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The pandemic caused by the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, has put our public and private health services in peril. The virus’s frightening capacity to spread has led to thousands of outbreaks, and millions of infections.
Many of these, due to the seriousness of the symptoms, have required immediate hospitalisation, including admission to intensive care units (ICU). So much so, that hospitals and health centres around the world have become stretched to the limits, unable to accommodate, and care for, such a large number of patients at the same time.
In addition to this, there’s a need to shelter and isolate people affected and displaced by the pandemic, by providing them with shelter, food, and basic services.
These needs have given rise to the creation of temporary or improvised shelters, in already-existing buildings, such as shelters, hotels, or reception centres, or in infrastructures adapted for such a situation, such as sports centres, schools, or trade fair centres (such as the one installed in pavilions 7 and 9 of the IFEMA exhibition centre in Madrid, Spain, or in the Fira de Muestras, a famous exhibition centre in Barcelona).
Requirements for a temporary COVID-19 shelter
The main objective of temporary shelters is, primarily, to provide patients with care and shelter from COVID-19, and, in order to fulfil this function, the following points should be observed, at the very least:
- Providing separate areas for sick or symptomatic people, and the healthy.
- Ensuring the provision of essential services (food, hygiene, communications).
- The capacity to provide the necessary medical care.
- Monitoring the application of specific health and hygiene standards: the use of masks, hydro-alcoholic gels, and frequent hand washing.
- Social distancing: they must ensure that there’s a distance of at least 1.5 metres between people. Saturation must be avoided.
- The ability to detect new cases and investigate patients’ contact histories in order to identify new outbreaks.
In these conditions of forced isolation, the use of mobile phones to stay in touch with family and friends, to stay informed, or for work and leisure, is of utmost importance.
As we’ve already mentioned, these shelters are often installed in infrastructures that were never intended as accommodation. As a result, the mobile signal inside the buildings can be very weak or even non-existent. Thanks to the use of mobile signal repeaters, the quality of the mobile signal indoors can be radically improved, ensuring that people are still able to call and connect to the Internet.
How can a mobile signal repeater help communication in a COVID-19 temporary shelter?
The characteristics of the following types of buildings or infrastructures used as COVID-19 temporary shelters may prevent mobile signal reception indoors:
- Sports centres: These are often built or covered with metal sheets, which prevent the transmission of the mobile signal.
- Trade fair buildings: These are often built with reinforced concrete, and glass with metal coverings that make it difficult for the signal to pass through.
- Temporary infrastructures mainly made of metal: Metal is the main obstacle for the mobile signal here.
Mobile signal repeaters can easily provide a signal for the interior of these buildings. They do this by channelling the signal outside the building by means of an antenna that’s usually placed somewhere up high (such as the roof). A cable then directs that signal inside the building, where it’s amplified and distributed using interior antennas. Any problematic construction elements (metal sheets, concrete, glass, insulation, etc.) will no longer be a barrier to the mobile signal.
The number of residents in these shelters isn’t a problem for a mobile signal repeater either, as all frequency bands can be amplified efficiently.
To comply with European regulations, Stelladoradus signal repeaters are approved and CE marked, which makes it possible to use them all over Europe. They are designed and manufactured in Ireland, where each repeater is thoroughly tested to pass all EU R.E.D regulation. Thanks to our extensive network of distributors and professional installers, we can also attend to you in your own language.
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By Lama Palden Drolam
Love on Every Breath is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist Vajrayana meditation from the Shangpa lineage that combines breath, awareness, imagination, and an energetic transformation process. The meditation brings all these components together in a powerful way in order to open our hearts, to reveal and cultivate our kindness, love, compassion, and wisdom. In Tibetan, this is called the Extraordinary Tonglen, since it uses special techniques of Vajrayana to transform suffering. The Tibetan word tonglen is composed of two words — tong means “giving or sending,” and len means “receiving or taking.” First, we open ourselves to receive and feel the suffering of ourselves and others, breathing it into our heart center. This is the “taking.” The suffering is then instantaneously and effortlessly liberated in the heart and transformed by a special method into unconditional love. At this point, on the out-breath, love and healing energy are sent back out to whomever you are doing the meditation for at the moment, whether yourself or another. This is the “sending.”
The primary purpose of the Love on Every Breath meditation is to cultivate our love and compassion, to transform and liberate our heart. When we come from a place of love, everything shifts for us. This book gives you the tools to transform and empower yourself and come to a place of creative engaged freedom.
The Love on Every Breath meditation is not an exotic Himalayan practice, but it is something that emerges out of us spontaneously and naturally. It is inherent in us to want to remove suffering — others’ or our own. The problem for many children (and adults) is that we absorb the suffering of others, and then it stagnates inside of us. Love on Every Breath gives a way for the suffering to be liberated in the body and the psyche and emerge as compassion. There is a felt sense as this happens.
Traditionally, in Tibet, Love on Every Breath involves first developing compassion and love for ourselves before we do so for others. In the West, many people do not experience self-love, but rather self-criticism and self-hatred. We tend to be overly self-centered and often feel that something is wrong with us. Therefore, it is important that we start the Love on Every Breath meditation by generating compassion and love for ourselves. One of my students, a serious meditator for over thirty years, found that meditating on Love on Every Breath for himself healed a deep psychological angst that had not been touched by many years of quiet sitting meditation. It powerfully liberated wounds he had been carrying for many years.
Without love and compassion for ourselves, we cannot sustain love and compassion for others. Love and compassion can arise spontaneously in certain circumstances for all of us, but to fully actualize love and compassion, we need to work through our anger and hurt and have compassion and love for ourselves. Then we can authentically have more compassion for others. Otherwise, it is like living in a home where we behave with harshness and cruelty and then expect to go outside and be open and loving. If we do not include ourselves in our love, our love is not whole, not complete. This is essential. As Aristotle wrote (in Ethics, book 9), “All friendly feelings for others are an extension of a man’s feelings for himself.” It should be noted that self-love and compassion are not to be confused with self-centeredness or narcissism.
Developing love and compassion helps us to grow spiritually and emotionally by lessening our ego fixation and self-centeredness and helping our relationships with others. When we generate compassion, we do not excuse or condone our own or others’ negative actions. Likewise, awakened love does not enable our own or others’ negativity or destructiveness. Awakened compassion understands that everyone is trying to be happy. We often try to be happy in all the wrong ways, such as when we think that money, prestige, and power will bring us happiness. Some people think they will be happy by stepping on, cheating, or destroying others, but we can have compassion for them in their ignorance. This does not mean we endorse or in any way condone their behavior. We need to stand up to their destructive agendas. Our compassion means that we wish for them to be authentically happy and free of suffering — in other words, awakened.
About Lama Palden Drolma:
Lama Palden Drolma is the author of “Love on Every Breath”. A licensed psychotherapist, spiritual teacher, and coach, she has studied Buddhism in the Himalayas with some of the most preeminent Tibetan masters of the twentieth century. Following a traditional three-year retreat under his guidance, Kalu Rinpoche authorized her to become one of the first Western lamas. She subsequently founded the Sukhasiddhi Foundation, a Tibetan Buddhist teaching center in Fairfax, California. Visit her online at http://www.lamapalden.org.
Excerpted from the book “Love on Every Breath”. Copyright © 2019 by Lama Palden Drolma. Printed with permission from New World Library — www.newworldlibrary.com.
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The Scream is one of the most famous paintings in the world, but it’s bright colours are fading! The worlds of art and science team up to help solve this mystery.
Ticks are usually viewed as disgusting parasites, but new research has emerged that may make you change your mind about these little critters.
Alzheimer’s is an extremely complicated disease with limited treatment options. Researchers have recently designed some very simple molecules that may be able to help.
The development of chemotherapy revolutionised the treatment of cancer in the 20th century, however, side effects have remained problematic. Immunotherapy, using the body’s natural immune system to fight cancer, may be a safer and more effective alternative.
The current Australian bushfire season has been worse than any seen before. The causes are complex, but chemistry can be used to help fight the disaster.
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As much as 94% of intimate assault survivors experience the symptoms of post-traumatic worry ailment.
Thriving an intimate assault, no matter what the circumstances were or how long before it simply happened, can change the way you encounter gender. For many, intimate call can induce disturbing recollections or actual reactions, or leave them experience sad or distressed after. Rest may create an unhealthy partnership with gender; they could need countless they, but aren’t capable really enjoy intimacy with a caring partner.
Of course, not everyone who survives sexual attack or harassment struggles with one of these issues afterwards, notes Kristen Carpenter, PhD, relate professor of psychiatry and manager of women’s behavioral fitness at Ohio condition Wexner Medical Center. “It does not automatically signify everything will probably be upended in this manner,” she says, “some anyone surely recover from they and they are able to proceed.”
However for those ladies who were battling, it’s vital that you discover they’re not the only one. Studies suggests that the incidence of post-traumatic tension ailment warning signs in sexual attack survivors is really as higher as 94percent, and medication is available that can assist. If you suspect that an assault inside history could be affecting your sex life today, here’s what experts suggest.
Acknowledge the main in the challenge
For a few ladies who happen sexually assaulted, it is sorely clear in their mind that their unique encounters have actually tainted the direction they remember gender today. However it’s in addition remarkably typical for survivors to control or downplay the recollections of those experience, rather than realize—or be able to commonly admit—why sexual closeness is a thing they have a problem with today.
“Women don’t typically arrive saying, ‘I became intimately assaulted and I need assistance,’ states Carpenter. “exactly what often occurs is that they choose her gynecologist stating, ‘I’m not interested in sex,’ or ‘Sex is actually agonizing,’” she says. “It’s only once they are available if you ask me, a psychologist, we enter a deeper talk and so they see exactly how much a vintage enjoy provides remained with these people.”
Become specialized help
If you’ve understood that a previous intimate assault was preventing your capability to bond with or perhaps actual with a brand new partner, it is possible that you really have a kind of post-traumatic concerns ailment (PTSD). Those thinking cannot subside on their own, but an authorized mental-health company should certainly let.
“A significant ladies are worried when they deal with those thoughts, it is going to being daunting as well as their serious pain will not ever stop,” claims Carpenter. “But handling that upheaval head-on is actually important, utilizing the caveat that you must be ready for it—because it may be a really harder techniques.”
Various treatments are open to assist survivors of upheaval, sexual or else. Some examples are intellectual control therapies, extended publicity treatments, eye-motion desensitization and reprocessing, and dialectical behavioural treatment. RAINN (Rape, misuse & Incest National Network) and mindset Today both hold a searchable directory site of counselors, practitioners, and treatment centers round the country whom concentrate on intimate assault.
Most probably together with your partner concerning your feel
Just how much you should give your lover about a previous assault should really be entirely up to you, says Michelle Riba, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan. But she do promote people to confide inside their considerable other individuals should they feel at ease this.
“I communicate a lot with my patients about precisely how eventually and just how much you intend to disclose to individuals you’re dating,” states Dr. Riba. “This can be your medical history and it’s significantly individual, so it’s definitely not some thing you intend to explore on the basic or 2nd date.”
It can help to anticipate a number of the issues that can come right up in a sexual relationship, and also to talk through—ideally with a therapist—how you certainly will tackle all of them, claims Dr. Riba. If there’s a specific sort of touching or specific words you are aware may have a visceral a reaction to, it could be better to bring up ahead of the situation develops, as opposed to inside the temperatures of-the-moment.
Tell your partner about any sexual intercourse you’re not confident with
You need to ready limits together with your mate, aswell. “It’s very important to encourage clients who have had a bad experience,” claims Carpenter. “That people should drive the socializing with the lover, and may steer where as well as how far it goes.”
Needless to say, claims Carpenter, it’s a good idea in virtually any relationship—whether there’s a history of intimate attack or not—for associates to reveal what they’re and aren’t comfortable with. “however it could be specifically vital that you getting comfortable placing limitations about likes, dislikes, and any actions which can be a trigger.”
That’s not to say that couples can’t try something new or spice up their sex life whenever one person keeps existed through an injury. In fact, intimate assault survivors can sometimes find it healing to act down sexual fancy or participate in role-playing, says Ian Kerner, PhD, a fresh York City–based gender therapist—and this includes fancy that involve distribution. The important thing would be that both couples stay confident with the specific situation throughout, and that each step are consensual.
Shift their considering intercourse
This package is a lot easier said than finished, but a mental-health professional makes it possible to gradually change the means you think of sex, both knowingly and unconsciously. The goal, based on Maltz, is to move away from a sexual abuse mind-set (in which gender try hazardous, exploitative, or obligatory) to a healthier sexual frame of mind (gender try empowering, nurturing, and, most of all, an option), says gender specialist Wendy Maltz, writer of The Sexual treatment quest. | <urn:uuid:6c65e496-8102-46b2-9916-5a6035f0f193> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tarudesignstudio.com/tips-enjoy-sex-again-if-you-ve-practiced-intimate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.948055 | 1,323 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Bulgaria lifts the veto on North Macedonia
The Assembly of Bulgaria discussed today the decision accepting the proposal of the French Presidency of the EU regarding the negotiating framework for North Macedonia and Albania.
Thus, it was voted to lift the veto on the opening of negotiations on the accession of North Macedonia to the European Union, by which Sofia blocked Skopje's accession to the EU from November 2020 due to cultural and historical disputes.
Let us remind you, Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said yesterday that at the Summit in Brussels, he expressed dissatisfaction with the current dynamics of European integration, emphasizing that North Macedonia has been waiting for the start of negotiations for 18 years.
Bulgaria lifts the veto on North Macedonia! 🇲🇰
170 For: 🟡PP, 🔵GERB, 🟣DPS, 🔵DB
37 against: ⚪️ITN, ⚫️VAZ
21 abstain: 🔴BSP (mostly) pic.twitter.com/U7lde5rz6s
— EE Polls 🇧🇬🇺🇦🇪🇺🇬🇧🏳️🌈 (@EEPolls_123) June 24, 2022
France, which currently holds the rotating six-month EU presidency, has come up with a proposal that Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov described as "very good", according to which North Macedonia should amend the constitution to include in the preamble "citizens living within the borders which are part of other peoples", such as Bulgarians.
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On July 1, Mexicans head to the polls to select their next president. While it has become fashionable to wall Mexican matters away from American politics, in reality the Mexican election could transform the North American community. At the epicenter of that future is a quiet, steady effort to reform Mexico\u2019s energy markets and roll back the monopolies of Mexico\u2019s state-owned energy companies. These reforms have already triggered contracts that could yield $200 billion in investments in the coming years. Until now, nobody has really known what Mexican voters think about all this change, but the answers matter because the contending candidates for the presidency have outlined starkly different visions for the future. In April, we ran \u2014 in tandem with the Brookings Institution, the University of California at San Diego, the global consultancy IHS Markit and a leading Mexican newspaper, El Financiero \u2014 the the first systematic poll of Mexican voter attitudes. What we found is disturbing and important as North Americans watch the upcoming elections. RELATED:\u00a0Texas benefits most in a collaborative U.S.-Mexico relationship ALSO:\u00a0Commitment to NAFTA vital for energy markets EDITORIAL:\u00a0Trump vs. AMLO: Whoever wins, Texas loses On the surface, the picture is positive. Most strikingly, a modest majority of the public supports continuing the energy reforms (48 percent, versus 37 percent opposed) even if they feel they are not producing good results (61 percent versus 27 percent), or that they were not necessary (47 percent versus 41 percent). Mexicans feel that returning to the past isn\u2019t a solution. For decades, Mexicans saw Pemex, whose nationalization in 1938 is still a national holiday, as the country\u2019s crown jewel. Those days are gone. In our poll, Mexicans opined that Pemex has not acted to the benefit of the country (61 percent versus 30 percent). Mexico is at a crossroads \u2014 none of the old models works, but none of the new models are yet formed. Digging deeper into the polling reveals disturbing insights. Mexicans, like Americans, actually know very little about the problems and opportunities in the energy sector. Sixty-three percent believed that Mexico\u2019s oil production either increased or stayed the same in the 10 years prior to the constitutional changes in 2013. In reality, Mexico\u2019s oil production peaked in 2004 at 3.5 million barrels per day, and by 2013 a persisting lack of investment had driven production down to 2.4 million barrels per day. It is not surprising that Mexicans are confused about the solutions \u2014 most don\u2019t realize that production had collapsed. RELATED:\u00a0NAFTA: Let's get to the hard stuff Almost everything that is important in the energy sector takes a long time to bear fruit \u2014 that\u2019s because investment cycles are long, and longer still when investors aren\u2019t sure whether new policies will hold. It takes 3 to 5 years for investment to translate into production and, optimistically, two years before that to pass the laws and regulations needed to execute a bid round. Thus, when Mexico changed its constitution in 2013 to open oil production to outside investors, it was going to take at least 5 to 7 years before oil production might increase. By that standard, the reforms are exactly on schedule: Today, more than 100 fields have been awarded for investment, there have been significant initial commercial finds and production is set to rise around 2020. No country in the world has managed such a complete transformation of its energy sector faster than Mexico. For the public, reforms may still seem like unfulfilled promises. North of the border, these results really matter because it is American companies \u2014 with American jobs and investors \u2014 that are perhaps best poised to benefit from Mexico\u2019s continued opening. EDITORIAL:\u00a0Houston needs help from free trade Republicans As much as Mexico has evolved as a competitive global economy, accumulating an impressive number of free trade agreements that open the country to international commerce and investment, the public fears that private investment in oil would not benefit the Mexican people (51 percent versus 34 percent). Mexicans are also suspicious of depending on foreigners. Almost two-thirds of the respondents believed that it is a significant risk for Mexico to import more than 50 percent of its gasoline and natural gas from the United States. That\u2019s bad news for Americans who have become the number one exporter of natural gas and refined oil products like gasoline. Just as Mexicans are becoming impatient to see tangible benefits from reform, many other oil producers are in intense competition to attract private investors \u2014 from Saudi Arabia to Russia and Brazil. Traditionally, big oil producers could afford to be inefficient because the money kept sloshing in. Those days are gone, and the whole world\u2019s oil industry is in an arms race to reform and get better. RAILROAD COMMISH:\u00a0When it comes to NAFTA, mend it. Don't end it For the last two years, the United States has been making loud noises about cutting off Mexico. Now it is Mexico\u2019s turn, and the big losers could be American companies that want to do business south of the border. Fixing this problem won\u2019t be easy, but it starts with talking openly \u2014 with the public, not just elites \u2014 about how reform actually works. And why openness and competition are good news all around. Pascual, a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, is IHS Markit Senior Vice President for Global Energy. Victor, a professor at UC San Diego\u2019s School of Global Policy and Strategy, Co-Chairs the Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate at the Brookings Institution. Fernandez de Castro Medina is director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. | <urn:uuid:338f8904-d9b8-46dc-be4c-aaa1151a0dfe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/articleComments/North-America-s-energy-future-on-trial-in-12963036.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.952757 | 1,224 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Deregulations in the human energy metabolism may cause diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The origins of these pathologies are fairly unknown. The key role of the brain is the regulation of the complex whole body energy metabolism. The Selfish Brain Theory identifies the priority of brain energy supply in the competition for available energy resources within the organism. Here, we review mathematical models of the human energy metabolism supporting central aspects of the Selfish Brain Theory. First, we present a dynamical system modeling the whole body energy metabolism. This model takes into account the two central control mechanisms of the brain, i.e., allocation and appetite. Moreover, we present mathematical models of regulatory subsystems. We examine a neuronal model which specifies potential elements of the brain to sense and regulate cerebral energy content. We investigate a model of the HPA system regulating the allocation of energy within the organism. Finally, we present a robust modeling approach of appetite regulation. All models account for a systemic understanding of the human energy metabolism and thus do shed light onto defects causing metabolic diseases. | <urn:uuid:613ac43b-4259-4e7b-807d-218f8e05dad1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://midasnetwork.us/papers/mathematical-modeling-of-the-human-energy-metabolism-based-on-the-selfish-brain-theory/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.884003 | 214 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Library of Shadows: A Garden of Fear
RHS Urban Garden Show, 26th – 28th October 2018
Hallowe’en 2018, don night vision goggles, explore the darkness and embrace the fear factor. Abandon hope all ye who enter Library of Shadows: A Garden of Fear.
Celebrate the mysteries of the night and the darkest recesses of dread as Bompas & Parr bids you enter a domain few have ever truly experienced: a land completely devoid of all light filled with mysterious creatures, cavities of depravity and the sounds and scents of fear.
Appearing at the RHS Urban Garden Show 2018, Library of Shadows: A Garden of Fear was a celebration of the wonders of the botanical and biological world after dark. Such is the power of fear that all souls who dared enter were required to fill in a health disclaimer.
At its centre lies a magical nightmare garden inspired by the witching hour, inhabited by butterflies that pollinate nocturnal flowers and that have tongues longer than their bodies to enable them to source nectar from night-flowering plants. The night garden was designed to focus attention on improving the state of the UK’s bees and other pollinating insects, identified as part of the Government’s National Pollinator Strategy which focuses on monitoring their activity through 2024.
The experience was a disruptive alternative to the clichés of Hallowe’en, offering a real-world authenticity about the genuine night-time terrors in contrast to the confected tales of ghosts, goblins and witches that abound throughout that time of year. Just as the wonders of the deep sea largely remain a mystery to mankind, so too the world of darkness that surrounds us every evening contains just as many intriguing secrets. | <urn:uuid:2b915ace-ffc4-452c-a876-5664aa3e2861> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bompasandparr.com/projects/view/library-of-shadows-a-garden-of-fear/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.942749 | 357 | 1.625 | 2 |
Pathos for Pluto: Scientist still stands by his planet
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- To everyone who was happy about Pluto's planetary demotion, consider this: If Earth rode the same orbital highway as Pluto, it too would be a dwarf planet.
In fact, we live on a geological body that, if playing on a remote solar-system playground, would be constantly bullied, astronomically speaking.
This is just one of the arguments made by planetary scientist Gerard van Belle, a staunch supporter of Pluto's planetary rights. He happens to be on the staff at Lowell Observatory here, where astronomer Clyde Tombaugh first spied Pluto in February 1930, but his opinion is entirely unbiased.
And he was in Prague in 2006 when Pluto would have gotten away with being a planet if it weren't for a bunch of meddling astronomers.
Van Belle will share that story in a lecture Saturday at Lowell Observatory as part of Flagstaff's Year of Pluto celebration, commemorating 85 years since the (former) planet's discovery.
He was in the room when the International Astronomical Union declared Pluto a dwarf planet. The only shock greater than Pluto's demotion was the number of cameras waiting outside, since few outside the scientific community typically show interest in what astronomers have to say.
"We do essential work," he said. "But generally we're quite boring."
The real story began three years earlier when, in 2003, the IAU formed a blue-ribbon commission to define what constitutes a planet.
When the fateful two-week IAU conference began in 2006, the commission released its conclusion. Essentially, van Belle said, the committee defined a planet as a mass that generates the gravity necessary to form a ball. Comets and asteroids lack that kind of mass, which is why they are asymmetrical.
Planetary scientists, van Belle said, agreed with the definition.
Others found the definition far too lenient. Not only did Pluto qualify, but so did Ceres and Eris and as many as 40 other balls orbiting the sun.
The exclusive club was about to be turned into a chain restaurant where all were welcome. Many members of the IAU were unhappy, van Belle said.
So, in effect, they hired a bouncer.
"They attached another rule, like a rider to a bill," van Belle said. "Not only did a planet have to be a ball, but it also had to be a bully."
In astronomical terms, that meant a planet had to be big enough to clear its orbit — in other words, push out other masses.
It was no coincidence that such a rule would establish a VIP (Very Important Planet) section limited to the original eight, leaving Pluto and its brethren behind the velvet rope.
Van Belle said he had a big problem with that. Pluto was a victim of its location. It traveled a busy orbital interstate, an area almost impossible to clear of all traffic. Other planets don't face that hurdle. Earth, in comparison, lives on a quiet cul-de-sac.
"Put Earth in Pluto's orbit and, based on those rules, Earth is no longer a planet," van Belle said. "Earth wouldn't be nearly big enough to clear that orbit."
Van Belle and other planetary scientists also took issue with those who led the "Pluto's not a planet" charge — astronomers.
"I wondered what astronomers would think if planetary scientists changed the definition of stars," van Belle said. "We throw out the rules and start declaring dwarf stars."
Pluto never stood a chance in the 2006 vote. The new rules were approved and Pluto became the first former planet.
But the news had to cheer any schoolkid memorizing the planets, because the former mnemonic — "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" — would have become an essay if planetary scientists had their way.
Still, van Belle hasn't given up hope. High-tech telescopes are revealing new clues about the solar system's outermost inhabitants and, in July, NASA's New Horizons probe will reach Pluto after a nine-year voyage. (It launched a few months before Pluto lost planetary status.)
The "What is a planet?" debate may well make the IAU's agenda in 2018, van Belle said. The conference is conducted every three years, and dwarf planets will not be up for discussion at this year's gathering.
By the time 2018 rolls around, planetary scientists may have the data necessary to prove Pluto and other large orbiting balls deserve to be planets.
"There are hundreds of species of trees, dozens of different kinds of beetles," van Belle said. "Why not several classifications of planets?"
For those who insist the Big 8 belong in a class to themselves, van Belle has figured that out, too.
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Keeping the underside of your car protected is more important than you may think; even on your daily driver. Most “rotted out” vehicles you see started rusting in the underbelly of the car or truck. These are the areas that weren’t protected properly from the factory or had a poor coating that broke down from year-round driving. On 4×4 and Off-Road vehicles the risk of road salt isn’t as bad as the damage caused by driving over “stuff” (that’s the fun of it right?). Your factory coatings aren’t going to hold up to the rock chips, brush, etc dragging under your vehicle. The truth is, no coating can withstand some of the extreme conditions seen when rock crawling or off-roading. Think about it, if it damages the metal, NO coating is going to be able to withstand that sort of impact. But there are some coatings, or combinations of coatings that can hold up better than others. I put together a list of a few of my favorites below.
1.Powder Coating– Let’s face it, there aren’t many if ANY coatings that can withstand the abuse that powder coating can. It can bend, flex and take a good impact without chipping down to bare metal. There are a couple things that make it so strong, including it’s bonding/curing process to metal. A properly prepped part and cured powder will take a HUGE impact before it will start to peel off. Unlike spray paint it will chip, but the surrounding area won’t start to crack or peel. The other reason is that powder generally has a thicker film build so it takes more to get through to the base material. I highly suggest using powder anywhere you can, especially suspension, steering, and drivetrain components that will see regular debris. Be realistic though, if you drop the front of the truck off the edge of a rock or the trail and set it down on a boulder, rock, etc., the powder won’t stand a chance. But I can assure you there will be far less damage to the coating than traditional liquid coatings!
2. Chassis Black Paint– We’ve worked hard over the years perfecting a chassis paint that holds up AND looks good. We offer a few different versions all ranging in durability. For off-road vehicles we suggest to use the 2K Ceramic Chassis Black is about second to powder coating. The ceramic coating will far exceed any 1k spray paint and is easy to blend back in if you do get a chip. The extra cost is worth it when you’re undercarriage is exposed to extreme conditions like a off-road rig.
3. Undercoating- Unless you’ve got friends in high places and can powder coat your entire vehicle, you can only really powder coat small to medium sized parts and you’re still left with a need for a way to protect the underside of the body of your vehicle. Undercoating is best used for wheel wells and the floors/underside of the body of your truck. Just remember not all undercoatings are made equal! Many of the cheap department store undercoatings are asphalt based and while they may be black and go on heavy all the same, the rubberized version will far outlast the cheaper stuff. Rubberized undercoating doesn’t much care what is underneath it, so I like to apply either a good primer or our Rubberized Rust Encapsulator over any bare metal to assure if the undercoating is penetrated there’s a base layer for extra protection. Just a coat or two under the rubberized undercoating can make a big difference!
4. Heavy Duty Anti-Rust– Have an area you can’t get to easily for proper paint or powder, but still may be exposed to sand, dirt, rocks etc? The Heavy Duty Anti-Rust is a water-tight, flexible coating that can be shot into hidden or hard to reach areas. Because it is water-tight moisture and the elements won’t harm the base surface and it will slow down any present rust. The best part for the harsh off-road world is that it is “self-healing” and it will fill back in around itself if damaged by a stray rock or debris. Use the aerosol with our exclusive spray wand and treat tailgates, boxed frames, rockers, etc.
5.Elastiwrap– Need a coating that works sort of like rubberized undercoating, but not so permanent? We’ve found Elastiwrap to be a great solution for rockers, leading edges of front end sheet metal, and wheel arches to resist damaging the paint on off-road vehicles. This is great for weekend warriors that may drive their off-road vehicle to work on Monday or take a gal on a date in the truck and don’t want it looking like a hillbilly farm truck. Apply 4-6 or more coats and it will have a high build quality with the protection similar to rubberized undercoating. Removing it is as easy as pulling a vinyl decal off! Use the clear elastiwrap for discreet protection if you want to keep the vehicle all one color. Try it, we know you’ll be impressed! | <urn:uuid:be395555-c506-455e-82a5-f91b95a97493> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://garage.eastwood.com/eastwood-chatter/4x4_coating/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.926306 | 1,117 | 1.523438 | 2 |
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HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will act severely and impose fines of up to Rs 50,000 on all dog lovers who have not registered their pets.
In the initial phase, compulsory registration only applies to dogs, while other pets are exempt.
Officials have informed that pet owners will soon experience heat if they transport unregistered animals into the open. City officials have claimed that given the perceived threat to public safety if unregistered pets are transported in parks, streets and other open places, they levy hefty fines ranging from 1 000 to 50,000 Rs, depending on the violation, in addition to taking possession of the animals. Owners can only get their animals back after the penalty has been paid. The move will make dog owners more responsible and responsible, officials say.
According to official data, there are around 50,000 companion dogs in the city, only 465 of the
they are registered. Pet registration not only ensures safety, but also
regulates how it interacts with society and vice versa, they argued.
According to the standards, it is mandatory for dog owners to obtain a license and must
produce proof that the animal has been vaccinated against rabies and renew
this every year.
The official said he has seen several cases where owners simply abandon their animals by the side of the road when they develop illnesses or other health problems. He said pets must be vaccinated and sterilized and microchips must be installed before getting the permit. Using the microchip, the GHMC will monitor the number of pets in the city and track owners who have abandoned them.
âOwners should be responsible to their pets. Our veterinary wing
will conduct random inspections. If an owner is found guilty, the animals will be
be seized and they would be released against payment of the amount of the fine, âhe added.
The official said that after holding a license, no apartment or association can
object to having pets and there will be a waiver of the license fee for Indie
dogs to promote their adoption.
Unlike manual registration, pet owners can log into www.ghmc.gov.in
and click on the “Our Services” section, choose the option to complete a license request and enter the details. Subsequently, they have to pay Rs 50 to obtain the license.
A unique identification will be provided to the dog after registration
and pet owners must present their dog’s recent vaccination certificate, any proof of residence and a no-objection certificate from their neighbors.
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I am a hunter's daughter who grew up eating the sweet, lean meat of wild game. In our U.S. Forest Service cabin in the High Sierra, we grew strong on elk and venison. Every meal we said grace to God, not the animals whose bodies fed us. I assumed that God, like my father, must be a hunter. I have deep respect for the skilled hunter who has a keen knowledge of nature; who can track, patiently wait, and sustainably hunt for his family.
But today in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, many hunters and the state officials they have in their bags, are acting out of a long-time prejudice and hatred. In our regard for these fellow top predators, we are a species in conflict with ourselves. On one hand we restore, on the other, we revert to our fears and mass killing.
Wild wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995 and have been a steady source of tourist income and devotion. People now recognize these much-studied wild wolves by their individual names and packs. Schoolchildren adopt wolf packs for science projects. The U.S. reintroduction of wolves is a model for other countries. When a well-known wolf is shot -- like the alpha female of the Lamar Canyon pack, nicknamed, "06" -- she is mourned worldwide. And yet the wolf hunts go on, without thought for the future or the science that well documents how wolves help restore ecosystems.
In Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness Area this winter, the U.S. Forest Service hired a bounty hunter to destroy two entire wolf packs. After massive protests and successful lawsuits from Earthjustice and other environmental watchdogs, the Idaho Fish and Game Department called their hired gun out of the wilderness area -- but not before he had successfully trapped and gunned down the entire Golden Creek and Monumental Creek wolf packs. This is not ethical hunting; this is extermination. This is not wildlife management; this is wildlife persecution.
And this is not the Forest Service I grew up in, where many wildlife managers were also honorable hunters and proud members of the Boone and Crockett Club. It is one of the country's oldest conservation organizations, started by Teddy Roosevelt. They have a Fair Chase Ethic and have been known for expelling or disciplining members who violate that ethic. The Boone and Crockett Club website clearly emphasizes the "shared use of natural resources to protect multiple options for use and enjoyment, and especially to protect and preserve wildlife populations."
How are wolf hunts sharing our wilderness with other non-hunters -- like the 3 million wolf-watchers who visit Yellowstone every year? How do these wolf hunts protect and preserve wildlife populations? These state plans are single-mindedly meant to eliminate wolves to boost elk numbers for hunters. But a recent NPR report, "Wolves at the Door," cites a study on the Montana-Idaho border in the Bitterroot Valley, which discovered that wolves are not the primary killers of elk. Wolves are responsible for only 5 percent of elk predation.
Since the federal government has proposed delisting of all gray wolves and already allowed many Western states to take over lethal management of wolves, there have been over 2,500 wolves killed since 2011. These wolf hunts are happening even amidst evidence that wolves are self-limiting their own populations.
In Yellowstone, Montana Public Radio reports that wolves are "coming into balance with their environment." Since 2007, the wolf population has dropped 50 percent. Climate change is also a major factor in declining elk populations. So why are wolves still the favorite target of wildlife managers and hunters? How do they justify their endless war against the wolves to the majority of us -- one million strong who denounce these wolf hunts? And justify, the States must. Because we all share these public lands.
Some hunters are even beginning to speak out against these hunts. National Wolf Watcher Coalition gives voice hunters who oppose killing wolves in a Special Hunters' Edition. Here hunters across the country explain why they oppose wolf hunting. A hunting family from Pennsylvania submits a photo of their sign: "REAL HUNTERS DON'T KILL WOLVES." They write: "Hunting wolves is wrong and immoral... my family was brought up to respect life." Another hunter from Wisconsin says, "Wolves and deer can co-exist, as we've observed firsthand." She posts a photo of herself in camouflage proudly standing with a deer she shot with a bow. Another who has been hunting for 50 years notes, "Large predators like wolves play an extremely important role in maintaining the health of natural ecosystems." In New York, a hunter believes, "the wolf encounter provides a connection. Such reverence both ways is impossible to experience in a predatory relationship."
A connection, a bond, that is what we as top predators share with the wild wolf. The predator-prey relationship must be honorable, ethical, and most of all, sustainable.
I still eat game. Just this week I happily enjoyed a wild boar burger that reminded me of my childhood when mother served mooseghetti and sent us to school with venison salami sandwiches. My father, who was taught by his father to "hunt, fish, and vote the Republican ticket," often has wild game in his freezer. He was the one who taught me about the Boone and Crockett Club Hunter Ethics guidelines that advise hunters to: "Behave in a way that will bring no dishonor to either the hunter, the hunted, or the environment."
"The wolf is a good hunter," my father once told me with a grave note of respect.
It's time for hunters to speak out about the dishonor these wolf hunts bring to both the hunter and the hunted -- and our natural world. Speak out about ethics and conservation and making sure our next generations are also privileged to hear wild wolves howling and sustaining our shared lands.
Brenda Peterson is a National Geographic author who has written about wolf issues since reintroduction for the Seattle Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and in her memoir, Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals. www.BrendaPetersonBooks.com | <urn:uuid:1f1654ad-ee18-4e60-be6c-99c16088aeb6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/honorable-hunters-howl-ou_b_4725815 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.954558 | 1,254 | 2.046875 | 2 |
It is found in many drinks including coffee, tea, energy drinks, and soft drinks. Caffeine can help to decrease fatigue, improve mood, focus, and athletic performance. Its main effect occurs in the brain where it blocks the effects of adenosine, which makes you feel tired and relaxed. While some is good, more is not always better.
Excessive caffeine intake can lead to difficulty with sleep at night by increasing the amount of time it takes to fall asleep and decreasing the total time asleep. The time of day that caffeine is consumed can influence its impact on sleep. Caffeine can stay in your system up to eight hours after consumption, depending on the individual’s tolerance and caffeine consumption habits.
When consuming caffeine, it is important to be aware of the quantity of caffeine and the time of taking you are taking in to still get a quality night of sleep. Getting enough sleep each night is important for long-term health and cutting back on caffeine may be an easy way to improve sleep quality. Cutting back on caffeine for regular consumers can lead to some negative side effects including headache, fatigue, poor concentration, and irritability.
Some tips to help minimize side effects while cutting back on caffeine:
- Cut back slowly: The body is used to its regular amount of caffeine each day and significantly reducing intake can increase the side effects.
- Drink plenty of fluids: Getting enough water throughout the day is important. Dehydration can make symptoms like headaches and fatigue worse.
- Move frequently: Getting up and moving around for a short period of time can be as beneficial as another cup of coffee to improve your energy and concentration levels.
Caffeine has many great benefits but it is important to continue to monitor your relationship with it.
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I am a firm believer in regular home maintenance and the fact that keeping an eye on things on a regular basis is the best preventative maintenance possible. This is also true with your fireplace and chimney. You, as the homeowner, should be familiar with how your fireplace works and how it looks. You should notice things like moisture buildup or know when it’s time to empty the ashes. Things like this are very basic parts of fireplace maintenance. Let’s take a look at several things you should make mental notes of while visually inspecting your fireplace and chimney.
Efficient Burning: Your fireplace or wood stove will burn more efficiently if you clean out the ashes when they begin to build up. Efficient burning reduces the amount of creosote that builds up inside the flue. Always burn well-seasoned firewood cut into small enough pieces to comfortably fit on the fire grate.
The Firebox: The firebox is the area where you build the fire. It should always be dry and rust-free. Any time you notice rust in the firebox, call me. Rust in the firebox means moisture is getting in from somewhere, and it can spell disaster for the entire chimney and fireplace structure.
The Damper: Make sure the damper opens and closes as it should. It should never be completely closed while the fireplace or wood stove is in use.
The Flue: You can shine a powerful light up the chimney to visually inspect the flue. It should appear smooth with no rough edges or blockages. Call me if you see anything that looks like a cracked or damaged flue or a blockage. Blockages in the flue allow dangerous gases and smoke to enter your home, and cracks in the flue create potential fire hazards that put your entire home at risk.
The Masonry: Most chimneys are built of masonry of some type. A quick visual inspection will often reveal problems if they exist. Missing mortar, cracked bricks, or any other damage should be reported to a certified chimney sweep at once.
Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Detectors: This is the perfect time of year to double check the batteries in your safety equipment. These two pieces in particular have saved many lives over the years. Press the test button to make sure the batteries are good.
Fire Extinguisher: Every fireplace or wood stove should have a fire extinguisher nearby. You should always have a way to put the fire out in case of an accident.
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To ensure that you are safe servers, the vast majority of restaurant servers ask each guest to inform them if they have an allergy to certain food items prior to sitting in their dining room.
- Cereals containing gluten
- Sulphur dioxide & sulfites
- Tree nuts
The digital l and l allergen menu that are available on the internet have revolutionized how food is prepared, providing consumers the option of making informed decisions about their food choices, without having to talk to an employee to answer questions that are somewhat intimidating.
The dining experience in restaurants is now entirely digital, including booking a table, looking over the menu when ordering food and even making payments using your mobile. This is a great opportunity for restaurants that have not yet digitally digitized to put l and l allergen menu on the internet.
