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26 May Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad World?
Karen Brooks considers the implications for our children, and for us as parents and carers, of a culture of fear and anxiety.
Be afraid, be very afraid,” warns Geena Davis’s character in the 1986 sci-fi horror movie The Fly. Many years later, it seems that as a culture and as parents, we have taken her advice literally.
Once upon a time, back when we were kids, being afraid was only a temporary sensation. The monsters in the closet were easily banished by heroic and pragmatic parents. Kisses and time in mum and dad’s bed would banish even the most awful nightmares, and the notion that the scary shadows and inky blackness of nighttime was just daytime with its eyes shut worked wonders as well. So did the usual good advice about strangers, the relationship between fingers and power points, busy roads and other risky situations.
These days, however, not only has the list of potential threats grown exponentially to include a range of physical threats in the guise of people and objects, but even our climate poses a danger. Advised to ‘Slip, Slop, Slap’ and so prevent skin cancer and other sun-related diseases, many parents prefer to keep their kids indoors, thus also alleviating that other lurking threat – stranger danger.
But danger is not exclusive to the outdoors. It’s as likely to rear its frightening head in the home through the perils of surfing in cyberspace, and the content of TV programs, the internet and lyrics. Reports in the media, especially during slow-news weeks, often sensationalise what are, in many instances, one-off events. Dramatic accounts repeated across the tabloids merely exacerbate parental anxieties.
If you believe the news, we live in a world where monsters now leave closets with bombs strapped to their chests. The line between real and imagined fears is increasingly blurred. Hollywood makes movies about natural disasters, war and death, with bad guys blowing up buildings and people, while TV bulletins telling the same stories are beamed into our living rooms and splashed across newspapers day after day. And as if that’s not enough, there are also the headlines that remind us to be wary of our children’s teachers or the community’s spiritual leaders, as well as released convicts in the area – after all, any one of them could be a paedophile.
There’s little doubt that for parents and children the consequences of responding to these reports are very serious. On the one hand, if we try and rationalise them, and reason that most of the things we’re told will happen probably won’t, we’re made to feel as if we’re failing in our familial duty, that we’re putting our heads in the sand. On the other hand, if we react to the reports, then we run the risk of damaging our children in ways that make the ‘threats’ seem tame by comparison. Being overprotective can turn children into victims of the very society they need to, at best, be emotionally, psychologically and physically successful within and, at worst, survive within.
Responding to the plethora of bad news in the media, parents have developed a tendency to hover over their kids in order to prevent disasters that may never happen. Termed ‘helicopter parents’ by some, ‘pesky parents’ by others, or as I have referred to them, ‘smother mothers’ (which includes fathers), they’re parents who are so ‘hypervigilant’ that they’re ensuring their kids fail the most important lesson of all: life.
Unconsciously teaching their kids to worry about everything (from terrorism, COVID and to failing at anything), they’re also teaching them to trust no one, to be unhealthily dependent and to be isolated from a world which, despite what we’re being told, isn’t all that bad.
In his book XYZ: The New Rules of Generational Warfare, (published 2005) parenting educator Michael Grose argues that “One of the developmental tasks of childhood is the exploration of a child’s physical potential, which requires that the environment should provide a measure of challenge. Frequently, challenge is accompanied by a degree of danger. So when we remove the element of danger we also risk removing the challenge for children. The removal of risk neglects the notion that many children are heuristic learners; that is, they learn from experience rather than heeding well-intentioned advice.”
Herein lies the problem. Being apprehensive about our children’s welfare, whether that apprehension is founded or unfounded, makes them anxious, even paranoid, as well. Furthermore, what occurs is that instead of seeing a relationship between our own anxiety and that of our children, we ignore the cause and effect syndrome and pathologise our children’s reactive behaviour (even though, to a greater or lesser degree, it’s modelled on our own). What sometimes occurs when a child reacts, displaying antisocial conduct or even anxiety, is medical intervention.
Professor Linda Gilmore, an expert on child attention disorders, noted in an investigation into the over-diagnosing of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Ipswich that “Anxious children can look very much like ADHD children”.
Are we making our children so afraid that they become unable to function?
Statistics tell us that the world is actually a safer place than it has ever been. The crime rate has fallen dramatically and road accidents have decreased. Also, despite increased reportage of sexual abuse, the sad fact is that it’s far more likely to come from a family member or friend than a stranger. Yet we teach our children to be wary of strangers, even when someone’s intentions may be good and kind.
What are we preparing our children for? We can’t wrap them in cotton wool, and we’re doing them no favours by trying to do so. As parents, we have a moral responsibility to work through our own fears and to avoid using fear as a mechanism of control. The foundation stones of life are laid during childhood and they’ll be shifting and unstable if based on fear.
Instead of being afraid, we need to be strong; to recognise that there are times throughout our lives when the going will get tough and people will let us down, and show our children how to cope. We need to teach them the skills for coping with strangers, good and bad, and remind them that for every bad person or event in the world, there are thousands of good ones.
We need to educate them about the difference between reality and fantasy, and discuss issues of violence with them, openly and honestly and, in doing so, try and limit their exposure to it and provide them with coping mechanisms.
Struggling with fears, both real and imagined, is part of the developmental process as well. It’s how we organise our place in the world and develop strategies for overcoming obstacles large and small. But it’s not just our children who have to do this – it’s us too. Childhood is short; adulthood is long. Our primary responsibility is to raise, to the best of our ability, children who are functioning and independent adults, not to hobble them with our paranoia and fears.
With a mixture of rationality, frank communication, nurturing and love – tough and not so tough – we can allay our children’s fears, and our own at the same time. We can relegate that monster back to the closet where he or she belongs.
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Installation & Setup
1. Software Installation
2. Cutting Machine Installation
This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Sure Cuts A Lot 2.
The software can be installed from either the download from our website or the CD-ROM if you purchased one. You can always download the latest version from our Downloads Page
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and uninstall the USB driver from within Sure Cuts A Lot 2.
3. Standard Activation
The USB driver is needed in order for Sure Cuts A Lot and your Cricut machine to communicate with each other. Because the Cricut machine uses a standard driver, it might be already installed on your computer either automatically by your operating system, or if you previously installed other software that needs the same driver such as ProvoCraft's Design Studio software.
Until activated, the software will run in Trial Mode and will cut extra lines in your designs. The easiest way to activate your software is by doing the Standard Activation as shown in this tutorial.
4. Manual Activation
This method requires an Internet connection. If you do not have Internet access on the computer you install the software on, you will need to do the Manual Activation as shown in the next tutorial.
Until activated, the software will run in Trial Mode and will cut extra lines in your designs. If you need to activate your software on a computer without Internet access, you will need to do the Manual Activation as shown in this tutorial.
1. Workspace Overview
In this tutorial, you will learn about the various panels/windows in Sure Cuts A Lot 2, including the Virtual Cutting Mat, Tools Panel, Properties Panel, Font Table, Shapes Library Panel, Layers Panel, how to create and delete a custom workspace.
2. Properties Panel Overview
The Properties Panel is used to manipulate text and shapes placed on the mat in various ways. In this tutorial, you will learn about: Mat Size, Orientation, Units, Zoom, X and Y Coordinates, Nudge Arrows, Horizontal and Vertical Align, Width and Height, Keep Proportions, Shadow, Blackout, Shadow Blackout, Flipping, & Welding.
3. Tools Panel
The Tools Panel is used to select and edit objects on the mat, add text, draw lines, zoom in and out. In this tutorial, you will learn to use the various tools to select and manipulate objects, edit and draw outlines, add text and zooming in and out.
4. File Menu Overview
This tutorial will show you how to Save and Open Projects (SCUT2 Files) and Importing SVG Files.
5. Object Menu
This tutorial will show you the various options available under the Object menu, including group and ungroup, and break apart objects.
6. Path Menu
The Path menu offers special ways to manipulate objects, opening up new possibilities with your existing shapes and fonts. In this tutorial you will learn about Union , Intersection, Exclude, Front Minus Back, Back Minus Front, and how Union differs from Welding.
7. Personal Library
The Personal Library allows you to easily organize and preview your SVG and SCUT project files directly in Sure Cuts A Lot 2. This tutorial will show you how to access and organize your Personal Library.
This tutorial will show you how to use Pages in Sure Cuts A Lot. Using pages and layers can help with organization when working with projects.
This tutorial will guide you through the different options available in the preferences in Sure Cuts A Lot 2.
1. Basic Text & Shapes Overview
Addding text and shapes to the mat and how to maniuplate them are important fundamentals of Sure Cuts A Lot. In this tutorial, you will learn about: Adding text, Manipulating shapes (Move, Stretch, Rotate), Modifying Text (Bold, Italic, Size, Width, Tracking, Vertical Offset, Rotation), Font Table, Shapes Library, and Grouping.
2. Fonts 101
Sure Cuts A Lot gives you the ability to cut thousands of fonts with your CricutTM machine. In this tutorial, you will learn how to download and install fonts from the Internet so they can be used with Sure Cuts A Lot.
3. Working With Type
This tutorial will show you how to select fonts, use the Type Tool to add text to the mat, copy and paste, move and resze type, group and ungroup.
4. How To Import SVG Files
Sure Cuts A Lot can import vector artwork from SVG files. This tutorial will show you how to download and import SVG files.
5. Welding 101
SVG Files can be found on various sites on the Internet. You can also create your own SVG files with programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, and a free program called Inkscape. Any embedded fonts or images in a SVG will not be imported into Sure Cuts A Lot. Fonts and images in SVG files must be converted to outlines first.
Welding is a powerful option to alllow you to combine text and shapes into a seamless object that cuts as one piece. This tutorial will show you weld text and shapes together.
6. Trace Image
In order for objects to weld together, you will need to move the objects so they overlap. If you are welding text, you can overlap letters by either ungrouping the text and move each letter individually, or use the Text Tracking option to move the letters closer together.
Sure Cuts A Lot 2 can trace various image files (including bmp,gif,jpg,png) so that you can cut them with your cutting machine. This tutorial will show you how to use the Trace Image feature and how to adjust the settings to try to get the best results.
7. Working With Layers
This tutorial will show you how to work with Layers in Sure Cuts A Lot 2. Using Layers can help give you more control over how you organize, edit and cut objects with Sure Cuts A Lot.
Lib It Up
1. SCAL Lib It Up 2
SCAL Lib It Up 2 allows you to create your own libraries for use in Sure Cuts A Lot 2. In this tutorial, you will learn how to combine your SVG files into a library file which can be accessible under the Shapes Library window in Sure Cuts A Lot 2.
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Experts agree that though there is no prescribed age to buy life insurance, the younger you are, the better investment and value you are likely to get. If you consider buying life insurance, you should be pleased to learn that it is both a worthy financial investment and an emotional weight lifted by safeguarding your family’s well-being. These are, but a few of the many reasons why buying a life insurance policy in your 30s is ideal. Consider visiting San Angelo Insurance online for more. It may be the best thing you do for your future and that of your loved ones.
Life insurance is a legally binding contract between a policyholder and the insurer. It obliges the policyholder to pay a set amount of premiums periodically. Policyholders also have the option of paying a single premium upfront. These premiums guarantee that the insurer will pay a sum of money to specified beneficiaries after the policyholder’s death during the beneficiaries’ lifetime. The beneficiaries usually either receive a death benefit or the face value of the policy.
Life insurance contracts are based on good faith and full disclosure. When applying for life insurance, it is critical to be truthful and voluntarily disclose any relevant information. There are various kinds of life insurance, but only two major variations. A permanent life insurance policy does not expire unless the policyholder stops paying premiums, surrenders the policy, or dies. A term life insurance is designed to expire after a specific amount of time.
When you are in your thirties, passing an insurance physical ought to be a walk in the pack. Insurance underwriters find this category of policyholders the least risky. Waiting until you are older runs a risk that you may acquire a health condition that restricts you from life insurance policies or increases your premiums dramatically.
Everyone loves a good bargain. The younger and healthier you are, the more money you are guaranteed to save on your life insurance policy. Waiting until you are older to purchase a life insurance policy will naturally be subject to higher premiums. The likelihood of developing health complications that increase your premium as you age is averted by signing up early. Waiting to buy life insurance will cost you a pretty penny by the time you get around to it.
Fund your Retirement
Majority of people in their 30s are juggling mortgages, student loans, retirement, and cost of living expenses. If you are amongst them, take comfort in the fact that the right life insurance policy can also double as a retirement plan. Policies containing investment or cash value elements and pension maximization are perfect in doubling life insurance policies and retirement plans.
Individuals in their 30s often have enormous debt burdens and may consider life insurance policies an extravagance. However, life insurance is the best way to ensure that your spouse or children will not be left holding the ball on any debts you have accrued that are not discharged by death.
Some life insurance policies e.g., permanent life insurance, hold onto cash reserves against which you (as an insured person) can borrow. Policy loans usually have flexible repayment terms and do not check your credit score because you borrow against the cash in your account.
Any payouts your beneficiaries receive after your passing are tax exempt. This saves you and them money and allows policy holders to get an accurate figure of the benefits of passing their loved ones.
Secure your Future Earnings
Your average earnings are expected to rise as you age, and high-income lifestyles are hard to maintain by those suddenly bereaved. A life insurance policy will match the loss of earnings by you as a breadwinner.
Protect your Business
Businesses are a source of pride and joy for their founders. Deceased persons who did not hold life insurance policies leave their businesses as the only asset. Family members often decide to liquidate the businesses as a way of making ends meet. A life insurance policy enables your loved ones to handle tour businesses in the manner you would have approved of.
Your loved ones will be distressed when planning the funeral. Not having to worry about the budget allows them to mourn in dignity.
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Based on research in health care topics, the course is suitable for people from any role or discipline with an interest in learning about the systematic review process, including health care professionals, students, researchers and decision or policy makers.
The course offers an interactive and engaging online experience, blending pre-recorded videos and learning materials, live workshops and group work. Clinics and ‘question & answer’ sessions throughout give attendees opportunities to talk about your research and learning needs directly with our experts.
Attendees are given access to a dedicated website to guide them through the course. This includes all learning materials, as well as forums for requesting support or sharing practice with fellow learners. All of the training materials, including recordings from live presentations and workshops, are available for you to continue your learning after the course is completed.
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Below you can find out more details about the content of the course, its intended audience and how to register.
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The 12-module online course takes place over eight days, with live workshops each day. For many modules there will be some homework and recorded content to watch.
You should expect to dedicate around 3 to 4 hours each day to complete the coursework, including live workshops, reading, videos and other homework.
There is also a short orientation session (Module 0) in the week before the course starts. This will take place at 10am [UK time] on Thursday 3 November.
A detailed course outline with more information about specific timings and how individual modules will run will is available by downloading CRD Course Outline (PDF , 276kb) .
MODULE 0: Introduction and orientation
An introduction to the course content, tutors and facilitators, information about technical requirements and where to get support throughout. This session will also be an opportunity to meet your fellow learners and share your expectations for and questions about the course.
Lead tutors: Mark Rodgers and Chris Watts
MODULE 1: Developing the review question and protocols
This module explores the development of an idea or research brief into a review question, and explains how the PICOS criteria supports a systematic approach to investigating a review question. You will also learn about the importance of systematic review protocols and how to write these, and about registering a protocol in PROSPERO.
MODULE 2: Literature searching
This module covers the workflow of the searching process for a systematic review and the main aspects of planning a literature search. You will learn about sensitive search strategies, using Boolean operators and effective search terms, selecting the right databases for your project, and the importance of thinking beyond bibliographical databases.
MODULE 3: Study selection
The practicalities of study selection, including how PICOS criteria are used to produce objective and repeatable inclusion criteria for a systematic review.
MODULE 4: Data extraction
MODULE 5: Critical appraisal of included studies
Key concepts affecting the quality of primary studies and the reliability of results. You will learn about important biases that are commonly considered when critically appraising the quality of a study, and have a chance to apply your critical appraisal skills in group exercises.
Lead tutors: Mark Corbett and Noortje Uphoff
MODULE 6: Calculating treatment effects
An introduction to estimating treatment effects from included studies, including practical considerations and how to illustrate effects on a forest plot.
Lead tutors: Mark Simmonds, Sumayya Anwer and Lindsay Robertson
MODULE 7: Meta-analysis
This module will give a detailed introduction to meta-analysis, including looking at heterogeneity, addressing missing studies and publication bias. We will look briefly at narrative synthesis as an alternative to meta-analysis. Finally, there will be an opportunity for some hands-on experience, with a practical group exercise using RevMan meta-analysis software.
Lead tutors: Mark Simmonds and Sumayya Anwer and Lindsay Robertson
MODULE 8: Reporting your review
A brief module looking at reporting standards and associated checklists for systematic reviews. Reporting for different audiences will be covered in module 12 on knowledge mobilisation.
Lead tutors: Noortje Uphoff and Lucy Beresford
MODULE 9: GRADE
This module looks at how the GRADE approach can be used to appraise the quality of evidence in a systematic review. You will learn about the main underlying concepts of GRADE, including risk of bias, indirectness, inconsistency, imprecision and publication bias. You will learn the principles of completing a GRADE profile through an interactive group session using a systematic review example.
Lead tutors: Alexis Llewellyn, Lindsay Robertson and Noortje Uphoff
MODULE 10: Critical appraisal of a systematic review
The core content of the course concludes with an interactive session allowing attendees to apply their learning from the course about what makes a good review, by using their critical appraisal skills in assessing some published systematic reviews.
Lead tutor: Bob Phillips
MODULE 11: An introduction to health economics
This module will cover how systematic reviews can be planned to take account of the requirements of an economic model, including introducing the purpose and principles of economic decision modelling. You will also learn about the process of searching, quality assessment, and synthesis of published economic evaluations.
Lead tutors: Matt Walton and Rob Hodgson
MODULE 12: Knowledge mobilisation
This module gives a rapid introduction to the key concepts of knowledge mobilisation and how you apply these throughout the review process, particularly in disseminating the results of a systematic review to different audiences and stakeholders. There will be an opportunity to apply your skills in a practical exercise.
Lead tutor: Sarah Knowles
Please note: the timings above are estimated and may be adjusted slightly. A full course outline with final timings and commitments will be shared ahead of the course.
Disclaimer: We reserve the right to change speakers/course content at short notice.
About the course
This is an introductory course, aimed at anyone interested in undertaking a systematic review for the first time, or understanding how to critically appraise a systematic review to inform treatment or policy decisions.
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) predominantly works in healthcare research, and examples throughout the course will draw on our expertise in that area. The focus of the course is on systematic reviews of interventions, rather than reviews of qualitative data. However, the course is suitable for anyone with an interest in systematic reviewing, regardless of their role or discipline.
The course is designed to be interactive and give plenty of opportunity for interaction and discussion with experts and other learners in your groups, so you really have a chance to apply and strengthen your learning. Throughout there will be opportunities for ‘ask the expert’ clinics and ‘question & answer’ sessions with tutors to discuss your specific learning or research questions. There will also be group work and other interactive exercises for you to complete alongside your peers.
A certificate of attendance will be given out to all participants on completion of the course.
Times, dates and daily work
There are around 2 - 2.5 hours of live teaching on the course per day, with additional reading, video viewing or exercises on some days. You should expect to dedicate around half a day each day to the learning on the course.
The course runs over eight days on two consecutive weeks. It runs from Monday to Thursday on week 1, and Tuesday to Friday on week 2, with some homework over the weekend.
The course will start at 9.30am and finish at approximately 12.30pm (UK time) each day. A detailed course outline with more information about specific timings and how individual modules will be run is available by downloading CRD Course Outline (PDF , 276kb).
We will send you a link to access the course website with learning materials and links for live sessions approximately 2 weeks before the course starts. Live sessions will be held on Zoom.
You will need a webcam and microphone (preferably a headset) and a Google Account for accessing some exercise materials.
As one of the longest standing training courses of its kind in the UK, our course continues to receive excellent feedback from attendees year after year. Here is a selection of comments from learners who have attended the course:
“I liked the engagement and dedication and availability of the instructors. They never rushed to close the sessions but instead encouraged us to ask questions.”
“The course website is brilliant and really clear”
“The balance was really good. I never got bored and I liked that the amount of work in-between sessions was not too heavy.”
“There was plenty of explanation and normal non-jargon language so I was able to keep up.”
“I found the resources on the website very useful and I will be returning to them to complete my systematic review.”
“The exercises were great to start applying new knowledge. I found the course really well paced.”
“Very thorough course with knowledgeable experts.”
Registration fees for those who work in the commercial or industry sector is £850
We offer a discounted fee for students and those who work in the academic or public sector. The reduced fee is £700. To obtain this use the promotional code SRCA2022 during booking.
Registration fees are UK VAT exempt.
Maximum Number of participants: 40 – we operate a waiting list once courses are fully booked.
Registration for the course is completed online with the method of payment being by Credit or Debit card.
A Certificate of Attendance will be given out to all participants on completion of the full course.
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Parenting a child with anxiety can be challenging. As a parent, you want to do everything you can to reduce your child’s anxiety and help them thrive. While there are many things you can do to help, one of the most simple and profound ways to manage and overcome anxiety is breath work.
From a neurological perspective, anxiety activates the sympathetic nervous system, the “fight or flight” response. Although your child’s tantrum is not actually life-threatening it feels that way to their system. During these moments, a deep breath can help your child move out of the sympathetic nervous system into the parasympathetic nervous system, the “relaxation and receptivity” response.
So, here are 3 breathing exercises to reduce anxiety in your child:
Bunny breath is 3 quick sniffs in the nose and one long exhale out the nose. For younger children, invite them to pretend to be bunnies, sniffing the air for carrots.
Flower breath is a long inhale through the nose and exhale out of the mouth. While practicing this breath have children imagine they are smelling different flowers such as tulip roses, or daisy.
Fog Breath is a deep inhale through the nose and exhale out of the mouth creating a hissing sound. For this breath, have the child pretend their hand is a mirror they must fog up.
If you have an anxious child, it is important to help them understand their powerful and confusing emotions. Take time to regularly practice these 3 exercises to help your child learn how to use their breath to slow down, control their emotions, and cultivate inner peace.
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|Title||Electrosensory Contrast Signals for Interacting Weakly Electric Fish.|
|Publication Type||Journal Article|
|Year of Publication||2019|
|Authors||Yu, Na, Ginette Hupé, Andre Longtin, and John E. Lewis|
|Journal||Front Integr Neurosci|
Active sensory systems have evolved to properly encode natural stimuli including those created by conspecifics, yet little is known about the properties of such stimuli. We consider the electrosensory signal at the skin of a fixed weakly electric fish in the presence of a swimming conspecific. The dipole recordings are obtained in parallel with video tracking of the position of the animals. This enables the quantification of the relationships between the recording dipole and the positions of the head, midbody and tail of the freely swimming fish. The contrast of the signal at the skin is shown to be well-fitted by a decreasing exponential function of distance. It is thus anti-correlated with distance; it is also correlated with the second envelope (i.e., the envelope of the envelope) of the raw recorded signal. The variance of the contrast signal is highest at short range. However, the coefficient of variation (CV) of this signal increases with distance. We find a range of position and associated contrast patterns under quasi-2D swimming conditions. This is quantified using global measures of the visit times of the free fish within measurable range, with each visit causing a bump in contrast. The durations of these bumps as well as the times between these bumps are well reproduced by a doubly stochastic process formed by a dichotomous (two-state) noise with Poisson statistics multiplying a colored noise [Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process]. Certain rapid body movements such as bending or turning are seen to produce contrast drops that may be part of cloaking strategies.
|Alternate Journal||Front Integr Neurosci|
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Information about the package, libffi, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libffi package is designed for, A portable foreign function interface library.
A portable foreign function interface library
Compilers for high level languages generate code that follow certain conventions. These conventions are necessary, in part, for separate compilation to work. One such convention is the "calling convention". The calling convention is a set of assumptions made by the compiler about where function arguments will be found on entry to a function. A calling convention also specifies where the return value for a function is found. Some programs may not know at the time of compilation what arguments are to be passed to a function. For instance, an interpreter may be told at run-time about the number and types of arguments used to call a given function. `Libffi' can be used in such programs to provide a bridge from the interpreter program to compiled code. The `libffi' library provides a portable, high level programming interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to call any function specified by a call interface description at run time. FFI stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code written in one language to call code written in another language. The `libffi' library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. A layer must exist above `libffi' that handles type conversions for values passed between the two languages.
Control the libffi package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libffi
This command will install libffi on the server.
yum remove libffi
This command will un-install libffi on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libffi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libffi
This command will un-install libffi on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libffi when using the -y flag.
yum update libffi
This command will update libffi to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libffi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libffi
This command will update libffi to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libffi when using the -y flag.
yum info libffi
This command will show you core information about the libffi package.
yum deplist libffi
This command will show you the dependencies for libffi. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libffi
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New Zealand’s conifer–broadleaf forests are quite different from northern hemisphere temperate forests. They are evergreen and rich in plant species, with a layered structure. Massive trees emerge above a canopy of tall trees and an understorey of shrubs and tree ferns. Climbing and perching plants are common and clothe most of the large trees. The forest floor is dominated by ferns, mosses and liverworts.
Download Herbert Guthrie-Smith’s vivid description of the forest from his 1921 book Tutira: the story of a New Zealand sheep station (76 KB).
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: AAQA 6500 Col1500
Photograph by John Johns
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The population development of Uchqo'rg'on as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).
Source: State Committee of Statistics in Uzbekistan (web).
Explanation: Regions and districts as defined in 2022. Some boundaries are rough estimates. Area figures of districts and district-level cities are computed by using geospatial data.
Further information about the population structure:
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How to take a photo of tonight's supermoon with your smartphone
Cameras at the ready
2016 has been deemed the year of supermoons but what makes the one appearing tonight, 14 November 2016, special is its massive size due to the moon being in an extremely close proximity to Earth—the nearest since 1948. As a result, the supermoon will appear 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than the average full moon. In astronomy terms, it's called perigee.
In Malaysia itself, the supermoon is expected to show from 7.24pm onwards and become full at 9.54pm, as reported by the National Space Agency (Angkasa). The agency's head of space science research unit, Zahira Mohd Radzi told The Star that it can be viewed until dusk the next day from any place with a clear view of the sky.
Since it's such a huge (pun unintended) phenomenon, you'll definitely want to take a picture of it; so we've rounded up some tips to help you take a stunning supermoon photo with your trusty smartphone.
1. Composition: Capture it with objects in the foreground
Unless it's a super close up photo of the moon taken with the help of a telescope (yes, that's possible), any picture of the supermoon plastered against the dark sky alone will just look like any ordinary photo of the average moon. Using objects in the foreground such as buildings or trees for scale can help to make the moon seem slightly bigger as well as add depth to the snap. The best trick is to of course take it with a local landmark.
2. Don't zoom (unless it's a DSLR)
Doing so will result in blur, grainy and distorted pictures. Choose to crop instead to maintain the finer details.
3. No flash
It's not going to help at all.
4. Remember to wipe your lens
We tend to place our smartphones anywhere and everywhere so if you want a crisp picture, give it a quick swipe with a lens cleaning cloth before you snap.
5. Use a tripod (or anything stable)
Snapping a photo under low light conditions is tricky, much less of a supermoon high above in the vast dark sky. So enlist the help of a tripod or prop your phone against a sturdy elevated surface to avoid any shaky cam effects or in case the shutter speed lags a little. If neither is available to you, try steadying your elbows on top of your hips.
6. Lock the camera's focal point
You know the trick: Tap and hold on the subject to lock the focus on it. Otherwise, the camera might keep auto-adjusting it.
7. Adjust the exposure levels to highlight the details
Once you've locked the focus on the subject (the moon, not the buildings), it's time to lower or increase the exposure levels. Just be sure not to make it too bright as you'd still want to see the shape of the supermoon.
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Bitcoin and the coming "Infrastructure Inversion" - Zurich Meetup March 2016
A talk by Andreas M. Antonopoulos about how new technologies are initially built on old infrastructures until an infrastructure inversion Infrastructure inversion is how new technologies are initially built on old infrastructures until an inversion happens and they replace the old infrastructure.Learn more happens and they replace the old infrastructure. Comparisons to the automobile, electricity and internet explain the concept and predict a similar future for bitcoin and financial infrastructure.
This talk was delivered on March 30th 2016 for BitcoinBitcoin1$ 23,875.780.51%-0.46%5.13%details Meetup Switzerland in Zurich, Switzerland.
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28:53 The Red Flag Acts were a series of acts passed between 1861 and 1878
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin.
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Increasing economic freedom increases economic growth
American states that have lower taxes, smaller government and flexible labour markets tend to have comparatively more economic growth. An annual report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) and Canada's Fraser Institute attempts to quantify each state's economic freedom, and then examine what this means for economic growth. This year's report points to good news for all but a few states, most notably New Mexico.
According to researchers, between 2001 and 2003:
All 50 states combined improved their economic freedom score by an average of 1.05 per cent, and had an average economic growth rate of 1.3 per cent.
The top ten states combined averaged about a 2 per cent improvement in economic freedom, and an average economic growth of 2.2 per cent; conversely, the bottom ten states combined averaged a one-quarter per cent decline in economic freedom and averaged growth of slightly less than 0.5 per cent.
While Delaware continues to be the most economically free state (4th straight year), Wyoming showed the most improvement in both economic freedom and economic growth, increasing their freedom score by 3.2 per cent resulting in a 5.8 per cent 3-year average growth rate.
While West Virginia continues to be the least economically free state, they have actually become freer, increasing their score by 1.07 per cent the 28th best improvement.
Five states became less economically free New Mexico (-2.56), Louisiana (-0.88), Oklahoma (-0.37), Michigan (-0.07), and Ohio (-0.06).
Six states experienced declines in average growth Oregon (-1.26 per cent), Colorado (-0.53 per cent), Georgia (-0.5 per cent), Michigan (-0.31 per cent), Illinois (-0.14 per cent) and Connecticut (-0.08 per cent).
Measured in dollars, Wyoming's growth rate translates into a gain of $1,891 per capita, while Oregon's decline in growth translates into a loss of $853 per capita.
While economic freedom is not the sole determinant of a state's wealth, the correlation is strong, concluded the researchers.
Source: Economic Freedom of North America: 2006 Annual Report, National Center for Policy Analysis/Fraser Institute, September 26, 2006.
For text: http://www.ncpa.org/pub/special/pdf/EFNA2006.pdf
For more on Economic Issues: http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_Category=17
FMF Policy Bulletin/ 03 October 2006
Publish date: 11 October 2006
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A large part of Pokémon Go’s appeal can be found in the app’s ability to inspire us to get out and explore our own town or city. But, if you just want to find the maximum number of Pokémon with the least amount of effort, there are a number of bots available that will more or less play the game for you.
"The user first provides a latitude and longitude as a starting point (the center of any major city is a good place to start) and some Pokémon Go account credentials to authenticate with the servers," Ars Technica reports. "The bot then finds any nearby Pokémon (using those previously discussed mapping functions) and simulates a 'walk' to the nearest one by sending spoofed GPS coordinates to the server at appropriate intervals. When the bot gets close enough to a Pokémon, it can use a simple API call to quickly catch it before moving on to the next target."
The bots remove just about all the joy from the game, but they’re an efficient way to gain levels and Pokémon. You don’t even have to worry about seeing what’s going on!
"Rather than Pokémon Go's compelling augmented reality interface, the bots simply provide ‘players’ with a running textual readout of their quickly rising stats and virtualized activities," Ars states. "The automation of every single in-game move means a bot can advance in the game much more quickly than humanly possible."
This isn't the first time players have tried "cheating," and Niantic has ways to punish players caught spoofing the GPS data.
Ars Technica goes into much more detail about about how the bots work and how the game’s servers may detect them in the future, but in the short term the best defense against this sort of hacking may just be the fact that playing in this manner isn’t very enjoyable. Pokémon Go is refreshing because it’s fun to get out and walk around; the rush of capturing a rare Pokémon is likely more important to most players than gaining levels in the fastest way possible. | <urn:uuid:ab591bb8-21b1-497a-9493-9d7305cf7842> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.polygon.com/2016/7/27/12295344/Pokemon-go-bots-cheats-niantic | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.941518 | 430 | 1.921875 | 2 |
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β) With reference to domestic, civil and public avocations
1 He that loveth correction loveth knowledge;
but whosoever hateth rebuke is brutish.
2 The good man obtaineth favor from Jehovah;
but the man of wicked devices doth he condemn.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness;
but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4 A good wife is the crown of her husband,
but one that causeth shame is as rottenness in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice;
the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are a lying in wait for blood,
but the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
7 The wicked are overturned and are no more;
but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 According to his wisdom shall a man be praised;
but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9 Better is the lowly that serveth himself,
than he that boasteth and lacketh bread.
10 The righteous careth for the life of his beast;
but the sympathy of the wicked is cruelty.
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:
but he that followeth after vanity is void of understanding.
12 The wicked desireth the spoil of evil doers,
but the root of the righteous is made sure.
13 In the transgression of the lips is a dangerous snare,
but the righteous escapeth from trouble.
14 From the fruit of a man’s mouth shall he be satisfied with good;
and the work of one’s hands shall return to him.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but he that hearkeneth to counsel is wise.
16 The vexation of the fool is at once known;
but he that hideth offence is wise.
17 He that uttereth truth proclaimeth right,
but the lying tongue deceit.
18 There is that talketh idly like the piercings of a sword:
but the tongue of the wise is health.
19 The lip of truth shall be established forever;
but the lying tongue only for a moment.
20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
but to those who give wholesome counsel is joy.
21 There shall no evil befall the righteous;
but the wicked are full of calamity.
22 Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah;
but they that deal truly are his delight.
23 A prudent man hideth knowledge:
but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
24 The hand of the diligent shall rule:
but the slothful shall be obliged to serve.
25 If heaviness be in the heart of man it boweth it down;
a good word maketb. it glad.
26 The righteous guideth his friend aright;
but the way of the wicked leadeth him astray.
27 The idle catcheth not his prey,
but a precious treasure to a man is diligence.
28 In the path of righteousness is life:
but a devious way (leadeth) to death.
GRAMMATICAL AND CRITICAL
Ver.11.—רַחֲמֵי. [This plural is cited by Böttcher, § 699, among the examples of that, ideally extended and abstract, which vividly and agreeably impresses the spirit, and therefore is fitly represented by a plural; comp. אַשְׁרֵי, etc.]
Proverbs 12:17.—יָפִיחַ אֱמוּנָה (comp. יָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים, Proverbs 6:19) is to be regarded as a relative clause. [Böttcher, however, regards יפיה here and in Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 14:25; Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 19:9; Psalms 12:6; Psalms 27:12, as a Hiphil participle of peculiar form, found only in a few instances in connection with roots containing a labial that would closely follow the מ which is the ordinary prefix of the Hiphil participle. The omission of this מ gives a form approaching the Kal. Böttcher objects to Ewald’s description of this as an intransitive Kal participle (§ 169, a), that this verb is not intransitive, etc. See § 994, 9 and 4).—A.]
Proverbs 12:28.—An additional objection to the ordinary interpretation (see exegetical notes below) is the absence of Mappiq in the ה of נְתִיבָה, which must nevertheless be regarded as a third pers. suffix referring to צְרָקָה, “the way of its path.”
1.Proverbs 12:1-3. Three proverbs, on the contrast between good and evil in general.—Whosoever hateth correction is brutish.—בָּעַר, brutus, stupid as a beast; a peculiarly strong expression. Comp. chaps, Proverbs 30:2; Psalms 49:10; Psalms 73:22; Psalms 92:6. Hitzig prefers to read בֹּעֵר, which alteration, however, appears from the passages just, cited to be unnecessary.
Proverbs 12:2. The good man obtaineth favor from Jehovah. For the use of this verb “obtain” (lit. “to draw out”) comp. Proverbs 3:13; Proverbs 8:35—But the man of wicked devices doth he condemn,—i.e., Jehovah. Others regard the verb as intransitive, e.g., the Vulgate, “impie agit,” and now Hitzig, who finds expressed here the idea of “incurring penalty.” But for this signification of this Hiphil there is wanting the necessary illustration and support; and as evidence that the וְאִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת may be regarded as an accusative without the sign אֶת comp., e.g., Proverbs 10:11; Psalms 56:8; Job 22:29, etc.—With Proverbs 12:3 compare Proverbs 10:25, and with the second clause in particular Proverbs 12:12 below.
2.Proverbs 12:4-11. Eight proverbs on the blessings and banes of domestic life, and on the cause of both.
Proverbs 12:4. A good wife is her husband’s crown. Literally, a woman of power, i.e., of moral power and probity, such as manifests itself in her domestic activity; comp. Proverbs 31:10; Ruth 3:11. The “crown” or the garland (עֲטָרָה) is here regarded evidently as an emblem of honor and renown, comp. the “crown of rejoicing” (στέφανος καυχήσεως), 1 Thessalonians 2:19; also Proverbs 31:23; Proverbs 31:28.—But like a rottenness in his bones is she that causeth shame.—Literally a worm-eating, i.e., a ruin inwardly undermining and slowly destroying; comp. Proverbs 14:30; Job 3:16.
