board also requires the companies to have another (second partner) accounting firm to review whatever was reviewed by the audit firm. Also the corporate management is required to assess and report the corporate internal control strengths and weaknesses with the CPA firm also presenting its own version of this control statement. | <urn:uuid:8d93a3ac-5f97-4964-a66f-49c47dd0196a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://essayplant.com/sarbanes-oxley-act/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.969294 | 507 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops– Proverbs 3:9 (NIV)
While it may seem easy to honor God in some ways, others may seem more difficult. Through the Bible, we see reminder after reminder that we can honor and praise Him through our finances.
In a previous blog we examined factors that motivate people to give to church missions. However, one might ask, what are the barriers that prevent members from giving?
A recent study (2016) conducted by Petr Cincala, René Drumm, and Duane McBride on behalf of the General Conference Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research (ASTR) and the North American Division, surveyed 872 North American church members. The purpose of the study was to examine patterns of giving to World Mission, including barriers to giving.
Study participants identified four main reasons they do not give to the church mission offering:
- A growing distrust, or lack of understanding, regarding how funds are managed
- A preference for local giving
- A perceived shortage of communication regarding missions
- A lack of personal funds
Perhaps the most important reason cited for a lack of giving to the mission offering is the perceived shortage of communication regarding missions. While some churches may place a greater emphasis on the mission offering, some focus group members shared that they never hear about the mission offering at their church. These members felt a reminder would be helpful (FG7 and FG3). Others mentioned that they would like to learn more about specific projects that their donations would fund (FG7).
Another reason is a lack of trust or merely an absence of understanding of the church’s fund management. Focus group participants in this study mentioned that they do not feel that the church administration is in touch with what goes to the mission projects nor do they know if their funds will be used appropriately. As one focus group member put it, ““There’s perception that funds are not being used appropriately…and so that, you know, generates mistrust” (FG9).
Other members shared that they would prefer to donate their money to local needs instead of the mission offering. Some focus group respondents shared that they would rather give to their local church to help cover its expenses (FG4), while other respondents see needs in their community and would rather focus their giving on those needs (FG5).
The final reason cited for neglecting to give to the mission offering is insufficient personal funds. A member of focus group 3 shared: “At this stage of my life, I have, I’m not in the position to give that much…” Focus group participants shared that they feel their own funds are inadequate when compared to the needs that are presented.
While much of this may sound negative, survey participants also had ideas for how to increase giving to the mission offering. These ideas included:
- Increasing transparency
- Increasing the use of existing resources
- Updating giving mechanisms to make giving more convenient
When it comes to increasing transparency, focus group members felt that learning specifics about where their money is going would help them be more inclined to give (FG7). They also shared that they would like updates on the projects to which they have previously given (FG9 and FG3).
Focus group members also shared that they believe there are resources currently available – or ones that have been used in the past – that are being underutilized. A member of focus group 5 shared thoughts on one of those: “We used to have Mission Spotlight, but we don’t have that anymore, that’s disappeared… I know every week in Sabbath school they would get up and somebody is doing a mission story. Always, and I haven’t heard that in years.”
The last suggestion made for increasing giving to the mission offering was to update the mechanisms used to donate. Focus group participants shared ideas such as electronic giving, texting to give, creating an app or a website dedicated to giving, and being able to use credit cards at church. If you would like to explore these ways of giving to Adventist mission, you can visit its website.
Although there are barriers to giving to world missions and the Adventist Church’s missionary enterprise, there are clearly things that could be done to increase offerings to this vital cause. As church leaders, it is our responsibility to keep lay members well informed of our global mission needs, to report on the use of these funds, enhancing accountability, and to simplify the way they are collected and used, ensuring transparency. As lay members, we can encourage each other to learn about these global mission projects and understand our responsibilities to the billions who still have not heard the Third Angel’s Message, indeed have not even heard of Jesus Christ. Consider your own congregation: what steps could you take to encourage your fellow church members to learn more about global missions, and to support them regularly, generously, with prayer and offerings?
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It is a good practice to store the connection string for your application in a config file rather than a hard coded string in your code. The way to do this differs between .NET and older before NET 2.0 applications. This article cover both. The examples is applicable also to .NET applications using app.config.
Connection string in .NET config file
Do not use the appSettings section in web.config. Instead use the connectionStrings section in web.config.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration> <connectionStrings> <add name="myConnectionString" connectionString="server=localhost;database=myDb;uid=myUser;password=myPass;" /> </connectionStrings> </configuration>
To read the connection string into your code, use the ConfigurationManager class.
string connStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["myConnectionString"].ConnectionString;
Remember to add a reference to the System.Configuration component. Then include the namespace System.Configuration to get access to the ConfigurationManager class.
// C# using System.Configuration; // VB.Net imports System.Configuration
Clear connection strings coming from higher level config files
Configuration files are hierarchical, with machine.config being at the highest level. You can clear connection strings defined earlier in the hierarchy to make sure any unwanted settings don't bubble down to your desired value.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration> <connectionStrings> <clear /> <!-- clear all other connection strings --> <add name="myConnectionString" connectionString="server=localhost;database=myDb;uid=myUser;password=myPass;" /> </connectionStrings> </configuration>
Adding <clear /> at top in the connectionStrings section is usually a good practice to make sure no other connection strings are bubbling down from a higher level configuration file.
Connection string before .NET 2.0 config file
Use this information only for old .NET 1.0 and .NET 1.1 applications. In the appSettings location, add a key named whatever you like to reference your connection string to.
<appSettings> <add key="myConnectionString" value="server=localhost;database=myDb;uid=myUser;password=myPass;" /> </appSettings>
To read the connection string from code, use the ConfigurationSettings class.
string connStr = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("myConnectionString");
Now you have the connection string loaded from web.config into your string variable in code.
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Alibaba was founded by Jack Ma and his entrepreneurial team in March 1999. It started from serving as a network technology company to help Chinese enterprises, especially small medium enterprises to do e-commerce business. Under Jack Ma’s leadership, Alibaba launched different e-commerce strategies to develop Alibaba into an empire. The case depicts the business growth path of Alibaba in each strategic evolution stage and main driving factors behind it, along with the narratives about Jack Ma’s personal stories as a main thread. The case is a brief introduction of Alibaba development history, and the main part is divided into three timelines: early stage (1999-2003), growth stage (2004-2007), mature stage (2008-2019). In early stage, Alibaba launched B2B2C platforms, which opened the road to external financing, created two-sided market and adopted three-year non- profit strategy by offering free subsidies to lay a huge user base, finally realized the company’s transformation and upgrading. In growth stage, Alibaba launched value-added services, such as Alipay and Ant Fortune to expand the business, acquired Yahoo China to diversify business, created massive reconstructing to integrate resources, and achieved creation and differentiation. In mature stage, Alibaba created Ali cloud, which transformed the company into three major businesses- platform, finance and data, acquired HiChina to expand the e-commerce chain and broaden user market, launched “Big Taobao” strategy to upgrade existing e-commerce service system, created “Big Ali” strategy to integrate information flow and created the ecosystem. After witnessing the growth of Alibaba, Jack Ma planned to retreat from the rapids but got strong opposition, which made him get stuck in making hard choices. Jack Ma and Alibaba’s story is a legend in Chinese history, this case will give a good learning subject of developing entrepreneurship and leadership, and also exploring business strategy and innovations. | <urn:uuid:e40307d7-8a6d-48e9-b207-ca1f225fdbd4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mba.nucba.ac.jp/case/document/20-1180.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.927591 | 513 | 2.0625 | 2 |
What Is Swift Code? Learn all about the SWIFT codes and associated information. This article discusses what SWIFT codes are, how they work and why they are used.
In today’s world, every bank is connected with an international payment messaging service called SWIFT. SWIFT exchanges messages with other banks (known as correspondent accounts) to send payment orders. These orders can be in the form of an instruction to send money from the account of the sending bank to the account of the receiving bank.
Have you ever wanted to send money to a friend or family member but you couldn’t because it required you to use this messaging service?
What is SWIFT?
SWIFT codes are used for the purpose of transfer of money or messages between banks or correspondent banks. SWIFT stands for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
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SWIFT was established in the year 1973 with the headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. SWIFT code is an identification code which uniquely identifies financial institution and branch office of that financial institution.
The SWIFT code is an 8 or 11 character code represented as, ‘AABACUSXX’, where AA is the code of bank, AB is the code of the country and the next four characters is the code of the branch of that bank.
- A swift code is also called as a bank identifier code (BIC) which is a unique identification code for a particular bank.
- Swift codes are used for the purpose of exchanging messages between banks in a secure and standardized manner.
- Swift codes are used in the ISO9362 standard format.
- Swift Codes are 8 or 11 digit codes.
- The first 4 or 5 digits are the bank code and the last 3 are the branch code.
How does it work?
SWIFT code is an abbreviation of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication Code. It is a unique identification code for both commercial bank and branch in all over the world.
The code is 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters that uniquely identifies bank and branch. Banks in the SWIFT network are connected electronically for the purpose of message and transaction data exchange. The network is used for communications between banks, particularly for international wire transfers and payments.
SWIFT is a member-owned cooperative and a registered not-for-profit organization based in Belgium. It is the sole owner of the SWIFT network, with no individual member holding a controlling interest. If a bank is a member of the SWIFT network, the SWIFT code is used for all messages between that bank and its customers, other banks, and other financial institutions.
SWIFT code is also used for domestic bank transfers, even when the sending and receiving banks are not part of the SWIFT network. In these instances, SWIFT codes are used because they are a part of the IBAN and BIC codes used in national systems.
Why is it important?
Swift is an acronym for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. The Society is a global membership organization of financial institutions that helps to define the rules and standards that make up the financial network that connects over 10,000 banks around the world.
SWIFT has created a secure standardized communication platform that allows the secure exchange of financial messages between financial institutions globally. It is used by banks to ensure that their international payments are processed and delivered accurately. This article will take a look at the SWIFT system, how it works and why it’s important for international banking.
How does a bank get a SWIFT code?
In order to perform any kind of money transfer, the first and foremost thing you need to know is the SWIFT Code of the bank where you are trying to go through the banking process.
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is an international financial services company and it is used by all banks across the world.
It is essential for the bank to have a SWIFT Code because it is used to facilitate international money transfers from one bank or country to another. The banks in the US are assigned their own codes by the American Bankers Association.
The SWIFT code is an 8 or 11-digit code that helps the banks to identify the bank where the money is to be transferred. The SWIFT Code of the bank is usually used by the banks for wire transfers. The SWIFT Code is a standard format that is used by all banks for wire transfers.
It helps the bank to identify the bank where the money is to be transferred. The SWIFT Code is used by the banks to identify the bank where the money is to be transferred. It is an 8-digit code that is used by all of the banks in the US. The SWIFT Code is an 8-digit code that is used by all of the banks in the US.
- Swift Codes are used by people and businesses to make international wire transfers.
- Swift Codes can be used to transfer money between banks in different countries.
- Swift Codes are used to route money between banks.
How does a bank get the SWIFT code of its correspondent bank in another country?
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is a member-owned cooperative and an international provider of secure financial messaging services. It is the leading provider of messaging services in the global financial services industry with over 3,000 customers in over 200 countries and territories.
The Society is a provider of global financial messaging services to the world’s leading financial institutions, enabling them to send and receive standardized financial messages securely and reliably to facilitate payments and securities transactions.
The Society serves as a neutral forum for its customers to securely exchange information and data, thereby enabling financial institutions to connect, communicate and trade with each other, regardless of their location, time zone or national borders.