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fried egg with serrano ham & sliced chorizo. DEEP FRIED HALLOUMI (V) £6.95. with a sweet chilli dip. PRAWNS & FETA £8.95. in a garlic tomato sauce on a bed of rocket. CHORIZO AL VINO £7.95. chorizo sausage cooked in red wine & garlic sauce. SPANISH MEATBALLS £7.25. meatballs in a tomato sauce with bread.
Another advantage of having an l and l allergen menu that is available online is that customers can browse the menu from home before they go out for dinner. Restaurants without one might not attract customers worried about not being able to get access to the menus for allergens at the restaurant because of Covid-19. | <urn:uuid:96009f19-e2cd-4e03-bf37-4d4572aed63c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://food-nutrition.info/l-and-l-allergen-menu/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.834257 | 1,447 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Where do I write the reference number when applying?
In order for your application to be sent to the correct contact person, it is very important to include the code number or reference number in your application documents. You can usually find the job reference number in the heading or in the contact details of the ad.
What to write in the subject when applying online?
The subject for applications is usually two lines. The wording of the first line shows that it is an application and the exact position for which the applicant is applying. The second line (also known as the reference line) is purely about the details of the job advertisement.
What kind of subject for an unsolicited application?
Unsolicited application Subject Never write “Subject” – out of date! The subject line should make it clear which profession or position you are interested in. If the company has multiple offices, say which location you are applying for.
How can you prepare for an interview?
Eight steps to the job: The perfect preparation for your interview Find out about the company. Find out about the interlocutors. Do you know your own application. Practice your self-presentation. Take notes. Put your outfit together for the conversation.
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INDIANAPOLIS – State health officials expressed concerns about coronavirus variants and discussed the effectiveness of vaccines in their first COVID-19 briefing in several weeks.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box and Chief Medical Officer Lindsay Weaver said the alpha variant remained dominant in Indiana, while cases involving the delta variant have seen a significant increase in recent weeks.
The state’s positivity rate is on the rise at 3.2%–up from 2.1% in late June. COVID-19 hospitalizations have also seen a slight increase lately. At the same time—with Box and Weaver crediting the efficacy of vaccines—new deaths are at their lowest level since early in the pandemic.
“We will see a surge in the delta variant,” Box said during Friday’s briefing, renewing calls for Hoosiers to get vaccinated.
The delta variant is more infectious than other variants. Box and Weaver are concerned about outbreaks in areas with low vaccination rates.
Box said she didn’t anticipate the return of statewide COVID-19 restrictions if Indiana saw a surge because of the delta variant. Cities and counties, on the other hand, may need to implement local restrictions depending on conditions.
As a whole, 2.9 million Hoosiers are fully vaccinated, representing about 49% of the eligible population. But vaccination hesitancy remains high in rural areas, Box and Weaver noted. They said they’ve been working to improve outreach in those areas with mobile clinics.
“We’re disappointed,” Box said. “We’d rather be higher.”
In addition, they believe a couple of things could change the minds of those who are reluctant to get the shot: full FDA approval of the vaccine (which is currently under an emergency use authorization) or a recommendation from an individual’s personal doctor to get the vaccine.
“Right now I think that one of the barriers for people is that it’s still under an emergency use authorization,” Box said. “And we hear regularly on our meetings with the CDC and the White House that really the FDA needs to move. And if they have data, which this is by far the most studied vaccine in the history of the world basically also for all the adverse effects it’s been studied the most. So if we can get the FDA to move to officially approve this and license this then I think that will help us with some people.”
Vaccination rates have a correlation with age, Box said, with less than half of Hoosiers 40 to 49 getting the shot. The vaccination rate drops as the age group gets younger.
“Herd immunity is a very nebulous thing, and a big part of that is how many people have been infected. As you know, we had a lot of asymptomatic infections, so it’s a very difficult thing to pin down,” Box said.
Box said there had been COVID-19 outbreaks at four long-term care facilities located in Howard, Fulton, Gibson, and Allen counties. The outbreak has included seven deaths among residents and 27 cases since mid-June, with the majority of those being people who were unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated.
In the Howard County case, the alpha variant was confirmed as the culprit. Testing is underway on the other facilities.
The state has seen 2,720 “breakthrough” cases in which an individual who got the vaccine tested positive for the coronavirus. Those cases led to 132 hospitalizations and 46 deaths, according to state data. Many of the breakthrough deaths involved older Hoosiers, with state data putting the average age at 78.8 years old.
To encourage more Hoosiers to get vaccinated, state health officials are they’re bringing the vaccine to summer events like fairs, primary care providers, and schools who want to offer it with parents’ consent, Dr. Weaver said.
“We really hope that schools will take us up on our offer to help,” Weaver said. “Many of our school-age children are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, these clinics can provide an opportunity to catch up on routine childhood immunizations.”
While state officials didn’t update their guidelines for schools, they said they would follow new guidelines from the CDC. The agency released its guidance at the same time Box and Weaver held their briefing.
The CDC said vaccinated students and teachers don’t need to wear masks in school buildings. The agency is also not recommending that schools mandate shots for teachers and students. For Indiana’s part, Box said she would not mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for students on a statewide basis.
As for masks, Box and Weaver said the state is seeing an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) now that fewer Hoosiers are masking up. Cases are at a higher-than-expected level than this time of year, something they attributed to the lifting of the state’s mask mandate.
Box also said fully vaccinated Hoosiers who don’t wear masks have a very low risk of infecting others. She would recommend masks for vaccinated individuals if they lived with someone who was immunocompromised.
“I think if you’re fully vaccinated, you’re fully protected if you’re an otherwise healthy person,” Box said. “I think that if you are immunocompromised or otherwise may be living with someone who’s immunocompromised and could asymptomatically take back an infection, you might want to consider masking under those circumstances.” | <urn:uuid:992b66de-6049-4933-9fe0-84715604305c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fox59.com/news/coronavirus/indiana-state-health-officials-to-discuss-covid-19-in-indiana/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.964731 | 1,194 | 1.9375 | 2 |
The Colors of Freedom
This series of three paintings was created to commemorate and celebrate three virtues instrumental in molding the character of the United States of America. The cowboy is used in these works because of the iconic stature he holds as bearer of these traditional values. Individually, the works are titled “Work”, “Honor” and “Reverence”.
Work is about the right and freedom the individual has to participate in a free and open market. Anyone can own a piece of property to raise crops or cattle or own tools to make and sell a product or provide a service. Work is a good and noble way to provide for one’s self and family.
Honor pays respect to those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in keeping America secure and free, and also gives special thanks to the men and women who serve in the armed forces.
Reverence gives thanks and recognition to God who by His grace and kindness has overseen and blessed America with a great land and system of personal and national freedom and prosperity.
“The Colors Of Freedom”
Oil 57″ x 68″ (each)
$60,000 (three paintings)
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The paintings were created using traditional oils on stretched linen canvas. Each work measures 57” high and 68” wide. The exhibition of all three is 22 feet wide. The hardwood antiqued and gilded frames are handcrafted by the artist. Below each painting is a quote by a prominent American leader. Additionally, the artist created each painting with a patriotic American color as the main focus (red, white and blue).
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let every nation know that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. – John F. Kennedy
Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. – George Washington
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Forty eight cultivars and seedlings of plum involving the species Prunusamericana, P.auqustifolia, P.cerasifiera, P.munsoniana, P.salicina, P.simoni, and P.triflora were evaluated for the presence of xylem limiting bacteria (Xyllelafastidiosa) and tree longevity. Plum leaf scald (PLS) ratings, based on the percent of scalded leaves in the tree were correlated with the concentrations of bacteria in the twigs and leaf petioles. Observations of symptoms of PLS and monitoring of progeny from interspecific crosses, cultivars, and seedlings indicate that resistance to the PLS organism is present in the Auburn material and heritable. Uniform infection of seedlings was made by double budding of one year whips with buds from infected trees. Resistance to PLS has been incorporated into horticultural types and seedlings are currently being evaluated for possible release for commercial and home use. | <urn:uuid:dce0bbf8-83cb-4810-8a97-a5b34a3d91e0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/27/6/article-p609g.xml?rskey=DZ8wxV | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945225 | 214 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Until relatively recently, the world of private DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) has been divided around a few players that have covered most of the international market. Historically, technologies such as Corda, Quorum or Hyperledger Fabric have been the most widely used in corporate projects. For example, Forbes magazine’s list of the fifty companies that lead in the use of DLTs worldwide indicates this.
However, as of the second half of 2019, the launch of a new project within the Hyperledger umbrella called Besu was made public. This is an Ethereum-based technology that enables the development of enterprise-class applications both on the public network and on private or consortium networks. This hybrid approach has allowed Hyperledger Besu to see rapid adoption within the blockchain world.
In 2018, the team at Pegasys protocol engineering (part of the American company Consensys) started developing this technology. At that time, the product was called Pantheon and its main objective was to develop an Ethereum client suitable for productive enterprise environments.
In February 2019, version 1.0 of the product was launched and a few months later, in August 2019, Pantheon was officially adopted into the Hyperledger ecosystem under the new name Besu. Through this incorporation, a first bridge of collaboration was established between two of the largest blockchain development communities in the world: Ethereum and Hyperledger.
Since the beginning of the project, the product has been constantly evolving in relevant aspects such as consensus algorithms, permissions management in the network or privacy at the Ethereum protocol level. In addition to all these already integrated functionalities, the roadmap refers to advances in stability, interoperability and performance, especially taking into account the needs of business applications.
What is Hyperledger Besu?
Hyperledger Besu is an open-source Ethereum client written in Java under the Apache 2.0 license. It is designed to be used both on the Ethereum core network and for the creation of private business-purpose networks based on the same technology. In addition, it is compatible with Ethereum’s public test networks (Görli, Rinkeby or Ropsten), which are widely used within the Ethereum development community.
The implementation of Besu follows the technical specifications of the EEA (Ethereum Enterprise Alliance), an organisation that aims to create open standards within the Ethereum ecosystem, accelerating the adoption of the technology within corporate business processes.
In relation to the more technical side of the technology, it is interesting to know the following features of Hyperledger Besu:
- Use of different types of consensus algorithms: on the one hand, it is possible to use a Proof of Authority type algorithm for private/consortium networks and on the other hand, it is compatible with the Proof of Work type algorithm currently used by the public Ethereum network, the second most important blockchain worldwide in terms of market capitalisation.
- It includes the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine), which enables the execution and deployment of Smart Contracts and Dapps (decentralised applications), both on the public network and on private or consortium networks.
- In terms of programming, Besu is compatible with the most widely used tools within the Ethereum development community, such as Truffle, Remix or web3j, among others.
- Thanks to the Besu client, the Ether cryptocurrency can be mined within the main Ethereum network.
- In terms of key management, Besu is compatible with the most popular wallets within the Ethereum community. For example, Metamask, the digital wallet used by more than one million people worldwide.
In terms of privacy and network permissioning, it is worth noting that these are two fundamental pillars within Hyperledger Besu. On the one hand, it has the ability to keep transactions secure and private depending on the needs of the business, and on the other hand, it allows different access permissions to be configured only for those nodes or accounts that are allowed. In terms of monitoring, Besu allows you to manage both nodes and the network using third-party tools and has a block explorer that gives customers real-time control of what is happening on the blockchain.
From a business point of view, Hyperledger Besu allows you to:
- Deploy private or consortium networks, taking advantage of their privacy capabilities, high performance, network access permission settings or incident support.
- Deploy a node on the public Ethereum network to provide additional trust and transparency for use cases that need it.
It is important to note that a Hyperledger Besu node cannot connect to a public and private network at the same time. That is, if there is a use case that requires it, it would be necessary to have at least one node for each type of network.
Ready for business environments?
Most business blockchain projects have historically been developed as proofs of concept and have not been able to make the leap to production environments. To a large extent, this is due to the scarcity of companies able to offer support for a product developed with this type of technology.
To encourage the use of blockchain in corporate environments, it is essential that there are specialised companies with technical capacity that are capable of guaranteeing the viability of the product in the long term, taking into account essential aspects such as security, performance and availability, which are fundamental for any business process.
In this sense, in October 2019 Consensys launched “Pegasys Plus” a commercial distribution of Hyperledger Besu in which 24×7 technical support, training, product updates, patch creation and improvements in aspects such as security, monitoring or efficiency are offered. In this way, companies that want to integrate blockchain into their business processes will find it easier to create 100% productive platforms.
Another important aspect to take into account is the adoption of this technology by the largest European and Latin American blockchain consortiums. This point is very important when it comes to understanding the reasons for the rapid growth of the technology:
- Within the Spanish blockchain ecosystem, Alastria, an open association of companies that promotes the digital economy through the development of decentralised registry technologies, stands out. At a technical level, they advocate a technology-agnostic platform by promoting different types of networks. For this reason, the so-called “B-network”, deployed by some of its partners and Hyperledger Besu, was born at the beginning of 2020.
- In the case of Europe, 29 countries (all EU Member States, Norway and Lichtenstein) and the European Commission have joined forces to create the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI). They have been working on it since 2018 and its main objective is the creation of a cross-border network for public administrations, providing the members of the European Union with a DLT network based on several protocols, including Besu, that takes advantage of all the benefits offered by blockchain technology in their public services.
- In Latin America, LACCHain, an alliance of companies and institutions, is operating with the aim of developing the blockchain ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean. Among its objectives are the promotion of innovation and the reduction of inequalities thanks to the adoption of blockchain technology. In terms of infrastructure, since 2019 they offer their partners the ability to use a DLT network based on Hyperledger Besu for their business use cases.
How do we use Besu at Telefónica?
Telefónica has been bringing blockchain to our customers for years through TrustOS: a solution created so that companies can adapt their processes to blockchain easily and simply. It consists of several modules in the form of API (Application Programming Interface) so that companies can implement their certification, traceability or tokenisation use cases quickly and simply.
A clear example of what Besu would bring to TrustOS can be found in the certification section. Customers using this module will be able to reliably record information in both private and consortium networks, abstracting from the complexity associated with the technology. Using TrustOS APIs, customers will be able to access networks based on Hyperledger Fabric or Hyperledger Besu in a transparent way, without the need to adapt their developments to each type of network. | <urn:uuid:e0f6fc6c-0052-47a0-beba-7c6d69fa3299> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://business.blogthinkbig.com/hyperledger-besu-blockchain-technology-on-the-rise-in-the-business-environment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.93811 | 1,679 | 2.015625 | 2 |
What To Eat When You Are Sick
Did you know that the food you eat when you are ill can help your body to recover? Or succumb to the full-blown illness?
What foods should you AVOID?
And what should you be eating if you have a cold or colitis or cancer?
Learn more at: http://www.XTherapist.com about what diets you should be on -- to increase your energy levels, alleviate your pain and speed your recovery.
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* find out what to eat when you're NOT sick.
* learn the ideal diet for your body to keep it in good health
* find out the truth about salt and sugar in your food
* discover that some "health food" you take is really junk food
* learn what vitamins you or your children should take and when
* find out how food allergies develop in your body & overcome it
* get important information on various common foods that most people don't know about
The book also answers many QUESTIONS you might have about nutrition
* Should I be eating more carbohydrates or more proteins (Atkins diet)?
* Organic food, macrobiotic food, wholegrain food, vegetarian food. Which is BEST?
* What's the most perfect food on earth? Is there such a thing as a "super food"?
* And what's the worst food I can possibly consume. And why?
* Why pasteurized milk can provoke colds, ear infections, sinusitis, inflammations of the tonsils and lung infections in some children?
* How to cure your food allergy in 5 days?
* Which is better - butter or margarine? (One of these accelerates aging!)
* Which is best - white bread, whole wheat bread, rye bread?
* How can I lower my blood cholesterol?
* Why do so many children have crooked teeth and need an orthodontist? How can my kids avoid gum disease and tooth decay and have healthy teeth for life?
* Why are some babies born deficient even if the mother practices good nutrition during pregnancy?
* Why your first child will usually be healthier than your second?
* What's the ONE thing you need to remove from your diet if you're allergic to pollen, dust, animal danders that cause asthma, hay fever and sinusitis to see an improvement in your health?
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This Weimar Republic Heartfield collage shows a faceless aristocrat ogling a flapper. The art appeared on page 101 of the Tucholsky – Heartfield collaboration Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles.
Kurt Tucholsky’s picture-survey was a devastating critique of the Weimar Republic. The Heartfield-Herzfelde Berlin publishing house, Neuer Deutscher Verlag released the book in 1929. Adolf Hitler was poised to become the leader of Germany.
Conditions in the Weimar Republic were similar to those in the United States during the 2016 presidential race. People who are angry and hurting financially often look towards a dictator to “drain the swamp” they believe is causing their misery. They are willing to trust the ugly swamp that is authoritarian politics.
Heartfield had always wanted to be an artist. He thought he failed as a painter of landscape paintings. He burned all of them except one. On the other hand, his stunning book covers for the publishing house he owned with his brother, Wieland Herzfelde, made his reputation in Berlin. But he wanted something more than applause from critics or high-paying job offers from ad agencies. His art was “a weapon” to fight ignorance, bigotry, and injustice. Heartfield felt any injustice was a personal attack against him. | <urn:uuid:bc6d51c8-401c-4716-913e-86307e1accb7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.johnheartfield.com/John-Heartfield-Exhibition/john-heartfield-art/political-dada-art/political-art-books/german-dada-tucholsky-satire | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.970986 | 285 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Supporting people with Albinism
Formed in 2007, Global Aid Missions is a charitable Christian organization birthed to make life a living experience for people with the Albinism condition. The organization’s two founding philosophies are that:
- Everyone deserves equal opportunities, so all effort is put into making this a reality in the lives of people with Albinism.
- Work with the people to help them become – so all programs are designed to develop our beneficiaries, safe spaces and platforms.
Our organization runs on-going projects that focus on providing counselling, health, education, advocacy, employment networks and protection against all kinds of abuse for people with the Albinism condition. The programs are designed to address specific needs.
The GAM Health Clinics in Zimbabwe
Global Aid Missions would like to request donations towards buying grocery hampers for people living with albinism in Zimbabwe. These hampers are meant to cushion people with albinism from the impact of covid19 whilst enabling them to get feet for self-sustenance.
Every festive season GAM usually organises a Christmas party for people with albinism and at the party we distribute grocery hampers as gifts for the end of year celebrations. This year, due to covid19 containment measures we will not be having a party or gathering but we are planning to distribute hampers as recognition and support to people with albinism.
The ideal pack we usually distribute includes mealie-meal, cooking oil, salt, sugar, rice, flour, sugar beans, soap, lotion, washing powder and sanitizer. These donations go a long way in supporting the families of people with albinism as the impact of COVID19 is still being felt across the region and more so to people with albinism as most of them had been surviving from informal trading, which then was closed down by covid19 induced lockdowns.
GAM continues to appreciate your support for people with albinism in Zimbabwe.
Skin cancer remains the deadliest problem people with the albinism condition face. Treatment is more expensive than prevention which is why we are running a yearly sunscreen donation campaign of 200 beneficiaries each receiving a 250ml sunscreen bottle. This year we have selected 200 highly needy people out of our data base whom we have pledged to assist on a month to month basis. A supplier has given us a very generous US$8 price for a 250ml bottle which compares very well with a 236ml bottle at US$7.97 in the US before shipment and duties to Africa. While we have more deserving cases, we are happy if you will partner with us in serving these 200 cases every month in this year.
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Current operation and program
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Halloween means candy, and that means stress for parents of kids with food allergies. It’s sad to have to take away the bag of trick-or-treating loot from your little ninja turtle, who worked so hard gathering it with his buddies Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael.
Started in 2014 by FARE, the Teal Pumpkin Project is a campaign that aims to make Halloween safer for everyone, including the one in 13 kids who has a food allergy ranging from mild to life-threatening. Common allergens in candies include nuts, milk, egg, soy or wheat.
To participate in the project, you simply need to provide non-food treats for trick-or-treaters, and place a teal pumpkin—the color symbolizing food allergy awareness—in front of your home. How do you get a teal pumpkin, you ask? You can paint one, or buy one that way, or even just print out a free sign with a picture of teal pumpkin and some information about the campaign. It’s really up to you.
You can also add your home address or street to the participation map so families looking for teal pumpkins can find you.
Here are some ideas from FARE for non-food treats. Note that some kids are allergic to Play-Doh (it contains wheat gluten) and anything with latex, so try to avoid those items. If you’d like, you can have two bowls —one with candy and one with non-food treats—and let trick-or-treaters choose.
- Glow sticks, bracelets, or necklaces
- Pencils, pens, crayons or markers
- Halloween erasers or pencil toppers
- Mini Slinkies
- Whistles, kazoos, or noisemakers
- Bouncy balls
- Finger puppets or novelty toys
- Spider rings
- Vampire fangs
- Mini notepads
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Want to automate the most common customer interactions?
Customers expect lightning-fast responses from businesses on Facebook. Chatbots can help you deliver the right answer the moment a customer asks.
In this article, you’ll discover five types of Facebook Messenger bots your business can integrate for better customer service.
Why Use Chatbots?
Increasing numbers of consumers are turning to social media messaging, including Facebook Messenger, to contact businesses with questions, comments, and complaints. While there are tools that will help you manage the influx of customer messages, sometimes they’re just not enough, particularly when social users are accustomed to a timely response from you.
Facebook Messenger chatbots will let you automatically provide consumers with immediate responses. They can answer basic questions like “What is your return policy?” (even though it’s posted in three different places on your site), freeing up your customer service team to handle more serious customer concerns or issues.
Suppose you’re a customer service representative for a small jewelry business and you spend three hours every day sending customers tracking numbers that they’ve already received via email. A chatbot can take care of this task for you.
Certain chatbots can even provide automated services like wireless bank transactions or help customers book a ride on Lyft, simplifying the process. Remember, the easier you make it for consumers to work with you, the more money you’ll make.
Chatbots are extremely valuable, and part of this value comes from their flexibility. When you create a chatbot, you can customize your chatbot to fit your business, your customers’ needs, and a variety of purposes.
Here are five Facebook Messenger chatbots you can set up, all of which serve a unique purpose that can benefit your business.
#1: Deliver Personalized Content Experiences
Some businesses use chatbots to focus solely on content; the chatbots serve as an extension of their content marketing strategy. These bots nurture relationships with clients and provide immediate value without any work on the user’s part.
For example, the Whole Foods chatbot is geared toward helping users find new recipes. They can enter requests like “soup recipes” to browse suggestions for different types of meals or cuisines, or move through a series of questions for personalized recipes.
When users tap to view a recipe, the chatbot takes them to the recipe on the Whole Foods website. This is an ingenious way to generate more traffic from social media without it feeling forced or too much like spam. You’ll help customers find relevant content and provide a ton of value.
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When you create a chatbot to provide customized content to your audience, keep these best practices in mind:
- Treat your chatbot like content marketing. Selling shouldn’t be your primary objective, but you can use content to send users to your site.
- Ensure your site is mobile-responsive.
- Inform customers how and where to contact you if they need additional help, including customer service issues.
- Include browsing menus if possible. This makes it easier for users to find content they’re interested in, even if they don’t know exactly what they’re looking for yet.
#2: Answer Common Customer Service Questions
One popular use of chatbots is to provide customer service. If your customer service team is asked the same questions over and over, a chatbot is a great way to field some of those questions. You just have to teach it what to say.
The Domino’s Pizza chatbot is a good example of this. Customers can order directly from the bot and track their order. The “track order” option is a simple, effective customer service tool. Imagine how many calls Domino’s gets from impatient customers wanting to know when their pizza will be delivered.
When creating a customer service chatbot, follow these best practices:
- Make sure customers can contact a customer service agent if necessary. Offer a “Did we answer your question?” option that can direct still-stumped users to an actual customer service agent.
- Let users know up front that they’re working with an automated response system. You can’t trick people into thinking they’re talking to a real person, especially when it comes to customer service issues.
- If you need personal information to verify a user’s identity, direct that person to customer service via your website or a phone number. Asking for this information via Facebook Messenger is normally not a good idea for security reasons.
#3: Streamline Product Purchases
While no artificial intelligence can be as effective as a talented salesperson (at least not yet), chatbots that are designed to sell can help you boost sales and increase your profit. Use the chatbot to show customers the products they’re looking for and process simple sales right in the Messenger app.
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The 1-800-Flowers chatbot is designed primarily for selling, making it easy for consumers to order flowers through Messenger. The bot asks for the recipient’s name, phone number, and delivery address. Then it prompts customers to choose what category of products they’re looking for and displays relevant products.
Once users select an item, the chatbot asks them to schedule the delivery and provide billing information. The process is simple and likely easier than trying to navigate a mobile site and check out on a smartphone.
Here are some tips for creating a selling chatbot:
- Make sure your chatbot can answer frequently asked product questions; this can help drive sales significantly.
- Use a chatbot builder that allows you to accept payments through services like Stripe or PayPal. This functionality can generate more sales than just sending people to your mobile site.
- Always ask “Did you want to look at anything else before you check out?” because users may be willing to look at and purchase add-on items.
#4: Cultivate Connections via Entertainment
If you want to build and nurture relationships with your customers, consider designing your chatbot simply to entertain them (assuming this approach fits with your brand). Users can opt to receive future messages from you, and you can send fun facts, games, and content meant purely to entertain them.
The Trivia Blast chatbot, for example, focuses only on entertainment. Once people send their first message, the chatbot will regularly send messages to them with game suggestions and calls to action to play them. Users can sort the trivia games by topic and some games even offer the option to “see how it works” or “challenge a friend,” inviting more users to the chatbot.
Keep these points in mind when building a chatbot to entertain users:
- If you plan to reach out to users in the future, always ask users to opt into receiving new content; otherwise, you may have unhappy users on your hands.
- Make sure all of your content is mobile-responsive.
- Use lots of non-text media like videos and images. Your messages should be as dynamic as possible.
#5: Offer Specialized Services
Plenty of businesses have their own mobile apps that offer automated services, but you can take this a step further by creating chatbots that offer these services in the Messenger app itself.
RemitRadar‘s money transfer service is one of the best examples of this type of chatbot. Chatbot users can use automated services to send money, pay for international mobile while abroad, request exchange rates, and find other money transfer locations. All of these services are streamlined and easy to use.
Keep these best practices in mind when creating this type of chatbot:
- Provide preset, clickable menus to navigate your automated services. This will simplify the process and make it clear what services you offer.
- For services your chatbot can’t handle, refer people to the appropriate place on your site if possible.
- Test services thoroughly on different types of devices before the chatbot goes live.
Facebook Messenger chatbots have soared in popularity among businesses. They can deliver automated responses to users who contact you through Messenger and are now being used for a wide array of purposes, including customer service and selling.
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CLEVELAND (WJW) — Despite having a vaccine, the coronavirus pandemic is still hitting the healthcare industry with a vengeance. And while doctors and nurses have often been in the spotlight, there are other unsung heroes we don’t hear about.
In this Black History Month profile, we meet a woman whose been helping families for decades, even as she and her family dealt with tragedy.
She is the person who many patients and families meet on possibly the worst day of their lives.
“When cancer happens, it doesn’t just happen to the person who is dealing with the physical aspect of the illness, it can affect a person’s relationships … family members, caregivers, spouses, children,” said Christa Poole, the clinical manager of social work at Cleveland Clinic‘s Taussig Cancer Institute.
She leads her team in identifying patients in need due to barriers in care and provides resources to support them, helping cancer patients through an even more stressful time during the pandemic.
“Sometimes people don’t have insurance, sometimes they have inadequate insurance and so, as social workers, what we do is try to provide information,” Poole said. “We try to connect patients and families with resources to help support them.”
Born and raised in Massillon, Ohio, Poole comes from a very small family. And says even at an early age, through college and graduate school, she always had the desire to help others.
“When I was in college, I volunteered for a crisis hotline, but still had no idea that I would end up as a professional social worker,” she said. “…and when I started interviewing and talking with other medical social workers in the field, I was just really drawn to the work and have just loved it.”
But back in December 2017, it was Poole who needed support.
The mother of two says her oldest child, Devin Moore, a senior journalism major at Kent State university and Beachwood High School alum, suddenly collapsed on a basketball court.
“I lost him in 2017. He died of sudden cardiac arrest, he had an undiagnosed heart condition,” Poole said. “My daughter and I are a small unit, but we have an army behind us supporting us.”
And the support continues to this day, especially from her family at the Cleveland Clinic, where she and her colleagues are now dealing with the harsh reality of African-Americans being more likely to contract coronavirus, be hospitalized for it and die in comparison to other racial or ethnic groups.
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Anadolu University in Turkey is nominated by the Turkish Higher Degree Act of 1981 as the national provider of distance education. Enrollment in open education programs at Anadolu University has increased from under 30,000 in 1982-83 to over 3,000,000 in 2018-19 (Bozkurt, 2019), and its programs are now also available to Turkish communities in Northern Cyprus and the European Union. This makes it one of the largest university systems in the world. It was founded in 1982 and 2022 is its 40th anniversary.
Open universities post-Covid
I was honoured to be asked to make a presentation on March 24 on the future of open universities as part of Anadolu University’s 40th anniversary celebrations. I made a formal presentation broken up with questions and input from the audience. You can see a 55 minute video recording of the session by clicking on the banner image above, but here is a condensed version of my thoughts on this topic, with the evidence to back up most of my statements.
Am I qualified?
I have some trepidation in prognosticating on the future of open universities. I was a founding staff member of the UK Open University in 1969 and worked there for its first 20 years, and was a part-time faculty member at the Open University of Catalonia for another five years and I have also experience in working with Universidade Aberta in Portugal.
However, I have worked elsewhere in the last 30 years, mainly in ‘dual-mode’ institutions such as the University of British Columbia and polytechnics such as the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and the British Columbia Institute of Technology, so I don’t feel particularly up-to-date on open universities today. More importantly, I’m not sure what I could say that the participants, mainly Anadolu open university faculty and graduate students, did not know already.
However, having experience of a wide range of institutions does enable me to see open universities in a broader context, so here goes.
The market for open universities pre- and post-Covid
Up to the start of Covid in early 2020, online and distance learning, at least in North America, was steadily growing at a rate of about 10% per annum in student enrolments and had been for over 10 years (Seaman et al., 2018). By 2019, half of all post-secondary students in the USA were taking at least one distance education course (Hill, 2021), and in Canada, 93% of all its universities were offering at least some online courses, as were most two-year vocational colleges (Johnson, 2019).
This was seriously impacting Canada’s open universities. Université Laval, a francophone campus-based university in Québec, in 2018 had more online course enrolments than Athabasca University, the self-designated open university of Canada, and about four times the enrolments of Québec’s francophone open university, Téluq. While campus-based online course enrolments were increasing, enrolments at Athabasca and Téluq were static or declining. Distance education or online learning are no longer unique characteristics of open universities.
Furthermore, Canada and the USA now have high rates of participation in regular universities and colleges. For instance, 78% of all people in the 20-25 age brackets in Canada are taking some form of post-secondary education (Usher, 2021). (The equivalent figures for the USA is 87% and for the UK 62%). In essence, this means that most people in North America who want tertiary education can get it, helped by government grants and loans, or by scholarships from institutional endowment funds. Admission for most students to some form of post-secondary education is no longer a barrier in most countries in the Global North. (Getting into the university of one’s choice is another matter.)
While, in the Global North, admission to tertiary education is nearing saturation, in terms of overall enrollment growth, the situation in the Global South is different. As Usher reports (2022) ‘in the North, total enrolments have fallen, partly due to demographic factors in Eastern Europe and Russia, and partly due to the fall in short-cycle enrolments in the United States. But the South has seen consistent growth. In 2006 the region has 80 million students; in 2018 it had approximately 150 million.’
So even in the Global South, access to tertiary higher education has rapidly improved over recent years, although in many countries higher education participation rates still have a long way to go to match those in the Global North. There is probably still plenty of room for large-scale open universities in these countries, but in the long-term, countries in the Global South are likely eventually to get close to the participation rates of the Global North. This means that open universities will increasingly be competing for the same students as regular universities, if they are not already.
Post-Covid, the competition for online students is likely to increase. In most countries, nearly all universities have some experience now of at least emergency remote learning. This has had several effects that could impact on the market for open universities:
- the quality of online learning in dual-mode institutions in Canada was already high before Covid-19, with sophisticated online course design and high completion rates (see Ontario, 2011)
- many more campus-based institutions will be offering online distance courses post-Covid
- a great deal of faculty development occurred during Covid, helping instructors to move their courses online; this will lead to an increase in the quality of online teaching within conventional universities moving into online learning after Covid
- there will be a big expansion of blended or hybrid learning, where instructors deliberately mix in-person with online learning, giving more flexibility for students
Technology access is a major problem for many students
Even in technologically advanced countries such as Canada and the USA, a minimum of 25% of the population do not have technology access adequate for online study. The figures for less economically developed countries are likely to be much higher.
This is lack of access is due to several reasons:
- lack of adequate Internet access (10-25mbs), especially in rural/remote areas. In Canada in 2021, 15% of homes had no Internet access or had access at less than 10mbs (dial-up service), according to the federal Canadian Radio and Television Commission
- being poor, unable to afford either computer equipment and/or the rates for Internet service
- crowded accommodation with multiple users sharing inadequate bandwidth (a particular problem with Zoom or other video streaming, which takes three times the bandwidth of a learning management system).
However, these are just the kind of students that open universities might be expected to serve. It thus raises the question of if or when open universities should use online learning, or what they should use instead, such as print or broadcasting. However, given the need even or especially in less economically advanced countries for digital literacy and training in 21st century skills for economic development, this is a tough question. It may be necessary for open universities to support specifically better access to technology, through local learning centres, equipment loans, or targeted fee reductions, to ensure all their students have appropriate technology access.
Re-examining the purpose of open universities
These issues raise questions about the function and purpose of open universities. Are they still relevant? If so, what are – or should be – their unique features, their unique selling point in an increasingly crowded market?
To answer this question, I am looking backwards as well as forwards. I was fortunate to be present in the Guildhall in London in 1969 when Lord Crowther, the Chancellor of the UK Open University, gave the inaugural speech. It was mercifully short (12 minutes), to the point, and above all inspirational (you can listen to it here). I was particularly struck by Crowther’s interpretation of ‘open’, the four characteristics of which seem as relevant today as they did 60 years ago.
1. Open to people
Crowther talks of tapping the ‘great unused reservoir of human talent and potential’. This was particularly relevant in Britain where only eight per cent of school leavers in 1969 went on to university. With the figure now standing at 62%, there is still room to go, but now the market is not so much school leavers who cannot get into university or college from school, but those who, for whatever reason, missed out in higher education after leaving school, or, after university or college, find they need further knowledge or qualifications.
Furthermore although many universities and colleges are now using online learning or distance education, you still need minimal qualifications (using high school completion or an entrance exam) for admission. Walter Perry, the first Vice-Chancellor (President) of the the UK Open University said: ‘We don’t care about your qualifications coming in; it’s what you can do when you graduate that counts.’ As Crowther said, referencing the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour,:
- Give me your tired, your poor
- Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
- Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
- I lift my lamp beside the open door.
That lack of barriers to admission to me reflects a potential unique selling point for open universities, but few these days are brave enough to accept this challenge. But why not ‘a university for the homeless and tempest tossed’? For instance, 2U is working with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to offer all Ukrainian colleges and universities free access to edX Online Campus for the foreseeable future. This will enable evacuated Ukrainians to continue their studies (unless the Ukrainian universities already have online programs, which they may well do.)
Open access will also mean providing a much wider range of student support services than conventional universities, and working closely with non-governmental organisations, community support groups, and other basic education providers to ensure students succeed, whatever their circumstances. Many of these arguments are set out in Walter Perry’s personal account of the establishment of the Open University, which for many years had a very successful, completely open access admissions policy.
2. Open to places
This University has no cloisters – a word meaning closed. We have no courts – or spaces enclosed by buildings. Hardly even shall we have a campus.
The original idea for the UK Open University was a ‘University of the Air’, based largely on broadcasting. This changed over time, but the fundamental concept remains. Open learning should be available universally, through the Internet or whatever other channels of mass communication are themselves truly open, wherever and whenever a learner wants to access it. Also, it is not just place, but also time, that needs to be open, which suggests asynchronous learning, flexible delivery and ‘on-demand’ assessment.
3. Open to methods
Crowther: Every new form of human communication will be examined to see how it can be used to raise and broaden the level of human understanding. Crowther commented: the addiction of the traditional university to the lecture room, is a sign of its inability to adjust to the invention of the printing press.
This suggests to me that open universities need to be on the leading edge in the exploration and use of new technologies for teaching, such as, today, simulations and games, augmented and virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. In turn, open universities’ addiction to print is a sign of their inability to adjust to the Internet. The challenge today is to combine the benefits and avoid the limitations of synchronous and asynchronous methods of online learning. We need more agile and cost-effective methods of course design that ensure quality in online learning. This may mean developing quality standards for synchronous as well as asynchronous online learning.
4. Open to ideas
This is probably the least remembered but the most important of all the four ‘opens’, especially today. Crowther said we should regard the human mind rather as a fire that has to be set alight rather than as a vessel, of varying capacity, into which is to be poured as much as it will hold of the knowledge and experience by which human Society lives and moves.
Especially in increasingly authoritarian countries, open universities need to be brave, by challenging fake news, state propaganda, and fostering new ideas and innovation. This will mean becoming internationally focused and supported by external partnerships and alliances, such as ICDE and EDEN, and in establishing locally engaging online communities of learning and practice.
Although all four of Crowther’s conception of open apply just as well today, I would add a fifth.
5. Open to resources
Open universities should be the leaders in developing and promoting open educational resources. Furthermore, with so many other suppliers of OER, open universities should focus on two aspects of OER:
- cultural and language relevance (i.e. OER in Turkish)
- high quality in both content and production.
It is important to make the point that OER are very important and valuable, but they are just one and not the most important aspect of open in education.
- Open universities are and will continue to face increasing competition for students from more conventional universities and even more so from external competitors such as private and commercial organisations, especially the large tech giants.
- For many conventional universities, quality in online learning is still a major challenge, particularly those that came new to online learning during Covid. Open universities will need to have the most agile cost-effective and high quality online courses to compete successfully.
- As well as quality of courses, open universities need to focus on increasing access to higher education for those currently not served. This will mean high levels of student support and partnership with other organisations.
- Open universities will need to constantly re-invent themselves to survive in a fast-changing and challenging external environment. This will require nimbleness and constant innovation.
- Congratulations on Anadolu University on its 40th anniversary and here’s to the next 40 glorious years!
I asked the following questions of participants during the presentation:
- Are campus-based universities moving more into online and distance learning (after Covid)?
- Are there other competitors, e.g. private online learning companies?
- Are campus-based universities in Turkey moving to blended learning?
- Has the acceptance of online learning increased or decreased because of emergency remote learning?
- how will this impact on Anadolu University’s market for students?
At Anadolu University:
- Do you have many online courses?
- Is Internet and equipment access an issue?
- Why is it important to offer online courses?
- Is there a strategy for online and digital learning in the future?
- Do these four/five elements of open-ness (people, space, methods, ideas, resources) also apply to Anadolu? Are there OTHER aspects of open that Anadolu should pursue?
- What directions should Anadolu take in the future that is different from now? (Course design, type of students, technologies, etc.)
You can hear some of the questions and comments from Anadolu participants on the video recording, moderated by Professor Aras Bozkurt of Anadolu University.