Proverbs 12:5. The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceit,—i.e., the very thoughts of the pious, much more then their words and deeds, aim at simple justice and righteousness; the shrewd counsels, however, by which the wicked seek to direct others (תַּחְבֻּלוֹת, comp. Proverbs 11:14), are in themselves deceitful and unreal, and therefore lead solely to evil
Proverbs 12:6. The words of the wicked are a lying in wait for blood,—i.e., they mean malice, they are the expression of a bloodthirsty and murderous disposition; comp. Proverbs 1:11 sq.; Proverbs 11:9—Altogether needlessly Hitzig alters the phrase אֲרָב־דָּם to אֶרֶב בָּם “are a snare for them.”—The mouth of the righteous, however, delivereth them,—that is, the righteous (comp. Proverbs 11:6), or it may be also the innocent who are threatened by the lying in wait of the wicked for blood (comp. Proverbs 11:9). [So Wordsw. and Muenscher]
Proverbs 12:7. The wicked are overturned and are no more.—The infin. abs. הָפוֹךְ here stands emphatically for the finite verb, and furthermore, for this is certainly the simplest assumption, in an active or intransitive sense [comp. however in general on this idiom Böttcher, § 990, a.—A.]; “the wicked turn about, then are they no more” [comp. the proverbial expression “in the turning of a hand”]. To regard it as a passive (Ewald, Elster, Hitzig) [K., M., S.] is unnecessary; this gives a stronger meaning than the poet probably designed, i.e., “the wicked are overthrown” (or even “turned upside down,” Hitzig). The subsequent clause “and are no more” would not harmonize with so strong a meaning in the antecedent clause, especially if, as Hitzig supposes, the verb really designs to remind us of the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:21). With the second clause comp. Proverbs 10:25; Matthew 7:25.
Proverbs 12:8. According to his wisdom.—לְפִי [literally “in the face or presence of”], “in proportion to,” “according to the measure of,” as in Judges 1:8 and frequently elsewhere.—But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised,—lit., “the crooked in heart,” i.e., the perverse man, who does not see things as they are, and therefore acts perversely and injudiciously (Hitzig).
Proverbs 12:9. Better is the lowly that serveth himself.—With this use of “lowly, insignificant,” comp. 1 Samuel 18:23. The phrase וְעֶבֶד לוֹ the Targum, Aben Ezra, Bertheau, Elster [De W., N., S.], regard as expressing this idea, “and he has at the same time a servant.” But the parallelism demands the meaning early given in the LXX, Vulgate and Syr. versions [and now preferred by K., H., M., W.], “ministrans sibi ipsi,” serving himself, which is here evidently put in contrast with the foolish, impoverished pride of birth mentioned in the second clause,—whether we retain the Masoretic reading, or, with Ziegler, Ewald and Hitzig, read וְעֹבֵד לוֹ (participial).—And lacketh bread.—Comp. 2 Samuel 3:29. With the general sentiment compare the passage which undoubtedly grew out of this, Sir 10:30.
Proverbs 12:10. The righteous careth for the life of his beast,—i.e., he knows how his beast feels, he concerns himself, he cares for his domestic animals, does not allow them to hunger. [Arnot: When the pulse of kindness beats strong in the heart, the warm stream goes sheer through the body of the human family, and retains force enough to expatiate among the living creatures that lie beyond], Comp. Exodus 23:9, “Ye know the heart of he stranger,” from which parallel passage it appears that Ziegler, Elster, etc., are in the wrong in translating נֶפֶשׁ here by “hunger.” For examples of this use of the verb יָדַע “to know,” in the sense of “to concern one’s self, to care for something,” comp. also Proverbs 27:23; Genesis 39:6; Psalms 1:6, etc.—But the compassion of the wicked is cruelty,—lit., “is cruel.”—With the whole proverb comp. Sir 7:23.
Proverbs 12:11. But he that followeth after vanity.—רֵיקִים is probably not the designation of “vain persons,” as in Judges 9:4; 2 Samuel 6:20; comp. 2 Kings 4:3 (Umbreit, Bertheau, etc.), but is to be regarded as neuter, i.e., as an abstract, and therefore as meaning vain things, vanities, and, as the contrast with the first clause shows, specially “idleness, inaction, laziness.” Comp. the LXX, who have here rendered the expression by μάταια, but in the passage almost literally identical, Proverbs 28:19, by σχολήν; in like manner Symmachus (ἀπραγίαν), Vulgate (otium), etc.
3.Proverbs 12:12-22. Eleven additional proverbs with regard to virtues and faults in civil relations, especially sins of the tongue and their opposites.—The wicked desireth the spoil of evil doers,—i.e., one wicked man seeks to deprive another of his gains, one of them is evermore seeking the injury and ruin of another, so that no peace prevails among them (Isaiah 48:22; Isaiah 57:21); they are rather “by the conflict of their selfish strivings ever consuming one another.” Thus, and doubtless correctly, Umbreit and Elster [to whose view K. gives a qualified assent], while Bertheau, following the Targum, translates מָצוֹד by “net,” and to illustrate the meaning thus obtained, compares Proverbs 8:35 [this is also the rendering of the E. V., which is followed by W., M., H.; S. renders “desireth an evil net,” i.e., destruction, being so intent upon his evil deeds as to disregard the consequences; N. renders in seeming agreement with our author “the prey of evil doers,” the genitive being however possessive and not objective, i.e., such prey as evil doers take]; Ewald however and Hitzig regard the passage as altogether corrupt, on account of the widely divergent text of the ancient versions (LXX, Vulg., Syr.), and therefore propose emendations (Ewald, “the desire of the wicked is an evil net;” Hitzig, “the refuge of the wicked is crumbling clay”). It is certainly noteworthy that the LXX and Vulgate offer a double rendering of the verse, first one that widely departs, and then one less seriously differing from the form of the Masoretic text.—With the second clause comp. Proverbs 12:3, second clause. For the verb יִתֵּן it is probably not needful to supply as subject the word “Jehovah,” which has been omitted (Umbreit, Bertheau, Elster [Wordsw. (?)], etc.) [nor with Luther, De W., E. V., N. and M. to supply an object,—giveth or yieldeth (fruit)]; but, as in the instance in Proverbs 10:24, to change the punctuation to the passive יֻתַּן, or again, to write יֵתֵן (derived from יָתַן firmus fuit, comp. the proper name אֵיתָן with the Targum, Reiske, Hitzig [Stuart], etc.
Proverbs 12:13. In the transgression of the lips is a dangerous snare; i.e., he who seeks to ruin others by evil speaking is himself overthrown in the same way. Bertheau proposes to construe so as to give the meaning “is a snare of or for the wicked,” which, however, is contrary to the analogy of Ecclesiastes 9:12—After this verse also the LXX introduces a peculiar addition consisting of two clauses, which, however, is probably nothing more than an old gloss on the following verse; comp. Hitzig on this passage.
Proverbs 12:14. From the fruit of a man’s mouth is he satisfied with good.—Lit., “from the fruit of the mouth of the man doth he satisfy himself with good;” i.e., it is the good fruit which one brings forth in wise, intelligent, benevolent discourse, that results in blessing to him. Comp. Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 18:20. In the second clause to good words good works are added, and as “returning upon him” (comp. Psalms 7:16); they are therefore represented as being in a sense the personified bearers of reward and blessing. Compare the similar thought, referring however to future retributions, and therefore somewhat differently expressed, Revelation 14:13, “their works do follow them.”
Proverbs 12:15-16 belong together, as both refer to the fool and his opposite.—The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,—i.e., according to his own judgment (comp. Proverbs 3:7), which presents to him his own mode of action in a light favorable enough, although others may ever so often, and in a way ever so convincing, point out its perverseness. The exact opposite of this is found in the conduct of the wise man, the willing listener to wise counsels. Comp. Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 16:25; Proverbs 21:2.—The vexation of the fool is at once known,—lit., “is known even on the same day,” i.e., at once, after a short time (Vulgate, statim). In contrast with this passionate breaking out of the offended fool, the wise man exercises a prudent self-control in a seemly disregard of the insult put upon him, as Saul once did, 1 Samuel 10:27.
Proverbs 12:17. He that uttereth truth proclaimeth right, i.e., always gives utterance to that which is strictly just; so especially in judicial examinations as witness. This “truth” (אֱמוּנָה) is subjective truth, fidelity to one’s own convictions (πίστις, LXX), the opposite to the lies which characterize the false witness; comp. Proverbs 14:5; Proverbs 14:25.
Proverbs 12:18. There is that talketh idly, as though it were thrusts of a sword, lit., “like piercings of a sword,” or “like knife thrusts” (Hitzig); i.e. he breaks out with speeches so inconsiderate and inappropriate, that the persons present feel themselves injured as if by sharp thrusts. This rude and inconsiderate babbling of the fool is here fitly described by the verb בָּטָה, which is equivalent to בָּטָא, used in Leviticus 5:4; Numbers 30:7; Psalms 106:33 (of speaking hastily, rashly, unadvisedly).—But the tongue of the wise is health.—“Medicine, healing” (comp. Proverbs 4:22), forms here an exceedingly appropriate antithesis to the inwardly wounding effect of the inconsiderate babbling mentioned before.
Proverbs 12:19. But the lying tongue only for a moment.—Literally, “till I wink again, till I complete a wink of the eye;” comp. Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44. This is therefore a detailed poetical circumlocution for the idea of a little while, an instant (Isaiah 54:7): the verb here employed (הִרְגִּיעַ) is a denominative derived from רֶגַע a wink.—Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil.—“Deceit, malignity” (comp.Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 12:17, second clause) might here be made antithetic to “joy,” because the necessary effect of deceit is sorrow and trouble. Therefore this noun מִרְמָה is not to be transformed to מְרֹרָה bitterness (Houbigant), nor to be interpreted by “self-deception,” or by “joy in evil” (Schadenfreude) with Umbreit.—But to those who give wholesome counsel is joy.—The common rendering (as also that of Umbreit, Elster, etc.), is “who counsel peace;” comp. the old reading of the LXX, οἱ βουλόμενοι εἰρήνην, and the εἰρηνοποιοί of Matthew 5:9. But שָׁלוֹם is here to be taken in the general sense of “welfare, that which is salutary,” as, for example, in Psalms 34:14; Psalms 37:37. The special signification “peace” would not correspond with the “evil” of the first clause, which is nowhere equivalent to strife, division (not in Judges 9:23, as Umbreit thinks).. The “joy” of the well-meaning counsellor is furthermore probably to be conceived of as one to be found in the heart, the inward cheerfulness and happy contentment of a good conscience (as Hitzig rightly maintains against Bertheau and others).
Proverbs 12:21. No evil befalleth the righteous.—For this verb (Pual of אָנָה) comp. Psalms 91:10; Exodus 21:13. אָוֶן here signifies not “sin,” but “evil, misfortune, calamity,” like the parallel term in the second clause, or the רָעָה in the 91st Psalm cited above.—With respect to the sentiment, which naturally should be regarded as a relative truth, not as unconditionally illustrated in every experience, comp. Proverbs 10:3; Proverbs 11:23; Proverbs 12:2-3, etc.—With Proverbs 12:22 compare Proverbs 11:20. It is unnecessary to alter the plural עֹשֵׂי into the singular עֹשֶׂה (with the LXX, many MSS., Hitzig, etc.).
4.Proverbs 12:23-28. Six proverbs which relate to the contrast between the wise and the foolish, the diligent and the slothful.—With reference to the first clause of Proverbs 12:23 compare Proverbs 10:14; Proverbs 10:17; with the second clause, Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 15:2.
Proverbs 12:24. The hand of the diligent will rule; but the slothful will be obliged to serve.—With the first clause compare Proverbs 10:4; with the second, Proverbs 11:29.—רְמִיָה, “slothful,” is doubtless an adjective belonging to the noun יַד (hand), and not an abstract substantive “sloth,” standing here for the concrete, “the sluggard,” as J. D. Michaelis, Döderlein, Bertheau and Elster suggest.—“Will be obliged to serve,” literally, “will be for tribute, for service,” i.e., will be forced to labor as one owing tribute.
Proverbs 12:25. If trouble be in the heart of man it boweth it down.—The suffix attached to the verb seems like that connected with the parallel verb, which, moreover, rhymes with this, to refer to the noun “heart,” and this as a synonym with נֶפֶשׁ “soul,” has here the force of a feminine. [Böttcher, § 877, e, cites this among the examples of the use of the fem, singular as a neuter with reference to objects named before but conceived of as neuter. See also Green, § 197, b—A.] In this connection it is indeed remarkable that דְּאָגָה (trouble), also contrary to its natural gender, appears here construed as a masculine. Hence the varying views of many recent expositors, e.g., that of Umbreit and Elster; “if trouble be in a man’s heart, let him repress it (the sorrow);” or that of Hitzig, who refers the suffixes of both these verbs to the noun “hand” of the verse preceding, and accordingly renders (at the same time in a peculiar way reproducing the rhyme):
“Is sorrow in the man’s heart, he bends it (i.e., the hand, down).
But if gladness, he extends it.”
[Hitzig’s rhyme is made with the verbs senket and schwenket, which are rather violent equivalents to the Hebrew terms, but are perhaps fairly matched by bends and extends, or abases and raises.—A.] In favor of the rendering which we prefer are the old versions, and among recent expositors Rosenmueller, Dathe, Döderlein, Ewald, Bertheau.
Proverbs 12:26. The righteous guideth his friend aright.—The verb יָתֵר, Hiphil of תָּרַר (which is equivalent to תּוּר), means “to set right, to guide to the right way, ὁδηγεῖν;” מֵרֵעַ is then equivalent to רֵעַ, friend, companion, as in Genesis 26:26; Judges 14:20; Judges 15:6. [So Gesen., Röd., Fuerst, Ewald, Bertheau, K., S., M. and W.]—Others, especially Luther, M. Geier, etc., following the Chaldee version, regard יתָרֵ as an adjective followed by the object of comparison: “better than his friend is (or fares) the righteous man.” [So the E. V., which is followed by Noyes]. Others still, like Dathe, J. D. Michaelis, Ziegler and Hitzig (the latter changing the verb to יָתֻר), read מִרְעֵהוּ, “his pasture,” and so reach the meaning “the righteous looketh after his pasture,” i.e., his path in life. It seems, however, altogether needless to depart from the above explanation, which is grammatically admissible, and gives a meaning which agrees well with that of the second clause.—But the way of the wicked leadeth them astray; them, i.e., the wicked. The construction is the same as in Proverbs 11:6, and probably also Proverbs 12:6.
Proverbs 12:27. The slothful catcheth not his prey.—“The slothful,” properly here again an adjective, “idle” hand, expresses the idea of sloth, and then, as an abstract for the concrete, stands for “the sluggard, the slothful.” חָרַךְ then, an ἁπαξ λεγόμενον in the Old Testament, is explained by the Rabbins, following the Aramean (Daniel 3:27), by “to singe, to roast;” therefore Bertheau, e.g., still translates “the slothful roasteth not his prey,” and then supplies the idea, “because he is too lazy to catch it.” [M. adopts this explanation, and S. doubtfully.] Others, more simply, and in conformity with the old versions, render “the idle man catcheth not his game” [so K., H., and N.], for which signification of hunting, catching, seizing, Hitzig cites lexical analogies from the Arabic. [Fuerst, criticising this interpretation, and defending the other, urges 1) that not to catch game is no sure sign of laziness, and 2) “his prey” must be already in hand—A.]—But a precious treasure to a man is diligence.—To reach this meaning it is necessary either to take חָרוּץ exceptionally in the abstract sense of diligence, or with C. B. Michaelis and Hitzig to read as an infinitive חָרוֹץ, “to bestir one’s self, to show one’s self diligent.”—Others, like Köhler, Umbreit, Elster, etc., resort to a partial transposition of the words, yielding the meaning “but precious treasure belongeth to the diligent man”—an alteration which is favored in advance by the Syriac version, and to some extent also by the LXX.
Proverbs 12:28. But a devious way (leadeth) to death.—This is doubtless the interpretation to be given with Hitzig to this clause; for in Judges 5:6; Isaiah 58:12, נְתִיבָה in fact signifies (in contrast with אֹרַח) a crooked winding by-path, and the modification of אַל to אֶל seems the more justifiable in proportion as the combination on which the ordinary rendering rests is otherwise unknown (אַל־מָותֶ as equivalent to לֹא־מָוֶר); “and the way of its path is not-death” (which is to be understood as “immortality,” Ewald, Umbreit, Elster [K., E. V., N., S., M.], etc.). Furthermore, the form of expression (דֶּרֶךְ before נְתיבָה) indicates plainly that to the second of the terms employed not its ordinary sense, but a quite peculiar signification, a quasi adjective import is to be given. [Hodgson and Holden express a decided preference for this view].—With the general sentiment of the verse compare Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 11:19.
DOCTRINAL AND ETHICAL
The contrasts between diligence and indolence, wisdom and folly, which present themselves as the strongest characteristics of the second and fourth of the groups of verses found in this chapter, lead us to refer the proverbs of these groups mainly to private or domestic life,—while the predominating reference of the third main group (Proverbs 12:12-22) to sins of the tongue or lips, leads us to regard social or civil life as the special department hero chiefly contemplated. Still this classification is after all only a general one, and proverbs of a more general moral tendency and bearing, like those contained in the introductory group (Proverbs 12:1-3) are interspersed through each, of the three large groups (e.g. in Proverbs 12:5-6; Proverbs 12:12; Proverbs 12:21; Proverbs 12:26; Proverbs 12:28): these therefore show the impossibility of carrying through a division of the contents of the chapter according to definite and clearly distinct categories.
Moral truths to which an emphatic prominence is given are found in the very first verse, on which Umbreit pertinently remarks, “The thought seems weak, and to a spirit practised in reflection hardly worth recording, yet on its truth rests the possibility of a spiritual progress in the human race, its development to a higher humanity; one might even say, the very conditions of history lie in that proverb.” Again we find them in Proverbs 12:10, a proverb which sets forth that tender care for animals as man’s fellow-creatures, which impresses itself on so many other passages of the Old Testament, e.g. Exodus 20:11; Exodus 22:29-30; Leviticus 22:27; Deuteronomy 22:6 sq.; Proverbs 25:4; Psalms 36:6; Psalms 104:27; Psalms 145:15 sq.; Psalms 147:9; Job 38:39 sq.; Job 39:5 sq.; Jonah 4:11, etc.1
We find like important truths in Proverbs 12:13, as also in general in all the proverbs that relate to the right use of the lips and tongue (compare besides Proverbs 12:14; Proverbs 12:16-19; Proverbs 12:22; Proverbs 12:25); so also in the commendation of a willingness to receive good counsel, Proverbs 12:15, with which we may appropriately compare Theognis, Gnom., V., 221–225 (see the passage in Umbreit, p. 158);—and again in the admonition to a wise self-command and presence of mind under experience of injury, Proverbs 12:16, with which should be compared admonitions of the New Testament against persistent anger and heat of passion, such as Romans 12:19; Ephesians 4:26; Ephesians 4:31; James 1:19-20, etc.—It has already been made evident that the concluding verse of the chapter (Proverbs 12:28; Proverbs 12:2 d clause) unlike chapter Proverbs 11:7, probably contains no hint of a hope of immortality.
HOMILETIC AND PRACTICAL
Homily on the entire chapter. On the true wisdom of the children of God, as it ought to appear 1) in the home, under the forms of good discipline, diligence and contentment; 2) in the state or in the intercourse of citizens, under the forms of truthfulness, justice, and unfeigned benevolence (Proverbs 12:12-22); 3) in the Church or in the religious life, as a progressive knowledge of God, a diligent devotion to prayer and striving after eternal life (Proverbs 12:23-28).—Comp. Stöcker:—On true discipline: 1) its general utility (Proverbs 12:1-8); 2) the blessing on those who receive discipline, and the curse on those who hate and despise it (Proverbs 12:9-16); 3) comprehensive repetition of what has been taught concerning the salutariness of discipline (Proverbs 12:17-28).—Starke:—On the injurious nature of ungodliness and the utility of piety; 1) in general (Proverbs 12:1-3); 2) in particular, a) in the marriage relation (Proverbs 12:4); b) in common life (Proverbs 12:5-8); c) in the care of cattle and in agriculture (9–11); d) in the use of the tongue (12–23; c) in attention to one’s calling (24–28).—Calwer Handbuch:—The heart, the action and the speech of the fool and the wise man.—or, of the life that is to be found in the way of righteousness, and the ruin that is to be found in the way of ungodliness.
Proverbs 12:1-3. Geier:—No one is so perfect that he might not sometimes fail, and consequently need a chastisement not only on the part of God, but also on the part of men.—(On Proverbs 12:3): He who by faith and love is rooted in God (Ephesians 3:17) will not possibly ever be rooted up by anything; Psalms 73:25; John 10:28.—Starke:—It is better to be with true sympathy chastised by a just man, than to be deceitfully praised.—Berleburg Bible:—He who suffers himself to be guided comes constantly nearer to wisdom, i.e. to Christ, and for such a one His fellowship with all its blessedness stands open.—Von Gerlach (on Proverbs 12:1):—All that raises man above the brute is secured to him by training, by the wholesome discipline of his parents and teachers.—(On Proverbs 12:3): The ungodly has no ground in which he is rooted, no stability in assaults from without, while the righteous man is rooted in the eternal nature of the Creator Himself. Hence the righteous man is a tree by a river’s side, a house on a rock,—the ungodly, however, is a fleeting storm-cloud, a tree in a dry land, a house built on the sand, and even chaff that the wind driveth away, Psalms 1:3 sq.; Isaiah 44:4, etc.—[Arnot (on Proverbs 12:1):—The fool casts away the precious because it is unpalatable, and the wise man accepts the unpalatable because it is precious. Nature hates reproof; let grace take the bitter potion and thrust it down nature’s throat, for the sake of its healing power.—A. Fuller (on Proverbs 12:1):—He, and he only, that loves the means loves the end. The means of knowledge are “instruction” in what is right, and “reproof” for what is wrong. He who is an enemy to either of these means is an enemy to the end.—Bridges (on Proverbs 12:3):—Firm and unshaken is the condition of the righteous. Their leaves may wither in the blast. Their branches may tremble in the fury of the tempest, But their root—the true principle of life—shall not be moved].
Proverbs 12:4-11. Geier (on Proverbs 12:4):—By vicious conduct a woman destroys her husband as it were with subtle poison, but even then harms herself the most.—Zeltner (on Proverbs 12:4):—He who will enter into the marriage relation should begin with God, with hearty prayer, sound reflection, and devout purposes, lest he be compelled afterward bitterly to bewail his folly, Tob 8:4 sq.—(On Proverbs 12:9): An honorable life in narrow circumstances is much better and more peaceful, and besides not subject to so many temptations, as when one lives in ever so high a position in the view of the world. To make a great figure and to aim at being great is the ruin of many a man, Tob 4:14; Sir 3:19; Sir 3:30.—Würtemberg Bible (on Proverbs 12:10):—The brute has no one that can do him good but man; therefore treat it kindly, with reason and moderation.—[Trapp (on Proverbs 12:5):—If good thoughts look into a wicked heart, they stay not there, as those that like not their lodging.—(On Proverbs 12:7): There is a council in heaven will dash the mould of all contrary counsels upon earth.—(On Proverbs 12:11): Sin brought in sweat (Genesis 3:19), and now not to sweat increaseth sin.—Lord Bacon (on Proverbs 12:10):—The tender mercies of the wicked are when base and guilty men are spared that should be stricken with the sword of justice. Pity of this sort is more cruel than cruelty itself. For cruelty is exercised upon individuals, but this pity, by granting impunity, arms and sends forth against innocent men the whole army of evil-doers.—Chalmers (on Proverbs 12:10):—The lesson is not the circulation of benevolence within the limits of one species. It is the transmission of it from one species to another. The first is but the charity of a world. The second is the charity of a universe].
Proverbs 12:12-22. Melanchthon:—In everything are we exhorted to good, and to striving after truth, in the knowledge of God, in science and arts, in all honorable occupations and compacts; and because truthfulness belongs to the most glorious and eminent virtues, therefore the vice opposed to it is condemned in strong language, and pronounced (Proverbs 12:22) an offence and abomination in the sight of God.—Osiander:—We use the gift of speech rightly when we employ it to God’s glory and to our neighbor’s benefit.—Zeltner:—As one has here used his tongue, whether for good or evil, he will hereafter be recompensed. Truth is a daughter of righteousness; apply thyself diligently to this, and thou hast the true witness in thyself that thou art of the truth and a child of God (1 John 3:18-19). Fidelity and veracity have indeed in the world, whose watchword is only hatred, a poor reward; but so much the more precious are they in the sight of God (Psalms 15:1-2).—[Arnot (on Proverbs 12:13): When a man is not true, the great labor of his life must be to make himself appear true; but. if a man be true, he need not concern himself about appearances.—Trapp (on Proverbs 12:20):—Such counsellors shall have peace for peace: peace of conscience for peace of country].—On Proverbs 12:20, Tischer (in Zimmerman’s “Sonntagsfeier,” 1835, No. 41):—Every one can become acquainted with himself from his social intercourse.—[South (on Proverbs 12:22):—A lie is a tiling absolutely and intrinsically evil: it is an act of injustice, and a violation of our neighbor’s right. The vileness of its nature is equalled by the malignity of its effects; it first brought sin into the world, and is since the cause of all those miseries and calamities that disturb it; it tends utterly to dissolve and overthrow society, which is the greatest temporal blessing and support of mankind; it has a strange and peculiar efficacy, above all other sins, to indispose the heart to religion. It is as dreadful in its punishments as it has been pernicious in its effects].
Proverbs 12:23-28. Hasius:—The ordinary modes of acquisition are always the safest and best. Him who loves crooked ways and devices we never find prospering; but those who walk in ways of innocence and justice, cannot become unsuccessful.—Osiander:—Follow thy calling in the fear of God and with diligence, and thy possessions will be with God’s blessing richly multiplied.—Starke:—He who squanders time, shuns toil and buries his pound in a napkin, is unworthy to dwell on earth (Luke 19:20; Luke 19:24).—Wohlfarth (on Proverbs 12:25):—The friendly word. Where we can help by actual deeds, such real help is by all means better than mere consolation in words. If however the means for such aid are wanting to us, if the evil is of such a sort that no human help whatever is possible, then it is a double duty to cheer the depressed with friendly words; yes, consolation is then often in itself help because it leads to God, the true helper in all need!—[Trapp (on Proverbs 12:27):—Jabal and Jubal, diligence and complacence, good husbandry and well contenting sufficiency, dwell usually together.—Chalmers (on Proverbs 12:28):—The deeds of the hand have a reflex influence on the state of the heart. There is life in spiritual-mindedness; and it serves to aliment this life to walk in the way of obedience].
Comp. Zöckler, Theologia Naturalis, Entwurf einer systematischen Naturphilosophie, etc., I., pp. 539 sq.
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I don’t much care for science fiction. But I thoroughly enjoy the handful of well-written science-fiction novels I’ve read: including 1984 and Brave New World (reviews: forthcoming). As a writer and a human, my chief interest is in human behaviour. Broadly, ‘the human question’ as I see it is: How do differences in personality and ability interact with differences in environment to produce the mind-boggling array of human desires, needs, frustrations, and achievements?
Realist fiction scrutinises the first part of this question: inter-individual differences in personality and ability. To focus on the second part of the question – differences in environment – we turn to genre fiction. Historical fiction. (How was it possible for the educated, cultured, lovable white Americans of Gone With the Wind to treat black Americans as subhuman?) Or science-fiction. (How is it possible for the world order to become subsumed, in a few decades, by the totalitarian regimes of 1984 – and how is it possible for legions of liberal, educated people to become fanatical, bloodthirsty followers of such regimes?) The best-written science fiction manages to remember that it is fiction, not a grant proposal for a new technology. The best-written science fiction conjures a novel environment in order to confront us with those aspects of human behaviour to which, in our day-to-day reality, familiarity makes us blind. The best-written science fiction is fiction that tosses flesh-and-blood human beings into challenging environments – in order to confront us with uncomfortable truths to which we’ve become comfortably blind.
The Handmaid’s Tale is well-written science-fiction.
Handmaid’s first-person narrative reads like a character study set it in the dystopian Republic of Gilead (formerly Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA). This dystopia is in many ways disarmingly attractive: its pavements are tidy; flowers flourish in its rainbow gardens; its citizens are reassuringly colour-coded; everyone knows his/her role; women have been freed from the tyranny of beauty; and women feel safe again: on the streets, at home, and in their workplaces. Through Offred’s eyes, we see, reluctantly, that even a world essentially nightmarish to us – and to Offred herself – has its charms. Of course it must: it was humans who created this world. Humans misguided, but well-meaning.
Handmaid’s narrative is slow, accumulating via a mass of at-first-sight trivial details. Descriptions of aforesaid flowers in the Commander’s garden. Descriptions of household objects. Soon, we realise that Offred’s immersion in these details is deliberate: she has undergone a series of traumas, which she recollects in scraps over the course of the novel. Offred’s anchoring herself to the banal details of her present is a volitional act undertaken to preserve her own sanity.
The narrative fluctuates between the present – Offred’s life with an unnamed Commander: one of the men in power in this dystopian regime. Offred is the Commander’s handmaid: a concubine for strictly procreational purposes, symbolically offered up to him by his infertile wife. It was an epidemic of infertility and birth defects in the old world order that motivated its violent political usurping by one Christian sect. Offred’s job is to produce a healthy child – following which she will be transferred to another Commander. As long as she obeys the rules, Offred’s routine is tranquil, and her lifestyle more privileged than that of most of her contemporaries.
About the precursors and nature of this regime change, Handmaid offers only a few details, and that well into the novel. Handmaid’s engagement with science/technology is minimal. Atwood herself calls Handmaid not science-fiction, but speculative fiction: fiction that speculates about alternative futures, with the aim of inspiring us to take collective action to forestall the unsavoury alternatives.
Across the developed world, fertility rates have been declining for decades; this trend is now also appearing in the developing world (even without government intervention). As a citizen of the world’s second most populous country, and as someone who believes that population control (but, much more importantly, curbing our runaway conspicuous consumption) are essential to mitigating our environmental catastrophes – I consider declining fertility the opposite of problematic. More impersonally, while declining fertility often creates economic challenges, declining fertility results, rosbutly, from prosperity. However, the socioeconomic destabilisation posed by declining fertility can, very plausibly, if not addressed by existing governments, set the stage for the kind of violent regime change that Handmaid envisions.
Handmaid’s narrow scope enables it to pursue one of speculative fiction’s most fruitful endeavours: analysing how the human psyche responds to sudden and extreme change. And there’s no question that Gilead is a dystopia: there are public hangings of anyone who threatens the regime: from a Christian of the wrong sect to a ‘gender traitor.’ Offred undergoes ritual rape every month. None of the people involved in The Ceremony is having a good time. Nobody has autonomy in this or any other aspect of life: the hoodwinking of the system that Offred’s Commander – who is, belying his title, equally at the system’s mercy – indulges in are repetitive, and schoolboyishly trivial.
But Handmaid’s focus remains human, and remains trained on Offred: who, though well-individuated, exquisitely embodies the typical human response to an atypical situation. Offred isn’t a true believer in this regime: but she’s afraid to say so, and so are her walking-companions, her fellow handmaids. Offred doesn’t want to be a walking womb: but she, and her fellow handmaids, nevertheless become possessed by both triumph and envy when one of them gives birth. There is an underground resistance afoot: but Offred is lukewarm about even peripheral participation; and, when she falls in lust with a forbidden target, even her tentative revolutionary sympathy is swallowed up in her base desires. Offred behaves, in short, very much as most of us would behave in her situation: her resistance remains unarticulated, her conformity sufficient to perpetuate this dehumanising dystopia.
Herein lies Handmaid’s genius: confronting us with uncomfortable truths. To wit: dystopias can be lavish and orderly; dystopias coopt their denizens in insidious ways, consoling them with tiny triumphs that we make sufficient; dystopias sustain themselves on the solid basis of the typical human tendency to knuckle under and find meaning (or sex) wherever we can.
But Handmaid is not pessimistic. By the novel’s end, Offred possibly escapes Gilead. The Epilogue occurs in a post-Gilead world. How did we get from Gilead back to a semblance of normality?
That, Atwood insists, depends on us. On us, the mass of humanity. On us: who can choose between knuckling under and consoling ourselves with pleasures equivalent to pacifiers – or daring to challenge corrupt regimes at risk to our own lives.
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A study published by The BMJ today provides an up to date summary of evidence on the risk of heart inflammation (myocarditis and pericarditis) after mRNA vaccination against the covid-19 virus.
The review of more than 8,000 reported cases from 46 studies by researchers in Canada confirms previous reports that myocarditis is rare, but cases are highest among young males shortly after a second dose, and are probably higher after Moderna’s mRNA vaccine than after Pfizer’s vaccine.
It also shows that, while cases are predominantly mild, the risk of myocarditis or pericarditis might be lower when the second dose is given more than 30 days after the first dose.
However, the researchers warn that, in general, the evidence is of low certainty and say these findings must be considered alongside the overall benefits of vaccination.
Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the fluid-filled sac surrounding the heart) are rare but serious conditions, usually triggered by a viral infection. Reports of these conditions after covid-19 mRNA vaccination have prompted ongoing surveillance and research.
The results show that rates of myocarditis after mRNA vaccines were highest in male adolescents and young male adults (50-139 cases per million in 12-17 year olds and 28-147 cases per million in 18-29 year olds).
For girls and boys aged 5-11 years and females aged 18-29 years, rates of myocarditis after vaccination with Pfizer might be fewer than 20 cases per million.
For individuals aged 18-29 years, myocarditis is probably higher after vaccination with Moderna than with Pfizer, and for 12-39 year olds, myocarditis or pericarditis might be lower when the second dose is given more than 30 days after the first dose.
Data specific to males aged 18-29 years indicates that the dosing interval might need to increase to more than 56 days to substantially drop rates of these conditions.
As such, the researchers say giving Pfizer over Moderna and extending dosing intervals might be beneficial for younger people.
But they point out that the clinical course of myocarditis in children 5-11 years, after a third dose, and for those with previous myocarditis after mRNA vaccination is largely unknown. And although the short term course has consistently shown to be quite mild and self-limiting, they say more data for longer term prognosis is needed.
They also acknowledge some limitations of their review, including the rapidly evolving covid-19 literature base and the potential for misdiagnosis. However, their comprehensive, peer reviewed search strategy and use of a range of information sources enabled them to capture the latest data.
As such they conclude: “As the covid-19 pandemic enters its third year, continued surveillance of myocarditis after mRNA vaccines, especially in younger ages, after dose three (and subsequent doses) and in previous cases is needed to support continued decision making for covid-19 boosters.”
And they call for additional monitoring of people with relevant underlying conditions, long term follow-up of patients with myocarditis, and further studies to “enhance understanding of the mechanism or mechanisms of myocarditis and pericarditis after vaccination.”
This large body of reviewed studies continues to suggest that mRNA covid-19 vaccines are associated with a rare but heightened risk of acute myocarditis and pericarditis, say US researchers in a linked editorial.
They point out that key uncertainties remain, including risks associated with boosters, risks associated with primary vaccination of young children, and the long term outcomes of those who experience myocarditis.
“But these uncertainties must be placed in the context of the substantial and widely accepted benefits of vaccination,” they conclude.
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Incidence, risk factors, natural history, and hypothesised mechanisms of myocarditis and pericarditis following covid-19 vaccination: living evidence syntheses and review
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Copyright OER as Open Education Enabler
Concerns over copyright issues can present a practical barrier to open educational resource (OER) use and adoption. The proposed presentation provides a case study of the University of Alberta’s Opening Up Copyright (OUC) instructional module series and discusses how the series improves access to...
Know your audience(s): Collaborating for Copyright Education
This presentation examines a multi-unit collaborative open education project to develop instructional copyright modules as open educational resources (OER). These modules aim to serve two primary audiences:course-based graduate students, and the broader community of staff, students and faculty at...
Learning about Copyright Made (Mostly) Easy
Understanding copyright is an important 21st century skill; however, learning about copyright tends not to be enjoyable or easy. The Opening Up Copyright instructional module series aims to address this problem through a series of interactive, openly licensed video modules on copyright. This...
Making Videos for Education and Instruction
This presentation will provide an introduction to the process of making videos. Examining the three stages of video creation (pre-production, production/recording, and post-production) the aim will be to provide an understanding of what is required to make videos with a focus on...
Strengths and limitations of open educational resources to strengthen copyright literacy
The presentation explores challenges associated with the creation of open educational resources (OER) for Canadian copyright education. Tensions include modeling best practices for open content licensing in copyright-related material, balancing narrative engagement with precise information on a...
Toward a critical approach for OER: A case study in removing the ‘Big Five’ from OER creationDownload
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You might think skipping breakfast is no big deal, but new research says it could be a life or death decision! Studies have shown a huge link between skipping breakfast and the risk of heart attacks. Read on to find out if your bad habit of skipping breakfast could be leading you to an early grave!
reports new research linking breakfast skipping to a higher risk of heart attack.