SWIFT’s messaging services allow financial institutions to communicate with each other in a secure and standardized environment. This is an important part of the financial world as it allows for the authentication and verification of financial transactions.
Conclusion: SWIFT is a day to day requirement for various financial transactions. With very less knowledge about the same, individuals and small business owners can learn about its importance and how to open an account in this system.
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The Brigade is a local non-profit organization that works with children from 5th grade to 12th grade. Teaching kids by bringing in guest speakers along with many workshops. Workshops include cooking, glass fusing, wood working, welding, and many more. Offering a rifle range to teach kids the proper way to shoot with trained instructors and an archery range, also with trained instructors. There is a large gym for great activities and a rock climbing wall.
This organization has been around for over 119 years and typically runs these programs at night. The homeschool program is currently operating during the day (1pm to 3pm on Thursdays). Opportunities for really fun and exciting workshops along with some field trips to local businesses...Plexus and Bergstrom Automotive are two businesses that we will be touring.
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By Alice Slater
Photograph Source: U.S. Navy Public Affairs Resources Website – Public Domain
August 6th and 9th mark 74 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where only one nuclear bomb dropped on each city caused the deaths of up to 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 people in Nagasaki. Now, with the US decision to walk away from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) negotiated with the Soviet Union, we are once again staring into the abyss of one of the most perilous nuclear challenges since the height of the Cold War.
With its careful verification and inspections, the INF Treaty eliminated a whole class of missiles that threatened peace and stability in Europe. Now the US is leaving the treaty on the grounds that Moscow is developing and deploying a missile with a range prohibited by the treaty. Russia denies the charges and accuses the US of violating the treaty. The US rejected repeated Russian requests to work out the differences in order to preserve the Treaty.
The US withdrawal should be seen in the context of the historical provocations visited upon the Soviet Union and now Russia by the United States and the nations under the US nuclear “umbrella†in NATO and the Pacific. The US has been driving the nuclear arms race with Russia from the dawn of the nuclear age:
— In 1946 Truman rejected Stalin’s offer to turn the bomb over to the newly formed UN under international supervision, after which the Russians made their own bomb;
–- Reagan rejected Gorbachev’s offer to give up Star Wars as a condition for both countries to eliminate all their nuclear weapons when the wall came down and Gorbachev released all of Eastern Europe from Soviet occupation, miraculously, without a shot;
— The US pushed NATO right up to Russia’s borders, despite promises when the wall fell that NATO would not expand it one inch eastward of a unified Germany;
–- Clinton bombed Kosovo, bypassing Russia’s veto in the UN Security Council and violating the UN treaty we signed never to commit a war of aggression against another nation unless under imminent threat of attack;
–- Clinton refused Putin’s offer to each cut our massive nuclear arsenals to 1000 bombs each and call all the others to the table to negotiate for their elimination, provided we stopped developing missile sites in Romania;
–- Bush walked out of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and put the new missile base in Romania with another to open shortly under Trump in Poland, right in Russia’s backyard;
–- Bush and Obama blocked any discussion in 2008 and 2014 on Russian and Chinese proposals for a space weapons ban in the consensus-bound Committee for Disarmament in Geneva;
–- Obama’s rejected Putin’s offer to negotiate a treaty to ban cyber war;
–- Trump now walked out of the INF Treaty;
–- From Clinton through Trump, the US never ratified the 1992 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty as Russia has, and has performed more than 20 underground sub-critical tests on the Western Shoshone’s sanctified land at the Nevada test site. Since plutonium is blown up with chemicals that don’t cause a chain reaction, the US claims these tests don’t violate the treaty;
–- Obama, and now Trump, pledged over one trillion dollars for the next 30 years for two new nuclear bomb factories in Oak Ridge and Kansas City, as well as new submarines, missiles, airplanes, and warheads!
What has Russia had to say about these US affronts to international security and negotiated treaties? Putin at his State of the Nation address in March 2018 said:
I will speak about the newest systems of Russian strategic weapons that we are creating in response to the unilateral withdrawal of the United States of America from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the practical deployment of their missile defence systems both in the US and beyond their national borders.
I would like to make a short journey into the recent past. Back in 2000, the US announced its withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Russia was categorically against this. We saw the Soviet-US ABM Treaty signed in 1972 as the cornerstone of the international security system. Under this treaty, the parties had the right to deploy ballistic missile defence systems only in one of its regions. Russia deployed these systems around Moscow, and the US around its Grand Forks land-based ICBM base. Together with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the ABM treaty not only created an atmosphere of trust but also prevented either party from recklessly using nuclear weapons, which would have endangered humankind, because the limited number of ballistic missile defence systems made the potential aggressor vulnerable to a response strike.
We did our best to dissuade the Americans from withdrawing from the treaty.
All in vain. The US pulled out of the treaty in 2002. Even after that we tried to develop constructive dialogue with the Americans. We proposed working together in this area to ease concerns and maintain the atmosphere of trust. At one point, I thought that a compromise was possible, but this was not to be. All our proposals, absolutely all of them, were rejected. And then we said that we would have to improve our modern strike systems to protect our security.
Despite promises made in the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that the five nuclear weapons states–US, UK, Russia, France, China–would eliminate their nuclear weapons while all the other nations of the world promised not to get them (except for India, Pakistan, and Israel, which also acquired nuclear weapons), there are still nearly 14,000 nuclear bombs on the planet. All but 1,000 of them are in the US and Russia, while the seven other countries, including North Korea, have about 1000 bombs between them. If the US and Russia can’t settle their differences and honor their promise in the NPT to eliminate their nuclear weapons, the whole world will continue to live under what President Kennedy described as a nuclear Sword of Damocles, threatened with unimaginable catastrophic humanitarian suffering and destruction.
To prevent a nuclear catastrophe, in 2017, 122 nations adopted a new Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It calls for a ban on nuclear weapons just as the world had banned chemical and biological weapons. The ban treaty provides a pathway for nuclear weapons states to join and dismantle their arsenals under strict and effective verification. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which received the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts, is working for the treaty to enter into force by enrolling 50 nations to ratify the treaty. As of today, 70 nations have signed the treaty and 24 have ratified it, although none of them are nuclear weapons states or the US alliance states under the nuclear umbrella.
With this new opportunity to finally ban the bomb and end the nuclear terror, let us tell the truth about what happened between the US and Russia that brought us to this perilous moment and put the responsibility where it belongs to open up a path for true peace and reconciliation so that never again will anyone on our planet ever be threatened with the terrible consequences of nuclear war.
Here are some actions you can take to ban the bomb:
+ Support the ICAN Cities Appeal to take a stand in favor of the ban treaty
+ Ask your member of Congress to sign the ICAN Parliamentary Pledge
+ Support the Don’t Bank on the Bomb Campaign for nuclear divestment
+ Support the Code Pink Divest From the War Machine Campaign
+ Distribute Warheads To Windmills, How to Pay for the Green New Deal, a new study addressing the need to prevent the two greatest dangers facing our planet: nuclear annihilation and climate destruction.
+ Sign the World Beyond War pledge and add your name to this critical new campaign to make the end of war on our planet an idea whose time has come! www.worldbeyondwar.org
Alice Slater is a founder of Abolition 2000, which works for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
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Welcome to Fair Entry for Edwards County!! We are excited that everyone can register their projects online!
*We need to know what projects you plan to bring to fair and this is why we are doing this new online fair registration process.
**If you are taking animal projects be sure to sign up for showmanship classes & market classes also.
We are counting on you, our 4-H members and families, as well as our staff and volunteers to help make this fair season a safe and successful one!
The following COVID-19 social distancing and safety practices reflect requirements of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and University of Illinois event guidelines and will be in place for all indoor and outdoor 4-H events, including fairs and exhibitions:
1. Face coverings are required for all youth, spectators, volunteers, and staff. Face shields and goggles are not currently IDPH approved. If you are not able to wear a mask for medical reasons, we ask that you seek an accommodation for the event by contacting Tara Buerster by 6-15-2021.
2. Everyone in attendance will practice social distancing during the event, including maintaining six feet of separation those who are not in their households. To allow for social distancing, building and spectator capacity may be limited based on current public health department guidelines.
3. Handwashing and sanitizing stations will be provided throughout the venue.
4. Anyone who has experienced COVID-19 symptoms within the previous seven days is asked to stay home. COVID-19 symptoms include fever, cough, loss of taste or smell, or shortness of breath.
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The portfolio committee on home affairs in Parliament adopted the Civil Union Amendment Bill on Wednesday.
The bill, which will be presented to the National Assembly to pass, will afford same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples.
“The committee is of the view that this amendment is a strong affirmation to the right of equality before the law and further prevents any discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,” parliamentary communication service’s Hlomani Chauke said in a statement on Wednesday.
The purpose behind the amendment was to repeal section 6 of the Civil Union Act, which allowed a marriage officer to inform the minister that “he or she objects on the ground of conscience, religion, and belief to solemnising a civil union between persons of the same sex”.
“This infringed the right to equality before the law and the right not to be discriminated against by the state on grounds of sexual orientation,” Chauke explained.
The bill proposes a transitional period of 24 months for the department of home affairs to enable officers an opportunity to be trained if it is passed.
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The ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, is a part of the knee that controls the movement and rotation of the knee joint. A torn ACL is one of the most common knee injuries and often occurs by a sudden twisting or rotating of the knee. If you suspect that you may have a torn ACL or torn MCL, contact our office at AICA Orthopedics for diagnosis and treatment from our friendly staff and team of multiple orthopedic doctors that specialize in treating ACL and MCL injuries.
A torn ACL is a typical sports-related injury as athletes often twist and turn their knees while playing, or they try to change directions quickly with a planted foot, which puts pressure on the ACL. The MCL, or medial collateral ligament, is located on the inside of the knee, and its primary job is to keep the knee from turning outward. The most common torn MCL injury is incurred from a blow to the outside of the knee or a harsh landing after a jump.
However, a torn ACL or torn MCL can also happen because of everyday movements as well. Whether you are an athlete who is ready to get back to playing your favorite sport again or just someone looking to fully recover from a knee injury, AICA Orthopedics wants to help.
Symptoms of a torn ACL or MCL can vary based on the severity of your injury. Many people report feeling a “pop” when they have injured their ACL. You may also experience swelling of the knee, severe pain, an inability to perform physical activity, loss of range of motion, or weakness and instability when trying to bear weight on your knee.
Fitness or sports injuries can cause a torn ACL or a torn MCL. These types of injuries can be caused by suddenly slowing down and changing direction, jumping and landing wrong, pivoting, stopping quickly, or receiving a heavy blow to the knee, such as a tackle. Mild damage may just stretch the ligament too much, but more serious damage to the ACL or MCL can result in either a partial tear or a complete tear.
Most of the time, an orthopedic specialist can make a diagnosis simply by performing a physical examination as they check for swelling and tenderness. But more diagnostic tests are often done to fully understand the extent of your injury and confirm the original suspicion of a torn ACL or torn MCL:
Diagnosing your ACL or MCL tear is crucial in determining what type of treatment is required for complete healing. Orthopedic specialists at AICA Orthopedics in Atlanta have advanced technology to get an accurate and clear picture of the tear in your knee so that they can move forward with a recommendation for comprehensive treatment.
A torn ligament can be painful, but treatable when properly diagnosed. Your physician will likely order an x-ray to be certain that no fractures have occurred which might contribute to the pain you experience.LEARN MORE
Once a fracture is ruled out, your doctor is apt to request an MRI scan, which will show your soft tissue damage to various ligaments, tendons, and musculature through the use of magnetic fields.LEARN MORE
The first option for a torn ACL or MCL is usually rehabilitation with orthopedic therapy. A physical therapist will give you exercises to strengthen the knee, and you may need to wear a brace or use crutches to keep weight off the knee during this period of time. Knee braces help by limiting the range of motion of the knee and leg to allow the ACL to heal correctly. Physical therapists will work with you to reduce swelling and pain, as well as to restore full range of motion.