Bozkurt, A. (2019) The Historical Development and Adaptation of Open Universities in Turkish Context: Case of Anadolu University as a Giga University IRRODL, Vol. 20, No. 4
Hill, P. (2021) Alternative View: More than 50% of US Higher Ed students took at least one online course in 2019-20 PhilonEDTech, October 7
Ontario (2011) Fact Sheet Summary of Ontario eLearning Surveys of Publicly Assisted PSE Institutions Toronto: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Perry, W. (1976) Open University Milton Keynes: Open University Press
Seaman, J. et al. (2018) Grade Increase: Tracking Distance Education in the United States Babson Survey Research Group
Usher, A., (2021). The State of Postsecondary Education in Canada, 2021. Toronto: Higher Education Strategy Associates
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Objective To compare medical, religious, and personal belief immunization exemption rates between private and public schools in US. Study design Exemption rates were calculated using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention School Immunization Assessment Surveys for the 2009-2010 school year excluding states with incomplete survey data. Standardized exemption rates weighted on enrollments in public and private schools were calculated. Differences in exemption rates between public and private schools were tested using Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results The overall state exemption rate was higher in US private than public schools, 4.25% (SD 4.27) vs 1.91% (1.67), P =.0001 and private schools had higher exemption rates for all types of exemptions; medical 0.58% (0.71) vs 0.34% (0.34) respectively (P =.0004), religious 2.09% (3.14) vs 0.83% (1.05) respectively (P =.0001), and personal belief 6.10% (4.12) vs 2.79% (1.57), respectively (P =.006). Overall exemption rates were significantly higher in states that allowed personal belief exemptions. Conclusions Exemption rates were significantly higher in US private than in public schools. Children attending private schools may be at higher risk of vaccine-preventable diseases than public school children.
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Why visits are so meaningful and how to promote healthy relationships for every individual
Last year was challenging and frightening. With so many unknowns from the coronavirus, our lives had to halt, keeping us confined to our homes. In order to protect from sickness and exposure, many adoptive triads had to forgo their visits.
As the world begins to reopen, it is crucial to consider visits once again. Birthparent visits are a key factor to successful open adoptions. The possibility of watching their child grow and thrive gives reassurance to birth parents. Communication is essential for adoption triads which helps bring comfort to birth parents’ decisions to place their child for adoption.
Summer is the perfect backdrop for birth parent visits. As more individuals are vaccinated, the opportunity to meet safely are endless, from hiking to a picnic at the park or a virtual movie party. Getting together is easier than ever.
Why Visits are Important for Birth Parents
Maintaining a relationship among the adoption triad is beneficial for everyone, but especially birth parents. Place yourself in your child’s birth parents’ shoes while at the hospital as they say goodbye to their baby.
In a closed adoption, that would be the last memory a birth mother could cling to. The birth mother’s mind would be haunted with questions like- what would they look like one day, or would they be happy and understand why decided to place. Visits and communication allow birth parents the opportunity to watch their child grow.
Visits are an essential part of open adoption and provide birth mothers and fathers with the ability to move forward healthily. The possibility of updates and visits will ease birth parents’ minds from “what ifs” and help them be comfortable with their decision to place.
Understanding the Benefits of Visits
As prospective adoptive parents, openness may be a new term in your vocabulary. Openness refers to some form of communication-maintained post-placement. Planning visits with your child’s birth parent provides the birth parent with
- A feeling of connection to the child and adoptive family.
- A comfort in knowing that their birth child will know them.
- The knowledge that the child grows up safe, healthy, and happy.
- An opportunity to celebrate their birth child’s accomplishments.
- A sense of peace regarding her/histheir decision to place their child for adoption.
- The chance to tell their birth child their adoption story and reasons for placing.
Visitations are valuable to adoptees too. Adoptees who have ongoing contact with their birth parents can be more satisfied with their adoptions than those without contact.
Maintaining openness allows adoptees to understand the reasons for their adoption better, promotes more positive feelings toward their birth mother, higher self-esteem, fewer behavioral problems, more trust for their adoptive parents, and fewer feelings of alienation.
Openness in adoption can also reduce adoptive parents’ fear, increase their empathy toward birth parents, and benefit their relationships with their adopted children.
Two Important Aspects of Openness
Openness is unique to every adoption triad. Every person in the triad will have different expectations for their ideal adoption. Sometimes birth parents are more inclined to less openness post placement as they grieve; this can be challenging for adoptive parents excited about complete openness.
Adoptive mother Kristy explains, “We (Kristy and her husband) were always ready for complete openness. In my mind, I envisioned the big Thanksgiving dinners and family vacations. But she (adoptive mom) wasn’t ready for that yet. So we just continued to keep the door open and let her know we were there.”
As an adoption triad, it is crucial to set boundaries and keep communication open so all parties feel heard and satisfied.
Keeping the Door Open
Keeping a line of communication open is one of the most important aspects of openness. Encouraging conversation about how you are feeling and what you expect is so beneficial to a successful relationship. Adoption is a relationship, and you need to put the work into it.
Starting a conversation can be difficult. Sometimes there are misconceptions and miscommunications during the adoption process. An agency can help to facilitate the discussion about the degree of openness and keeping promises. Whether it’s six months or five years post-placement, the agency is there to ensure the entire adoption triad is supported, respected, and thriving.
Embrace New Technology to Stay Connected
While sending letters and pictures is the most common communication in adoptions, staying connected is easy with the dawn of new technology. Talk about working in texting, phone calls, emails, or video chats into your adoption plan.
Some birth and adoptive parents even use social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat to communicate! Create a private Facebook page where you can post updates, videos, and pictures to each other.
Boundaries are a healthy factor in adoption. Part of communication stems from establishing boundaries. Even before placement, talking about expectations and setting limitations is important for both birth and adoptive parents. Boundaries need to make sense for all parties’ interests: the adoptee, the adoptive parents, and the birth parent.
The beauty of open adoption is it changes and flows with time. As the adoptee gets older and life occurs, the boundaries of your adoption are bound to change. Keeping communication open with no judgment is both healthy and necessary. Although it can be uncomfortable, understanding boundaries and how they change will keep each person feeling supported.
Se-Ayra, a birth mother, sat down with her child’s adoptive family before discussing their expectations for the process.
“During our meeting, they gave me an empty picture book and said, ‘This is our promise. We are going to send you pictures and letters to fill all these pages.’ And they did. It is full now,” she recalls, “But having the book, and watching it fill up, served as a reminder for me that they were gonna keep their promises.”
Accept the Unexpected
Open adoption is a beautiful gift. In open adoption, so many people surround the child with love and support. While your relationship will change through the years, working with each other to maintain communication and boundaries will bring comfort to the entire adoption triad. Embrace new technology to promote healthy visits and communication. Spending time together as an adoptive triad is an integral part of open adoption.
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Although much of our work has a UK bird focus, we also work internationally and on other taxa.
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Breeding ground temperature rises, more than habitat change, are associated with spatially variable population trends in two species of migratory bird
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Whilst it is essential that we have accurate information about how wildlife is faring in this changing world, we also need to be mindful of the carbon footprint generated by monitoring activities.
Achieving global targets for renewable energy
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BTO travels to Europe!
BTO travels to key conferences in Europe to share research and experience with colleagues from around the globe.
Human activity can help as well as hinder UK butterflies
View the 2021 results from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
In the face of climate change, BTO joins other organisations to consider how to improve the frameworks used for conservation
A framework for climate change adaptation indicators for the natural environment
BTO leads collaborative research to create framework for assessing climate change adaptation.
Warming temperatures drive at least half of the magnitude of long-term trait changes in European birds
Climate change is impacting wild populations, but its relative importance compared to other causes of change is still unclear. Many studies assume that changes in traits primarily reflect effects of...
The future distribution of wetland birds breeding in Europe validated against observed changes in distribution
Multi-taxa spatial conservation planning reveals similar priorities between taxa and improved protected area representation with climate change
Pinpointing which protected area characteristics help community response to climate warming: waterbirds in the European Union’s Natura 2000 network
Birds of Conservation Concern
Commonly referred to as the UK Red List for birds, the status of birds has now been reviewed five times, Covering the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The latest review was published in...
Setting priorities for climate change adaptation of Critical Sites in the Africa-Eurasian waterbird flyways
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Climate change is already affecting the UK's birds
An increasing body of research demonstrates the impacts of climate change on bird species across the globe, revealing a range of responses.
Climate and land use changes: similarity in range and abundance changes of birds in Finland and Great Britain
Citizen science reveals patterns in Pied Flycatcher breeding
New research uses data from BirdTrack and the Nest Record Scheme to investigate how adaptable breeding Pied Flycatchers are to a changing climate.
Benefits of protected areas for nonbreeding waterbirds adjusting their distributions under climate warming
Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts
The earlier arrival of spring, measured by plants flowering, insects emerging, and the timing of egg laying and migrants arriving in birds, is one of the most obvious impacts of climate change on the...
Evaluating spatially explicit sharing‐sparing scenarios for multiple environmental outcomes
BTO and COVID-19
BTO statement on participating in surveys during the Coronavirus pandemic (UPDATED 17.01.2022).
Phenological mismatch between breeding birds and their surveyors and implications for estimating population trends
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Powershot G11 and S90 are two different models of cameras launched by Canon. Both the camera models share some identical properties, such as sensor resolution, image processor, and some others. However, there are many features that differentiate both of them from each other. So, when it comes to purchasing the right camera, you can compare both of them and choose the one that suits your requirements.
By just holding both the cameras in hand, it can easily be judged that the G11 camera is bigger and much heavier than S90. G11 is slightly bigger from S90 in all dimensions, and is around double the weight compared to its counterpart. So, if you prefer having a small and light weight camera, then S90 will be a better choice.
In the meantime, G11 has many features that make it superior to S90. For instance, G11 has a 5X optical zoom provided by its lens. On the other hand, the S90 camera lens only has a 3.8X optical zoom capability. When it comes to digital zoom, both the cameras have 4X capability.
Also, G11 is also better at focusing on close objects, and can even focus on the objects that are just 1 cm away from the camera lens. On the other hand, S90 does not have such capability. It requires the image to be at least 5 cm away, or else, it fails to focus the details of the object.
When it comes to shutter speed, G11 still beats S90, as it has a shutter speed of 1/4000 of a second, compared to 1/1600 of a second, provided by S90. The fast shutter speed greatly helps in capturing moving objects. If a camera has a slow shutter speed, then there is a chance that the moving object will appear blurry in the picture. The fast shutter speed also reduces the shake effect when it comes to taking pictures of a far object.
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1928 Auburn Phaeton 8-115
|Engine Size:||Lycoming 8-Cylinder 300 Cubic Inch|
|Transmssion:||3- Speed Manual w/ OD|
|Ext. Color:||Tricolor Cream, Dark Blue, Burgundy Trim|
This is a very rare collector car and one you wont see very often. Only 550 1928 Auburn Phaeton convertible sedans were produced that year. How many models could possibly remain in existence today? 1928 was the first year for roll up window on the four door convertible.
This prewar beauty is an award-winning car that has won National AACA and AACA Repeat Preservation Awards.
It is reported that this Auburn was the 1928 New York Automobile Show display model. It was purchased by a couple at the show and driven home to Indianapolis. The car remained in the family until the late 1960's. In 1973 the car underwent a no expense spared, ground up restoration. It has remained in that family for 45 years now.
The dual side mount exterior is a gorgeous tricolor combination of cream paint, dark blue fenders and the cream color doors have burgundy trim at the top. The top is tan and in excellent condition. The leather interior is burgundy and presents in excellent condition.
Engine is the Lycoming 8-cylinder 300 cubic inch paired with a 3-speed transmission with overdrive. The lube system is Bijur. Brakes are 4-wheel brakes on a 130-foot wheelbase. The gas gauge is a King-Seely.
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IntroductionElectrochemistry is the scientific research that research studies this union of chemistry and also electricity. Batteries and fuel cells use spontaneous redox processes to transform chemical energy into electrical energy.Oxidation reaction (or redox reactions) are critical part of chemical reactions. Lock involve the move of electron from one resource to the various other via oxidation and also reduction. As soon as this procedure occurs spontaneously, forming commodities that are in a lower energy state 보다 the reactants, the excess energy is exit to the surroundings, typically in the kind of heat. Burning in your car’s engine, “burning” calories in the gym and the rusting of iron room some instances of exothermic reactions. As soon as the oxidation and also reduction procedures are physically separated in an electrochemical cell, the electrons room transferred v a cable connecting the cells and an electrical current can one of two people be created or provided to drive the reaction. Add conclusion?Electrochemistry is the science that research studies this union of chemistry and also electricity. Batteries and also fuel cells use spontaneous redox processes to transform chemical energy into electrical energy. ~ above the various other hand, electrical energy deserve to be supplied to journey non-spontaneous processes, converting the electric energy right into chemical energy that is stored in the reaction products.
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Electrochemical CellsElectrochemical cells fall into two large categories. Voltaic (or galvanic) cells create electricity indigenous spontaneous oxidation processes. Batteries are a typical example that this type of cell. Cells the use electrical power to journey non-spontaneous reaction are dubbed electrolytic cells. The straightforward components of one electrochemical cell are:Two compartments separated by a “salt bridge” through which ions can flow. Oxidation occurs in the anode compartment and reduction occurs in the cathode compartment.Two hard electrodes the are linked by a wire. The electrodes themselves don’t necessarily get involved in the reaction.Two services of electrolytes into which the electrodes space immersed. The ions of the electrolytes may participate in the reaction or they might be inert electrolytes that are existing to lug charge.Different metals have different tendencies to undergo oxidation, or lose electrons. Likewise, your cations have different tendencies to undergo reduction. This tendency is measure in regards to the steel cation’s reduction potential. The cabinet potential because that a offered electrochemical cabinet is the difference between the tendencies the the steel cations in their respective half-cells to experience reduction. In a voltaic cell, the substance with the highest (most positive, or least negative) reduction potential will certainly undergo reduction and the metal in the various other compartment will certainly be oxidized. The cell potential, Ecell, to represent the difference in between the tendencies that the steel ions to experience reduction. For the reaction to it is in spontaneous, the all at once cell potential should be positive.
AimThe target of the experiment was to see which that the three components affects electrochemical cells. The three factors, surface ar area, Concentration and also Temperature. Each of these components will be discover to see how they influence the existing generated by the cell.
HypothesisElectrochemical cells are various from normal reactions; however the quantity of volts developed by the cell will be effected through the components that influence chemical reaction rates. The main factors that affect chemical reactions are Temperature, surface area and Concentration. By enhancing the quantity of collisions per second the amount of volts should additionally be impacted by the increased collision rates too.
Planning and also Preliminary trialsA dashboard volt meter to be given, however it was quite tough to check out so it was swapped v an electronic volt meter that would offer a much more accurate reading.Since the beakers lips wherein curved the electrode would certainly be at an angle, to resolve this, the electrodes whereby dangled from a energy stand.When the concentrations to be tested it to be noticed weird results, like how 0.5M KNO3 would be better than 1M, and also it was discovered that the surface ar area the the salt bridge was different, thus surface area tests had actually to it is in conducted and then be reduced out the exact same sizes for every experiment after.
The surface ar area that the anodes and also cathodes did not make any type of difference in the test, however they must make a distinction if the battery is the a larger capacity (See figure 2.1 because that example)Figure 2.1The heat capacity the the solutions where different, so only a unstable estimate might be taken (eg. CuSO4 is at 59.4°C while ZnSO4 is in ~ 62.4°C)Theory: CuSO4 98.53 J/(mol–1 K)ZnSO4 116.0 J/(mol–1 K)The copper sulphate will heat up quicker than the zinc sulphate, which means that the copper sulphate demands to be taken off the hot plate before the Zinc or otherwise the copper has a much higher temperature contrasted to zinc.
Materials100mL beakersStrips of copper, zinc, magnesium and also iron (different sizes)200mL x 0.5 mol zinc sulfate solution400mL x 1 mol zinc sulfate solution200mL x 2 mol zinc sulfate solution200mL x 0.5 mol copper sulfate solution400mL x 1 mol copper sulfate solution200mL x 2 mol copper sulfate solution200mL x 0.5 mol magnesium sulfate solution400mL x 1 mol magnesium sulfate solution200mL x 2 mol magnesium sulfate solution200mL x 0.5 mol iron sulfate solution400mL x 1 mol iron sulfate solution200mL x 2 mol steel sulfate solution100mL x 1 mol potassium nitrate solution100mL x 2 mol potassium nitrate solution100mL x 1 mol potassium sulfate solution100mL x 2 mol potassium sulfate solution200mL x 1 mol aluminum sulfate solutionAluminumFilter paperMeasuring cylindersVolt MetersAlligator clipsConductivity MeterElectric ThermometerLarge container (Enough to hold 2 x 250ml beakers)GogglesIceSteel wool
Salt bridge systems testUse steel wool or sandpaper to polish the metal strips, wash with distilled water after and wipe dry v a towel.Place 60 mL the the 1 M ZnSO4solution in a 50-mL beaker. Place a piece of refined zinc in the beaker.Place 60 mL of the 1 M CuSO4solution in a 50-mL beaker. Location a piece of sleek copper in the beaker.Connect alligator clip probes to a DC voltmeter. Connect the clips come the steel strips.Cut a piece of filter paper and soak it in 1 M KNO3 solution and slowly lower it for this reason both sides of the filter record touches the components of both beakers. Measure the reading on the volt meter.Repeat the action 5 but use different concentrations that KNO3 and also K2SO4Repeat actions 1-6 other than use Fe(II)SO4 and also MgSO4 rather of ZnSO4 and also CuSO4The adhering to experiments will certainly be done v the salt bridge that offered the best an outcome during the over experiment.
Concentration of systems testPlace 60 mL that the 1 M ZnSO4solution in a 50-mL beaker. Place a piece of refined zinc in the maker (take down the temperature of both the ZnSO4 and also CuSO4 equipment for the next component of the experiment).Place 60 mL the the 1 M CuSO4solution in a 50-mL beaker. Ar a strip of sleek copper in the beaker.Connect alligator clip probes come a DC voltmeter. Affix the clips to the steel strips.Cut a piece of filter file and soak that in KNO3 solution and also slowly reduced it for this reason both sides of the filter paper touches the components of both beakers. Measure the analysis on the volt meter.Repeat the adhering to steps through 0.25 and 0.5 M concentrations of CuSO4and ZnSO4.Polish the iron and also magnesium strips with steel wool.Place 60 mL the the 1 M Fe(II)SO4solution in a 50-mL beaker. Place a strip of sleek iron in the beaker.Place 60 mL that the 1 M MgSO4solution in a 50-mL beaker. Location a strip of refined magnesium in the beaker.Connect alligator clip probes come a DC voltmeter. Affix the clips to the steel strips.Cut a piece of filter file and soak that in KNO3 solution and also slowly lower it therefore both political parties of the filter file touches the contents of both beakers. Measure up the analysis on the volt meter.Repeat the following steps through 0.25 and 0.5 M concentrations.
Temperature of solution testPlace 2 50mL beakers right into an ice-cream containerPour 60 mL of the 1 M ZnSO4solution into one 50-mL beaker. Place a piece of refined zinc in the beaker.Pour 60 mL the the 1 M CuSO4solution into the other 50-mL beaker. Place a piece of sleek copper in the beaker.Fill the ice-cream container with ice and also then to fill it up v water, wait it rotates the temperature of both solutions becomes steady then continue with the following steps.Connect alligator clip probes to a DC voltmeter. Connect the clips to the metal strips.Cut a piece of filter paper and soak it in KNO3 solution and slowly lower it so both sides of the filter record touch the contents of both beakers equally. Measure the reading on the volt meter.Repeat other than place the beakers ~ above a hot plate instead of an ice cream container.
Surface area the salt leg testCut strips the filter document at various sizes (1cm x 6.25cm, 2cm x 6.25cm and also 3cmx6.25cm)Pour 60 mL that the 1 M ZnSO4solution into one 50-mL beaker. Location a piece of sleek zinc in the beaker.Pour 60 mL that the 1 M CuSO4solution into the other 50-mL beaker. Place a strip of sleek copper in the beaker.Connect alligator clip probes come a DC voltmeter. Connect the clips come the steel strips.Carefully lower the salt bridge in between the beakers making certain it is evenly inserted in the middle.Measure the voltage produced and repeat v the different salt bridges.
Experimental ResultsTable 1. Salt bridge Solutions
|1M K2SO4||Zn(s) + Cu2+|
DiscussionTo theoretically calculation the lot of voltage produced by each cell, the theoretical traditional potential of the half cells have to be found.The conventional potential for the chemicals used in this experiment are:
When the cabinet isn’t at STP the Nernst Equation has to be used.
Ecellis the cabinet potential E°cellrefers to conventional cell potential R is thegas consistent (8.3145 J/mol·K) T is theabsolute temperature n is the variety of moles of electrons transferred by the cell reaction F is Faraday’s continuous (96485.337 C/mol)The Nernst equation was designed to be supplied when the worths or atmosphere was no at STP. The Nernst equation but does not support what happens if temperature changes but the concentration values space both equal. See example below.
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Even though the temperature is at 350K the voltage will not readjust since log of 1 will certainly be 0 and it cancels the end RT/nF.0.5M Aluminum Sulfate + 1M Copper Sulphate cabinet at 24.8°C
For every calculations include the Nernst equation describe appendix 1.2The proof backs up the theory that claims “the determinants that impact reaction rate will also affect electrochemical cells” The voltages does increase and also decrease in every 4 test:As surface ar area rises so walk the voltage for both cells.As concentration rises so go the voltage for all 3 types of cells.As temperature increases so walk the voltage for all 3 species of cells.The only downside is how the adjust in test 2 and also 3 are very small and practically negligible.However the speculative results obtained did not complement up to the theoretical results; yet they space very comparable and there could be a few reasons on why:The resistance the the copper wireThe alligator clips don’t provide a many of call (decrease in possible surface area)The temperature that the substances might be different due to the fact that only room temperature to be taken not the temperature that the yes, really solution.The salt bridge could’ve to be too tiny and stemmed the circulation of electron that could flow through it.In the “Salt leg Solutions” experiment the results confirmed inconclusive therefore a conductivity meter was provided to check the conductivity of each substance.KNO3 will certainly make a much better salt bridge due to its higher conductivity rate; this is since of the solubility level i m sorry is in ~ 316 g/Lat 20°C compared to K2SO4 solubility i beg your pardon is only 111g/L at 20°C.
Surface area test:The tests to be successful and backed up the hypothesis, yet further exam were no taken since the beakers were too tiny and it would be a garbage of product when the wanted voltage has already been achieved.It have the right to be seen just how the adjust in voltage is decreasing together the surface area rises which way that that will most likely flatten out soon and also there will not be a adjust at all. (See graph 1 and 2 in results)
Concentration:For every the experiment on the 3 electrochemical cells the an outcome backs increase the hypothesis but concentration does not administer as much affect on voltage (See table 3 for results). The electron are currently there and also making contact with the plate due to the fact that it doesn’t really matter about which angle it access time the electrode nor just how much power it hits with. It is hypothesized the by boosting concentration you boost the quantity of electrons and that have to be straight proportional to how long the cell would last; if you have twin the amount of electrons however you space using them in ~ the same price that means that it have to last double as long since you have twice as plenty of electrons. | <urn:uuid:5c0278d9-1b7a-48f1-a157-4c938256ef00> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gimpppa.org/what-factors-determine-the-amount-of-voltage-produced-by-a-cell/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.911048 | 3,081 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Dealing with homesickness at university? You are not alone.
Feeling homesick is common, especially for international students. Whether you are missing your family and friends or a favorite meal, feeling homesick abroad can be hard to handle on your own. Though this feeling will eventually go away, we share tips on how to deal with homesickness.
1. Stay connected to home, even when you are far away
Studying abroad can make it easy to feel like you are missing out back home, but thanks to modern technology, staying in touch with loved ones is simple.
- Schedule regular chats with your family and friends is at the top of our list for how to stop missing home. Knowing you can count on these “appointments” will help you feel more comfortable.
- Stay connected with social media. Keep in touch with friends and family using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Weibo and WhatsApp while you are in the United States.
- Share your culture. Look for student clubs that celebrate your culture or invite other students to join you in celebrating a holiday. Learn about other cultures, too – you will find many interesting similarities and meet some new people.
2. Embrace your new school
Explore your campus and new surroundings. Whether you are visiting new places or creating a new routine, embrace new opportunities to help you feel better about dealing with homesickness in college.
- Focus on why you came to study here. Write down all the reasons that you chose your new school and why you came to study in the U.S.
- Explore your new town. Make a list of things to do and see, like visiting local museums or trying new restaurants. Getting off campus will help you avoid being homesick and allow you to try new things that you could not do back home.
- Meet new people. Make it a priority to meet other students. Some are new like you and probably want to make new friends, too, so don’t be shy.
- Create a routine. Having structure in a new place can help you stop feeling homesick. Whether it is always getting coffee at 3 p.m. or attending a sports game each week, routines help you keep yourself grounded and on a schedule.
- Stay active. Distracting yourself means that you are spending less time feeling homesick. Going for a walk, hitting the gym or exploring your new campus are great ways to feel more energetic and positive.
- Focus on the here and now. Resist the urge to focus on family and friends. The more you lament on what is far away, the less you can focus on the good things in front of you.
3. Remember you are not alone
Plenty of people get homesick. Reach out to people who can give you support on how to deal with homesickness.
- Your resident assistant/advisor has likely experienced homesickness and helped other students with it, too. Mention how you are feeling and ask if you can schedule a time to talk so that your R.A. has time to prepare.
- Counselors at school are trained to provide support and guidance. There is nothing embarrassing about feeling homesick or wanting to talk about it.
- Talk with other students. They are probably feeling the same way and might have some tips of their own. Discussing your experiences can also be a way to bond and make new friends. Share how you feel while maintaining a positive attitude – too much negativity can make others feel uncomfortable.
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On a recent episode of the podcast, Pete and I discussed alternatives to the “cash envelope” method of budgeting. If you’re not familiar with the ol’ cash envelope system, I’ll explain. First, you’ll get a few envelopes and write different budgeting categories on the outside of them. Food, clothing, utilities, etc. Next, you’ll fill those envelopes with the amount of cash you’ve budgeted for them for the entire month. As you need to make purchases in those categories you’ll use money you’ve put in the corresponding envelope. Once the envelope is empty, your spending is done for the month in that category. Pretty simple, right?
A listener wrote to us saying their family has tried this approach, but didn’t like hauling cash around in an increasingly cashless society. What suggestion could we give them?
One of the solutions we came up with was to use a dedicated checking account as a quasi envelope system. Sure, it’s not as black and white as envelopes since all of the money is commingled, but you can keep a lid on spending if you use this method correctly. Here’s how it works…
You’re going to open a new checking account, probably at the same bank your main checking account is at. This new account will be used for daily purchases. Things like food, clothing, gas for your car, entertainment… Remember entertainment? Those were the days. Anyway, stuff you spend money on when you’re out and about just doing life is what we’re going for. Your rent/mortgage can be paid from your “old” account as can utilities, insurance, car payments, student loan payments, planned savings, and so forth. If it’s a relatively fixed expense, the old account can, and should, handle it.
Now that we know the responsibilities of each account, you’ll need to do a smidge of math. First, add up all of your “fixed” expenses as roughly described above. This is the amount of money you need to keep in the old account (and preferably have them paid automatically, but that’s another post).
The math continues…
Next, subtract the total fixed expenses from your monthly household income. The difference is the amount of the transfer to your new checking account.
Once the money is in your new account, you’ll still want to keep track of spending overall because when the money is out, you’re done for the month. You could do this through an app your bank provides, a budgeting app linked to your bank account, or even keep a running total of money spent in a spreadsheet shared on the phones of everyone who has access to the money. Whatever works for you is ok.
Consider paying special attention to categories that give you trouble when it comes to controlled spending. If you really struggle with how much you spend on food (dining out and groceries combined in this example) but don’t have issues with many other categories, you could consider modifying this method and using the new checking account only for groceries and dining out. Pay everything else from the old account and swipe the new debit card for food. You’ve given yourself a limit to spend and once is eaten up, it’s gone.
This approach can be very flexible to fit your specific application, but it will provide you with guardrails to keep your spending in check. Will some people still benefit from using cash exclusively? Probably. If you’re looking to make a hard reset on your spending and need to force yourself to think about every purchase made, using cash is a great way to do that. Be honest with yourself. If this is you, it’s ok. Make the change for a time, get new behaviors established, and then decide if moving to the method described above makes sense.
Budgeting is incredibly personal. What works for you may not work for your neighbor. The key is experimenting to discover the correct approach. Once you figure out what works for you, you’ll have a big advantage as you continue to work on your financial life.
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Portable, inflatable shampoo basin for washing hair.
Inflatable, portable shampoo bowls are an alternative way to wash hair for those who cannot get in the shower or who may not be able to wash their hair by traditional means due to limited mobility. The inflatable shampoo bowls can be used while the person remains in a wheelchair or even while in bed as long as there is a basin to catch the water. These devices inflate and deflate quickly with only a few breaths, and the deflatable design also makes it very compact for easy storage or packing in luggage for travel.
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In 2020, Q4 was a retail season like no other. Many stores were fighting to bounce back from lockdown, so made the most of this shopping period.
Here are three ways that shopping will be different this Christmas:
More online shopping
A clear consequence of the COVID-19 outbreak has been an accelerated shift to online shopping. This behaviour seems likely to continue over Christmas.
- At the height of the pandemic, online purchases made up a third of all UK sales.
- A recent survey found that 70% of shoppers are planning to buy all of their gifts online.
But things aren’t as bad as they seem for the high street. While total online sales grew during the pandemic, sales at online only stores remained steady. This suggests that the growth was the result of customers buying online from their favourite high street stores. In fact, data shows that the pandemic has made shoppers less likely to take a chance on new brands. 86% of consumers are planning to stick with shops that they know and trust this Christmas.
Rather than abandoning the high street altogether, shoppers are favouring an omnichannel approach. This can be seen in the rise of Click & Collect, which customers are using to limit the amount of time they spend in store. Click & Collect is expected to increase 60% by the end of the year, and 36% of shoppers are planning to use the service this Christmas.
VoCoVo Call Points allow customers to call for assistance as soon as they arrive. A message will be sent to all colleague headsets, alerting them to the customer’s presence. They can use their headsets to contact the stock room and check if the order has arrived. We are also in the process of making a waterproof outdoor Call Point so that delivery drivers can let you know when they arrive.
Despite the rise in online shopping, you can still expect a high footfall this Christmas.
- Only 37% of shoppers know exactly what they want to buy, and 28% still prefer to browse in store for gifts.
- 60% of consumers planned to shop early this year, but their plans were scuppered by a last minute lockdown.
This means a busy December is on the cards. Shoppers are still wary of crowded spaces, and three quarters want to see evidence of safety precautions in stores.
Our Call Points facilitate social distancing by allowing colleagues to answer customer queries remotely. Headsets also enable colleagues to take a dynamic approach to crowd control.
Longer opening hours
In an effort to spread out the crowds, the government has temporarily relaxed restrictions on opening hours. Many stores will be opening for longer and some are providing 24 hour shopping in the days leading up to Christmas.
During longer opening hours, there are safety considerations to take into account. 85% of colleagues have suffered verbal abuse during the pandemic, and this is likely to rise over Christmas as queues grow longer and tempers become frayed.
90% of colleagues feel vulnerable at work, and 33% attribute this to working alone. Our products help colleagues to feel safe at all times. Headsets provide a direct channel of communication with security staff, and keypads allow checkout colleagues to call for assistance discreetly.
This Christmas will set the tone for the year to come. The end of the pandemic may be in sight, but consumer behaviour will take longer to change.
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Northwest Florida’s Hidden Gems
Story and Photography by Romona Robbins
Every year, millions of people flock to Northwest Florida from every direction, anxious to dip their toes in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. But beelining to the beach means bypassing a different side of Florida’s Panhandle—one that is every bit as unique and nowhere near as salty.
Florida is home to over seven hundred freshwater springs. Just a short drive from what’s known as the Emerald Coast—the area that stretches from Destin to Panama City Beach—lies a vast system of waterways fed by many springs. These aren’t your everyday swimming holes; they are diverse ecological playgrounds. But before we get into that, allow me to nerd out on them for just a bit:
When water permeates and dissolves the limestone directly beneath us, it causes sinkholes and extensive cave systems. Springs form where the excess groundwater exits the aquifer (also known as karst springs). Springs are categorized by their magnitude (first magnitude through eighth magnitude), which is the amount of water discharged per day in cubic feet per second. A first-magnitude spring pumps out the highest volume, which starts at one hundred-plus cubic feet per second—about sixty-five million gallons of water per day! An eighth-magnitude spring trickles less than a pint per minute. So, if you are looking for a solid spring to visit, look for first- through third-magnitude springs. These are the ones worth grabbing your snorkeling gear and taking a dip!
There are about forty documented springs in Bay, Walton, Washington, and Holmes Counties in Northwest Florida, all of which are a constant 68 degrees year-round. I haven’t visited them all yet, but here are a few of my favorites so far.
Ponce de Leon Springs
When it comes to simplicity, convenience, safety, and good old-fashioned family fun, there are plenty of springs, such as Vortex and Morrison, which you can drive right up to and access via a boardwalk or dock (or, preferably, a rope swing). These are the springs I think of when I picture the classic blue “swimming hole,” and Ponce de Leon Springs perfectly epitomizes that vision. This crystal clear second-magnitude spring pumps fourteen million gallons of freshwater every day. It was privately owned by the Smithgall family back in the 1920s, and they converted it into a local family hangout complete with a high-dive platform and even a skating rink. These days, Ponce de Leon Springs is a state-owned park, so its amenities aren’t as outlandish, but there’s still a concrete dive platform along with picnic tables, barbecue grills, pavilions, and nature walks. Ponce de Leon is the perfect spring for my hubby and me to visit with our five-year-old daughter for a quick half-day trip from Destin.
If you’re looking for something a little more ambitious, then pack (or rent) a water vessel (like a kayak, paddleboard, inner tube, or canoe) and go “spring hopping” down one of the waterways it feeds. Probably the most well known near the Emerald Coast is Econfina Creek, and for good reason. Econfina runs twenty-six miles through Bay and Washington Counties, from Deer Point Lake all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. The most popular section is a five-mile stretch with eleven named springs to explore, including a first-magnitude, four second-magnitude, and six third-magnitude springs.
For a recent full-day excursion, I packed a cooler and met up with a group of old friends. We rented over a dozen canoes from Econfina Creek Canoe Livery and paddled through the hilly limestone landscape that is enveloped by a variety of Appalachian vegetation. It rained off and on that day, which affected how vibrant the blue-green springs would typically be, but it also created a mysterious mist that danced over the water and added to the beauty around us. Sharing this experience with a rowdy group of fun people made it even more special. There is nothing better than disconnecting from technology and reconnecting with Mother Nature and each other. Pace yourself, though, as it takes six to seven hours from start to finish, which can lead to exhaustion—or a severe hangover— depending on your “paddling” technique.
We rented over a dozen canoes from Econfina Creek Canoe Livery and paddled through the hilly limestone landscape that is enveloped by a variety of Appalachian vegetation.
Apart from water excursions, Econfina boasts other exciting outdoor activities, such as hiking trails, horseback riding, and camping. It even has cascading waterfalls from an elevated creek. It truly is a local favorite.
If you’re more of an adventurer looking to find something different without driving into the eastern time zone, then you’re in luck. Deep in the backwoods of Washington County, you’ll find Holmes Creek. It is by far my favorite waterway in our area. This wonderland of flora and fauna merges with the Choctawhatchee River and is fed by thirteen pristine springs. It has a thirty-four-mile paddle trail that starts at Burnt Sock Landing and ends at Cedar Tree Landing, with numerous access points in between. This semitransparent waterway meanders through cypress-tupelo swamps and wetlands. Its most well-known spring is the second-magnitude Cypress Springs, located north of Vernon. It has two vents at the bottom of the spring where the water discharges, creating a brisk current. Giant bald cypress trees hug its shoreline. The land is privately owned by Nestlé, but the good news is that waterways are fair game, so you can still take the plunge if you have a boat, kayak, canoe, or paddleboard.
With a max depth of twenty-nine feet, Cypress Springs is perfect for snorkeling, and divers can kick alongside a variety of fish and other freshwater critters. But if you are feeling more adventurous and have your cave-diving scuba certification, then head south of Holmes Creek down the river from Boynton Island. I was fortunate enough to connect with locals Torrey Blackmon and his wife, Candice, the owners of Holmes Creek Canoe Livery. They offer canoe and kayak rentals and shuttle services (for privately owned water vessels as well), and they also facilitate diving tours and “primitive camping,” which is the perfect break for those living life in the fast lane.
The land is privately owned by Nestlé, but the good news is that waterways are fair game, so you can still take the plunge if you have a boat, kayak, canoe, or paddleboard.
Holmes Creek is Torrey’s stomping ground, and his knowledge of the area is unsurpassed. My dive buddy, John Hott of Ocean Technology Systems, and I recently joined Torrey and his son for a two-day private tour to see what so many Northwest Florida tourists (and locals) have been missing. There was a winter chill in the air, and fall colors still lingered on the trees in mid-March. The best part? Not a soul in sight. At one point, we were so far out in a tributary, we saw a coyote swim across the river in broad daylight (if only I’d had my telephoto lens on to capture it)! Not only did Torrey take us to his secret dive spots tucked away in remote streams to discover untouched caves and caverns, but he also helped me rediscover my own backyard.
So, as you can see, the springs of Florida’s Panhandle offer boundless recreational opportunities for ecotourism, diving, snorkeling, swimming, paddling, and fun with friends and family.
These waterways may have similarities, but each is unique. More importantly, each is a window to the health of our groundwater and is vital to the many ecosystems of the area. If you want to escape the traffic, the sweltering summer heat, and tourists as far as the eye can see, then head to the springs. Just be mindful of leaving them the same way you found them—pristine.
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To learn more or to plan your visit to Northwest Florida springs, visit WaltonOutdoors.com.
Romona Robbins is a Northwest Florida photographer and dive master who specializes in travel and underwater photography. Over the past decade, she has worked on many network, commercial, and independent projects in over thirty-five countries for clients such as National Geographic, Travel Channel, Lonely Planet, and, of course, VIE. | <urn:uuid:580667f6-2cd7-49d5-8bdd-85720306078b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://viemagazine.com/article/the-serenity-of-life-underwater/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.952491 | 1,863 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Construction cooperatives called on the government yesterday to deliver on a 40-year-old promise allowing them to build on 10,000 hectares of forestland in a move they argue will help draw foreign investment to the country. Members of the cooperatives said they had agreed with the government before 1975 to build on the land in different parts of the country and accused the state of since going back on its word. «In good faith, construction companies bought property after having obtained from the state permission to build. After this, the government imposed strict bylaws to protect the environment via the 1975 Constitution which reneged the ability to build,» said the Association of Construction Cooperatives yesterday. The property in dispute is considered among the most valuable in the country, located in forestland outside Athens and Thessaloniki. Sources pointed out that the government had made this commitment during the rule of Greece’s military dictatorship. The construction companies also called on the government to stop the Council of State, the country’s highest administrative court, from blocking its right to build on the land it claims to own. «Control must be wrested from the Council of State, which deems that everything is in violation of the Constitution, so that companies and foreigners can build in Greece,» said the president of the Association of Construction Cooperatives, Dimitris Hadzimichalis. The developers are also requesting the establishment of a new «constitutional» court to examine their land claims. The conservative government has proposed recently the revision of the Constitution in a move that will allow property developers to take over promised forest areas based on aerial photographs taken before 1975. The revision will allow forestland that was cleared before 1975 to be built upon. Environmental groups have criticized the proposed change in the Constitution and said that drawing up a land registry for the areas in question would help to protect the country’s shrinking forest areas. | <urn:uuid:7661b6c0-2a75-4897-95e5-1e53e00b928c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/46227/developers-want-forestland/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.963402 | 380 | 2.109375 | 2 |
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Building a Community Defense Model to Protect Critical Assets
Today’s cyber threats don’t stop at country borders. They don’t stop at corporate thresholds. And they can’t be stopped by just a single vendor solution. It takes constant vigilance. And it takes a community coming together. Threat information sharing and trust groups have helped protect the financial sector for years. Soon they will protect many others. What happens when a community collaborates? Or many communities share? Community-driven defenses may just be the future of cyber security.