Researchers followed over 20,000 men since 1997, and found those who skipped breakfast every morning were 27% more likely to have a heart attack.
Why breakfast lowers your heart attack risk
It may seem strange that one meal every day could drastically alter your life, but it’s true.
The scientists say that when you eat breakfast in the morning, you eat less throughout the day.
If you skip breakfast, you’ll get so hungry you’ll eat bigger meals. If you eat a big meal, your blood sugar
spikes up. That does a lot of damage to your arteries.
Over time, that sort of damage raises your risk of heart attack.
The researchers also found that people who eat breakfast naturally gravitate towards healthier foods throughout the day.
So the solution is simple: Don’t skip breakfast!
Easy, quick and healthy breakfasts that’ll lower your heart attack risk
If you skip breakfast because you don’t have time, try these quick, healthy breakfast ideas...
Instant oats with fresh blueberries. Blueberries are high in antioxidants that help protect your heart too.
Banana and strawberry smoothie. Prepare all ingredients the night before, so you can just toss them in the blender and whizz!
Trail mix. If you prefer to munch on something substantial, make your own trail mix by combining raw almonds, cashews, raisins, dried cranberries and whatever else takes your fancy. Avoid dried fruit that’s candied or roasted nuts, as this lowers their nutritional value.
Peanut butter on whole-grain toast. This is the perfect combination of protein and carbs to start your day.
Make breakfast a habit and you’ll have an overall healthier lifestyle. You may even live longer because of this one good habit, so try it!
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ISO 21504:2015 provides guidance on the principles of project and programme portfolio management. ISO 21504:2015 is relevant to any type of organization including public or private and any size organization or sector.
The guidance presented in ISO 21504:2015 is intended to be adapted to suit the specific environment of the project and programme portfolio.
ISO 21504:2015 does not provide guidance on project management, programme management, or general business portfolio management (e.g. financial portfolio management).
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Diagnosis: Bilateral Cataracts & Bilateral PHPV
When Cody was two months old Ana noticed something was not right with her son, Cody’s, eye. It looked a little smaller than his left eye and when she took a flash photo of him for a passport to bring him home to Portugal from Oxford for the holiday, the photograph showed a glow in his eye.
She brought him to his General Practitioner who believed Cody had a blocked tear duct and a cataract, Cody was referred to pediatric ophthalmologist, Dr. Natalie Arruti, with Oxford University Hospital. Upon arrival Dr. Arruti brought in several colleagues to take a closer look at Cody. It was clear they were concerned about his vision and Ana was told that they believed that Cody had PHPV, Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous. The second most common cause of leukocoria in infants; PHPV can often look identical to Retinoblastoma and the group of doctors took great pains to examine him carefully. They performed an OCT scan and spent two hours examining him before confirming that Cody had bilateral cataracts and bilateral PHPV.
Cody had surgery the following week at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford. Ana and Cody stayed one night in the hospital while Cody recovered. During the surgery it was confirmed that while Cody did not have Retinoblastoma, he did have PHPV in both eyes and the retina was completely detached in his right eye. His left eye was still light sensitive and he was sent home. It took nine months for the genetic testing to be completed. While there is no history in either Ana or her partner’s families, the genetic test did show that Cody also had FEVR, Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy, a genetically progressive disorder that affects the light-sensitive retina tissue in the back of the eye. They knew that Cody would need continuous monitoring and in February of 2022 Cody was referred to Great Ormond Street Hospital to be seen by Dr. Wong for a second opinion, the left eye retina had detached so surgery was once again required. Unfortunately, the retinal detachment in his left eye meant that he had lost the light reception in that eye as well.
Cody managed well through that surgery not even having to stay overnight and was well cared for by Dr. Wong’s team at Great Ormond Street in London. His pressure remained high, so medicine was given to help care for him and the pressure has been continually monitored at checkups. Cody, now completely blind in both eyes, visits his two doctors, Dr. Wong, and Dr. CK Patel, Ophthalmic Surgeons in Great Ormond Street. Dr. Patel is another amazing doctor who has helped Cody since he was first diagnosed. Ana and her partner are grateful to these doctors for their care and support and is also very grateful to live in a community that is full of wonderful resources ready to support Cody not only through his medical challenges but also through the additional needs due to his recently diagnosed developmental delays. Once Cody had received the certificate registering him as blind several of these tremendous resources began to assist him. With qualified teacher home visits and nursery visits and schools adapted with trained staff, Cody has a visual impairment specialist who is working to assist him with mobility. Cody will soon also have physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and early intervention to help with his development. The RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind), Guide dogs and the Oxford Association for the Blind are extraordinary resources for Cody offering a lot of support. Sleeping is also an issue for Cody as his body clock does not set itself to the rising or setting sun so Ana spends many nights with a wide awake Cody, a situation which she hopes will soon change as she is expecting another child in the fall!
Fortunately the odds are strongly against Ana’s future children being born with PHPV or FEVR and we know that Cody will soon be an amazing big brother to his younger sibling thanks to the incredible care of his phenomenal family and team of support in the UK. We, at KnowTheGlow, will look forward to watching him grow into his most amazing self and will be excited to cheer him on each step of the way. Ana and her family hope that in sharing Cody’s story and photos another mother or father will see the glow, remember Cody’s story, and follow their instincts to care. Ana feels it is so important for parents to be aware of the signs of vision disturbances and she hopes that Cody’s story will soon be helping other children find their way to early diagnosis and treatment wherever they may be.
Below please see Ana’s story translated by her into Portuguese. Perhaps one day soon KTG will be able to develop an awareness campaign for Ana’s incredible country too! It was an honor and a privilege to speak with the amazing Ana Ramos and we have no doubt that Cody is in the best of hands with his loving family and team of support. Please help share his story and build awareness to help us find and guide to care those children still waiting who do not yet know they need to be found.
Ana Ramos and Cody –
Quando o Cody tinha dois meses a Ana reparou que algo não parecia normal com o olho direito do Cody, era mais pequeno do que o outro olho e quando tirou uma fotografia com flash para fazer o passaporte do Cody para ir de férias a Portugal reparou que havia um brilho diferente em vez do normal reflexo vermelho.
A Ana levou o Cody ao médico de família e o médico disse que o Cody parecia ter cataratas, no dia seguinte o Cody teve uma consulta com a oftalmologista pediatra Natália Arruti no hospital de Oxford. Durante a consulta vários médicos analisaram os olhos do Cody e foi dito que o Cody ou não tinha visão ou tinha muito pouca, nesse dia o Cody foi diagnosticado com cataratas bilaterais e vasculatura persistente bilateral, vários exames foram realizados para ter a certeza que o Vody não tinha cancro nos olhos. O Cody foi operado na semana seguinte ao olho direito no John Radcliffe Hospital em Oxford mas a sua retina ja estava completamente descolada e os médicos disseram que não havia possibilidade de visão nesse olho mas que o Cody tinha percepção de luz no olho esquerdo, foram feitos testes genéticos que levaram 9 meses para estar completos . Não existe história de problemas nos olhos em ninguém da família do Cody, os testes revelaram que o Cody tem uma mutação num genece chamado LRP5 que causa uma condição chamada vitroretinopatia exudativa familiar. O Cody continuou a ter várias consultas para viagiar os olhos e em Fevereiro de 2022 começou a ser visto também por Dr. Wong no hospital de Great Ormond Street em Londres onde foi operado ao olho esquerdo, infelizmente a retina do olho esquerdo também estava descolada então o Cody perdeu a percepção de luz que tinha.
A operação correu bem e o Cody foi muito bem tratado no hospital, atualmente o Cody é visto por dois médicos, Dr. Wong e o médico Mr. C K Patel, ambos têm ajudado muito e sido muito bons médicos e o Cody tem bastante apoio em várias áreas diferentes, o Cody também tem atraso do desenvolvimento e tem fisioterapia, terapia da fala, terapia ocupacional, tem uma professora especial e uma especialista em mobilidade, o sono é também um problema para o Cody porque ele não distingue a diferença entre o dia e a noite.
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Philly wins major court ruling on immigration
“The conditions imposed by the DOJ were an unconscionable attempt to bully the City and its residents into changing our policies,” Mayor Jim Kenney said in a…
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Philadelphia’s standing as a sanctuary city won a major victory on Friday.
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision handed down last summer, on a lawsuit that Philadelphia filed in 2017, which affirmed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) cannot withhold funding to the city over its refusal to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The ruling is a blow to the DOJ which, under former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, stipulated that in order for Philadelphia to receive funds through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, the city would have to allow ICE access to its prisons, as well as notify ICE of persons released from prison, upon request.
The DOJ also sought to ensure that Philadelphia complied with a statute that would prevent the city from withholding information regarding a person’s citizenship or immigration status.
“The conditions imposed by the DOJ were an unconscionable attempt to bully the City and its residents into changing our policies,” Mayor Jim Kenney said in a press release.
“On the very day the President declared a bogus national emergency to build a useless wall, I say to our immigrant community: we are glad you call Philadelphia home, and we will continue to fight for you,” he added.
In fiscal year 2017, the criminal justice grant funding would have totaled $1.598 million, according to the initial court decision, money the city said would have been dedicated to supplying police officers with Narcan to combat opioid overdoses.
The decision found that statements put forth by both President Trump and then-Attorney General Sessions, that immigrants commit more crimes than U.S.-born citizens, were false in the context of Philadelphia.
Friday’s Court of Appeals ruling held that Sessions “unlawfully imposed” the set of immigration-related conditions on the city.
“The Third Circuit’s decision marks a significant moment for all Philadelphians, including our immigrant communities. The hate-filled rhetoric about immigrants that has become a drumbeat from the Trump Administration sows fear and uncertainty in our communities and further divides our country,” said Office of Immigrant Affairs Director Miriam Enriquez in a statement.
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The color changes within the branches of True Needle foliage are a distinguishing characteristic. A branch, for example, may be brown with green hues. The needles then begin as a dark green and gradually fade to a lighter hue. The technique replicates popular Christmas tree species seen in nature.
Similarly, What are true needles?
True Needle Foliage: What Is It? To replicate the image of actual tree species found in woods and tree farms, we employ our exclusive True Needle technology. PE (polyethylene) injection-molded to resemble the structure, texture, and color of genuine evergreens is the subject of this award-winning invention.
Also, it is asked, Why do some Christmas trees not smell?
If you have a live (potted) Christmas tree, it will not emit a strong odor. Because the tree’s trunk and branches are intact, less odor is emitted. If you want to add that particular perfume to your holiday gathering, spray the area with Christmas tree fragrance.
Secondly, What Christmas trees are used in Hallmark movies?
She finds the real meaning of Christmas through the connections of family against a stunning background of Balsam Hill’s Vermont White Spruce Trees and greenery embellished with our Crystal Palace Ornaments. Nov 2016 HALLMARK MOVIES AND MYSTERIES
Also, Where do the Kardashians get their Christmas trees?
Aldik Home offers high-quality silk flowers, silk greenery, floral arrangements, unique fake trees, home decor, artificial Christmas trees, and holiday décor to home decor aficionados. This is where the Kardashians go to get all of their Christmas decorations every year!
People also ask, Which is better PE or PVC?
PVC cloth is stronger than PE (polyester or HDPE) and hence more weather resistant. PVC has a longer useful life.
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Is PE safer than PVC?
PE is now seen to be a safer plastic than PVC since it isn’t stabilized with lead or other heavy metals and isn’t as polluting to produce. Of course, it’s still based on virgin petroleum, but it’s a step forward.
Should you put aspirin in Christmas tree water?
Make careful to refresh the water every day and keep the stand from drying out. To keep your tree fresh, don’t add sugar, aspirin, bleach, or flowery preservatives to the water; just normal tap water will enough.
What are the disadvantages of spruce wood?
Spruce needle rust, needle blight, cytospora canker, root rot, and the parasitic Eastern spruce dwarf mistletoe are just a few of the diseases that can affect spruce trees’ needles, branches, and roots.
What is SPF in lumber?
The term SPF stands for “Spruce-Pine-Fir,” the tree species that go into making SPF timber. In North America, SPF lumber may be divided into two distinct species: East and West. White Spruce, Black Spruce, Red Spruce, Jack Pine, and Balsam Fir are among the Eastern SPF wood species.
Which is stronger yellow pine or spruce?
Pine and spruce may be used interchangeably in all structural purposes. This contains studs and beams, as well as struts, braces, and shelf support structure. For structural purposes, spruce may offer a modest advantage over pine because to its greater strength-to-weight ratio.
Is Balsam Hill affiliated with Hallmark?
Here are some of the most popular Balsam Hill goods, as shown on television and on the Hallmark Channel, and as recommended by design professionals and media figures. autumn foliage – With Balsam Hill’s newest assortment of autumn foliage, you can bring the House & Family set to your living areas.
Who supplies the Christmas trees for the Hallmark movies?
Set designer Christi Whiteley utilized these “majestic” fake Christmas trees from Balsam Hill on the set of Hallmark’s One Royal Holiday. “They’re stunning and incredibly simple to put together,” she claims.
Who does set design on Hallmark movies?
House Beautiful met with production designers Tom Lisowski and Shane Meador, who worked on A Nashville Christmas Carol and One Royal Holiday, respectively, to learn how the wonderful world of Hallmark Christmas movies is created—and let’s just say, it’s starting to look a lot like Christmas!
Which Christmas trees dont drop needles?
Real Christmas Trees Come in a Variety of Shapes and Sizes. ‘No Needle Drop’ is a phrase that means “no needle drop.” Nordmann Fir is a kind of coniferous tree that (Abies Nordmanniana) Nordmann Fir Fir Fir Fir Fir Fir Fir Fir Fir Fi Traditional Spruce from Norway (Picea Abies) Christmas tree made of Norway spruce. Spruce from Serbia (Picea Omorika) Christmas tree made of Serbian spruce. Picea Glauca var.albertiana ‘Conica’ (Alberta White Spruce)
Do Balsam Hill trees wobble?
The central pole should stretch straight up and not sway in any way. All Balsam HillTM trees include hinged branches that are already connected to the central pole, eliminating the need to attach the parts to the trunk separately. Start shaping the branches by opening the hinged branches on the bottom half.
How long do Balsam Hill artificial trees last?
Our incandescent-lit trees are available in Clear, Multi, and Color + Clear® and include UL-Listed lights that last 3,300 hours or more.
Are prelit Christmas trees worth it?
Efficiency and safety have both improved. Pre-lit Christmas trees may provide a wonderful blend of ease, safety, and energy efficiency, thanks to the arrival of cooler, more energy-efficient LED (vs incandescent) lighting, as well as the fact that artificial trees don’t dry out or pose a potential fire threat.
Which is better pre-lit or unlit Christmas tree?
Pre-lit Christmas trees make tree setup considerably faster and simpler, allowing you to get right to the fun part: decorating! Unlit trees provide you more decoration options since you may select the color of your lights, the size of the bulbs, and how you want to place the lights on your tree.
How many ornaments do I need for a 7.5 foot tree?
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY ORNAMENTS I NEED? Height of the treesLight Coverage Coverage is extensive. 70 parts, 6.5 feet 105 items 105 parts, 7.5 feet a total of 140 175 parts 210 pieces 9-10 feet
How do you pick a fake Christmas tree?
When selecting an artificial Christmas tree, keep your area and requirements in mind. The Perfect Measurement. The Ideal Form. Pre-Decorated. Branches come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The Highest Quality Material The number of tips that have been attached. Attached is a stand.
Is the Kardashian Christmas Eve party actually on Christmas Eve?
“So we decided not to have a Christmas Eve party this year,” Khloé Kardashian said at the time, adding, “I think it’s the first time we haven’t had a Christmas Eve party since 1978.” “However, health and safety must come first!” she stressed. It is critical to take this epidemic seriously.”
How much does the Kardashian Christmas party cost?
Every year, the Kardashian matriarch throws a Christmas event that is said to cost approximately $500,000.
What is the best artificial Christmas tree that looks real?
Douglas Fir with a downward slant. This Downswept Douglas Fir model from the National Tree Company is one of the most lifelike artificial Christmas trees on the market. It’s available in three sizes, with the 7.5-foot version boasting 1,867 branch tips for a full, rich appearance.
What is a good branch tip count for artificial tree?
The more branch tips your tree has, the fuller and better it will seem, as well as the more decorations you may add. Aim for a tip count of 800 or more for a 6-foot tree as a general guideline. You’ll need between 1,200 and 1,500 tips to trim a 7-footer.
True Needle technology is a process that uses a needle to create an air bubble in the center of a sheet of paper. The result is an extremely thin, flat piece of paper with intricate patterns and designs on one side.
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What are ISPA Tools?
A set of practical tools that help countries improve their social protection system by analyzing its strengths and weaknesses and offering options for further action
ISPA Assessments Provide:
An analysis of the state of a country’s social protection SYSTEM, a particular PROGRAM, or DELIVERY aspect
Entry points on how to improve and strengthen social protection in your country
Learning opportunities for other countries on how to analyze and develop their social protection systems
How Does ISPA Help?
ISPA supports the building of cohesive social protection systems
ISPA provides consistent, reliable & technically sound evidence on improving the effectiveness & efficiency of a social protection system
ISPA helps to coordinate advice & resources & facilitates the sharing of information and good practices
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Section 18 in The Land Ports Authority of India Act, 2010
Title: Mode of executing contracts on behalf of Authority.
(1) Every contract on behalf of the Authority, shall be made by the Chairperson or such officer of the Authority as may be generally or specially empowered in this behalf by the Authority and such contracts as may be specified, in the regulations, shall be sealed with the common seal o f the Authority:
Provided that no contract exceeding such value or amount as the Central Government may, by order fix in this behalf, shall be made unless it has been previously approved by the Central Government:
Provided further that no contract for the acquisition or sale of immovable property or for the lease of any such property for a term exceeding thirty years and no other contract exceeding such value or amount as the Central Government may, by order fix in this behalf, shall be made unless it has been previously approved by the Central Government.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), the form and manner in which any contract shall be made under this Act shall be such as may be provided by regulations.
(3) Any contract which is not in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder shall not be binding on the Authority.
Title: Power of Authority to charge fees, rent, etc.
The Authority may, determine and charge such fees or rent, not being a statutory levy under any other Act, as may be provided by regulations, separately for each integrated check post, —
(a) for the cargo handling, warehousing, parking of trucks or for any other service or facility offered in connection with transport operations;
(b) for the parking of passenger vehicles and other amenities given to the passengers and visitors; and ;
(c) for the availing of facilities and other services provided by the Authority.
Title: Additional capital and grant to Authority by Central Government.
The Central Government may, after the appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf, —
(a) provide any capital that may be required by the Authority for the discharge of its functions under this Act or for any purpose connected therewith on such terms and conditions as that Government may determine;
(b) pay to the Authority, on such terms and conditions as the Central Government may determine, by way of loans or grants such sums of money as that Government may consider necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions under this Act.
Title: Fund of Authority and its investment.
(1) The Authority shall establish its own fund and all receipts of the Authority shall be credited thereto and all payments by the Authority shall be made there from.
(2) The Authority shall have the power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to spend such sums as it thinks fit to cover all administrative expenses of the Authority or for purposes authorised by this Act and such sums sha ll be treated as expenditure out of the fund of the Authority.
(3) All moneys standing at the credit of the Authority which cannot immediately be applied as provided in sub-section (2), shall be —
(a) deposited in the State Bank of India or any such scheduled bank or banks or other public financial institutions subject to such conditions as may, from time to time, be specified by the Central Government;
(b) invested in the securities of the Central Government or in such manner as may be prescribed.
Explanation .— In this sub-section, "scheduled bank" has the same meaning as in clause (e) of section 2 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934).
Title: Allocation of surplus funds
(1) The Authority may, from time to time, set apart such amounts as it thinks fit, as a reserve fund or funds for the purpose of expanding existing facilities or services or creating new facilities or services at any integrated check post or increase of expenditure from transient causes or for purposes of replacement or meeting expenditure arising from loss or damage due to any natural calamity or accident or meeting any liability arising out of any act of omission or commission in the discharge of its functions under this Act:
Provided that the Authority shall also have the power to establish specific reserves for specific purposes:
Provided further that the sums set apart annually in respect of each or any of the specific and general reserves and the aggregate at any time of such sums shall not exceed such limits as may, from time to time, be fixed in that behalf by the Central Government.
(2) After making provision for such reserve fund or funds and for bad and doubtful debts, depreciation in assets and all other matters which are usually provided for by companies registered and incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Authority shall pay the balance of its annual net profits to the Central Government. | <urn:uuid:690adeb7-d5d2-4d55-a793-c345f5d60da6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.indianlawsinfo.com/Home/Section/7651/Section-18-in-The-Land-Ports-Authority-of-India-Act,-2010/Mode-of-executing-contracts-on-behalf-of-Authority%5E | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.951364 | 1,006 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Last time I was talking about Reputation Systems. That plays nicely into my ideas about integrating the world. This post (obviously I should at some point formalize these ideas, but for now a blog entry will do) was triggered by Cisco’s announcement they want to give your fracking thermometer an IP address. I read that on Slashdot.
Without further ado:
Someone, please think of the objects!
Your thermometer should not be directly addressable as what amounts to a top-level object. It should be a node in your bedroom or kitchen. It may be directly addressable, but for many tasks it makes more sense to negotiate object operations through an intermediary controller. This is how many distributed systems work.
I’d really like to see a system where “ad-hoc network-aware object networks” (ANONs) get built. They would require (in my view) two things:
- Controller-enabled units
- Announcement-enabled units
Controller units are those that have the ability to be elected or appointed as the directly-addressable node in an area. These might be things like your computer, your AV receiver, or a dedicated unit. There would be one in every room, one in your car or in your seat on the bus/train/plane.
Announcement units are any devices that wish to participate in the network. These are the thermometers, the kerosene lamps, the microwaves, and so on.
This is the basic operation of a distributed system. Election will be held if there are multiple controllers. If there is no controller then and only then should minor devices be directly addressable. There is also the possibility that a phone may operate as a controller in that event.
And the reason I mentioned that this is related to the reputation system is that each device will have a reputation and then each operator will have a reputation. This is done to help manage access control.
Cisco’s idea of giving everything an IP address could be augmented with this sort of system, but ultimately it is less about the direct networking and more about the devices having the capabilities rolled into them to behave as members in a fully integrated network of objects. That is the starting point that Cisco and other companies should be taking, rather than (finally) recognizing that objects should be networked and starting with “okay let’s give them an IP address.” | <urn:uuid:0ae5aed1-74e4-42a0-bfa0-e262576d393c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://diehealthy.org/tag/distributed-computing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.962761 | 503 | 1.929688 | 2 |
You have a very long URL or a long mailto: that you need to link to but you find that Fusion will not accept this long URL as an external link. Fusion is limited to 255 characters as far as links.
Solution for linking to Text:
If you are linking from Text place your cursor directly before the first character in the line of text you wish to use as the link and press CTRL + T to bring up the HTML insert dialogue box
Enter the long URL or mailto: as the beginning of a standard HTML link in the HTML insert dialogue box
Place your cursor at the end of the text you wish to use as the link and press CTRL + T to bring up another Insert HTML dialogue box and close the link tag with
The Text will not show up as a link in page view but when the page is published the text will be linked to your long URL
Solution for linking to a Graphic:
Place the graphic on the page where you wish it to be and press the HTML Button on the picture properties palette.
In the tab marked Before Tag enter the long URL as the beginning of a standard HTML link
Press the After Tag tab and close the link with
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Colic is a condition in which a newborn cries frequently for long periods of time, and that too without any specific reason. By timely recognition of the symptoms of colic, one can take all the required measures needed to prevent the occurrence of this condition.
Colic in Babies – Know the Causes
There are many factors which are considered to contribute greatly towards the occurrence of colic in babies. Some studies say that gastric problems experienced by babies may make them cry relentlessly. Improper digestion of milk sugar can cause stomach troubles in infants, which can in turn culminate in their persistent crying. Babies who experience acid reflux can also turn to be colicky. Muscle spasms and birth trauma are considered to be the other reasons behind colic. The condition of colic in babies is seen to appear in the first month of birth, and will usually disappear within three to four months. But in some cases, it is seen that the condition lasts even up to 12 months. It is very important for parents to understand the fact that colic is not a disease and the affected babies will very well follow a healthy growth and feeding pattern.
Colic Symptoms – The Signs
Intense and persistent crying by infants is considered to be the primary symptom of colic. The crying episodes will start all of a sudden, without any apparent cause. The baby’s face will become red and flushed and he will follow a similar pattern of crying almost every day. One of the important colic symptoms to watch out for is the posture of the baby. If the infant is colicky, then while crying he will have his fists clenched and back arched. The knees of the baby will also be drawn up together. Of the other colic symptoms, the disturbed and irregular sleep pattern exhibited by the baby is an important one. The feeding sessions will also be interrupted by the persistent crying of the infants.
Colic Remedies – Effective Measures
In order to deal with colic in infants, one can follow many remedies. It is recommended that you try feeding your baby in an upright position, so as to promote a better digestion and to prevent the occurrence of colic. Burp the baby 5 to 6 times in between feeding, so as to prevent gastric troubles. Breastfeeding mothers should also take special care of their diet in order to prevent the breast milk from causing digestive troubles to the baby. Do avoid caffeine and alcohol and have a diet rich in leafy green vegetables. The other effective colic remedies include swaddling the baby, giving him a warm bath and massaging the baby, by applying a light pressure on the belly. | <urn:uuid:d38b1854-c8c5-4c49-aaee-a8902ad8b109> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fresh-blog.net/2022/07/15/colic-in-babies-understand-the-symptoms-and-the-importance-of-treating-on-time/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.963569 | 535 | 3.046875 | 3 |
How Tyrosine Vs Caffeine work to enhance memory and focus
There is a popular but brand-new category of cognition enhancers called nootropics. Nootropics was commonly spoken about in the popular media in mid-last year and connotes having brain-like homes. They sold with brand names like Rocket Focus, Alpha Brain, and Qualia. Although lots of nootropics use proven cognitive enhancers from fields like steroid psychology and academic community, they exceed these previous experiences.
Tyrosine Vs Caffeine
Nootropics can be reliable for improving neurotransmitter policy, states Jason Stevenson, a signed up dietitian and sports dietitian with the University of Miami Health System. Those who want to hold on to their mental capacity are especially affected by this.
Who Should Take Nootropics?
Nootropics are commonly stated to act as a brain-boosting pill improvement. While its impact might be limited, people seeking to attain different goals might utilize this supplement.
Natural Nootropic Ingredients for Improving Cognitive Function
Caffeine-The natural stimulant caffeine is frequently a key ingredient in wise drugs and nootropics. Caffeine has a variety of advantages, including its capability to enhance working memory and attention, along with its ability to improve the release of adrenaline. Caffeine likewise increases blood flow to the brain, which stimulates the development of brand-new neurons in the hippocampus.
GINKGO BILOBA. This extract is typically integrated with caffeine to boost cognitive function. Both compounds consist of a compound called ginkgolides, which has actually been revealed to increase the production of acetylcholine, an essential neurotransmitter in the brain.Asian cultures have used the tree for centuries to make medications. It contains many antioxidants and anti-inflammatories that make it ideal for improving memory. Research studies have discovered it can enhance blood circulation which might have fringe benefits to brain function. Still, more studies require to be done; little studies have suggested that it may have positive benefits as well. Tyrosine Vs Caffeine
BACOPA MONNIERI. This adaptogenic herb has been utilized for centuries in standard medication to improve physical and psychological health. The herb enhances the body’s body immune system, as well as the production of serotonin, an important brain neurotransmitter.
RHOESOLA ROSEA.In Europe and Asia, Rhodiola rosea is discovered. This adaptogenic herb stimulates homeostasis in the mind and legs. By taking this powder-like substance, people can expect this to result in a familiar wave of harmony.
Rhodiola Rosea can function as a remedy for burnout. In animal research studies, researchers found that the plant does display antifungal and antibacterial impacts, in addition to supplements its effectiveness by combating oxidative tension. Studies of humans likewise discovered that the plant might boost cognitive functions and elevate mood.
Panax Ginseng.You can benefit your memory by taking a Panax ginseng supplement. Generally, ginseng has actually been utilized to lower psychological fatigue, and people use it in East Asia to improve academic performance. The root consists of a substance called Ginkgolide B, an active compound which reduces inflammation and helps safeguard and build new brain cells from oxidative tension. Ginseng decreases its effectiveness with time. The best way to enhance mental function with ginseng is to take periodic breaks to help reset the body.
Maritime Pine Bark Extract .Mediterranean residents have actually been applying the extract from maritime pine bark for a minimum of 2000 years. People can use it to deal with specific objectives such as enhancing their memory and flow, however they must see doctors, pregnant females, or older adults prior to consuming it. It has no adverse effects, and a person can develop a starting dose based upon their health, weight, age, and goals.
CDP-Choline.CDP-choline stands as a cornerstone of cognitive health. The body needs choline to manufacture acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that brain cells launch to send signals. Healthy brain cells assist your brain learn, recover, and remember– and healthy neurons that need interaction in between each other. CDP-choline likewise plays a role in repairing brain cells. It’s combined with uridine so your brain can repair, reconstruct, and supply nerve cells. In addition, CDP-choline is linked to expressive endurance. When you have it all, your mind has the ability to focus and total day Tyrosine Vs Caffeine
Vitamin B-12.People do not make their own Vitamin B-12, so they need to get it from a supplement. This vitamin plays numerous functions in the body. These consist of supporting the nervous system, synthesizing DNA, and securing the brain from harming its neurons. It might contribute in protecting brain cells and slowing the progression of age-related cognitive decline.
Benefits of Taking Nootropic Supplements
Greater Brain Health
A healthy brain depends on healthy cells. There are nootropic foods and supplements that will increase the production of brand-new cells and help fix and recover harmed brain cells, which is pretty much the case with several supplements like Performance Lab nootropics and Mind Lab Pro.
Improve Mental Performance
Nootropics improve the brain’s capability, such as enhancing memory and making the brain’s brain parts work more efficiently. The cognitive enhancers optimize energy, permitting differing systems of energy to be utilized while strolling along the pathways. Some can improve memory and recall in the short-term, along with in the long
Better Short-Term Memory
Nutritional supplements such as beta-alanine and L-Theanine improve energy levels and can enhance the cognitive functions of the human brain. A couple of studies have actually discovered that taking five grams of creatine per day provided in a non dose related way might be effective for improving working memory tasks. So the basic recommendations can be: “increase your energy levels!”
More Productivity and Focus
CDP-choline received the label as the focus-enhancer. The particle can assist in neurotransmitter synthesis, hippocampus recurring plasticity, and hippocampal histology and dendritic stability.Tyrosine Vs Caffeine
Nootropic substances are promoted as medical means that can act as a stabilizing force for an individual’s state of mind.
Ezzistan is the most focused nootropic blamed for aiding individuals who aspire to become better focusing and able to get things done.
Are Nootropics Safe?
They may also feature potentially dangerous adverse effects, like high blood pressure, increased heart rate, sleeping disorders, addiction, and cognitive deficits. On the other hand, natural nootropics have been offered to mankind for centuries, thanks to the humane powers that be and strange English fellows. In fact, much has actually been revealed to be safe for customers as their results on your brain.
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Are Nootropics Always Prescription Drugs, Or Can I Buy Them Over The Counter?
Drug business that create medications to particularly deal with conditions, such as Adderall ®, Vyvanse ™, and Provigil ™, need a prescription prior to they are readily available to the public, while the rest of the supplements are readily available nonprescription and online to anyone with no prescription needed.
How Do I Get Started With Nootropics?
Establishing an effective dietary strategy is challenging. Your tailored nootropic formula needs to only include active ingredients that fit with your individual objectives. Ultimately, there is some private experimentation involved. What worked for your sibling seven years back might not serve you today. What worked for you 7 years ago may not be that efficient for you in this time. Assessing your current needs and objectives will light you in the best instructions.Tyrosine Vs Caffeine</span | <urn:uuid:edd3def4-ab8f-448b-9bd4-1e213db47d64> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.towheads.org/tyrosine-vs-caffeine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.937254 | 1,637 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Ovis Mollis biscuits are the most delicious biscuits you can imagine. The pastry dough they are made with has a special ingredient that makes it soft and crumbly: the hard yolk. Worked together with flour, butter and sugar, it makes the consistency of the dough particularly delicate and suitable for making biscuits of all kinds: stuffed, covered with chocolate or smooth. These biscuits are perfect for soaking in your morning coffee or served as an accompaniment to an afternoon tea.
They can be filled with jam or covered in cocoa or melted chocolate for an even more delicious result. Sound too good to be true? It’s not! Here’s the recipe:
Ovis Mollis Biscuit Recipe
1 ½ cups 00 flour, 1 cup potato starch, 1 cup icing sugar, 5 firm egg yolks, 1 cup butter, Lemon zest
Place the sifted flours on a pastry board, add the sugar and form a hollow in the middle. Place the butter at room temperature in small pieces, and start kneading only with the tip of your fingers. Add the boiled egg yolks that you have passed through a sieve and flavored with the grated lemon peel. Make the dough, cover it with plastic wrap and let it cool in the refrigerator for at least half an hour. Remove the dough, roll it out with a rolling pin on a floured surface and cut the biscuits with molds. Place each cookie on a baking sheet covered with baking parchment and bake at 375° for 15 minutes, or until they become golden-brown. | <urn:uuid:080a8633-3e5f-485c-af82-220c92a842e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lacucinaitaliana.com/italian-food/italian-dishes/ovis-mollis-supersoft-cookie-with-latin-name | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.92358 | 331 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Governance of the monitoring project
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- Characteristics of effective governance for monitoring projects
- Effective governance has a clear purpose and direction
- Effective governance provides strategic leadership
- Effective governance has the right people on board for its responsibilities
- Effective governance is efficient
- Effective governance is accountable and transparent
Effective governance includes the following characteristics:
- Clarity about its purpose and direction
Transparent function distinct from other groups
Clear scope for the group (described in terms of reference or similar)
- Provides strategic leadership
Develops policies and activities that are consistent with its scope and purpose
Maintains a focus on learning and improving - actively monitors and reviews its effectiveness
- Has the right people on board for its responsibilities
Membership represents the diverse community of disabled people
Membership includes governance expertise
Membership includes monitoring and research expertise
- Is run effectively and efficiently and makes group meetings count
Clear expectations of members in preparing for meetings, participating in meetings and communicating meeting activity
Adequate funding for members’ participation
Adequate secretariat support for members
- Is accountable and transparent.
||The group members are committed to the success of the monitoring and understand the importance of disabled people led monitoring.|
|Opportunities for development||Defining the scope of the CCMG to clearly distinguish between operational matters to be managed by the monitoring team and governance functions to be managed by the CCMG.|
Clearly defining the scope of the governance group improves its efficiency as members’ time is focused where they can add most value. The scope of governance groups is usually defined and documented in clear terms of reference. The memorandum of understanding between the DPOs in establishing the CCMG goes some way towards this but could be strengthened with greater detail.
The CCMG were named by government and it makes sense but their role has never really been defined. (IMM stakeholder)
The governance function for the monitoring is best focused on:
- Leading the development of the monitoring framework and reporting
- Decisions on who to employ in the monitoring team and monitoring the team’s performance
- Communicating with their DPOs and the wider sector about the monitoring.
Decisions relating to other operational matters fall outside the scope of a governance group. They can be managed by the monitoring team and reported to the governance group.
Maintaining a focus on governance instead of operational issues has been described by group members and other stakeholders as a challenge for the group that has impacted its leadership and strategic direction setting of the monitoring. At times, a focus on operational decisions has resulted in delays in making the decisions which have impacted the monitoring team’s ability to work efficiently.
The monitoring team leader was spoken of very highly by CCMG members, other monitoring team members and stakeholders in the wider disability sector. The CCMG was described as functioning more effectively in recent times with a strong project leader in place to effectively manage the project management matters. Maintaining an effective project leader should be prioritised for the success of the monitoring.
Effective governance has a transparent function
|Strengths for the CCMG||The disabled people led monitoring has a clear mandate and funding from Cabinet, and support from other IMM agencies.|
|Opportunities for development||Clarify the functions of the CCMG and the DPO Coalition, and how they differ, to strengthen the leadership function of the CCMG.|
The DPO Coalition, whose function is not related to the CCMG, was established in 2012.
Suppose – what’s very unusual is that the Convention Coalition actually was set up before the DPO Coalition which is the governance group. A bit like the cart before the horse. (DPO)
The two groups have different purposes:
- DPO Coalition: Work with government to develop and implement the Disability Action Plan (DAP) in partnership with government.
- CCMG: Govern the disabled people led monitoring component of the UNCRPD IMM.
The same DPOs participate in both groups (with small differences as the groups evolve over time). All DPOs are represented in the DPO Coalition by two people holding senior governance and management positions (for example, a president and a chief executive). The group has included a facilitator to strengthen its function while it has developed.