If physical therapy doesn’t help or if you have a more serious tear, you may have to undergo surgery with one of our orthopedic surgeons to repair the tear. ACL and MCL reconstruction involve removing the damaged ligament and replacing it with a portion of the tendon. After surgery for a torn MCL or torn ACL, you will again see a physical therapist for rehabilitation to restore complete function to the knee. It may take time, but orthopedic specialists can help you work toward a full recovery so you can get back to doing the things you love.
Medication may be prescribed by your doctor to help with any severe pain as a result of the injury or ACL & MCL surgery. Less-severe pain and swelling can usually be medicated with over-the-counter medications. More-severe instances of pain in your knee, steroid medication may be recommended.
While treating an ACL & MCL injury, either before or after diagnosis and treatment (and/or surgery), other recommendations may be given by your doctor to aid in the healing process of your knee. Periodically applying ice can aid in the reduction of pain and swelling of the knee. Do your best to stay off your feet as much as possible in order to reduce the amount of time putting pressure on the knee. Elevating the leg can also help in reducing pain and keeping weight off the knee.
For some individuals, an AICA Orthopedics chiropractor can help with the recovery process through indirect treatment. Over the years and decades, the spine can become misaligned through day-to-day activities, poor posture (such as sitting at a computer), and more. A chiropractor helps by realigning the spine to its natural position, which can help to redistribute the weight of the body in a more effective manner. This can provide relief from different parts of the knee and aid in the recovery process.
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THE LEGENDARY WYLAND
Featuring Whaling Wall #88 and the Guinness World Record Holding Largest Painted American Flag.
Internationally famous artist Wyland and Legendary Marina created a world record with this painted American flag mural on top the roof of the Legendary Marine in Destin.
The impressive mural is 3.8 acres in size with the words God Bless America on it. While it may be on a roof, it is one of the first things you'll see when you head in to Destin.
The sides of the marina storage facility itself are also covered in Wyland art. The Destin wall was completed in 2001 with the help of a huge team of community volunteers at Legendary Marine. It is viewed each year by tens of thousands of people as they drive into Destin after crossing south over the Destin Mid-Bay Bridge.
“We know now that water connects all the countries of the world,” Wyland says. “Our goal with these projects over the last three decades has been to convey the urgency of conservation issues to the public."
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Are you always looking for a tasty and particular dessert, but one that is simple to prepare and very fast? Here is the recipe for cooking Baklava, originally from Turkey.
Ingredients for making Baklava
To make Baklava, you will need:
- 300 grams of fresh rectangular phyllo dough
- 300 grams of butter
- 200 grams of grated almonds
- 200 grams of grated pistachios
- To taste the cinnamon powder
To make the syrup, you will need
- 200 grams of white table sugar
- 200 ml of honey
- 100 ml of water
- 2 oranges.
To decorate the cake: extra grated pistachios.
To make Baklava it is also possible to create mixes of dried fruit, according to your personal tastes: walnuts, peanuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, almonds, and so on and so forth, you can give free rein to your imagination.
How to cook Baklava: Melt the butter and prepare the filling
Put the butter in a saucepan and let it melt over medium heat. Alternatively, you can also melt the butter in the microwave.
Inside a bowl, place the grated pistachios, grated almonds, and cinnamon. Mix everything with a spoon.
Compose the dessert
Place the phyllo dough in a rectangular mold and with a knife, divide it into fourteen equal parts. They must all have the same size as the pan. Using a pastry brush, spread the melted butter over the entire surface of the dough.
Place the second piece of phyllo dough on top and spread more melted butter on top. Spread a part of the filling on top and place two more sheets of dough, both buttered. Repeat these steps and finish the cake by placing eight sheets of dough, all sprinkled with butter, one on top of the other.
With a knife divide the cake into rectangles or diamonds.
Baking in the oven
Bake your Baklava in a preheated oven for about 40 minutes at a temperature of 160 ° C. When your cake is ready, wait for it to cool.
Making the syrup
With a juicer, squeeze both oranges and strain the juice through a colander. Pour the juice into a saucepan and add the sugar, honey, and water. . Boil the syrup until it reduces to half.
Your syrup is ready.
Rest in the refrigerator and serve on the table
Pour the still steaming syrup over the cake and place the tray in the refrigerator until the following morning. Before serving, sprinkle the surface of your Baklava with some extra grated pistachios.
You can keep your dessert up to a maximum of 3-4 days in the refrigerator.
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SURGERY, A NOBLE PROFESSION
Surgery is, indeed, one of the noblest of professions. Here is how Dictionary defines the word noble: 1) possessing outstanding qualities such as eminence, dignity; 2) having power of transmitting by inheritance; 3) indicating superiority or commanding excellence of mind, character, or high ideals or morals. These three attributes befit the profession of surgery. Over centuries, the surgical profession has set the standards of ethical and humane practice. Surgeons have made magnificent contributions in education, clinical care, and science. Their landmark accomplishments in surgical science and innovations in operative technique have revolutionized surgical care, saved countless lives, and significantly improved longevity and the quality of human life. Generations of surgeons have developed their craft and passed it on to succeeding generations, as they have to me and to each one of you, to take into the future.
Beyond its scientific and technical contributions, surgery is uniquely fulfilling as a profession. It has disciplined itself over the centuries and dedicated its practice to the best welfare of all human beings. In return, it has been accorded the respect of society, of other professions, and of policy makers. Its conservative stance has served it well and has been the reason for its constancy and consistency. At the beginning of the 21st century, however, profound changes are taking place at all levels and at a dizzying pace, providing both challenges and opportunities to the surgical profession. These changes are occurring on a global level, on the national level, in science and technology, in healthcare, and in surgical education and practice.
To retain its leadership position in innovation and its attractiveness as a career choice for students, surgery must evolve with the times. It is my belief that surgery needs to introduce changes to create new priorities in clinical practice, education, and research; to increase the morale and prestige of surgeons; and to preserve general surgery as a profession. I am reminded of a Chinese aphorism that says, “You cannot prevent the birds of unhappiness from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building a nest in your hair.”
ADVANCES IN SCIENCE
The coalescence of major advances in science and technology made the end of the 20th century unique in human history. Notable among the achievements are the development of microchips and miniaturization, which fueled the explosion in information technology. The structure of the human genome is nearly completely elucidated, ushering in the genomic era in which genetic information will be used to predict, on an individual basis, susceptibility to disease and responsiveness to drug therapy. The field of nanotechnology allows scientists to work at a resolution of less than one nanometer, the size of the atom. By comparison, the DNA molecule is 2.5 nanometers.
In the last 50 years, biomedical research became increasingly reductionist, turning physiologists and anatomists into molecular biologists. As a result, two basic science fields—integrative physiology and gross anatomy—now have a lower standing in medical education and surgical science than they once did. Surgery and surgical departments can and possibly should claim these fields, but the window of opportunity is narrow. Research is now moving back from discipline-based reductionist science to multidisciplinary science of complexity, in which biomedical scientists work side by side with engineers, mathematicians, and bioinformatists. The ability of high-speed computers to quickly process tens of millions of pieces of data now allows for data-driven rather than hypothesis-based research. This collaboration among different disciplines has already been successful.
TRANSFORMATION OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
During the past 75 years, we have seen the entire healthcare system undergo a profound transformation. In the 1930s and for a considerable period thereafter, medical practice was fee-for-service, the doctor–patient relationship was strong, and the physician perceived himself or herself as being responsible nearly exclusively to his or her individual patients. The texture of medical practice started to change when the federal government became involved in the provision of healthcare in 1965. The committee on “Crossing the Quality Chasm” identified six key attributes of the 21st-century healthcare system. It must be:
- Safe, avoiding injuries to patients;
- Effective, providing services based on scientific knowledge;
- Patient-oriented, respectful of and responsive to individual patients’ needs, values, and preferences;
- Timely, reducing waits, eliminating harmful delays for both care receiver and caregiver;
- Efficient, avoiding wasted equipment, supplies, ideas, and energy;
- Equitable, providing equal care across genders, ethnicities, geographic locations, and socioeconomic strata;
No one knows at present what this 21st-century healthcare system will look like. While care in the old system was reactive, in the new system it will be proactive. The “find it, fix it” approach of the old system will be replaced by a “predict it, prevent it, and if you cannot prevent it, fix it” approach. Sporadic intervention, provided only when patients present with illness, will give way to a system in which physicians and other healthcare providers plan 1-, 5-, and 10-year care programs for each patient. Care will be more interactive, with patients taking a more important role in their own care. The technology-oriented system will become a system that provides graded intervention. Delivery systems will not be fractionated but integrated. Even more importantly, care will not be based simply on experience and clinical impression but on evidence of proven outcome measures. If the old system was cost-insensitive, the new system will be cost-sensitive.
There are many reasons for the declining interest in general surgery, some of which parallel reasons for the drop in medical school applicants in general. One problem specific to surgery is that medical students are given less and less exposure to surgery, due to the shortening of required surgical rotations. Most important, however, is their perception that the life of the surgical resident is stressful, the work hours too long, and the time for personal and family needs inadequate. The workload of the surgical resident over the years has increased significantly both in amount and intensity, without concomitant increase in the number of residents and at a time when hospitals have significantly reduced the support personnel on the surgical ward and in the operating rooms. Students graduating with debts close to $100,000 simply find the years of training in surgery too long, followed by uncertain practice income after graduation.
From several recent studies, lifestyle is the critical and most pressing issue in surgical residency. Some studies have also shown that the best students tend to select specialties that provide controllable lifestyles, such as radiology, dermatology, and ophthalmology. We have a problem not only in the declining number of students applying for surgical training but also in the declining quality of those who do apply. In a preliminary survey of 153 responding general surgery programs, we found that attrition (i.e., categorical residents leaving the training programs) occurred at a rate of 13% to 19% in the last 5 years. In 2001, 46% of those leaving general surgery training programs cited lifestyle as the major reason.
Unless these trends are reversed, general surgery as a specialty is threatened, and a future shortage of general surgeons is inevitable. I know that the Council of the American Surgical Association is most concerned about the crisis in general surgery. We must do a better job of communicating to students and residents that the practice of surgery is as rewarding as ever and full of opportunities in this new era. Innovations in minimal access and computer-assisted surgery and simulation technology provide exciting new possibilities in surgical training. We must also look very carefully at the demands of surgical residency and improve the life of residents without compromising their surgical experience. Unless we deal with work hours and quality of life issues, we are likely to see continuing decline in the interest of medical students in surgical training.
In conclusion, the noble profession of surgery must rise to meet numerous challenges as the world in which it operates continues to undergo profound change. These challenges represent opportunities for the profession to develop an international perspective and a global outreach and to address the growing needs of an aging population undergoing major demographic and workforce shifts. The leadership of American surgery has a unique role to play in the formulation of a new healthcare system for the 21st century. This task will require commitment to quality of care and patient safety, and it will depend on harnessing the trust and support of the American public. Advances in science and technology—particularly in minimal access surgery, robotics, and simulation technology—provide unprecedented opportunity for surgeons to continue to make landmark contributions that will improve surgical care and the human condition. I believe it is also crucially important that we train surgeon-scientists who will keep surgery at the cutting edge in the genomic and bioinformatics era. Ours is a noble profession imbued with eminence, dignity, high ideals, and ethical values. It has a rich and proud heritage… and I quote, “The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and reflect the dawn.”