The Value of Information Sharing
About 14 years ago, the financial services sector realized that many threats could be prevented or minimized by carefully and properly sharing threat information with each other. Say that large Bank A gets attacked by cyber criminals and lets Bank B know that the attack is underway. Bank B can take immediate action to prevent a similar attack. Cyber criminals often practice their attacks on small community institutions or on regional banks before they take their attacks more broadly. And in many cases, once they perfect their attacks, they go after many financial institutions at once. Information sharing is the cornerstone to a Community Defense model so that a specific sector can start to turn the tables on attackers and make it more difficult and costly to attack, and reduce the cost and effort to defend. For example in the financial sector, sharing real-time, actionable information helps protect and preserve critical assets including, funds, customer account data and payment processes. For other sectors, it means the protection of lives, of intellectual property and of continuity of critical systems that keep an economy running strong.
Best Practices Developed by Information Sharing and Analysis Centers
But there have to be processes, best practices and safeguards as information is shared. A Presidentially mandated construct, called an Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or ISAC, is available in nearly every critical sector in order to help facilitate sharing. There are ISACs for Healthcare, Technology, Transportation, Energy and many more. One of the best known is the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or FS-ISAC. FS-ISAC is a non-profit, member-created and member-owned organization that has perfected information sharing between financial institutions of all sizes, all over the world. With over 5000 members, FS-ISAC shares threat intelligence and distills it down into actionable information for institutions of any size.
Each ISAC uses its sector’s vast resources (people, processes, and technology) to aid the entire sector with situational awareness and advance warning of new physical and cyber security threats, incidents, and vulnerabilities. Those that are active with their sector, ISAC are able to share relevant details of an attack, even as the attack unfolds. While members often digest the information available, they find increased value in ISACs when they also contribute information back to other members. Members learn to trust other members, and hence share more and more information. Sharing can occur via electronic means, live meetings, and special interest groups. ISACs have helped develop core processes, for example Circles of Trust. With this concept, members earn each other’s trust. They share detailed threat information most frequently with those they trust the most and with those that can most benefit from that exact type of information.
Cyber Security Intelligence—From a Trickle to a Flood.
Information sharing works. Over the past few years it has become an invaluable part of cyber defenses in critical sectors and has helped prevent, minimize or mitigate the impact from attacks including Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, targeted attacks, advanced persistent threats, nation state attacks, cyber criminal attacks, attacks against critical processes and many more.
At the same time that information sharing has become so important; the actual threat data available to analyze security threats has passed the tipping point. What used to be a small trickle is now a gushing torrent. Thousands of threat indicators flood in from many sources, some reliable, some not. According to some estimates, the average analyst can take up to seven hours to process a single piece of threat intelligence. No single organization can do it all. And no single vendor provides a comprehensive solution that addresses the entire threat intelligence lifecycle.
“Today’s threat intelligence sharing must occur at network speeds. It needs to be available for all critical sectors”
It’s time to rethink this whole process. What if the same practices around threat intelligence sharing that have helped defend the financial critical infrastructure could be re-created at machine speed? And then applied to other critical sectors? What if many hours of analysis turn into mere seconds? Having proven, effective information sharing processes is the first part of forming a Community Defense. But once you have those processes established, automating them creates tremendous efficiencies.
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The Automation of Threat Intelligence Sharing
Nearly two years ago, FS-ISAC realized that its membership would require threat intelligence to be automated. While several private sector solutions were being developed around threat intelligence, it would require a cross-organization, cross-vendor, even a cross-sector approach to establish the backbone for automated information sharing. FS-ISAC partnered with The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry to develop just such a solution. Called Soltra Edge, this security automation platform codifies the ‘Circles of Trust’ utilized in critical information sharing. It enables confident, straight through processing of threat intelligence to help immediately reduce risks & threats as they unfold.
“Today, most cyber threat information is provided manually to users from various, unconnected industry sources. Because of this, on an average, it can take firms seven hours to evaluate each threat,” states Mark Clancy, CEO of Soltra, CISO of DTCC and Board Member of FS-ISAC. “With Soltra Edge, one organization’s incident becomes everyone’s defense. The solution will enable clients to send, receive, and store cyber security threat intelligence in a streamlined and automated format, enabling these firms to deploy safeguards against a potential cyber attack.”
Soltra Edge helps take threat intelligence in many formats and normalizes this data using open standards known as including Structured Threat Information eXchange (STIX) and Trusted Automated eXchange of Indicator Information (TAXII) so that the intelligence can be easily processed and used. This platform is designed to support a Community Defense model in each sector, and also helps share information across sectors. It’s designed for use by thousands of critical entities and is also designed to plug in to dozens of cyber security software solutions from private sector vendors.
A Community Defense approach, supported by active information sharing and enhanced with automation should be a key piece of today’s cyber strategy for many organizations. Proven models are out there. Best practices are in use and effective. Automation is available. Many organizations can benefit from this approach and experience the ISAC motto: “One organization’s incident becomes everyone’s defense.”
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Like many parts of Spain, Madrid will see quite a few processions and church services to mark Easter. In Spain, both Holy Thursday and Good Friday of Holy Week are official holidays and it is typical to see processions from many churches, with religious statues being carried by local people. It is not unusual to see statues being carried by around 20 people (often situated underneath the platform on which the statue is placed). These statues will reside in the churches, often in side chapels for the rest of the year.
The statues will usually depict the various scenes leading up the crucifixion of Christ and drums and bands will accompany the statues. Madrid is no exception to this and you can see the processions all over the city from Thursday to Saturday – probably the best area to view procesions is in and around the Plaza Mayor. One of the strangest sights is to see people dressed up, in what many would term ‘Klu-Klux-Klan, robes – these, I believe, are often people who are looking for penitence.
In addition, some of the more well-know churches, like the Real Iglesia de San Ginés and San Jerónimo el Real will be holding requiems over this period. For a detailed itinerary, download the 2004 Easter Week pdf from the Madrid City council website.
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A Silent DwellingLa Tourette
Chaste, spare, and uncluttered, Le Corbusier’s proto-brutalist style lends itself to the quiet setting of a priory.
‘Space and light and order,’ Le Corbusier once remarked, ‘those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.’ The Swiss architect’s words ring particularly true when whispered within the concrete halls of the Sainte-Marie de la Tourette, a monastery he designed and built for a Dominican order of silent monks between 1953 and 1961. The building is a veritable fortress of late Modernist simplicity, and one of Corbusier’s last completed buildings in Europe.
Burrowed in the hills of Éveux, a French town just west of Lyon, La Tourette makes gentle but scrupulous use of its sloping landscape. Undulating glass panes wash the reinforced concrete in natural light, while the architect’s signature piloti columns accommodate the unwieldy hypotenuse of the hillside. The structure is composed of three floors and a flat rooftop cloister engulfed by grass. At the lowest level, there is a refectory and chapter house, with a ramp that serves as a sequestered passageway to the attached church. Cavernous communal spaces populate the second floor, including a library, a porter’s lodge, and a series of study rooms with striking reds, greens and yellows to mark their doors. These colours provide a stark but somewhat complementary contrast to the béton brut: like the varying sizes of Corbusier’s gridded windows, they are welcome aberrations from the overall formality. The convent’s third level is reserved for accommodation. Every cell hosts a balcony that faces outwards onto the serene, self-contained landscape, while the monastery itself curves in a U-shape around a similarly secluded courtyard.
At La Tourette, Corbusier’s proto-brutalist style lends itself sublimely to the quiet setting of a priory. Chaste, spare, and uncluttered, it is a stunning blend of meticulous form and charming eccentricity. While commissioning the monastery, Father Marie-Alain Couturier’s single architectural request was to ‘create a silent dwelling for one hundred bodies and one hundred hearts’, and in this respect, Corbusier has certainly delivered. Today, La Tourette exists as both a research centre and meeting place. It is a monument that continues to bridge philosophical study and austere beauty; intellectual passion, and quiet contemplation. | <urn:uuid:27f43b87-d1ba-4ad7-bfc9-5c3775f26405> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://readcereal.com/a-silent-dwelling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.920122 | 553 | 2.375 | 2 |
The Women’s Guide to Care and Maintenance of Yourself doesn’t include a chapter on how to get rid of smell between breasts. This unfortunately all-too-common problem among large-breasted lassies has been described as metallic or vinegary. Some women say it smells like sour milk, which probably makes sense to any woman who has ever had a baby. No matter how you describe the aroma, we can all agree that breasts are not supposed to smell bad.
Having larger breasts means the girls are more than likely less perky than a woman who has a smaller chest. As a result, the body creates a natural landing strip on your chest where bacteria can gather and grow, creating the perfect place for stankiness to originate. The reason not all breast funk smells the same is that every person’s body chemistry is slightly different. In some cases, it has more of a musty quality but in others, the effect is more like you’ve been slapped across the face by fetidness.
How to Get Rid of Smell Between Breasts
1 Let Your Girls Breathe
If you have the chance to go without a bra, do it. Letting the air get at your skin can help to dissipate the odor in some cases. This is an easy, no-cost option to try, and you can always check out one of the other suggestions on the list if it doesn’t work for you.
2 All Natural Lemon Solution
Get a lemon and cut it in half. Rub it all over the areas between and under your breasts where you notice the funky smell. The lemon will cut through the smell within a minute or two. Problem solved.
3 Apply Summer’s Eve Powder
Apply Summer’s Eve Powder to the affected area to keep it dry. Making this part of your regular post-shower routine will help to make sure the smell problem doesn’t come back once you have it dealt with. Shake a small amount of the powder into your hand and apply it between the breasts. Don’t forget the undercarriage; this is also a place where sweat tends to build up and can definitely lead to some major stinkiness if left unchecked.
Stamp Out Breast Smell from Yeast or Fungal Infection
1 Grapefruit Seed Extract and Water Solution
If you suspect the problem is due to a yeast infection on your skin, mix up a solution of Grapefruit Seed Extract and water. Rinse the affected area a couple of times per day. Continue to do so for at least a week after the problem clears up. This product is available at health food stores.
2 Go for Antifungal Cream
An anti-fungal cream, like the kind used to treat athlete’s foot, can be used on other parts of the body. Read the instructions and apply a small amount to the affected area. If the odor does not stop or gets worse, you will need to see a doctor.
3 Vagisil it Away
Another solution for dealing with the problem how to get rid of smell between breasts is to grab a tube of Vagisil and apply the product to your skin. It should be non-irritating, and you will be able to determine rather quickly if this solution will work for you. A doctor or pharmacist can answer specific questions about how long it may take to work.
Get Rid of Breast Smell Coming from Your Bra
1 Keep Your Cup Holders Immaculate
Many women are hesitant about washing a bra in the machine too often because it will damage the elastic and will wear the same one for a few days as a result. If you are noticing an aroma coming from your girls, it may be accumulated sweat that is getting trapped in your bra. If the fabric is a synthetic, it doesn’t breathe, and just sits there. Wash your bra by hand in using a mild soap and water solution and hang it to dry. This can help preserve the elastic and give you a clue whether the smell is the fabric or coming from a skin condition.
2 Baby Wipes and Deodorant Solution
Tuck a travel pack of baby wipes into your bag and use it to freshen up the underside of your breasts and your bra band during the day. In the warmer months, some women can actually feel a bit damp in this area, and it may be helpful to apply some deodorant under the breast fold as part of their morning routine. If you are considering this option, the best choice would be one that goes on “dry” and does not make the skin feel sticky.
3 Baby Powder or Cornstarch Your Cups
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Overture To A Holiday In Berlin
Bandleader Johnny Otis, who Frank had met in high school and whose mustache-and-imperial look he’d adopted, led the band during the recording of “Overture to ‘A Holiday in Berlin’” while Frank worked in the control booth. The short song was recorded at T.T.G. Studios in Hollywood during the Hot Rats sessions. This and its corresponding piece hadn’t been renamed “Holiday in Berlin” until October of 1968; Frank had written some of the music in 1961 for the movie The World’s Greatest Sinner. The students who’d attended the Mothers’ Berlin show on October 16 had tried to get Frank to help with their violent anti-government activities, and when he’d refused, they’d thrown tomatoes and other things at the band. | <urn:uuid:2e3c405f-aa55-4f6a-b178-7ff39e9250a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Overture_To_A_Holiday_In_Berlin&oldid=653 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.972531 | 186 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Top 4 In-Demand Jobs in 2019
Top 4 In-Demand Jobs in 2019
If you’re planning to begin a financially satisfying career after you graduate from college, having a degree isn’t enough. You would also need to possess a specific set of skills that would make you a good choice for employers. If you think that finding a high-paying job is easy, think again.
Considering the instability of current market trends, there’s no assurance that an in-demand job today will still stay in-demand a few years from now. It’s an understatement to say that it’s important to read up on the latest economic trends so that you can have an idea about what the job market looks like in the future.
What are the Top 4 In-Demand Jobs in 2019?
The solution to job security is to determine and pursue training in a field that is most needed in the changing workplace. Whether you’re a high school graduate who’s still trying to figure out what type of degree major to pursue or an adult who’s itching to start a career, Goodwill Car Donations wants to help you by sharing these top four in-demand jobs in 2019:
1. Registered Nurse
Although this job largely involves coordinating and managing patient care, nurses also educate their patients about their health conditions while providing them and their families with emotional support. Nurses can specialize in different fields such as substance addiction, public health, cancer, heart disease, and birth and delivery. Registered nurses can either have a bachelor’s or associates degree along with a license.
2. Computer System Analyst
One of the main roles of computer system analysts is to help businesses and companies assess and evaluate their systems and use information technology to solve the attendant problems. Employers prefer hiring analysts with a background in business administration. Healthcare systems are also in need of computer system analysts as they convert manual record-keeping into electronic records.
3. Medical Assistant
As healthcare facilities continue to expand to meet the public’s increasing demands, more and more medical assistants will be needed to help with the facilities’ administrative tasks. The job’s functions include cleaning wounds, collecting specimens, and updating and organizing patient records. Employers would prefer to hire someone who’s familiar with electronic record keeping.
4. Financial Manager
Analyzing and managing a company or business financial accounts is one of the roles of a financial manager. They also look for ways to increase the company’s profit by reading the latest market trends. Someone with a background in finance, accounting, or business administration may be required for the position.
Help Disadvantaged Folks Find Rewarding Jobs
If you want to help the disadvantaged residents in your community by giving them a chance to land stable and rewarding jobs, you can easily do so by donating an unwanted vehicle to Goodwill Car Donations.
We sell at auction all vehicles donated to us and use the proceeds to support the critical programs of the Goodwill organizations nearest your location. These nonprofits cater to disadvantaged individuals – those men and women in your community who are burdened with various forms of disabilities, lack of education, and other personal barriers to employment and a decent life. Goodwill uses the funds to sustain the delivery of various essential services to your community such as skills and job training, career development and placement, scholarships, youth employment, livelihood, disability benefits support, and other community-building support services.
When you team up with us, you’ll enjoy plenty of donors’ benefits including free towing services, the privilege to receive a top tax deduction in the next tax season, and the joy of knowing that you’ll be helping needy people get the education they lack and the stable and rewarding jobs they need.
You can get started with your car donation right now by filling out our online donation form here or calling us at 866-233-8586. We accept nearly all types of vehicles regardless of their age and condition.
Uplift Lives and Boost Your Community with a Vehicle Donation!
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Hello Everyone! I’m Ted Kniker, Senior Vice President of Enlighteneering, and Chair of AEA’s Government Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG). During our 25th anniversary year, the TIG sponsored a lively reflection on What is “Government” Evaluation from a multi-cultural perspective? The term “government evaluation” can mean so many different things.
- For example does it mean “federal, state or local?” The TIG was originally started 25 years ago as a State and Local Government group, and has expanded to include evaluators from federal government, evaluation contractors, non-profit evaluators affected by government policies and practices and as well as managers in various organizations responsible for issues of organizational performance.
- Does it mean funded, sponsored, or conducted? The think tank session attendees agreed that a government evaluation focuses on a program that is either funded by or administered by a public sector entity. However, we struggled with whether a definition like that is still too limiting or even needed. When the ideas of policy and usage are introduced, government evaluation quickly includes a much larger universe of projects and evaluators.
- What does it mean internationally? As part of the discussion we learned from our friends from Japan that government evaluation means evaluating the government, and looking particularly for its inefficiencies. While many of us see government as context, others define it as the evaluand. We were reminded of the broadness of the term.
- What does the definition mean for the populations being evaluated? Does it carry connotations that affect credibility, validity, and participation? The group agreed that government evaluation requires the same standards of excellence in practice of any evaluation. But one of the populations that seem to go unchecked, is ourselves. A question that generated a lot of reflection was, when we conduct an evaluation in a government context, do we consider ourselves government evaluators? While members of other methodological and contextual groupings often refer to themselves in those terms (e.g. qualitative evaluation has qualitative evaluators), why not government?
Lesson Learned: Government Evaluation is inclusive. The attendees agreed that evaluators may have very narrow definitions of what government evaluation is and whether it applies to them, but that in reality it is far more expansive, has greater reach, and can include multiple contexts, evaluands, and methodologies. Far more evaluations can influence or be influenced by the government evaluation context. Therefore, government evaluation is a larger contextual group than might initially be thought. Have you worked in a government evaluation context but haven’t participated in the Government Evaluation TIG or attended the Government Evaluation TIG sponsored sessions? If so, we’d like to hear from you, or better yet, come join us! Here is our LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/grps/AEA-Government-Evaluation-TIG-6945047/about
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The City of Huntsville continues to observe National Preservation Month, and Historic Huntsville Foundation announced it will open a new exhibit for its ‘Rooted in History’ theme. This year it will pay tribute to Huntsville women leaders in the twentieth century.
“This exhibit is an homage to the people who just refused to take no for an answer and kept plugging forward,” Historic Huntsville Foundation Executive Director Donna Castellano told News 19.
“It’s to show the diversity of artists, to show the diversity of women change-makers in our area,” native Huntsville textile artist Tiavalya Befecadu said.
The historic Harrison Brothers Hardware on the Huntsville square will honor figures from the first female elected official in Madison County Alice Boarman Baldridge, to other suffragists and activists from multiple eras.
“This exhibit carries them through up until the 1980s, where they were civil rights activists, where they were advocates for equal pay for women, and where they were advocates for social justice,” Castellano said. “We believed that that was an important component of our preservation mission, is to bring out the histories not only of women and of black women and what they’ve done for our state, local, and national history. And we wanted to go beyond the suffrage movement because these women did not stop their activism, and their history did not stop in 1920.”
Be it clay pottery or quilting, featured artists in the exhibit with deep Huntsville connections believe visitors young and old can be inspired upon visiting.
“They are meant to be used,” potter Laura Silberman said of her pottery that will be available to purchase after the exhibit. “So the message is there visually, so if someone could just display it but then they can also use it on a daily basis. So the message is getting reinforced over and over and with somebody having the chance to use it in their daily lives, you’re suddenly making the message known over and over and over again.”
“I just think there’s always a chance to educate our youth about what’s going on, where we’ve come from and how we’re going to move forward with our future,” Befecadu said.
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In mid 1990, American President Companies began super load compartment rail administration from Woodhaven, Michigan to Ford Motor Company’s auto gathering plant in Hermosillo, Mexico. APC facilitates all the data, transportation, and stock dealing with important to get parts and parts from sellers and grouping load them into holders for conveyance on a without a moment to spare premise to Hermosillo.
The development incorporates coordination north of four railways and with Mexican traditions authorities for sans delay leeway. At the plant, Ford has fabricated a cutting edge stack train terminal to smooth the progression of sequenced parts into gathering tasks. APC gives cranes and the executives to separate the compartments. The accomplices team up to return compartments to the United States conveying parts created in the Maquiladora area and concentrated aspect racks.
A stockroom administration adventure of Lever Brothers and Distribution Centers, Inc. is proving to be fruitful. DCI has assembled, staffed, and works a super advanced devoted conveyance distribution center for the toiletries producer in Columbus, Ohio. The organizations share the advantages and dangers: on the off chance that stockroom usage falls under a specific point, Lever helps cover the overhead; consequently, DCI shares the usefulness benefits when use moves toward full-limit economies of scale. A comparative game plan exists between Lever Brothers and Dry Storage Corporation in Atlanta.
Schneider National outfitted beginning mechanized cek jasa pengiriman planning and electronic information trade for 90 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company delivering areas that were patching up their transportation tasks in the last part of the 1980s. The help included coordination of cargo travel and related documentation for all engine transporters 3M was utilizing. 3M got the advantages of the most recent data innovation, and Schneider acquired and still partakes in the place of cross country center transporter for 3M.
These models outline coordinated operations partnerships that are becoming ordinary business game plans. Practically unfathomable 10 years prior, such arrangements are presently spreading as a method of bringing down dispersion and capacity working expenses. For some makers and merchants, these endeavors offer chances to drastically work on the nature of client assistance.
The administrators in an average understanding are a supplier of altered operations administrations and a maker of products that together designer and send off a framework to speed merchandise to clients. However, there are different structures as well, similar to courses of action between two specialist organizations and between two item advertisers.
Re-appropriating of transportation or warehousing necessities to an expert is, obviously, an ordinary matter. What is surprising with regards to the connections depicted here is the imaginative way wherein the gatherings coexist their tasks to get common advantages. A great representation is Drug Transport, Inc., which has cut out a specialty in under load conveyance in the drug and office supply fields.
To allow wholesalers to offer day by day conveyance to retail clients at determined occasions, the Atlanta-based transporter has set up a variety of administrations and valuing. The rates depend on ensured conveyance, at a proper charge, to the retailer of whatever item amount is required. The charge depends on normal shipment weight at a rate haggled ahead of every 30-day arranging period. | <urn:uuid:c7c020d4-9007-46a5-8720-f796d3e6ed4e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.zombiescience.co.uk/the-strategic-benefits-of-logistics-alliances/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.929552 | 654 | 1.703125 | 2 |
The outcome of Friday night’s Ocean Springs, Miss., high school football game rested entirely on the shoulders of the homecoming queen.
That’s right, Kaylee Foster was crowned at halftime and then kicked the extra point in overtime to lead the team to victory, 13-12.
Kaylee’s success isn’t unique. Tiaras and football pads are becoming a thing in America.
Last fall, North Carolina kicker Julia Knapp was crowned homecoming queen and the offensive player of the game. In Grand Blanc, Mich., last year linebacker Alicia Woollcott was the second high school football player in her state to be voted homecoming queen. In the past year, at least five states have celebrated these queens who wear football jerseys.
While fewer US teens are playing high school football, the number of girls donning cleats is rising. It’s still a small number. But kudos to the young women redefining gender stereotypes. "Don’t feel sorry for me and don’t help me up when I get knocked down, I know what I’m doing and I know why I’m here,” Alicia told her coach.
On a Friday night, with a few seconds left, the game hanging in the balance, every coach wants an athlete who’s poised, consistent, and fearless in the face of adversity. Those are qualities that have nothing to do with gender.
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it is well known that the quality of sperm men can be “undermined” environmental conditions and way of life. For example, obesity and its associated diabetes type II diabetes – the most common risk factors that worsen the reproductive health of person.
In previous work, the scientists found that male fruit flies who consumed excessive amounts of sugar just before mating were more likely to produce offspring who are overweight.
a Little later, similar experiments with laboratory mice suggest that the occurrence of obesity in the offspring of animals-sweets play the role of special molecules, the so-called non-coding RNAS.
These molecules in the body quite a lot. Recall that the word “non-coding” means that they do not affect the gene sequence in the DNA chain, that is itself the hereditary information in them is not changed.
What do these molecules? Some of them, for example, change the “settings” DNA: running a chemical modification of DNA, they indirectly “include” or “turn off” genes and, consequently, affect the process of their work.
Fragments of such RNA in large quantity is represented not only in the sperm of fruit flies and mice, but also in the sperm of the man. However, until now these specific molecules has remained largely unexplored. Must have known only one thing: these molecules are associated with sperm motility.
In his new scientific work group of experts from Germany University in Sweden finally got to studying non-coding human RNAS and examined the influence of the nutritional needs of men for this important component of semen.
In particular, scientists were interested in how changing the quantity of sweets in the diet affects the RNA molecules responsible for sperm motility men.
in order to examine this question, experts have developed the following experiment, which involved 15 healthy non-Smoking young men of normal weight whose average age was 22 years.
In for two weeks, they adhered to a healthy diet with one exception: in the second week of the experiment to the daily balanced diet of the participants was added 375 grams of sugar.
For comparison, same amount of sugar gets people drinking 3.5 liters of carbonated drinks or eats 450 grams of a variety of sweets daily, explain the authors of the scientific article. We add that, according to who recommendations, the rate for men is only 25 grams of sugar a day.
In the study, three experts evaluated the sperm motility of young volunteers: at the beginning, after the first week (during which they ate only healthy food) and at the end of the second (when the participants were consuming increased amounts of sugar).
Explain that the mobility of the germ cells is an important indicator of semen quality and fertility (ability to conceive offspring) men.
According to the authors, in the beginning third of the participants in the sperm motility were reduced. The percentage of men with “lazy sperm” is observed in the General population.
In the process of conducting the experiment, the scientists were surprised to find that the sperm motility of all participants were normalized (these figures were obtained after two weeks of the experiment).
“[Thus] we see clearly that food affects sperm motility, and these changes are associated with defined molecules [RNA]. Our study revealed rapid effects [change diet] and showed that the mobility of sex cells can change within just one to two weeks,” says study leader Anita est (Anita st) in a press release from the University.
However, scientists can not yet say with certainty whether this result with the consumption of sugar or with a healthy diet.
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According to the findings, the power to directly influence the amount of RNA that is responsible for sperm motility. So, after two weeks of the experiment the number of these molecules in the semen of volunteers has increased significantly.
And the result of this scientific work is interesting primarily from the point of view of how sensitive was the sperm to changes in supply and how quickly “responded” to them.
a Group of Swedish scientists plans to continue their research in more detail and to explore the relationship between male fertility and the number of molecules of non-coding RNAS in sperm.
the researchers Also of Sweden plan to develop diagnostic methods to accurately determine the number of specialized RNA and to assess the semen quality, including in preparation for in vitro fertilization.
a Detailed description of the scientific works published in PLOS Biology open access.
Add that “News.Science” (nauka.vesti.ru) previously reported studies in which low sperm motility was associated with low chances (on the basis of this phenomenon even create a “molecular condom”).
we Also talked about the fact that obesity confers on the sperm of men thousands of mutations, a simple way to improve male reproductive health and how poor semen quality could trigger recurrent miscarriages in women.
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Versatile durability for the complete vehicle by powder coating automotive parts
A vehicle presents a wide range of substrates to be protected and decorated with coatings. From bodywork and bumpers to wheels and suspension components, powder coating automotive parts is becoming more and more the go-to solution for the industry. It is durable, efficient, environmentally friendly, and attractive. Increasingly the coating industry is turning to greener and more efficient coatings as regulations and attitudes change. Automotive powder coating can be OEM-applied or refinish, with the vast share of the market being OEM coatings.
In this article we take a close look at automotive powder coating, both OEM-applied and refinish, and its various benefits and applications. We also take a look at the companies leading the industry of powder coating automotive parts in Qatar.
Why powder coating automotive parts beats liquid coatings
Powder coating is a coating process where paint is applied to a substrate in the form of a dry powder which cures through baking. Baking causes the dry powder to melt and flow, forming bonds with the substrate and crosslinking to create a hard and resilient barrier. Coating a vehicle is a complex process. With many different substrates with different needs, a vehicle requires a variety of specially formulated coatings in order to perform at its best for the longest possible time. The automotive industry still predominantly relies on liquid paints for its coatings, although changing regulations and more efficient coatings are having some effect.
Three of the reasons for using a powder coat rather than a liquid paint are:
- PERFORMANCE: Powder coatings are durable and more resistant to corrosion, scratches, abrasion, and damage than liquid paint. They also have excellent color retention, gloss retention, and do not run or drip.
- ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY: Unlike liquid paints, powder coating emits zero or near-zero VOCs, and, because overspray can be collected and recycled, no hazardous wastes. It is also solvent-free.
- EFFICIENT: Single coat applications, thin or thick film applications, a fast cure time, and lower material and operational costs are all benefits to powder coating.
The process of powder coating automotive parts and surfaces
Currently, the OEM and refinish markets for powder coating automotive parts focus on specific areas. In these areas powder coating is chosen for its powerful durability and toughness. There are both interior and exterior applications for automotive powder coating:
- OEM PRIMER & CLEAR COAT: As a metal substrate that is exposed to all the elements, corrosion is serious concern for vehicles. As well as a corrosion resistant e-coat, a powder coat primer layer is applied which provides stone chip protection and prevents damage from breaking through to the bare substrate. The final clear coat can also be powder, using the chemical resistant, weather resistant, and UV stable properties to seal and protect the underlying layers.
- HEAT RESISTANT POWDERS: There are plenty of substrates on a vehicle that are exposed to high heat. To protect these substrates from possible damage, the can be coated with heat-resistant powder coating. The powders are usually epoxy and silicone-based and provide heat resistance for temperatures ranging from 200°C to 550°C. Exhausts and engine parts principally benefit from this treatment.
- UNDERBODY PROTECTIVE COATING: The underside of a vehicle is particularly vulnerable to damage and corrosion and it needs to withstand everything the road can throw at it. A powder coat’s corrosion resistant and tough finish protects the underbody from this.
- AFTERMARKET COATING: A large section of the consumer market for powder coating automotive parts and surfaces is aftermarket refinish. Wheels, grilles, carburetor parts, engine casings, radiators, and plenty more aesthetic details can be powder coated in specialty garages and shops.
The increasing demand for automotive powder coating
Automotive coatings is a big industry, and many manufacturers and companies are active in Qatar. AkzoNobel’s powder coating brand Interpon manufacture a product series designed especially for wheel manufactures, called Interpon A4000. Axalta produces powder coatings for transportation through their brand Alesta. This includes bodywork, interior plastic coating and special coatings for commercial vehicles, buses, and trains. PPG is another big name in powder coating automotive parts, with OEM automotive and transportation coatings. The top five automotive refinish coatings companies are Axalta Coatings (Cromax, Spies Hecker, and Standox), AkzoNobel (Sikkens, Dynacoat, and Wanda), BASF (Glasurit, LIMCO), PPG Industries, and Sherwin-Williams.
The powder coating industry is driving innovation in automotive coatings, chiefly as a greener, lower-carbon footprint, more cost efficient alternative to liquid paint. AkzoNobel and Citroën recently partnered in producing the first ever full body monocoat powder coating to be used on a passenger vehicle in Europe. The matt black textured coating is still in design stages, but the face of automotive powder coating is changing.
Find a company specialized in powder coating automotive parts
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Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda sit side by side on Sothearos Boulevard and while they are two separate complexes, they are visited as one.
Cambodia’s Royal Palace complex was begun by King Norodom I (ruled 1860-1904) in 1886, when the capital was moved to Phnom Penh. Most buildings were completed before World War I, with involvement by French administrators and Thai designers and architects. French influence can be seen in the formal gardens which enhance the palace, and there are some European-style buildings on the grounds. Now Royal Palace is a home to His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Sihamoni, King of Cambodia.
Royal palace has four gates. The eastern Victory Gate leads directly to the entrance of the throne hall and is used only by royalty and VIPs. The northern or funeral gate is only opened after the death of a monarch. After being embalmed, the monarch’s body is kept in state at the palace for three months, with the face hidden by a one-kilogram solid gold mask, before being taken out via this gate. The west or executing gate was used by condemned prisoners exiting the palace to be killed. The southern gate is reserved for use by commoners and it is through this gate the public reaches the Silver Pagoda.
At the top of palace’s throne hall, note the four pale, almost clown-like faces, which represent the all-seeing king. The hall itself is painted vivid yellow, a symbol of Buddhism, and white, for Hinduism, the two main faiths of Cambodia until they were combined into one by Jayavarman VII in the 12th century. The central door of the five at the front of the throne hall are reserved for royalty and VIPs. Inside, note the 1913 ceiling mural telling the story of the Ramayana. The thick carpet supplied by China in 1993 matches the lotus-bud floor tiles.
The king sits on the front throne and the queen, when there is one, on the one at the rear during their coronation. The queen’s throne is taller as it is built upon a golden stage made of boats and nagas. It has three stairways, one for her and one for each of the two Brahmin priests who look after her during the ceremony. To the left of the throne is a gold bust of King Sisowath (1904-1927) and to the right stands that of King Monivong (1927-1941).
At the October 2004 coronation of the ballet-dancing son of former king Sihanouk, King Sihamoni, both thrones were left empty as he does not have a queen, and he sat in the ornate chair in front of the throne. Normally a coronation is lavish and runs for seven days, but due to the kingdom’s lack of money, at the request of Sihamoni it was cut to just three. Note the new parasol, which belongs to Sihamoni for the entirety of his rule.
The small white building to the right of the hall is a resting room that used to be used by royalty to catch their breath before climbing onto an elephant to head out into the world.
Royal sermons and classical dances would be held in the front pavilion that looks over the park between the Royal Palace and the river.
The king’s residence was built in the 1930s. If the blue royal flag is flying, he is in residence.
On the far right sits the royal guesthouse. Following the death of former king Sihanouk’s father, his mother moved from the residence to this building. Today it is used as a guesthouse for special guests of royalty.
To the left of the throne hall sits another small building. The downstairs section contains a small clothing display, including copies of the clothes Sihamoni wore during his coronation. At the rear, note the seven mannequins wearing seven days’ worth of colors.
Behind and to the left of this building en route to the Silver Pagoda is the oddest building: a grey, mostly cast-iron gift from France which was initially constructed in Egypt. It was shipped to Cambodia in 1876 as a gift from Napolean III.
Visitors are only allowed to visit the palace’s Silver Pagoda and its surrounding compound. However, photography is not permitted inside the pagoda itself. Visitors need to wear shorts that reach to the knee, and T-shirts or blouses that reach to the elbow; otherwise, they will have to rent an appropriate covering. The palace gets very busy on Sunday when countryside Khmers come to pay their respects, but this can be a fun way to experience the place, thronging with locals.
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Brown is often an over-looked color when it comes to body art. We’re used to all-black designs, colorful rainbow pieces, and the use of vivid colors to enhance our tattoos. But the power of a brown ink tattoo; of burnt sienna; of chocolate; of amber – These shades can be just as alluring, if not, more enticing and elegant than using a color that might end up looking awkward on our skin tone.
Here at Creem, we’ve found 65 lovely photos of tattoos that include the use of some form of brown. You can use the color to help shade in realistic art pieces (tats of things that are actually brown in reality), or to enhance abstract creations.
Brown is a gentle mix of all the colors, and here are the 65 tattoos that’ve turned out looking marvelous with its use:
1. Henna Tree If you’re unsure whether or not to get a tat of any kind, you can always tray it out in henna first to ensure you’ll be getting exactly what you want and that it will actually look good on you!
2. Sienna Feet This beautiful design uses a burnt sienna shade of brown to enhance the beauty of the surrounding vivid colors of blues and pinks.
3. Flower Toning Many flowers are done in pinks and reds – and using different shades of brown can enhance either color, creating a dimensional appeal to the tat.
4. Black & Brown Match Brown and black can look lovely together if done correctly. The trick is to not use too much of either, creating an even balance.
5. Christmas Favorite in the Detail This tattoo wouldn’t be the same if Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree wasn’t brown along with the little stand beneath it.
6. Shades Darker If you have lighter skin, sometimes black can make your skin look paler and many of us don’t want that. Use browns to outline your designs instead.
7. Bird in Flight This simple little bird looks more realistic instead of tribal since brown was used instead of black.
8. Drawing You To Her Eyes Many times, brown is a great color to use surrounding a small delicate color such as the green eyes above.
9. Ancient Sea Journey If you like tats that display old-time or ancient scenes, you’re bound to need brown for the details.
10. Blended into the Skin This guy has bronze-toned skin, and his tattoo evenly fades from his skin color into a deep brown and eventually to the edges of each segment which are black.
11. Enhancing the Mold Well, if you’re into tats that include rotting animals, you’re bound to need some brown ink in there somewhere.
12. More Subtle than Black These flowers simply wouldn’t be the same using any other color. They’re more delicate looking and appealing with the use of brown.
13. Browning Leaves A great example of both deep shades of brown in the leaves and lighter shades within the heart.
14. Autumn Flowers Not all of us want rainbow colored butterflies. This one has an almost moth-like appearance surrounded by flowers that could be looming on death.
15. Faint Freedom Since this tat was done on the neck, the wearer wanted it to be a bit more subtle than a black tattoo that would have stolen the grace of the bird.
16. Peacock’s Beauty Teals and yellows make lovely pairs when different shades of browns surround them.
17. Shaded Amber Sleeve Here we can see brown and white ink used together to shape the tat on the left. Very close to the wearer’s skin tone.
18. Tribal Wings
This sienna shade just looks amazing and more unique than if it had been done with black.
19. Falling Blossoms Lovely Elegant flowers outlined in brown. The wearer can choose any amount of palate to shade them in.
20. Wonderland Blooms You can use brown to make your design reminiscent of your favorite movie – like here, it has a subtle Alice in Wonderland appeal.
21. Enhancing Colors Just a bit of brown was used here for shading, bringing out the other surrounding colors.
22. Lion’s Mane Even greens can work well with brown if done properly.
23. Edges of a Feather Brown can often be used on the edges of colors to blend into the skin.
24. Natural Portrait Black was used to encircle the beauty of this ink art, while a light brown was used for the intricate details.
25. Tinted & Shaded Black doesn’t always work well when shading – which is why some tat artists recommend brown.
26. Flowing Snake Fade If you have any oranges or reds in your design, brown can be used to help transition colors.
27. Brown Crab A little brown crap. Why not?
28. Pulling out the Lines This tat doesn’t look done yet, but we can see that brown is very important for the shading before additional colors are used.
29. Creepy Creature Usually sea monsters will have some form of awesome brown in their design!
30. A Hunter’s Favorite Most animals will have either brown fur or brown eyes. If you like animals, brown is a must.
31. Realistic Deer And if you’re thinking about making your animal look more realistic, you’ll definitely want to include browns in your design.
32. Griffin Domination This griffin has some brown shading done in its fur.
33. Lovely Little Owl Owls come in many colors, but brown owls are quite dominant.
34. Shaded Brown Skull A perfect example of how shading with brown can bring out the dimensions that a skull can have in ink.
35. Cute Chocolate Bunny This tattoo is reminiscent of a children’s book and wouldn’t look the same without brown ink!
36. Gorgeous Sienna Lines This gorgeous body piece has a plethora of brown ink, the vines a deep shade as well as some of the flowers’ abstract petals.
37. Easier on the Eyes Brown is often used to signify vines and natural floral shading.
38. Shaded to Perfection The brown shading here helps bring out the black numbers and music notes. If it had been shaded with black, we might not be able to see them as well.
39. Dragon’s Skin & Scales Black and brown duo within a dragon’s design – really quite original since many choose to use more vivid colors in dragon designs.
40. Enhancing Time’s Flight This symbolic piece needs no extra colors, brown being a perfect ink to catch onlookers eyes and try to interpret its meaning.
41. Artfully Crafted Lovely shades of brown used alongside black.
42. Riding the Clouds This samurai has been done in more natural colors.
43. Rusty Detail If you’ve any tat or want a tat to portray rust on metal, brown will do the trick.
44. Creating a Glow If you’ve darker skin, deep brown inks can help to make your natural tone have a glowing effect.
45. Bambi’s Dad Just a bit of subtle brown detail can help make a little tattoo pop.
46. The Power of Chocolate This piece is seemingly elegant and more natural looking than if it had been done in any other color.