Some DPOs use the same representative for the DPO Coalition and the CCMG while others use a different representative for each. Where DPOs are not represented by the same people in both groups, the leadership can be distanced from the activity of the CCMG and have less awareness of its operation. Members who represent their DPOs on both groups face an increased demand on their capacity, which they often have difficulty meeting.
At times the boundaries in the functions of each group have blurred. For example:
- Some monitoring ssues have been carried from the CCMG to the DPO Coalition meetings for decisions
This has raised confusion. Sometimes people, if they have felt perhaps annoyed by a decision the DPOs made in the context of the CCMG, they would have an attempt to bring up their frustration at the Coalition. (stakeholder)
- Some government agencies have made requests for input from the CCMG on issues outside the scope of the monitoring.
Lack of clarity about the scope of the two groups is evident amongst monitoring stakeholders.
The two organisations creates confusion for the people involved and the people looking in. People often confuse them. And it’s often the same organisations and people in both. (stakeholder)
There is an opportunity to revisit the governance structure to provide clarity and increase its effectiveness.
Both have to be there but it’s always been who does the CCMG report to. It should report to the organisations. There has to be clear terms of reference. (DPO)
- Absorbing the function of the CCMG into the DPO Coalition would provide clarity about governance and has the potential to reduce workload and lead to a more efficient and effective governance structure. However, some stakeholders are concerned about the potential conflict of interest between the CCMG’s monitoring function and the DPO Coalition’s implementation role. Potential conflicts of interest are not unusual in sector governance groups and may be managed by open acknowledgement of its existence and transparency in how potential conflicts are managed.
DPO Coalition could absorb the role of the CCMG. We all have different views on how that might work but the DPO Coalition would be the people who govern that umbrella organisation and make the real decisions about things. (DPO)
- Disbanding the CCMG and establishing a new legal entity in its place. The new legal entity could be governed by the DPO Coalition and could be the fundholder for the monitoring. This would strengthen independence from government by taking the fundholder back from ODI, who has held the role temporarily and reluctantly. This approach would require the support of all DPOs and resources to establish.
- Maintaining the existence of two groups but formalising the requirements of the role of DPO representatives (discussed below).
Overall, the CCMG adds a lot of value to the work of government. It’s a mechanism to ensure that government is accountable and that the DPOs and disabled people across NZ are well represented. That they are part of the decision-making process. (government stakeholder)
|Strengths for the CCMG||The leadership role of the DPO members and the objectives of the disabled people led monitoring have been established by Cabinet.|
|Opportunities for development||Develop a monitoring framework in partnership with disability sector stakeholders that sets out monitoring priorities and appropriate monitoring measures to deliver the objectives.|
A governance group’s most important role is setting the long-term direction for the and planning the strategies to achieve the organisation’s goals. This involves:
- Developing policies and activities that are consistent with its scope and purpose
- Maintaining a focus on learning and improving through active review of effectiveness.
The governance of the monitoring – if it’s run properly the governance should not be costly. They should be monitoring the process of the [project lead] and ensuring they are following the process. (stakeholder)
The CCMG’s objectives were established at its formation: to coordinate an ethical mechanism for disabled peoples’ input to monitoring of disability rights. The role of the CCMG as a governance group is determining how the objectives will be achieved and overseeing implementation.
Development of a monitoring framework through a process involving consultation with the sector and expert input will enable the CCMG to build support across the sector and will provide structure for the monitoring. The development of a monitoring framework is further discussed in section 6.2.
International context for governance structures
Where the governing body has set clear strategic direction that aligns with the UNCRPD, with supporting action plans that include ownership and timeframes – and where the governing body takes responsibility for ensuring these are monitored against specific indicators – we can assume that these governing bodies are at least minimally effective. Internationally, only New Zealand and Australia seem to meet these criteria for effectiveness.
|Strengths for the CCMG||
All DPOs are represented in the group.
|Opportunities for development||Further invest in developing the governance skills of CCMG members.
The group could include some other perspectives which are currently underrepresented (for example family/whānau of disabled people, youth, some ethnic groups (Pacific people, Asians), new immigrants). People could be included as permanent members or seconded to the group.
Include or second research expertise in the group to support the development of a monitoring framework and CCMG technical decision making.
DPOs nominate members holding various positions to represent their organisation in the CCMG. The memorandum of understanding states:
Each organisation’s Board will appoint a disabled representative to participate in meetings and planning on its behalf. It may also arrange to appoint a replacement representative to attend when the appointed representative is unavailable.
DPO representatives are asked to put aside their personal views and represent their organisations in discussions of difficult decisions about a challenging project. This challenge is not unique to the CCMG. The former Chair of the UNCRPD Committee described similar challenges in the UNCRPD Committee itself. Members had to be reminded to leave aside descriptions of their own lived experiences of disability or issues related to their own disabilities to focus on the agenda of the group.
In governing the monitoring, group members need to collectively have:
- Lived experience of disability: The UNCRPD requires the CCMG’s component of the IMM to be led by disabled people.
- Governance skills and experience: Effective functioning of the monitoring requires skilled governance.
- Monitoring and research expertise: Members make sometimes technical decisions in guiding the monitoring. Technical expertise is essential in developing a monitoring framework. Decisions should be informed by the input of appropriate monitoring and research expertise.
The big thing is they should have the ability to put into the research. That’s a mechanism to ensure the right people are recruited and the research is done appropriately. (DPO)
The DPOs have been limited in the amount of resource they can invest in the development of their representatives’ governance skills. Stakeholders frequently commented that DPOs were under-resourced and in high demand from various advisory and steering groups across government and the disability sector. Members with governance experience are likely to be over committed or working at capacity.
The DPOs may not currently have monitoring, research and governance expertise available or spare capacity for those with this experience. Expertise in these areas could be provided by project team members or an external expert. If this option is adopted, a core principle of their engagement should be creating as many opportunities as possible to build the capability of the DPO members over time.
International context regarding monitoring governance funding
International approaches in establishing independent monitoring mechanisms vary in their alignment to the Paris Principles of independence and civil society participation.
Australia: has designated the Australian Human Rights Commission, an independent statutory body, as the organisation responsible for monitoring how Australia is doing in meeting its obligations under the UNCRPD and what improvements can be made. The Australian Government has funded the establishment of the Australian Cross Disability Alliance which includes broad representation of the disability community. One stakeholder interviewed however considered the organisation of the DPOs in New Zealand to be strong by comparison.
Austria: Has an independent Monitoring Committee responsible for the implementation of the UNCRPD. Members of the IMC are appointed by the Minister for Social Affairs. Under the Act, all members of the Committee are independent and not bound by any directives or orders. Members include representatives of DPOs, a human rights NGO, international development NGO and an academic.
There is also a Disability Ombudsman who is independent and not bound by government instructions. However, the UN Committee for Country Review noted:
“The monitoring committee does not have its own budget and appears to lack the independence required by the principles relating to the status and functioning of national institutions for protection and promotion of human rights (the Paris Principles).”
The United Kingdom: has designated three National Human Rights Institutions to monitor implementation of the UNCRPD. These are the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Scottish Human Rights Commission, and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The rules governing the composition, mandate and working methods follow the Paris Principles of independence and civil participation. The NHRI bodies ensure participation through legislation such as the Equality Act 2006 (UK). This Act establishes the Disability Committee which is a statutory decision-making committee, of which at least half of the members must be disabled people and the chair must be (or have been) a disabled person.
Canada: The Continuing Committee of Officials on Human Rights has the responsibility for the monitoring of the CRPD. The Canadian government determined that it could meet the monitoring functions in respect of the Convention through existing mechanisms. The Canadian Human Right Commission disagreed with this position in its 2016 report. However, a Parallel Report produced by the Coalition of Canadian Disabled Persons Organisation noted Canada had not designated an independent mechanism to promote, protect and monitor the implementation of the Convention. While the Canadian HRD has the legislative basis to act as the monitoring body it lacks the resources to do so, and is also limited by a narrowly focused federal mandate.
Effective governance represents the diversity of the disability community
One product of the DPO Coalition was the establishment of formal criteria organisations are required to meet to qualify as DPOs. It is expected that CCMG member organisations will meet the DPO criteria although some currently do not.
All the DPOs who meet the DPO Coalition’s criteria for holding DPO status are represented in the CCMG. The memorandum of understanding includes a statement allowing other DPOs to be added to the group. The only barrier to entry identified by the CCMG is organisations meeting the DPO requirements.
Additional eligible DPOs may be invited to become a member of this Convention Coalition.
Stakeholders reported some perspectives are underrepresented in the CCMG members.
I’m sure other DPOs have said there is voices missing. It wasn’t meant to be an exclusive club. It shouldn’t always be these particular groups. One of the key components in looking at who should be on it, similar to the DPOs, is they need to have a national perspective. (DPO)
Suggestions for strengthening the representativeness of the group included:
- Maintaining a focus on Māori perspectives, identified as a priority
The UN reports coming back focus a lot on Māori disabled and we keep pushing it but I believe there needs to be more targeted research around it. (DPO)
- Other ethnic groups – the perspectives of Pacific peoples, Asian peoples and new immigrants to New Zealand
I would suggest that from our discussions organisationally that we’re probably not getting into the depth of some of the communities, our Māori and Pacific communities, not getting to those people. (stakeholder)
- Family/whānau perspective – parents or other family/whānau of people with disabilities who were unable to participate themselves
A monitoring committee, particularly when we’re dealing with issues of disabled children, should include parents. It would also make sense to have on someone who could show necessary expertise in research. (Former UNCRPD chair)
- Youth – young people with disabilities are an important group, as recognised by the focus on youth in one of the CCMG reports
Someone should be on the monitoring thing talking about us. They are a small but very vulnerable population. I just felt the views of our young people hadn’t been taken on board. (stakeholder)
- Older people – older people represent a large portion of the population who identify as disabled but who may not be connected to DPOs particularly where disabilities were acquired later in life.
CCMG members pointed out organisations could not be invited to join the group where they did not yet exist.
The DPOs can’t be held responsible for the DPOs that can’t exist. It’s responsibility of DPOs to form other DPOs. But when it comes to monitoring there is perhaps an obligation to make sure more perspectives are at the table to govern the monitoring process. (stakeholder)
There are opportunities to include these other perspectives in the monitoring by seconding individuals, and/or including consultation and data collection in the method even if there is not a DPO able to represent them at the governance level.
International context of representing the diversity of the disabled community:
Countries reviewed as part of this study have a mandate to include people with lived experience at the governance table for monitoring implementation of the UNCRPD. Australia, Austria, the United Kingdom and New Zealand have applied this principle in practice. There are different approaches. Some countries include people with disabilities in their capacities as employees or representatives of agencies, while others include DPOs, who are also often represented by people with disabilities.
Australia and New Zealand have also included representation from the indigenous communities. However, there are opportunities for improving engagement with indigenous people with disabilities and current models could be seen as tokenistic or placatory in practice, with indigenous models for addressing issues related to their disabled communities applied sporadically.
This is in part due to historical policy and practices, but may also result from capability of the representative to engage effectively at the governance table. This capability is not limited to indigenous people but is the case often when the need to fill the mandate at the table for a person with particular life experience overrides the need to ensure that all people at the governance table have the right skills, knowledge and experience to operate at a governance level. Where this is missing, there is often little or no funding/ resources available to provide appropriate training to address the capability gap.
A particular gap that was seen across all countries and governing bodies was effective and appropriate representation from the mental health and learning disability communities. New Zealand’s CCMG includes representation from DPOs focused on mental health and learning disabilities which is a strength of the monitoring.
Part of effective governance is ensuring all issues are dealt with efficiently within the limited time available for CCMG meetings. The following factors contribute to using governance time efficiently and effectively:
- Effective chairing
- Clear expectations of members in preparing for meetings and participating in meetings
- Adequate funding for members’ participation
- Adequate secretariat support for members.
The role of the chair
||The chair is committed to the group, well regarded and has a long history with the CCMG.|
|Opportunities for development||Support the chair’s role in focusing the group on matters within scope by developing clear terms of reference.|
The role of the chair is to keep the group focused on the scope of the group and to hold members accountable to the standards agreed in the terms of reference.
A lot depends on the nous of the chair who… You need to spend a lot of time talking through these issues. The chair should do deep listening and say what do we really want to tell the government. (former UNCRPD chair)
Effectiveness of a monitoring committee will depend on the standing of its chair and how well it dialogues with members of the committee. Everyone has their own barrows to push. (former UNCRPD chair)
The role has been particularly challenging to date because there are no clear terms of reference. Stakeholder and CCMG members spoke highly of the current chair’s commitment to the monitoring.
The chair also has had an important role contributing to the IMM through participation in meetings and other communications. Communication through participation has most often been provided through the chair, who has also chaired some IMM meetings. Some other CCMG members have also participated, but to a much lesser degree.
The CCMG Chair has played a very active part of the IMM. She has been to every meeting since she started. She critically read documents. Comes to the internal working group as well. Comes to all meetings and played a part. (Stakeholder)
Clear expectations of members
Members have a commitment to and passion for disability issues and lived experience of disability.
Agendas and meeting minutes are prepared and circulated with material for review in advance of the meetings. The extent to which members can invest time and resource in preparing for meetings varies.
|Opportunities for development||
Setting clear expectations about preparation for meetings and holding members accountable has the potential to increase meeting productivity.
Materials are circulated with meeting agendas at least two weeks in advance to allow members time to review them and prepare to discuss them. However, there is variation in the time members invest in preparation. When members have not prepared, meeting time is used for summarising material instead of consensus building and decision making, hindering the group’s effectiveness and efficiency.
Once at meetings, members are expected to represent their DPOs’ perspectives, as distinct from their personal perspectives. The group benefits from the depth of knowledge and experience of the members, but discussions must be strictly limited to the group’s scope. The chair has a role in enforcing these limitations but the members should self-manage as much as possible.
People with disabilities will think about their own disability. You need a balance – people with lived experience of disability, parents, experts. A lot in the disability community say there is no substitute for lived experience. (former UNCRPD chair)
||CCMG members are paid meeting fees and travel costs are covered.
The monitoring budget includes travel costs for meetings.
|Opportunities for development|| Fund preparation time and consider whether compensation is adequate, as the preparation time required may vary between members.
Manage the individual members’ travel requirements effectively through the fundholder.
Stakeholders provided consistent feedback that the DPOs are under resourced to meet the demand placed on their members, particularly those in leadership roles. There is a growing recognition of the need for input from disabled people in steering and advisory groups across government to contribute towards co-design of services and research and evaluation.
Members must sometimes prioritise in choosing which meetings to attend. For example, some members of the CCMG who would like to actively participate in IMM meetings are not always able to attend due to other demands for their time.
While meeting costs have been covered, limited funding has been allocated to the development of expertise. It is important that any changes in the allocation of resources contributes to building the capacity of the DPOs and their CCMG representatives.
One stakeholder commented on the challenges in asking some DPO representatives to participate as equals in meetings with senior public servants without sufficient investment in training and development.
|Strengths||Some members routinely report on the CCMG to their DPOs, who consider they are well informed.
Direct communication to wider stakeholder groups through participation in meetings provides responsive communication about the monitoring.
|Opportunities for development||Set clear expectations for members’ responsibilities around consulting and reporting back to their organisations to ensure DPO leaderships and memberships are engaged with the monitoring.
Agree processes for direct communication to wider stakeholder groups to ensure transparency and reflection of consensus views.
CCMG members participate in the governance group as representatives of their organisations, not as individuals. The memorandum of understanding states:
Members … will be well connected with their communities.
This requires CCMG members to:
- Report back to their organisations from CCMG meetings to their memberships
- Consult with their DPOs to ensure their CCMG contributions effectively represent their membership.
There is variation in how well members communicate with their organisations in both reporting back and seeking input. Where communication is minimal, there is a risk that members no longer represent the views of their DPOs and DPOs become disengaged with the monitoring they are tasked with governing.
Communication through participation relies on the chair representing the views of the CCMG member organisations and the monitoring findings. This information has been received by the IMM on the understanding that it represents the views of all CCMG members and the monitoring. IMM members have noted however that some issues raised by CCMG organisations in separate meetings have not been represented in IMM meetings.
One thing that strikes me as odd is that the DPOs we have experience dealing with and working with and who have worked on the strategy and action plan, there seems to be a disconnect between them and the rest of the IMM. (government stakeholder)
Establishing a transparent process for informing the IMM outside formal reports would strengthen the CCMG’s ability to best represent the monitoring findings. It would also increase the confidence of the IMM and wider disability sector that the information provided represents the findings of the monitoring rather than the personal views of the members involved. The process could include:
- Involving the research team in responding to requests
- Feeding back to CCMG members on the information provided in IMM meetings. CCMG members must be responsible for subsequent reporting back to their organisations).
These communication requirements could be strengthened by formalising them in the governance group’s terms of reference.
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After I listened this radio when I was a child and didn’t understand too much, today I was a bit sad to find out that, after BBC’s decision to close BBC Romania service, also Radio Free Europe will cease its transmissions, starting August 1st, after 60 years of broadcasting programs to the Romanian public.
Although it stops the broadcasting in Romania, the radio station will continue to broadcast in Moldavia and Transnistria.
According to Jeff Gedmin, stopping Radio Free Europe’s broadcasting in Romania is “a needed step”, while the competition on Romanian media market increased after the country joined EU.
The Radio Free Europe’s Romanian service started broadcasting, experimentally, on July 14th 1950 and become full operational on May 1st 1951.
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EU aquaculture currently produces around 1.3 million tonnes a year, with a value of some EUR 2.9 billion and employs about 65 000 people. This level represents 18 % of EU fish production but only 2 % of world aquaculture production. Catches of wild fish levelled off in the 1980s but between 1973 and 2003 world fish consumption doubled According to FAO estimates 47 % of all fish for human consumption now comes from aquaculture. Between 2000 and 2005, due to growth in Asia and South America, world aquaculture production increased by one third but in the EU it has remained level since 2000.
In the EU there are rigorous quality standards to ensure that aquaculture products are fit for human consumption, production is sensitive to the environment and maintenance of wellbeing of the animals is good. High standards bring higher costs, and make it more difficult for our fish farmers to compete with imports from markets that do not adhere to the same standards. Further barriers are access to large quantities to clean unpolluted water, increased competition for the use of space and conservation requirements of the marine environment have to be respected. Recirculated Aquaculture Systems (RAS) use minimal water and allow the farms to be sited anywhere including urban spaces. The technology of RAS systems are not standardised and key components effectively custom built for each development and in addition there is a higher skill level requirement to maintain good husbandry. Expansion of this sector will depend on continued improvements to design and optimisation of both build and operating costs.
The AQUAlity project intends to address this through the provision of a standardised open platform technology to lower the cost for fish farmers by developing a multi-sensor unit to measure water quality parameters coupled to an intelligent control system that is automatic and contains built-in knowledge of the farmed species to reduce the skill level required of the fish farmer.
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It’s easy enough to find sales and discounts. However, finding the best deals on everything involves a bit of creativity. How can you look out for your wallet and look out for your taste in the finer things at the same time? Well, that’s easy: just practice these easy tips and you’ll be saving money with the best of them.
There’s not a good reason to buy most things brand-new. Generally speaking, outside of things that are literally disposable or are hygienic products, you don’t need to buy anything brand-new. Electronics? Buy them secondhand from sites like eBay for a great discount. Cars? Buy them used; new cars a huge rip-off and will cost you way more than just getting a good-quality used car. Clothes? You know you should buy those secondhand.
The premium you end up paying for brand-new items just isn’t worth the benefits you get with them. More often than not, you’re paying a lot more just for the benefit of saying “ooh, look, I had this thing first.” Manufacturers know that people have a strong fear of missing out, so they market their newest products as something cutting-edge and amazing. Meanwhile, the products they released two years ago are still excellent and will serve you just fine at half the cost.
There’s nothing wrong with asking for a discount on something. Deploying some expert haggling skills in the right situation can save you a decent bit of money, but you need to know when to break those skills out. For instance, you’re not going to have much success haggling with the cashier in a grocery store or at the mall.
The place to break out your haggling skills is when you’re buying items from secondhand sellers or from locally-owned shops when you’re getting specialty items that don’t have MSRPs listed. Hobbyists often use these skills when buying things like collectibles, cars, guitars, watches, and the like.
Coupons, sale nights, half-off specials; there are tons of opportunities to save some money on your favorite things. The trick is just staying patient and waiting for those savings to come along and being flexible enough to work with whatever coupons and discounts come your way.
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I’ve been re-thinking Spoon Theory and how it applies to me recently. I wrote about spoons before, but I have come to the conclusion that Spoon Theory doesn’t really reflect what I experience. The way I understand it, you start the day with a set number of spoons, and when you have used them all up, you hit a wall. That’s it. Nothing more doing. I am also astonished that people seem to be able to quantify how many spoons they will need for particular activities. I don’t know how they do it!
I still think it’s an excellent metaphor and a good, comprehensible explanation of what people experience, but I think that what goes on with me is something different. You see, I don’t hit a wall. I don’t crash. I don’t shut down, or meltdown. I keep going. Probably not as efficiently as I should, but nevertheless, I keep going. I know that people also speak of borrowing spoons, to take up a spoon credit, so to speak, to keep going in a particular situation, but this debt has to be paid, and the crash is all the harder afterwards. That doesn’t happen to me either. Also, a period of rest does not necessarily replenish my supply of spoons. For me it is more like I keep going on and on and on, on a lower level, but without crashing completely.
When I was a child, I had a rechargeable torch. You could uncap the end and plug it in to recharge. It shone brightly for a little while, then the light would dim as the charge was used up. But the dim light would actually last for a long time, before it eventually went out altogether.
That’s what’s happening to me: I keep going for a long time, but only dimly.
I came across the phrase “running on fumes” recently. When you drive your car and the fuel indicator is on “empty” but the car is still going, you say it is running on fumes. (We once went for 30 kilometers on an empty tank!) All the liquid fuel is gone, only the petrol-saturated air is left to burn.
That phrase describes exactly what is happening to me. I don’t really have any energy left, but I burn the fumes and keep going regardless. It’s more of an effort, more of a struggle, and a lot of the time I’m teetering on the edge of a breakdown, but I don’t actually fall over.
This metaphor can be extended even further. What I feel quite often when I wake up in the morning is not that my energy has been renewed, but only that I have marginally more that I did in the evening. Possibly just enough to get through the day.
Imagine that you are driving your car and you are indeed running on fumes. Finally a petrol station comes in sight. Unfortunately the petrol there is very expensive. So what you do is that you don’t fill the tank up, but you take just a few litres to keep the car going for a bit, until you hopefully reach a cheaper petrol station. You travel on, with a bit more in the tank, but not much. Alas, soon these few litres are used up, and it’s back to fumes. Another petrol station! Oh no, it is yet another expensive one. So you take only a few litres, because you can’t afford more. And so the process is repeated.
That is how I feel over long stretches of my life. (Not always, there are some better times, but yeah, a lot.) I drive on, using the fumes or just enough energy to keep me going. I soldier on, and on, and on, always keeping my head above water, but only just.
Of course, as long as you keep going, nobody notices that there is anything wrong with you. After all, you manage, don’t you? If I had a breakdown, nobody would deny that I probably need to take some extended sick leave and try to get back on track. But with me, it never comes to that. People might notice that I’m not happy, or more irritable, or stressed out, but I always keep some sort of “it’s okay, really” façade up. I suppress the tears, ignore the stomach pains, ram the smiley mask tighter onto my face and keep going.
So what is this? Autistic burnout? Or simply middle age? I’ve been reading about the phenomenon of autistic burnout a lot, but again the characteristics mostly don’t seem to apply to me, chiefly because I am never actually completely burnt out. But one phrase used in the context of autistic burnout really hit the nail on the head for me. Someone (this was on Twitter, and I can’t remember who it was) cited an inability to connect with or pursue interests. And that is something I definitely experience, and it’s getting me down even further. I spend all my energy just living my life (and barely that – I haven’t vacuumed the floor for about 4 weeks), there is nothing left for proper interests. Sure, I read books, I watch “The Sky at Night” or whatever on television, but as for a real, all-encompassing, all-consuming, all-enveloping autistic interest – I haven’t had one for about 2 years. The last one just faded away and hasn’t been replaced with anything. I tried to rekindle this or that, but it didn’t work. I just can’t work up the energy, emotional investment and attention that it needs. There have always been in-between times, but they have never lasted that long. And I miss it. I need these interests to make me happy. They actually give me energy, they make me feel more alive. They enable me to survive the dreary day-to-day. But now the dreary day-to-day is all I am left with. So I’m caught in a vicious circle. I haven’t got the energy to sustain an intense interest, which, if I had it, would actually supply me with more energy. I can only hope that somewhere around the corner is something so huge, so amazing, so overwhelming that it will just sweep me away to a better place. But until then, to borrow a line from an old song, “life gets tasteless, don’t it?” Yes, tasteless. Colourless. Meh.
I just wonder, what will the effect be in the long term? Surely this way of life isn’t sustainable in the long run. But I have in fact sustained it for a long time – certainly a couple of years or so. So what I’m really afraid of is not that it might some day come to a real crisis. I’m afraid that it will go on like this, month after month, year after year, just about managing, never being happy, but never slipping into actual clinical depression either. Just an endless slog through the grey zone of life. Running on fumes. Forever.
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For our country to truly achieve health equity, all people must have a fair and just opportunity to be healthy without impediment. Achieving health equity means removing the barriers that prevent people from being healthy – systemic racism, poverty, and lack of access to economic mobility.
Inside health centers, we strive for organizational equity, which includes staff that reflect the populations served, and governance that includes anti-racist policies and procedures. We also strive for equity in care delivery, which means patients receive care that is culturally appropriate and based in trust. Ultimately, we seek a nation where we no longer have disparities in health outcomes by race and ethnicity.
We envision a health care funding structure where the 340B program works exactly as it was designed and enables health centers to invest dollars back into care for vulnerable patients. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are the linchpin of our nation’s health care safety net, serving as health care homes for nearly 30 million people every year. These characteristics were part of the program’s original design. In order to qualify for section 330 community health center grant funding from the federal government, health centers must commit to serving all individuals in their service area, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. Part of the health center model is to help connect their patients and community with enabling services and a variety of supports to ensure ongoing access to quality health care, which is often accomplished by providing those services on a sliding fee scale. For millions of Americans every year, their community health center is their lifeline—providing services irrespective of their employment status, insurance status, or current financial situation. While the health center program expanded with investment from the Affordable Care Act, the current reach of community health centers would not be possible without the 340B program.
In today’s health care environment, FQHCs depend on the 340B program to meet their mission, putting every dollar received back into the communities they are serving. Numerous external evaluators have found that payer reimbursement rates consistently fail to cover the cost of the comprehensive services provided in the community health center environment. In fact, when Congress created the program in 1992, they recognized this reality – that the 340B drug pricing program would allow these providers to “stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible, reaching more eligible patients and providing more comprehensive services.” By allowing the purchase of drugs at a discounted price, the 340B program enables health centers to serve more patients, at a higher level of complexity, than they otherwise could. Effectively, health center use and engagement in the 340B program exemplifies the intent behind its creation: to maximize federal investment and expand care to underserved communities as effectively as possible.
The COVID-19 pandemic has only made health centers more vital as the nation grapples with economic insecurity and the severe implications of the pandemic across a broad spectrum of social determinants of health. Throughout the pandemic, health centers have administered more than 13 million vaccines and 12 million COVID tests—the majority of which were delivered to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) communities—and these numbers continue to climb daily. It has long been our mission to help communities in need, and now we need our country’s leaders to take action to help us.
COVID-19 has had long-term impacts – both in patients who suffer lasting effects, as well as health centers who have had to change the way they care for their communities. ACH supports a broad range of policy changes that are meant to build from lessons learned from the pandemic and improve care delivery into the future.
Over the past decade, the federal government has started to reimburse for health care through a value-based payment structure. This shift will drive a more financially-sustainable, affordable, and efficient system. Unfortunately, health centers have not participated as fully as their capacity and expertise would allow. Policymakers can and should prioritize these safety net providers, both due to the size of the population served—nearly 29 million patients in 2020—and their ability to connect value-based care to the shared goal of health equity. FQHCs are ready to lead the way to a more equitable, holistic approach to care for the underserved, through patient-centered, value-based care.
We envision a health care system and a network of health centers with a robust and diverse workforce reflective of the patients and communities they serve. Further, we see health centers as a centerpiece in creating an abundant pipeline of skilled professionals who have the infrastructure necessary to provide exceptional care to patients. As a professional home for this skilled and diverse workforce, access to professional development and mental health services, systems to maintain a sustainable workload, and pathways for growth must be in place. We believe community health centers should have a culture of continuous learning and growth at every level in their organizations.
Serving nearly 30 million patients annually, we are ready to ambitiously pursue innovative solutions that improve the health outcomes of the communities we serve. Already our members exemplify innovation in population health, health information technology, behavioral health, emergency response, and specialty care. With the current pandemic, there is even greater need for investments in innovations that make our workforce more efficient, while maintaining a high quality of care.
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5th January 2022 – Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answers in English
GS Team published here 5 January 2022 Current Affairs Quiz. These will be helpful for the upcoming SSC, Bank, Railway, Clerk, PO exams. These current affairs make daily analysis and related India, World, Technology, and all govt news.
Which of the following bank has released the Framework on Offline Digital Payments?
VS Pathania has recently taken over as the Director General of which Indian Coast Guard?
For which of the following water metro project the first battery operated electric boat has been manufactured?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently announced to lay the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in which city?
France has recently taken over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union for how many months?
Which of the following government ministry has reconstituted its primary market advisory committee on data?
Which year’s batch of Indian Railway Service, Vinay Kumar Tripathi has been recently appointed as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Railway Board?
Which of the following country has recently test-fired about 10 new Tsirkon missiles from a frigate?
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Chronic Nasal Congestion causes serious health problems and reduces the quality of life. Nasal congestion may also be the cause of our headache or waking up tired in the mornings. How aware are we of this situation? How much should we care about nasal congestion? Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Specialist Op.Dr. Bahadır Baykal gave information on the subject.
The amount of air passing through the nose during the day is approximately 10.000 liters. Almost everyone, children or adults, may experience nasal congestion from time to time. Most of the time, nasal congestion is not taken seriously and workarounds are tried to be solved. However, while chronic nasal congestion causes problems such as insomnia and fatigue that reduce the quality of life, it can lead to much more serious problems such as heart enlargement in the long term.
Diseases such as colds or sinusitis can cause temporary nasal congestion, but this is not a problem. Chronic nasal obstruction caused by the curvature of the inner part of the nose, ie deviation or enlargement of the nasal concha, causes oxygen deficiency in the long term and adversely affects the body. When there is not enough fresh air to our lungs, the oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange is affected, our blood carries deficient oxygen to the tissues and tissue damage develops over time. A person who cannot sleep with a quality sleep also develops fatigue and difficulty in concentration, following high blood pressure, the heart starts rhythm disturbance and after a while the heart grows.
One of the most important symptoms in patients with chronic nasal congestion is snoring, and when the person wakes up in the morning, a dry feeling occurs in the mouth.
The curvature of the inner part of the nose (deviation) is the curvature of the middle part of the nose that usually develops after trauma. During pregnancy, even in the mother's womb, the baby may be exposed to nasal trauma during the rotational movements, it plays a role in the development of deviation in the blows during birth and childhood. Not every deviation causes nasal congestion. Swelling of the structures for the nose, which we call concha known as the nasal meat in the society, is also one of the very common causes of chronic nasal obstruction. It causes swelling of the nasal concha in women during the menstrual periods and hormonal changes during pregnancy.
Among the causes of chronic nasal congestion, constant allergies have an important place. Structures such as polyps that develop especially in patients with allergic background can obstruct the nose completely. Nasal congestion can also occur as a result of a reaction to any substance that irritates the nose. The most common is tobacco smoke. Even if some patients have had a successful nose surgery, they cannot fully relax as long as they continue to smoke. One of the unusual causes is gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In treatment, stomach acid should be prevented from escaping up to the nasal passages.
If the cause of nasal obstruction is deviation, the only solution is surgery. If the bone and cartilage curvature is corrected, the breathing problem improves. We can now perform nasal surgeries quite comfortably and conveniently. I guess we stopped rhinoplasty from being a feared operation
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Despite the rhetoric by politicians and corporate bosses about “reconciliation” and “respect for Indigenous rights,” the invasion of Wet’suwet’en traditional territory in north-central British Columbia by Coastal GasLink (CGL) and the RCMP continues. In the wake of the latest B.C. Supreme Court injunction prioritizing the interests of resource extraction pipelines, the Communist Party of Canada expresses our full solidarity to the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and other land defenders, and for the eviction of CGL from this traditional territory.
Canada is a signatory to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which mandates the “free, prior and informed consent” of Indigenous peoples before any economic development projects on their territories. Shamefully, the Canadian federal and provincial governments stubbornly continue to interpret these UNDRIP legal obligations in the narrowest possible manner.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has warned that projects such as the CGL pipeline to Kitimat, the Site C Dam, and the TransMountain Pipeline expansion could cause “irreparable harm to Indigenous peoples rights, culture, lands, territories and way of life.” The UN Committee says it is disturbed by the RCMP’s “harassment and intimidation” and alarmed by the “escalating threat of violence.”
This powerful statement comes after recent revelations that the RCMP was prepared to use lethal force against peaceful land defenders. On Jan. 7, 2019, the RCMP enforced an earlier interim injunction, using heavily armed officers to arrest 14 people at a gate erected by the Wet’suwet’en on the Morice River Forest Service Road, on Dark Horse Clan territories near Houston, B.C. Court documents published by the UK Guardian newspaper reported that the RCMP deployed snipers in that raid, and instructed officers to “use as much violence toward the gate as you want.”
The Wet’suwet’en eviction notice to CGL signals that governments and corporations must not be allowed to bulldoze over Indigenous lands. This is an entirely peaceful step, taken to protect Wet’suwet’en lands for future generations. As environmental groups note, the CGL pipeline would supply LNG Canada’s liquid natural gas plant in Kitimat, boosting fossil fuel emissions in British Columbia, at a time when such emissions must be cut dramatically to prevent a catastrophic trend towards global warming.
The Communist Party of Canada also rejects the phony argument that the pipeline and LNG projects have been approved by a number of elected First Nation governments. The fact is that these band councils are purely a creation of the Canadian state’s colonial-era Indian Act, with jurisdiction only over the reserve lands allocated to First Nations, not over unsurrendered traditional territories. The actions by Canadian governments and corporations such as CGL are a blatant violation of the constitutional rights of Indigenous peoples to self-determination, and we stand in full solidarity with the struggles to defend these territories. That’s why we support the demand: cops and corporations out of Wet’suwet’en traditional territory!
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At a time when many of us thought we’d be coming back from or headed into a much-needed spring break, we’ve instead found ourselves in one of the most trying and challenging of times in modern history—let alone modern education. Right now, nearly all our professional focus is on ensuring continuity of student learning and school operations. All our personal focus may be on caring for our own children at home, protecting vulnerable family members, and trying to serve neighbors in need. And that is exactly where our attention should be. But the present crisis also presents an opportunity for us, as educators, to learn as well. If we’re not careful—meaning if we’re not intentional—we may sacrifice this rare opportunity to the very real tyranny of the new urgent.
And there’s a lot we need to learn—maybe even more than our students. Consider what Andy Crouch, Kurt Keilhacker, and David Blanchard say in their recent piece in Praxis Journal, entitled “Leading Beyond the Blizzard: Why Every Organization Is Now a Start Up.”
- “We are all operating with profound uncertainty not only about the future, but even about the present.”
- “We’re not going back to normal.”
- “This is a time to urgently redesign our work…many assumptions and approaches must change for good.”
- “We urge every leader to realize that their organization’s survival in weeks and months, let alone years, depends far more on radical innovation than on tactical cutbacks.”
Regarding this last point, as our friend Bill Latham of Meteor Education says, “Innovation comes from pain.” No one wants to experience pain, but we rarely have a choice in the matter. Forced school closures are painful. Cancelled concerts, proms, and graduations are painful. Transitioning instruction to online platforms in a matter of hours is painful. Having our colleagues and students wrestle with fear or illness is painful. Losing the comforting rhythms and routines of our school communities is painful. As Crouch and colleagues state, all of this current pain will have a profound and lasting impact on society, including education. The question is, how do we learn from the pain—and in doing so, prepare ourselves for the future?
Just like most organisms in the animal kingdom, our tendency is to fight, flee, or freeze in the face of danger. But as believers, God has “not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). And as Crouch and colleagues assert, “Christians of all people are equipped to face the current reality with both clear-eyed realism and unparalleled hope.” Activating that hope, and engaging our minds in sound ways, will take what experts (Jack Mezirow, others) point to as critical in learning from disruptive events in our lives: reflection.