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Quistor at Networkshop_50
Nottingham, 8-10 June 2022 – The centre of Nottingham was buzzing with energy with people gathered outside to enjoy the sunshine and the constant hum of Electric trams whizzing by. This local charm and warmth served as the perfect backdrop for the in person return of Jisc’s Networkshop conference, an event covering the high speed connectivity networks that support the UK’s higher education institutions. This event gave Universities a platform to reflect on the current networking needs of universities and the direction things are heading.
In his day 2 opening speech Arthur Clune invited the audience to look back at the early days of the internet (cringy memes and all) as well as even further back into the 1970s and the first days of Networkshop. At the time of the first Networkshop the post office held the monopoly for the UK Data network but provided no service universities could consume so they created a dedicated network which we now know as Janet. User’s at the time complained of non-standardised commands to access services and poor User experience.
Rather than keying into a terminal to connect to public services wireless connections are now the norm and the internet is now expected to be a 247 part of life with access ‘on-tap’ access. This demand means University users would consider bad Wi-Fi a crime. This year’s workshop had the leading wireless access point providers in attendance who demonstrated that their function now is not to just provide connections but to manage the user experience through AI and machine learning, keeping connections available and support tickets down to the minimum. Looking beyond Wi-Fi, the future will see campus wide 5g deployments broadening what is possible diffusing high speed connections to all locations. This increased connectivity can then enable the IOT-powered smart campuses of the future where everything is monitored and Realtime data used to modify building systems. And if this change wasn’t enough just while we are mastering Wi-Fi and even 5g, 6g is coming up in the pipeline to take networking even further with its promise of bridging the gap between the cyber and physical.
Cloud computing has become a standard part of University IT infrastructure with Networkshop demonstrating just how far Universities have been leaning into the cloud to replace ageing on premise systems and modernise their applications and services. Across the talks there were 3 key topics currently driving even more cloud adoption:
Sustainability: The climate emergency is front of mind and Universities are working on reducing carbon emissions wherever possible with some universities even aiming to be NetZero before the UK’s current aim of 2050. As part of this, the advice is to move wherever possible legacy systems to the cloud and reduce the number of on premise VM’s taking advantage of being able to switch off resources in the cloud when they are not being used. Many universities are approaching their cloud providers and seeking clarity on their sustainability practices and energy efficiency which includes policies such as recycling old hardware to reduce landfill. Jisc has now reduced a report available on its website to guide institutions towards managing their digital Carbon footprints and further advice is likely to appear on choosing sustainable IT suppliers.
Cybersecurity: University networks are increasingly coming under attack with the threat landscape constantly evolving and new attack vectors being discovered. The cloud offers increased security over on prem as cloud providers have more security engineers dedicated to working on the problem and cloud provides access to newer hardware and software, auto-patching, and 0-trust access meaning there is less of a chance of systems being exploited and networks breached.
HPC: The University of Bath demonstrated that Universities can now move their on premise HPC environments into the cloud to speed up research outcomes, the cloud has matured and it is no longer prohibitively expensive to do so. A cloud HPC deployment overcomes the challenges of on-premise such as the need to replace hardware every 6-7 years, supporting this ageing hardware, and dealing with slow research queues. A university deploying research workloads into the cloud benefits from greater speed as well as greater freedom to achieve new goals such as those only made possible by deploying a significant amount of cores in the cloud.
Universities investigating their cloud deployment options are invited to contact Quistor to discuss further their current requirements. We provide our Oracle Cloud services via the OCRE framework in partnership with Jisc and Oracle. Via OCRE Quistor and Oracle can assist with migrations of on prem systems and architecture to the Oracle Cloud and design and consultancy for HPC environments to name but a few of the possibilities.
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The speculative nature of bitcoin means it's a great tool for investors to identify a bottom in the stock market, Stifel says
- The risk-on nature of
bitcoinmeans the cryptocurrency is a great tool for investors to identify a bottom in the stock market, according to Stifel.
- Stifel said tighter financial conditions could send bitcoin sharply lower to about $15,000.
- "We think Bitcoin is late to the capitulation in risk, and a wash-out we see coming for bitcoin helps time an equity low," Stifel said.
The speculative nature of bitcoin and its risk-on characteristics means it's a great tool for investors to identify a bottom in the stock market, Stifel's Barry Bannister said in a note last week.
Bitcoin has been highly correlated to technology stocks in 2022, rising and falling in line with stocks as investors grapple with a tightening Federal Reserve and rising inflation.
"We think bitcoin is late to the capitulation in risk, and a wash-out we see coming for bitcoin helps time an equity low," Bannister said.
He expects bitcoin to break well below $30,000 and fall an additional $10,000 to $15,000. That would put bitcoin at between $15,000 and $20,000, which is about where the cryptocurrency topped out in late 2017.
That points to more downside ahead for the stock market, but even more for bitcoin, given bitcoin's highly speculative nature and its lack of underlying earnings and cashflow that stocks can fall back on during periods of stress.
"Equities thrive on excess liquidity, and sinking global M2 money supply weighs on the S&P 500, but more so for bitcoin. Tighter financial conditions should sharply weaken bitcoin as well," Bannister explained.
The equity strategist also highlighted bitcoin's sensitivity to GDP, given its propensity to fall when the PMI manufacturing index drops, "indicating that a last, capitulatory bitcoin drop may be still ahead," as Stifel expects the PMI to fall again in the third quarter of 2022.
Since Bannister's note, bitcoin has traded below the $30,000 level, and technical analyst Katie Stockton sees potential for the cryptocurrency to test the $18,000 level if support at $27,200 fails to hold.
While he sees a lot more downside for bitcoin, he only expects a little more downside for stocks, estimating that the S&P 500 will fall only 5% more to just below the 4,000 level. But when bitcoin does find its ultimate bottom, that will probably mark a great time to buy stocks, according to Bannister.
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Neonatal infections that aren't treated promptly or that spread can have serious consequences. Because babies' bodies and organs are undergoing rapid development, any interruption in that process can lead to complications, including growth, developmental, neurological, cardiac, respiratory, and sensory problems. In some severe cases, neonatal infections can even be fatal Neonatal infections are infections of the neonate (newborn) acquired during prenatal development or in the first four weeks of life (neonatal period). Neonatal infections may be contracted by mother to child transmission, in the birth canal during childbirth, or contracted after birth Neonatal infections with herpes simplex viruses, HIV, hepatitis B, group B streptococci, enteric gram-negative organisms (primarily Escherichia coli), Listeria monocytogenes, gonococci, and chlamydiae usually occur from passage through an infected birth canal. Sometimes ascending infection can occur if delivery is delayed after rupture of membranes Maternal infections and environmental and infant factors influence acquisition of viral and bacterial infections in the perinatal and neonatal period. Scaling up evidence-based interventions addressing maternal risk factors and underlying causes could reduce neonatal infections by 84%. The emergence of new infections and increasing antimicrobial resistance present public health challenges that must be addressed to achieve substantial reductions in neonatal mortality
Neonatal Sepsis in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) • Hospital-born babies in LMICs are at ↑risk of infections given poor infection-control practices. • Neonatal sepsis could be early or late onset. • Major pathogens: Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas spp, Acinetobacter spp and Staphylococcus aureus • About 70. neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients. This document is one section of the full Guideline for Infection Prevention and Control in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients. This guideline will be published in a segmental manner as sections are completed. This section does not provide a comprehensive set of infection contro Methods: Multicenter, prospective surveillance for early-onset neonatal infections was conducted during 2006-2009. Early-onset infection was defined as isolation of a pathogen from blood or cerebrospinal fluid collected ≤ 72 hours after birth. Maternal chorioamnionitis was defined by clinical diagnosis in the medical record or by histologic diagnosis by placental pathology. Hospital records of newborns with early-onset infections born to mothers with chorioamnionitis were reviewed. Neonatal infection can result from fetal aspiration or ingestion of the infected amniotic fluid. Infection of the neonate can also occur during birth, when the neonate moves through the vagina, with systemic infection occurring via the umbilical cord, respiratory tract, or skin abrasions. Other risk factors for group B streptococcal infection include prematurity, low birthweight, prolonged. The organisms responsible for neonatal infection have changed over the past 60 years, and there are marked regional variations. Today, microorganisms commonly responsible for early-onset infection include streptococci, Listeria monocutogenes, and gram-negative enteric rods. Late-onset infections are most often caused by staphylococci, Pseudomonas, or Bacteroides fragilis (anaerobes). After 7.
Neonatal Infections, There are approximately 4 million newborns annually in the United States, including 400,000 infants born preterm. This care occurs in nurseries of all acuity levels, sizes, and regions across the, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management, Neonatal Infections, Buc Consider targeted decolonization for S. aureus-colonized neonatal intensive care unit patients in addition to the implementation of, and adherence to, appropriate infection prevention and control measures in an outbreak setting, or when there is ongoing healthcare-associated transmission, or an increase in the incidence of infection
Second, neonatal COVID-19 manifestations seem similar to those observed in adults, while fever seems to be more frequent in COVID-19 than in common neonatal infections 94 and no cases of neonatal. English: Age-standardised disability-adjusted life year (DALY) rates from Neonatal infections and other (perinatal) conditions by country (per 100,000 inhabitants). Note from WHO data: Includes severe neonatal infections and other non-infectious causes arising in the perinatal period. Own note: Excludes: Prematurity and low birth weight and Birth asphyxia and birth trauma which have their. Pregnant women whose babies are at risk of early-onset neonatal infection are offered antibiotics and given the first dose as soon as possible after their labour has started. Source guidance. Neonatal infection: antibiotics for prevention and treatment. NICE guideline NG195 (2021), recommendations 1.2.1 and 1.2.4
There are several known maternal factors associated with neonatal sepsis and infection: low socioeconomic status, malnutrition, no prenatal care, substance abuse, rupture of membranes prior to 37 weeks, substance abuse, presence of urinary tract infection at delivery, peripartum infection, clinical amnionitis, and general bacterial colonization Evidence-Based Neonatal Infections * The first evidence-based text on neonatal infections * Provides practical guidance where evidence is poor * Complements David Isaacs' Evidence-BasedPediatric Infectious Diseases (9781405148580) Practical and evidence-based, Evidence-Based NeonatalInfections is designed to help the clinician with day-to-daydecisions on the care of newborn babies with possible, probable orproven infections Evidence-Based Neonatal Infections is expertly written by David Isaacs, an experienced author renowned for his knowledge in both pediatric infections and evidence-based medicine
Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on Perinatal and Neonatal Infections, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews Neonatal mice with higher numbers of MMc and monocytes show enhanced resilience against cytomegalovirus infection. Similarly, higher numbers of MMc in human cord blood are linked to a lower number. 5* service and secure ordering online. Lowest price promise or we refund the difference. Latest Products, CQC Approved, UK based doctors, Confidential Service and Packagin Neonatal infections with herpes simplex viruses, HIV, hepatitis B, group B streptococci, enteric gram-negative organisms (primarily Escherichia coli), Listeria monocytogenes, gonococci, and chlamydiae usually occur from passage through an infected birth canal. Sometimes ascending infection can occur if delivery is delayed after rupture of membranes. Postpartum infection Postpartum infections.