47. Autumn Wishes An Autumn leaf wouldn’t be the same without differing shades of browns.
48. Native American Twist Brown is a gorgeous color to include in most Native American tattoos.
49. Coy Kitten We aren’t sure what this creature is, but it looks great with some brown shading!
50. From Red to Brown Brown ink can be used to help create a shimmering look on a red palate.
51. Dirty Snake in Skull Some of us like a dirty look to our tats, and deep shades of brown can do the trick.
52. Twisting Magic Tree This beautiful tree is done with various shades of deep and light browns to create a majestic look.
53. Medusa’s Wrath Mythological creatures will often have brown hair or fur – and in this case, shaded brown snakes.
54. Intriguing Tribal Tribute Tribal tattoos are predominantly done in black, but adding some brown can make yours unique and eye-catching.
55. Little Brown Seahorse Some animals that are normally done in tons of color can be replaced with shades of brown to make it more masculine.
56. Minor Details This black tattoo would look more devilish and daring with added browns and reds.
57. Within the Idea Brown and red can create a glowing effect around your tat.
58. A Hidden Message These words have a more ancient appeal to them done in deep brown.
59. Blending with Hair The small waves of brown created through this star will seemingly blend with the wearer’s hair.
60. Even Butterflies Have Brown
Brown ink helps yellows and reds transition into one another.
61. Tiger Treat A great example of brown being used to enhance a tiger’s appearance to give it more natural coloring.
62. Brown Haired Beauty This poor girl will forever be sad, but at least her brown hair will always look good.
63. Outlines Differing shades of browns and pinks used to create beautiful petals and branches.
64. The Thoughts Within Our one and only tat of purples and browns being used creatively to shape an abstract design coming out of this portrait’s head like thoughts.
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There are various food present in this world through which you can increase your memory power. All healthy foods have potential to increase memory power and boost brain. Before continue this article I want to ask you a question that I think will be most important question for you to develop your interest in healthy foods. Do you ever think what is exact meaning of healthy food? Most people would say food that provide energy and nutrients to our brain. This is almost true but the real meaning of healthy food is the food that gives our brain everything it is made of.
People eat junk food a lot because this gives them taste satisfaction but junk food never satisfy your brain because it does not provide brain that substances through which it is made and because of this people fell sleepy and stressed everyday.
Turmeric is one of the most famous spices due to its incredible work. Turmeric is the spices that we often put in every food item when we are going to cook it. When turmeric reaches in our brain through blood circulation in our body. It leaves massive impact in our brain. It makes our brain more healthy, functionable, and strong.
2) Dry Fruits
Dry Fruits and nuts are second thing that make your memory sharper and increases your memory. They also help you to reduce stress and prevent from many diseases. Dry fruits make your brain neurons stronger and generate more healthy cells in your brain. It also improve your brain functioning.
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People who eat non-vegetarian should eat fish to increase their brain power. More than 50% of our brain is made up of fat and fish is the food that contains a lot of fat and has the capacity to meet the needs of the brain. You may have noticed that people who live near coastal areas have incredibly sharp brains compared to those who do not live near coastal areas. All this is because their main food is seafood and in seafood their main food is fish. Now, that doesn’t mean your mind will never be sharp if you don’t live near a coastal area or you’re a vegetarian. You must consume foods that are high in fat to meet the needs of your brain.
4) Onion and Garlic
Many people do not use onion and garlic in cooking because they think if they use onion and garlic then this thing will make them toxic and angry in their daily life. But both these things also have a big advantage in our body when we consume them. It improves the blood circulation of our body and gives enough energy to our brain. Onion and Garlic also helps our mind to make it stable all day.
5) Soya Chunks
Soya Chunks has proved as most important food for vegetarians because Soya Chunks do all the work in our body which meat is done in any non-vegetarian body. In simple words, Power of soya chunks = power of meat. If we talk about the substance present in soya chunks, then it is rich in protein, which is also very helpful in strengthening the bones of a person.
6) Roasted gram
Roasted gram makes our mind stronger and improve memory. Roasted gram is a healthy snack for humans which also improves their digestive system. Along with this, it is also helpful in protecting us from many diseases and in weight management.
7) Warm water
You should always drink at least a glass of warm water in a day. If you wake up in the morning and drink water on an empty stomach, then it will be more effective for our body. Warm water is very helpful in blood circulation in our body. It helps our heart to properly circulate blood in our mind and body. Our brain consumes a lot of oxygen and blood for proper functioning and due to this easy circulation helps the brain to make it stronger.
8) Eggs and Milk
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Athletes with a torn ACL in their knee often complain of instability and giving way. An ACL reconstruction should restore stability of the knee and enable an athlete to return to sports. Many athletes choose to proceed with ACL surgery with the goal of returning to sports. In order to reconstruct your new ACL, your surgeon will need a graft. The graft will be used to replace or reconstruct your new ACL. The choice of the graft you chose may influence whether or not the ACL will tear again in the future.
Before your ACL surgery your Orthopedic Surgeon will discuss different graft choices which they can use to reconstruct your new ACL. Your ACL graft choice may impact your ability to remain active. Which ACL graft choice is in your best interest?
ACL Graft Choices:
- Autograft- Your own tissue
- Patella tendon graft
- quadriceps tendon graft
- Hamstring tendon grafts
- Allografts- cadaver grafts
At this time, the gold standard procedure to recreate an ACL in your knee remains an ACL reconstruction. The gold standard graft is currently considered to be the patella tendon autograft. But each graft choice, and the benefits and risks of each ACL graft choice should be considered carefully.
We asked 5 ACL Surgeons and reviewed their top ACL graft options.
In that Expert Series post we discussed cadaver ACL grafts versus ACL grafts using your own tissue (autograft). We also discussed the various ACL autograft options you have, such as the patella tendon graft versus a hamstring graft.
The debate over the superiority of using a graft from your own body (autograft) versus tissue from a cadaver (allograft) continues. Although to be honest, I’m not quite sure why. Virtually every study published in this area shows a clear advantage to using your own tissue during ACL surgery in high demand, young individuals. Many papers on ACL graft choice such as this one show that a cadaver ACL graft fails more often than an ACL created from your own tissue.
ACL Graft Choice
Yet another paper was recently published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine which compared the survivorship of a hamstring autograft versus a common allograft (tibialis posterior). This study was performed by the Armed Services. So these tend to be young, healthy and active people. The mean age was 29 and the follow up period was 10 years, which is quite long in this area of study.
The results of this research showed that people who had ACL surgery with a hamstring ACL graft from their own body had an 8% failure rate at 10 year follow up. In stark contrast, the group that underwent an ACL reconstruction with a cadaver (Allograft) ACL graft had a failure rate of 26%. So, you have a 4 fold increased risk of graft failure using an allograft in young, healthy active individuals.
Allograft use for ACL reconstruction led to a 26% failure rate…
In this video, Dr Jeff Berg and I discuss your ACL graft options:
Which ACL Graft Choice Is Best For You
There are reasons to use each of the ACL graft choice options you have.
- a 50 something tennis player with an unstable knee may do very well with a cadaver ACL graft.
- a competitive contact youth athlete will likely be given a patella tendon ACL graft, but should not receive an allograft.
- a competitive soccer player who requires quickness may also choose to use a patella tendon graft to minimize the risk of weakness sometimes associated with a hamstring ACL autograft. A single, quadrupled hamstring may be a good choice too… but can still lead to a little weakness.
- Hamstring autografts, especially if only one hamstring tendon is used can be a very effective graft for many athletes. Weakness in the hamstring muscles after ACL surgery is more likely to happen if both hamstring tendons are taken.
- The quadriceps tendon is gaining attention as a good graft option in primary and revision ACL surgery.
The proper ACL graft choice for you will depend on many variables. You should be prepared to review these choices with your surgeon. Understand why they are recommending one ACL graft choice versus another.
There are many Orthopedists out there who are still fighting this (allograft) downward trend and continue to use allograft in young, high demand individuals. They claim that if the grafts are not radiated (for sterility) then they should be strong and “do fine”. Well… this paper used grafts which were not radiated at all. Not even low dose. So, the arguments and proof against the use of allograft in young active people continues to pile up, and the arguments used by those who continue to use allograft are getting picked off one by one.
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e., walking), and object motion (i.e., toy car, ball) to distinguish the responses between human and object motion. We examined the spectral power changes in the sensorimotor, parietal, and temporal regions as well the time–frequency responses to observation of the three actions in the sensorimotor region. Methods Participants A total of 14 infants between the ages of 4 and 11 months (mean age: 7.08 months, eight males, six females) participated in this experiment. Four infants were excluded from analysis due
to movement or insufficient artifact free trials per #EPZ-6438 supplier keyword# condition. Parents provided information about the reaching and ambulatory experience of their infant. All infants were able to perform a reaching motion but
none had started to walk at the time of the experiment according to parent reports. Parents provided written consent according to the guidelines specified by the Human Ethics Review Board at the University of British Columbia. Stimuli Videos of 1.5-sec Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical duration depicting three different actions: human walking, hand reaching for objects, and object motion (toy car, rolling ball) were prepared. Adult actors were used for the reaching and Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical walking videos. Videos were recorded against a neutral background. Unlike previous studies, we did not show the face of the actors in any of the displays. A total of 60 videos (20 walking, 20 reaching, and 20 object motion) were included. Experimental setup and procedure Infants were seated on their parent’s lap in front of a 90-cm Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical projector screen at a viewing distance of approximately 190 cm. A camera was placed below the projection screen to monitor the infants’ eye and limb movements. Only trials with no limb movement and during which the infant observed the video displayed were included in the analysis. EEG recording and analysis EEG was recorded using an infant-sized 64-channel HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Nets (EGI, Eugene, OR). EEG was recorded with a Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical Net Amps 300 amplifier at a sampling rate of 250 Hz. Scalp electrode impedances were usually less than 50 kΩ. The signal was collected referenced to the vertex (Cz). The signal was
then filtered from 4 to 40 Hz, and a notch filter of 60 Hz was included. Since our primary interest was in understanding the location and sources of brain activity, we used source modeling rather than analysis of specific sensors/electrodes. Activity in every brain region is associated with a widespread topology 4-Aminobutyrate aminotransferase and thus a source montage was used to transform the EEG activity obtained from all the 151 channels into estimated contributions of a set of 15 separate brain regions using Brain Electrical Source Analysis (BESA) (MEGIS Software GmbH). Fast Fourier transforms were performed on single trials (1024 points Hanning window) and averaged for each condition. The EEG data for the central, parietal, and temporal regions were group averaged across all infants. | <urn:uuid:314ce6c0-9f84-439f-a70f-05fa4b9c6059> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://inhibitorlibraries.com/e-walking-and-object-motion-i-e-toy-car-ball-to-distingu | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.953333 | 645 | 2.25 | 2 |
Teen Birth Rate Reaches Record Low
The Department of Health Services on Tuesday announced a record-low teen birth rate of 38.1 births for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 19 in 2004, KPBS' "KPBS News" reports. In 2003, 38.9 births were reported for every 1,000 females in that age group (Goldberg, "KPBS News," KPBS, 8/3).
The decrease is the 13th consecutive year of lower teen birth rates in California and represents a 46.3% reduction in California's birth rate since its peak in 1991, according to the DHS report.
The report indicates that:
- Teen birth rates in 2004 decreased in 33 of 58 state counties, including eight of the 10 counties with the largest numbers of teen births;
- Kings County had the highest teen birth rate in 2004 with 71.1 births for every 1,000 females aged 15 to 19;
- Marin County had the lowest rate with 12 births per 1,000 females in that age group;
- Teen birth rates declined among all ethnic groups;
- Hispanic teens continue to have the highest birth rate, although the rate is declining; and
- Asian/Pacific Islander teens continue to have the lowest teen birth rate.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) said that lower teen birth rates result in increased high school graduation rates, fewer children placed in foster care and reduced public assistance program costs for state taxpayers. DHS estimates that teen births cost California residents $1.4 billion annually (Eureka Times-Standard, 8/2).
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Brazilian Portuguese and European Portugal Portuguese are extremely close languages. The differences between the two are similar to the variation between American English and British English. While these are basically the same language, there are acute differences between the version used in Brazil and the version used in Portugal.
Speech: The Primary Difference
There are obvious and distinct differences between Portugal Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese in terms of speech and pronunciation. As the two countries are in geographically separated areas, there are ways of pronouncing words that each group has developed accordingly. For instance, those who speak Brazilian Portuguese tend to accentuate ending vowel sounds. Conversely, in Portugal Portuguese, they tend to trail-off the ending vowel sounds. Brazilian Portuguese is characterized by open vowel sounds. Compared to these open noises, Portuguese from Portugal can sound more muffled. The formality of European Portuguese is very important to the language. For example, "voce" can be used in a wide variety of social situations in Brazil. While mostly informal, this way of referring to someone could also be accepted in a formal setting. In Portugal, however, "tu" is used only for casual settings and "voce" for formal settings. A Brazilian who incorrectly uses these terms in Portugal could find themselves being unintentionally offensive. These speech differences are derived from cultural diversity and pronunciation variations caused by accents.
Brazil and Portugal Grammar Differences
The word choices of Brazilians can sound "uncultured" to someone from Portugal as the words used are usually loose and at times awkward. Brazilians have little use for European Portuguese besides when it is used in books, radio, or television. Brazilians, being less tightly wound into formality, are more flexible with their words. Some nouns are used as verbs and some phrases condensed into one. For example, in European Portuguese, a congratulation is usually a phrase: “dar os parabéns.” However, in Brazilian Portuguese it is condensed into: “parabenizar." This condensing habit that Brazilians employ can be confusing due to the formality differences between European and Brazilian Portuguese. Strangely enough, often the converse is true and Portugal Portuguese is condensed. For example, “I am learning Portuguese” would be translated “Estou a aprender português” in Portugal. Notice that the verb “aprender” is not conjugated but is translated as learning because of the “a” in front of it. However, Brazilian Portuguese makes use of a conjugated ending to the verb: “Eu estou aprendendo português”.
Spelling: The Easy Part
Spelling is an entrancing subject when it comes to Portuguese. There are efforts in motion to make the Portuguese in Brazil and the Portuguese in Portugal more unified in terms of spelling. From this goal came The Orthographic Agreement. Orthography or spelling is a serious matter in both countries. In fact, spelling is ruled by law in both Brazil and Portugal. This provides obvious issues in the fact that these countries legally spell differently. To resolve this, an agreement between all Portuguese speaking countries was signed that went into effect in 2009. This agreement made countries acknowledge that both spellings of things are correct and unified spellings. Even with this in place, there are still differences. European Portuguese is resistant to change. Brazilian Portuguese, however, utilizes assimilation and does so in a very phonetical sense. This makes it obvious where the influence came from. Spelling differences are much easier to overcome with the agreement in place.
Brazilian Portuguese and European Portugal Portuguese spelling are almost one in the same. The acute differences that make each version unique is the cultural and historical stamp that each country provides. European Portuguese does tend to be more formal and rigid while Brazilian Portuguese is freer. Both versions are useful in consuming media from either country with the real difference being interpersonal communication. | <urn:uuid:47459243-903c-40b7-8079-049d76ec4898> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.traveldailylife.com/the-difference-brazilian-vs-portugal-portuguese-20265 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.960485 | 798 | 3.453125 | 3 |
30 Aug 2019 Kids and Money
You probably aren’t surprised to hear that I’d like to raise my kids to be generous, kind, patient, thrifty and modest–in all areas, including their wealth. I hope they’ll be capable of making smart financial decisions and have a healthy relationship with money.
It’s not surprising because we’d all love for our children to exhibit those characteristics. What is surprising is how few of us are actually having intentional conversations with our kids about money. We all have the best intentions but life gets busy and the kids get crazy. We find ourselves reacting to money questions with short, pat answers. When one of the kids asks if we can buy something we don’t need from Target, the answer they often hear is “not now” instead of a thoughtful answer about opportunity cost or needs vs. wants. For me, part of it was busyness. I also think it was the fact that I hadn’t taken the time to figure out exactly what I wanted to teach my kids about money and I certainly didn’t have a plan for how to do it.
Recently, I set out to come up with a framework that Crystal and I could use to begin teaching our kids about money. We wanted to give them the best shot of having money be a useful tool in their lives rather than a source of anxiety. In my research, I stumbled across Ron Lieber’s book The Opposite of Spoiled. Lieber is the “Your Money” columnist for the New York Times and has done extensive research on the topic of kids and money. I’ve found his book to be a fantastic resource for building a plan to engage our kids on the topic of money.
Lieber claims that his book is “intended to start conversations about money in our families, schools and communities. But it’s meant to be only the first word, not the last one,” and neither he, nor I, claim to have it all figured out. Keeping that in mind, I thought I’d tell you about some of the ideas in his book that I found helpful and interesting. If you have kids (of any age) and any of these ideas seem interesting to you, I hope you’ll pick up a copy and read it for yourself.
- Start talking to your kids about money early. Be open, honest and intentional.
- Every money conversation is also about values. Allowance is about patience. Giving is about generosity. Work is about perseverance. Negotiating needs and wants is about thrift and prudence.
- There are Big Questions that most parents will hear at some point. Are we poor? Are we rich? Why can’t I go to private school? How much money do you make? Lieber offers a list of possible questions and his suggestions on how we might frame our answers.
- Lieber suggests asking, “Why do you ask?” when we’re faced with a big money question from one of our kids. It buys us a little time and helps us get to the root of where the question is coming from.
- His general guideline for allowance for kids under 10 years old is 50¢ to $1 a week per year of age. Start no later than 1st grade.
- He suggests that we not tie our kids allowance to chores around the house but rather use it as a separate teaching tool that gets sharper and more potent over time. Let chores be something that everybody does for free to keep the household running.
- The Land’s End Line–use this rule when setting spending boundaries and teaching needs vs. wants with older kids. Basically, if your kid needs a new pair of rain boots, you tell them that you’re willing to cover the cost up to the price of a new pair of rain boots at Land’s End (or pick your own line.) Any additional cost is up to them.
So far, our kids each have a Give, Save and Spend jar that acts as their bank. We recently spent some time allocating the money they made at their first lemonade stand and had some good conversation about giving and saving.
We haven’t started an allowance yet but plan to very soon. Also, Cooper lost his first tooth a few days ago and Crystal and I were prepared to have a conversation about the tooth fairy since Lieber also covers that in his book.
I hope this has encouraged you to start having intentional conversations with your kids about money. If you choose to read The Opposite of Spoiled I’d love to hear what you think. I hope to continue learning about this topic and plan to keep talking with my kids about money. I’ll keep you posted! In the meantime, do you have any thoughts or ideas on how to engage kids on the topic of money? | <urn:uuid:843c21e3-e13e-42b9-a699-7479f45061a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://beaconwc.com/kids-and-money/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.971441 | 1,018 | 2.390625 | 2 |
“The Birth of a Nation” premiered in Los Angeles Feb. 8, 1915. In this post that appeared Feb. 10 on the Duke University Press blog, Allyson Nadia Field, assistant professor of cinema and media studies in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and a professor of African American studies, reflects on the movie’s legacy. Her book “Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity” comes out in June and will be published by Duke University Press.
On the centennial of D.W. Griffith’s epic film “The Birth of a Nation,” two things are striking — how egregious the film’s racism is and how its racism resonates a hundred years later. The first blockbuster of American cinema has long been a flashpoint for film scholars who have recognized the aesthetic, industrial and cultural significance of the film while lamenting its portrayal of African Americans. Some have argued that the fact that its technical mastery is in the service of the subjugation of a people indicates the inseparability of the film’s content from its form. The film then serves as an object lesson in film form and ideology — a reminder that the very language of cinema, as it would develop into a codified practice in the ensuing years, is deeply imbricated in exclusionary politics, racial slander and the worst kind of fear mongering.
Yet “The Birth of a Nation” resonates today in the most insidious ways. The film’s portrayal of African Americans (both in blackface and with Black actors) and its imagination of Black excesses, violence, sexual predatory behavior, and the justified white response of violence, voter intimidation and forceful assertion of supremacy are all prevalent in our society and today’s media landscape. A hundred years later, they might have (slightly) different iterations, but they are ever present. And visual media are just as central to the way the nation understands itself, its citizens and its sense of self-definition. Sadly, “The Birth of a Nation” has as much to teach us about our own time as it does about the racial paranoia of 1915.
Depressing, to be sure. However, there’s a story of resistance that parallels this haunting legacy of “The Birth of a Nation.”
From its first appearance in February 1915, “The Birth of a Nation” catalyzed mobilized responses from African American groups and their allies. The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Oscar Micheaux, and other Black filmmaking enterprises refuted the claims of “The Birth of a Nation” through filmic counterimages aimed at Black audiences. These efforts were not just on the level of image but represented a rethinking of film form. As such, Race cinema can be understood as an oppositional cinema. Yet, prior to these early Black filmmaking ventures — and even prior to “The Birth of a Nation” — African American filmmakers and institutions mobilized motion picture technology in the service of the uplift of Black citizens in innovative and creative ways. “The Birth of a Nation” might have brought the issue of the (mis)representation of African Americans to the national stage, but Black filmmakers had long been attuned to the power of the cinema to perpetuate — and challenge — racism. Black filmmaking entrepreneurs like George Broome (Boston), William Foster (Chicago) and Hunter Haynes (New York) used film as a tool of African American self-representation, resistance to the pervasive and demeaning media portrayals of Black people, and for the social, economic, and political uplift of the race. (This is the subject of Uplift Cinema).
If visual culture and the media at large perpetuated a dehumanizing image of Black people in the early 20th century, the message from African Americans then, as now, was a resounding “Black Lives Matter!” The incongruence between how they mattered in screen representations like those of “The Birth of a Nation” and through the lens of African American filmmakers would become a central concern of Black filmmakers, audiences, and scholars of Black cinema for a century to come. A historical epic, “The Birth of a Nation” cannot be relegated to history as long as the issues it portrays, the rhetoric it employs, and the ideology it espouses continue to resonate in 2015 with the shrill determination of the most pernicious of national myths. The voices of resistance to this representational hegemony might not have the platform of the blockbuster, but their persistence marks a century of struggle over image, form and narrative that has continued to meet the challenges posed by a mass media representationally hostile to African Americans. | <urn:uuid:b2c17ec7-a950-495a-9a85-8a4ceb7167a1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-faculty-voice:-reflecting-on-the-legacy-of-the-birth-of-a-nation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.948449 | 976 | 2.71875 | 3 |
It’s “Tasty Tuesday”, where every week we bring you new, fresh, local, healthy recipes and food tips. Find out what is in season, and what will keep you fuelled during and after your work outs!
There are always a few recipes that I have kicking around from my mom that have way more cheese and mayo and things than I eat now, but every now and then I dig one out that I’m craving, and think to myself: I wonder if I can make this healthier, or vegan, or dairy-free… and that’s what I did with this fish dish.
It’s baked, so you don’t have to fry it, and I’ve only used dairy-free cheese and sour cream, and even the bread crumbs are gluten-free, but that’s obviously up to you!
Make Your Meal Even Healthier Tip:
Keeping this dish healthy is all about the sides! I chose wild rice and potatoes, but you can add a side of steamed broccoli, and/or cauliflower, or even just a salad. Don’t just go for fries! Oh, and don’t forget to keep the fish Ocean Wise. Look for the sticker, or ask your fish monger.
Click through for recipe!…
Make 2 Filets of Fish (Double as needed)
– 2 filets of white fish (I chose sole)
– 1/3 cup breadcrumbs (gluten free if needed)
– 1/4 to 1/3 cup vegan cheddar
– 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
– 1/4 tsp garlic salt
– 1 tbsp oil
– 1 green onion, thinly sliced
– 1-2 tbsp vegan sour cream
Preheat oven to 400
In a food processor, pulse the breadcrumbs, vegan cheddar cheese, nutritional yeast, garlic salt, and oil together until coarse crumbs form. Then stir in green onions by hand.
In a glass, oven-safe dish, grease the bottom and place the filet(s). Spread a thin layer of the sour cream on top of the fish and then top with the bread crumb mixture, pressing in so that it sticks.
Bake in oven for approx 10 minutes or until the top is golden and fish is cooked and centre is warm. (Ovens may vary, and depending on the thickness of your filet, the fish might need more or less cook time, so just keep an eye on it!).
Serve with wild rice and fingerling potatoes, or your choice of side.
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Educators are always striving to find ways to make curriculum relevant in students’ everyday lives. More and more teachers are using social media around lessons, allowing students to use their cell phones to do research and participate in class, and developing their curriculum around projects to ground learning around an activity. These strategies are all … More How Can Teachers Prepare Kids for a Connected World? | MindShift
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Raising “Media Healthy” Children | Psychology Today. Just yesterday, a mother called me about her daughter Delia. Delia, age 8, was voted off of her classroom lunch table. Apparently all of her “friends” had been watching reality television shows and like all kids do – begin imitating what they watched and believed to be true. … More Raising “Media Healthy” Children | Psychology Today
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Ecology and Society: What is Social Learning?.
I have to say that this term is really showing me how much we as teachers need to change.I have completely changed my teaching approach and find that the students are very responsive. The shift for me has been to figure out how to encourage their voice to come out. I have to say that … More Learning to change, changing to learn | <urn:uuid:11afd6e6-4460-4791-948b-b8b767fd5bf3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://alxbal.ca/tag/learning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.974217 | 323 | 2.65625 | 3 |
On July 14, a class action lawsuit was filed against Mars Inc. by a consumer alleging that the company’s Skittles candies are unsafe for human consumption because they contain the additive titanium dioxide.
Titanium dioxide is an insoluble white powder that is often used in commercial products, including paint, cosmetics, plastics, paper, and food, as an anti-caking or whitening agent.
The suit, brought by California resident Jenile Thames, notes that titanium dioxide has been banned in several other countries and claims that the manufacturer has known about the health risks associated with the toxin since at least 2016. Furthermore, the complaint alleges that Skittles pose a significant health risk to unsuspecting consumers.
According to FDA, the regulated use of titanium dioxide, namely as a color additive for food, is safe, when it conforms to FDA’s specifications as outlined in the regulation. The agency has recognized the use of titanium dioxide in human food as safe since 1966, as long as the amount doesn’t exceed 1% of the food’s weight. “While we do not comment on pending litigation, our use of titanium dioxide complies with FDA regulations,” said a Mars spokesperson in a statement.
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Sustained fall in metal theft shows new laws are working
- Credit: Ian Burt
A decline in metal theft has been sustained across Suffolk over the course of a year – giving hope that efforts to eliminate the trade in stolen scrap are paying off.
A total of 182 metal thefts were recorded by Suffolk police between the end of March 2019 and the end of March 2020.
Figures for the previous year showed thefts fell to 181 in 2018/19 from 310 in 2017/18.
Police welcomed the first sustained fall since the years after the introduction of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act – but warned: “We can’t rest on our laurels.”
At its peak, metal theft cost the economy an estimated £220m a year – mainly affecting power, transport and communications sectors, but also having an impact on public buildings like churches.
The introduction of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 – in response to an increase in theft between 2009 and 2011 – brought in strict licensing requirements on dealers and identity checks for people selling scrap metal.
Last year saw the second lowest number of thefts since the Act came into force – with a 7% fall in domestic metal theft (from 127 to 119), while infrastructure related theft of items like copper cabling went up 16% (from 54 to 63).
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But with rates partly dictated by commodity markets, police remain vigilant of a resurgence based on supply and demand.
Inspector Andy Martin said: “It’s encouraging that we’ve seen the Act achieving something – but it’s not just about legislation, it’s about enforcing the legislation.
“The Act makes enforcement easier and that’s always going to be welcomed, but metal theft has plagued us for years, so we can’t rest on our laurels.
“The figures would suggest that whatever activity we had taking place in the last year helped sustain levels. It’s down to a combination of things, including our work with partners, local authorities and dealers.
“It’s also about prevention as detection. Particularly vulnerable buildings like churches have done a lot of work around awareness and finding ways to adapt.”
“We wouldn’t want to take our foot off the pedal now. We’ll look at what we did last year and look to replicate that.
“The Act has clearly been of benefit, and the fact we’ve seen a sustained fall is a positive indicator, but we know from other legislation that it’s only when it’s tried, tested and appealed, that we fully understand the practicalities of implementing it.” | <urn:uuid:031ffc01-6c56-4c4e-b49c-72eae80a5777> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-scrap-metal-dealer-act-theft-crime-figures-2698896 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945923 | 703 | 1.679688 | 2 |
If you’re trying to decide on a spreadsheet application, it’s likely that Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel have found their way into your list of options. After all, these are two of the most popular and widely used spreadsheet tools out there.
So what makes one better than the other? Is it features, access, cost, collaboration, or something else? To help you decide which one is best for you, we’ll break down these categories in our Google Sheets vs Excel comparison.
It’s worth noting right off the bat that both Sheets and Excel are excellent spreadsheet applications. So if you get the chance to try both, you might have a clear preference from the start. But if you do your research first, just know you can’t go wrong with either one.
Both Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel have easy-to-use interfaces that are very similar to each other. You have a menu full of actions at the top, a toolbar or ribbon with tools underneath, and then your sheet full of cells just waiting for data.
What you can do with those cells and the data they contain may make the biggest difference to you. Both applications offer functions, formulas, conditional formatting, data validation, and the other basic tools you would expect. So let’s look at the differences that stand out.
Google Sheets is a web-based application with a mobile version but no desktop option. This makes it easily accessible from almost any device. All workbooks you create are automatically saved to your Google Drive, so you don’t have to worry about hitting the “Save” button.
Microsoft Excel is a desktop application with a mobile version and web access. While Excel for the web doesn’t offer the same features as its desktop counterpart, it’s still an option if you use OneDrive. That means you can access the spreadsheets from your Excel desktop application on the web if you save them to OneDrive automatically.
Both applications offer their own version of a built-in tool that allows you to analyze data automatically by asking questions. In Google Sheets this is the Explore function and in Excel it is the Analyze Data function. In addition, both applications offer sorting and filtering tools with advanced filters or filter views.
But Excel goes even further with additional data functions. For example, you can perform what-if analysis with Goal Seek or Scenario Manager, create a forecast sheet, create complex pivot tables and associated pivot charts, and use a slicer or timeline for advanced filters.
charts and graphs
For many, the visualization options are an important part of a spreadsheet. Tools like charts and graphs can provide you or your audience with excellent visualizations for analyzing data without actually reading the spreadsheet. Fortunately, both applications offer charts and graphs, but the scope of the tools differs.
Google Sheets has a good collection of charts that are easy to insert. You also have the option to add an auto-generated chart using the Explore feature. You can customize your chart and save it as an image outside of your sheet.
Microsoft Excel has a much larger selection of charts. You’ll find more customization options, the ability to add animations to make your chart stand out, and the option to create a chart template that you can reuse for consistency. You can also save charts outside of your spreadsheet in Excel.
Share and collaborate
If it’s important to share the workload by collaborating on your spreadsheet, you’ll appreciate Google Sheets’ collaboration capabilities over Excel’s offerings.
Both applications allow you to share your sheet and customize sharing permissions to allow others to edit or simply view the sheet. And you can share the workbook by email or link.
Google Sheets takes real-time communication collaboration seriously. In addition to commenting, you can reply, edit, resolve, and have a mini-conversation while working on the sheet with your collaborators at the same time.
Microsoft Excel offers a comment function for collaborating with others. For the desktop app, these comments are static unless you save them to OneDrive. Otherwise, you’ll need to use Excel for the web to communicate in real time. As with Sheets, you can reply to, edit, and clarify comments, but different versions of Excel can make collaboration difficult.
If cost is an issue, you might want to take a closer look at Google Sheets since it’s a free application. There are subscription options for business and education accounts, as well as more storage (remember, your sheets are stored on your Google Drive).
If you want to go beyond the free offering, the Google Workspace plans start at $6 per month and users with access to other Google apps and the Google One plans start at $1.99 per month for 100GB of storage.
Unfortunately, Microsoft Excel is not free. When you subscribe to Microsoft 365, you get Excel along with other Office applications like Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. If you opt for a standalone version like Excel 2019, it will still cost you, although not as much.
For Excel, you can subscribe to Microsoft 365 with personal plans starting at $6.99 per month, or buy Excel for a PC or Mac for $159.99.
Other important differences
There are a few other differences to note when comparing Google Sheets to Microsoft Excel.
The desktop version of Excel runs smoothly and loads quickly no matter the size of the workbook or the data it contains. Google Sheets can feel and load slower as you fill up more and more cells and sheets in a workbook.
Google Sheets storage space is limited by the available space in Google Drive, while Excel can use as much space on your desktop as you are willing to offer it.
Google Sheets can hold approximately 10 million cells with 200 sheets per workbook, according to G Suite Tips. But Excel can handle billions of cells and 255 sheets per workbook.
The final result
If you care about cost, want healthy collaboration options, and need the ability to access your workbooks from any computer, then Google Sheets is for you.
If you want robust data analysis and visualization tools, don’t want to rely on an internet connection and are looking for overall advanced functionality, then Microsoft Excel is your preference.
So what will it be?
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According to the Siberian Times, reborn Ice Age animals may soon roam the earth again. Aisen Nicolaev, the head of the Yakutia region of Russia, has plans for a park filled with Ice Age creatures that used to be native to the area.
Yakutia, which is also known as the Sakha Republic, is the largest region of the Russian Federation and is currently best known for its diamonds.
That may change, however, as an international team of scientists is working to bring the wooly mammoth back from extinction. Nicolaev says that the team of Russian, North Korean, and Japanese scientists expect to succeed in their efforts within the next ten years.
He first had the idea for a park where now-extinct animals can roam in the wild back in 2014 and says that at the time people laughed at him but “it’s not so fantastical now.” He went on to say: “Today, technology is developing at an explosive pace, and what yesterday seemed like scientific nonsense, today is an absolutely clear prospect for scientists. I believe that miracles are possible.”
Scientists have been pursuing the idea of cloning the mammoth for several years. In 2015, Live Science ran an article discussing the progress of the analysis of the mammoth genome. Scientists have discovered the adaptations that enabled the mammoth to prosper in much colder climates than their elephant cousins.
These discoveries could pave the way for cloning the mammoth, or at least a hybridized elephant with mammoth characteristics, according to Vincent Lynch, who is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago and one of the scientists involved in the study of the genome.
Lynch’s work was done using mammoth DNA extracted from the hair of two mammoths that were discovered a few years before the study began. One was 30,000 years old, and the other was 60,000 years old.
Because mammoths are very closely related to Asian elephants, it should be possible to edit the elephant genes with the mammoth DNA that gives the ancient pachyderms their particular distinctive features such as their small ears, thick wooly coats, and short tails, all of which are genetic mechanisms to help reduce the loss of body heat in cold environments.
Lynch’s team also found that there were genetic differences in the way mammoths processed insulin and stored fat, which also allowed for adapting to extreme cold.
Once they have successfully inserted the relevant mammoth DNA into an elephant embryo that can be implanted in a surrogate elephant mother, they hope that the resulting offspring will have the mammoth characteristics. The scientists in Yakutia are focusing on working out the gene editing and cloning.
The Yakutia region was a native habitat for the wooly mammoth, and mammoth bodies are discovered pretty regularly as ice melts and uncovers their remains. Aisen Nicolaev has said: “We just need to take care of a number of consequences linked to the search of raw materials.
We are seeing now that every year brings more and more high-quality mammoth remains.” He also said he feels confident, given the speed at which genetic technologies are developing, that they will have success soon.
Teams of scientists from South Korea are working on trying to similarly clone extinct cave lions using DNA found from the remains of two very well-preserved baby cave lions, also from Yakutia.
Scientists from Russia and South Korea are also exploring the possibilities of cloning a currently extinct breed of horse, which also dates from the ice age and lived in the same area.
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What do women living in Washington, DC, Nigeria, and Rwanda have in common? They are living in places that have an HIV/AIDS rate of 3 percent.
As the 19th International AIDS Conference closes in Washington, DC, we’re reminded of how much African-American women, especially those living in urban areas, have in common with African women regarding contracting HIV. As the Huffington Post, BET, the Root, and major news networks have reported, AIDS is the number one killer of African-American women between the ages of 25 – 34, which is also the case in some African countries. While AIDS has become a feminine disease in sub-Saharan Africa and remains a masculine one in the States, Black women, regardless if they’re African or American, contract HIV from their partners unknowingly.
The conference follows Johns Hopkins’ March 2012 announcement that HIV rates for US Black urban women are five times higher than previously believed. Ladies, the HIV hot spots for us are Washington, DC, New York City, Raleigh-Durham, Baltimore and Newark. Stay protected.
But, there are bright spots. The epidemic continues to decline. Also, our teens in the US are getting the safe sex message, as they are in certain African countries such as Uganda. So, there are places where the young aren’t taking as many sexual risks as they used to.
Also, earlier this summer, SuzyKnew pointed out that we now have new products to help us protect our sexual health like the new in-home version of OraQuick® allowing you to quickly take an HIV test in the privacy of your own home and the anti-retroviral Truvada® that the FDA just approved for preventive use, by taking daily. So, if you suspect your man may be seeing men – and he refuses to use a condom or take an HIV test – you can still protect yourself from HIV. (That is while you work on getting a new man…smile)
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THE SCRIPTURES. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are the only sufficient, certain and authoritative rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience.
GOD. There is but one God, the Maker, Preserver and Ruler of all things, having in and of Himself all perfections, and being infinite in them all; and to Him all creatures owe the highest love, reverence and obedience.
THE TRINITY. God is revealed to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each with distinct personal properties, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
PROVIDENCE. God, from eternity, decrees or permits all things that come to pass, and perpetually upholds, directs, and governs all creatures and all events; yet not in any way as to be the author or approver of sin nor to destroy the real decisions and responsibility of intelligent creatures.
ELECTION. Election is God’s eternal choice of some persons unto everlasting life– not because of foreseen merit in them, but of his mere mercy in Christ– in consequence of which choice they are called, justified and glorified.
THE FALL OF MAN. God originally created man in His own image, and free from sin; but, through the temptation of Satan, man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original holiness and righteousness; whereby his posterity [i.e. descendants] inherit a nature corrupt and wholly opposed to God and His law, are under condemnation, and as soon as they are capable of moral action, become actual transgressors.
THE MEDIATOR. Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is the divinely appointed mediator between God and man. Having taken upon Himself human nature, yet without sin, He perfectly fulfilled the law, suffered and died upon the cross for the salvation of sinners. He was buried, rose again on the third day, and ascended to His Father, at whose right hand He lives forever to make intercession for His people. He is the only Mediator, the Prophet, Priest, and King of the church, and Sovereign of the Universe.
REGENERATION. Regeneration is a change of heart, wrought by the Holy Spirit, who makes alive those who are dead in trespasses and sins, enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the Word of God, and renewing their whole nature, so that they love and practice holiness. It is a work of God’s free and special grace alone.
REPENTANCE. Repentance is an evangelical grace, wherein the Holy Spirit makes a person aware of the manifold evil of his sin, so that he humbles himself with godly sorrow, detesting sin, and abhorring [i.e., hating] self, with a purpose and endeavor to walk before God so as to please Him in all things.
FAITH. Saving faith is the belief, on God’s authority, of whatsoever is revealed in His Word concerning Christ; accepting and resting upon Him alone for justification and eternal life. It is wrought in the heart by the Holy Spirit, and is accompanied by all other saving grace, and leads to a life of holiness.
JUSTIFICATION. Justification is God’s gracious and full acquittal of sinners who believe in Christ, from all sin, through the satisfaction that Christ has made. It is given not for anything wrought in them or done by them, but on account of the obedience and satisfaction of Christ, they receiving and resting on Him and His righteousness by faith.