Without setting aside time and space to reflect, we get stuck in survival mode. We miss the opportunity to think about what we can learn from our experiences. And we forgo the chance to apply that learning in whatever comes our way next. For example, right now we are learning a lot (maybe more than they bargained for) about the limits of online platforms, along with the perils of porting our regular practices onto them (i.e. student engagement, classroom management, and the like). There’s sure to be a lot of “well, that didn’t work… let’s try something different” going around. It would be easy to stay in “educational triage,” but some good reflective questions can turn this into a key learning moment. For example, along with asking what tips and tricks you’ve learned for online instruction, consider how you and your staff would answer the following:
- What new mindsets and skills are we developing as a school community (like flexibility, adaptiveness, and resilience, per the above), and how will we ensure we use—and not lose!—these mindsets and skills in the future?
- What did we learn about student learning itself, and how we better understand and meet the diverse and unique needs of students?
- What lessons about building and nurturing community did we learn from this experience? And if we can do those things while we’re physically isolated, what’s stopping us from doing them all the time?
- What unique value proposition(s) of Christian education manifested during this time of challenge, and how can we articulate that to current and prospective families?
- How did we develop new efficiencies in school management during this time of crisis, and how can we maintain and even improve upon these efficiencies in the future?
Our answers to these questions will enable us to not only become more resilient in the face of change, but also visualize new ways to fulfill our missions into the future. Good questions that lead to reflection are key if we are, as Peter Block suggests, to “put aside our wish for safety and instead view our life as a purpose-filled experiment whose intention is more for learning than for achieving and more for relationship than for power, speed, or efficiency” (The Answer to How is Yes, p.3).
Delving into reflective questions will be dependent on creating time and space for our own learning, which will require setting aside staff time and resources to this effort. It’s also not a solo act. Note the use of the first person plural in the above questions—”we,” “us,” “our.” We can only really learn from challenges in what Etienne Wenger calls a “community of practice,” where we are committed to our shared purpose, to each other, and to asking good questions, listening to multiple perspectives, and thinking well together.
To help with this process, we’d like to offer two things, below. First, we share a reflective exercise that you can use with your staff. It can work both synchronously and asynchronously. Either way, it may be both a welcome “break” from your ongoing logistics conversations, as well as a way to help your team reflect on their learning in the midst of challenging times. And second, we share an invitation to join what we will be doing, along with many colleagues involved in the MindShift in Christian Education, over the coming weeks—which promise to be transformational in education and in our world.
A Reflective Exercise: Processing Change
We all process change differently and at different rates. We are familiar with the stages of grief. Some experts describe seven stages:
- Shock and denial
- Pain and guilt
- Anger and bargaining
- Depression, reflection, and loneliness
- The upward turn
- Reconstruction and working through
- Acceptance and hope
In a helpful diagram on qz.com, we can see the overlapping and recurrent nature of each of the stages. As anyone who has experienced a grief process will tell you it is not linear.
Change involves both grief and hope. In the diagram just referenced, there is a strand of hope that underlies even the anger stage. No doubt you are grieving many things during this time—the loss of a physically proximal community, face to face interaction, events, performances, culminating activities, traditions, rituals, times to bless and encourage, and times of celebration. Out of these ashes can come new seeds of contemplation and hope. The questions below are an attempt to help you process the change you have experienced and move you toward hope.
Anticipating disruption (shock, denial, anger)
- How much time did you have to prepare?
- What did you worry most about?
- Did your worries come to pass?
Dealing with disruption (anger, bargaining, depression, hope)
- The most trying part of the disruption was…
- I was pleasantly surprised that…
- To prepare better next time, I would…
The “new normal” (depression, acceptance, hope)
- What have you learned?
- What concerns you?
- What excites you?
- How has this disruption changed what is possible?
Anticipating what the future looks like (acceptance, hope)
- What hurdles has this disruption helped you to clear?
- What changes will you keep?
- Where would you like to head?
- What questions remain?
As you work through these questions, think about ways to do so in community (even virtually). We need one another for mutual encouragement, meaning making, and growth in the face of challenge and change.
MindShift: An Invitation
For the past two years, a diverse group of educators and leaders has been asking deeply reflective questions together as part of a MindShift movement in Christian education. We’ve asked questions like how do we transform our mindsets in Christian education, from machine to human, scarcity to abundance, isolated to networked, White to mosaic, Gutenberg to 5G, siloed to engaged, and from fear to hope. In a way, MindShift itself has been a call to reflection—on the challenges our schools are facing, and ways we can reframe them as missional opportunities.
During the present disruption and disequilibrium, we’d like to invite you to join the ongoing MindShift collaboration. Over the coming weeks, we’ll share opportunities to connect informally for conversation as well as helpful content to keep that conversation going (and that you can use to spark dialogue in your own setting). Follow our work and jump in conversation on Twitter @MindShiftSchool or visit mindshift.school for updates on what’s next!
About the Authors
Dr. Lynn Swaner is the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at ACSI, where she leads initiatives and develops strategies to address compelling questions and challenges facing Christian education. Prior to joining ACSI she served as a Christian school administrator and a graduate professor of education. Dr. Swaner serves as a Cardus Senior Fellow and is the lead editor of the books MindShift: Catalyzing Change in Christian Education and PIVOT: New Directions for Christian Education, co-author of Bring It to Life: Christian Education and the Transformative Power of Service-Learning,and editor of the ACSI blog. She received her EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York City. She can be reached via email at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @LynnSwaner1.
Dan Beerens is an educational consultant, author, international speaker, and educational leader. Before starting Dan Beerens Consulting in May 2010, he served as Vice President of Learning Services and Director of Instructional Improvement at Christian Schools International. Prior to that, he was the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Holland Christian Schools. Dan has also worked as teacher and principal in urban and suburban public and Christian schools in Wisconsin and Illinois. He serves as a Senior Fellow at CACE (Center for the Advancement of Christian Education), represents Curriculum Trak sales and professional development and serves as co-chair of the annual Christian Deeper Learning conference. He blogs regularly for CACE and is the author of Evaluating Teachers for Professional Growth: Creating a Culture of Motivation and Learning (Corwin Press) and co-editor of the recent book MindShift: Catalyzing Change in Christian Education (ACSI). He can be reached via email at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @DanBeerens.
Erik Ellefsen has served in education for 21 years as a teacher, coach, consultant, Grievance Chairman for the American Federation of Teachers, Dean of Academics at Boston Trinity Academy, and as Principal at Chicago Christian High School. He currently serves as an Academic and College Counselor at Valley Christian High School (San Jose, CA), a Senior Fellow for CACE, a Senior Fellow for Cardus, a podcaster for Digical Education, and as Vice President of CCEI. He is a co-editor of the book MindShift: Catalyzing Change in Christian Education. Erik regularly organizes Christian school leadership seminars and speaks on issues pertaining to academic programs, student leadership, and organizational development. He can be reached via email at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @epellefsen. | <urn:uuid:0575465f-afdc-41a0-8bb7-037f9699b9b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mindshift.school/2020/03/31/disruption-disorientation-disequilibrium-now-what/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.953387 | 2,580 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Vietnam is no longer the way it used to be—things have changed radically since the bad old days. Marine photographer Jim Raycroft and I saw the truth of this statement again and again while we travelled around the country, using all sorts of boats, to run all sorts of rivers, from the Ben Hai up north to the Mekong down south, in our quest to find an old American military patrol boat or PBR left over from what the Vietnamese today call “The American War.”
DaNang, as you can see from the above photo, now has a skyline, a development that was rather flabbergasting to me the first time I saw it. I mean, back in 1969 the place looked like one giant, dusty military installation, with a comparatively small Vietnamese village attached.
And industry? DaNang is now an industrial dynamo. In fact, during our waterborne excursions in the area, we passed by the Song Thu Shipyard (shown above), an immense facility run by the Vietnamese military and affiliated with the famed Damen Shipyards, based in Holland. Thanks to an invitation from Dan Fritz, founder of Queenship and the guy behind several other high-profile North American marine projects over the years, we spent some time touring Song Thu and were mightily impressed with the cleanliness, orderliness, and high-tech sophistication of the enterprise. Fritz was anxious to show us around the yard he’s chosen to build his new steel, double-hulled Cape Scott expedition-type yachts. During the tour, we were also mightily impressed with a Damen Sea Axe vessel we saw in one of the construction bays—she was on the verge of delivery to an oilfield supply company where it will serve as a fast, super-seaworthy crewboat. Hey, if Song Thu can build a Sea Axe crewboat with Dynamic Positioning and four Rolls-Royce engines, it’s very likely that Song Thu can build a large, double-hulled steel yacht (with aluminum superstructure) to just about any specification desired.
Of course, I wouldn’t want to leave the impression that all the color has been drained from Vietnam via modernization and industrialization. The skippers who ran the sampans, skiffs, party boats, and cargo vessels we used during our riverine sleuthing excursions were all solid, sober navigators, but they were all pretty colorful and a tad humorous as well, and the boats they operated were even more so. To tap directly into the reality of all this, check out the video I shot with a GoPro while cruising down the Cua Viet River, just south of what used to be called the DMZ or Demilitarized Zone.
And then there was that one highly significant feature of this lovely little country that I’d say has held rock steady over the years—the seeming riskiness of simply crossing the street. With little regard for our personal safety, and a devil-may-care attitude that harked back to days of yore, Jim and I crossed and re-crossed a street in DaNang in order to put together the rather ragged little video you’ll see linked here—it’ll give you, we think, a sense of the craziness that can arise when literally thousands of scooters and cars are unleashed upon a city’s streets without benefit of highway signs, traffic lights, or any other sort of traffic-related, safety-encouraging convenience. I gotta say—for pedestrians, this dicey melange produces a gauntlet of sorts that has lots in common with the running of the bulls at Pamplona, only the insanity persists virtually all the time, night/day, 24/7/365.
And then finally, the culture of Vietnam has remained decidedly and colorfully Buddhist, with youngsters like the one shown above coming to monasteries at a very early age to train as monks. The rather odd (at least by western standards) haircut, incidentally, denotes the position this young person holds in his community and we found him in a sort of hut perched loftily atop bamboo poles with a thatched roof overhead, so that he was protected from the sun above (and presumably snakes below) while his elders worked at chopping wood.
Interestingly enough, all of the boats Jim and I used to get around the rivers of Vietnam were inboard-powered, as were virtually all of the boats we saw passing us by. Believe it or not, there were very few long-tail types like the one shown here on the waterways we travelled. Still and all, we were glad to see a long-tailer like this one now and again, if only because we’d expected to see so many at the onset of our trip.
Did we ultimately find the boat we were looking for—the PBR (Patrol Boat River, in military parlance) with its squarish transom and distinctive Apocalypse Now profile? I’ll answer the question in a story that will appear in Power & Motoryacht’s upcoming November issue. Suffice to say, however, that we found a raft of things we’d not been looking for in Vietnam, among them what seemed to us to be an old U.S. Army tug (shown above), repainted and repurposed as a research vessel. Heck, you could almost see U.S. Army ST-145 emblazoned on the bow. Talk about a blast from the past! | <urn:uuid:adf003fc-7893-4824-bf78-c05012ebbfb8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/uncategorized/vietnam-06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.969871 | 1,142 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Description: Royal Dutch Shell’s plant will produce more than a million tons of plastic, in the form of tiny pellets. Many in the Pittsburgh area see it as an economic engine, but others worry about long-term harm.
Date: Aug 12, 2019
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Formally the house clearly is divided into two volumes: a compact base coated in granite (ground floor), which corresponds to the volume already built, on which rests the new platform for the rooms and garage. The roof of the ground floor of the volume gives way to a huge open terrace, allowing a panoramic view of the surrounding space from the rooms.Given the topography of the terrain, with steep slope in the east-west axis, the goal was for all the volumes of the building follow its natural profile. Thus, the volume of the garage is located slightly elevated with respect to the room platform, minimizing the impact of the ramps connecting the street to the house level.
In contrast to the estereotomic image of the existing volume, robust and with occasional openings, the upper floor has a tectonic nature, lighter and open to the surroundings. The intersection of the vertical planes of wood with horizontal planes dematerializes the higher volume of the house, creating the illusion of a single floor house placed on a massive stone. Placing the higher volume of the house, in 'L' shape, defines outdoor spaces with different characteristics within the plot, some more open to the west valley, others more private and intimate facing east. | <urn:uuid:db4f376e-46e1-4327-bc9f-c4d03d4487a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://architizer.com/projects/house-in-eiriz-pacos-de-ferreira/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.939768 | 252 | 2.125 | 2 |
VATICAN CITY – Those who are adamantly skeptical of science and those who zealously view science as infallible both have a dangerous misunderstanding of the nature of science, a US Jesuit astronomer said.
Both of these tendencies reflect “the temptation to turn science or faith into a fortress against our fundamental and human fear of insecurity,” wrote Jesuit brother Guy Consolmagno.
“We don’t trust the (COVID-19) vaccine because it’s perfect, but because it greatly increases the odds of not getting sick. The real and obvious problem lies in the fact that most of us cannot understand how probability works: this is why casinos and lotteries are so successful,” he wrote in an article published in the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica.
The article, which appeared in Italian in the Jan. 15 issue of the journal, was titled “COVID, Faith and the Fallibility of Science.” A copy was distributed to reporters on January 13.
Anti-vaccination advocates and conspiracy theorists have a misconception about what science is and what it can promise, the journal’s summary of the article said. On the other hand, unfortunately, those who mistakenly believe that science is infallible end up fueling scientific skepticism.
Consolmagno, a planetary astronomer and director of the Vatican Observatory, wrote that it is important for people to understand the true purpose of science and how important and necessary doubt is to making progress and gaining a better understanding.
A currently popular slogan in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is “trust the science,” he wrote.
The slogan should be taken to mean that science is a reliable and trustworthy path to truth; For some, however, it seems like science is “the only” trustworthy guide, he said.
This false either-or dichotomy feeds the misconception that faith and science are at odds with one another, he said. It may also explain part of the reason why a September 2021 Pew study found that white evangelicals in the US were the religious group least likely to be vaccinated.
“It’s as if saying that the distrust of science present in this community, translated into skepticism about vaccines, follows a perceived need to choose between science and faith,” he wrote.
“The contrast between belief in science and belief in religion has implications beyond distrust of vaccines. It’s evidence of a misperception of what science is and what it can promise,” Consolmagno said.
“This misconception is widespread not only among science skeptics, but also, and perhaps more dangerously, among those who embrace[science]too quickly,” because when science fails to live up to any sort of “over-reliance,” it is this failure only fuels skepticism about science in general, he said.
People may not want to admit it, but “there’s a grain of truth in this fear of giving implicit faith in science,” he said. “Science sometimes makes mistakes.”
COVID-19 vaccines “prevent disease in the overwhelming majority of those who are vaccinated and reduce disease severity,” he said. “But vaccines aren’t perfect,” and people can still get sick, though rarely seriously.
Science is based on doubt and error, said the Jesuit, who holds degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Failure is not an option, it is a requirement” and knowing that one “knows nothing” drives deeper study and progression.
Science is inherently incomplete, always growing and changing as new knowledge and experiences accumulate, he said. It’s perfectly fine to read an old book on philosophy or theology, “but you would never study your grandfather’s biology textbook,” he said.
“The only way to become a scientist is to look at something you think you understand and end up saying, ‘That’s not right!'” he said, knowing that you learn from your mistakes can.
“However, accepting that uncertainty obliges you to also accept the risks that come with attempting something uncertain. You can’t win a regatta without risking tipping over,” the Jesuit said, recalling that the boat he drove in college never tipped over and he never won a race.
“Certainty is not religion, but fanaticism; it’s not science, it’s scientism,” that is, blind faith in science, he said.
The thirst for certainty and distrust or rejection of authority make strange bedfellows, as one “wants a perfect truth while rejecting anyone who says they can lead us to that truth,” he said.
What happens in the end, he said, is that people start looking for their own answers, do their own research online, and favor “secret sources of knowledge that are only available to a few in the know.”
It is particularly dangerous, he said, when adherence to those personal beliefs comes at a cost, such as losing a job, and when it is perceived as an act of persecution. A purely false belief can then become so ingrained that it can never be accepted as false, having become a fundamental part of one’s being and identity.
“Science doesn’t give perfect truth,” but experiments and theories can be constantly refined, giving people ever more accurate descriptions of nature, he said.
“Doing science depends on loving even the tedious parts of meticulous study, it means believing even when confidence in our scientific advance falters, being willing to forgive and learn from those who have died in the past have made mistakes. Loving is living with uncertainty, learning to trust,” he said.
Living with the uncertainty of disease, the fallibility of science and the fear of losing one’s autonomy requires trust in the work of others, which – like love – should be done “with caution and boldness,” he said.
Be reasonably careful, don’t jump in blindly, but also believe in knowledge that is beautiful and fallible, he said. Despite the imperfection of science, this still translates into an increased likelihood of living a healthy life.
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FAQSHow does a piano work?
By hitting a key, the action (consisting of numerous moveable parts linked to the hammer heads) starts to move: the hammer head, then, touches or hits one or more steel strings. The resulting vibrations are transmitted to the soundboard via bass and treble bridges and thus become audible.
Where should I put my piano?
The ideal place for your Pramberger piano should provide the following conditions: average temperature between 68 and 72° F, and as remote from windows, doors leading outside and radiators as possible. Please avoid direct sunlight or radiation from heaters, ovens or other heat sources.
What is the best room climate?
The best air humidity for your piano is between 45 and 65%; using an electronic hygrometer, you easily can be sure about this fact. The best temperature for a piano is from 68 to 72° F.
Upright or grand piano?
Please consider: the bigger the instrument, the larger the sound. Given enough space and budget, a grand piano surely is the “king” of key instruments. However, a quality upright is always a good choice if room is limited. This question cannot be answered in general, as requirements are very different. We therefore recommend you to contact your localPramberger distributor; his knowledge and experience will help you in choosing your instrument.
How do I know that my piano needs to be tuned?
The human ear adapts to different conditions quite easily. As a piano does not get out of tune suddenly, but during longer time, this is hardly perceptible to the “normal” human ear. However, there might be some interference with the training of your hearing capacities; therefore, we recommend a check of the tuning pitch on a regular basis.
How often should I have my piano tuned?
During the first year, aPramberger piano might require several tunings as it has to adapt to its new place and climatic conditions. Afterwards, two tunings a year, performed by yourPramberger technician, are ideal.
Why should a Pramberger expert do the maintenance work?
YourPramberger is a valuable instrument that is worth being taken care of properly using genuine parts. Therefore, all maintenance work such as tuning, cleaning, voicing, regulation or repair should exclusively be performed by aPramberger-approved technician. This is also part of our warranty regulation.
What do I have to consider when moving my Pramberger?
A piano is a heavy thing – a grand even more. In addition to the weight, improper handling during transport might cause severe damage to your valuable instrument; therefore, we recommend that such work is done by skilled professionals providing adequate insurance.
When does a piano have to be regulated?
Due to different forces becoming effective on the keyboard and the action, the latter is subject to varying changes. Therefore, it should be regulated anew at certain intervals. A skilled technician will often only need a few, but important steps for this. A perfectly adjusted action is a basic thing for a pleasant touch and thus for joyful playing.
What is my Pramberger's value?
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Domestic Violence and MIFUMI’s Theory of Change
MIFUMI’s take on domestic violence and abuse is guided by the MIFUMI Theory of Change and its six key pathways which addresses violence against women from a global perspective while addressing the local context and applying local solutions. MIFUMI recognises that actions against domestic violence is required simultaneously at all levels of pathways for a significant and sustainable impact to occur. Through this process women and girls have to remain at the centre of all action. For MIFUMI, the key pathways to change includes individual support, supporting and protecting women through women-centred services, lobbying district leaders and bringing about legislative change. Furthermore at MIFUMI we believe these local efforts have to be linked to national, regional and international action to address the global problem of violence against women.
The Theory of Change recognises the broader societal context in Uganda within which efforts to tackle violence against women take place. This includes high poverty levels; strong adherence to traditional cultural practices; dependence; negative and positive attitudes to women and girls; and an acknowledgement that disrupting gender power has both intended and unintended consequences and can create a backlash from those resistant to change.
It is recognised that gendered norms and values about women and men uphold violence against women. Violence against women in Uganda, as in other contexts, is commonly viewed as a normal aspect of relations between women and men. Whilst physical forms of violence can often remain hidden, economic abuse is especially prevalent and men have authority over women’s income. Cultural customs and traditional practices, such as bride price, polygamy and female genital cutting, are strongly embedded in society and within rural communities and hinder equality. Such cultural practices also underpin entrenched myths/beliefs about the role and behaviour of women whereby women are expected to be submissive and unquestioning of male authority. Sayings such as ‘women cannot own property as they are themselves property’ and ‘children do not belong to the woman’ are common and serve to keep women oppressed. Women in power often reinforce male authority and the negation of women’s rights as well as religious and cultural beliefs about the ‘ideal woman’ and ideals of womanhood.
The first level of change we tackle operates on an individual and intimate level through individual protection. MIFUMI protects women by handholding and escorting women to the Police, local councillors, and to courts including clan courts, local council courts and courts of law. Women are also handheld during referrals to hospitals and clinics and other local authorities. The personalised advocacy ensures women are not intimidated by law enforcement officers and receive a positive experience and outcome of the case.
Hand Holding also serves to empower women to exercise the right to be free of violence. When survivors are handheld to seek justice their rights-defined selves emerge from the supportive encounters with police, magistrates and other judiciaries. Domestic violence survivors come to take on rights consciousness. Survivors begin to define themselves as rights holders and to see their experience as a human rights abuse and their stories as narratives of human rights abuse.
Setting up User-Friendly women centered services to offer Support and Protection
The second level of change we tackle operates on an individual and intimate level through setting up user-friendly survivor focused services to offer support and protection.
Supporting women and girls through women-centred interventions is crucial to addressing violence against women, enabling women and girls to be safe and to rebuild their lives in places of safety. Ensuring positive responses from societal institutions, where women and girls are informed about their rights, is key to their long term empowerment. Raising awareness within communities and families to challenge violence and to change attitudes to women and girls is an important dimension of tackling violence against women. The development of legislative and policy frameworks is a crucial underpinning of addressing violence against women and girls and demonstrates government and policy commitment to the issue.
At MIFUMI our survivor centered services are run by women for women and prioritise women’s safety and empowerment, helping them to rebuild their lives after violence and abuse. Here at MIFUMI we believe this is crucial to supporting survivors. The provision of safe spaces and the creation of support networks, accompanied by skills training and economic empowerment, are key in the long term to ensure that survivors not only survive but also thrive.
Advocating for Legislative Change
The Theory of Change recognises that the state has a critical role to play in tackling violence against women and girls through the development and implementation of legislation and policy. Developing a positive legal and policy framework is a necessary first step but this also must be accompanied by well-resourced support structures to ensure effective implementation.
Lobbying District Leaders
Local political, community and religious leaders are all key stakeholders with a potential role in dealing with violence against women and girls. They are often the first point of call for survivors. That such leaders are sensitised to the issue of violence against women and girls is a necessary prerequisite to positive responses to survivors.
Positive agency and professional responses are a crucial dimension of ensuring survivors get an appropriate and effective response. Given the complex nature of violence against women and girls, co-ordinated and integrated responses require effective collaboration and partnership across all key sectors, including the police, social work, probation, justice and health this is why it is important to involve all institutions to contribute to the movement of change.
MIFUMI has developed Domestic Violence Training Manuals in The Companion series to harness and formally package our experience and knowledge as an effective tool for strengthening key services in response to women experiencing domestic violence and abuse.
The Companion series on domestic violence training are:
A Counsellor’s Companion: A MIFUMI Manual for empowering women out of violence and abuse
The Caseworker’s Companion: A MIFUMI Manual for supporting domestic violence services
The Duty Bearer’s Companion: A MIFUMI training manual on domestic violence
The Companion for Health Professionals: A MIFUMI manual for strengthening key domestic violence
Coming soon: A MIFUMI manual for strengthening key domestic violence services – Police Work and Training the Judiciary.
Together these tools form an effective tool for improving response in service delivery using a human rights approach for social practitioners as well as professionals from health, police and the judiciary.
The Companion series will be useful as a reference for: Independent Domestic Violence Advisors, NGOs, Local Councillors, Health Professionals and Human Rights Defenders.
Commitment to Quality
As a charity we have worked for over 24 years to support women and children experiencing domestic violence. Over the years we have learnt to comprehend the depth and complexity in the needs of both women and their children, and so our domestic violence team have built in-depth knowledge regarding the dynamics of domestic violence and women’s broader experiences of gender based violence.
As an organisation we are committed to carrying the needs of our individuals at the centre of our programmes, and it is from these needs that we base our every decision. A way we meet the needs of our women is through our commitment to the five key MIFUMI principles and values:
- We believe Women and Children’s experience of Abuse
- We Prioritise Women and Children’s Safety and Confidentiality
- We support empowerment and self-help so women can regain control of their lives
- We Challenge Discrimination and Promote Equal Opportunities
- We Encourage and Promote Staff Team Spirit and Personal Growth
At MIFUMI it is important to us to:
- Adopt a woman centred approach which makes it essential that staff understand women’s rights and also ensures the activities are well targeted with primary accountability to women and girls. It also means that the best interest of women and girls are safeguarded, their participation assured, and their confidence built throughout the process of accessing justice. In line with this, MIFUMI works to create community “champions” from among the women supported together with supportive individuals in the community to build a “safety net” around survivors.
- Apply the community based approach which involves community wide engagement to make the work “home grown”, thereby building local ownership and making the community members the “best friends” and “critiques” of the initiative.
- Build strategic partnerships and alliances to increase access to services and counter impunity. This involves working more closely with individuals and duty bearers with a good conscience and with key protection agencies which include justice delivery agencies such as the police and courts, as well as the local government agencies both technical and political, as well as Civil Society groups. Strategic partnerships will be strengthened through joint meetings, cross referrals, and joint monitoring, case reviews and protection committee meetings, sharing information and budgets and also through conducting joint outreaches. There will be a need to influence law and policy makers to adopt the Tororo Bridal Gifts Ordinance in 2 new districts and operationalize the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court (2015) in the MIFUMI case on bride price..
- We believe justice to one person is as important as justice to the general community. For this reason MIFUMI has successfully adopted the handholding of survivors going through support services, as the best way to build confidence and empower the individual woman, and the best way to spot and promote talented community volunteers turning them into “champions”.
- Bring about Innovative changes: MIFUMI would like to scale the multimedia communication and advocacy on bride price and polygamy to effect change of attitude on a wider scale. To this end, information stored in the electronic M&E system will be channelled to influence public opinion through a multimedia approach. Stakeholders for this innovation will include the media houses that will air DV programmes and messages for public education and IT companies who will support the integration of the electronic system.
Effective, Innovative and Unique Project Characteristics
MIFUMI has championed and pioneered innovative approaches to ending violence against women, as described below.
Surfacing underlying causes of VAWG and enabling the community to make the connections, such as bride price and strategic litigation on identified drivers of violence to pronounce them unconstitutional. The campaign on bride-price was bold and forced communities to deal with the issue of VAWG.
MIFUMI pioneered the set-up of formal Shelters for survivors of VAWG in Uganda, and linked to that, the safety nets ‘sheltering’ at the community level by women in the community, also taken on by a few committed leaders.
The advice centre (AC) model at the sub county level that sensitised about, dealt with and referred cases of violence; supported by champions of women’s rights, eager to come to the rescue of those suffering violence and Gender Sensitive Men (GSM) in leadership positions to support them, encouraged action against VAWG in an inexpensive way.
An integrated and holistic approach and response to VAWG through amplifying voice, empowerment of women, focus on survivors (survivor centred), eliminating stigma and transforming the status and perceptions of / about the survivor in the community / nurturing leadership and economic empowerment; adapting pathways to the needs and conditions of the survivor, while providing opportunity for perpetrators where possible, to redeem themselves.
Building a women’s social movement concerned with and addressing the issue of VAWG and rights, with the knowledge, awareness, skills, intent and courage to take action at the community level, and support women to access justice, while building their livelihood base and economic empowerment. Using the space of the VSLAs and cooperatives to provide encouragement, support and nurture to survivors, while taking an accommodative stand to support those suffering other forms of social injustice. This integrated economic and social assets building approach enabled survivors to gain their dignity and influenced the communities. It also enabled financial inclusion and access to resources.
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Target could face federal charges for failing to protect its customers' data from hackers.
The retailer has been in contact with the Federal Trade Commission, Molly Snyder, a Target spokeswoman, told National Journal.
It's unclear whether the FTC has issued any subpoenas or other formal demands for information. The FTC declined to comment on whether it has launched a formal investigation.
But former commission officials said the agency is almost certainly taking a hard look at the incident, which resulted in 40 million credit-card numbers falling into the hands of hackers.
"When you see a data breach of this size with clear harm to consumers, it's clearly something that the FTC would be interested in looking at," said Jon Leibowitz, a former FTC chairman who is now a partner at Davis Polk and Wardwell.
David Vladeck, a professor at Georgetown Law Center and a former head of the FTC's Consumer Protection Bureau, said it "wouldn't be surprising" if the FTC is investigating the case.
"This would be right in the FTC's wheelhouse," he said. "It demonstrates why the FTC needs to be the cop on the beat here."
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, urged the FTC to investigate the Target hack soon after it became public in December.
"If Target failed to adequately and appropriately protect its customers' data, then the breach we saw this week was not just a breach of security; it was a breach of trust," he wrote in a letter to the agency.
The former FTC officials noted that just because hackers managed to breach a company's system doesn't mean the company had inadequate security practices. Hackers are sometimes able to penetrate even the most secure systems.
But recent reports have shown that Target made a series of missteps leading up to the hack. The company gave a refrigeration, heating, and air-conditioning subcontractor credentials to its system. The hackers stole those credentials from the vendor, and then they placed a virus in Target's registers that allowed them to obtain payment information for every credit and debit card that was swiped.
On Nov. 30, a data-security firm hired by Target alerted the company about a possible breach of its system, but the company failed to act, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
The FTC polices data security under its legal authority over "unfair" business practices. Companies have a responsibility to take "reasonable and appropriate" steps to protect the data they collect from consumers, according to FTC lawyers.
The FTC has settled dozens of data-security cases in recent years with companies including Twitter, Rite Aid, and CVS. But Wyndham, a global hotel chain, is fighting charges that the FTC brought in 2012. The company claims that the FTC's legal power to go after companies for "unfair" practices does not include inadequate data security.
A federal court in New Jersey is expected to rule on the case soon. If the court sides with Wyndham, it could strip the FTC of power to oversee data security.
But both Leibowitz and Vladeck said they expect the agency to beat back the challenge from Wyndham. If the FTC loses, Congress could step in to restore the FTC's power.
Congress is already considering legislation that would expand the FTC's authority to allow it to fine companies for inadequate data security. Currently, the agency can force a company to change its practices but cannot punish companies.
The former FTC officials as well as Edith Ramirez, the current chairwoman of the FTC, argue that Congress should give the agency fining authority for data security.
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At the Reschexpert blog we read explanations from all over the internet about what the Rescheck actually is. Today on the Reschexpert blog we wanted to discuss with you in the simplest way possible just what the Rescheck is.
Your first page is your calculations. These are the components of your home, where your jobsite is located, insulation values of materials, building code, and orientation of the structure. All compiled together to give you a passing or failing grade on the structure’s energy efficiency.
The next pages are an easy to use inspection checklist that your building department will use to inspect the structure. When you apply for your building permit your building inspector will look at your plans. He will compare the plans to your Rescheck checklist. Once the home is being constructed he will compare the actual plans to the structure, and then to the Rescheck again. This is your inspection checklist.
The final page compliance certificate is signed at the final inspection and typically placed on the electrical panel. This can be used to increase resale value for the life of the home because it shows compliance with applicable energy codes at the time of construction. | <urn:uuid:ca4145c9-8d28-4987-9cc0-19c0b964e0e1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rescheck.info/2018/03/28/rescheck-explanation-in-the-most-simple-terms/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.910843 | 234 | 2.234375 | 2 |
The province has paved the way to introduce harsher penalties for anyone caught using their cellphone while driving.
The new bill will allow police to issue a 3 day licence suspension for first time offenders. A 7 day suspension will be issued for the second time.
When caught, drivers will be issue temporary license to get their vehicle home and then the suspension will kick in. Traffic ticket experts argue that by issuing an immediate suspension, the Province is automatically assuming a driver is guilty and doesn’t give the driver a chance to fight it in court.
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|SB 0084||Allows public school choice within a school district|
|LR Number:||0109S.01I||Fiscal Note:||0109-01|
|Last Action:||01/24/01 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee||Journal page:|
|Effective Date:||August 28, 2001|
SB 84 - This act requires each school district to provide for intradistrict school choice at all grade levels for which the district operates more than one school building.
A school district shall enroll all resident pupils who apply to attend the school of their choice, if the capacity is sufficient. If capacity is insufficient, the school district shall employ an admissions process, established pursuant to a written policy, that assures all applicants of an equal chance of gaining admission except that a school board may give preference to pupils residing within an attendance area around each school and a school district may also give a preference for admission of children whose siblings attend the school or whose parents are employed at the school.
A school district shall not limit admission to a school based on race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, gender, income level, proficiency in the English language or athletic ability, but may limit admission to pupils within a given age group or grade level.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall
commission an impact study of the intradistrict choice program
every two years. The Department shall make the results of the
studies public and shall deliver copies to the school board of
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“Son, do you not know who I am?” said in Urdu the man with a henna-dyed beard and the Holy Quran on his lap. Reading the perplexed expression on the young man’s face, he then answered his own question, “I am Jalaluddin Haqqani – Commander Haqqani.”
The year was 1994 when a young sub-inspector of the Punjab police had stopped a convoy of double-cabin vehicles on their way out of the twin cities Islamabad-Rawalpindi, heading towards Peshawar. The young officer had spotted tens of armed men in those trucks and was debating whether he – with his tiny posse – should insist on inspecting the ominous-looking entourage or not. The officer thanked his stars when a wireless message from higher-ups came through, telling him to clear the motorcade without inspection. The officer told me that he still did not know who Haqqani was but waved him through!
Commander Mawlawi Jalaluddin Haqqani was the lynchpin of transnational jihadist terror, with a deadly career spanning 45 years; on September 4, the Afghan Taliban announced his death. The Taliban has not given the exact date or place of death, but it is well-known that Jalaluddin, the founder of what was dubbed as the Haqqani Network (HQN), had been ill and out of commission since 2009 or so. Irrespective of the news that was the Taliban’s attempt to manipulate the news cycle on the eve of the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s South Asia visit, Jalaluddin Haqqani was arguably the most lethal brand name in the region. An Afghan by birth, he was the first and foremost Pakistani jihadist proxy who took up arms against the Afghan state in 1973 – long before there was any Soviet or American presence in Afghanistan.
I first read the name Haqqani in wall-chalking outside the Government College Peshawar circa 1982. While there were seven Pakistan-based mujahideen parties that were fighting the USSR-backed Kabul government then, three individual field commander names – Jalaluddin Haqqani, Abdul Haq and Nasrullah Mansur – were frequently seen in such sloganeering.
Jalaluddin was born in 1939 in the Karezgay village of the Paktia province, in a Zadran Pashtun family. He went to the religious seminary Dar-ul-uloom Haqqaniah in Nowshera, Pakistan from where he graduated as a scholar in 1970. The suffix Haqqani in his name denotes that association and the seminary became the alma mater to thousands of Taliban and other assorted jihadists to come. The patron and principal of the seminary, Maulana Abdul Haq, was contesting the elections for Pakistan’s national assembly that year and Haqqani participated in canvassing campaign for his teacher. He was soon enlisted by the Pakistani army, which was looking to counter Afghanistan’s support for the separatist Pashtun nationalist movement east of the Durand Line.
While the Afghans supported, with the exception of the Faqir of Ipi, the secular Pashtuns, the Pakistani plank was Islamism and jihad, which appealed to the religious bonds over tribal and ethno-national affinity. The urban Afghan Islamists like Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Ahmad Shah Massoud and Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani were also enlisted by the Pakistani army around the same time and were housed in Peshawar at the time. However, unlike the urban Afghan Islamists, Jalaluddin Haqqani set up shop in North Waziristan, Pakistan just across from Loya (greater) Paktia region, comprising the Khost, Paktia and Paktika provinces. He later established his own seminary Manba’-al-uloom(the fountainhead of knowledge) in Waziristan. Haqqani’s first jihadist foray was against Sardar Daud Khan, the Afghan president, who was an ardent backer of independent Pashtunistan.
After Daud Khan was toppled in the April 1978 communist revolution, Jalaluddin Haqqani took up arms against the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and the Soviet Union, which had rolled into Afghanistan in support of the new Kabul government. His tribal roots, geographical location at the periphery of a weak Afghan state, sanctuary across the disputed Durand Line in Pakistan, and strong Islamist credentials, made Jalaluddin and his band, formidable insurgents in the field. Pakistan had mandated back then that in order to receive weapons and largesse, all field commanders must be affiliated with one of the seven Peshawar-based mujahideen groups. Haqqani, therefore, was affiliated with Mawlawi Younus Khalis faction of the Hizb-e-Islami, while retaining a complete tribal and operational autonomy, for all practical purposes.