Neonatal Infections: Early Onset Sepsis. Case 7! 28 week gestation baby! Premature rupture of membranes 60 hours previously! Maternal fever! Baby born in immediate respiratory distress requiring ventilation. Group B Streptococcus Streptococcus agalactiae/GBS! Incidence • ~20% women colonised in pregnancy • 40 - 70% babies colonised • 1% of these get disease • approximately 1-2/1000. Data on neonatal infections obtained from neonates born to women vaccinated during pregnancy should be compared with those obtained from an appropriately selected and documented control group(s) or known background rates of neonatal infections in comparable populations, and should be analysed by study arm and dose where possible, e.g. in prospective clinical trials. 3.3. Data presentation. Neonatal severe bacterial infection impairment estimates in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America for 2010 Vaccine. Neonatal infections: Case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunisation safety data Italy. BMC Pediatric
NEONATAL INFECTION. Infections are most important cause of mortality and morbidity in the neonatal period in Bangladesh. These can be reduced significantly by timely intervention. Neonatal infections occur due to the invasion of neonates by harmful organisms. There may be deeper invasion of blood or superficial infections Infection is often asymptomatic, and pregnant mothers are not routinely screened. Overall transmission rate at delivery is around 25%, ranging from 67% for vaginal delivery to less than 10% for infants born by caesarean section. Apparently successful treatment of the mother during pregnancy does not preclude neonatal infection
Infections of the brain in the neonatal period differ considerably from infections in the older child, due to a variety of age-specific factors that are related not only to the child, but also to the mother, and to specific pathogenic organisms. It has been recognized that clinical and neurological signs are often non-specific, sometimes scarce, and seldom correlate with the extent of. Infections remain a main cause of morbidity and mortality among newborns. 1 Early-onset sepsis, defined as a proven bacterial infection in the first 72 h of life, has an overall incidence of ∼1/1000 live births, with a higher incidence in premature and/or very-low-birthweight infants. 2 Forty-five percent of all childhood mortality under 5 years occurs in the neonatal period, of which 22% is.
Neonatal infections can occur at any stage in a baby's development, including: In utero (before birth) Intrapartum (during birth) Postpartum (after birth) In Utero Infection. A woman's body is designed to protect an unborn baby from infection, but it's still possible for some infections to occur. Medical procedures conducted on the vagina, uterus or the placenta can cause infection. Neonatal infection is broadly classified into early- or late-onset neonatal sepsis. Early-onset sepsis (EOS) is variably defined as sepsis (e.g. bacteraemia and meningitis) within 48-72 hours of birth (some define it as <7 days) and usually presents as a fulminating septicaemic illness, often complicated by pneumonia. The main routes of infection are vertical transmission from the mother via. 1.12 Antifungals to prevent fungal infection during antibiotic treatment for late-onset neonatal infection. 1.12.1 Give prophylactic oral nystatin to babies treated with antibiotics for suspected late-onset neonatal bacterial infection if they: have a birthweight of up to 1,500 g or Cantey, Neonatal Infections, 1st ed. 2018, 2018, Buch, Fachbuch, 978-3-319-90037-7. Bücher schnell und portofre
Neonatal infections Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr. Share to Pinterest. Share via email. EMBED EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item <description> tags) Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and. Evidence-Based Neonatal Infections, Isaacs, 2014, 1. Auflage 2014, Buch Bücher portofrei persönlicher Service online bestellen beim Fachhändle Quiz Neonatal Infections : Neonatal Infections - Q1: Which of the following is not a common sign of neonatal infection? Low birth weight, Poor feeding, Unusual irritability, Elevated temperature,.. Neonatal infection is a term describing the onset of an infection within the first 28 days from birth, and a range of microbiological organisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi may be responsible Neonatal infection (early onset): antibiotics for prevention and treatment. Clinical guideline [CG149] Published: 22 August 2012. Guidance. This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG195..
No viral infection was identified in neonates born to and separated from their SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers at birth and subsequently fed unpasteurized breast milk. All infants breastfed at home remained SARS-CoV-2 negative. These findings may provide insights regarding the redundancy of postpartum m Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Breastfeeding Mothers Pediatrics. 2021 May;147(5. RGU2 Learn with flashcards, games, and more — for free NEONATAL INFECTION.ppt - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online 105 Neonatal Infections Lori A. Christ Neonates are uniquely susceptible to bacterial and viral infections because of deficiencies in immune function, including neutrophil function and humoral and cellular immunity. Before the introduction of antibiotics, mortality from neonatal sepsis approached 90%; however, even with the advent of antibiotics and identification of common causative organisms. Neonatal infections and sepsis are the major problem in preterm neonates who have an increased incidence of infection. The incidence is significantly higher in neonates of low weight, e.g., less than 1000g compared with neonates of 1000-2000g. The incidence of neonatal bacterial infection depends on geographic area and may vary from country to country as well as within the same country.
Neonatal infections with genital chlamydiae comprise ocular, respiratory tract, vaginal and rectal infection. Neugeborenen-Infektionen mit genitalen Chlamydien schließen Augen-, Respirationstrakt-, vaginale und rektale Infektionen ein. springer. Under inadequate hygienic conditions, opportunistic bacteria may multiply in powdered infant formula (PIF) and cause severe, often fatal neonatal. Her research focuses on infection among neonates, such as congenital infection and neonatal sepsis. Nina is also actively involved in the COVID-19 response and immunization campaign in Indonesia. Gayana P.S. Gunaratna is a fellow in paediatric infectious diseases and microbiology at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia and a lecturer in the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of. Many translated example sentences containing neonatal infections - Portuguese-English dictionary and search engine for Portuguese translations
Neonatal infections remain a major cause of death in developing countries, with approximately 1 million deaths (10% of all child deaths) each year attributable to infections acquired in the newborn period (0-28 days of life). 1 Sub-Saharan Africa and south Asian countries experience the greatest burden of neonatal deaths. 1 Saving newborns from infections and infection-related mortality is. Infections, neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and pneumothorax: Chen et al. 9: Amniotic fluid, cord blood and neonatal throat: No events of neonatal asphyxia-Li et al. 17: Neonatal throat: No events of severe neonatal asphyxia-Fan et al. 2: Amniotic fluid, placenta tissues, umbilical cord blood and newborn's Nasopharyngeal : Fever and abdominal distension: Haziness in lung field without. Around 1 in every 3, 500 babies in the United States contract the infection Neonatal herpes manifests itself in three forms: skin, eyes, and mouth herpes colonization and is much less common. Neonatal colonization is transient. Those with urogenital or extragenital infections caused by M. hominis have symptoms Neonatal sepsis is a type of neonatal infection and specifically refers to the. Traductions en contexte de neonatal infections en anglais-français avec Reverso Context : The first results show an incidence of confirmed neonatal infections of 17.7 per 1000 live births
. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Order Neonatal infections with herpes simplex viruses, HIV, hepatitis B, group B streptococci, enteric gram-negative organisms (primarily Escherichia coli), Listeria monocytogenes, gonococci, and chlamydiae usually occur from passage through an infected birth canal. Sometimes ascending infection can occur if delivery is delayed after rupture of membranes. Postpartum infection. Postpartum infections. Request PDF | On Jan 1, 2001, J.E. Baley and others published Neonatal infections | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGat Causes of newborn death. The three major causes of neonatal deaths worldwide are infections (36%, which includes sepsis/pneumonia, tetanus and diarrhoea), pre-term (28%), and birth asphyxia (23%). There is some variation between countries depending on their care configurations
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether neonatal infections are associated with a higher risk of adverse neurodevelopment at 5 years of age in a population-based cohort of very preterm children. METHODS: We included all live births between 22 and 32 weeks of gestation, from 9 regions in France, in 1997 (EPIPAGE study). Of the 2665 live births, 2277 were eligible for a follow-up evaluation at 5 years. Neonatal HSV infection rates vary from country to country, with national surveys reporting a wide range in annual incidence. Marked differences in incidence can also exist within countries. In USA the incidence of neonatal HSV infection is 33 per 100,000 live births. Clinical Presentation Congenital HSV infection accounts for around 5% of all cases of neonatal herpes. In contrast to neonatal. Neonatal sepsis is one of the main causes of hospitalization and death in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) , and is considered healthcare-associated when infections are related to the care provided to pregnant women and neonates. There are two patterns of disease: early-onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) and late-onset neonatal sepsis (LOS). EOS is variably defined as occurring within 48-72 h. GBS infection in neonates and young infants will be reviewed here. The microbiology of GBS infections, prevention of GBS infection in neonates, assessment of newborns at risk for GBS, and diagnosis and management of neonatal sepsis broadly are discussed separately: (See Group B Streptococcus: Virulence factors and pathogenic mechanisms. Nosocomial viral infections are less common than bacterial infections among neonates cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). However, nosocomial viral infections in the NICU population can be associated with considerable mortality and morbidity. This topic will review the epidemiology of nosocomial viral infections in the NICU.
Neonatal meningitis is often caused by group B streptococcus and is associated with prematurity, gestational age, postnatal age, and geographic region. In order to improve prognosis of the infection, early diagnosis and prompt treatment are crucial to prevent mortality and the incidence of neurologic sequelae that cause long-term. As neonatal immunologic function is immature, MRSA infections occur more frequently in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). MRSA is reported to be associated with the infection of skin and soft tissue (SSTI) as well as respiratory tracts. In the meantime, HA-MRSA is the main cause of pneumonia, osteomyelitis, and bacteremi Many translated example sentences containing neonatal infection - Dutch-English dictionary and search engine for Dutch translations | <urn:uuid:b3b76738-85af-4b3f-ace4-f0fbf4fc632a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aceptarvalue.com/de/epidemiology-of-and-risk-factors-for-neonatal-candidemia-at-a-te/110916200v6-1324k4esii | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.889382 | 4,150 | 2.75 | 3 |
Mergers are one of the most common problems in EyeWire. Mergers are created when either the Artificial Intelligence (AI) has included pieces from two different cells in a single segment, or when players mistakenly add a segment that does not belong. When the AI includes pieces from two different cells in a single segment, there is no way for the player to separate it into two segments, so they must learn to work around them. For smaller mergers that do not exit the cube a player may ignore them and continue their trace as normal. For larger mergers and/or mergers the exit the cube, the player may leave out the segment with the merger and continue their trace as normal.
In the event that the players create a merger, scythes or an admin is needed to remove it.
For varying reasons the AI can create mergers. It can be because of a misalignment, because of a damage in the neuron that the AI navigated through wrongly or because in the parent cube players created a merger and the AI created both the correct and the merger paths in the child cube creating thus an AI merger. In that last possibility removing the merger from the parent cube may not also remove it from the child cube, so an admin needs to remove it from there as well.
Misalignment AI mergers
Sometimes misalignments in the 2D slides can cause the AI to get confused and create a seed merger.
No-Borders AI mergers
There are spots inside the dataset that for whatever reason the neuron(s) were damaged and create "no border mergers" meaning that the borders between them are either damaged or gone and so the AI thinks that whole thing to be one single neuron when in fact its two different ones (or even possibly more than 2)
Player made mergers
Players can also create mergers even when there's not an AI merger that can mislead them into tracing a wrong neuron/segment(s). Be it misalignment(s), no-borders (usually shown as pure white in the 2D), fuzzy, unclear borders and so on. There have been a couple of isolated cases of players who traced everything in a cube on purpose. They were caught and "gifted" by the GrimReaper with -10,000,000 points and subsequent removal from the game.
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On February 4, 2011, Dr. Murray Stein will present a conference together with Andreas Jung, in collaboration with the Asheville Jung Center titled “Architecture of the Soul: Inner and Outer Structures of C. G. Jung”. Andreas Jung is an architect whose father and great uncle were also architects. He is a graduate of Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) and currently lives in the home on Seestrasse.
C. G. Jung was intimately involved in the design of this home and attended to such things as the cladding upon the walls that provided deeply niched windows and lovely inset glass cabinets in the dining room. Andreas Jung authors two very personal chapters and serves as the co-editor of the book.