SANCTIFICATION. Those who have been regenerated are also sanctified by God’s Word and Spirit dwelling in them. This sanctification is progressive through the supply of Divine strength, which all saints seek to obtain, pressing after a heavenly life in cordial [i.e., willing] obedience to all Christ’s commands.
PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS. Those whom God has accepted in the Beloved, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere to the end; and though they may fall, through neglect and temptation, into sin, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts, bring reproach on the Church, and temporal judgments on themselves, yet they shall be renewed again unto repentance, and be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.
THE CHURCH. The Lord Jesus is the Head of the Church, which is composed of all His true disciples, and in Him is invested supremely all power for its government. According to His commandment, Christians are to associate themselves into particular societies or churches; and to each of these churches He has given needful authority for administering the order, discipline and worship which He has appointed. The regular officers of a church are Bishops (or Elders) and Deacons.
BAPTISM. Baptism is an ordinance of the Lord Jesus, obligatory upon every believer, wherein he is immersed in water in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, as a sign of his fellowship with the death and resurrection of Christ, of remission of sins, and of his giving himself up to God, to live and walk in newness of life.
THE LORD’S SUPPER. The Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of Jesus Christ, to be administered with bread and wine, and to be observed by His churches till the end of the world. It is in no sense a sacrifice, but is designed to commemorate His death, to confirm the faith of Christians, and to be a bond, pledge, and renewal of their communion with Him, and of their church fellowship.
THE LORD’S DAY. The New Testament Church gives the example of assembling on the Lord’s Day (i.e. Sunday) for the reading and teaching of the Word of God, worship, prayer, and mutual encouragement – stimulating one another to love and good deeds. It is fitting to view the Lord’s Day as a celebration of Christ’s resurrection and the redemption of His people.
LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE. God alone is Lord of the conscience; and He hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men, which are in anything contrary to His word, or not contained in it. Civil magistrates being ordained of God, subjection in all lawful things commanded by them ought to be yielded by us in the Lord, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
THE RESURRECTION. The bodies of men after death return to dust, but their spirits return immediately to God – the righteous to rest with Him; the wicked, to be reserved under darkness to judgment. At the last day, the bodies of all the dead, both just and unjust, will be raised.
THE JUDGMENT. God has appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world by Jesus Christ, when every one shall receive according to his deeds: the wicked shall go into everlasting punishment; the righteous, into everlasting life.
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Do you have recurring headaches on one side of the head that can be described as a pulsing or throbbing pain that lasts for hours or even several days? Is it accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light? Well, according to the American Migraine Foundation, you may be 1 of the estimated 39 million Americans, or 12% of the adult population who suffer from migraines.
What is a migraine?
A migraine is a common neurological disorder that affects 1 out of every 5 women and 1 out of every 15 men. The causes of migraines are not known but genetics are thought to play a big role. If one parent has a history of these types of headaches, their child has a 50% chance of getting them. If both parents experience migraines, the risk jumps to 75%. Imbalances in brain chemicals are also thought to be a contributing factor.
Other risk factors that can be migraine triggers include:
- Hormonal changes in women, which can be related to their menstrual cycle, menopause, birth control, or hormone replacement therapy
- Skipping meals
- Too much or not enough sleep
- Bright lights or flashing lights
- Loud noises
- Certain foods or drinks such as alcohol, aged cheeses, and chocolate
- Changes in weather or barometric pressure
- Overuse of medications
- Too much physical activity
There are several types of migraines which include:
- Migraine with aura (complicated migraine)
- Migraine without aura (common migraine)
- Migraine without head pain (silent migraine)
- Hemiplegic migraine (typically have temporary paralysis on one side of your body)
- Basilar migraine (migraine with brainstem aura, which can affect coordination, vision, and speech)
These different types of migraines can be classified as episodic or chronic. People with episodic migraine have 14 or fewer headache days per month. People with chronic migraine experience more than 15 headache days per month for three or more months.
How are migraines diagnosed?
If you have migraines or a family history of migraines, your health care professional will diagnose migraines based on your medical history and symptoms. They may also do a blood test, MRI, or CAT scan to rule out other possible causes of your headaches.
Symptoms of migraines will depend on which phases you experience. There are four different phases of migraines although you may not go through every phase when you have a migraine attack:
- Prodrome. This phase starts up to 24 hours before you get the migraine. You have early signs and symptoms, such as food cravings, unexplained mood changes, constipation, yawning, fluid retention, and increased urination.
- Aura. This phase can happen before or during a migraine. You might have visual disturbances such as seeing flashing or bright lights and blind spots. You may also have muscle weakness on one side of the body and difficulty speaking.
- Headache. This phase can last from 4 to 72 hours. It typically causes throbbing or pulsing pain, which is often on one side of your head. Some other symptoms you may have include nausea, vomiting, insomnia, neck pain, stiffness, and increased sensitivity to light, noise, and smell.
- Postdrome. This phase follows a migraine attack and can last a day or two. You can feel exhausted, weak, depressed, and confused. Migraines are more common in the morning; people often wake up with them. Some people have migraines at predictable times, such as before menstruation or on weekends following a stressful week of work.
What are some migraine treatment options?
There is no cure for migraines. The treatment of migraines is aimed at reducing the severity of symptoms, reducing the pain during a migraine attack, decreasing the frequency of your migraines, and preventing them from occurring.
The two main types of medications used to treat migraines are abortive or acute treatment and preventative treatment.
Abortive medications are taken during migraine attacks and are designed to relieve your headache pain. These meds are most effective when taken at the onset of your headache.
- Triptans. These prescription meds such as Imitrex (sumatriptan) and Zomig (zolmitriptan) come in tablets, nasal sprays, and injections. They treat migraines by constricting the blood vessels around the brain. This reverses the painful dilation of blood vessels during a migraine attack. Triptans should not be used by those at risk of a stroke or heart attack.
- Ergotamines. These prescription meds such as Migranal/DHE 45 (dihydroergotamine) are available in tablets, nasal sprays, and injections. They work by narrowing the blood vessels as well as reducing inflammation. Ergotamines should not be used by anyone with heart disease or high blood pressure.
- Pain relievers. These over-the-counter and prescription meds include Aleve (naproxen sodium) and Excedrin Migraine (acetaminophen, aspirin, caffeine). If you take these analgesics more than a couple of days a week, they can trigger medication overuse headaches or rebound headaches.
Preventive medications won’t stop every headache but will greatly reduce how often you get a migraine, how severe the attacks are, and how long they last.
- Blood pressure medications. These include beta-blockers such as propranolol (Inderal, InnoPran XL, others) and metoprolol tartrate (Lopressor). Calcium channel blockers such as verapamil (Verelan) can help prevent migraines with aura.
- CGRP monoclonal antibodies. These newer medications include Aimovig (erenumab), Ajovy (fremanezumab), and Emgality (galcanezumab). They are injected under the skin monthly or every 3 months.
- Antidepressants. These prescription meds include Elavil (amitriptyline) and Effexor XR (venlafaxine).
- Anticonvulsants. Depakote (divalproex sodium) and Topamax (topiramate) are commonly used as a prevention of migraines. They should not be taken if you are pregnant or are trying to get pregnant.
- Botox. Under the NICE guidelines, botulinum toxin type A should be given by injection to between 31 and 39 sites around the head and back of the neck every 12 weeks.
If these medications do not help prevent migraines, you may want to consider acupuncture. There is evidence that acupuncture reduces the frequency of headaches and that the effect may be similar to that observed with preventive medications. A course of up to 10 sessions over a 5- to 8-week period may be beneficial.
What is the best medication for migraine?
The best medication for migraine will depend on the individual’s medical condition, medical history, medications that the individual is already taking that may potentially interact with migraine medications, and the individual’s potential response to the treatment. It is advisable to always speak with your healthcare provider about the best medication for you. The table below includes a list of the most prescribed or over-the-counter migraine medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Best medications for migraine
|Drug name||Drug class||Administration route||Standard dosage||Common side effects
|Aimovig (erenumab)||CGRP antagonist||Injection||70mg to 140mg under the skin once monthly.||Injection site pain, constipation, cramps
|Ajovy (fremanezumab)||CGRP antagonist||Injection||225mg under the skin once monthly or 675mg every 3 months.||Injection site pain, constipation, cramps
|Emgality (galcanezumab)||CGRP antagonist||Injection||240mg under the skin for 1 dose, then 120mg once monthly.||Injection site reactions
|Vyepti (eptinezumab-jjmr)||CGRP antagonist||Injection||100mg intravenously (IV) every 3 months.||Stuffy nose, runny nose, sore throat, injection site reactions
|Ubrelvy (ubrogepant)||CGRP antagonist||Oral||50-100mg for acute migraine. May take a second dose at least 2 hrs after the initial dose for a max of 200mg/24 hrs.||Nausea, drowsiness, dry mouth
|Nurtec ODT (rimegepant)||CGRP antagonist||Oral||75mg as needed. Max of 1 dose per 24 hours.||Nausea, rash, hypersensitivity
|Amerge (naratriptan)||Serotonin 5-HT receptor antagonist (Triptan)||Oral||1mg to 2.5mg at the onset of headache; may repeat once after 4 hours. Max of 5mg/day.||Dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, nausea
|Frova (frovatriptan)||Triptan||Oral||2.5mg at the onset of headache; may repeat after 2 hours. Max of 7.5mg/day.||Dizziness, chest pain, fatigue, dry mouth, nausea
|Imitrex (sumatriptan)||Triptan||Oral, injection||Max 200mg oral per day; 12mg under the skin per day||Injection site reactions, dizziness, tingling, warm/hot sensation, chest tightness
|Onzetra Xsail (sumatriptan)||Triptan||Nasal spray||5mg to 20mg via nasal spray in 1 nostril. May repeat once after 2hrs if needed. Max of 40mg per day.||Bad/unusual taste, nausea, vomiting, nasal cavity discomfort
|Treximet (sumatriptan)||Triptan/NSAID||Oral||85mg/500mg at the onset of headache; may repeat in 2hrs if needed. Max of 2 tablets per 24hrs.||Dizziness, tingling, nausea, vomiting
|Maxalt (rizatriptan benzoate)||Triptan||Oral||5mg to 10mg at the onset of headache; may repeat dose after 2 hours. Max of 30mg/24 hrs||Drowsiness, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, dry mouth
|Relpax (eletriptan hydrobromide)||Triptan||Oral||20mg to 40mg at the onset of headache; may repeat the dose in 2 hours. Max of 80mg/day||Drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, chest pain
|Zomig (zolmitriptan)||Triptan||Oral, nasal spray||2.5mg to 5mg at the onset of headache; may repeat in 2 hours. Max of 10mg/24hrs||Dizziness, neck/throat/jaw pain, nausea, tingling, drowsiness
|Trokendi XR (topiramate)||Anticonvulsant||Oral||Titrate over 4 weeks up to 100mg/day.||Decrease in sodium bicarb, dizziness, fatigue, reduced appetite, tingling, confusion
|Depakote ER (divalproex sodium)||Anticonvulsant||Oral||250mg to 1000mg daily.||Nausea, headache, muscle weakness, confusion, drowsiness
|Reyvow (lasmiditan)||Serotonin 5-HT1 agonist||Oral||50mg to 200mg as needed. Max of 1 dose per 24 hours.||Dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, muscle weakness
|Innopran XL (propranolol)||Beta-blocker||Oral||80mg to 240mg per day divided every 6 to 8 hours.||Fatigue, low heart rate, hyper/hypoglycemia, nausea
|Inderal LA ||Beta-blocker||Oral||80mg to 240mg per day.||Fatigue, low heart rate, hyper/hypoglycemia, nausea
|Migranal (dihydroergotamine)||Ergot alkaloid||Nasal spray||Max of 2 to 4 sprays per day separated by 15 to 30 minutes and 8 sprays per week.||Stuffy nose, nausea, altered taste, vomiting
|Trudhesa (dihydroergotamine)||Ergot alkaloid||Nasal spray||Max of 2 to 4 sprays per day separated by 1 hour and 6 sprays per week.||Stuffy nose, nausea, altered taste, vomiting
|Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA)||Botulinum toxin||Injection||A total dose of 155 units as IM injections divided across 7 head/neck muscles every 12 weeks.||Headache, neck pain, muscle stiffness
|Elavil (amitriptyline)||Tricyclic antidepressant||Oral||10mg to 400mg at bedtime for migraine prevention.||Drowsiness, dry mouth, nausea, insomnia
|Motrin/Advil (ibuprofen)||NSAID||Oral||OTC: 200mg to 400mg every 4 to 6 hours as needed. Max of 1200mg/day.|
Rx: 400mg to 800mg every 6 hours as needed. Max of 3200mg/day.
|Stomach pain, dizziness, heartburn, constipation, nausea
|Aleve (naproxen sodium)||NSAID||Oral||750mg initially; may give 250mg to 500mg if needed. Max of 1250mg in 24 hours.||Abdominal pain, drowsiness, dizziness, heartburn, nausea
|Excedrin Migraine (acetaminophen, aspirin, caffeine)||Pain reliever||Oral||1 to 2 tablets or capsules every 4 to 6 hours. Check individual products for specific dosages.||Nausea, stomach pain, insomnia, increased heart rate
Your healthcare provider will determine the right dosage for you based on your response to the treatment, medical condition, weight, and age. Other possible side effects may exist; this is not a complete list.
What are the most common side effects of migraine medications?
As with all medicines, those used for migraine will have some side effects, depending on the class you are taking.
CGRP monoclonal antibodies side effects include:
- Injection site reactions
- Dry mouth
- Tingling or ”pins and needles” sensation
- Upper respiratory infections
Beta-blockers side effects include:
- Low blood pressure
- Cold hands or feet
Anticonvulsants side effects include:
- Tingling or burning sensations
Triptans side effects include:
- Dry mouth
- Injection site reactions
- Tingling, burning, or “pins and needles” sensation
- Chest pain or tightness
Ergot alkaloids side effects include:
- Stuffy nose
- Altered taste
- Stomach pain
Antidepressants side effects include:
- Dry mouth
- Decreased sex drive
What are some home remedies for migraine?
Home remedies will not prevent or decrease the number of migraines you have but can help relieve some of your symptoms. These include:
- Rest with your eyes closed in a quiet dark room.
- Use a cool cloth or ice on your forehead or neck.
- Stay hydrated.
There are also lifestyle changes that may help prevent migraines:
- Avoid triggers that cause your migraines
- Managing stress using relaxation techniques, yoga, and meditation
- Regular exercise
- Set a regular sleep routine
- Eat healthy meals
- Don’t skip meals
- Vitamins and supplements such as magnesium, vitamin B2 (riboflavin), and butterbur can help reduce the frequency and intensity of migraine.
Frequently asked questions about migraine
Is my headache a migraine?
Migraines are the most common type of headache but not all headaches are migraines. Migraines typically occur on one side of your head and can last up to 72 hours. The pain associated with a migraine is usually described as throbbing or pulsing. You might also experience nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and/or sound.
Will my migraines get better or go away with time?
Although not typical, one-third of women will see their migraines disappear or drastically improve after menopause. Some men also see a decreased frequency when they reach their 50s or 60s.
Are migraines deadly?
Migraines are not typically life-threatening. However, some types can increase your risk of stroke. This will further be increased if you have other risk factors for stroke such as smoking, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
When should I see a doctor for my migraines?
You should see a doctor if:
- Your headaches interfere with your job, family, or school.
- OTC meds are no longer relieving the pain or you are taking them more than a couple of days a week.
- Your headaches are becoming more frequent or severe.
- Headaches that first develop after age 50
- If you see changes in your personality or mental function
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A committee of MEPs recently voted in favour of the overreaching EU Copyright Directive’s Article 13 regardless of opposition from influential tech leaders and the general public. To fight copyright infringement, policymakers want to force Internet companies to scan literally everything users attempt to post on their platform.
Many of our users as online companies could be directly affected by this legislation. While anyone who enjoys the services of an online content publishing platform, whether you personally contribute or not, should take a stand against Article 13. The proposed version of the Copyright Directive would greatly harm the open sharing of legal content.
“It is in everyone’s interest that legislation is up to date and does what it is supposed to do. However, with the proposed Article 13 though, the collateral harm it delivers to law-abiding companies, customers and markets are simply too heavy.”
“All of the potential costs will have to be absorbed by customers and this would seriously harm the ability of the European technology industry at large to compete on a global level. This is why we as a company stand against Article 13.”
– Antti Vilpponen, CEO of UpCloud
The importance of stopping Article 13 from passing cannot be overstated. We at UpCloud stand together with the open Internet in order to convince at least 76 of the MEPs before the next vote on July 5th to give the Parliament a chance to make corrections at a later date.
The problems with Article 13
The misguided measure that is Article 13 would impose the automated upload filters on every online platform that allows user-submitted content. It takes an unprecedented step towards transforming the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users.
Artists and copyright owners are of course rightfully entitled to be paid for their hard work, but this is not the solution. Online platforms are already responsible for taking action to remove illegal content once the issue has been brought to their attention. As it should be, those who upload content to the Internet bear the principal responsibility for its legality.
Making Internet companies obligated to preemptively enforce copyright law is unfeasible and been widely regarded as a bad move. In fear of penalties, companies would have to greatly limit content submissions and hamper creativity and legal fair use. Furthermore, no technology is yet guaranteed to reliably review every form of content including text, audio, video, images, and software.
Building the necessary automation of the required filtering system would become extremely expensive and burdensome. While large corporations might be able to afford the costs of compliance, the burden of Article 13 will fall most heavily on their smaller competitors, including startups and SMEs. The added costs of developing and maintaining such a filter layer would undoubtedly force service providers and online platforms to raise prices weakening their competitiveness outside EU.
Make your voice heard
We trust that you can agree with the online consensus against the Copyright Directive while it includes Article 13. We urge you to contact your representatives within the Members of the European Parliament before the vote on the July 5th to let them know where you stand. The committee vote can still be overturned with a loud enough public outcry.
The saveyourinternet.eu campaigners have set up an easy way to contact your MEPs by email, phone, and Twitter. Choose the best way for you to be heard and reach out to the MEPs from your country today! MEPs need to hear directly from their constituents exactly why upload filters are catastrophic for free expression.
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In the ever more connected world, we should be promoting open and legal sharing of content and not building walls in fear of new ideas.
Update on the July 5th vote results:
Thanks to the public opposition to Article 13, a large part of the European Parliament voted against the proposal! With 318 MEPs deciding to proceed with caution, the Parliament will now get a chance to review the reform and table amendments.
The issues of the EU Copyright Directive are now on the minds of many, which will hopefully lead to a change for better before the next vote in September.
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The report makes clear just how out of step with reality the teachers’ unions’ lawsuit challenging Indiana’s program is. As Angela put it, “A parent relying on the Choice Scholarship Program to send her child to a Catholic high school is no different than a Hoosier Scholar or a Frank O’Bannon Scholar choosing to attend Notre Dame.”
Just as IJ attorneys were filing final briefs and preparing for oral argument in defense of the program, Angela published an article co-authored with IJ Director of Strategic Research Dick Carpenter in Indiana Policy Review detailing Indiana’s long history of school choice, and she argued in op-eds in two Indiana newspapers that this shows that the new choice program is indeed consistent with the Indiana Constitution.
Meanwhile, Dick authored a new report, Expanding Choice: Tax Credits and Educational Access in Idaho, which documents more than a dozen tax credits in Idaho similar to a proposed scholarship tax credit program. In fact, one of these credits encourages donations to private and religious schools—some of the very same schools families would be free to choose through a scholarship tax credit program. The only difference between the existing and proposed credits is that instead of going directly to the schools, private donations would go to scholarship-granting organizations that would enable more families to afford those schools.
IJ and the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice released the report as part of a joint effort in support of a scholarship tax credit bill that the Idaho legislature will consider in its upcoming session.
School choice is a common-sense policy rooted in decades of similar policy solutions. When opponents claim otherwise, we will be there to counter their myths with facts.
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Chinese cooks typically utilize high-smoke-point oils such as soybean oil, vegetable oil, or peanut oil, all of which are readily available. Peanut oil often has a nice nutty flavor and is excellent for a variety of cooking methods, including stir-frying and deep-frying. Alternatively, canola oil, which has a high smoke point but a neutral taste, is an excellent option.
- 1 How to cook Chinese noodles with soy sauce?
- 2 What is the best sauce for stir fry noodles?
- 3 What kind of oil do they use in Chinese restaurants?
- 4 What are fried noodles called in China?
- 5 What oil do you use to fry noodles?
- 6 What oil is best for stir-fry?
- 7 Can I use olive oil to fry noodles?
- 8 Is olive oil good for stir-fry?
- 9 What are Chinese crispy noodles made of?
- 10 How do you cook dried Chinese noodles?
- 11 What oil do Chinese restaurants use for deep-frying?
- 12 What oil do Japanese use for cooking?
- 13 What oil do Chinese restaurants use for fried rice?
- 14 Is olive oil good for Chinese cooking?
- 15 Is canola oil better than olive oil?
- 16 Which cooking oil is the healthiest?
- 17 Can I use EVOO for stir-fry?
- 18 Can you fry with sesame oil?
How to cook Chinese noodles with soy sauce?
In a heatproof bowl, combine the cooked noodles and greens with the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, vinegar, crushed red pepper flakes, salt, scallion, cilantro, and chopped garlic. Toss to combine. Heat the oil in a small saucepan until it is shimmering. In a small dish, carefully pour the heated oil over the noodles and gently mix everything together.
What is the best sauce for stir fry noodles?
In a heatproof bowl, combine the cooked noodles and greens with the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Chinese black vinegar, crushed red pepper flakes, salt, scallion, cilantro, and chopped garlic. Toss to combine. Heat the oil in a small saucepan until it is shimmering.
What kind of oil do they use in Chinese restaurants?
Now, most Chinese restaurants utilize soybean oil or peanut oil, with the exception of a few that use olive oil. However, avoid eating in a small restaurant or a restaurant located near the road at all times. It’s possible that they’re using poor oil(). Everyone does not want to use contaminated oil.
What are fried noodles called in China?
Pork and veggies are placed on top of Shanghai fried noodles (Shànghi Ccho), which are fried noodles that have been marinated in a sauce. It is believed that they originate in the Shanghai region of China, where they are also known as cu chao mian. What is the sum of 196 flavors?
What oil do you use to fry noodles?
Heat the 3 tablespoons of peanut oil in a heavy frying pan or wok over medium-high to high heat, until shimmering. Toss in the noodles. Spread them out to the edges of the pan as quickly as possible and let them to cook without stirring until they are browned all over on the bottom.
What oil is best for stir-fry?
There are so many different oils to choose from, but the good news is that you can stick with what you know — canola oil is fantastic! The oils with the highest smoke points are the ones that are ideal for stir-frying. These tend to be the ″thinner″ oils, such as peanut, grapeseed, or canola, that are more readily available.
Can I use olive oil to fry noodles?
Do not add oil to the pot: According to Lidia Bastianich, ″Do not — I repeat, do not — add oil to your pasta boiling water! And that is a formal order!″ It is claimed that olive oil prevents the pot from boiling over and prevents the pasta from clinging to one another. However, the prevailing agreement is that it is more harmful than beneficial.
Is olive oil good for stir-fry?
Because of its low smoke point, which is around 375 degrees Fahrenheit, olive oil is not a popular choice for stir-frying (compared to peanut oil at 450 F and avocado oil at 520 F). However, if you pick pure or light olive oil over extra-virgin or virgin kinds, you may get away with using it in a pinch.
What are Chinese crispy noodles made of?
Indeed, many readers have requested that we provide step-by-step instructions on how to build them. They’re essentially deep-fried egg noodles with a spicy kick (or fried wonton wrappers or egg roll wrappers). With their golden brown and crispy exterior, they’re frequently served as a restaurant appetizer in little wooden bowls with duck sauce and Chinese spicy mustard on the side.
How do you cook dried Chinese noodles?
Dried noodles should be cooked in boiling water for 3 to 6 minutes, depending on the size of the noodles. If you’re putting the noodles to a soup, they should be slightly undercooked. Cook for 1 to 3 minutes depending on how fresh the noodles are. If you’re adding fresh noodles to a soup, there’s no need to precook them first.
What oil do Chinese restaurants use for deep-frying?
Soybean oil is one of the most often used deep-frying oils in Chinese restaurants, and it is closely followed by vegetable oil in popularity. They are particularly well suited to high-temperature cooking. Canola oil also has a high smoke point of 400 degrees Fahrenheit/204 degrees Celsius and a neutral flavor, thus it has no effect on the taste of the cuisine.
What oil do Japanese use for cooking?
According to the results of a poll done in June 2021, olive oil was the most widely used edible oil in Japan. Nearly 81 percent of those who answered the survey said olive oil was their preferred cooking oil, with sesame oil coming in second with more than 78 percent.
What oil do Chinese restaurants use for fried rice?
When it comes to creating true Asian taste in fried rice, the type of oil used is very crucial to consider. Peanut oil, vegetable oil, and palm oil are among the oils that are appropriate for stir-frying. These ingredients have a high smoking point, which makes them well suited for stir-frying, as well as a neutral flavor that will not interfere with the flavor of the fried rice.
Is olive oil good for Chinese cooking?
Using olive oil in Asian cuisine is not recommended due to the flavor, low burning point (280 degrees), and overall cost of the oil (which is rather expensive). Vegetable oil, its storage, and its subsequent use: Keep the oil in a firmly sealed container away from direct sunlight (or in an opaque container). Oil becomes rancid when exposed to light and air.
Is canola oil better than olive oil?
While canola oil has a high concentration of omega-3 fatty acids, the potential health advantages are offset by the extensive processing that it undergoes. Choosing olive oil over other oils is a safer decision if you are looking for the healthiest option. Many different cooking and baking recipes call for canola oil, however olive oil can be used in place of it.
Which cooking oil is the healthiest?
- 5 of the Healthiest Cooking Oils: The Essentials of Oil Use Olive Oil is a kind of oil that comes from the olive tree. There is a reason why olive oil is so popular.
- Avocado Oil is a kind of oil that comes from the avocado fruit. Avocado oil has many of the same health advantages as extra virgin olive oil, but it has a higher smoke point, which makes it ideal for sautéing and pan frying.
- Oil extracted from coconuts.
- Olive Oil (Sunflower).
Can I use EVOO for stir-fry?
Despite the fact that it’s convenient to have two oils (one for cooking, such as canola oil, and one for finishing, such as extra-virgin olive oil), here’s a little known fact: Extra-virgin olive oil is also used in high-heat applications, such as frying. And it’s just OK with me. Sear a steak, cook an egg, and stir-fry to your heart’s desire are all possibilities.
Can you fry with sesame oil?
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It is a turbulent time. The corona crisis has a major impact and will have an even greater impact in the future. This is what Yuri van Geest tells in the 33rd episode of my Dutch podcast Digitaal Vermogen. The coronavirus not only leaves its mark on the physical side, but also on the socio-cultural and entertainment side. Still, you will have to look forward carefully as a festival organizer and event industry. Marcel Pantera of Treat Amsterdam is already carefully taking an advance for the event industry in the period after the corona virus. He wrote an article I would like to share with you as a guest column.
How does the event industry look in the Post-Corona (COVID-19) era
by Marcel Pantera
Human beings are by nature social animals and have been looking for union and entertainment since the beginning of time. Having spent over 30 years in the event industry I know my way around in both of these disciplines. As Mood Manager and Show Director I’m not afraid to call myself a specialist when it comes to what people want, how they behave and what they do in the time leading up to, during and after an event. My extensive experience as an autonomous out-of-the-box thinker is now more useful than ever in both disciplines because the entertainment industry has been hit hard, very hard. So it’s important as an entrepreneur to look at the future of events and hospitality.
What does the visitor want from us in the future?
Our systems have come to a screeching hold due to the current global situation and many of us find ourselves reflecting on what really matters and what is truly important to us. Initially it’s the essentials; your family, friends and whether or not you can provide enough bread on the table in the near future. Secondly, we will think about what our world is going to look like after all of this is over.
To substantiate my vision I use the theory of psychologist Abraham Maslow, despite the fact that critics doubt its relevance in our modern digital age. Maslow created his “Theory of Human Motivation” in 1943 to map out people’s psychological needs. Maslow argued that every living being pursues the same needs. Today, some of the primary basic needs are digital by nature, with the computer and smartphone starring at the top of the list. Naturally followed by fast Internet and Wi-Fi. Digital tools have clearly become a basic need and social contact does not have to be ‘live’ nowadays.
In the upcoming time we are mostly on level 1 and 2.
- Physical needs (eating, drinking, breathing, clothing, shelter, exercise and sex)
- Physical safety & economic independence (need for physical safety)
- Social contact (to belong somewhere, togetherness, union, love)
- Appreciation & recognition (self-image, reputation, self-esteem, self-respect)
- Personal development (self-realization, to do your calling, personal growth)
We are now forced to reconsider our habits, values and believes and reflection is always good. To speak with the words of professor Jan Rotmans: “Are we living in an era of change? Or a change of an era?” Change often leads to resistance but in this case: the smog in China has been considerably reduced with the result of the sky turning blue again, the nitrogen percentage in the air of the Netherlands has dropped seriously and the canals in Venice are also becoming clear again!
Mother Nature is recovering in a short time.
One thing that never will change is the need to meet and keep in touch with each other (Maslow’s level 3).
But how will that moment look like when we get off this rollercoaster ride? And when is that? What happens when we can go outside again? Has the world changed? Have we changed? Will the experiences that we were not missing ever come back? How does the world look like in the Post-Corona era?
Faith in human mankind is under considerable pressure. We often see this on our so called ‘social’ channels, where people feel the constant need to anonymously (or overtly) spread hate, give rude, oversimplified comments and sometimes the town ‘hatter’ rises to digital fame on the world stage. They shoot one tweet after another or decide to lay down on a piano without any clothes on…(yes, this is what a Dutch extreme-right wing minister did to get attention).
But I continue to have faith in people. I can find myself in the vision of Dutch historian and writer Rutger Bregman. He wrote a book with the Dutch title: ‘De meeste mensen deugen’, the English version came out as ‘Humankind’. It’s about during crisis the media profiling mostly the bad and horrible stories, but in real life people are in general genuinely kind to each other and wanting to help. As you can see, this pandemic crisis a lot of people is also helping each other.
There is a start of a solution. Measures are being taken. Our government offers a helping hand to the population and we are not shying away from difficult decisions. I think that is a blessing and a wake-up call at the same time. “Social distancing” is already the buzzword of 2020. However, “social distancing” is something that has been going on online for years. Online there are many tools and programs to maintain contacts, have meetings, share common projects, play games through multiplayer Real Time Gaming and watch streamed content. And yet, this cannot be compared to the real deal. And that’s why we’re going to get back together, physically.
“After all, nothing compares to the unspoken language that only a face-to-face meeting will uncover .”
Chances and opportunities
But HOW will we bring people together soon? WHERE will be there need and WHAT can we give them?
To answer this I made an analysis about the Post-Corona festival-goer. I see the following trend development in different types of visitors (based on my 30 years of experience in the industry).
Target group analysis 28+
- The Anxious one: I will stay at home for now.
- The Cautious one: I want to do some thorough research before I go and I want to know exactly who is there and what is happening.
- The Relevant one: I will go, but I want to know how this event relates to my environment and my loved ones.
- The Participant: I’ll only go if I can be part of the experience.
- The Fomo Feaster: I’m celebrating life and having fun.
There are currently about 1.000 festivals in the Netherlands with 26.5 million visitors per year (figures 2018). Prior to Corona the majority of them consisted of Fomo Feaster (5), less of Participants (4) and even fewer Relevants (3).
Will this last? Does this ‘Corona wake-up call’ effect the way we look at events? How does contemporary hedonism relate to the resulting awareness? Does the festival-goer suddenly get the jitters of so many people surrounding him? Is he now turning against unnecessary waste and energy consumption? Does he feel the need for ‘more intimate’ contact? Does he want more quality or quantity?
“To hug or not to hug, that’s the question.”
An evening out Pre-Corona
“The music goes crescendo, the special FX are doing their magic, we look each other in the eye, sweating. In the break we fall into each other’s arms and when the confetti explodes we are jumping through the roof on the pumping beats. When the next record is mixed in I look at whom I am dancing with. “What’s your name…?” I ask.
The mental impact this crisis has will certainly have consequences for the way we connect with each other and that doesn’t only concern the dance floor at your favorite festival. As a Mood Manager I know that intimacy is crucial to let the energy rise above the dance floor. Do we really think things will go back to normal after this humanitarian crisis? That we’re going to embrace sweaty people that are screaming in your ear? The longer the crisis lasts and the more severe the consequences will become, the fear of the unknown will ensure that people keep their distance for the time being.
New awareness will ensure that the average festival visitor will think twice about how he will spend his free time, with whom and where. The size of the event, the distance between the people / stages, knowing where the emergency exits are, letting loved ones know where you are, the hygiene of the bar, the toilet, etc. But the effect of the ecological footprint is also a question that is becoming increasingly more relevant and perhaps even a reason not to go. What are the risks with regard to my health but also will it contribute to my personal development.
In my opinion new awareness will ensure that the group of 5’s (as an exponent of individualism; nice and carefree partying) will become considerably smaller. There is a lot of room for growth within the 4’s and 3’s and even in the 2’s. These are the people who have an eye for the world around them, like to learn and adhere to the group feeling of ‘together we are strong’. In other words, as an industry we need to rethink the expectations of our visitors. With this we give substance to the 4th level of Maslow: Appreciation & Recognition.
New values arise at the horizon.
“As skin-hungry creatures, we long for intimacy, yet don’t really know how to be intimate anymore“
The need to blend in with the masses was huge but from now on we will think twice before joining big crowds. My estimation is that up to September / October 2020 almost all major events will be cancelled. Do you see yourself in front of a stage with 15.000 visitors? Or would you feel more comfortable in a tent that can only accommodate 1.000 or even just a 100 people? Or do we skip the event for once? When 25% of the visitors skip once or even stop attending all together – because they are no longer comfortable with the status quo – this means that 250 large festivals could cease to exist.
But what will they do? Where will they go? How do you keep your returning visitors? People will obviously go out, but the question is if they’ll find something to their liking they might stay there. Surprise is the essence of going out, escaping from the weekly routine of home / work. If you have choices you want to have ‘new’ experiences.
New needs will ensure that – to get the group of 2’s, 3’s and 4’s in – we have to look at the size of events, the layout of the space and the program.
On the short term there is much more room to gain ground for the smaller events like clubs & music halls again. There are opportunities for new events with smaller stages. Large festivals that add nothing social to the current landscape and do not adapt are facing rough times.
“On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people and then I go home alone.“Janis Joplin
For organizations, show directors and programmers this means that they must give substance to content and offer room for participation. It will not be sufficient anymore to just tag a theme label on an event. There have to be multiple and deeper layers of meaning that appeal to the imagination of the visitor. This will translate into how an event can contribute to your ‘being’.
For example; how does Burningman relate to Dance Valley? Or how does the large main stage show from Tomorrowland relate to the Being-fields area at Booom festival, in Portugal. The sustainability of our colleagues from DGTL is getting close to approaching an ideal, but what will be their next step with regard to the program? Will there be more space for ‘the message’? Whatever that may be.
And this is how we reach Maslov’s 5th level; Personal development.
“Don’t just preach ‘love’, but teach ‘love’“
The discussion is large and complex. We are still in the heat of the moment and there are still many questions unanswered (and unasked).
- How long does it take for the confidence to return?
- What does social distancing mean to B2C and B2B events?
- How do I experience an event?
- How do we greet people? What “state” do I want to be in? How will I deal with alcohol and drugs in this new situation? Do I want to dance or sit?
- This article is mainly about music festivals as ‘the leader’ of festival country, but what about art & theatre festivals or culinary events?
- Looking at the dance floor from the artist’s perspective: How will the light jockey deal with his special FX? What will the video guys come up with? And our DJs and musicians? Does the music go down in energy, or up?
- The financial resources for many will not be enough to travel far or party a lot:
- Will this be the salvation for many smaller clubs?
- Are you going to events for free?
- Can you contribute in other ways than money?
- What can venues do to get through this time and how should they act later?
- How can you make money with smaller events?
- What does the event actually add to my existence / world or is the experience that you bring back different?
- What will be the new DNA of your event? Or new event?
- How do we let the visitor participate?
My goal is to refine this vision in the coming weeks and completing it with fresh creative ideas and new progressive insights. But also to keep asking questions and trying to formulate answers & solutions to make sure we survive as an industry. Let it be the fire to reinvent ourselves, for the Post-Corona society.
We are in this together. Do you want to philosophize, brainstorm about the future or just spar? Let’s talk.
You could text me via +31 6 525 35 001 or mail via email@example.com
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Note: Wherever I’ve written “he” you can of course also read “she” or “unicorn”.
This article was created by
- Marcel Pantera (Treat); Author, Guest Expertise, Mood Management & Strategy
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Amidst an investigation from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Central Michigan University President Bob Davies maintains that the decision to eliminate the Men’s Track & Field team stemmed from reasons based on finances and student success.
The OCR received a complaint against CMU that alleges eliminating the Men’s Track & Field team and replacing it with a men’s golf team discriminated against Black students based on race. The complaint was made by Russell Dinkins, a consultant who has worked to reinstate men’s track and field programs at other colleges and universities.
CMU officials and President Davies have maintained that the decision to eliminate the team wasn’t based on racial discrimination, and instead based on budget reductions and declining enrollments.
“I firmly believe the investigation will find no evidence to support claims of racial discrimination, which are inaccurate and misleading,” a letter from Davies said. “CMU remains committed to diversity, equity and inclusion — as well as the success of every student — and our efforts to maintain a welcoming, supportive and inclusive environment are ongoing. Again, we are providing requested information openly and transparently, and we will continue to do so until the matter is resolved.”
The decision for CMU to eliminate Track & Field occurred in 2020. The official reasonings for this decision stemmed from saving the school hundreds of thousands of dollars as the CMU Athletics has reduced its budget to around $4.5 million. The declining participation in the Men's Track team was another factor for the decision.
"The 2019-20 men’s track and field team had a total of 30 student-athletes, of whom 3 identified as Black, 3 identified as multi-racial, and 22 identified as White. Two were international student-athletes," a letter from Davies said. "Not only did the elimination of the men’s track and field program minimize impact on student-athletes overall, it significantly minimized impact on Students of Color, who are represented in higher percentages in nearly every other men’s sport.
To illustrate further, even without the men’s track and field team, students representing ethnic and racial minorities still comprise roughly 50% of our male student-athlete population."
CMU's reasoning for the choice to add a Men's Golf team, instead of reinstating the Track team, was made due in part to the fact that the cost to run the track team is $1 million whereas running the golf team is projected to cost half that.
"In keeping with CMU Athletics’ tradition, as we bring on men’s golf, we are looking for ways to increase diversity, equity and inclusion beyond our campus borders," Davies letter said. "Both the men’s and women’s golf teams will work with nonprofit organizations, such as First Tee - Greater Detroit and Midnight Golf, as well as our neighbors the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, to bring the sport into new and underserved communities."
Davies reiterated these points at a press conference on the matter that occurred at 11 a.m. in the Powers Hall Ballroom on Thursday, April 28.
"The decision to eliminate any team always comes as a last resort and difficult for all individuals involved," Davies said.
Despite CMU's rationale for making this decision, many supporters of reinstating the Track & Field team still have openly questioned the decision and have made efforts to try to convince CMU officials to reinstate the program. A Committee to Reinstate Men's Track & Field, formed by supporters of the team, have detailed why CMU should reinstate the team and how they can help further support recruitment for the team and the school in their case packet.