A fluent Arabic speaker and married to an Arab lady, Haqqani endeared himself to the Saudis and the Gulf sheikhdoms, receiving monetary support from public and private sources there. This was a financial network, that his son and heir – born to the Arab wife – Sirajuddin Haqqani would later exploit as well. The US, in its zeal to defeat the Soviets, pumped in money and weapons in the Afghanistan theater, a large chunk of which, including the game-changing Stinger missiles, went to Jalaluddin Haqqani. In fact, some of the US jihad-mongers like the Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, were taken to the Haqqani base at the Zhwara, just a few miles inside Afghanistan, by none other than the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate’s Afghan bureau chief Brigadier Mohammad Yousaf.
In his book, Afghanistan: The Bear Trap, Brigadier Yousaf, who ran the ISI’s Afghanistan operations from 1983-87, has highlighted the extremely close relationship between Haqqani and the Pakistan army. While the Pakistan army had embedded its instructing officers, usually in groups of three, with the mujahideen gangs inside Afghanistan, perhaps the only occasion where it formally crossed over the Durand Line and fought the Afghans and the Soviets directly was in defense of the Haqqani base at Zhwara, which had come under a massive air and ground assault from the Soviet and Afghan forces in April 1986.
Jalaluddin Haqqani was injured as the tunnel complex caved under bombing by the government forces, leaving the ISI scrambling for a backup. Brigadier Yousaf writes:
In desperation, I briefed General Akhtar (Abdur Rahman, the ISI chief) that I proposed asking for Pakistani volunteers from my staff to take in some more Blowpipe missiles. My logistics colonel, who had been in the anti-aircraft artillery, offered his services. He was to be accompanied by several others, including a young captain. General Akhtar agreed, so the team was rushed … within 24 hours they were in Zhwara.
The Blowpipe battery was blown away by the very Soviets and Afghans that it was supposed to pick off. Brigadier Yousaf writes, “it was to turn out to be a duck shoot, in which the ducks won”. While the Pakistani army detachment was neutralized instantly and Zhwara fell to the government forces for some 48 hours, the jihadists captured it again. This battle also marked the formal entry of the Arab jihadists under the tutelage of Abdullah al-Azzam and Osama Bin-Laden, into the Afghan war theater. Azzam and Bin-Laden lead a band of Arab jihadist, from Pakistan, into Afghanistan to defend Zhwara. These same individuals founded Al-Qaeda that stormed the world stage in less than five years. Similarly, several other jihadists including the Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) honcho, Hafiz Saeed embedded with Jalaluddin Haqqani to gain battlefield experience. The 2008 Mumbai attack’s mastermind, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi gained war exposure with the Haqqanis in Urgun, Paktia – a town where the latter had launched their first jihad in 1973. It is said that the ISI director General Hamid Gul’s son also rotated with Jalaluddin Haqqani, to cut his jihadist teeth.
Jalaluddin Haqqani’s band thus served as a nexus not just between the southeastern and northeastern prongs of the Afghan insurgency but also as the incubator for training and fielding translational jihadists like Osama Bin Laden. The latter helped with the construction and repairs of the Zhwara cave and tunnel complex and was rewarded by Jalaluddin with permission to run training camps of his own, a relationship that endured over two decades.
After the Soviet withdrawal, most of the mujahideen commanders fell upon each other to capture Kabul, but Jalaluddin Haqqani remained in his stronghold straddling the Loya Paktia and Waziristan. His seminary in Pakistan continued to churn out jihadists and its media wing was called Manba’-al-jihad or the fountainhead of jihad, after an eponymous publication. When Mullah Omar and his Taliban, backed by the Pakistani army, captured Kabul and drove the mujahideen out, Jalaluddin Haqqani became their minister of frontier affairs but continued to operate out of his base and declined to move to Kabul. Bin-Laden moved on to Africa but later returned and consorted with Mullah Omar. The 9/11 attack by the Al-Qaeda drew the US wrath and massive response toppling Bin Laden’s hosts who refused to give him up. The Taliban, at large, were on the run but the Haqqani faction remained put at its turf.
The geopolitically strategic sanctuary afforded to Jalaluddin Haqqani by his Pakistan army patrons came in handy when the Taliban and Al-Qaeda escaped the US onslaught. Between the winter of 2001 and 2004, tens of thousands of these jihadists hopped over the Durand Line, under the Pakistan army’s watchful eye and were lodged with the Haqqanis and their Pakistani affiliates like Hafiz Gul Bahadur et al. The term HQN gained currency right around that time, first in the US counter-terrorism circles and then became common parlance.
While the Taliban leadership settled in and around the southern Pakistani city, Quetta, its rank and file were spread from the Pashtun areas of Balochistan, to the tribal areas and all the way up to Peshawar, in the northwest frontier. Jalaluddin Haqqani, up in age now, had delegated the day-to-day affairs of his outfit to his son Sirajuddin, who operated out of Miram Shah, North Waziristan and Peshawar. Jalaluddin’s other sons operated from behind the façade of a real estate brokerage in a town called Bhara Kahu, a short drive outside the Pakistani capital, Islamabad while his brothers Ibrahim and Khalil, both jihadists in their own right and their henchmen lived in Rawalpindi at a stone’s throw from the army’s General Headquarters. In 2013, one of Jalaluddin’s sons and the HQN’s financial point-man, Nasiruddin Haqqani, was killed in Islamabad, corroborating the fact that twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi were home to what the US commander, Admiral Mike Mullen had called the “ISI’s veritable arm”.
Under Jalaluddin Haqqan, and with due patronage from the ISI, the HQN became the most lethal outfit in Afghanistan. The post-2003 rise of the Al-Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq and deployment of suicide and car bombings inspired the HQN, which replicated these vicious tactics in Afghanistan. The first suicide bombing in Afghanistan had been carried out by Al-Qaeda’s two Arab operatives, on behalf of the Taliban, to kill Ahmad Shah Massoud. Jalaluddin commissioned and Sirajuddin perfected the morbidly heinous tactic of suicide bombing to unleash a reign of terror in Afghanistan, especially in the capital Kabul. The HQN’s signature was found on nearly every so-called spectacular attack – a complex assault wherein a suicide bomber pulverized the fortifications and a terrorist band followed with automatic weapons to kill and maim more innocents. The Afghans weren’t the only targets. The HQN bombed the Indian embassy in Kabulon July 7, 2008. As an ageing and ailing Jalaluddin withdrew from active jihadist role, his chosen son, Sirajuddin aka Khalifa, took over the reins of the HQN.
The collaboration between the ISI, HQN, the TTP and the al-Qaeda was abundantly clear in the terrorist attack on the 2009 CIA’s forward operating base (FOB) Chapman, in Khost just as the HQN leadership transitioned from the father to the son. A double, or triple, agent – a Jordanian doctor – duped the Americans into believing that he was about to rat out Ayman al-Zawahiri. The ISI is reported to have bankrolled the operation with 200,000 dollars. The TTP’s ringleader Hakeemullah Mehsud released a joint video with the attacker Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, while Sirajuddin Haqqani also tacitly claimed credit for the attack. Analysts were convinced that there was no way that this operation could have occurred without the elder or junior Haqqani’s backing. The transnational jihadist contagion that Jalaluddin had painstakingly sired mutated into a much more virulent strain under the son.
The Haqqanis enterprise ran guns and drugs, carried put kidnappings for ransom, arbitrated local Afghan and even Pakistani disputes, and received Pakistani state largesse and support. The HQN, however, did not have any qualms about harboring the al-Qaeda or the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) jihadists. In fact, while Jalaluddin was still alive, Sirajuddin ran a suicide bombers training school – merely 3 miles away from a Pakistan army garrison in North Waziristan – along with the TTP’s Qari Hussain Mehsud, who was also called the Ustad-e-Fidayeen or teacher of the sacrificing ones. The TTP bombers unleashed death and destruction in tribal and mainland Pakistan. In the Pakistan army’s calculus, the cost of providing sanctuary to the HQN, which in turn provided safe havens to the TTP, was less than the value it brought for the Pakistan army’s Afghan strategy. The HQN was the ISI’s veritable arm and the Afghan Taliban’s sword arm, simultaneously.
Pakistan’s first jihadist quisling, Jalaluddin and the gang he sired, stood between the Americans and a decisive victory in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s game plan in Afghanistan, to this day, remains to bloody the American nose through the HQN proxies and wear the international forces out so that they are forced to negotiate with the Taliban and leave, replicating thus the 1989 Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. The US, on its part, has targeted the HQN in an intense drone attack barrage in the Pakistani tribal areas, for years. Dozens of HQN leaders, including several sons of Jalaluddin and the group’s financiers have been killed but just like the Soviets hesitated to chase them across the Durand Line, the Americans have dithered too. Well aware of the US constraints, the Pakistani army has moved the HQN from one tribal territory to the next, setting the Americans up for a whack-a-mole game.
The life and times of the jihadist lynchpin, Jalaluddin Haqqani closely mirror the civil war and strife in Afghanistan and represent the Pakistani policy and tactics in the region. Jalaluddin was Pakistan’s most valued ally in Afghanistan. He epitomised the success and limits of the Pakistani game plan. While he projected brutal power and instilled fear, he never ever commanded popular acclaim among the Afghans. He was always seen as a highlander who sold out to the Pakistani army and was forever beholden to them. Perhaps that is one reason that unlike his erstwhile mujahideen cohorts, Jalaluddin never commanded political power and never vied directly for the Kabul throne. He was feared but not respected or liked within his homeland. His son, Sirajuddin is the second-in-command of the Afghan Taliban and much more formally integrated with the so-called emirate than the jihadist patriarch ever was.
Jalaluddin Haqqani’s trajectory also highlights the objectives and constraints of the world powers, from the Soviet Union to the Americans, when dealing with a terrorist force that enjoys sanctuary and impunity in a sovereign country. Both the USSR and the US first failed to acknowledge the crucial role the trans-border, transnational jihadist terror groups like the HQN played to deny them and the Afghans a decisive victory. And when they did realise the damage such groups cause, the measures they took were too little and too late to mitigate the disaster. A day after his death was announced, there were terror attacks in Kabul killing dozens and testifying to the fact that Jalaluddin Haqqani has poisoned the Afghan waters for the foreseeable future. His is a legacy soaked in Afghan blood.
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Individual therapy is provided using a developmental approach, meaning therapy focuses on establishing the foundation skills needed to improve specific functional skills. For example, in order to put on one's own socks and shoes, a child needs the foundation skills of postural control, coordination of both upper and lower body, coordination of both hands, touch perception, and eye-hand coordination. Within a play-based atmosphere, each child is presented with the "just right" challenge to advance his/her skills to the next developmental level while assuring success in each activity. Therapeutic activities are continually modified to challenge your child while maintaining his/her motivation. To facilitate your child's engagement and attention during therapy sessions, he/she is offered choices of activities. The therapist then guides the activity to focus on your child's goal areas.
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Salt was used in ancient times as a talisman and a symbol of good luck. It was very valuable in Greece, where they even used it to pay slaves. In Rome, soldiers were paid with a portion of salt. The word salary comes from sal, salis, which means salt in Latin.
More recently, before we had the luxury of a fridge, salt was used as a natural food preserver all over the world. Lanzarote fishermen travelling back from Africa would cover their fish with salt to ensure it would stay fresh.
Nowadays, salt is mainly used in food and in swimming pools. It’s still used as a food preserver, especially in packaged foods, but also to add flavour to your meals. In swimming pools it’s used as an alternative to chlorine as it is less harsh.
There are 2 ways to collect salt: from mines or from the sea. Sea salt is highly regarded because of it high content in essential trace minerals and better flavour. Studies have found around 80 of these elements in sea salt and no laboratory is able to recreate this. There are a few salt works in Lanzarote, you’ve probably heard of Salinas del Janubio.
It was started in the beginning of the 20th century by Víctor Fernández to supply the island’s need, especially that of the fishing industry. Both men and women worked all hours, covered top to bottom to protect their skin against the strong sun, yet barefoot. All work was done manually and that still stands today, as they only use a machine for packaging. Today, Salinas struggle because they’re not entitled to government funding as they’re regulated by Mining Law and not Agriculture Law, as they should be.
In La Graciosa, that’s a different story altogether. The rock pool would fill up with sea water during high tides. Low tides meant the rock pools dried up, leaving the salt behind. Then my aunts would go and scrape the salt of the rock to fill big sacks to take back home: that was hard work!!!! | <urn:uuid:0c83b1a1-4400-43f3-bbb2-0616be815591> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lanzarotebusinessassociation.com/precious-salt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.981273 | 433 | 3.015625 | 3 |
What is Law? In a broad feeling, regulation is an establishment developed to manage behaviour, and enforced by governmental and also social organizations. Its specific meaning is open to dispute, however it has been dubbed a science of justice and also an art of justice. For instance, the English-speaking globe has its own language, whereas a few other cultures mention their laws as being “common law”.
To understand truth definition of a law, one must recognize its objective and get in touch with the courts of justice. John Austin, who created the Declaration, specified regulation as an aggregate of regulations that a politically exceptional male deemed appropriate to put on all people. This meaning is usually cited today. In other words, regulation is a body of policies as well as regulations that regulate behavior. However, the meaning of legislation does not discuss why things occur.
Hans Kelsen’s pure concept of law is a prominent one. It states that “law is a normative science”. In other words, legislation does not describe what have to happen, but rather specifies rules that have to be followed. Likewise, Friedrich Karl von Savigny’s historical concept of legislation argues that “regulation is a matter of subconscious natural development” which “law need to follow popular awareness. Therefore, regulations are not only a matter of regulations and also regulations, yet additionally of social values and traditions.
Moreover, a mostly legislative system permits judicial change. The judiciary can exercise its power through innovative law. Hence, regulation is a key part of national politics, economics, history, and society, and acts as a conciliator in between individuals as well as entities. It focuses on safeguarding civil liberties as well as maintaining the status. The other purposes of legislation are to promote social justice as well as organized modification. Some lawful systems serve these purposes far better than others. As an example, tyrannical programs suppress minorities as well as political challengers, while colonialism imposed peace as well as security on a foreign nation.
Most of the times, the first year curriculum of a regulation institution includes compulsory core training courses and also electives. Advanced regulation trainees have a lot more flexibility to select the topics they wish to study. Mentor methods vary, but they consist of talks, workshops, group work, presentations, and course debates. Some organizations use internships in order to boost their trainees’ specialist advancement. Further, some schools provide the opportunity to deal with real clients through pro bono tasks. When picking a legislation college, make sure to inspect the educational program meticulously.
Besides the four fundamental groups, there are lots of other areas of law. In the UK, a major part of this regulation is put on the provision of utilities. In a socialist system, it was banned for any individual to have the methods of manufacturing. However in many nations, private companies are bound by policies and also have a high degree of social obligation. In these areas, governmental as well as exclusive business take care of the same possessions as public entities. The goal of such policies is to decrease the risks related to economic crises.
Civil law is a branch of law that takes care of matters affecting individuals and also things, but leaves out criminal regulation. A lot of civil law countries codify their civil laws, with French Code civil and German BGB being the most noticeable examples. A civil law system is a detailed body of regulations, which is organized in codes to favor order as well as predictability. Codes mirror the structure of the civil laws, and also are normally based upon a sensible taxonomy. Civil law is also versatile to alter, with basic clauses that permit adaptation to transform.
Some countries have a spiritual as well as secular lawful system. While the previous is governed by a deity through prophets and also nonreligious law is developed by people, the majority of these countries have secular systems. While the differences in between the two systems might not be terrific, they do differ in their judicial frameworks. Religious legislations are typically based upon words of God. When it comes to Islamic law, the Quran is utilized as the basis for further regulation.
The USA Constitution sets out the policies that govern the functioning of a federal government. These regulations safeguard essential flexibilities and also rights. For instance, the Clean Air Act controls air pollution by mobile as well as fixed resources. All 50 states are covered by the Clean Air Act. The USA Code is separated right into titles that control various areas. In addition to state-based laws, the federal government looks after Medicare and also Medicaid programs. Healthcare law practice might consist of clinical malpractice, client civil liberties, and also bioethical policy.
Regulation is a company of guidelines that govern human behavior, imposed by governmental or social organizations. Though the precise interpretation of regulation is objected to, some state that it is a science and others explain it as the art of justice. Nonetheless, whatever the exact meaning, regulation is an essential part of human life. Allow’s explore the interpretation of law in more detail. Allow’s additionally look at some instances of legal organizations and their feature. This short article will certainly present some of the most typical lawful organizations as well as their functions.
Constitutions are the basic files of a lawful system. They divide the judicial and also legislative branches of a federal government as well as commonly offer a method of annulling contradictory regulations. The constitutions of many nations additionally identify the component authority and in many cases invoke a divine being or a spiritual message for a country’s regulations. However, numerous nations fall short to apply their constitutions as created. Therefore, many countries fail to safeguard their people from usurpation.
Lawful concept concentrates on the attributes of the law and the ability of people to follow them. The principle of regulation is a device of social engineering, serving to safeguard society from the activities of individuals. It additionally serves as a social organization. However, numerous scholars do not concur regarding the precise meaning of regulation, and also the function of the lawmaker in passing it differs from nation to country. This is because the latter is not the only one that needs to be aware of a details legislation. Go to the website
Generally, regulation students start their research studies by taking a needed core course, before choosing to focus on a certain area. Once they have completed a curriculum, they can begin their study as well as use that expertise in practice. They also develop details obviously material, which can be utilized on last exams. A bulk of first-year legislation courses include one last test at the end of the semester, which determines the final grade. Some institutions supply mid-term examinations that are additionally based on hypothetical reality patterns. Eventually, the last tests need pupils to examine and use their lawful knowledge. | <urn:uuid:6f9f9265-d2f3-43f8-87b9-e1e8453f95e2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://columbiaberlin.com/2022/08/04/what-i-dream-every-person-knew-about-law/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.971973 | 1,374 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Louisiana's Owner License
In Louisiana no owners license is needed to own a firearm.
What is Owner License?
Owner's License are required by some states to prove the person can legally own firearms. Rules of owner's licenses vary from state to state.
Other Louisiana firearm laws
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Know your students: Implications for instruction
Students' progress in their cognitive development varies widely. Students may appear cognitively sophisticated in one area but naive in another. New and difficult concepts should be taught by beginning at a concrete level and proceeding to the more abstract and quantitative. However, whatever the reasoning level of a student, improvement should be expected.
Research has clearly shown that students can use sophisticated reasoning with new and difficult concepts if the learning context is familiar to them. Therefore, whenever possible, such concepts should be presented in "real world" contexts. Where actual applications are not possible, analogies may be used. However, teachers need to take care to avoid generating confusion when using analogies. Attention should be drawn to similarities and differences between the two contexts being compared.
Students entering high school vary in their reasoning abilities and readiness to learn how two quantities might be related. Some students will struggle with understanding the implications of a relationship in which variables are directly proportional, whereas other students will be ready for inverse and other, more complex relationships.
The ability to generate a hypothesis is crucial to scientific literacy. This ability has been developed to some degree in prior years, but high school students should be able to go beyond earlier efforts by generating testable and alternative hypotheses. However, in testing these hypotheses, students often have difficulty differentiating among controlled, independent, and dependent variables. Similarly, many students and adults have difficulty interpreting claims about correlations among variables, and tend to assume a cause and effect relationship which may not be warranted. Furthermore, students often have difficulty understanding the uses of models in science. Teachers should provide students with opportunities to practice such challenging concepts and ideas in multiple contexts. | <urn:uuid:911c899f-0919-4a40-bf31-50edf1d2f085> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://undsci.berkeley.edu/teaching/912_implications.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.950739 | 342 | 3.78125 | 4 |
News: a chapel initially developed by Antoni Gaudí for the Sagrada Família is set to constructed in Chile, 90 years soon after the Catalan architect’s death.
Chilean president Michelle Bachelet has announced plans to fund building of the Gaudí Cultural and Spiritual Center in the city of Rancagua, such as the chapel “Our Lady of the Angels” – set to be the architect’s first completed project outside Spain.
The major tower will be covered with Lapis Lazuli – a deep-blue Chilean stone – and will be topped with a copper cross.
Connected story: Google Doodle celebrates Antoni Gaudí’s birthday
Chilean Franciscan Friar Angélico Aranda wrote to Gaudí in 1922, asking that the architect design and style him a chapel “as only you can do”, and offering payment in prayers.
The architect had currently developed a comparable chapel for the Sagrada Família cathedral, his Barcelona masterpiece, and provided the style to Aranda. “It would be a test of spiritual fellowship among Spain and America,” he replied.
The realisation of the design and style follows a extended-running campaign by Chilean non-profit organisation Corporación Gaudí de Triana to find funding for the project.
The new centre, slated for completion in 2017, will be situated within the 14-hectare Parque Cataluña, at the junction between La Avenida Alameda and El Antiguo Camino Real.
As nicely as the 30-metre-high chapel, it will function subterranean multi-goal spaces, an exhibition gallery committed to Gaudí’s operate and a pair of large public plazas.
“We have no doubt it will be a tremendous asset to the city of Rancagua,” mentioned Bachelet. “The Gaudí Centre is destined to grow to be a point of attraction and an indispensable reference for Area VI. “
Project architect Christian Matzner told Chilean radio station Cooperativa that the chapel was developed in 1915 and is based on the work of Spanish architect Luis Bonifacio at Girona Cathedral.
It will be oriented on the Barcelona-Rancagua axis, in tribute to Gaudi’s intention to link Spain and America, and will also function 20 stone oculi carved in the Mediterranean city.
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The Insect World Versus Biophobia; How Animation Can Encourage Biophilia In The Wake Of Insect Extinction
'People need insects to survive, but insects do not need us'
Humanity's orientation of the world has resulted in the emergence of the Anthropocene extinction, the sixth mass extinction on earth, a human-caused crisis. With we see our biodiversity in a state of severe decline. Amongst this we see one of the most concerning losses. Those we endure within our daily lives, the pests that invade our homes and the ones that threaten our sense of safety with their otherworldly micro scale, the insects. Collective studies have revealed that 40% of insect species are threatened with extinction, and a third are endangered.
OUR SOIL NEEDS US
Research motivation showcase
Animation practice in progress
'The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with these we need a spiritual and cultural transformation, and we scientists don't know how to do that.'
Insects form the literal groundwork to all life on the planet. They are the beating heart of our existence. Without humankind the world would ‘regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years or so ago’ yet without insects the ‘environment would soon collapse to chaos’ (Wilson, 2006). Despite the important role insects play within our ecosystems they are one of the most loathed species on earth. With increasing urbanisation and industrial agriculture the distance between us and our insect ancestors has never been greater. Our scientific technologies and evolutions can no longer keep up with our rate of destruction, nor can it account for the emotional disconnect at the core of our crisis. Science lacks the necessary emotional linguistics to recalibrate our natural world perceptions
' animation is able to bring to life and illustrate the unearthly, the internal, the otherworldly and the hidden aspects of our lived experiences’
Its at the intersection of art and science that we may find a planetary ark. This research seeks to connect what we know and how we feel about insects probing at our emotions via contextual and practical research. The model for human emotions will follow the established theory of both Biophilia (an innate and genetically determined affinity of human beings with the natural world.) and biophobia (an innate fear, distrust and sometimes disgust of the natural world) investigating how either can be effectively elicited through the medium of animation. Animation's ability to combine the creative forces, expand beyond the restrictions of reality and ‘bring to life and illustrate the unearthly, the internal, the otherworldly’ (Gallagher, 2016) makes it a curious and valid form to study within this criteria. Its animations ability to delve into the ‘internal’ that make it ideal to explore emotional and biophilic stimulus within the construct of insect activism and conservation.
Visual depiction of research method
'We impose a social structure of our own invention onto an alien society'
The intent is to identify the process of images, languages, tropes, audiences and discourse within insect cinema, The various pressures that surround insect decline and our human-insect relationship to then identify the possible response and answers through animated practice research. The cinematic evaluation will draw influence from literary theory and film studies, whilst biophilia-biophobia will borrow from sociobiology and conservation ethics. My practical assessment will be influenced by both of these evaluations and take form as a series of animated explorations rearranging and deconstructing them to gain insight to their biophilic value.
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'the more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction'
If we can understand how to reconstruct and reframe insect biophobia and biophilia through animation, applying it to our wider biodiversity crisis becomes more negotiable in the human psyche. Insects pose one of the highest obstacles to surmount in regard to our biophobic interpretations and wider biodiversity crisis as they are largely disliked. This thesis will look at the creative potential to resolve biophobic responses to nature from the literal ground up, starting with the emblem of human disconnect, the insects. The value and significance of this study lies in its potential for broader application. It could provide reference and avenues of enquiry across our numerous world issues. E.O Wilson (2006: 89) remarks that 'only nature can serve as the planetary ark.' However, nature requires the necessary space to build this metaphorical ark. This imagined space refers to our emotional connectedness to the earth which will be investigated in the form of animated practice. This will frame animation as the imagined materials to build this ‘planetary ark’. Our perceptions of insects cannot be resolved with science, they are subjective, imaginary and emotional and ‘we need a spiritual and cultural transformation’ . This research will see the matrimony of seemingly disparate concepts and subjects. One being human and insects, the other art and science. It is at the intersection of art and science that the potential salvation for our insect population crisis could be found. | <urn:uuid:583ad818-5504-4248-88c9-d958be2f5c1e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.occultadama.co.uk/team-1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.909987 | 1,073 | 2.90625 | 3 |
NRI Pulse Staff Report
Atlanta, GA, June 26, 2018: The Thomson Reuters Foundation survey asked about 550 experts in women’s issues which of the 193 United Nations member states they considered most dangerous on a range of issues, with India topping the list followed by Afghanistan and Syria.
The United States was named as the only Western nation among the 10 most dangerous countries for women on Tuesday in a survey of global experts, after the #MeToo campaign triggered a flood of complaints about sexual harassment and assault, says a press release issued by the foundation.
The United States came 10th overall, but ranked joint third with Syria when respondents were asked where women most risked sexual violence, harassment and coercion into sex, and sixth regarding non-sexual violence such as domestic and mental abuse.
India was named as the most dangerous country for women after coming fourth in the same survey seven years ago. The world’s second most populous nation, with 1.3 billion people, ranked as the most dangerous on three of the topic questions – the risk of sexual violence and harassment against women, the danger women face from cultural, tribal and traditional practices, and the country where women are most in danger of human trafficking including forced labor, sex slavery and domestic servitude.
Violence against women in India has caused national and international outrage and protests since the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi. As India’s rape epidemic gets worst by the year, critics have pointed fingers at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for not doing enough to protect women. | <urn:uuid:14c47802-c18d-476b-8d5f-df0b701c3e8e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nripulse.com/india-worlds-most-dangerous-country-for-women-says-survey/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.960149 | 322 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Jesse Colin Young wrote this song about his battle with Lyme disease, which in many cases causes fatigue and joint pain, but can be debilitating. It's caused by tick bites and can be very hard to diagnose because the symptoms mimic other conditions.
Young isn't sure when he was bitten, but he spent a lot of time in nature starting in 1967 when, as a member of The Youngbloods, he moved to house in the woods of Marin County, California where he enjoyed hikes and motorcycle rides to the shore. He called this home "Ridgetop," and wrote a song about it
. The house was burned down by a wildfire in 1995; he and his wife moved to Hawaii, which is when he got sick. In addition of pain and fatigue, he suffered from mental and emotional problems, including panic attacks. Doctors didn't know what was wrong with him, so they put him on anti-depressants.
It wasn't until years later that Young was diagnosed: his wife's cousin worked for the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, and gave her a brochure. When Jesse read it, it was a revelation - he finally knew the cause of his ills.
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Author name: Adrian Ludwig Richter.
(1803, Dresden, Germany – 1884, Dresden, Germany). German painter, printmaker and illustrator. He ranks with Moritz von Schwind as the most important representative of late Romantic painting and printmaking in Germany. In contrast to the work of such leading masters of early Romanticism, Richter’s art was more modest in its aims, in line with the restrained intellectual climate of the Biedermeier period. | <urn:uuid:86ffa5c2-571f-4cb0-9fa3-23b2861705b6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://artmight.com/Artists/Adrian-Ludwig-Richter-1803-1884/adrian-ludwig-richter-286093p.html/(mode)/lasthits | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.889302 | 131 | 2.625 | 3 |
Uwaga: Tłumaczenia dodatkowych przykładów nie były weryfikowane przez naszych lektorów - mogą zawierać błędy.
She was suddenly very still, staring down at her dinner plate.
Turn her round on a dinner plate if you had to.
Nothing I had ever met up with on a dinner plate before then, certainly.
To serve, place each fish in the center of a dinner plate.
Each piece was twice the size of the average dinner plate.
And that all used to end up on your dinner plate?
A dinner plate costs $12, and a pitcher is $29.
Once they left the hills, the ground looked level as a dinner plate, but it wasn't.
Then he saw the general, and his eyes grew to the size of dinner plates.
But in the end, they will still be headed for the dinner plate. | <urn:uuid:14db8bc1-bc91-4df2-940c-8e49ebeaa94a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.diki.pl/slownik-angielskiego?q=dinner+plate | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.862611 | 213 | 1.914063 | 2 |
The advantages and disadvantages of custom software development
In many cases, companies need software that goes far beyond the most widespread programs and applications in the market. There are many tools for specific objectives that do not always fulfil the functions that a particular business needs. To solve this problem, there is custom software. What does it consist of? It is nothing more than a type of software developed specifically for a client and with a set of objectives. Large companies often use it very often, and even public administrations. But what are its advantages and disadvantages?
Advantages of Custom Software Development
- It has been designed specifically for specific business needs. It can be adapted through customised software programming to adapt to the operational needs of an organisation.
- Custom software for business is created to have a simple interface with other software, thus providing a fully integrated system to the IT infrastructure of the commercial entity.
- Custom software is developed by using the latest updated technology. The system is developed specifically to meet the client's business requirements. Any dissatisfaction or difficulty of the client that appears during the development process can be improved. Everything is done with the client's permission. It is surely the most important benefit of custom software development.
- It is easier and more intuitive to use and does not contain unnecessary installations.
- One of the most important aspects is its flexibility compared to software packages. Custom software can be changed and modified over time according to changes in business requirements.
- Good software development services add value to a company, suggesting useful alternatives and acting as a useful source of advice and information.
- Expandable and connectable to different web services, SDK and other external applications to expand information, data, updates, calls to other systems, among others.
- A great benefit that is obtained with personalised business applications is an efficient and reliable technical support plan. You have full access to the technical support team that participated in the development process of your application, so all the problems you can find are solved in an efficient way.
- Personalized workflow, specific departments, concrete limitations and endless possibilities.
Disadvantages of Custom Software Development
- For the needs of large companies, the cost of customised development can be greater than packaged software
- If you do not program under certain standards and you do not carry out adequate tests of the software, these can present frequent errors.
- It requires a post-implementation follow-up that can last several weeks (Depending on the size of the Software).
- If you do not have clear needs or an adequate information gathering or validation of requirements, you may end up with cost overruns to solve these problems.
Although there are some drawbacks, custom software is a very economical option compared to readymade software, as it can be developed on an increasingly smaller scale. The development of well-tailored software usually has greater advantages than disadvantages will depend a lot on the knowledge of the team about the business and/or the provider that will carry out the development. Therefore, profitable software development can be benefited by small businesses, charities and even individuals. | <urn:uuid:10798690-6dfb-4e90-af30-54c5bf1866df> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cmtech.com.au/uncategorised/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-custom-software-development/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.939839 | 623 | 1.71875 | 2 |
There is one reality for bankers, another for the rest of us. That is the lesson most easily drawn from the Jan. 10 press conference of the European Central Bank (ECB). Just hours earlier, Greece had released its latest labor statistics: a steep overall jobless rate of 26.8% masking even worse news for young Greeks, with over half of them — an astonishing 56.6% — out of work. The human toll of the country’s struggle to avoid a ragged departure from the European single currency could scarcely be starker. In 2012 the 17-nation euro zone lost more than 2 million jobs as it grappled with its fierce debt crisis.
Yet the mood at the ECB, and especially of its president Mario Draghi, appeared chipper, at least by the sobersided standards of the institution and the office holder. “We spoke a lot about contagion when things go poorly, but I believe there is a positive contagion when things go well,” he said. “And I think that’s also what is in play now. There is a positive contagion.”
Superimpose Draghi’s optimistic picture on the harsh experiences of Greece and Spain, where unemployment is also hovering around 25%, and you get something akin to a drawing by Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher: a mind-bending construct with stairs that lead nowhere and architecture ignoring the laws of physics and common sense. That is a pretty accurate portrait of the euro zone and the wider E.U. How you see it depends on your viewing angle, but from no perspective does it make complete sense. Small wonder that increasing numbers of people, especially in debt-blighted European countries, are coming to believe the only solution is to raze the crazy structures and start afresh.
But that won’t happen if Draghi has anything to do with it. Last year the 65-year-old Italian economist found himself — to the slow-dawning appreciation of governments and bankers from Beijing to Washington — the most prominent and powerful defender of European integration. “Super Mario” saved the euro, literally, at least in the short term. His heroics won him plaudits, but his fellow delegates among the world’s financial elite, gathering from Jan. 22 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, will clamor to know how he believes the currency can overcome the huge existential challenges it still faces.
To understand how pivotal this question is — and by no means just in Europe — it’s worth remembering the size of the euro zone, often overlooked amid excitement at the bulging muscle of China and India and concern over the health of world’s biggest economy, the U.S. The 17 members of the single currency make up the planet’s second largest economy, with a combined annual economic output of $12 trillion. The global recovery, weak and patchy, cannot progress if the euro zone falters and fails. If just one member were to plummet out of the system, markets would exact retribution on people and institutions in distant countries that until that moment had no idea their fates were linked to a continent that has sparked more global conflagrations than any other.
“The European project is a project of peace. Let’s not forget that at the beginning that was the main purpose that our founding fathers had,” says Draghi. His 35th-floor office in the ECB headquarters looks out over Frankfurt, a city nearly destroyed by European conflict and now resurgent as the euro zone’s financial hub. Europe’s is a history of wars, hot and cold, and those experiences inspired the European project toward union and integration. Draghi, born just two years after World War II into a fractured country that had been on the losing side, like many Europeans instinctively grasps that the hardships caused by rocketing unemployment and rampant inflation can imperil even deep-rooted democracies. Sure enough, in Greece, the cradle of democracy — albeit one at times rocked by invaders and in 1967 hijacked by its own military — the despair and rage of its jobless are speeding the rise of the populist far right. Ironically, the phenomenon is stoked by the very budget-cutting reforms demanded by the ECB and the country’s other creditors. As Draghi helps spearhead Europe’s struggle to quell the debt crisis, there are troubling issues to address about the failures of politics that have left so many voters alienated and a central banker wielding a greater global influence than most elected leaders.
Last year, when those failures came close to ripping apart the euro, Draghi stepped into the breach. Just 20 words from him were enough to simultaneously shock and soothe the markets threatening the currency’s destruction. “The ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro,” he told delegates at a London investors’ conference. “And believe me, it will be enough.”
His dramatic intervention, on July 26, bought time, but that commodity is again running low. Even Germany, the euro zone’s biggest and most robust economy, is sputtering, with growth of only 0.7% in 2012. Draghi’s influence, and all the tools of the ECB, may not be enough to steer Europe’s single currency out of danger if politicians squander the temporary stay of execution he has given them.
Words Are Cheap He describes himself as European first, Italian second, but alarms sounded in Germany in November 2011 when Draghi succeeded the cautious, conservative Frenchman Jean-Claude Trichet as the ECB’s top dog. The ECB’s governing council includes representatives from each central bank of the euro-zone nations. Successive Bundesbank governors, haunted by the specter of hyperinflation that sank the Weimar Republic, have remained wedded to a narrow interpretation of the ECB’s remit, to ensure price stability in Europe. Their angst finds echoes among German taxpayers, resentful that they are being asked to fund what they see as the profligacies of southern Europeans. “Mamma mia!” the German daily tabloid Bild protested when Draghi emerged as a front runner for the ECB job. “With Italians, inflation is a part of life, just like tomato sauce goes with pasta.” | <urn:uuid:e07b612d-afda-469a-a355-ba9c3653a1a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://business.time.com/2013/01/17/mario-draghi-the-man-who-would-save-europe/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.953895 | 1,316 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Inpatient and Outpatient Vyvanse Treatment Centers
- Can Vyvanse Abuse and Addiction Be Treated?
- Do I Need Addiction Treatment?
- Types of Treatment
- Dual Diagnosis Treatment
- Choose The Best Vyvanse Treatment
Vyvanse Addiction and AbuseVyvanse is a prescription stimulant - meaning it has a mechanism of action similar to drugs in the amphetamine class (also known as "amphetamine-type stimulants" or ATS). Vyvanse is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Because of its stimulant properties, Vyvanse carries a high risk for abuse and dependence.