Arthur Rüegg, a professor of architecture at ETHZ, opens one of the chapter titled “Living in a Museum?” with the following rendering:
The house of Carl Gustav Jung is without a doubt the physical expression of a great mind.
In 1906, while still “an impecunious assistant medical director at the Burghölzi mental home in Zürich”, Jung wrote to his cousin, architect Ernst Fietcher, of his plans “… to build a house someday, in the country near Zürich, on the lake”. It was the untimely death of Emma Jung’s father that allowed the couple to build the home. The Jungs worked closely with the architect and landscape architects on the design. Three generations of Jung’s have lived in this home that is now owned by a foundation (Stiftung C. G. Jung Küsnacht). Two of those generations of inhabitants were “…families who could read these traces and respectfully carry on the tradition.” (p 90). The history of the house and it’s renovations is crisply and artfully presented.
What emerges from the pages of The House of C. G. Jung is a portrait of an intentional man who demonstrated an uncanny ability to move between the worlds of the mythopoetic interior life and the tangible, concrete realms. It should be no surprise that the man who constructed the Tower at Bollingen would have built a home worthy of memorializing. Jung gave attention to details such as wall hangings, tile selection and placement of the rooms where he conducted analysis so as not to displace Emma from the library and interfere with her work.
The chapter “Living in a museum?” reads like a patient’s anamnesis as it reviews the homes history and developmental influences. The reader is reminded that homes, like organic things, change and adapt to their circumstances and their inhabitants. Despite several major renovations through the last century, the respect and regard for the original home was preserved. The home is a testament to what concentrated self-examination and openness to the individuation process can produce. It is the biography of a house that is no less impressive for what it reveals or the man who built it.
Architecture and psychology are first cousins. Consider a few quotes assembled from several renown architects.
“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.” Le Corbusier
“The home should be the treasure chest of living.” Le Corbusier
“Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.” Frank Lloyd Wright“Form follow function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” Frank Lloyd Wright
“Freedom is from within.” Frank Lloyd Wright
“The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.” Frank Lloyd Wright
“Architecture is the will of the epoch translated into structure.” Ludwig Miles van der RoheInvitation: The house that “you” built
Take a moment to consider the space you inhabit, whether it is a home, office, apartment, or just a room. Examine it for details that reflect aspects of your interior life. Where do you see function pronouncing itself and where does aesthetic seem to announce itself? Examine the space for signs and signifiers of your individuated self and for signs of where your individuation is ensnared in its effort to emerge.
Compose a work of your own that reflects the house you have built. If you feel so moved, please share those reflections with others in our community by posting a comment on this blog. If you are planning to attend the seminar on February 4, “Architecture of the Soul: Inner and Outer Structures of C. G. Jung”. then this exercise might be a useful preparation, like tilling the soil before the planting.
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In school I used to think they had everything down to a science. My school had been around for a long time and I just figured they’d worked out the kinks and it ran smoothly and without any issues. Then I got to know one of the school secretaries and learned they had to deal with all sorts of problems every day. That’s been my experience. Every time I think of an organization, big or small, from the outside, I assume they’re running well, but when I start working at a new company or organization I see all sorts of mistakes and bungles.
Every organization or person has their bumps and warts. Even celebrities who we vault into grandiosity regularly screw up their marriages or get involved with drugs. Pro athletes aren’t exempt either. 78% of NFL players are bankrupt within five years after they retire. It’s “only” 60% with NBA players.
I learned that Gene Wilder dealt with self doubt in his career, which was encouraging at first to see that someone as capable and wonderful could feel that way. But then I thought, if Gene Wilder had self doubt, where does that leave me? It’s easy to understand that logically you can’t be perfect, but the inner critic still expects perfection and attacks the slightest failure.
The imposter syndrome as a formal syndrome is derided as pop psychology, but the closest science-backed explanation doesn’t fully address the issue. It’s known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, and is a cognitive bias in which unskilled people think they’re incredible because they don’t know enough to realize they stink. It explains why most drivers consider themselves to be above average drivers. The main issue I have with Dunning-Kruger is it can give you a perverse sense of pleasure at feeling like an imposter, taking it to mean you’re actually a genius.
The responses to this Quora post suggested that it’s unavoidable. The highest rated response said to the questioner who felt he couldn’t become great at anything.
I urge you to make peace with that feeling, because for most people, it never goes away: and I’m talking about the people who are the best in the field. It never goes away for them. Most of them don’t feel like the best in the field. They feel exactly like you. They are hugely aware of their mistakes and hugely aware of the ways they are lacking. Einstein tried and failed to unify the fields. You can say, “Yeah, but he was Einstein!” But that’s you. What was important—to Einstein—was how he felt.
I wonder if history giants like Einstein, Lincoln, Shakespeare or Mozart really did feel that way. Couldn’t Leonardo da Vinci see that he was so much better at such a large variety of skills? He’s said to the most diversely talented person to have ever lived. I have to believe some people are so good at what they do that they know it and have a healthy confidence in their abilities. But is it possible for everyone to feel that way? Is it innate? I wish I had the answers – at this point I’m just posing the questions.
I do know that as you become more knowledgeable, you realize just how little you know. Two more luminaries from history back me up on that.
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” — Socrates
“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.” — Benjamin Franklin
The main conclusion I’ve come to in thinking about this subject is that even if you don’t have it all figured out, it’s better to create something and get feedback on it, even if you think it stinks. Then you can take whatever feedback you get and improve it. There’s no use creating a masterpiece in your head if you never put brush to canvas.
Interesting, even Woody Allen is concerned about making his creations public. He said, “You always set out trying to make Citizen Kane. By the time you get to the editing room, you just try not to be humiliated.” (via Cal Newport)
There’s a story of two pottery classes where the first was told their entire grade would be determined by their best single piece of pottery by the end of the semester. The second class was told their grade would be determined by the total weight of all the pottery they made.
Members of the first class spent more than half the semester researching pottery skills and techniques, reading books from pottery masters and visiting museums of fine art. They studied and focused and learned how to make the best pottery possible. The second class got to work making pottery on the first day and continued until the end of the semester.
How did the quality compare between the two classes? The quality was much higher in the second class. Why? The second class practiced and improved their pottery-making skills all semester, while the first class spent so much time studying they didn’t have the skills necessary to create what they saw in their minds.
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Like a third-world country, California is facing rolling power blackouts
Unless states and countries are willing to transition almost entirely to nuclear power, so-called “green” energy is a chimera. In the old days, “green” energy was the norm and life was Hobbesian: “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” It was fossil fuel that brought us into a world of plenty but the greenies have been having their way with our fossil-fuel-powered grid and, inevitably, the lights are going off. California, for example, boldly decided to go “green,” closing down existing nuclear power plants and refineries, only to discover that the lights go out when you do that, so now the only option is...drum roll, please...returning to that much-despised fossil fuel.
The Associated Press reported on California’s tough choices, forced upon the state thanks to its stupid policies:
A sweeping energy proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Thursday puts the state in the business of buying power to ensure there’s enough to go around during heat waves that strain the grid. But some critics say the method of getting there is at odds with the state’s broader climate goals, because it paves the way for the state to tap aging gas-fired power plants and add backup generators fueled by diesel.
The debate highlights the challenge some states are facing as they scramble to address heat waves fueled by climate change without compromising on their pledges to transition to non-fossil fuel energy sources like solar and wind.
The only thing I would argue with in the above-quoted language is “heat waves fueled by climate change.” For greenies, the phrase “by climate change” is a reflexive habit, much like the way Muslims reflexively add “peace be upon him” or “pbuh” when referring to the Prophet Mohamed. And like the phrase “pbuh,” “by climate change” is powered by faith. In fact, the first half of the 20th century—which also saw the devastating Dust Bowl—recorded many of the hottest years on record in America. Moreover, the phrase “hottest years on record” is also meaningless because we only began tracking temperatures in the late Victorian period, about 150 years ago. The billions of years before that...well, we’re guessing.
But back to California, note the careful language in this paragraph:
California gets most of its energy from renewable sources during the day, but doesn’t yet have the storage to dispatch enough solar power after the sun goes down. The bill aims to speed up the building of more renewable energy and storage facilities by removing local governments from permitting decisions. Supply chain issues are also slowing down building.
“Doesn’t yet have the storage to dispatch enough solar power after the sun goes down.” And therein lies the rub. Renewables work when the wind blows or the sun shines. Otherwise, nothing.
Green energy storage is a huge—and currently unaddressed—problem because the batteries lag far behind every nation’s needs. To date, batteries are inefficient and huge. So, in addition to gigantic, hideous, bird-cooking solar arrays across America, or enormous, hideous, bird-slicing wind farms across America, we’ll end up with ginormous, hideous battery arrays across America. And of course, all these things (the solar panels, windmills, and batteries) require massive amounts of non-recyclable, polluting ingredients—with the stuff for the solar panels alone coming mostly from China, the most polluting nation in the world.
When you put your faith in fantasy and eschew reality, reality does not go away. It’s still there. People who pretend that lions and bears are cute domestic pets get eaten and states or nations that pretend that we can do away with the fossil fuels that lifted us out of darkness are inevitably consigned to...well, either darkness or, if they’re smart, fossil fuels and nuclear energy, both of which are anathema to the greenies. | <urn:uuid:babd53ae-cc37-41cd-b461-cedee34cbdbd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/07/like_a_thirdworld_country_california_is_facing_rolling_power_blackouts.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.940691 | 879 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Federal agencies extended grace periods for submitting financial statements and call reports and announced initiatives to encourage small-dollar lending as economic conditions remain uncertain. The FTC chairman has assured businesses the agency will be “flexible and reasonable” when enforcing compliance measures.
The Federal Reserve will provide regulatory relief for financial institutions with $5 billion or less in total assets, stating the banks’ financial statements can be submitted without penalty for 30 days past the official deadline of March 31.
“The Federal Reserve recognized that small financial institutions may need additional time to submit certain regulatory reports in light of staffing priorities and disruptions caused by [COVID-19],” the agency said.
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council released a similar provision on March 25, stating that federal banking agencies won’t take action against institutions for submitting March 31 call reports, as long as the report is submitted within 30 days of the original filing date.
The Fed and the FFIEC encouraged banks that anticipate a delayed submission to notify their reserve bank or their primary federal regulator before March 31.
Regulators are also advising banks to offer small-dollar loans to consumers and small businesses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Fed, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the FDIC, the National Credit Union Administration and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint statement encouraging responsible small-dollar loans to consumers and small businesses. If a borrower can’t repay a loan as structured, the agencies encourage banks to consider workout strategies to help borrowers repay the principal and mitigate the need to re-borrow.
The statement follows a series of joint statements by financial agencies encouraging financial institutions to meet the needs of borrowers affected by the pandemic, including one that said the agencies will “favorably consider” retail banking and lending activities that meet the needs of affected low- and moderate-income individuals, small businesses and farms for Community Reinvestment Act purposes.
In addition to these actions, the agencies are working on guidance and lending principles for responsible small-dollar loans to facilitate the ability of banks, credit unions and savings associations to meet the credit needs of their customers and communities.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Joe Simons also issued a statement of the agency’s effort to protect consumers during the coronavirus pandemic against scammers.
“We will not tolerate businesses seeking to take advantage of consumers’ concerns and fears regarding coronavirus disease, exigent circumstances, or financial distress,” Simons said.
Simons noted that the FTC will be “flexible and reasonable” when enforcing compliance requirements on companies that may hinder the provision of important goods and services to consumers. “We recognize enormous challenges for consumers, as well as for businesses trying to get goods and services to people across the country,” Simons said. “At all times, good faith efforts undertaken to provide needed goods and services to consumers will be taken into account in making enforcement decisions.