"As alumni and friends of the Central Michigan University Men’s Track & Field Program, we are united in our desire to provide solutions to the University to influence a reversal of the decision to terminate the program," the case packet said. "Beyond reinstatement, we commit to the creation of a non-profit organization dedicated to sustain the program for the long term."
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These Breastfeeding Mannequins Challenged Prejudice in Colombia
Campaign by Abbott and JWT Targets Shopping Malls
May 15, 2017
Breastfeeding in public in Colombia is still often frowned upon, so global healthcare company Abbott started a campaign to try and persuade shopping malls to change their policy towards nursing mothers.
Via creative agency JWT Colombia, the campaign persuaded retailers in the malls to swap at least one of their mannequins to a "breastfeeding mannequin," and display it along with a sign asking the shopping mall to allow breastfeeding. Over 100 stores adopted the breastfeeding mannequins, and the campaign invited people to nominate shopping malls to become safe havens for breastfeeding moms via social media or the campaign web site. So far, the effort has led to 10 shopping malls declaring themselves breastfeeding-friendly environments for mothers.
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One year after callouts against racist, sexist, and toxic restaurant work cultures, a look at what’s changed.
One year after callouts against racist, sexist, and toxic restaurant work cultures, a look at what’s changed.
May 24, 2021
This article was produced in partnership with Eater.
When the pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, acclaimed Chicago restaurant Fat Rice told workers it would be closed only temporarily. It laid off around 70 employees and in April pivoted to donating grocery boxes, eventually operating as Super Fat Rice Mart, a general store offering $100 meal kits. But employees were left guessing as to when Fat Rice would reopen, what that would look like, and whether they would have jobs when it did. By June, though, they had their answer: After a wave of accusations that owner Abe Conlon berated female employees, treated Black employees differently from white ones, and even made English the official language of the kitchen, Conlon announced that Fat Rice would close permanently.
The pandemic was already revealing the cracks in the restaurant industry, making employees question whether this sort of work was worth the health risk and reminding those outside the industry that restaurant workers on the front lines are rarely provided with paid sick leave or fair wages. But when protests about the murder of George Floyd began to spread across the country and public conversations turned to issues of white supremacy, police brutality, and racism, many restaurant workers were pushed to the edge. Last summer, workers took to social media to speak about racism and discrimination in the kitchen, low wages, hypocritical chefs and managers, and cultural appropriation. While the #MeToo movement shined a light on long-standing issues like sexism and abuse, the industry as a whole remained a toxic environment. Maybe this time, things would change.
Joey Pham, who is now a baker and spiritual coach at their own business Flavor Supreme, started working at Fat Rice in 2014 as a line cook and says they were eventually driven away by Conlon’s bullying. “I knew I was going to be driven to physical exhaustion because of the general nature of kitchen jobs, but I did not know I would be driven to an emotional and mental deficit, which is what led me to leave,” they said. Like at many restaurants, Conlon’s behavior initially seemed to his workers as par for the course in the restaurant industry.
Former employee Taylor Rae Botticelli says they were initially attracted to Fat Rice in Chicago ironically because it had a reputation as being worker-focused, offering things like full health care to all employees. And while they heard from other workers, “Oh, this chef is a huge asshole. He screams at everybody. He makes people cry,” they said it was easy to brush it off as just what restaurant life is like.
According to Botticelli, Conlon initially maintained that Fat Rice would reopen. But in June, Pham began speaking out against Fat Rice on social media. “I found it odd that there was no acknowledgment of the uprising in a time where everyone was being called to respond, and instead, they were just continuing with business as usual, which was centered around capitalizing on cultures that are not theirs,” they told Eater. After Pham spoke out, more than 200 people wound up sharing stories with them and with the press. This outpouring ultimately led to former employees posting a letter on Fat Rice’s door about Conlon’s behavior and the restaurant’s overall toxicity. “So many people have reached out earnestly to try to help you,” said the letter, which accused Fat Rice of squandering the opportunity to be better.
Soon after that, Conlon announced that Fat Rice would be closing permanently, as would Super Fat Rice Mart, so that he and co-owner Adrienne Lo could take time and reflect on their actions. “I have participated in and upheld a system that needs to fall,” Conlon wrote in a statement at the time. “If Fat Rice needs to fall along with that system, I am ready for that.”
In 2018, food writer Helen Rosner tweeted, “Restaurants close ALL THE TIME for astonishingly stupid reasons, so I really don’t see why it’s so appalling for them to close for actually really good reasons.” She posted it in the wake of reports about restaurateur Ken Friedman’s ongoing sexual harassment of employees, specifically at his restaurant the Spotted Pig (which did indeed shut down). The idea was that no meal is so good that it can be served in a breeding ground of abuse. It’s a seemingly straightforward solution: Keep the harmful people from profiting, and let the workers go somewhere with hopefully a better boss.
On the surface, this is the “good reason” behind why Fat Rice in Chicago closed. But some employees said that by closing, Conlon was skirting a bigger responsibility. “It felt like a cop-out,” Botticelli said. Speaking to Block Club Chicago, former employee Molly Pachay said, “An apology doesn’t mean anything if there’s no change. I need to see follow-through. I wanted to see what they’re going to do for this movement. I want to see that Abe is going to go to therapy and work on himself. I want to see them donate money. I want to see them donate their time to feeding protesters on the South and West sides.” Instead, Conlon walked away, and the employees were left to figure out the future on their own.
Many restaurants that stood accused of racism and toxic environments last summer vowed to be better. But there’s little consensus on what “better” even means or how to measure when a restaurant has succeeded.
In June 2020, employees of Tatte Bakery, a small bakery chain that opened in Boston in 2007 but now also has locations in Washington, D.C., published a Change.org petition demanding that Tatte put its money where its mouth was when it came to diversity. “We have seen Tatte’s supposed stance on Instagram as a supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement but unfortunately, we have yet to see tangible actions made by the corporation,” the petition said, detailing how there were no people of color in the bakery’s executive team and how Tatte leadership didn’t address instances of “racially charged or insensitive behaviors or statements from those in leadership positions at Tatte.”
The petition made three demands: match employee donations to Black Lives Matter, diversify the executive team, and donate leftover food to protesters. Though he was not part of writing the petition, Matthew Waxman, who is now the Bread Team supervisor at Tatte Bakery, says he signed it, saying, “I want Tatte’s actions to be consistent with the values that they publicly express.”
Former employee Tamaryn Watzman said she was drawn to the “family feeling” Tatte espoused. But soon she began noticing things—employees who deserved raises or recognition but weren’t getting them, a disconnect between the higher-ups and the rest of the staff, and the managers’ commitment to a certain white, Instagram-y aesthetic over all else—that, in the wake of the George Floyd killing, felt dissonant with the company’s public calls to support Black Lives Matter.
Waxman also recalled witnessing numerous explicit instances of racism, including a white manager making fun of people who couldn’t speak English well. Another former employee brought up founder Tzurit Or’s decision to board up the windows of the store in reaction to Black Lives Matter protests despite claiming support for the protests. “The reaction of our supposed ‘leader’ to the Black Lives Matter movement and its work is disturbing, and blatantly racist and anti-Black,” the former employee said in a resignation letter.
In a joint statement to Eater, Or and CEO Chuck Chapman said the petition gave them “the opportunity to reflect, learn, and grow based on the feedback we received.” According to their statement, Tatte launched a diversity training program, formalized processes for reporting concerns to HR, promoted and hired people of color to leadership roles, and “prioritized wage and benefit improvements” to hourly workers—almost everything workers asked for. As a cafe and bakery, Tatte could pivot a bit more easily during the pandemic, offering pickup for online orders in March and then reopening some locations as early as May 2020. Which meant that, when they implemented these changes, they could see whether or not they were working.
Waxman said he’s been impressed with the changes, and while day-to-day things feel the same, there are better institutional guards in place to protect against toxic and racist behavior. “From my perspective as a worker, it’s like they did everything that they could do within the constraints of the system that we live in,” Waxman said. “Short of dismantling capitalism, I mean.”
Submarine Hospitality, the restaurant group behind Ava Gene’s and Tusk in Portland, Oregon, has not been able to see if its myriad changes actually work, as its restaurants have not yet reopened for dine-in service. But the changes appear plentiful, and it’s hopeful. The group, which was founded by Luke Dirks and Joshua McFadden, was accused in July 2020 of fostering a toxic work environment across its restaurants. Accusations, which spawned on social media in response to chef Maya Lovelace’s open call for stories of toxicity in the Portland restaurant scene, included pay disparity, protecting white male employees after numerous HR reports, and McFadden being a “racist, transphobic, misogynistic piece of trash.” At the time, McFadden said in a statement to Eater, “I take full responsibility for Submarine’s past and its future. As such, the restaurants have been closed for a period of time and I am putting the work in, in person, with the team to start to chart a path forward.” And on July 13, Dirks stepped down.
Those left at Submarine Hospitality, including McFadden, saw the shutdown and the public call-out as an opportunity to change. On its website, the group exhaustively outlines everything it’s doing to be better, in the sort of progressive-ish, jargon-y language that signals it either knows what it’s talking about or knows how to sound like it does. It acknowledges that the restaurant industry is “full of disparity and inequality, inequity and patriarchy.” It dives in to pledge that it has completely restructured into a “mission-led organization rather than a vision-driven company” and that “no longer is there any one person in complete control of decisions that affect everyone.”
It has hired Justin Garcidiaz, previously a bartender and restaurant manager for Submarine, into the role of HR and cultural advocate “to hold management accountable when it comes to following through on these changes.” It says it is committed to providing better benefits and pay for employees, hiring a more diverse workforce, and “addressing the problem of tipping.” And, rather than just change some internal processes, it says it will be overhauling the ownership structure of the company, with some of the senior executives becoming equity-share ownership partners.
In an interview with multiple directors at Submarine, they acknowledged that the issues that arose last summer, while shocking to the public, were unfortunately de rigueur in the restaurant industry, which is perhaps why there wasn’t an urgency to address them until allegations were made public. But COVID-19 also provided them with an opportunity. “I don’t think any restaurant is going to thank COVID for the past year,” said Shelbey Campbell Lett, Submarine’s director of design and development. “But we never would have been able to take the time to do this and focus solely on how to change such fundamental things about our company without it.” Submarine Hospitality also currently has just 14 employees—the vast majority were laid off at the beginning of the pandemic—which Alex Basler, director of finance and benefits, said made it easier for everyone to engage in conversation about what to do to rebuild a new work culture.
Submarine teamed up with Apron Equity, an equity and inclusion consulting firm focused on the hospitality industry, to create a survey for employees, asking about everything from daily schedules to witnessing harassment. The results of the survey were used to craft new employee training, which includes such topics as racism and bystander preparedness. But overall, the goal was to create a more collaborative culture in which the focus isn’t on a single creative person’s vision at the expense of everyone lower down but on the wellness of the whole team.
On Submarine’s website, it says “our operations, culinary, and creative teams work together daily to ensure that major decisions work for everyone. There are a lot more meetings, but a lot less uncertainty.” Which, according to Garcidiaz, is a prime example of accountability. “It’s not enough for us to go out and make an apology tour as a company,” he says. “What’s most important is that we’re taking the time to actually build out systems and a culture that addresses those past problems.”
Part of that is not just changing the training and the culture but the actual structure of the restaurant. Not only will some senior executives become equity-share owners, but Submarine, in a statement, said it’s “hoping to implement and work on the details of creating a true profit-sharing model for all of our employees.” The goal ensures that any subsequent directors and owners keep the same mission and all this work isn’t undone the second an executive wants to take things in a new direction.
While Submarine Hospitality has positioned itself to be a leader in equity in the hospitality industry, none of this has been officially implemented yet, so it’s impossible to know what the practical difference will be between a senior executive and an equity-share ownership partner or whether being a “mission-led organization” will meaningfully impact a waiter’s life. And a collaborative decision-making system looks a lot different when you have hundreds of employees instead of 14. Which leads some to be skeptical.
“[Everyone] I know who has worked for Submarine that has seen that website is just like, ‘This is a literal joke,’” said a former Submarine Hospitality employee who wished to remain anonymous. While the people now at the top of Submarine may not have been executives before, the former employee says they are “the same exact people that have been there since the beginning” and feels that, essentially, this is all for show, especially given McFadden’s continued involvement with the company. “The power structure exists, and it’s not going to change.”
Portland Monthly also rescinded some early praise of Submarine’s new plan. After publishing a gushing story about McFadden and everything Submarine has been implementing, editor-in-chief Marty Patail took the story down. He replaced it with a statement, apologizing for “giving air to mere promises of change” without proof that change has actually happened. “Six months to a year from now, a story centered on the voices of employees and observers, instead of those of the company’s leadership, will be better able to evaluate how those changes had been implemented,” he wrote. “But now is far too soon for that.”
It’s difficult to say what the summer of restaurant reckonings has actually accomplished. “It takes more than a few months, or even a few years, to hold someone accountable for their harm and allow them the opportunity to understand how their actions impact others,” Pham said. “I am imagining what it would look like if Fat Rice had reopened, and it makes me think of this quote: ‘You cannot heal in the same environment that made you sick.’”
There is largely a consensus on what a better, more sustainable restaurant industry would look like—equal, living wages, including a dismantling of the tipped pay system, health care, reliable schedules so workers can actually have a work-life balance, and zero tolerance for bullying or abuse. No more excuses for sexist or racist chefs who happen to have a brilliant mind for food, and no more throwing workers under the bus in the name of customer-is-always-right hospitality.
Whether that must come through better HR departments, collective ownership or unionization, or something else, creating a better restaurant industry will ultimately require a massive restructuring of how it has been run. And the looming question around all these attempts at rebuilding the industry is whether we can trust the people who built this to be the ones to dismantle it, while at the same time not making it the job of marginalized people to fix a system that disproportionately oppresses them.
But there is still no consensus on how to bring that about. Closing a restaurant might free workers from a stressful and abusive job, but it means workers are out of a job, and it risks letting abusive owners off the hook. And while restaurants like Tatte have shown they can improve, it is often still at the whims of an individual owner to decide to change. And it seems like unless they were directly and publicly accused, many restaurants are operating the same as they always have. Which, now that they’re hiring again, has led workers to question whether they even want to return to the restaurant industry if returning means the same low wages, lack of benefits, and unsafe working conditions that are still widely the norm.
A year after these calls for justice, there is proof that change is possible. But it took a pandemic, a national call for racial equity, and hundreds of restaurant workers speaking out about the abuses they have faced just for a handful of restaurants to even attempt to address these issues. If that’s what needs to happen for some restaurants to give workers diversity, equity, and inclusion training and slightly higher wages, what will it take for systemic, lasting change to happen?
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INCAE continues its contribution to sustainable development through the Green Housing Financing course
February 8, 2022. The Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS) of INCAE through its project Ecobanking continues to strengthen the capacities of the financial sector to take advantage of the opportunities offered by sustainable finance. Through different face-to-face and online courses, more than 4 executives worldwide have been trained in topics such as environmental and social risks, development of renewable energy projects, among others.
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Young children who grow up with a dog or in a large family may have some protection later in life from a common inflammatory bowel disease known as Crohn's disease, according to a study to be presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2022.
Our study seems to add to others that have explored the 'hygiene hypothesis' which suggests that the lack of exposure to microbes early in life may lead to lack of immune regulation toward environmental microbes."
Williams Turpin, PhD, study's senior author and research associate with Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto
Researchers used an environmental questionnaire to collect information from nearly 4,300 first-degree relatives of people with Crohn's disease enrolled in the Crohn's and Colitis Canada Genetic, can you drink beer with omnicef Environmental, and Microbial (CCC-GEM) project. Using responses to the questionnaire and historical data collected at the time of recruitment, Dr. Turpin and his team analyzed several environmental factors, including family size, the presence of dogs or cats as household pets, the number of bathrooms in the house, living on a farm, drinking unpasteurized milk and drinking well water. The analysis also included age at the time of exposure.
The study found that exposure to dogs, particularly from ages 5 to 15, was linked with healthy gut permeability and balance between the microbes in the gut and the body's immune response, all of which might help protect against Crohn's disease. Similar effects were observed with exposure to dogs across all age groups.
"We did not see the same results with cats, though we are still trying to determine why," Dr. Turpin said. "It could potentially be because dog owners get outside more often with their pets or live in areas with more green space, which has been shown previously to protect against Crohn's."
Another protective factor seemed to be living with three or more family members in the first year of life, which was associated with microbiome composition later in life. The gut microbiome is believed to play a role in a number of health conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
Dr. Turpin and his colleagues hope their findings may assist physicians in asking detailed questions of patients to determine who is at highest risk. However, he noted that the early life environmental factors were assessed by questionnaires, so caution is warranted in interpreting these results due to possible recall bias at recruitment. The reasons dog ownership and larger families appear to provide protection from Crohn's remain unclear.
Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that affects around half a million people in the U.S. It most often develops in young adults, people who smoke, and those with a close family member who has IBD. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss. Treatments currently aim to prevent symptom flare-ups through diet modification, medication, and surgery.
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The development of insecticides requires valid risk assessment procedures to avoid causing harm to beneficial insects and especially to pollinators such as the honeybee Apis mellifera. In addition to testing according to current guidelines designed to detect bee mortality, tests are needed to determine possible sublethal effects interfering with the animal's vitality and behavioral performance. Several methods have been used to detect sublethal effects of different insecticides under laboratory conditions using olfactory conditioning. Furthermore, studies have been conducted on the influence insecticides have on foraging activity and homing ability which require time-consuming visual observation. We tested an experimental design using the radiofrequency identification (RFID) method to monitor the influence of sublethal doses of insecticides on individual honeybee foragers on an automated basis. With electronic readers positioned at the hive entrance and at an artificial food source, we obtained quantifiable data on honeybee foraging behavior. This enabled us to efficiently retrieve detailed information on flight parameters. We compared several groups of bees, fed simultaneously with different dosages of a tested substance. With this experimental approach we monitored the acute effects of sublethal doses of the neonicotinoids imidacloprid (0.15–6 ng/bee) and clothianidin (0.05–2 ng/bee) under field-like circumstances. At field-relevant doses for nectar and pollen no adverse effects were observed for either substance. Both substances led to a significant reduction of foraging activity and to longer foraging flights at doses of ≥0.5 ng/bee (clothianidin) and ≥1.5 ng/bee (imidacloprid) during the first three hours after treatment. This study demonstrates that the RFID-method is an effective way to record short-term alterations in foraging activity after insecticides have been administered once, orally, to individual bees. We contribute further information on the understanding of how honeybees are affected by sublethal doses of insecticides.
Citation: Schneider CW, Tautz J, Grünewald B, Fuchs S (2012) RFID Tracking of Sublethal Effects of Two Neonicotinoid Insecticides on the Foraging Behavior of Apis mellifera. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030023
Editor: Nicolas Chaline, Université Paris 13, France
Received: June 28, 2011; Accepted: December 10, 2011; Published: January 11, 2012
Copyright: © 2012 Schneider et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: This study was funded by the European Union and the State of Hesse (Project No: 37150400). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Sublethal effects have been described as effects on physiology and behavior of an individual that has been exposed to a pesticide without directly causing death . For honeybees, exposure to sublethal insecticide doses can have an influence on their learning ability, orientation, foraging, or brood care . In their role as pollinators honeybees interact with plants that are targeted by insecticide application. Therefore, standard guidelines have been developed to assess the risk of these substances –. These tests include toxicity evaluations on adult bees by cage-, tunnel-, and field experiments, mainly observing mortality. Residual toxicity is considered to be less important, due to the fact that these guidelines deem the main exposure way to be by spraying application. Taking into consideration the systemic properties of insecticides like neonicotinoids, seed dressing has become a major practice for plant protection. It effectively reduces the amount of insecticides used on agricultural crop land by up to 99% (Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, BVL, Germany) and is supposed to reduce health risks by minimizing interaction of the active ingredients with the surrounding environment. Nevertheless, the honeybee can be exposed to these substances by two main exposure routes: contact and oral exposure. When considering oral ingestion, honeybees can be exposed in different ways including nectar, pollen, and guttation water. Guttation water, an excretion of xylem water at the leaf margins, was recently discovered to hold high residues of neonicotinoid substances (imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam) when collected from treated corn seedlings (Zea mays L.) . It still remains unclear though, if water foragers collect guttation drops from seed dressed plants and, if they do, how these drops affect the bees. The residues of imidacloprid and clothianidin found in pollen and nectar of seed dressed sunflowers (Helianthus annuus L.) clearly range at a sublethal level , . Field relevant doses of imidacloprid in sunflowers and oilseed rape were estimated to be around 0.13 ng and 0.023–0.03 ng, respectively . In the laboratory, impairments of insecticides on honeybee learning are commonly investigated using proboscis extension reflex (PER) conditioning –. This paradigm simulates the conditioning process of memorizing a floral cue, e.g. odor, and associating it with the reward nectar and pollen . Outside of the lab the influence of sublethal insecticide doses is investigated by analyzing the foraging behavior at an artificial feeder containing sugar water as a nectar substitute and/or by analyzing the homing ability of the treated bees –, but the observations are time-consuming and the information provided is limited. Therefore, we wanted to apply a feeder task combined with RFID labeling (Fig. 1A). RFID-labeling was introduced in honeybee research by Streit et al. in 2003 and was also used for investigations of other hymenopterans , to obtain detailed information on foraging behavior with little effort and at reasonable cost. Independently from this study, Decourtye et al. developed a similar feeder task which, like the approach in this study, was based on two sets of separate direction-sensitive reading devices positioned in front of the hive entrance and in front of a compartment containing an artificial feeder. They showed that the phenylpyrazole insecticide fipronil reduced the number of foraging flights and prolonged the duration of homing flights for up to three days.
(A) The RFID-transponder attached to the thorax shield of honeybees allows tracking of the foraging activity with RFID-readers positioned at hive entrance and at the feeder. (B) Bees foraging from an artificial feeder placed in a feeder compartment. The bar-shaped scanners at the entrance of the feeder compartment detect every passage of a labeled honeybee, when it passes through specially crafted bee tunnels (see also Figure S4).
While Decourtye et al. investigated for effects of fipronil on longevity, as well as the number and duration of the homing flight, our study focused on the effects of the neonicotinoid insecticides imidacloprid and clothianidin. The latter has been identified as the main cause for a massive bee intoxication incident in Germany in the spring of 2008, resulting from poor seed dressing quality. With two reading devices at hive and feeder (Fig. 1B), respectively, we observed the number of foraging trips from the hive to the feeder, the duration of these foraging trips, and the time interval a bee spent inside the hive between foraging trips. In addition, we obtained detailed information on foraging trip phases by dividing the trip duration into three sections: flight time to the feeder, duration of stay at the feeder, and flight time back to the hive. Sublethal effects of imidacloprid on honeybee foraging behavior have been investigated before by other methods –. Therefore, the number of tests with the imidacloprid have been limited to two trials in the summers of 2009 and 2010, as well as an additional pre-test in 2008 (data of pre-test shown in Figure S1) in order to calibrate and validate the experimental design. Clothianidin-related effects on foraging are not yet reported to our knowledge. Thus, we focused this study mainly on this particular substance. After the bees had been released at the feeder site following one-time insecticide administration, we analyzed the foraging behavior during three-hour periods immediately after and between 24 h and 48 h after treatment. A maximum of five different treatment groups, including a control group, were tested simultaneously. Thus, we provide further information on sublethal influences of insecticides after oral administration to individual honeybee foragers and corroborate the suitability of the RFID method for this purpose.
This study included 10 independent trials, two of which were performed with imidacloprid and eight of which were performed with clothianidin. The limited number of imidacloprid trials is due to the fact that imidacloprid is well known to cause sublethal effects on foraging behavior. Thus, these trials mainly had a calibration and validation purpose for our experimental design. The distance between the hive and the feeder in each trial was 7 meters. RFID-tagged bees (Apis mellifera carnica) undertook 29610 foraging flights to the feeder. The median total duration an untreated bee needed for a foraging trip in the different tests, from leaving the hive until reentering it, lasted between 107 and 130 seconds. The median flight time to the feeder lasted between 7 and 11 seconds, the median flight time back to the hive took between 9 and 12 seconds, and the median period of time a bee spent at the feeder was between 76 and 110 seconds. Between two foraging flights the bees spent a median time of 95–111 seconds inside of the hive. The variation in the durations is explained by the different weather conditions during the conduction of the tests.
1. Proportion of bees returning to the hive after treatment
In the trials conducted with imidacloprid, all or almost all bees of the control groups and the groups treated with doses up to 3 ng returned to the hive after post-treatment release at the feeder, but only a quarter of the bees returned after administration of 6 ng (controls, 0.15 and 1.5 ng: 100%; 3 ng: 95%, 6 ng 25%). Among the bees treated with 3 ng and 6 ng imidacloprid that were not directly flying to the hive, we observed reduced mobility, followed by a phase of motionlessness with occasional trembling and cleaning movements (Movies S1 and S2).
In the trials conducted with clothianidin, all of the control- and 0.05 ng-bees, and 94.4% of the 0.5 ng-bees returned to the hive during a three-hour observation period immediately after treatment. From the bees treated with 1 ng, only 73.8% returned to the hive, and only 20.6% returned after the uptake of 2 ng. We repeatedly observed abnormal reactions after the release at the feeder site following the administration of 1 ng and 2 ng clothianidin. Bees were moving around with an awkwardly arched abdomen, sometimes followed by a phase of turning upside down and lying on the back with paddling leg movements (Movie S3 and S4). Regardless of the administered substance, bees that did not return to the hive within the three-hour period immediately after treatment were neither registered again at the hive nor at the feeder during the following days.
2. Feeder visits
The number of feeder visits per bee that was detected for the variously dosed imidacloprid groups during the different observation periods over 48 h is shown in Figure 2A. The median number of feeder visits for bees treated with 1.5 ng and 3 ng imidacloprid compared to the control bees (n = 18) during the three-hour observation period after administration was reduced by 47% and 98%, respectively (n = 19, p1.5 ng<0.001; n = 10, p3 ng<0.001, Mann-Whitney-U-test). Not all bees treated with 3 ng reappeared at the feeder immediately after treatment, all but two returned regularly after 24 h. Bees treated with 6 ng, which had re-entered the hive after release, did not visit the feeder until 24 h after treatment.
During 3-hour observation periods, we recorded the frequency of visits at the feeder immediately after treatment (a.t.) and up to 48 h after treatment (24 h a.t., 48 h a.t.). Values inside the bars: n = Number of bees returning to the feeder after treatment, % = (bees returned/bees treated)*100, (A) Oral administration with 0.15 ng imidacloprid did not affect the visit frequency per bee significantly, while 1.5 and 3 ng imidacloprid led to a significant reduction of feeder visits compared to the controls during the first three hours immediately after treatment. Not all bees treated with 3 ng reappeared at the feeder immediately after treatment, but almost all returned regularly after 24 h. No bees treated with 6 ng imdacloprid returned in the first three hours of observation after treatment. After 24 h only three of twelve bees returned to forage from the feeder. (B) The frequency of visits was not affected negatively after administration of 0.05 ng clothianidin, while treatment with 0.5 ng, 1 ng, and 2 ng clothianidin reduced the frequency of visits significantly compared to the control group during the first three hours immediately after treatment. As shown here, only 67.8% and 11.8% of the bees treated with 1 ng and 2 ng, respectively returned to forage at the feeder. The missing bees were not registered again during the experiments. The significant reductions to the visit frequency by both substances did not persist on the following day. * = p<0.05, ** = p≤0.01, *** = p≤0.001.
Administration of 0.5 ng and 1 ng clothianidin resulted in a significant reduction of the number of feeder visits per bee compared to the control group (n = 83). During the three-hour observation period after treatment the visit frequency was reduced by 31% and 71%, respectively (n = 65, p0.5 ng<0.001; n = 57, p1 ng<0.001, Mann-Whitney-U-test, Fig. 2B). For the bees that returned to the feeder after administration with 2 ng clothianidin the number of visits was reduced by 74% (n = 4, p2 ng<0.001). The lowest doses used for both substances, 0.15 ng for imidacloprid and 0.05 ng for clothianidin, had no effect on the number of feeder visits.
Twenty-four hours after administration, no verifiable effect on the average number of feeder visits was detected for any of the treatment groups except for the 6 ng imidacloprid (p6 ng = and the 2 ng clothianidin group (p2 ng = 0.013).
3. Duration of and time interval between foraging trips
Administration of 1.5 ng and 3 ng imidacloprid substantially prolonged the median duration needed for a single foraging trip by 50% and 130% (p1.5 ng≤0.001; p3 ng<0.001, Kruskal-Wallis-Test followed by Mann-Whitney-U-Test), respectively during the first three-hour observation period (Fig. 3A). In the experimental groups treated with 1.5 ng or 3 ng imidacloprid, the median flight time to the feeder was prolonged by 64.7% and 241.1%, respectively (p1.5 ng<0.01; p3 ng<0.001, see also Fig. 3B). The time spent at the feeder was prolonged by 27.5% and 45.6%, respectively (p1.5 ng<0.05; p3 ng<0.05, see also Fig. 3C), and the median flight time from the feeder to the hive was prolonged by 20% and 210%, respectively (p1.5 ng<0.01; p3 ng<0.001, see also Fig. 3D). In addition, the median duration the bees spent within the hive between foraging flights was significantly prolonged by 33% and 993% after administration of 1.5 ng (p1.5 ng<0.001) and 3 ng (p3 ng<0.001), respectively, as compared to the control bees. This effect was particularly pronounced during the first and second time interval inside the hive between foraging trips after administration of 3 ng (1st: 972.2%, p3 ng<0.001; 2nd: 1077.7%, p3 ng<0.05) in relation to the controls. Administration of 1.5 ng did not affect the first, but prolonged the second in-hive stay (33%, p<0.01). Twenty-four hours after administration of 1.5 ng we still found prolonged flight times to the feeder but the effect was not as pronounced as the day before. None of the other described effects persisted during the following days.
Plotted were the median times in seconds for every bee during 3-hours observation periods immediately after treatment (a.t.) and 24 h after treatment (24 h a.t.). * = p<0.05, ** = p≤0.01, *** = p≤0.001. (A) Imidacloprid: Bees treated with 1.5 ng and 3 ng imidacloprid spent more time outside of the hive for a foraging trip compared to the control group during the first three hours immediately after treatment. These effects were not persistent after 24 h. (B) We observed significantly prolonged flights to the feeder and (D) back to the hive during the three hour observation period after oral administration, for bees treated with 1.5 and 3 ng imidacloprid compared to the control group during the first three hours immediately after treatment. (C) Bees treated with 1.5 and 3 ng imidacloprid spent more time inside the feeder compartment compared to the control group during the first three hours after treatment. This effect was not found to be persistent 24 hours after administration.
The median duration of a foraging trip of bees treated with 0.5 ng, 1 ng, and 2 ng clothianidin was significantly prolonged by 20% (p0.5 ng<0.001), 32.2% (p1 ng<0.001), and 109.3% (p2 ng<0.001) compared to the control bees during the three-hour observation period immediately after administration (Fig. 4A). In contrast to the administration of imidacloprid, treatment with clothianidin, regardless of the dose, had no verifiable effect on the median flight time to the feeder (Fig. 4B). Immediately after administration of 0.5 ng, 1 ng, and 2 ng, the time spent at the feeder was prolonged by 14.1% (p0.5 ng<0.01), 39.9% (p1 ng<0.001), and 101.8% (p2 ng<0.001) (see also Fig. 4C). The median flight time back to the hive was prolonged by 30% (p0.5 ng<0.001), 40% (p1 ng<0.001), and 90% (p2 ng<0.001), respectively (Fig. 4D). The median time interval of an in-hive stay between foraging trips was prolonged by 15.8% for 0.5 ng (p0.5 ng<0.05), by 36.7% for 1 ng (p<0.001), and by 95.9% for 2 ng (p2 ng<0.001) (Fig. 5C). The first and second stay inside the hive immediately after treatment were substantially prolonged after administration of 1 ng (1st: +192.4%, p1 ng<0.001; 2nd: +82.2%, p1 ng<0.001) and 2 ng (1st: 400%, p2 ng<0.01 and 2nd: 190.7%, p2 ng<0.05) compared to the control bees (Fig. 5D). Administration of 0.5 ng did not affect the first, but prolonged the second in-hive stay by 71.9% (p0.5 ng<0.05). No detrimental effects on the parameters above were found for 0.05 ng. However, 24 h hours after oral administration of 0.05 ng, bees needed less time for a foraging trip (−9.1%; p0.05 ng<0.05) by spending shorter periods of time at the feeder (−8.9%; p0.05 ng<0.05). Twenty-four hours after treatment with 2 ng, we still observed a prolonged median duration for a foraging trip (+41.3, p2 ng<0.05), for a flight back to the hive (+38.9%, p2 ng<0.05), and for the time interval spent inside of the hive between foraging trips (+118.2%, p2 ng<0.05) No significant effects were detectable after 24 h for the other doses used.
Plotted were the median times in seconds for every bee during 3-hours observation periods immediately after treatment (a.t.) and 24 h after treatment (24 h a.t.). * = p<0.05, ** = p≤0.01, *** = p≤0.001. (A) After bees were treated with 0.5 ng, 1 ng, and 2 ng clothianidin their median time spent outside of the hive was significantly prolonged compared to the control group. On the following day we observed slightly but significantly shorter foraging trips by the bees treated with 0.05 ng compared to the control. Foraging trips by the bees treated with 2 ng clothianidin were still found to be significantly prolonged after 24 hours, though not as profound compared to the day before. (B) Treatment with clothianidin, regardless of the dose, showed no significant effect on flight time to the feeder. (C) Immediately after treatment with 0.5 ng, 1 ng and 2 ng clothianidin, bees spent more time inside the feeder compartment compared to the control group. Twenty-four hours after treatment we observed significantly shorter feeder visits for bees treated with 0.05 ng when compared to the control, while no significant difference was observed for bees treated with the other doses. (D) Bees treated with 0.5 ng, 1 ng, and 2 ng needed significantly longer to fly back to the hive compared to the controls during the three hour observation period immediately after treatment. After 24 h bees treated with 2 ng still needed significantly longer than the control group when returning to the hive, though the difference was not as profound compared to the day before.
Plotted was the median period spend inside the hive between two foraging trips and the duration of the first in-hive stay for every bee (in minutes) immediately after respective administration of one of the two insecticides.* = p<0.05, ** = p≤0.01, *** = p≤0.001. (A) In the three hour observation period after treatment with 1.5 ng and 3 ng imidacloprid and (C) 0.5 ng, 1 ng and 2 ng clothianidin, these bees needed significantly longer to fly out again after returning from for the subsequent foraging trip compared to the control groups. (B) Administration of 3 ng imidacloprid led to a significantly prolonged first stay inside of the hive. (D) Bees that were treated with 1 ng and 2 ng clothianidin had longer first in-hive stays compared to the controls.
Our study used the RFID-technology to analyze the impact of insecticide compounds on honeybee foraging behavior. Decourtye et al. already showed that fipronil at doses of 0.3 ng/bee reduced the number of foraging flights to the feeder and prolonged the duration of the homing flight . These effects were observable for up to three days. Similar effects were found for the compounds used in this study. In contrast to Decourtye et al., who conducted their tests under semi-field conditions, the described trails were conducted under field conditions, allowing the test colonies to normally provide themselves with necessary additional resources including pollen, water, and propolis. Furthermore, since the test is designed to detect effects on individual bees, the tested bees were fed defined amounts of the pesticide individually with the differently spiked sugar solutions instead of bulk feeding them in a cage.
By obtaining data describing a minimum of six different parameters of foraging behavior, sub-lethal effects for both substances, imidacloprid and clothianidin, used in this study were detected. Impairments were detected at doses of 1.5 ng imidacloprid per bee, which would equal a concentration of around 115 ppb (parts per billion) in nectar. These results are in agreement with previous studies, which tested the effect of imidacloprid on homing and foraging behavior . Yang et al. found effects on foraging behavior at concentrations as low as 50 µg/L (40–50 ppb). These documented concentrations are still more than twenty-five to fifty times higher than the residues found in the nectar of sunflowers (Helianthus, 1.9 ppb) . Treatment with the lowest dose of imidacloprid (0.15 ng; 11.5 ppb), which is about five-fold higher than any residues found in nectar, had no recognizable effect on foraging behavior. Nevertheless, bees may be exposed to almost 100-fold higher doses than tested in our trials, as shown in a study concerning the insecticide contamination of guttation drops, xylem fluids that are excreted at the leaf margins in seed dressed crops. It remains unclear, though, if water foragers collect these fluids in the field.
This is the first study on foraging behavior of honeybees that presents sub-lethal effects after acute oral treatment with clothianidin. Dosages of 0.5 ng (38 ppb) negatively influence the foraging behavior and low dosages (0.05 ng; 3.8 ppb) can have effects on certain aspects of foraging behavior even if they did not have any significant effects on the number of feeder visits or on the total foraging time. Clothianidin elicited detrimental sub-lethal effects at somewhat lower doses (0.5 ng/bee) than imidacloprid (1.5 ng/bee). Bees disappeared at the level of 1 ng for clothianidin, while we could register the first bee losses for imidacloprid at doses exceeding 3 ng. This indicates a stronger impact of clothianidin compared to imidacloprid, which is in agreement with previous reports that both oral and contact toxicity levels are lower for clothianidin.
Both neonicotinoid insecticides are known to be partial agonists for different types of the insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) –. In vitro experiments that observed the action of imidacloprid and clothianidin on native nAChRs of cholinergic neurons from Drosophila larvae and nAChRs of the terminal abdominal ganglion neurons of the American cockroach showed greater agonist efficacy of clothianidin compared to imidacloprid. A similar effect on cholinergic neurons in adult honeybees could be an explanation for our findings that clothianidin elicits detrimental effects at lower doses than imidacloprid.
In general, both substances led to similar effects on the observed foraging parameters. The only difference was found when investigating the flight time to the feeder. Bees treated with imidacloprid needed more time to fly to the feeder while no effect on this phase was observed after administration of clothianidin. Relating this to the symptoms observed after administration of higher doses of both substances it could be another indication for differences in their efficacy. Higher doses of imidacloprid (≥3 ng) led to reduced movement, eventually leading to immobility and trembling movements, which is in accordance to previously reported doses of ≥2.5 ng by Lambin et al. . This might have occurred to some degree in the lower doses as well, but escaped visual observation. Higher doses of clothianidin (≥1 ng), in contrast resulted in an arched abdomen, which did not reduce the mobility of the bees like imidacloprid did. Girolami et al. reported that when their abdomens were arched, the bees still retained their flying capability. Taking this into consideration, it could explain why the detrimental effect on flight behavior by clothianidin was less pronounced compared to imidacloprid, though still significant compared to the controls. Furthermore, it might be hypothesized that imidacloprid and clothianidin aim at differing targets, i.e. different subtypes of receptors located on pre-motoneurons and motoneurons of honeybees, though their cell physiological actions are still unknown. This was already shown in a study of Thany for DUM-(dorsal unpaired median) neurons isolated from the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Here clothianidin was found to act on imidacloprid-sensitive and -insensitive nAChR subtypes. DUM-neurons are known for their neuromodulatory role in altering the performance of motor patterns and are thought to be homologous to VUM (ventral unpaired median)-neurons , of honeybees because of their similar morphology and physiology.
An increase in motor activity observed in a study by Lambin et al. after topical application of 1.25 ng imidacloprid and subsequent introduction into an open-field-like apparatus . The orally administered dosages of imidacloprid in our study did not seem to increase motor activity at the feeder site.
Both substances led to a longer 1st and 2nd period of stay inside the hive before returning to the feeder. This is likely due to a prevailing toxic effect on the bees while they were inside the hive. They remained in the hive until the effect ceased and they were able to fly out again. This is consistent with the fact that bees that did not return to the hive after treatment were not registered again, but the majority of bees that made it back to the hive returned to the feeder later on.