Can Vyvanse Abuse and Addiction Be Treated?
Of course, detox is the first step in the treatment process to rid the body of all traces of Vyvanse.
Once detox has been completed, you will begin with psychosocial therapies and counseling to help with the underlying causes of your Vyvanse addiction.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and contingency management (CM) have been shown to be effective treatment options for Vyvanse addiction, and both of these therapies can be administered in either inpatient or outpatient treatment settings.
Do I Need Addiction Treatment?
It is not always easy to identify when you have a problem with Vyvanse. Usually, the individual struggling with addiction is the last to know that there is a problem.
Fortunately, there are a few questions you can ask yourself to help determine if it is time to seek help.
- Does your Vyvanse use interfere with your work or school?
- Does Vyvanse addiction affect your relationships with friends and family?
- Are you spending an ever-increasing amount of time and resources seeking Vyvanse or using the drug?
- Have you made some bad decisions leading to violence or criminal acts while under the influence?
- Do you use Vyvanse to improve or enhance performance in school or athletics?
- Do you binge on alcohol along with the Vyvanse?
- College students and adolescents are particularly vulnerable in this category.
Types of Treatment
Dual Diagnosis Treatment
Dual diagnosis is quite prevalent within the population of individuals with Vyvanse addiction, since the drug itself is used to treat a neurological/psychological disorder (ADHD). In addition, Vyvanse addicts may also suffer from depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. This dual diagnosis complicates treatment slightly because of the need to control the symptoms of the underlying psychiatric illness while detoxing the user from Vyvanse.
Both clinical research in addiction and health services research have resulted in a greater integration of substance abuse treatment and treatment of co-occurring illnesses. As behavioral health care and drug addiction treatment move more into primary care settings, the capability to treat co-occurring disorders will become the expectation of these delivery systems as well.
If you received a dual diagnosis from a mental health professional before or during Vyvanse treatment, you should expect to attend some extra counseling sessions to address the mental health issues, while possibly being prescribed additional medications to treat the underlying psychological disorder.
It is important to seek treatment for your Vyvanse addiction as soon as you realize it is interfering with your daily life, whether school, work, home, family, or friends. The sooner you seek treatment for Vyvanse addiction, the less harm will be done in the long run.
Choose The Best Vyvanse Treatment
With the help and support of your family, friends, and qualified treatment specialists, you can feel confident about your choice to seek treatment.
Selecting the best Vyvanse treatment can be stressful, as there are many factors to consider. However, with the help and support of your family, friends, and qualified treatment specialists, you can feel confident about your choice to seek treatment.
Deciding what is important to you during treatment and how much money you have to spend are the first steps, as these dictate the type of treatment you should pursue (inpatient vs. outpatient, continuing to work, living at home, etc.).
You must also choose how long you want (or need) to stay in treatment, and what other amenities are important to you. A combination of these factors will help you select the treatment center that beset suits your individual needs.
Please call to speak with one of our treatment support specialists today at 1-888-993-3112Who Answers? to explore the treatment options available in your area and choose the best Vyvanse treatment that suits your individual needs.
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- Carroll, K.M. (2011). Chapter 44: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. In Ruiz, P., and Strain, E., eds. Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook, Fifth Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, pp. 238-254.
- Fals-Stewart, W., and Lam, W.K. (2011). Family/Couples Approaches to Treatment Engagement and Therapy. In Ruiz, P., and Strain, E., eds. Previously cited.
- Higgins, S.T., and Silverman, K. (2008). Contingency Management. In Galanter, M., and Kleber, H.D., eds. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment. Fourth Edition. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
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- Kosten, E.R., et al., (2008). Clinical Management: Cocaine. In Galanter, M., and Kleber, H.D., eds. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment. Fourth Edition. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
- Mee-Lee, D., et al., eds. (2013). The ASAM Criteria: Treatment Criteria for Addictive, Substance-Related, and Co-Occurring Conditions. Third Edition. Chevy Chase, MD: The Change Companies.
- Philip, N.S., et al. (2010). Pharmacologic Approaches to Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Re-examination for the Modern Era. Expert Opin Pharmacother 11(5):709-722.
- Stitzer, M., and Petry, N. (2006). Contingency Management for Treatment of Substance Abuse. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 2:411-434. | <urn:uuid:32f7788a-b1ba-4d46-a88c-d129431f57fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mentalhelp.net/substance-abuse/vyvanse/treatment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.894951 | 1,457 | 2.21875 | 2 |
How to contribute to healthy hair growth
Riya Lakhani ANutr is a registered nutritionist and health writer with a special interest in plant-based nutrition. She has completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Human Nutrition, and has developed a passion for writing about all things plant-based.
Are you getting enough of it? We’re not talking about milk or Zzzzzz’s, we’re talking about hair growth, of course!
“Like many other parts of your body, your hair also requires multiple nutrients to grow healthy. And it may not come as a surprise to learn that many nutritional deficiencies are closely linked to thinning hair and even hair loss,” explains expert nutritionist Riya Lakhani ANutr.
When it comes to hair growth, biotin helps the body break down protein, which is essential for hair growth and can go on to boost the rate of follicle growth.
Interestingly, multiple studies have found that biotin assists in the regrowth of hair in those who are deficient in this vitamin. So if you’re falling short on your biotin intake, this supplement has you covered.
We’ve also included 55ug of selenium and 10mg of zinc (Albion™) in our Biotin supplement to supercharge hair health.
Like biotin, zinc also plays a key role in protein absorption, which is essential to having healthy, strong and thick hair. Zinc is also important for hair follicle development, which contributes to an improved rate of hair growth.
The added selenium in this supplement helps boost the health of the scalp and keeps hair nourished by encouraging regular hair growth.
It’s easy to see why our Biotin formula is one of our most loved hair care supplements.
Talking of our most loved supplements, our Vitamin C supplement is another one to add to your hair care routine.
One of vitamin C’s handy functions is to help your body absorb iron, a mineral necessary for hair growth. Since iron deficiency can be a key reason for hair loss, getting enough vitamin C is vital for improving hair growth.
Vitamin C is also a powerful antioxidant, which helps boost blood flow throughout your body. And when there is increased blood supply to your scalp, there is more stimulation of your hair follicles, which may also help promote hair growth.
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A Treasurer and Tax Collector in Starke County, Indiana is responsible for collecting local taxes and disbursing these funds, including property taxes. Starke County Treasurers and Tax Collectors maintain a number of tax-related records, including property tax assessments, parcel numbers, local tax assessments, appraisal values, and information on individuals with delinquent taxes. These Starke County tax departments may provide information on tax payment plans, tax refunds, tax liens, and foreclosures. Some offices also handle business taxes and licensing as well as vehicle taxes and registration. Treasurers and Tax Collectors provide a range of Starke County tax information and services, which are accessible through their website.
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An Assessor in Starke County, Indiana works for the county or local government to determine the appraisal value of taxable property within its jurisdiction. This information is used to assess the taxes, including property taxes, owed by residents. Starke County Assessors provide a number of tax-related services, including parcel searches, tax payment plans, tax refunds, and liens. The Starke County tax department may also keep records on foreclosures, properties with delinquent taxes, and tax payments, as well as property tax assessments and property tax payment schedules. Assessors provide access to many of their services and records online.
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A Clerk in Starke County, Indiana operates at the county or local level of government to maintain public records for their jurisdiction. In addition to keeping vital records like marriage licenses and birth certificates, Starke County Clerk's Offices also have a number of tax-related records and provide services related to taxes. This includes records on property tax assessments, paid and unpaid taxes, delinquent taxes, and tax liens. Starke County Clerk tax departments may also provide information on tax payment plans, tax refunds, and local foreclosures. In addition, some Clerk's Offices handle Starke County business taxes and licenses as well as vehicle taxes and registration. Clerks provide access to many of their services and records online.
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Why do some organisations often use two or more security awareness training solutions at once?
That’s a question that grabbed our attention when it popped up on social recently.
The comment highlighted the following security oddity…
Increasing numbers of organisations today are investing in some form of “innovative” security training designed to reduce human cyber risk by improving security behaviours. But the same organisations often invest in a second form of security training, too.
The second form is quite different from the first. It’s far from innovative or engaging. Instead, it’s dated. Dry. Dull, even.
Plus, it’s unconcerned with reducing human cyber risk. Instead, it’s designed predominantly to help companies achieve compliance.
What makes that so odd?
Well, if the innovative, risk-reducing solutions actually reduce human cyber risk, shouldn’t they help with compliance by definition?
And, if so, why do organisations today still bother running both forms of training?
The obvious (but wrong) answer
At first, the above seems easy to answer:
Regulators must have it wrong. Presumably, the regulators are asking organisations to do the wrong things.
But that’s simply not the case.
And that’s exactly what innovative, risk-reducing solutions do.
So why do compliance-only solutions remain so prominent?
The answer lies in security awareness training history.
Even as recently as 2017, solutions that demonstrably changed behaviour and truly reduced human cyber risk were rare.
Cyber crime wasn’t exactly new. But the market was behind the times.
Breaches of Equifax magnitude were making headlines. Organisations wanted to arm their people with security training. Regulators were encouraging the same thing. So organisations relied on their existing Learning Management System (LMS) vendors for support.
The LMS vendors were comfortable with designing compliance-focused training solutions. They already offered things like Health and Safety and Anti-money Laundering training. And they were quick to add security awareness training to their Learning Management Systems.
There was just one problem.
The cyber security training was developed by training specialists rather than security, psychology, behavioural change and data science specialists.
From a compliance perspective, the LMS training was perfect. It helped organisations be “compliant”.
Unfortunately, most people subjected to the training hated it, and it failed to change security behaviours and cultures. And that meant organisations’ human cyber risk didn’t reduce.
Threats scaled. And the breaches continued.
The rise of risk-reducing “ABC” solutions
With cyber threats mounting, CISOs began to get the message out:
“Compliance” was a minimum requirement. Organisations needed to focus on risk-reduction. This was supposed to be about managing and reducing risk. They needed to advance improvements in security Awareness, Behaviour and Culture (ABC) simultaneously.
Risk-reduction climbed boardroom agendas and leading CISOs began investing in risk-reducing Awareness, Behaviour and Culture change solutions. Thanks to a focus on science and data (we’ll go ahead and plug CybSafe here), the new solutions demonstrably reduced human cyber risk.
Regulators, HR, boards, customers; the innovative, engaging and effective solutions meet stakeholder needs.
But still, compliance-only training refuses to die.
Why does compliance-only training live on?
To be clear, we are now certain organisations no longer have to rely on compliance-only security training from their Learning Management Systems. Solutions like CybSafe’s ABC platform meet compliance requirements and reduce human cyber risk (and integrate into their existing LMS!).
Unfortunately, in some large organisations, ditching compliance-only security training is easier said than done. Efforts to banish it can trigger battles with internal stakeholders. Today, some security professionals care enough about their users to do more than compliance-only security training, but they don’t consider the additional battle of rationalisation one worth fighting. Often, dull and mandatory security awareness training remains part of favoured Learning Management Systems.
Plus, just a shred of doubt in an innovative solution’s ability to meet compliance requirements probably justifies the use of two solutions in the mind of the security professionals.
And so the status quo continues. Some organisations use two (or more) security awareness training solutions.
Is the status quo set to continue?
Along with CybSafe, the NCSC now advocates people-centric security. The movement probably means that, sooner or later, organisations are going to demand unifying security awareness training solutions that both reduce human cyber risk and keep organisations compliant.
In anticipation, some security vendors are already adding things like health and safety training to their content libraries in an effort to become diverse Learning Management Systems. In our opinion, that’s risky. After all, CISOs enlist security Awareness, Behaviour and Culture solutions because Learning Management Systems are too generic. They provide access to training content. They don’t change security behaviours.
A better alternative, we believe, lies in integrating engaging and innovative security solutions with legacy Learning Management Systems. That way, organisations get risk-reducing training that keeps them compliant and lives in existing Learning Management Systems.
That’s precisely why the CybSafe team have been working so hard on integrations lately. If it reduces security frictions and cyber risk, we’re all for it.
After all, compliance without risk-reduction is a very questionable goal.
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|Place of Origin:||China|
|Minimum Order Quantity:||10 piece / pieces|
|Packaging Details:||EXPORT PACKING|
|Delivery Time:||15-20 days after payment|
|Supply Ability:||50000 pieces per month|
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Power Over Ethernet PoE Surge Protector,
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Telecom PoE Surge Protector
Ethernet network Power System SPD 48V RJ45 POE surge protector
RJ45 POE surge protector Product Details:
It can effectively ensure the equipment work properly.
Protect transmission of Ethernet signals with 48V power supply circuits against lightning induced surges.
Small insertion loss, good transmission rate.
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The History of Tampa Florida stretches back to around 1824. The US had acquired Florida from Spain. In 1823, the US Army was ordered to create a military presence in what would be downtown Tampa today, to control the Seminole Indians, and the result was Fort Brooke.
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Suddenly, Tampa bloomed from a mere 800 residents to 15,000 in the next two decades.
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Hey there. The app says you’re ready for Grade 2 when “you’re comfortable with all the things covered so far In Modules 1-7.” We covered a lot of things, more than I can remember. Is there a checklist somewhere?
Also, unless I missed something, in Grade 1 we learned open chords, how to change between chords, and we learned strumming patterns which we practiced on muted strings. But we haven’t had a lesson yet on combining strumming patterns with chord changes. Is that correct? I’ve been playing along with about a dozen songs backing tracks, but just playing one down strum for each chord; I haven’t started using the strumming patterns for songs.
I think I’m ready for Grade 2 if the lesson plan structure hasn’t gotten yet to the point where we’re combining chord changes with strumming patterns— in other words, playing whole songs. If we’re supposed to already know how to do this, will someone kindly tell me which module to find instruction on this?
See the text below website lesson given prerequisite for moving onto Grade 2
You should be able to play 5 easy songs with chords and strumming patterns you have learned applied.
With regards to strumming, yes, practice the Strumming Patterns with Muted Strings. Once you have the Strumming pattern locked in and don’t need to think about it and have learned the chord progression, then you can start to apply them together.
Ideally, you want to pick 5 songs with the open chords you have learned. Preferably, pick songs with simple chord progressions that are easy to remember.
I see. Thank you. I guess I should spend more time on the website instead of just using the app because there’s more info on the website, right? I thought just following along in the app would be enough.
I can play all the chords in Grade 1 and all of the chord changes. I’ve gotten familiar with about a dozen songs that I play with using the backing tracks. Some I am still playing at a tempo of less than 100%. I could easily pick five songs. For the purpose of finishing Grade 1, should I be aiming for playing the complete song without a backing track? So I need to memorize not just the strumming pattern (and be able to play it), but also the musical structure of the song? All that before I start any lessons in Grade 2?
Ain’t that the truth.
The website has everything in terms of lesson content. The app has some lesson content and its biggest benefit - the song playalong element.
Justin designed the App as a supplementary to the website in the first instance. The possibilities of app technology means it has become bigger as his ambition for it has grown and it is now something unto itself. But the website should also be a main reference for learning.
Not using the website also means not keeping up with Justin’s alter ego as he decides if he is good enough to move on from Grade 1: Nitsuj Grade 1 Practice | JustinGuitar.com
Thanks again. So, I looked at that video. It was exactly what I needed, but it also has me scratching my head wondering why something so important was left out of the lessons presented in the app. I wish I had seen that video 3-4 weeks ago because it would have helped me have a better focus during my practice. Now that I know what I need to do, I’m guessing it will be another 3-4 weeks before I start Grade 2.
I’m also still wondering whether there is a lesson specifically on learning to apply a strumming pattern while making chord changes. Unless I missed something, his strumming lessons in Grade 1 have all been about strumming with the strings muted. I did find this one video from another teacher— Intro to Guitar Strumming: How to Change Chords IN TIME - YouTube. This seems like the missing link that Justin should add to the Grade 1 Beginners Course. How do I submit this as a suggestion?
Craig I’m not sure if there is a specific lesson as such…generally the approach would be strumming on beat 1 only to start with whilst moving between chords and then progressing to a point where you are using ALL downstrums for each beat of the bar (so four downstrums per bar on a 4:4 song) . At this point you should be able to play a song i.e. moving through the chord progression, whilst playing a downstrum for each beat.
Once you can do that you will probably have worked out how to apply the strumming patterns as they are simply about on what beat you strum the strings.
You probably want to start by strumming any open chord as you do when you strum the strings muted…it should be exactly the same except you’ll now play the chord properly…similarly you could then move from one chord to the another whilst continuing to repeat the strumming pattern.
Justin introduces in Module 1 strumming on first beat of each bar to give you time to make your chord changes as you develop your ability to make the chord change and strum the chord right on the beat. As you do the practice your one minute changes your chord changes get better and you get better at this strumming pattern. Module 2 you progress to strumming down once every down beat. Once your comfortable with this Justin recommends that you try strumming your guitar only on beats one and three to get used to missing down strums and keeping that arm moving. In module 2 there is then a lesson specifically on how to change chords and keep strumming.
Hi Craig. I’m at the same spot as you and wondered the same thing about the strumming patterns. I had a helluva time getting through a mental block with Old Faithful, but have finally gotten to a point where it’s reliable and nearly thoughtless during muted strumming (lots of practice time). Putting a strumming pattern into a song was a whole other matter (and yes, I don’t think Justin covered that), but I figured that I should just start doing it when I felt I could. After repeated attempts and practice, I can now use it in songs pretty comfortably now, though my up strums need a lot of work still (pick angle).
Yea, the website is much more comprehensive than the app; I use the app just for song practice and the site for everything else. All of that is supplemented by the books, which I’m using for my song memorization stuff.
I wouldn’t sweat the transition from Grade 1 to Grade 2; I’m right there as well, working on my 5 songs. As everyone says, it’s a marathon, not a race.
Wow! I can’t thank you enough. All I needed was a nudge. I already had the two pieces; I just needed to put them together.
I chose two songs I’ve been practicing with the backing tracks with only one downstrum per bar (“Three Little Birds” and “Wish You Were Here”). It turns out the strumming pattern for both was a simple four downstrums per bar, so the hardest part was getting the tempo right. I practiced the tempo on muted strings using a metronome, and then when I tried playing again with the backing track, voila! I had more or less played the song.
It was rough around the edges, but I can now see that I’m more than ready to learn five songs. So, from now on I should be practicing the actual strumming patterns, not just one downstrum per bar…
Like I said, I can’t thank you enough. I was already sold on Justin Guitar, but the responsiveness and quality of help from the Justin Guitar community is the real wow factor.
I have a follow up question about when will I be ready to start Grade Two. It turns out that I’m close to being able to play five songs. A few of the songs I’ve been playing on the app have really simple strumming patterns (four downstrums per bar), and I was able to apply the complete strumming pattern and thus play the whole song (with some flubs of course). My question is—does it count as playing the song if I’m using the backing track? Or am I supposed to be able to play it from memory as if I brought my guitar to a party? This is for the purpose of completing Grade One and moving on to Grade 2. Either way, I think I’ll be ready within 2-4 weeks, which puts me at about the six-month mark of this journey. I don’t know if that makes me a slow learner, but I’m happy as long as I’m making progress.
I moved on using the backing tracks always. So I think there is no problem with that.
Not at all, it has been told in another thread to use the number of the module as the number of recommended weeks. Adding from 1 to 7 is equal to 28 weeks which are 7 months for grade 1.
Either way, measuring the time in natural days is deceiving. Since not everyone has the same amount of time to practice. I prefer to count my progress in hours. I’m over 100 hours (in 1 year and a half) of practice and I’m on module 12, but having to go back a bit to consolidate my strumming and some chord changes (A and F). Then I just think that I’ve spent so much more time in games .
The case is that as long as you’re making progress, it is all fine. This is a marathon, a marathon to enjoy .
All of this is super helpful and reassuring info. I practice every day for at least an hour (less the first couple months when I was building calluses), so I would say I’m at well over 100 hours, probably closer to 150, and I’m on Module 7, so that still seems slow by comparison. But I’m also learning that it really doesn’t matter how long it takes to learn as long as you’re motivated to learn and do learn.
I’ve got 3 of Justin’s books - Beginner’s Songbook, Beginner’s Songbook Volume II, and the Rock Songbook. All of those are linked from the site. The Beginner Songbooks have a great selection of songs, with each having playing tips, strumming advice, and items that you can try when coming back to the song with more advanced knowledge. The Rock Songbook is a bit more advanced and I’m not quite there yet, but it’s fun to look through and experiment with stuff. I enjoy being able to lay a book out and play songs “offline”.
Hi Craig, don’t worry about that. Had a very similar experience to yours, I also needed nearly 5 months through Grade 1, was very happy to have finished, until I sah Justin’s recommendation how to pass Grade 1 and that there should be a phase of consolidation and also the memorizing of 5 songs. First I was a little bit frustrated because I already had the feeling to be too slow. But to be honest, like you I wasn’t aware to use the strumming patterns in the songs, videos showed muted strings and in Justins course book recommendation was to do this later. In the app, strumming patterns are mostly very simplyfied… so end of the story was, that I couldn’t play that 5 Songs consistantly while using a suggested strumming pattern. So my consolidation took another 4-5 weeks and is still going on, while I was going through Module 8. Most of the songs in the app are much easier to play as in the songbook. I found out, that playing with the app is a very good Instrument to get into playing, into timing and rhythm, but it is much more difficult to play without, but that’s the target… so I’m working on playing without support too. Frustrating sometimes. I’ m in now for about 6,5 months and working through Module 8, while building up a solid basis. Not very fast, but it takes as long as it takes…I decided to consider the way as my target, I practice at least one hour a day, not because I have to, just because I’m having so much fun with it.
I may have to get them. I do like the idea of playing songs “offline.” I have a few songbooks with guitar tab that I picked up for cheap at secondhand bookstores, but they were too advanced for me, especially the Led Zeppelin (my favorite group). Justin’s books are probably more appropriate for my skill level, so I think I’ll take the plunge. Thank you!
Your experience definitely sounds like mine. But that’s okay. Playing songs with backing tracks on the app where I can slow down the tempo has been key. I’ve been playing 1-1 1/2 hours a day not because I have to, but because I keep adding new songs I like with chord changes I’m practicing because I’m having so much fun.
When I finally realized how simple the strumming patterns were (in the app) for many of the songs I’ve been playing (“Three Little Birds,” “Sing,” “For What It’s Worth,” “Wish You Were Here”), I realized I was closer to finishing Grade One than I thought. In fact, there may be five songs that I simply have to memorize at this point because I can already play them just fine with the app.
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Vilnius, where the Nobel Prize winner lived in his youth, was the first to name a stairway in the Old Town after Milosz several years ago.
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Living in Harmony The United State of Ashokapura
Ethnicity is not a phenomenon that should manipulate to create division. Instead, it must be a tool for strengthening reconciliation. Sinhala and Tamil people who live in Ashokapura are a good example because they live together as one community here.
“People must live in a mixed society if they want to build ethnic reconciliation. We have lived in Ashokapura for 40 years without any conflict among us. The reason is blending,” says I.A. Ajith Nishantha, a villager in his forties. He is a small businessman in Ashokapura village in Mihinthale.
He had to migrate out of Trincomalee in the 1980s with his entire family due to ethnic tensions. Since then, they were temporarily sheltered in a forest reservation in Ashokapura, Mihintale where the government maintained a teak timber plantation previously. Later, they were offered housing under Gam Udava programme.
“During my youth, like my family, several families from North and East migrated here. The majority were Sinhala Buddhists. There were also Tamil Catholics who spoke Sinhala. Today, most villagers are fluent in both Sinhala and Tamil. About 400 families live here now and about 100 families are Catholic. We all live in peace and harmony,” says Ajith Nishantha.
“We are not divided by religion. By the time we arrived here, we saw a sacred Bo sapling in the vicinity and constructed a temporary building with tin sheets for a makeshift Buddhist shrine. Since the Catholics had no shrine, we started a church about 50 meters away from the temple on the same land. Both shrines are well developed now. Alms are offered to the Buddhist monks in the temple even by Catholic people,” said Ajith, outlining the reconciliation in the village.
“There is a big feast in the cathedral every year. It’s a massive event and the Buddhists handle all logistics. In fact, the entire village unites on the festival day. We are all saddened by the Easter Sunday attacks. The Catholics who live here have relations in Negombo and some of them were affected. We hoisted white flags across the village and conducted Bodhi Puja rituals in the Buddhist temple. We did so to help the Christians to cope with the tragedy. The monk in the temple and the father in the church delivered sermons to us with messages of peace,” said Ajith describing how the villagers overcame the challenges created by the recent tragic circumstances against reconciliation.
Ven. Kanthale Ananda Thero, chief incumbent of Ashokaramaya temple is gratified about the reconciliation in the village. He pointed out that the exemplary ethnic and religious reconciliation in the village is a turning point.
“The Sinhala and Tamil people who live in this village are pious, helpful men and women. Catholic children attend Buddhist Dhamma School on Sundays. Likewise Buddhists also know about Christianity. The temple and church unite for public good and nothing is forced on the people. People coexist here by understanding one another. Fr. Eric and Fr. Sarath rendered yeoman service to build reconciliation and co-existence in this village. Our people have planted a seed here. Peace has developed the village. People are economically empowered to a certain extent. Today, we provide the best masons and carpenters to the area. Above all, the people are humble and humane. When the Christians were in distress after the Easter Sunday terror attacks, the followers of the other religions looked into the needs of the Catholics. Despite ethnic and religious differences, Buddhists held offerings to invoke blessing on the aggrieved. On that day, I understood the real spirit of reconciliation,” Ananda Thero stated.
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Ticks Survive The Snow
You may think that ticks only come out when the warmer weather arrives. That these disease transmitting arachnids are only a threat to us as the temperatures heat up. Well… ticks survive through the winter! Although they are less active and do lay dormant in their preferred habitat of wooded, brushy areas, they are still very much a problem, so it’s important that you take precautions. Especially when it comes to your pets.
Dog owners around New Hampshire are being warned to check their pets for ticks despite the cold weather after a New Boston vet discovered an engorged tick on a dog. Experts say it serves as a reminder that not all ticks die during the winter. Some can even survive in snow. The tick was found by accident when the dog was brought to the vet for an unrelated injury, Brandon Burris of Town and Country Hospital told CNN. “It was actually an emergency situation – the dog had run into a porcupine – we had it under sedation and we found the tick,” he said.
Ticks survive the snow, so tick prevention all year round will help to protect your family and your pets from ticks.
Remember, it’s not just preventing an irritating tick bite on your furry friend. It is protection against Lyme disease.
Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a bacterial illness that can be transmitted to humans, dogs, and other animals by certain species of ticks. It is caused by the spiral-shaped bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi that is carried inside a tick and gets into a dog or person’s bloodstream through a tick bite. Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria can travel to different parts of the body and cause problems in specific organs or locations, such as joints, as well as overall illness.
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Life is difficult.
If you made a list of all the hardships you are facing right now I’m sure the list would be long. Every one of us faces difficulties and trials in life, Christians are not exempt! Some of the trials on your list probably include health concerns, financial difficulties, worries about your children or grandchildren, a marriage crisis, just to name a few. You are not alone. The hardships you are facing are the same type of hardships the person next to you is going through or has gone through.
As we face hardships in life we become weary. We lose strength. At times we lose sight of who God is and focus more on the difficulty at hand. When that happens God becomes very small and powerless in our eyes while the situation becomes overpowering and quite large according to our perception. What we need in those times is what Israel needed in her time- the Word of God.
Isaiah 40 begins a new section in the book of Isaiah. Isaiah addresses exiles in the future who will be delivered from captivity in Babylon more than a century down the road. While in captivity the discouraged Israelite complains that God has forgotten them (v27). In their situation they feel like God has given up on them or doesn’t regard them in their situation. If that is you, consider changing your perspective.
1. See God as He is- All powerful Creator and sovereign ruler of the universe. There is nothing more powerful than God and there never will be! God never gets worn down like we do. He never struggles. And even when we struggle to makes sense of our situation we can rest assured He knows everything perfectly (V.28)
2. Understand what God is able to do- He gives strength to those who are weary. He is more than able to help us stand firm. And He is willing to do it! (v29)
3. Trust Him- those who hope in the Lord, or trust Him, are the ones who He will strengthen. He does not give up on His people! (v30)
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Virtual Reality Technology Nears the Tipping Point to Disrupt Commercial Real Estate
Touring seemingly endless lists of properties searching for the right fit for a new corporate headquarters will soon be a relic of the past. Virtual and augmented reality technology is closing in on a tipping point that will bring it into every executive suite and commercial real estate office - replacing in-person tours with virtual experiences.
Virtual and augmented reality is changing the ways in which real estate is designed, constructed, marketed, fitted-out and used. Download to learn:
- How does virtual reality technology apply to CRE
- The difference between virtual and augmented reality - and why it matters
- How VR is being used in CRE today - from project development to design/construction, leasing and sales, and property management
- The impact on CRE in years to come
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Ionophores are a chemical species that reversibly bind ions. Lithium ionophores are a lipophilic variant of these species, which means that they may be combined with lipids and are fat-soluble.Ionophores are a chemical species that reversibly bind ions. Lithium ionophores are a lipophilic variant of these species, which means that they may be combined with lipids and are fat-soluble.
What is Lithium?Lithium is a metallic element (Li) with 2 naturally occurring forms of isotopes, namely lithium-6 and lithium-7. Lithium has become a popular battery option due to its light weight and it is a major ingredient in the manufacturing of fireworks.
Most of the lithium that is commercially available originates from South America, where the element is extracted from underground pools. Lithium is usually found in batteries and psychiatric medication prescribed in treating serious conditions such as bipolar disorder due to its mood-stabilizing effects on the human body. It is important to be extremely careful when handling lithium as it may cause adverse reactions within the body. Always abide by lab precautionary measures such as gloves, eye shields and even respirators in some cases when handling these products. Experts handling lithium ionophores must ensure that immediate lithium levels are safe at all times.
The Importance of Measuring Lithium LevelsLithium ionophores are components for lithium ion-selective electrodes that are used against Na+ and K+ cations.
Environmental Work: Water Sources & LandfillsLithium ion batteries are a common source of power, however, there remains a lack of regulations in the industrial disposal processes of used lithium batteries. Over time, this has led to overcrowded landfills that contaminate nearby rivers, which can cause a wide range of health issues. Lithium toxicity causes serious harm to wildlife such as aquatic fauna and animals living along embankments. As such, it is necessary for environmental experts to have a reliable means of detecting lithium levels in aqueous solutions.
Prior to lithium ionophore ISE techniques, analytical systems for lithium detection were costly and required pre-testing. Ionophores provide a safe, easy-to-use and affordable way for environmentalists to measure lithium levels in landfills, rivers and in situ.
Psychiatric TreatmentPsychiatrists may prescribe lithium tablets to reduce the debilitating effects of bipolar disorder. Lithium reacts with neurotransmitters to relieve symptoms. Lithium is known to affect dopamine, which is responsible for the pleasure levels experienced by an individual (and often providing a sense of relief to those experiencing mania). Although a moderate amount of lithium is harmless to the human body, overexposure can lead to toxicity that harms the central nervous system and kidneys. Some known physical symptoms include nausea, vomiting, tremors, drowsiness and uncontrollable movements. In severe cases, affected individuals may experience hypothermia and delirium (or even cause death in worst case scenarios).
Thus, it is vital for healthcare practitioners and scientists to apply ISEs in measuring the concentrations of lithium in various biofluids, such as blood and urine. Since each patient metabolizes drugs at different rates, ISEs can be helpful in determining and maintaining the correct lithium dosage.
Effectively Measuring Lithium Levels with ISEISE (ion selective electrodes) are effective sensors that work with specific ionophores, resulting in accurate measurements of specific metallic ion concentrations. The converted potential of the ion is then measured using a standard voltmeter or pH meter. Lithium is one such ion that can be measured using a specific ionophore - such as Lithium Ionophore VIII.
Lithium ionophores are highly selective toward Li+ ions, which substantially increases the level of accuracy in lithium observation and management. Lithium ionophore VIII is an example of a neutral carrier for Li+-ions in PVC ion-selective electrodes with excellent selectivity over potassium and sodium ions. These ionophores allow scientists and academics to reliably detect and manage lithium levels with great accuracy.
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- Ion-Selective Electrodes (ISE): An Introduction
- Advances in Lab-on-a-Chip Technology
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The Alexa Prize is named after the service that powers Amazon's voice-activated smart speaker, the Amazon Echo. The goal of the inaugural competition is to build a 'socialbot' for Alexa that will converse with people about popular topics and news events.
The team with the highest-performing socialbot will win a $500,000 prize, while there's a $1m for the team's university if their socialbot can chat "coherently and engagingly" with humans for 20 minutes. Up to ten teams of students will also win a $100,000 award, as well as Alexa-powered devices, free AWS services, and support from the Alexa team.
"Conversing for 20 minutes is difficult for most humans and an extraordinarily ambitious challenge for bots that are learning to converse like us," said Dan Jurafsky, professor of computer science at Stanford University.
Teams will be able to access conversational topic categories and digital content from sources, including The Washington Post (owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos), which is making its news feed and comments available to the students for non-commercial use.
Let's chat about... As part of the research and judging process, Alexa users will be able to converse with the socialbots on popular topics by saying: "Alexa, let's chat about..." with potential subjects including baseball playoffs, celebrity gossip, and scientific breakthroughs.
Alexa users will be able to give feedback on their experience of the conversation to help the students tweak their socialbot algorithms. This feedback from Alexa users will also be used to help choose the bots to advance to the live judging phase.
Amazon said the prize will help to advance several areas of conversational AI, including knowledge acquisition, natural language understanding, natural language generation, context modelling, commonsense reasoning, and dialogue planning.
The idea is to create 'socialbots' that can acquire knowledge and opinions from the web, and express them in context just as a human would in everyday conversations said Rohit Prasad, head scientist at Amazon Alexa.
"A socialbot that can converse coherently for 20 minutes is unprecedented and at least five times more advanced than state-of-the-art conversational AI," he noted.
"Human capacity for language is an instinct, but it's something that must be taught to machines," said Steven Pinker of Harvard University. "Everyday conversations that require context and understanding of the world come naturally to humans." Machines can't do that, which makes conversation like this much harder for them. | <urn:uuid:2bbbf409-c82b-4903-91db-dd4dcbadc694> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-charming-robot-amazon-starts-hunt-for-a-ai-bot-you-can-gossip-with/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.951806 | 518 | 2.078125 | 2 |
BUS - 100 Financial Accounting Fundamentals 3 Credit(s)
This course presents a balanced and integrated introductory view of financial accounting. Students will be introduced to financial statement preparation procedures and techniques as well as to the fundamental analysis of financial statements for decision makers. The concepts and principles (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) that link preparation and use are given explicit attention.
- C in one of Principles of Math 11, Pre Calculus 11 or MAT 053 ; or C+ in Foundations of Math 11 or MAT 055 ; or Math assessment; or by admission to either the Tourism and Hospitality Management Certificate or Tourism and Hospitality Management Diploma programs
For information about transferability: BCTransferGuide.ca
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A new study from Harvard has challenged the FBI’s claims that the use of encryption, or “going dark,” will inhibit law enforcement when investigating crimes or terrorism.
The report, Don’t Panic. Making Progress on the “Going Dark” Debate, published by Harvard’s Berkman Center, claims that officials’ anti-encryption stances are overblown and the glut of new Internet-connected devices hitting the market gives law enforcement more avenues for carrying out investigations.
“Appliances and products ranging from televisions and toasters to bed sheets, light bulbs, cameras, toothbrushes, door locks, cars, watches and other wearables are being packed with sensors and wireless connectivity,” said the report, which goes on to name-check the myriad major companies making smart home products like TVs or wearable devices that could be utilized by law enforcement.
“These devices will all be connected to each other via the Internet, transmitting telemetry data to their respective vendors in the cloud for processing,” the authors said.
“The audio and video sensors on IoT devices will open up numerous avenues for government actors to demand access to real-time and recorded communications.”
Authors of the report include renowned cryptographer Bruce Schneier and Jonathan Zittrain from Harvard Law School. Their report says the FBI is largely ignoring this wave of new Internet-connected devices by focusing on encrypted communications. They argue that the Internet will still be populated by mostly unencrypted traffic.
The encryption or “going dark” debate centers on the argument that law enforcement need a means to access communications in order to pursue criminal investigations. Encryption put in place for users by device manufacturers or services would make this practically impossible, regardless of whether there was a warrant or not.
Recently, NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers questioned the argument put forward by the FBI and its chief, James Comey, over the need to apply backdoors in encrypted communications.
However the authors of the Harvard report do concede that technology has “to some extent” made investigations more difficult but not impossible.
“[We] question whether the “going dark” metaphor accurately describes the state of affairs. Are we really headed to a future in which our ability to effectively surveil criminals and bad actors is impossible? We think not.”