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In order to maximize Residential or commercial property Rental, proprietors must have a clear understanding of how the property rental market jobs. To start, they ought to comprehend what property service is. It is a sort of investment residential or commercial property that produces earnings via the sale of residence systems. MACRS is a common depreciation timetable made use of for homes. This routine puts on any type of home that gains greater than 80% of its profits from house devices.
While this is a huge market, the marketplace is still not staying on par with demand. This has numerous property owners as well as occupants asking yourself whether rates will fall or rise. The good news is that the economic recuperation is proceeding, labor as well as materials scarcities are alleviating, as well as eviction regulations have been abolished. The bright side for tenants as well as landlords is that property costs are climbing. As the United States realty market continues to recover, it may be the best time to think about Residential property Rental.
Regardless of the real estate scarcity, the United States rental market still represents a considerable section of the country’s Real Estate market. This demand is driven by immigrants. The United States housing building and construction market is booming. Low-rise condos and also single-family detached residences are among one of the most preferred kinds of residential or commercial properties. With immigration boosting by one million people per year, the US rental market ought to continue to expand. With this, there is an excellent need for property.
The worldwide real estate rental market is boosting in size, funding, and also investment chance. Nevertheless, supply and also demand are not keeping up. The current circumstance has both renters and property owners questioning if rental fee rates will decrease or increase. Meanwhile, the US economy is boosting, labor and products shortages are reducing, and also eviction laws have been rescinded. In addition, home costs get on the surge. The future of Property Rental is brilliant.
In addition to offering income, Building Rental is likewise a superb financial investment that can appreciate in value. According to the Demographics Bureau, there are about 48 million rentals in the USA, with regarding a third of these units owned by private capitalists. With rising house values, numerous Americans are wanting to the rental market to earn a profit. While financial investment in residential or commercial property is ending up being significantly rewarding, it is still a big dedication. The advantage of residential or commercial property rentals is that it enables them to earn a high-end income while still supplying a steady and protected house.
The US rental market is growing rapidly, but not as fast as in various other countries. The US rental market is an excellent opportunity, but it’s additionally experiencing a difficult time. While it has the prospective to proliferate, it is battling to keep up. The housing crisis has created numerous issues for homeowner and occupants. Although there are some good ideas taking place in the United States rental market, there are also numerous risks that can impede the process.
Regardless of the positive facets of Residential property Rental, it’s important to keep in mind that the marketplace is still reasonably tiny and that it is not a blast to buy Residential or commercial property Rental. A great time to buy Property Rental is now. The United States rental market is expanding at an ordinary rate of 7% per year, which is a great time to buy Real Estate. This fad is continuing to grow and will likely proceed for some time. This market is proliferating, however it is not yet huge sufficient to sustain a sustained increase in rate.
While the rental market is tiny, it’s still a superb income. As well as, as the value of a home increases, it can be an important possession. Taking into consideration the capacity for recognition as well as the expenses of home service, it’s not surprising that a lot of Americans are investing in Home Rental. This means that a property can appreciate in value over the course of time. In addition to generating revenue, Residential or commercial property Rental can likewise be a terrific financial investment for the long term.
While the US rental market is growing, its supply can not maintain. While the demand is enhancing, the supply of home is not keeping up. Neither are lease prices going to drop or raise. Despite the climbing market, the economic recovery is underway. While labor scarcities and also products have been removed, expulsion laws have actually been put on hold. Generally, building rates are increasing. This is a great time to purchase rental residential property. Yet, the risks connected with buying it are significant.
You can buy a property rental with a joint endeavor with your partner or another person. Other usual choices include a service companion or a member of a corporation. Commonly, the proprietor of a rental property is a “pass-through” entity, which suggests that all expenditures and also income are passed through to the company’s investors. The internal revenue service does rule out it a collaboration and also considers it a joint financial investment. If you are wed, you can still share the rental residential or commercial property as a joint endeavor.
When you are buying a Property Rental, it’s important to recognize just how the funds you generate from it will certainly be used. The earnings you receive will certainly be your major resource of living. This revenue will be your key resource of earnings. Getting a residential property with a negative cash flow can be an expensive error. It is best to take into consideration the capital of a rental before investing in it. This will certainly make it less complicated for you to see whether a residential property is an excellent investment.
If you have an interest in buying Property Services, you ought to recognize the laws in your state. You need to likewise recognize the reasonable housing regulations and also the regulations on landlord-tenant connections. You ought to be familiar with the laws pertaining to landlord-tenant relations prior to investing in a rental. In lots of states, the regulations and policies regulating this process are really comparable to those in other nations. As long as you recognize these rules, you’ll be able to make informed choices about the market. rent a tent in Cincinnati, Ohio
As a long-distance property owner, you should take into consideration using rental software to handle your rentals. These programs will help you handle your residential or commercial properties, send out notices, as well as accept repayments. A rental administration software program can additionally help you if you reside in a nation with various currency than the one you are leasing from. For example, a residential property monitoring software application is a beneficial device for long-distance property owners, and they’ll permit you to monitor rental information beyond of the world. | <urn:uuid:d881c46b-4f04-447b-9d62-ecb2a2e81aed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://byexpand.com/2022/02/11/astounding-facts-concerning-residential-or-commercial-property-rental/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.961598 | 1,375 | 1.679688 | 2 |
The Billion Dollar Art Hunt BBC Documentary 2020
In June 2019, arts journalist John Wilson received an extraordinary tip-off – one billion dollars’ worth of stolen art may be about to be recovered. Included are a unique Rembrandt – his only seascape – and a Vermeer considered the most valuable stolen painting in the world. The art was taken from the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in the early hours of 18 March 1990. It remains the world’s biggest unsolved art heist. For John, to follow the recovery of the paintings, as it happens, would be the biggest art story of the century.
What makes the tip-off more surprising is where it is believed the art might be found – behind a wall in a house in west Dublin. That’s 3,000 miles from where the FBI have always believed they would find it. For the last 30 years, their investigations have focused on Boston on the premise that the thieves were Italian-American and that the art has never left America. | <urn:uuid:2c946200-c1a0-4dc1-9aaa-44bc684b2de4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://arttimes.co.za/the-billion-dollar-art-hunt-bbc-documentary-2020/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.97051 | 214 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Color blindness is a condition that affects 1 in 10 men, and those of Northern European descent are at the highest risk. Women can be affected as well, but it is much less common. The symptoms can vary from slight to severe, and some symptoms are so mild that the person afflicted isn’t even aware of the deficiency.
If you frequently encounter discrepancies in your color perception, or you are finding it difficult to differentiate certain shades and hues, you may have a form of color deficiency.
The initial symptoms of color vision deficiency can be found at an early age. The following should be monitored for in children who are suspected of being color blind:
- An enhanced sense of smell
- Enhanced night vision
- Bright light sensitivity
- Difficulties reading colored work pages
- Decreased attention span when coloring
- Exclusively coloring with the wrong colors
- Head or eye ache when looking at red on green or green on red backgrounds
- Difficulties identifying crayons or pencils with a green or red composition (red-green colorblindness, or Deuteranomaly, is the most common deficiency)
Keep in mind that color blindness is hereditary, so if there are color blind men on the mother’s side, your child is at an increased risk and should be monitored. Other causes include eye trauma, metabolic disease, or vascular disease.
If a child has difficulty discerning red, green, brown, blue, purple, or grey, it is likely that they are red/green color blind. Yellow, pink, and bright orange should be easily identified. Color deficiency does not affect visual acuity, and total lack of color vision is very rare.
Often children will deny that they have any issues with color as a way of doing their best to fit in. Be sure not to try and quiz them on their color problems as this may create a self-esteem issue. Take them to an optician for a proper diagnosis.
Who is Most at Risk for Color Blindness?
Being a male is the greatest risk factor for color blindness. If you have glaucoma, leukemia, sickle cell anemia, or Parkinson’s disease, you are also at an increased risk of developing the condition. In addition, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, macular degeneration, and severe alcoholism can raise your risk. | <urn:uuid:e7841616-88a4-46d3-8fcd-a4fc98ce3b4e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://colormax.org/colorblindness-symptoms/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.939074 | 484 | 3.59375 | 4 |
The plant draws on water from Buffalo Pound, treats it and uses it to supply drinking water to residents of Regina and Moose Jaw. Communities as far east as Sedley, north as Bethune and south as Briercrest also get their drinking water from Buffalo Pound.
Where does Regina water come from?
Reginas water originates in the Rocky Mountains and travels from Alberta to Saskatchewan and to the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant. Every time you turn on the tap for a glass of water or to take a bath, you know that the water coming out is clean, safe and ready to use.
What river runs through Moose Jaw?
In the City of Moose Jaw, the Moose Jaw River is joined by Thunder Creek. Thunder Creek, with its headwaters southwest of Central Butte, flows southeast through Paysen and Kettlehut Lakes, and into Pelican Lake.
Does Regina have hard water?
Reginas water (and just about everybody elses on the prairies) is always hard, and sometimes its very, very hard. Most of Reginas water comes from Buffalo Pound Lake, which generally has about 14 to 20 grains of hardness.
How much is a gallon of water in Canada?
2019 Gallon Rates $0.01892531/gal. Block 2 – For consumption over 1,099,850 gal. $0.01258535/gal.
Is Moose Jaw Canada a real place?
Moose Jaw, city, south-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It lies along the Moose Jaw River (a tributary of the QuAppelle River) and the Trans-Canada Highway, 44 miles (71 km) west of Regina.
Why is Moose Jaw called Moose Jaw?
Our Name. The name Moose Jaw comes from a Cree name for the place, moscâstani-sîpiy, meaning “a warm place by the river”. The first two syllables, moscâ-, sound remarkably like “moose jaw”.
Is Regina water chlorinated?
City of Regina drinking water has high levels of chlorine byproduct, but dont worry yet Back to video. The accepted level, according to Health Canada, is 0.1 parts per million. Reginas level in 2015 was 0.13. The longer the chlorine is in the water, the more byproducts occur. | <urn:uuid:91b187c0-68ac-4763-8e25-4a167a2aef97> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://blog.pristine.io/vobov14115.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.947006 | 487 | 2.921875 | 3 |
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A Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) is any set of conditions that significantly reduces situational awareness for a pilot or a ground vehicle crew. DVE is commonly associated with blinding clouds of dust thrown up by a landing helicopter, but it also includes visibility impacts from severe rain or snow, dense fog, heavy smoke, and blowing sand.
Helicopters are especially vulnerable to DVE-related disasters, as pilots who lose visual cues during takeoff or landing can inadvertently roll, striking the ground with rotors. At low altitudes, both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft can strike uneven terrain or objects hidden by DVE. For ground vehicles, operating in DVE conditions during combat affects both survivability and lethality.
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Your next hire could be a game-changer for your company, especially if they're a former student-athlete.
Former student-athletes have developed skill-sets that fit perfectly into business. They've put their lives into their sports, and though they didn't go on to be a professional player, they're ready to become a young professional. If you're a small startup or a large corporation, hiring ex-athletes can drastically help your team.
Let's look at the numbers. There are approximately 460,000 NCAA student-athletes, boasting a graduation rate of 86 percent. Assuming half of all freshmen redshirt (don't compete, and gain another year of eligibility), that leaves you with around 90,000 graduating student-athletes every year.
This is a serious talent pool of people who are ready to be molded into your next superstar team member. Here are seven reasons student-athletes make the best hires:
1. They can be leaders and team players.
The word that comes to mind is "versatility." Athletes are comfortable working as a team player, working together towards a common goal.