In conclusion, we think that the method of RFID aided feeder tests could be of considerable help concerning risk assessment of insecticides. Subsequent to initial mortality tests to determine the LD50 of an insecticide, the RFID-method could be used in field-like tests to investigate possible sublethal effects of doses thought to be non-hazardous for honeybees. Furthermore, we think that the sensitivity would be increased considerably by higher distances between hives and feeder, which will be explored in further experiments.
Materials and Methods
To investigate foraging behavior, a classical behavioral feeding experiment was combined with modern monitoring technology. Our behavioral paradigm was to train the bees to forage at an artificial food source and monitor their performance. All tests were conducted during the summers of 2009 and 2010 at a research compound situated about 370 meters east of the Institut fuer Bienenkunde in Oberursel, Germany. Each trial included several training steps, individual pesticide treatment and a subsequent observation period of up to 48 hours. One week was needed to conduct a single test.
1. Monitoring by RFID technology
For exact and detailed monitoring of individual bee's foraging behavior, bees were labeled with RFID (radio frequency identification) transponders (mic3-TAG 64bit read only, carrier frequency: 13.56 MHz, microsensys GmbH, Erfurt, Germany), each holding a unique ID number. The RFID-Transponder was attached to the bees on the dorsal part of their thorax one day before insecticide application. The dimensions of the transponders were 2×1.6×0.5 mm, and the weight was approximately 4 mg. For labeling the bees we used commercially available devices for marking queens (Carl-Fritz-Imkereifachhandel, Mellrichstadt, Germany) consisting of plastic tubes closed by an elastic mesh closes at one end of the tube. Bees were gently pushed against the net with a soft foam plastic covered plunger, such that the tags could be glued to the upper part of the thorax with a drop of shellac through a mesh hole, where it was allowed to dry for 15 to 20 min. All tags used in one trial were checked as to their functioning with a handheld USB-Penreader (iID® PEN mini USB, microsensys, Erfurt, Germany) and their IDs were saved before attaching them to the bees.
For tracking bee movements, specifically designed scanners (Model: 2k6 HEAD, memory: 512 kByte, Controller-Update v27, Hardware-Update v 2.4, microsensys GmbH, Erfurt, Germany) were positioned in front of the hive entrance.. As the reading distance of this RFID system is limited to approximately 4 mm and the tag, fixed on the bee, has to be aligned facing upward, bees were to enter the colonies through tunnels whose specific shape of cross-section was to ensure that bees would not pass upside-down or sideways (see also Fig. S2). For each entry, two parallel tunnels, each equipped with a separate scanner were used. For the automatic registration of labeled bees at the feeder site, we developed a custom-made feeder compartment from acrylic Plexiglas® (dimensions: 229×165×55 mm). In order to forage from the feeder, each bee had to enter the compartment through an identical tunnel-system, as used at the hive entrances.
With these reading devices it was possible to track individual bees at the hive entrance or the feeder site, respectively, to receive an exact time-stamp (date and time) when the bees were registered, and to determine the direction the bees were heading, either departing or arriving. From the readers at the colony entrance alone, total durations of foraging flights and the duration of stays inside the colony between flights could be determined. Using additional readers at the feeder sites allowed to determine the numbers of visits to the feeder, but also to differentiate the durations of the different phases of a foraging trip which were (i) the time interval between leaving the hive and entering the feeder compartment termed “flight time to the feeder”, (ii) the time interval between entering and leaving the feeder compartment (“time spent at the feeder”) and (iii) the time interval between leaving the feeder and entering the colony (“flight time to the hive”).
2. Foraging behavior setup
In each year, bees of an Apis mellifera carnica breeder line were housed in a nucleus bee hive (Mini-Plus, Bienenzuchtbedarf Heinrich Holtermann GmbH & Co KG, Brockel, Germany) containing 6 mini combs (approx. 248×159 mm) and about 2000 bees. The hive entrances were marked by black geometrical shapes (triangle, circle, or square) on a white background to provide visual guidance for the departing and returning bees.
Feeders and training.
A feeder, similar to the design of Renner (1959) , filled with an odorless 2 M sucrose solution was placed on a table 7 m away from the hive entrance. To offer the bees additional visual and olfactory cues to be associated with the food source, a square-shaped 75×75 mm yellow wax patch from comb foundations was placed beneath the feeder. Departing worker bees of unknown age were caught at the hive entrance in 20 ml snap cap bottles, carried to the feeder where they were released so that they could collect sugar solution if it seemed attractive enough to them. Bees returning to the feeder after flying back to the colony were color-marked on the abdomen. On a given day, between 90 and 100 individuals were color-marked. After marking, unmarked newcomers to the feeder were caught and disposed of to avoid crowding.
Unlike the registration tunnels in front of the beehive, which the bees learned to pass of their own accord when leaving and entering the colonies, a special training was required to guide our color-marked foragers to the feeder within the feeder compartment (Fig. 1B). After the bees had learned to forage from the freely accessible feeder, the feeder together with the wax patch was placed inside the feeder compartment for about 30 minutes. Then the compartment was covered by the lid so that bees entered through the entry opening still not equipped with the registration tunnels, which were inserted 30 min later as the sole openings. To help first foragers until traffic was established, these were additionally guided into the tunnels by wax markings and sugar trails, and the compartment was covered to exclude light except from the tunnels to help them to learn to leave the compartment.
3. Administration of insecticides
We were interested to see if the sublethal influence of certain insecticides altered the foraging parameters described above. For our tests, we used imidacloprid (powder form, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany) and clothianidin (powder form, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Missouri, USA). Both substances were applied orally, dissolved in 2 M sucrose solution. The solubility of both neonicotinoids in water (imidacloprid: 0.51 g/L; clothianidin: 0.327 g/L) made it necessary to pre-dissolve 10 mg of both substances with 1 ml of acetone before mixing them with distilled water and thereby gaining a stock solution of 1 mM. For both substances, dilution series were done to obtain concentrations in 2 M sucrose solution for imidacloprid of 0.06, 0.6, 1.2 and 2.4 µM which are equivalent to dosages per 10 µL of 0.15, 1.5, 3 and 6 ng. The lowest dose is in accordance with the estimated dose found in the nectar of seed treated sunflowers . For clothianidin, those concentrations were 0.02, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8 µM. These are equivalent to dosages per 10 µL of 0.05, 0.5, 1 and 2 ng. Controls were fed with 2 M sucrose solution containing an equivalent of acetone. The percentage of acetone did not exceed 0.01% (v/v).
In every trial, the previously labeled bees were caught at the feeder site immediately after landing with the same type of marking tube already used in the RFID-labeling process and were fed individually with different dosages of the tested insecticides. The sugar solution was offered in a cap from a 1.5 ml Rotilabo® micro centrifuge tube (Carl Roth GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany), which was embedded in the foam plastic of the plunger, thereby serving as a small feeding trough. In order to assign the bees to the different dosage groups, the bees were caught and allocated to the experimental groups as follows: The first bee caught was put into group 1 (e.g. control), the second bee into group 2 (dosage x), the third bee into group 3 (dosage y), and so on. This pattern was repeated until all labeled bees were caught and assigned to one of the experimental groups. The maximum number of bees per dosage group was 12. The bees were kept isolated in the tubes for 20 min to avoid trophallaxis with other bees and to observe the possibility of regurgitation. After the treatment, the bees were released at the feeder site.
4. Data analysis
The reader data were read out with software supplied by microsensys GmbH, Erfurt, Germany, and were imported into statistical software (SPSS Statistics 17.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA). We used self-written algorithms to (i) filter and erase rapid succession registrations at the same reader antenna, which occurred when a labeled bee lingered beneath it for too long, (ii) calculate the time of a foraging trip and its different phases, and (iii) analyze the number of feeder visits per bee during the three-hour observation period. Since the number of feeder visits per bee and the times for the different foraging phases were not found to be normally distributed, non-parametrical Kruskal-Wallis- and Mann-Whitney-U-tests were used to the different treatment groups to the control. The null hypothesis was rejected at the 5% -level (p<0.05).
Results of pre-test conducted with a handheld USB-Pen to detect bees at the feeder site. (A) The number of visits at the feeder site was significantly reduced, (B) the median total duration for a single foraging trip and the first time interval spent inside the hive were significantly prolonged compared to the control (n = 10) for bees treated with 3 ng imidacloprid (n = 9) during the observation period immediately after treatment. All treated bees returned to the foraging site. (C) No verifiable effect was observed for the median time interval spent inside the hive during observation periods. No effect was observed 24 h after treatment.* = p<0.05, ** = p≤0.01, *** = p≤0.001.
Schematic view of the bee-tunnel cross-section. (A) Cross section of the tunnel designed to ensure passages of the bees with dorsal-surface facing upward. The highest part allows passage of the bee's body, while the side extensions give space to the bee's legs in sideward position. Front view. (B) Top view of the two parallel tunnels.
1st symptom observed after administration of doses ≥3 ng imidacloprid. Bee showing reduced mobility at the entrance of the feeder compartment.
2nd symptom observed after administration of doses ≥3 ng imidacloprid. A near-to-motionless bee sitting on the feeder with occasional trembling and cleaning movements.
1st symptom observed after administration of doses ≥1 ng clothianidin. Bee moving around the feeder compartment with an awkwardly arched abdomen.
We want to thank Matthias Ullmann and Beate Springer, our beekeepers for preparing the Mini-Plus Nuclei and for continuous support. We also thank Danilo Bevk, Desiree Volpp, Scott Wilkens, and Dr. Jasna Kralj for their assistance and advice during the experiments.
Conceived and designed the experiments: CWS. Performed the experiments: CWS. Analyzed the data: CWS SF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG JT. Wrote the paper: CWS.
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Planning Services helps support individuals and their families.
- System Navigation Support provides support, information, and referrals to adults with cerebral palsy in all areas of their lives.
System Navigation Support
What the Program does:
Our program facilitators will work with you to solve a problem, provide advice and answer your questions. We can help you find funding for equipment, research appropriate housing and attendant care options, connect you to social groups and employment supports; we help you make the right connections to meet your goals and we support you through the process.
Who the Program is for?
The System Navigation Support Program supports adults (18+) who have Cerebral Palsy. If you are someone who is looking for resources to help you with a goal or you are having difficulties with your current services, our facilitators are here to help.
How to get involved?
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‘Marxian Communism is primarily the offspring of German Hegelianism and French Socialism.’
The intellectual heritage from which Karl Marx drew his insight attitudes and concepts was a synthesis of many ideological current in Europe in the early and the middle 19th century. These included the basic assumption of the socialistic faith and the slogans of the French revolution and the philosophy of George William Friedrich Hegel.
Karl Marx’s years in the University of Berlin were spent under the impact of Hegelian philosophy. Marx was influenced by Hegel’s philosophy of history and his science of logic. He joined the group now as a young Hegelian. This was the group with which Marx became formally associated when he was studying law and philosophy.
Although he was the youngest member of the young Hegelians, he inspired their confidence, respect and even admiration. They saw in him a “new Hegel” rather a powerful anti-Hegelian.
French socialism grew out of the endeavor to establish economic equality between man and man just as democracy seeks to establish political equality. The distress of the working class provoked bitter criticism of the existing social order. A new class of theorists and reformers began to arise who urged man to be social and not selfish. Some of the socialists who influenced Marx were Robert Owen, Saint Simon, Charles Fourier, and Louis Blanc. Like Hegel, Marx recognised that the history of mankind was simply a single and non-repetitive process. He also believed that the law of historical process could be discovered.
But Marx also deviated from Hegelian philosophy and French socialism. Socialism lacked precision of method rather than a definite aim. Marx removed this defect and gave socialism a philosophy and a new direction. His communist Manifesto which appeared in 1848 has been aptly described as “the birth-cry of modern socialism.”
Economic interpretation of history and class struggle are the two main principles of the Marxian Communism. He put forward the theories of Historical materialism, alienation, modes of production and class struggle in which he traced the evolution of society in terms of struggle between two classes.
He concluded that after capitalistic mode of production, society will inevitably culminate into communism i.e. classless society. According to Marx, communism is system in which goods are owned in common and are accessible to all.
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By Kabir Bhargava
I love playing board games, but I usually have trouble finding a companion to play with. I like playing long games like Monopoly and Life, and they scare off people!
Most of the games I like have been given to me as gifts. Sometimes I call a few of my friends over and we play for a few hours, or when my cousins come to spend the night at my house, we play together. The only games I can convince my parents to play with me are Word games – Boggle being a special favourite since it finishes fast.
The word games I’ve got are Pictionary (the senior one), Boggle, Scrabble and Hangman. I like playing Pictionary even though my drawing skills aren’t great. It is a bit tough like once the word on my card was the Wembley Stadium! Hangman is actually called Countdown and is an unknown brand but even then it has given us many hours of pleasure while pouring over its letters.
My collection of games is huge but I don’t use some of them because they offer no challenge anymore. But removing them from my library is not an option. I like to build on my collection without breaking it. The ones that continue to hold my attention are: Mad, which is a really funny game; something called Go to the Head of the Class, which is a general knowledge game; Scotland Yard is a detective game; Monopoly Original and Football version, Pictionary, Life, Cluedo and more. All these games require two or more players so they get used less and less. The games that I can play on my own and I like are Kaleidoscope, Solitaire (Brain Vita), and other games mainly by Dr. Woods, a company that makes mentally stimulating games. Although not a board game, I have Mechanix Senior and something called Mechanix Motorized, which is the same thing just that there is a motor given along which you have to attach and the vehicle can move on its own! I also have the usual games like checkers, chess, snakes and ladders, ludo. Even now I do enjoy playing something like Checkers but I have played them all so much that I find them uninspiring.
Out of this really long list of games my favourite is Mad. It is really funny. For example, the person who loses all his money first is the winner of the game. If you roll the die with your right hand and you are a righty, you win a thousand dollars, so always roll it with the opposite hand. It is a game that must be owned, so put it on your shopping cart. Currently, my shopping cart contains two games by Dr. Woods that are Railroads and Kogworks. Among the old games, I still don’t own a decent Chinese Checkers and have been longing to own one.
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We work with the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework as mandated by our main funder, the Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities. We use milestones designed by the Ministry to measure progress. These milestones are tasks featuring real-life situations, designed for each of the 5 goal paths and the 3 levels of Literacy & Essential Skills. They are scored based on strict guidelines. Results are entered into our case management system which enables us to track each student’s progress.
When a student exits our program, we do 3, 6 and 12 month follow-ups to monitor how their increased literacy skills are helping them succeed in life.
“I never would have been able to succeed without EYLE’s help.” Former client, now graduated with honours from the police services college program.
“Now I am a welder and I got a full time job at a leading company.” Former client who entered our program with minimal literacy skills. During his 3 years at EYLE, we supported him leading up to, and through his welding training.
“I got a job and soon I will get my high school diploma.” Former client, currently completing high school part-time.
“I finally got my boating license. This was a life-long dream and if you hadn’t helped me with reading, it would never have happened.” Former client who called 2 years after completing our program to update us on a new success. | <urn:uuid:e57f6478-d2c8-4683-b896-7cd94a1bb2ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eastyorklearningexperience.ca/about/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.972387 | 309 | 1.929688 | 2 |
If you’re someone who is consistently involved with community service, the chances are that your volunteering efforts may sometimes put you in contact with disabled individuals. There seems to be inherent anxiety many individuals have about working with disabled individuals. Whether it be a lack of exposure to these disabilities or the fear of doing something wrong, these barriers often stop many people from pursuing this type of volunteer work. But no matter how people feel about this type of volunteering, the need remains. Read below to discover how to prepare to work with disabled individuals.
One of the most important things you can do to prepare for working with disabled individuals is to educate yourself as much as possible. Depending on a person’s disability, you’re going to have to learn how to communicate effectively with them. This doesn’t mean you have to learn every single aspect of their disability within a night, but it is important to teach yourself some basic principles and communication techniques. If you’re unsure how to educate yourself, you can do some browsing on the internet and find helpful scholarly articles written by individuals who have done years of research.
Avoid Exclusive Language
As you’re preparing to work with disabled individuals, you’ll also need to begin paying more attention to your vocabulary. You may not realize that some of the terms you use are deemed offensive by others. Avoid using language such as “wheelchair-bound,” “handicapped,” “suffering from” and other terms that could come off wrong. Your language style will need to be appropriate to reduce the possibility of offending anyone. In concordance with adapting your language, you’ll also need to make sure you are never assuming anyone has a disability or trying to diagnose them yourself, especially if you are not in the medical profession.
Develop a Positive Attitude
Approaching your volunteering position with a positive attitude will enable you to serve others well. After having educated yourself on how to interact with and address individuals with disabilities, you might still feel weary that you’ll make a mistake. But this prior research only goes to show the commitment you have to the volunteering project and the other individuals involved. At this stage, the next best thing you can do is to develop a positive attitude, looking forward to volunteering. The more positive you appear, the more likely your efforts are to permeate the community and inspire others to educate themselves to best interact with disabled individuals as well. | <urn:uuid:13342cf5-3400-46aa-9d77-7e9fea355164> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://sylvesterknox.org/how-to-prepare-to-work-with-disabled-individuals/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.964365 | 507 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Wentworth Jr High School
Wentworth Jr High School serves 357 students in grades 6-8.
Wentworth Jr High School placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in Illinois for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%) for the 2018-19 school year.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 16% (which is lower than the Illinois state average of 33%) for the 2018-19 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 13% (which is lower than the Illinois state average of 38%) for the 2018-19 school year.
Minority enrollment is 99% of the student body (majority Black), which is higher than the Illinois state average of 53% (majority Hispanic and Black).
- Grades: 6-8
- Students: 357 students
- Minority Enrollment: 99%
- Overall Testing Rank: Bottom 50% in IL
- Math Proficiency: 16% (Btm 50%)
- Reading Proficiency: 13% (Btm 50%)
- Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), IL Dept. of Education
Wentworth Jr High School's student population of 357 students has grown by 7% over five school years.
Total Classroom Teachers
Students by Grade
Wentworth Jr High School is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 3,655 schools in Illinois (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2018-19 school year.
The diversity score of Wentworth Jr High School is 0.50, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.68. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
Definition of Terms 2020-2021 School Year Data
State Level (IL)
Overall Testing Rank
#3048 out of 3655 schools
Math Test Scores (% Proficient)
Reading/Language Arts Test Scores (% Proficient)
Student : Teacher Ratio
Two or more races
All Ethnic Groups
Eligible for Free Lunch
Eligible for Reduced Lunch
School Statewide Testing
School District Name
Source: 2020-2021 (latest school year available) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), IL Dept. of Education
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- Quality of academic programs, teachers, and facilities
- Availability of music, art, sports and other extracurricular activities
Teaching: Using Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality can enhance your lessons safely and efficiently. Virtual reality allows your students to explore worlds they might not otherwise see. We offer some suggestions on how to use VR in your classrooom.
July 11, 2022Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps or JROTC
JROTC offers valuable lessons in leadership, character-building and citizenship. Here's a look at the various JROTC programs out there together with a look at the pros and cons of the program.
July 05, 2022Teaching: Contract Renewal
Most teaching contracts are year-to-year, or longer if you're eligible. Here are some suggestions for safeguarding your employment. | <urn:uuid:7d56c4a8-4871-413b-ae69-e607f037d08a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.publicschoolreview.com/wentworth-jr-high-school-profile | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.904118 | 812 | 1.960938 | 2 |
Please read the story and the debate statement. Then read my peer’s answer to the debate. You should write 300 about her answer on the topic. Please provide an analysis based on the USA law.
Mario Bonsetti and Rico Sanchez incorporated Gnarly Vulcan Gear, Inc. (GVG), to manufacture windsurfing equipment. Bonsetti owned 60 percent of the corporation’s stock, and Sanchez owned 40 percent. Both men served on the board of directors. Hula Boards, Inc., owned solely by Mai Jin Li, made a public offer to buy GVG stock. Hula offered 30 percent more than the market price per share for the stock, and Bonsetti and Sanchez each sold 20 percent of their stock to Hula. Jin Li became the third member of the GVG board of directors. An irreconcilable dispute soon arose between Bonsetti and Sanchez over design modifications of their popular Baked Chameleon board. Despite Bonsetti’s dissent, Sanchez and Jin Li voted to merge GVG with Hula Boards under the latter name, Gnarly Vulcan Gear was dissolved, and production of the Baked Chameleon ceased. Using the information presented in the chapter, answer the following questions.
Debate This: Corporate law should be changed to prohibit management from using most of the legal methods currently used to fight takeover
In my opinion, corporate law should take measures to ensure there is the abolition of legal efforts to fight against takeovers.
A hostile takeover is when one company, i.e., the target company, acquires another company by going directly through the shareholders or replacing the management of the acquisition approved. Much has been written on hostile takeovers in that some organizations support it, and some are against the move. Various legal methods have been created to ensure an effective fight against seizures in an organization. However, I am entirely against such initiatives, and thus corporate law should indeed prohibit management from using the legal methods to fight takeovers.
For example, share buyback is one of the initiates applied towards the fight against takeovers. However, it leads to an increased level of ratios like EPS, ROE, and ROA. A significant level of ratios is not healthy in an organization as it will lead to a drastic decrease in outstanding shares, which is not organic growth for profit. Another legal method is using the poison pill, allowing shareholders a right to purchase shares at a discounted price. However, this is a significant disadvantage as it leads to dilution of the stock. With too much purchase of such shares, there is an increased level of stocks, leading to the general market saturation in an organization. Another common strategy is through leveraged recapitalization, which involves changing an organization’s capital structure. In most cases, this leads to a change in capital structure, leading to heavier debts and increased financial risks. Thus, corporate law should undoubtedly prohibit management from using such methods for their good.
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WebQuest – Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing Education
The purpose of this WebQuest is to promote active learning and engagement of a real world situation as you gain new knowledge and understanding of concepts vital to your ongoing success as a nurse educator.
Upon completion of this Assignment you will have a document with a list of reliable and valid online resources for legal and ethical issues relevant to practice and competence as a nurse educator.
The learning outcomes for this WebQuest:
- Explore legal issues impacting the nurse educator.
- Explore ethical issues impacting the nurse educator.
- Explore legal issues impacting practice in a nursing education setting.
- Explore ethical issues impacting practice in a nursing education setting.
To help you complete the WebQuest these resources are provided.
Sheila, the Dean for a prelicensure BSN program, has just returned from a semester break and while reviewing emails she notices a communication from her supervisor, Frank Richards, the Academic Chair for Health Sciences titled, “Student Grievance: Respond Immediately”. The email states:
Sheila, on our return today this is the first email I opened and I must admit I am quite concerned. This nursing student has alleged numerous grievous ethical and legal infractions against nursing faculty, the nursing program and nursing students. Please review the attached letter and respond immediately. I have set up time tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. to meet in my office.
Sheila is shocked and unable to remember this student. The program serves a diverse community of nearly 300 students per year and has never had any legal or ethical issues in her four year tenure. Before researching further information related specifically to the student, Sheila decides to review the legal charges the student has levied to understand the scope of the issues. After speaking with college legal counsel, Sheila determined the charges alleged by the student were serious and she would need to develop a deeper understanding of relevant legal and ethical issues to formulate a valid, realistic response.
Use the assignment template to identify at least two reliable and valid online resources for each category identified by Shelia as a necessary ethical and legal resource relevant to this situation.
Make sure to save the assignment template appropriately (refer to Unit 1 Assignment).
- Rehabilitation Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- American with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008
- First Amendment Rights
- Fourteenth Amendment Rights
- Civil Rights
- Constitutional Rights
- Due process Rights
- Breach of Conduct Law
- Academic Honesty
- Academic Freedom
Each online resource identified must include:
- a functional link for the resource
- brief description of the resource including rationale for selection related to at least one of the four outcomes;
- rationale for accuracy and reliability of the resource
- authority of the resource including individual or group author clearly stated with credentials or qualification listed
- currency; date of publishing
- APA formatted reference for the resource
- Refer to the WebQuest grading rubric.
You have now created a resource you can use as a reference for legal and ethical issues relevant to practice as a nurse educator. When completing the assignment template, you will be asked to reflect on the following.
- Discuss aspects of the Assignment you found most enhanced your learning experience.
- Discuss aspects of the Assignment you would change to improve the process and the deliverable.
- Discuss how you plan to use the resource sheet you created in your future professional roles.
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Bill Would Force Out Autism Lawsuits
April 8, 2003 09:49 PM EDT
WASHINGTON - More than 200 lawsuits that claim a link between childhood vaccines and autism would be forced out of court under legislation set for action in the Senate.
Instead, claimants would have to seek compensation through a special federal fund established to consider vaccine injury claims.
Backers of the bill, including Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, say these cases always had been supposed to go to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, but a loophole allowed families to skirt the system and press their claims in court.
The issue became contentious late last year, when Republicans quietly slipped the change at the last minute into homeland security legislation. Under pressure, lawmakers undid the move in subsequent legislation, but vowed to try again using standard procedures.
The measure is to be considered Wednesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Democrats led by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., tried to reach an agreement with Frist, R-Tenn., but had not found agreement as of late Tuesday.
Childhood vaccines are safe for the almost all children who receive them, but a small number are injured each year. Under current law, injured families must file claims first with the compensation fund, where cases are independently evaluated, before going to court. Average awards are just under $1 million.
If someone's claim is denied, or if the monetary award is considered unsatisfactory, a lawsuit can be filed in federal or state courts.
Some families have found a way to skip the compensation fund and go directly to court by claiming their children are harmed by a vaccine's ingredients, rather than by the vaccine itself.
Specifically, many contend their children's autism is caused by a preservative called thimerosal, which contains mercury and once was used in the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine.
The Institute of Medicine, which gives expert advice to Congress, reviewed the issue and in 2001 said it found no proof that autism is caused by the MMR vaccine or by thimerosal. The report did say a link between thimerosal and an increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders is medically plausible.
In any case, Frist, a physician, argues that these cases should have gone through the compensation fund first, like other vaccine-related claims. He blames trial lawyers for exploiting a loophole in the law and says his bill would help stem "out-of-control lawsuits."
He noted that there are only two vaccine manufacturers in the United States and just four worldwide because vaccines produce so little profit. The threat of lawsuits will drive even more companies out of the business, he argued.
"That exposure over time simply drives off any prudent manufacturer," he said.
Last week, Sen. Edward Kennedy, the committee's top Democrat, derided the bill for nullifying families' court cases overnight.
"Whether you believe these claims have merit or not, this massive pre-emption of the states and the rights of families who believe their children were injured by vaccines cannot be justified without giving them adequate alternatives," he said in a statement last week.
Congressional aides had been hopeful for agreement before the bill is considered in committee.
"There's been a good-faith effort to find common ground on this issue, but the bottom line is, children and their families need to come first," Dodd said in a statement Tuesday. "We've made great progress, but we still have a ways to go."
A Republican aide, describing the bill, said it would improve the fund for families filing claims in several ways. He said it would increase maximum amounts available for pain and suffering from $250,000 to $350,000, would increase the statute of limitations for filing claims from three years to six years after the onset of the injury and for the first time would allow parents to file independent claims based on their children's suffering.
One issue that had yet to be resolved was whether families that have lost in court on technical grounds could go into the fund. Dodd was pushing for a one-year amnesty that would allow all families to file compensation claims.
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is financed by a 75-cent fee on each childhood vaccine administered.
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Fridge Temperature Control
I have a problem setting my fridge temperature using the analogue temperature control unit it has. It has levels from 0 to 10 - ten being the coldest. But the temperature it reaches seems to depend on the outside temperature. 6 in summer is a few degrees warmer than freezing temperature while, it gets much colder with the same setting in winter. Is there way to stabilize this? Perhaps a digital control unit. Also, anybody that could tell me how cold I can keep my fridge without exploding soda cans?
I think the key word you used is STABILIZE. You want to make the inside of the box stabil when the outside is changing seasonally or even nightly. The answer is INSULATION. That could mean anything from rebuilding your box to simply fixing lid seals. Your "control unit" is only responding to the fluctuating temprature it sees.
And when ice builds up on the evaproator, defrost. All that ice is counter productive to keeping things cold. I know that does not sound right, but trust me.
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Lately I’ve been feeling so inspired by woven photo collages and thought I’d put together a few quick ones in PhotoShop. Digital collages may not look as tactile and impressive as printed ones, but it’s much faster, less expensive since you don’t have to shoulder printing costs, and also cleaner. No mess. The other advantage of collaging with PhotoShop is you can easily move your photo around behind the mask to find juuuuust the right position for it. Cut and woven printed photos take some time and are so final.
When I was younger, I used to loooooove cutting up photographs and collaging them together. A budding photographer and soon-to-be art major, I was already interested in paper manipulations. Developing a good photograph is cool, but there is so much more that you can do with a photo once it’s printed.
As much fun as cutting up photographs and weaving them together is, it’s super time consuming. So, here we go with the digital version.
How to Make a Circle Photo Collage in PhotoShop
The first digital collage uses a single photo and layer masks. First, open a portrait in PhotoShop. Click on the shape tool, and select the solid circle with no border. Draw a circle over the face. Drag the circle in the Layers panel to the Copy Layer button. Hold down Shift + Option, and resize this circle to be slightly smaller than the other one. Repeat these steps until you have a very smallish circle in the middle.
Click the Background layer in the Layers panel, and drag it to the Copy Layer button. This copies the portrait. Move this layer copy above the largest circle. Right click on it, and select “Create Clipping Mask”. Press Control T, hold down Shift and rotate this portrait layer 15 degrees to either side. Repeat these steps until all of the circles have a clipping mask with a photo in it.
Now for the “yay technology” part. Hold down option and select all of the circle layers – just the circles, not the clipping masks. Click the artboard and drag your mouse to move the layers around until you find the best composition. This looks so cool! It would make a cool movie or movie effect.
How to Make a Woven Photo Collage in PhotoShop
First, open the base photo. We are going to draw a grid with guides. Make sure your window has rulers and guides turned on. Click the ruler, and pull your mouse to the photo to create a guide. Position the guide where you want it. Repeat, drawing all of the horizontal and vertical guides across your photo. This will vary depending on the size of your photo. My guides were a quarter of an inch wide on the outer sides of the photo, and half an inch wide near the center. Do whatever pattern you think looks cool.
Next, we’re going to make a black checkerboard layer over the guides. Grab the square shape tool and set the fill color to black. Draw a little black square in one of your guide spaces. Copy this layer, and drag it two spaces over. Select both the squares you just made, and copy these layers. Arrange these squares down and to the right one space. You should have a little checkerboard. Toggle off the guides and make sure the corners all match up. Toggle the guides back on. Continue to copy all square layers and position them in place until you fill the whole photo with a checkerboard pattern.
After that, select all of the black squares. Right click and select merge all layers. You should have two layers now – the original photo and a black checkerboard.
To finish the collage, we will make a clipping mask with another photo over the checkerboard. Drag a second photo to the artboard. It should show up as a new layer. Right click the photo and select create clipping mask. This should replace the black checkerboard with a photo checkerboard. Move the two photos around as needed to find the best composition.
There are so many more cool things you can do to your digital woven photo collage. The possibilities are endless! If you want to, you can also create a blur effect on the outer layers of his portrait. One advantage of this is that it makes the photos more ghostly, and less macabre-confrontational than they can look if they are super sharp. The softness of a well-placed blur can bring out a sense of movement, the illusion of memory, and sense of a soul. To add a blur effect to yours, bring in a little Gaussian blur layer. You can do this after you collage the photos together or before.
Don’t feel like making a collage yourself? Looking for someone with more expertise? Try commissioning a real collage from an artist, like Jean Faucheur. I love his curious collages! I don’t know him at all personally, but if you reach out he may make a custom art piece for you. Physically woven photos are certainly more interesting than digitally ones. Try it! | <urn:uuid:8ed14c73-97d8-4dfe-94c3-61d039e58110> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://likelybysea.com/make-woven-photo-collage-photoshop/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.926216 | 1,074 | 2.1875 | 2 |
It won’t be wrong to say that Ukraine’s medical education is considered to be one of the best in the world. Since as early as the 11th century A.D, medical schools and hospitals have been a mainstay in Ukraine, offering folk medicine initially and then specializing in modern medicine. This makes MBBS in Ukraine a great prospect.
Today when Mbbs abroad is gaining traction especially among medical aspirants, it’s important to understand the scope of MBBS in Ukraine for Indian students. This includes knowing about the advantages of studying here as well as the various this destination offers, not just for academics but also for a career in the future.
Why MBBS in Ukraine?
MBBS in Ukraine for Indian students is indeed a great opportunity. However, it’s important for the students to exactly understand how and why such a decision can turn out to be a good one. Thus for this purpose, highlighting the merits of pursuing MBBS here becomes very important.
- The majority of the universities in Ukraine (if not all) are recognized and accredited by some of the most renowned global bodies. These include the WHO, MCI/NMC, FAIMER, Ukrainian Ministry of Education, and the IMED among others.
- Despite having such prestigious institutions, the admission process for MBBS in Ukraine is relatively simpler and smoother than the Indian universities. Indian students are only judged on the basis of their 10+2 and NEET scores and don’t need to appear for any separate entrance examinations or proficiency exams like IELTS/TOEFL.
- Not just that, Ukraine offers some of the lowest fees for 6-year MBBS courses (including tuition, MBBS, and other charges), ranging from 3-6 lakh INR. Even the best medical college in Ukraine (a)falls into this bracket.
- Students need not worry about any form of a cultural or language gap as universities have adopted the English language for instruction. In fact, Indian students can even expect luscious Indian cuisine in the hostel messes.
- An MBBS in Ukraine degree is globally recognized in nations like the USA, the UK, Russia, India, and many others. This means that students are eligible for job opportunities in these countries.
- Talking of job opportunities, many universities offering MBBS in Ukraine for Indian students also offer FMGE coaching (soon-to-be NEXT exam).
Future Scope after MBBS in Ukraine
Pursuing an MBBS in Ukraine does open up a plethora of opportunities for the students, irrespective of nationality or ethnicity. Apart from pursuing Post Graduation in your desired field, the following are the opportunities available: –
- International students who have a “temporary residency permit” in Ukraine can easily get a work permit to practice medicine in Ukraine.
- Indian students can appear for the Indian PG/Licentiate exam i.e FMGE/NEXT Exam and become licensed practitioners in India.
- Alternatively, they can go for other licentiate exams like the USMLE (USA) and PLAB (UK).
- Students wanting to dive deeper into their discipline can continue independent researches into their specialization. Many of these can even end up getting published in reputed medical journals.
- Hospital Management and Health Administration is a newly growing field. This will interest those who are into leadership and management of healthcare systems and networks.
- Many medical graduates from Ukraine often get easy employment in Germany.
Top Colleges for MBBS in Ukraine
Different students have a different name in mind when it comes to the Best Medical College in Ukraine. However, there are some universities that are globally accepted to be the best in the nation.
- Kharkiv International Medical University
- Kharkiv National Medical University
- Vinnitsa National Medical University
- Lviv National Medical University
- Kyiv Medical University of UAFM
- O.O Bogolomets National Medical University
- Dnipropetrovsk State Medical University
- Taras Shevchenko National University
- Ternopil State Medical University
- Bukovinian State Medical University
All in all, MBBS in Ukraine for Indian students is indeed a golden opportunity as it offers budget-friendly education, without compromising on quality. Moreover, students are also promised a secure future in terms of jobs and perhaps this is why the prospect of MBBS in Ukraine attracts many from around the world. | <urn:uuid:c50968ec-916f-450b-a82c-f2da77654536> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.blogsbinder.com/why-mbbs-in-ukraine-is-a-goldmine-of-opportunities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945428 | 914 | 1.75 | 2 |
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Dog vaccination schedule pdf
The following article contains information that is potentially disturbing to some. It may be an effective way to vaccinate and stop the spread of diseases, or it may have severe side effects. This is because the vaccine itself usually causes no problems to the body (with the exception of a fever). It usually takes about two days before the reaction is complete and the animal has fully recovered. This means that the owner will not see the signs until this day. This is because the vaccine contains aluminum. This means that a large amount of aluminum gets into your body. Some dogs are sensitive to this aluminum.
This is why you can give them a small dose on the first day and a larger dose on the next day, and the reaction is similar to the first dose.
It is a fact that this vaccine contains aluminum. When giving this vaccine in their final dose, a lot of the vaccine is absorbed into the bloodstream, so that it is present in the brain. The reason for this is that it is important to get the dog to accept the vaccine so that the vaccination will be successful.
Because the injection needle is still inside the syringe, this injection will also be done by an assistant.
How to give the vaccines properly
You do not need to do the injections with the needle in the syringe.
Instead, first put the needle in your hand and let it rest there. This will ensure that you avoid injecting the needle into yourself.
Hold the syringe carefully so that you do not drop it. The injection should be done between the forefinger and the ring finger.
Next, you should press the back of the needle against the top of the index finger.
Then press it against the ring finger and slowly press the needle into the body.
While slowly pressing the needle into the body, the plunger should remain in your hand.
When the needle is in the correct spot, the plunger will move up and the vaccine will be injected. This ensures that it goes deep into the body.
Then the needle is removed.
You should then keep the injection site clean and dry.
Wash your hands well with soap and water after giving a vaccination.
Is it okay to give the vaccines by yourself?
There are many things that you should know if you want to be able to give the vaccinations to your own dogs yourself.
The first thing is that you do not want to mix up the vaccines.
You must always keep the vaccines separated so that you know exactly what type of vaccine you are giving. If you mix up the vaccines, it will not work and can even be dangerous.
In addition, you should know which one is supposed to be given at what age. Some of the vaccines should be given as early as possible, while others should not be given until the puppy is around seven to eight weeks old.
It is also a good idea to get a list of the vaccines that you will be giving, including when you will be giving them. Also, make sure that you know how much of the vaccine is in a syringe before you actually give it.
It is also best to get a syringe with a large needle so that you will not accidentally give the vaccine to a human being. This is also true for people who want to learn how to give a vaccine to their own dog.
There are many different vaccines that you can give to your dog. Here are a few of the most popular ones:
This is a very popular vaccine that will protect your dog against the symptoms of distemper and the virus that causes it. It will also protect your dog against parvovirus. This will also be the first vaccination that you will be giving to your dog when you are bringing it home.
Rabies is not a dangerous disease to your dog. However, this vaccine can protect your dog against the virus that causes it. As the disease is not as common as some other diseases, it is very safe to have your dog vaccinated against it. You will need to get a yearly rabies vaccination, although they can be given to your dog a couple of times before you get the next one.
This is another vaccine that will protect your dog against the virus that causes parvovirus. This is usually the first vaccine to be given to your dog, especially when you are bringing it home. It is a very important one, and should not be neglected.
This is a vaccine that protects your dog against the virus that causes kennel cough. You should be giving this to your dog if you have a kennel or if you will be keeping your dog in a kennel. This can also be given to your dog when you are bringing it home.
This is another common disease to all dogs. It usually takes place in the upper parts of the respiratory tract. It can occur as early as the first week of life, and as late as the third year of age. It is usually a mild and short lived disease, although it can cause your dog problems like an inability to eat or drink, and problems in breathing.
Aeroboxes are a way to help you in maintaining the health of your dog. These are the same as an ordinary respirator, and are used when you are working on your dog with heavy equipment or in the car, or for cleaning purposes. They help in the protection of your dog. They are also used in some hospitals, to help your dog’s body to fight diseases like pneumonia and other respiratory conditions.
Vitamin K is an important part of your dog’s overall health. The signs of Vitamin K deficiency are often quite dramatic in dogs. It is a very important part of your dog’s health, and should not be neglected.
We hope that we have helped answer your questions about nutrition in dogs. The main thing to remember is that proper nutrition is really very important, and that you should give it a lot of thought.
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