- Intel could give us Wi-Fi 7 devices long before Apple gets around to it
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- WWDC 2022 announcements: iOS 16, iPadOS 16, WatchOS 9, MacOS Ventura, MacBook Air M2, and more
- New App Store rule lets companies charge more for subscriptions without approval
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The U.S. economy continued its sluggish but positive recovery by adding an additional 156,000 new jobs during the month of September, according to a federal report Friday.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases a report every month which tracks employment growth. The economy has improved greatly since the last recession almost a decade ago but at a very slow rate. The labor market has gained an average of 178,000 new jobs a month this year.
“Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 156,000 in September,” the report stated. “The unemployment rate, at 5.0 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, at 7.9 million, changed little in September. Both measures have shown little movement, on net, since August of last year.”
The economy is in a relatively good position when it comes to employment growth. The labor market has even managed to reach close to full employment. Nevertheless, other market indicators are showing very troubling signs. The labor force participation rate, for instance, has failed to reach the level it was at before the recession.
“It’s been slow but steady,” First Trust Advisors Economist Strider Elass told InsideSources. “We call this the plow-horse economy because that’s exactly what it is. It’s a slow but steady recovery that we’ve been seeing, and we’ve seen the same thing with employment.”
The labor participation rate tracks the number of employed and those actively seeking work as a percentage of the total population. The participation rate factors in those who have suffered long-term joblessness, unlike the unemployment rate.
“The labor force participation rate has been falling for eight years,” Notre Dame Professor Barry Keating told InsideSources. “We’ve never seen a situation where the participation rate has fallen by as much as it has, and we’ve never been in a situation where the recovery has been as slow as it has.”
The labor force participation rate has shown a slight improvement over the last few months. Nevertheless, it has failed to even get close to where it was before the recession. The recession, young people staying in school longer and baby boomers retiring are likely all playing a role in it being so low. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has also shown troubling signs. GDP growth has sat at roughly one percent over the past several months.
“Over the long hall we’d like to be at about three percent growth,” Keating said. “That takes into account the fact that the population is growing and we have immigration and we all would like to be doing a little bit better off ten years from now than we’re doing right now.”
President Barack Obama has overseen the recovery throughout his entire administration. The recession was sparked by the subprime mortgage crisis and the financial crisis of 2007. HR Policy Association Chief Economist Mark Wilson notes the labor market is actually where is should be.
“It’s been pretty good in terms of the employment growth, actually very good,” Wilson told InsideSources. “This year, the average monthly increase in payroll jobs has been 182,000 and that’s pretty good.”
Wilson adds there a few factors that have made some feel the labor market is not where is should be. He notes that the slow start to the recovery and misleading political rhetoric has all fed into the misconception. He adds that the labor market must be looked at in an objective and thorough way.
“Job growth in this particular recovery was initially slow and to be expected given the severity of the recession,” Wilson said. “That impacted people’s perception of the job market, plus the first three years of the recovery, wage growth was very poor.”
Nevertheless, others see government policies as holding back what could be robust growth. Elass notes the recession and recovery were met with an expansion of government that has held back the private-sector from really growing the economy at the rate it should be at.
“Government during the recession and after has just gotten so big as a share of the economy,” Elass said. “We’ve had very bad policies put in place that have been really detrimental for the entrepreneur. If you want faster growth you need to shrink the size of government and that’s just something we haven’t seen much of over this recovery.”
Professional and business services saw the most significant increase of new jobs at 67,000 followed by healthcare and food services. Mining employment numbers finally stopped dropping and remained unchanged in September. Mining has decreased by 220,000 jobs since reaching its peak in September 2014.
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“Kindness must be taught.
It does not seem
to be caught.
It needs to start
in the home.”
~ Karyl Entner
Kindness is a good habit.
Good habits are taught by good examples.
Kindness should start in the home but
the teaching of kindness should not end anywhere,
Today, be the best example of a good habit,
be a good teacher, a good example,
and spread kindness about where ever you go.
Kindness is taught in the home.
Kindness is the beginning of a life filled with love.
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Read our February sky notes to find out what’s in the night sky this month!
These constellations are well placed in the evening this month, but many more can be seen. Check the star map for more.
Gemini, the twins, appears in the eastern sky at sunset this month. It moves across the sky passing close to the zenith over the course of the night, before setting in the early hours of the morning.
Orion is a bright constellation nicely placed in the south in the early evening. It moves towards the west as the night gets later.
Auriga can be seen close to the zenith after sunset this month. It moves lower in the sky throughout the night, forming a circle towards the west before finally setting in the north just before sunrise.
Mercury is very difficult to see this month; its highest altitude in the morning sky is 8° on the 7th. It is likely to be obscured by the light of the sunrise. Mercury reaches dichotomy (half phase) on the 11th, and will be at greatest elongation west on the 16th. It will be in conjunction with Pluto on the 12th and conjunction with the Moon on the 28th. It reaches aphelion, its furthest point from the Sun, on the 28th.
Venus can be seen in the morning sky low on the south eastern horizon. Its greatest brightness will be on the 9th. Venus will be in conjunction with Mars on the 13th and conjunction with the Moon on the 27th.
Mars will be very low above the south eastern horizon this month, possibly obscured by the light of Venus close by. It will be in conjunction with Venus on the 13th and conjunction with the Moon on the 27th.
Jupiter appears low in the south western sky just after sunset. It appears lower each day, and will not be visible for the second half of the month. Jupiter will be in conjunction with the Moon on the 2nd.
Saturn is too close to the Sun to be seen this month. It will be at solar conjunction on the 4th and conjunction with the Moon on the 28th.
Uranus is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. It appears high in the western sky at sunset, setting around 01:00 GMT. There will be a lunar occultation of Uranus on the 7th.
Neptune is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. It appears low in the western sky at sunset, setting soon after.
Last Quarter: 23rd
New Moon: 1st
First Quarter: 8th
Full Moon: 16th
The Moon is at perigee, its closest point to the Earth, on the 26th, and apogee, its furthest point from the Earth on the 11th. This effect is not visually apparent.
The Moon is at perihelion, its closest point to the Sun, on the 28th. The Moon is at aphelion, its furthest point from the Sun, on the 18th. This effect is not visually apparent.
Points of Interest
19P/Borrelly reaches perihelion, its closest point to the Sun on the 2nd.
Asteroid 20 Massalia reaches opposition on the 5th.
Visit Spot the Station to find out when the ISS will be visible from your location.
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The Single Registry is a software platform designed to manage and provide integrated oversight of the principal social protection programmes in Kenya. The Single Registry has evolved as part of the broader social protection policy framework, with the following stated objectives:
• to provide increased harmonisation and consolidation of fragmented schemes
• to enhance the responsiveness of social protection initiatives to increase its capacity to quickly scale-up in response to rapid-onset crises.
• to support planning, coordination, accountability at both programme and policy-level decision-making on social protection in Kenya.
Anyone can use the Single Registry as a tool for searching data on Kenya’s social protection programmes and beyond. The data will be most used by local and national government, policymakers, safety net programme designers and managers
The Single Registry contains data on 465,000 beneficiaries from the WFP’s Jenga Jamii and 839,000 households from the National Safety Net Programme and aggregates and analyses this information to support planning, coordination, accountability and both programme and policy-level decision-making. It is also linked to the Kenya National Population Register at the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, and uses that database – of more than 30 million citizens – to verify the identities of the recipients of the cash transfers. To date, over one million beneficiary details have been run against the National Population Register.
The introduction of the Single Registry has increased the transparency, accountability and the functioning of the social protection programmes in Kenya. Previously, managers were unable to answer the simple of question of who was receiving what within each social protection programme. The registry has now linked data from the disparate programmes into one coherent viewing platform, providing a means of managing and cross-referencing the information.
The Single Registry also provides an accessible reporting system and easy-to-use dashboards that generate reports on many aspects of the programmes’ performances. It can show if beneficiary needs are being met, and how targeting of beneficiaries and cash transfers might be better harmonized, aligned and overlap reduced. This information is critical for effective management of the cash transfer programmes and for continued development of social protection policies.
With the implementation of the new constitution in Kenya, a number of functions have been devolved to the county governments. From the county consultations, it was evident that counties are implementing a number of social protection interventions such as agricultural subsidies, women and youth empowerment, supplementary school feeding to mention a few. Although a number of county social protection interventions have been established to complement and supplement national programmes, all do not have robust Management Information Systems (MIS) to support programme operations, which hinders linkage to Single Registry. To address this challenge, the National Social Protection Secretariat (NSPS) with support from Development Partners has developed a generic County Social Protection Management Information System that will be linked to the Single Registry.
Moving forward, NSPS with support from development partners has been in the process of enhancing the Single Registry to be responsive to broader social protection needs. The following enhancements have been undertaken in the Single Registry: (i) development of complementarity module to support automated data sharing and feedback mechanism (ii) development of a generic County SP MIS (iii) development of a dynamic API for linking other SP sectors to the Single Registry.
All these enhancements have been finalised and functionality tested and currently ready for deployment or adoption for use by various SP actors in the country. The enhancement process of the Single Registry is ongoing and the following processes are being undertaken: (i)development of a social registry module for harmonized registration of targeted social assistance schemes, (ii)upgrade of the Single Registry dashboards to include other SP thematic areas as well as SP M&E indicators
Enhanced Single Registry Diagram
what is the future of Kenya’s Single Registry? As illustrated in Figure 2, Kenya’s Single Registry is linked to social assistance program (PWSD CT, CTOVC, OPCT, HSNP, and WFP-CFA) and will continue to be shaped by broader social protection policy dialogue in the country. Currently, the government of Kenya is the process of finalising an investment plan with an ambitious strategy of moving towards a life cycle entitlement programmes. The Single Registry will endeavour to support shock-responsive objectives for some programmes as well as complementary programming. Given the devolution of services and implementation of social protection interventions by County governments, the Single Registry through the generic county social protection management information system (MIS) will play an important role as a policy tool for coordinating and preventing duplication across programmes. Finally, the Single Registry will continue to be the key pillar supporting monitoring, reporting and learning of social protection sector in Kenya. | <urn:uuid:a9a5a0c5-7266-4a2b-a8f6-2f8477c64041> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://socialprotection.or.ke/information-center/news-and-events/202-kenya-s-single-registry-for-social-protection | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.921339 | 949 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Creating your own embroidery designs is where embroidery as an art form becomes really interesting, as this is where the full extent of your creativity and potential as an embroidery artist can be explored.
Although the above description may sound very advanced, this course was designed with all levels, even beginners in mind.
When it comes to creating your own embroidery designs there are two routes that can be explored. It can either be creating your own embroidery designs digitally utilising computerised embroidery software to be embroidered utilising an embroidery machine, or it can be the creation of your own embroidery designs in the form of hand embroidery, which is a lot more hands-on and may require some drawing skills.
In future we will explore creating your own embroidery designs digitally utilising computerised embroidery software, but this particular course is aimed at creating your own embroidery designs through hand embroidery.
The Aim Of The Course
In this course you will learn the skills to create your own unique designs and make your mark in the fibre arts. By the end of this course you will have a thorough understanding of how stitch techniques, colours, composition, perspective and proportion create any embroidery pattern you can imagine. In this course you will also be shown concrete tips and tools of how you can compose unique patterns without the need for advanced drawing skills. | <urn:uuid:5497385c-67df-4df9-9762-32d34cccae78> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://embird.co.uk/create-your-own-embroidery-designs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.914323 | 289 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Bob Marley tribute happening at The Apollo, live album/film being released (watch a video)
In late October 1979, Bob Marley and the Wailers made their Apollo debut with a sold-out seven show run. These performances were very special to the band for several reasons. Harlem was where Marcus Garvey first reached out to the African American community hearkening them to "look to East Africa, for the crowning of the Black King" - an idea which helped kindled the early flames of the Rastafari Movement. Additionally, Marley's concert run at the Apollo was his attempt to connect with the black community in North America and spread the message of Pan-Africanism and global black unity.
As quoted above, reggae legend Bob Marley made his Apollo Theatre debut back in 1979 and now that concert will be commemorated with a tribute happening November 29 at the same venue. There's two shows (8 PM and 11 PM) happening that night and they will feature his backing band The Wailers, fellow reggae vets Third World and Maxi Priest, and Bob's son Ky-Mani Marley. Tickets for the show are on sale now. | <urn:uuid:212302c7-c75b-4292-8848-c73ef0d29220> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.brooklynvegan.com/bob-marley-trib/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.967135 | 242 | 1.515625 | 2 |
An antique Russian Imperial military award badge for service in the Caucasus. Regular officers badges were made in silver. Handmade badges with gold embellishments were intended for higher ranks. The badge is designed as an oxidized textured silver cross with gold borders and gold center medallion with a hand-engraved silver Imperial double headed eagle.
The cross is laid on two crossed gold swords. The center medallion is flanked by gold inscription in Old Slavonic script: FOR SERVICE IN THE CAUCASUS. The upper arm of the cross is embellished with a gold cipher of Tsar Alexander II, the lower arm with the date 1864 in gold. Width 49 mm 1 15/16 in.
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“The man who formulated Buddhism was Siddhartha Gautama, who was born a Hindu about 560 B.C. (Ridenour, 2001). Investigating Buddhism and Siddhartha’s life cannot be without describing the four sights Siddhartha encountered and the religious journey of discovery it began. Beyond looking at the four sights, and why they stirred Siddhartha to seek religious answers, Siddhartha grew spiritually while contemplating his beliefs and the newly gained knowledge. Such reflection is a meaningful exercise for all who want to grow spiritually.
In his essay, Bongkil Chung explains that Sot’aesan began to see the relationship between his new religion and Buddhism only after his enlightenment, “upon perusing the basic scriptures of other religions to check his enlightenment, he thought that his search for truth and essence agreed with that of the Buddha, and he declared that Sakyamuni Buddha is the sage of all sages” (64). In his essay “Dialogue and Synthesis: Sot’aesan’s Perspective and Examples”, Bokin Kim only further gives credence to the idea that Sot’aesan’s “awakening to the Truth after his long search was formulated as Won Buddhist teaching in the context of multi-religious faiths and practices” (90). Kim also notes on the same page that Sot’aesan was unique in his emphasis on dialogue rather than conversion. Sot’aesan saw the Truth permeate all religions in general, and he did not seek to convert people, but to make them aware of their common spiritual beliefs. It is this very aspect of the multidimensionality of Sot’aesan’s character that allowed for the
The young Buddha encountered suffering. “He saw and old man…(the prince wanted to know)...is this some transformation, original state or mere chance?.. (driver said) .. it was old age… (prince said will this evil come upon me?)”(Kinnard, p. 8)
Jesus testimonies to an intense relationship to a single deity, that he referred to as his father. This relationship was believed to have given Jesus the ability to perform miracles to the dead and sick, healing them or bringing them back, all in his God’s names. Buddhists have denied any supernatural methods, believing that they must end suffering with self efforted ethical living. Christianity and Buddhism have similar core beliefs, but Christianity walks toward the path of a God while Buddhism does
Preaching within this context poses opportunities to describe God's grace throughout the shared faith journey while proclaiming the Word of God. The second aspect of about the Asian American tradition derived from the text is the influence of ancient religions such as Confucianism, Buddhism, and shamanism. These religions are evident in the cultural ethos and religious practices among Asian Americans. Being aware of the impact these religions have made in the formation of the
Pope Gregory knew it was not going to be easy to transformed their beliefs so rapidly, so he allow them to keep those beliefs with a touch of Christianity, blending the two religions together in one, since most of what Christians preach had some similarities to the pagans beliefs. Many of the pagan values fit well into the new Christian teachings. We can understand how the early English viewed the new religion by reading the poetic versions of Bible stories that they eventually created (Staver, Johnson 155). Establish the monasteries to preach and monk also nuns would settle, they would educate the children’s in order to grow with those Christian beliefs that were thought in them, by that then the Christianity had been well establish in England. But soon this came to and end, Heathen practice officially came to an end in 1100
He associated his position with the listeners’ values. It included his affirmation that the men and women should be treated equally, the equality of all person regardless of race or color, and the affirmation of freedom for America and freedom to be expanded to other
An important factor for a successful social system is the establishment of religious tolerance. By incorporating this into an everyday style, this will give citizens the right to any means of practice. In The Sleeper Awakes, the White Council found any religious grounds no longer necessary by “traversing the religious quarter for the easy transit” (Wells 160). The White Council disrupted many sanctions to fulfill their personal interests. In Thomas More’s Utopia, many religions exist among the belief of one God.
In China there are three prominent religions that are followed, Daoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. Daoist are usually concerned with unity with the natural universe and everyone is born good. Confucianism is the establishing of human laws and rights that are maintained to prove that all humans are good. Buddhism takes the path of spiritual development hoping to see the true nature of reality because they believe that nothing is fixed or eternal. Confucianism and Daoism are both oriental religions that mostly follow Buddhism, their language is Mandarin or Cantonese and the influence was spread over East Asia for almost two eras '.
Mendicant friars, Jesuits, and priests traveled across the New World to preach Catholicism in hopes of converting the non-Catholics. Religious values were one of the main motivations for conquistadors, because they felt more powerful and superior. The progress of Spanish colonization was shaped by several factors involving war, disease, and religion. The main motivation for colonization during this time period were the “Three G’s” - gold, gaining riches and wealth; glory, success during war; and gospel, spreading religion. Spanish colonization has largely impacted Central and South America’s history and culture, which has made them the continents that they are
Buddhism is a religion born in India 563 B.C. with Siddhartha as there founder. the basic beliefs are the 4 noble truths (Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, and Marga). Like document 6 says noble truth one (Dukkha) "birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering etc." In noble truth four (Marga) says "right intention, right action, right effort ect." Which means if you are suffering in some type of way you stop it by doing something right.
Ashoka was the cofounder of buddhism and made a big religion After Ashoka destroyed Kalinga Ashoka felt a feeling and so he went seeking for a teacher. To help him and while serching he see a buddhist a monk to the monk told him to sit under the bodi tree and then Ashoka did and had enlightment and then became a buddha. When he returned he had changed Many things about himself he would go to poor and then give them riches and he rejected violence. And would go to other kingdoms and give them advice to their king on how to make it a better place. | <urn:uuid:aefc120b-16f9-4dfb-b70a-9c9a69ddb835> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ipl.org/essay/Catholicism-Vs-Buddhism-PKGACGHE28VT | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968048 | 1,442 | 2.46875 | 2 |
Dog experts from two of the country’s leading animal welfare charities highlighted to members of the London Assembly public safety and dog welfare concerns around part of the current dangerous dogs legislation.
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and the RSPCA briefed members of the Assembly at City Hall on Thursday (14 September) to highlight the flaws in Breed Specific Legislation, the 26-year-old legislation which prohibits owning four types of dog in the UK.
The RSPCA launched its #EndBSL campaign in August 2016 – to mark the 25th anniversary of Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act – calling for an urgent parliamentary inquiry into Breed Specific Legislation.
Two happy, well-adjusted family dogs. In the UK, one of these dogs would be illegal.
Dr Samantha Gaines – dog welfare expert and lead author of the RSPCA’s ‘A Dog’s Dinner’ report – told London Assembly members that the law was not working, why it is ineffective at protecting public safety and how it seriously compromises dog welfare.
“In the 26 years since BSL was introduced hospital admissions for dog bites have increased and prohibited types of dogs continue to be seized from our streets,” Dr Gaines, pictured, explained.
“Public safety is not protected by targeting certain types of dogs. The welfare of thousands of dogs has been affected by this law and countless dogs have been euthanased because of how they look.”
“The opportunity to brief members of the London Assembly means that they have the evidence they need to see that this law is completely ineffective at safeguarding the public, and are armed with the information as to how it unfairly affects dogs.
“We are hoping that with this knowledge they can influence change which will positively impact on the lives of thousands of family pets.”
Trevor Cooper, dog law expert, representing Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, and also pictured, said “This part of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 isn’t fit for purpose. The intention of Breed Specific Legislation was to weed out potentially dangerous dogs before they have a chance to be dangerous. Yet the impact has been to condemn many innocent dogs for no reason at all other than looking the wrong shape. The legislation was relaxed in 1997 and amended further in 2015 but it remains an unfair law that particularly affects rescues as they are unable to re-home certain types of dog even if they pose no danger to anyone.”
In December, the RSPCA welcomed a motion unanimously agreed by members of the London Assembly to request a formal review into the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
The London Assembly agreed a motion calling on the Mayor of London to write to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to request a formal review of the act, brought in 25 years ago. However, the Mayor is yet to support it.
Now, the RSPCA is hoping that the Assembly will again approach the Mayor to support it to improve welfare for London and the UK’s dogs.
The charity – the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the country – has taken a stand against the part of the Act which prohibits owning four types of dog – pit bull terrier, Japanese tosa, dogo Argentino and fila Brasileiro.
David Bowles, assistant director of external affairs at the RSPCA, said: “This legislation is outdated and flawed and urgently needs reviewing, repealing and replacing with something which ensures the public can be protected from dangerous dogs while also protecting innocent dogs from being punished simply for looking a certain way.
“Currently, breed specific legislation means that a well-adjusted, well-behaved, much-loved family pet which has never shown any signs of aggression can be torn from his home and everything he knows and could face being put to sleep simply for looking a certain way.
“The RSPCA is calling on the Government to launch a public inquiry into breed specific legislation. Ultimately, we’d like to see this part of the Dangerous Dogs Act repealed and replaced with legislation which deals with dogs on an individual case-by-case basis and does not penalise dogs simply for the way the look.”
Almost 85,000 people have signed the RSPCA’s petition and the campaign has gained the support of organisations and charities both nationally and internationally, as well as being backed by world-renowned actor and pit bull terrier lover Sir Patrick Stewart.
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Trading of currency in the forex market involves the simultaneous purchase and sale of two currencies. https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/what-is-forex-trading/ In this process the value of one currency is determined by its comparison to another currency .
When you close a leveraged position, your profit or loss is based on the full size of the trade. Trading derivatives allows you to speculate on an asset’s price movements without taking ownership of that asset. For instance, when trading forex with IG, you can predict on the direction in which you think a currency pair’s price dotbig testimonials will move. The extent to which your prediction is correct determines your profit or loss. However, these active sessions are only beneficial when the currencies are available in both crossover locations. For instance, GBP/USD faces significant trading volume when both US and European sessions are open between 8 am, and 11 am .
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Shall this bar be yellow and short, the probability is viewed as low. ’ winds up with some thoughts on the direction of future micro-based exchange rate research. In direct quotation, the cost of one unit of foreign currency is given in units of local or home currency. In indirect quotations the cost of one unit of local or home currency is given in units of foreign currency. You can see sentiment from IG clients – as well as live prices and fundamentals – on our market data pages for each market. However, higher interest rates can also make borrowing money harder. If money is more expensive to borrow, investing is harder, and currencies may weaken.
As will be seen in the case of Japan Airlines below, the risk can be high. Is the global market for exchanging currencies of different countries. It is decentralized in a sense that no one single authority, such as an international agency or government, controls it. The major players in the market are governments and commercial banks. Firms such as manufacturers, exporters and importers, and individuals such as international travelers also participate in the market. There are a few key concepts we need to understand the market.
Forex Is A 24 Hour Market, You Can Trade 5 Days A Week, 24 Hours A Day And Make Money Yeah Right!
As trading closes in one region, it begins in another in a 24-hour cycle. As it comes to the final hours of trading in North and South America, a new day is just beginning again in Australia and New Zealand, and the cycle repeats. The currency market is a dealer market made largely by the same dealers active in the bond market. Currency dealers display indicative Forex news quotes, but quotes at which trades may occur are usually made bilaterally. Like the bond market, the currency market has an interdealer market in which dealers can trade anonymously with each other. The significance of competitive quotes is indicated by the fact that treasurers often contact more than one bank to get several quotes before placing a deal.
- The daily cut-off is the specified time when the trading day moves to the next day.
- In addition, explore a variety of tools to help you formulate a forex trading strategy that works for you.
- Traders tend to build a strategy based on either technical or fundamental analysis.
- Despite how decentralised the Forex market is, it remains a highly efficient market and is quite effective in maintaining stability in the global trade network, beside also the forex taxation.
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Installing a new Digital Hub – Do you need a new phone?
The simple answer is an almost definite “No”.
…But you may wish to check the input available on your new hub as your phone now needs to be plugged into your Broadband Hub / Router and not your wall socket.
Suppliers such as BT, TalkTalk, Sky and some others’ new hubs / routers have a connection for the large BT telephone plug and the smaller RJ11 more commonly used in Europe, so you should not have any difficulty connecting your existing phone.
There are no problems with Alcatel Corded and DECT as they are tried and tested in the BT and TalkTalk Test labs.
Alcatel Home phones include a line cord for both BT type input and the smaller RJ11 connector so you can happily connect to your new Digital Hub or Digital Router whoever your internet provider is.
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How do I format endnotes in Word for Mac?
How do I convert endnotes to footnotes in Word?
Go back to the references bar
From it, click 'next endnote' until you come to the desired endnote. Once you have arrived at the note, right-click on it and select 'convert to footnote' from the list that appears. Your endnote will move from the end of the document to the bottom of the page as a footnote.
How do you open footnotes and Endnote dialog boxes on a Mac?
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How do I indent footnotes in Word for Mac?
How do I move a footnote down in Word?
Under “Location” in the Footnote and Endnote menu, find the “Footnotes” option (it should be selected by default when you first open the menu). Open the dropdown menu to the right of that option and you can change your footnote location to either the bottom of the page or below the text.
How do you put endnotes at the end of a document?
How do I edit footnotes in Word?
Do one of the following: To change the formatting of the footnote numbers, select the Footnotes Reference Style. If you want to change the formatting of the footnote text at the bottom of the page, select the Footnote Text Style. Click Modify, and then change the formatting options (font, size, and so on).
Is endnote and footnote same?
Footnotes are found at the bottom of a page (i.e. in the footer) and endnotes are located at the end of a complete document, or sometimes at the end of a chapter or section. Footnotes are used as a citation vehicle for a short citation, while endnotes can contain more text without compromising the format of the paper.
How do I add EndNote plugins to Word?
Please follow the steps below to enable EndNote tools in COM Add-Ins: Word: File > Options > Add-ins. Choose COM Add-ins in the Manage drop-down menu, and then click the Go button. Select EndNote Cite While You Write (If it is unchecked), and then click OK.
How do I use EndNote in Pages for Mac?
Does EndNote work with Word 365?
Yes, EndNote X8, X9 and EndNote 20 Cite While You Write (CWYW) both are compatible with Office 365 or MS Word 365. Office 365 is a subscription plan for the cloud/Online application. This subscription allows you to download MS Office 2019 or MS Word 2019 (or lower version).
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How do I move a footnote to the left?
How do I reduce the space between footnotes and text in Word for Mac?
When in Draft mode, you need to click on Show Notes in the Footnotes section of the References tab of the ribbon and then select the Footnote Separator from the dropdown at the top of the footnotes pane and format the paragraph to remove the space before it.
How do I indent the first line of a footnote in Word?
How do you change footnotes to endnotes?
To change a footnote to an endnote, Control + Click the footnote text and click Convert to Endnote. To change an endnote to a footnote, Control + Click the endnote text and click Convert to Footnote. To convert a group of footnotes or endnotes, select them before you Control + Click.
How do I move a footnote line?
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How do you end endnotes in Word for Mac?
Select the radio button for “Endnotes,” and you will see a dropdown list box appear with two choices: “End of document” and “End of section.” Select “End of section.” You probably also want to change the setting to restart at each section, instead of continuous numbering.
How do you end a footnote?
How do I edit footnote text style on Mac?
Can you mix footnotes and endnotes?
Although it is unlikely you will need to include both footnotes and endnotes in your Chicago style format essay, it is acceptable, if needed.
Can you have footnotes and endnotes in a document?
Use footnotes and endnotes to explain, comment on, or provide references to something in a document. Usually, footnotes appear at the bottom of the page, while endnotes come at the end of the document or section.
What is difference between footnotes and headnotes?
is that headnote is (legal) a summary of the relevant aspects of a legal case usually found at the beginning of a case report while footnote is a short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
Why is EndNote not appearing in Word Mac?
Problem: The EndNote floating toolbar has disappeared in my Mac version of EndNote. Fix: In Word, go to the Toolbars tab. Select EndNote and then View to enable the floating toolbar.
Why is EndNote not appearing in Word?
Under the heading Active Application Add-ins, check whether you have the EndNote Cite While You Write COM Add-in (see the Type column). If it is not listed, then go down to the bottom of the window to the Manage drop-down list. With COM Add-ins showing, click Go The EndNote ribbon should appear immediately in Word.
Does EndNote work on Mac?
EndNote loves both the Windows® and Macintosh® platforms.
Can you get EndNote on Mac?
Go to our website to download the software. Locate EndNote X9 and click on the Mac Installer. You may get a prompt to Open or Save. The install of EndNote will now start.
How do I add EndNote to PowerPoint Mac?
In PowerPoint, click on the File menu, then Options, then Add-ins. At the bottom of the screen, where it says Manage, check that COM Add-ins is displayed then click Go. Tick the check box for EndNote PowerPoint Add-in and click OK. If the EndNote toolbar does not appear, restart PowerPoint.
Does EndNote work on Mac M1?
Answer: A: Both Endnote and ChemDraw work on the M1 Mac but not natively. They run on the Rosetta 2 system.
How do I install EndNote on my Mac?
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How do I convert EndNote to Word?
In MS Word: go to File > Options > Add-ins > select Disabled Items from the Manage drop-down menu > press Go. If the EndNote CWYW function is disabled, it will appear in the Disabled Items pop-up window. Place a tick next to any EndNote item(s) and press Enable.
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How do I reduce the space between paragraphs and Footnotes in Word?
First I suggest you click Expansion arrow of Footnotes group > choose "Below text" for Footnotes > Apply. Then chose the last line of main text > Right click, select Paragraph > In the Paragraph dialog box, click the Indents and Spacing tab, and make sure that Spacing After is set to zero.
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How do you get rid of extra space between Footnotes?
You must be in Draft view to do this (View tab > Draft). Once you're in Draft view, go to the References tab then click Show Notes. Change the Footnotes setting from All Footnotes to Footnote Separator. Place your cursor at the end of separator line, then press Delete to remove the empty paragraph below.
Do footnotes have to be indented?
Footnotes should be indented as you would indent a paragraph. If a footnote must run over onto a new page, break it in midsentence so that readers do not think they have read the entire note. Instead, use one number and place all citations in a single note, separated by semicolons.
Do footnotes get hanging indent?
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This review surveys the observed properties of interstellar dust grains: the wavelength-dependent extinction of starlight, including absorption features, from UV to infrared; optical luminescence; infrared emission; microwave emission; optical, UV, and X-ray scattering by dust; and polarization of starlight and of infrared emission. The relationship between presolar grains in meteorites and the interstellar grain population is discussed. Candidate grain materials and abundance constraints are considered. A dust model consisting of amorphous silicate grains, graphite grains, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is compared with observed emission and scattering. Some issues concerning evolution of interstellar dust are discussed. | <urn:uuid:e1494ed2-ea88-4e60-a236-019017aedb8c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ARA%26A..41..241D | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.874874 | 132 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Posted October 06, 2018 12:15:00 The most elusive animal on Earth, the diamondfish, has been found by an Australian scientist in the wild, making the species one of the most sought after.
The researchers say their discovery, reported in the journal Current Biology, could pave the way for more studies of the animals.
It was a huge success in Australia, where the species is known to live on a remote rock and is thought to be extinct.
The diamondfish is one of many species that has been recorded only once in a laboratory.
Scientists were surprised to find the species, which live in the South Pacific and have been nicknamed the “stone fish”, when searching for them in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean.
“I had to wait for an hour to see it,” said Dr John Wight, from the University of Queensland, who led the research.
He and his colleagues were also surprised to learn the fish had an astonishingly complex brain.
The fish has been nicknamed “the diamond fish” because of its distinctive shape.
It has four eyes, a pair of large mouths and a large, protruding nose.
Researchers also found that the fish’s brain is much larger than previously thought.
Its brain is more than 1.5 times larger than any known fish, and contains neurons that control a vast array of behaviours including vision, feeding and mating, and a sense of smell, as well as a large range of sensory functions including hearing, touch and hearing, the researchers said.
It was the largest known diamondfish brain and the most complex in any fish, they said.
It also contains a complex set of genes and proteins that could help it survive.
Other diamondfish species are known to have complex brains, but they usually live in their own families or are kept in captivity.
There is currently no good estimate on how many species of diamondfish there are.
The research team estimates there are between 500 and 1,000 species, but some researchers say that number could be much higher.
Dr Wight said the fish was not just a fish, but was a “living organism” with “complex, interlocking systems that regulate behaviour, memory, sensory and chemical systems”.
“It’s an extremely complex animal,” he said.
“It’s a living organism with complex, interlock systems that have evolved over millions of years.”
A lot of people think of the fish as just a snack, he said, but that was not the case.
“They are a food, they are a social animal, they live in very large numbers,” he added.
Danger of overfishing in the oceans ‘remains to be seen’ The researchers said the diamond fish’s unique biology could help researchers understand the way we eat fish.
They are likely to be “a valuable resource” for scientists studying ocean ecosystems, Dr Wight added.
“We need to be able to study the impacts of over fishing on fish populations, and that is something we don’t know,” he noted.
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Inflation in the eurozone has climbed another five tenths in June and has stood at 8.6% in annual rate, according to data published this Tuesday by the EU statistical office, Eurostat.
June has thus become the month with the highest year-on-year inflation so far this year, after the increase in prices was 5.1% in January, 5.9% in February, 7.4% in March and April and 8.1% in May.
A year earlier, in 2021, the inflation rate in June was 1.9%.
Year-on-year inflation in the European Union at 27 reached 9.6% in June 2022, compared to 8.8% in May. In 2021, the rate was 2.2%.
The lowest rates were recorded in Malta (6.1%), France (6.5%) and Finland (8.1%). By contrast, the highest rates were recorded in Estonia (22%), Lithuania (20.5%) and Latvia (19.2%). Spain registered 10.2%.
Compared to May, annual inflation fell in two Member States and increased in 25. In June, the largest contribution to the euro area annual inflation rate came from energy (+4.19 percentage points), followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (+1.88 points), services (+1.42 points) and non-energy industrial goods (+1.15 pages).
However, core inflation, which excludes energy, alcohol, tobacco and fresh food due to more volatile prices, stood at 3.7% last month, which represents a decrease of one tenth compared to the Month of May.
Energy repeated in the sixth month of the year as the main factor in the increase in prices, with an annual growth rate of 42%, which represents an increase of more than two points compared to the previous month.
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|Stuff required:||A coloured marker for everyone plus 20 sets of flags (1 flag in every team colour)|
|Preparation:||30 minutes for flag making, 30 minutes for laying out Command Posts|
|Time required:||1/2 hour - hour, plus 5-10 minutes for scoring.|
|Place required:||A large indoor and/or outdoor area with plenty of places to hide things|
|Activities:||running, sneaking, hiding, fighting, warring, team|
|untested game. Its rules are written, but it hasn't been tested out yet.|
|Attribution-Noncommercial Creative Commons licence. (What does this mean?)|
A game in which people run around trying to capture 'Command Posts'. Loosely based off the video game 'Star Wars Battlefront'.
The game area should be fairly big, depending of the number of people playing, and should consist of a large area, preferably indoor and outdoor, ideally with different floors and plenty of interconnecting walkways and rooms. The outdoor bit would be more to run round the building and enter through a different entrance. Set up the flags in various places. Have the white flag showing at first, and the other colours rolled up near it out of view. The sets of flags are the 'Command Posts'. The flags should be fairly hard to find/see, but still visible. Ideas include:
- In a small room
- Round a corner
- Behind stairs
The flag sets should consist of a white flag and a flag in each team colour, i.e. red, blue, green, and should be about 1 sq. ft. A4 sheets of card/paper could also be used, but flags are cooler. One suggestion by Kevan is to use chalk graffiti, but the area would have to be appropriate for that. Ideally the crew member(s) should have a map of where the flags are, in case they miss any out during scoring.
Divide players into 2+ teams, and give each player a ribbon/football bib/hat in their team's colour. Explain the rules (if necessary) and set them outside the building at opposite ends. Blow a whistle/blow an airhorn/let off a signal flare to start the game.
The teams (preferably not as a whole team) must run around, finding the various Command Posts. When they find a Command Post, they run up to it and swap the the flag (either white or an enemy team's colour) to their colour. The other flag must be put behind the visible flag. No destroying of enemy flags. If an enemy member(s) is standing by one of their Command Posts, the attacking group must be bigger by at least 2 team members than the defending group, and, if they are, the defending team walks off and the attacking team takes over the Command Post, as per usual.
The twist is that about 2-5 crew members are going round converting the coloured flags into white flags, thus changing the Command Posts back to the neutral team. The 'neutralisers', as they are called, should come in about halfway through the game when most of the flags have been found. Neutralisers can also break up groups if they feel they are becoming too large or if constant war is being waged on a certain command post. Neutralisers could be participants as opposed to crew members, but it might make the neutralisers too competitive.
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