With that being said, they're also ready for their number to be called and step into a leadership role. Their unit/pod at work will be their new teammates and management will become their new coaches.
2. They are extremely coachable.
Athletes don't make it through four or five grueling years of a collegiate sport without the ability to take coaching to heart. They're continual learners, analyzing their past performances for points of improvement and they welcome criticism from their coaches.
This is no different in the professional setting; they will take coaching and seek constant improvement on their performance.
3. They are masters of time management.
Student-athletes spend 25-40 hours per week dedicated to their sport, and take on a full class load. It's not uncommon for their days to start at 5:00 am and end at 9:00 pm, meaning they need to maximize their breaks between class/workouts to get as much study in as possible.
These skills will shine through in the office as an ex-athlete will know how to prioritize and squeeze the most out of the standard office day.
4. They perform under pressure.
Athletes are ready for the big moments. Chances are they've been in high-pressure situations multiple times throughout their lives and know how to act. If there's a deadline coming up, guaranteed you'll want an athlete on your team.
5. They know how to push themselves.
Athletes understand what it takes to achieve great results.
In 2013 I trained with Olympian hurdler, Sarah Wells. After the workout finished, I was feeling nauseous. I said to her, "I don't feel so good, I think I may throw up. Do you ever throw up from working out?" She laughed and quickly replied to me, "I throw up regularly from workouts."
Anyone who's been close to this understands how hard you need to push yourself to come to physically throwing up from training. This epitomizes the mental strength and ability to push themselves that athletes possess. They'll go above and beyond, time and time again.
6. They understand small improvements make huge differences.
You don't get a six-pack after one sit up and you don't become a successful company after one good work day. Athletes understand that by instilling great work habits and by making incremental improvements that things will improve over the long run.
This is the mentality you need to look for your hires, people who understand the long-term nature of business and also the urgency behind daily tasks.
7. They know how to bounce back from losses.
Athletes have serious grit. Their willingness to persevere through what others would deem insane is a great reason to have them on your team. If you have lost a key account, athletes will bounce back quickly and attack the next opportunity.
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Rugged Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Rugged Rocks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Small group of rocks at the W side of the S entrance to McFarlane Strait, lying just N of Renier Point, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. These rocks were known to early sealers in the area and appear on Powell's map of 1822. They were recharted in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and given this descriptive name.
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Courtesy of TheConversation.com | By Melissa Bloomer | Originally Published 11.23.2011 | Posted 04.05.2018
Why don’t we talk about death and dying? A simple albeit difficult conversation could mean the difference between a peaceful and undignified death for individuals, between trauma and peace for families. Hopefully, Brian’s story will inspire people to talk about life’s greatest inevitability.
An undignified end
Brian, aged 73 years, had recently been discharged from hospital following a minor leg surgery due to poor circulation. Prior to this surgery, Brian regarded himself as “fit and healthy”, although he was diagnosed with hypertension four years earlier, and took medication for it.
Visiting his home one day, Brian’s sister found him unconscious and called an ambulance. Investigation revealed Brian had suffered a significant stroke to his frontal lobe so he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and kept alive on life support. Further investigation showed recovery with intact neurological function was impossible for him.
His only relative – his sister Joan – was contacted and informed of the severity of Brian’s condition, and of the unlikely chance he’d regain consciousness. Brian hadn’t prepared an advance care plan, or discussed his preferences in the event of becoming critically ill, with his sister.
When Joan met the ICU consultant, she was informed there was little hope of any sort of meaningful recovery, and that if Brian was taken off life support, he would most surely die.
Joan was unsure about what Brian would want and pleaded for him to be given more time to improve, and for her to consider what his wishes might have been before any decisions were made. Brian remained ventilator-dependent in the ICU for nine days, his condition further complicated by the development of pneumonia and septicaemia.
Despite the continued aggressive treatment he received, he died in the ICU, never having regained consciousness. The prolonged aggressive treatment, associated suffering and loss of autonomy and dignity that Brian endured, in addition to the distress that his sister suffered, could easily have been avoided if Brian had completed an advance care plan. Or if he’d had discussions with his sister, Joan, or his GP, about how he would like to be cared for in the event of serious or life-threatening illness.
Just like Brian, most people in Australian society aren’t comfortable discussing their death even though it’s becoming a more important topic as the population ages.
People over 65 years of age account for 13% of Australia’s total population and that figure is projected to rise to 25% by 2056. Chronic illness is the leading cause of death in Australia, with 2006 statistics showing that 140,000 people die every year from such diseases as diabetes, dementia and heart disease, and this number is also expected to increase.
So it’s vital for individuals, while they’re still well enough, to have conversations with their family about what they’d want if they became very ill or were dying.
It’s important because when an individual is no longer able to make decisions, often doctors turn to the next-of-kin or other family members for guidance about what to do, just as they did with Brian. And this is not just for guidance about a person’s official resuscitation status, such as “Not for Resuscitation”.
There are many other situations where a seriously ill person’s family could be asked to make tough decisions:
- Would you want to be kept alive by machines in ICU?
- Would you want to have “everything” done to save you if your quality of life would never be the same?
- Would you prefer to be kept comfortable and free of pain or distress, and allowed to die?
While these may seem like unlikely and hypothetical scenarios to a healthy person, discussing these things with loved ones while they’re well may save a family a lot of grief later.
Studies show the anxiety and depression caused in family members by the burden of having to make life-or-death decisions during the time of a person’s serious illness is huge. Some family members even develop post-traumatic stress symptoms as a result of such experiences.
Some family members feel guilty about their decision for a long time. Others find they can’t contribute to the decision making, and they feel guilty about this inability.
Situations when no-one knows what the individual would’ve wanted can also lead to conflict in families. And the longer it takes for the family to come to an agreement, the longer the person continues to suffer. It’s not what anyone wants to go through.
Given that our population is ageing at a significant rate, it’s really important that families have these discussions early, and include the family doctor so if something terrible does happen, the right decision, based on an individual’s own preferences, is made.
If a doctor starts the conversation, it’s best not to resist. The more doctor knows about how an individual wants to be cared for, the better.
So the advice is simple: start the conversation with your loved ones and your doctor before you get sick. Be sure they know what you would want in the event that something happens in the future.
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Practical Questions Beginning Psychotherapy
April 01, 1999
This article addresses several practical issues related to beginning psychotherapy: telephone contact, the initial session, referral to another therapist, discussion of arrangements, charging for missed sessions, guidelines for the patient and interactions outside the therapy hours. It takes a question-and-answer form, dealing with with questions a neophyte psychotherapist might ask. Although the article specifically relates to treatment that is dynamically oriented, it is also relevant to other forms of psychotherapy. | <urn:uuid:234084b9-3e2c-4d3e-9eb9-eabe64150f13> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/journals/psychiatric-times/psychiatric-times-vol-16-no-4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.899824 | 103 | 1.828125 | 2 |
TRX80 and WRX80 Don’t Exist: Neither Does the ‘Intel LGA1159’ Socketby Dr. Ian Cutress on January 13, 2020 4:00 PM EST
For anyone that isn’t following the minutiae of desktop computing, one of the more prominent rumors in AMD land is the presence of upcoming sockets called TRX80 and WRX80. These parts, assumed to be aimed at ‘casual’ and ‘workstation’ users, have formed the basis of many rumors and a lot of speculation, especially on the back of TRX40 which does exist for the latest generation of AMD Threadripper CPUs. Similarly, recent news has been posted about the potential existence of a theoretical LGA1159 socket for Intel, despite the fact that LGA1200 is often cited as the next generation socket for upcoming Comet Lake processors on the desktop. We reached out to a few contacts while we were here at CES to put some weight into these rumors, to confirm them one way or the other, for good.
It’s at this point I want to talk about sources. For anyone who has studied journalism, or even history at a high school level, there is the concept of sources carrying different amounts of weight. A primary source, for example, would be a direct participant in an event who would be able to recount with specific detail what they did/saw or what is planned. A secondary source might be a journalist collating or analyzing data from primary sources, a piece of software including a list of details about other products, or an artist depicting the events taking place from information they have collected. Tertiary sources go beyond this, and might involve individuals discussing an event without any direct experience of a specific instance. When it comes to the journalism that the tech press practices, depending on the publication, different numbers and different levels of sources form the minimum requirements for each publication. This acts as the minimum barrier required in order to present the information to its readers.
Here at AnandTech, we often use at least two sources for any particular story, preferably both primary sources. If the second source is trusted, for example a fellow media peer in the industry that has a history of accuracy and one that we trust, they can be treated similarly to a primary source, albeit technically a secondary source (we often try to find a separate primary source different to the one they have used). Sometimes we have a lower standard for entry for the sake of humor, such as our report into Intel’s mythical Core i9-9900KFC, which never saw the light of day but I enjoyed writing it in a very tongue-in-cheek style (and I hope that came across). So to put this in to context, if I write something based on primary sources, I nominally act as a second source for others that cite my work.
Back to this specific matter, I had noticed that any mention of TRX80, WRX80, or LGA1159, was written about by journalists with no primary sources about any of it. So in order to find out when these two AMD eight-channel chipsets were going to come out, as well as the existence of yet another consumer Intel socket, I naturally went to ask AMD, Intel, as well as their primary partners and OEMs. The partners and OEMs that work with Intel and AMD are involved in developing and selling future platforms, and as such they have insight into the next 6-9 months of products coming into the market. They also have ideas about the 9-18 month schedule, but as we’ve seen in the past, that is often subject to change. Obviously none of the companies we spoke to were prepared to speak about future products, such as their own LGA1200 motherboards, however that doesn’t apply here.
All of our primary sources in this regard had very puzzled looks on their faces when I mentioned either the TRX80, WRX80, or LGA1159. One of them looked at me in amazement, and specifically said ‘what are you on about?’. I explained the situation, with ‘the internet’ talking about new 8-channel consumer motherboards, or an updated socket for Intel’s Comet Lake and beyond. The answer I got was very clear cut from everyone I talked to: no-where on their roadmaps has it ever said TRX80, WRX80, or LGA1159. None of the companies I talked had even heard of these names, let alone had any products with these features in the pipeline.
On the LGA1159 socket, one source actually knew what I was talking about, at least to some degree. They stated that the reason why people are confused here is that Intel distributed some early engineering samples of six-core Comet Lake CPUs in LGA1150 packaging, and those photographs got leaked onto the internet. The reason Intel could do this is that there's next to no difference between Coffee Lake Refresh and Comet Lake silicon, and as a result some early testing could be done. However, the same source also showed us the different packaging for the 10-core engineering sample, where the layout is somewhat different. As it stands, this is the issue with assuming what you see is always going to be at retail - if the fact that something is an engineering sample isn't taken into account, perhaps you shouldn't write about every rumor you see or hear.
But does this mean that there will never be a product called TRX80, WRX80, or have the LGA1159 socket? No. But what I am told from my sources is that as it stands these products have never existed. There might be a future LGA1159 socket for Intel CPUs, or future upgraded motherboards for AMD CPUs, but as it stands, all of my contacts confirmed that none of them exist on roadmaps today.
It should be pointed out that our sources did request anonymity. This is par for the course for this sort of response, even when confirming when a particular ‘product’ doesn’t exist. Should these sources be able to provide information about actual future products, and I may wish to call upon them again, and they'd rather not act as a magnet for future questions from all the other tech media. | <urn:uuid:0b70838e-8698-4cfa-88aa-a69188457e54> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www1.anandtech.com/show/15359/trx80-and-wrx80-dont-exist-neither-does-the-intel-lga1159-socket | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.974922 | 1,305 | 1.90625 | 2 |
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